Health equity is defined by the CDC as "the state in which everyone
has a fair and just opportunity to attain their highest level of
health". It is closely associated with the social justice
movement, with good health considered a fundamental human right.
Equitable OPPORTUNITY actually does exist for virtually
everyone. ATTAINMENT depends on our true personal VALUES, including
willingness to learn and work in harmony with the true source of
true health --- the "natural" world humans USED to be a part of ---
not merely defining "health" as "prompt, temporary relief" of the
most widespread dis--ease symptoms.
As it turns out, SIMPLE food, simply and personally
prepared, is not only the most healthful, but also one of your
body's primary resources for carrying out it's marvelous internal
self-healing, self-renewing functions.
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---Previous
"Front Page" topics
and Other Quasi-relevant Observations
that don't directly fit any of these pages
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What Price Health?
and
What IS Health, Really?
--- the Low-Tech Concept ---
(part of the Truth about Natural Healing)
Let's face it--- We cannot BUY health anymore than we can buy
"smarts". They're not COMMODITIES to BE bought and sold. They're
QUALITIES to be CULTIVATED. And no one else --- no matter how
"professional", persuasive, or psychologically intimidating --- can
do that for you --- or even "sell" you a GENUINE shortcut. (There
are many offered, but none that actually "deliver".) When we can
fully accept this basic "fact of life" (not just intellectually, but
deeply, emotionally) and determine to actually do something about it
(in a calm, rational, informed manner) we will have taken a giant
step toward taking possession and control of one of the most
potentially rewarding aspects of our life.
The English words "health" and "whole" share a common root word
that implies unbroken unity; not diminished in any way. To "heal",
therefore, is to RESTORE that "unity" of undiminished health; the
"wholeness" or fullness of the biological processes that constitute
life.
It is similar to the repair and restoration of your home after
serious damage; which COULD be from a storm or other disaster,
but, in the case of our bodies, is more often like the gradual
deterioration of a house or other building --- from (for example)
water damage that goes unnoticed for years until much of the
structure has rotted away or the foundation has settled unevenly
and the building is literally "pulling apart at the seams". When
suddenly one day we become aware of the damage and start realizing
its extent, is our first thought to install new carpet, wallpaper or
siding to cover it up? Of course not. We want the STRUCTURE to be
sound --- not collapse with us in it!
In typical storm-damage, much of the underlying roof structure will
most likely need replacing/rebuilding. But in normal home
MAINTENANCE only the roof COVERING (the waterproofing such as
shingles) will need replacing. If that has been done regularly, WHEN
and HOW it NEEDS to be done, the roof STRUCTURE will still be sound,
not water-damaged, decayed/rotted, or othewise falling apart.
Is a sick/damaged human body any different? Only in some ways.
We can't do it's repair/rebuilding (healing) FOR IT (not even with
surgery. That's basically a "patch" --- for true healing, the
living organism must do its OWN repairing/rebuilding on the
cellular, bio-molecular level. And no drug can "force" it to
accomplish that real healing. It already has the correct agenda
pre-programmed in it's DNA. Of course, either intervention at a
crucial moment COULD "save a life" ---or, more accurately, postpone
death a bit longer. (Usually, by the time we reach that "crucial
moment" --- unless it's the result of a sudden, catastrophic
accident --- our body has already been on a STEEP decline toward
death for SOME TIME.)
But, whether it's the "family home" or your very, very
personal biological "home" (your body) you don't want the damage
just covered up, do you? You want it cleaned up ---- and
repaired/replaced/rebuilt. Those functions require "building
materials" ---like lumber, roofing, siding, bricks, etc. in the
case of a house--- as well as "cleaning supplies/materials/tools".
Medicine and Medical procedures provide the biological
equivalent of NEITHER. Essentially, in the long-range scheme of
things, it functions more like a blue poly tarp. Indeed, the most
astute and caring medical professionals in "Western civilization"
are indicating that, essentially, most of our illnesses ARE being
treated roughly equivalent to fastening a temporary waterproof
covering [such as plastic sheeting or the ubiquitous blue poly tarp]
over a damaged roof and thinking no more about it as long as the
rain doesn't drip inside the living areas of the house. ---Of
course, their warnings are being largely ignored, covered up, and
even hidden (archived away from public view) because it is not what
the majority really want to hear --- so, of course, it is "not good
for business".
-------------------
The longer I live,
the more UNconvinced I become
that "civilization"
is actually civilized.
--- See for example ----
The 2013 Toxic Chemicals
Documentary Video
--- "The Human Experiment" ---
https://archive.org/download/youtube-GAMy4OwURck/GAMy4OwURck.mp4
----------------------
"Haste makes waste!", the "old folks" used to say. And not only
material or financial waste. Sometimes, when we're trying to pack
more "living" into our life, we're just wasting, ruining and even
shortening our life. A related saying was to "take time to smell
the roses". Meaning? If we focus more on enjoying (AND CARING FOR)
what we DO have (including our health and well-being) the less we
waste it hurrying, worrying and obsessing over some unrealistic
concept of what we've been led to believe we SHOULD be or do or
have, Then the longer AND better quality our life is apt to be.
---Previous
"Front Page" topics
and Other Quasi-relevant Observations
that don't directly fit any of these pages
-----------------------------
What Price Health?
and
What IS Health, Really?
--- the Low-Tech Concept ---
(part of the Truth about Natural Healing)
The English words "health" and "whole" share a common root word that implies unbroken unity; not diminished in any way. To "heal", therefore, is to RESTORE that "unity" of undiminished health; the "wholeness" or fullness of the biological processes that constitute life.
It is similar to the repair and restoration of your home after serious damage; which COULD be from a storm or other disaster, but, in the case of our bodies, is more often like the gradual deterioration of a house or other building --- from (for example) water damage that goes unnoticed for years until much of the structure has rotted away or the foundation has settled unevenly and the building is literally "pulling apart at the seams". When suddenly one day we become aware of the damage and start realizing its extent, is our first thought to install new carpet, wallpaper or siding to cover it up? Of course not. We want the STRUCTURE to be sound --- not collapse with us in it!
In typical storm-damage, much of the underlying roof structure will most likely need replacing/rebuilding. But in normal home MAINTENANCE only the roof COVERING (the waterproofing such as shingles) will need replacing. If that has been done regularly, WHEN and HOW it NEEDS to be done, the roof STRUCTURE will still be sound, not water-damaged, decayed/rotted, or othewise falling apart.
Is a sick/damaged human body any different? Only in some ways. We can't do it's repair/rebuilding (healing) FOR IT (not even with surgery. That's basically a "patch" --- for true healing, the living organism must do its OWN repairing/rebuilding on the cellular, bio-molecular level. And no drug can "force" it to accomplish that real healing. It already has the correct agenda pre-programmed in it's DNA. Of course, either intervention at a crucial moment COULD "save a life" ---or, more accurately, postpone death a bit longer. (Usually, by the time we reach that "crucial moment" --- unless it's the result of a sudden, catastrophic accident --- our body has already been on a STEEP decline toward death for SOME TIME.)
But, whether it's the "family home" or your very, very personal biological "home" (your body) you don't want the damage just covered up, do you? You want it cleaned up ---- and repaired/replaced/rebuilt. Those functions require "building materials" ---like lumber, roofing, siding, bricks, etc. in the case of a house--- as well as "cleaning supplies/materials/tools".
Medicine and Medical procedures provide the biological equivalent of NEITHER. Essentially, in the long-range scheme of things, it functions more like a blue poly tarp. Indeed, the most astute and caring medical professionals in "Western civilization" are indicating that, essentially, most of our illnesses ARE being treated roughly equivalent to fastening a temporary waterproof covering [such as plastic sheeting or the ubiquitous blue poly tarp] over a damaged roof and thinking no more about it as long as the rain doesn't drip inside the living areas of the house. ---Of course, their warnings are being largely ignored, covered up, and even hidden (archived away from public view) because it is not what the majority really want to hear --- so, of course, it is "not good for business".
-------------------
The longer I live,
the more UNconvinced I become
that "civilization"
is actually civilized.
--- See for example ----
The 2013 Toxic Chemicals
Documentary Video
--- "The Human Experiment" ---
https://archive.org/download/youtube-GAMy4OwURck/GAMy4OwURck.mp4
----------------------
"Haste makes waste!", the "old folks" used to say. And not only
material or financial waste. Sometimes, when we're trying to pack
more "living" into our life, we're just wasting, ruining and even
shortening our life. A related saying was to "take time to smell
the roses". Meaning? If we focus more on enjoying (AND CARING FOR)
what we DO have (including our health and well-being) the less we
waste it hurrying, worrying and obsessing over some unrealistic
concept of what we've been led to believe we SHOULD be or do or
have, Then the longer AND better quality our life is apt to be.
The longer I live,
the more UNconvinced I become
that "civilization"
is actually civilized.
--- See for example ----
The 2013 Toxic Chemicals
Documentary Video
--- "The Human Experiment" ---
https://archive.org/download/youtube-GAMy4OwURck/GAMy4OwURck.mp4
----------------------
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File:Rutilio_Manetti_-_Sant%27Ambrogio_
(hands_writing_with_quill_pen_detail).jpg
original by Italian painter
Pietro Antonio Rotari
(1707 - 1762)