Paradigm shifts in cancer treatment
by Simon Mitchell
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A paradigm is a sort of cultural, consensual pattern of thought or
model of something. For example the 'current consensus in scientific
medicine'. Paradigms change, like the impact of Galileo's work on
disproving the flat-earth theory or Copernicus' heresy that the Earth
moves round the Sun. These new ideas met a great deal of resistance from
orthodox philosophy but eventually gave rise to a changed perception of
the world we live in.
We live now in a time of 'paradigm shift' which creates fundamental
changes in our assumptions about the world, and even this contributes to
modern stress! A paradigm shift is a huge step that results in a change of
consciousness. Although our physical sciences have discovered new fields
of quantum reality, medical science is lagging far behind. Philosophy has
traditionally been an important part of medical practice since the
medieval days of Paracelsus, even Hippocrates, an ancient Greek (and
originator of the Hippocratic Oath).
How we perceive the world and our part in it is central to how we
perceive the role of dis-ease and our reaction to it. One of the present
problems of finding effective cancer treatment within Western scientific
medicine is a 'paradigm gap'. There are different perceptions of the world
at work speaking incompatible languages. These have deep roots in our
philosophy. This gap is presently condemning millions of people world-wide
to suffer treatments for cancer that are often as destructive as the
disease itself.
Paradigm 1: The mechanistic view
This can be traced back to
Descartes and other scientists such as Sir Isaac Newton. The universe is a
vast machine and we are all cogs, all with our part to play in its
function. The healthy body is a well made clock and if it goes wrong we
simply take it apart and tinker with the insides until it goes again. If
it breaks it doesn't really matter because there are plenty more where
that came from. Nothing exists unless it has been proven through logical
methods.
cancer: something had gone wrong with this body, it has a lump. Cut it
out and throw the lump away.
Paradigm 2: The anthropomorphic view
This paradigm is central to the
philosophy of Darwinism and others who helped set humans as 'apart and
above', or at the head of other life forms. Humanity is the supposed crown
of creation, we are created to lord it over every other creature as 'head
of the food chain'. The planet is ours to dominate and exploit to our own
demands. We must conquer every mountain and battle against disease. We are
the most evolved and dominant species in a process of natural selection.
We exist for no purpose and have just evolved through sheer luck. In this
world our media fantasy industries create pigs and fish that can talk
human. Animals are anthropomorphised through culture to have the same
needs, desires and dreams as humans. The animals, forests, oceans and
environment around us exist purely for our convenience. This paradigm is
human self-centred and exploitative to everything including ourselves.
cancer: something has gone wrong with this body, it has grown an enemy
inside it. I will root it out and battle with it.
Paradigm 3: The Gaian view (an emerging paradigm)
This paradigm
started with Einstein and the science of energy. Its inception combines an
age when we saw the first images of the Earth as a whole entity from
space. James Lovelock and his search for life on Mars is a central figure
in its development through his identification of the Gaia Hypothesis
regarding Earth.
This planet we inhabit is a self-balancing, homeostatic system similar
to our own as single biological entities. It maintains the optimum
conditions for life despite our best efforts to pollute it. Our bodies are
a miracle of biology, constantly flexible and adaptive but easy to harm.
Anything we do to it or each other, we do to ourselves as we are part of
the same 'web' or 'circle' of life. We exist for a purpose but do not yet
know what it is. We are part of an evolving cycle of life, a happening
miracle.
cancer: something has gone wrong with this body, it is trying to tell
me something. I will listen to it and get help to understand why it has
happened and what I need to learn and do to get better.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Don't Get Cancer is a new ebook from holistic author Simon
Mitchell. One antidote to cancer is information. 'Don't get Cancer'
shows why cancer is still on the increase and how you can improve your
immunity. This ebook is a better bet than health insurance. Preview
'Don't Get Cancer' at this web address: http://www.simonthescribe.co.uk/don'tget1.html
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