“Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without
reservation.” – D. Elton Trueblood
Recent
events have made one thing above all else abundantly clear: even some of the
smartest disease experts in the world significantly underestimate the human
body[i]. A basic comprehension of biological science
offers mountains of evidence to the human body’s dynamic capabilities in the
face of myriad daunting circumstances and potential destructive agents, yet the
ratio of credit given versus credit earned is skewed so far that most people
assume their bodies cower to microscopic invaders like viruses. In the interest of public health and
healthcare in general, a reappraisal of that common myth is in order.
Look
up at the sun for a moment. Fascinating,
is it not, that Earth, at roughly 93 million miles away from it, is perfectly
positioned so that the sun keeps most of our planet at livable
temperatures? The moon is only 250,000
miles from Earth by comparison, but it features no signs of life. Collectively, it would be fair to state that
we take for granted our place in the solar system, primarily because we cannot
comprehend otherwise. Our minds are finite,
but venturing outside Earth’s atmosphere takes us into the realm of the
infinite; and it is in such situations our minds must accept that there are
some things we cannot control. Humans
have been around a long time, so trust in our planet maintaining an ideal
distance from the sun has been well earned.
Equally
as fascinating is what takes place inside the human body every day. In reading the previous sentence, an infinite
number of routine tasks just took place inside our bodies. A common phrase uttered after a child’s birth
is, “It’s a miracle.” Indeed it is. Sperm and egg combining and multiplying
enough to produce in nine months an infant consisting of about two trillion
cells, ready made to perform all of the infinite functions of life on its own
beyond the need for a mere three contributions (food, water, and oxygen)? No combination of adjectives does that
justice, truly, but it never stops being miraculous when two trillion cells keep
multiplying, gradually totaling and eventually maintaining an adult average of
seventy-five trillion. We take that for
granted, as well, for the same reason that we do Earth’s distance from the sun:
the body’s innate and infinite tasks are too much for us to comprehend, so we must
trust.
What
fascinates does not always translate to trust, however. When our bodies are exhibiting their inborn
wisdom under circumstances that we consciously deem “normal,” then we take it
for granted. However, when an abnormal
state sets in, trust in the infinite often takes a hiatus. Humans like to meddle, which is a long-term risk
vs. short-term reward proposition. We
exist in a delicate balance, both on our planet and inside our bodies. Topics like climate change and the
consequences of consistent exposure to low level radiation are the inevitable
result of industrial and technological advancement and eventually we will have
to reconcile nature’s corrections to the balance we have disturbed. Certainly, healthcare as we know it has
become a constant exercise of interference, surgically of course and mostly
chemically through medication, one after another in a vicious cycle, each
further disrupting internal balance and creating the need for an innate
adaptation, which is – like nature’s inevitable corrections – merely the law of
cause and effect in action.
We
were highly intelligently created, but it behooves us to remember that our
creation was (and maintenance is) the product of an infinite brand of
intelligence. Ever stopped to think
about the process of digestion and subsequent new cell production that takes
place after each meal? The human body
takes largely non-living matter consumed as food and turns it into living
cells. Perhaps a statement of the
obvious is in order: the infinite > the finite. We are capable of brilliance, but the highest
IQs in the world are not even close to that level of intelligence. No scientist on earth can replicate the
intricacies of human functions. Quickly
observe the room; the tiny hole in the electrical outlet represents what we
know through education, whereas the rest of the room represents just a fraction
of the infinite found in nature and the human body, which performed more
chemical reactions just now than every experiment conducted by every scientist
who has ever lived combined throughout history.
Health
is an optimized state in which the numerous organ systems in the body work
harmoniously together at a level conducive to sustaining an innate adaptability
capable of preventing sickness and overcoming the causes of various symptoms. The importance of this revised definition
cannot be understated, for it acknowledges what we have learned through the
observations of biological science and deemphasizes the complicating factors
introduced by laboratory science. Individually,
we were assigned at creation only two conscious tasks for survival, those being
to drink water and eat food, so it is in our best interest to ensure the best
possible quality of both; Upper Cervical Chiropractic and the various other
holistic healing arts, sciences, and philosophies exist to eliminate variables
to the full expression of the body’s infinite wisdom.
To
paraphrase a famous health quote, each of us carries our own doctor inside and
we are our best when we give the doctor inside a chance to work. In other words, we should have faith in the
body and seek to support it rather than interfere with it.
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