Organon
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 12:16 pm
Dear Shannon
Thank you for your comment below - I think you have put your finger on the
exact point.
Last year when I was on a visit to Tehran, Dr Shahrdar asked me to talk
about homoeopathy to the 2nd and 3rd year students. Topic was open and to my
choice.
So I decided to warn about deviating from Hahnemann's instructions and about
poly pharmacy etc.
A hand went up and a student asked about experimentation.
The question was very valid. So I used my industrial experience to explain.
In industry there is a constant improvement for improvement on all front. I
used to work as a Project Leader in a paper mill. So errors to process could
cost hours of production loss! We had to be careful.
Before any 'trial' on the paper machine we had to draw up a paper explaining
the back ground to the area of work, what was the problem, how it could be
improved, results of any experimental lab work, and the course of action we
intended to take, resources needed etc etc.
This was the circulated to all the managers in the Mill and if there were no
objections we proceeded with the experiment and then reported the result,
positive or negative with a recommendation of what further steps were
necessary.
When it comes to homoeopathy, we observe that firstly the VAST majority of
colleagues who have not read the Organon from cover to cover or if they have
it was ages ago and most of it has been forgotten. Few have had the
privilege of having someone like Sheilagh Creasy teaching them the ins and
outs of it.
These guys then proceed to practise and in their practise they encounter
problems.
They also may be start to teach in one of the colleges.
They then start to experiment and then write a book and I suspect report
only the positive results. Because they have been teachers, they
automatically have a following of the students who have been taught by them.
Some people then regard these guys as torch bearers and as someone who knows
the way, not thinking that in darkness you could have a torch but be equally
as lost as the one without the torch. So books are written and ideas
expressed in seminars and a lot of people are led astray.
My suggestion was that if you encounter a problem, try and read about it,
ask colleagues and elders and betters and do not feel shy about it. (This
is one of the areas where Minutus is in-valuable).
If you come to an area where you really think Hahnemann has not explored or
reported up on, again double check with colleagues and some of the masters
around you. If you are still confident that the problem is real, no one has
explored it and it needs work, then draw up your plan and have it checked
out and the proceed with the experiment with caution. Because we are
dealing with the health of fellow humans we have to take extreme care and DO
NO HARM.
So when Hn clearly speaks against poly pharmacy and the way doses should be
repeated, do I need to try and re-invent the wheel and teach every one else
how the dosage should be controlled? My answer is no. Understand what
Hahnemann is saying should be my first task.
Regards
Soroush
Message: 12
Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 08:31:20 -0600
From: Robert&Shannon Nelson
Subject: Re: Teaching the Organon
Snip
I think that further *development* of Hahnemann's ideas is inevitable, but
"development" does *mean* that the further movement is based upon the prior
position, and how can you "develop" what you don't know or understand the
starting point? But those who *do* know and understand the Organon, do not
seem to feel much need for "developing" it, but only for understanding and
applying. At least, that has been my impression so far.
Snip
Thank you for your comment below - I think you have put your finger on the
exact point.
Last year when I was on a visit to Tehran, Dr Shahrdar asked me to talk
about homoeopathy to the 2nd and 3rd year students. Topic was open and to my
choice.
So I decided to warn about deviating from Hahnemann's instructions and about
poly pharmacy etc.
A hand went up and a student asked about experimentation.
The question was very valid. So I used my industrial experience to explain.
In industry there is a constant improvement for improvement on all front. I
used to work as a Project Leader in a paper mill. So errors to process could
cost hours of production loss! We had to be careful.
Before any 'trial' on the paper machine we had to draw up a paper explaining
the back ground to the area of work, what was the problem, how it could be
improved, results of any experimental lab work, and the course of action we
intended to take, resources needed etc etc.
This was the circulated to all the managers in the Mill and if there were no
objections we proceeded with the experiment and then reported the result,
positive or negative with a recommendation of what further steps were
necessary.
When it comes to homoeopathy, we observe that firstly the VAST majority of
colleagues who have not read the Organon from cover to cover or if they have
it was ages ago and most of it has been forgotten. Few have had the
privilege of having someone like Sheilagh Creasy teaching them the ins and
outs of it.
These guys then proceed to practise and in their practise they encounter
problems.
They also may be start to teach in one of the colleges.
They then start to experiment and then write a book and I suspect report
only the positive results. Because they have been teachers, they
automatically have a following of the students who have been taught by them.
Some people then regard these guys as torch bearers and as someone who knows
the way, not thinking that in darkness you could have a torch but be equally
as lost as the one without the torch. So books are written and ideas
expressed in seminars and a lot of people are led astray.
My suggestion was that if you encounter a problem, try and read about it,
ask colleagues and elders and betters and do not feel shy about it. (This
is one of the areas where Minutus is in-valuable).
If you come to an area where you really think Hahnemann has not explored or
reported up on, again double check with colleagues and some of the masters
around you. If you are still confident that the problem is real, no one has
explored it and it needs work, then draw up your plan and have it checked
out and the proceed with the experiment with caution. Because we are
dealing with the health of fellow humans we have to take extreme care and DO
NO HARM.
So when Hn clearly speaks against poly pharmacy and the way doses should be
repeated, do I need to try and re-invent the wheel and teach every one else
how the dosage should be controlled? My answer is no. Understand what
Hahnemann is saying should be my first task.
Regards
Soroush
Message: 12
Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 08:31:20 -0600
From: Robert&Shannon Nelson
Subject: Re: Teaching the Organon
Snip
I think that further *development* of Hahnemann's ideas is inevitable, but
"development" does *mean* that the further movement is based upon the prior
position, and how can you "develop" what you don't know or understand the
starting point? But those who *do* know and understand the Organon, do not
seem to feel much need for "developing" it, but only for understanding and
applying. At least, that has been my impression so far.
Snip