The Big Idea
* A slip on the snowy sidewalk in winter is a small thing.It happens to millions.
* A fall from a ladder in the summer is a small thing.It happens to millions.
* The slip or fall produces a Subluxation. The Subluxation is a small thing.
* The Subluxation produces pressure on the nerve. That pressure is a small thing.
* That decreased flowing produces a dis-eased body and brain. That is a big thing
to that man.
* Multiply that sick man by a thousand, and you control the physical and mental
welfare of a city.
* Multiply that man by one hundred thirty million, and you forecast and can
prophesy the physical and mental status of a nation.
* So the slip or fall, the Subluxation, pressure, flow of mental images, and dis-
ease are big enough to control the thoughts and actions of a nation.
* Now comes a man. And one man is a small thing.
* This man gives adjustment. The adjustment is a small thing.
* The adjustment replaces the Subluxation. That is a small thing.
* The adjusted Subluxation releases pressure upon nerves. That is a small thing.
* The released pressure restores health to man. This is a big thing to man.
* Multiply that well man by a million, and you increase the efficiency of a state.
* Multiply that well man by a hundred thirty million, and you have produced a
healthy, wealthy, and better race for posterity.
* So the adjustment of the Subluxation to release pressure on nerves, to restore
mental impulse flow, to restore health, is big enough to rebuild the thoughts and
actions of the world.
* The idea that knows the cause, that can correct the cause of dis-ease, is one of
the biggest ideas known. Without it, nations fall; with it, nations rise.
The idea is the biggest I know of.
-B.J. Palmer, 1944
