Quite often, in Western medicine, we hear the association between a patient’s illness and their treatment as being described as a battle or a war.  (Example: Who of us has heard the saying, “Your body is attacking itself.”  What about the saying, “Your body isn’t able to fight off the cancer.” Or how about this one, “They put up a good fight, but the cancer was too much.”)  If we continue with the battle or war analogy, then when a person has cancer, or some other serious condition, it could best be described as a civil war.  Sadly, because most people adhere to this mindset, for them healing cancer can become very difficult.

The term cancer has been applied to a vast number of different conditions, all resulting from the same basic problem: there is a malfunction within the DNA of the cell.

It is the natural process of life that a large portion of our cells are replaced as they wear out.  (Research has shown that ninety-nine percent of person’s cells are different right now than what they were a year ago.) Many of these cells are simply copies of our previous cells, which are constantly dividing.

The process of cell duplication is what allows us to live as long as we do.  As worn out or damaged cells are replaced with new and healthy cells, our body is able to regenerate and stay healthy.  When something goes wrong with the duplication process within the cell, it can have dire consequences.