Monday, February 3, 2014

The Compass of Truth Part 2

kinesiology: - n. The study of muscles and their movement, esp. as applied to physical conditioning. [Gk.Kinesis, movement (kinein, to move) +- logy.)




[The Compass of Truth Part 2]

The study of kinesiology first received scientific attention in the second half of the last century through the work of Dr. George Goodheart, who pioneered the speciality he called applied kinesiology after finding that benign physical stimuli - for instance, beneficial nutritional supplements - would increase the strength of certain indicator muscles, whereas hostile stimuli would cause those muscles to suddenly weaken.

The implication was that a level far below conceptual consciousness, the body "knew", and through muscle testing was able to signal, what was good and bad for it. The classic example, (cited here), is universally observed weakening of indicator muscles in the presence of a chemical sweetener ; the same muscles strengthen in the presence of a healthful and natural supplement.

In the late ´70s, Dr. John Diamond refined this specialty into a new discipline he called behavioral kinesiology. Dr. Diamond´s startling discovery was that indicator muscles would strengthen or weaken in the presence of positive or negative emotional and intellectual stimuli, as well as physical stimuli.
A smile will make you test strong, while the statement, "I hate you" will make you test weak.

Before we go any further, let us explain in detail how exactly one "tests", especially the readers will certainly wish to try this themselves. Here is Dr. Diamond´s outline, from his 1979 book, Your Body doesn´t Lie, of the procedure adapted by him from the classic description in H.O. Kendall´s Muscles:Testing and Function.

Unlike  LYL-SMTs , it takes two people to perform these kinds of  kinesiological test.
They are a perfect start to get familiar with the topic (fun too!) of kinesiology.. (If you do not have someone who can be your partner right now ,just use one of the SMTs instead)

Choose a friend or a family member for testing. We´ll call him or her your subject.

~ Have the subject stand erect, right arm relaxed at his side, left arm held out parallel to the floor, elbow straight. (You may use the other arm if you wish.)

~Face your subject and place your left hand on his right shoulder to steady him. Then place your right hand on the subject´s exteended left arm just above the wrist.

~Tell the subject to resist when you try to push his arm down

~Now push down on his arm fairly quickly, firmly, and evenly. The idea is to push just hard enough to test the spring and bounce in the arm, not so hard that the muscle becomes fatigued. It is not a question of who is stronger, but of whether the muscle can "lock" the shoulder joint against the push.

[Basics of Muscle Testing]

Assuming there is no physical problem with the muscle and the subject is in a normal, relaxed state of mind, receiving no extraneous stimuli (for this reason it´s important that the tester not smile or otherwise interact with the subject), the muscle will "test" strong" - the arm will remain locked. If the test is repeated in the presence of a negative stimulus ( for instance, artifical sweetener), "although you are pushing down no harder than before , the muscle will not be able to resist the pressure and the subject´s arm will fall to his side."






[Go on to Part 3]
                               
[inspired by Power vs. Force]