No Dr. Dž. Fieldera lekciju materiāliem
The physiological examination of the human organism shows us that
one part of the human organism is in complete accord with the natural forces
and laws, like the physiology and life of the vegetation of the earth. This
part of the human organism is the organo-vegetative system. We know from physiology
that the organo-vegetative system of man governs and directs all the automatic
reflex functions of the organism, such as the pulsation of the blood, the
beating of the heart, and the breathing of the lungs. All these physiological
functions are independent of our will. They are involuntary reflex functions of
the human organism, which always, without exception, act in harmony with the
natural laws. So this part of the organism, like the vegetation and the trees
of the earth, lives in optimal adaptation to the natural forces.
But if we examine the other part of the human organism, the
so-called cerebro-spinal system, which directs our voluntary acts, our thoughts
and conscious actions, then we find that it does not function at all in harmony
with the natural laws and forces. The source of all our bad actions, for
instance, is the cerebro-spinal system, and if we have inharmonious thoughts,
the source of them is always the cerebro-spinal system. Inharmonious thoughts
influence the glandular activities of the organism, causing the glands to
secrete and internal poison which greatly lowers and attacks the vitality of
the organism. We will consider this question in further detail later on.
Likewise when we deviate from our proper diet, it is the
cerebro-spinal system which is the source of the evil. The heart which beats,
the lungs which breathe, and the blood which circulates—in other words, the
organo-vegetative system—never wish any harm, either to themselves or others.
So we can see that the unconscious activity of the human organism is not in
harmony.
So one part of the human organism, being in complete harmony with
Nature, has all the superior characteristics of the vegetable world, but the
other half of the human organism works against these natural laws. The greatest
contradiction in the human organism is the division of the organism itself. The
organo-vegetative system always wishes to follow, and does in fact follow the
natural laws, while cerebro-spinal system nearly always acts contrary to these
laws. This great contradiction of the human organism is the cause of disease,
of old age, and of the shortening of life.
We should remember that animals generally live at least five
times longer than the time necessary for their complete evolution. Some animals
live eight to ten times longer than the time necessary for their complete
development; five times represents a minimum. Now if we examine the time
required for the complete development of the human organism we find it is not
only twenty-two years as the classical theory believes, but forty-five years
which are required for the complete development of the human organism. No if we
multiply forty- five by five we get two hundred and twenty five as the minimum
span of human life if the whole human organism were to follow the laws of
Nature. Why is it that Homo Sapiens the highest and dominant race of the earth,
should have the shortest life of all the animals?
The
reason for this is that the cerebro-spinal system, which is the most completely
developed in man, causes the organism to go against the laws of Nature. The
influences of the cerebro-spinal system are greater in man than in animals. In
man we have the most intense conscious and voluntary activity, animals have
less of it, while lastly plants and trees have no voluntary activity at all.
This explains why plants and trees living in complete harmony live the longest,
animals next longest, and man the least long of all—in proportion to the length
of the period of development. Length of life is therefore directly
proportionate to the importance of the role played by the organo-vegetative
system in man, animals, and plants respectively.
On
the other hand we can see that a diseased and short life is directly
proportional to the influence of the role played by the cerebro-spinal system
in man, animals, and plants. Plants have only an organo-vegetative system,
animals have both an organo-vegetative system and a cerebro-spinal system, but
the latter does not play a very large part; finally man has both systems, but
his cerebro-spinal system has the larger role. It is for this reason that
proportionately man has the shortest life, animals a longer life, and plants
the longest life of all.
The
conclusion to be drawn is that for the elimination of illness and old age
(itself a disease) and for the achievement of longevity, we must solve this
central contradiction in the human organism, the contradiction between the
opposing organo-vegetative system and the cerebro-spinal system. As we see, the
dialectical principle of thesis and antithesis holds good also in the human
organism. We know that the organo-vegetative system of the human organism is
much older than the cerebro-spinal system. The organo-vegetative system comes
down from very many hundreds of thousands or even millions of years, while the
cerebro-spinal system is only a hundred, or perhaps two hundred thousand years
old. So we can regard the organo- vegetative system as thesis, and the
cerebro-spinal system as antithesis.
Now
what must be the future of synthesis? At present the organo-vegetative system
is in harmony with the laws of Nature, while the cerebro-spinal system is out
of harmony with it, so the synthesis of man of the future must have both
systems in harmony with the laws of Nature. In order to get rid of the great
difference between the two systems, the organo-vegetative and cerebro- spinal
system, man must reach the state of being able to awaken now latent and dormant
capacities. If these latent energies are aroused then the cerebro-spinal
system will also come into harmony with laws of Nature, like all our unconscious
actions, and in this way the natural forces and laws will become conscious in
man himself.
Hitherto,
and at the present time particularly, the natural forces and laws are
unconscious in the human organism. The virtualisation of these latent higher
capacities will also bring the organo-vegetative system into approximation with
the perfected cerebro-spinal system. This virtualisation and approximation will
be the synthesis.
This
consideration is very important, for the human organism is like a cart drawn by
two horses, one of which wants to go to the right, and the other to the left.
One part of the human organism wishes to obey and does obey the natural laws
and forces, while the other part constantly wishes to
disobey, and does disobey the natural laws, and forces. The greater part of the
energy of the human organism is consequently paralysed and lost in this
internal battle, with a resultant shortening of human life and impairment of
vitality.
