| Taoist philosophy comes from the mid 18th century | | | | healing, why do we get sick?" Our body is always |
| Chinese teachings and is defined by the "universal | | | | ready for the task, but its resources may be |
| energy that makes and maintains everything that | | | | inadequate for the healing at hand. Healing takes |
| exists." Encarta ® World English Dictionary In the | | | | energy, and a malnourished body, low metabolism rate, |
| Tao way of life, we live in the ultimate reality in which | | | | an infection, erroneous mind connection, emotions in |
| all things are located or happening and strive to live in | | | | turmoil, and negative, dooms-day thoughts can all |
| harmony with the universe undivided. | | | | impede healing. |
| The body's innate capacity to maintain homeostasis is | | | | Does healing necessarily mean complete |
| an inherent element of life. Our DNA has within it | | | | disappearance of disease on the physical level? No, it |
| absolutely all the information needed to manufacture | | | | does not. A person can become whole and balanced |
| enzymes to repair itself. In other words, contained | | | | within their emotional or mental being and still have a |
| within our physical being is absolutely everything that is | | | | physical imbalance. When a physical body part |
| necessary to maintain a perfect, healthy balance. | | | | becomes fixed or immovable, such as with paralysis or |
| This healing system we came equipped with, operates | | | | loss of function in some manner, the body then adapts |
| continuously and is always available. There is never a | | | | to that function and is able to become whole within |
| time when our body is not on call and striving to | | | | that body. I have known people who appear whole to |
| maintain itself. The body's healing system has a | | | | me, and their physical impairment isn't even noticeable. |
| diagnostic capability; it can recognize damage, and | | | | They have, in some way, lived a Taoist philosophy and |
| immediately know what must be done where, when | | | | make up for any impairment. |
| and in what order. The innate ability of the physical | | | | Therefore, simply put, living the Tao way of health is to |
| being to right itself is unfailing. Healing is spontaneous. It | | | | live within the sum total of all the parts of complete, |
| is a natural tendency arising from that Tao and internal | | | | balanced health. Not only must we honor our physical |
| nature of DNA. | | | | house of being, but in addition, our spiritual attitude, |
| This incredible healing system can remove damaged | | | | mental, and emotional balance of beliefs. |
| structure and replace it with normal structure. It knows | | | | As we become more aware and alert to this amazing |
| not only how to act to neutralize the effects of serious | | | | body and it's ability to survive and thrive, let us honor |
| injury, it also directs the ordinary moment-to-moment | | | | our health. Striving for balance, growth and expansion |
| corrections that maintain normal structure and function. | | | | affects every aspect of our physical being. |
| So whether you have a fractured bone, a severed | | | | As we live the Tao of health and healing, we combine |
| limb or a sliver in your finger, your body know exactly | | | | our physical being, and our non-physical being with the |
| what to do, and does it immediately. | | | | immense Universe of which we are all a part. |
| So the question arises "If the body is so good at | | | | "I AM God is within me; I AM within God. |