We are so sold into the Western medical model that depicts symptoms and disease as a foe that we need to manage, eliminate or destroy. We have all heard in the media about the fight against cancer, diabetes or heart disease amongst chronic disease in general. Does this approach work though? For all the money that has been poured into science, research and pharmaceuticals are we really any closer to being healthier? Statistics would imply that we are certainly not. In fact figures show that we are sicker as a society than we have ever been. In fact, chronic illness is more rampant than it has ever been and is hitting younger people. Mental health is also on the decline with kids now being on anti-depressants in larger numbers and at a very young age. It’s actually quite grim and shocking if you really look into it.
There has to be a better way. A more gentle way. The whole approach and understanding of symptoms and illness has to change at a grass roots, foundational level. What if symptoms and disease are not an enemy but our greatest ally? What if our symptoms, pain, discomforts and bodily sensations were some kind of feedback and an ongoing dialogue to us from our body(or even our psyche and consciousness) vying for our awareness and attention to address or change something in our lives or beliefs that is no longer congruent with what our soul needs us to be. A symptom or a discomfort could be a clarion call for change, balance or a movement in our life in a new direction. Is that possible? A lot of our metaphysical teachers and guides like Inna Segal (‘The Secret Language Of Your Body’), Louise Hay (‘You Can Heal Your Life’) and Yvette Rose (‘Metaphysical Anatomy’) amongst others have contributed to this idea.
When we are not happy, not at peace, not living on purpose or in alignment with our soul it over time creates a sense of ‘dis-ease‘ which then reflects in all aspects of us (body, mind, emotions and soul). Initially this disturbed energy is experienced in a more subtle way(in sensations and disturbances in your feelings, body and thoughts). If we don’t pick up on these early discomforts as we are too busy or too caught up in other distractions, then over time they express as symptoms and eventually acute or chronic disease. Then we see a doctor and then our real problems begin as we are given prescription drugs that don’t
address the root cause but mask the symptoms and fool us into thinking our problem is solved. Nothing could be further from the truth. We are just suppressing or repressing the real source of the problem. Now we start running on the hamster wheel of more doctors, more appointments, more suffering. Is there an easier, safer and more effective way? Yes there is. Energy-based medicine, of which Homeopathy is a key player, is a very user-friendly, safe and deep-acting healing modality that treats the WHOLE PERSON (body, mind, emotions and soul) and leaves no side-effects. Isn’t it worth investigating and trying out?