Our society is more oriented to heroic efforts to heal the sick, to deal with victims and to treat symptoms rather than to changing the social and other circumstances which result in people becoming victims.
— Dr. Joel Kreisberg, Teleosis Institute

Real healing

Since we understand our body better than anyone else, we should be our own best therapists. By reconditioning ourselves to listen to our body, we can prevent disease and cure ourselves of any ailments we may have. Explained here are

Symptoms are a survival mechanism

Our body is always acting in self-preservation, and speaks to us through symptoms. Symptoms indicate that there is a problem and that we should take action to remove the cause. For example, a back pain that limits a movement may be the body’s way of saying that that particular movement is harmful. Taking painkillers rather than avoiding the movement may cause the condition to become chronic. Similar logic applies to almost all diseases. Getting rid of a symptom temporarily, without getting to the root of problem will cause future complications.

The healing power is inherent in the body. When disease occurs, the body makes every effort to regain ease, that is health. A good doctor strengthens his innate healing power. While treating his patient he should remember his first duty, Primum Non Nocere. In other words, he may not always be able to help the patient, but his prime duty ought to be that he does no harm to the patient.
Dr. Joel Kreisberg, Teleosis Institute

Modern Medical thinking

Modern medicine emphasizes the immediate relief of symptoms. This is certainly life saving in emergencies, but more ordinary diseases may benefit more from another approach. In the US alone, between 44,000 and 98,000 people die each year due to errors made in hospitals. Another million suffer long- term side effects from medical treatment. Modern medicine’s time frame ignores the long-term well-being of patients and our environment.

Is it not ironic that the treatment of a cancer patient through radiation or chemotherapy often generates cancer-causing substances that may harm others? Or that medical waste is known for its toxicity?

Many of us live our lives striving for short-term goals. The consequences are similar to those of modern medicine. We have witnessed a growth of consumerism in the last decades. People believe that if they achieve more, have more material possessions, or even more love, they will be happier. The empty feeling that people often find themselves struggling with occurs when our goals are not in the best interests of the interrelated network of life that surrounds us.

Pressing further on our destructive path, we eat unhealthily on processed food, denying our bodies essential nutrients and clogging our cells with preservatives and chemicals. We live in an environment that is polluted from our desire to consume more. We are digging ourselves a deeper grave.

Fertilizers, pesticides, genetically modified foods are all examples of this approach which results in short-term gain but ends in long-term destruction.

Holistic thinking

The body and the mind act in unison. Physical symptoms may indicate the state of mind or vice versa. Medical intervention should take into consideration the whole rather than isolated parts. This would be a holistic approach.

The purpose of holistic healing is to provide long-term improvement, (which may even cause short-term pain). Intervention should be minimal since nature, in her wisdom, knows the best course. Pain can serve to make us aware of our emotional state, thus helping us in our own personal evolution. A natural diet, good exercise and calmness of mind can be one of the best means of holistic healing in a number of cases.

Our connection to the rest of the universe can be viewed on similar lines. We are an integral part of the whole. Any action, which causes harm to any part of the universe, cannot be beneficial to us on the long run as a consequence of this unity. A simple example is the use of pesticides to help human survival through greater food security, but by destroying ‘pests’. Though these help in the short term they pollute our water and soil, cause disease, malformations and even deaths.

The earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth.
All things are connected like the blood that unites us all.
Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it.
Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.
Chief Seattle
In accordance with natural laws, the population of any species always grows to just exceed the food availability so we can never achieve complete food security. When we are in a healthy state, we see this unity and therefore act for the good of the whole.

A human being is a part of the whole, called by us the 'Universe', a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separate from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security.
Albert Einstein, New York Post, 28 November 1972

Ecologically Sustainable medicine and homeopathy

There has been a growing movement in medicine that seeks to restore the balance between the wellbeing of humans and the wellbeing of the planet -Ecologically Sustainable Medicine. This is a new term to denote methods of treatment that are in accordance with nature, gentle on the body and gentle on the planet. Homeopathy is one such method of treatment. Homeopathy is

  • Ecological – non toxic, renewable
  • Non invasive
  • Does not use animal experiments
  • Is non polluting
  • Is based on nature’s laws and reaches the deepest level - the energetic level of our existence.

Other methods of treatment which fall into this category are chiropractry, acupuncture and acupressure, shiatsu, craniosacral therapy, polarity therapy, to name a few.

For more information about this, see www.teleosis.org

The main means to a the right path to good health are
Healthy eating
Healthy living

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