 and goals through your
birth plan, and then completely let go and surrender to the process.
Birth plans are helpful to support you in finding your vision for your
birth and are also helpful so that your support person can advocate for you
if you are unable to advocate for yourself. Furthermore, a plan can also be
helpful to provide to the hospital staf f so that they are aware of your wishes
and do not make decisions on your behalf that you would not feel
comfortable with.
On the next few pages, I of fer notes my partner and I made for our
home birth—specifically for my husband to have on hand so he could know
what was happening and how best to support me. We also gave our
midwives a copy so they could understand the mood we wanted to create.
Feel free to use some or all of the following to create your own optimal
birthing experience.
DURING LABOR
EARL Y LABOR: 3–6 CM DILA TED
Call midwives and let them know that labor has started.
Receive an abhyanga (or do it yourself) and take a warm bath to
begin stabilizing vata.
Do an oil enema (basti, this page ) to bring vata downward and
lubricate the tissues.Eat a grounding and nourishing meal.
Slow down and take this time to connect with your baby, preparing
yourself and your little one for the journey ahead.
Rest between contractions, even just lying down and closing your
eyes for three to five minutes. Rest is vital and will support you on
your journey.
ACTIVE LABOR: 6–10+ CM DILA TED
Midwives arrive when contractions are one minute long with three to
five minutes between them.
Walk around the house between contractions.
Have birthing partner rub warm oil on your hips and thighs in firm,
downward strokes.
When a contraction comes, try various birthing positions that you
have learned, or follow what feels best in your body. Consider
changing positions regularly—or as needed.
TRANSITION
Contractions are one minute long with two or three minutes between
each one.
If (as often happens with mamas during transition) you find yourself
saying, “I can’t (or don’t) want to do it anymore,” take a moment to
notice what you are literally doing—and change it up. For example, if
you are in the birthing tub and start to feel that you can’t or don’t
want to do “it” anymore, get out of the tub and go into your backyard.
This feeling often means that baby is moving down and coming
soon.
Use low-pitched noises from your gut.
Trust the position that your body wants to birth in.Allow natural expulsion of baby rather than ef fortful pushing. Your
body will naturally move your baby out of you.
Breathe more rapidly through your mouth as baby begins to crown to
slow down and prevent tearing.
Place a warm compress and oil on perineum.
Eat small amounts of honey of f a spoon during pushing phase.
Refrain from loud or unnecessary talking during crowning and
delivery.
Allow dad or mom to receive baby.
Offer mama a spoonful of panchakola ghee directly after delivery.
ROOM ENVIRONMENT FOR THE BIRTH
Aroma: pure essential oil of cardamom
Temperature: warm
Silence/soft voices in the space
Anyone in the birthing space is fully present with mama—as her
witness and support
Dim lighting
Birthing tub available
Have ready: hot water bottle or heating pad, wet and warm cloths,
warm oil
Music or mantra: make playlist and make sure your birth partner
knows how to access it
SNACKS/MEALS
Rice gruel (see recipe on this page )
Cut-up juicy fruitsBlended soups
Drinks: 40 ounces per hour
Electrolyte water drinks
Warm cashew milk
Warm water
Room-temperature coconut water
Raw local honey
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BIRTHING P ARTNER
Communicating the mama’ s wishes to the maternity team, and
relaying their advice back to her. Support her to make decisions if
things don’t go to plan and speak up for her if she can’t do this
herself.
Have a precreated text thread to let important friends and family
members know that labor has started and ask for well-wishes and
blessings.
Protect mama’ s privacy: turn phones on silent, close the door,
restrict visitors. If the room seems to be getting loud, or other people
are chatting about things unnecessarily—protect the space so all
attention can be focused on mama.
If you determine that there are too many people and so much
external stimulation that mama isn’t able to relax into her primal,
birthing brain, see what you can do to bring more soothing energy to
the birthing environment.
Observe/anticipate mama’ s needs. Do not ask too many questions.
Be fully present with your partner. Be in the experience with her, not
trying to fix, change, or necessarily “do” anything—just let her feel
that you are fully there with her, witnessing her in her profoundbirthing process (whether you are letting her know through your
words or simply in how you are showing up to support her).
During contractions, you can talk to mama slowly and softly.
Affirmations are best, such as “you were born for this,” “your body
knows what to do,” “you are doing this perfectly,” or whatever
affirmations you have discussed beforehand that feel empowering to
mama. Rather than talking, you may also choose to hold the space
of respectful silence, simply being with her as she rides the waves.
If progress seems to stop, hold gentle space for mama and baby and
let the baby know that it is safe to come now; they are so loved and
so wanted. Let baby know that things may feel scary right now, but
not to worry—mama is right on the other side and ready to love and
care for them. You can also assure mama that she is safe, that her
body was made for this, and that her body is wise. This may be a
good time for a bath or massage to allow mama’ s body to soften into
a space of trusting and allowing.
You are in the mood of a warrior, not passive. If you are there when
mama is in labor, it is because you are meant to be. You have
something valuable to of fer her. Be present and ready to serve.
Deepen your breath so that you can be alert and alive.
Make sounds with her, breathe with her, move with her, walk with
her.
Give her encouragement rather than direction.
Use nonverbal signals: instead of saying “relax your shoulders,”
gently touch her shoulders.
Give body work: hip compress, sacrum compress, pressure points.
Apply warm oil to her lower back and thighs between contractions.
Suggest ideas like taking a bath or shower, trying change in
positions, or walking, and support her as needed.Offer sips of nutritive drinks (not just water). Choose natural sports
drinks, tea with honey, room-temperature juice, warm smoothies.
Listen to what she wants. She might not always want to be touched
or spoken to, but being by her side is still helpful. Do not take any
rejection or reaction personally.
PAIN COPING TECHNIQUES FOR MAMA
Distract from physical birthing sensations with other senses (tastes,
sounds, visuals, scents, or other sensations).
Move toward sensation rather than away from it. Be curious about
the pain. Rather than constrict and tighten around it, see if you can
soften your jaw and your muscles—releasing resistance to your
experience.
Notice what’ s already working and do more of that.
Become aware of your breath. Simply watch it moving slowly in and
then out, in and then out.
Remember that you and your baby are in this together. Build a
partnership with your little one.
Maintain mindful awareness without judging, as if you are the
witness to your experience.
Find the center of sensation (much like the emptiness/stillness in the
eye of the hurricane).
Find the edges of sensation. Notice how sensation is constantly
changing and follow it. You are not stuck or stagnant. Sensation isn’t
rigid; it’ s fluid and always shifting.
Try bathing in warm water, whether it is a shower or a bath—or use a
heating pad.
Try changing positions, really listening to your body and feeling into
how your body wants to move and what position feels right, rightnow.
Massage with warm oil.
Make low-pitched sounds.
PLANNING FOR A HOSPITAL
BIRTH OR HOSPITAL TRANSFER
Along with creating a plan for our home birth, we printed out a detailed set
of notes to have ready in case a hospital transfer became necessary during
the birth. A similar plan could be used when the intention from the start is to
have a hospital birth. Feel free to use some or all of the instructions and
reminders from the “Hospital Birth Preferences” chart below, and give a
copy to your nurses and doctor upon arrival at the hospital. (Please note that
none of the information in this hospital plan is medical advice; it simply
reflects the conclusions and choices that we came to as a family after doing
the necessary research.)
I’d like to preface this hospital plan with a few words about informed
consent. In any birth environment, you are not only part of the experience,
you are in char ge of the experience. You have a


All That Is; either form or nonform; all that is linear and all that is
nonlinear; all that arises out of creation; all possibility and actuality. The
Supreme is beyond existence or nonexistence; beyond beingnes s or is-ness;
beyond all Gods, heavens, or spiritual forms; beyond all names or
definitions; beyond all divinitie s and spiritual denotations. It is out of the
Godhead that Divinity arises, and out of the Supreme arises the Godhead.It is not possible to arrive at truth and ignore consciousness because truth
is the very product of consciousness.
That which is Reality is beyond  all form and yet intrinsic to it. Let form
reveal its own nature—there is no need to seek it. The actual  essence of
form is formlessness, as paradoxical as that may sound.
Every loving or compassionate thought outweighs many thousands of
negative thoughts held by others. We change the world not by what we say
or do but as a consequence of what we have become. Thus, every spiritual
aspirant serves the world.
The Self is the awareness—its source, its completion, its totality, its
fulfillment, and its essence. It is the Reality of Reality, the Oneness and
Allness of Identity. It is the ultimate “I-ness” of consciousness itself as the
manifestation of the unmanifest. Thus, only can the indescribable be
described.
There is an invisible, all-encompassing energy field of love that
surrounds every one. Therein resides the higher Self or spirit through which
the individuals, in varying degrees of consciousness, contact awareness or,
unfortunately, may be cut of f from it altogether.The straightest way to spiritual evolution and advanced states of
consciousness is via the field of consciousness itself, which is the nonlinear
Radiance of Divine Energy that is the substrate of all that exists. The
condition of enlightenment is the state of pure Radiance that shines forth as
the Presence/Self.
Life is the radiance of God made manifest, as the universe expressed
through evolutio n. We are both the product and the witness of Creation as a
continuous, eternal process.
All that is truly of God brings peace, harmony, and love and is devoid of
all forms of negativity. Spiritual ly aware persons realize that they can only
carry the message, for it is the inner truth that is the teacher.
The ultimate source of existence has no cause nor does it have a
beginning or an end. The closes t appropriate description is conveyed by the
terms “foreverne ss” or “alwaysness.” This unique quality is forever present
and available as a major subjective quality of the Reality of enlightenment.
Beyond the level of 500, material possessions and worldly needs become
irrelevant, which is why true teachers neither seek nor desire material gain.All things are in a state of silen t rejoicing that their consciousness is an
experience of Divinity. Unique to all things is a still, ever-present gratitude
that they have been granted the gift of experiencing the presence of God.
This gratitude is the form in which worship is expressed. All that is created
and has existence shares in reflecting the glory of God.
There is absolu tely nothing in ordinary human experience to compare
with the joy of the Presence of the Love of God. No sacrifice is too great,
nor ef fort too much, in order to realize that Presence.
Identification solely with the content of consciousness accounts for the
experience of self as limited. In contrast, to identify with consciousness
itself is to know that one’s actual self is unlimited. When circumscribed
self-identifications have been surmounted so that the sense of self is
identified as consciousness itself, the condition is called “enlightened.”
Every thing and every event is a manifestation of the totality of All That
Is, just as it is at any given moment. Once seen in its totality, everything is
perfect at all times and nothing needs an external cause to change it in any
way.
What does the Self feel like? It is central, solid, profound, still,
immutable, nonlocal, diffuse, all encompassing, peaceful, tranquil,comfortable, secure, emotionless joy, infinite lovingness, protection,
closeness, safety, complete fulfillment, and ultra-familiar.
The Self is Self-aware beyond the senses. Divinity shines forth as a
massive revelati on. Its obviousness is stark and forceful as a radiance. Its
essence is certainty and finalit y, totality and completeness. All searches
have ended.
The Presence of God as Love is self-revealing as the duality of
perception ceases as a consequence of surrendering positionalities. Love is
therefore the doorway between the linear and the nonlinear domains. It is
the grand avenue to the discovery of God.
From the viewpoint of enlighte nment, one might say that the linear is
observed from the context of the nonlinear. To put it differently, existence is
the manifestation of Divinity as form. In and of itself, the universe is
therefore harml ess. The viewpoint from enlightenment transcends the
experiencer, the observer, the witness, and even awareness itself.
There is no division between Creator and that which is created. All is
self-creating as the manifestatio n of the mind of God. This great awareness
characterizes the consciousness level of the 700s on the Map of
Consciousness, where Self is All That Is. Because the unive rse is self-
evolving and self-fulfilling, no intervention is necessary. All is in perfect
balance and harmony.The Profound Peace prevails in the Silence, which marks the ending of
the experience of time. The illusion of time precludes Peac e in that it
occasions an expectation of a feeling of loss or anticipation.
All experience is thus simultane ously that of content (perception, images,
thoughts, feeling s, etc.) illuminated by the nonlinear field of context (the
light of conscio usness/awareness).... It is critical to differentiate the
substrate infinite energy field of consciousness/awareness itself (cal. 600
and above) from its limited linear mental content (e.g., thoughts, images,
feelings, and memories).
God is All Present, simultaneously as manifest and unmanifes t, as void
and Allness, as visible and invisible, as the potential and the actual, as the
expressed and the unexpressed.
The mercy of God is infinite and unconditional.
True happiness arises from the nonlinear. With relinquishment of
dependence on the experiencer for pleasure and happiness, one discovers
that the source of happiness is one’s own existence, and the realization of
the Self is happiness itself.To cease  identif ying the experiencer as the reality of oneself is a major
transition from dualistic content  to nondualistic context, and therefore, from
self to Self.
Because the ego deals in form and definition, it cannot compre hend the
Self—which is beyond all form, but without form would not appear to exist.
In Reality, there is neither subject nor object; therefore, there is no
relationship to be explained.
The ultimate awareness and knowingness in the Presence of God is
Peace. That Peace proclaims infinite safety and preservation with infinite
protection. No suf fering is even possible.
Truth is radical subjectivity. With the collapse of the illusions of duality
—including the supposed “realit y” of a separate “self”—there remains only
the state of the Infinite “I,” which is the manifestation of the Unmanifest as
the Self.
Complete surren der to God unveils the Truth. Nothing is hidden; only the
ego is blind. Reality lies just beyond the mind. Out of the fear of becoming
nothing, consciousness denies its only reality that it is everything—the
infinite, everlasting Allness out of which existence itself arises.In contr ast to the ego’s perception of God, the Absolute Reality of the
Self is the manifestation of God as the very core of one’s existence. The
love of the Presence is ultrapersonal and experienced as infinite peace,
infinite security, and the safety of foreverness so that there is no imaginary
“end” to fear. The God of the Presence imbues the joy of completion. Love
is not a “quality” of God but is God’ s very essence.
Just as the successful mountain climber relies on basic tools plus a map, a
guide, and the experience of others, the seeker of Truth relies on the
accumulated wisdom and verifia ble reality, which is knowable by the actual
process of Realization itself. It is this specific condition of Realization that
is the true teacher and the Source of the teachings of the sage.
The Realization of the Presence of Divinity unfolds of its own when the
ego and its perceptual positionalities are surrendered.
Whether one linguistically considers God to be called “Rama,”
“Brahma,” or “Allah” is really irrelevant —God is not limited by any
positionality or ascribable qualities. Likewise, God is not subject to the
duality of either/or, which would have to be the basis of any favoritism.
The realization that we are the source of our happiness, and that we can
create it at any second, gives  us a sense of completion. The sense ofcompletion runs concomitantly with the experience of life, so it can be cut
off at any second yet still feel complete.
The true Self is invisible and has no characteristics by which it can be
judged. It has no describable


but it was Impossible to cure. A man suffering from this disease retells his story: "I tried various medicines in allopathy to stop the disease from spreading with no results. On June 12, 1960, I began storing my urine in bottles for massages. As soon as three bottles of one  pound capacity  each were filled, I began rubbing my entrre body with It. Next morning 160 my skin appeared to be soft and tender, and it surprised me. The dead cuticles on the skin had cleared. I felt still more softness of the body and I took a bath. Then I though of drinking urine. First I rubbed urine on my teeth, and on June 18th, I drank urine for the frrst time, and the next day, I submitted myself to my doctor for an examination. He was extremely glad to note the improvement.  Since June 16th up to his day I continued drinking and rubbing  urine. Daily I rub myself from head to toe, do some physical work, and then take a bath. The dead cuticles have been entirely gone, my skin appears o be very healthy. I do not recall any itching sensation after June 16th. I got rid of psoriasis completely, and my constipation has also been eliminated. My body is active, and my appetite is good.’ ”  Urine Therapy by Dr. John O'Quinn  PSORIASIS  “A middle-aged woman presented with psoriasis which had been a continuous condition only on her head for the last 12 years. Had also tried many and varied things. I went through the usual protocol of different natural remedies and talked openly to her about urine therapy. Reluctant at first, but managed to open her mind about it all and after that she left me with the suggestion of, each morning she wash her hair then rinse the hair with first urine collected from mid-stream. Leave on head for up to 20 minutes, then wash out. To her utmost surprise her condition has stopped and her hair is so soft. She now wants to stop taking the pill so she can take her urine homeopathically each day. Hurray for Urine!”  Urine: The Holy Water by Harald W. Tietze  PUS in BLOOD  “Patient, male, 49, was extremely nervous and irritable; he had wandering pains all over his body, headache and general lassitude. He complained a great deal of pain in the lumbar region and in the abdomen.  He improved on nothing I gave him...microscopic urine examination showed red blood cells, pus cells, renal cells and abundance of calcium oxalate crystals. The treatment consisted of a twenty minim injection of urine diluted 1 to 100 with distilled water. He improved with this to a certain point but did not entirely recover until I used a less diluted urine, after which he made a prompt recovery. Two months after he recovered a urinalysis showed absence of pus and renal cells and a normal volume of urine.”  161 Dr. Deachman, New York  PUS IN EARS  Once a couple came to me with their son aged 7 years. The child was suffering from pus in ears for the last 11 months. Many Ayurvedic and Allopathic drops and other medicines were tried without much success. The effect of these medicines was temporary. The couple told me their problem and asked me to help them. I told them that I too have the same medicines which they have already tried and it is useless to try them again. However if they really want to get rid of this trouble permanently, they will have to take some radical measures which they may not like to hear even upon their insistence. I told them to wash the ear with urine four times a day and also to make the child drink one ounce of urine daily in the morning. They readily agreed to wash the ears with urine but drinking part did not appeal them. They were skeptical about this. However I told them that unless they follow my advice in toto, I can't take any guarantee of cure. They agreed to give it a try after some hesitation. After three days the results were so encouraging that they themselves came to me to tell that they were sure of the efficacy of the treatment. After fifteen days the child was all right. Urine drinking was stopped although washing was continued for few more days. Now the child is 15 years old and the trouble has never recurred again. The family has become convince of the power of urine therapy and have had many benefits from it during these years. This case was one of my earlier adventures in urine therapy which encouraged me a lot. Raojibhai has also described cases where loss of hearing has been restored. Although I have no first hand experience in this matter but I am sure that urine therapy is capable of working wonders unheard of.  "Miracles of Urine Therapy" by Morarji Desai  PUS IN URINE  “Shrimati Kamaladevi Choradia, 30 years, of Sardar Shahr (Rajasthan) was suffering from backache and pus in her urine. Having been thoroughly disappointed with allopathic treatment she went to Momasar to get treated by Shri Bhojraj Sancheti in May 1972. Listening her tale of woe Shri Sancheti warned her : "There are possibilities in urine therapy of reactions and aggravations. Only after patiently and firmly braving them can One acquire freedom from disease." On her amusing him of her eagerness and faith Bhojraj began treatment of urine therapy. On the first day she suffered from frequent vomits and motions. On the second day motions subsided but vomiting continued till three days. But Kamaladevi was not disheartened. On the 14th day the fast was broken with mosambi juice. For some days she was kept on juice. Later she resumed her light diet. To be relieved of the gases, headache, etc. the usual reactions 162 of western medication she restored to hip-bath. For about two months she drank urine thrice and massaged for two hours. After three or four' months she was utterly well and completely regained her health and strength.”  from Manav Mootra by R. M. Patel  PYORRHOEA  Another young man, 30 years of age, had pyorrhea. His lower front teeth were very weak and loose and dentist advised him to get them extracted. On my recommendation he tried urine therapy. But this particular young man had a strong will and determination. He followed the instructions literally. In the two months his teeth became firm and gums healthy. Even now after four years of this incident his oral health is perfect. No offensive discharge from gums and no loose teeth, but the fellow is still not taking tea etc. He has understood the secret of health, which is natural food and natural living.  "Miracles of Urine Therapy" by Morarji Desai  *********************** R ***********************  RASHES  “My son's class-mate used to get rashes on his body. My son, who was studying in the Engineering College of Patiala, used to keep two or three-bottles filled with his urine. They were labelled ‘Nectar of Life’ 1, 2, 3. Whenever anyone had an injury he would treat it with botte No. 1, which had urine several days old. Bottle No. 3 contained fresh urine which he used in eye-trouble and similar conditions.  His class-mate came one day and said, 'You have some medicine called nectar. Give me some. I am at my wit's end owing to these rashes.' He gave some quantity from No. 1 and asked his class-mate to apply it both in mornings and evenings. With a week's application the rashes vanished.”  from Manav Mootra by R. M. Patel  RAT POISON  “A frantic mother called me because her daughter had ingested rat poison accidentally. The child was vomiting and she didn't know what to do. I advised the mother to pee in a glass and give the child eight ounces of urine immediately. Meanwhile I called 911 to 163 get the poison control center and an ambulance to her. It was difficult convincing the child to drink the mother's urine, but by the time the paramedics arrived, the child was out of danger.”  Uropathy by Martin J. Lara  RECTAL BLEEDING  Mr. M. Florida "If it is of interest to you for any research purposes, I nearly died from the reactions of several strong antibiotics administered over several months of lung infections. I have been hospitalized three times in the past year for the resulting gastrointestinal problems created by the medication. After the most recent hospital stay, I refused to continue with the medication. Most of the problems began to clear up within a few days. However, my rectal bleeding from colitis and internal hemorrhoids continued.  In the meantime a friend told me that in the Tennessee Hills, where he was raised, urine enemas were used for similar problems. On July31, 1988, I began using urine for daily enemas. By the end of the following week, the bleeding had stopped completely, and as of this date (September25, 1988), I have not passed a single drop of blood."  World-wide Case Histories of Urine Therapy by Gary Ward  RHEUMATISM   Ms. H.P., The Netherlands "I have suffered from rheumatism for years, especially in my hands. My son told me about urine therapy and suggested I use urine compresses. This surprised me, but I started treating my hands daily with urine. The result was extraordinary. Besides the fact that my hands felt much smoother, the most remarkable thing was that the pain practically disappeared"   The Golden Fountain by Coen van der Kroon  RHEUMATISM


their walls that gas exchange takes place in the human body.
The work of the lungs during inhalation and exhalation can be compared
with the work of blacksmiths. Special intercostal muscles and diaphragm
help the chest to shrink and expand. When you inhale the muscles raise the
chest, the diaph ragm is reduced and thickened. As a result of this process,
the volume of the lungs increases and air enters them as if through a pump.
When you exhale, the intercosta l muscles relax, the diaphragm rises and theair is pushed out of the body. The brain coordinates this work transmitting
the orders through the peripheral nerves. Chapter 4. Types of breathing

In a healthy person, gas exch ange occurs with the same frequency of
inhalation and exhalation (16–20 breaths per minute). In children,
respiratory rate is higher. It is 20-30 respiratory movements per minute; in
infants, 30–40; in newborns - 40–60. Respiratory rate can vary depending
on physical activity, emotional state, health. Moreover, each person is able
to arbitrarily change the rhythm, depth, structure and level of breathing, to
use different types of breathing in different situations. Depending on which
muscles work, breathing can be abdominal, chest (it in turn is divided into
upper and lower), mixed (it is divided into deep and superficial).

Abdominal br eathing

It is carried out with the help of contraction of the diaphragm and the
muscles of the abdominal cavity with relative rest of the chest wall. When
you inhale: the shoulders fall, the pectoral muscles weaken and the
diaphragm contr acts and falls. As a result, the negative pressure  in the chest
cavity increases.
The lower part of the lungs is filled with air and the abdomen  bulges out.
During exhalatio n, the diaphragm relaxes and rises, and the abdominal wall
returns to its original position. Most often, such breathing occur s in men. It
also occurs when a person rests, usually during sleep.

Lower chest br eathing
 It involves intercostal muscles. As a result of muscle contractio n, the chest
expands outward and upward, air enters the lungs, and inhalation occurs.
During lower breathing, only part of the lungs is filled, only the ribs are
involved. The rest of the body remains stationary. As a result,  there is no
full-fledged gas exchange process.

Upper chest br eathing

It occurs due to the work of the clavicle muscles. When inhaling, the
clavicle and shoulders rise, and air enters the lungs. In this case, it is
necessary to make a lot of effort, since the frequency of inhalation and
exhalation increases, and the oxygen supply turns out to be insignificant.
Such breathing can be deliberate ly caused if the stomach is drawn in. In the
upper chest respiration only an insignificant part of the lungs is involved
and gas exchange is incomplete. As a result, the air is not properly cleaned
or warmed up. This type of breathing is resorted to by women during
childbirth.

Mixed br eathing

It sets in motion  the entire breathing apparatus. At the same time all types
of musc les and a diaphragm work, and lungs are fully ventilated. Mixed
breathing can be either deep or shallow. Surface breathing is light and fast.
The frequency of respiratory movements is up to 60 movements  per minute.
During mixed breathing people make a silent breath and noisy intense
exhalation. This allows you to relieve tension from all the muscles of the
body. In superficial breathing, the lungs are only partially filled with air.
Only small children breathe superficially. The older the child becomes, thefewer breaths per minute he takes. The breathing of an adult person
acquires a deep character.
During deep breathing, the frequency slows down; the lungs fill with air as
much as possibl e. The volume of breath in this case exceeds the permissible
rate. It is widel y believed that exactly deep breathing is correct, because
during it our body is best saturated with oxygen. However, this is not at all
the case.
The idea that deep breathing enriches the body with oxygen  as fully as
possible is erroneous. For the body to function normally, it is necessary to
maintain the balance of carbon dioxide and oxygen established by nature.
The desire to increase the oxygen content due to deep breathing leads to
oxygen starvation.
From deep breathing in 1-3 minutes there is a decrease in pressure or
hypotension, edema, bags under the eyes appear, the thyroid gland is
disturbed, the metabolism increases, the concentration of cholesterol
increases, regardless of diet. In addition, insomnia, irritability develops,
memory deteriorates, and as a result, asthma, heart attacks, strokes, etc.
How to maintain an optimal balance of respiration depth, the balance
between oxygen and carbon dioxide, so as not to harm the body? And how
is breathing right in general? Chapter 5. What should be proper breathing?

Most people are limited to only shallow breathing, or vice versa, emphasize
deep. And believe that it does not affect their health. In fact, all of the above
types’ respiration deviates from the norm and after a while manifest itself in
the form of diseases.
Proper breathing involves the use of the entire lung volume and provides
the body suf ficient oxygen, therefore, has a healing ef fect.
It consists of three phases:
1) Involuntary silent breath (necessarily through the nose);
2) Exhalation;
3) A brief pause - respite.
All three phases are always present in the act of breathing. Exhalation is
about one second and then followed by a pause - about one and a half
seconds and the return of breathing - about a second. Time relationship may
vary depending on the type and intensity of the load. An untrained person
has a cycle of three phases are repeated on average 16 times per minute, and
that of a trained person - about 8–10 times per minute.
Three-phase breathing is provided for by the laws of nature. And I can
assure you, it is the most optimal and effective. Proper breath ing restores
normal activity of the nervous system, increases the vital capacity of the
lungs, blood and tissues actively saturated with oxygen, which affects a
significant improvement in overall health and performance.
By the way, it is in a dream that a healthy person breathes as correctly as
possible, since breathing not consciously controlled. The management ofthis process is entirely transferred to the respiratory center.

Breathing test

Now that you know what proper breathing is, try checking how you
breathe. To do this, conduct a small test. Sit on a chair in a free, relaxed
position. Clothin g should not constrain the body. Close your eyes and wait
for the moment when you hear your own breath. Follow him, but do not
consciously interfere with the process. Your task is to follow the sequence
of filling and emptying the lungs.
At the same time, first smoothly  fill the lower part of the lungs with air so
that the stomach moves forward, the diaphragm goes down, then the middle
part (the ribs and chest rise) and finally the upper part (the clavicle should
rise, and the stomach should be pulled up to the spine).
During exhalatio n, your stomach should be drawn in, the diaphr agm should
rise, and then the chest and shoulders should lower. Movement during
inhalation and exhalation shoul d be soft, smooth, without sharp jolts and
tension. Repeat them 3 times. On the fourth breath, hold your breath and
record the time in seconds. Then exhale and fix again the time during which
you can do without air entering the lungs.

Compar e the r esults

In most cases, the duration of inhalation and exhalation will be different.
Someone breath es too short, and someone breathes out. With proper
breathing, the duration of inhalation and exhalation should be the same. So
it is time to seriously take up your health. As soon as you master the
technique of proper breathing, it will become your primary need and habit. Chapter 6. Curative breath by K. Buteyko

The system of therapeutic respiration, or the so-called strong-willed
elimination of deep breathing, was developed by K. Buteyko,  a doctor, a
Russian scientis t who for many years headed the laboratory of functional
diagnostics at the Institute of Experimental Biology and Medicine of the
Siberian Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR in Novosibirsk.
Due to his profe ssion, Buteyko more than once had to see how people were
dying. He noticed that before death, a person began to breathe deeply.
Buteyko suggested that such intense breathing brings death closer, and
therefore could be the cause of a number of diseases.
Then Buteyko decided to perform an experiment with his own breath: he
changed the rhythm, depth, intensity. After a while, he noticed that the
tormenting attacks of hypertension became less frequent, moreover, they
were easily removed by breathing exercises, without the help of
medications. So the method of Volitional Elimination of Deep Breathing
(VEDB) was born.

Why you need to learn how to br eathe


,	and	the	feelings	of
attraction	or	repulsion.	This	energy	body,	which	is	the	locus	of	the	sense	of
‘I’,	exists	independently	of	the	physical	body,	as	anyone	who	has	ever
gone	out	of	body	will	remember.	This	‘karmic	body’	is	made	up	of	the
collected	tracks	of	positionalities.
					The	field	of	consciousness	is	an	infinite	sea	of	interacting	energy	fields
with	various	levels	that	can	be	calibrated.	The	fate	of	an	energy	body	of	an
individual’s	soul	is	therefore	similar	to	a	floating	object	in	space	or	a	cork
in	the	sea	in	that	its	innate	buoyancy	determines	the	level	at	which	it	will
settle	and	float.
					The	nonmaterial	realms	of	existence	are	composed	of	energy	bodies	at
various	levels	in	the	frequencies	of	the	sea	of	consciousness	that	tend	to
settle	into	realms.	Each	of	these	realms	congregates	about	an	attractor
field.	When	the	energy	body	or	soul,	with	its	historical	collection	of
frequencies	and	patterns,	separates	from	the	physical	body,	it	then
gravitates	to	a	compatible	field	or	domain.	These	constitute	the	post-
physical	life	potentialities	or	choices	between	the	various	levels,	such	as
hells,	purgatories,	limbos,	or	heavens.	Obviously,	for	some	souls,	there	is
also	the	opportunity,	choice,	or	fate	of	choosing	another	physical	lifetime.
If	we	ask	with	muscle	testing	whether	this	is	a	fairly	accurate	depiction	of
spiritual	reality,	we	get	the	answer	“yes.”
					People	have	definite	opinions	about	such	matters,	and	the	question	ofreincarnation	is	a	favorite	area	for	argument.	All	religions,	however,	agree
that	the	energy	body,	after	physical	death,	goes	on	to	a	fate	determined	by
one’s	actions	during	the	physical	lifetime.	Therefore,	the	fate	is	determined
primarily	by	the	spiritual	decisions	and	actions	that	were	made,	with	great
importance	given	to	intention,	responsibility,	and	the	assent	of	the	Will.
					Spiritually	speaking,	whether	an	actual	physical	reincarnation	occurs	or
not	is	really	quite	academic.	The	same	principles	and	fate	of	the	energy
body	remain	the	same	whether	it	would	resume	as	a	physical	existence	or
continue	on	an	energy	plane.	One’s	fate,	obviously,	will	either	be	for	the
better	or	for	the	worse,	depending	on	the	choices	made	by	the	spiritual
will.	It	would	seem	from	studies	of	the	spiritual	nature	of	consciousness
that	the	choice	to	resume	another	human	physical	life	would	be	an	option
that	is	determined	by	the	innate	patterns	of	a	specific	soul.	Of	more
importance	is	the	interpretation	and	understanding	of	the	factors	that
determine	the	fate	of	the	soul/energy	body	and	its	destiny	after	physical
death.
					From	the	foregoing	analysis	and	spiritual	research,	it	appears	that	one’s
ultimate	fate	is	the	automatic	and	impersonal	consequence	of	the	energy
patterns	that	have	been	set	up	in	the	aura	of	the	spirit	body,	i.e.,	one’s	fate
after	physical	death	is	merely	the	inevitable	consequence	of	one’s	own
choice	and	not	a	reward	or	a	punishment	meted	out	arbitrarily	by	some
external	figure,	energy,	or	power.	The	self	in	the	infinite	sea	of	the	Self
gravitates	to	its	fate	solely	by	virtue	of	its	own	essence.	This	is	the
absolute	justice	of	Almighty	God	that	guarantees	absolute	fairness	and
impartiality.	Judgment	is	therefore	merely	a	semantic	invention	(like
causality	or	heliotropism)	that	serves	as	a	plausible	‘explanation’	derived
from	the	anthropomorphic	presumptions	of	the	human	mind.
					Inasmuch	as	one’s	spiritual	destiny	is	sealed	and	determined	by	one’s
own	hand	and	its	actions,	each	person,	with	absolute	fairness,	determines
their	own	fate.	Thus,	God’s	justice	is	indeed	perfectly	self-fulfilling.
Mankind	then	needs	to	take	responsibility	for	its	own	fate	and	stop
blaming	God,	who	has	been	much	maligned.	In	reality,	the	love	of	God,
like	the	sun,	shines	equally	on	all.	With	understanding,	the	spiritual
domain	makes	sense,	and	there	is	no	need	for	superstitious,
anthropomorphic	inventions,	and	fantasies	to	explain	it.
					Most	of	what	has	been	said	thus	far	is	in	agreement	with	most	of
mankind’s	accumulated	spiritual	information	and	experience.	If,
spiritually,	everything	happens	as	a	consequence	of	Free	Will,	and	there
are	no	‘forces’	to	‘cause’	anything	that	is	not	in	accordance,	then	the
question	of	physical	reincarnation	becomes	clarified.	If	it	occurs,	it	wouldhave	to	be	by	choice	and	assent	of	the	spiritual	will,	and	it	would	then	be
determined	by	‘karmic’	propensities.
					The	stronger	one	identifies	with	the	physical	body	and	earthly	life,	the
stronger	will	be	the	pull	or	attraction	of	another	earthly	life.	It	is	obvious
that	an	attraction	to	reincarnating	would	be	to	undo	or	propitiate	for	past
spiritual	mistakes.	Many	souls	apparently	do	decide	that	the	only	just
propitiation	is	to	suffer	the	same	fate	they	have	meted	out	to	others.	We
certainly	see	that	millions	of	souls	choose	lifetimes	with	disastrous
endings.	Even	the	chosen	form	of	death	is	frequently	so	unique	and
specific	that	one	intuits	there	must	have	been	strong	karmic	determining
factors	involved	in	the	specificity	of	the	choice.	Suicides	also	frequently
take	very	specifically	chosen	forms	and	styles,	with	very	specific
meanings.
					We	can	postulate	that	if	lifetimes	of	the	soul	can	be	lived	either	in	or
out	of	the	physical	domain	on	either	the	physical	or	energy	planes,	then	an
almost	infinite	sequence	of	lifetimes	is	obviously	quite	possible.	This
formulation	is	in	agreement	with	the	ancient	sages,	the
Vedas
,	and	the
teachings	of	Krishna,	Buddha,	and	Hinduism,	as	well	as	other	ancient
religions.
					At	very	advanced	levels	of	consciousness,	enlightened	sages	are	able	to
recall	prior	lifetimes	that	are	often	described	as	having	been	very
numerous.	In	the	out-of-body	experience,	also,	people	remember	that	their
energy	body	has	inhabited	prior	physical	bodies.	Young	children	are	also
prone	to	recalling	prior	lifetimes,	and	studies	show	this	to	be	a	rather
frequent	occurrence.	A	sage	was	asked	how	real	previous	incarnations	are
and	he	replied	that	they	are	as	real	as	this	one—no	more,	no	less.
					The	interest	in	whether	one	has	had	previous	lifetimes	is	more	than	just
a	reflection	of	the	ego’s	vanity	or	self-interest.	Of	more	importance	is	that
the	understanding	of	how	divine	justice	works	out	clarifies
misunderstandings	about	the	nature	of	the	ego.	It	also	clarifies	Christian
teachings	that	“As	ye	sow,	so	shall	ye	reap”;	“People	who	live	in	glass
houses	shouldn’t	throw	stones;”	“Those	who	live	by	the	sword	die	by	the
sword”;	“Not	a	hair


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Southwest
--
West Facing southwest, pose as if you were about to
fight. Bend the knees slightly. Bend the anns
slightly and clench the fists. Make your eyes
bulge out with rage. Your mind must be with your
body. Hold this pose as long as you wish. This
exercise benefits the digestive system, lungs, and
nerves.
Facing west, stand with your feet shoulder-width
apart. Point the toes slightly inward. Raise one
hand up in the air. Then bring the hand down and
raise the other hand. Try to keep your abdomen
still. As you do this your mind should follow these
actions. Do this exercise as many times as you
like, as this exercise helps lower back pain, shoul
der pain, kidney problems, and spinal problems.
68 The lnterMl Exercises
Figure 17.
Western Exe rcis e.
These exercises are extremely versati le as they can be done anywhere,
anytime. In two min utes, a homemaker, an executive, soldier, athlete, or
anyone else can energize their tired bodies and minds. When the body is
energized, business problems are solved easily, durab ility of the body is
increased-anything is simplified.
TWELVE ZODIAC EXERCISES
Life is to live, and livin g is a functi on. This function is described by a
Taoist formula, which is as follows :
69 The Internal Exe rcises
Let f = function
o =organ
e =energy
f=o+e
In order to function, both organ and energy must be present. An organ
without energy is dead. Pure energy without an organ is a ghost. Life will
be meaningful-have a function-on ly when organ and energy are
together. Apart from the many methods of harnessing and utilizing energy
to balance the organ systems, Taoists have also created methods for
maintaining the energy balance of specific organs. These involve the usage
oftime as measured by the biorhythmic clock to adjust imbalances by either
dispersing (weakening) energy or toning (strengthening) energy.
Biorhythm-often referred to as the biological clock-is the regulation
of the flow of energy within the body in relation to both solar and lunar time
measurement. The word ''biorhythm '' encompasses all those concepts that
denote the natural, inherent pulse underlying all functional aspects of life.
In many ways this rhythm is taken for granted because being aware of it
would, in a sense, be the same as being constantly aware of the rhythmical
basis of one's own breathing. Because it has such a subtle and elusive
nature, biorhythm is best exempl ified when it is disrupted.
Jet fatigue-the consequence of suddenly traveling from one time zone
to another-is a perfect example of how the body's natural rhythm is
disrupted as a result of long-di stance travel in a short period of time. It is
sometimes difficult to conceive of the body functioning on a strict time
schedule until one is abruptly placed in an environment regulated by a
different schedule. The stress of having to readjust to an environment in
relation to time makes one intensely aware of how rigidly scheduled the
bodily functions are.
Taoists, after observing the circulation of energy throughout the body,
fonnulated biorhythm cycles that precisely account for the energy flow
along the meridian circuit during every second of the day. It was discovered
that each of the main meridians has two-hour periods, called "watches",
during which energy has a maximum intensity of circulation. For example,
between 9 and 11 a.m., energy is at its peak in the spleen-pancreas
meridian. It is during this time interval that the spleen-pancreas works the
hardest. Between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., when the energy activates the heart
70 The lnt�rnal Ex�rcis�s
meridian, it is simultaneously at a minimum intensity in the spleen
pancreas meridian. There are twelve "watches" in a day, and they corre
spond to the twelve houses of the Zodiac. The following table lists the
''watches'' and the hours during which energy reaches its peak in each of
the organs and bowels and their respective meridians.
Table 3. Biorhythm Cycles.
1-3 A.M. Liver
� A.M. Lung
5-7 A.M. Large Intestine
7-9 A.M. Stom ach
9-11 A.M. Spleen-P ancreas
11-1 P.M. Heart
1-3 P.M. Small Intestine
3-5 P.M. Bladder
5-7 P.M. Kidn ey
7-9 P.M. Heart Constrict or
9-11 P.M. Triple Heater
11-1 A.M. Gallbladder
Utilizing the biorhythm table will prove to be especially benefic ial in
pinpointing the specific organic causes of discomfort and balancing the
energy level of that organ through the application of exercises that will
either disperse or intromit energy, according to the needs of the organ. For
example, if insomnia causes you to wake up between 1 and 3 o'clock in the
morning regularly, a look at the table will tell you that the cause of the
insomnia is a disorderly liver or nervous system. The aftereff ects of
insomnia-poor performance at work, tiredne ss, feeling of guilt, etc.
can be eliminated by applying the exercise appropriated for the I to 3
o'clock time interval. If you are constip ated, the cause can be traced to
untimely bowel movements. The recommended and biorhythmical ly de
termined time for bowel movements is from 5 to 7 o'clock in the morning.
If you follow this schedule for bowel movemen ts, you will not have to
suffer from drugs, enemas, etc.
71 The Internal Exercises
The exercises for these and other prob lems are called Twelve Zodiac
Exercises, and they are listed in the order of the "watches" they corre
spond to. They are:
Watch A (1-3 a.m.) If ever you are awake during this time interval,
you might want to sit with your legs crossed and
try to see the tip of your nose. Drop your eyelids
halfway to do this. Repeated attempts will enable
you to see the tip of your nose. Also wrap the
fingers around the thumb to make a closed fist and
rest the fists on your knees. (Closing the fist
retains the energy emitted from the fingers.)
Breathe deeply and relax. Do this exerc ise for S to
30 minutes-the length of time is detennined by
you.
Figure 18. Watch A.
72 The Internal Exercises
Watc h B (3-5 a.m.) If ever you are awake during this time interval, sit
with your legs crossed or in a position most com
fortab le to you. Close your eyes halfway and look
at your nose. Do this as you hold your head by
lacing your fingers behin d the head and support
ing with your palms. Then click your teeth. Deep
ly and slowly inhale and exhale nine times. Re
peat this exerc ise for 5 to 30 minut es.
Figure 19. Watch B.
Watch C (5-7 a.m.) Cover the ears with the palms of your hands. Tap
on the back of your head with your middle or
index fingers so that a drum-like sound is made.
This is called''Beating the Heaven ly Drum ''.
Then count your breaths. Inhale and count
"one". Exhale and count "two". Inhale and
count "three". And so on. Do this very slowly
until you have reached the count of nine. (More
about this exercise later.)
73 The Internal Exercises
Figure 20.
Watch C.
Watch D (7-9 a.m.) Sitwithyourlegscrossed. Nowuseyourhandsto
hold the shins of your legs to support your upper
body as you move your upper body around in
circles. Make the circles as large as you can.
Move freely. Reverse directions now and then to
prevent dizziness. Do this exercise several times.
Figure 21.
Watch D.
74 The Internal Exe rcises
Watch E (9-11 a.m.) Brush your teeth with your tongue. This creates
saliva. Save the saliva until you have a mouthful.
Then rinse your mouth with the saliva by swishing
the saliva around in the your mouth as if it were
mouthwash. Swallow the saliva slowly by divid
ing the mouthful of saliva into three swallows. Do
this exercise several times. (More about this
later.)
Watch F Figure 22.
Watch E.
(11 a.m. to 1 p.m.) Remove clothing. Sit in a comfortable position.
Inhale and hold your breath. Rub your hands
together vigorously to generate heat and im
mediately place them on your back in the area of
Figure 23.
Watch F.
75 The Internal Exe rcises
the kidneys and rub until you cannot


al	adjustment,	cleansing	the	liver	supports	it	greatly	in	its
effort	to	keep	the	rest	of	the	body	healthy.

2.	Keep	Your	Colon	Clean

A	weak,	irritated,	and	congested	large	intestine	becomes	a	breeding	place	for	bacteria	that
are	simply	doing	their	job—decomposing	potentially	hazardous	waste	material.	As	a	side
effect	of	their	life-saving	activities,	the	microbes	produce	poisonous	substances.	Some	of
these	toxins	produced	by	the	bacteria	enter	the	blood,	which	sends	them	straight	to	the
liver.	Constant	exposure	of	the	liver	cells	to	these	toxins	impairs	their	performance	and
reduces	bile	secretion.	This	leads	to	a	further	disruption	of	digestive	functions.

When	you	eat	highly	processed	foods	that	have	been	stripped	of	most	nutrients	and
natural	fiber,	the	colon	has	difficulty	moving	the	food	mass,	or	“chyme,”	along.	Processed
foods	tend	to	make	for	a	dry,	hard,	or	sticky	chyme	that	passes	only	with	difficulty	through
the	intestinal	tract.	Normally,	the	muscles	wrapped	around	the	colon	can	easily	squeeze
and	push	fibrous,	bulky	chyme	along,	but	they	struggle	greatly	dealing	with	gooey,	sticky
chyme	that	is	devoid	of	fiber.	When	chyme	sits	too	long	in	the	colon,	it	becomes	harder
and	drier.	If	that	were	the	only	thing	that	happened—chyme	turning	into	hard,	dry	feces—we	would	only	need	to	worry	about	constipation	(from	which	millions	of	Americans
suffer)	and	taking	laxatives.	But	there	is	more	to	it.	After	the	chyme	is	plastered	onto	the
walls	of	the	colon,	it	will	undergo	biochemical	changes	and	do	the	following	things.	It
will:
•	Ferment	or	putrefy,	thereby	becoming	a	breeding	ground	for	parasites	and
pathogens	as	well	as	a	storehouse	for	toxic	chemicals.	These	can	pollute	the	blood
and	lymph	and,	thereby,	gradually	poison	the	body.
•	Form	a	barrier	that	prevents	the	colon	from	interacting	with	the	chyme	and
absorbing	nutrients	from	it..
•	Restrict	peristaltic	movement	by	the	colon	walls,	making	it	difficult	for	the
colon	to	rhythmically	contract	in	order	to	force	the	chyme	along	its	way.

How	well	could	you	do	your	job	if	you	were	covered	with	thick	sludge?	The	following
are	some	of	the	symptoms	that	may	occur	as	a	result	of	colon	dysfunction:

Lower	back	pain
Neck	and	shoulder	pain
Pain	in	the	lower	and	upper	arms
Skin	problems
Brain	fog	(difficulty	concentrating)
Fatigue	or	sluggishness
Colds	and	flu
Constipation	or	diarrhea
Flatulence/gas	or	bloating
Crohn’s	disease
Ulcerative	colitis
Colitis/irritable	bowel	syndrome	(IBS)
Diverticulitis/diverticulosis
Leaky	gut	syndrome
Pain	in	the	lower	part	of	the	stomach	(especially	on	the	left	side)

The	large	intestine	absorbs	minerals	and	water.	When	the	membrane	of	the	large
intestine	is	impacted	with	plaque,	it	cannot	assimilate	and	absorb	minerals	(as	well	as
some	vitamins).	A	congested	colon	causes	nutrient-deficiency	diseases,	regardless	of	how
many	supplements	a	person	takes.	Most	health	problems	are,	in	fact,	deficiency	disorders.
They	arise	when	certain	parts	of	the	body	suffer	malnourishment;	particularly	of	minerals
(see	also	“
Take	Ionic	Essential	Minerals
”	on	page	140).

The	following	are	a	number	of	colon-cleansing	methods	that	I	recommend	incombination	with	liver	cleanses:

1.
	Keeping	the	colon	clean	through
colonic	irrigation,
	for	example,	is	an	effective
preventive	method	to	safeguard	the	liver	against	toxins	generated	in	the	large	intestine.
Colonic	irrigation,	also	known	as
colon	hydrotherapy,
	is	perhaps	one	of	the	more	effective
colon	therapies.	A	30-	to	50-minute	session	can	eliminate	large	amounts	of	trapped	waste
that	may	have	taken	you	many	years	to	accumulate.	During	a	colonic	session,	the	therapist
uses	a	total	of	3	to	6	quarts	of	distilled	or	purified	water	to	gently	cleanse	your	colon.
Through	gentle	abdominal	massage,	old	deposits	of
mucoid	fecal	matter
	are	loosened,
detached	from	the	colon	wall,	and	subsequently	removed	with	the	water.

Colonics	tend	to	have	a	“relieving”	effect.	You	will	usually	experience	a	feeling	of
lightness,	cleanness,	and	increased	clarity	of	mind	following	a	colonic.	However,	during
the	procedure	itself,	you	may	feel	slight	discomfort	from	time	to	time,	whenever	larger
quantities	of	toxic	waste	detach	themselves	from	the	intestinal	walls	and	move	toward	the
rectum.

During	the	procedure,	rubber	tubing	carries	water	into	the	colon	and	waste	out	of	the
colon.	The	released	waste	material	can	be	seen	floating	through	a	tube,	showing	the	type
and	quantity	of	waste	eliminated.

Once	the	colon	has	been	thoroughly	cleansed	through	2,	3,	or	more	colonics,	thereafter
diet,	exercise,	or	other	health	programs	are	likely	to	be	much	more	effective.	It	is
estimated	that	80	percent	of	all	immune	tissue	resides	in	the	intestines.	Therefore,
cleansing	the	colon	from	immune-suppressive	toxic	waste	and	removing	gallstones	from
the	liver	can	make	all	the	difference	in	the	treatment	of	cancer,	heart	disease,	AIDS,	or
other	serious	illnesses.

Colonic	irrigation	is	a	safe	and	hygienic	system	for	cleansing	the	colon.	Those	who
have	never	experienced	a	colonic,	or	who	have	a	vested	interest	in	dissuading	others	from
having	one,	are	the	most	likely	people	to	raise	safety	concerns	about	colonics.

2.
	If	you	do	not	have	access	to	a	colon	therapist,	you	may	greatly	benefit	from	using	a
colema	board
	(see
Suppliers	List
	in	the	Appendix)	as	a	second-best	choice.	The	colema
board	allows	you	to	clean	your	colon	in	the	comfort	of	your	own	home.	The	colema	is	a
do-it-yourself	enema	treatment	that	is	easy	to	learn	and	perform.

3.

Colosan
	is	a	blend	of	various	oxides	of	magnesium	designed	to	gently	release	oxygen
into	the	digestive	tract	for	cleansing	it.	Colosan	is	a	powder	that	you	either	mix	with	water
and	chase	down	with	citrus	juice	or	take	in	capsule	form,	which	is	more	convenient.
Colosan	releases	large	amounts	of	oxygen	in	the	intestinal	tract,	thereby	eliminating	oldfecal	material	as	well	as	parasites	and	hardened	mucus	(see
Suppliers	List
	in	the
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 love you.4. Using your name this time, look deeply into your eyes and say, I
love you, [Name]. I r eally love you.  These af firmations are worth
repeating over and over again.
5. If you are having trouble in your relationships, look into your
eyes, breathe deeply, and say, I am willing to r elease the need for
r elationships that don’ t nourish and support me.  Repeat this five
times in the mirror, and each time you say it, give it more
meaning. Think of specific relationships as you say it.
The Power Is W ithin Y ou: Y our Day 16 Journaling
Exercise
1. In your journal, write about how you experienced love as a child.
Did you observe your parents expressing love and af fection?
W ere you raised with lots of hugs? In your family was love
hidden behind fighting, crying, or silence?
2. W rite ten af firmations of love and practice them in front of your
mirror. Here are some examples: I am worthy of love. The mor e I
open to love, the safer I am. T oday I r emember that life loves me.
I let love find me at the perfect time.
3. W rite down ten things that you love to do. Pick five and do them
today.
4. T ake several hours and pamper yourself: buy yourself flowers,
treat yourself to a healthy meal, show yourself how special you
are.
5. Repeat Step 3 every day this week!
Y our Heart Thought for Day 16: I Live in a Circle of Love
Envelop your family in a circl e of love, whether family members are
living or  not. Broaden the circle to include your friends, your loved ones,your co-workers, everyone from your past, and all the people you would
like to for give but don’ t know how. Af firm that you have wonderful,
harmonious rela tionships with them all, with respect and caring on both
sides.
Know th at you can live with dig nity and peace and joy. Let this circle of
love envelop the entire planet, and let your heart open so tha t you have
space within you for unconditional love.
Y our Day 16 Meditation: Love Is Healing
(Day 16 of the audio download)
Love is the most powerful healing force there is. Send everyone you
know lots of com fort and acceptance and support and love. Be aware that as
you send these thoughts out, you also receive them in return.
V isualize a circle of love that e mbraces your family members, whether
living or not, as well as friends, co-workers, and everyone from your past.
Put your self in the circle. Y ou are worth loving. Y ou are beautiful. Y ou are
powerful. Open yourself to all good and to the unconditional love within
you. Af firm:
I open myself to love.
I am willing to love and be loved.
I see myself pr ospering. I see myself healthy. I see myself cr eatively fulfilled.
I have wonderful, harmonious r elationships in which ther e is mutual r espect
and caring.D A Y  1 7
L i v i n g  S t r e s s  F r e e
Str ess is a fear r eaction to life and its constant changes. T oday you
learn how to stop feeling so str essed.
From yo ur letter s and your comm ents on my Facebook page, I notice that
many of you are struggling wit h much stress in your lives. Do you know
why you feel so stressed?
Stress is a fear reaction to life and to the constant chang e that is
inevitable. Str ess  h as become a c atchword: we use it as an excuse for not
taking responsibility for our feelings, above all our fear. But if you can
equate str ess  with fear— and understand that feeling stressed is really a
fearful reaction—you can begin to eliminate the need  for stress in your life.
A peace ful, relax ed person is ne ither frightened nor stressed. So if you’re
feeling s tressed, ask yourself what you are afraid of. Most people have a
long list  of worries, with things like work, money, family, and health at the
top. Y ou r concern then becomes how to eliminate the fear  and move
through life feeling safe. Y ou can start by doing your mirror work and
practicing positi ve af firmations. When you do this, you can r eplace your
negative, constricting thoughts w ith positive thoughts that create peace, joy,
harmony, and a stress-free life.
There is  an expression I like to use a lot: the total ity of possibilities.  I
learned it from one of my ear ly teachers in New Y ork. This  expression
always g ave me a taking-of f place for letting my mind go bey ond what I
thought possible—far beyond the limited beliefs I grew up with.As a child, I did not understand how much of the criticism grown-ups
heaped on me was not deserved. It was their reaction to a stressful or
disappointing day. But I accepted their criticism as true, and the negative
thoughts and beliefs about myself that I internalized were limitations that
conditioned my  life for many years. I may not have looked awkward or
dumb or silly, but I sure felt it.
Most of our beli efs about life and about ourselves are formed by  the time
we are five years old. W e may  expand on them a little as te enagers and
maybe a tiny bit more when we are older, but very little changes  overall. If I
were to ask you why you hold a  certain belief, you would almost certainly
trace it back to a decision you made when you were a young child.
So we live in th e limitations of our five-year -old consciousne ss. These
limitations often stop us from e xperiencing and expressing the totality of
possibilities. W e  think things like I’m not smart enough. I’m not o r ganized.
I have too much on my plate. I don’ t have enough time.  How many of you
are letting limiting beliefs stop you?
Y ou have a cho ice to accept t hese limitations or to go beyo nd them.
Remember: the limitations you feel are all in your mind and hav e nothing to
do with  reality. When you learn to drop your limiting beliefs and allow
yourself to move into the totality of possibilities, you will discover that you
ar e  good enough. Y ou do  hav e wh at it takes. Y ou can  handle whatever is on
your pla te. And  you have all the time you need. Y ou can see  all sorts of
possibilities, and you are capable of remarkable things.
Let’ s af firm: I bec ome mor e c onfident and pr oficient every day. Ther e ar e
no limits to my abilities.
Y our Day 17 Mirror W ork Exercise
1. For this exercise, I’d like you to start by sitting in a comfortable
chair with your hands in your lap and both feet flat on the floor.
Now close your eyes and take three long, deep breaths. Breathe
in slowly and breathe out. Breathe in and breathe out. Imagine
that you are wearing your tension and fear as an overcoat.
Imagine undoing the buttons and pulling the coat of f your
shoulders, sliding it over your arms, and dropping it on the floor.Feel any fear and tension flowing out of your body. Feel your
muscles relax. Allow your entire body to relax.
2. Now pick up your pocket mirror and look deeply into your eyes.
Say: I r elease all fear. I let go of all tension. I am at peace.
Fr eedom fr om str ess is my divine right.  Keep repeating these
af firmations over and over again.
3. Close your eyes and take a few more minutes to breathe deeply.
Repeat these af firmations: I believe in ME. I am a capable
person. I can do it. I can handle anything that comes my way. I
believe in possibilities.
4. Anytime you see your reflection today, repeat these af firmations:
I am at peace. I have all the time I need. I flow with life easily
and effortlessly.
The Power Is W ithin Y ou: Y our Day 17 Journaling
Exercise
1. Close your eyes and drift back to your past. See yourself when
you were five years old. Where are you? At school? At home?
What do you like to do? How do you view the world? Open your
eyes and write down whatever comes to mind.
2. Do you remember any of the worries or negative beliefs that you
had when you were five years old? Do you remember any hurt
feelings? W rite them all down.
3. Next to all the beliefs you wrote down in Step 2, write down the
real reasons for these beliefs. Perhaps your parents were having a
bad day at work and told you something that wasn’ t true. Perhaps
a childhood friend who was unloved decided to take it out on
you. W rite all your thoughts in your journal.
4. Make a list of some of the things that are causing you stress this
week. Do any of them have to do with the limited thinking ofyour five-year -old consciousness


 emotional stress. Pamela
Ptak also regularly sprayed her apartment with roach poison and other
pesticides because of infestation  by biological pests. One of them may have
been the same fungus causing her disability.
While she was debating whethe r to under go the eye operation, a friend
suggested that Pamela look into the Gerson Therapy as an alternative
method of healing. It does work  against any degenerative disease, chronic
or acute, including those brought about by pathological microor ganisms.
Since the young woman was familiar with the treatment’ s conce pt (she had
watched two friends who had been diagnosed with cancer save their own
lives by its application), she decided to start on Dr. Max Gerso n’s healing
program herself. She found it to be no hardship, for a health food
supermarket located just down the street furnished their clientele with
organically grow n produce at fair market prices, and it comprise d almost all
of Pamela’ s diet.
Thus, for just one month, from the end of June to July 31, 1995, Pamela
Ptak faithfully performed the Gerson Therapy at home, including the taking
of two coffee enemas, one before she left for work in the morning and a
second immedia tely upon her arriving home in the evening. The juices she
made in quantit y and took along with her in thermos bottles for drinking
regularly throug hout her workday. She hoped that the Gerson program was
working during the weeks that followed, but, although her vision seemed to
become much less blocked by the gray spot, she was not sure.
On August 1, the patient visited the second retinal surgeon once more to
discuss his sugg ested eye operation. When the doctor looked at his patient’ sleft retina, he was truly surprised, but pleased. The spot had shrunk and was
so small it was almost invisible. There was no sign of hemorrhaging. The
Gerson Therapy  had so stimulated the woman’ s immune system that it had
spontaneously killed off Histoplasma capsulatum  on its own. She needed
no antifu ngal, antibiotic medications and no operation. The spot eventually
stopped blocking her vision, and today she sees just fine.
The therapy took slightly over a month. Pamela Ptak happily reports to us
for publication: “Here is one more condition healed by the Gerson
Therapy.”
THE GE RSON  PROT OCOL FOR  NONCANCER  PATIENTS WITH  DIFFERENT
DISEASES
No single diet/medication protocol for nonmalignant illnesses of different
types exists on the Gerson program simply because each disease shows
diverse dietary origins and variable treatment needs. Still, the standard
protocol that had been offered by Dr. Max Gerson’ s therapy does provide a
starting point which this chapter  discusses. There are many modifications of
diet, juicing, and medications for the dif ferent diseases.
Please be assured that the proto col published here does work, although
there are variables. Variables prevail simply because of (a) the patient’ s
overall condition, (b) the results of the sick person’ s laboratory blood work,
(c) his or her symptomatology, (d) the patient’ s age, (e) the medical
diagnosis, and (f) numerous other factors. Yet virtually all types of health
problems respond to the Gerson Therapy.
Beginning below  with “addictions,” a few of the more common  illnesses
which respond well to a modified Gerson Therapy protocol  have their
variable treatment programs described in this chapter. First, however, we
provide you with the genera l therapeutic program for patients with
nonmalignant diseases to follow. This general therapeutic program is the
basic format to follow when someone is weighed down by any acute or
chronic illness. Please assure yourself or loved ones you are helping that
any appropriate modifications required of specific diseases are incorporated
into the general protocol that follows.
Please note: The use of a full, unmodified protocol of the Gerson
Therapy for noncancer ous diseases ordinarily remains inadvis able. Whilenot usually as danger ous as inappr opriate application of the therapy to
patients with a chemotherapy history, there are still considerable risks to
using the intensive pr otocol in the pr esence of some illnesses.
Appropriate explanations must be given to anyone using the therapy
regarding the reasoning behind application of the reduced protocol.
Otherwise, patients will sometimes self-medicate with the more aggressive
protocol, at the expense of their safety and long-term recovery outlook.
THE STANDARD  PROT OCOL FOR  NONCANCEROUS  ILLNESSES
Juices
The regimen for treating a noncancerous illness can begin with the daily
drinking of ten 8-ounce glasses of the juices, eliminating pure carrot juice.
If the patient is in good physical condition, she or he should be able to take
the full 8-ounce  portions with no difficulty. However, if this person shows
any form of debilitation, start with smaller quantities of juice consisting
typically of 4 or 6 ounces.
As always with the Gerson Therapy, be sure that the patient can tolerate
all juices without significant nausea or other side effects befor e an increase
in the juice quantity is consider ed.
The schedule of juice drinkin g to be maintained by a rather ill but
noncancerous individual should be:
a. Orange juice
b. Green leaf combination juice
c. Apple/carrot combination juice
Potassium Compound Solution (Liquid)
The recommended starting dosage for potassium compound solution
suggested is 2 tsp ten times per day, which represents approxima tely 1 gram
(1,000 mg) or 25 mEq each of potassium (K) acetate, gluconate, and
phosphate (mon obasic). This is a total K combination of 3 grams or 75
mEq/day. Most of the time patients do not require the full 40 tsp of
potassium that cancer patients would require.There are contraindications to K compound solution: Patien ts with a
history of renal insuf ficiency or generalized kidney dysfunction, gastritis,
nausea, or any indication of bleeding problems should be starte d with 1 tsp
ten times per day. Dosage may be slowly increased with observation of the
compound’ s effects. Anyone with a history of cardiac insuf ficiency,
myocardial infarction, or congestive heart failure should not receive
potassium until blood laborator y work has been analyzed by a physician
who agrees that K ingestion would be beneficial.
Lugol (Potassium Iodide KI, Half-Str ength)
The KI in Lugol is ingested at the rate of three to six drops per day. There
are contraindications to taking Lugol for certain sick but noncancerous
patients. If the individual has a history of allergy to iodine, Lugol is not
indicated, at least initially; however, it can be cautiously added after three to
five days, one drop to start, then increasing as tolerance allows.
Other ill patients presenting with hepatic (liver) insuf ficiency, hepatitis,
or hepatic cirrhosis should be started on one to two drops of Lugol per day,
to avoid bleeding or a decrease in blood platelets. Those patients known to
be affected by heavy metal toxicity should additionally receive doses of one
to two drops per day initially.
Thyr oid Hormone
Thyroid hormone is taken in a dose of 1 grain once or twice  per day.
Typically, patients with nonmalignant diseases do not possess as serious a
thyroid deficien cy as cancer patients. In some cases, the Gerson-trained
health professio nals have found it beneficial for patients to start on up to 5
grains of thyroid hormone for only three to five days, rather than the
fourteen days commonly prescribed for those people with malignancies.
Contraindications to thyroid usage are similar to those for Lugol. Watch
for signs of hyperthyroidism, including tachycardia, anxiety, insomnia,
tremors, and others. Reduce dosage levels if any of these  signs and
symptoms are present. Also note that transient tachycardia alone is often
indicative for a toxic or flare-up reaction. Patients presenting with a historyof cardiac insuf ficiency or other cardiac incidents should be started on a
maximum dosage of 2 grains of thyroid daily.
Niacin (V itamin B3)
This vitamin B3 nutrient has a dosage of 50 mg three times per day. Some
contraindications do exist, such as for patients who present with hepatic
insuf ficiency, hepatitis, or hepa tic cirrhosis. These liver-impa ired people
should receive a maximum of only 100 to 150 mg of niacin daily. Patients
with a medical history of bleeding, ulcers, or gastritis, and those who are
concurrently receiving prednisone, other steroids, or Coumadin should not
receive niacin.
Pancr eatin
This pancreatic enzyme from the pig allows for a dosage of three 325-mg
tablets taken four times a day. According to Dr. Gerson, pancreatin is
contraindicated for sarcoma patients.
Crude Liver/B12 Injection
Taken once daily as an intram uscular injection of 3 cc of crude liver
extract, added to the extract in the same syringe is 0.05 cc of vitamin


choose to look at a situation, who do I choose to be within it, and what do I
choose to do?
Life is about not just what happ ens to us, but also who we choo se to be
in the space of what happens. Every situation is designed by an intelligent
universe specifically for our soul growth, by definition presenting us with
the oppo rtunities to play life either from a place of love or from a place of
fear—from forgiveness, positivity, and contribution, or from blame,
negativity, and victimhood.
Every moment we make the choice. We make it either consciously or
unconsciously, but every thought represents a decision, and “All thinking
produces form at some level”* (T-31). That is how powerful we are, and
how responsible we are for our life experience.
The life we live is a reflection of thoughts we chose to think before this
moment. Our lives begin to change when we choose to think  differen tly
now. The spiritual journey is a transition from who we used to be and the
life we used to live, to who we would rather be and the life we would rather
live. No one and nothing can decide for you the thoughts you choose to
think.
The world would tell us there’ s no road map, nothing but a random
universe in which the highest good is to do whatever we feel like doing, or
would make us the most money, or would get us whatever it is we think we
want. Nothing is a more limited mentality than such a purposeless
perspective.
Living our lives in service to a higher  purpos e is the only road to
happiness, because it is the reason we were born. What the ego posits asfreedom is not freedom, but license; it is a prison of our own making.
Following Jesus, serving the Will of God, trying our best to be loving
means serving the desires of our own true self.
OceanofPDF.comThe Pillars of a Well-Lived Life
The three principles we hold on to as we walk the spiritual path are these:
faith, love, and service.
Those are the pillars of righteou sness, or “right use-ness” of the mind.
But even  more than that, they are our powers. They are the use of the mind
in ways that lift us above the normal limitations of the mortal world.
Who among us has not seen things come together when harmon y exists
among the players in a system, and things fall apart when anger and
negativity prevail?
Our faith that anything is possible in the presence of love, our faith that
forgiveness will always interrupt the ego’s tyranny—these are our powers
when we let miracles light the way. The Holy Spirit is the motivation for
miracles and conduit for mirac les. He is never not available to show us
where they are. “I am not absent to anyone in any situation” (T -116).
The world can be a miraculous place, and in many ways it is. We hold
our child ren, we fall in love, we build communities. It’s all there. But the
fear-based thought system that dominates the world is like a sword of
Damocles that hangs above us all. The fate of our world literally hangs on
whether or not we can stop attacking each other, attacking the earth, and
attacking ourselves.
We need faith that it’ s possible for us, and for the world, to change.
We need love to dissolve the layers of fear that saturate the world.
We need a consciousness of service to make sure we will.
As we increase our ability to embody the love that is the truth of who
we are, we begin to attract mighty companions into our experience. We
meet people with whom there’ s an almost mysterious sense that we were
brought together for purposes higher than our own. We’re no longer driven
to achie ve what  we perceive to be our separate goals, but instead we’redriven by a desire to collaborate with others in creating collective changes
to the world in which we live.
The idea that we go to work to make money, to gain power, or for any
other purpose dictated by a consumer -driven culture begins to take second
place to a more meaningful yearning: to create the good, the beautiful, and
the holy. And to create those things with others.
The intentional nature of the universe applies not only to our individual
lives but to our relationships as well. We are drawn to people with whom
we can heal and with whom we can create more than we could have created
on our own. This is the regenerative energy of Christ that is emerging in the
world today. Yes, the ego’s wiles are still a danger to us all. But the sense
that God is active, that the spirit of rebirth is upon us, that Jesus walks on
the water even now, is palpable as well.
He is order in the midst of chaos, he is wisdom in the midst of
confusion, he is the love that casts out fear. Jesus is in you and me and all of
us, by whatever name we call him. In moments of despair we need but call,
and he will hear, and he will answer. The times ahead migh t indeed be
challenging, but we will not be alone.
Love will prevai l, for God alway s gets the final say. What is completely
up to us, to be determined by the exercise of our free will, is how long it
will take to get there—and how much suffering must occur before the
dawning of the light. In the Talmud it is written that in the midst of the
darkest night we should act as if morning has already come. For in a way it
already has.
Hallelujah. Praise God. Amen.
OceanofPDF.comChapter Four
He Did Not Die
Teach not that I died in vain. Teach rather that I did not die, by demonstrating that I live in
you.* (T -209)
OceanofPDF.comJerusalem
The Chur ch of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem  contains
two of the holiest sites in Christianity: the place where Jesus was crucified,
and the tomb where his body was taken and from which he resurrected.
It’s rather shocking how much history is recorded there, based on
traditions going all the way back to the fourth century. Visitors walk up a
narrow flight of stairs to see the actual site of the crucifixion; in a room
right below, behind glass, one can see the rock onto which his blood was
spilled. To me, one of the most profound parts of the Bible is the story of
women gathered around the foot of the cross and refusing to abandon him
in the hours of his suf fering.
Being in the church is very moving, and I had an interesting experience
the first time I went. A friend and fellow student of A Course in Miracles
named Daniella happened to be in Israel while I was there, and we had
spoken on the phone that morning. She was in Tel Aviv and I was in
Jerusalem, both of us busy with various things and not knowing at what
point we’d be in the same town. We were going to continue to
communicate, making sure we’d have a chance to visit sometime during the
week I was there.
Visiting the church several hours later, I was overwhelmed by how
many hundreds of people were milling around. Tourists and disciples from
all over the world visit the church in every hour that it’s open— four million
people annually—and the hustl e and bustle of so many people in every
corner of every room is simply part of the experience.
After I’d gone upstairs and come back down again, I headed for the
lower room beneath where Jesus had died. Upstairs is where they say he
was crucified; downstairs is where those who bore witness to his suffering
were gathered. Looking in, I saw to my surprise that the room was entirely
empty. Empty, that is, except for Daniella.I looked at her and she looked at me. No words could have matched the
moment. Both of us felt it. I don’t know who was at his feet two thousand
years ago, but Daniella and I were at his feet together now.
OceanofPDF.comDetroit
The modern mind is prone to scoffing at the idea of evil, capable of
acknowledging its existence but considering itself too smart to investigate
its sourc e. The ego loves that attitude, of course. It enables  the ego to
operate in secret.
The ego is not a dysfunction, it is a malfunction. It is not neutral, it is
malevolent. And its goal is not to inconvenience you; its goal is to destroy
anything beautiful and precious you have ever known, including you.
Jesus died a horrible death, not some quick mortal wound but rather a
torture that went on for hours.  With every hour his suffering increased.
There could be no more potent image of injustice and unmitig ated cruelty
than the torture of an innocent man who had helped many and harmed no
one.
It is not the reality of his death, but the meaning of his death, that is
meant to instruct us. Billions of people suffer no less horribly, and no less
unfairly, on the earth today. In recognizing the suffering of Jesus, we should
remember the suffering of the world. His message wasn’ t “Hey, look at
me.” His message is “Hey, look at you.”
Many years ago I was the minister


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cancer reaches the detectable stage. Unfortunately, health policy often lags scientific discoveries by years to decades. An example from the mid-19
th century was the discovery by Ignaz Semmelweis
that doctors carried germs from autopsies to women giving birth and infected them, resulting in puerperal sepsis.
125 A more recent
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infected himself with H. pylori in 1981 and developed an ulcer,
126 he
concluded by 1995 that Koch’s postulates were not well satisfied.127
However, in 2005, Marshall and Warren were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine. It is hoped that the acceptance of the beneficial role of vitamin D in reducing the risk of cancer and many other diseases will not have to wait much longer. It is encouraging that the National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine (http://www.iom.edu) is embarking on a two year study of vitamin D dietary requirements and is expected to issue a report in October 2010.
Acknowledgements
W.B.G receives funding from the UV Foundation (McLean,
VA), the Vitamin D Society (Canada), and the European Sunlight Association (Brussels).
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or a vitamin C deficiency, which begins to affect all of the vital organs and muscles. Many times there is soreness in the muscles, but it is generally travelling. It's in a joint for a day or two and then another joint and oftentimes for a day in th e big toe, indicating that it's gout,
which it isn't really, it's just very annoying, and not a very serious problem unless this has continued for a long period of time. The long-er this condition exists the more apt it is to cause irregular menstrual cycles, and many times extremely heavy flows, or times in which the cycle lasts much longer. A hysterectomy will not solve the nervous problem and tiredness, but the deficiency can be corrected by correct-ing the diet.
The reason for the mineral deficiency, the body is not assimilating
enough variety of calciums because there is not the resistance between the acids and the alkalines. The body chemistry is out of ratio of one element to another.
All foods that we eat are cationi c, with the exception of lemon.
This is one reason why we recommend fresh lemon juice water or lemonade: it is nature's form of natural dilute hydrochloric acid, and the liver can take lemon juice when it is taken systematically, and in not too large amounts, and convert it into enzymes with less chemical change than any other natural substance known to man. Then the body begins to take on more calciums and corrects these conditions. The next best substance to use woul d be a man-made substance: hydro-
chloric acid tablets. 129 If the mineral deficiency condition has existed a long time, a per-
son will need both the lemonade and the tablets.
Some people are allergic to lemon juice. Those allergic cannot
urinate, it stops the kidneys from letting the water pass out into the urinary tract. Also, if one has ulcers it bums the stomach so badly the person cannot stand the burning, then they must be taken off of the lemon and given freshly squeezed cabbage juice three or four times a day (this must be used within 20 mi nutes from the time it is squeezed),
the amounts regulated by the tester, and this will heal any ulcer. I have never seen anyone allergic to cabbage juice that had ulcers. After the ulcers are under control, six weeks to three months, then the person can start on the lemonade and it will rebuild the liver and almost make them look like they have had a bath in the fountain of youth.
The D range is a more serious range than the B range because the
body is extremely too acid, causing extreme nervousness, abnormal fear, and except for the grace of God, almost a maniac. One would have the same problems as in the other ranges but more exaggerated than in the A and B range.
An example in the D range could read:
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This condition is one that extremely upsets the nerves. The num-
bers indicate a potassium deficiency. The message is not going
through from the brain to the vital organs, and it's almost impossible to work. Such a person has an idea that everyone is against them-there's a chip on their shoulder, and they are sick, and yet they don't look sick. They can also be anemic, and if this were a woman, from puberty to age 60, could be very deep in menopause with this number combination. The suffering is extreme because the nerves exaggerate the condition. THE LOWER THE CALCIUMS, THE GREATER THE FEAR.
The numbers show: 130 • advanced delta cells in the vagina, uterus, ovary area, and in both
breasts
• a high emphysema in both lungs • a cystitic condition • the kidneys are not functioning normally because the liver is not
manufacturing enough enzymes to maintain the energy needed to re-store the energy used each day.
• have to drive themselves to do everything that they do. It would be unsafe for this person to drive a car because the blood
sugar is so low, and this can cause as many accidents as people who are intoxicated by alcohol while driving. It slows down their emotions. They may temporarily black out, and don't know it until it's too late.
ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IN OUR DRIVER'S LICENSE
TESTS SHOULD INCLUDE WHETHER OR NOT THE PERSON HAS LOW BLOOD SUGAR.
Urinary tests are more accurate th an the blood test on low blood
sugar because the urinary carbohydrate reading equals the blood chemistry readings over any 24-hour period.
These RBTI test numbers are not easily interpreted. This book is
written to educate the public to the place that they will go to someone who has trained at the seminars in the Reams Biological Theory of Ionization.
Some of the testers are so steeped in fads until it takes two or three
years to de-fad them, but don't hold that against them. I would rather trust my life to the poorest tester in th e field than to trust my life to the
use of chemotherapy cobalt or radiation.   131 CHAPTER 18
RBTI AND PASTORAL COUNSELING

Many calls have come from pastors begging, "Please do some-
thing to help me. I do not know enough about the health message to teach my people how to be healthy. I ha ve just lost with a heart attack
one of the finest members of the church, and a very heavy financial supporter, in his thirties. He is a great loss to the church and to God's work."
A Baptist pastor in Florida said, "Please, do something to help us.
I have just lost one of the fine supporters of our church, only 45 years old with cancer. He had cancer for two years and the cobalt seemed to hasten his death. It breaks my heart to see that. When he was told he had cancer he asked me as his pastor what I thought about it, and I agreed that he should do what the doctors said. Now since we have been enlightened on the dangers of chemotherapy, radiation and cobalt and know it has hastened his death, his wife has left the church. She pointed her finger at my nose and said, 'If you would have counselled
us correctly, my husband would be living today.' Reams, you've got to help us." We are establishing in the very near future seminars to teach pastors how to counsel their congregations on health. We are not go-ing to tell them not to have cobalt, radiation or chemotherapy, but we are going to teach them God's way to being healthy. The use of drugs is something for the doctor to convince the people, and not the pastor. Ministers need to be taught in the seminaries the Bible health mes-sage.
Pastors are demanding us to feed them the health message in the
Bible. We are not going to give them the same teaching we teach the doctors, chiropractors and other testers and counselors. We will teach them to counsel their people, of all ages, in regard to their health, as
given in the Word of God.
Many ministers today are deeply concerned because of the many
divorces among the young, and even senior citizens. Many times di-vorces are brought about because the calciums are too low in the sys-132 tem and the individuals are a nervous wreck. Husbands and wives are
at each other's throat from morning to night. They love each other and
each one is fighting for his or her life, but they have no one to tell them what to do to correct these calciums deficiencies. Ministers are not to tell the people which calciums to use but they will be informed on doctors trained in this field to which they can send their parishion-ers for help. And this will prevent many, many divorces.
In 1972 at 11 o'clock one Sunday night my doorbell rang. It was
the pastor of our church in a small c ity in Florida. "My wife is having
a heart attack and is almost unconscious. Please help me quickly," he begged. I got my bathrobe and bedroom slippers on and went with him to the car.
His wife was a rather large woman. There was no way at this time
that any tests could be made, but I quickly examined her hands and feet and found that they were cold, and by this I determined that it was not a heart attack, however, she was having some severe chest pains, the heart had lost its rhythm, and had dropped down into the lower 40's. The nearest hospital was 15 miles away and I was afraid that she would not last to get to the hospital, so I made up an ordinary drink for the purpose of relieving gas on the stomach and told her to sip it slow-ly for 30 minutes. Within 10 minutes the gas began to burp out of her system. In a half hour she had perfect relief, the heart rhythm was back to normal, her feet and hands warmed up, and she felt as if she
had never been sick. I asked them to come to the lab and I tested her to see what caused the attack of acute indigestion. Her calciums were very, very low, which is one of the causes of acute indigestion.
I said to the husband, "You need a test also because there may be a
problem here that involves both of you." She was in her mid-thirties,
and in menopause, and he was 38. His test indicated very low calci-ums also. The reason I thought he would have low calciums was that the wife did the cooking and if she was low