Acupuncture Today February, 2007, Vol. 08, Issue 02 Share |  How
Far Is Far Enough?  By Gregg St. Clair, BA, MSTOM, LAc  A
colleague whose opinion I respect read my previous two articles
on healing and the environment. His response was very favorable,
but he made a comment that really struck me. He said it didn't
go far enough.  I've always considered less to be more and
subtlety an art form, so I admit, his casual comment stuck in my
craw. But, it left me wondering, how far am I willing to go?
This started out as a questioning of my writing, specifically to
this column, but it slowly seeped into every aspect of my life.
How far can I go in my career, my writing, my health and my
spiritual life? How far am I willing to go to practice what I
preach? How can I help myself, my friends, my patients and the
family of Earth to the fullest? I extrapolate this now to ask:
How far can Oriental medicine go? Can it help a world so
desperately in need?  Once I started asking this question, it
took on a life force of its