The Bigness of the Fellow Within, Ch. 5

By BJ Palmer

The Difference between the great, near-great, or commoner, is in the limitations of matter-not in the limitations of the Innate Producer within them. And what limits matter? The vertebral subluxation-itself a limition of matter-which occludes an opening producing pressure upon nerves reducing the supply of the producer to the product limiting the action of the product to reproduce the producer. If there were no vertebral subluxation - no occlusion of any vertebral foramina - no pressure upon nerves - no reduction of supply between producer and product -no limitation of product to reproduce the producer all men would be equal in producer and product. That which scales human beings is their physical inability to climb to the heights of the innate producer within them. For this reason the salient and vital factor of human production is entirely wrapped up in the supreme importance of the vertebral subluxation. To adjust the subluxation, then, is to advance mankind, step up his efficiency, increase his ability, make him more natural and more at peace within himself; for all things are possible for him whose body equals his innate. Men, themselves, are not great. Men are great only insofar as they do something which is construed as great by other men. Why are there so few great and near-great; and so many so far removed from doing great things? They are down the ladder of accomplishment on the various rungs of the ladder, somewhere between the top and bottom. There is one fundamental answer, subject to two classifications: 1st. If there were 100 per cent continouus, uniterrupted flow between innate brain and educated brain, the educated thoughts and actions would be equivalent to the thoughts and actions of innate itself. These are few. There are few 100 per cent, fully alive, healthy and sane educations. In exact ratio as they are up the ladder, they are more nearly 100 per cent alive, healthy and sane. In exact ratio as they are down the ladder below 100 per cent, they are dying, unhealthy, and insane; and to that extent they are not great or near-great. Innate cannot produce a great 100 per cent external product, via education, in a less than 100 per cent sick or insane education. Innate must flow fully, freely, naturally; to, through, and into the educated brain to produce what education calls greatness. Innate cannot do when there is a vertebral subluxation between Innate and Educated brains which interferes with the 100 per cent normal quantity and quality flow. 2nd. In exact ration as the vertebral subluxation interferes with the normal 100 per cent flow between Innate and Educated, to that extent Innate takes second place to education; educated reduces its value of Innate and increases the value of education. As the vertebral subluxation creates an insane and unnatural value on education, to that extent the sane and natural becomes unreal-"uneducated."