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A World of Ongoing Evolution!
The World is discovering that the treatment of the symptoms is not enough. The monopoly of the traditional medicine has its days numbered. In the US, alone, Healthcare costs more than 1 trillion annually! The need for a medicine, which asks WHY? and is looking for the cause of illness, will develop. Holistic approaches to understanding the whole person have now come to a point, from which, for example, Dr. A. Janov has developed methods, already, for decades.
Some large universities (including Duke University) have recently added Integrative Medicine to their programs. It is no longer a question if we get a cause-treating instead of symptom treating Healthcare, it is instead when it might happen. Healthcare costs have already blasted the limits of the possible and the current dissatisfaction among ordinary people is killing. Duke University has, in its faculty, chosen individuals with high experience and wisdom, which gives hope for a relatively fast breakthrough, a paradigm shift.
I am experimentally a friend of Integrative Medicine and think Duke University’s effort is a given. At the same time, I know, like an old fox from business, that Duke University do not make such extensive and costly investments without thorough market research. They have ascertained that businesses, individuals, and government/politicians all have come with positive signals. The recorded observations have, probably, demonstrated the need for a new revolutionary philosophy.
Duke University describes this philosophy as follows:
“Our Philosophy
Informed Mindfulness
We believe that good leadership begins from within and is based on:
- The continued deepening of mindful awareness
- The development of values, especially integrity, authenticity, compassion, courage, empathy, humility, and passion
- A commitment to increasing knowledge, skills, and wisdom in self and others. This concept, which we call “Informed Mindfulness,” connects mindful self- awareness and self-regulation with educated decision-making. The mindful leader is aware, non-judgmentally, of what is occurring in the present moment and understands that his or her response is a choice. With informed mindfulness, as situations arise and decision points are faced, that same person is able to see the situation clearly and place what is happening in its larger context and, having well-defined values and being sufficiently educated, make an informed choice within that moment.
Additionally, a good integrative leader also understands and fully resonates with the principles of Integrative Healthcare and is committed to the transformation of our healthcare system.”
If I were not, 75 and, a lazy retiree, I would not hesitate to enroll myself into the Leadership Program in Integrative Medicine. Then I would have the best of two worlds; practical experience from The Primal Principle /Evolution in Reverse guided by the innovator as well as a degree in Integrative Leadership. Not to forget my 30 years of experience as a change consultant in Europe and partly the US.
To whom it may concern, look at:
As we have found out, it will, always, be a question whether our goals are healthy or unhealthy, either neurotically defense-motivated or healthily growth-motivated. Integrated Healthcare can be a journey to many people’s self-actualization, but it can also be a neurotic self-defense.
Jan Johnsson
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