Digest Number 1610

[susanne ziegler]

Dear Julian,

As Rajan Sankaran is one of the innovators who is frequently taken to task
for the reason you stated above (and you may not have been referring to him
at all), I feel it's important to let others know how he presents his work.
The following quotes are taken from his prefaces to The Substance of
Homoeopathy and An Insight into Plants.

"I present these ideas and concepts with the hope that they will be studied
with an open mind, yet critically. The ideas in this book are neither
complete nor final. They are as yet evolving in my mind, and are here
presented to stimulate the reader's thought and observation. It would be
unfortunate if this book (or any other) were followed dogmatically; such an
attitude narrows the vision and prejudices the mind. With this word of
caution, I invite you to feel the Substance of Homeopathy."

And... "AUTHOR'S WORD OF CAUTION" "The work presented here is original. It
is also relatively recent. And, for sure, it is neither complete nor
perfect. In fact there is room for many doubts and questions, from small
details like which remedy should be in which miasm, to major questions like
how can you put only one remedy in one miasm, what do we do with so many
other plants of the family, to fundamental questions like does this all
really make sense, is this all true?.....I trust the discretion and wisdom
of my fellow Homoeopaths enough to know that they will take this book for
what it is, namely an idea worth looking into, and not an established fact.
With this work of caution, I am happy to present this work to the
profession.

Similarly, Divya Chhabra, in a seminar I attended, made it clear that what
she teaches is only a method, one that has made her own prescribing easier
and more successful, and might hopefully help others.

I find this respectful attitude very encouraging, and while I am still too
new a homeopath to make use of many of the non-traditional ideas I learn
about, I'm really grateful to those who are willing to innovate and share
what they are thinking. It's up to each of us to try the ideas for ourselves
and find out whether they work, just like Hahnemann did.

Susanne