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Why Do You Say Just Touch?
Excerpted from Winter 1999 Newsletter
By: Paul Bucky, IFBM President

People have asked, "Why do you say 'Just Touch' when you refer to Bio-Magnetic Touch Healing^TM? Why do you say 'just touch' when there are specific points to touch, that it's best to touch on the skin, and to touch with a butterfly-like touch?"

Initially, "Just Touch" was first coined when we started to teach Bio-Magnetic Touch Healing^TM publicly. It seemed like that perfect expression for such a simple technique. Over time, we've come to realize how perfect it really is, because "Just Touch" describes very well a philosophy that encompasses more than just technique.

The Prologue in the Bio-Magnetic Touch Healing^TM training manual introduces this philosophy as it relates to Bio-Magnetic Touch Healing^TM. It states, "Through this manual an individual will be taught how to assist the natural process rather than to 'do' something. There is no attempt in the following pages to explain 'why' these procedures work. The goal of this manual is only to teach an individual 'how' to touch certain points which will facilitate the healing process."

We say "Just Touch" as a reminder that healing is simple. We say "Just Touch" to remind us that ANYONE can practice Bio-Magnetic Touch Healing^TM and notice results. We say "Just Touch" as a way to practice the golden rule of "Love thy Neighbor." We say "Just Touch" to remind us that we do not diagnose problems, recommend ways to live or believe, nor do we give a prognosis for the future. We don't have to imagine a particular result, enter into a special state of mind, analyze our "intent", or even kno the origin of the technique. All that is necessary for healing is communicated in the simple act of touching.

"Just Touch" allows us to live in the present moment - within ourselves and with a recipient. It gives the mind the freedom to accept all people as equals. It allos me to feel with people - to feel their hurt, their pains, their sorrow, their worries. It allows me to participate in the joy and hope of healing.

"Just Touch" puts me into relationship - unconditaionally accepting whatever is given and allows me to see that we are all human; all good.

"Just Touch" is about gratefulness. It is about learning that giving and receiving are the same. When I touch I am not expecting anything in return. I am touching another human being and thereby I too am touched. I am touched deeply by grateful responses - of a smiliing face or a simple "thank you."

"Just Touch" allows me to take a break from my daily routine and my daily hustle and to see a fellow human being as myself. "Just Touch" gives me the profound opportunity of self-awareness.

I realize that the "Just Touch" philosophy and the simplicity of Bio-Magnetic Touch Healing^TM may challenge much of the current theory in the "healing" world, and my hope is that this investigation into "Just Touch" may be a catalyst for further discussion.

Years of experience with Bio-Magnetic Touch Healing^TM has shown that healing can be simple and that, very often, the hardest thing to do is to keep it simple. To quote a dear friend who says it best: "It's simple, but not easy!!!"

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