Get The Big Idea And Trust The Body’s Internal Wisdom

B.J. Palmer, the developer of the chiropractic profession, had a great quote:

"Get the big idea and all else follows."

What did he mean by the big idea? This actually brings up the essence of the philosophy of life and health. Where does the big idea start? Well, we have to go back to First Cause or a priori. This is something that we assume is self-evident, not necessarily provable.

When I was a child, I used to ask my mother, "Where does God come from?" My mother used to say that God has always been there. I would persist, asking what came before God. In my head, I would go through the mental gymnastics of how something could always exist. 

As I grew older and went to university, I became an atheist, worshipping at the altar of science. I didn't realize then that believing in science and a deity didn't have to be mutually exclusive.

When I became a chiropractor, I learned the philosophy based on a set of principles underpinning the profession.

The First Principle: The Major Premise

This states that there is Universal Intelligence in all matter, continuously giving it all its properties and actions, thus maintaining it in existence.

The Major Premise is based on Deductive Reason. It is not something that you can test in a lab. People will ask, " Do you mean it's another name for God?" We must define our terminology. What does one mean by God? For me, it's not some being with a white beard. It can, however, be represented by G.O.D.; Grand Organized Design.

So when I look at the universe, I see organization and order. Humanity has discovered universal laws that maintain our existence. Again, you can't prove this in a lab, nor can you disprove it. It is merely a philosophical construct.

To keep things simple, we'll move on to the following principle.

Principle 20: Innate Intelligence 

Every living thing has a portion of Universal Intelligence called Innate Intelligence.

This is what runs you and coordinates the functioning of some 100 quadrillion cells that make up the human body every second of every day that you are alive. It is what animates the life within us. So every part of us has a portion of Innate. Interestingly, in the age of Covid, several medical doctors are openly talking about Innate Immunity.

So when we look at the world using deductive reasoning, we go from general to specific approaches. If you have a hypothesis, then observation can validate that hypothesis. For example, if you say all dogs have four legs and a German Shepherd has four legs, you would deduce that a German Shepherd is a dog.

You go from the specific to a hypothesis or generalization with inductive reasoning. Here, scientific experimentation and observation will lead to a logical theory or hypothesis. Going back to our dog, if your dog barks at a cat every time, you can make the generalized statement that dogs are animals that bark at cats. 

There are limitations to both types of reasoning. Obviously, if the major premise is incorrect, then so is everything else that follows. So we can use logic and induction to validate our original hypothesis. Is the Principle of Universal Intelligence valid? We do exist in a universe. Is it intelligent? There is organization and order with universal laws, not total randomness; otherwise, why would we even exist? Then it follows that there is intelligence in everything, including a wooden table. That's true because the table is held together by atomic bonds. 

So when B.J. Palmer said, "Get the big idea and all else follows", the logical conclusion is that all humans have Innate Intelligence. In chiropractic, we apply this by ensuring that we reduce interference to the lines of communication—the Nervous System, so the body can better express its inborn wisdom. One of the areas where it happens is along the spine––your lifeline. The word we have for this interference is a Vertebral Subluxation.

It's like a short circuit in your home, causing a light globe to flicker. The answer is to remove that short circuit rather than changing the light bulb––the symptom.

You may wonder if that is true that we have all this intelligence, then how come we are so stupid when it comes to our Covid policies? The answer lies in our Educated Brain, a physical product of our Innate Brain. Therefore like all matter, it is subject to limitations because all matter breaks down and reconstitutes in another form.

Now we come to the significant flaw in Inductive Reasoning regarding human health. This has gotten us into trouble more than once. 

If you are a fly sitting on the painting of the Mona Lisa, what do you see?

In this case, you would see a blotch of cream-coloured paint at the base of the neck. To appreciate the nuance that the painting is conveying, you need to step back to see the entire image. So the fly "can't see the forest for the trees".

We have done the same thing concerning medical treatment of the body. The reasoning in modern medicine is that you are just the sum of your parts. So if we identify a part that needs treating, we give drug A for condition A. We don't take into account the ramifications of our tunnel vision. This has led to the tragedy of the Covid shots, arguably the worst potion ever foisted on humanity. It's not the first time we have gone down this path. History is filled with medications that have resulted in severe adverse events. Here are a few:

• Diethylstilbestrol: Cancer in the children of mothers who took this drug

• Thalidomide: Given to mothers resulting in deformed children

• Vioxx: Causing heart attacks and strokes in some users.

Medicine and drugs have their place, but we have been so far removed from a respect for the body's inborn wisdom that we are paying a heavy price. Remember, in all its ramifications, medicine is one of the leading causes of death in western society.

We must get back to an awareness that we were created by whatever intelligence permeates the universe. Respect that and get the Big Idea.