Conflicts in Philosophy

Chiropractic maintains that we cannot know with any certainity those things that science in general and medicine in particular claim we can know (normal b.p., heartrate, etc.) . Conversely, we maintain that we can know with certainity those things that science claims we cannot know (absolutes, innate/universal intelligence, etc.).

A thought on WALVs

You can never come to understand a WALV by dissecting it, reducing it to its component parts. It can only be understood by assembling it into an overall concept, an overarching plan. You do not understand a painting by getting up close and looking at the parts, you understand it by standing back and taking it all in. Medicine tries to understand the human body, function, and life by reducing it to its components and looking at them closely. Chiropractic attempts to understand it by looking at the big picture (Big idea).

Chiropractic is Mainstream

We nee to qualify the term "mainstream thinking" ( eg. mainstream science, mainstream politics). Chiropractic involves mainstream thinking. Medicine does not. The problem is that most people think inconsistently with their world view. Our job is to get people to think consistently with their world view. If we can do that they will see how sensible chiropractic is and how illogical outside in therapeutics is.

Wish I'd Said That III

Instead of having "answers" on a math test, they should just call them "impressions" and if you get a different "impression", so what, can't we all be brothers?

Jack Handey

Alternative Health Care

The term alternative health care has hurt chiropractic. People are ready for an alternative to medicine (in treating disease) and more than willing to put chiropractic in that niche. This confuses the true objective of chiropractic and leads the public astray.

The Philosophy of Science

You cannot have an amoral philosophy like that of science and expect it to function for the benefit of society. I needs a moral code as its authority.

A Thot on Prescribing

The educated brain unlike the innate intelligence learns by trial and error. Therefore we must allow people the opportunity and freedom to learn by failure when it comes to issues of health or else they will never learn.

Our World and Life Viewpoint

Do people see us as the healer or do they see the innate intelligence of the body as the healer? If we view the innate intelligence of the body in the same way we view ourselves we will never make the distinction or develop the distinction of what we do. Do they see us as getting them well or the wisdom of their body as getting them well? Do they refer people to us because of us or do they refer people to us because we give the credit to the innate intelligence of the body? Do they see the healer in us or the healer in them? Do they recognize us and our hands as making the difference in their life and well-being or do they recognize the God-created principle of life that has made a difference?
Perhaps the problem with us is us. We want the credit, we want the praise and we want the honor and glory. It is only when we can manage to get out of the way, when we can direct their focus on the inborn wisdom of their body that we can build the practice. Because it is not our practice. It is the innate intelligence's practice. That is our WALV.

Inconsistent Thinking

If government really believed that addiction was a disease why would they run, advertise, allow, and promote daily lotteries?