“Tone is the first principle of Chiropractic from which all other
principles derive.”
D.D.Palmer
Founder of Chiropractic

Geometry of the System
By: Sue Brown

These concepts of Universal Intelligence and tone have been at the core of the philosophy of chiropractic since its discovery. They are the ideas that first attracted me to chiropractic. They are the principles that have been the foundation of my practice since its beginning 11 years ago. Never have these principles been so real to me as when I began exploring the geometry of the spine and human body. Through noticing how the body shifts and changes while being adjusted and the patterns of interference and tension that form when the body is exposed to stress, I began to see a certain symmetry in the patterning. If one vertebral segment moved in a particular fashion, correlating segments responded in kind. Further exploration showed an exact symmetry and perfect geometry of the human form. One that allowed a maximum flexibility while giving maximum stability. This geometry exists in all things. It is seen in the patterns of the petals of flowers and the seeds of a sunflower. What differentiates one molecular substance from the next is the spatial relationship or geometry of the atoms which comprise it. All of our senses respond not to the quantitative differences in the stimuli, but to the geometric differences. When we smell a flower we are not responding to the chemical substance, but to the spatial relationship of its molecular construction. Each of the sense organs is attuned to a particular range of frequencies. It is these frequencies which allow the fingers to feel and the eyes to see as opposed to the other way around. The energetic nature of atoms has been at the forefront of scientific exploration for the last several years. Every structure from the smallest sub-atomic particle to the limitless universe has a periodicity, a rhythm, a vibration and thus a tone. When an atom, the building block of all matter, is reduced to its smallest component we see that it becomes less like matter and more energetic in nature. This energetic matter, arranged in specific geometric patters, creates the molecules that form our physical reality. Each with its own unique tone. As the configurations become more and more complex, so does the tonal quality, finally creating the beautiful symphony that we are. So one must beg the question, does the music create our physical nature or does our physical form create our music? The answer is they are one in the same aspects of the same reality.. Goethe once said “Geometry is frozen music. Said another way, when the energies of the universe coalesce our physical form is created. Tone or energy is what the sub-atomic particles are, in essence, when reduced to our most finite components we are small bits of energy. In our truest form we are an ever changing piece of music and tone. Tone is what determines our structure and in turn that structure resonates with a characteristic tone. Each reflecting back to the other and strengthening their individual and yet complementary existence. In the never ending flow of degeneration and regeneration of the human body, the one constant, the aspect that brings order to chaos is the geometry. Cells are constantly dying and being replaced. Billions and trillions each day. And miraculously liver cells replace liver cells, lung cells replace lung cells, even though every single cell in the body has all the information necessary to produce any chemical and become any type of cell. But because it grows and develops in the tonal field of a heart, heart cells replace heart cells, therefore reproducing the geometry which then echoes back the heart melody letting the world of the human body know that all is well.