Monthly Menu - August, 2004

"clutter is emotional constipation" - Vicky white, www.lifedesignstrategies.com

"What I want in my life is compassion, a flow between myself and others
based on a mutual giving from the heart."
-- Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D., A Language of Life

This Month's Specials:

 

Inspiration Soup

Inspiration
When your mind becomes equilibrated you become full of gratitude. When you become full of gratitude your heart opens. When your heart opens the natural love you have deep inside comes pouring forth. When this inherent love exudes outward you will feel inspired inward. When your mind becomes inspired your body will become enthused. This enthusiasm will become contagious and it will help you attract the people, opportunities, ideas and events that will make your inner most dominant thoughts become your outermost tangible reality. Inspiration demands a state of gratitude. Gratitude demands a balanced mind. A balanced mind demands the perception of order. When you perceive disorder and dis-equilibrium your heart becomes closed off to your natural potential for inspiration. Inspiration is a gift to those living gracefully. By surrounding yourself with anyone inspired or anything inspirational you will tend to awaken and maintain your inspiration. - Dr. John Demartini
 

Thoughts on a Half-Shell

In his 1920 text The Science of Chiropractic Dr. B.J. Palmer wrote:
"The mind, soul, spirit, nature, instinct, intuition, subconscious mind, or, as I prefer to name it, the Innate Intelligence, which Dr. Carver refers to, runs the human machine, performs all functions in a natural manner, providing it is in proper order." (1)
     The Palmers (the founders and developers of chiropractic) and others have maintained that vertebral subluxation interferes with the ability of our Innate to express itself. Chiropractors have even said that one of the purposes of chiropractic is to "unite man the physical with God the spiritual" and that chiropractic is a "bigger idea than medicine, bigger than law and bigger than religion."
     Many in positions of power in our profession including our accrediting agencies, our licensing boards, our associations and our research institutions shudder at such ruminations. Our half-century of researching low back pain is a testament to how those who control the research money think we should be examining our navels.
     The May 7, 2001 issue of Newsweek should provide somewhat of a wake up call to our profession.(2) Titled "God & the Brain. How We're Wired for Spirituality" it is the cover story of that issue.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/569481.asp  Reviewing the "new field of neurotheology" the article discusses how scientists are seeking the "biological basis of spirituality" and asks the question "Is God all in our heads?"
     According to Newsweek, researchers and research institutions like
• MIT
• The American Psychological Association
• Columbia University (Center for the study of Science and religion)
• The Journal of Consciousness Studies
• The University of Pennsylvania
• Wheaton College
• Hunter College
• The University of Adelaide
• The Society for Neuroscience
• The University of Manchester
are all looking into the neurobiology of religion and spirituality. Using modern technology like SPECT brain imaging they are taking advantage of recent technology to unlock the connections between our brain circuitry and its relationship to spiritual experience.
     At the same time our chiropractic schools and research institutions are looking into such exciting things as the connection between non-specific manipulation and a host of diseases and disorders that, if we show we can help, hopefully a third party will pay us for. And the most sophisticated piece of technology lying around might be an x-ray machine. I say fire up the electroneuroencephalomentipograph!
     Throwing limited research dollar after research dollar into the same old mill, we ignore potential research breakthroughs that have their basis in clues given to us by people like Candace Pert BIO . In her paper The Neuropeptide Network (3) she states:  "Normally one thinks of the conscious part on the top and the unconscious part toward the back. But we would go further 'back' (or down) and say that the subconscious is in the spinal cord and even 'lower.' Psychologists talk about deep subconscious processes. Clearly the network of chemicals that we have attempted to describe suggests that the subconscious extends to one's T-cells, to one's monocytes, and, in a kind of flowing wave, back to one's brain cells."
     She continues:  ...our research suggests that the usual picture of the limbic system should be extended to include the spinal cord, for a third area enriched with neuropeptide receptors is the dorsal horn of the spinal cord."
    

References
1. Palmer, B.J.: The Science of Chiropractic. Its Principles and Philosophies. Fourth Edition. The Palmer School of Chiropractic. Davenport. 1920.
2. Begley, S.: Religion and the Brain. Newsweek May 7, 2001. 50-57.
Pert, C., Dienstfrey, H.: The Neuropeptide Network. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 521:189-94, 1988
 

Calendar

  • August 2nd - Office Closed (B.C. Day)

  • August 11th - Office Closed in the morning - Open at 3-7pm (Dr. Tan's Wedding)

  • August 15th - Diez Vistas Hike, Buntzen Lake - 9am~12pm (bring lunch/snacks)

  • August 18th - B.G.I. explained, learning the how and why - 7:15pm~8pm

 

 

Sweet Web Pudding

http://www.foodrevolution.org/

 

http://www.medicallegalart.com/displayanimation.php?&A=delivery

 

The site above will take you to an awesome animation showing the descent of the baby through the birth canal. It shows an UNMEDICATED birth and that the baby helps propel itself through the birth canal against the contracted uterus. A DRUGGED baby cannot do this, therefore episiotomy with forceps or vacuum is needed in most cases....or even the doctor pulling with much force on the delicate newborn spine. In fact, research shows an epidural increases the risk of a c-section by 10-20x.
After viewing the animation, click on the *E-strip* link on the left to see a demo of an electronic fetal monitoring strip which shows how baby responds to introduction of Demerol....or try this link- http://www.doereport.com/estripdemo.php?A=


click on continue to see the strip....and to move it along, click on the dots on the line above the strip.

 

33 Dining Specials at the Café of Life

R.W. Stephenson and B.J. Palmer laid down the 33 Principles of Chiropractic in the early 1900's.  Chiropractic is based on these principles and we are going to list all 33.

#1 - The Major Premise ~ A universal intelligence is in all matter and continually gives to it all its properties and actions, thus maintaining it in existence.

#2 - The Chiropractic Meaning of Life.

The expression of this intelligence through matter is the chiropractic meaning of life.

     Meaning:  Chiropractic's sole purpose is to remove interference so your body's intelligence can be fully expressed resulting in Health, Healing & Life!

#3 - The Union of Intelligence and Matter.

Life is necessarily the union of intelligence and matter.

    Meaning:  Without matter (physical) there is no life.  Without intelligence there is no life.

#4 - The Triune of Life.
Life is a triunity having three necessary united factors, namely: Intelligence, Force and Matter.

     Meaning:  A living thing must consist of physical (matter), mental (intelligence) and spirit (force).
#5 - The Perfection of the Triune.
In order to have 100% Life, there must be 100% Intelligence, 100% Force, 100% Matter.

     Meaning:  To express 100% Life Force, physical, spiritual and mental processes must be at 100%

#6. The Principle of Time.
There is no process that does not require time.

    Meaning:  This is a Universal Principal - applies to healing, growing, dying, etc...
#7. The Amount of Intelligence in Matter.
The amount of intelligence for any given amount of matter is 100%, and is always proportional to its requirements.

     Meaning:  Your body always has 100% intelligence and if you should loose an organ or limb the intelligence will remain at 100% even though the intelligence in that organ or limb is removed.
#8. The Function of Intelligence.
The function of intelligence is to create force.

     Meaning:  Innate Intelligence maintains the human body in order for Life Force to exist.

#9.The Amount of Force Created by Intelligence.
The amount of force created by intelligence is always 100%.

     Meaning:  Life force, which is created by Intelligence is always 100%
10. The Function of Force.
The function of force is to unite intelligence and matter.

     Meaning:  If you didn't have Life Force, you wouldn't be alive!
11. The Character of Universal Forces.
The forces of Universal Intelligence are manifested by physical laws; are unswerving and unadapted, and have no solicitude for the structures in which they work.

     Meaning:  Universal Forces are always in existence, always manifesting and express at 100% regardless of structure.

12. Interference with Transmission of Universal Forces.
There can be interference with transmission of universal forces.

     Meaning:  Interference of your body's Innate ability to heal and thrive can occur in the body.
13. The Function of Matter.
The function of matter is to express force.

     Meaning: This is a tough one for me to put in words or give an example - if you come up with something, let me know.
14. Universal Life.
Force is manifested by motion in matter; all matter has motion, therefore there is universal life in all matter.

     Meaning:  There is an intelligence in ALL matter.  This explains how an Oxygen molecule will always be an Oxygen molecule-there is an intelligence continually maintaining its properties and existence.


 

Any Questions, Comments or disagreements, please email:  kevin@cafeportmoody.com