Addendum to Mission Chiropractic

Chiropractic Mission Trips

Mission-Chiropractic by Peter Morgan, DC

If you are interested in using any of the information I am presenting in my writings I give permission for any one to copy all or part of this material as long as they do not do so for profit. You may freely copy them for the benefit of the Universe. The wisdom that the Universe has given us is free. It is my philosophy that no one should be precluded from receiving it. My desire is that this is of great blessing to anyone who reads the pages that follow and that this and subsequent writings be of edification to chiropractors in the Kingdom of God worldwide. My mission is chiropractic. I hope that it is yours as well. Whether you agree or disagree with my philosophy of chiropractic, if chiropractic is your mission then these writings will be interesting to you. Let's start at the beginining. Chiropractic is a philosophy, science and art founded on DD Palmer’s principles. DD Palmer intensely studied and understood the workings of the physical human body. DD palmer intensely studied and understood the spiritual connection to the physical. He poured himself into the study of the philosophy that “the power that made the body heals the body”. He loved the physical and the spiritual. He was given a special gift. An ability to reconnect the physical with the spiritual. He gave this gift to man and called it Chiropractic. Chiropractic was his ministry. He talked, walked and lived Chiropractic. DD stated “Chiropractors declare that God is the All-pervading Intelligence, that each individual, segmented portion of spirit is a part of that intelligent creative principle; that only matter changes its form; that spirit modifies its environment, and the dissolution is but a process of reproduction. The philosophy of chiropractic teaches the Universality of Intelligence and that its aim is always onward and upward toward perfection. Hence the term “Near Perfect” The “ministry” of chiropractic isn’t some thing we do but rather something that we are. It is not a job, but a life of pouring ourselves into chiropractic just as DD Palmer did. This attitude will reap a true kingdom reward. In America I am looked upon as a poor man. In other nations I am looked upon as a rich man. Either is incorrect when riches are defined by coins, counting or clamor. I am rich beyond my imagination because I have tasted the riches of the goodness and mercy of God. These are riches that satisfy! Those that understand this are truly wealthy! I have tasted this through God's gift to chiropractors. The gift of healing hands. The gift of being an instrument that God utilizes to reconnect the physical with the spiritual. DD Palmer stated that " the philosophy of chiropractic consists of the reasons given for the principles which compose the science and the movements which have to do with the art." Art relates to something to be done. Chiropractic art consists in the aptitude of adjusting displaced vertebrae, of which art I am the originator." DD created the art of chiropractic. His mission, you guessed it "Chiropractic." DD Palmer stated that "Science is accepted, accumulated knowledge, systematized and formulated with reference to the existence of general facts -- the operation of general laws concerning one subject. Chiropractic is the name of a classified, indexed, knowledge of successive sense impressions of biology -- the science of life -- which science I created out of principles which have existed as long as the vertebrata. Science is the knowledge of knowing." DD Palmer created the science of chiropractic. His mission, you guessed it "Chiropractic" Chiropractic also has a spiritual component. This usually is discussed when discussing the philosophy of chiropractic. My impression is that the spiritual aspects of chiropractic have been missing from most of the curriculims in our chiropractic schools. There are a few schools that delve into the theology of chiropractic, however I am asking you to consider spirituality as a integral tool in your mission of chiropractic. I am asking for this to be studied in all of our chiropractic schools. Let’s look at what DD Palmer said about education. “Our belief, faith and knowledge depend upon our education. Our education depends upon our environments. The object of a chiropractic education is the attainment of information concerning the origin, development, structure, and functions of our physical organism, the phenomena of physical earth-life and that of spiritual existence. These are acquired by observation and demonstration. . If our mission is chiropractic then we must study and comprehend chiropractic science. DD Palmer stated" that Chiropractors must know not only the basic principle upon which chiropractic is founded and the constitutional parts which form its scientific structure, but, also, the philosophy of the science and art of vertebral adjusting. Chiropractic deals with biology. It is the only comprehensive system which answers the time-worn question “what is life.” Scientific chiropractors are versed in the principles of chiropractic. They live according to its rules. They philosophize on the art of relieving abnormal conditions by adjusting displaced bones. As Educated Intelligences, they relieve undue pressure on nerves in order that Innate may transmit and receive impulses to and from the various parts of the body in a normal manner. They desire to understand the nature of our physical existence and assign natural causes for both normal and abnormal functions. As a science chiropractic explains local and general death to be but the result of law, a step on the road of eternal progression; that any deviation from tone, the basis of chiropractic, is disease. As a philosophy it is the science of all sciences. It deals with subjective, ethical religion -- the science which treats of the existence, character and attributes of God, the All pervading Universal Intelligence. Its possibilities will become unlimited, when His laws and our duties as a segmented, personified, portion thereof, are scientifically understood. Chiropractic science includes biology -- the science of life -- in this world, and the recognition of a spiritual existence in the next. The principles which compose it are substantive in their independence and incentive to human and spiritual progress. They originate in Divinity, the Universal Intelligence, and constitute the essential qualities of life which, having begun in this world, are never ending. It is an educational, scientific, religious system. It associates its practice, belief and knowledge with that of religion. It imparts instruction relating both to this world and the one to come. Supreme spiritual existence can only be obtained through earthly experience. Chiropractic sheds enlightenment upon physical life and spiritual existence, the latter being only a continuation of the former. Man is a dual entity, composed of intelligence and matter, spirit and material, the immortal and mortal, the everlasting and the transient. The manifestation of such an existence is intelligent action. Chiropractors, especially, are aiding in this great advancement by adjusting the osseous structure, the position of which has to do with determining normal and abnormal tension, for in whatever part function is abnormally performed tonicity is either lacking or excessive -- Creative Intelligence is prevented from expressing itself normally. Many a child has been injured at birth by a vertebral displacement which caused an impingement upon one or more of the spinal nerves, as they emanate from the spinal canal, the fibers of which are distributed to certain organs. The result of this excessive tension is physical or mental debility, often both, which, from a lack of pathological knowledge, may be lifelong; the mental defect extending even into the next world. For we retain only that which has been acquired during this earthly, preparatory existence. By properly adjusting the neuroskeleton, these unfortunates may be enabled to acquire sufficient knowledge, rightfully due them, to become useful members of society and enjoy life in this world and the one to come. I hold it to be self-evident that all men and women who have acquired sufficient knowledge and skill to remove the nerve tension which prevents physical, mental and spiritual development, are engaged in a work of a higher order. Chiropractic science, its art and philosophy, deal with human and spiritual phenomena. The conscientious reverent acknowledgement of the phenomena, in sentiment and act, connects the spiritual with the physical, and constitutes in its fullest and highest sense a religion. . Morally, chiropractors are duty bound to help humanity physically. Religiously, they are required to render spiritual service toward God, the Universal Intelligence, by relieving mankind of their fetters, adjusting the tension-frame of the nervous system, the physical lines of communication to and from the spirit. By so doing they greatly aid intellectual attainment and progress toward perfection through the untrammeled, mental reception of intelligent expressions of individual spirits. By correcting the skeletal frame the spirit is permitted to assume normal control, and produce normal expression. .” The science of chiropractic is based on tone. Tone is the standard from which we note the variations of structure, temperature, tonicity, elasticity, renitency and tension; it is the standard of health; any deviation therefrom is disease. Tone is the BASIC PRINCIPLE, the one from which all other principles, which compose the science, have sprung. I created a science out of the principles revealed to me and named it chiropractic. I correlated the art of adjusting displaced vertebrae together with the philosophy of the science and art. DD Palmer created the art, philosophy and science of chiropractic. His mission. You guessed it "Chiropractic" Physicians deal with the physical only; chiropractors with both the physical and the spiritual. The spirit holds the same relation to the body as God, the All Wise Intelligence does to the Universe. If you can locate the one, you can designate the location and define the limits of the other. God is indwelling in theuniverse, everywhere present; He occupies every part thereof; likewise, the spirit permeates every portion of the body in which it dwells. God does not depend upon the universe for His existence, neither does the spirit rely upon the body for its continued manifestations. The spiritual intelligence controls unintelligent matter through the nervous system. Each and every portion of the body is permeated by the spirit and its means of communication. The founder of chiropractic has located the spirit in man, found its abiding place to be throughout the entire body, a position from which each and every nerve ganglia may be used for receiving and forwarding impulses. DD Palmer. His mission. You guessed it "Chiropractic" I believe, in fact know, that the universe consists of Intelligence and Matter. This intelligence is known to the Christian world as God. As a spiritual intelligence it finds expression through the animal and vegetable creation, man being the highest manifestation. I believe that this Intelligence is segmented into as many parts as there are individual expressions of life; that spirit, whether considered as a whole or individually, is advancing upward and onward toward perfection; that in all animated nature this Intelligence is expressed through the nervous system, which is the means of communication to and from individualized spirit; that the condition known as TONE is the tension and firmness, the renitency and elasticity of tissue in a state of health, normal existeance; that the mental and physical condition known as disease is a disordered state because of an unusual amount of tension above or below that of tone; that normal and abnormal amounts of strain or laxity are due to the position of the osseous framework, the neuroskeleton, which not only serves as a protector to the nervous system, but, also, as a regulator of tension; that Universal Intelligence, the Spirit as a whole or in its segmented parts, is eternal in its existence; that physiological disintegration and somatic death are changes of the material only; that the present and future make-up of individualized spirits depend upon the cumulative mental function which, like all other functions, is modified by the structural condition of the impulsive, transmitting, nervous system; that criminality is but the result of abnormal nervous tension; that our individualized, segmented spiritual entities carry with them into the future spiritual state that which has been mentally accumulated during our physical existence; that spiritual existence, like the physical, is progressive; that a correct understanding of these principles and the practice of them constitute the religion of chiropractic; that the existence and personal identity of individualized intelligences continue after the change known as death; that life in this world and the next is continuous--one of eternal progression. Therefore, inasmuch as the light of life was revealed to me in order that I should enlighten the world, and as our physical health and the intellectual progress of the personified portion of the Universal Intelligence depend upon the proper alignment of the skeletal frame, I feel it my right and bounden duty to replace any displaced portion thereof, so that our physical and spiritual faculties may be fully and normally expressed, thereby not only enhancing our present condition, but making ourselves the better prepared to enter the next stage of existence to which this earthly existence is but a preliminary, a preparatory step. By correcting these displacements of osseous tissue, the tension frame of the nervous system, I claim that I am rendering obedience, adoration and honor to the All-Wise Spiritual Intelligence, as well as a service to the segmented, individual portions thereof -- a duty I owe to both God and mankind.

The Chiropractor

D. D. Palmer

1914