> I believe it would be foolish to stop breaking things into parts, not
> ever do it. We would lose too much progress.
>
> But, we must learn to see wholes and interconnections and become more wise
> about *when* to break into parts, when this is a satisfactory assumption.
> And, we must *always* be on the look-out for systemic considerations,
> always on the look-out for what we can only see if we look at the whole.
> We need to improve our skills, increase our ability to perceive these.
> Especially because of our cultural orientation not to.
This statement reminds me of the difference in approach of Western and
Eastern Medicine. The former focuses on the parts, the disease, and on
cure, the latter on the whole system (of the person across time and in
relation to cosmic influences), the relationship of the person to the
imbalance, and on healing. What can we learn from this analogy that
relates to our discussion of systems vs. parts view?
Peggy Smith-Lewis
Johnson & Johnson Clinical Products
MSmithLe@cldx.com
--MSmithLe@cldx.com (Smith-Lewis, Margaret)
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