Doctor Sells Practice, Starts Treating People With Food

[awakeningmom]

Posted by Selene (here)

Posted by breal (here)

Posted by awakeningmom (here)
Great step in the right direction, although I was disheartened when the doctor says at the end that he gave his children all the vaccines...

Yes, but how do you explain an educated doctor who knows enough about what's wrong with the allopathic system to begin treating serious medical conditions with a nutrition-based protocol, but still doesn't bother to research what goes into vaccines and/or analyze what's wrong with that medical protocol?

Well, this is where the Perfectionism of the Reader sets in, doesn’t it?

In other words, if this person I’m reading isn’t – according to my own personal standards of fabulous – Absolutely Perfect in All, then I am free to ignore them totally and their advice. I can safely hit the reject button here, and that will excuse me from any uncomfortable learning…. Moving on, avoiding.

I’m not trying to single you out here, awakeningmom nor breal, it isn’t you. Your comments above are simply an excellent example of what we all do at some level: reject the entire message because we’ve gratefully found an escape (whew!), a purported flaw, in the messenger. Your comment here is a springboard.

In other words: I will only follow a Perfect Master….heh, heh, so that will exonerate me from learning anything at all from this person….

That’s stupid. But it works as a fine excuse, doesn’t it?

We are each free to accept or reject aspects of other's assertions. That's what discernment is all about.

If you already agree with everything a teacher asserts, in what ways can you hope to learn from them?

Q: If we say I will only learn from a Perfect Master, what makes you think you are the Perfect Pupil?

People are complex, their views and ideas are mixed and always a work in progress. Aren’t your own? Waiting for the Perfect Master (but actually, the person whose views we already agree with and is therefore only a vindication of our own [possibly distorted] ideas) can be just another way to avoid doing anything positive for ourselves. We can’t actually learn from that.

Finding our own truth by exploring the views of others is much more difficult than a false search for the perfect - in our own terms - teacher.

Cheers and my most respectful regards,

Selene

Selene,
I think you completely misunderstood what I wrote. No where did I say I "completely rejected" his message or that I was looking for a "Perfect Master." I'm all for alternative therapies and for healing medical conditions via nutrition -- and indeed I publish articles on the subject. I'm happy to see that an allopathic doctor is going this path. It seems like you wanted to make your point, but at my expense and by misinterpreting my posts. I certainly didn't say what you imply.

Cheers back.

AM.

[Selene]

Posted by awakeningmom (here)
Selene,
I think you completely misunderstood what I wrote. No where did I say I "completely rejected" his message or that I was looking for a "Perfect Master." I'm all for alternative therapies and for healing medical conditions via nutrition -- and indeed I publish articles on the subject. I'm happy to see that an allopathic doctor is going this path. It seems like you wanted to make your point, but at my expense and by misinterpreting my posts. I certainly didn't say what you imply.

Cheers back.

AM.

Sorry for misinterpreting you, awakeningmom. I meant to use your comment as a springboard to address a wider issue, not as a critique of your personal views. My apologies for any offense. None was intended.



Sincerely,

Selene