Why Healing?
In the last article we addressed the difference between healing and curing. In this article we want to continue with Einstein’s thought. A problem cannot be solved by the same kind of thinking that created it. We want to look at where the present level if thinking is in relation to our health care system and what a higher level of thinking might look like.
The Next Level
The IHD Method is part of a New Dimension in Health which is the result
of a different a mind set about health and healing. This mind set works
from the premise that the natural state of the body is health. This
higher level of thinking sees the person in terms of energy. The
physical body is made up of energy and is surrounded by the etheric,
emotional or astral, and mental energy fields. These energy fields
interpenetrate each other and are connected through the chakra and
meridian systems. What happens in one affects the others.
The New Dimension in Health also addresses ones relationships and their
social, economic and environmental condition. An individual has an
effect on each of these arenas of life and each of these things effect
the health and well-being of the individual.
The IHD Method addresses the energetic disposition, emotional issues and
belief systems that affect the way a person relates to them self,
others and their environment.
Relationships can bring us a great deal of joy or a tremendous amount of
pain. A relationship is the coming together of two people with
different energy patterns, emotional experiences and belief systems.
When there are problems in a relationship it can be a mismatching of
these things but more often it is the result of unresolved patterns and
errant thinking with in the person. These issues within are often
projected on the other person in the relationship. IHD founder, Dr.
Joan Schwartz understands and teaches relationship dynamics at a higher
level. She identifies the patterns of the relationship as a whole and
the patterns within each individual. The result of this approach can
work magic in one’s relationships.
In short The IHD Method brings the inner being of one into alignment
with the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual laws of health by
clearing the patterns and beliefs systems that are not in alignment with
those laws. By seeing life in terms of energy and taking a holistic
approach, both internally and externally, one will move into a new
dimension of optimal health and a richer experience of life.
The Present Level of Thinking
Although the technology produced from this level has benefited millions
of people, and the United States is the BEST in the world at crisis
intervention, the approach to health care resulting from this thinking
has proved incapable of solving our health care crisis. The current
health care paradigm is unsustainable.
The United States spends more money than any other country in the world
on health care and yet we are ranked 37th in the world for our over-all
health system performance and 72nd for level of health by the World
Health Organization.
Let’s look at what some leading publications have said about the
situation. In May 2006 Business Week Magazine published an article
entitled “Medical Guesswork.” The article quoted health care expert,
Dr. David Eddy saying, “Even in today’s high-tech health care system
that costs the nation 2 trillion a year, there is little or no evidence
that many widely used treatments and procedures actually work any better
than various cheaper alternatives. Only 15% of what doctors did was
backed by hard evidence.” We were astonished at that last sentence.
The article went on to identify a number of procedures that were
routinely performed but had no proven effectiveness. Another physician
in the article said, “Of the 1 million angioplasties performed every
year at least 400,000 are completely unnecessary.” There were numerous
other examples of procedures routinely performed that were unnecessary
or ineffective.
How does this translate into health care costs? The July 2004 issue of
The Washington Monthly had this to say about the relationship between
insurance and the quality of health care you receive. “Employers pay for
employee healthcare services whether they are appropriate or NOT.
Fifty to eighty percent of healthcare costs are unnecessary and
inappropriate.”
Another article in Business Week Magazine, (August 26, 2002) had this to
say. “The sad tragedy is that we are spending all this money on disease
management focused on drugs and surgery and our return on this
investment is profoundly poor. Perhaps one third of all medical
spending – some $600 Billion Dollars - may be for unnecessary, out of
date, or even dangerous treatments.”
Clearly, trying to solve our health care crisis at this level of
thinking qualifies for one definition of insanity. “Doing the same thing
over and over and expecting a different result.”
There is no question that medical technology has truly produced
miracles. Millions of people are alive today and living productive lives
because of surgery and medication. However, working at this level not
only has its limits but an intensified focus there may be
counterproductive. It’s time to move to a new level of thinking, a new
dimension in health.
