The following came through on another (non-health issues) list -- and I thought it was appropriate for this one. MA
> "A modern Western physician--granted with the greatest discomfiture -- > will inform his patient that he is about to die, impressing upon him > that his situation is hopeless, and yet will react with scorn and > loathing when he reads that a voodoo practitioner has put a curse upon > some innocent victim. > > In your time, medical men, again with great superiority, look at > primitive cultures and harshly judge the villagers they think are > held in the sway of witch doctors or voodooism; and yet through > advertisement and organization, YOUR doctors impress upon each > individual in your culture that you must have a physical examination > every six months or you will get cancer; that you must have medical > insurance because you WILL become ill. > > In many instances, therefore, modern physicians are inadequate witch > doctors who have forgotten their craft -- hypnotists who no > longer believe in the power of healing, and whose suggestions bring > about other diseases which are diagnosed in advance. > > You are told what to look for; you are as cursed-- far more-- as any > native in a tiny village, only you lose breasts, appendixes, > and other portions of your anatomy. The doctors follow their own ideas, > of course, and in that system they see themselves as completely > justified -- as humane. > > In the medical field, as in no other, you are faced directly with the > full impact of your beliefs, for doctors are not the healthiest, but the > least healthy. They fall prey to the beliefs to which > they so heartily subscribe. Their concentration is upon disease, not > health. > > - Seth, through Jane Roberts, from the book The Nature of Personal > Reality -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
