Video from the earthquake zone

Here is a video from the earthquake zone in China.

China departure

I am sitting in Shang Hai airport overlooking the China Sea. I am at the
end of my amazing opportunity to be touched by so many Chinese people
recovering from trauma.  It is always a sacred experience to be around
traumatized people as they recover from life’s difficulties. It urges me
to reflect on life at much deeper levels than I usually do.

Although my time here is over, I have two more videos I will be posting
and some more pictures of an earthquake zone I recently visited. I will
also be going to Toronto, Canada the day after I arrive in the USA and
then to Europe shortly afterward. I will continue this blog as a way of
continuing to document the spread of TRE throughout the planet.

Being here has confirmed the need for TRE. So many people benefited from
it and were so grateful to have a way that they can heal themselves from
within themselves. This is such a self-empowering and self-awakening
process for people. It was confirmed once again, that no matter what
country I go to, all the bodies respond in such a similar fashion to the
exercises.

I will be writing more about this after I rest a day in Phoenix and before
I leave for Canada.

Peace and a smile to all,
Dave

Earthquakes continue to hit China

Earthquakes continue to hit China re-evoking the traumas of the people here. Here is a short video from CCTV.

6.8 magnitude quake hits Xinjiang

Reflections…

Good morning,

I realize I have not put much on the blog lately. I have been traveling.
Some of it for pleasure. We just had a national holiday in which many
Chinese travel. Their goal is to have four generations at the same dinner
table together. It is a little like the US Thanksgiving in its customs
although the holiday is kind of a national celebration day like Labor Day.

What was most striking about the holiday is that people who have just
experience some very severe tragedies in their lives still got together
the celebrate. Maybe the celebration meant even more because of their
recent confrontation with death.

Humans are an interesting species. Not only here, but in the war torn
countries I have worked in, I remember being amazed at how people can
continue to smile and love each other even, or maybe more so, during such
difficult times. The children also continue to play in the stress, giggle,
tease each other and laugh even though they have lost siblings or parents.

Human resiliency is quite astounding. It continues to remind me that we
are no strangers to trauma as a species. Most of us have experienced many
traumas in our lives, from minor car accidents to natural disasters and
yet we learn from the experiences and continue on in life.

I am about to do four 15 hour days because of the travel and workshops in
remote places. We will be working with teenagers today and then teachers
for the next 3 days. This means I will probably not have the time or the
energy to submit another entry to the blog until this week-end. I will
however try to provide you with some pictures of the next few days.

Love to all,

Dave

Flooding

People with their belongings flee their homes after a landslide caused by torrential rain in Leigu township, Beichuan counry of southwest China’s Sichuan Province on Sept. 24, 2008.

CHENGDU, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) — At least 14 people were killed in the quake-battered Sichuan province where torrential rains triggered disasters, confirmed local government on Thursday. The victims were from Mianyang city, where 40 others were reported missing. Nearly 1.19 million people there were affected by rainstorms.

Downpour and ensuing flash floods, landslides and mud-rock flows also destroyed 42,121 houses, toppled 15,979 others. Some 60,893.3 hectares of crops were ruined and 5,310 cattle were killed.

Direct economic loss was estimated at 1.2 billion yuan (about 0.18 billion U.S. dollars), according to the disaster relief office under the Mianyang city government.

In the Qingchuan county, rescuers managed to establish contact with the last five cut-off villages and townships, where basic facilities and farmlands were severely damaged but no casualties have been reported yet.

Rescuers are repairing the damaged roads and cables while water and electricity supplies are on the way.

Rainstorm swept the southwestern province on Wednesday, plaguing the people there still recovering from the May 12 massive earthquake.

Earthquake reflections

Hi again,

It has been pouring rain here and has caused a great deal of flooding. The thunder and lightening has been very strong. Even the old people here say they have never seen rain like this before. It is unusually strong. They have had 7 meters of flooding in some areas. The tents people are living in from the earthquake are being flooded and living conditions are becoming more extreme for these poor people. The work is difficult because people cannot attend some workshops because roads are impassable, they can’t sleep at nights and they are getting sick due to such poor living conditions.

Rubble

The group we are presently working with seems to be more severely traumatized than they realize. There is still a fair amount of dissociation. They do the exercises and like them a lot because they are bringing some immediate physical relief to their bodies. They report sleeping much better and feel lighter in their bodies. But it is interesting that they do not have much realization of their life beyond their immediate physical condition. They still can’t reflect on what has happened or identify much of their emotional state. Most will tell me they do not suffer from PTSD anymore but I am very doubtful. I don’t think they will become aware of the depth of the emotional toe this experience has had on them for quite some time still. However, I am still very happy and hopeful that these exercises are bringing them some immediate physical relief and even a sense of pleasure. They often report feeling lighter, less stressed and even happy that they can do these exercises at home. They have begun to teach their spouses and children with very positive results.

Despair

It would still be great if all of you could think positive thoughts, send white light, pray for them or whatever it is you do to help people. We have to put our collective belief systems together to work as a whole family of people on the planet. The suffering here is huge. It is beyond the scope of what most of us could ever imagine. The town I am working in now had 2000 children killed in the schools. Every family is affected and the loneliness, emptiness and pain is immense and well as pervasive. Once again, I feel so amazingly blessed that I have the opportunity to live among and work with these people. Where else on this planet is life being lived at such a deep level of human suffering? A profound experience that I can only believe and hope is having profound changes in me as well. It will probably only sink in after I have left here because each day is filled with different sights, sounds, foods, smells, experiences, relationships, stories and people that I can only live in the present moment. All of my senses are so overwhelmed each day it feels as though I live a week’s lifetime in just a single day. There is so much to process at the end of each day I can’t keep up with my internal processing. I must admit, I love the experience, just as I have loved most of my international experiences but I suspect I will have a lot to process when I return.

Love to all.

Dave

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