Trust in Science and Modern Medicine

Balanced Approach to Health

While advocating for natural remedies and lifestyle choices that promote health, UPL also recognises the value of scientific advancements and modern medicine in treating illnesses and maintaining well-being. UPL’s own work is the healing of the spirit. Spirit and body affect each other: a troubled spirit can weigh on the body, and an illness of the body can weigh on the spirit, so both are always treated.

This is where the saying that faith can heal comes from. Medicine itself has found, in what it calls the placebo effect, that belief and expectation bring real relief, easing pain and distress through the body’s own means, though science has yet to show that belief and faith alone can cure a disease. The traditions have long honoured the same truth: the Gospels tell of Jesus healing with a word, and Judaism holds that saving a life comes before almost every other duty. UPL reads the accounts of healing as it reads all holy texts, as teaching about the power of faith.

Illness is never a verdict on the person who is ill. Illness of the body is met with science and medicine. Medical science still has much to learn, and many conditions are not yet understood, but it has proven effective wherever understanding has grown, and UPL holds the hope that new tools, among them artificial intelligence and quantum computing, will carry that understanding further.

A follower of UPL never relies on spiritual or alternative remedies alone: when a person is ill, medical care is sought without delay and followed, and spiritual practice walks beside it.

Integrative Health Practices

UPL supports an integrative approach to health that combines the best of traditional wisdom and modern medical practices. This approach asks for personal responsibility in health decisions, informed by scientific understanding and a deep respect for the body’s natural healing capabilities.

Education and Informed Decision-Making

Continuous learning and staying informed about health and medical sciences empower individuals to make knowledgeable choices regarding their well-being. UPL values the pursuit of knowledge in all areas of life, including health and medicine, fostering an informed community that can navigate the complexities of modern healthcare effectively.