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Jiro Murai and Mary Burmeister...
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“Life is not a struggle,
life is enjoying the now. It's simple."
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Mary Burmeister brought Jin Shin Jyutsu to the West, she says:
"I don't see a future. I'm just in the now. Whatever direction it is, so it is. Whatever direction comes up, that's what I am. We're having this interview because David [her
son and business manager] said it's time to get out a little bit more. I never butt into God's plans, I just go along with what is. Life is not a struggle, life is enjoying the now. It's simple."
Question: Other students experienced their own small successes. Obviously something was working, but would the results last?
"The physical, mental, and emotional may be cleaned up for now," Mary says, "but if we go out and dirty it up again, we need to clean up the dirt, dust, and grime
again. That's all it is. You'll just come in for more housecleaning, or you'll do it yourself."
Mary says that Jin Shin Jyutsu not only aids the body, but changes the attitudes that underlie the physical symptoms. "Jin Shin Jyutsu helps everything from head to toe and toe to head. There are 27 trillion cells in the body, and if we smile, all 27 trillion cells smile with us. This is how we help ourselves in health. Light pressure goes through the skin and into the bone. If pain is present, it's because there is blockage and the pain is coming from the person, not the pressure. We don't have to dig into the very marrow of the bone. All we have to do is take away the dams."
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"Some of you can go out today and look at the book and try this out. But you're not doing it, it's the light and the
'specialist' that are doing it. And the person you're working on says, 'Hey, my headache's gone.' But it's not you who's done it, it's the 'specialist' on step one, step two, step three, that's cleaning the
debris for that particular complaint. We cannot do wrong because we are not doing anything. We are only jumper cables."
"Not doing anything" while at the same time doing something
is one of several paradoxes in Jin Shin Jyutsu. Despite its esoteric principles, however, Mary maintains that Jin Shin Jyutsu is an inborn art that anyone can learn without much training.
Mary describes Jin Shin Jyutsu (which means "art of the Creator through compassionate man" in Japanese) as a "physio-philosophy" that is used by everyone
unconsciously, doesn't "do" anything, yet encompasses everything. "I call it the art of life, the art of life itself. It is the whole cosmos and cannot be categorized."
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- Jiro Murai Mary’s master...
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...studied the Chinese acupressure points, then took them a step further by experimenting on himself and fasting. He compared what he experienced to the ancient acupuncture
writings and compared them to what he felt. His experiences were much deeper than what he found in the writings. “There is an awareness in Jin Shin Jyutsu that is deeper than technique," says Mary.
It was 17 years, however, before Mary started sharing Jin Shin Jyutsu with others. "I just felt I had to know something before I could say I knew it. Then I realized you
can't say you ever really know an art like this. One day I found myself timidly putting my hand out to a neighbour with a back problem and saying, 'Maybe I can help you.' After five years of working with her, I
moved, and she then went back to her chiropractor, who called me soon after and requested that we meet. The chiropractor became my first student”
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Advice: Jin Shin Jyutsu is not intended to be a substitute for regular medical attention by recognized medical authorities
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