"Cures" Illusions and Disillusions Many of the methods of treatments which were often recommended by physicians during the 19th century and before are today considered useless and, in fact, life-threatening. Nevertheless the doctors during that time persisted in such practices (as they do with today's practices) as bleeding, blistering, purging, and the use of heavy metals because they witnessed patients "recover" following such treatments. This, however, was an illusion and a trap that people were led into. Because, if the patient recovered at all, it was in spite of the treatments and certainly not because of it. And many people did die because of these treatments, but physicians did not recognize that the treatment itself was the direct cause of these deaths, attributing that to the disease (a symptom). However, doubters dissatisfied with this treatments, disapproved and soon began sounding objections, and the theories of the regular school of treatments of those days began to crumble. Doctors fell victims to their delusion. Educated men of science and respected people in the community were practicing under the illusion that such "heroic" treatments would "cure". Out of this illusion came disillusion to many and thus there were cries of objection and new healing sects sprang up out of desperation. (Today the same phenomenon is taking place. Every day there is a new drug being developed in the horizon, and yet there are more diseases.) The urge to make new discoveries along with preconceived ideas and autosuggestion, together with the desire to break new grounds, drives man to make certain conclusion from observations, which are often deceiving. An example of such deceiving observation may lie in the supposed "healing power" of the homeopath's drugs, or the naturopath's Schuessler salts, or the manipulations of the osteopaths and chiropractors. General good reason tells us that there is no magic power in any drug that could cure arthritis, or eliminate kidney stones, or heal a wound. We know that only our own body can do this by the method described in our health course previous lessons. If we observe someone being restored to health after a manipulative treatment, we must not be so quickly to accept this illusion. We must investigate further into the history of the illness and the mode of treatment, and the condition favoring restoration. If the patient was first taken off medical drugs, placed on a better diet, and provided other requirements for health, and then given a treatment or cell salts, we must not immediately credit the treatment or cell salts for the cure. The fact that the homeopathic cell salts were far less harmful than the previous drugs that were taken and the fact that the conditions for healing were provided give the body the opportunity to heal itself. When you keep this in mind, the illusion becomes obvious. Harm comes when people become so convinced of these illusions that a more rational approach is not promoted. You must, therefore, strive to become independent thinkers. You must begin to question "cures" that do not sound reasonable to you and then seek the truth by seeing things from the rational perspective of what you've learned with our course reports and newsletter. If a certain drug is found by the medical community to be harmful and is taken off the market, we are told in news reports by all the media that we should not doubt the effectiveness of all of these agents. However, we should not allow ourselves to be deceived by them. You may feel better for awhile after taking one of these symptom-suppressing agents, (drug) but your so-called "cure" is a deception. Because your "cure" will not last. You must be alert to these deceptions and illusions. Re-education is the key for recognizing misleading illusions. By constantly seeking the truth (You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. John 8: 32) we will be led to the true cause of disease, and from this we may know how to maintain our health. Any violation of biological law, that is, physiological law, always results in diminished health. This would include any violation against sleep requirements, poor unhealthy food, air, water, sunshine, exercise etc. The body's ability to adapt is outstanding and remarkable. However, health is a delusion when you attempt to produce it with drugs. Under such circumstances and conditions, the body will inevitably become exhausted and chronic, continuous illness will develop. Human behavior is affected by environmental factors which may be psychological or social as well as biological factors. Many types of mental deficiencies are considered hereditary. Although such diathesis may be inherited, they will not necessarily develop, providing all the conditions for good health{both physical and mental{are provided to us as children's. Physical and mental health tendencies are implanted in our genes at the moment of conception. During the next nine months, that child's environment consists of the mother's womb. Here, the child may be effected by different influences and it is essential that the health and living habits of the mother be correct. We should not fool ourselves into believing that nothing can be done about hereditary traits because something can definitely be done. But it must begin before conception and involves healthful living practices of both parents. Alcohol drugs smoke wrong food, X-rays, etc., affect the fetus. It would be an error to dismiss any of these factors in the role of mental and physical health. You must not allow the delusion of these agents to affect your decision to utilize them, especially when the health of a future human being depends on your decision. Today, it is very easy to be deceived concerning our health and well-being. The public media is flooded with advertising campaigns and news reports, which involve a host of health-robbing agents and substances. This includes coffee, alcohol, cigarettes, and junk foods. Our weapon against this misleading information is education so that we may learn the truth; so that we may keep away from those things, which destroy our health. Your health is your most valuable asset. In the world today, health is a commodity, which requires a conscious effort to keep, and superior health is well within the grasp of every living being as long as they obey the "Laws of Life." THERE ARE NO "CURES" Wake Up America! "There is no cure, no remedy, just remove the cause. Physiological rest (Fasting) does not cure; it only gives (The inherent intelligence of the body) the opportunity to eliminate the accumulated toxins". There are no "cures". Whether they be in the form of:
There are no "cures". Disease is not something that should be "cured" or that can be "cured". Disease is a disturbance of life. Disease is, not at ease. If "cure" means to get well or to recover health, then disease is the process of "cure". Disease is always constructive and is always a remedy. Diseases are instituted by the inherent intelligence, and are conducted for the purpose of cleansing, repair and restoration of body balance or homeostasis (the uniform balance the body maintains). Disease is always an inherent bodily created crisis due to an enervation (fatigue from loss of nerve energy and vitality) caused toxemia (toxic accumulation). Disease is inherently and defensively built into the genes, chromosomes and DNA of every cell of the living being. All "cures" have two things in common-they do not remove causes, and they do not constitute normal needs of health and life. No substance foreign to the body can "cure" the body. Something that makes a healthy person sick cannot make a sick person healthy. Only substances and practices that promote health can enable the return of health. Nothing outside the living body can heal. All healing comes from the inherent intelligence. Read: Dr. John H. Tilden, “Toxemia Explained”, |
