A nerve fiber may be stimulated electrically, thermally, chemically, or mechanically. The propagated disturbance is called a nerve impulse. It has no intelligent origin except that someone’s educated brain applied the stimulus either directly or indirecly to the nerve system of the subject. It may also be created by the innate intelligence of the body … Read more
The quality of the mental impulse is dependent first on the (perfect) intelligence organizing it and then the quality of the matter conveying its material aspect. Further, the matter cannot improve upon it (since it is already perfect). It can only distort or lessen its quality. A vibration, on the other hand, as D.D. and … Read more
Isn’t it interesting that many, especially those on the political right, correctly observe that all the money we have “thrown” at education has not produced better students but they seem to think that the more money put into disease research will get us closer to finding cures. BJ Palmer once said that as long as … Read more
Arrogance makes an issue out of environment, to think that you can affect something that the intelligence of the universe has been handling quite well without our puny help. The M.D. tries to change the (internal) environment of the body to his arrogant opinion of what it should be. The inability to adapt to the … Read more
Sometimes those within our profession who are the most well-respected and in the limelight say such stupid things that you really cannot just ignore them. The following was said about the time of the centennial of the discovery of chiropractic by one of the most well-respected and most visible members of the profession. He has … Read more
Chiropractic is limited to “the correction of vertebral subluxations to enable the innate intelligence of the body to work at its maximum potential.” There is a system of thought that encompasses this profession which, for want of a better description, has been called a philosophy of Above-Down, Inside-Out. This system of thought explains why chiropractors … Read more
We in chiropractic, especially those who are more philosophically inclined, tend to think of our understanding as rational, as opposed to one based on faith or one based on empiricism (scientific). We usually attribute faith to religion or a belief system. We say that our chiropractic philosophy is based on deductive reasoning, not faith. We … Read more
One of the most important things we do in chiropractic is define our terms. The above phrase really annoys me. I tend to think that it came to us from the Palmers, perhaps indirectly, but whoever is responsible for it needs a review of Chiropractic Philosophy 101. There is a physical part of man. It … Read more
One of the most important things we do in chiropractic is define our terms. The above phrase really annoys me. I tend to think that it came to us from the Palmers, perhaps indirectly, but whoever is responsible for it needs a review of Chiropractic Philosophy 101. There is a physical part of man. It … Read more
“Americans probably have more vitamins in their urine than the rest of the world has in their diet” -Reggie Gold I remember Reggie making this statement many years ago. I think the impact of the statement is greater if we know the context in which he made it. Reg was talking about our role as … Read more