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To: California State Superintendent Jack O'Connell, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, California State Board of Education, Monterey County School Board.
Over the past three years, the International School of Monterey, California, a public charter school, has had two "doctors of medical qigong" from the International Institute of Medical Qigong (www.medicalqigong.org) instruct their student body in "medical" qigong exercises. This was done without parental consent or notification. These "doctors" are not licensed by the State of California. In fact, to become a doctor of medical qigong, one has to learn among other things how project energy balls, how to treat Spirit or Demon Possession, how to use hand seals and incantations to paralyze spirit entities, Faith Projection and Incantations, and finally how to understand psychic and sorcery attacks. The basis for these beliefs is the belief in a universal life force called "chi." This was also taught to the children.
In fact, one exercise that the children performed had them hold out their arms to the side and raise them over their heads. At this point, they were told that they were pulling energy ("Chi") out of the earth and it was populating their body organs, then as they lowered their arms they were told that they were returning the excess "Chi" to the earth.
The school has stopped the practice, but has refused to inform parents that their children were exposed to these pseudoscientific and occult beliefs. The school's charter is now up for renewal with both the State and the County. We the undersigned are requesting that both the State and the County refuse to renew the school's charter and withhold state and federal funding until the following steps are taken:
1. Fully discloses to parents what the children were taught, including all lesson plans, tapes, and other relevant materials.
2. Discloses all internal documentation about "qigong" and how "medical qigong" became part of its curriculum.
3. Presents to all students the scientific view of Qigong and the non-existence of "Chi."
If these steps are not taken, then we the undersigned are requesting that the school’s charter and public funding be halted immediately.
Additionally, we the undersigned are asking that the state adopt a policy for schools that mirrors the 1998 federal law (http://www.opm.gov/hrd/lead/policy/eeoc915.asp) that states that employers cannot force their employees to perform these “exercises” without written consent from the employee because these activities could conflict with employees' religious beliefs or lack thereof. If employees cannot be required to engage in these, surely children should not be required to engage in similar practices in school that offend the beliefs of the children and their parents? |
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The first three links are taken from the school in which the medical qigong practitioners came from. Again, these "doctors" were allowed to instruct ISM students in "medical" qigong for three years.
http://qigongmedicine.com/Merc...
An overview of a seminar taught at the Medical Qigong Instititute. Here are a couple of sample quotes:
"This type of Daoist training includes the actual use and training of “forbidden things.”For example, sexual intercourse is taught using either single cultivation (“vampiring” the partner’s life-force energy), or duel cultivation (exchanging energy with a partner);Intoxication is achieved through the consumption, ingestion or inhalation of herbs, hallucinogenic drugs, and herbal pills, wines and tinctures."
"In their most early stages, the knowledge of science and magic are indistinguishable, and it is diffcult to differentiate between them. Even Chinese medicine, as an applied science, has an ancient history submerged in occult magic and Daoist shamanism. There is an old saying that goes, “the only difference between “occult magic” and “science” is time.”
http://www.medicalqigong.org/6...
In this class, students learn how to Deal with Psychic Attacks Using Mantras for Protection Encounters with Ghosts & Spirit Entities and how to Treat Demon & Spirit oppression & Possession
http://www.medicalqigong.org/9...
In this course, students get to learn how to project energy balls and how to energize healing paper!
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/...
The American Cancer Society's statement on Qigong: "There is no scientific evidence showing that qigong is effective in treating cancer or any other disease."
http://www.acsh.org/healthissu...
The American Council on Science and Health's position on TCM.
http://www.acsh.org/healthissu...
Another look at the religious aspects of Qigong from the American Council on Science and Health.
http://www.skepdic.com/chikung...
A brief description of Qigong and some of its flaws.
http://www.quackwatch.org/01Qu...
A look at what Medical Science has to say about Qigong.
http://www.csicop.org/si/9609/...
A look at Psuedoscience in China.
http://www.csicop.org/sb/9903/...
An article about Qigong psuedoscience in China and how some in China are fighting it.
http://www.rickross.com/refere...
Article from the Wall Street Journal about Sima Nan's efforts to debunk qigong in China.
http://english.people.com.cn/2...
An article about how interest in Qigong led him to the religious cult Falun Gong.
http://english.people.com.cn/2...
An article about Chinese religious leaders supporting the ban of the cult. It is estimated that over a thousand deaths are attributed to the cult.
http://www.rickross.com/groups...
A resource of stories related to the religious/qigong cult Falun Gong.
http://english.people.com.cn/2...
Falun Gong Survivors Speak of Self-Immolation
http://www.arcapologetics.org/...
A Christian group also dedicated to fighting cults. This group successfully fought the teaching of psuedoscience and cults in Alabama.
http://www.xenos.org/ministrie...
www.watchman.org/na/
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