B.J. Palmer had a way of saying things. He said so many things concisely and powerfully. Here is one of B.J.’s quotes that we, at Sherman, consider seriously.
It has rather profound meaning. What it means is that after all the serious anatomical, scientific study that a chiropractic student / doctor attends to, after the serious and intense practice of the art of the delivery of the adjustment, one must philosophically trust that the innate wisdom of the human body is aware of just where that misaligned vertebrae must reside for health and ease.
It’s kinda like this: we do our part and innate intelligence does its part. The universe of the human body knows how to function, when and where all its parts are best fitted. We, as chiropractors, provide the force to move the bone back into its proper place. (Subluxation occurs with trauma.) The wisdom of the body receives the correcting force and places the bone appropriately.
How does the body do this? The answer lies in how the sun knows when to rise in the morning and how a plant knows to grow towards the light. It is part of the mystery of the universe. And…it’s our part to do our part and trust universal intelligence. After all, there is no need to worry whether the sun will come up in the morning, and whether the plants know how to grow.
