thank you

John Touzios (JTouzios@mwumail.midwestern.edu)
Sun, 28 Mar 1999 21:34:41 -0600 

hello all!
  i hope you will forgive me for starting this way, but i love you all; thank 
you for the straight answer.  none of you, i say with confidence, have seen 
the sort of shenanigans i've been seeing this past week.  the american academy 
of osteopathy held its annual convention.  i found there many people (it was 
my first time going) who were a little *too* damn beautiful.  they knew a 
little too damn well what life was all about.  for those of you who do not 
know what osteopathy is, let me summarize.  in the late 19th century a man in 
missouri invented from thin air a new way of treating sickness with many 
parallels to ayurved and shiatsu.  his name was a.t. still.  he wrote a book 
called _philosophy and mechanical principles of osteopathy_ if you want the 
whole story.
  in case you are not aware, there is a rampant growth currently for energy 
medicine: accupuncture, herbs, yoga, etc.  i've coined the phrase "new age 
religion" probably just to piss off a bit the people who call it new age 
philosophy, but also because it has all the makings of an oppressive, 
sell-your- soul system.  it seems that the osteopathic community, in an effort 
to grow inot awareness (sorry for the way that sounds, and the way a lot of 
things i say sound; but if you just do this (please) *think* about what i say, 
i say that with utmost respect, but also despair, then i promise not to shine 
brighter than i'm supposed to.  it also doesn't help that english was my 
second language after greek, a most romantic language, indeed) (so they are 
innocent, but then aren't we all)...anyway...there were all these people 
walking around the convention, i'm trying to say, who knew what life was, who 
knew what love was, who knew what peace was, and on top of this all knew how 
to use magic to transform the world!  i'm laughing.  people selling 
crystals...books on it all. it was a circus.  i'm going to bare it all again, 
folks, and say i'm a bit disappointed.  osteopathy is my future.  a.t. still 
taught such good energy etiquette.  many have followed.  where are we?  
chasing a dream.  
hugs and kisses, john touzios

"Man the most complex, intricate and delicately constructed 
machine of all creation, is the one with which the osteopath 
must become familiar."  A.T. Still

"Everyone seems to know how useful it is to be useful.
 No one seems to know how useful it is to be useless."
                           Chuang Tzu