 and God the constructor. This biblical God is paternal,
authoritarian, beneficent and, in many ways, tyrannical. He keeps
track of all things and knows precisely what everyone does and when
his laws are being broken. One of the operatives of this theory of nature is the idea of pun-
ishment for one’s sins. This God/father holds us accountable for
transgressions. The transgressions are judged by various interpreters
of his laws who throughout history have claimed access to the divine. Essentially, the universe is a monarchy, God the king and we the sub-
jects. All subjects are considered born with the stain of sin as a part
of their nature and are therefore untrustworthy. This theory of nature makes many people feel estranged, creating
an attitude of separateness from the boss. The more we feel sepa-
rated from this God, the more we feel the need to create some way
of feeling worthy. So we create an idea of our importance based on
externals and call it “ego.”
Reliance on ego ultimately leads to more separation as life
becomes a contest and a competition with designated others. But the
sense of estrangement is partially assuaged with an ego-directed atti-
tude of “us against them.” People are categorized and evaluated on
the basis of “egonomics,” which includes appearance, tradition, lan-
guage and physical characteristics. \ I believe that the most troubling thing built into this theory of
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nature is the impact it has on our ability to operate from a strong
position of self-trust. Once convinced that you are untrustworthy
and basically a sinner, you are quite lost. If you are untrustworthy,
how can you trust in even your untrustworthiness? You can’t! Everything becomes subject to doubt when God is a vindictive
boss. This leads to the confusion of doubting everything because our
opinions, feelings and beliefs are untrustworthy. In this scenario, one
cannot even maintain trust in God because of a basic mistrust of our-
selves. And not trusting in that God may be breaking one of his laws. It is a no-win situation. This theory of the untrustworthiness of nature, popular as it is, is
absolutely incompatible with the second principle of manifestation. You cannot tune into the power and energy of the universe to create
and attract an abundant life if that energy and power is outside you. Second Theory: Nature as Spontaneous and Nonjudging
In this spontaneous view, God is universal intelligence flowing
through everything, inspiring the natural process to unfold. The
emphasis is on awareness of the divine nature in everything rather
than managing and controlling the natural world. The life force is
nonjudgmental and is responsible for all creation. In this theory, nature is an unforced unfolding of life forms and there
is no “boss.” Rather than learning to manage and control the natural
world, the impulse is to trust it. God, in this theory, loves all things. Human beings are an aspect of this God and are, therefore, carri-
ers of divinity. Generally, in this theory, human beings are considered
the highest level of life form. Trusting this most evolved natural
human includes trusting the paradox of behavior described as good
and bad, selfish and unselfish, greedy and generous in the same man-
ner as we respect other life forms by trusting their processes. There is no need to invent an ego that is separate from the divine
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if our basic human nature is trusted. If we trust ourselves, we know
how to avoid interfering with nature and how to live in harmony. When we know God as an unseen, loving and accepting power at the
heart of everything, allowing us to make our own choices, then God
is a trusted part of our nature. I believe that our nature is much more reliable than our thoughts. This second principle directs us to develop an inner knowing so that
the natural process of what we desire also desires us. Consider how
our biological system attracts what is needed for hair to grow, food to
digest, fingernails to be hard or breasts to be soft without our
thoughts directing the process. Thinking can often lead us astray,
while our nature unfolds in the form of amazingly well-functioning
bodies and minds. When you trust this natural process, you begin to
trust the nature of all things. The God within all informs your trust-
ing response to life. The order of nature itself is sometimes crooked and sometimes
straight. It is wiggly and unorthodox, as seen in the shapes of clouds
or mountains. They are not in any pattern that we can perceive, and
they are perfect. When we insist on controlling nature, we are inter-
fering with nature. The need to straighten out nature shows distrust. But when we
relax and embrace the infinite variations of the universe, we are
allowing the divinity of nature to flow and unfold through our life. We have tuned in to the divine. Think of yourself as a consciousness being played out by God just
as a wave is a part of the ocean that is being played out by the ocean. This theory of nature will promote the kind of trust that you need to
attract to yourself all that belongs to you in the universe. This unseen,
divine energy is the ocean that your wave form is a part of. You can
call it God, ocean or, for that matter, anything else. This is a profoundly exquisite realization because with it you bring
to your consciousness the inner awareness that you are actually in all
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things. This leads to miraculous manifestations, in that you are actu-
ally connected to all that you desire to manifest, and finally you know
this to be your truth. BEING IN ALL THINGS AT ONCE
- Authentic trust is only available through the knowing heart. When
you enter this trusting space, everything: will come to you that
belongs to you because you have created the inner capacity to receive
it. The irony is that what you wish to receive is a part of you. This can
be a troublesome concept to grasp because of the ego’s attachment
to being separate and special. Nothing in your rational mind could ever convince you that water
is made of two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen. It appears to be
a fluid that flows and has nothing to do with gases. But when we sub-
ject water to scrutiny, its constituent elements become manifest. And
so it is with the idea of being in all things at once. Nothing in our everyday experience gives us much reason to
believe that our mind has as one of its constituents something invisi-
ble that is in all living things. Yet when we examine our life force,
using quantum mechanics, we find that this energy is, indeed, not a
particle but a wave that is the same in all life. You trust in the universal energy when you accept this “irrational”
fact: At your basic core you are not only worthy of trust, but you are
the life force that exists everywhere. If you truly trust in this notion,
you realize that everything that you perceive as missing in your life is
a part of the same energy that you are. Manifesting becomes the art
of bringing to yourself that which is already you. In a sense it is like thinking of the things you want as being on a
string that is infinitely long, but is nevertheless attached to you in
some invisible way. It is only a matter of trusting that you can bring
that string to you and that whatever is supposed to come to your life
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will be there when you have developed the capacity to receive it. But
the trick is, you cannot receive it or even come close to manifesting it
if you have an absence of trust in yourself as an extension of God. I like to think of God as the ocean and myself as a glass. If I dip the
glass into the ocean, I will have a glass full of God. No matter how I
analyze this, it will still contain God. Now, the glass of God is not as
big as the ocean, nor is it omniscient or omnipotent, but it is still
God. This metaphor allows me to trust both in myself and simulta-
neously in the wisdom that created me, and to see the oneness. I have deliberately chosen not to use many quotations in this
book. But I want to emphasize that every spiritual master and all of
the saints, teachers, gurus or priests throughout history have
espoused similar advice. This perennial philosophy connects all
humanity, from tribal and ancient to civilized and present times. It is
the message that God is within and outside every living thing. Also,
there is a world we are a part of that is not subject to the changing
world of time and space. Moreover, we are presently a part of that
invisible spiritual world. Since it is everywhere, it is not only within you, it is you. The
meaning of this is that God is not to be found so much as discovered
within yourself. The statement “You and the Father are one” is more
than an ecclesiastical admonition. It is a statement of your reality. With practice, you can learn to know this reality. You can learn to
see the aura around all living things. You can learn to assist others by
projecting your energy and giving them strength and sustenance. Actually, it is not a skill to learn so much as it is trusting the energy


ive problems  Throughout
history, cardamom has been used
for the relief of digestive problems,
especially indigestion, gas, cramping,
and irritable bowel syndrome. The
seed’s pleasant taste means that
cardamom is often added to digestive
remedies to improve their flavor. ■ Current Indian uses  Cardamom
is used in India for many conditions,
including asthma, bronchitis, kidney
stones, anorexia, debility, and
weakened vata (see p. 37). ■ Chinese remedy  In China, the
herb is taken for urinary incontinence
and as a tonic. ■ Bad breath  Cardamom is an
effective treatment for bad breath,
and when taken with garlic helps to
reduce its smell. ■ Aphrodisiac  The herb contains
androgenic compounds and has a
long-standing reputation as a tonic and
aphrodisiac. A traditional Arabian
recipe blends cardamom with coffee. Self-help Use
■ Gas & bloating, p. 306.Cardamom
A perennial growing
to 16 ft (5 m), with
mauve marked, white
flowers and very long,
lance-shaped leaves. Cardamom seed pods are harvested by
hand. Each pod contains up to 20 aromatic,
dark red-brown seeds.Parts Used
Key Preparations & Their UsesSeeds are crushed for use in infusions
or have their volatile oil extracted. Seed pods
 QCaution  Do not take the essential oil internally. Green seed pods
indicate that the
seeds are good quality
Opened seed pods
Crushed seeds
and seed pods
US_092-093_Echinacea_Elettaria.indd   93 17/03/16   4:00 pm
94ElE uthE rococcus sE nticosuskey medicinal plants
Root has tonic
propertiesEleutherococcus senticosus (Araliaceae)
Siberian Ginseng, Eleuthero
Siberian ginseng can help those exposed
to toxic chemicals and radiation and was given to people following the nuclear  disaster at Chernobyl in 1986.Habitat & Cultivation
Siberian ginseng is native to eastern
Russia, China, Korea, and Japan. It
can be grown from seed, but it is a difficult plant to germinate. The root is lifted in autumn and dried. Related Species
Wu jia pi (Acanthopanacis gracilistylus) is a very close relative of Siberian ginseng, used in Chinese herbal medicine to treat “cold, damp” conditions. Key Constituents
■ Eleutherosides, 0.6–0.9%
■ Polysaccharides■ Triterpenoid saponins
■ Glycans
Key Actions
■ Adaptogenic
■ Tonic
■ Protects the immune system
Research
■ Russian studies There has been
much research into Siberian ginseng in Russia since the 1950s, although the exact method by which it stimulates stamina and resistance to stress is not yet understood. ■ T onic herb Siberian ginseng
appears to have a general tonic
effect on the body, in particular
on the adrenal glands, helping
the body to withstand heat, cold, infection, other physical stresses,  and radiation. It has even been given to astronauts to counter the effects of weightlessness. ■ Stamina Athletes have
experienced as much as a 9% improvement in stamina when  taking Siberian ginseng. Root is unearthed in autumn, dried whole, and
then chopped up for use in medicinal preparations.Traditional &
Current Uses
■ Enhancing resilience Siberian
ginseng is taken to improve mental
resilience, such as in preparation for tests, and to reduce the impact  of physical training and stress on  the body. ■ Exhaustion Siberian ginseng
can be highly beneficial in relieving exhaustion and debilitated states resulting from overwork or long-term stress. It can also prove  helpful in treating chronic fatigue, although in some cases it may be overly stimulating. ■ Cancer treatment A valuable
remedy during conventional cancer treatment, Siberian ginseng supports vitality and healthy function when taking chemotherapy, and may reduce side effects. Russian studies suggest that it helps to reduce the harmful effects of radiation. Self-help Uses
■ Convalescence, p. 319. ■ Stress, p. 308. Siberian ginseng is a powerful tonic herb with an impressive
range of health benefits. Unlike many plant medicines, Siberian ginseng is generally more useful in maintaining good health than in treating ill health. Research shows that extracts aid the body in coping with both physical and mental stress, including overwork and extreme cold or heat, and the herb is taken to support performance during periods of ongoing pressure or stress. Decoction (to make, p. 291). T ake 2 tbsp twice a day as
a general tonic.Tincture (to make, p. 292). During busy periods, take 1⁄2 tsp
with water 3 times a day. Capsules Make with powder
(see p. 292) and for long-term stress take 1 g of capsules daily.Parts Used Key Preparations & Their Uses
Whole dried root
Chopped dried rootFresh root QCautions Healthy young adults should not take for more than 6 weeks. Can be taken long term on professional advice. Avoid caffeine when taking
Siberian ginseng. Side effects are rare, but more likely if the standard dose is exceeded.Siberian ginsengA deciduous, hardy shrub, growing
to 10 ft (3 m). It has  3 –7 toothed leaflets on each stem. Tablets are a convenient way of taking Siberian ginseng. Use before tests or other stressful events. US_094-095_Eleutherococcu_Ephedra.indd   94 17/03/16   4:00 pm95Eph Edra sinicakey medicinal plants
Decoction  is prescribed
by herbalists for asthma. Powder  is used
by the Chinese
to treat kidney
energy deficiency.Tincture  is used in
treatments to alleviate
the aches and pains
of rheumatism.Habitat & Cultivation
Native to northern China and Inner
Mongolia, ephedra often grows in
desert areas. It is propagated from
seed in autumn or by root division
in autumn or spring and needs
well-drained soil. The stems
are gathered throughout the year
and dried. Related Species
Other Ephedra  species with similar
medicinal properties to ephedra
grow throughout the northern
hemisphere. In North America,
related species were used to treat
fevers and relieve kidney pain,
while in India, Ephedra  species
were taken for asthma, hay fever,
and rheumatism. Key Constituents
■ Protoalkaloids (ephedrine,
 pseudoephedrine)
■ Tannins
■ Saponin
■ Flavone
■ Volatile oilKey Actions
■ Increases sweating
■ Dilates the bronchioles
 (small airways in the lungs)
■ Dries mucous membranes
■ Diuretic
■ Stimulant
■ Raises blood pressure
Research
■ Active constituents  Most
of the active constituents mimic
the effect of adrenaline within the
body, increasing alertness. Ephedrine,
extracted originally from ephedra,
was first synthesized in 1927 and
is used as a decongestant and
antiasthmatic. ■ Whole herb  When used at
the correct dosage, the whole herb
has significant therapeutic effects—
including dilating the bronchial
airways—and a very low incidence
of side effects. ■ Ephedra abuse  ephedra
has been banned in the U.S. due
to frequent abuse of the herb, as
an amphetamine-type “high” and,
at excessive dosage, in weight-loss
regimens. At therapeutic dosage, and
with professional guidance, ephedra
rarely gives rise to side effects. Traditional &
Current Uses
■ Historical uses  Traditionally, Zen
monks used ephedra to promote
calm concentration during meditation. ■ Chinese herb  In China, ephedra
is popular for chills and fevers, coughs
and wheezing, and in combination
with rehmannia ( Rehmannia glutinosa,
p. 125) it is given to treat kidney yin
deficiency ( see pp. 40 –41).Ephedra
An evergreen shrub
growing to 20 in
(50 cm), with long,
narrow sprawling
stems and tiny leaves. ■ Current Western uses
Ephedra is used principally in
current Western herbal medicine as
a treatment for asthma and hay fever, Ma Huang  was found in a Middle Eastern
neolithic grave, indicating that it may have
been used as a medicine 60,000 years ago.Parts Used
Key Preparations & Their UsesStems are collected
throughout the year. Ma Huang  is best
known in medicine
for the ephedrine
that it contains. Fresh stems
and for the acute onset of colds
and flu. It also helps to raise blood
pressure, cool fevers, and to
alleviate rheumatism.Ephedra sinica  (Ephedraceae)


 Myristicin and apiole have diuretic properties. The volatile oil relieves cramping pain and flatulence, and is a strong uterine stimulant. History & Folklore Parsley was known in
ancient Greece and Rome—but more as a diuretic, digestive tonic, and menstrual stimulant than as a salad herb. In Rome, parsley was associated with the goddess Persephone, queen of the underworld, and was used in funeral ceremonies. Parsley was introduced to Britain in 1548. Medicinal Actions & Uses The fresh
leaves are highly nutritious and can be considered  a natural vitamin and mineral supplement in their own right. The seeds have a much stronger diuretic action than the leaves, and may be substituted for celery seeds (Apium graveolens, p. 64) in the Dried leaves
Pfaffia paniculata (Amaranthaceae)
Suma,
Brazilian Ginseng
Description Climbing perennial with a thick
rootstock, growing up through rainforest trees into the forest canopy. US_246-265_Pergularia_Extensa_Salvia_Sclarea.indd   246 17/03/16   4:01 pm247 other medicinal plants
Phytolacca americana
syn. P. decandra (Phytolaccaceae)
Pokeweed
Description Herbaceous perennial
growing to 10 ft (3 m). Has alternate
lance-shaped leaves, spikes of greenish-
white flowers, and clusters of fleshy,
purple berries. Habitat &
Cultivation
Native to North
America, pokeweed is
now naturalized in the
Mediterranean region. It
thrives in damp woodland
and in open areas. The root
is unearthed in late autumn. Part Used Root. Constituents Pokeweed
contains triterpenoid saponins,
lectins, lignans, resin,
and mucilage. The
triterpenoid saponins are
strongly anti-inflammatory,
the lignans are antiviral, and
the lectins are mitogenic
(break up chromosomes). History & Folklore Pokeweed
was widely used by Native
Americans and European settlers  Phytolacca americana
such as acute diarrhea, jaundice, vaginal infection
(including trichomonas), and certain skin conditions. It is also given for urinary system disorders such as
frequent urination, pain, and infection. Research Clinical trials in China indicate that
the bark is useful in the treatment of meningitis
and conjunctivitis. QCautions T ake huang bai  only under
professional supervision. Do not take huang bai
during pregnancy.cultivated in warm temperate and
subtropical regions, including North and South
America and South Africa. The fruit is gathered
once it has ripened in summer. Parts Used Fruit. Constituents Winter cherry contains
flavonoids, plant sterols, and vitamins A (carotene)
and C. The roots contain tropane-type alkaloids,
physalin A and B. Water extracts of the plant may
have an anti-estrogenic effect. History & Folklore The Greek physician
Dioscorides (1st century ce) considered winter
cherry to be medicinally beneficial as a diuretic and
a treatment for jaundice. In Spain, a therapeutic
wine made with the fruit was taken to treat excess
fluid retention and problems of the urinary tract. Medicinal Actions & Uses Though commonly
eaten as a fruit, winter cherry is also a useful diuretic. The fruit is traditionally used within European herbal
medicine to treat kidney and bladder stones, fluid
retention, and gout. It has also been taken to
reduce fever. Caution The foliage and unripe fruit are
harmful if eaten.of the seed’s close resemblance to a male
testicle… [ancient Egyptians] made it an object
of sacred worship and forbade its use as a food.”
Medicinal Actions & Uses In addition to
being an important food in many parts of the
world, French beans, and beans in general, offer
several health benefits. As part of a balanced
nutritious diet, they help to lower high blood
pressure and raised cholesterol levels. They are
hypoglycemic and promote more stable blood-
sugar levels. Like soy ( Glycine max, p. 217), they
are estrogenic and will help reduce menopausal
symptoms. The pods act as a medium-strength
diuretic, stimulating urine flow and the clearance of
toxins from the body. Powdered beans may be
dusted onto eczema to ease itching and dry skin. Phellodendron amurense
(Rutaceae)
Huang Bai
Description Deciduous tree growing to 39 ft
(12 m). Has compound leaves with 7 lance-shaped
leaflets, clusters of green flowers, and round berries. Habitat & Cultivation Huang bai is native
to China, Japan, and Korea, and is cultivated in
northeastern China. The bark of 10-year-old
trees is collected in spring. Part Used Bark. Constituents Huang bai contains isoquinoline
alkaloids (including berberine), sesquiterpene
lactones, and plant sterols. Due to its alkaloid
content, huang bai  is antimicrobial and antibiotic. History & Folklore Listed in the Divine
Husbandman’s Classic  (Shen’nong Bencaojing ),
of the 1st century ce, huang bai  was regarded
as an herb to be used with care. Medicinal Actions & Uses Strongly bitter,
huang bai  is used within Chinese herbal medicine
to “drain damp heat.” It is prescribed for conditions French beans  are intensively cultivated all over the world. Physalis alkekengi syn. P. franchetti
(Solanaceae)
Winter Cherry,
Cape Gooseberry
Description Perennial herb growing to
32 in (80 cm). Has oval- to diamond-shaped leaves,
long-stemmed white flowers, and a translucent
papery sheath surrounding an orange-red fruit. Habitat & Cultivation Winter cherry is
native to central and southern Europe and China. It
grows wild along damp roadsides. It is widely Pokeweed contains proteins
that act against viral infection.Phyllanthus amarus
(Euphorbiaceae)
Phyllanthus
Description Slender annual herb, to 2 ft
(60 cm) in height, with oval leaves and small
yellowish-green flowers. Habitat & Cultivation Phyllanthus is native
to the Indian subcontinent and found commonly in
central and southern India. The plant is harvested
when required. Parts Used Leaves, aerial parts. Constituents Phyllanthus leaves contain lignans
(including phyllanthin and hypophyllanthin),
flavonoids, and alkaloids. Medicinal Actions & Uses Phyllanthus is
a traditional Ayurvedic remedy used to treat liver
and cardiovascular problems. It combines well
with picrorrhiza ( Picrorrhiza kurroa, p. 248) in
treating hepatitis B and other liver disorders. Research A growing body of research shows
that phyllanthus has antiviral activity, specifically
against the hepatitis B virus. Research also indicates
that the leaves are diuretic, and lower blood
pressure and blood-sugar levels. Not all the studies
have shown that phyllanthus works effectively in
treating hepatitis B, but overall the evidence
is positive, with some trials showing significant
improvement in measures of infection. In
laboratory experiments, phyllanthus inhibits
RNA replication of the hepatitis B virus. QCaution Use on professional advice only. US_246-265_Pergularia_Extensa_Salvia_Sclarea.indd   247 26/02/16   12:47 pm
248
other medicinal plantsPicrasma excelsa
as a poultice for skin diseases, sores, ulcers, and
tumors. It was also given internally to relieve  pain and to induce vomiting. Medicinal Actions & Uses Pokeweed is
taken internally as a tincture in small amounts  to treat rheumatic and arthritic conditions. The root has also been used to treat respiratory  tract infections, such as sore throats and tonsillitis, as well as swollen glands and chronic infections. The herb is sometimes prescribed for pain and infection of the ovaries or testes, and as a lymphatic “decongestant,” stimulating the clearance of waste products. As a poultice or ointment, it is applied  to sore and infected nipples and breasts, acne, folliculitis, fungal infections, and scabies. RQ Cautions The plant is highly toxic in
overdose. Use only under professional supervision. Do not take during pregnancy.Constituents Allspice contains volatile oil
(about 4%, mostly eugenol—up to 80%),  lignins, and terpenoids. History & Folklore Used as a spice in the
Caribbean before the arrival of Europeans, allspice is now an ingredient in many well-known sauces, chutneys, and condiments. Medicinal Actions & Uses A digestive
stimulant, allspice is taken to relieve flatulence and indigestion. It may also be used to treat diarrhea. Allspice is often combined with herbs that have a tonic or laxative effect. The herb


 oily foods
Dry mouth
Ears are very pale and light
Eating at bedtime interferes with sleep
Enhanced ability to concentrate
Enjoy exercise — are "exercise nuts"
Enjoy vegetables
Extremely active
Eyelids are opened wide
Eyes tend to protrude from sockets
Faces are usually pale
Fingernails have severe cross ridges
Firm muscle tone
Food feels like a rock in the stomach
Gag easily
Gums are very pale or light
Hair is dry
Impatient, irritable
Irregular breathing
Lack of endurance Like to make decisions
Low energy reserve
Pupils of eyes are usually large
Rapid breathing
Seldom depressed
Seldom dream
Sensitive to light
Severe indigestion
Skin easily forms "gooseflesh"
Skin is dry
Skin unusually soft and velvety
Soles of feet are soft and uncallused
Strong emotions
Strong feeling of sexual passion
Thick and ropey saliva
Thick eyebrows
Thin flat chests
Usually suffer from cold
Usually underweight
Very jumpy and nervous
Violent reaction to unexpected noise
Weak dreams if dream at all
General Nutritional Guidelines for Sympathetic Domi nant Vegetarian Types (Group A)
Of this group, Metabolic Type Six’s require the mos t nutritional support, the greatest number and
strength of vitamins, minerals, enzymes and other n utritional factors that help the vegetarian
type. Type One’s require the second greatest nutrit ional support. Type One’s need the support
that slows down the sympathetic nervous system and speeds up the parasympathetic nervous
system. Type Four metabolizers need the least nutri tional support of this vegetarian class — they
are the closest of the three to becoming balanced t ype metabolizers. For nutritional support, Sympathetic Dominant Metab olizers most often need: Vitamin D;
Vitamin K; Ascorbic Acid; Biotin; Folic Acid; Vitam ins B1, B2 and B6; PABA; Niacin;
Potassium; Magnesium; Manganese; Zinc; Chromium; Hy drochloric Acid; Pancreatic Enzymes
and Amino Acids. Each of the vegetarian Types (One,  Four and Six) need these supplements, but
each type needs different amounts and different rat ios. Metabolic Type One
Type One metabolizers come the closest of all the t ypes to being purely sympathetic dominant
people. One of the chief characteristics of Type On e metabolizers is that they can burn
carbohydrates slowly. Their bodies utilize the carb ohydrates poorly and they are able to maintain
their blood sugar level with very little fluctuatio n. If anything, their blood sugar level stays a
little elevated. With this condition, they can eat mostly fruits and vegetables, maintaining their
health and feeling well. These people are what are commonly called vegetarians. They very seldom if ever crave meats (except fish) and when t hey eat meat, they usually feel groggy and
have a loss of energy. These people do not do well on lamb, venison, beef, sardines or salmon. They can do quite well on up to 100% of their diet raw. They should stress the following foods:
whole grains including spaghetti, macaroni, breads,  cereals; raw (unpasteurized) goats’ milk,
eggs; white fish. They may use spices, 2-3 cups of coffee (non-instant), herbal tea, or an
occasional alcoholic beverage or sweet dessert (mad e with unrefined sugar or raw, unheated
honey). They enjoy and do well on nuts and seeds; r ice; fruits and vegetables like apples,
apricots, bananas, berries, grapes, oranges, pears,  plums, grapefruit, asparagus, lima beans, beet
tops, cucumbers, sprouts, lettuce, collards, dandel ion greens, kale, mustard, turnip greens,
spinach, and any leafy green vegetable. Metabolic Type Four
Type Four metabolizers are people who have strong s ympathetic nervous systems but not nearly
as strong as the Type One’s. Type Four’s are a litt le more balanced or non-strict vegetarians. These people usually have a genetic background of t heir ancestors coming from around the
Mediterranean Sea — Spanish, Italian, Greek, Israel i, Arabic, etc. Type Four’s burn or
metabolize their carbohydrates and sugars a little faster than the Type One’s. The Type Four’s
that tend toward having diabetes can normally contr ol it with diet alone. To maintain optimum health, Type Four’s do well on fish, chicken, turkey, other fowl, beef (two
times a week), almost all vegetables, a little frui t, sprouts, some citrus, eggs, and raw,
(unpasteurized) goats’ milk. Most American "vegetar ians" fall into this class. Type Six’s
generally need about 60% of their food raw. They no rmally do not need as much nutritional
support in the form of nutritional supplements as t he Types One and Six. Metabolic Type Six
Type Six metabolizers are people who are basically sympathetic dominant. They fall into the
vegetarian class of metabolizers. Type Six’s are ve ry poor metabolizers — that is, they take in
their food and nothing much happens. Their bodies d o not utilize their food and they get very
little energy from it and are generally sickly. The ir assimilation or utilization of food is about
20% of normal. They almost always feel bad or not u p to par. Type Six’s need about 60% of
their food cooked. They need a great deal of supple mental nutritional support. They require more
hydrochloric acid, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, etc. than either Types Four or One. Type Six metabolizers should give care to the intak e of whole and complete natural foods. All
refined, processed, synthetic foods and additives m ust be avoided at all times. Type Six people
do best when they stress the following foods in the ir diets: adequate amounts of fruits and
vegetables including lettuce, green vegetables, oni ons, radishes, potatoes; whole grains including
spaghetti, macaroni, breads; gelatin and other dess erts made with raw sugar or unheated honey;
natural jams, jellies, ice creams, mushrooms, nuts,  seeds, and seafood and fowl, which should be
preferred over other meats. Group B — Parasympathetic — Carnivore Types  Group B metabolizers are classed as Types Two, Five  and Seven. These types have very strong
or dominant parasympathetic nervous systems. These parasympathetic metabolizers have strong
function of the posterior pituitary, hypothalamus, parotid, sublingual (saliva) and adrenal cortex
glands; stomach, spleen, duodenum, pancreas, liver,  small intestine, colon, lymph and immune
systems. Their digestion is very good. They are not  constipated, but to the contrary, tend toward
loose stools and diarrhea. They have poor muscle to ne. They are in general lethargic, slow, and
fall asleep easily. They usually have a good reserv e of strength. Parasympathetic Metabolizers Are More Prone To:
Acids, cravings for
Alcoholism (to raise blood sugar)
Alkalosis
Allergies
Appetite, excessive
Arthritis; hypertrophic, osteo
Asthenia
Asthma
Atherosclerosis
Bladder, loss of control
Blackouts
Bloating
Blood pressure, low
Bowel movements, easy to start
Bone breaks
Brucellosis
Colds; flu, gripe
Cold sores
Colitis, mucus
Coughs, chronic
Cough up mucus
Cramps
Dandruff
Dermatitis
Diarrhea
Digestion, fast and strong
Diverticulitis
Drooling
Dropsy
Drowsiness
Eczema
Edema
Emphysema
Energy, gain after eating meat
Energy, loss after eating sweets
Fatigue, chronic Fat metabolism, good
Fever blisters
Gas, foul
Gingivitis
Growling gut
Gums, bleeding
Gums, receding
Hair, oily
Hay fever
Headaches; eyestrain, hypoglycemia
Healing; bones, slow
Healing; tissues, fast
Heart attack, massive
Hepatitis
Hernia
Herpes simplex
Herpes zoster (shingles)
Hiccoughs
Histamine reactions
Hives
Hoarseness
Hydration
Hypoglycemia
Infections, viral
Intermittent claudication
Jittery feeling
Leg ulcers
Leukemia
Leukopenia
Lymphoma
Melanoma
Nausea, from eyestrain
Obesity
Osteoporosis
Oxygen metabolism, good
Periodontoclasia
Phlebitis
Poison ivy or oak, strong reaction
Postnasal drip
Protein metabolism, good
Psoriasis
Pyorrhea
Sex problems, impotence
Skin, itching of
Sleepwalking
Sluggishness Sneezing attacks
Stomach pain, excessive hydrochloric acid
Telangiectasia
Tingling in extremities (from deposits in vessels


 what you are search ing for during this moment of change and turmoil in your
life, if peace is that for which you yearn, you will want to journey upward from Imagined
Truth to Apparent Truth to Actual Truth, so that you may shift your basis from Distorted
Reality to Observed Reality to Ultimate Reality. This is what personal and global transformation is all about. This is what every human
whom we have honored with the name of Master has done. And this is what you can do
right here, right now, on this day. In your life, has eve rything changed? Then change everything. Start rearranging your
thinking about “reality.” Reality is not static, it is fluid. (Well, that’s not exactly accurate. It IS static, but our experience  of it changes. And that, of
course, is what this whole book i s about. The exploration here is about how to change your
experience of Change Itself. Or, put another way, how to change your experience of
reality —since Change is the constant  reality.) I have to tell you, I felt like I’d been awakened out of a sound sleep when I first “got” that
there are three levels of reality, and that we can experience the things that are happening in
our lives at the level of Distortion, the level of Observation, or the level of Ultimate Truth. It
took me a long time to fig ure this out. It took me a long time to notice what I am telling you
here so casually. I don’t want it to take you as long as it took me. I want you to be able to grasp this now. First as an intellectual concept, then as a functional tool. You need this to ol now, not ten
years from now, not ten months from now, not ten weeks from now. Not even ten days
from now. You need this tool in your hands now, because now is when you’re moving
through incredible changes. If someone had told me this stuff in the moment  that I was going through big changes... what a difference that would have made. So here goes. Let me tell you all of what I’ve
uncovered about this. Each of these “realities” that I’ve just spoken of is remarkably different from the
others —not a little  bit different, remarkably  different —and the differences between them
arise out of those three brands of truth that I referred to earlier. One of the biggest surprises of my life was learning that there is no such thing as absolute
truth. Now that should b e on a billboard somewhere. Heck, everywhere. On every road and
highway there should be a huge sign:
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS ABSOLUTE TRUTH  Ever caught yourself asking someone, “Are you actually buying  that?” Well, this is about
that. This is about what you “buy into” every day. When you go into the Supermarket of Life you’ll find Truth packaged in three brands. You can buy Actual Truth, you can buy Apparent Truth, or you can buy Imagined Truth. For right now we’re going to pretend that Actual Truth is no t on the shelf. I don’t want to
discuss the actuality  of things just yet. (That’s what part 2  of this book is about.) I just want
to look at Apparent Truth (what we have observed ) and Imagined Truth (what we have
distorted ). On ly when we see these clearly can we understand Actual Truth. The Apparent Truth is based on what you have observed in the past to be happening
when you saw something similar to what you see in front of you right now. It is what you
think is apparently so, based on your history, about the physical event that is occurring in
the present moment. Your relationship has ended. Or you got laid off. Or you lost your home. Or someone
close to you has passed on. Or you’ve become an empty nester, with y our children suddenly
no longer in your home after being a huge part of your life for twenty years. Or whatever. This is what’s going on right now in your physical world. It’s what’s happened. You know
it happened because it is your direct observation. If you stay in your Apparent Truth, you
will be okay, because your Apparent Truth will give you all the facts of a similar experience
you have had in your past. But will you stay there? I mean in your thoughts, will you stay
there? Or will you run to your Ima gined Truth? And, if you embrace your Imagined Truth
rather than the Apparent Truth, will you have the tools with which to return to the
Apparent Truth? I believe the Nine Changes That Can Change Everything could be those tools. Read on
and see if you agre e.
I left The Home so long ago now
that I would not recognize my own face. I constructed the Boat of My Life
and I set out
into the open sea
waving to all who knew
that the seas would give me
everything I could handle
and everything I could not
and yet the y waved, and I set out
into the open sea
in the Boat of My Life:
built from Soul, crafted by Heart
and with great innocence I pushed off
into the open sea
and have been away from my Home
so long now that I would not recognize my own face
but I know that Ho me— Home
remembers me
—‘Long at Sea’  © 2007 Em Claire  9. THERE IS ONLY ONE EMOTION
SO, HERE YOU ARE  in the present moment, facing the changes that you’re dealing with right
now, and there is no doubt that you are having some emotion around that. Strong emotion,
perhaps. Emotion you may be having a hard time dealing with. It is this emotion that is produ cing your Here -and-Now experience. It is this experience that
you call your reality. Why are you having all this emotion? Why are you so angry, or so frightened, or so sad? Mostly because you, like most people, do not come from your Apparent Truth when
forming your thoughts about a present -day event. If you did, things would be a lot easier. But most people come from their Imagined Truth about what’s happening in their present
moment. This is what most people buy into. A lion appears out of nowhere and roar s. You experience being petrified —because you
imagine that you are in danger of being mauled. A mountain road takes a turn and you find
yourself driving on the outside ledge, with a 3,000 -foot drop -off just outside the window. You experience being terrifie d—because you imagine that with one wrong move you could
die. An audience is awaiting your entrance for a major speech. You experience being
paralyzed —because you imagine that you stand a good chance of going out there and
disappointing everybody while mak ing a fool of yourself. A spouse abruptly leaves. Or you get laid off from your job. Or you lose your home. You
experience being stunned, angry, mortified. And, sooner or later... afraid. All of this is based on your Imagined Truth, which is that this i s “bad,” that you’re going
to be “unhappy,” that lots of “struggle” lies ahead, or whatever. It’s okay to feel this fear, of course. In the face of the change that you’re moving through,
it’s to be expected. It’s nothing to be ashamed of. It’s very normal. It’s how we’ve been
raised. We’ve been told that fear exists, that fear is real. The Actual Truth is that there is no such thing as fear. In fact, there is no such thing as
any emotion, other than one. All the other expressions are repackagings. There is only one
emotion, one energy, in the universe: the energy, the emotion, that we call Love. When you
know this, everything changes. Now I know all this may sound a bit “airy -fairy” or “new agey” to you, but when you
know why  there is nothing but Love, every thing will become clear and your life will feel —
can I use this word? —healed. Remember, experience is produced by emotion, so
understanding that everything is a demonstration of the emotion called Love can alter your
entire experience of life. But how can change  be a demonstration of Love? Didn’t we just say, haven’t we been
saying for quite a while now, that fear  is the emotion most people feel surrounding
change —even change for the better? Am I seriously suggesting now that fear does not
exist? Yes, I am. That’s exactly what I’m saying. Because (and here comes a wonderful
revelation)... fear is a demonstration of Love. If you did not love yourself, you would not fear for yourself, you would not be afraid of
anything, because you would not care what happe ned to you. You would not even care if
you survived. The “survival instinct” is nature’s way of expressing love. If you did not love another, you would not fear for another, or be afraid of what might
happen to that other, because you would not care  what h appened. Simple, isn’t it? And so we see with impeccable logic that Fear and Love are the same
thing, expressed differently. Likewise, every other emotion is love in another form. There is
only one emotion. That emotion is Love, expressed in a


 speaking to us in moments of love, joy,
creativity, and renewal, even  if only in fits and starts, indicates
that w e are in touch with metareality. Knowing that theconnection exi sts, the whole process of waking up can be explored
in an organized way. How th is is done is the subject of the next
chapter in our journey. I8

G O I N G  B E Y O N D  A L L
S T O R I E S
f m etareality is “everywher e, always, and everything, ” a
startling fact follows. There is  no story we can tell about it. All the
elements of a story—a beginning, a plot, various characters, and
an ending—have no bearing. Yet everything else in the world is
organized arou nd these elements. You are a character in y our own
story, w hich ha d birth as its beginning, death as its ending, and all
kinds o f plot twists and incid ental characters along the way. The
prospect of giving up your story is all but unthinkable— yet it is
totally n ecessary in order to e xperience metareality. We ev en have
to g ive up mystical, religious, and spiritual stories, too, because
they turn pure consciousness into something it isn’t, whether that
something is the Old Testam ent God or Nirvana or a pantheon of
gods an d goddesses. I appreciate that these have been a guiding
light for centuries. Isolated messengers have always existed to
point to another world, bringing inspiring stories with them. In his depiction s of the Mado nna and Child, Leonardo da Vinci
followed the traditional story that St. John as a boy was a
childhood com panion of Jesus. Leonardo (and other Ren aissance
painters) show him enigm atically pointing upward w ith onefinger, a smile playing beatifically across his face. Heaven—can’t
you see it. Just there,  the smile says. Those who wake up see the transcendent world directly. The
time frame of eternity becom es natural and is felt as a seamless
flow. Th e Buddha once said ( in a translation by Sogyal Rinpoche),
“This ex istence of ours is as transient as autumn clouds. To watch
the birth and d eath of beings is like looking at the movements of a
dance. A lifetime is like a flas h of lightning in the sky, rushing by
like a torrent down a steep mountain. ”
In every spiritual tradition, such messages have beckoned
believers to a transcendent world, but all have failed to convince
the average person that going  beyond should be the focus of daily
life. At no point in history di d waking up go viral. Somew here in
the evolution of consciousness, Homo sapiens  came to a fork in
the road. Collectively, we could have identified with the true self or
else we could have identified with “I,” the ego-personality. Obviously, we took the second road. Metareality didn’t abandon
us; we abandoned it. This made all the difference in how we see ourselves. The true
self is connected to its sour ce in pure consciousness. The ego-
personality has its source only in the stories it imagines and
believes in. Modern people have jettisoned mythology, and many
are reje cting organized relig ion. But at every level, our lives are
still shaped by stories invented by human imagination. The other
road, w hich led to the true self, gained a reputation for being
mystical (i. e., detached from real life), and once this happened,
only a motley crew of saints, sages, poets, artists, and seers
followed that path. Finding metareality is an impossible task until you question
your ow n story. You must ta ke the challenge personally, because
becoming metahuman is rea l only if it is real for you. I f you are
fully aware of what is happening to you here and now, you have
gone beyond all stories. The  habit of constantly adding to your
story is just that, a habit. By itself, the present moment has no
story—it just is. Why do we embellish it with our story. Because
the present moment isn’t fulfilling by itself until it gets enriched
by t he true se lf. A computer is useless until you plug it in, and
although we use our minds f or everything already, much  time islost in fantasy, distractions, avoidance, denial, procras tination,
self-judgment, and on and on. Every story contains these
undesirable elements. Staying connected to the true self at every
moment brings the fullness of life into our awareness. Metahuman could be called a new story, another fiction added
to th e s helf, but I think that would be a misnomer. The element of
fiction is taken out when you wake up. As part of the
spell/dream/illusion, our personal stories can’t do with out the
fictional element. Virtual r eality is a fiction to begin with. Anything based on it participates in unreality. We might pity our
ancestors for their attachm ent to myths, superstitio n, and
unproven religious beliefs. But if we are immersed in a better
story, it’s still a story. Future generations won’t buy int o it any
more than we buy into Zeus, witches, and the heart as the seat of
intelligence rather than the brain (a persistent belief in ancient
Greek and Roman medicine). This ch apter is about a turn ing point where we stop t elling
ourselves stories, no longer needing them to defend us against
harsh reality or to make sense out of a chaotic world. In
metareality you  go beyond danger and disorder. The true s elf gives
you an unshakable stance in reality, at which point your life finds
purpose and meaning from t he source instead of from a cobbled-
together fiction. C l i n g i n g  t o  S t o r i e s
Humans are proud to be storytellers, and our story has a gaping
hole because no record was  left from the oldest times, before
writing emerged. Can we imagine so many lost stories. Around
45,000 years ago, people we’d recognize as modern Homo sapiens
started to migrate northward from Africa. All were hunter-
gatherers. Many generations before farming, mining for metals,
and fix ed dwe llings heralded  the rise of civilization, life  45,000
years ago was already too co mplex to do without stories. In the
human mind, fire had to come from somewhere, rain ha d to beunpredictable for a reason, and things we now take for granted,
like a chick hatching out of an egg, posed a deep mystery. Mythology arose not as fantasy but as the best way to explain
Nature, given the life people were leading. Ascribing meaning to
anything and everything is the thread that binds us to earliest
humans. Stories explain how life works and thus fulfill a need that
is woven into the fabric of being human. We stil l live by stories, and whatever disrupts our per sonal
story is  usually rejected out o f hand or fought against vigorously. (Witness the guiltiest sexual abusers coming to light thro ugh the
#MeToo movement, abusers who flatly deny any wron gdoing. ) We’ve a lready discussed how  the ego creates the illusion of being
separate and alone. “I” needs  a good story to feel safe, important,
socially acceptable, and worthy. Seeking to feel secure, people
want to  belong to something larger than themselves—a tribe, a
religion, a race, a nation—but to be accepted by any of these
groups, you first must accept their story. Without thinking about
the freedom they are surrendering, people adopt a secondhand,
sealed-off stor y. You know instantly who is “us” and who is
“them. ” Yet no matter how convincing the story, you will always be
“them” to people embedded in another story. The security to be
found in  something larger than yourself breaks down when “they”
turn into a threat, even an enemy of your very survival. Stories grow out of such ba sic needs that going beyond any
story fe els impossible. A story consists of anything the human
mind c an imagine, which leads to infinite choices. But we can
simplify the matter. Stories are about attachment. We think to
ourselves, “I am X,” and then we cling to X as part of our identity. X can be the larger group (tribe, race, nation, reli gion)
mentioned above. “I am American” has enormous power over
people, as does “I am French ” or “I am Jewish” or “I am white. ”
But in seeing t his, which most people do, we are only sc ratching
the surface. Any version of “I am X” can lead to cling ing and
attachment. “I  am a Patriots  fan” or “I am upper middle class”
creates passionate attachments. At the same time, stories become
more potent by what they exclude. For every “I am X,” there are
many possibilities of “I am not Y. ” If you are American, you arenot ever y other nationality, of which there are hundreds.


king	up	meals	without	adding
extra	calories	and	helping	you	feel	full	when	you	eat	lots	of	super-beautifying	plant
foods. But	fiber	also	absorbs	a	great	deal	of	water. If	there	is	not	enough	water	in
your	system,	too	much	fiber	can	cause	slower	movement	through	the	digestive
system,	which	in	turn	leads	to
bloating	and	gassiness. Be	sure	to	drink	lots	of	room
temperature	water	in	between	(rather	than	during)	meals	so	it’s	there	to	be	used
by	your	digestive	system	when	you	need	it	to	process	all	that	fiber. Drinking	too
much	water	at	meals	can	dilute	digestive	enzymes	and	slow	down	digestion,	also
contributing	to	bloating. Steaming	veggies	rather	than	eating	them	raw	can	also	make	it	easier	to	break
down	fiber,	especially	when	transitioning	your	diet. Chew	a	little	bit	when	drinking
your	Glowing	Green	Smoothie,	rather	than	chugging	it,	as	it	is	made	up	of	whole
foods. Soon	enough,	you’ll	get	used	to	eating	more	fiber. You’ll	be	more	cleansed,
and	your	belly	will	be	more	taut	and	tight	to	boot. AVOID	SPICY	AND	PUNGENT	FOODS
Especially	if	your	system	is	sensitive,	hot	sauces	and
spices	like	chili	powder,
garlic,	onions,	and	vinegar	can	cause	irritation	in	your	stomach	that	can	lead	to
bloating. Try	using	flavorful	fresh	herbs	such	as	basil,	oregano,	and	parsleyinstead. AVOID
STRAWS
Drinking	through	a	straw	makes	it	easier	to	swallow	excess	air,	which	can
contribute	to	bloat. Along	those	same	lines,	give	up	chewing	gum,	which	traps
air	and	gas	in	your	system,	contributing	to	bloating. Chewing	is	a	signal	for
your	body	to	start	breaking	down	food	and	begin	digestion. Gum	chewing	is
therefore	useless	and	confusing	to	your	body	as	it	is	not	accompanied	by
anything	nutritive	to	digest. Daily
Detoxification
Most	of	us	do	our	best	to	focus	on	what	we	put	into	our	bodies,	but	the	truth	is
that	what	you	clean	out	is	just	as	important. To	be	your	most	beautiful,	you
have	to	constantly	support	the	removal	of	toxins	from	your	cells. There	are	two	kinds	of	toxins:
exogenous
	toxins	come	from	pollutants	and
chemicals	in	the	environment,	while
endogenous
	toxins	are	the	normal	by-
products	of
metabolism	that	are	created	within	your	body. Your	cells	are	being
renovated	daily	by	two	opposite	processes,	either	building	up	(
anabolism
)	or
breaking	down	(
catabolism
). As	a	result,	your	body	has	to	clear	out	an	enormous
amount	of	cellular	debris	each	and	every	day. If	this	is	done	inefficiently,	it	can
weigh	down	your	body	and	contribute	to	toxicity	buildup. Detoxification	happens	naturally,	but	you	can	take	steps	to	raise	the	level	of
efficiency. Supporting	your	daily	detoxification	processes	is	vital	to	maintain
clear,
glowing	skin	and	a	youthful	appearance. ARE	YOU	OVERLY	TOXIC. Which	of	the	following	apply	to	you. Unclear	head,	mental	dullness

	Frequent	upset	stomach	or	bloating

	Chronic	aches	and	pains

	Constipation	and	digestive	distress

	Offensive	body	odors

	Bad	breath

	Continual	fatigue

	Sallow,	aging	skin

	Strong	addiction	to	sweets

	Waking	with	a	stuffy	nose
	Coated	tongue
If	three	or	more	of	these	pertain	to	you,	your	ongoing	detoxification	could
probably	use	some	extra	support. Be	sure	to	pay	attention	and	apply	the	advice	in
this	pillar	to	help	enhance	the	ongoing	cleansing	mechanisms	of	your	body. Your	Beautiful,	Beauty-Building
Liver
Your	liver	is	a	critical	beauty	organ. Weighing	around	3	power-packed	pounds,
the	liver	is	your	primary	organ	for	detoxification. It	works	tirelessly	to	cleanse
your	blood	of	toxins	and	bacteria	and	neutralize	pollutants. In	fact,	it	filters
around	one	hefty	quart	of	blood	per	minute,	dealing	with	all	the	agrochemicals,
toxins,	pollutants,	food	additives,	preservatives,	residues,	pesticides,	and
countless	other	unnamed	residues	and	chemicals	that	you	put	into	your	body
unknowingly	(or	knowingly,	in	the	case	of	those	margaritas	you	had	at	happy
hour	last	Friday.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the recommended daily water intake, and how can I ensure I'm getting enough?,
A: The text does not provide a specific recommendation for daily water intake, but it suggests drinking enough water to ensure that your system can process it properly. It also recommends drinking 1/2 your body weight in ounces of water. Additionally, it suggests monitoring your urine to ensure it stays clear or pale yellow, and avoiding dehydration.
Q: What are some ways to support the health of your liver?,
A: The text suggests avoiding foods that are toxic to the liver, such as foie gras, and instead consuming foods that support liver health, such as walnuts, chia seeds, and turmeric. It also recommends drinking hot water with lemon in the morning, as well as eating a balanced diet.
Q: What are some tips to improve digestion and reduce bloating?,
A: The text suggests avoiding certain foods that can cause bloating, such as beans, and instead consuming foods that support digestion, such as turmeric and ginger. It also recommends eating fiber-rich foods like vegetables and fruits, and avoiding sugary drinks and processed foods.
Q: What is the recommended ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids?,
A: The text does not provide a specific ratio, but it emphasizes the importance of maintaining a balance between these two fatty acids. It suggests avoiding processed foods and instead consuming whole, plant-based foods.
Q: What is the ideal macronutrient ratio for beauty and health?,
A: The text does not provide a specific ratio, but it emphasizes the importance of balance and moderation in macronutrient consumption. It suggests avoiding extreme diets and instead focusing on a balanced approach that includes whole, plant-based foods.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>You	can	balance	complex	carb
portion	sizes	by	loading	up	on	salads	and	nonstarch	veggies	alongside	them,
but	the	following	are	important	energy	and	beauty	foods	with	many	different
beautifying	and	health	benefits:
•
Starchy	vegetables:	tubers	such	as	sweet	potatoes,	yams,	winter	squashes	of	all
kinds,	pumpkins
•
Beans	and	legumes	(soaked	overnight)
•
Whole,	unrefined,	and
gluten-free	grains	such	as	brown	rice,	millet,
buckwheat	(handled	in	a	gluten-free	facility),	oats	and	quinoa	(As	discussed
previously,	gluten	can	be	difficult	to	digest	for	many.) WHAT	ABOUT
FRUIT? Whole	fruits	contain	a	mixture	of	complex	and
simple	carbohydrates. Fruit	is	one	of
the	most	beautifying	foods	of	all,	a	crowning	glory	of	nature. Clearly	not	refined	or
processed	but	grown	on	trees,	fruit	comes	to	us	in	a	complete	nutritional	package
of	vitamins,	antioxidants,	minerals,	fiber,	and	so	much	more. If	you	eat	fruit	in	its
whole	form,	the	natural	fiber	in	the	fruit	helps	to	slow	down	the	digestion	of	the
sugar. It	would	be	a	huge	beauty	mistake	to	completely	avoid	fruit	for	fear	of	its	sugar. It’s	grown	in	nature,	and	a	fundamental	Radical	Beauty	belief	is	that	if	you	align
yourself	with	and	eat	c


	the	Beauty	Detox
tribe/community. A	special	thanks	to	my	literary	agent	Hannah	Brown
Gordon,	as	well	as	Jodi	Lipper,	and	Tony	Flores	for	helping	me	organize	the
research	material. Through	everything	is	the	influence	of	my	beloved	Guruji
Paramahansa	Yogananda. Sending	out	a	big	thank-you	to	my	family	and	friends,	especially	Forrest	and
Lisa	Masters,	who	gifted	me	the	use	of	the	beautiful	apartment	at	Tres	Sirenas
in	Rincon,	Puerto	Rico,	where	I	secluded	myself	for	a	few	weeks	to	start	writing
this	book. I	am	so	thankful	for	my	son,	Emerson,	whom	I	was	pregnant	with
during	the	writing	of
Radical	Beauty
	and	who	helped	spark	creativity	and
inspiration	in	me	in	new	and	unexpected	ways. And,	for	my	love,	Mick,	who
brings	infinite	sunshine	and	bliss	into	my	life. I	love	you	all.Notes
Shift	1:	Let	Go	of	Your	Preconceived	Notions	About	Food
1. Benoit	Chassaing,	Omry	Koren,	Julia	K.	Goodrich,	et	al.,	“Dietary
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 are brought together; the lost ones are
redeemed; the dead come back to life; the perfectly blue days that
have begun and ended in golden dimness continue, immobile and
accessible; and, when all is perceived in such a way as to obviate
time, justice becomes apparent not as something that will be, but
as something that is.How radically different this point of view may be from that which you
likely have assumed over a lifeti me. How could everything be synchronized
when it appears  to the naked eye that everything is happening in a random
fashion? If you want to begin to see how this all might be possible, I
suggest that you initiate a fascinating study of quantum reality  by reading
Gary Zukav’s The Dancing Wu Li Masters  and Fritjof Capra’ s The Tao of
Physics. Both of these books give an overview of the new physics and how
“hard scientific evidence” fits in with the metaphysics I have been
postulating. Here is a brief taste of The Dancing W u Li Masters :
The astounding discovery awaiting newcomers to physics is that
the evidence gathered in the development of quantum mechanics
indicates that subatomic “particles” constantly appear to be
making decisions! More than that, the decisions they seem to
make are based on decisions made elsewhere. Subatomic particles
seem to know instantaneously what decisions are made
elsewhere, and elsewhere can be as far away as another galaxy…. the philosophical implications of quantum mechanics is that all of
the things in our universe (including us) that appear to exist
independently are actually parts of one all-encompassing organic
pattern, and that no parts of that pattern are ever really separate
from it or from each other. To me, this simply is the scientific world beginning to catch up with all
that spiritual masters have been relating for centuries. Subatomic particles
are so small that they defy our rational understanding. They (you included)
are the very essence of the universe, and they do not behave in ways that
Newton and other early scientis ts formulated. They do not need time as a
variable betwee n one point and another. They are instantaneously both
particles at the very same time. As The Dancing W u Li Masters  points out:
A particle over here can communicate with a particle over there
(by shou ting at it, sending it a TV picture, waving, etc. ), but that
takes time even if only milliseconds. If the two particles are in
different galaxies it could take centuries. For a particle here to
know what is going on over there while it is happening, it must be
over there. But if it is over there, it cannot be here. If it is bothplaces at once, then it is no longer a particle. This means that
particles are related with other particles in a systematic and
intimate way that coincides with our definition of or ganic. Yikes! Subatom ic particles that are two places at the same time, defying
everything that we have come to believe about the nature of our existence
and that of the universe. After we read about the new discoverie s in physics
and the new questions being asked, it is evident that our old views are no
longer valid. Just because we cannot see how it is all connected does not
mean that it is not. All that we think we know abou t how life hangs together is really some
kind of illusion  that we have perpetrated on ourselves because of our
limited vision. What appear to be inanimate objects such as stones turn out
not only to be alive in the same way that we are, but also in many
infinitesimal ways to be affected by stimuli just as humans are. The
distinction between animate and inanimate simply cannot be made when
you enter the world of quantum mechanics and try to determine how those
apparent subatomic particles, of which you and everything else in our
universe is composed, are all tied together. The point is that physics and
metaphysics show there is a pattern to the universe that goes beyond our
capacity to grasp it with our brains. Just the fact that we observe something
with our thoughts affects what we are examining, even though we may
think we are at a distance. That is how inextricably it all hangs together. In this tiny little excursion into the world of the new physics, we find
those apparent subatomic particles are so small that one of them in an
empty fourteen-story building representing one atom would be the size of a
grain of salt. And don’t forget that a peek into our most powerful
microscope reveals millions upon millions of fourteen-story buildings, in
the tiniest object  we can observe. Armed with this, can you begin to believe
in the concept of synchronicity? How can you not? The essence of our
universe from the perspective of the tiniest particles at the subatomic level
outward to the endlessness of the void seem composed of a systematic,
synchronized pattern that we too are very much a part of. We are each a
subatomic particle, both here and someplace else at the very same time, all
connected in the inspiring patte rn of it all, behaving as unique beings and
yet at the very same moment connected to all other beings, just like those
subatomic partic les within an atom, within a molecule, within a cell, withina being, within a universe. It is synchronized and perfect, and so are we. There are no accidents. The study of quantum physics reveals that the
tiniest particles all work with some mysterious perfection individually, and
in conce rt with all other particle s anyplace in the universe at the exact same
moment. No time lapse needed. It does not seem difficult then to see that we are subject to the same
system—that we are part of the seemingly impossible synchronized dance,
and that while we appear to be making many decisions in the running of our
daily life, at the same time, and I mean the exact same time, we are also part
of the largest picture of all, which is already complete and perfect. Accidents and random occurrences are simply out of the question. EVER YTHING THA T HAS HAPPENED HAD TO HAPPEN;
EVER YTHING THA T MUST  HAPPEN CANNOT  BE ST OPPED

Think back to those examples I gave regarding Shirley Lorenzini and the
man in the Monterey bookstore. Every single event of my life before then
was necessary in order for me to be driving along Federal High way at that
moment, or to walk into the bookstore when I did. Had anything been
different, I would have been different, and something else would have had
to take place. But you know that nothing else could have taken place except
that which did. So whether I believe that I could have altered it or not, the
fact is that it came out exactly as it did, and nothing can change that. The belief that we have a choice as things are happening is enough of a
reason to make it true for me. I see both contexts very clearly now, and one
does not preclude the other. As paradoxical as it may sound, “We are all
doomed to make choices.” Just as those subatomic particles can literally be
in two places at the same time, instantaneously connected in different
places, so too can I. It is simply in the way of things. I know  that I am
always making choices, and that each choice leads me to the next, and that
as long as I am not interfering with the flow of the energy that is the
universe, I am going in the appropriate direction. I know that when I say
yes to life, trust my intuition (which I cannot define), and keep moving in a
direction of harmony and love for myself and others, everything is balanced
and perfect. I also know that I have the power to interfere with the harmony
by acting in discordant and aggressive ways. My ability to think aligns me
in the universe much as the subatomic particles are aligned, even thougheverything that we observe with our senses tells us that it is all random. I
know that a closer, more thoug htful view reveals that nothing is random,
including myself and all of my choices. You can use this alarming realization to benefit your life each day. Once
you know that everything that you encounter, everything that you think and
feel, everything that you do, is all part of the synchronicity of this universe,
and at the precise same instant  that you are directing it as well, you will
have removed the shackles from your life. You will begin to see that all of
your life steps are synchronized. You can stand in back of yourself, in your
mind, and see where your form  is heading. You can be detached from any
need to interfere  in an aggressiv e way with anyone, and be more receptive
to all that is surrounding you, as well as all that you are surrounding. You
can stop the endless analysis of everything and instead flow more
peacefully, knowing that the divine intelligence that supports your form is
working perfectly, and that it always will. How could it not? How could
anything so immense, so balanced, so perfect, not be trusted to continue that
way for you into infinity? Trust in this. Know that it all hangs together in perfect harmony. Know
that you too are a part of that perfection, and that your every act, thought,
intuition, and placement anyplace is also part of that perfection. Once you
accept this synchronization of the universe, the seemingly impossible
coincidences are met with a nod and an inner knowing, rather than an


 through veins. Its watery portion is
separated there and is converted into urine through the process of
fermentation. The urine of man and woman is warm and non-acidic THE TRADITIO NS OF URINE THERAPY-W ESTERN TRADITION : 15
It melts the foreign matter accumula ted in the nervous system and
works as an antiseptic, protecting the body from putrefactio n and
degeneration. Taken internally, it removes the trouble of liver,
spleen, and diseases of gall-bladder, dropsy, jaundice, plague,
irregularities of menstruation a•,J all types of poisonous fevers. "The skin becomes soft and clean if rubbed with fresh and
lukewarm urine. Wounds inflicted by poisonous weapons are
healed. All the acute and chronic deseases of the skin are cured. The
, temperatu re due to fever goes down by rubbing urine on the whole
-body. It is the best cure for tremor, fits and paralysis. It removes-the
pains of spleen when applied or rubbed on the stomach. "Urine contains some alkalies which are volatile and are highly
beneficial. They absorb acidity and root out a big number of
ailments. They also cure the di;;orders in the intestine, kidneys and
uterus. The urine is invaluable and the best cure for facial swelling,
giddiness, nervous tension or breakdown, weakness, headache,
paralysis, lameness, deafness, partial unconsciousness or
insensitivity, cold, diseases of the head, brain, senses and joints: It
also cures leucorrhoea and other diseases of the uterus. Unne
removes the obstruction in kidneys and uterus, breaks the
kidney-stone and throws it out. It is a special cure for ne_phritis,
urinary obstructions and all other diseases connected w1th the
urinary system." Urine therapy was prevalent in France also. In the beginning of
the eighteenth century, the dentists of Paris used to apply it for
curing dental troubles. Thus urine therapy was known in the past but
was forgotten during the middle ages. But our ignorance about the
utility of urine is being removed gradually. In this age of modern
science also, a good number of experienced and reputed doctors,
have begun to believe that urine has a wonderful po:'er.of
maintaining physical health. Jean Rostand, the wellknown b1olog1st
has found out glands in the human body and has proved that their
secretions called hormones are wonderful nutrients for the organism. Since then, physicians have begun to appreciate the effecacy of 16 : AUTO-URINE THERAPY
urine. A part of the hormone secretions is filtered in the kindneys
and comes out along with urine. If applied again internally or
externally, it can cure many ailments. Thus the latest discovery of
biology proves that urine is not a useless fluid but a valuable
substance. It is a wonderful tonic. The English physician Alis Barker
holds that our body prepares a substance more powerful than any of
the medicines and it contains all the elements which dest~oy the
poisonous germs of the body. this substance is our own urine. Doctor T. Wilson Dichmann, P.H.C., M.D., a well-known physician
of England writes in a journal, "The composition of urine varies with
every patient according to his bodily condition. Urine is the best
remedy to cure all the diseases except the structural breakdown or
deformity. The number of medicines exceeds three thousand. Urine
saves the doctor from the likely mistake in the selection of
appropriate medicine. As a matter of fact that which cannot be cured
by inner strength fails to be cured by the outer one. Ciril Scott in his book, Doctor, Diseases and Health has given a
beautiful description of the Urine Therapy practised by a J.P., late
W.H. Buxtor of Harrogate city, Leads, (England) in the following
words:
"Mr Buxtor used to drink his urine regularly. He had also written
a number of articles on the uses of urine. He lived a long life, got rid
of his pernicious cancer by applying urine packs and by drinking it. He cured his other diseases also by this simple treatment. He had a
strong belief that urine is the best germicide in the world. He used to
drink three tumblers full of urine as preventive against any future
ailment. He held that drinking of urine is not only harmless but is
positively useful. He used to put urine drops in his eyes to safeguard
vision. He has prescribed urine treatment for wounds, swellings and
eruptions and held it as a unique laxative." Nowadays urine is being utilised in the preparation of cosmetics
also. The chemists of England have prepared the best types of
bathing soaps and quality creams from it. It means that the THE FUNDAMENTALS OF URINE THERAPY: 17
application of human urine had already been in vogue of which we
were unaware. It is just possible that in course of time the physicians
would utilise urine secretly in the treatment of their patients and
2arn money as well farne thereby! CHAPTER VI
THE FUNDAMENTALS OF URINE Tt-~ERAPY
It has been stated in tile foregoing chapters that the application of
auto-urine as the potential remedy of all ailments was in vogue in
the past and ·is being practised even now. Generally, the views,
sayings, methods and practices of the common people exhibit great
wisdom. Such wisdom is evident from the common popular sayings
also; they also indicate that the urine treatment was prevalent
among common people. "Having drunk urine, he is intiringly after
him!" or "This fellow is not ready even to urinate on an injured
finger!" The former saying points at the energy obtained by taking
urine and the latter its healing capacity to heal a cut. The village
people of India are accustomed to cut jokes in their marriage songs. The women from the bride's side cut jokes with the bridegroom,
"Your mother has nursed you so far only on urine. Henceforth you
should take milk and butter also for your nourishment." When a
baby suffers from diarrhoea or dysentery, the grandmother advises
the mother of the baby, "The baby is suffering from diarrhoea cr
dysentery, so give him his urine to drink. Do not wait for any other
medicine -"
"All these ~ayings and practices contain wisdom. They are full of
commor, ::cnse. It is the gift of past experiences and is preserved in
the tradition coming down from generation to generation. The
so-called civilized people at large, but they well display common
sense and wisdom in every walk of life. They are unable to
"Jr.der:tand the high-sounding phraseology and the intricacies of 18 : AUTO-URINE THERAPY
religion or philosophy but can display practical Knowledge in their
speech. They may not know the scholarly definition of universal
love but they express the essence of love in the folk-sayings
like--"Do not make any difference between yourself and others,"
"Live like brothers," "Do not behave unto other as you do not like
them to behave unto you", "Return evil with good". These sayings
represent their character and wisdom. These current sayings well
express the fundamental principles of universal love or unity of all
souls. Unity of souls is the fundamental principle of universal love,
and in well expressed in these simple and plain language. Similarly
the fundamental principle of urine therapy also is well expressed in
the common quotes given above. What is the fundamental principle? Let us try to understand it. The unviverse is composed of the five elements: viz. the earth,
water, fire, air and sky. Human body also is composed of the same
five elements. Every organism is constitued of all the five elements
in appropriate proportions. A person falls ill when the balance of the
elements is disturbed through his or her own faults. In order to
restore health, the balance must be restored. This function can be
performed easily by auto-urine only. The proper maintenance of
human organism rests on urine just as the earth's balance rests on
the ocean. Urine occupies the same place in the maintenance of
human organism as that of ocean in relation to earth. As water can
assimilate the rest of the elements so can urine do with respect to all
elements constituting the body. Urine is, therefore, a natural gift to
all the liveing beings to cure their ailments.The same principle
applies to the human beings as well. Thus I do not hold urine as an
ordinary medicine but consider it to be the nectar of life. My view
may appear rather starnge to many people but it is not so strange
as it may appear. It has been recognised now that penicillin contains
a number of ingredien ts injurious to human body. Even then the
scientists hold it as a panacea! I would request scientific-minded
people to make an experiment with this real nectar of life in the
form of urine. I assure them that their efforts will not be in vain as THE SCIENTIFIC VIEW OF URINE: 19
the application of urine is in no case harmful while its success is
certain if properly used. Some sympathetic physicians hold that urine could serve ~ gr:at


. ”
For	some	of	the	people	in	the	room	clearing	the	departed	spirit,	which	the
shaman	proceeded	to	do,	marked	the	end	of	treatment. Gerald	stayed	in	the
Southwest	and	underwent	a	series	of	medicinal	sweat	lodges,	accompanied	by
rituals	and	chanting. After	several	weeks	the	shaman	told	him	that	his
grandfather’s	spirit	was	now	at	peace. “When	I	got	back	home	I	almost	went	back	for	a	medical	checkup,	but	I
had	stopped	feeling	anxious. I	quit	having	nightmares	or	waking	up	in	a
sweat. It	was	over,	just	like	the	shaman	said. ”
I’m	recounting	this	story	to	open	our	perspective. Being	raised	in	a
Christian	culture	doesn’t	automatically	mean	that	a	dying	person	will	see
himself	arriving	at	the	pearly	gates	greeted	by	Saint	Peter. (This	isn’t	one	of
the	common	scenarios	reported	by	near-death	patients,	either. ) One	might	find
oneself	in	the	spirit	world	of	Native	Americans	instead. The	soul’s	passage
follows	links	that	we	don’t	foresee. Gerald’s	story	has	a	curious	addendum. A	month	after	returning	home	hewent	with	his	wife	on	vacation	to	the	upper	Midwest	where	his	family
originally	came	from. “We	checked	into	a	renovated	Victorian	hotel. Our
room	was	done	up	in	flowery	wallpaper	and	a	four-poster	bed. But	what
caught	my	eye	was	a	framed	newspaper	hanging	on	the	wall. It	was	from	the
turn	of	the	century	and	showed	a	picture	of	a	volunteer	fire	brigade. Right	in
the	middle	staring	out	at	me	was	my	grandfather	as	a	young	man. ”
“Did	that	shake	you. ”	I	asked. “No,	to	me	it	was	a	sign	that	the	shaman	was	right. I’m	glad	my
grandfather	was	set	free,	wherever	he’s	gone. ”
Akasha
In	all	the	tales	of	ghosts	who	want	to	be	set	free,	what	holds	them	back	is
memory. They	continue	to	remember	what	physical	life	was	like,	and	the
unfinished	business	of	those	memories	has	a	grip. The	unsettled	spirit	can’t
escape	into	the	next	stage	of	existence. What	this	means,	strangely	enough,	is
that	when	the	afterlife	has	become	real,	the	physical	world	has	become	the
dream. It’s	just	a	matter	of	perspective. When	you	are	in	a	physical	body	your
perspective	makes	physicality	real. When	you	are	dreaming	at	night,	the
dream	state	is	real. When	you	are	“crossing	over,”	both	waking	and	dreaming
are	unreal,	and	Akasha—the	field	of	consciousness—is	real. What	causes	this
change	of	reality. Vedanta	holds	that	consciousness	is	convinced	by	its	own
creations. Therefore,	nothing	we	can	see,	hear,	and	touch,	whether	in	waking,
dreaming,	or	beyond	both,	is	ultimately	real. They	represent	shifting
perspectives. To	be	completely	free	means	waking	up	from	all	dreamlike	states,	and
reclaiming	who	you	are:	the	maker	of	reality. One	cannot	say	that	all	dying
people	will	achieve	this	kind	of	absolute	freedom. They	may	glimpse	it	only
for	a	fleeting	second;	they	may	sense	the	possibility	of	breaking	away	from
one	dream	and	yet	be	seduced	into	the	next	one	that	comes	to	mind. I	knew	a	woman	who	as	a	child	had	come	home	from	school,	and	as	she
entered	the	door	she	saw	her	young	cousin	from	Chicago	standing	in	the
corner	waiting	for	her. Both	were	about	eight	at	the	time. The	cousin	didn’t
speak,	and	the	girl	ran	to	tell	her	mother	that	they	had	a	visitor. When	she	entered	the	kitchen	her	mother	was	crying. The	little	girl	asked
why,	and	her	mother	said	that	there	had	been	a	sudden	death	in	the	family. It
was	the	cousin	from	Chicago,	who	had	died	that	morning. Did	the	girl	see	her
cousin	as	a	vision,	a	premonition,	or	merely	as	a	coincidental	act	of
imagination. As	she	tells	the	story,	she	saw	her	cousin	“for	real. ”	Yet	what	do
we	mean	by	“for	real”	except	that	something	is	convincing. This	encounter
with	a	departed	relative	can	be	judged	as	either	hallucinatory	or	deeply
spiritual,	depending	not	on	the	event	itself	but	on	who	is	looking	at	it. In	the	afterlife	a	person	wakes	up	from	one	extremely	convincing
perspective—physical	existence—and	faces	the	possibility	of	freedom. Akasha	isn’t	any	particular	perspective;	it’s	a	wide	open	playing	field	waiting
for	players	to	enter	it. Who	will	the	players	be. They	could	be	the	same	players	we	are	already	used	to. They	could	be	players	we	have	imagined	and	are	eager	to	see. They	could	be	otherworldly	beings. They	could	be	emanations	of	ourselves. They	could	be	embodiments	of	abstract	ideas. In	world	culture	all	these	variations	have	been	reported. Christian	heaven
is	a	specific	Akashic	play,	a	drama	of	redemption	with	otherworldly	beings	in
it,	along	with	familiar	people	from	the	past	and	an	abstraction	that	we	call
God. To	the	extent	that	all	these	images	materialize	in	the	mind,	a	dying
Christian	accepts	that	she	has	arrived	in	heaven. Vedanta	says	that	the	deeper
truth	is	that	the	dying	person	has	arrived	in	a	creative	space,	Akasha,	which
produces	whatever	is	wanted. But	how	does	a	person	know	what	he	wants. The	answer	gets
complicated. Let’s	take	it	back	down	to	earth	and	ask	the	same	question. How
do	you	know	what	you	want	right	now. Until	your	next	desire	appears,	you
won’t	know. It’s	certain	that	you	will	want	something,
because
	the	mind	is	a
continuous	stream	of	desires. However,	this	doesn’t	make	the	mind
predictable. You	may	be	a	creature	of	habit	who	always	wants	two	scrambled
eggs	for	breakfast,	while	I	may	be	restless	and	want	a	different	breakfast
every	day. Both	of	us	could	be	thrown	out	of	our	accustomed	pattern	by	a
sudden	stress,	such	as	having	a	death	in	the	family,	losing	our	jobs,	being
diagnosed	with	heart	trouble. Suddenly	we	aren’t	hungry;	our	minds	want	to
grieve,	not	eat. The	unpredictable	tug-of-war	between	old	patterns	and	new
situations	makes	it	impossible	to	pin	down	desire. In	the	same	way,	Akasha	is	elusive	because	it’s	so	open-ended;	it’s	as
unpredictable	as	a	dream	and	just	as	convincing. Even	so,	the	Akashic	field
can	be	navigated. In	fact,	it	must	be	navigated	if	we	are	to	take	advantage	of
the	creative	leap	that	the	afterlife	opens	up. Navigating	the	Field
We	have	a	chance	to	open	up	the	possibilities	beyond	what	our	culture	has
conditioned	us	to	believe. One	experience	can’t	fit	everyone. Our	eyes
continue	to	see	what	they	expect,	even	when	we	use	the	eyes	of	the	soul,	but
the	Akashic	field	isn’t	a	swirl	of	random	images. It	is	more	structured


“No,” I said, “I’m going to tell you to love yourself. Then you’ll stop. ”She thought for a moment and replied, “W ell, I do love myself. I just
don’t adore myself. ” (Sara ultimately did come to adore herself—and
stopped smoking. ) It was a good quip, but it exemplified an important problem many
people have with themselves. Self-love has come to mean only vanity and
narcissism. The pride of being and the determination to care for our own
needs have gone out of the meaning. Nevertheless, an unreserved, positive
self-adoration remains the essence of health, the most important asset a
patient must gain to become exceptional. Self-esteem and self-love are not
sinful. They make living a joy instead of a chore. The mind does not act only through our conscious choices, however. Many of its ef fects are achieved directly on the body’ s tissues, without any
awareness on our part. Consider some of our common expressions: “He’ s a
pain in the neck/ass. Get of f my back. This problem is eating me up alive. You’re breaking my heart. ” The body responds to the mind’ s messages,
whether conscious or unconscious. In general, these may be either “live” or
“die” messages. I am convinced we not only have survival mechanisms,
such as the fight-or -flight response, but also a “die” mechanism that
actively stops our defenses, slowing the body’ s functions and bringing us
toward death when we feel our life is not worth living. Every tissue and or gan in the body is controlled by a complex
interaction among chemicals circulating in the bloodstream, the hormones
secreted by our endocrine glands. This mixture is controlled by the “master
gland,” the pituitary gland, located in the middle of the head just below the
brain. The output of pituitary hormones in turn is controlled by both
chemical secretions and nerve impulses from the neighboring part of the
brain, called the hypothalamus. This tiny region regulates most of the
body’ s unconscious maintenance processes, such as heartbeat, breathing,
blood pressure, temperature, and so forth. Nerve fibers enter the hypothalamus from nearly all other regions of the
brain, so that intellectual and emotional processes occurring elsewhere in
the brain af fect the body. For example, about five years ago, child-
development researchers discovered “psychosocial dwarfism,” a
disturbingly common syndrome in which an unhealthy emotional
atmosphere at home stunts a child’ s physical growth. When a child is
caught in a crossfire of hostility and feels rejected by his or her parents,
thereby growing up with little self-esteem, the brain’ s emotional center, orlimbic system, acts upon the nearby hypothalamus to shut of f the pituitary
gland’ s production of growth hormone. The immune system consists of more than a dozen dif ferent types of
white blood cells concentrated in the spleen, thymus gland, and lymph
nodes, and patrolling the entire body through the blood and lymphatic
systems. They are divided into two main types. One group, called B cells,
produce chemicals that neutralize poisons made by disease or ganisms while
helping the body mobilize its own defenses. The other group, called T cells,
consists of killer cells and their helpers, which destroy invading bacteria
and viruses. Recent research has shown heretofore unknown nerves connecting the
thymus and spleen directly to the hypothalamus. Other work has proven
that white blood cells re spond directly to some of the same chemicals that
carry messages from one nerve cell to another. This anatomical evidence for direct control of the immune system by
the brain has been confirmed in studies of animals. Two groups of scientists
have independently used Pavlovian conditioning techniques to change the
immune response. At the University of Rochester Medical Center,
psychiatrist Robert Ader and immunologist Nicholas Cohen repeatedly gave
rats saccharin-sweetened water along with an immune-suppressant drug. Later they were able to “trick” the animals into suppressing their own
immune responses by giving them the sweetened water alone. Working for
the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Novera Herbert Spector similarly
conditioned mice to increase their immune responses when exposed to the
smell of camphor. The immune system, then, is controlled by the brain, either indirectly
through hormones in the bloodstream, or directly through the nerves and
neurochemicals. One of the most widely accepted explanations of cancer,
the “surveillance” theory, states that cancer cells are developing in our
bodies all the time but are normally destroyed by white blood cells before
they can develop into dangerous tumors. Cancer appears when the immune
system becomes suppressed and can no longer deal with this routine threat. It follows that whatever upsets the brain’ s control of the immune system
will foster malignancy. This disruption occurs primarily by means of the chronic stress
syndrome first described by Hans Selye in 1936. The mixture of hormones
released by the adrenal glands as part of the fight-or -flight responsesuppresses the immune system. This was all right in dealing with the
occasional threats our ancestors faced from wild beasts. However, when the
tension and anxiety of modern life keep the stress response “on”
continually, the hormones lower our resistance to disease, even withering
away the lymph nodes. Moreover, there is now experimental evidence that
“passive emotions,” such as grief, feelings of failure, and suppression of
anger, produce over -secretion of these same hormones, which suppress the
immune system. We don’ t yet understand all the ways in which brain chemicals are
related to emotions and thoughts, but the salient point is that our state of
mind has an immediate and direct ef fect on our state of body. We can
change the body by dealing with how we feel. If we ignore our despair, the
body receives a “die” message. If we deal with our pain and seek help, then
the message is “Living is dif ficult but desirable,” and the immune system
works to keep us alive. I therefore use two major tools to change the body—emotions and
imagery. These are the two ways we can get our minds and bodies to
communicate with each other. Our emotions and words let the body know
what we expect of it, and by visualizing certain changes we can help the
body bring them about. Both emotions and imagery are obviously
transmitted through the central nervous system and may relate to work that
Robert Becker, an orthopedic sur geon and researcher, has done. Becker has studied the body’ s electrical systems. His work led directly
to the use of electricity to heal broken bones that have failed to knit. Becker
found that hypnotized patients can produce voltage changes in specific
areas of the body on command. If these voltages control the chemical and
cellular processes of healing, as Becker believes, then we soon may have a
scientific explanation for hypnosis cures and the placebo ef fect. It is well
known, for example, that hypnotized patients can cure their own warts. As
Lewis Thomas wrote in The Medusa and the Snail:

You can’ t sit there under hypnosis, taking suggestions in and having
them acted on with such accuracy and precision, without assuming the
existence of something very like a controller. It wouldn’ t do to fob of f the
whole intricate business on lower centers without sending along a quite
detailed set of specifications, way over my head. Some intelligence or other knows how to get rid of warts, and this is a
disquieting thought. It is also a wonderful problem, in need of solving. Just think what we
would know, if we had anything like a clear understanding of what goes on
when a wart is hypnotized away. …we would be finding out about a kind of
superintelligence that exists in each of us, infinitely smarter and possessed
of technical know-how far beyond our present understanding. It would be
worth a War on Warts, a Conquest of Warts, a National Institute of Warts
and all. Bioelectricity may someday enable us to reach this “controller” directly,
to understand exactly how and why tumors sometimes regress when
patients are convinced that an unorthodox treatment—hypnosis, diet,
prayer, meditation—is going to work. As Becker once wrote to me, “The
placebo ef fect is not only real but of great importance, and your methods
may be far more ef fective than you think they are. ”
Whether or not we can ever control all healing with electrical stimuli,
exceptional patients—that is, potentially all patients—need not wait
helplessly for artificial aids. They can learn to heal themselves and stay
well. If I can teach you how to feel good about your life, love yourself and
others, and achieve peace of mind, the necessary changes can occur. My
loving and hugging may look silly on the ward, but they’re scientific. The
problem is that we don’ t yet know the psychological techniques necessary
to turn on the healing process quickly and ef ficiently in everyone. So many
of the changes happen at an unconscious level that they are hard to measure
clinically without careful psychological testing. One day I hope we can
prescribe something like “one hug every three hours” instead of a drug or
electrical impulse, but for the moment we must return to our consideration
of the mind’ s potential for harm, as