Another Way
Other than the constant warring against disease, drugs, poverty, and aliens in the modern world, what other alternatives are available to us? Is there another tack we can take in relationship to these things?
Honestly: can we even claim to have an Islamic approach to medicine if we think we have to be at war with disease, poverty, crime, or even nature itself in order to survive or be successful?
You may hear people warning about the theological implications of causal thinking in regards to health and disease, but what of the entire model of modern medicine that is rooted in a relational dynamic with the created world colored by antagonism and hostility, using weapons of war [drugs, radiation, knives] to 'defeat' and subdue disease, by any means necessary?
What about that one?
Well there is, in fact, another way. There is an entirely different way of looking at nature and understanding disease that is not based on perceiving the created world as hostile, foreign invaders that must be destroyed or kept aback.
But most people are so transfixed in their dogma and their objectified relationship with the natural world, including themselves!, they may never be able to see it, never-mind understand it, adopt it, and allow it to color their perception of reality.
I wish those people health and clarity of vision.
You know why?
Because I know fighting them is not going to do anything productive and only reinforce their belief that animosity is the only language available between competing paradigms of medicine, or seemingly opposite camps of spirituality, or between nation-states, or anywhere else these divisions lie.
No. I honestly wish all people strength and well-being, and the capacity to take a deep, deep look into their metaphysical principles and even into what the leading edge of science today is speaking to, and to understand.
To understand the interconnectedness and oneness of it all. To understand God's patterning and wisdom.
To understand.
God give us this understanding and cure us from our myopia.
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Mazen Atassi, ND
Dr. Mazen is a naturopathic doctor, classic homeopath, and Hikma therapist. To learn more about him and his services visit: www.forwardtohealth.com/dr-mazen