Day 46
alignment
I started seeing a chiropractor. Lots of issues with my neck and shoulders have led to this, but most of all, migraines.
He is energetic and confident and snaps me this way and that, and does some muscle testing and talks a lot about vibrations. I like him. This morning I saw him first thing and all day I have felt like a noodle. It is interesting to have your skeleton manipulated and to feel it in your eyeballs. I swear that colors are brighter after he cracks my neck.
It’s got me thinking about other kinds of alignment, and how hard it is to “get an adjustment” when you need it—let’s say mentally or emotionally or physically. I admit that I find alcohol, sex and drugs to be relatively good ways to get my attitude or my spirit aligned. Also, the stuff we consider healthier than those things: yoga, prayer, meditation. Sometimes art, particularly literature and music, help me align my head with reality.
Often though, I think that it is suffering that cracks us into alignment. When we get into postures and patterns that are not healthy for us or others, I think we find ourselves eventually facing some sort of pain that lets us know we’ve got a rib out, so to speak. It is comforting for me to imagine suffering as a way to identify that I am out of whack. It means that I can get to work discovering exactly what needs attention, adjustment or energy.
Maybe it is the increased blood-flow to my brain, but I am feeling optimistic this afternoon. I am seeing the potential for a cultural or social adjustment that brings us more in line with reality. Yes, things are bad, the planet is suffering, people are suffering. Also, we have these amazing structural bones, memories, muscles, ideas, skin and senses. We are strong and capable of surviving a quick jerk of the neck that feels for a split second like the end, but is actually just a harsh snap to alignment.
