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
When for the last 100+ years the medical profession has attacked us by (correctly) asserting that we were not competent at treating disease, we claimed that was not what we were doing. All the while we were working to become competent at doing just that. Today, we (or at least a significant part of our profession) say … Read more
“Science and religion do not mix”- Joseph Keating PhD The late Dr. Keating maintained that chiropractic as we present it was a religion. It is not. But philosophy, theology and science must be used if you want to come to a complete knowledge of the truth.(and partial truth is no truth) They must be combined because none of them has … Read more
How do we scientifically prove/demonstrate our philosophical objective, that of enabling the innate intelligence of the body’s forces to be more fully expressed, when we do not use symptoms as a criteria?
The current president of the U.S. does not love this country because of what it is or what it has been but because of what he expects to transform it into. Do you love chiropractic because of what it has been, because of the philosophy it has espoused for the past 100 years and what that … Read more
We often must choose between loyalty to a principle (objective) and loyalty to a person (a practice management consultant). B.J. (a person) or the philosophy (a principle), even though most of the philosophy was given to us by B.J. Loyalty to an authority/person should not be in conflict with the principle. If it is, principle trumps.
When you are lying flat on your back on an icy sidewalk, it’s a little late to check your slipping,
The timing of the innate intelligence of the body is always perfect. The only thing that prevents its perfect execution are limitations of the matter carrying the message.
We have to have a vision bigger than ourselves-Liam Schubel, D.C. Having that vision requires humility. The chiropractic vision involves the innate intelligence of the body, allowing its full expression. That is a vision greater than ourselves and greater than anything the educated brain can think of or do.
…comes from the French and means to take away. (That’s why we use the term “deduction” for tax purposes.) The idea in philosophy is to take away error so that you are left with only truth. In a similar manner, science tries to disprove theories and when they cannot, they accept it as a fact.