a whole new world of possibility

 

This week I was reminded of something Aristotle observed with such wisdom:

"The more you know,

the more you know you don't know."

~Aristotle

I have been reading about local vs. nonlocal reality, the microbiome, and the field of epigenetics, awash in science that didn't exist when I was in medical school. It unnerved me a bit to realize how many years I devoted to learning what has already become obsolete, or been proven wrong, or been questioned anew. It boggles my mind to contemplate the myths we embraced, the mystery that continues to unfold, and the masterpiece it reveals.

 Medicine's timeline went like this:

• ERA I Medicine: Beginning in the 1860s, it embraced a mechanical, physical approach to cause and effect, and relied on traditional therapies such as drugs, surgery, radiation, etc. The mind was not believed to exert either harmful or beneficial effects on the body.
• ERA II Medicine: Beginning after WWII, it acknowledged the effect of the psyche on the body, with the introduction of mind-body approaches to healing through biofeedback, stress management, and alternative methods like accupuncture, yoga, and meditation. It explored ways the mind can influence the condition of the body.
• ERA III Medicine: Beginning in the 1970s, the concept of the nonlocal mind emerged...the idea that healing can be achieved at a distance, for example through intention, intercessory prayer, and intuition, positing that consciousness is not limited to the self or the brain, but is shared, unlimited, and accessible across time and space.

"May your vibes

shift the whole damn frequency

of the room when you walk in."

~themindsjournal~

Each of these transitions represented a quantum leap in our ability to understand the origins, manifestations, and treatment of illness. It has been a challenge to accept these changes, much less to convince health care providers to integrate them into clinical practice. Many are still stuck in ERA I. Some have ventured into ERA II. But ERA III medicine overlaps with concepts that are associated with spirituality, telepathy, intuition, and even trickery, so they are off-putting to many in the scientific community.

Think about it, though. How does hypnosis work? Is there some fundamental basis for synchronicity, ESP, instinct, or telesomatic connection (experiences in which we share physical sensations with a distant individual)? What about our connection with animals? How do we account for spontaneous healing? What is at work around and between us if not a psychic connection? If not consciousness, itself?

A whole new world of possibility is opening up to us if only we are open to it.

"The reality I'm facing

is calling up a whole new person."

~Stephen Cope~

jan