As the New Year descends upon us once again, the Crossroads Team and I are making a declaration. (DRUM ROLL PLEASE…) After much thought and consideration, we have named 2012 “The Year of Innate.”
The word “innate” means inborn or natural. The term “innate intelligence” is a chiropractic term coined by the father of chiropractic, D.D. Palmer. It is such a profound concept, that we want each practice member and every reader, listener and facebook friend to appreciate their own God-given innate intelligence this year. This inborn wisdom truly is a gift.
One way to look at Innate Intelligence is as if it were our AUTOPILOT. Can you imagine what would happen if we were left to consciously co-ordinate the trillions of cellular functions happening on a day to day basis? I would surely fail. (Or as my twelve year would say, that would be an “epic fail.”) Within the first minute of being consciously responsible for my entire body, I’m sure I would forget to either blink, have my heart beat, digest my food or worse yet, breathe. Without my inner autopilot, I would also be responsible for consciously directing all of the healing in my body. My first paper cut would be disastrous! I might bleed to death. It takes twelve steps just to clot blood, and although I learned the “clotting cascade” in biochemistry class a decade ago, I know it would escape me in such an emergency circumstance as a bleeding paper cut. Whew, I’m stressed just THINKING about the responsibility innate intelligence has!
Lucky for me (and you), INNATE is on the job. For every living moment we spend here on earth, our own innate intelligence is organizing, maintaining and healing our body. Innate always acts to preserve our body, and never causes things to go wrong in our body. To me, it is like a piece of the divine spirit inside us.
One fact remains though, and that is that innate intelligence is at our mercy. We have free will to make choices that are either working to make innate’s job easier or more difficult. For example, our inner healer has to play clean up when we pollute our body with crappy food, cigarettes or drugs (prescription or non-prescription). Innate must deal with the impact the stress of our day has on our physical and emotional states. It also has to repair damage to our spine for all of the years we have spent subluxated and out of alignment. (In another blog you will surely learn about how being subluxated actually interferes with your innate intelligence… but I’ll save that for a different day.)
So, with New Year’s Day already gone, don’t waste another minute. Examine your lifestyle choices and pick one or two to clean up this year. Your innate will thank you for it. Of course, if you need some guidance on those lifestyle changes, we are here for you! The 21 day whole body food cleanse will be starting in 2 weeks. We have great workshops coming on nourishing your body, exercising and stretching and how to live right for your genes. Check our website for dates and details.
In closing, I would be remiss if I didn’t encourage you to take a moment and give thanks for your innate intelligence, the beautiful wisdom that lies within. It makes it all happen, perfectly, every day you are on the planet. Yay to that.