Hi Everyone! A friend of mine forwarded the following from the internet. I find it as disturbing as it is fascinating. I do have some ethical reservations, which I will discuss at the end.
>Hello! > >A few months ago, I took a class in Applied Kinesiology. For those of you >who are not familiar with A. K., it's based on the idea that everything in >the universe vibrates. That is, everything gives off energy, that either >works with us and makes us stronger, or works against us, and makes us >weaker, or maybe doesn't affect us at all. For example, if I want to know >if a particular herb would be good for me to ingest, I don't need to >actually take it. I can "muscle test" it, by touching it, holding my thumb >and index finger together in one hand, and pulling on my thumb and index >finger with my other hand. If my finger and thumb are hard to pull apart, >then the herb's vibrations are obviously making me stronger, and it's okay >for me to take the herb. If my thumb and index finger aren't very strong - >well, you get the picture. I definitely shouldn't take it. > >When I found out about that, I got an idea for using it on my boyfriend, >who knew nothing about what I was learning. But let me back-up for a >minute, and explain to you that, in general, we get along very well. In >most ways, he has been very kind, gentle, compassionate, and understanding. >But there was one thing that we were always arguing about: he was sexually >obsessed with the idea of me tying him up. > >Please don't get me wrong. I have no problem with any kinky behaviors that >are carried on by two consenting adults. But if I, as one of the adults, >gets no pleasure out of a given act (in fact, I find it repulsive), I >shouldn't be expected to do it just because one of us is obsessed with it. >It's okay for him to ask, but once I've expressed how I feel about it, I >think it's downright abusive for him to keep badgering me about it. The >arguments never stopped, and I was seriously considering ending the >relationship because of it. > >So I came up with this idea, to save our relationship. I told him that I >would tie him up, if he would agree to participate in an experiment for my >class - that way, there was something for each of us. Of course, he agreed. > >I have a huge scarf collection, numbering in the hundreds, in different >sizes and textures, some of which go back to my grandmother. I gathered the >ones that I didn't mind risking damage to, and muscle tested them. I ended >up with three piles: weaker, no apparent effect, and stronger. The >"stronger" pile still had maybe about 100 scarves, although I never really >counted them. > >After I had selected out the scarves that made me feel the strongest, I >then approached my boyfriend and told him to undress (which he was only >glad to do), and then hold his right thumb and index finger together. >(Aside from his glee at undressing in my presence, I knew I could best >judge his body's reactions to the scarves if he was undressed. He would not >be able to hide anything.) I then laid each scarf on him, one at a time, >and pulled at his thumb and index finger. Again, I made three piles, but I >soon realized that I needed to test for a sexual reaction as well - which I >could ascertain by looking at another member of his body. (Interestingly >enough, his sexual response did not correlate directly with the scarves >that made him the strongest. It seemed to be an independent dimension: >there was a sexual response with some of the scarves that made him weaker, >with some that apparently had no effect on his strength, and with some that >made him stronger.) > >So after I muscle tested the scarves for strength, I took the pile that >made him weaker, and tested them for a sexual reaction. Again, I created >three piles. The pile that I wanted to use was "weaker, no sexual >response." There were about 20 that fit that description. I gathered the >others together, and put them away. > >So then I thanked him for his patience, and began tying him up with the >pile I had selected. He became mysteriously quiet, as though he was in a >deep meditation. He didn't resist at all while I did the work. I probably >used more scarves than necessary, but I didn't want him to get free, until >I decided it was time. There were scarves left over, and I just laid them >over him, figuring they would still draw on his energy, even if they >weren't binding him. > >After a while, I was troubled that he wasn't saying anything. I almost >decided to free him, when he suddenly began violently struggling and >thrashing around. I decided it wasn't time yet, and just sat and watched >him. I was surprised that most of the scarves that I had just laid on him >continued to stay with him during his struggling - he couldn't shake them >all off. My hunch was right - they were apparently drawing his energy, even >though they were not directly binding him. After a short while, he stopped >struggling, and just laid there. I asked him if he wanted me to release >him, but he said nothing. So I figured it wasn't time yet, and picked up >the scarves that he had shaken loose, and put them back on top of him. > >For the next hour or so, there was the same pattern of quietness and brief >moments of struggling. But the struggling became less and less intense. He >even broke out in a sweat, which only made the scarves less likely to slip. >Clearly, the scarves were exhausting him. I was imagining what he was going >through, and even began to feel sorry for him. But as long as he wasn't >saying anything, I wasn't going to free him. It's as though he was lying to >me with his silence - as if I would think he was actually enjoying what he >was going through. I've never permitted his lying to me. > >Finally, after what must have been more than an hour, he spoke to me, and >asked me to let him go. This turned out to be a lot harder than I >anticipated. Some of the scarves were soaked with his sweat, and it was a >lot harder to untie them than it was to apply them. He wanted me to use >scissors, but I pretended I didn't know if I even had a pair. I really >didn't want to destroy these scarves, because I didn't know if I would need >them again. I managed to stall long enough for me to untie them by hand. > >That was about 6 months ago. To this day, he has never requested that I tie >him up again. And yes, we are still friends. To him, it was all a matter of >his own personal discovery - he realized, on his own, that being tied up is >not the great sexual pleasure he thought it would be. He doesn't know the >role that muscle testing played in his experience, and I think what he >doesn't know wont hurt him. Or, at least, it wont hurt us. > >Your are welcome to repost this, for anyone who might be interested, but >please withhold my name. Thank you. ____________________ Like I said, I have some ethical problems with the above. Although I can understand why she did what she did - I know what it is like to deal with people who wont take "No" for an answer - and maybe she felt like she had no choice, but she did deceive him. She talks about how she wont tolerate his lying to her, yet she has no reservations about misleading him. And what will it do to the relationship, if he someday finds out what Applied Kinesiology entails, and puts 2 and 2 together? Another thing that troubles me, is if the scarves were really draining his energy (and I don't know for sure whether that's true or not), then how is that different from poisoning him? Okay, it's not as bad, since unlike internal poison, this "poison" can be removed without any after effect (I think). But the intent was to take away somebody's energy. Isn't that doing harm, albeit on a temporary basis? Anyway, I thought I would post this here (and several other elists), so I can see how other people feel about it. Your response would be appreciated. Debra _________________________________________________________________ Make every IM count. Download Messenger and join the im Initiative now. 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