Holism & Health
“…he himself is subject to his birth” –Hamlet, I.iii.78 Especially if we enlarge “birth” to include the nine months before and the year after – the period Michel Odent calls that of Primal Health.
There are two approaches to holism: the synthetic - the building up into the whole; and its opposite, the analytic - the breaking down of the whole into its components. Most people, and society generally, tend to analysis at the expense of synthesis, a problem with ultimate roots in the mother-child relationship.
Dr. Diamond eloquently shares his view of human consciousness. It consists of 3 layers: the conscious; the superficial unconscious of love and and hate; and, underneath everything, the Deep Unconscious - of pure love.
The major precursor of our later amygdala responses is, I believe, in the very nature of our birthing. We are an evolutionary experiment. Due to our adoption of the full upright posture, the foetal head has become bigger and the female pelvis smaller. And so to enter the world (in itself a trauma), the head and body must undergo 180 degree twist.
Enlightened medical training should encourage an understanding of human nature, including embracing the canon of enlightened culture.
In this thought-provoking and insightful discussion, Dr. Diamond considers what it really means to be a holistic healer. Ultimately the healer should feel not only that he and the patient are one whole, but that everything is a unity.
Your aura is the universe around you and your chakras the galaxies, all emanating from your Soul.
As every artist knows, feeling determines form. And as every body-therapist knows, form determines function. So it is that feeling determines function.