There is a quote by Antonin Artaud that helped me to understand medicine. I don't remember exactly how it goes, and I can't find it on the web, but I think it can be found in the first twenty minutes of the documentary "My Life and Times With Antonin Artaud". Regardless of the specifics, it triggered a very important insight for me.
A plant is just a plant. It only becomes medicine when there is illness.
A cow is just a cow. It only becomes food when there is hunger.
A molecule is just a molecule. It only becomes water when there is thirst.
A discipline is just a discipline. It only becomes religion when there is war.
Richard Alpert captures this nicely in "Be Here Now".
If war was over, Religion would just be Ligion. There is no Re-Yoga for a reason. Union is allways allready. Keep going, ewe're allmost hare; Run Rabbit Run Red Rum; 'We're reaching for death on the end of a candle, we're searching for something that's already found us.' -J Morrison
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