It’s a beautiful morning here … the sun is making its ascent on the horizon, and the ocean has that idyllic combination of peeling waves against a calm ocean uninterrupted by the winds that follow in later day. Several dolphins are navigating northward just offshore as we speak, and I have a front row seat … my friends, it doesn’t get better than this!
My plan is to hit the beach and do LSD … that stands for Long Slow Distance running for those of you unfamiliar with athletic training techniques. Yesterday I had a more intense track workout, and today’s change of pace affords a perfect opportunity to take in the sights of this glorious day.
On my way outside an email caught my eye that stimulated a desire for this blog entry. This type of email is all too common in my mailbox, but the topic was such a startling contrast to my unfolding day that I needed to vent. A friend wanted my thoughts on a colonoscopy he had scheduled for today. He explained that his doctor felt it necessary to do such an exam annually. Although he was not eager to succumb to this procedure he was now afraid not to.
I receive queries daily from anxious clients and friends concerning exams now considered mandatory including bone scans, breast and prostate exams, cholesterol evaluations etc etc. I have been a health care professional for 30 years, and one thing has become glaringly obvious. Our physical bodies are a 100% moment-by-moment literal manifestation of our belief systems and emotions. We live in a marvelous time when science is now able to corroborate that all things in our world are comprised of an an energy-matter continuum. Our present ability to delineate subatomic particulates (energy) down to molecular detail proves that what we believe and feel not only affects our body, but actually is our body.
Indigenous cultures trained their healers to assist people in resolving fears and limitations by seeing through the physical matrix. Less benevolent practitioners used this awareness to injure or even kill people. They understood the science of nurturing the superstitious notion, to the detriment of their victim, that harm could be inflicted against one’s will.
When I observe our present medical system peddling its new fear of the week I can’t help but see the obvious parallels with Voodoo. Through decades of pervasive and brilliant AMA marketing we have a public that believes we are hapless victims in the “war on disease”. We empower doctors to tell us what to do, although all evidence and common sense indicates a direct and proportionate worsening of health with adherence to such practices.
Unlike their indigenous predecessors who walked us through our fears, present-day “doctors” actually amplify our fears. Just when you have a brief moment of relief because your recent breast exam tested negative, you need to brace up for what they may find next month when they shove a flashlight up your behind.
If the AMA really wanted to make strides in their “war” against so-called disease they’d spend some of their billions to research the science of Voodoo. It’s well documented that Voodoo works in cultures with an accommodating belief system. Any physicist worth his salt will explain the phenomena in electromagnetic terms. Forgive me if I can’t distinguish between the guy rattling the bones and the person in the white coat. At least the guy with the bones knew what he was doing. Coincident with the increase in routine fear-driven disease screening is the epidemic rise in the very afflictions we’re most concerned about. Coincidence? I think not!
Now don’t get me wrong, I used to work in Emergency Medicine, and we did great things every day. Crisis medicine is where the AMA shines, but when it comes to health maintenance, or discovering deeper human potentials they couldn’t be more off target. Which of course leads one to believe that it may in fact be on course albeit with a different agenda … but that’s a discussion for another time.
Even as a doctor I never believed in interfering with a clients decision-making process. My job is to present information and options, then trust that every person knows best what experience they need. So to my friend this morning I simply said – “Well, whatever feels right for you, go for it. As for me, I'm off to the sunshine and beach ... a much more appealing image than being impaled with a flashlight where the sun definitely doesn't shine.”
Namaste
Dr. Barre-Paul Lando
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