It's Only Cancer

Why this title?

I believe that cancer must be respected rather than feared. And it is really that simple. Cancer is an opportunistic disease that must be understood in order for us to outsmart it. By using this title, I am in no way trivializing the challenge that it presents to those of us who presently have cancer, or have had it in the past. Cancer is cancer, and it cannot be ignored. I am instead, suggesting that we replace the images and concepts we have been conditioned to accept regarding cancer, such as the notion that cancer must be "beaten", or that "a war on cancer" must be waged. These are violent images that perpetuate our fear of cancer, and war implies harsh measures with devastating results. We can replace these images once we gain insight into the causes of cancer. For it is only then, that we can implement prevention. Through this understanding of the causes of cancer, fear will be replaced by hope and we can then develop the belief that we can do something to eliminate cancer, and we can do it gently, lovingly and respectfully.

It also helps to understand the reasons why these violent images have been planted in our minds. When a public fears a disease such as cancer, it is all the more easily manipulated by the economic powers that be. When millions of dollars are donated by an unassuming public that believes their contributions are going toward a "cure" for cancer ", Big Pharma in fact, is able to continue to use this money to develop more and more drugs that will deal only with the symptoms of cancer, for that is all drugs do. Big Pharma does not want a cure. That would mark the end of decades of economic success. The drug industry benefits financially whenever a cancer patient permits the medical system to apply bolus chemotherapy or surgery or radiation in order to deal with his cancer. It does not benefit when a patient becomes empowered to seek alternatives. Big Pharma cannot make a single penny when a patient changes to an organic, raw, or nearly raw vegtable-based diet supplemented with high quality vitamins and minerals. It cannot profit from a patient who uses energy medicine to help his body function properly. Big Pharma realizes no benefit if a cancer patient understands the power of "thought" in his healing. Neither can it increase its coffers when a cancer patient learns to meditate and visualize. When a cancer patient researches and discovers that there are many cancer cures available and that there are hundreds more that have been suppressed by the drug industry and the medical industry over the past six or seven decades, then they are not as likely to be so easily manipulated and brainwashed by the "system".

I am not suggesting that there is no place in all of this for chemotherapy, surgery or radiation, because my personal paradigm for cancer consists of an integrative approach utilizing the best of medicine and the best of alternatives. My own cancer journey has taught me this. I am suggesting that we take the power away from cancer and give it to ourselves. Clear our screens by deleting the systemic images that have been uploaded by the drug industry, and reprogram, research and reset our beliefs until we realize that it is "only cancer" after all.