CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
               Physicians versus Healers
                      by Jim Lynn


A doctor tells a mother her comatose daughter will never regain
consciousness, only to see the girl awake and alert the following
day. A woman diagnosed with lung cancer is later found with her
lungs clear (without medical intervention). We've all heard such
stories...stories of healing that defy medical and scientific
reasoning. And yet, these stories are true!


While the medical community is usually quick to dismiss such
stories as quirks of nature, millions of people in pain and
suffering aren't so sure. They wonder. Are these seemingly
miraculous healings really quirks, or is there something more
at work here than we've been told?


Truth is there IS something more at work, but a money driven,
government controlled medical system is completely at odds
with it, and you and I are often times its helpless victim.


Healing is one of nature's greatest gifts to man. Our body
is created with its own inherent healing system. Even at
DNA levels, maintaining health is your body's highest priority.
But we live in a culture with a medical system that neither
knows or acknowledges this powerful healing system.


The vast majority of American citizens wrongfully believe
the health care industry in the U.S. is about healing, when
it is not. And all too often, people are hexed and die
because a physician told them there is nothing more they
can do.


Our health care industry is governed, regulated and controlled
by a system of medicine (allopathic) whose purpose is to
diagnose and treat symptoms, not to heal. When healing does
occur, it often times is in spite of treatment, rather than
because of it.


Given the truth of the matter and a choice, people would
rather go to someone who works to heal the body, not treat
symptoms. But we have few choices, and most people do not
know the difference between a healer and a physician, or
are even aware they have a choice.


Background history:


>From ancient Greek mythology, two gods are responsible for
two opposing philosophies ongoing in health care today.
They are the gods Asklepios and his daughter Hygeia.


"For the worshippers of Hygeia, health is the natural order
of things, a positive attribute to which men are entitled
if they govern their lives wisely. According to them, the most
important function of medicine is to discover and teach the
natural laws which will ensure a man a healthy mind in a healthy
body. More skeptical, or wiser in the ways of the world, the
followers of Asklepios believe that the chief role of the
physician is to treat disease, to restore health by correcting
any imperfections caused by accidents of birth or life." (1)


The Definition Expanded:


Practitioners of Hygeia's teaching are called healers.
Practitioners of Asklepios's teaching are called physicians.
By definition then...Healers heal, physicians treat.
The differences between the two philosophies and
practices are profound.


Healers work with the body's natural defense system to restore
well-being. They recognize that healing is a natural power
inherent to the body. From the lowest form of life to the
highest, maintaining a balance of health (homeostasis)
is life's highest priority. Healers recognize a body out of
balance works to get back to it, and takes advantage of this
in his or her work. Healers work to eradicate the cause of
disease rather than its effect.


By contrast, many physicians are neither taught, nor are
aware of the natural healing power of the body. (2) They rely
on technology with its drugs and surgery to cut, burn, kill
or suppress symptoms. They use the word "cure" instead of
"heal" as representative of what they do. Physicians identify
disease (diagnose) then determine a therapy to treat it (effect).


Caught Between Two Worlds:


In North America, allopathic medicine, an evolved form of
Asklepios medicine, dominates health care. It is protected by
government through regulatory law. As a result, people seeking
relief from illness and disease for years were given little
choice as to the kind of health care they would receive.


Though little has changed in that regard, the high cost and
effectiveness of allopathic medicine is driving millions of
people in search of health care alternatives. They are turning
to Hygeian healers.


Still, physicians and modern medicine play a vital role in
society. Physician knowledge and technology is unequalled
when it comes to emergency or crisis surgery. And physicians
are excellent for diagnosing disease and illness. But from
this point on, physicians are dependent on doing what they
have been taught (to treat symptoms), and not to heal.


If physicians would prescribe treatment with substances that
would work with the body, fine...but they do not. Instead
physicians reply on allopathic procedures which conflict
with the body, and are known for their poor and sometimes
deadly effects.


Healers:


Unlike physicians, who are heavily regulated, there are no
laws regulating healers. Anyone may heal, but not everyone
may legally diagnose or treat disease. Making a diagnosis
and prescribing treatment of disease belongs to the realm
of licensed physicians. It is unlawful for anyone else to
do so.


Healers need not be licensed (3) because they do not work with
or speak about sickness, but rather with health and healing.
Once a person understands the difference between the two,
a whole new world opens up.


Healers are free to speak about the natural body, They can
talk about skin, hair, digestion, metabolism, cleansing,
elimination, circulation, nerves, emotions, respiratory system,
glands, bones, muscles, etc...all things natural.


Words like psoriasis, cancer, MS, etc, all belong to the realm
of licensed physicians. Let them keep them. Remember that physicians
work with sickness and disease, healers work at the opposite end
of the spectrum...with health and wellness.


Healers discuss the natural function of the body and work with
body's natural healing system. These topics are not illegal
to talk about. This is wonderful because by addressing these
subjects, healers are able to help people regain their health.
If disease is mentioned at all, it is done as a  measurement
of their health, not as a disease or illness. Healers always
think in terms of health, not sickness.


The entire premise of healing is that the human body is fully
capable of healing itself and maintain vitality, when given
half a chance to do so. Working with the body, mind and spirit
using energy, prayer, essential oils, nutrition, and education,
healers give it that chance. 


If patients would exercise their God given right to question
their physicians, seek out a healer, or begin to investigate
their own healing, many lives would be saved every year.


There is a place in the world for both physicians and healers.
The problem is that we do not understand the difference between
the two. 


Resources and notes:


1. Quotation from Rene Dubos: Mirage of Health: Utopias, Progress
   and Biological Change (Harper & Brothers, 1959, Pages 110-111)


2. "Never in my years at Harvard Medical School did anyone
   mention it to me and my classmates, nor do medical professors
   talk about it to students today." Andrew Weil, M.D.
   Spontaneous Healing, (Fawcett Columbine, 1995, page 37)


3. Healers may require local or state licensing for purposes
   of collecting taxes on earned income. However, there are
   no licensing or schooling requirements to be able to heal.