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Monday, September 12, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
A Glimpse into the World of Homeopathy
This week, I decided to give you a glimpse into the world of homeopathic treatment. This is a summary of a day in a typical homeopath’s practice. The day was some months ago, to give you an idea of the medium term effect of the treatment.
The day started with a phone call. Blackie is, not surprisingly, a black cat who sometimes gets into trouble with neighbouring cats. Mostly he stays inside at night, but occasionally he doesn’t. After one such night, he returned sore and injured from what looked like the after effects of a fight. He was taken to a veterinarian, who charged $450 for surgery and drugs.
This time, his people had discovered homeopathy and had even bought a homeopathic home prescribing kit from me. They rang me in a fluster. I suggested the use of one remedy in their kit with instructions to keep me up to date. Blackie responded well, but the next day pus was oozing from a wound. He needed a different remedy, also in the kit.
A week later, the report was that he had completely healed. I had probably spent about five minutes in total on the phone. I couldn’t bring myself to charge the full consultation rate (currently at $95).
My first appointment was with a woman who has recently had an operation for endometriosis. She still suffered with the same level of pain. After spending an hour and a half with her, a normal initial consultation time, I worked out her homeopathic medicine.
She returned a month later, with much less pain, more energy and a healthy appetite for good food rather than junk food. A month later, she told me she had not been this well for a long time.
Next came a young man with severe arthritis in his wrists. He had taken all the meds his doctor had prescribed, but the pain was getting worse. He was beginning to worry about the effects the pain killers, drugs and steroids were having on his body. It was also impeding his work as a plumber, as using his hands was becoming increasingly painful.
He didn’t return for two months, but when he did, he told me his wrists had been so good, he had forgotten about them. Until the medicine stopped working. We needed to make a minor adjustment on the potency (strength) of the medicine and a week later, he reported things were good again.
In the afternoon, I was called to see a horse with colic. Colic comes in different guises, each needing a different medicine. On offering the horse my selected medicine, he practically ate the bottle, indicating a good choice. After one dose, he visibly relaxed. Another couple of doses that day resolved the problem. He has since had no more episodes of colic, although it was getting to be a monthly occasion.
The last appointment of the day was with a small child, Sabine. She had come to see me a month before with sore ears. Her mother didn’t want to go down the antibiotic and surgery route, as she had with her first born. But Sabine hadn’t responded to my treatment. I retook her symptoms and prescribed a different medicine. I heard from her mother about a month later. Sabina had had no more symptoms after the second dose, a week after the first one. She was eating, sleeping and playing as any healthy four year old does.
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The day started with a phone call. Blackie is, not surprisingly, a black cat who sometimes gets into trouble with neighbouring cats. Mostly he stays inside at night, but occasionally he doesn’t. After one such night, he returned sore and injured from what looked like the after effects of a fight. He was taken to a veterinarian, who charged $450 for surgery and drugs.
This time, his people had discovered homeopathy and had even bought a homeopathic home prescribing kit from me. They rang me in a fluster. I suggested the use of one remedy in their kit with instructions to keep me up to date. Blackie responded well, but the next day pus was oozing from a wound. He needed a different remedy, also in the kit.
A week later, the report was that he had completely healed. I had probably spent about five minutes in total on the phone. I couldn’t bring myself to charge the full consultation rate (currently at $95).
My first appointment was with a woman who has recently had an operation for endometriosis. She still suffered with the same level of pain. After spending an hour and a half with her, a normal initial consultation time, I worked out her homeopathic medicine.
She returned a month later, with much less pain, more energy and a healthy appetite for good food rather than junk food. A month later, she told me she had not been this well for a long time.
Next came a young man with severe arthritis in his wrists. He had taken all the meds his doctor had prescribed, but the pain was getting worse. He was beginning to worry about the effects the pain killers, drugs and steroids were having on his body. It was also impeding his work as a plumber, as using his hands was becoming increasingly painful.
He didn’t return for two months, but when he did, he told me his wrists had been so good, he had forgotten about them. Until the medicine stopped working. We needed to make a minor adjustment on the potency (strength) of the medicine and a week later, he reported things were good again.
In the afternoon, I was called to see a horse with colic. Colic comes in different guises, each needing a different medicine. On offering the horse my selected medicine, he practically ate the bottle, indicating a good choice. After one dose, he visibly relaxed. Another couple of doses that day resolved the problem. He has since had no more episodes of colic, although it was getting to be a monthly occasion.
The last appointment of the day was with a small child, Sabine. She had come to see me a month before with sore ears. Her mother didn’t want to go down the antibiotic and surgery route, as she had with her first born. But Sabine hadn’t responded to my treatment. I retook her symptoms and prescribed a different medicine. I heard from her mother about a month later. Sabina had had no more symptoms after the second dose, a week after the first one. She was eating, sleeping and playing as any healthy four year old does.
Homeopathy Works For Me
For homeopathic consultations, local or worldwide, for both people and animals.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Everyone Wants a Slice of Homeopathy
It seems every other modality of health care wants a slice of homeopathy. Bowen therapists, chiropractors, vets, doctors, naturopaths, reiki masters, reflexologists. One of the main reasons for this is because the potential good you can do for your health is much greater with homeopathic treatment than with perhaps any other modality.
The second reason is that you can learn to use some of the common medicines without years of training. Putting these two reasons together, and it’s no wonder everyone wants a slice of the action. And I love it when people empower themselves, learning to use homeopathy for themselves.
But for another health professional, to offer homeopathic treatment can be questionable. It’s undeniably wonderful that they are attracted to it. And their journey may well take them to practice homeopathy exclusively. But in the mean time, you may not be getting the best value for money.
I hear stories all the time, of what other practitioners are suggesting and frankly, I’m far from impressed. Often these therapists know no more than a home prescriber. Frequently, they are not qualified in homeopathy. Yet you, the patient, may decide on this imperfect experience whether homeopathy is any good.
There is a general feeling ‘out there’, that homeopathy is harmless. Whilst this is true up to a point, homeopathic treatment is very powerful. This means there is a potential for harm. This is normally only experienced by unknowledgable prescribers using high potencies frequently of an inappropriate medicine.
This is why only low potencies are available to the general public. You’re pretty safe using those, if you don’t know what you’re doing. And as a home prescriber, you’re taking full responsibility for your actions.
But these other therapists may have been on a short course where high potencies are discussed and advised.
Whist the harm any homeopathic medicine can do is nothing compared with the side effects of medical drugs, you still need to understand the power homeopathy has.
So be respectful, but not frightened, when learning to use homeopathy. And when you consult a homeopath, find one who only uses homeopathy, and who is properly qualified. A good homeopath doesn’t need any other modality, as we have such a far reaching modality at our disposal. Rarely will you find a homeopath who practices other modalities of health care. At least not for reasons of quality health care.
An unqualified therapist offering homeopathic treatment without full training, is also unequipped to help you when things don’t go according to plan. Even a qualified homeopath who doesn’t practice much can be unsure. This is the main reason qualified homeopaths have to accrue annual ‘experience’ or CPD points to remain in their professional association. Check this out before agreeing to treatment.
I offer Skype consultations worldwide for both people and animals.
The second reason is that you can learn to use some of the common medicines without years of training. Putting these two reasons together, and it’s no wonder everyone wants a slice of the action. And I love it when people empower themselves, learning to use homeopathy for themselves.
But for another health professional, to offer homeopathic treatment can be questionable. It’s undeniably wonderful that they are attracted to it. And their journey may well take them to practice homeopathy exclusively. But in the mean time, you may not be getting the best value for money.
I hear stories all the time, of what other practitioners are suggesting and frankly, I’m far from impressed. Often these therapists know no more than a home prescriber. Frequently, they are not qualified in homeopathy. Yet you, the patient, may decide on this imperfect experience whether homeopathy is any good.
There is a general feeling ‘out there’, that homeopathy is harmless. Whilst this is true up to a point, homeopathic treatment is very powerful. This means there is a potential for harm. This is normally only experienced by unknowledgable prescribers using high potencies frequently of an inappropriate medicine.
This is why only low potencies are available to the general public. You’re pretty safe using those, if you don’t know what you’re doing. And as a home prescriber, you’re taking full responsibility for your actions.
But these other therapists may have been on a short course where high potencies are discussed and advised.
Whist the harm any homeopathic medicine can do is nothing compared with the side effects of medical drugs, you still need to understand the power homeopathy has.
So be respectful, but not frightened, when learning to use homeopathy. And when you consult a homeopath, find one who only uses homeopathy, and who is properly qualified. A good homeopath doesn’t need any other modality, as we have such a far reaching modality at our disposal. Rarely will you find a homeopath who practices other modalities of health care. At least not for reasons of quality health care.
An unqualified therapist offering homeopathic treatment without full training, is also unequipped to help you when things don’t go according to plan. Even a qualified homeopath who doesn’t practice much can be unsure. This is the main reason qualified homeopaths have to accrue annual ‘experience’ or CPD points to remain in their professional association. Check this out before agreeing to treatment.
I offer Skype consultations worldwide for both people and animals.
Monday, July 4, 2011
Is Life in the Fast Lane Healthy?
Most people have some sort of goal in life, but they tend to be in a hurry to get there. They forget that the journey is as important, if not more important, than the destination.
I suggest the journey of life is far more important than the destination, as the long term destination is death. Granted, the goal gets you started. But then you need to enjoy the journey’s messages, to fully participate in life. And maybe shift your goal, as you learn and grow more.
In today’s unhealthy and unconscious world, everyone is in a great hurry to get ... where? If work makes such demands on you, are you in the right job or type of work? If there is no time to ‘sit and stare’, are you missing out on the reason for living?
Becoming distracted by seemingly important, but physical dramas, takes us away from the bigger picture of life.
In terms of health, a quick fix is searched for, rather than taking the time to examine why you may be experiencing this illness, what it might mean, on a deep level. But is a quick fix making things worse in the long term? Suppression denies the body its innate ability to heal itself. It prevents your growth. It creates disharmony in both your micro world, as well as the greater world.
Your body has infinite wisdom and intelligence. If you are not paying attention, it will often make you, by creating a scenario where you have no other option, such as an accident or a spell in hospital, or worse, prison. Nothing is random.
To avoid these extremes, look upon your body as your experienced and infinitely wise mentor. It only wants the best for you. Learn to listen to this, rather than ‘expert’ outsiders (including me), who may have a hidden agenda.
In a frantically and insanely busy world, if you don’t take time out to stop and listen to both your body and your internal wisdom, then it becomes impossible not to avoid serious consequences. These are wake up calls.
To avoid them, simply make time each day, to quieten your mind (shutting up that incessant chatter) and ‘sit and stare’. It may only for be a couple of minutes a day, but these moments will improve your life immeasurably. When waiting for a bus or train give the pattern on the pavement your full and undivided attention. Before falling asleep at night, listen to the silence. When waiting to pick up the kids, fully focus on a flower. There are many times, even in a busy schedule, when you can take a few minutes out to empty your mind.
It is only when your mind is quiet that your inner wisdom can emerge. This is not only true for you and your health. It will help you hear what your animal is trying to tell you and how you could improve your life situation, whatever that is.
Homeopathic treatment is not a quick fix. It will act according to what is necessary for you at that moment. This may not be where you think you should be going. Only later, often much later, can you see the wisdom.
Homeopathic treatment will take you another step on your evolutionary journey. That may be slowing you down. Or speeding you up. Making you more aware. Or less aware. It make increase your degree of sensitivity. Or decrease it. It may dissolve your inappropriate anger. Or it may support your hitherto inability to be angry in certain situations that support your growth.
An analogy could be your computer breaking down just before you need to send in an important assignment. By focussing on what you need to do now (find a computer repairer), you will get to your destination, just maybe a bit late. In the meantime, you can justify having coffee with a friend, walking in the park, relaxing on the beach. Worrying about it will make you stressful and won’t achieve anything else. In fact, by hassling the repairer, it may take longer.
Enjoy the journey. Listen to your body. Stay in the present moment.
I'm not very politically minded. There are good and bad on both sides. But I do love freedom of choice so am totally in support of WikiLeaks.
I offer Skype consultations worldwide for both people and animals.
I suggest the journey of life is far more important than the destination, as the long term destination is death. Granted, the goal gets you started. But then you need to enjoy the journey’s messages, to fully participate in life. And maybe shift your goal, as you learn and grow more.
In today’s unhealthy and unconscious world, everyone is in a great hurry to get ... where? If work makes such demands on you, are you in the right job or type of work? If there is no time to ‘sit and stare’, are you missing out on the reason for living?
Becoming distracted by seemingly important, but physical dramas, takes us away from the bigger picture of life.
In terms of health, a quick fix is searched for, rather than taking the time to examine why you may be experiencing this illness, what it might mean, on a deep level. But is a quick fix making things worse in the long term? Suppression denies the body its innate ability to heal itself. It prevents your growth. It creates disharmony in both your micro world, as well as the greater world.
Your body has infinite wisdom and intelligence. If you are not paying attention, it will often make you, by creating a scenario where you have no other option, such as an accident or a spell in hospital, or worse, prison. Nothing is random.
To avoid these extremes, look upon your body as your experienced and infinitely wise mentor. It only wants the best for you. Learn to listen to this, rather than ‘expert’ outsiders (including me), who may have a hidden agenda.
In a frantically and insanely busy world, if you don’t take time out to stop and listen to both your body and your internal wisdom, then it becomes impossible not to avoid serious consequences. These are wake up calls.
To avoid them, simply make time each day, to quieten your mind (shutting up that incessant chatter) and ‘sit and stare’. It may only for be a couple of minutes a day, but these moments will improve your life immeasurably. When waiting for a bus or train give the pattern on the pavement your full and undivided attention. Before falling asleep at night, listen to the silence. When waiting to pick up the kids, fully focus on a flower. There are many times, even in a busy schedule, when you can take a few minutes out to empty your mind.
It is only when your mind is quiet that your inner wisdom can emerge. This is not only true for you and your health. It will help you hear what your animal is trying to tell you and how you could improve your life situation, whatever that is.
Homeopathic treatment is not a quick fix. It will act according to what is necessary for you at that moment. This may not be where you think you should be going. Only later, often much later, can you see the wisdom.
Homeopathic treatment will take you another step on your evolutionary journey. That may be slowing you down. Or speeding you up. Making you more aware. Or less aware. It make increase your degree of sensitivity. Or decrease it. It may dissolve your inappropriate anger. Or it may support your hitherto inability to be angry in certain situations that support your growth.
An analogy could be your computer breaking down just before you need to send in an important assignment. By focussing on what you need to do now (find a computer repairer), you will get to your destination, just maybe a bit late. In the meantime, you can justify having coffee with a friend, walking in the park, relaxing on the beach. Worrying about it will make you stressful and won’t achieve anything else. In fact, by hassling the repairer, it may take longer.
Enjoy the journey. Listen to your body. Stay in the present moment.
I'm not very politically minded. There are good and bad on both sides. But I do love freedom of choice so am totally in support of WikiLeaks.
I offer Skype consultations worldwide for both people and animals.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
How Can You Deal With Deadly E Coli?
If you read any of Wikileaks information, you will know that Germany and Spain were being targeted for not complying with allowing GM crops in. Biowarfare is no stranger to human behaviour. It has happened down through the ages, in an attempt to control people. But perhaps it has never occurred on this scale before. Or in politically peaceful times. Or am I just being naive?
However, reliable sources have confirmed that this particular strain of e coli has itself been modified to resist all antibiotics. This makes it potentially fatal. So not only do the mass populations become frightened, the governments are in a vulnerable position. Do they give in to the bullies or do they stand strong and allow more people to die?
They don’t have to do either. There doesn’t have to be an ‘either or’ mentality. There can be a ‘both’ mentality. In other words, governments can stand strong against biowarfare and protect their population. But they will need a radical change of mindset to achieve this. In the past this would have taken years to take effect. Too long.
But now it can happen. Now, with people taking more control of their lives and health, with the internet so widely available and with independent organisations like AVAAZ that can mobilise millions of people in a matter of hours, now it can happen.
What, you might ask, has this got to do with homeopathy? As it happens, a very great deal.
Homeopathic treatment does not treat the pathogen, in this case e coli. It is not the pathogen that is the enemy. It is people’s immune systems that have been so decimated from decades and generations of suppression, that it is no longer able to respond to a common pathogen.
What homeopathic treatment does is to raise your immune system, so that now your body can do what it is so capable of doing - and that’s in healing you. It really doesn’t matter what biowarfare, what genetic meddling is going on, as homeopathic treatment can transcend that.
There are some common symptoms in this e coli endemic. But there are also some unique and personal ones, too. In any epidemic, a handful of homeopathic medicines become the core of the acute and curative treatment.
However, those people already on a deep acting chronic medicine are unlikely to need to change to an acute medicine. Deep acting medicines act in every eventuality.
Are the German people going to motivate a worldwide petition to suggest people get better treatment from homeopathy? That would certainly be in everyone’s best interest, including the bullies. If the Australians can get the government to totally (albeit temporarily) ban live animal exports (finally) to Indonesia in a matter of days, with a petition of over 230,000, anything is possible.
Homeopathy - nature’s perfect medicine.
I offer Skype consultations worldwide for both people and animals. For more information please click here
However, reliable sources have confirmed that this particular strain of e coli has itself been modified to resist all antibiotics. This makes it potentially fatal. So not only do the mass populations become frightened, the governments are in a vulnerable position. Do they give in to the bullies or do they stand strong and allow more people to die?
They don’t have to do either. There doesn’t have to be an ‘either or’ mentality. There can be a ‘both’ mentality. In other words, governments can stand strong against biowarfare and protect their population. But they will need a radical change of mindset to achieve this. In the past this would have taken years to take effect. Too long.
But now it can happen. Now, with people taking more control of their lives and health, with the internet so widely available and with independent organisations like AVAAZ that can mobilise millions of people in a matter of hours, now it can happen.
What, you might ask, has this got to do with homeopathy? As it happens, a very great deal.
Homeopathic treatment does not treat the pathogen, in this case e coli. It is not the pathogen that is the enemy. It is people’s immune systems that have been so decimated from decades and generations of suppression, that it is no longer able to respond to a common pathogen.
What homeopathic treatment does is to raise your immune system, so that now your body can do what it is so capable of doing - and that’s in healing you. It really doesn’t matter what biowarfare, what genetic meddling is going on, as homeopathic treatment can transcend that.
There are some common symptoms in this e coli endemic. But there are also some unique and personal ones, too. In any epidemic, a handful of homeopathic medicines become the core of the acute and curative treatment.
However, those people already on a deep acting chronic medicine are unlikely to need to change to an acute medicine. Deep acting medicines act in every eventuality.
Are the German people going to motivate a worldwide petition to suggest people get better treatment from homeopathy? That would certainly be in everyone’s best interest, including the bullies. If the Australians can get the government to totally (albeit temporarily) ban live animal exports (finally) to Indonesia in a matter of days, with a petition of over 230,000, anything is possible.
Homeopathy - nature’s perfect medicine.
I offer Skype consultations worldwide for both people and animals. For more information please click here
Monday, May 30, 2011
Are You Sick Because You Have a Disease, Or Is It The Other Way Round?
You may need to think about that question - are you sick because you have a disease or do you have a disease because you are sick? Put another way, is the disease making you sick?
Most people outside the alternative way of thinking would say yes, it is all the fault of the disease that I am sick. I need to get antibiotics, anti-inflammatory, anti-psycotic, anti-something drugs to kill the disease.
But think a little deeper. Anti-drugs may well kill off the pathogen (bacteria, virus, etc), but they also suppress your body’s natural way of dealing with them. This means your immune system takes a tumble. So now, you don’t have the pathogen, but you are also less able to deal with future pathogens. Overall, you have become less healthy.
And it’s easy to see this in the world around you. People are becoming more and more sick. While this is supposed to be because you age, I disagree. Treating ailments holistically strengthens your immune system, making you more able to shrug off future pathogens.
Look at the medical treatment of cancer, as an example. This option is all about cutting the offending piece out (surgery), then poisoning your system (chemo), then burning it (radiation). No-one in their right mind would do this when they are well, so doing it when you are sick makes even less sense. All three processes further lower your immunity. So how can you possibly recover from this?
The sad fact is that many don’t. But it’s always the cancer that is reported as being the killer, never the treatment.
With radiation poisoning coming from Fukushima now a very real threat worldwide, people are understandably concerned. Why aren’t they with radiation treatment?
The answer comes in two words - fear and conditioning.
Humans like to consider themselves intelligent and able to think clearly. But this is hampered by our conditioning - to follow authority figures which stems from our training in childhood. This is why I love to hear of children who don’t obey authority. They are likely to grow into healthy adults who question everything. They may be a pain in the butt for their parents and teachers, but they are well on the way to making the world a saner place.
Authority figures may know a little more about their chosen subject than you do, but that may not be of any help to you if that system doesn’t help you. And authority figures are well known for abusing their power.
And they do this very well by inciting fear. For example, if you don’t vaccinate your child s/he may die. And then examples are given of children who have reportedly died from that condition. But as with the cancer example above, was it the condition that killed them? Maybe it was the treatment or a previous treatment that lowered their immunity.
So is the disease the enemy?
Or are you labouring under the false impression that you are healthy?
I offer Skype consultations worldwide for both people and animals. For more information please click here
Most people outside the alternative way of thinking would say yes, it is all the fault of the disease that I am sick. I need to get antibiotics, anti-inflammatory, anti-psycotic, anti-something drugs to kill the disease.
But think a little deeper. Anti-drugs may well kill off the pathogen (bacteria, virus, etc), but they also suppress your body’s natural way of dealing with them. This means your immune system takes a tumble. So now, you don’t have the pathogen, but you are also less able to deal with future pathogens. Overall, you have become less healthy.
And it’s easy to see this in the world around you. People are becoming more and more sick. While this is supposed to be because you age, I disagree. Treating ailments holistically strengthens your immune system, making you more able to shrug off future pathogens.
Look at the medical treatment of cancer, as an example. This option is all about cutting the offending piece out (surgery), then poisoning your system (chemo), then burning it (radiation). No-one in their right mind would do this when they are well, so doing it when you are sick makes even less sense. All three processes further lower your immunity. So how can you possibly recover from this?
The sad fact is that many don’t. But it’s always the cancer that is reported as being the killer, never the treatment.
With radiation poisoning coming from Fukushima now a very real threat worldwide, people are understandably concerned. Why aren’t they with radiation treatment?
The answer comes in two words - fear and conditioning.
Humans like to consider themselves intelligent and able to think clearly. But this is hampered by our conditioning - to follow authority figures which stems from our training in childhood. This is why I love to hear of children who don’t obey authority. They are likely to grow into healthy adults who question everything. They may be a pain in the butt for their parents and teachers, but they are well on the way to making the world a saner place.
Authority figures may know a little more about their chosen subject than you do, but that may not be of any help to you if that system doesn’t help you. And authority figures are well known for abusing their power.
And they do this very well by inciting fear. For example, if you don’t vaccinate your child s/he may die. And then examples are given of children who have reportedly died from that condition. But as with the cancer example above, was it the condition that killed them? Maybe it was the treatment or a previous treatment that lowered their immunity.
So is the disease the enemy?
Or are you labouring under the false impression that you are healthy?
I offer Skype consultations worldwide for both people and animals. For more information please click here
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Edna and Ken
Ken and his wife Edna went to the state fair every year
And every year Ken would say
'Edna, I'd like to ride in that helicopter'
Edna always replied
'I know Ken, but that helicopter ride is fifty bucks
And fifty bucks is fifty bucks'
One year Ken and Edna went to the fair
And Ken said,
'Edna, I'm 75 years old.
If I don't ride that helicopter, I might never get another chance'
To this, Edna replied
'Ken that helicopter ride is fifty bucks, and fifty bucks is fifty bucks'
The pilot overheard the couple and said
'Folks I'll make you a deal. I'll take the both of you for a ride. If you can stay quiet for the entire ride and don't say a word I won't charge you a penny!
But if you say one word it's fifty dollars.'
Ken and Edna agreed and up they went.
The pilot did all kinds of fancy maneuvers, but not a word was heard.
He did his daredevil tricks over and over again
But still not a word...
When they landed, the pilot turned to Ken and said
'By golly, I did everything I could to get you to yell out, but you didn't.
I'm impressed!'
Ken replied,
'Well, to tell you the truth,
I almost said something when Edna fell out
But you know,
"Fifty bucks is fifty bucks!'
And every year Ken would say
'Edna, I'd like to ride in that helicopter'
Edna always replied
'I know Ken, but that helicopter ride is fifty bucks
And fifty bucks is fifty bucks'
One year Ken and Edna went to the fair
And Ken said,
'Edna, I'm 75 years old.
If I don't ride that helicopter, I might never get another chance'
To this, Edna replied
'Ken that helicopter ride is fifty bucks, and fifty bucks is fifty bucks'
The pilot overheard the couple and said
'Folks I'll make you a deal. I'll take the both of you for a ride. If you can stay quiet for the entire ride and don't say a word I won't charge you a penny!
But if you say one word it's fifty dollars.'
Ken and Edna agreed and up they went.
The pilot did all kinds of fancy maneuvers, but not a word was heard.
He did his daredevil tricks over and over again
But still not a word...
When they landed, the pilot turned to Ken and said
'By golly, I did everything I could to get you to yell out, but you didn't.
I'm impressed!'
Ken replied,
'Well, to tell you the truth,
I almost said something when Edna fell out
But you know,
"Fifty bucks is fifty bucks!'
Monday, May 16, 2011
Are You Traveling Someone Else’s Journey?
If you are traveling someone else’s journey, you will inevitably head into trouble. Most people are doing just that, at least to some extent. In the ‘civilised’ world of today, there is a great restriction of personal freedom, even in the so called ‘free’ western countries.
Although there is political freedom, to some extent, there is a great amount of judgement. It is almost impossible to come across someone who is genuinely non-judgmental. Almost everyone is very busy critising others. Perhaps in the hope of diverting focus away from themselves.
People are criticised for not being ‘normal’. For example, parents who choose not to vaccinate their child are criticised, usually by people who have not thought out the whole vaccine issue. Those who choose not to vaccinate are invariably those who have thought it out, who have researched, weighed up both sides and made a difficult decision.
An example I recently heard brought it home to me. An avid animal right’s advocate and campaigner recently regaled her story of marrying a vivisector. Gasps from the audience along the lines of ‘how could you’, understandably preceded her story. Although she considered herself a vegetarian, she did eat fish. Her husband-to-be was killing less crustaceans than she ate in a year. So she felt she couldn’t criticise too much.
She went on to become vegan. He let his grant go and moved away from research using animals and became a vegetarian.
Criticising people tends to make them defensive, cementing their habits. By understanding their viewpoint and explaining alternatives is a far more progressive way forward.
Towing the line, blindly doing as your government, religion, family, peer group, even school, etc tell you to, means you are not using your brain. Isn’t that one of the aspects people pride themselves over - the ability to think things through in a rational and logical way, looking at the problem from every conceivable angle? Weighing up all the odds?
If you are a free thinker, criticism goes with the territory. You are shaking the foundations of normality, unsettling those who prefer an obedient mass of people.
Although this may be uncomfortable initially, it is far more healthy for you. To deny your choice, your right to be you, your individuality, will invariably cause you unease and ill health.
To give you an idea of what I mean, consider the phrase “I’m only doing my job”. Within this phrase you are absolving yourself of all responsibility. You can commit genocide and everything that comes before.
I suggest that the world is in such turmoil because people ‘travel someone else’s journey’, don’t take personal responsibility, just follow the herd of humanity - that’s heading straight for a cliff.
You need to ‘find your truth’ and follow this, not just for your sake but for the survival of our planet as well.
The beauty of homeopathic treatment is that it treats you as the unique individual you are. Obviously I can’t vouch for every homeopathic practitioner, but the whole philosophy of homeopathy opens up a student’s mind to a greater, non-judgmental approach to health. When taught properly, homeopathy is a beautiful subject to learn. It opens up possibilities in your life you never knew existed.
I offer Skype/telephone consultations worldwide for both people and animals.
Although there is political freedom, to some extent, there is a great amount of judgement. It is almost impossible to come across someone who is genuinely non-judgmental. Almost everyone is very busy critising others. Perhaps in the hope of diverting focus away from themselves.
People are criticised for not being ‘normal’. For example, parents who choose not to vaccinate their child are criticised, usually by people who have not thought out the whole vaccine issue. Those who choose not to vaccinate are invariably those who have thought it out, who have researched, weighed up both sides and made a difficult decision.
An example I recently heard brought it home to me. An avid animal right’s advocate and campaigner recently regaled her story of marrying a vivisector. Gasps from the audience along the lines of ‘how could you’, understandably preceded her story. Although she considered herself a vegetarian, she did eat fish. Her husband-to-be was killing less crustaceans than she ate in a year. So she felt she couldn’t criticise too much.
She went on to become vegan. He let his grant go and moved away from research using animals and became a vegetarian.
Criticising people tends to make them defensive, cementing their habits. By understanding their viewpoint and explaining alternatives is a far more progressive way forward.
Towing the line, blindly doing as your government, religion, family, peer group, even school, etc tell you to, means you are not using your brain. Isn’t that one of the aspects people pride themselves over - the ability to think things through in a rational and logical way, looking at the problem from every conceivable angle? Weighing up all the odds?
If you are a free thinker, criticism goes with the territory. You are shaking the foundations of normality, unsettling those who prefer an obedient mass of people.
Although this may be uncomfortable initially, it is far more healthy for you. To deny your choice, your right to be you, your individuality, will invariably cause you unease and ill health.
To give you an idea of what I mean, consider the phrase “I’m only doing my job”. Within this phrase you are absolving yourself of all responsibility. You can commit genocide and everything that comes before.
I suggest that the world is in such turmoil because people ‘travel someone else’s journey’, don’t take personal responsibility, just follow the herd of humanity - that’s heading straight for a cliff.
You need to ‘find your truth’ and follow this, not just for your sake but for the survival of our planet as well.
The beauty of homeopathic treatment is that it treats you as the unique individual you are. Obviously I can’t vouch for every homeopathic practitioner, but the whole philosophy of homeopathy opens up a student’s mind to a greater, non-judgmental approach to health. When taught properly, homeopathy is a beautiful subject to learn. It opens up possibilities in your life you never knew existed.
I offer Skype/telephone consultations worldwide for both people and animals.
Monday, May 2, 2011
What Does Holistic Health Care Really Mean?
Holistic health, or holism, means your whole (wholistic) body. The parts are intimately interconnected, they cannot exist without the whole, which is greater than the sum of the parts. Your big toe is attached to your head. As far as holistic health care goes this means that, for example, your gout should be considered in conjunction with your headache, which should be considered alongside your emotions - one of the intangible parts of you.
Interestingly, the opposite of holism is atomism. Humans have become very good at splitting the atom, but most remain ignorant of holism.
Holism is not the medical way, where everything is reduced to ever smaller minutiae. This reductionist way of thinking has dominated the human world for a few centuries. And it does have some advantages. You can isolate nutrients and discover what the effect on the body is without them.
The results are then written up in a specific way, with references back to other learned authors, and published as scientific. The holy (no pun intended) grail of the modern day.
However, what this lacks is the overall feeling, the bigger picture, the whole.
And I’m not sure you have to be very wise to make the same connection, without research. Common sense tells us that nutrients come from good food. The emphasis is on good. If you don’t eat proper food, how can your health ever be good?
This means that YOU are responsible for your health. You can’t blame anyone else for the food you are currently eating. You can try to justify why you eat badly. You can complain about the price of food, or the lack of good cafes close to work, or your lack of time to make good food. But all that does is to reflect the onus away from the culprit - you.
You have choices. You need to take responsibility for those, because you are the only one who can.
Some weeks ago, I wrote about how the medical model is based on the concept that ill health comes from outside you, according to Pasteur’s germ theory. This meant that you could bask in the (in)security that anything you did would not affect your health. Although the thread remains, no thinking person still believes this to be true. But the thread does remain. And the automatic response of most is to accept this.
By taking responsibility for your health (and your life), you are able to learn and grow. Once you start down the path of taking ownership for your life, new senses develop. You become aware of what your body has always tried to tell you. You start to listen to your intuition, your inner wisdom. You instinctively crave healthy foods, healthy actions. You instinctively know, and start to avoid, those people who do not support you.
Current human thinking, the reductionist way, the “I’m not responsible” concept has made slaves out of everyone. By blaming our parents, the government, our school, it keeps us firmly routed in the past, recreating the exact same scenario over and over again.
If you are brave enough to jump off the wheel, to be different from everyone else, to take responsibility for you, then your life can be transformed. This is also the only way to transform the world. One of my biggest passions is to change the world. But I know this has to start with me.
Bad news of a health disorder can inspire one person to take positive action to change direction, to find healthier choices, new alternatives. It can leave another feeling powerless and sad. It is up to you to seek out and support the means that empower and informs you, and to say no to those ways that drains your energy and your hope.
Homeopathic treatment is a true holistic medicine and probably the one with the deepest and broadest action. Everything is considered before a prescription is made - your gout, your headaches, your fears and anxieties, your reason to live. Get you treated, not the parts of you.
Interestingly, the opposite of holism is atomism. Humans have become very good at splitting the atom, but most remain ignorant of holism.
Holism is not the medical way, where everything is reduced to ever smaller minutiae. This reductionist way of thinking has dominated the human world for a few centuries. And it does have some advantages. You can isolate nutrients and discover what the effect on the body is without them.
The results are then written up in a specific way, with references back to other learned authors, and published as scientific. The holy (no pun intended) grail of the modern day.
However, what this lacks is the overall feeling, the bigger picture, the whole.
And I’m not sure you have to be very wise to make the same connection, without research. Common sense tells us that nutrients come from good food. The emphasis is on good. If you don’t eat proper food, how can your health ever be good?
This means that YOU are responsible for your health. You can’t blame anyone else for the food you are currently eating. You can try to justify why you eat badly. You can complain about the price of food, or the lack of good cafes close to work, or your lack of time to make good food. But all that does is to reflect the onus away from the culprit - you.
You have choices. You need to take responsibility for those, because you are the only one who can.
Some weeks ago, I wrote about how the medical model is based on the concept that ill health comes from outside you, according to Pasteur’s germ theory. This meant that you could bask in the (in)security that anything you did would not affect your health. Although the thread remains, no thinking person still believes this to be true. But the thread does remain. And the automatic response of most is to accept this.
By taking responsibility for your health (and your life), you are able to learn and grow. Once you start down the path of taking ownership for your life, new senses develop. You become aware of what your body has always tried to tell you. You start to listen to your intuition, your inner wisdom. You instinctively crave healthy foods, healthy actions. You instinctively know, and start to avoid, those people who do not support you.
Current human thinking, the reductionist way, the “I’m not responsible” concept has made slaves out of everyone. By blaming our parents, the government, our school, it keeps us firmly routed in the past, recreating the exact same scenario over and over again.
If you are brave enough to jump off the wheel, to be different from everyone else, to take responsibility for you, then your life can be transformed. This is also the only way to transform the world. One of my biggest passions is to change the world. But I know this has to start with me.
Bad news of a health disorder can inspire one person to take positive action to change direction, to find healthier choices, new alternatives. It can leave another feeling powerless and sad. It is up to you to seek out and support the means that empower and informs you, and to say no to those ways that drains your energy and your hope.
Homeopathic treatment is a true holistic medicine and probably the one with the deepest and broadest action. Everything is considered before a prescription is made - your gout, your headaches, your fears and anxieties, your reason to live. Get you treated, not the parts of you.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Up To My Armpits in Sh...
This weekend, I ‘enjoyed’ myself clearing a blockage in the septic tank. Living in a country with hot, dry summers, those of us with septic tanks get used to periodically clearing out roots that can work their way through concrete. The trees provide much needed shade, so I accept the disadvantages, along with the advantages.
I have watched plumbers clear the system and it certainly isn’t complicated. So for the past few years, I have managed to rectify this ongoing problem myself. Plumbers don’t come cheap.
I cleared the pipe from the second chamber to the leach drain, but no water poured out. The problem lay in the connection between the first and second chambers. To clear it, it involved putting my arms into the contents, the slurry as I believe it is so delicately called. Luckily, I could do this in the second chamber, the contents of which had been somewhat processed. The satisfying gush of water rewarded my efforts.
Why am I telling you about my thrilling weekend, up to my armpits in sh...? Septic tanks could be considered one of the richest sources of bacteria. Most people would consider the risk of being exposed to all this far too much. But I wasn’t in the least concerned. Granted, clearing blocked septic tanks is not one of my favourite jobs, but I wasn’t full of fear of succumbing to a bacterial infection. Why not?
It is a common misconception in today’s world that bacteria, and other pathogens, must at all cost be killed off. Every infection must be addressed with antibiotics.
But this is totally against nature’s way.
This theory was first put forward by Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895) and it’s called the germ theory. He thought that the body was sterile and that germs come in from the outside. In fact, the body is teeming with micro organisms. It is far from sterile.
Another scientist, called Antoine Bechamp (1816 - 1908), put forward another theory. His idea was that micro-organisms, including the dreaded pathogens, are inherent in all living beings. And that it was the condition of the host (your health or your immune system) that is the primary causative factor. In other words, to prevent disease, first you have to create health.
Homeopathic treatment never targets disease, pathogens, infections or any other fragmented part of your health. Instead, it targets you and the imbalance in you that has allowed this to occur. So your immune system is strengthened. It is this which allows your body to now effectively deal with the infection, etc.
In a nutshell, a very healthy, well balanced being can shrug off any problem, be it mental, emotional or physical. This bodes well for the coming times, when all the food, the whole environment is likely to be polluted with the radioactive fallout from Japan.
Those of you who have read Eckhart Tolle’s The Power of Now will be familiar with what he calls your ‘pain body’. This is the unconscious part of you that wants to keep you in subservience. You create, albeit unconsciously, scenarios in your life that keep you firmly rooted in the original problem that caused this disturbance. Often this is set up in childhood - modern civilisation is not very well equipped to nurture emotionally healthy children.
On a personal level, I have experienced the seemingly effortless transformation that comes with good homeopathic treatment. The ‘pain body’ dies, leaving you puzzled why you ever worried or were affected by those experiences or people. So I can completely understand Tolle's description of having a second me, a shadow, an impersonator.
On a professional level, this is the expected, but none the less thrilling news that comes from a good prescription.
My shower drain is still blocked with a hard-to-reach root. Perhaps that’s for another exciting weekend.
I have watched plumbers clear the system and it certainly isn’t complicated. So for the past few years, I have managed to rectify this ongoing problem myself. Plumbers don’t come cheap.
I cleared the pipe from the second chamber to the leach drain, but no water poured out. The problem lay in the connection between the first and second chambers. To clear it, it involved putting my arms into the contents, the slurry as I believe it is so delicately called. Luckily, I could do this in the second chamber, the contents of which had been somewhat processed. The satisfying gush of water rewarded my efforts.
Why am I telling you about my thrilling weekend, up to my armpits in sh...? Septic tanks could be considered one of the richest sources of bacteria. Most people would consider the risk of being exposed to all this far too much. But I wasn’t in the least concerned. Granted, clearing blocked septic tanks is not one of my favourite jobs, but I wasn’t full of fear of succumbing to a bacterial infection. Why not?
It is a common misconception in today’s world that bacteria, and other pathogens, must at all cost be killed off. Every infection must be addressed with antibiotics.
But this is totally against nature’s way.
This theory was first put forward by Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895) and it’s called the germ theory. He thought that the body was sterile and that germs come in from the outside. In fact, the body is teeming with micro organisms. It is far from sterile.
Another scientist, called Antoine Bechamp (1816 - 1908), put forward another theory. His idea was that micro-organisms, including the dreaded pathogens, are inherent in all living beings. And that it was the condition of the host (your health or your immune system) that is the primary causative factor. In other words, to prevent disease, first you have to create health.
Homeopathic treatment never targets disease, pathogens, infections or any other fragmented part of your health. Instead, it targets you and the imbalance in you that has allowed this to occur. So your immune system is strengthened. It is this which allows your body to now effectively deal with the infection, etc.
In a nutshell, a very healthy, well balanced being can shrug off any problem, be it mental, emotional or physical. This bodes well for the coming times, when all the food, the whole environment is likely to be polluted with the radioactive fallout from Japan.
Those of you who have read Eckhart Tolle’s The Power of Now will be familiar with what he calls your ‘pain body’. This is the unconscious part of you that wants to keep you in subservience. You create, albeit unconsciously, scenarios in your life that keep you firmly rooted in the original problem that caused this disturbance. Often this is set up in childhood - modern civilisation is not very well equipped to nurture emotionally healthy children.
On a personal level, I have experienced the seemingly effortless transformation that comes with good homeopathic treatment. The ‘pain body’ dies, leaving you puzzled why you ever worried or were affected by those experiences or people. So I can completely understand Tolle's description of having a second me, a shadow, an impersonator.
On a professional level, this is the expected, but none the less thrilling news that comes from a good prescription.
My shower drain is still blocked with a hard-to-reach root. Perhaps that’s for another exciting weekend.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Fear Paralyses, Mocking Your Individual Spirit
It is only fear in the minds of people that keeps an oppressive regime in place (look at what’s happening in northern African countries at the moment). It is only fear in the minds of people that make them easy prey to doing as they are told (by big corporations, government and other organisations). Even they are fearful of what a fearless society will do.
By instilling fear in the minds of people, you can control them. You can manipulate frightened people easily.
When enough people are frightened, group consciousness becomes very powerful, allowing for an escalating tide of events that are ever more frightening.
Fear is normally suppressed, as it isn’t “cool” to show your fear publicly. Children are not encouraged to express their fears, but to push them away, to ignore them, to think of something else.
But fear is a natural and essential emotion to acknowledge , deal with, then move on. Instinctively, it protects you from danger. It still does, just a different sort of danger from being eaten by the proverbial lion.
Perhaps many questionable, cruel and inhumane acts stem from fear - fear of not being with the ‘in’ crowd, fear of not being accepted by your peers or parents. Fear paralyses independent thought and action. Fear allows for the unspeakable to occur.
When you suppress your fear, it shows up in your actions, in what you do. It will ultimately show up in your body, too. You’ll get signs of stress, such as permanently elevated blood pressure.
On the other hand, when you rise up above your fears, when you “feel the fear, but do it anyway”, you find a strength that you never knew existed. The energy of fear can be transformed into a more powerful, exciting, even liberating force instantly.
The only thing to fear is fear itself. When you can move through the fear, it’s laughable how you felt. Looking back, it was nothing.
That’s all very well in theory. Putting it into practice is quite another matter. Adults tend to live life through a very well worn rut. It’s hard to get out of habits especially those that were set up in childhood.
But ultimately, physical pathology develops. Pathology can only develop when you are out of step with your inner wisdom.
Enter homeopathy.
Appropriate homeopathic treatment deals with all the core issues that prevent you from leading a full, independent and liberating existence. All the complicated emotional issues that made you the person you think you are. Including fear.
But you are more than this person. You can free yourself from the straight jacket of manipulated fear.
Perhaps never before has the world needed the combined efforts of people who can rise above their fears.
By instilling fear in the minds of people, you can control them. You can manipulate frightened people easily.
When enough people are frightened, group consciousness becomes very powerful, allowing for an escalating tide of events that are ever more frightening.
Fear is normally suppressed, as it isn’t “cool” to show your fear publicly. Children are not encouraged to express their fears, but to push them away, to ignore them, to think of something else.
But fear is a natural and essential emotion to acknowledge , deal with, then move on. Instinctively, it protects you from danger. It still does, just a different sort of danger from being eaten by the proverbial lion.
Perhaps many questionable, cruel and inhumane acts stem from fear - fear of not being with the ‘in’ crowd, fear of not being accepted by your peers or parents. Fear paralyses independent thought and action. Fear allows for the unspeakable to occur.
When you suppress your fear, it shows up in your actions, in what you do. It will ultimately show up in your body, too. You’ll get signs of stress, such as permanently elevated blood pressure.
On the other hand, when you rise up above your fears, when you “feel the fear, but do it anyway”, you find a strength that you never knew existed. The energy of fear can be transformed into a more powerful, exciting, even liberating force instantly.
The only thing to fear is fear itself. When you can move through the fear, it’s laughable how you felt. Looking back, it was nothing.
That’s all very well in theory. Putting it into practice is quite another matter. Adults tend to live life through a very well worn rut. It’s hard to get out of habits especially those that were set up in childhood.
But ultimately, physical pathology develops. Pathology can only develop when you are out of step with your inner wisdom.
Enter homeopathy.
Appropriate homeopathic treatment deals with all the core issues that prevent you from leading a full, independent and liberating existence. All the complicated emotional issues that made you the person you think you are. Including fear.
But you are more than this person. You can free yourself from the straight jacket of manipulated fear.
Perhaps never before has the world needed the combined efforts of people who can rise above their fears.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
How to Survive Nuclear Radiation Leaks
I know little about nuclear reactors. But I do know something about health. So here is my contribution to the current situation - how to survive nuclear radiation leaks.
I think it unlikely that the truth, in all its gory details, is coming out about the Fukushima nuclear leaks in Japan. However, as much of the world population is already in a panic mode, I can’t say I blame whoever it is who is restricting the truth. I like to know everything, but I take responsibility for my health. Not everyone does.
I believe this is not an acute problem. I believe this will get worse and it will be with us for a long time. So long term measures need to be in place.
There is a lot of talk about taking potassium iodide to protect your thyroid. I personally feel this is a total waste of money and effort. Why do I say this?
So what can you do? First and foremost, consider your overall health.
The same applies to your animals. Make sure they have species specific, natural, quality food. Make sure they have species specific, natural housing arrangements and as much freedom as is practical - such as horses have adequate grazing space, dogs are exercised daily, cats have access to the outside sun.
You can also safely give your animals a good quality algae. My cats, dogs and horses all get it and love it. You can also give them a good quality kelp, but this does contain a fair amount of salt, so free feeding this is more appropriate than putting it in their food. They will know what amount they need.
Your overall health will be the key to your surviving even the worst nuclear radiation leaks. Focus on that, rather than all the scary media coverage.
I think it unlikely that the truth, in all its gory details, is coming out about the Fukushima nuclear leaks in Japan. However, as much of the world population is already in a panic mode, I can’t say I blame whoever it is who is restricting the truth. I like to know everything, but I take responsibility for my health. Not everyone does.
I believe this is not an acute problem. I believe this will get worse and it will be with us for a long time. So long term measures need to be in place.
There is a lot of talk about taking potassium iodide to protect your thyroid. I personally feel this is a total waste of money and effort. Why do I say this?
- Protecting your thyroid, when your whole body is at risk, seems to be unbalanced thinking.
- Taking an isolated and synthetic supplement (which can and IS causing harm) can wreak havoc in your body. It is very easy to overdose on these ‘nutrients’.
So what can you do? First and foremost, consider your overall health.
- Are you still eating unhealthy food? This is one of the most important areas to get right. Eat plenty of plant based, whole foods, as much raw as you can. Limit or ditch altogether, animal protein. Stop eating all processed food. Have real food, not packet food.
- Take a supplement that has known de-toxing abilities, such as a good quality blue-green algae. I prefer to use the wildcrafted form from Lake Klamath in US. I feel this is healthier than that grown in the oceans which is often farmed.
- Limit your exposure to the sensationalist updates. By all means, keep yourself informed daily. But by immersing yourself in the fear that comes with sensationalist broadcasting, you are increasing your fear level. This means you lose your independent thinking, and are easy prey to anyone trying to sell you anything.
- Appropriate homeopathic treatment for any conditions that will arise out of this, however serious, offers you the best option. Homeopathy treats you. If you are already taking a homeopathic medicine that targets your well-being, then this offers you the best protection. Stay in contact with your prescriber for any required adjustments. If you do not currently enjoy homeopathic treatment, now is a good time to start.
- Ensure you take regular exercise, whatever you most enjoy doing.
- Make sure you relax often and make ‘you’ time. Learn to meditate if this attracts you. Being relaxed in any trying situation will always help you deal with it appropriately.
The same applies to your animals. Make sure they have species specific, natural, quality food. Make sure they have species specific, natural housing arrangements and as much freedom as is practical - such as horses have adequate grazing space, dogs are exercised daily, cats have access to the outside sun.
You can also safely give your animals a good quality algae. My cats, dogs and horses all get it and love it. You can also give them a good quality kelp, but this does contain a fair amount of salt, so free feeding this is more appropriate than putting it in their food. They will know what amount they need.
Your overall health will be the key to your surviving even the worst nuclear radiation leaks. Focus on that, rather than all the scary media coverage.
Monday, March 7, 2011
The Homeopathic Treatment of Cancer
Recently I heard of two wonderful, but very different, cases of cancer which were treated exclusively with homeopathy and I want to share them. One was treated with all that conventional medicine can do. One was not treated medically at all.
These are interesting, because there was no other supportive regime. I always suggest a change in diet, lifestyle and other measures, as supportive to the treatment, at the very least.
I have used pseudonyms to protect the identity of those involved.
The first is about an elderly man, who was living with his daughter. He returned from an overseas trip, with a worrying problem. He found it difficult to urinate.
He went to see his doctor, who ordered tests. His PSA was 400 - off the clock! More tests were carried out. He had prostate cancer which had metastasised to his liver AND bones. The cancer had advanced to stage 4.
If you know anything about cancer, you will know that when it metastasises to either the liver or the bones, it is considered it has gone too far for any kind of medical treatment.
There are few doctors who will take on stage 4 cancer, as again this is considered too far gone.
Add all this to an elderly man.
He was sent home with no treatment. A month or two was considered all he had to live.
Mary then went to work. By this time, her father was a shadow of his former self. He had no appetite, so was losing weight fast. He was mostly bed ridden and home support was required daily.
At last he was open to her treatment, which he had previously spurned.
After about two weeks, Mary noticed her father had some interest in food. So she continued with the treatment. A month passed, and he was getting up and about more.
Another couple of months and the home support stopped coming.
A year later, he is getting out and about independently, catching buses and trains to resume his normal life socialising.
Although his weight is not yet back up to normal, he looks a normal healthy man. His PSA has been stable at 20 for some months.
The second is about a woman, Ann, who had brain cancer 14 years ago. She had all the conventional medical treatment. Finally, she was sent home, given just a few months to live.
She was bed ridden, had agonising pain in her legs and had almost gone blind.
As a last resort, she decided to try homeopathic treatment.
Since then, she has not seen a doctor. After her successful treatment, she decided to study homeopathy and now runs a busy practice herself.
I do find it rather a pity that people often come to homeopathy as a last chance before death claims them. But perhaps the world is not yet ready for this highly effective, yet gentle form of natural health care.
These are interesting, because there was no other supportive regime. I always suggest a change in diet, lifestyle and other measures, as supportive to the treatment, at the very least.
I have used pseudonyms to protect the identity of those involved.
The first is about an elderly man, who was living with his daughter. He returned from an overseas trip, with a worrying problem. He found it difficult to urinate.
He went to see his doctor, who ordered tests. His PSA was 400 - off the clock! More tests were carried out. He had prostate cancer which had metastasised to his liver AND bones. The cancer had advanced to stage 4.
If you know anything about cancer, you will know that when it metastasises to either the liver or the bones, it is considered it has gone too far for any kind of medical treatment.
There are few doctors who will take on stage 4 cancer, as again this is considered too far gone.
Add all this to an elderly man.
He was sent home with no treatment. A month or two was considered all he had to live.
Mary then went to work. By this time, her father was a shadow of his former self. He had no appetite, so was losing weight fast. He was mostly bed ridden and home support was required daily.
At last he was open to her treatment, which he had previously spurned.
After about two weeks, Mary noticed her father had some interest in food. So she continued with the treatment. A month passed, and he was getting up and about more.
Another couple of months and the home support stopped coming.
A year later, he is getting out and about independently, catching buses and trains to resume his normal life socialising.
Although his weight is not yet back up to normal, he looks a normal healthy man. His PSA has been stable at 20 for some months.
The second is about a woman, Ann, who had brain cancer 14 years ago. She had all the conventional medical treatment. Finally, she was sent home, given just a few months to live.
She was bed ridden, had agonising pain in her legs and had almost gone blind.
As a last resort, she decided to try homeopathic treatment.
Since then, she has not seen a doctor. After her successful treatment, she decided to study homeopathy and now runs a busy practice herself.
I do find it rather a pity that people often come to homeopathy as a last chance before death claims them. But perhaps the world is not yet ready for this highly effective, yet gentle form of natural health care.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Homeopathic Treatment - How is it Different?
One of the things I find most difficult to write about, is to try to explain the difference of the concept behind homeopathic treatment. The world is so dominated by mainstream medical thinking, it’s difficult trying to get through.
It is a process, and often a slow process, to change your way of thinking, but if you want to regain your health, or that of your loved ones, you need to understand that many of the things in your life, that you understand with absolute certainty, may be false.
To give you a nutritional example. Dairy is considered to be good for growing children and to prevent osteoporosis in adults. If this were true, the west, perhaps the largest consumers of dairy, would be osteoporosis free. Instead, it’s growing.
Milk is a wonder food for babies of the same species. Not adults (or infants) of a different species.
Another area of popular misbelief is fever. Fevers in a growing child is part of creating a healthy immune system. A baby is not born with an immune system. A healthy one is only created by getting, and recovering naturally from, childhood diseases.
A heathy child will often have a very high fever for a short period of time, then fully recover. An unhealthy child will never manage a high fever, so will often have a mild fever that smoulders on for days.
The differences between homeopathy and mainstream medicine couldn’t be wider because they come from totally different concepts.
Mainstream medicine is based on Newtonian physics. Newton’s laws are focussed on the physical, or material, world. The totality of existence is focussed here. So medicine is a bit like mechanics. If your car breaks down, you replace the faulty part and away you go.
If your body breaks down, remove, replace or physically alter the body to try to get it going again.
Trouble is with this idea is that the body isn’t just mechanical. There is a life force at work. However, as you can’t see this life force, it is ignored.
But you can’t see the wind either. Or love. Or anger. You can only see the effects of them.
However it is this life force that is at the core of your health disturbance. If your life force is humming along in perfect harmony, then you will be fit and well. However, most people (and animals) have a disturbance at some time in their life, which throws this out of harmony, or out of balance.
Smaller disturbances can often repair themselves in a healthy environment, over time. But the larger ones generally don’t.
This life force is not recognised in Newtonian physics, but it IS recognised in Quantum physics. Quantum physics is difficult to understand for most people. But it becomes quite easy when you simply understand that there is an invisible energy behind life. And it is this energy, or part of it, which can become disturbed after a major event in your life. Events such as major shocks, frights, injuries, traumas and so forth.
Other aspects which can disturb this life force are drugs and vaccines, microchips, an unnatural diet (for your species), an unhealthy living environment, an environment which doesn’t support your free expression or growth and probably many others.
Most of these are common in our ‘civilised’ society. But all can be the cause of your health problems.
All people, and animals, are unique beings. Therefore they need to be treated uniquely. One person’s stomach inflammation may be caused by an injury. Another may be caused by too much sugar in the diet. Yet another may have inherited it from one or both parents.
It is these differences that make each patient unique. And it is these differences that need to be at the core of the treatment. You can’t treat someone’s stomach inflammation for injury, if the diet is the problem.
This is how homeopathic treatment works. By:
Then you will find that not only does your stomach inflammation disappear, but your energy picks up, you are less affected by others pushing your buttons, opportunities come your way. In other words, your life improves in general.
Getting to understand the perfection of how nature works may turn your world upside down, but it will give you greater confidence and self empowerment.
It is a process, and often a slow process, to change your way of thinking, but if you want to regain your health, or that of your loved ones, you need to understand that many of the things in your life, that you understand with absolute certainty, may be false.
To give you a nutritional example. Dairy is considered to be good for growing children and to prevent osteoporosis in adults. If this were true, the west, perhaps the largest consumers of dairy, would be osteoporosis free. Instead, it’s growing.
Milk is a wonder food for babies of the same species. Not adults (or infants) of a different species.
Another area of popular misbelief is fever. Fevers in a growing child is part of creating a healthy immune system. A baby is not born with an immune system. A healthy one is only created by getting, and recovering naturally from, childhood diseases.
A heathy child will often have a very high fever for a short period of time, then fully recover. An unhealthy child will never manage a high fever, so will often have a mild fever that smoulders on for days.
The differences between homeopathy and mainstream medicine couldn’t be wider because they come from totally different concepts.
Mainstream medicine is based on Newtonian physics. Newton’s laws are focussed on the physical, or material, world. The totality of existence is focussed here. So medicine is a bit like mechanics. If your car breaks down, you replace the faulty part and away you go.
If your body breaks down, remove, replace or physically alter the body to try to get it going again.
Trouble is with this idea is that the body isn’t just mechanical. There is a life force at work. However, as you can’t see this life force, it is ignored.
But you can’t see the wind either. Or love. Or anger. You can only see the effects of them.
However it is this life force that is at the core of your health disturbance. If your life force is humming along in perfect harmony, then you will be fit and well. However, most people (and animals) have a disturbance at some time in their life, which throws this out of harmony, or out of balance.
Smaller disturbances can often repair themselves in a healthy environment, over time. But the larger ones generally don’t.
This life force is not recognised in Newtonian physics, but it IS recognised in Quantum physics. Quantum physics is difficult to understand for most people. But it becomes quite easy when you simply understand that there is an invisible energy behind life. And it is this energy, or part of it, which can become disturbed after a major event in your life. Events such as major shocks, frights, injuries, traumas and so forth.
Other aspects which can disturb this life force are drugs and vaccines, microchips, an unnatural diet (for your species), an unhealthy living environment, an environment which doesn’t support your free expression or growth and probably many others.
Most of these are common in our ‘civilised’ society. But all can be the cause of your health problems.
All people, and animals, are unique beings. Therefore they need to be treated uniquely. One person’s stomach inflammation may be caused by an injury. Another may be caused by too much sugar in the diet. Yet another may have inherited it from one or both parents.
It is these differences that make each patient unique. And it is these differences that need to be at the core of the treatment. You can’t treat someone’s stomach inflammation for injury, if the diet is the problem.
This is how homeopathic treatment works. By:
- treating you as an individual
- understanding the cause
- understanding, and rebalancing, the invisible life force
Then you will find that not only does your stomach inflammation disappear, but your energy picks up, you are less affected by others pushing your buttons, opportunities come your way. In other words, your life improves in general.
Getting to understand the perfection of how nature works may turn your world upside down, but it will give you greater confidence and self empowerment.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Affording Homeopathic Health Care
I receive many emails from people who can’t afford homeopathic treatment, either for themselves or for their pets. Whilst I fully sympathise with them, they need to contact their MP or government representative about this.
In most countries, homeopathic treatment is not available on the public health system, so you have to pay for it. In Australia, if you have private health cover, depending on the level of cover, you can claim some of the costs back.
So the more people who ask for changes at a government level, the more likely it is to happen.
Some homeopaths offer free clinics, as do some homeopathic colleges. Often the free clinics are new graduates gaining experience. Colleges offer consultations with students under supervision, just as in teaching hospitals.
From your point of view, you need to understand the process of finding the medicine that will most benefit you. This is very different from the information a doctor or veterinarian needs to arrive at which antibiotic to give.
Homeopathic consultations take upwards of one hour to conduct. I often take one and a half to two hours. The reason is that you are unique. Homeopaths do not lump you in the same group as everyone one else who has the same strain of bacterial infection. Instead, we need to discover who you are, what makes you tick, your core, if you like.
This is difficult to comprehend when you are new to homeopathy. But it means that when the right medicine is found, you will improve immeasurably on many levels.
Let me give myself as an example. I have been in practice for 10 years. I have treated myself on an acute basis over this time, quite well. Acute health problems are those short lived ailments such as headaches, fevers, colds, flus, period pains, etc.
Homeopathic home prescribing is all about teaching you how to prescribe for an acute condition. This can help you incredibly well. And empower you. And I am all for that.
However, all acute conditions stem from an underlying chronic imbalance. And this you cannot treat yourself. Neither can professional homeopaths treat this themselves.
Last year I finally consulted a homeopath when I couldn’t get on top of a long standing flu. Within days of starting on the medicine I had much more energy. I have amazed myself in what I have achieved in the last couple of months. I may no longer be a spring chicken, but I’m fast recapturing the energy of one. And the flu went very quickly.
The first few (about three or four) consultations are the key to finding the right medicine for you. Once this is found, you can cruise for months, even years, without more than a quick check in to confirm everything is going in the right direction.
It’s well worth saving for this. It’s well worth letting other, non-essential expenses go as this can be the turning point of your life. This can be the start of when things go ‘your’ way.
Good homeopathic treatment is about so much more than your physical ailments. It’s about restoring an inner imbalance, so things start to go right for you. Life ceases to be a struggle. Life becomes easy, a joy. It’s not uncommon for the chronically unemployed to get a job, for the loyal employee being made redundant to be offered a better job, for the vindictive spouse suddenly sharing more in the divorce settlement.
Disease can be a great way to get you on the right path of life.
I offer Skype/telephone consultations worldwide for both people and animals. For more information please click here
In most countries, homeopathic treatment is not available on the public health system, so you have to pay for it. In Australia, if you have private health cover, depending on the level of cover, you can claim some of the costs back.
So the more people who ask for changes at a government level, the more likely it is to happen.
Some homeopaths offer free clinics, as do some homeopathic colleges. Often the free clinics are new graduates gaining experience. Colleges offer consultations with students under supervision, just as in teaching hospitals.
From your point of view, you need to understand the process of finding the medicine that will most benefit you. This is very different from the information a doctor or veterinarian needs to arrive at which antibiotic to give.
Homeopathic consultations take upwards of one hour to conduct. I often take one and a half to two hours. The reason is that you are unique. Homeopaths do not lump you in the same group as everyone one else who has the same strain of bacterial infection. Instead, we need to discover who you are, what makes you tick, your core, if you like.
This is difficult to comprehend when you are new to homeopathy. But it means that when the right medicine is found, you will improve immeasurably on many levels.
Let me give myself as an example. I have been in practice for 10 years. I have treated myself on an acute basis over this time, quite well. Acute health problems are those short lived ailments such as headaches, fevers, colds, flus, period pains, etc.
Homeopathic home prescribing is all about teaching you how to prescribe for an acute condition. This can help you incredibly well. And empower you. And I am all for that.
However, all acute conditions stem from an underlying chronic imbalance. And this you cannot treat yourself. Neither can professional homeopaths treat this themselves.
Last year I finally consulted a homeopath when I couldn’t get on top of a long standing flu. Within days of starting on the medicine I had much more energy. I have amazed myself in what I have achieved in the last couple of months. I may no longer be a spring chicken, but I’m fast recapturing the energy of one. And the flu went very quickly.
The first few (about three or four) consultations are the key to finding the right medicine for you. Once this is found, you can cruise for months, even years, without more than a quick check in to confirm everything is going in the right direction.
It’s well worth saving for this. It’s well worth letting other, non-essential expenses go as this can be the turning point of your life. This can be the start of when things go ‘your’ way.
Good homeopathic treatment is about so much more than your physical ailments. It’s about restoring an inner imbalance, so things start to go right for you. Life ceases to be a struggle. Life becomes easy, a joy. It’s not uncommon for the chronically unemployed to get a job, for the loyal employee being made redundant to be offered a better job, for the vindictive spouse suddenly sharing more in the divorce settlement.
Disease can be a great way to get you on the right path of life.
I offer Skype/telephone consultations worldwide for both people and animals. For more information please click here
Monday, January 10, 2011
Homeopathic Consultations at a Distance
I receive a lot of emails from people who want to find a homeopath, either for themselves or their animals. Since homeopathy is not yet a mainstream modality of health care in many countries, they can be a bit thin on the ground.
So what do you do?
With today’s technology, distance is no longer a problem. Consulting with a homeopath far away can be as effective as going to their clinic. All you need is a computer with Skype connection. It may mean you have to get up in the middle of the night, if the homeopath is on the other side of the world. However with your health at stake, or that of your loved ones, you may consider this worth it. Often only a few times a year are necessary.
I have many patients who consult me via Skype, both human and animal. The treatment success depends on the depth of the communication, not on the physical distance between us.
Homeopaths don’t treat themselves on a deep level, and my own homeopath is over 3000 kms away (about 2000 miles).
You may consider this to be inappropriate, as surely a physical examination is necessary? Sometimes this may be required, in which case an allopathic doctor or vet can be used purely for this aspect. But the majority of homeopathic practice is based on individual symptoms. Many of these are non-physical symptoms.
This can all be easily relayed via communication.
In every single patient, illness is shown through signs and symptoms. A homeopath puts this collection of personal data into order to make sense of it all. Even acutes illness is an expression, an interpretation of the deeper underlying lack of harmony within.
This lack of inner harmony starts to express itself as mental and emotional signs and symptoms. For example, someone may be showing a highly agitated or anxious state that is not really appropriate for the situation.
When this is not dealt with by inner re-balancing, then pathology is likely to develop. This will disappear when inner harmony is restored.
The pathology that develops will be in an area that reflects your inner dis-harmony.
All this can be discovered by open communication. Physical examination, by comparison, gives us much less useful data to work with.
If you are new to homeopathy, this may all sound very strange. That is only because the ideas are new to you. In time, they will begin to make sense. You’re not a collection of mechanical parts. You are an energy being, with all parts connected and reflecting who you are. Your non-physical parts support your physical parts. Both parts need help when out of balance.
So what do you do?
With today’s technology, distance is no longer a problem. Consulting with a homeopath far away can be as effective as going to their clinic. All you need is a computer with Skype connection. It may mean you have to get up in the middle of the night, if the homeopath is on the other side of the world. However with your health at stake, or that of your loved ones, you may consider this worth it. Often only a few times a year are necessary.
I have many patients who consult me via Skype, both human and animal. The treatment success depends on the depth of the communication, not on the physical distance between us.
Homeopaths don’t treat themselves on a deep level, and my own homeopath is over 3000 kms away (about 2000 miles).
You may consider this to be inappropriate, as surely a physical examination is necessary? Sometimes this may be required, in which case an allopathic doctor or vet can be used purely for this aspect. But the majority of homeopathic practice is based on individual symptoms. Many of these are non-physical symptoms.
This can all be easily relayed via communication.
In every single patient, illness is shown through signs and symptoms. A homeopath puts this collection of personal data into order to make sense of it all. Even acutes illness is an expression, an interpretation of the deeper underlying lack of harmony within.
This lack of inner harmony starts to express itself as mental and emotional signs and symptoms. For example, someone may be showing a highly agitated or anxious state that is not really appropriate for the situation.
When this is not dealt with by inner re-balancing, then pathology is likely to develop. This will disappear when inner harmony is restored.
The pathology that develops will be in an area that reflects your inner dis-harmony.
All this can be discovered by open communication. Physical examination, by comparison, gives us much less useful data to work with.
If you are new to homeopathy, this may all sound very strange. That is only because the ideas are new to you. In time, they will begin to make sense. You’re not a collection of mechanical parts. You are an energy being, with all parts connected and reflecting who you are. Your non-physical parts support your physical parts. Both parts need help when out of balance.
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