Are we trying to corroborate our chiropractic philosophy by research because of its weakness or its inability to stand as a deductive science? Or because we believe it is not acceptable to those in the scientific community, the health professions, the general public and many in our own profession?
Life is the expression of intelligence through matter. Death then is the lack of expression of intelligence through matter. That leads some to believe that the lack of expression means that life ceases to exist. Yet we know from our major premise (and P. # 2) that matter is still maintained in existence, still manifesting … Read more
In chiropractic you will never be effective if you care what the masses think or care whether they care what you think. Recently, in conversation, a chiropractor tried to impress me with his “philosophy of chiropractic” indicating that it was evaluated and accepted by hundreds of researchers, scientists, academicians and philosophers. My response was “so … Read more
“Certainly no ‘materialistic’ scientist would argue that life isn’t mysterious. However claiming that the mystery of life belongs in the world of the philosopher more than the scientist is ludicrous. Scientific study of life and life processes has given us more than he philosopher ever has.” Joseph H. Donahue, D. C. That’s like saying, the … Read more
I am reminded of the story of one of Napoleon’s generals named Blucher, complaining to the king that no one would play cards with him. The king said “but general, everyone says that you cheat when you play cards.” To which Blucher replied, “but the game seems to go better when you cheat a little … Read more
When we are talking about the innate intelligence of the body I think we must be careful to use that term. Sometimes we even get so sloppy in our terminology so as to call it “innate”. “Innate” is merely an adjective describing the noun intelligence The same goes for the innate intelligence of a cell, … Read more
Years ago Thom Gelardi made the statement that the closer professions get in their objective the more they resemble each other. As I see the general appearance of chiropractic , I can see the problem that the chiropractic community faces today. When gasoline was $.25 a gallon automobiles had an individual and distinctive look about … Read more
The greatest knowledge we have as chiropractors is the understanding of how little we do in the “work of chiropractic”. The more we apply that knowledge in our attitudes, our explanation to the public, the more effective we are as chiropractors.
A response is the normal innate activity as a result of an abnormal situation. It occurs in the absence of or in the presence of vertebral subluxation. (Just a little better without vertebral subluxation) A reaction is the abnormal activity in the body due to limitations of matter which may or may not be the … Read more
Do you take an active part in the practice of chiropractic or are you just standing there as a bystander, observing what is happening. I like to think of myself as a participant in the adjustment, in the correction of the vertebral subluxation. I realize that I am not a major participant. The location and … Read more