Thank you Lew for your excellent information on Sensory Perception. Dr. Cohen's article is very informative indeed. I don't know the origin of the definition of Spirituality as being a function of Awareness, but I have always felt very comfortable with that understanding.

Am I to deduce from this answer that pain has no physiological healing benefit other than what has already been covered in my original question and in your response? In Kent's lectures on Homeopathic Philosophy, he makes mention of his use of Homeopathic remedies to alleviate the pain of a dying patient in preference to using opiates. Tarentula cubensis is a remedy which he claims has been very useful in this situation. This is his opinion, but because of the precarious nature of Homeopathic remedies and the time restraints of a person dying in agony, I would not hesitate in using appropriate opiates by IVI. Kent's justification for not using opiates is the importance he places on the maintenance of the patient's physical awareness and dignity during the dying process. This of course is another
subject . I am concerned with the alleviation of pain in chronic degenerative conditions which, as much as I dislike prognostication, have a very poor prognosis.

Denis Gibbon.

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