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My friend's cat has cancer and I wanted to try some sfq on her. I bought the yellow Level 3 sfq book which contains some healing protocols for health conditions that aren't listed in the Level 2 course material.
Okay, so the first thing the book mentions about cancer is that it is related to the kidneys, the pancreas and the liver. The cat has cancer in all of these organs. Then it says that you should give a lot of energy to the kidneys. This is where I get a little confused because if the cat has cancer in her kidneys, is it okay to give a lot of energy to a cancerous organ? That won't make the tumor grow, will it? Also, when they say to give a lot of energy that means you go through the whole 3-step process of breaking it up the energy with sword fingers, removing the excess energy and then giving energy back, right?
Then it says to clear energy from the pancreas and the liver. Does "clear" mean you also go through the whole 3-step process of sword fingers, removing energy and then giving energy back?
If there are multiple organs that need healing, is it ok to do them all together by doing just two small universe procedures (one before and one after)?
Do you think it would be too powerful for a sick cat to work on many organs at once? Would it be safer to work on one area at a time once a day or every few days. I just wouldn't want her to be overwhelmed by a big detox reaction after working on all the organs at once.
I would really appreciate any info that can be provided. I feel so sorry for this poor little cat and really wish I could help it.

Aloha Chimpiphant,

Work on the cat as you would anyone else. And yes, "clearing the area/organ" means breaking up, removing, and giving energy.

As for working on more than one area in a session, Chunyi doesn't go down the "it's too tough on them" road. You are balancing their energy, and their body will take on that which it wants to, and ignore the rest.

Work with the areas Chunyi mentions, but rely more on your detection and the blockages you find in the cat. Chunyi's "how to" is what he has found to work well in similar cases, however, you may find a blockage in left-side stomach during your detection, which may be the root blockage that needs to be cleared.

Much Love, Shawn

Thank you for your answer, Shawn. I guess I'm sticking with what's outlined by Chunyi Lin because I'm not very good at detecting yet. Every time I try to detect I don't seem to feel much of anything. One thing I'm still not clear on is when he recommends giving a lot of energy to the kidneys. Does this also mean to do the whole 3-step process of breaking up the energy with sword fingers, removing the excess energy and then giving energy back, except doing the 3-step process a few extra times? Or does he mean just doing the 3rd step of giving energy back a few extra times?
I know these must seem like very basic questions to you, but somehow for me these things aren't clear. And I would really like to follow the protocol correctly until I am better at detecting energy and can follow my own intuition.
Thanks

Hi
Though fairly new to SPF qigong (only about 40 days), I did do alot of healing work years ago and have been using qigong healing on my partner since I began. I've been going through the level 2 manual, as well as my impulses. I'd say, trust your instinct. Doing the small universe at the beginning and end as well as sword fingers, removing and giving healing is putting alot into your cat(or anyone). And if you feel moved to give more, do another complete session later. Also, every place you break up and remove blockages and then give healing is related to other channels, so all parts of the body benefit no matter where you are focussed. And that moment you are doning that could take 5 minutes or 20 or whatever. You could be moving very slowly. The most important thing I would imagine is your "intention" and directed focus and love for whoever you are working with. And most importantly, trust yourself! Don't get too caught up in protocol. Hope this helps. And hopefully someone whose been using the SPF qigong healing for longer can advise you.

Peggy

Thank you for your answer, Peggy. It's very kind of you to offer me some guidance. Honestly, as uncreative as this may sound, I feel that my intuition is telling me to follow protocol until I feel more comfortable with my abilities. I guess I see it like learning to play an instrument. Playing whatever you feel like playing the first time you pick up an instrument might be fine if you have an inborn talent or you're just goofing around, but the odds of producing anything other than a cacophanous noise is slim. But if you learn the basics first and become adept at that, then when you want to experiment it might sound like something more than just noise. I don't know, I guess that's just the way I see it anyway. And I agree, intention is probably the most important thing when doing any kind of healing on another being(animal or human). P.S. Does anyone have an answer for the question I asked about what Chunyi Lin meant when he said to give A LOT of energy to the kidneys to help with cancer? How exactly do you give a lot of energy to the kidneys? Also, as I mentioned previously the cat I will be working on has cancer in it's kidneys. I am just wondering if it's safe to give that much energy to the kidneys if the kidneys are cancerous. I'm sorry if these are redundant questions. I'm just a little confused. Thanks for all the help.

These are good questions.

Simple answer: just do the same procedure as usual for anything else and then give "extra" energy to the kidneys, either palming in or with more Sword Fingers (See below).

And yes, it is safe even though the cat has cancer in the kidneys.

More detailed answer:

You can also do that BEFORE you begin working on the blockages. I.e. spend some more time giving energy to the kidneys as part of the beginning stages, either after you run energy around the Small Universe, or before. Just as we open up the C7 (sword fingers, pull energy out, then give energy), you can do the same thing with the kidneys.

I like you analogy of playing an instrument. Since this is an important image to you, I would focus on Level I & II techniques and NOT get bogged down with Level III techniques too much. You may be right for you: you are still learning scales, arpeggios, etc.

If you follow the "instrumental technique" of "playing" where you are, you probably better off just working with the material in Level I & II.

I do agree with Peggy, that the intention is the MOST important thing. The technique is important, but only to give YOU a scaffolding, a form to help you focus your intention. The energy will go where it needs to.

You need not be concerned about giving energy back to the kidneys and thereby "glutting" the channel even more. It does not work like that, in my understanding.

In Level II (page 27 in the LS SFQ Level II manual), Master Lin talks about using Sword Fingers to actually GIVE energy to the Kidneys (kidneys like this form of energy because Sword Finger energy is yin). SO you can use the palms, but even better is use sword fingers to give energy, as well as to break up first. But either way works.

IF you do want to use a Level III technique (and I still think, you are actually going against "just the way" you "see it anyway" if you do this, since you have not taken the Level III course. Level III is a more advanced "instrumental technique" and while I think many people can learn it on their own, based on your way of seeing it, I would let it alone for now. Nevertheless, if you insist...) :

Give energy to the kidneys first (maybe after running the SU and giving energy to the tantien or just first before anything), by just focusing the Sword Fingers pointed at the kidneys. Then everything else in regular order: detecting, then break up blockages with Sword Fingers during the regular healing, pull out blockages as smoke, air, feathers, whatever, and then palm in fresh energy (and with the kidneys, you can substitute EVEN MORE sword fingers instead of palms if you want).

And yes, it IS safe. Hope I too was not redundant. If so, I am also sorry.

Do you practice the Level II Sword Fingers Practice in the Level II active exercise? If you do, this is good, because it follows perfectly with your analogy of playing an instrument. This is the practice, like practicing scales with an instrument. It is very important in focusing the mind and the energy.

And it can help you with giving extra energy to the kidneys. You can actually do this exercise while you are healing: i.e. stand in the active exercise posture, raise your hands to the level you need to point at the kidneys, and then do the exercise, visualizing the energy coming from the ends of the universe and your Master (whatever and/or whoever that is) into your middle tantien (or the lower) and then out through the arms, through the sword fingers and then into the kidneys.

Dark blue energy is good color for the kidneys.

Same with detecting. If you want to help, I would do the detecting even if you think you are not getting anything. That IS part of the protocol! If you really feel that your intuition is telling you to follow the protocol, then my intuition is telling me to tell you to tell yourself to do detection first.

Always. You are getting something, you just need more confidence. Do the detecting first. For one thing, that alone connects you more to the person/animal/plant that you are working on. For another, the only way to get better is to practice.

And the best way to practice is when you are doing a healing.

Trust whatever comes up. It might not be a feeling or an image. It might just be a thought like "heart". Or a pain in your fingers or some where else in your body.

But in any case, it is NOT a waste of time not matter what. It is good for you because a)it is part of the protocol and your intuition is telling you to follow it b) it helps the one you are working on, no matter what and c), you need the practice so you will be able to help others more as well as answer this question for someone else down the line!

I can relate to your issues with it, as I too still am working on detection. Nevertheless, I almost always do it no matter what. And sometimes I am surprised what information comes up. You may be too.

To summarize: give extra energy to kidney either with sword finger or palms. You can open up all the kidney points as described in Level II on page 26 of the LS SFQ manual (or elsewhere in the SFQ Level II manual).
Follow the ENTIRE protocol for a healing: prepare yourself, the one needing healing, etc. Then do the detecting. Then do the rest of the healing (palming energy into lower tantien, SU, opening up C7). If you want to use a Level III technique (though that is outside of the protocol for someone who has not yet taken the course, it still might work for you and your intuition might be telling you BOTH that you need to follow the protocol and that you need to use some Level III techniques), give energy to the kidneys first and a lot throughout the healing, before and after.

Opening means mostly doing the Sword fingers and pulling out energy. But adding energy back is important in most cases when you have pulled out energy. You don't always have to do it right after you open. You can often do it at the end.

Also, the most important part, along with your intention is the message you give during the healing. Something along the lines of "cancer gone, channels open, completely healed".

I would add also to not be attached to any results. Sounds like the cat has a lot of cancer. You will be helping the cat and the owner. How that happens is not important. But doing the healing will help. How much and exactly what is none of our business. The most important thing is balancing the energy. And you will be doing this, regardless of results.

Hope that helps.