12-03-2010, 06:04 PM
Carla wrote:
The #4 leading cause of death in the US is medical treatment.
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Oh, c’mon Monica. What would the death rate be without modern medical treatment? Raw almonds, homegrown food and organic raw milk aren’t going to save anyone from trauma induced injuries, heart attack or stroke. Not to mention the myriad other diseases and afflictions that can strike. What does save you, in this world, is the application of high tech medicine. Even Carla benefited from what is, arguably, the finest medical system on the planet. Not without its serious problems, I’ll grant.
By all means, supplement your lifestyle with fresh foods and diet. Get plenty of exercise and meditate. But we all use (and/or will use) contemporary medicine at some point in our lives. And, barring a debilitating condition that we may have signed onto before we came back to this rock, most of us benefit from modern medicine and preventative procedures.
That said….there are myriad areas that need change. But the change needed is systemic. And far beyond, I believe, the political manipulations of any country. Its going to take a change in thought patterns species-wide. Not something that can be accomplished in the time any of us have left here. So, unless, something actually happens in 2012…its going to take several more lifetimes of work to bring this about.
I think most of us still have plenty of work left here…
Richard
The #4 leading cause of death in the US is medical treatment.
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Oh, c’mon Monica. What would the death rate be without modern medical treatment? Raw almonds, homegrown food and organic raw milk aren’t going to save anyone from trauma induced injuries, heart attack or stroke. Not to mention the myriad other diseases and afflictions that can strike. What does save you, in this world, is the application of high tech medicine. Even Carla benefited from what is, arguably, the finest medical system on the planet. Not without its serious problems, I’ll grant.
By all means, supplement your lifestyle with fresh foods and diet. Get plenty of exercise and meditate. But we all use (and/or will use) contemporary medicine at some point in our lives. And, barring a debilitating condition that we may have signed onto before we came back to this rock, most of us benefit from modern medicine and preventative procedures.
That said….there are myriad areas that need change. But the change needed is systemic. And far beyond, I believe, the political manipulations of any country. Its going to take a change in thought patterns species-wide. Not something that can be accomplished in the time any of us have left here. So, unless, something actually happens in 2012…its going to take several more lifetimes of work to bring this about.
I think most of us still have plenty of work left here…
Richard