Holistic Health and Language
Graphic Display
Part 1 - Decay Cycle

Life after pictographs

Imagine that you’re tuning in to an ancient time. We can discern some fascinating knowledge about holistic health and the healing process by looking carefully at a system so obvious we might be tempted to discount it altogether – except for using it so regularly – language.

Our ancestors devised the languages that form the basis of our modern communication system as a way to explain and share their experiences of life. I imagine that their process went something like this:

OBSERVE – DESCRIBE – REPEAT

Let’s see what they have to say:

Health, a state, is predisposed by 3 additional states:

Attention Knowledge Honor

[We understand this, in part, by observing that when these states are lacking, ill health results; when they are restored, healing occurs.]

Picture of a Decay Cycle

If a shortfall occurs in one of the 3 prerequisite states, a decay cycle begins. Here’s how the cycle goes:

Lack of Attention, Knowledge and Honor leads to :

Fallacies Errors Mistakes

 

Fallacies, Errors, and Mistakes lead to:

Deficiencies Accidents Compromises

 

Deficiencies, Accidents and Compromises lead to:

Injuries Wounds Disease Shame

This is a state of ill health. Usually, at this point, a person states their desire to heal, often seeking assistance from a health care provider.

CONTINUE TO — Graphic Display Part 2, the Healing Cycle