The prevailing medical model is embedded in the Paradigm of Disconnection and steeped in materialism and separatism. Its underlying premise - that we can understand the whole by the study of its parts and that mind, body, and spirit exist independent of each other - does not hold up in the light of what we now know about the physical universe. Yet in spite of the incredible breakthroughs in scientific knowledge, established institutions are hurtling along spending trillions of dollars on research and treatment programs based on obsolete premises. Employment, prestige, power, and money - in a word politics - have become entwined with the disease care industry, with a strong investment in perpetuating the myth that external cures can be found for our diseases. People continue to believe that some miracle drug or surgical breakthrough is just around the corner and will guarantee our continued health. (continues)

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