*Notes from Jacqueline: Following is an article written by Sue Brown, DC, the founder and developer of BGI. We continue to discover more of her writings and will share them here.
THE “BIG BAD” SUBLUXATIONS By: Sue Brown, D.C.
“In Chiropractic, a significant amount of time and energy has been spent defining and quantifying the subluxation. There are several models which describe its physiological effects and mechanisms. All have subtle differences but share the same idea of interference in the communication between the body and its Innate Intelligence. This interference is thought to be the reason that we express dis-ease. The body’s natural healing ability is blocked and thus a lack of wellness results. Because of this, subluxation has been viewed as a “bad” thing; something that should be battled and eliminated from our existence. And so Chiropractors spend their professional lives adjusting and releasing subluxations in an attempt to free the world from this terrible “dis-ease causing” plague.
When the subluxation is related only to the dis-ease it creates, we miss the deeper value and purpose of the subluxation. We miss the gift presented by the creation of the subluxation, that gift being the fact that the subluxation causes a separation from Innate. Now, you may be wondering, how can separation from our inborn wisdom, Innate, be a gift? It is a gift because it gives us the opportunity to begin to have knowledge of that wisdom based on the very fact of separation, it yields a new perspective. Perhaps you’ve had the experience of being so close to something that you cannot really see it. You can’t see the forest for the trees. This is how it is with Innate Intelligence. It’s so much a part of us that we cannot truly see it or know it. It just is. Innate acts quietly and consistently in our lives, coordinating all bodily functions, allowing it to move, and healing spontaneously. It works so well that we take it for granted. That is, until interference or separation, occurs. At that point, when all that we take for granted is interrupted, we take notice. We wake up and perceive the lack of connection, we experience the gap between innate and ourselves and say “Hey, something’s different, what is it? What is absent now that was present before? What is missing?”
In feeling its absence we are made aware of its presence and a desire to know and reconnect is created. The separation from Innate creates distance and with distance comes perspective. We can “view” Innate from a different vantage point and thus begin to understand its wisdom. Distance also creates polarity, a desire to reconnect with innate. The qualities experienced, those of perspective and polarity created by the subluxation, are the exact qualities that inspire us not only to reconnect with Innate but give us the opportunity to know Innate. And that reaching out toward Innate causes growth, an evolution of body, mind, and spirit.
The subluxation is not a “bad” thing, but a necessary component of self-awareness. It is only “evil” when without any care or attention it is allowed to persist that it becomes detrimental. The Chiropractic adjustment is not a way to rid the world of “evil” but the way in which the contraction/expansion process moves us along the path of self-awareness. The healing that occurs is simply a by-product of the reconnection with Innate. It feels so much better to be a necessary part of the flow of life, the positive evolutionary process, and the growth of conscious awareness than it does to be a battling warrior. And it is amazing how much better the interference clears when the subluxation is set free as opposed to “beat into submission”.
So there you go, getting adjusted not only provides you with the opportunity to heal but also the opportunity to better know the wisdom which created you from a single cell and in doing so increases your self-awareness and ultimately evolves consciousness.”
You experienced life. Some things you were able to integrate, mind, body, and soul. Your body learned and moved on.
Other things you could not integrate at the time they were experienced. You may have been too stressed out, overwhelmed, or preoccupied. Your body locked down in order to store these for later learning and integration.
NOT a silent killer, but an opportunity.