Pathways to Conscious Health

Pathways to Conscious Health External Locus of Control

By Dr Catherine Fyans

We have reached the pinnacle of collectively giving our power over to that external agent, the hallowed ‘magic bullet’, the much-awaited saviour; exemplified by the fervent rush of many people to get an experimental medical intervention injected into their unsuspecting bodies.

This has reached an almost fanatical, cult-like pitch, driven by the relentless whipped-up hype from the media as it does the biding of its authoritarian masters.

People have been led by the nose to this point in medical history, having long been subjected to systematic programming that has entrained the populace into believing that they can only rely on the artificial and laboratory produced to maintain health.

We have been trained to pay homage to the artificial by-products of our one-sided intellectual prowess, aided by a heavy dose of scientism. Unnatural medical practices have become the unquestioned norm by the majority of health care practitioners and consumers, who forget that the practice of medicine is as much an art as a science.

“We have been trained to pay homage to the artificial by-products of our one-sided intellectual prowess, aided by a heavy dose of scientism.”

The trust in science and its associated industries is so great that it’s assumed that these institutions have only the very best interests of humanity at heart and are beyond any bias, human error and vested interests. This blind faith in the system represents an almost innocent, childlike trust in the perceived benevolent, protective parent that these groups represent too much of the populace. The immense and everexpanding plethora of scientific research has not actually stopped disease and un-wellness from occurring. A reductionist, solely intellectual understanding of what constitutes health, can only ever be incomplete, as can its supposed remedies.

Much of modern healthcare is based on fear and encourages an external locus of control, on which the prevalent problem-reactionsolution model is reliant.

Materialists, those who believe only in a tangible, physical reality, will be much more invested in external physical solutions to overcome the perceived external physical causes of their problems. The very ‘self’ hardly needs to get involved, let alone delve into any related dysfunction and locus of attraction within.

The crème-de-la-crème of this materialist approach to healthcare is the hallowed injection, the blessed ‘magic

bullet’ of all magic bullets. We collectively bow down to this representation of the external locus of control, the bastion of the problemreaction-solution model, all the while ignoring the reality that any magic bullet is at a cost. The ritual of passively receiving the needle, where no personal effort needs to be exerted,

seals the deal. It must be good! Promises of safety will have many give up their own freedom, and that of others, by subjecting their heedless bodies to experimental medicine without question. Any personal power is eagerly handed over to the material agent and its abundant promises of rescue from the dreaded threat - easier in the short term.

This approach, alarmingly, is being coerced, if not forced, and perpetuates the unthinking compliance of the masses. Peoples’ misguided trust in the authority groups will have them relinquish any adult discernment that might encourage them to research and question some very dubious directives, as we are seeing.

Hiding behind all of this propaganda and coercion is manipulation of people’s basic survival fears, particularly the fear of their own mortality. Bottom line: ignite people’s most potent survival fear, promise the solution, and then have the masses trade any and all freedoms for a guarantee of safety, that nobody can give. And dare those who try to bring awareness to this illusion, for they will have the deceived masses baying at their heels rather than at those of the propagators of this misconception.

Approaches to healthcare and its institutions will always reflect the society in which they are immersed. Generally, we live in a superficial ‘quick fix’ society that dares not self-reflect or scratch under the surface. This gives rise to ‘quick fix’ medicine that will not explore beyond the tangible physical.

It goes without saying that external agents and therapies should be utilised when clearly safe, effective and necessary. It would be reckless and cavalier to not use them when appropriate. However, they will never, alone, do the healing. Rather they act as a stimulant or an adjunct to the natural healing process.

The pendulum needs to swing back to find a healthy equipoise. We need a balanced approach, to integrate the best of science with the best of the healing bounty of the natural world and the humane side of caring. Our robust intellects need to be matched with a compassionate and nuanced appreciation of human nature and health. And, particularly, the ownership and ultimate responsibility, of one’s health needs to be rightfully returned to the individual.

“The crème-de-lacrème of this materialist approach to healthcare is the hallowed injection, the blessed ‘magic bullet’…” “Promises of safety will have many give up their own freedom, and that of others, by subjecting their heedless bodies to experimental medicine without question.”

Dr Catherine Fyans is a holistic medical practitioner and author of ‘The Wounding of Health Care – From Fragmentation to Integration’.

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