Human beings are truly miraculous creatures. To be human is a gift, one in which we don”t want to take for granted.
Did you know that the human gene on earth is identical in 99.9 percent of all humans? At the core, we are all brothers. We all share the energy of life which powers our bodies in miraculous ways. We are all connected to a powerful source of loving energy that creates all of life. It knows no limits because it is responsible for all of creation.
This is the same intelligence that generates the spontaneous electrical impulses that beat your heart. The human heart beats 2 gallons of blood a minute, 120 gallons of blood in an hour. It is estimated that there are some 12,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body. One blood cell can circulate that system in one day.
One adult human cell is orchestrating 100,000 chemical reactions every second in a total of 100 trillion cells. These processes are regulated by water. Water is the largest component of the human body. A human baby at birth is 90 percent water. An adult human is 70 percent water. Water is the substrate that regulates trillions of chemical reactions every day.
The framework, foundation and strength of the human body is the skeleton. Yet an adult skeleton weighs only 20 pounds of total body weight. With each step the human foot bones can support three times the body”s wait. A 200 pound person places 600 pounds of force on their foot with every step. The foot bones withstand forces with the strength of cast iron.
Now I have a philosophical question to ask you. Are you thinking about doing any of this, or is some intelligence doing it for you? Everything happening in your body is all happening on its own. Yet something is regulating and processing it all in harmony.
Some power is doing everything in the universe all at the same time. All of life is working in synchronicity and harmony including your body. Miracle healing occurs in those people who understand they are connected to something greater than themselves.
The critical component in those who manifest miraculous healing is humility. There is an understanding that something is helping them that is more powerful than their individual self; an intelligence that already knows how to heal their body because it made their body.
In her book, “The Physician Within You,” Gladys Taylor McGarey, M.D. relates a conversation with her son Carl, who had just finished his internship and was specializing in orthopedic surgery.
After he had told his mother of his fears about having people”s lives in his hands, she said, “Carl, as a surgeon you may pull an incision together and suture it well, but you cannot make it heal. If you think you are the one who does the healing, you have a right to be scared. But if you understand that you are a channel through which healing moves, and that you are contacting the healing force within your patients, you have nothing to fear. You will have awakened the physician within them and sent them on their way to heal themselves.”
Matthew McQuaid, DPM is a board certified foot surgeon practicing in Lakeport. He is an award winning author who has a particular interest in Mind/Body medicine and its positive impact on health. For more information or for an appointment call 263-3727.
