Zack: Zack seems more alert in school and participates more in class. We are seeing less of him going into total "shut down".

Light therapy is a non-invasive technology unlike the commonest therapies of today, which involve powerful very invasive drugs with all kinds of undesirable side effects. At times it is a toss up as to which is worse the proposed cure or the disease! We are into the "light age." If Liberman is accurate in his predictions, "scalpels will be replaced by lasers, chemotherapy by phototherapy, prescription drugs by prescription colors, acupuncture needles by needles of light, eye glasses by healthy eyes. Cancer will be a disease of the past." 1 As noted previously, light therapy deals with the intimate relationship between body and mind (spirit). The affective (emotional) side of us is seen as foundational in terms of physical health. Present traditional analysis, counseling, and medication, often concentrate on simply erasing the pain rather than finding its cause and dealing with it. They will be replaced by light therapy that sees and treats the mind and body as mind-body, one intimately connected, functioning, whole, system. The focus of light therapy is upon the person – the whole person and not on the disease. Liberman and I agree with two important statements with which he concludes his work and I conclude this article. These statements are "the study of light affirms the interconnectedness of all things" and "let the light in" (207)!

Endnote

1 Jacob Liberman, Light-Medicine of the Future (Santa Fe. New Mexico: Bear and Company, 1991), p. xv. This and subsequent direct references from this work are reprinted by permission of Inner Traditions International, Rochester, Vermont.

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