Relieve Your Pain:
Empower Your Spiritual Development
Just as
a hungry person has difficulty developing him or herself spiritually,
so pain and suffering also detract from our spiritual self development.
Drugs and medications while a boon for some illnesses can easily dull
the mind and weaken our determination.
So it behooves each of us to have a way of relieving suffering that
is effective yet does not injure or delay our spiritual growth. One
such method is called G Jo a self applied form of acupuncture ... but
without the needles. Instead, we use the fingertips nothing else to
perform acupressure.
This simple technique is so effective that headaches, backaches and
nearly any other common ailment can be relieved literally in seconds
... using only the touch of a finger! All that is required is to know
which of the body's nearly 200 G Jo acupressure points (most of them
duplicated on either side of the body) "control" which area
or bodily function. Then, as soon as a particular symptom occurs such
as a headache we simply reach for the appropriate G Jo point ..."trigger"
it in a deep, slightly uncomfortable massage for several seconds ...
duplicate the same find and trigger process on the opposite side of
the body ... and sigh in relief.
These powerful G Jo acupressure points tiny healing spots you probably
never realized existed are hidden throughout your body and can stimulate
healing of more than 250 common health problems, quickly with the touch
of your finger. Download a free Basic G-Jo Acupressure Training
Chart on The G-Jo Institute website:
www.g-jo.com .
For example, to relieve a headache: find G Jo point number 13 by placing
the right hand so the palm faces the floor. Now put your fingers out
straight, side by side, and squeeze your thumb tightly against your
index or pointer finger. You should see a small, fleshy mound pop up
on the back of the right hand between the thumb and index finger.
Now place the tip not the pad or fleshy part of the left thumb (or if
you have a long thumb nail, the bent knuckle of the left index finger
or even the eraser tip of a pencil) on top of that mound. Keeping the
left thumb tip in place, relax the right hand and begin pressing as
deeply as you can in the webbed or fleshy area that is formed between
the thumb and pointer finger.
Press deeply until you feel a tender "ouch" point. This will
feel like a toothache or pinched nerve when you contact it the more
it hurts the better it is likely to be for your kind of headache.
Once you locate the spot, do step two of this very easy three step process:
"trigger" the point deeply, in a digging or goading kind of
fingertip massage. Do this for 15 or 20 seconds on the right hand, then
stop and duplicate the find and trigger technique (this is the third
step) on the back of the left hand for another 15 or 20 seconds.
If this is the best point for your type of headache, several things
should occur. First, the point should become increasingly tender as
you trigger it. Then you should get an "acupressure reaction,"
which is a feeling of warmth, perspiration, light headedness or similar
response as you trigger the point. This should happen as you stimulate
the points on both hands, if it is a particularly good point. Finally,
you may feel a sense of relaxation or a mild "glowing" feeling
... and, of course, relief of your headache.
To relieve a backache: find G Jo point number 5 by first seating yourself
in a comfortable chair, then reaching down behind the bony bulge of
the outer right ankle with the tip of your right thumb. Press deeply
in the soft hollow or depression located between that bony bulge that
doctors call the lateral malleolus and the Achilles tendon (the hamstring
tendon that runs up the back of the foot and leg). Press deeply as deeply
as you can until you feel the tender point.
Once located, trigger the spot in the deep, digging or goading kind
of massage and expect an acupressure reaction. If this does not occur,
it usually means you're not quite on the G Jo point, or that this point
is not particularly beneficial for your kind of backache. But nearly
always, G Jo point number 5 will both produce the reaction and bring
some kind of relief.
Trigger the spot deeply for 15 or 20 seconds; then stop and reach for
the identical point behind the left outer ankle. Again, find and trigger
that point it may be more or less tender than the right side (often
the left side is more tender on a man and the right side is more tender
on a woman) then test your backache. If it isn't quite gone, simply
trigger the points for another few seconds and test again.
While G Jo may be used by anyone in an emergency or limited use basis,
there are several instances where G Jo should be otherwise avoided.
If you are a chronic heart patient especially one who wears a pacemaker
or other artificial energy regulation device you should restrict your
use of G Jo just to emergency conditions. Likewise, pregnant women as
well as those people taking medication for serious problems (e.g., cancer,
diabetes, etc.) should generally avoid using pressure points. It's thought
that during these conditions, the body's electro chemical "mixture"
the mixture we seek to alter using G Jo is too "out of balance"
for the untrained person to deal with as a general policy.
There are several rules of thumb it's also best to follow for anyone.
Except in emergencies when all these rules are irrelevant wait for about
four hours after taking drugs, medications, alcohol or other intoxicants
before applying G Jo. Wait for about half an hour after eating a hot
or heavy meal, taking a hot bath, or doing heavy, strenuous labors before
applying G Jo. And if a pressure point falls beneath a scar, mole, wart,
varicose vein or other blemish or disfigurement, avoid that point and
try its opposite or another one instead.
Now that your pain and suffering are out of the way, you can get on
with your spiritual practices and pursuits unhindered.
