Thinking Straight

Innate intelligence is not medicine’s “viz medicatrix.” Innate intelligence is not Deepak Chopra’s “mind”. Innate intelligence is not naturalism’s “nature”. Innate intelligence is not a theological or religious construct. Innate intelligence is a unique principle explained only by chiropractic philosophy, nothing more, nothing less.

Some aspects of vitalism (and some vitalistic approaches to chiropractic) claim that their aproach is an attempt to get us in “balance with nature” as if nature and man are one giant organism like the body,  that needs to be in balance….that’s the religion of pantheism. In chiropractic philosophy that is not so. The  intelligence … Read more

Our ADIO philosophy does not change the facts of the world but it may change how we view those facts and that can make all the difference in the world. That difference can only exist as long as we stay separate  from the outside-in viewpoint.

It is interesting that the critics of chiropractic often charge that our philosophy is too simplistic. Yet the outside-in philosophy, epecially medicine is where the simplistic approach exists and actually originated.  We do not say “this germ causes this disease” and “that germ causes that disease.”  We do not blame hay fever on ragweed pollen. … Read more

If as Gallup polls assert, 82% of Americans profess to believe in the foundational principle of our chiropractic philosophy, how did such a small minority manage to gain control of areas such as science and education? Further, this minority is allowed to convey, largely unchallenged,  the idea that belief in an ADIO viewpoint represents a kind of mystical irrationality.

What’s the difference between innate intelligence and instinct?

Knowing and understanding a principle is not enough. You have not learned it until you can remember it and can apply it.

There is only one authority in establishing a healthy lifestyle for your practice member. It is not the M.D. or the D.C. It is the innate intelligence of that person’s own body.