In this article I will describe a basic aspect of homeopathy’s
spiritual understanding of health and disease: the view that
disease arises from a fixed adaptation to a past situation that
no longer exists in the present. Homeopaths view health and
disease as states of being that are either appropriate for the
situation (healthy) or inappropriate for the situation
(unhealthy). The state of being that we adopt from moment to
moment can be regarded a ‘posture’ that is either suitable or
unsuitable for the present moment of existence. An unsuitable
posture kept for too long manifests as chronic disease, whereas
a short-lasting one causes acute symptoms or weakens the
organism until it is susceptible to infectious influences.
Disease arises from memory of a past state that no longer exists
Conventional medicine is based on a materialistic view of life.
Health is compared to a well-functioning machine, while disease
is viewed as a malfunction in some part of the machine.
Homeopathy is based on a spiritual view of l