Dear Shaolin family,
Thank you all for your wonderful comments and good wishes. Reading such kind words from people (a lot who I have never met) has been very heartening and deeply uplifting.
When I set out to write my story I imagined the process being no different to writing something for work: report on my findings, watch the punctuation and grammar and be sure to perform a spell check. To my surprise however there was far more to it than just that.
I found myself getting very emotional when the words started to flow onto the page as the last ten years of my life were subject to much introspection. The enormity of what has transpired this past while was made manifest right before me. But it was in the two days after I posted that I felt something truly remarkable: a deep clearing of many things, but in particular the chief regret I have carried this past year and a half: my years of inconsistent practice.
I fully appreciate that feeding this regret with my thoughts was utterly pointless and very self-defeating. But it has been there, sometimes in red flashing lights, ever since I first started noticing improvements in my tinnitus: this could have been happening in 2004!
Writing my story however has had the very welcome, but unexpected, effect of severing this self-defeating attitude from my thinking. I am where I am today. My journey here has had many stages: rough at times, smooth at times and yes, completely stalled at times. But every step of it has taken me to where I am and for the first time, I am grateful for it all.
Hi Nick,
The noise was ferocious and you certainly lead that charge on that one! I’m not going to enter into the virtual kwoon and lie. The noise in the room was a huge problem for part of the Saturday. I can however assure you Nick that you helped me ENORMOUSLY that weekend, and I can only express my deep gratitude to you for it (and to everyone else who was chanting/screaming/shouting). It was something I needed to be pushed through to get to where I am today. Thank you Nick! I look forward to meeting you again someday.
Hi Fabienne,
I’m so sorry to hear of your problem, but of course, you need not worry: you are practicing Shaolin Cosmos Chi Kung and bit by bit, or sometimes a lot at one time, your healing will manifest and a return to health will ensue. I wish you the best of luck with it!
So it’s onwards and upwards from here. I’m going to post my story on tinnitus forums (grim places) and explore other ways of getting the message out: there is a cure for tinnitus and there is a cure for hyperacusis! It is Shaolin Cosmos Chi Kung!
And it’s onwards and upwards for my practice too, with the next great leap forward less than twenty days away…Valentine’s Festival of Chi Kung 2011! Oh what fun we are going to have…
Best wishes to all the Shaolin Family,
Kevin
Thank you all for your wonderful comments and good wishes. Reading such kind words from people (a lot who I have never met) has been very heartening and deeply uplifting.
When I set out to write my story I imagined the process being no different to writing something for work: report on my findings, watch the punctuation and grammar and be sure to perform a spell check. To my surprise however there was far more to it than just that.
I found myself getting very emotional when the words started to flow onto the page as the last ten years of my life were subject to much introspection. The enormity of what has transpired this past while was made manifest right before me. But it was in the two days after I posted that I felt something truly remarkable: a deep clearing of many things, but in particular the chief regret I have carried this past year and a half: my years of inconsistent practice.
I fully appreciate that feeding this regret with my thoughts was utterly pointless and very self-defeating. But it has been there, sometimes in red flashing lights, ever since I first started noticing improvements in my tinnitus: this could have been happening in 2004!
Writing my story however has had the very welcome, but unexpected, effect of severing this self-defeating attitude from my thinking. I am where I am today. My journey here has had many stages: rough at times, smooth at times and yes, completely stalled at times. But every step of it has taken me to where I am and for the first time, I am grateful for it all.
it's funny... and there I was in Killarney Singing and screaming my head off..
The noise was ferocious and you certainly lead that charge on that one! I’m not going to enter into the virtual kwoon and lie. The noise in the room was a huge problem for part of the Saturday. I can however assure you Nick that you helped me ENORMOUSLY that weekend, and I can only express my deep gratitude to you for it (and to everyone else who was chanting/screaming/shouting). It was something I needed to be pushed through to get to where I am today. Thank you Nick! I look forward to meeting you again someday.
I too have had a hearing problem ever since I was a very young girl, although nowhere near as life-consuming as yours.
As a result of countless inflammations of the middle ears when I was a small child, my eardrums are now very thick and covered with scars.
The only result is that my hearing is quite dulled, nothing more.
As a result of countless inflammations of the middle ears when I was a small child, my eardrums are now very thick and covered with scars.
The only result is that my hearing is quite dulled, nothing more.
Hi Fabienne,
I’m so sorry to hear of your problem, but of course, you need not worry: you are practicing Shaolin Cosmos Chi Kung and bit by bit, or sometimes a lot at one time, your healing will manifest and a return to health will ensue. I wish you the best of luck with it!
So it’s onwards and upwards from here. I’m going to post my story on tinnitus forums (grim places) and explore other ways of getting the message out: there is a cure for tinnitus and there is a cure for hyperacusis! It is Shaolin Cosmos Chi Kung!
And it’s onwards and upwards for my practice too, with the next great leap forward less than twenty days away…Valentine’s Festival of Chi Kung 2011! Oh what fun we are going to have…
Best wishes to all the Shaolin Family,
Kevin
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