FATHER OF NAPRASAGE, DR. SWANSTROM, D. N.

MESSAGE

I RECEIVED THIS LETTER FROM DR. SWANSTROM, D.N., ABOUT 1 YEAR BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY.  HE IS THE FATHER OF NAPRASAGE AND USED IT IN HIS PRACTICE OF 50 YEARS.  HE TREATED 93,000 PATIENTS AND IS A GREAT LEGEND IN PURE ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE. ” THE HUMAN RACE IS SICKER AND GROWING SICKER.  IN ALL OF RECORDED HISTORY, HUMANS HAVE SUFFERED WITH AN INCIDENT OF VARIETY OF DISEASES THAT HAS NO COUNTERPART ANYWHERE IN ALL OF NATURE PERIOD.  SO COMMON AND FREQUENT HAS BEEN DISEASE AMONG HUMANS, THAT WE HAVE COME TO ACCEPT THE MEDICAL DOCTRINE OF INEVITABILITY OF DISEASE AND HAVE MORE OR LESS RESIGNED OURSELVES TO SUFFERING.

THROUGH RECENT DECADE WE BLINDLY ACCEPTED THE STORY THAT HUMAN LIFE HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND THAT WE ARE THE HEALTHIEST PEOPLE ON EARTH.  THE FACT REMAINS THAT THOSE DISEASES THAT ARE DESIGNATED “DEGENERATIVE DISEASES OF LATER LIFE” DIABETES, BRIGHT’S DISEASE, ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, APOPLEXY, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HEART DISEASE, DISEASES OF THE BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM, CANCER, ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE, ETC… ARE INCREASING AT A FEARFUL RATE AMONG US AND ARE EVOLVING AT AN EARLIER AGE.  THEY ARE NO LONGER DISEASES OF LATER LIFE.  IN ADDITION, CEREBRAL PALSY IS INCREASING AMONG THE YOUNG WHILE SUCH DISEASES AS MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, PARKINSON’S DISEASE, ASTHMA, HAY-FEVER AND ARTHRITIS ARE ON THE INCREASE.  WITH THE ENORMOUS INCREASES IN THESE DEGENERATIVE DISEASES THAT RESULT IN PREMATURE DEATH OF MILLIONS YEARLY, IT BECOMES OBVIOUS THAT THE AVERAGE INCREASED LIFESPAN BUT IS A STATISTICAL FICTION.  IT IS NOT SIMPLY POSSIBLE TO EXTEND  THE ACTUAL LENGTH OF HUMAN LIFE WITH SUCH CONDITIONS PREVAILING.  SUCH INCREASES IN DISEASE INCIDENT AFTER 30 AND SUCH INCREASE DEATH RATES AMONG THE ADULT MAKES AN INCREASE LIFESPAN IMPOSSIBLE.  WE HAVE CEASED MURDERING INFANTS IN SUCH NUMBERS THAT WERE KILLED IN THE LAST CENTURY.  HENCE, BY ADDING TO THE BEGINNING, WE HAVE INCREASED THE AVERAGE LIFESPAN, COINCIDENTALLY WITH A SHORTENING OF ITS’ ACTUAL LENGTH.  OUR STATISTICS FOOL US.

PRACTICALLY ALL THE OLD CAUSES OF DISEASE ARE REMAIN WITH US- EXCESSES AND DISSIPATIONS, INDULGENCES, POISON HABITS, OVERWORKING, EMOTIONAL STRESSES AND OTHER CLASSICAL CAUSES OF FUNCTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL IMPAIRMENT OF HUMANS.  OFTEN THESE ANCIENT CAUSES OF DISEASE ARE INTENSIFIED IN MODERN LIFE IN THE WEST, AT LEAST, WE HAVE ELIMINATED SOME POVERTY AND REESTABLISHED SANITATION, BUT POVERTY HAS SUB-PLANTED FAMINE AS A CAUSE OF MALNUTRITION AND OFTEN THERE IS A LACK OF PERSONAL HYGIENE.  BUT TO THESE ANCIENT AND CLASSICAL CAUSES OF WHICH OUR ANCESTORS KNEW NOTHING AND THESE ARE LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GREAT AND GROWING INCREASE  IN HUMAN DISEASE AND DEGENERACY.  I HAVE PRIMARILY REFERRED TO 3 GROUPS OF EVILS:  1)  OUR INCREASING EMPLOYMENT OF POISONS AS BEVERAGES, 2)  OUR GROWING CONSUMPTION OF PROCESSED, REFINED AND POISON FOODS 3)  OUR CONTAMINATION AND POLLUTION OF OUR ENVIRONMENT.

WITHIN A PERIOD OF 400 YEARS, THE USE OF BEVERAGES, COFFEE, TEA, AND CHEMICALS, HAS SPREAD FROM 3 ISOLATED AND CIRCUMSCRIBED CENTERS TO WORLDWIDE INDULGENCES.  DURING THIS PERIOD, ALSO THE USE OF TOBACCO IS STILL A PROBLEM IN MOST COUNTRIES, WHILE THE GROWING VARIETY AND CHEAPNESS OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES HAS MADE THE ALCOHOL EVIL INTO A MENACE FOR THE WHOLE RACE.  OTHER POISON PRACTICES IS A LONG LIST OF ILLEGAL DRUGS WHICH HAS SPREAD GREATLY, WHILE THE SOFT DRINK INDUSTRY HAS FLOODED THE WHOLE EARTH WITH POISON SOFT DRINKS WHICH BID FAIR TO BECOME MORE DESTRUCTIVE IN THEIR COLLECTIVE EFFECTS THAN THE OLDER POISONS.

TODAY THE REFINING AND PROCESSING  OF OUR FOODS HAS GROWN TO SUCH PROPORTIONS AND IS SO WILDLY AND EXTENSIVELY PRACTICED THAT WE HARDLY EVER EAT ANY WHOLE, UNSPOILED FOODS.  TO THESE DENATURED FOODS ARE ADDED MANY DIFFERENT  CHEMICALS, TO COLOR, SWEETEN, SOFTEN OR TENDERIZE, PRESERVE, FLAVOR, CONDITION, AND OTHERWISE MORE APPEALING TO THE BUSY HOUSEWIFE.  OUR FOODS ARE POISONED IN THE GARDENS, FIELDS, AND ORCHARDS WITH POISON SPRAYS, COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS, WITH DRUG AND GLAND EXTRACTS GIVEN TO FOOD ANIMALS AND FURTHER POISONED AT EVERY STEP OF THEIR PROGRESS FROM THE PRODUCER TO THEIR FINAL RESTING PLACE IN THEIR FROZEN FOOD COUNTERS.

YES, THE AMOUNT OF POISON IN ONE ITEM OF FOOD IS RELATIVELY SMALL, BUT WHEN YOU INGEST A VARIETY OF FOODS,  THEN OUR DAILY DOSES ARE LARGER.  MOST IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT MANY OF THESE POISONS ARE CUMULATIVE.  THEY BUILD UP IN OUR BODIES.

THE POLLUTION IN OUR ATMOSPHERE IS BY INDUSTRIAL PLANTS, APARTMENT HOUSES, HEATING PLANTS, AUTOMOBILE EXHAUST, INSECT SPRAYS, ETC… IS INCREASING WORLDWIDE.  THE AIR WE BREATHE HAS BEEN MANY KINDS OF GASES AND CHEMICALS THAT RENDER THE AIR UNFIT TO BREATHE.

WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO OUR AIR SUPPLY AND IT IS STILL HAPPENING TO OUR WATER SUPPLY.  OUR STREAMS AND LAKES OUR BEING USED AS MEDIUMS INTO WHICH PUMP SEWAGE, INDUSTRIAL WASTE AND A VARIETY OF POLLUTANTS, SO THAT MANY OF OUR STREAMS TODAY THERE ARE NO FISH, AS THEY CANNOT LIVE IN BEFOULED WATER.  ALSO, DETERGENTS ARE ADDING GREATLY TO OUR WATER CONTAMINATION.

NOT CONTENT WITH THE BEFOULMENT OF WATER AND AIR, WE HAVE STEADILY DETERIORATED THE QUALITY OF OUR SOILS AND THROUGH THIS, THE QUALITY OF OUR FOODS, BY ADDING CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS AND INSECTICIDES INTO THE SOIL.  OUR STEADY AND PROGRESSIVE POLLUTION OF OUR ENVIRONMENT HAS NOT ONLY ADDED TO OUR DISEASES, BUT T HAS DISEASED OUR PLANTS AND IS RAPIDLY DESTROYING OUR WILDLIFE.  A BIOLOGIST FRIEND OF MINE HAS APPROPRIATELY DESIGNATED THE RISE AND DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN INDUSTRIALISM AND DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY AS A SECOND FALL OF MAN.  TO MAKE HIM FALL A THIRD TIME, WE HAVE CAPPED A CLIMAX OF OUR WAR UPON LIFE WITH NUCLEAR FALLOUT.  THE EXISTENCES OF SUCH EVILS AND THEIR STEADY GROWTHS MAKES IT NECESSARY FOR THE WRITING AND DISTRIBUTION OF BOOKS LIKE  “BACK TO NATURAL HEALTH”.  DR. MEEKS HAS A SPLENDID JOB IN HELPING A SLEEPING PERSON TO THE URGENCY OF NECESSITY OF DOING SOMETHING TO REMEDY SUCH A SITUATION BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE PERIOD.  PRECEPT UPON PRECEPT, LINE UPON LINE, VOLUME UPON VOLUME, WILL BE REQUIRED TO ACCOMPLISH THIS HERCULEAN TASK AND THIS IS ONE OF MANY SUCH BOOKS NEEDED.

HUMAN HEALTH, LIKE THAT OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS, RESTS UPON A FEW SIMPLE ELEMENTAL NEEDS, WHICH LAVISHLY PREPARED ALMOST EVERYWHERE.  DID MAKE AN INTELLIGENT USE OF THEM?  GERMS AND VIRUSES ARE OMNIPRESENT.  THEY ARE IN THE AIR WE BREATHE, THE WATER WE DRINK, THE FOOD WE EAT, AND THEY ARE ON EVERYTHING WE TOUCH.  IF THE HEALTHY BODY WERE NOT PROOF AGAINST THEM, THE RACE WOULD HAVE PERISHED AT ITS’ ORIGIN.  IF THE BODY COULD NOT THROW THEM OFF, WHEN SUPPLIED WITH THE ELEMENTAL NEEDS, THE SICK COULD NEVER RECOVER.

THE SELF HEALING POWERS OF THE BODY ARE SUFFICIENT TO DO THE WORK OF RESTORING HEALTH, WHEN THE CAUSES OF IMPAIRMENT ARE REMOVED AND THE ELEMENTAL NEEDS OF LIFE ARE SUPPLIED IN HARMONY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SICK ORGANISM.

ALL NEEDS OF LIFE- AIR, WATER, FOOD, TEMPERATURE, SUNSHINE, ACTIVITY, REST AND SLEEP, EMOTIONAL POISE, CLEANLINESS, ETC…, ARE IMPORTANT, BUT FOOD MAYBE JUSTLY PIVOTAL.  FOOD IS THE AXIS ABOUT WHICH ALL ELSE REVOLVES.  BUT, WE CAN HAVE AND MAINTAIN THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF HEALTH ONLY IF ALL THE ESSENTIALS OF ORGANIC WELL-BEING ARE ADEQUATELY PROVIDED, WITH NO DEFICIENCIES, AND NO UNDO EXCESSES.   HEALING IS A BIOLOGICAL PROCESS, NOT AN ART, AND THE SUCCESS OF THE BODYS’ HEALING PROCESSES REST ON A BASIS OF THINGS AND CONDITIONS.  THAT ARE CONSTANT WITH PHYSIOLOGY.  WHETHER WE ARE TO GET WELL OR STAY WELL DEPENDS PRIMARILY ON AND ABSOLUTELY HOW FAR WE ARE  TO CONFIRM TO THE NORMAL OUR NATURAL REQUIREMENTS OF LIFE.

IT ESSENTIAL THAT WE ADVANCE ALL ALONG THE LINE AND NOT BY PIECEMEAL.  WE CANNOT DEMAND WHOLESOME, ORGANIC PRODUCED FOODS AND NEGLECT THE CONTAMINATION OF OUR AIR AND WATER SUPPLY.  A REVOLUTIONARY OVERHAULING OF OUR TOTAL WAY OF LIFE IS URGENTLY NEEDED.  IT SHOULD BE OBVIOUS THAT, WHATEVER ELSE WE DO TO MAKE LIFE MORE LIVABLE, OUR FIRST EFFORT SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO ORDERING THE BASIC NECESSITIES OR LIKE SO THAT THEY SUPPORT AND DO NOT DESTROY LIFE.  TO THE WORK OF BRINGING ABOUT THE SOCIAL CLIMATE NEEDED TO COMPEL THIS REORDERING OF WAYS OF LIFE,  DR. MEEKS PRESENTS HIS BOOK “BACK TO NATURAL HEALTH” AS A VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORLD.

DOES THERE EXIST A GREATER GOAL IN LIFE FOR ANY PERSON TO LIVE LONG IN GOOD HEALTH, PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY?

THE VERY BASIC SIMPLE FACT THAT WE HAVE BEEN ALLOWED A NICHE  ON THIS EARTH SHOULD INDICATED CLEARLY AND UNMISTAKABLY THAT IT IS OUR DUTY AND PURPOSE TO LIVE IT IN GOOD HEALTH AS LONG AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.

IT IS ONLY BY MAKING FULL USE OF OUR FACULTIES THAT WE CAN FULFILL OUR MISSION ON EARTH.  I CONTEND THAT THE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS ON EARTH WERE ACCOMPLISHED BY HUMANS IN GOOD HEALTH.  HUMANS WHO ARE GREEDY, CONCOCTED THE EVIL THAT HAS BEEN WROUGHT UPON MANKIND.

I CONTEND THAT THE GOAL OF GOOD HEALTH AND LONG LIFE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN FAMILIAL, ESSENTIAL AND FINANCIAL GOALS, BECAUSE ALL OF THESE RELATED ASPECTS OF LIFE NEITHER PORTENT OR MEANING WITHOUT HEALTH AND LONG YEARS OF LIFE.

THEN AND ONLY CAN WE GO ON TO ACHIEVE GREATNESS AND SPIRITUAL AND OTHER LINES OF RELATIONS THAT ENDEAVORS.  THEREFORE, I MAINTAIN THAT THE  AIM TOWARDS LONG LIFE AND GOOD HEALTH AND MENTALITY IS THE HIGHEST GOAL TO WHICH A HUMAN BEING CAN ASPIRE.

DO WE NOT REALIZE WITHOUT GOOD HEALTH AND SOUND MENTALITY, ALL OTHER GOALS ARE BUT ASHES AND RUBBLE?  LITTLE OR NOTHING CAN BE APPRECIATED WITHOUT GOOD NATURAL HEALTH.  THEREFORE, NATURAL HEALTH COMES FIRST AND ALL OTHER VALUES ARE SECONDARY.  OF WHAT VALUE IS SUCCESS, OR RENOWN, OR GREATNESS, WITHOUT NATURAL HEALTH?  NONE! THEREFORE, I ADMONISH YOU, I URGE YOU, AND I BESEECH YOU- TO FIRST AND FOREMOST STRIVE TO ACHIEVE GOOD HEALTH UNDER NATURAL METHODS.

TO ME, THERE IS NO MORE IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR IN LIFE THAN TO PLAN, WORK AND ASPIRE TO LIVE LONG AND TO LIVE FREE FROM THE TYRANNY OF DISEASE.  THE VALUE OF HEALTH IS FAR AND ABOVE OF THAT OF FINANCIAL ACHIEVEMENT, SOCIAL SUCCESS, OR POLITICAL FREEDOM.  AFTER ALL, THERE IS NO MORE BONDAGE MORE FEARFUL, NO POVERTY SO CRUEL, AND NO FAILURE SO UNHAPPY AS TO BE ENCOMPASSED BY THE WORD SICKNESS.

THE W.R. MEEKS HAS PROMISED ME HE WILL CARRY ON WHEN I AM GONE WITH BUILDING NAPRASAGE TO BECOME A HOUSEHOLD NAME INTERNATIONALLY.  I TRULY BELIEVE THAT ALL 65 HEALING ARTS NEED TO TAKE NAPRASAGE COURSES AND INCORPORATE THIS AMAZING THERAPY INTO THEIR BUSINESS.”

 

 

 

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