Hi Everyone,
We are just starting to build these Health pages. Main content should be completed by mid 2009.
We have started to research complementary & alternative medicines, which has been really interesting. Now we are collecting content on the evolution of conventional / mainstream / western / allopathic medicine. Our approach is to show the good and bad of both sides.
For now we would like to make a few points about human health that we think are important.
It is well known that our senses are deceptive, that when we see things as being separate and discrete bodies this is an illusion. In reality matter is a structure of the universe and is subtly interconnected to all other matter in the universe (the wave structure of matter in space explains how this occurs). So 'Holistic Medicine' is not some fanciful 'new age / spiritual' nonsense - it is founded on scientific facts.
Using science terminology (which i realise many people do not like) then all we are really talking about is evolution and ecology. That all things in the universe (including life on earth) are interconnected and changing (the dynamic unity of reality).
So if you want to improve your health, then please realise that mind, matter (body) and space (universe) are one interconnected thing. Thus to improve your health you must consider these things together!
'Our bodies were designed over the course of millions of years for lives spent in small tribes hunting and gathering on the plains of Africa. Natural selection has not had time to revise our bodies, nor minds, for coping with fatty diets, cars, drugs, most of city living. From this mixmatch between our design and our environment arises much, perhaps most, preventable modern disease. The current epidemics of heart disease and breast cancer are tragic examples.' (Nesse & Williams, Evolution and Healing, 1995.)
For the past 20 years in Australia there has been a national campaign
of 'Slip, Slop Slap' (slip on a shirt, slop on sunscreen, slap on a hat)
as a way of avoiding exposure to sunshine. This occurred because studies
showed a link between cancer and the ultra violet (UV) spectrum of sunlight.
However, while there is a link, it is more to do with getting no sunshine
all week (working / studying inside) then getting badly sunburned on the
weekend. Clearly we have evolved as 'naked apes' and thus have evolved
to be outside and exposed to sunlight on a daily basis. Thus it is natural
that sunshine plays an important part in the function of our bodies.
The results after 20 years of 'slip slop slap'. They now acknowledge that there is an epidemic of vitamin D deficiency (vitamin D is produced by sunshine on the skin) that is causing all sorts of health problems. Further, the toxic chemicals in sunscreen are now found in most Australians (including mother's breast milk) with unknown consequences for our future health.
The solution is moderation. Daily exposure to sun is necessary for good health. This is just one of many examples of how we can be sensibly guided by these principles of evolution and ecology (holistic healing if you prefer).
The current medical system has become dominated by market economic
forces which select for profit rather than what is good for humans. This causes enormous problems for humanity. e.g. Multinational chemical / pharmaceutical corporations control many of the
chemicals (herbicides, pesticides) that now dominate agricultural food
production. They also patent genetically modified plants and animals that
are resistant to these herbicides to increase food production and profits.
This method of food production is obviously destroying nature and harming
humans.
The bizarre irony of this! They then also make massive profits by selling chemical drugs to treat the diseases caused by the chemicals they sell for food production. So they make profits while making us sick, then make further profits in treating the symptoms of these ailments.
The solution. Abide by the rules of Nature (evolution and ecology). Try to live in a non polluted environment (clean air and water, organic food). And abide by the evolutionary fact that we evolved to exercise every day outside in the sunshine (collecting / hunting food)! We live in a beautiful world - we just forget this when living in cities. And these cities are now full of tens of thousands of chemicals that are poising humanity (including unseen electromagnetic pollution with unknown effects).
We will be adding more to this over the next few months. Our message is simple though - trust in Nature, be aware of your connection to the world around you, as a foundation for thinking and acting wisely!
Cosmic cheers,
Geoff and Karene
"When
forced to summarize the general theory of relativity in one sentence: Time
and space and gravitation have no separate existence from matter. ... Physical objects are not in space, but these objects are spatially extended. In this way the concept 'empty space' loses its meaning. ... The particle can
only appear as a limited region in space in which the field strength or
the energy density are particularly high. ...
The free, unhampered exchange of ideas and scientific
conclusions is necessary for the sound development of science, as it is
in all spheres of cultural life. ... We must not conceal from ourselves that no improvement in the present depressing
situation is possible without a severe struggle; for the handful of those
who are really determined to do something is minute in comparison with
the mass of the lukewarm and the misguided. ...
Humanity is going to need a substantially new way
of thinking if it is to survive!" (Albert Einstein)
Our world is
in great trouble due to human behaviour founded on myths and customs that
are causing the destruction of Nature and climate change. We can now deduce the most simple science theory of reality - the wave structure of matter
in space. By understanding how we and everything around us are interconnected in Space we can then deduce solutions to the fundamental problems of human knowledge
in physics, philosophy, metaphysics, theology, education, health, evolution and ecology, politics and society.
This is the profound new way of thinking that Einstein
realised, that we exist as spatially extended structures of the universe - the discrete
and separate body an illusion. This simply confirms the intuitions of the ancient philosophers and mystics.
Given the current censorship
in physics / philosophy of science journals (based on the standard model of particle physics / big bang cosmology) the internet is the best hope for getting new knowledge known to the world.
But that depends on you, the people who care about science and society, realise the importance of truth and reality.
It is easy to help - just click on the social network sites (below) or
grab a nice image / quote you like and add it to your favourite blog,
wiki or forum. We are listed as one of the top philosophy sites on the Internet (300,000 page views / week) and have a wonderful collection of knowledge from
the greatest minds in human history, so people will appreciate your contributions.
Thanks! Geoff Haselhurst - Karene Howie - Email
Come and say hello to Geoffrey - Support simple sensible science that works.
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