Brain Wave Vibrations

Brain Wave Vibration, Ilchi Lee, Best Life Media, 2008

This book looks at an extremely simple way to access the physical and mental healing power that already exists within the human brain. The claim is that this can help to better manage stress, find your higher self and rediscover physical vitality.

The physical world is full of vibrations. Sound waves are vibrations, it could be said that light waves are a form of vibrations, and brain waves are also vibrations. "Stress" is a major cause of physical and mental illness in our present-day world. Perhaps a cause of stress is our brains being somehow out of alignment with the natural level of vibrations. If our brains could be "re-aligned," the possibilities are interesting.</p>
<p>Have you ever been in a good mood, and have that mood suddenly disappear in the presence of a sullen, angry person? Alternatively, have you ever been in a bad mood, and the presence of a happy and optimistic person makes that bad mood not so bad? Maybe it's possible to be "sensitive" to the brain waves of others, or to have strong brain waves that can affect other people.

What is this very simple method to change one's life, a method that can be taught in a couple of minutes, and can fit on one piece of paper? It is rhythmic vibratory shaking of the head, or the whole body (the book goes into detail). This will create brain waves that will promote mental and physical well-being. The brain stem is the healing center of the brain. If it can be accessed the right way, lots of good things can happen. This can also quiet the constant noise of the prefrontal cortex, which is the thinking part of the brain, letting the brain stem do its thing.

The average person may consider this way too simple, and more than a little silly, but what have you got to lose? This technique takes only a couple of minutes at a time and can be done anywhere, including at your desk (any way to reduce workplace stress is automatically a good thing). This book is very easy to read, and it may be just the thing to change your life.

Disappearing Moon Cafe

Disappearing Moon Cafe, SKY Lee, Seal Press, 1990

Set in Vancouver, this is a multi-generational tale of the Wong family. Part of it revolves around Lee Mui Lan, the no-nonsense family matriarch, who runs the Disappearing Moon Cafe, the biggest Chinese restaurant in 1920's Vancouver. Her son, Choy Fuk, has been married for the last 5 years to Fong Mei, a young woman newly emigrated from China who works at the restaurant. She has been unable to bear him a son, a constant source of conflict between the women and between Fong Mei and her husband. Mui Lan sends him to one of the waitresses at the restaurant, a woman who lives alone in a tarpaper shack, and who bears him a son, whom she raises. Shoy Fuk and Fong Mei do have several children of their own, including a daughter. Years later, when Fong Mei has become the family matriarch, the daughter and the son of the waitress plan to marry, until they learn the truth.

This isn't a very quick read, but it is very much worth it. Here is a pasionate and moving story about being somewhere in the middle between two cultures, and is a worthy addition to the fiction world.