Why so much Medication?


   Ok.. I think this one's rather important.  Why?  Why are we always running
to the doctors for pills?  Why are we running into their hands.. climbing
over one another, to get medicine to merely get by in our day-to-day lives?
I'm sure that probably all of you reading this have seen this epidemic.
Higher and higher percentages of people are involved in lifestyles that seem
to lead inevitably to consumption of anti-depressants, anti-psychotics,
anti-anxietants.. you name it.  It's so widespread.. that I wouldn't be
surprised if way more than half of our children end up near-totally depedent
upon these "wonder-drugs" (as in, wondering when they'll ever be able to do
without them) in order to merely get by in today's world.
   The answer is simple really.. though widespread.  But I'm gonna give you a
bit to think about it.. as we discover a little bit more about this problem.
I know that.. for me.. I'm, right now, both on an anti-psychotic, and an
anti-depressant.  Why..?  Well.. the story is very very long.. much of it is
contained on this webpage.. But as a result of all the choices I've made, and
all the choices of those around me.. who interacted/inter-related with me --
as a result of all the pain I've had to endure.. and all my struggles with
trying to get that pain dealt with.. I've ended up on these drugs... One
because it helps... one because the doctors think I need it to get along in
today's world... cuz I'm.. well, unable to live without it.
   But why don't I just leave them behind..?  It's not that simple.  The
first one I'm on.. the anti-psychotic.. is the 3rd in a string of drugs I've
been prescribed.. due to my mental inter-reaction with what our blessed
government calls "voices".. but what I call "spiritually induced trauamatic
attacks".  Of course.. with our government as it is.. believing that the
right way to live life is to detach itself from God and His ways.. these
truly spiritual attacks are labelled, in me, as some mere mental aberattion..
something that drugs can fix.
   Let me assure you.. they haven't.  I've been taking an anti-psychotic for
over 9 years now.. and *NEVER* has any dose I've been on lessened the
troubles I'm going through via the "voices" I hear.  You know why..?  Because
drugs cannot go fixing things that are created by free-willed entities.. such
as demons.. unless the demons, in a desire to lift up the medication as an
ultimate solution for their attack, choose to lessen their attack when you
take such medication.  This is, unfortunately, happening all over.
Countless millions of people are suffering from a spiritually induced
traumatic circmstance.. and told to drown it in medication.  And satan.. in
his godship of this world.. allows *some* benefit to seem to occur from
taking the medication.. in order to keep his hold on both those who are
required to take them, and those who "wisely" divy them out.
   Now.. I'm not saying that all psychoses are mere interactions with unholy
spirits.. but.. an awful lot of them truly *are*.  And many others are very
much fed *by* spiritual attack.  But in our "sighted", scientific culture..
unless you can prove the existence of a demon by measuring it with some
device, you're not going to introduce such a precept into the notion of
"true reality" as scientists and doctors see it.  And since it seems that
these "unmovable" professionals are the ones who end up defining our
culture's boundaries and ultimate truths, then we're not going to find much
in the way of a *true* diagnosis.. only mere attempts to explain things in
such a way as it uplifts the scientific "explorer" as a "visionary" who
"knows his stuff".
   So.. what about my other drug..?  The anti-depressant?  I will be the
first to say that it, indeed, helps my situation.  I truly am suffering from
a great deal of stress.. on account of a very long list of troubles that I
have had to deal with in my life.  And the anti-depressant manages to replace
the seratonin that my body keeps using up.. in order to fight off all the
pain from all the years upon years of deep troubles -- which are still with
me today.
   And.. ya see.. that's our problem.  In running away from God.. we are also
running away from the only way to truly *know* what love is, and live it out.
And as a result.. our country (if not our world).. because it has also become
so *FILLED* with things to do.. and restaurants that will fix up your
favorite meal in seconds.. to your exact taste-desiring.. that we all think
that we are truly in a land of tremendous wealth.  But the converse is
actually the case... we are actually becoming poorer and poorer.. because we
are, in our uplifting of such superficialities as pleasure, bodily
appearance, and fun, leaving behind what truly matters -- a true concern for
one another.. that originates.. yes.. from the originator of pure love --
God, Himself.
   Ok.. but.. isn't it ok to believe in whatever "god" you want?  Isn't this
something that our Constitution guarantees..?  Doesn't the fact that our
Constitution uplifts this as paramount actually prove that it is truly best
for us to live this way..?  I have only one answer for you on that:  HOGWASH!
   See.. although it may be rather easy for you to acknowledge whatever 'god'
you want to.. and not have any noticeable ramifications... try thinking that
it's ok to drive on the left side of the road in the U.S... or try eating
poisonous berries.. or try breathing in chlorine gas.  You can believe *ALL
YOU WANT* that it's valid to drive on the left.. but.. the U.S. has
established that side as incorrect... and if a cop catches you.. you will be
ticketed... or worse.. you could very easily end up in a head-on collision..
and placed in a hospital ward as a result.  The same goes for believing that
any berry is truly healthy to eat.  You may be able to believe such.. but..
when you truly partake of eating that berry, you will guaranteedly become
sick.. and if you have enough.. probably die.  As is the case for believing
that a human can breathe Chlorine gas.  You may be able to assent to this as
a possible course for anyone else.. but when you, yourself, choose to partake
of its power.. you will get sick.. and die if you have enough.
   The same, my friends.. goes for believing in whatever 'god' you want to.
In the start of such a faith.. you may find things tasty.. as you might if
you were eating the poisonous berries.  You may find wealth faster.. as you
might find it quicker to get to work by driving on the left side of the
street.  But.. eventually.. you have to deal with the consequences that are
guaranteed.. yes.. *guaranteed*.. for choosing to do what is hurtful and
dangerous -- pain.. and even death.  And with this 'faith' issue.. if you
choose to believe in whatever 'god' you wish (or no god at all).. you may
find it very pleasant.. or enjoyable.. in this life.  But eventually.. you're
going to end up at the end of this life, and the beginning of the next one.
And no amount of believing is going to change what you're going to find..
Your belief.. in this life.. will only end up in bringing you life, or death,
based upon your choice to accept the truth, or refuse it.  The real true
'god' that you meet at the end of this life is not determined by your belief.
Tons of people enjoy believing in this god and that.. cuz it feels good.. cuz
it makes them feel more superior (as in the case of Islam).. or more
connected (as in the case of pantheism or hinduism).. or more powerful (as in
the case of paganism/wicca).  But in the final scene.. you cannot expect that
the real and true 'deity' or 'presence' will be both righthanded *and*
lefthanded.. or both male *and* female.. or both truthful and a liar.  The
*real* *PERSON* who made this planet is going to introduce Himself to you..
face to face.. and then you're going to be rewarded.. based upon your
willingness to accept Him at His word... that spoke to you every second of
your life on the planet.  If you chose to cast Him down as some merely
impersonal force.. He'll cast you out as an impersonal person.  If you chose
to say every person and animal and thing was god.. then He'll show you, face
to face, what He can do that you can't.  But if you dare to go against
society.. and fight off all the teasing remarks and downcasting glances.. by
daring to love them with the love that God will give you.. then He will end
up giving you a most beautiful crown of glory.. and a place at His side.. as
He tells you, "Well done."
   So what *is* the problem of medication?  Why do we need it so much?  Why
are we stuck on it?  It's so simple that most people hate it -- it's because
we have run away from God.. and, as a result, have become more and more and
more selfish.. taxing each continuing generation more and more and more.. by
expecting them to bow down to our whims, and prepare their parents' very
delights, while not learning anything about why they have been created.. or
what truly matters on this planet... or finding the real love they need to
truly know life.  Yes.. real love.  This is something ONLY the *REAL GOD*
offers.. and that only the REAL GOD has to give.  You may find a lot of "fun"
and "pleasure" and even illusions of "power" by depending on your own
desirable deities.. but in the end.. only true love is going to provide for
your soul... and not medicine.  Only God's own Spirit.. poured into our very
lives and hearts.. is powerful enough to truly make us more than mere
bystanders in this life.. but truly "more than conquerors through Him who
loves us" more than life.
   You patients can run after medications.. and some may help to a point...
but in the all-and-all.. you need far more than a pill bottle is going to
provide.  You doctors can divy up more and more meds.. draining the
pocketbooks of the underpriveleged.. and filling the those of the
med-designers.. but.. you'll find that the only real solution is but a prayer
away.  It's up to you both.  Do you prefer to pursue your own enjoyable
life...?  or do you live to die for the One who promises life, eternal?  God
won't feed you placebos.. give His love its proper place... Who knows.. *you*
might cure the next disease you see.. if only you'll let Him win.