Help with a special situation

[shaman]

Dear Shark,

It is well known in medicine that people who have suffered injuries (from accident, war,..) and are missing a limb (for example) can still feel pain from that limb, or other sensation such as itching, ...etc...

This is because first of all the nerve that was extending all they way to the limb from the spine, still exists, even though it has been cut, it is still there and can still give some signal from time to time. The other thing is that the brain has created a whole area in the cortex (the outer part of the brain) for that limb (before it was lost) and therefore that area of the brain, if excited in one way or another (by small nervous electric currents), can produce the sensation of the limb as if it was there.

Our brain and mind can deceive us.

Good luck with your practice of Energy!

You might want to have a look at a proffesional journal such as
The Lancet   http://www.thelancet.com/

You have to register (it is free) to be able to access their journal with articles. Many articles are free, and most abstract of the articles are free.

Do a search there on "phantom limb"

here is an example of abstract of an article retrieved from there:

Phantom limb pain is a frequent consequence of the amputation of a body part. Based on the finding that phantom limb pain is
                   closely associated with plastic changes in the primary somatosensory cortex and animal data showing that behaviourally relevant
                   training alters the cortical map, we devised a sensory discrimination training programme for patients with intractable phantom
                   limb pain. Compared with a control group of medically treated patients, the training group had significant reductions in phantom
                   limb pain (p=0#65533;002) and cortical reorganisation (p=0#65533;05) that were positively associated with improved sensory discrimination
                   ability.

[Risu no Kairu]

Well, if your energy  body had already expanded to form a double of your physical body, then you lost the limb, and you feel sensations when doing energy work, I'd say it's your energy finger, still there.

[Futures_Shark]

Hello all,

I've just starting working with the NEW Energy Ways system.

I lost my left index finger in a car accident about 10 years ago.  As I've been working on the excercises (I'm on Tactile Imaging section now) I notice strong feelings in the knuckle of my left index finger when I am trying to focus on the different areas.  This is strong enough to distract me from concentrating on the other joints, toes & thumbs.  It's strongest when I'm trying to concentrate on my left thumb knuckle, but is also very strong when trying to concentrate on my left big toe knuckle.  It's not as bad when working with the right side.

The text of the NEW Energy Ways system doesn't address the issue of missing digits so I am curious if anyone has any suggestions, experiences, comments, ect. on this topic.

Thanks