Guest guest Posted April 16, 2005 Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 Elchanan, PC Saturday, April 16, 2005 2:37 PM RE: [Raw Food] Creating health from the inside out (WAS: Save the Shark) Elchanan writes: One point: sharks do not hold the key to cancer, people do. I am mentioning this, because I so want to encourage people to let go of medical-model thinking. When we hear ourselves say that some animal or nutrient or object holds the key to " curing " some disease, we have almost automatically bought into: - that there is such a disease - that one can " have " that disease - that the disease can be " cured " - that the cure arises " out there somewhere " We have been so programmed with these and similar assumptions, we slip into them habitually. I'm encouraging everyone to become much more mindful, much more careful in choosing our words and the thoughts and beliefs behind them. _____ Adding to this thinking: When we accept that a " cure " is " out there somewhere, " we presume that someone has it, or at least may have it, and we begin looking " out there " for this mythical cure. We diminish our sense of self-reliance, we effectively declare ourselves dependent upon others " out there " to " make is healthy, " or at least to " cure " whatever ails us. We transform ourselves, one by one, into a target market for purveyors of all manner of remedies. We have all heard, " physician, heal thyself, " and " let your food be your medicine. " (Well, hopefully we've all heard these somewhere.) There are people, in this group and elsewhere, who sell nothing (other, perhaps, than public and educational services and products). These people neither offer nor use outside remedies except in cases of trauma, and even then as sparingly and as briefly as possible. These people are all healthy and helping others to become healthy, each and every day. If some of us can do this, then all of us can do this. We are all, I believe, created equal in terms of our innate intelligence, our potential to thrive. All we really need do is embrace ourselves fully, embrace Nature fully, and choose our friends and associates accordingly. Best to all, Elchanan -- ---------------------[ Ciphire Signature ]---------------------- vlinfo signed email body (1731 characters) on 16 April 2005 at 22:03:39 UTC rawfood ------------------------------- : Ciphire has secured this email against identity theft. : Free download at www.ciphire.com. The garbled lines : below are the sender's verifiable digital signature. ------------------------------- 00fAAAAAEAAAC7i2FCwwYAAC8DAAIAAgACACBZ36NZd8ice9rJ4ZlYrt6BrEjH8O zzmKDQLsTNDUWDmAEAhgSkE5NuzzvORJkeFIi/NVXB9GCG1XVfaMj+yPGZ0X1+Fr /FQxyTmuJ1LAMtrmPoC0cXvSOxf4VMcTP2VgD6KQ== ------------------[ End Ciphire Signed Message ]---------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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