Physician: Medicine and the Unsuspected Battle for Human Freedom

What we currently refer to as conventional medicine is quite new. Medicine that does not rely on modern technology is referred to as alternative medicine. Alternative medicine has a history as old as mankind. Why then did modern medical techniques become favored over time-tested and traditional methods? Richard Leviton presents some startling answers to this in his comprehensive and fascinating new book, Physician. Leviton explores "the consequences to the human body, mind, and spirit of medical treatment under one or the other medical approach." He concludes that "conventional medicine operates in a way contrary to spiritual unfolding and at this point in Western history is a prime obstacle to healthy human soul life." He's not condemning individual doctors, but rather the current system of allowing business interests and politics to dictate medical policy. Medical care today is a trillion dollar business, and it's a business protected from competition and free choice. He says that "freedom of choice is available in most areas of American life except medicine." Leviton further says that the struggle between conventional and alternative practices is only part of deeper battle for control of the human soul. In discussing this, he delves into the environment, philosophy, karma, emotions, the real reasons for illness, and spiritual growth. He includes quotes, statistics, and research to document his assertions. The author of six previous books, Leviton is widely respected in the field of alternative medicine and natural health journalism. When reading Physician, "be prepared to take a much larger view of life than one would expect in a discussion of medicine." Readers who do so will learn what, and why, constitutes good health care for their body, mind, and spirit.

Richard Leviton's book, Physician, is a fabulous look at the alternatives to medicine as practiced in the United States. Wide ranging and especially challenging to those who accept the premise that the germs and our bodies are out to get us and we must fight in order to survive. Rather, at its most fundamental he sets out the argument that we are the world (ecology) and the world is our body (immunological system). The act of healing is a process of becoming conscious. Disease, rather than being a calamity that strikes without purpose is the goad to make us grow spiritually. And in addition, we choose our illness as appropriate to the growth we need to accomplish. A book not to be missed by anyone wanting to be fully free of the prevailing medical procedures and dogma of the day.