Education and Intelligence

There are two primary definitions of the word intelligence. One is information. The other is the ability to adapt to new and trying situations. Education helps with the first. We are given information to help us lead better lives. However, the other definition cannot be taught. It can only be accessed by the questioning mind.

We all develop educations to varying degrees. Every day we acquire experiences that are stored in memory as education. When we accept an experience as a truth and fail to further question it, we are not using our ability to adapt to new and trying situations. We are not using our intelligence. We are allowing a former experience to dictate our next experience.

Science understands that fundamental concept. Scientists understand that nothing is ever proven to be true. We can only prove that certain things are not true and in so doing we advance mankind.

As we look at life we see signs of intelligence. Life adapts in amazing ways. Every patient has an inborn or Innate Intelligence that is controlling and coordinating function using the nervous system as the primary means of communication. It adapts the body in preparation for the future.

Exercise and your Innate Intelligence makes you stronger. If you feel tired after lifting a ten pound weight ten times, you will find that after doing it a few days you can lift it more times without being tired. You adapted to be able to accomplish even more than was required.

A flu vaccination exposes a person to a weakened form of the virus expected to be encountered. Innate Intelligence creates the proper antibody in preparation for the next encounter. A doctor once argued with me that there was no such thing as Innate Intelligence. I asked him to vaccinate a corpse and he changed his mind quite quickly. A corpse cannot respond.

Education is important. We advance mankind by accumulating knowledge and applying intelligence. However, when we apply education about people in general to a particular patient, it is important not to ignore the Innate Intelligence of the patient.

I remember a story in a scientific paper about a little boy who craved salt. His mother used to bribe him with a salt shaker. The boy had a disease and wound up in the hospital. The doctors knew that much salt was not good for the boy and took him off salt. He died within a few days. Autopsy revealed the reason for the need for increased salt intake. Individual differences must be considered.

Each of us is unique. Yet we have some common factors. If we are living, there is an Innate Intelligence adapting our bodies. We also have nervous systems that must be free of interference to coordinate the messages and keep the body healthy. That is where we come in. We analyze your nervous system and make sure it is working optimally. Then you naturally heal yourself and prepare for the days ahead.