The latest findings of the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR), now being played up in the media, only manage to remind us of the known preventive strategy — “stay active” and “follow certain rules” for eating. Surprisingly, the five-year-long AICR study makes no mention of the visible increase in pioneering researchers embracing traditional methods from the East and West to unlock our potential for healing ourselves.
Old paradigms of medicine are being increasingly challenged. The new emerging therapies (relying on old wisdom) do not look at our bodies as mere machines with parts that wear down, only to be braced up by drugs or replaced through surgery. Instead, a growing number of pioneering researchers take a holistic view and have begun to practise therapies that heal the “mind, body and spirit”.
Some “new therapy” practitioners have publically claimed that there is a cure for cancer and other “incurable” diseases. Why is it that the powerful/strong/rich “medical/drugs lobby” refuses to investigate the claims of those who propogate the role of consciousness and “thought forms,” as well as therapies such as homoeopathy, acupuncture, colour and light healing, magnetobiology and yoga and put these into practical use?
You may ask me why I am saying all this. Isn’t alternative therapy some kind of vodoo magic or, worst, a form of quackery, as declared by the medical/drug fraternity? I, a former ‘certfied cynical’ journalist, used to think so until I read some years ago “Vibrational Medicine for the 21st century” by Richard Gerber. Gerber who?
Richard Gerber, M.D., received his medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine, and devoted his life to furthering research and clinical applications in the pioneering field of energy based medicine. He practiced internal medicine near his home in Livonia, Michigan, and lectured throughout America. Dr. Gerber’s book on Vibrational Medicine is regarded as the “definitive and most in-depth survey of energetic and alternative healing methods in print.”
Briefly, Dr Gerber is not against modern medicine. He is seeking to build bridges between different systems/traditions of medicine to get best healing results and alleviate human suffering. “The marriage of homeopathy and modern medicine signals the verge of a major paradigm shift in the sciences,” writes Dr. Gerber.
“Each therapeutic option offered by the different schools of thought might be used to complement and augment the effectiveness of the others, as opposed to relying on any single technique. This integrated model is one which may eventually be extended towards treating all forms of disease in a multidisciplinary fashion”.
As a reviewer puts it: “Vibrational Medicine for the 21st Century…illuminates the path to a new (though sometimes ancient) frontier of medicine. Dr. Gerber offers scientific evidence from case studies that prove the efficacy of combining modern medicine with alternative medical treatments. This book is a valuable tool to understanding a better and cutting edge means to achieve better health and wellness!”
Those interested and have an “open mind” on the subject are invited to read an interview with Dr Richard Gerber…Please click here…
Swaraaj Chauhan describes his two-decade-long stint as a full-time journalist as eventful, purposeful, and full of joy and excitement. In 1993 he could foresee a different work culture appearing on the horizon, and decided to devote full time to teaching journalism (also, partly, with a desire to give back to the community from where he had enriched himself so much.)
Alongside, he worked for about a year in 1993 for the US State Department’s SPAN magazine, a nearly five-decade-old art and culture monthly magazine promoting US-India relations. It gave him an excellent opportunity to learn about things American, plus the pleasure of playing tennis in the lavish American embassy compound in the heart of New Delhi.
In !995 he joined WWF-India as a full-time media and environment education consultant and worked there for five years travelling a great deal, including to Husum in Germany as a part of the international team to formulate WWF’s Eco-tourism policy.
He taught journalism to honors students in a college affiliated to the University of Delhi, as also at the prestigious Indian Institute of Mass Communication where he lectured on “Development Journalism” to mid-career journalists/Information officers from the SAARC, African, East European and Latin American countries, for eight years.
In 2004 the BBC World Service Trust (BBC WST) selected him as a Trainer/Mentor for India under a European Union project. In 2008/09 He completed another European Union-funded project for the BBC WST related to Disaster Management and media coverage in two eastern States in India — West Bengal and Orissa.
Last year, he spent a couple of months in Australia and enjoyed trekking, and also taught for a while at the University of South Australia.
Recently, he was appointed as a Member of the Board of Studies at Chitkara University in Chandigarh, a beautiful city in North India designed by the famous Swiss/French architect Le Corbusier. He also teaches undergraduate and postgraduate students there.
He loves trekking, especially in the hills, and never misses an opportunity to play a game of tennis. The Western and Indian classical music are always within his reach for instant relaxation.
And last, but not least, is his firm belief in the power of the positive thought to heal oneself and others.