With advancing medicine and technologies we have been granted access to a plethora of treatments and have filled dictionaries with many potential diagnoses. While these tools can be extremely valuable, they can also be harmful when overused. The more we look outward to fix our problems, the less in touch with our bodies and minds we become. We are at a point where both patients and doctors feel the need to quell even the smallest of symptoms with drugs and chemicals. We neglect our ability to overcome dis-ease, because we rely on a system outside of our own. What will happen when this care becomes even more difficult to access? Where will we go? Now is as good of a time as any to begin investing in yourself, and taking control of your own health.

DIS-EASE
by Kayla Henry

Biohacking natural course
as if we are above it
so much so that we lose
ourselves in the process.
Stunting our ability
to evolve naturally
we devolve spiritually
removing ourselves
from understanding the beauty
of life and death.

So we live in fear of it
trying to change it
and even sometimes
ostracizing those
who just let it be.
Those who trust the biology
that's gotten us so far.

Is it healthy to have no faith
in your own body?
If you're convinced you can't
take care of yourself
where do you go?
To the abusers who know
you're impaired
by lack of direction.
Predators need victims.
Symptoms
are your body adapting
and wisdom
is letting it happen.

Will you desperately
run to a pharmacy
to ease temporarily
without learning
to overcome instinctively?

If we numb these battles
we reject the opportunity
to realize our strength
is not outwardly granted
It's innate.
We cause our victimhood
when we never create
and only consume.

Embrace a helpless mentality
Or the solutions built in you?

There is nothing wrong with asking a lot of questions. You probably won't gain a deeper understanding of a subject by simply listening and accepting what someone else tells you. Is there really any point in life if we leave all the joy of discovering to someone else, and even if we do, does that actually mean that the information we are receiving is trustworthy or logical? As individuals, our minds and bodies have unique characteristics that only we have the power to understand and take care of. Yes, we can look to others for suggestions, information, expertise, but it is our responsibility to make sound decisions. The only way we can do this, is by first knowing and trusting ourselves.

I wrote this poem to encourage independent thinking. Mainstream media pushes fear and avoids delving deeper into major issues. We deserve the truth, and we owe it to ourselves to take the time to find it. Censorship and propaganda are driving us further away from Freedom, Free Speech, Peace, Independence...It doesn't just stop at Covid-19."Parrhesia" is a poem about governments and media manipulating us for profit. It is also about how fear is used to control the unaware, and how our emotions blind us from the reality that is right in front of us. Patterns throughout history depict authorities controlling the way information is (or isn't) delivered to different groups in order to get what they want from them: Book burning, censored and selective education, language barriers, emotional manipulation, financial incentives...We can't point the finger at one evil genius behind a curtain... but we can see millions (if not billions) of misinformed people with good intentions falling victim to a broken system. We all want what is best for ourselves, our families and loved ones, and yet we do not take the time to find the truth. The hypocrisy and contradictions in the way governments are dealing with the coronavirus (sars cov 2, "pandemic") should be enough to raise some red flags.
Take the time to read the original poem at the end of the video.