The lecturer walked into the amphitheatre, took his position behind the podium, and coughed once as the noise in the room subsided.
"Good morning - this is 'Health and Healing 101' - the basic course on offer for all you aspiring health practitioners," he intoned.
"Before we begin, put your hand up if you have NEVER cut your finger, bruised some soft tissue or broken a bone.
" One hand went up at the back of the room - the hand of a recalcitrant young man who was apparently trying to impress the young lady sitting beside him.
"Have you been living in a bubble?" quipped the instructor amidst a snicker of laughter.
"We have all experienced small intrusions upon our bodies - this is the lot of living.
However, is there anyone in the room that, after having had a cut, bruise or break, has not had the wound heal?" No hand went up.
"Of course not" continued the teacher - "after proper hygiene and adjustment - the body goes about repairing itself.
" Pointing to the larrikin at the back of the room he asked - "Please sir, open your text to chapter one, page six, paragraph three and read out loud to the rest of the class.
" In a rather subdued voice the student began to read - "...
and every cell in the body has the capability of Response, Reproduction and "Quite so," interjected the smiling instructor - "the three 'R's" "And if the body has this innate ability - this programming - this DNA set of instructions - to heal itself - why are we taught to take some form of medication to make the body do what it is designed to do?" And so began the course - not necessarily in specific facts and figures - but a course designed to expand the thinking process of each and every student in the natural abilities of the body to maintain its integrity - to establish its harmony, balance and homeostasis.
It appears to 'thehealtheducator' that the simple truths of life are being bundled into a too hard basket - relegating us to a dependency upon 'products for profit.
' As my mentor, Mr.
K.
S.
Jaffrey often reminded me - we need to return to the well often and refresh ourselves.
All the best for your health and happiness, Kevin Hinton