Minimalistic Wholistic Living """Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."" Leonardo da Vinci. I tend not to jump to absolutes; nearly everybody I encounter these days seems to be increasingly fond of frilly bells and whistles. People focus far to often the on the superficial rather than the deep down insides: on the branches instead of on the leaves. "
"They say there are two paths for those who follow Western medicine: death, or conversion to Eastern medicine. Eastern medicine has been practiced and refined over 2,000 years. Western medicine was ""if God wills it"" 500 years ago. In our Western system doctors focus on the surface without ever going deeper; they get paid to keep us on brink of death, sick but alive, so we can live on to pay the bills. In the ideal eastern system, the doctors get paid while their patients are healthy, and charged when they are sick. "
"To provide another example, I refer to disaster management. Many Americans have the paradigm that disasters should be responded to rather than prevented. They don't believe that preventative maintenance is worth the money in the long run. And so their house get swamped, burned, and destroyed, and their lives ruined"
