Alternative models are neither right nor wrong, just more or less useful in allowing us to operate in the world and discover more and better options for solving problems.

Learning to focus attention and concentration is very useful; meditation can help you do that.

Whole plants differ in their effects from refined drugs (:)...Plants are dilute preparations (of) the active principles...Plants usually go into the body through the mouth and stomach, whereas purified chemicals can be put...by snorting or injecting...directly into...bloodstreams without giving...bodies a chance to process them. Other compounds in drug plants...may modify the active principles, making them safer.

Healing is making whole, restoring a state of perfection and balance that has been lost.

It does kids no favors, and sets them up for a potential lifetime of poor health and social embarrassment, to excuse them from family meals of real food. Everyone benefits from healthy eating, but it is particularly crucial at the beginning of life.

If we can make the correct diagnosis, the healing can begin. If we can't, both our personal health and our economy are doomed.

The notion that a human being should be constantly happy is a uniquely modern, uniquely American, uniquely destructive idea.