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by W alter Last
Have a closer look at wheat and gluten.
In some form they can be beneﬁcial, but as commonly used they tend to create a lot of problems for our health.
Gluten is a mixture of two groups of proteins - gliadins and glutelins. Wheat has the highest content of gluten, especially hard wheat,
and makes it possible to bake leavened bread and cakes. Under the conditions of baking, gluten forms a network of molecules,
similar to a wire mesh. This molecule mesh traps small bubbles of carbon dioxide gas and prevents them from escaping. This makes
the baked product light and easy to chew.
However, in this way we create a problem for our digestion because the gluten network is more difﬁcult to break down. The gluten
network is only partly digested, especially if the food is not very well chewed; this is a main cause of intestinal inﬂammation and
wheat allergy.
MALABSORPTION
Gluten seriously weakens the intestinal wall. Its effect on the tiny absorption villi in the small intestine may be compared to the action
of sandpaper on wood. Animal experiments have shown that the intestinal absorption villi are long and slender before they come into
repeated contact with wheat protein. Afterwards, they become blunt and broad, with a much-reduced ability to absorb.
Therefore, people on wheat diets absorb nutrients less well than those reared on wheat-free diets. This greatly contributes to the
widespread incidence in our society of people with problems of malabsorption and who are missing out on vital nutrients. In such
people, not only are the absorption villi blunted, the irritation caused by the sandpaper effect of gluten produces a protective mucus
coating over the intestinal wall and this makes it still more difﬁcult for nutrients to pass through the intestinal wall.
Thus we ﬁnd gluten, and especially wheat gluten, implicated not only in the cause of typical malabsorption diseases, such as cystic
ﬁbrosis, celiac disease and sprue, but frequently also with arthritis, autoimmune diseases, cancer, diabetes, kidney problems,
multiple sclerosis and schizophrenia. In addition, the irritation caused by gluten is a main factor in causing appendicitis, colitis and
inﬂammation of the small intestines (for example Crohn's disease) as well as gastric and duodenal ulcers.
The degree of damage to the intestinal wall is proportional to the amount of gluten used. Most affected are close relatives of those
with gluten allergy. But even so-ca lled normal and healthy volunteers on high-gluten test diets showed a deterioration of their
intestinal walls and that their ability to absorb nutrients had been reduced.
Malabsorption is even more of a problem if white bread is used because it has lost about 80 per cent of its vitamin and mineral
content compared to that of wholem eal bread. What makes it even worse is the modern fast-baking method: instead of fermenting
the bread for four to seven hours, it is now whipped with chemicals for two minutes. Thus the few remaining minerals stay tightly
bound to phytic acid and cannot be absorbed.
GLUTEN ALLERGY
When the intestinal wall deteriorates it becomes permeable so that molecules bigger than normal can pass through. This allows
partly digested proteins and bacterial toxins to enter the bloodstream, causing allergies and a deterioration of the immune system.
Thus gluten is actually the main agent causing allergies. Without a weakening of the intestinal wall, other potential food allergens
would be prevented from reaching the bloodstream, except in the case of babies with intestinal walls that are still immature.
Young babies also are unable to digest starches. Feeding them wheat products, which is very common indeed, almost automatically
leads to the development of wheat allergy. Therefore cow's milk and wheat are the two primary food allergies in our society; not only
do they precede the development of other allergies, but their initial appearance makes it so much easier for secondary allergies to
develop.
It has been estimated that about 90 million Americans suffer from gluten sensitivity, while celiac disease, a severe form of
malabsorption caused by gluten, has now been found 50 times more prevalent than previously suspected. About 1.5 million
Americans are thought to suffer from it. In its conclusions, the report states that celiac disease occurs frequently not only in patients
with gastrointestinal symptoms, but also in relatives and others with numerous common disorders, even in the absence of
gastrointestinal symptoms.
All these problems caused by gluten  are greatly intensiﬁed by the tough network of gluten molecules formed in baking with gluten-rich
ﬂour. In former centuries only low-glu ten wheat was available; high-gluten wheat is a modern achievement. In addition, the amount of
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time our digestive powers have very much declined.
As this trend has existed already for several generations, most of us are by now sensitized to some degree against wheat gluten, and
wheat-baking products have become problem foods for most individuals, including wholemeal wheat bread and not just the white
variety. Our ancestors used mainly millet, rye and oats as staple grains in addition to low-gluten wheat and spelt. They also used
grains more in the form of porridge or wafers than as leavened bread. However, when leavened bread was used, it was mainly as
sourdough bread, except in the cities where yeast baking gradually dominated.
Rye, barley and oats contain less gluten than wheat and the protein composition is slightly different in these grains; thus even if you
have a wheat allergy, you may still be able to eat these grains. However this is often not the case and it is preferable that you avoid
these for an extended period if you have a wheat allergy and use gluten-free grains instead. These are rice, millet and maize.
Buckwheat is not a cereal grain - it belongs to the rhubarb family - but it contains a gluten-like protein that requires allergy testing
before being used by individuals allergic to gluten.
Processed food, including tablets and soy sauce, often contain added wheat starch or gluten. If you have a wheat allergy and use
processed food, then read labels carefully. Wheat grass, however, is safe to use; wheat-germ oil needs to be tested.
IRIS DIAGNOSIS
Blue-eyed individuals with wheat or gluten intolerance usually have a whitish color in the area of the iris denoting the intestines. This
reﬂex zone that surrounds the pupil indicates the irritation and mucus covering of the intestinal wall. Frequently, the white fans out to
other parts of the iris, but especially to the head and brain reﬂex areas that are in the upper part of the iris (between 10 and 2
o'clock). This indicates gluten-induced mucus congestion of the head and irritation of the brain tissues. Such people are vulnerable to
emotional irritability, bursts of temper and, in the case of brain allergy, to epilepsy and mental disease. They cannot relax easily, and
attending emotional workshops or seeking psychiatric help will do little permanent good if the nutritional cause of the problem is not
corrected.
In addition, these individuals often have oversensitive sense organs and tend towards far-sightedness. As long as there is no serious
mucus congestion in the head, the sharpened senses provide good eyesight and excellent hearing. The disadvantages are
oversensitive taste buds, an oversensitive sense of smell, and distress caused by loud noise. Magnesium supplements will help but
not remove the basic cause. In later life, mucus congestion may lead to deafness and eye diseases. If there is, in addition to wheat or
gluten intolerance, difﬁculty in digesting fats, the white iris areas will become increasingly yellow.
Baked wheat products, especially in combination with sugars, are the most 'fattening' food for susceptible individuals. The
metabolism of such individuals becomes inefﬁcient and the wheat starch is mainly converted into body fat instead of energy.
Frequently individuals allergic to wheat, gluten and beer have a distended abdomen (potbelly).
For many individuals, gluten products especially wheat and beer, are strongly mucus forming. Generally, the whiter the iris, the more
mucus-forming is the gluten. Wheat and gluten are often a problem for those with asthma and hay fever. If you have any problem with
mucus, avoid all gluten products initially together with all foods containing lactose. After sufﬁcient improvement you may introduce
small amounts of rye and oats and explore how much of these your body tolerates.
Most 'improved' or 'health' breads contain added gluten, skim-milk powd er, or dried whole grain and are worse than plain wholemeal
bread. Most recommended are rye sourdough bread and rye crispbread. However, rye sourdough bread often contains added wheat
described


 swelling, redness, and often copioussecretions of mucous and pus, such as colds, flu, a first time case of pneumonia,inflamed joints as in the early stages of arthritis, etc. These acute conditionsusually remedy in one to three weeks of fasting. Acute conditions are excellentcandidates for self-doctoring. Chronic degenerative conditions are more seriousand the patient usually requires supervision. These include conditions such ascancer, aids, chronic arthritis, chronic pneumonia, emphysema and asthma.Chronic degenerative conditions usually respond within a month to three monthsof fasting. The fasting should be broken up into two or three sessions if thecondition has not been relieved in one stint of supervised fasting. Each successivefast will produce some improvement and if a light, largely raw-food diet isadhered to between fasts the patient should not worsen and should be fairlycomfortable between fastings.
If there has been major functional damage to an organ as a result of any of
these degenerative conditions, healing will not be complete, or may be impossible.
By organic damage, I mean that a vital part of the body has ceased to function
due to some degenerative process, injury, or surgery—so badly damaged that thecells that make up the organ can not be replaced.
I once had a twenty five year old man come to my spa to die in peace because
he had been through enough diagnostic procedures in three hospitals to know thathis liver was beyond repair. He had been working on an apple farm in betweenterms at university when he was poisoned several times with insecticide from anaerial spray on the whole orchard. He absorbed so much insecticide that his liverincurred massive organic damage.
When he came to me his body had reached the point where it was incapable
of digesting, and because of lack of liver function, it was incapable of healingwhile fasting, a condition in which death is a certainty. He was a Buddhist, did notfear death and did not want to be kept alive in agony or in prolongedunconsciousness by any extraordinary means, nor did he want to die with tubes inevery orifice. I was honored to be a supportive participant in his passing. He diedfasting, in peace, and without pain, with a clear mind that allowed him toconsciously prepare for the experience. He was not in a state of denial or fear,and made no frantic attempts to escape the inevitable. He went quietly into thatstill dark night with a tranquil demeanor and a slight smile.
Fortunately, in my many years of practice I had the pleasure of seeing the
majority of the people totally regain their health or at least greatly improve it bymeans of the fasting and healing diets. Many cancer patients watched withamazement as their tumors disappeared before their eyes, many arthritics regainedtheir function, serious skin conditions such as psoriasis disappeared, mentalconditions improved, addictions vanished, fatigue was replaced by energy, and fatdissolved revealing the hidden sculpture beneath. I will talk more aboutprocedures and the particular reasons bodies develop specific conditions in laterchapters.
Social/Cultural/Psychological Obstacles To Fasting
Numerous attitudes make it difficult to fast or to provide moral support to
friends or loved ones that are fasting. Many people harbor fears of losing weightbecause they think that if times were really tough, if there was a famine or theybecame ill and lost a lot of weight they would have no reserves and wouldcertainly perish. These people have no idea how much fat can be concealed on aneven skinny body, nor of how slowly a skinny body loses weight while fasting.Substantial fat reserves are helpful as heat-retaining insulation in those rareaccidents when someone is dropped into a cold ocean and must survive until therescue boat arrives. Being fat might keep a person alive longer who is lost in thewilderness awaiting rescue with no supplies, no means of procuring food, and nomeans of keeping warm. On the other hand, fat people would have a far hardertime walking out of the wilderness. And extensive fat deposits are merely fuel anddo not contain extensive nutritional reserves. An obese person fasting withoutsignificant nutritional supplementation would begin starving long before theybecame really skinny. On the balance, carrying excess weight is a far greaterliability than any potential pro-survival aspects it might have.
There are other attitudes associated with weight loss that make it difficult for
people to fast. People hold rather stereotypical notions about what constitutes anattractive person; usually it involves having some flesh on one’s bones. Hollywoodand Hugh Hefner have both influenced the masses to think that women shouldhave hourglass figures with large, upthrust, firm breasts. Since breasts are almostall useless fatty tissue supporting some milk-producing glands that do not give abreast much volume except when engorged, most women fasters loose a goodpercentage of their breast mass. If the fast is extensive, there should also developan impressive showing of ribs and hip bones; these are not soft and cuddly.Husbands, lovers, parents, and friends frequently point out that you don’t lookgood this way and exhort you to put on weight. Most people think pleasantlyplump is healthy.
Skinny men, especially those who had lost a lot of weight during an illness, are
pressured by associates to put on weight to prove that they are healthy. I had aclient who was formerly a college varsity football player. Before his illness he hadlifted weights and looked like a hunk. His family and friends liked to see him thatway and justifiably so. Then he got seriously ill. On a long extended healing diethe lost a significant amount of weight and seemed downright skinny, causing allwho knew him well and cared about him to tempt him with all kinds ofscrumptious delicacies from the best of kitchens. But this case was like LuigiCornaro, a man who never again could look like a hunk. His “friends” made anabsolutely necessary change in life style and appearance far more difficult than itwas already. My client was torn between a desire to please others, and a desireto regain and retain his health. This problem a sick person doesn’t need.
If you have the independence to consider following an alternative medical
program in a culture that highly values conformity and agreement, you are alsogoing to have to defend your own course of self-determined action based on thebest available data that you have. But fasters are usually in fragile emotionalcondition, so I advise my clients who are subjected to this kind of pressure to begtheir friends and associates to refrain from saying anything if they can’t support thecourse of action you have chosen. After this, if friends or relatives are stillincapable of saying nothing (even non-verbally), it is important to exclude themfrom your life until you have accomplished your health goals, have regained someweight and have returned to eating a maintenance diet, rather than getting skinnieron a healing one.
The very worst aspect of our culture’s eating programming is that people have
been wrongfully taught that when ill they must eat to keep up their strength.Inherent in this recommendation is an unstated belief that when the body isweakened by a disease state, the weakness can somehow be overcome withfood, and that the body needs this food to kill the virus, bacteria, or invadingyeast, and uses the protein to heal or rebuild tissue. Sadly, the exact opposite is
the case. Disease organisms feed and multiply on the toxic waste products of
misdigestion, and the body is unable to digest well when it is weak or ill.
There’s an old saying about this: “feed a cold, starve a fever.” Most people
think this saying means you should eat when you have a cold. What the sayingreally means is if you feed a cold then you will soon have to starve a fever.Chcken soup? Protein foods especially are not digested by a diseased body, andas mentioned before, the waste products of protein indigestion are especiallypoisonous. That is all the body needs when it is already down, another load ofpoison which it can’t eliminate due to weakness and enervation.
Weight loss is usually associated with illness, as it should be! In times of acute
illness an otherwise healthy body loses its appetite for food because it is pro-survival to stop eating. It is very hard to coax a sick animal to eat. Their bodies,not controlled by a mind full of complex learned responses and false ideas,automatically know that fasting is nature’s method of healing. Contrary to popularunderstanding, digestion, assimilation, and elimination require the expenditure ofconsiderable energy. This fact may contradict the reader’s experience becauseeveryone has become tired when they have worked a long time without eating,and then experienced the lift after eating. But an ill body cannot digest efficientlyso instead of providing energy extracted from foods, the body is further burdenedby yet another load of toxic material produced by fermented and putrefied food.This adds insult to injury in a sick body that is already drowning in its owngarbage.
Worse, during illness most available vital force is already redirected into
healing; it is not available for digestion. It is important to allow a sick body toproceed with healing and not to obstruct the process with unnecessary digestionor suppress the symptoms (which actually are the healing efforts) with drugs. Ifyou have an acute illness, and you stop all food intake except for pure water andherb teas, and perhaps some vegetable broth, or dilute non-sweet juice, you haverelieved your body of an immense effort. Instead of digesting, the body goes to
work on catching up on healing. The body can and will almost inevitably heal itself
if the sick person will have faith in it, cooperate with the body’s efforts by allowingthe symptoms of healing to exist, reduce or eliminate the intake of food to allowthe body


 is willing to risk promoting
Dr. Revici‘s discoveries. I n December of 1989, Professor Gerhard Schrauzer‘s picture appeared on the
cover of Cancer Research: the Official Journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. He
was also the expert the New York Times went to for an authoritative quote regarding  Professor Will
Taylor‘s AIDS research.
To appreciate Schrauzer‘s standing in the scientific community, I asked another eminent scientist
about the former University of California at San Diego professor and researcher. Stanford Professor
Arthur Furst, wa s formerly the long -time president of the American College of Toxicology and a
member of the editorial board of Biological Element Trace Research. (Professor Schrauzer is the
founder and editor of that publication.) When  251
 interviewed, Professor Furst, who is also a recognized pioneer in cancer research, commented, ―When
it comes to selenium, I defer to Dr. Schrauzer. He probably knows more about selenium than anyone
else in the world.‖
Considering Schrauzer‘s place in the U.S. and international scientific community, I was initially
stunned by his remarks in a telephone interview, some of which he would share only off the record.
Still, on the record, he suggested, in his typically rhetorical shortha nd, why Revici has met with
resistance from many of his contemporaries: ―Revici designed his own drugs decades before anyone
else thought of them. Anyone who does this is, therefore, unscientific.‖
As an eminent researcher with 300 peer review articles pu blished, Schrauzer described the
compartmental wall of resistance the medical community has regarding Revici‘s discoveries, ―Even
though my own research is in cancer, I am not a physician. Therefore, my advocacy is meaningless.‖
Despite Schrauzer‘s trepi dations about speaking freely on Revici‘s behalf, the reader will recall that it
was Schrauzer who compared Revici to Hippocrates, Galen and Paracelsus. Schrauzer expanded on
that comparison by recalling that Paracelsus was forced to flee for his safety mo re than once because
he made his own medicines, ―It was the pharmacists who were after him.‖
One physician who suffered as a result of conducting studies on Revici‘s method was Leonard B.
Goldman, M.D., a busy radiologist. In a letter written to the New York Board of Regents in January of
1986, Dr. Goldman said he became interested in Revici‘s work in the early 1950‘s. One of his former
patients had responded spectacularly to Revici‘s method of treatment. Goldman visited a hospital
where he saw other Revi ci cancer patients, ―Many of whom seemed better and were off their opiates.‖
Dr. Goldman received permission from Revici to conduct his own study with Revici‘s assistance. In the
letter, he reported that a patient had a tumor that had put a hole in her s kull, ―[It] disappeared, and she
was able to become active again.‖ Goldman presented his findings with his own patients at an AMA
meeting. ―The only result was the suspension of my residency program at Queens General Hospital,‖
Goldman informed the Regents  in 1986.
We have already seen that Dr. John Heller was afraid of losing his job as the medical director of
Sloan -Kettering if he were to suggest using Revici‘s medicines at that elite cancer center. His concern
would indicate that the resistance to Revi ci‘s method came from the top of Sloan -Kettering.
The tentacles of intimidation reach into many different areas. At the OPMC hearings, one of the
hearing officers was overheard by Ruth Spector to threaten Dwight McKee, M.D., who worked with Dr.
Revici at  the time. ―We know who you are. We‘ll get you,‖ the panelist was heard to say. Dr. McKee
recently verified the incident in a telephone interview and added that the remark, ―Had a threatening
overtone to it.‖
Dr. Seymour Brenner was not totally immune ei ther. He informed me during a  252
 visit to his home in Florida that when he began to investigate the case histories of some of Revici‘ s
patients, calls were made to the hospital where he was affiliated questioning his competence. His
comments echoed his 1988 testimony before Rep. Guy Molinari:
Now I must tell you briefly my name has already surfaced, and
one of the hospitals that I‘ve  been associated with has already
been questioned by the State as to whether I‘m a qualified doctor,
and how come a doctor like me is on the staff.
Brenner also reported during the Molinari hearing that when he talked to his fellow doctors about his
research, they warned him, ―Brenner, what are you doing? You‘re going to get into trouble.‖
All of the above stories are the result of this amateur investigator‘s solitary research with limited
resources into the Revici story. The possibility exists that the se stories are but a small part of a larger
story with the same theme. It is not known how many other conversations have taken place that were
variations on that theme. We do know that key players are afraid to act in Revici‘s behalf for
non-medical reason s. It is also clear that the political climate of persecution and closed -mindedness
within the medical industry is fixed in its determination to prevent you and me from benefiting from
Revici‘s real medicine.
Individual medical practitioners have been una ble to overcome the forces that control the fate of Dr.
Revici‘s medicines. Whether it be the state, the ACS, JAMA, the Lehigh Valley Committee Against
Health Fraud, or Dr. Victor Herbert, it is evident that the opponents of Dr. Revici are well funded.
Confronted by powers much greater than any lone physician is equipped to take on, it is exceedingly
difficult for any one of them to march triumphantly for Revici‘s cause. Yet, they are kept silent at our
peril.
Despite these long odds, over the years a few  physicians could always be found to stick their necks
out. It hasn‘t been enough to declare victory, but it has been enough to keep the promise alive, or at
least to keep it barely breathing. You have already heard about quite a few of them. The next chap ter
will introduce you to a few more who have popped their heads out of the fox hole.
1The study found that BNP accelerated cancer growth in rats and created vacuoles in the cells.
Vacuoles appear in catabolic imbalances. BNP is a catabolic medication and  contra -indicated for
catabolic conditions. Therefore, Dr. Aungst‘s negative report on BNP was an unwitting vote of support
for Revici‘s concept of dualism in cancer.  253
 32. ―Wow!‖
“I‟ve seen the case reports. I agree with what  Dr. Brenner says.”
Rudy Falk, M.D., Director of Surgical Oncology, Toronto General Hospital,
March 18, 1988
On March 18, 1988, a lone Congressman held a day -long hearing in order to learn more about Dr.
Revici‘s therapies. Thirteen patients and four phy sicians came forward to tell Representative Guy
Molinari about the positive results Dr. Revici had achieved, either for themselves or for their patients.
Author and radio commentator Gary Null, two attorneys, and others also came forward to support Dr.
Revici. A dozen letters of support were submitted into the record as well. Only Harvey Wachsman
dissented. Wachsman‘s remarks aside, each person‘s testimony provided dramatic evidence that Dr.
Revici was helping people with his medicines.
For example, Dr. R udy Falk, Director of Surgical Oncology at Toronto General Hospital and a highly
regarded cancer specialist, appeared at the hearing. At the time of his testimony, Dr. Falk had
already authored 155 articles published in peer -review journals. In his testimo ny he directly
corroborated Dr. Seymour Brenner‘s findings concerning Revici‘s patients: ―I‘ve seen the case
reports. I agree with what Dr. Brenner says.‖
Brenner told a story about Joseph Ransohoff, M.D. Among his many accomplishments, Dr. Ransohoff
was invited by Roy Selby, M.D., to be interviewed on videotape for the purpose of being included in
the archives of the American Association of Neurosurgeons. According to Dr. Selby, that type of
invitation is reserved for very select company.
As you have d iscovered in Part III, Dr. Ransohoff had performed surgery on three patients who ended
up in Revici‘s office. When the first patient told Ransohoff she was going to see Revici, he was not
pleased. According to Brenner‘s testimony the patient told him that Ransohoff said, ―Oh, if you‘re
going to that quack, I want nothing further to do with you.‖
But to his credit, Ransohoff changed his mind, at least privately, when presented with more evidence.
Brenner sent him a letter inquiring about the three patients. He told Congressman Molinari, ―So, what I
did was, I


less
realm of potential forms, the source
and origin of the universe.
Life as LOVE,
compassion, JOY,
equanimity, imagination,
and CREATIVITY cannot
be quantied by science.Just as we have a body, mind, and
spirit, the universe has a physical,
mental, and consciousness
component.
People don’t grow old; when they stop
growing, they become old.
Our sense of self determines our
experience of the world.
AWAKENING IS NOT WHO
YOU ARE, BUT DISCARDING
WHO YOU ARE NOT.Love is the EXPERIENCE and
knowledge of one being in many
appearances.Atoms die in waves of potentiality.
Waves are born in atoms of
actuality. The cosmos reincarnates
eternally.
Your physical form was conceived in
a wave of desire.
Desire is pure potentiality, seeking
manifestation.
Just as a wave is a movement of the
whole ocean, you are the energy of
the cosmos.
Don’t underestimate your power.
Your inner potential and cosmic
potential are the same ﬁeld.
The ﬁeld is you and the universe,
just as wave and ocean are one.When you are balanced in
body, mind, and spirit, you
feel joyful, energetic,
restful, alert, and
experience lightness of
being.
Our body is poetry in form and motion. There is
only one temple for the spirit, and it is our body.
Keep it holy.
We are the UNIVERSE
dancing.Both mathematics and music are
the language of the universe,
expressing truth, harmony, and
beauty.
Science is a spiritual quest to know
ourselves.
What we do to the
world, we do to
ourselves. Science
based on the objective
world as separate from
us is dangerous.Synchronicity,
meaningful
coincidence, good luck,
creative response from
the universe, and grace
are synonymous terms.Humility, awe, wonderment, and
delight are qualities of spirit, not just
electrochemical events in synaptic
networks.
Nothing ever ceases to exist. Death is
incubation in the ﬁeld of potentiality
until the next leap of creativity.
Self-awareness is the window to
cosmic consciousness.
e simplest denition of
spirituality is self-awareness.Every moment is a
fork in the road. e
road you take will
shape your future.
Choose love over
fear.
OceanofPDF.comLogic and rationality are the language of the
scientiﬁc mind. Love and wisdom are the poetry of
the spiritual soul.
If your reality is only rational, and has no room for
feelings and the irrational, then your humanity is
incomplete.
Love is a quality of
AWARENESS that allows
SOULS to commune with
each other.Karma or choices in the past create the situations
of the present. How we choose now is a function
of free will. To witness yourself making choices is
the beginning of karmic freedom.
Between the banks of pleasure and pain, the river
of life ﬂows. The key is to let go and ﬂow.If you sacriﬁce your health to make money today,
you will have to sacriﬁce your money to get health
tomorrow.
If you sacriﬁce the present for the future, you will
never enjoy life, for when the future arrives, you
won’t be present.Being awake means that the best time
of your life is neither behind you nor
ahead of you, but now.
Consciousness is the organizing
principle that transforms chaos into
cosmos.
To BECOME the
consciousness of that
which you witness is
LOVE.God is the inconceivable
truth in which we and
the universe are
happening.I AM is all bodies and all minds in
one consciousness, one spirit.
The essence of our being is eternal
possibility.
The law of least effort: “Do less and
achieve more.”
Then graduate to “Do nothing and
achieve everything.”
The law of least effort works
through choiceless awareness, plus
subtle intention, leading to
synchronicity.
A religious experience
encompasses
transcendence, love,
compassion, humility,
reverence for life, and
loss of the fear of
death.Your ANCESTORS are
alive in every cell of your
body as your genetic
activity.In every seed, there is the promise of thousands of
forests. So, too, in desire is the seed of thousands
of manifestations.
As you witness yourself making choices, you begin
the process of awakening.
The ground of existence is not inert
emptiness, but a dynamic ﬁeld
connecting all creation in a single
totality.
Random mutations in evolution are
reminiscent of quantum uncertainty.
Beyond chaos is a creative
organizing principle.Sensations and feelings
in the body are the
KEYS to intuition.ILLNESS BEGINS WITH “I.”
WELLNESS BEGINS WITH
“WE.”The fruit takes time to ripen and then falls
suddenly. Enlightenment works in a similar way.
There is always preparation and awakening.
We are the eyes of the universe,
looking at itself.
All this struggling to learn when we
simply have to remember.
No matter what the situation, there
is a choice.
You will never trust your intuition
until you identify with it.
Self-esteem enters here.Every event has
innumerable causes and
leads to innumerable
eﬀects. Events and objects
are snapshots of the
universe in motion.e only MADNESS
that is sane is the
intoxication of love.Stop playing small.
You are divinity in motion.
To own the world, see inﬁnite
potential in all situations at all times.All boundaries are
conceptual. The universe
boundless outward in the
cosmos, boundless inward in
the atom.
Think cosmically,
communicate globally, actlocally, but with global and
cosmic impact.
To be ALIVE is to be
AWARE and
PRESENT. en every
moment, every
BREATH, is
BENEDICTION,
GRACE, and a
MIRACLE.At the moment of
conception, you had neither
body nor brain, but
awareness was present.In the hall of mirrors, I can see for
miles. Every demon, every enemy,
every torturer is me in disguise.
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see myself.We are the human activity of the
universe, and most of it is
unknowable. We cannot step
outside the universe to see it.
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its roots in the formless invisible.Love can be our
RELIGION beyond
boundaries if we live it,
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projection of yourself. Expansion of
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enlightenment.AWARENESS is a eld in
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who have loved.
At all times, what we are aware of
is the qualities of our own
consciousness.
The world is as we are.
e only sane RESPONSE
to our collective insanity is
unconditional LOVE.God is the inﬁnite potential in which
galaxies and universes arise from
nothingness and disappear into
nothingness.
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ﬂux—the coming and going of God.LOVE
is the ultimate TRUTH.Lightness of being,
FLOW, and joy are the
outcome of letting go of
what never was.You are the master of your life, not the
mechanisms in your brain or your
body.
Intention and desire alter the material
landscape of the brain.
Neurons and genes turn on and off,
depending on your choices.
Reclaiming consciousness is nothing
other than reclaiming the power of
choice.Angry people SHOUT,
those in love WHISPER,
those who are love become
SILENT.EACH OF US IS THE ONE
MINDReligion has an obligation not to
contradict the known laws of
science.
Science has an obligation not to
reduce rich human experience to
raw data.
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the rhythms of nature
to cradle you, and the
universe will carry
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dreams are cosmic
consciousness.If you obsess over
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decision, you are
basically assuming that
the universe will
reward you for one
thing and punish you
for another.Atoms emerge from a void that is pure


), overlies the
mass. At the sharp interface berween the "A" and ''B"
zones, a 2 em long arcade (arrows) is seen. Close inspecrion
suggests it is formed by a number of tiny arches, each 1-2
mm broad.
Fig. Ill: 3. Squamous cell carcinoma,lef t upper lobe.
(a) left anterjor oblique radiograph ·shows radiating struc*
rures, including lamellae (arrows). "A.. and "B" zones arc
corresponding ly labelled. (b) Left posterior oblique radi(}-Fig. I J I: 2. Poorly differenriated squamous cell carcinoma of
the left lung, frontal radiograph. The tumour is surrounded
by a radiolucent "A" zone, which isdiffu.sc, irregular, and
0.5-1 em broad. Jts outer margin is indistinct.
grnph shows a 12 mm broad, rndiolucent "A" zone (A).
Along: its superolateral ponion a radiopaque ''B" zone {B)
has a well-defined margin against the"A" zone (arrowheads ).
Elsew·hcre the margin of the "A" zone is ;poorly defined.
Malignant and benign neoplasms 15 Fig.lll:4. Small ceU carcinoma, upper lobe, left lung,
frontal radiograph. The "A" zone is about 5 mm wide. A
"8" zone is seen as an irregular infiltration lateral to the tu~
mour. The border between the radiolucent ·• A" zone and
the radiopaque ''8" zone is poorly defined.
it reaches the level of the surrounding lung parenchy
ma.
A sharp outer border of the "A" zone, on the other
hand, is observed characteristically only against a 148"
zone situated between the tumour and the periphery of
the lung (Figs. I: 2, III: I, 3, 9). Computerized tomo·
graphy will occasionally be more sensitive than plain
radiograph s in detecting these changes (Figs. III: 8,
34).
No characteristic malignant cell type is associated
with corona changes. An "A" zone can be seetr around
different histological types of maligtzalll tumour> itz the
Lung.
For some time the author thought that an "A, zone
was a radiographic sign of cancer. It is not so. An "A"
zone can be found around some benign tumours as
well as around primary and metastatic lung tumours of
different types and degrees of differentiat.ioo. (As will
be seen in the next chapter, corona structures may
even develop around inflammator y lesions.) Two cases
will now illustrate an "A" zone around a benign tu
mour.
In Fig. III: 6a, a hamartoma is seen surrounded by
some discrete, 5~ mm long, radiating structures and
an irregular circle of vessels 4-5 em in diameter. Six
years later(Fig. III: 6b), a radiolucent zone, S-12 mm
broad, surrounds the tumour. This zone is indistin
guishable from an "A" zone as seen around a malig
nant tumour. Confirmation of the marked radiolu
cency of the "A" zone is shown by a densitometric
recording across the lung, the "A" zone and the tu
mour.
16 Malignant and benign neoplasms Fig.///: 5. Carcinoma of breast, metastatic to the upper
lobe, left lung, frontal radiograph. The tumour is surround
ed by a faint, radiolucent "A" zone medially, inferiorly, and
laterally. The periphery of the "A" zone is poorly defmcd.
Another hamartoma (Fig. III: 7) is illustrated sur
rounded by a 1-8 mm broad "A" zone. A photograph
ic "edge enhancement" and "Mach effect" (7, II) as
possible sources of error can be excluded in this case
because of the irregular and variable width of the "A"
zone. Furthermore, comparab le differences of density,
e.g., between ribs and lungs, do not show any edge
enhancement artefacts in this radiograph. 1
Computerized tomograp hy may be more sensitive to
"A" zone radiolucencies than plain radiographs. Fig.
III: 8 a shows a plain radiograph of a metastatic mela
noma in the right upper lobe. No clear "A" zone can be
seen around the tumour. In the computerized tomo
gram (Fig. III: 8 b), on the other hand, the rQdiolu
ceot zone is easily recognized, as well as circular devi
ation of vessels around the '"A" zone.
1 Evaluation of d~nsicy differences in photographic films is subjcc:t
to several errors: the so<allcd adjacency effects and Mach effects
mus1 bt considered. Tbe most common errors are the appearance of
enhanced density along the «ige of a den$e area, known as the
border effect ~ and dcxreased density outside the border effect.
known as the fringe effect. The border effect is oflen referred to as
the Mach line and the two effects together as the edge cffett. They
are partly produced during film dt\'elopment because t.he devdoper
affects not only the surface of the film but also 1he emulsion.
Hori1.ontal diffusion of fresh developer within the emulsion en
hances the developing prOttSs within a nearby area of higher expo
!)ure. On the other hand, the reactive products of development also
djffuse in tht opposjte direction through the boundary of diffe:rc:nt
exposure. Such reactive products tend to inhibit development in the
less e.xposcd side of the boundary. The edge effect occurs within a
t'()atively restricted area adjacent to t.he boundary where the expo
sure gndient is 5teep; usu.ally it is less than a millimetre wide. Tbe
visual analogue to t.be photographic border and fringe effects is
called the Mach effect. Ph)"$iologica lly an inu:nse stimulus of pan of
the retina results in a lower signal from adjacent retinal ceiJs. This
compensatory mechanim is called latenJ inhibition. The inu:n.se
signal is on t.he ot.ber hand enhanced. Thil visual mechanism en
hanclt'S cons.ider::ably the vi$u:al recognition of strue.tu.res. Fig./11:6. Hamartoma, right lung, frontal radiograph.
(a) A radiolucent "A" zooe surrounding the tumour is
suggested. (b) Six years later, the tumour has grown
slightly. An "A*' zone: now definitely surrounds it. Tbe
peripher·.tl margins of the "A" zone arc generally indis
tinct. (c) A densitometric recording of the radiogr•ph
b is shown, obtained at the level of the black horizon·
tal line. Peaks of the tracing are obtained by the low at·
tenuation for x-rays in the "A" zone.
Fig. I II: 7. Hamartoma, right lung, frontal radiograph. A
narrow "A'' zone of varying width surrounds the tumour. A
pulmonary vessel (arrow) appears no1 to uaverse the '1 A,
zone.
Fig.ll/:8. Pulmonary metastasis from an cxtrathoracic rna·
lign•nt melanoma. (a) Fronwl F3diogroph, right uppcF lobe.
No definite.. A" zone is apparent. (b) Computerized tomo·
graphy shows a radiolucent "A" zone around the rumour.
Blood vessels appear devi.ared around the margin oft he "A"
zone.
Malignant and benign neoplasms 17 B. Small arches and arcades
Before a gcncr•l description of the different appear·
anccs of the "8" zone can be offered, sp<.-cific d<-scrip
tion is appropriate for those parts of the interface of
lhc.. A.. and "B.. zones which arc well defined, i.e.,
the arcades and small arches.
Wherever the "A" zone sharply borders the "B"
zone, small arches characterize the interface. Each arch
is from one to five mm wide. The convexities of these
arches are always directed away from the lesion. The
18 Malignant and benign neoplasms Fig. III: 9. Moderately well differentiated 5qWI·
mous cell carcinoma, upper lobet left lung (same pa·
tient as in Fig. Ill: 27.} A small arcade (arrows}
formed by 1-2 mm wide arches is seen between


. A spiral
screw, I em long, is soldered to the tip of the cannula
(Fig. XVII: 2a). The hub of the cannula is connected
both to a surgical diathermia apparatus and via a electrode produces heat in the tumour. Saline solution in
fused through the electrode maintains moisture and in
creases the quantity of sodium chloride in the tumour, en
hancing conductivity. The transmitted heat is measured by
an electrothermometer (c), which is placed at the edge of the
tumour.
Teflon tube (50 em long and 2 mm wide) to a lympho
graphy syringe. This syringe is filled with saline solu
tion, which is slowly and evenly injected through the
electrode during treatment. A large metal plate at
tached to the patient's arm is used as an indifferent
electrode. In order to avoid a large pneumothorax,
which might easily displace an electrode, it was found
useful to place percutaneously an ordinary pleural
drainage tube in the pleural space two days before
implantation of the electrode.
Twenty minutes before the procedure the patient is
administered a tranquilizer, such as Valium '~>, intra
muscularly. Under local anaesthesia and biplane
fluoroscopic control, the thin Teflon tube (Fig.
XVII: 2 b) is inserted percutaneously into the tumour.
Material for cytologic study is obtained via the cannula
by means of a small screw needle inStrument (44, 45).
The material is stained immediately and examined
microscopically. In the meantime the electrode is in
serted through the Teflon tube, screwed into the tu
mour tissue and connected to the electrocoagulation
apparatus and the lymphographic syringe. A forceful
aspiration with the syringe must precede these ma
noeuvres in order to make sure that the tip of the
Teflon tube is not positioned in a pulmonary vein,
which might possibly introduce spontaneous inflow of
air into the left side of the heart. The tip of the
electrothermometer needle (Fig. XVII: 2c) is placed in
the tumour close to the surface.
Accuracy is required for implanting the electrodes.
This requirement led to cooperative work with repre
sentatives of the x-ray industry, resulting in the devel
opment of the so-called BINO and SINO' units (42).
1 Manufac:lured b)' Siemcns·Eicma, Stockhobn, under the trade
name of Angioscope.
Treatment of cancer 273 Fig. XV/1:4. Piece of meat (moosesteak ) after local diather
mic production of heat over an electrode perfused with saline
~1ution. ~rhe cut surface through the bolted tissue is ap
proximately 2.5 x 1.5 em and grey-white. Dia:hcrmia over a
dry electrode produces a small, black region cf dry tissue,
which easily breaks conductivity of the circuit.
274 Treatment of cancer Fig. XVII: 3. Biplane flu
oroscopic unit, designed for
separate positioning of two
arch-suspended x-ray tubes
and image intensifiers in any
direction in relation to the
subject. The patient table,
suspended in a coordinate
S)"tcm from 1he ceiling, al
lows positioning of the pa
tient independent of the
arch construction. Elevation
of the table top, rotation of
the patient and movements
of the arches are controlled
by servo motors from a con·
trol panel.
This biplane equipment (Fig. XVII: 3) allows individ
ual placements of two arch-suspended radiographic
tubes and image intensifiers. The patient is examined
on a roll sheet table suspended from the ceiling by
telescopic stands, which are movable in a coordinate
system. Nearly all the movements of the arches and of
the patient table are performed remotely via servo
motors from a control panel.
About 2-3 drops of saline solution per second are
injected during the electrocoagulat ion. In this way the
tissue close ro rhe electrode tip is kept wet, securing a
continued complete circuit over a prolonged time com
pared with the use of dry electrodes. Evaporated water
escapes as steam between the wall of the cannula and
the inner wall of the Teflon rube. At the same time the
amount of salt increases in the tumour tissue, enhanc
ing conductivity.
Usually the recorded temperature at the edge of the
tumour was elevated to about 60"C for 4 to 5 minutes
during each of these treatments. This level of heat
means that the tissue is "boiled" rather than "fried",
as with the dry electrode technique. The result of such
a boiling of a piece of moosesteak is shown in Fig.
XVII: 4. The tissue is opaque only in the coagulated area. The effe<:t in a lung tumour in vivo is difficult to
predict, because it depends to a large extent on circula·
tion of blood and ventilation, cooling the tissues.
3. Resuhs
Twelve pulmonary metastaS(. 'S in eight patients as well
as primary carcinoma of the breast in two patients
have been treated by ele<:trodes perfused with liquid.
Table XVII: I surveys relevant clinical data of these
teo patients.
Seven of the patiems were women and three men.
Ages varied between nineteen and sixty-four years.
The size of each tumour at the time of treatment
varied between 6 and 37 (mean 18) mm in diameter.
Eight of the rumours regressed after treatment, five
showed progression and one was indeterminate. The
Fig. XVII: 5. Electrocoa·
gulation followed by de·
crease in size of a metastatic
fibroliposarcoma in lhe right
lung. (a) ~fore treatment.
(c) After 485 days. (d) After
1490 days. (b) Cytologic
specimen obtained by per·
cutaneous needle biopsy of
lhe rumour before treat·
ment. May-Grunewald·
Giemsa stain. a two largest tumours showing regression had initial
diameters of 29 to 30 mm. Longest observation time
with persistent regression has been four years and
eight months in one patient. No serious complications
have occurred. In!our patients small to moderate
asymptomatic pneumothoraces developed. Before
electrocoagulation was performed, ten of the tumours
had continued to grow in spite of cytostatic therapy.
The courses of two patients with lung metastases
and the rwo with breast rumours will now be described
and illustrated in de~ail.
Case /. A fibroliposarcoma of the uterus was excised
from a 19-year-old woman. One year after operation a
tumour 2 em in dianneter was found in the right lung
(Fig. XVU: 5 a). The diagnosis of metastasis from the
primary tumour was confirmed (Fig. XVII: 5 b) by a
screw needle biopsy (44, 45) obtained under local
anaesthesia. The Tef1lon tube (Fig. XVII: 2 b) was then
.
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fltia...,.._,......._,.._
Treatment of cancer 275 Table XVII: I. Rtsults of trtatmnrt by electrocoagu lation (liquid-perfused electrodes) of metastatic cancer in the lungs in eighr patinr
(no. I~) and primary carcinoma of tht breasr in two patients (no. 9, /0)
Date of electro· Obsen"'ltion
coagulation time (da)~) Effecc on
P2fit"nl l,rimary Si:r.e of TUmour Siu of tu· rreated
No. Age tumour (mm) mour (mm) tumour Commenrs
I. B.K. 'i' Fibroliposar· 912 1978 I 490 Regression ContinuQus growth of four pulmonary
19 coma of uterus 19XI9X 19 7xSx2 metastases during cytostatic therapy
ReS«tion 1977 before electrocoagulation of one, and
later elecuoehemical treatmen t of
three of the metastases (set Table
XVII: 2).
2. G.B. 'i' At.alignant 2714 1977 240 Regression Prt\·ious cytoStatic lhe-rapy, followed
32 melanoma of 29X29X30 nxzox2z by tumour srowth until elecrroooagula ·
s!Un tion. lXath from haemorrhage in one of
Resection 1976 sen:ral cerebral mctastaSC$. Small
pneumothorax during electrocoagulat ion.
3. A


—where  they  are more  and
more  unaffected  by silly  human  gossip.
You must  be unaffected  by all gossip,  for it is of the
human.
As the Great  Goddess  of Liberty  said  in West  Palm  Beach:
"It is well  for each  one  to take  an inventory  of himself  or
herself.  See wherein  you  can give  Greater  Obedience  to the
Law  of your  Life,  for It is exacting,  I assure  you.  The  Law
of Life  is no respecter  of persons!  Whatever  you  create  in
your  world,  you  will  experience,  even  today"!
We see the Expansion  of the Light  within  the students
and their  firm—Oh,  so much  firmer  determination  to stand
unyielding,  even  to listening  to destructive  experiences!
It is the Mightiest  Thing  in human  Beings'  experience. DISCOURSE  VIII  215
Any  human  Being  who  will  take  his or her  stand;  and
refuse  to listen  to any  discordant  thing,  will  find  that  one's
world  flooded  with  Perfection  and  the good  things  of Life!
It is why  the Messengers  have  pounded,  and  pounded,
and pounded,  This  One  Mighty  Truth  to the  Students
from  the beginning.  They  shall  continue,  until  the Beloved
Ones  get this  Point  into  their  consciousness  so powerfully,
they  will  no longer  be affected  by discordant  things.  You
must  do it, if you  wish  ever  to be Free!  That  is why,  tonight,
I am taking  this  opportunity,  to prompt  you  once  again,  in
the preparation  for this  Class;  because  a Power  will  be
released  never  before  known.
Let Me prompt  you!  To every  student  who  comes  into
the Shrine  Auditorium,  I say  please,  do not  allow  one
thought  or feeling  of your  own  concept,  to requalify  the
Release  of This  Mighty  Energy!  We  must  be firm!  There
is no reason  why  anyone  should  come  into  that  Class  and
not feel a Power,  a Joy,  an Exhilaration,  a Healing  Presence,
unparalleled  on the face  of this  Earth!  Don't  let anyone
come  into  the  Auditorium  and  get  faint  or disturbed!
Such  things  are going  to cease!  It only  is the requalification,
by one's  own  human  feeling.  Take  your  stand  and  don't
do this!  Then,  you  will  receive  the Fulness  of the Healing
Power.
Any  person  coming  into  the room  who  will  harmonize
his or her feeling  and  sustain  it sufficiently,  will  go forth
healed  of every  condition  which  has  ever  beset  that  one.
Now,  do you  wish  to take  advantage  of it? I prompt  you, 241 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
don't  either  in your  Individual  Life  or in this  Class,  allow
one single  human  feeling  to requalify  the Release  of this
Powerful  Energy,  for It will  come  forth  from  your  Presence
as well  as from  Us.  It cannot  produce  anything  but  Per-
fection  for you;  Greater  Harmony,  Greater  Joy,  Greater
Health  and  Strength!  So do not let the human  requalify
It! Don't  think  I am criticizing  you,  Beloved  Ones,  tonight,
but I refer  you  to Beloved  Saint  Germain's  Words.  A lady
who  was  in the  home  of the  Messengers  in their  early
experiences,  had  the habit  of fainting  quite  often;  so during
Beloved  Saint  Germain's  Dictations  of the  "I AM"  Dis-
courses  in their  home,  He took  up the subject  and  sent
word  to the lady:  "Now  don't  faint  any  more"!  He said,
"you  don't  have  to faint  unless  you  want  to."  Well  the lady
never  fainted  again.
Precious  Hearts,  I wish  to help  you  feel  and  see the re-
qualification  of the action  of the energy,  within  your  world,
which  produces  these  conditions.  If any  person,  the  mo-
ment  he or she  feels  some  slight  disturbance  will  say:
"Here,  stop  that!  I will  not have  it"! in ninety  percent  of
the cases,  they  will  stop  the whole  action.  You  know  when
you begin  to feel  faint,  you  get more  and  more  faint.
Do you  know,  alertness  is a most  magnificent  thing?
We are trying  to convey  to you—to  be alert  to all conditions,
whether  they  be physical  conditions  and  appearances  in
the outer  world;  or whatever  it is that  is affecting  you  or
your  world.  If you  will  say,  "STOP"!  right  then,  you release
the Power  which  is the controlling  element  of the condi-DISCOURSE  VIII  217
tion whatever  it may  be. If it be an appearance  as an out-
side condition,  if you  will  instantly  take  command  of your-
self and  say:  "Stop!  you  shall  not  enter  my  world!  You
shall  not  disturb  me"!  you  will  find  yourself  in FULL
COMMAND  of your  world  and  the conditions  which  sur-
round  you.
Beloved  Ones,  how  do you  suppose  We  control  condi-
tions?  By that  very  identical  thing!  Naturally,  We are able
to release  a Greater  Power  than  you  are;  but still  We must
help  you  make  a beginning;  and  the sooner  We  do,  the
quicker  you  are Master  of your  world.  In the  Fulness  of
the Love,  the Power  of Divine  Love,  which  I am able  to
release  to you;  if you  will  do this,  I will  assist  you  to a
Victory  and  Speed  of Achievement  which  will  delight  you.
We think  the time  has come,  when  the Beloved  Students
everywhere,  must  feel  and  make  manifest  This  Dominion
in their  lives.  There  always  comes  a time  in the Life  and
Expansion  of the Light  of every  Individual,  where  after  a
certain  amount  of prompting,  each  one  is left as you  often
term  it—"upon  his own,  to sink  or swim."  Does  that  sound
cruel?  No!  We  often  feel  the Call  of students,  longing  to
lay their  heads  upon  Our  Chests  and  weep;  to arouse  Our
Sympathy  to take  their  defense.  Well,  you  may  lay your
heads  upon  Our  Chests,  but  not  to weep;  only  to rejoice
by the Power  of your  own  Victory!
Sometimes,  when  the  feeling  comes  to Us—Oh,  if the
Ascended  Masters  are all this,  why  don't  They  do some-
thing?  They  are  doing  plenty  all the  time,  but  let Me 218 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
remind  you,  the Messengers  did  not  have  Us pick  them
up and  carry  them  around!  They  had  to apply  the Law
for their  own  Protection;  for everything  which  they  have,
and when  you  will  apply  as dynamically  as they  have;  and
when  you  will  refuse  acceptance  into  your  world  of all
foolish  human  gossip,  you  will  have  your  Freedom  then


 out that skulls from eras where children were universally
breastfed rarely have small nasal apertures and conjectures that OSA may
not have existed prior to the invention of artificial nipples. While the breast
tissue is soft and shapes itself to the baby’ s mouth, bottle teats and pacifiers
are firmer and require the mouth to adjust. Equally, the effort required for
an infan t to express milk from the breast gives the muscles of the face a
workout, promoting the development of good muscle tone and ensuring
nasal breathing. This cannot be replicated by an artificial teat.52
Tongue-tie may also contribute to the enlar gement of the tonsil s that is
so prevalent in OSA.53 The restrictive tissues can lead to mouth breathing,
which increases upper airway resistance and causes inflamm ation to the
back of the throa t. Swollen adenoids and tonsils further obstruct  the airflow,
exacerbate the need to breathe through the mouth, and contribute to
abnormal oral-facial growth. T ongue-tie, left untreated, can therefore lead to
SDB and OSA.
A tongue-tie in a newborn shou ld be clipped to facilitate the necessary
movement of the tongue during breastfeeding. I remember  hearing a
speaker at a sleep conference explain that sixteenth-century French
midwives grew one fingernail extra long so they could use it to cut thetongue-ties of newborn babies. By today’ s standards, this may sound
grotesque, but at a time when formula feeding was not an option, it may
have saved the lives of those children.
If you suspect that your child has a short lingual frenulum, seek advice
from a healthcar e professional or myofunctional therapist trained in
identifying tongue-tie. You can find a specialist in your area by visiting
AomtInfo.or g.
DEVELOPMENT OF POSTURE, SPEECH, AND
LANGUAGE
Mouth breathin g in children also has impacts on speech, auditory
processing, and postural development. In a 2011 study of the effect of
chronic nasal obstruction on speech in children aged between 4 and 12
years, it was found that 76.6% of children with nasal blockages suffered
dysphonia—problems speaking due to anatomical disorders in the throat,
mouth, tongue, or vocal cords.54 More than 68% of the children with
blocked noses demonstrated vocal abuse, a behavioral condition that causes
strain to the vocal cords.
A 2013 paper that explored the correlation between oral breathing and
speech disorders in children found that mouth breathing could affect
socialization, academic perform ance, and the development of speech.55
Researchers underlined that early detection of mouth breathing is essential
to reduc e or prevent its harm ful effects on development. Changes in
posture, mobilit y, and muscle tone of the lips, cheeks, and tongue, when a
child habitually mouth breathe s, lead to a loss of efficiency in basic
functions like swallowing, chew ing, and speaking. This can encourage the
development of flaccid jaw muscles, poor head posture, and speech
disorders, including lisps and the inability to pronounce specific sounds.
Children who mouth breathe may also have underdeveloped auditory
processing.
In 2014, scientists undertook a first-of-its-kind study looking at speech
difficulties in children who had swollen adenoids and found a connection
between adenoid  hypertrophy and articulation errors during speech.56 The
study compared 19 children with adenoid hypertrophy to a control group of33 children with functional articulation disorders but no physical
symptoms. The mean age of the subject group was higher than that of the
control group because the incidence of adenoid hypertrophy in children
generally increases with age.
They found that the kind of speech errors made by children with
swollen adenoids were not the same as those present in children with
speech disorders. Children with enlar ged adenoids were more likely to
substitute one sound for anothe r and less likely to drop sounds, reflecting
the fact that swollen adenoids, rather than the children’ s understanding of
phonetics and language, were the cause of defects in speech. The sound “s”
was particularly affected in these children. This sound requires a specific
placement of the tongue, but children with swollen adenoids have reduced
airway space and tend to drop their lower jaw and tongue to maximize their
oral airway. As we’ve already seen, this affects the developmen t of the face
and leads to poorly aligned teeth and jaws.
It is also believed that enlar ged adenoids can lead to changes in voice
quality. The children in the study were found to have frequent nasalization.
This is consiste nt with previous research that found adenoid hypertrophy
could lead to hypernasal speech, alter the resonance characteristics of the
airways, and cause changes in the dimensions of the vocal tract that can
manifest as roughness in the voice.
Mouth breathing  and SDB breathing in children has also been found to
impact auditory  processing—th e ability to understand speech, distinguish
sounds from one another, concentrate against background noise, and enjoy
music.57 Scientis ts in Brazil found that children with mouth breathing and
OSA, as determined by polysomnography, displayed levels of auditory
processing that were statistically significant when compared with children
who had no airway problems.58 The children with OSA performed less well
in tests to determine auditory processing and nonverbal sequence memory.
We have already explored the impact of mouth breathing on the
development of the face, jaws, and teeth. However, the problem extends
further. Children  with narrow or blocked airways tend to mouth breathe by
default, and so they adjust the position of their head to get enough air in
through their mouths. Information on the connection between mouth
breathing and changes in postur e in children is limited, but one 2018 studyof children explains that problems in the positioning of the shoulders,
including the shoulder blades and trapezius muscles, can occur in children
who mouth breathe.59
While much research has focused on the position of the head, not
looking any further down the spine, the fact is, the forward positioning of
the head, which  is necessary to draw air orally into the lower respiratory
tract, will lead to further postu ral adaptations that can impact the whole
body. Forward head posture requires the child to extend the upper cervical
spine and flex the lower cervical and thoracic spine, leading to curvature in
the lumbar spine. Over time, this causes muscle strain that pulls the lower
jaw back, decreasing the airway even more.
The 2018 study recorded a significant reduction in forward head
position and poor shoulder posture after adenotonsillectomy.59 It woul d be
interesting to see the results of a study that made the same comparison
following upper  airway development and nasal breathing training; it seems
likely they would be similar and perhaps more sustainable.
ADVICE T O PARENTS OF CHILDREN AND
TEENAGERS
It is important to monitor your child for signs of mouth breathing. Take the
opportunity to observe the breathing when your child is concentrating on
homework, watching TV, or sleeping. It can be helpful to monitor the
breathing of younger children after they have eaten, particularly if you
suspect specific  foods such as dairy or wheat may be triggering
overbreathing.
Avoid overdressing your child, and keep your house cool and well
ventilated. Enco urage your child to play outside and to breathe through
their nose as much as possible during physically active play. Notice if your
child maintains an open mouth posture for significant periods. If the mouth
is open for 40% of the time or more, you must act. If your child’ s nose is
blocked, try using the exercise to decongest the nose. (You will find this
exercise in Chapter T wo.)
Look at the follo wing list of questions. If your answer to any of these is
“yes,” your child might be displaying the harmful ef fects of SDB:• Do you notice your child breathing through an open mouth?
• Does your child wake up with tangled sheets in the morning after a night of twisting
and turning during sleep?
• Does your child hold his or her breath during sleep?
• Does your child have a stuf fy nose on waking, or complain about his or her mouth
being dry?
• Do you hear your child snoring?
• Does your child experience disrupted sleep?
• Does your child have nightmares, wet the bed during sleep, or wake up needing to
use the bathroom?
• Is your child’ s breathing audible during sleep?
• Is your child tired on waking, or fatigued and struggling to concentrate during the
day?
We have looked in detail at the many factors that lead to breathing
pattern disorders. Nasal breathing not only prevents and relieves the many
symptoms related to breathing pattern disorders and SDB but is also
essential to the correct development of the jaws and face. The foundation of
breathing reeducation for children and teenagers is restoring full-time nasal
breathing with the lips closed, jaws relaxed, and tongue in the correct
resting posture, both during wakefulness and sleep.
As the many studies have shown, the growth of the face and airways in
childhood is often directly related to the way a child breathes. Enlar ged
adenoids or any other restriction  of the airways causes the child to switch to
mouth breathing because of the difficulty in getting enough air through the


 And as a result,
you will know joy. This process will bring far greater results than merely
the pleasures of a lighter, healthier body. You will know the deep
satisfaction of being in char ge of your own life.
The subtlest changes in your thought-forms can radically transform the
chemistry in your brain. While worldly voices might ar gue that only
behavioral change produces “real change”—while spiritual change is hardly
more than child’ s play—science itself is catching up to the most ancient
wisdom regarding the powers of spirituality. The most prestigious academic
institutions have conducted studies proving that those who are prayed for
get out of intensive care units faster, that those who attend spiritual support
groups survive longer after the diagnosis of a life-challenging illness, and
so forth. Spirituality is more than simply an adjunct to what it really  takes
to lose weight.
If you are serious about wanting the power of spiritual forces to aid you
in your weight loss, to provide at the very least your “second engine” to liftyou miraculously above the forces of addiction and compulsion, then you
must meet those forces with more than casual deference. Y ou wouldn’ t
want a worldly doctor to rush through his or her appointment with you;
similarly, the Divine Physician needs you to spend a little more time at your
appointments with Him.
Just as you wash your body daily, you need to purify your heart daily as
well. When you neglect to pray and meditate on a regular basis—which
means a daily basis—you leave your psychic door unlocked, and the thief
will come in. Any day consciously and willingly given to God, praying that
His guidance be with you and that you might be a conduit of love
throughout the day, is a day when you are buf fered from the otherwise
active power of your fear -mind.
Your addictive impulses will be alert to the slightest for getfulness on
your part, and they will take advantage of the slightest opening (“I don’ t
have time to pray and meditate today,” “I don’ t need to reflect deeply on my
behavior here; I know what I’m doing!” “I’m angry for a good reason; this
is not about for giveness!”) to rush back in with full-gale negative force.
The purpose of this lesson is (l) to establish the importance of “Spirit-
time”—time taken every day to align your worldly self with your spiritual
self, and (2) to help you establish this time as part of your daily routine. The
most powerful aid to this is the practice of meditation.
True meditation is not mere relaxation, for it involves an actual shift in
consciousness. There are many dif ferent paths: Christian, Buddhist, Jewish,
or other religious meditations; the W orkbook of A Course in Miracles;
Transcendental, V edic, or V ipassana Meditation; and more. A serious
meditation practice is one of the most powerful ways to disconnect from
your fear -mind and its fearful dictates.
Too much attention to the earth plane creates undue stress on the body.
Meditation frees the mind from its attachment to the body, thus freeing the
body to right itself. As you set your mind free of physical attachments for a
period of time each day, you improve your relationship to the physical
world.
Some people claim they don’ t have time to meditate. But meditation
slows down time.  And in slowing down time, you slow down and rebalance
your nervous system. Stress leads to frenetic ener gy, and frenetic ener gyleads to impulsive behavior. Meditation, by reducing stress, brings calm to
both your body and your mind.
Meditation is like a sealant, protecting your devotional ener gy so the light
cannot slip out and the darkness cannot slip in. Emotionally, you will be
lifted higher and higher, gaining a more and more consistent sense of joy.
With that, the gravitational lure of self-destructive ur ges will decrease and
ultimately cease.
But meditation is more than lighting a candle and breathing deeply; it is
more than walking through the woods or speaking a beautiful intention. I’ve
heard many people say, “I do meditate. I meditate by journaling, by reading
inspirational literature, by spending quiet time alone.” All those things are
good—indeed, they’ve been recommended as a part of this course. But they
are relaxation, inspiration, and contemplation; they are not of themselves
meditation. Meditation is something deeper, something that actually
changes your brain waves. And for that you need a serious meditation
practice.
There is a meditation path that will work for you, and you might even
know what it is already. Whether or not you will avail yourself of this
medicine of the gods is completely up to you.
Just remember that meditation is so powerful that the fear -mind will tell
you anything to make you believe it isn’ t powerful, or it isn’ t for you, or
you just don’ t have time to do it. “I don’ t know how to meditate.” (But you
could learn.) “I tried meditation, but I couldn’ t stick with it.” (Change
“couldn’ t” to “didn’ t.”) It is your choice, of course, which voice in your
head to listen to, which voice to believe, and most important of all, which
voice to act on.
If you have a meditation practice, then nothing could be more important
to transforming your relationship to food than that you do it. And if you do
not have a meditation practice but pray to be shown one, then books or
flyers that lead to one that is best for you will begin to fall at your feet.
Addiction is a spiritual disease; prayer and meditation boost the spiritual
immune system. Y ou are not fighting the disease; you are simply opening
your mind to so much truth that the diseased condition cannot dwell there.
Every time you embrace a truth, you dismantle a lie. Y our goal is for the
light to seep into the deepest recesses of your subconscious, erasing old
patterns and releasing your mind to new ones.Overeating is an act of hysteria, and meditation is the most powerful
antidote to hysteria. Hysteria occurs when you lose your conscious
connection with the naturally ordered universe, and in that traumatic
moment try to absorb the shock of cosmic disorder by grabbing for a bite-
size piece of comfort. Enough has been said of your separation from love;
our focus now is on your return to it.
You have had moments, surely, when love has prevailed and you were
not tormented by your compulsion. Y ou have had moments when you sailed
through your kitchen and felt no insane need to eat inappropriately. The
problem is that the insanity has always returned, sometimes when you
would least expect it. V arious ef forts have given you temporary surcease
from the overwhelming compulsion to reenact your pattern, but none have
totally stopped  the pattern. Only the hand of God can do that.
Thus, this entire situation is an invitation to discipleship. It’ s time to give
Him all of your time and all of your days and all of your thoughts. Y our
mind is holy, yet you must stand on that knowledge. Y ou must actively
embrace the truth in order to receive its blessing. For any moment not given
to love will be used by fear as a breeding ground for its own purposes.
Choose love, so fear will no longer be able to choose you.
Discipleship is a sacred marriage. Only the arms of God can truly hold
you and keep you and protect you from all harm. Once you’ve experienced
the embrace of your Divine Beloved, perhaps you will choose to commit to
Him. Y ou will promise to cleave to Him and “forsake all others.” Having
made this holy commitment, you will break of f your relationship with the
tyrant of compulsion that has masqueraded as your lover. And that is what
discipleship is: a total commitment that leaves no room for anything else.
Discipleship is much, much more than a sometimes thing; it’ s an ef fort to
totally immerse yourself in the light of love. And this will do more than just
transform your eating. It will transform your entire life.
Take anything that symbolizes the meditation path that calls to you—
from the phone number of a meditation teacher you have heard about but
not yet called, to the W orkbook of A Course in Miracles,  to a set of prayer
beads—and place it on your altar for consecration to the divine.
Reflection and PrayerClose your eyes and relax into your sacred place. See yourself in your
inner temple, a beautiful and holy room. See yourself lying in the center of
it, on a lar ge white slab. The slab looks like cold marble—but when you lie
down, it feels like warm, soft pillows.
Now see the Divine Physician standing above you with His hands over
your body. The Divine being is drawing from your body all the ener gy that
does not belong there, both physical and nonphysical. Breathe deeply into
this image and allow it to be real for you. Such imagery is no idle fantasy.
Spirit is always present, not just metaphorically but literally.
Now continue with an exercise from A Course in Miracles.  With your
eyes closed, say slowly to yourself, “Into His presence would I enter now.”
Repeat the sentence over and over to yourself as you fall more and more
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cohol, and foodless food. In the spread of Natural Hygiene lies the hope of the future.
Article #2: What Is Health?
Various States of Existence
Delineating Health
Health does notconsist merely oftheabsence ofsymptoms ofillness. Itisastate of
positive well-being thatisevidenced byaconstant state ofeuphoria. Itisrarely,ifever,
experienced by humans today.
Various States of Existence
We could well divide the people we meet into the following categories:1.People who are definitely sick.
2.People who are on the borderline of sickness.
3.People who are apparently healthy.
4.People who enjoy high-level health.
Thefirst three groups constitute thevast majority ofourpopulation. Perhaps only a
mere handful ofouryouth could fallwithin thelastcategory.Great vigour andthebuoy-
ant feeling of well-being are extremely rare in our populace.
Delineating Health
Health isastate ofsoundness andintegrity oforganism; vigour andefficiency of
function; andexcellence ofmental faculties. Much ofthiswell-being springs from an-
tecedent heredity butthatismerely thebase requisite tobuilding andmaintaining health.
Health manifests itself bysuch afeeling oftone intheentire organism thatthebody
fairly glows with itandbespeaks itatevery turn. There iscleanliness andsparkle tothe
eyes, clearness andfinecolor totheskin, vigor andactivity andbounce tothestep, and
an evident feeling of joy of living that is infectious.
Wewitness traces ofthepristine vigor andwell-being inouryoungest children.
Rarely doweobserve exuberant physiological excellence beyond theageofsix.Ifwe
really want to see vigor we must watch the young of animals.
This vigor is possible to humans throughout most of their lives.Lesson 2 - The Nature And Purpose Of Disease
2.1. What is Disease?
2.2. Purposes of Disease
2.3. T oxemia Is The Universal Cause Of Disease
2.4. Natural Hygiene Or Life Science Care Of The Ailing
2.5. The Character Of Disease
2.6. Questions & Answers
Article #1: A T rue Perspective Of Health And Disease by Dr. Herbert M. Shelton
Article #2:TheNature OfDisease: ItsCause And Purpose byDr.Hereward Carring-
ton
Inasmuch aswe’re having only onelesson specifically onthesubject ofdisease, I
bidyoutostudy hard andabsorb itwell, fornearly allyour clientele willsufferdisease
in one form or another.
Inthislesson wewillascertain what disease is,what brings itabout, what purposes
itserves, andwhy itends atallinview ofthefactthatitissupposed tobeanoccasion
when malevolent microbial entities have gained adestructive foothold inourbodies. We
willexplore how abody indescendancy (asitissaid tobeindisease) andmicrobes in
ascendancy reverse these tendencies.
2.1. What is Disease?
1.Disease, asaword, means very simply notatease—a person isuncomfortable orsuffer-
ingdifficulties inmaintaining energies forthefunctions hewishes todischar geandin
keeping operative those faculties he wishes to exercise.
Inphysiological terminology,disease means deviation from normal. That means that
thebody hasdeviated from regular functions. Inastate ofdisease thebody hasrechan-
neled orredirected itsenergiessothatithaslessthan usual energyforfunctions normal-
ly engaged in.
2.There aretwodistinct types ofdisease. Thefirsttype ofdisease serves apurpose andthe
second type serves none. Discerning these twotypes inyour clients willbenoproblem
at all. These two types of disease are as follows:
1.The first type is constructive disease, often called acute disease.
2.The second type ofdisease isdegenerative. This results from organic impairment in
which organs, tissues, bones, orother faculties have under gone destruction, distortion,
or irreversible impairment.
Yourservice toyour clients willlargely depend onyour ability torecognize whether
adisease isconstructive ordegenerative. Irepeat: thisisnotdifficult. Youwill, regard-
lessofthese conditions ofdisease, stillproceed byguiding your client into healthful
practices, healthful practices being the universal panacea.
Ifdiseases areremediable andreversible asmost ofthem are,itisconstructive.
When disease cannolonger bereversed through body remediable processes, itisdegen-
erative. Forinstance, anarthritic’ sbony deposits canusually beautolyzed andrestored
tonear normal. Butwhen ankylosis hasoccurred duetodestruction ofbone andcartilage
andsubsequent fusing, healthful practices willrestore health except fortheankylosis—it
israrely reversible. However,many diseases commonly regarded asdegenerative canbe
corrected by the body, most cases of arthritis being among them.
2.2. Purposes of Disease
2.2.1 Disease Is Started by the Body2.2.2 Disease Is an Eliminative Process
Disease affects thewhole body,notjustapart. Disease serves animportant body
purpose. Thebody initiates remedial diseases toaccomplish agoal. Thegoal serves the
whole body,notjustanorgan, area, orpart. Forinstance, wecanknow wehave diseased
kidneys. But, inactuality,thewhole body isdiseased. The factthatthesymptoms are
noticeable only inthekidneys does notmean thattherestofthebody isunaffected—it
means thatthekidneys arethefocal point fortheeliminative effort, thepoint atwhich
toxic matters are put out of the body.
Everything thataffects anypartofthebody affects thewhole organism. Ifwehave
abadback, thewhole body isaffected. Weareconcerned about thewelfare ofourtoes,
fingers, ears, legs, eyes, arms—we defend ourwhole being because ourwhole body is
asingle unit. There arenoisolated parts about which weareunconcerned, either atthe
conscious orunconscious level ofintelligence. Wedefend itallatalllevels because itis
all of us.
Wedon’thave adisease here oradisease there. It’ssuffered allover.Aninflamed ap-
pendix hasbeen overloaded with toxic materials because thebody isoverloaded. Body
intelligence puts theoverload outthrough allchannels ofelimination, butdespite this
theload issogreat theappendix isburdened with more than itcanhandle. This condi-
tionisthesame inallremedial diseases where alocal organseems tobetheonly thing
affected.
2.2.1 Disease Is Started by the Body
Thebody itself institutes thecrisis known asdisease. Life Scientists callthisprocess
a“housecleaning” orhealing crisis. Such aprocedure bythebody isinstituted when
bodily integrity iscompromised orthreatened byanaccumulation ofuneliminated toxic
materials. Thelevel ofvitality andtheextent oftheoverload determine thetype ofcri-
sis.Given high vitality asinaninfant, avery lowlevel oftoxicity istolerated. Ininfants,
colds arefrequent. Given lowvitality asinmost older people inoursociety,colds area
rarity.Because sofewolder people maintain vital bodies, thetoxic overload drags them
down intochronic diseases, degenerative diseases, andunsuspected pathology thatleads
to unexpected death or a “sudden onset” of cancer.
Thebody must beinatoxic state before itwillinstitute acrisis. Neither bacteria nor
anything elsestarts andsustains acrisis. Microor ganisms areincapable ofunified action;
infactthey cannot exist where there isnofood (soil) forthem, andliving cells arenot
soil for bacteria.
Bacteria arehelpless against living cells. An“invasion” bybacteria such asweimag-
ineincontagion never takes place. Thebacteria thatproliferate inacrisis arewith usall
thetime. Weharbor uncounted billions ofmicroor ganisms inourintestinal tract, onour
skin, inourmouth andnose andother body cavities. Thus, thebody istheONL Y,actor
in the crisis of elimination or cleansing called a disease.
Bacteria and viruses cannot be blamed for disease.
Blaming disease onviruses orbacteria isaneasy copout. It’snotgood business
totellaclient thatthey have caused their own miseries, sothemedical profession has
blamed suf fering on everything but the individual’ s own failure in the game of living.
2.2.2 Disease Is an Eliminative Process
Thebody creates acrisis inresponse toabody need tofreeitself oftoxic matters and
repair damages. Consequently,thebody withdraws energyfrom normal body activities
and redirects them to the healing crisis.
Icould tellyouthatIamsuffering adisease atthismoment. I’mnotatease with
mylarynx asyou’ve noticed inmytrying toclear myvoice


abasement under askylight andacool, pinkish, white fluorescent light, itwas
noticed thatthefemale pumpkin-producing flower turned yellow,then black andfinally
dried upanddropped offthevine. Consequently,thevine didnotproduce fruit. When
these lights were replaced with tubes containing more blue inthem, thefemale buds de-
veloped bountifully,while themale buds dried up,turned black anddropped offthevine
atanearly stage. Theusual ratio ofmale tofemale buds onapumpkin vine isseven to
onerespectively; however,inthese artificially-lighted plants, normal reproduction could
not take place.
Ingeneral, ithasbeen observed thatplants grown inartificial light lack therugged
constitution ofplants grown under natural lighting conditions. Their growth may be
stimulated bysubjecting them tolonger hours oflight, ascompared tothenatural light
cycle oftherevolving earth. Butthisforced growth produces plants bearing flowers and
fruit of lesser quality and color appeal than those grown in sunlight.
Theanimal world isalso adversely affected byvariance oflight wavelengths. Inan
experiement conducted todetermine theeffects ofdifferent light onanimals, 1000 mice
were used anddivided among three different light environments: Those receiving natur-
aldaylight produced anequal amount ofmale andfemale offspring; those under white
fluorescent bulbs produced 70% females and30% males; andthose under pink fluores-
cent bulbs produced 30% females and70% males. This latter group didnotthrive as
well aseither ofthetwoother groups. Allthose exposed tothepink light quitbreeding
two months earlier and died one month earlier than those exposed to the white light.
Asthese experiments were made with astrain ofmice inwhich malignancy develops
in98% ofthem, almost allthemice didsuccumb tocancer.However,those mice under
natural daylight developed cancer twomonths later than those under thewhite fluores-
cent bulbs, andthree months later than those under thepink fluorescent bulbs. Anaddi-
tional effectwasnoticed: Those mice receiving thepink light gave birth toyoung which
were smaller in number and size than those mice receiving natural light.
Other investigations have shown that light definitely affects thepituitary gland,
aswell asother areas inthemidbrain andhypothalamic regions. Intheearly 1920’ s,
William Rowan demonstrated thatthevarying seasonal lengths ofthedaylight wasre-
sponsible forthemigration ofbirds. Inother studies conducted byBochenek, Marbur g
andGudden, itwasshown thatlight may occasion reaction ontheentire endocrine sys-
temofananimal vianerve impulses originating intheretina andreaching other areas
ofthebrain byway ofaccessory optic pathways. Thus, artificial light, notbeing ofthe
same quality as natural light, can play havoc with the endocrine system via the nerves.
Astudy was conducted involving some elderly men atanursing home who spent
most oftheir time indoors under theinfluence ofunnatural lighting. They found that
these men suffered aseverely diminished ability toabsorb calcium; yetwhen thelightswere replaced with special bulbs designed tosimulate sunlight, their calcium absorption
wasincreased by15% within amonth. Even more disturbing research conducted bysci-
entists hasindicated thatfluorescent lighting cancause genetic mutations, cancer and
death in the cells of many life forms, including humans.
Aside from thefacts concerning thedirect negative effects ofunnatural lighting; we
must also consider their more indirect effectonourbody rhythms. Their presence, by
turning night into day,tend toimbalance thecircadian rhythms—the regular cycles of
rising andfalling body temperature, variations inbody chemicals, etc., thatnaturally oc-
curapproximately once every 24hours. Theresult may bewhat three WestGerman pho-
tobiologists have called “light stress.”
Allplants andanimals require alternating periods oflight anddark sothatsome vital
processes may restwhile others become activated. The anabolic activities during the
night cantake place efficiently only when notinterfered with bylighting, which will
continue tooccasion activity intheliving cells. Theresult isthattheprocesses ofgrowth
andrepair areinterrupted, resulting inthenecessity fordisease, andthebody isrobbed
of a certain degree of life force.
Experiments testing theinfluence ofartificial light onfishrevealed that, when ex-
posed totoomany hours oflight, thefishceased toreproduce. When time exposed to
light wascutdown gradually over aperiod ofweeks, thefishresumed reproduction if
exposed topink light, butnotunder theslightly bluish white light. Also, under thepink
light, theratio offemale tomale offspring was80to20respectively andthedevelop-
ment of the secondary sex characteristics of the male of fspring was retarded.
Regarding humans, some scientists suspect thattheageatwhich girls reach sexual
maturity might beinfluenced bytheartificial illumination ofnighttime. Ithasbeen no-
ticed thatincountries experiencing long winter nights, girls arenow reaching sexual
maturity months oryears younger than their grandmothers did.Apparently,their normal
maturation cycle isbeing interfered with bytheintroduction ofartificial lighting into
their lives, thereby increasing the rate at which they mature.
From thisinformation, wemay understand theimportance lighting plays inourdaily
lives andwemay also suspect thatalltheeffects ofartificial lighting have yettobeun-
covered. Atruescience ofhealth must endeavor toascertain allaspects oflifeandliving
and their ultimate ef fects on human health.
13.3. Air And Breathing
Airisthegaseous substance thatmakes uptheatmosphere oftheearth andprovides
every living thing with itsbreath oflife.Plants receive oxygen through their leaves; in-
sects breathe through tiny openings intheir bodies; frogs breathe partly through their
skin; fishabsorb oxygen outofthewater asitpasses over their gills; andhumans receive
their supply ofoxygen partly through theskin, butlargely through thelungs. Theinde-
pendent lifeofabody does notbegin until ittakes itsfirst breath andthisfunction of
breathing continues until theendoflife.This istheprocess ofrespiration, anditmust be
considered theprimary function oftheliving organism. Wecanlivemany weeks with-
outfood andsome days without water,butifthefunction ofbreathing isinterfered with
for only a few minutes, our life quickly ends.
Respiration isanautomatic, involuntary process, being regulated according tothe
body’ sinternal needs. Withhealthy lungs, webreathe normally andrhythmically,yet
unconsciously,astheprocess isbeyond ourconscious control. Atrestwebreathe slowly
andlessdeeply.Asactivity isincreased, breathing becomes more rapid, with greater ex-
cursions of the diaphragm and chest to allow for increased oxygen intake.
Buttherespiratory movements arenotconfined tothechest alone; they aresystemic
motions pervading thewhole trunk. Itisknown thattherhythmic pulsations oftheheart
synchronize with themovements ofthechest inrespiration. These breathing movements
alsoconstitute animportant factor inthecirculation oftheblood, aswemay experienceinthecase ofadrowned person being resusitated byartificial respiration, bywhich cir-
culation and heart action are restored.
Byfar,thelargest organs inthebody arethelungs, designed andadapted totheir
work ofreceiving airandnothing else. They fillthethorax from thecollarbone tothe
lowermost ribsandfrom thesternum infront tothespine inback. When thechest wall
israised through theaction ofthemuscles ofthechest, andwhen thediaphragm isde-
pressed, thechest cavity expands, thisforms avacuum, andtheairrushes intoit.Con-
versely,when thechest wall contracts andthediaphragm israised, theairisforced out
ofthelungs. Coincidentally with thisprocess, theblood flows through thelungs, pick-
ingupoxygen, carrying ittotheceils andgiving offcarbon dioxide thatithasbrought
from thecells. This whole process isautomatic andisregulated bythebody’ sneed for
oxygen.
Anormal pair oflungs contain approximately abillion tiny aircells. Ifthese cells
were allspread outonaflatsurface, they would cover anarea 40x50feet. Theaverage
man inhales daily approximately 777,000 cubic inches ofair,andinthissame time 125
barrels ofblood arepurified inthelungs. Here thepoisons andimpurities ofthebody
arebrought bytheblood andcastoff.Also, theblood absorbs afresh supply ofoxygen,
nitrogen, hydrogen andtheessence ofsunlight tobeconveyed toallparts ofthebody to
furnish thetrillions ofcells with thenormal stimulation toactivate itsvarious functions.
This isacontinuous process, andifitisinterfered with, theresult could befatal. When
respiration isobstructed, thelipsquickly turn bluish-purple duetotherapid collection
ofcarbon dioxide gasintheblood. Inonly afewseconds,