Try as he might, David couldn’t sleep, frustrated he got out of bed and put on the medical video showing detached retina surgery. These videos, Malcolm had provided for them: of a car accident, where the victim was pried from his vehicle; one on health foods; and another on high blood pressure would give them the details they needed to maintain their assumed roles while in Munich.. He had watched all of them at least once a day for the past week in Tel Aviv, until now they were like second nature. In her suite, Miriam also had videos on cats that she had been watching every day, in addition the same ones on health food and high blood pressure that David had. Before coming to Munich, they had perfected their facial disguises spending at least four hours a day practicing their roles and their Spanish, as Phillipe and Maria Sanchez. Tomorrow, they would be ready to meet The Chief.
Dr. Yang stood at the glass lectern in the television studio. He was dressed in a white hospital coat over a shirt and tie with stethoscope draped around his neck. He removed the glasses from his handsome, authoritative face. Behind him hung a four by six whiteboard with a gigantic green hexagonal emerald with the word EMERALD written below. On a small table beside him, four cases of emeralds were stacked near a huge computer monitor. As they rolled tape, the cameraman gave him the signal to begin.
“The origins of illness are more than just physical, because discord in the emotions and mind lead back to physical discord as well. Inner disharmonies block the flow of the life force.” Dr. Yang picked up one of the cases from the table and opened it to display an emerald. He lifted out the large stone. “The emeralds we use here at the Yang Life Institute address the physical manifestation of illness by resolving the inner causes of disease.” He put the case back on the table and stepped forward. “I am Dr. Chen Yang, founder of the Yang Life Institute in Munich, the first of its kind. For seven generations my ancestors have been doctors. Many of the emeralds you see here go back that far. My family has preserved the ancient wisdom, and now I, Chen Yang, carry our family tradition of healing into the current day to acquaint you with the benefits and scope of Emerald Therapy.
“Emeralds increase the force of life energy throughout your entire being.” Dr. Yang moved to the whiteboard and drew radiating lines outward from the large emerald to emphasize his point. He turned back toward the camera and continued, “They do this by enhancing needle-like fibers, the key components that direct life energy into the physical body. In addition, they perform various other functions: in the emotional dimension and in your karmic dimension, they manifest as life pattern lines; in the dimensions of your mind, they create formulas that your mind uses to make life decisions.
Emerald energy provides these fibers with a “tune-up,” loosening, cleansing, and lubricating these delicate fibers. The fibers are thus freed from obstructions and become more flexible and efficient so that more energy can move through them to all aspects of your being.” He paused and gestured to the monitor, which displayed moving green fibers emanating from the large emerald, filling the rest of the screen.
Emeralds focus their healing effects on the area of greatest disharmony in your body, the source of your disease” A large red spot appeared on one of the fibers. “When you first receive Emerald Therapy here at the Yang Life Institute, energy floods your aura, locates areas of physical disharmony, then like an eagle spotting its prey, it swoops down.” The green emerald fibers on the monitor suddenly spilled around the red spot, which shifted and faded into a clear color finally filling with green and conforming back to the shape of the other fibers. “Emerald energy enters your body through osmosis where it disintegrates the disharmony that manifests as disease and discomfort.”
A picture of Einstein appeared on the monitor as Dr. Yang continued. “There are four cosmic energy systems. They are: Gravity based Atmosphere, Human Aura, Energy Fields, and Universal Energy.” As he pronounced each, its name appeared on the monitor. “In the Einsteinium theory of vibrational medicine, the human being is multi-dimensional, made up of a dynamic interplay of complex, regulatory energy fields.
“The Yang Life Institute heals illness by directing energy into the body instead of through drugs or surgery. Orthodox medicine uses external energy for treating illness, such as radiation for cancer treatment, electricity to alleviate pain and shrink tumors and electromagnetic fields to stimulate fracture healing and alleviate the pain and inflammation of arthritis. Our bodies have self-healing electrical feedback loops, which promote cellular repair whenever the body has been damaged. The movement of life-force is guided by subtle patterns within the esthetic body and higher frequency inputs into the human energy system, a hierarchy that coordinates electrophysiological and hormonal functions as well as cellular growth within the physical body.”
Pictures of the healing modalities flashed by on the screen while he spoke slowly and distinctly. “Healing modalities such as homeopathy; light, color, music, and magneto therapies; and emerald crystals can improve human functioning and thus heal illness. The connection between the physical body and the subtle forces of the spirit is the key to understanding the relationship between all matter and energy.”
Dr. Yang stepped back to the glass lectern to make his conclusion. “Thank you for allowing me to introduce you to the Emerald Therapy we provide here at the Yang Life Institute. Patients who undergo our treatments will receive complete instruction from our practitioners before beginning each step. Further information may be obtained by calling our main office, located at Munich University Hospital. Thank you.”
The cameraman concluded the taping and asked Dr. Yang if he would like to pre-view it, but the doctor said he was rather busy and would look at it next week. He would then bring along three colleagues whom he hoped to interest as practitioners. He would show it to them and get feedback on the film. Much of the success of his institute would rest on this initial introduction. He would need plenty of feedback to edit it perfectly. In the process, he hoped also to find a silent representative to bid for him on the Whittelsbach Emerald, the gemstone he believed that was perfect for its healing qualities — an uncut natural stone with just the correct inclusions for prime radiance.
David slipped the small rubber wedge underneath the Chief’s office door to hinder anyone who might try to enter. Shoving his dark glasses up over his forehead, he pulled the bottom drawer of the file cabinet open and began rifling carefully through the folders as quickly as he could. He knew the lower file drawers were more likely to hold what people wanted hidden; nevertheless, he did not miss any of the drawers in the file cabinets. He took the miniature camera from inside his jacket and shot pictures of anything that looked relevant.
Bruno had not appeared to be very busy when his secretary, Liliane, escorted them into his office. She had brought them coffee and busied herself in their service and comfort immediately, especially when she had heard how frail poor Mr. Sanchez currently was. She had even offered to dim the lights in the office, but Phillipe assured her he had the strongest dark lenses his ophthalmologist could prescribe. They could withstand any indoor lighting but his poor eyes prevented him being able to read, which was much more likely to affect his comfort. Before she withdrew, he told the Chief he envied him having such a wonderful secretary. Visiting a country that was so hospitable, he added, reminded them of their heritage. He would be sure to visit the German Embassy back home in Madrid and report what gracious service he and his wife had been afforded on their trip here.