HOLISTIC MEDICINE AND THE INTEGRATION WITH THE HIGHER SELF

Holistic, from the Greek holos meaning 'whole', summarises the words Plato wrote two thousand years ago, and yet he could be describing a present day situation. In holistic healing, the whole person - mind, body and spirit - is taken into account. Seeing "the whole person" implies an understanding of a human being as a complicated and particular related collection of energies. Modern medicine seeks only to treat part of the person, we need to do more than just treat the sympton......we need to eliminate the cause of the disease.

Holism refers to the idea that an entity is greater than the sum of its parts. In the case of health, the entity in question is the human body. Holistic concepts of health and fitness view achieving and maintaining good health as involving more than just taking care of all the various components that make up the physical body—attention must be paid to aspects such as emotional and spiritual well-being as well. The goal is a wellness that encompasses the entire person, rather than just the lack of physical pain or desease.