Comprehending Cause-and-Effect; Nature's Symbiotic Relationships vs. Treatment [Book: Wild Health Lessons ..., Cindy Engel] (WAS: Treating Symptoms/Supplementing Diet)

[Guest guest]

Erin and all,

 

This is a wonderful book. But the fundamental break in comprehension does

not lie in the fact that many animals eat certain foods in response to

specific conditions. Of course they do. Such symbiotic relationships occur

throughout Nature ... relationships in which BOTH species benefit. And THAT

is the point.

 

A fundamental problem with this book, and with anything I've ever read,

seen, or heard about all forms of " treatment " occurring in Nature, is that

we humans INTERPRET what we are observing as " treatment " . We create this

interpretation not out of any sense of Nature's design, but based upon our

own, consciously chosen, largely self-destructive lifestyle. From Nature's

point of view, it is not " treatment " at all. Rather, it is the natural

exercise of well-designed (and consider the source!! symbiotic exchanges.

 

 

The point is that these animals did not CHOOSE to adopt a lifestyle that, in

and of itself, created diseases and other unhealthful conditions. We humans

(collectively speaking) DO choose such a path, 24x7x365.

 

If and when we all adopt a fabulously healthful lifestyle and watch

virtually all our health maladies vanish, THEN, if one or two conditions

persist, we might constructively look for " remedies " ... MAYBE. But we

humans have chosen, instead, to create maladies of every imaginable kind,

then turn to " natural remedies " IN LIEU OF changing our lifestyle ... that

is, IN LIEU of removing the cause of most of the maladies. Of all the

animals living upon this planet, to my knowledge only we humans possess such

intelligence. The rest of the animals just live healthfully to begin with.

How silly of them!!

 

In other words, the other animals are participating in symbiotic exchanges,

EVEN exchanges, that flourish throughout Nature, by design. In contrast, we

are trying to " treat " our symptoms, in lieu of addressing their cause. What

we call " treatment " involves a unidirectional flow; we have no regard for

any sort of symbiotic relationship, no regard for whatever might benefit the

plant from which we seek the remedy (other than whatever regard may be

needed to cultivate the plant for our own benefit). And this seems

remarkable, because we appear to be the only species on the planet that

possesses a capacity to distinguish " cause-and-effect " and a capacity for

" consciousness " .

 

Anyway, I'm off to other topics, those who " get " this do, and those who

don't, don't.

 

Best,

Elchanan

_____

 

rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of

Erin

Thursday, June 28, 2007 9:51 PM

rawfood

[Raw Food] Re: Treating Symptoms/Supplementing Diet

 

 

I highly recommend the book

 

Wild Health: Lessons in Natural Wellness from the Animal Kingdom by Cindy

Engel

 

http://snipr. <http://snipr.com/1ndie> com/1ndie

 

which covers this and many other very interesting cases of animal and insect

self-medication.

 

-Erin