A New Way of Thinking

A singular characteristic of Energetics is that it demonstrates that we must think differently about the life-phenomenon. We must learn to think in terms of systems and not of visceral organs. The life-phenomenon appears then as being a state, a moment, of the universal energetic organization referential to time.

An analysis of this new way of thinking can encompass many technologies, mathematical as well as purely hermodynamic. But this is not necessary. Propositional logic is very close to it. This can point us directly toward the ensemblist laws.

Since this thought technology is new, one of the most important problems to resolve is a problem of semantics. The language of our discussion is sometimes difficult and will likely call for revision as SEA evolves.

S.E.A. and Traditional Chinese Medicine

One application of SEA is to reveal a new way of approaching physiology. The particular utility of this model is the capability of diagramming in its entirety the whole physiological system used throughout the history of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The study of TCM will divulge intricate physiological systems that rest on several models. Until now, these models appeared more as emerging either from postulates or from centuries of accumulated clinical experience. The rationale that would explain them and link them into a coherent whole was missing.
The introduction of the works of Kiiko Mastumoto(1) and Yoshio Manaka(2) alone, have made significant contributions toward integrating contemporary innovations with traditional ones. These integrative techniques are now part of the international body of knowledge representing Chinese Medicine and acupuncture. In addition, the work of these two authors has focused attention on the importance and value of emerging scientific systems in furthering an understanding of the development of the original systems of TCM. The system described by Manaka adds another dimension to this effort of integration by providing a model that integrates traditional data and contemporary development. This system has been accepted and practiced by a wide community of acupuncture practitioners. Finally, SEA adds a dimension without precedence in providing not only a rediscovery of all laws of T.C.M., but also an explanation of them that can provide a bridge to contemporary ideas of physiology.

SEA as a Deciphering Tool

SEA not only deciphers and explains traditional Chinese physiology, its properties of analysis that explain events that link the various levels of organization of the living systems synergistically, from the cell to the environmental niche, also lead to further explorations. One of them is a way of looking at one of the fundamental works of Chinese literature, the I Jing. Through SEA, the I Jing can be discussed and understood anew as a logical system with parallels in Western thought. Figure 1. reproduces one of the ancient approaches to the inherent order of the I Jing. An analytical approach to this figure according to S.E.A. permits the logical and rational rearrangement of the trigrams.

Figure 1 (back)

Contemporary Developments

Being coherent and essentially dynamic, SEA evolves from a central body of thought, the trunk, perhaps, if you choose to visualize a tree, with branches flowing off into several directions, depending on the angle of approach adopted. As briefly illustrated below, SEA finds applications in fundamental sciences, in fundamental genetics, in clinical approaches, in social organizations, and in fundamental research.

1. Fundamental Sciences

The laws of Energetics also reveal the inevitableness of some chapters of physiology and biology.

For example, the Energetic pathology explains and demonstrates some links that are known empirically in modern medicine, such as the clinical relation between angina, the kidney, articular reaction, and the heart.

Another example, linking the clinical and the biological, is that of the function of the thyroid. It is signified and studied by the relative variations of T3 - T4 - TSH - cholesterol and reflex tests. The pentacoordination reveals these interrelations and links them precisely to clinical observations. We can cite the main laws of endocrinology, such as the notions of receptor-receptor, sites, and targets, actions-reactions, and so on.

Likewise, the main mechanisms of immunology can also be described, such as the notion of complement, with its two pathways of activation, the notion of compatibility-incompatibility, the two defense systems through the T cells (001 group) and the B cells (110 group), etc.

We must note in reference to immunology that we can link it to a system specific to acupuncture, called triple heater by practitioners; as well as other aspects of acupuncture.

2. Genetics (Fig. 2)

Following strictly the processes of SEA and its laws, Mussat does not hesitate to apply its implications to the fundamentals of genetics.(3) (These implications appear to be valid enough for universities around the world to start an investigation. Should they turn to be correct, they may well be as revolutionary as the introduction of the double helix was several decades ago.) The approach suggested is one where no chemical aspect is taken into consideration, but one where all the mechanisms rest upon dynamic and symmetrical interactions. Outcomes of this innovative analysis lead, to give one example, to the grouping of proteins in arborescent physiological families, which is to say belonging to a same physiological system, with the notion of a dominant nucleotide, the one most present in the family of lineage, and the one that will impose its influence. Biologists will only observe its effect: the mutation.

Figure 2 (back)

3. Clinical Applications

Using the integrated model of traditional and modern physiologies, this system, because of the rational integration of the subunits, allows logical and intelligent therapeutic developments that actually match and explain ancient acupuncture formulae as well as new ones based on intelligent programming. These therapeutics expand to innovative ways to interpret and use blood and urine tests (i.e., relative concentrations of basic electrolytes) or dynamic use of allopathic drugs and complementary drugs (i.e., homeopathic components, herbs, etc.).

4. Organizational Applications

New approaches in dynamic physiology and in applications stemming from dynamic genetics may lead to further branches evolving from S.E.. Now in the early stages of consideration by researchers, new ways of looking at the structure of social organization-both in its dynamics and its philogical developments.

5. Open Research

S.E.A. is a new branch of science and research, at the very beginning only. As an integrated system, it leads to a wide variety of investigations, as in endocrinology, and even new ways to understand and use various forms of manual therapies (e.g., myofascial therapy).

Ongoing research is being led in various aspects of SEA. Among those, we find the research of Dr. Maurice Mussat (Paris, France) in fundamental genetics; the work of Dr. Amalta Pieve (Viareggio, Italy) on vitamins and supplements; the works of Dr. Gasteuil (Bordeaux, France) and Dr. Mesrine (Strasbourg, France) in homeopathy and the work of Eric Serejski on phytotherapy and on functional diseases.

References

(1)Mastumoto K, Birch S. Hara Diagnosis: Reflections on the Sea. Paradigm Publications: 1988.

(2)Manaka Y, Itaya K, Birch S. Chasing the Dragon's Tail. Paradigm Publications. 1995.

(3)Mussat M, Begin ME, Bureau JP. A constructionist model predicting the emergence, complementarity and classification of the nucleotide bases. Medical Hypotheses. 1998 (51):511-523.