12.12.12: Introduction

12.12.12: A journey of self-discovery for a lopsided soul

Deepest Health’s writer Eric grey came up with a rather tantalizing suggestion: “practice what we preach,” in other words, can we aspiring health practitioners and healers walk the walk of our medicine? Chinese Medicine is all about refinement, getting closer and closer to our intimate selves, a spiraling if you will of self-discovery, getting clearer outlines of the nooks and crannies (both physical and emotional) of our dynamic being. Over the year of 2008, the idea is to watch, cultivate, and record observations about yourself in relation to the 12 Chinese officials and their inherent directional force. For a full description of the details, you can check it out here . You, too, can be part of the experiment; I triple-dog-dare-ya.

Eric’s idea does sound simple enough, but historically, my nature is whimsical, chaotic as a butterfly dipping into what suits my fancy given any present moment. In general, I have a problem with structure; confinement creates my chaos, feeling edges of definitions and boundaries, makes me become stubborn and unmanageable at times. Hence the fact that I call my cubical “my inspiratory” instead, and still feel the need to crawl around and be creative in cafes about Portland. I know these attributes of mine could prove problematic, friends, but on a realistic note, this may unearth a few hidden gems worth reviewing. Dogmatic and ritualistic routine I shy away from, and in some instances promote the opposite, finding for myself that the road less traveled has far more hidden treasures for my psyche and spiritual growth. This exercise shall, in the very least, prove interesting to both myself and any readers out there in cyber land. Life: we all go through it perhaps some overlap of my experiences will serve the betterment of humanity, or at least provide some insight into the process of being human.

To keep up with the continuity, you may periodically visit the page entitled, 12-12-12. Why 12-12-12? I was born on the 12th of December, and the way I shall reward myself for sticking though this self-discovery program for an entire 12 months will occur on December 12, 2008. And to keep those of you hungry for more, in addition to satisfying my innate nature for unpredictability, each months’ insights will occur haphazardly, occurring, but not limited to, at least once per month. Encouragement, feedback, or a simple thumbs-up is appreciated at any given time and in any pattern you deem necessary. Here’s to revelations within.