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Illness Is Not Inevitable
By: Dr. William Esser ND. D.C. 1958
Natural Hygiene illuminates the laws that
govern health.
Not many people are ready to believe that a
normal human being is immune to all disease.
Man always has thought and been taught that
health is an uncertainty, and that disease is as
inevitable as death.
Most people have a fear complex, and they have been educated into it by the
various "professions" in general.
The clergy has often preached that disease and death result from the wrath of
God; the medical profession has done the best job of teaching the uncertainty
of health. The legal profession has added to man's fears by fostering
injustices.
The Power Of Fear
The result of such teaching is the building of fear complexes, which reduce
vitality and lower health standards, and is a prominent reason why other
nations point to America as a country of sick people.
Sadly, there is shocking truth to this belief. The average American has
developed "the habit of being sick." Seeking cures from curers is the tragic
national pastime.
Cures are as elusive and unreal as mirages. But the palliation and subsequent
impairment of vital organs— and the surgical mutilation—are very real and
lasting.
The time is long overdue for thorough renovation. The causes of fear must
go. Man has nothing to fear except himself and his disease-building, life-
shortening habits.
Years ago, when the microscope enlarged tiny organisms to a size, which
made them, look ferocious and dangerous; a wave of fear swept the land.
It was decided that these caused most of our diseases, and, as a
consequence, a sterile existence was frantically sought after by all who
wished to be healthy.
Today, the fear of germs is mostly a thing of the past. But another phobia,
more mysterious but less tangible—the "virus," has taken over to explain
disease.
Illness results from man's own violations and indiscretions, his own sins
against himself. When he ceases to make himself sick, he becomes immune,
and disease no longer exists. John H. Tilden, M.D., once wrote, "All the cures
which have been invented by man are boomerangs that have returned to do
him evil."
Freedom Of Will
Man has freedom of will. It is about time that he becomes aware that his
destiny is of his own choosing.
The knowledge of health and its maintenance is not exclusive with a small
chosen group of people. Nor is the knowledge too technical for the average
mind to grasp. Man's willingness to allow someone else to think for him has
almost caused him to lose his self-protection.
The animal kingdom has its claws, teeth, beaks, and other instinctive defenses
for protection and for securing food for young and self.
But man has his mind, which gives him dominion over everything else on
Earth. He has opened many doors and unlocked many mysteries with his
mind.
Unfortunately, he knows more about things outside himself than he knows
about himself. The results of this ignorance, plus lack of self-control, are
sickness, pain, and premature death.
And the accumulated sequences of crime, perversity, war, and a decaying
society are the by-products of this ignorance. Unless man learns to know
himself, he will destroy himself.
Knowledge Is Strength
Sickness is unnecessary. Those who possess good health should know why
they are well. If the only reason they can give is that they have always enjoyed
good health and that their ancestors were good specimens of longevity, they
have no reliable knowledge with which to keep the good health they possess.
Their good health potential and sound constitutions can easily be frittered
away.
The fact that parents and grandparents lived to a ripe old age gives one a fine
feeling of security but is very much like an athlete resting on his laurels.
Unless he continues to train and maintain his achievement, he will soon find
his records toppling.
The asset of long-lived forebears can be offset easily by the rush and worry of
modern business, or by a frantic social pace, which outdistances that of our
fathers by at least five to one.
Challenges We Face
Today, there are many advantages over previous decades, but there also are
many disadvantages. The machine age, with its push button existence,
enables men and women to achieve many things with great efficiency.
But it does nothing to relieve the grueling pace and tension, which goes hand
and hand with it. The nervous and digestive systems, brain, and heart are
taxed far beyond their endurance.
In order to keep up with the demands of competition, tobacco, coffee, and
other drugs are relied upon to stimulate flagging nerves and functions. The
man is wise who from time to time withdraws from the insanity of today's
graceless living for somber contemplation of true and eternal values.
Requirements Of Life
Natural laws are unchanging. They govern each of us. To push beyond
individual requirements in working, eating, sex, and pleasures—without
sufficient allowance for restorative rest to replace what has been spent—
promotes much suffering and earlier death.
It is not the aim of Natural Hygiene to invalidate the definite advances which
man has made since the beginning of time. It is, however, necessary to point
out the flaws in civilized living, and the false security, which comes from
depending upon the physician for health, rather than upon obedience to
natural law.
Common Sense
Common sense care of the body is all that is necessary not some peculiar kind
of food or vitamin preparation, nor a disagreeable asceticism.
Fanaticism is unnecessary. Live in keeping with natural law, determine to be
moderate, and poise of mind and body will be the natural result. The difficulty
lies in disentangling oneself from the web of conventional and synthetic
living. Cold, analytical investigation is the key.
By: Dr. William Esser ND. D.C. Author, Director of his own Health Clinic in
Florida and Former President of the Natural Hygienic Society
Article: Illness Is Not Inevitable
http://naturalhygienesociety.org/review/0601/esser.html
By: Dr. William Esser ND. D.C. 1958
Natural Hygiene illuminates the laws that
govern health.
Not many people are ready to believe that a
normal human being is immune to all disease.
Man always has thought and been taught that
health is an uncertainty, and that disease is as
inevitable as death.
Most people have a fear complex, and they have been educated into it by the
various "professions" in general.
The clergy has often preached that disease and death result from the wrath of
God; the medical profession has done the best job of teaching the uncertainty
of health. The legal profession has added to man's fears by fostering
injustices.
The Power Of Fear
The result of such teaching is the building of fear complexes, which reduce
vitality and lower health standards, and is a prominent reason why other
nations point to America as a country of sick people.
Sadly, there is shocking truth to this belief. The average American has
developed "the habit of being sick." Seeking cures from curers is the tragic
national pastime.
Cures are as elusive and unreal as mirages. But the palliation and subsequent
impairment of vital organs— and the surgical mutilation—are very real and
lasting.
The time is long overdue for thorough renovation. The causes of fear must
go. Man has nothing to fear except himself and his disease-building, life-
shortening habits.
Years ago, when the microscope enlarged tiny organisms to a size, which
made them, look ferocious and dangerous; a wave of fear swept the land.
It was decided that these caused most of our diseases, and, as a
consequence, a sterile existence was frantically sought after by all who
wished to be healthy.
Today, the fear of germs is mostly a thing of the past. But another phobia,
more mysterious but less tangible—the "virus," has taken over to explain
disease.
Illness results from man's own violations and indiscretions, his own sins
against himself. When he ceases to make himself sick, he becomes immune,
and disease no longer exists. John H. Tilden, M.D., once wrote, "All the cures
which have been invented by man are boomerangs that have returned to do
him evil."
Freedom Of Will
Man has freedom of will. It is about time that he becomes aware that his
destiny is of his own choosing.
The knowledge of health and its maintenance is not exclusive with a small
chosen group of people. Nor is the knowledge too technical for the average
mind to grasp. Man's willingness to allow someone else to think for him has
almost caused him to lose his self-protection.
The animal kingdom has its claws, teeth, beaks, and other instinctive defenses
for protection and for securing food for young and self.
But man has his mind, which gives him dominion over everything else on
Earth. He has opened many doors and unlocked many mysteries with his
mind.
Unfortunately, he knows more about things outside himself than he knows
about himself. The results of this ignorance, plus lack of self-control, are
sickness, pain, and premature death.
And the accumulated sequences of crime, perversity, war, and a decaying
society are the by-products of this ignorance. Unless man learns to know
himself, he will destroy himself.
Knowledge Is Strength
Sickness is unnecessary. Those who possess good health should know why
they are well. If the only reason they can give is that they have always enjoyed
good health and that their ancestors were good specimens of longevity, they
have no reliable knowledge with which to keep the good health they possess.
Their good health potential and sound constitutions can easily be frittered
away.
The fact that parents and grandparents lived to a ripe old age gives one a fine
feeling of security but is very much like an athlete resting on his laurels.
Unless he continues to train and maintain his achievement, he will soon find
his records toppling.
The asset of long-lived forebears can be offset easily by the rush and worry of
modern business, or by a frantic social pace, which outdistances that of our
fathers by at least five to one.
Challenges We Face
Today, there are many advantages over previous decades, but there also are
many disadvantages. The machine age, with its push button existence,
enables men and women to achieve many things with great efficiency.
But it does nothing to relieve the grueling pace and tension, which goes hand
and hand with it. The nervous and digestive systems, brain, and heart are
taxed far beyond their endurance.
In order to keep up with the demands of competition, tobacco, coffee, and
other drugs are relied upon to stimulate flagging nerves and functions. The
man is wise who from time to time withdraws from the insanity of today's
graceless living for somber contemplation of true and eternal values.
Requirements Of Life
Natural laws are unchanging. They govern each of us. To push beyond
individual requirements in working, eating, sex, and pleasures—without
sufficient allowance for restorative rest to replace what has been spent—
promotes much suffering and earlier death.
It is not the aim of Natural Hygiene to invalidate the definite advances which
man has made since the beginning of time. It is, however, necessary to point
out the flaws in civilized living, and the false security, which comes from
depending upon the physician for health, rather than upon obedience to
natural law.
Common Sense
Common sense care of the body is all that is necessary not some peculiar kind
of food or vitamin preparation, nor a disagreeable asceticism.
Fanaticism is unnecessary. Live in keeping with natural law, determine to be
moderate, and poise of mind and body will be the natural result. The difficulty
lies in disentangling oneself from the web of conventional and synthetic
living. Cold, analytical investigation is the key.
By: Dr. William Esser ND. D.C. Author, Director of his own Health Clinic in
Florida and Former President of the Natural Hygienic Society
Article: Illness Is Not Inevitable
http://naturalhygienesociety.org/review/0601/esser.html
