July 2004

The 'wellness deficiency syndrome'

by Dr. Joseph Flesia

On page 33 of the textbook, "The Bigness of the Fellow Within," Vol. 22, by Dr. B.J. Palmer (the developer of chiropractic), we get a glimpse of the inner depths of the phenomenon called "Life" ‑‑ and the basic philosophical beliefs of chiropractic. Science is left behind as the unknown author wields the "poetic pen" to create a parchment partner to a fragile subconscious reality of what could be.

A poetic journey into the ever‑shifting matrix of life itself begins...

This Inner Power Speaks

"We Chiropractors work with the Subtle Substance of [Life].

"We release the imprisoned impulse, the tiny rivulet of force that emanates from the mind and flows over the nerves to the cells and stirs them into life.

"We deal with the magic power that transforms common food into living, loving, thinking clay that robs the earth with beauty, and hues and scents the flowers with the glory of the air.

"In the dim, dark, distant long ago, when the sun first bowed to the morning star, this power spoke and there was life; it quickened the slime of the sea and the dust of the earth and drove the cell to union with its fellows in countless living forms.

"Through eons of time it finned the fish, winged the bird and fanged the beast.

"Endlessly it worked, evolving its forms until it produced the crowning glory of them all.

"With tireless energy it blows the bubble of each individual life and then silently, relentlessly dissolves the form, and absorbs the spirit into itself again.

"And yet, you ask, 'Can chiropractic cure appendicitis or the flu?'

"Have you more faith in a knife or a spoonful of medicine than in the Innate Power that animates the internal living world?"

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Words and concepts of a journey, perhaps, that are past the limits of your own credulity. Nevertheless, we have gained a toehold on the precipice of tomorrow ‑‑ now. With a new‑found caution of step we go forward, that this unprecedented reality may become a useful tool of survival and growth for us as individuals and as a culture.

WDS

The 'wellness deficiency syndrome' (WDS) is the inability to manifest the totality of the "subtle substance of life" because of the interference of the Vertebral Subluxation Complex (VSC). (1)

The VSC is an interference unlike any experienced before to the complete expression of the Innate forces and mechanisms of life, facilitating a basic corruption of the processes of life itself. There is a manifestation of violent nucleic upheaval at the interface of RNA and DNA, followed by a wave of sentient and biological outrage. For the first time, there is a true cataclysm of one's entire being. (2)

Finally, with the unrelenting suppression of the wellness system, there is catastrophic failure of the host...you.

Thus, we experience WDS: a life of just 70‑80 years; the possibility of many of the hundreds of diseases, common and uncommon, that wellness‑ deficient people are heir to; a crime rate climbing at unprecedented levels; the increasing loss of the oxygen‑rich rain forests; the apparent failure of our health care systems; so many deaths from medical and surgical care; new diseases running rampant across our land; child, spousal and parental abuse; the plight of the elderly; increasing terrorism; a rise in psychotic behavior; the increasing loss of conscience and personal ethics; and many more afflictions of a society of wellness‑deficient people. A human being with wellness deficiency cannot be healthy ‑‑ or fully human ‑‑ on any level.

A new view of chiropractic? A new view of humanity, of our home ‑‑ planet earth?

Will you be a doctor dedicated to the elimination of WDS, one patient at a time?

As chiropractic professionals, we have our responsibility, as big as life itself. Now, let us review the path in life that encompasses the rights, privileges and responsibilities of an aware citizen (you) on this planet we call home. (3)

As chiropractic patients, our duty is to involve our families and all our friends with chiropractic wellness care for a lifetime. (4)

Only by fully manifesting the poetry of life can we discharge our own responsibilities to this and coming generations.

References

1. "Vertebral Subluxation Complex," The New Renaissance, 2000.

2. "Traumatic Birth Syndrome," The New Renaissance, 2002.

3. "Three Types of Patients, Three types of Care," The New Renaissance, 2003.

4. "Wellness Care," The New Renaissance, 2003.

(Dr. Joseph Flesia, founded the Renaissance Seminars in 1977. Known as the premier chiropractic "warrior," he was one of the profession's most popular and sought‑after speakers. Over his long and productive career, he helped thousands of doctors achieve their goals by teaching them how to share the chiropractic message with countless patients the world over.)