From 2011 through 2017, after 28 years of publishing The Pivot Review, Dr. Strauss instead began blogging thoughts and articles. We hope you are stimulated, challenged, and inspired by this collection of of over 1000 thoughts and articles.
Innate Thot Flashes
| Thinking Straight | 2 Comments
Your innate intelligence does not make decisions for you. But free of interference, it gives you the potential to make better educated decisions.
Read More Innate Intelligence
| Thinking Straight, Thoughts
There is no adequate explanation of innate intelligence outside of chiropractic philosophy.
Read More Principle No. 19- Q&A No. 40
| Chiropractic Q&A, Thinking Straight | 12 Comments
This principle is entitled “organic matter” and it states that the material of the body of a “living thing” is organized matter. First is not any matter living or not with a C-H-O bond considered organic matter ? Second, is not all matter that expresses intelligence, innate or universal, organized matter?
Read More Empiricism Theory
| Chiropractic Q&A, Thinking Straight
The theory of Empiricism :all true knowledge is derived from observation and experience. Is that a true statement ? Why or why not?
Read More Chiropractic: the un-medicine
| Thinking Straight | 3 Comments
Chiropractic: the un-medicine, never treated disease, never will. (with apologies to 7 up).
Read More The Perception of (by) Matter
| Thinking Straight | 34 Comments
Matter perceives or interprets nothing. It is a tool that the ii of the body uses to adapt the organism to its environment. All perception and response is done by the ii of the body utilizing the innate brain. It is called intellectual adaptation and is perfect and immediate. The matter is analogous to a ... Read more
Read More Universal v. Innate Matter
| Thinking Straight, Thoughts
Matter that acts in a manner inconsistent with the matter around it necessitates acknowledging another law acting upon it rather than just the universal law (of existence). That law we call the Law of Life. Matter existeng in the universe should be naturally broken down into its simplest components because universal forces tend to be ... Read more
Read More The Chiropractic Profession's Conundrum
| Thinking Straight, Thoughts | 9 Comments
Co*nun*drum – b: an intricate and difficult problem (Webster). On one hand, we want to have a feeling of self-esteem and self-worth as a profession. On the other hand, we have to admit our limitations if we insist on comparing ourselves to the medical profession in the area of treating disese. What’s the answer?
Read More Universal Intelligence
| Thinking Straight, Thoughts | 13 Comments
Universal intelligence is the beginning or first step of all the cycles. It is the acknowledgement or affirmation of the recognition of a law.
Read More On Making our Philosophy a Personal Matter
| Thinking Straight | 3 Comments
The privatization of our chiropractic philosophy in a pluralistic organization (like the chiropractic profession) necessitates the subjugation and subversion of any thinking that may create differences. Every thinking person knows that to imprison a sacred and core belief within the private realm is ultimately to fracture if not kill the belief. Creating a privatization of ... Read more
Read More