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The allopath denies Life, or at least the way in
which he treats his patients amounts to a denial of
Life. To him there is nothing beyond the material,
the qross. He conceives of Life as an effect of an
interplay of chemical processes. The source of Life/
he says,, is the energy derived from the combustion
of food.
To the allopath, the body is just a machine. But
he fails to understand that a machine should have
an operator. That operator is Life.
The allopath believes that Life is sustained by
food, so for ensuring an abundance of Life/ or vitatity,
he recommends an abundance of food.
But the Naturopath believes in Life as something
beyond the material. It is Life which assimilates
food, releases the energy stored therein and makes
it available for work- Life makes use of food, but
Life is not sustained by food.
When we eat in excess of our need, we may or
may not gain in weight, but we are by no means
adding to our vitality; we are only depleting it.
Vitality is something which requires to be
conserved, economised. One of the ways of
economising our vitality is to be economic in eating.
That in essence is Vital Economy.
Food is building material; it is also the source
of muscular energy. But it is not the source of Life*
Life is the subtle power which builds up the living
body according to a definite pattern and maintains
it in working order. It is Life which makes that
microscopically minute particle grow into a compli-
.cated living body with innumerable parts,- an exact
copy İf its parent. It is Life which separates it from