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   %DISEASE NATURE TREATMENT AGENTS ETIOLOGY COURSE+950223
 %BACTERIA VIRUS PRION ADDICTION CODEPEND COLLUSION 950223

     We  cannot  respond wisely to diseases if  we  remain
ignorant  of their nature and the factors which contribute
to them; their etiologies.   Humans were unable to respond
to many of our common diseases so long as we were ignorant
of human physiology:  how the heart, blood system,  lungs,
digestive  system,  lymph system and immune system work in
response to threats of bacteria,  viruses, molds,  and
prions as disease causing agents.

     As our awareness of the full scope of disease causing
agents  expands  we  need to consider the  ways  in  which
PATTERNS OF DISHONESTY play roles in facilitating disease,
if  not  outright  causing dis-ease.   Isolated  cases  of
dishonesty  are  much less dangerous than are patterns  of
dishonesty which  occur  in the  lives  of addicts,  their
codependent  supporters  and  within  collusive  games  of
mutual  self deception---whether highly respected or  not.
It  is clear that there is much dis-ease which is not  the
direct result of identifiable bacteria, viruses,  molds or
prions. It is natural to be ill-at-east in the presence of
dishonest people whom it is not prudent to fully trust. If
we are persistently in the presence of such people;  it is
natural to fall victim of diseases which are not triggered
by identifiable bacteria, viruses,  molds or prions.   The
clear articulation of the etiology of such diseases may be
a  first  step towards dealing wisely  with them  and  the
distress which they occasion.

     We  are  dis-eased when we are driven and  guided  by
fear, pain, anxiety, apprehension, doubts and compulsions.
When we are so dis-eased our defensive efforts do not lead
us  to  true security---and in fact usually our  defensive
efforts lead us into progressive stages  of  personal  and
communal disintegration.

     See  the previous essay for  related  considerations,
and  Scientific American of January 1995,  page 48   about
prion diseases in an article by Stanley B. Prusiner.

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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