Editorial   B M Hegde Reductionism vs (W) Holism: A Disconnect? Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity The time honoured reductionist science of modern western medicine does not fit into the basically holistic non-linear science Vol. 6 No.24 July 2014 HTML Research   E. E. Escultura The Physics of the Mind We focus on thought or intelligence as the brain's total mental capability centered in the cortex but touch on feelings and emotions centered in the heart, the two components of what we call mind Vol. 6 No.24 July 2014 HTML Issues, Inputs   Krishnananda Hegde Egyptians swear by 'Secret of the Desert Aromatherapy in Ancient Egypt You only have to visit a perfume factory on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt to understand how powerful a perfume can be. It leaves your spirits high in an instant. Vol. 6 No.24 July 2014 HTML B M Hegde Need Based Medical Education This is an attempt to look at our present day medical education from within, after nearly five decades of, I hope, fecund involvement Vol. 6 No.24 July 2014 HTML Musings   Herbert Nehrlich A Dilemma It is so sad when clarity gives way to frank befuddlement. It is the brain that cries for help. Vol. 6 No.24 July 2014 HTML Herbert Nehrlich With Tools Like These.. As darkness fell, out in the shed the tools and spiders went to bed. Said, with a sigh, the brickie's Hammer 'I am the king', but, with a stammer Vol. 6 No.24 July 2014 HTML Snippets   Epicurus: Why should I fear death? Epicurus (B.C. 341-270), the Greek philosopher held the view that true pleasure consisted of the good. What was good was pleasant and what was pleasant was good. Vol. 6 No.24 July 2014 HTML Mind Body Connection It is well known that our state of mind is directly related to our immune system. Vol. 6 No.24 July 2014 HTML In Defence of 'Pure Reason' Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), the most influential German philosopher of the modern West is widely studied even today for the new perspective his works bring to Western philosophy. Vol. 6 No.24 July 2014 HTML