What I wanted to write about today is an idea. In (Upper Cervical Care) we have called it “The Big
Idea”! This big idea is present not only
in (Upper Cervical Care), but we have certainly based our work upon it. The idea is that life is sufficient unto
itself. Most often, it does not need any
help. What it needs is the freedom to
express itself. The life inside of us is
connected to all of Life. While this has
always been a spiritual concept, it is now also becoming a scientific one. We are not separate little clots moving about
on a dot of dirt in an empty universe.
The picture of us, the Earth and the whole Universe is looking much more
like aspects of one immense integrated whole.
The same mathematical equations that can chart fluctuations
in the stock market, map out the path of blood vessels in our tissues, and
describe the shape of snowflakes, can also chart the distribution of stars in
the galaxy. We are learning that there
is communication between molecules, cells, tissues, and within the whole person
we had never dreamed existed. It extends
out beyond us to others and perhaps to the farthest reaches of the
universe. Electromagnetic fields extend
to infinity. The matter of this reality
seem to be composed of standing waveforms of immense numbers of frequencies all
coordinated together. The better we can
look at matter as our microscopes and methods become more sophisticated show
that what we thought was solid is not.
It is vibrations that maintain themselves! Immense amounts of information can be (and
are!) contained within the frequencies that create the matter of our
interconnected universe. There are
possibilities for our lives and for all of us that we haven’t even begun to
dream about yet.
Within this new understanding is (Upper Cervical Care) which has
claimed for (almost) a hundred years that this is true. How we take care of our infirmities is
dependent upon how we see ourselves. In medicine
we have based our understanding from a study of what goes wrong. All of medicine is based in impeding or
stopping the process of dis-ease. To use
a big word, it is a pathogenic orientation.
(Upper Cervical Care) is based in the opposite approach. To use another big word, it is a salutogenic
approach. By this we mean what creates
health? How can we support Life? What sustains and improves our health? In (Upper Cervical Care) we find that removing the
interference to the power of Life will allow optimal health to return. We really can trust Life. One approach chooses to stifle, to palliate,
to suppress the symptoms of dis-ease.
The other removes interference and trusts life to find its own way, to
unfold as it has for untold millennia.
At this point I want to note that when events occur that
cause significant disruption of our health, medicine can be an incredible
lifesaver. When symptoms are going to
kill us, suppression or palliation of symptoms is welcomed by everyone. This is where medicine shines, in the acute
care of critically ill people. This
suppressive treatment can save lives and give the innate power of life within
each of us the time to rally. However,
as a lifestyle, it leaves much to be desired.
Turning off the symptoms with toxic drugs simply leaves the body with
fewer possibilities. Killing the
‘messenger’ (the symptoms) doesn’t change the reality it just means you are now
unaware of it. Most cardiac medications
are suppressive and palliative. They
actually do very little to help any of us regain health. They just shut the message off. This isn’t a hopeless statement. It is a statement that this path does not
lead where most people would choose to go if they had a choice. What choices do we have?
First, we have to choose to be the driver of our own
lives. How many people just passively
accept the pills and procedures medicine (and our doctors) demand? How many of us ask questions? How many of us do the due diligence to
investigate the possibilities for ourselves?
Do you really think that a five minute visit with a doctor is enough for
him/her to understand the complexities of how life is breaking down for
you? If we take on the responsibility
for our own lives and have sought out answers on our own, then we are in a
vastly better position to ask the right questions and make informed choices
about our lives and our healthcare. We
have to make the choice to be present in our own lives. What is more important?
Yes, this means you must make efforts. It means you must be willing make changes in
the way you live your life. It means you
must be patient as the changes you make remake you. It means you must pay attention to your own
life. Your healthcare should be a
partnership between you and your doctors.
I will reiterate, you are the one in charge. If you are asleep at the wheel then no one is
driving the bus. If you don’t take on
this primary responsibility then you can’t complain when life leaves you broken
down on the side of the road.
What is the goal of your healthcare? Do you just want the symptoms to go
away? That is one choice. It does lead to certain consequences. In the example of cardiac (heart ) problems,
lifestyle, nutritional and stress management can completely turn your health
around. You can regain your health. Turning life off is not the answer to turning
life on.
The Upper Cervical Care you receive in this
office is based on removing interference at the base of the brain. This area is filled with centers that control
every aspect of your life. Restoring
normal, balanced function to your brain and nervous system is one magnificent
and powerful way to restore health and the life you live. This is much more than just turning off the
pain of sciatica or headaches. Relief is
great but there is more to life than being numb. This world needs every one of us operating at
full capacity. You have chosen a road
less traveled by coming here for care. I
believe that the balance created by the upper cervical adjustment is primary
health care. This is the Big Idea.
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