 for minor existential pain. When I attach value to things that aren’ t love—the money, car,
house, prestige— I am loving things that can’ t love me back. I am
searching for meaning in the meaningless. Material things, of
themselves, me an nothing. It’ s not that they’re bad; it’ s tha t they’re
nothing. T oday I will not  look to nothingness for an experience it canno t
give me. I look to love, to connection, to beauty, and t o
for giveness to satisfy my soul. As I do so, I will find ther e a peace
that the material world cannot bring. And fr om that place, I wi ll
dwell mor e peacefully in the world. I d etach fr om an y false beliefs that the material world is the
sour ce o f my good. I embrace in stead the understanding that it is
only in the discernment of meaning that I can find my solace. I
find inne r peace as I detach fr om the belief that the outer world is
my salvation.DA Y 200
FOR REFLECTION
O n  E n l i g h t e n m e n t
Y ou are loved, and your purpose  is to love. From a mind filled with
infinite love comes the power to  create infinite possibilities. W e have the
power to  think in ways that refl ect and attract all the love in th e world. Such thinking is called enlighten ment. Enlightenment is not a pr ocess we
work toward, but a choice available to us in any instant. Enlightenment is the answer to every problem. In any situation where
you seem to be at the ef fect of forces over which you have no control,
remember that God dwells within your mind, and there are no forces
over which He has no control. Therefore, through His power wi thin you,
there are no mo rtal conditions over which you are powerless. W henever
your go od is obscured by the appearances of an unloving world, the
universe is programmed to lift you out of that condition and return you to
an abundant state.DA Y 201
T o d a y,  h o w  I  d o  t h i n g s  i s  a s  i m p o r t a n t  a s  w h a t  I  d o. E verything I do is infused with the ener gy with which I do it. I know
that what I’m feeling is commu nicated subconsciously to everyone, and
every thought I think creates form in some way. T aking responsibility for my ener gy is as important as t aking
responsibility for my behavior, and today I will do that. I see k in any
situation to be a  blessing, a mira cle-worker, an expander of love. That is
my only goal, that I might experience true peace. Every thought, every feeling, every action has consequences
beyond what we can see. I pray today that the emanations of my
mind an d heart  be purified of fear and uplifted to the level of
divine right or der. May I thus be an instrument of peace.DA Y 202
I  a m  w i l l i n g  t o  l o o k  a t  w h a t  I  n e e d  t o  l o o k  a t. H aving asked God to heal my life, I know a light will shine on things
that I need to look at. I might see things about myself that I’d rather not
see, and today I commit to myself that I will not look away. Light cannot be poured over da rkness, but rather darkness must be
exposed to the light. Otherwise, it merely festers. I am willing for my
darkness to come to light, that I might surrender it to God and p ray it be
taken away. Dear God,
I surr ender to Y ou
My darkness. Please pour forth Y our light upon it. May all I am be br ought to Y ou
And purified of fear. Amen.DA Y 203
T o d a y  I  c h o o s e  t o  s t a n d  o n  f a i t h. M y mind is never faithless, for fa ith is an aspect of consciousne ss. I
either have faith in the power o f fear, or faith in the power o f love. It
seems e asier at times to have more faith in the power of my problems
than fait h that they can be mira culously solved. T oday I choose faith in
love. Faith in a positive outcome doe sn’ t mean I’m denying a proble m; it
means merely that I’m af firming a solution. Where I put my faith
directly influences what happens next. Dear God,
May I always r emember that Y our invisible power
Is at work in all things. May my faith in the r ealm beyond this world
Over come my fear and transform my thinking. May I thus invoke the evidence
That my faith was well placed in Y ou. Amen.DA Y 204
I  r e c o g n i z e  t h e  p o w e r  o f  p r a y e r. P rayer ch anges m y life by chan ging me. I t places me o n a dif ferent
ground o f being  within myself. It gives me confidence in a power that is
in me but not of me, that can do for me what I cannot do for m yself. It
keeps m e from sinking into victim consciousness—a stance that attracts
more vic timization—and lifts m e to positivity, that I might attract more
positive outcomes. I c ommi t to prayer this day as m y primary problem-solving method,
placing my thoughts about all things in the hands of God. I surrender my
mental f ilter in favor of God’ s, asking only to see through the  eyes of
love. I pray for happiness for myself and others. I pray to be an
instrument of peace. I pray for a gr eater capacity to for give. I
pray for the well-being of all. I pray that love pr evails. Amen.DA Y 205
FOR REFLECTION
O n  D i v i n e  C o m p e n s a t i o n
A s an expression  of divine pe rfection, the universe is both self-
or ganizing and self-correcting. T o whatever extent your mind is aligned
with lov e, you will receive div ine compensation for any lack in your
material existence. From spi ritual substance will come material
manifestation. This is not just a theory; it is a fact. It is a law by which
the universe operates. I call it the law of divine compensation. Just as there are  objective, discernible laws of external phenom ena,
so there  are objective, discernible laws of internal phenomena. The law
of gravit y, for instance, is not just a “belief.” It is true whether o r not you
believe it. Spiritual laws are not  just beliefs, either; they are descriptions
of h ow consciousness operates. Once we know this law—that t here is a
natural tendency of the universe to improve all things—then we lean
naturally into the arms of God and allow Him to lift us up. W e s urrender
our thoughts, then He uplifts our thoughts, then our experiences change.DA Y 206
I  a m  m o r e  s e n s i t i v e  t o  t h e  p a i n  o f  o t h e r s  t o d a y. O ften we ignore the suf fering of others—not just those who cry out in
pain, but also those who suf fer silently around us. May I be more
sensitive today to those who co uld use a kinder word, an encouraging
embrace, a sensitive listener to their story. How cle ar we are that we ourselves are sensitive, while too e asily
for getting that so is everyone. T oday may I be a person who leads with
kindness, who listens well, and displays a generous heart. May everyone
I meet today be blessed by my presence. Dear God,
T oday may I not for get
That I am only her e to love,
T o heal the heart of the world,
And to for give the illusions
Of myself and others. Make me an instrument
Of a gr eater good. Amen.DA Y 207
I  d o  n o t  s h r i n k  f r o m  t h e  p o w e r  G o d  g i v e s  m e. I  am on t his earth  to extend God’ s power, not shrink from it. For God is
the p ower of lo ve. In Him and  through Him, there is nothing I cannot
achieve. I am on the earth to seek His will for me and to carry out His
guidance. It is not my power, but His, th at moves through me as I surr ender
myself t o the authority of love. I pray to be used for higher purposes than
my o wn, and know I will be sent on tasks that only God could


 for me. If it did it for me, and I am nothing, what can it do for you. The Bible has taught me how to cleanse the temple. It taught me how to be fearless. It taught me how to be filled with holy boldness. It taught me how to drink pure distilled water from the fountain
that shall never run dry. It taught me how to sing, even though I've never learned to carry a
tune. It did teach me how to make a joyful noise unto the Lord. It taught me how to love the unlovable. It taught me how to serve, and not  expect anything in return, and
yet how to be a steward of much. It taught me about banking, and that the Bank of Heaven cannot
be broken. It taught me there are three things necessary to draw on that bank: One, that I must be born into the Kingdom; two, that I must make deposits (my tithes and my works); three, that I can draw as much as I had deposited if I had enough faith. The Bible can show you how all your needs and all your wants are
supplied. It can tell you what to do each day. It can be the joy of your heart. It can condemn you when you make a mistake until you repent. It gives you the desire not only to repent but to be perfect. "Be ye perfect," thus says the Lord. It teaches you how to stand in tribulation. It teaches you how to be a saint, an adult saint; and the saints are
insult-proof. And, greatest of all, it teaches you how to pray without ceasing,
and how to love, how to be a lover. Because God is love, and the more you love, the more like God you are. This is the purpose of THE BOOK, to become like our Creator. To walk in the footsteps of His 156 lovely Son, the Lily of the Valley, the Bright and Morning Star, the
Rose of Sharon, the Lion of Judah who can break every chain and re-
new your faith, again and again. I love the Bible because I love the Author, the One who inspired
the writers of it. The Bible taught me about angels. It taught me how to open my
eyes that I can see angels. It taught me how to listen to the voice of the angels as they guide me. It taught me how to see people who are humble, humble servants
of God. And to'say, "Thank you, Lord, for those servants. " It taught me how to pray for people. It taught me patience. It taught me how to forgive and forget. It taught me that absolute forgiveness is absolute forgetfulness. It showed me where I came from, why I am here, and where I am
going. if I serve Him, if I faint not, if I make restitution for the mis-
takes that I make, if I ask forgiveness, and if I forgive. It has made me fearless. I fear not  what men can do to me, but I do
have one fear. My greatest fear is th at I will do something that the Ho-
ly Spirit will be removed from me. Dear God, dear Father, take everything I have. Strip me and leave
me nothing, absolutely nothing. Leave me friendless, leave me broken, leave me hungry, leave me starving, leave me ill, but remove not Thy Holy Spirit from me. So, here I am, Lord. Speak, thy servant heareth. You said that your sheep know Your
voice. Continue to speak that I may know You better. I will listen; I will obey. I will be a good boy. Lord, how I need You. I can 't live without You, Father. I need more of Your power. I need more o[your Holy Spirit to strengthen me day by day. Father, I thank you for the many friends that You have given me. Send me people that I can divide some o[ the love with that You have given to me when my cup overflows. Thank you for letting me hear the heavenly music, the music of the
spheres. 157 · Thank you, Lord, for little kitty-eats that lick up the spilled milk. Thank you, Lord, for little puppy dogs that eat the crumbs that fall
from  Your table. Thank you, Lord, for letting me like up the milk. Thank you, Lord, for letting me eat the crumbs that fall from Your ta-ble. Thank you, Lord, thank You, thank You. Dear Lord, may I leave some of the crumbs for others and not use them all myself Amen. 158 CHAPTER 22
THE MAN CAREY A. REAMS

Working with Carey A. Reams on his book, CAREY A. REAMS,
A "MOSES" FOR HEALTH, I discovered a very unique and godly
man. Therefore, as his friend and publisher I write the following:
Mr. Carey A. Reams, the man nobody truly knows, however,
some of his friends know him much better than others, and they never cease to be amazed at his counselling, knowledge, his recall of events and accuracy. He is a man dedicated to God as  fully as he knows how. He will
not admit that he is humble. He says he does not know whether he is humble or not. He says he does not know whether he is a genius or not. He has no argument with those who wish to call him humble, or a genius. He defines genius as a person who knows more and more about less and less, until he knows everything about nothing, and he does not claim any such knowledge or wisdom. Mr. C. Reams is a quiet man who hates publicity with a passion. No one can excite him in any way. At times he may be filled with
righteous indignation and put on an  act that he could chew you up, but
in one second after it's over he is as calm as the Sea of Galilee after Jesus said, "Peace, be still. " He is only filled with righteous indigna-tion when someone tries to interfere with a command that God has given him to carry out. He is a man very difficult to describe. He does not think as most
people think. When asked why, he says that mathematics is a language and he thinks and dreams in mathematics, so before he can answer a question he has to express it in words so as to be understood. He often speaks in parables and likes giving examples. He frequently answers questions by asking questions. He is very
quick to say when he does not know the answer. He is a man of true love of his fellow man and he does everything
he can to lighten someone else's load. "If I cannot lighten someone 159 else's load, I will not make it heavier. If I cannot be a part of the an-
swer, I will not be a part of the problem," he says.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What did the king say when he looked at the four men in the fiery furnace?,
A: "Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God."
Q: What is the significance of the Bible, according to the author?,
A: The Bible is a book that can teach us how to be perfect, forgive, and love others, and it is a guide for our daily lives.
Q: What is the author's stance on the concept of death?,
A: The author believes that death is not the end, but rather a promotion to a higher realm, and that it is possible to live in eternity, free from pain and suffering.
Q: What is the author's opinion on the role of the church in society?,
A: The author believes that churches should not be separate from the government, as this allows the government to control the church, and instead, they should be involved in the community, helping people and spreading the message of health and wellness.
Q: What is the author's philosophy on the importance of faith and obedience?,
A: The author emphasizes the importance of faith, obedience, and trust in God, and believes that it is possible to overcome any challenge with God's guidance and protection.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Or, you can say, 'Just because he is different please do not berate him. Some very great men were considered to be morons. God loves all His creatures, even morons. May the Lord bless him.' You might also say, 'I admire his spunk even though his dreams seldom come true. It is better to die trying than never try at all. "So if you want better health, lift up your fellow man." Another of Reams' favorite sayings is: "There's no money in gos-
sip. One of the reasons that so many people are so broke all the time is that they are so busy attending to other people's business until they don't have time enough to work at the job that pays well for their time
and their effort." He also says that "Dreams are only profitable when made into a
blueprint and the blueprint into building the ideal of your dream, and this is better done when fertilized with faith, cultivated with patience and with sweat and elbow grease to bring the blueprints into reality." 173 Two of his favorite poems are:

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tied by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good


 activity of cells but by going to the source, from which
life is susta ined. Since writing Quantum Healing,  I’ve
become even  more convinced that consciousness holds the
key to the ﬂow of life whether you deﬁne life scientiﬁcally,
mystically, or through any other label. While we argue over
labels, we are missing the opportunity to promote the silent
intelligence that is crucial to everything. A practical-minded reader will say, “Fine, but what do I
do. ” Beyond making the positive lifestyle changes that
have become well-known, there are more subtle actions to
perform. These are mental actions, but they aren’t the
same as positive thinking, therapy, or even self-awareness. They focus instead on attention and intention. When you
have an intention to move your hand, there are no steps to
go through. The instant you want to move your hand, it
moves. But what about the intention to heal yourself or the
intention to promote peace in your surroundings. Science ﬁnds itself skeptical and largely baﬄed  when
such questions come up—they are barely considered
legitimate. Yet on the fringes of respectability there are
mounting research studies on the power of praye r to helpthe sick. Since Quantum Healing  appeared, other studies
have gone even deeper into the eﬀectiveness of intention. Especially intriguing is a pioneering study of native
Hawaiian healers led by the late Dr. Jeanne Achterberg, a
physiologist of the mind-body connection who was
fascinated by anecdotes that native healers often did their
work from a distance. Here’s how the Achterberg study
worked, as described in Super Brain,  which I wrote with
Rudolph E. Tanzi. In 2005, after a two-year search, she and her
colleagues gathered eleven Hawaiian healers. Each had pursued their native healing tradition
for an average of 23 years. The healers were
asked to select a person with whom they had
successfully worked in the past and with whom
they felt an empathic connection. This person
would be the recipient of healing in a controlled
setting. The healers described their methods in a
variety of ways—as prayer, sending energy, good
intentions, or simply thinking and wishing the
highest good for their subjects. Achterberg simply
called these eﬀorts distant intentionality (DI). Each recipie nt was isolated from the healer
while undergoing an fMRI of their brain activity. The healers were asked to randomly send DI at
two-minute intervals; the recipients could not
have anticipated when the DI was being sent. Yet
their brains did. Signiﬁcant diﬀerences were
found between the expe rimental (send) periods
and control (no-send) periods in ten out of eleven
cases. For the send periods, speciﬁc areas within
the subjects’ brains “lit up” on the fMRI scan,
indicating increased metabolic activity. This did
not occur during the no-send periods. Skeptics dism iss such studies without actually trying to
duplicate them or to understand the hidden mechanics of
intention. However, in the Vedic tradition, there has been a
sophisticated description  of the mechanics of intention
going back centuries. It was divided into three parts. First,
an eﬀective intention must arise in a deep level of the
mind, below  the stream of constant activity. The very
deepest state of awareness, which is calm, still, unmoved,
and all-wise, is known in Sanskrit as samadhi. What Helps Samadhi
•Meditation
•Calm, peaceful surroundings
•Lack of mental agitation
•Absence of stress
•Minimal distractions
•Self-acceptance
•Self-awareness
What Hurts Samadhi
The opposite of the above: anything that jangles the
mind, makin g it restless, overactive, stressed, and
outward gazing
The second part of the mechanics of intention is to have
the intention  be as clear and focused as possible. This gives
awareness a speciﬁc direction. The term for this in Sansk rit
is dharana. What Helps Dharana
•Clear thinking
•Acting purposefully
•Not losing sight of the goal
•Conﬁdence
•The ability to stick with a mental task
•Follow-through
•Diligence
What Hurts Dharana
•Multitasking
•Mental confusion
•Conﬂicted desires
•Lack of self -knowledge
•Fantasy and daydreaming
•Short attention span
•A craving to escape the self
The third part of the mechanics of intention is a state of
ﬂexibility where your mind is steady and active at the same
time. You can see this state when a child is totally
engrossed in playing with a toy. His attention is on nothing
else, and yet inside the play, he does all kinds of things
(pushing a toy truck, throwing ﬁnger paint on the walls). When you have an intention, your focus is sharp, but then
you let go and allow silent intelligence to take care of the
outcome. This isn’t the same as passive indiﬀerence. Youare open and alert, because there can be any response at
all. The term in Sanskrit for this is dhyana. What Helps Dhyana
•Being relaxed and easy
•Mindfulness
•Acceptance of things as they are
•Putting a value on being
•Trust
•Believing in the wisdom of uncertainty
•Allegiance to a higher level of intelligence that
organizes reality
What Hurts Dhyana
•Tension
•Anticipation
•Controlling yourself and others
•Rigidity
•Insistence on rules and routines
•Obsession
•Compulsive behavior
•Inability to believe that the universe supports you
I’ve gone into detail here because at the time of Quantum
Healing,  there were few action steps that pertained to
silent intelligence other than meditation, which remains the
most powerful and direct  means to connect with the mind’sdeeper levels. But meditation too often  lacks a purposeful
component. The toolbox is opened and the tools just lie
there. That’s why it’s important to master the mechanics of
intention. The paradox is that there’s nothing really to do
and yet everything to do. There’s nothing to do as far as
ﬁrst attention is concerned. You live your life, dealing with
its challenges as best you can. At the level of second attention, however, there’s
everything to do, because you are calling upon the
universe, to use a popular phrase, and activating hidden
forces unknown to the outward-looking mind. A now-
obscure Scottish writer and mountaineer, W. H. Murray, hit
upon the mechanics of intention with uncanny precision,
intuiting the same things that the V edic sages described. There is one elementary truth, the ignorance of
which kills countless ideas and splendid plans;
that the mom ent one deﬁnitely commits oneself,
then providence moves too. Having discovered the connection between what happens
“in here” (intention) and what happens “out there” (the
forces that an intention can move), Murray saw that these
awakened forces exist to support human aspirations. All sorts of things occur to help one that would
never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of
events issue s from the decision raising in one’s
favor all manner of unforeseen events, meetings
and material assistance which no one could have
dreamed would have come their way. For quantum healing to be completely viable, the power
of intention must be harnessed, calling not upon“providence,” which many people don’t accept, but upon
the inner intelligence that more and more scientiﬁc
evidence supports. That the mind can move molecules is
just as wondrous as faith moving mountains. OceanofPDF. comOceanofPDF. comA boy in India never has to wish for a time machine. When I
was seven, a two-minute walk took me from Daddy’s army
hospital to the Poona grand bazaar. There the old smells
hung in the air—saﬀron, dust, sandalwood, and cooking
ﬁres (not that I noticed them then, being glued to the snake
charmers). In the hospital, the only smell was of Dettol, an
all-purpose cleanser that stung your nose like straight
formaldehyde. Physicists compare time to an arrow; in
India, the arrow got bent and meets itself going backward. We adjusted to it. If a soldier came in with a puncture
wound in his foot, my father gave him a tetanus shot, but if
the man wanted to hobble out and make an oﬀering to
Shiva, my father understood. Now when I go back home, I look out the airplane
window and see bullocks plowing within sight of the
tarmac. In the cities, it is not uncommon for businessmen
dressed in impeccable copies of English wool suits to step
around the bodies of sadhus, or holy men, who sit calmly in
the middle of the sidewalks clothed in loincloths and
orange robes. The daily scene is like an archaeological digwhose layers are hopelessly mixed up, or


 lower doses of 800 milligrams per day to treat fibromyalgia. It is often
recommended that SAMe be taken along with vitamins B6, B1 2, and folic
acid to enhance its ef ficacy. SAMe m ay be an ef fective alternative to antidepressant medications, but
we believe that more scientific research is necessary before we can
recommend its routine use. If you are feeling persistently sad and depleted,
please see your health-care p rovider to discuss all potentially helpful
treatment options, including SAMe. GROWTH HORMONE
In 1990 an intriguing article on aging by Dr. Daniel Rudman and his
colleagues appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine. Men between
sixty and eighty years of age were given human growth hormone (hGH)
injections three times a week for six months. At the completion of the study,
the men who ha d received hGH shots had an increase in their lean body
mass, a decrease in their fat content, and an increase in the t hickness of
their skin. Initially, these results were enthusiastically advertised as
evidence that hGH was the sou ght-after fountain of youth. Unfortunately,
subsequent reports found that several undesirable side ef fects developed
with its ongoing  use. Growth hormone injections had to be discontinued in
a number of men due to the development of carpal tunnel syndrome, edema,
joint aches, or breast swelling. Other reports found that although a person
developed greater muscle mass on hGH, they did not increase their strength. In fact, adding growth hormone  to an good exercise program did not add
additional benefit.Due to the high  cost and inconvenience of hGH injections, there have
been attempts to stimulate the production and release of growth hormone
through amino acids taken oral ly. It has been known for many years that
giving th e amino acid ar ginine intravenously increases the level of growth
hormone. Ef fort s to boost growth hormone levels with oral ar ginine have
met with  mixed results. Conside ring all the currently available i nformation,
we d o not believ e that there is enough current evidence to suppo rt the long-
term value of pharmacologically manipulating growth hormone levels. W e
will continue to follow the research in this area with great interest. DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE (DHEA)
This natural hormone produced by the adrenal glands must hav e a purpose,
but desp ite the fact that it was id entified over fifty years ago, scientists have
not yet determined what it does. It is known that we make very little DHEA
during the first ten years of life, we make a lot of it between the ages of
twenty a nd forty, and then we gradually discontinue making it, so by the
time we  are seventy, we have l ess DHEA than we had as teenagers. The
ef fects o f giving  animals and p eople supplementary DHEA h ave yielded
contradictory results, generating a lot of controversy. Some enthusiastic
advocates promote DHEA as the antiaging elixir, while most medical
scientists believe that further study is necessary to determine its lasting
benefits and risks to health. Among the thousands of studies on this
intriguing chemi cal, there are reports that it can relieve depressi on, improve
certain aspects of memory, red uce body fat, and enhance immunity. In a
recent study from France, men and women between the ages of sixty and
eighty years were given a daily DHEA dose of 50 milligrams and compared
to other subjects taking a placebo. At the conclusion of the one-year
experiment, mild benefits to the skin were seen in the younger men, while
women over seventy showed modest improvements in their skin, bones, and
libido. W hether these ef fects are due to the conversion of DHEA to male
and fem ale sex hormones or a specific action of DHEA on its own is notknown. Unfortunately, for almost every study that suggests a benefit there is
usually another one that fails to support it. Although seriou s side ef fects a re uncommon, DHEA is converted into
male an d female hormones and may contribute to health concerns ranging
from ac ne to activation of b reast and prostate cancer to psychiatric
problems. The other issue of concern with DHEA is that we really don’ t
know what long-term side ef fec ts it may cause. Although the recent French
study las ted a year, most investigations showing either benefit or no benefit
have las ted less than three months. W e believe that too many qu estions still
need to be ans wered before we can endorse the routine use of this
fascinating horm one. W e’ll continue to watch DHEA with great interest and
provide you with updates as new information unfolds. In the meantime, we
can take some reassurance fr om a study which showed t hat regular
practitioners of meditation have higher DHEA levels than people who are
not meditating. PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS
Nutritional scien tists have identified many health-enhancing sub stances that
come from our f ood. Members of the natural plant chemical family known
as phenolic compounds are receiving a lot of attention for their potent
antioxidant properties. Some o f the chemicals that you may have heard
about include bioflavonoids, iso-flavonoids, catech ins, and
proanthocyanidins. Found in green tea, berries, grape skins and seeds, as
well as pine bark, some of these  natural chemicals have been fo und to be as
much as fifty tim es more powerful scavengers of free radicals th an vitamins
C and E. The an tioxidant prope rties of the proanthocyanidins derived from
grapes may explain the beneficial ef fect of wine on the heart. In addition to
a possible role in the prevention of heart disease, these substances have also
been sho wn to have possible protective activity against cancer, d egenerative
brain conditions, and macular degeneration of the eye.As a  result of these studies, many nutritional supplement companies are
of fering concentrated capsules of these helpful agents. Grape seed extract,
powdered green tea extract, and pine bark extract (commonly known as
pycnogenol) are widely availa ble in health food stores and have been
promoted as antiaging wonder drugs. W e agree that these substances are
natural botanica l gifts, but believe they are best consumed as nature
provided them. Our bottom line regarding these super antioxidants is to eat
plenty of blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, and
cranberries. Con sume lots of grapes and chew the seeds. A cup or two of
green te a will invigorate you while you are receiving the antioxidant
benefits of the p olyphenols cont ained within. In regards to this class of age-
reversing allies, we believe that good food is better than good medicine. Our Daily V itamin Recommendations
Living b eings have evolved for billions of years without the consumption of
nutritional supp lements, with most of the substances packed into a
multivitamin tablet having been  identified chemically only within the last
century. And yet it is becoming increasingly clear that the levels of vitamins
that prev ent a deficiency disease  may not be the levels that prov ide optimal
health. W e view nutritional sup plementation as an insurance policy. The
following daily doses are encou raged to complement a well-balanced diet. They fall well w ithin safety limits while reflecting the informa tion on the
role that higher intake may play in lowering the risk for th e common
conditions that deplete our vitali ty and make us sick. Y ou can us ually fulfill
these re quirements by taking a high-potency multivitamin, m ultimineral
supplement. Ou r recommended Reversal of Aging nutritional c omplement
plan is listed in the appendix. If you are at ris k for heart disease, you may benefit from an a dditional
dose of B vitamins, including folic acid, B6, and B12. If yo u feel your
memory is not serving you as well as you remember it did, consider adding
a daily helping of ginkgo biloba. If your joints have been calling for
attention, increa se your intake of omega-3 fatty acids and try supplementingwith glucosamine sulfate. Using these concentrated nutrients to complement
a healthy lifestyle and diet can help you grow younger and live longer. But
do not for get: Nutritional supplements  ar e not a sub stitute for a
nutritionally balanced diet. Nutrient Ritual
Rituals serve to focus your atten tion. Y ou probably cannot remember what
you wore to din ner last Thursday evening, but if that night you attended an
awards c eremony or a birthday celebration, the previously for gotten details
may become available to you. Rituals take you from mind lessness to
mindfulness. They bring you into present moment awareness. Rituals focus
your intentions and stimulate your inner drugstore to produce age-reversing
compounds. Consciously taking your supplements can empower their ef fects and
enhance their benefits. Although some disparage the so-called placebo
ef fect, w e see it as a valuable expression of your natural inherent health-
promoting pharmacy. When you anticipate the benefits of nutritional
complements, you activate your


 killed Harry. Harry had been suffering pain in his hip from a congenital problem. His doctor
prescribed a steroid hormone, cortisone. This drug helps alleviate pain and
inflammation, but it has nasty side effects. Cortisone damages the immune system
by inhibiting the production of antibodies and “killer” T-cells. In addition, this
damage makes localizing infections difficult if they develop. The cortisone made
Harry vulnerable to infection. He developed pneumonia in one lung and was
hospitalized, where he was given large doses of antibiotics—presumably to kill the
“germs” causing the pneumonia. Pneumonia, like any infection, is caused by
malfunctioning cells and depressed immunity, not by germs alone. Normalizing cell
function and rebuilding immunity, rather than trying to kill germs, is needed for
recovery. But that is not what happened in Harry’s case: After a few days on
antibiotics, he was discharged, supposedly “cured.”
In reality, the antibiotics had increased Harry’s problems because they further
compromised his immunity. His already depressed immune system was now in
worse shape than before. Shortly after returning home Harry developed another
infection. This time the pneumonia affected both lungs, and shortly thereafter he
died. During his first hospitalization, Harry became infected with a “superbug,” an
antibiotic-resistant germ that is now common in hospitals. Antibiotics were useless
against this infection, as was Harry’s damaged immune system. In all likelihood, the
state-of-the-art medical establishment both destroyed Harry’s immune system and
subjected him to the untreatable infection that killed him. Yet, the death certificate
stated the official cause of death as pneumonia. At my sickest, I was dying from liver failure that resulted from the toxic effects of
a prescription drug. If I had died, guess what cause would have been listed on my
death certificate? Liver disease. Period. No mention of the drug that made me sick
would have been recorded. Only in the most blatant and obvious cases does modern medicine consider or takeresponsibility for the damage it causes. Fears of malpractice claims only enhance the
resolve of the medical community to keep listing causes of death as resulting from
the sickness of the patient, rather than the treatments of the doctor. Physicians
usually assume that the health problems they cause would have happened anyway. The general belief is that the negative effects of drugs and procedures are worth the
risk. Little wonder that the cause of death on death certificates often has to do with
the specialty of the doctor treating the disease. Prescriptions for Trouble
To understand the extent of the damage caused by the medical establishment,
consider how the patient can be sent toward disease along the six pathways:
• Medical treatments can cause nutritional deficiencies. Antibiotics, anti-
inflammatories and steroid prescription drugs seriously damage the human
digestive system, impairing the ability to digest food and absorb nutrients. Diuretics strip nutrients such as magnesium, calcium, potassium, zinc and
iodine. • Drugs work because they are toxic; they interfere with normal cell function, in
order to suppress disease symptoms. Both prescription and over-the-counter
drugs produce a vast variety of disease symptoms referred to as
side effects. • Often physicians inflict psychological damage on their patients. When doctors
estimate how long a patient will live, or predict that the patient will never walk
or see again, they can create a self-fulfilling prophecy. Often physicians don’t
even listen to their patients’ thoughts and opinions, interrupting them less than
a minute after the patients start describing symptoms. Such practices sabotage
one of the physician’s primary goals: to help and support the patient throughout
the entire healing process. • Many medical procedures, including surgery, medical X rays and radiation,
physically damage the body and ultimately cause malfunction and disease. This
physical damage can lead to genetic damage. Genetic mutations can cause
cancer and other diseases, and may be passed to future generations. Managing Symptoms
Instead of Curing Disease
If you seek medical treatment, your physician asks you a series of questions and,
perhaps, runs a series of tests to determine your symptoms. The purpose of this
activity is to diagnose— to match your set of symptoms with specific named
categories, also known as diseases. Diagnosed in this manner, a disease is nothingmore than a set of symptoms. After diagnosis, modern medicine (also known as
“allopathic” medicine; “allo” = against, and “pathic” = disease) literally seeks to “go
against” the symptoms of disease. Symptoms are significant only because they attract your attention; they are
unpleasant and interfere with your ability to function, but they have nothing to do
with the essence of health and disease. Disease ensues when cells malfunction. The
symptoms may vary, the solution is always the same: Normalize cell function
through the six pathways. Perception is everything. Perceived symptoms become the “problem” that
medicine seeks to stop. For example, if the perceived problem is high blood
pressure, medicine aims to lower pressure with a variety of toxic drugs. If the
perceived problem is a germ, medicine aims to kill the germ with toxic antibiotics. Meanwhile, both of these problems are merely symptoms of malfunctioning cells. Using drugs to lower the blood pressure, therefore, does not solve the problem that is
causing the elevated pressure. And likewise with drugs used to kill germs. Germs
can contribute to cellular malfunction, but germs are present constantly and
everywhere in our environment. Killing the germs that are causing an infection does
not make the person healthy, nor does it make the person more resistant to
subsequent infections. In fact, they become less resistant because the drugs that kill
the germs also damage and weaken the body. When one has an infection, masking the symptoms of the sickness (fever, etc.) serves little purpose other than making the sick person more comfortable. For
example, treating fever with over-the-counter drugs is a common practice. Yet, fever
is natural and beneficial; there is no reason to use drugs for this purpose, especially
because the drugs inflict harm. By focusing on symptoms and taking drugs, we do not cure disease; we merely
invent ways to allow sick people to continue living their lives more comfortably. Short-term relief has its place but is not a long-term solution. For example,
angioplasty may prevent the immediate death of a patient by increasing blood flow
to the heart; however, only by eliminating deficiency and toxicity can the heart
disease be reversed, and this will not happen under the guidance of a conventional
physician. More Than a Sum of Our Parts
Modern medicine, pumped up with huge amounts of talent and money, is a strange
dichotomy—technologically advanced and cutting-edge, yet obsolete and
ineffective. Medicine does a superb job managing medical emergencies and disease
symptoms, but is woefully incapable of curing disease or promoting a lifetime of
wellness. In medical schools, physicians study one organ or system at a time andthen specialize, without developing an understanding of health or the body as a
whole. A lack of holistic understanding and appreciation transfers to medicine’s
focus on disease rather than health. Actually, our modern health-care system is a disease-care system. Our health-care
providers are paid for treating disease, not for preventing disease. Treatments can
continue for the entire life of the patient. Our current system does not offer financial
incentives for health, but provides a lot of money for treatments of disease. We need to examine the roots of modern conventional medicine. “Modern
medicine” is based on a seventeenth-century understanding of the human body, and
it has failed to incorporate the most important scientific discoveries of the twentieth
century. Wrapped in the cloak of modern science, at its core,
conventional medicine
is based on archaic concepts that presently are scientifically obsolete and invalid. Allow me to explain what I mean. Beginning with Isaac Newton’s discovery of the laws of motion, the human body
and the universe both became regarded as a clockwork mechanism. From this
perspective, anything can be dissected into parts, studied scientifically and
understood. Medicine of the time followed this mechanistic concept: Take the
machine apart, study the parts, understand how they work and use that understanding
in medical care. People began to believe they could control health simply by
understanding the mechanical workings of the physical body. Many people still
believe this, although it isn’t true. Today the medical establishment continues to
regard the body as a complex, glorified machine; the focus is on the parts, not the
whole. Disease is seen as confined to specific locations or organs, rather than as affecting
the whole person. Treatments regularly remove or replace body parts without
addressing the reasons that something went awry. By assuming the body is a
machine that cannot heal itself, the only effective therapies are thought to be those
that come from the outside, such as mechanical techniques, surgical invasion and
powerful drugs. The pharmaceutical drug industry “fixes” health problems by adding
molecules to the body that are designed to control the function of certain body parts,
without seeking to understand or remedy the reasons for the malfunction. A
dysfunction in the body’s self-regulating and balancing mechanisms is caused by
cellular malfunction, and it affects the whole body, not just a part of it. With
machines, the function of the whole can be predicted by the sum of the parts, but
humans are not machines. A living organism is much greater than the sum of its
parts. We are alive, and our minds influence our bodies. In the early twentieth century, Albert Einstein


 And the intellect also fullled
its function as a very sharp tool of learning, of discrimin ating. But
when it ends there it becom es futile. People become pitiful when
they cannot become animate d by their divinity. By the same token,
the practice of leaving the mind temporarily inactive is advisable,
and I recomme nd it myself. But to treat the mind as if it were the
devil and to oust it from your life is missing the point. In either extreme, people lack something; they need all their
functions in working order to express their divinity. Without a mind,
you become a passive amoeba; when the mind is deemed the
highest faculty, you become  a hyperactive robot. The mind then
becomes a computerized machine. True aliveness exists only when
you wed the mind with the spirit and allow the mind to express the
feminine principle for a while. Until now the mind has been very
much linked with the masculine principle: action, drive, control. Now the mind has to expre ss the feminine principle: receptivity. This does not mean that you will become passive. In a sense, you
will be more active, more truly independent than you were before. For when the mind receives inspirations from the God-
consciousness, they must be put into action. But this putting into
action is harmonious, eortle ss, not like a cramp. When your mind
is receptive, it can be lled with the higher spirit within you. Then
the functioning becomes totally dierent, forever new and exciting. Nothing becomes routinized, nothing becomes stale, nothing
becomes redun dant. For the spirit is forever alive and changing. This is the energy and experience you have increasing ly in your
community, where the new inux is working so strongly. The new person makes all decisions from this new consc iousness
after working his or her way through to becoming truly receptive to
the spiritual being within. The results would sound utopian for
someone who has not begun  to experience this. I am happy to say
that quite a number of you are already part of this strong cosmic
movement for which you have made yourself available. You
experience hitherto undreamed-of expansion and joy, resolutions of
problems that you never thought possible. And it continues. There
are no limitations to your fulllment, to the peace, to the
productivity, to the creativity of living, to joy, love, and happiness,
and to the meaning your life has acquired as you serve a greater
cause. Entering the New, Greater Life
The time has passed for each individual to live only for a selsh,
immediate little life. This can no longer continue. Those who insist
on this way lock themselves out from a power that would turn
destructive in a mind that is still geared to selshness. For that
selshness comes from the false belief that you are happy only when
you are selsh, and unhapp y when you are unselsh. That false
belief is one of the rst myths you need to explore and challenge. You are creating a new life for yourself and your environment, of
a kind that humanity has not yet known. You are preparing for it,
others are preparing for it, here and there, all over the world,
quietly. These are golden nuclei that spring up out of the gray, dark
matter of untruthful thinking  and living. So further that channel in
you. It will bring you the excitement and the peace you always
wanted. Enter this new phase, my dearest friends, with courage and
armation. Rise up and become who you truly are, and experience
life at its best. All of you are blessed, my very dearest ones. The blessings will
give you the sustenance you need to go all the way with all of
yourself and become enlivened, activated, actualized by the God
within. Be in peace. OceanofPDF. comThe Voice Within: A Meditation from the Guide
 … If you make yourself still and listen into your inner self, you will
hear its voice. It will say, with variations:
I am the ever-loving God,
the ever-present Creator
living within you
moving through you
expressing as you in myriad forms —
as you, and you, and you —
as the animals
as the trees and the sky and the rmament
as everything that exists. I shall dwell in you
and if you allow Me to act through you
to be known through your brain
to be felt through your feelings
you will experience My power that is limitless. You will not fear this power
that manifests on all levels. The power is great, but give in to Me. Give in to this power
to this stream that surges forth,
that will make you cry
and that will make you laugh
both in joy. For you are Me and I am you. I cannot act on this level
without your being an instrumentality for Me. And if you listen to Me,
I will guide you through every step of the way. Whenever you are in darkness,
you are away from Me. And if you remember this,
you will make steps to come back to Me. I am not far away. I am right here, in every particle of your own being. If you thus fulll My will,
you and I become more one,
and I can fulll your will.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the first step in facing one's fear?,
A: You must acknowledge and face your fear, rather than trying to avoid it.
Q: What is the purpose of the intellect in the new age?,
A: The intellect must be used to serve the greater consciousness, not as a means to avoid the necessary steps to achieve true fulfillment.
Q: What is the importance of self-reflection in the path to self-realization?,
A: It is crucial to understand and transform the lower self through self-reflection, as this is the key to connecting with the higher self and the divine.
Q: What is the role of the mind in the new era?,
A: The mind must be open to new possibilities and receptive to the divine, but not overly focused on the outer world.
Q: What is the key to achieving a harmonious balance between activity and passivity?,
A: The key is to listen to your inner guidance and be open to the divine, rather than trying to control or manipulate the world around you.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>AYUR VEDA
Asian  Secrets  of  Wellness,  Beauty
and  Balance
AUTHOR  KIM INGLIS
PHOTOGRAPHER  LUCA INVERNIZZI
TETTONIT U T T L E  P U B L I S H I N G
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Ancient Wisdoms, Today’s Practices  6
wellness      1 8
Abhyangam:—Traditional Ayurvedic
Massage  20
Chavitti Thirumal: Pressure Point
Massage with Feet  23
Hot Stone Abhyangam  24
Marma Massage:—Pressure Point
Massage  25
Champi


the animals) so as to give
Nature  her chance to do the work. And she will do it in her own way
provided she is not interfered  with. This I have observed  again and
again with regard to the movement  of the bowels  during a urine‐fast
plus plain cold water. Whereas t he "orthodox  " naturopath  thinks  it
necessary  to assist the bowels with enemata  during a fast on cold water
alone or on fruit juices (a mistaken policy) on no account  should such
measures  "be resorted to during a urine‐fast, for Nature  must be left to
determine  when the bowels  shall move. What we have to remember  is
that in fasting, urine, taken via the mouth heals, rebuilds and  re‐
conditions  the vital  organs including the intestines,  and  while this
process is taking place, often  the bowels  seem,  as it were, to go to
sleep and  relapse into a state  of inactivity,  which  in severe cases may 128
 even last as long as 19 days. Yet this  inactivity is an advantage,
especially  to sufferers from haemorrhoids,  as it gives the latter  a
chance  to heal. Thus, Nature,  if left alone does her work in her own way
if we only have the faith to trust her, even though at first  we may  not
understand  her mysteries. Verily, Nature's ways are not our ways, and
She defies and  contradicts  every superstition  and orthodox tenet,
practice and belief. 129

    130

AFTERWORD. WHITHER  MEDICINE. As I remarked  elsewhere,  he who makes a useful discovery  has a duty
to fulfil, it is to give that discovery  to the world. Even so, he may have a
further  duty‐and that is to warn the world  against what he has found to
be harmful. Both "big‐wigs"  and smaller  "wigs" in the  Medical
Profession  itself have done this at meetings of the fraternity  and  in
journals and  books  which  the public at large  do not read. Occasionally,
however,  a doctor or surgeon writes a book which  is not intended
exclusively  for the Profession. One such book which contained  many
“home truths” is Man  the Unknown,  by Alexis  Carrel of U. S. A. We not only live in an age when serums and  vaccines have become a
very lucrative fashion‐lucrative to their manufacturers  and  vendors‐but
we also live in an age of specialism  despite the warnings of many
physicians  themselves  about its dangers. Wrote  Dr. Carrel: " Much
harm is caused by the extreme specialisation  of the physicians. When a
specialist from the beginning  of his career confines himself  to a minute
part of the body, hu knowledge  of the rest is so rudimentary  that he is
incapable  of thoroughly  understanding  that part in which  he specialises. " Again, Dr. K. T. Morris wrote: " The patient who goes to a specialist on
his or her own resposibility. is jumping from the frying‐pan in to the
fire. " (See Fifty Years a Surgeon. ) Dr. W. H. Hay of the "Hay  Diet  " fame
may  also be cited. Relative to specialists,  he says: "Each sees the thing
he most  wishes to see in the patient, finds the thing he has been taught 131
 to ind, and unless superhuman  this  is wholly to be expected. " (See  a
New  Era of Health. ) Nor are warnings against specialism  confined to the
Western continents. In "an article,  Dr. B. Bhattacharyya  of Baroda, India,
after maintaining  that specialists  as a class  had  becorulcc  a menace  to
public health, went on to say:"  To set a specialist  and  study him in
relation to the special  organ in which  he specialises  will excite the mirth
even of the gods. " Finally, I may  cite Lord  Horder who, in a lecture
delivered  in the United States, declared:  "The spread of specialism  and
the increased  interest of the public in medical matters have both
combined  to narrow  the function  of the general practitioner  who is, or
who should be the clinician par excellence. I regard this as being no less
dangerous  to the public than it would be for the passengers  of the ship
if the captain left the bridge. and  the chief radio‐operator took his
place…" These are forceful  words. And yet they  are no more forceful
than the words many physicians  have used relative to the dangers of
serum‐therapy,  radium, or the unnecessary  interference  with the knife. And this is not all, for we find that statistics cannot  even be relied upon
to give the real facts. In a pamphlet  published  by The Ministry of Health
for official use,  Dr. Copeman,  one of its officials, gives an instance of a
large  institution  in Lone‐on where  107 cases had  been notified as
diphtheria,  of which  no less  tian 100 of them had  practically  nothing
the matter with them. Indeed,  we find doctors who, feel so strongly
about what goes on in their own profession  that they are sometimes
constrained  to express themselves  in terms so strong that they would
be regarded as libellous if voiced by a layman. For instance, we read:
"The history of the art of medicine so teems with delusive,  inefficient,
and  capricious  practices,  fallacious  and  sophistical  reasonings  as to
render


 mind’ s attempt to release blocked ener gies. The common thread between your waking and dreaming states is that
it’s the same consciousness that is aware of both. You who is watching the
dream is the same you who watches your waking thoughts and experiences
the outside world. This is why when you wake up, you can say, “What a
dream I had.” How do you know? You know because you were there—the
same you who is aware while you’re awake. Interestingly, because it is the
same you, there can be a lot of spiritual growth in dreams. Meher Baba,
another great yoga master, said that you can work off karma in your dreams. He said that by going through an experience in your dreams, it is actually
beneficial to your spiritual evolution. You’re at least allowing some blocked
energy to release that you didn’t allow while you were awake, and that is
healthy.There is a great deal we can learn about ourselves from the dream state. If what you stored in the subcon scious was more traumatic than simply not
liking what happened or not getting what you wanted, what happens? Some
things are much harder to deal with than just preferences. There are
samskaras that are so deep they can’t even come up in a dream. If they tried
to release, you would wake from a nightmare in a very disturbed state. In
other words, your consciousne ss isn’t able to experience the event even
when it manife sts in a dream. You resist and become so uncomfortable
about it that you wake up. So how does this ener gy release? Unfinished energy stored in your mind is always trying to release at
one level or another. If the release would wake you from a dream, your
mind, all by itself, symbolizes what it’s trying to express. Instead of
dreaming about the car accident  that killed your younger brother, you dream
that there are birds flying high overhead and an eagle swoops down and
takes one of the small birds away. You’re willing to watch that, but you’re
not willing to watch a car accident with someone you love dying. This is all
very real. Your mind is doing you a favor. Your brilliant mind did that in an
attempt to stay healthy and release at least some of the pent-up energy. That’ s what the symbology of dreams is about. It’s truly amazing how
brilliant your mind is when left to its own resourcefulness. Just as your body
is always trying to heal itself, so your mind is always trying to release these
impurities that are stuck in there.Chapter 20. Waking Dreams
At this point  you can certainly appreciate the tremendous power of your
mind, especially in regard to creating dreams on its own. Creatin g dreams is
not a willful act; your mind has the power to do it by itself. But as you’ve
seen, your dream s are not the only mental objects that your mind creates
automatically. The voice inside your head that talks all day is the exact same
expressive power of mind that creates your dreams. It would not be
incorrect to call that dialog in your head your waking dreams. Every
personal thing that voice says is because of the samskaras you have stored
inside. Your mind is trying to release those blockages during the day while
you’re still awake. For example, you see somebody running and that voice
says inside, “I wonder what he did wrong? It’s like my brother when he ran
away. What is this guy running away from?” The problem is that this
current situation has nothing to do with your brother, and this person could
be running for exercise. Your mind is using this opportunit y to release
energies that are pent up inside. That’ s why so much of the mind’ s dialog is
negative. The vast majority of energy you have stored inside is because of
things you didn’ t like. When subsequent events happen that stimulate these
negative samskaras, the new events are automatically experienced as
negative. In essence, the negativity keeps compounding. If you really want to see how your preferences manage to make life a
negative experience, go build a house and decide to paint the kitchen walls
white. Do you know there are more than fifty shades of white? Just wait
until you try to pick which white you want. In other words, there  is only one
tiny window of color choice that will align with your preferences and make
you happy. All the rest will get you upset. Just look at the odds you’re up
against. There are billions of things that can happen in life that don’t match
your preferences, and there are only a few that do. Under these  conditions,the probability that life is going to be a negative experience is extremely
high. This is not because life is negative. It is because the only thing that
isn’t negative to you is that which exactly matches your preferences. It is so importan t to understand this. You have set up a system in which
you can’t win. You have expanded what can bother you to include all
experiences that remind you of what bothered you before. What is more, life
almost never totally satisfies you because everything has to be exactly what
you want—to a T. This shows you the power of past and present preferences
—the more preferences you have, the less you will be okay. So far, we’ve learned a lot about mind. We began with an
understanding of empty mind. Then we discussed the here-and-now layer of
mind, which internally renders the images being received by the senses. On
top of that layer  of mind, the real trouble begins. You in there, the conscious
entity that knows you’re there, used the power of will to keep certain images
from passing right through. This resulted in the layer of mind called the
samskara layer. It holds the impressions you stored from your past that are
the basis for your personal preferences. As if it’s not enough that you built
this entire structure in your mind, you then committed your life to thinking
about how to serve it. Your consciousness is pretty lost, constantly focusing
on this false mental concept of self. Fortunately, there is a way out—it’ s called witness consciousness. If
you can learn to sit back and simply watch that voice inside your head, you
can free yourself. This is not about shutting up the voice. Don’t ever fight
with your mind. You’re the one who did this to your mind; how dare you
complain about the mind. If you keep eating food that’s making you sick, do
you yell at the food? Of course not—you change your behavior. Likewise,
since it is these stored samskara s that are messing up the greatness of your
mind, you chang e your inner behavior. The way to do this is quite simple:
release the samskaras you’ve already stored and don’t store any more. Easier said than done, but we will certainly explore how to do this. One thing comp licates our task. The mind is not the only force making
it difficult to find peace inside—there are also emotions. It’s bad enough
that the mind is constantly relea sing stored energy through that inner voice,
but the mind has a little sister, the heart. The heart can create emotions that
make it really interesting to live in there. Sometimes it’s like there are
volcanos going on inside, and other times your inner state is so beautiful
you just want to melt into it. What’ s going on with that? And moreimportantly, what can you do about it? As you might expect, that is exactly
where we’re going as we contin ue our journey into exploring what it’s like
to live inside yourself.PART V:
The HeartChapter 21. Understanding Emotions
Examining the nature  of the world around us, as well as the nature of mind,
teaches us a lot about ourselves. One thing becomes pretty clear: it’s not
always easy living inside. The thoughts being created by the mind can be
very uncomfortable, and the world coming in through the senses can start a
veritable firestorm within. On top of all this, there is something else we
experience inside that can be even more disturbing than thoughts: emotions. Emotions are very different from thoughts, but most people don’t
bother to separate them. The combination of your thoughts and emotions
makes up what can be called your psyche, or your personal self. The psyche
is comp letely distinct from your physical body. The psyche is the
nonphysical world going on inside you. Clearly seeing the difference between your thoughts and your emotions
is very important. If you were asked to point to your thoughts, you would
not point to your toes; you would point to the area around your head. This is
because thoughts are generated  in the mind which is associated with the
brain. On the other hand, if you were asked to point to where emotions like
love come from, you would point to your heart. That’ s why valentine cards
have hearts on them and not toes—we associate the emotion of love with
our heart. That is understandable because emotions are generated by the
heart. Not just nice emotions—all emotions. If someone does something that
hurts you or makes you jealous, you feel the pain or turmoil in your heart. If
you get inspired at work, you can put your whole heart into the project. This
is not referring to your physical heart—you can’t put that into the project. What we are referring to is your spiritual heart or your energy heart, which
we will soon discuss in great depth. Your emotions are


 BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES  babble that tends to cluster around trendy medical scams. Platt’s office staff have also been very supportive, and they
communicate a sense of being genuinely interested in everyone whocomes in there. The whole atmosphere is wonderful. They’re notpunitive when you don’t meet your goals as expected. As far as the process of losing weight is concerned, it’s been
virtually painless. The diet itself is easy to follow. I’m a fruit freakand that’s been the most difficult thing to give up, but I realizethat I will be able to go back to fruit later in the process; it’s notsomething I have to give up for the rest of my life. Once I’ve lostthe weight I want to lose, the fruit will be re-introduced. In theshort term, trust me, if that’s all I have to give up, that’s fine. There was a brief period when I was losing weight but not
feeling very energetic. I went in to see one of the nutritionalcounselors, who recommended a multi-mineral supplement. It wasmy thought, knowing just enough about medicine to be dangerous,that perhaps I should be taking potassium. I know diets can bepotassium-depleting. But the counselor said not only to do potas-sium but to take a multi-mineral as well. Sure enough, myenergy returned and I started feeling absolutely great. It made mewonder whether I’d been lacking in some mineral or other formany years. During my very first interview with Dr. Platt it came out
that my sister died of colon cancer and that now one of her daugh-ters has colon cancer. Also, my mother had a mastectomy when shewas 38. Dr. Platt was very interested in this. It’s one of the reasonswhy he placed me on progesterone, which is erroneously thought ofas a female hormone. But according to him, progesterone willprotect me from the excess estrogen I’m putting out. He knew thatwas true even before he did my blood work, just from my familymedical history. I was also started on testosterone, and the amounts were very
carefully monitored by Dr. Platt’s office. It certainly helped with117 ADUL T-ONSET DIABETES AND LOUIS R.  my libido (interest in sex). According to the blood work my DHEA
is that of a 30-year-old. Dr. Platt wanted to know if anyone inmy family had lived a long time. My grandfather lived to almost90, and my mother was almost 90 when she died. Dr. Platt also thought my thyroid was not putting out as
much hormone as it should, so he has me on a couple of thyroidmedications. This makes a difference. I’ve noticed since I’ve beenon this diet that I don’t get that late afternoon letdown I used toget. I think that’s due to the thyroid medications and the proges-terone, which Dr. Platt states is stabilizing my blood sugar. So far I’ve lost 32 pounds, and I’ve weaned myself off one of
my medications for diabetes. As we go along we’re fine-tuning mymedications. It seems to be a rather sensible approach. I’m verypleased with the results. DIABETES AND INSULIN
Louis has a strong family history of both obesity and adult-
onset diabetes. This means everyone in his family over-produces insulin, and insulin is the hormone that creates fat. A simple way of thinking about insulin is to understand
that insulin will take any sugar the body’s not using and store itprimarily in the fat cells. Once the sugar is absorbed into the fatcells, it is converted into fat. People have a limited number offat cells, which therefore can only contain a limited amount offat. As these cells fill up with fat, it gets harder for insulin to getthe sugar into them. This is what I refer to as “insulin resist-ance”; there are other types of insulin resistance that also play asignificant role in diabetes. Whichever type is in effect, thebody responds by producing even more insulin. This is called“hyperinsulinemia.” Insulin not only creates fat, it prevents fatfrom getting out of the fat cells—it is a fat-storing hormone.118 THE MIRACLE OF BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES  One can easily see that if you have too much insulin, you
are going to have a weight problem. Eventually the fat cells get completely filled up and sugar
can no longer get into the fat cells—so it builds up in thebloodstream and the patient is told he or she has diabetes.While in fact diabetes is frequently a disease of too muchinsulin, doctors approach diabetes as if it is a disease of highblood sugar. So they give their patients medications tostimulate the pancreas to make even more insulin. This extrainsulin literally pushes the sugar into the fat cells, creating evenmore weight gain. The exception to this is the medication Glucophage, which
goes by the generic name metformin. Glucophage doesn’tactually lower blood sugar; it acts by increasing the sensitivityof tissues in the body to insulin, leading to a lowering ofinsulin levels. Needless to say, I do not necessarily wean peopleoff this particular diabetic medication. Many patients with type II (adult-onset) diabetes may
inappropriately wind up on insulin injections. Since probably90 percent of people with adult-onset diabetes already have toomuch insulin to begin with, placing them on insulin oftenexacerbates their weight problem
. HYPOGLYCEMIA AND INSULIN
If my patients are having hypoglycemic reactions, usually mani-
fested as afternoon fatigue, sleepiness after eating, sleepiness whilein a car either as the driver or as a passenger, this tells me that theyare over-producing insulin, irrespective of blood sugar levels. If I have a patient who has been diagnosed with diabetes
and has symptoms suggesting hypoglycemia, I can assume theyare producing an adequate amount of insulin. These patients119 ADUL T-ONSET DIABETES AND LOUIS R.  can often be cured of their diabetes by lowering their insulin
levels and changing the way they eat to a fat-burning mealplan. Once a certain amount of fat has been eliminated, thereis room in the fat cells for the sugar to be taken in, and thediabetes condition is gone. In my opinion, there is one major cause for hyperinsuline-
mia (too much insulin), namely, too little progesterone. Louis’family history is classic for this condition—which underscoresthe importance of spending time talking to patients. Muchinformation can be gleaned from a family history. In the firstplace, the prevalence of diabetes in the family was suggestive ofSyndrome X, the form of hyperinsulinemia associated withhigh triglyceride levels and low HDL cholesterol. The strongfamily history of estrogen-related cancers also suggested lowprogesterone levels. HORMONAL INFLUENCES
Louis had significant hormone problems. Besides indicating
low progesterone levels, his family history was consistent withevidence of estrogen dominance. The history of colon cancerand breast cancer among the women in his family would havebeen related to estrogen. The low progesterone led to problemswith hyperinsulinemia, with resultant obesity. Blood tests indicated that Louis also had low levels of
testosterone. This too is a hormone that lowers insulin levels,just like progesterone. T estosterone is probably the mostimportant hormone to replace in a male, for multiple reasons.It treats and prevents osteoporosis (as we have seen, fracturedhips are associated with a 25 percent mortality rate in men). Itappears to help prevent Alzheimer’s disease. And a man is notable to perform sexually with low levels of testosterone.120 THE MIRACLE OF BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES  T estosterone also helps keep the heart healthy: The heart
muscle has more testosterone receptor sites than any othermuscle, which means the heart uses more testosterone thanany other organ. T estosterone is now being used to treatcongestive heart failure in men. A man cannot build musclewithout testosterone. It has been found that many men (andwomen) have very low levels of testosterone after a heartattack. Could it be a contributing factor? DIABETES AND WEIGHT MANAGEMENT
Louis will probably have to restrict the carbohydrates in his diet
for the rest of his life. Making Louis aware of how his metabo-lism works—how sugar and insulin throw his energy levels outof whack, and how he can use protein to stabilize his system—has made all the difference. With his hormones balanced andwith an informed approach to his diet, Louis is able to managehis weight and avoid the pitfalls of diabetes. We have a nationwide epidemic of obesity and type II
diabetes. Both of these conditions are strictly hormonalproblems. Understanding this connection, one can appreciateonce again the miraculous benefits of restoring hormonalbalance with bio-identical hormones.121 ADUL T-ONSET DIABETES AND LOUIS R.  PSYCHOGENIC MEDICATION
AND GREG C.
chapter FOURTEEN
When Greg C. walked into my office, I saw a handsome 32-
year-old whose body had become distorted by weight gain. Hetalked earnestly and honestly about a recent nervousbreakdown and the four powerful psychogenic drugs—almostall of them lipogenic (causing the body to store fat)—doctorssaid he needed for mental balance. I want him to tell his storyfor the benefit of the millions of people taking anti-depressantsand other psychogenic drugs who could live normal, happylives if their hormones were balanced. I’ve always been a high achiever. I


a strong will to live or enjoys the simple pleasures of life. And indeed such
facts may be insignificant in terms of DNA ’s original programming, but as
the outcome of a life well spent, it is enormously significant—indeed, it is
the most  significant thing. Outside the biologist’ s test tubes and flasks, DNA gets influenced by
your every thought, feeling, and action. The stress hormones that play such
a critical part in aging are regulated by RNA, which is a copy of DNA; even
though the DNA itself may sit quietly in its vault, its active twin is
constantly chang ing its instructions. When you make a lifestyle change that
reduces stress, the RNA in your cells responds by churning out fewer stress
hormones. The Hayflick limit renders the whole aging process meaningless; it
becomes a mechanism to be tinkered with in a laboratory dish, devoid of
breath, motion, warmth, experience, memory, love, hope, courage, sacrifice,
will, curiosity, and everythin g else that makes life worth living. Unfortunately, manipulating cells is still the dominant activity in
gerontology and attracts the most excitement. In 1990 the media  announced
that researchers from the University of Wisconsin had injected synthetic
human growth hormone into a small group of elderly men betwe en the ages
of 61 and 81. The result was sudden rejuvenation that reverse d biological
aging by as much as twenty years. Over the course of the six-month trial,
muscle mass and strength steadily returned; fat melted away without
dieting; memory and other brain functions improved; vigor and stamina
were renewed. This artificially regained youth was greeted with tremendous public
excitement. Popular accounts breathlessly compared it to the fantasy
rejuvenation in the hit movie Cocoon. The subjects themselves were deeply
affected. “I started feeling the changes after three months. I felt much
stronger—I mean, I never felt stronger in my life,” recalled one retired
Waukegan factory worker. The experiment involved only men whose
natural levels of growth hormone were extremely depleted. Most old people
have adequate, if reduced, levels of growth hormone; those who do not
have sufficient growth hormone age faster and more severely than normal. When these subjects began the experiment they were exhibiting excessive
biological aging; therefore, restoring their hormone levels made  a dramatic
difference. For the first time in years, many of them could travel, take long
walks, or work in their gardens. But the improvement was not permanent. After the extremely expensive
treatments (around $14,000 a year) were withdrawn, the ravages of age
gradually return ed. Muscles shriveled again, fat reappeared, strength
waned, and the men were left with no lasting benefits except perhaps a trace
of improved memory. “It was wonderful while it lasted. Maybe someday I
can try it again,” one man said wistfully. Told that the next experiment
would be expanded to include women, he said approvingly, “I think they
should have a chance to feel like we did. ”
These words, quoted from a glowing newspaper account, trouble me. One cannot assume that injecting growth hormone does not have long-term
side effects. This may not prove  true for older people with abnormally low
levels of naturally occurring growth hormone, but for normal people, extra
growth hormone is useless for rejuvenation purposes. Interfering at a gross level with the body’ s function does not really affect
the sourc e of the problem. Givin g a drug, even one the body produces itself,
can effectively push the physiology one way or another, but the body
remembers what it wants to do, and until that memory is changed, there will
always be imbalance. Anyone who has dealt with diabetes know s the many
metabolic imbalances that insulin-dependent diabetics suffer from, and the
careful juggling of dosages necessary to avert insulin shock and coma. The
replacement hormone is the right molecule, but what is missing is the innate
intelligence to use that molecule. Diabetes, hypothyroidism, and aging itself
are due to lost intelligence, not depleted molecules. Inevitably, any “miracle” of rejuvenation achieved with chemicals will
disrupt the body’ s intelligence. When human growth hormone was given to
stunted children, the experimenters ran into serious side effects and several
fatalities. The argument that aging is caused by abnormal hormone
production is convincing to me, but hormones function to carry messages,
and messages ultimately are controlled in awareness. By increasing your
inner intelligence, by enhancin g your happiness and fulfillment, you can
defeat aging in a lasting, meaningful way, without chemical s and their
potential side effects. The responsibility for changing this awareness lies
with each individual. The “Aging Gene”
In additi on to hormone treatmen ts, much hope for defeating aging is being
pinned on genetic engineering. Forty years ago, after Watson and Crick
decoded the chemical structure of DNA, the hunt for an aging gene became
inevitable. By finding this gene, scientists could possess the control switch
for immortal cells, even if Nature had failed at the task. In several American
universities, researchers have been announcing breakthroughs in locating
genes that control aging in yeast, fruit flies, and finally humans. Michael West, a molecular biolo gist at the University of Texas in Dallas,
working with tissue-cultured human cells, isolated two “mortality genes”
whose effect is to speed the aging process in these cells. Labeled M-1 andM-2, the two genes can be chemically switched on or off, drivin g the aging
process backwa rd or forward at will. In normal aging both M-1 and M-2
appear to be switched on. By turning off the M-1 gene, West is able to
restore a cell’s youth and double its overall life span, measured by how
many times it divides. Apparently West has discovered how to override the
Hayflick limit at will. The results are even more dramatic when the second mortality gene, M-2,
is switched off. The cells continue to divide indefinitely and remain
youthful forever. Turning M-1 back on again, West found, caused the cells
to resume normal aging. This may be the one and only aging gene, although
other contenders are offered by competing researchers. By general
consensus, aging seems to be polygenic, involving the cooperation of
several or perha ps many genes at once. Also, finding these switches doesn’ t
mean that one has found out what operates them. There may be unknown
brain mechanisms that control the genetic switches, and these mechanisms
would almost certainly vary according to each individual ’s life and
experience. The fact that the body can record the passage of time is beyond  dispute. Proponents of a biological aging clock have tracked the body’s internal
biorhythms to a tiny cluster of neurons in the hypothalamus known as the
superchiasmatic nucleus. No larger than the end of a pencil, this clump of
tissue regulates the body’ s sense of time. But finding the body’ s biological
clock didn’ t solve the mystery  of aging, because the hypo thalamus is
connected to the rest of the brain, the endocrine system, and the immune
system. Any or all of these could be involved, for they all possess
formidable intelligence of their own. Our bodies are intelligent everywhere. Brain chemicals aren’ t secreted
just from our heads; our skin, stomachs, intestines, and hearts produce
them. White blood cells floating through the immune system are outfitted
with the same receptors for neurotransmitters—they form a kind of
“floating brain. ” The skin secretes more endocrine hormones than does the
endocrine system  itself. M-1 and M-2 are fascinating fragments in this vast
intelligence netw ork. Michael West has formed a company to see if a drug
can be found to manipulate these genes. But just as using interferon to fight
cancer was found to cause horrendous side effects, massive expense, andpoor results, West’s efforts have far to go before achieving any benefit for
cells outside glass dishes. Genet ic engineering to date involves highly risky
procedures such as bone marrow transplants, which are drastic operations. Presently, the most advanced organisms to have their life extended by
genetic manipulation are fruit flies, yeasts, and roundworms. I think the
application of this technology to humans is unlikely. Yet optim ism pervades this branch of gerontology and trickles down into
the popular press. “If we develop ways to repair aging tissues with
embryonic cells, we could add thirty years of healthy human life in the next
decade,” said a professor of medicine in Virginia, echoed by a colleague in
Texas: “Possibly in thirty years we will have in hand the major genes that
determine longe vity, and will be in a position to double, triple, even
quadruple our maximum life span. …It’ s possible that some people alive
now will still be alive four hundred years from now. ”
A more restrained researcher in Louisiana said, “We may find it possible
to extend life span considerably more, perhaps by 100 percent—which
would give us an extra 100 to 120 years. ” Other gerontologis ts shy away
from specific numbers but lack nothing in enthusiasm. “I think we may well
be able to lengthen human life far beyond anything we ever dreamed
possible,” said a researcher in Colorado whose work has


SymptomsVaricoseveinspainful. Worseduringpregnancy. Limbslainonbecomenumbandcold;thisisan
indicationofpoorcirculation. Pyrogen(Pyr.) Othernames:pyrexin;sepsin;pyrogenium
ThehomeopathicremedyPyrogenisaproductofde-
composedbeef.Itisdefinedas'achemicalnon-living
substanceformedbylivingbacteria,butalsobyliving
pus-corpuscles, orthelivingblood-ortissue-
protoplasmsfromwhichthesecorpusclesspring.' Thoughusedinitiallyfortreatingtyphoidfeverand
diphtheria, itbecameanindispensabletreatmentfor
bloodpoisoning,especiallypoisoningfrombacterial
products.Itwaslaterfoundtobeeffectiveinvarious
differentconditionssuchasulcersandflus. Theremedyispreparedbymixingchoppedlean
beefwithwaterandleavingitinthesuntodecompose
fortwoweeks.Itisthenpotentisedbysuccussion. GENERALSYMPTOMS
Discharges(breath,pus,sweat)smellyPains:in
partslainon;sore,bruised.Pulse:rapid.Thirsty. Betterformovement. Worseforcold;forcold,wetweather. Pyrogenismainlyforchroniccomplaintsorforvery
severeacutecomplaintssuchasbloodpoisoning,both
ofwhichneedthecareofaprofessionalhomeopath. It
is,however,usefulforaparticulartypeoffluandI
havethereforeincluded ithere.Ihavealsogiventhe
indicationsforbloodpoisoninginthe(Ihopeunlikely)
eventthatyouneedthisemergencytreatment. If
indicated itwillworkquicklyandmaketheneedof
antibiotictreatmentunnecessary. EMOTIONAL/MENTALSYMPTOMS
Thisisasmallremedywithfewstrongemotional/men-
talsvmptoms,althoughintheacutefeveryoumay
seeanxietyandanunusualdegreeoftalkativeness. PHYSICALCOMPLAINTS
Bloodpoisoning
SymptomsWithfever(seebelow);extremechilli-
ness. Worseforcold. INTERNALMATERIAMEDICA Rheum(Rhe. )•139
Causesafterchildbirth;aftersurgery;frominfected
wounds. GivePyrogeneveryfiveminutesandseekemergency
help.AkeynotefortheuseofPyrogenistherotten-
smellingdischargesofthebody(Pyrogenitselfisof
courseaproductofrottenmeat).Theurinemaybe
clear. Fever
SymptomsHeat.Withchilliness:internal;extreme;
sweating;shaking. Worseforbeinguncovered. Duringafeverpartslainonfeelsoreandbruised(like
Arnica)andthebedmaythereforefeelhard.Alow
feverisusuallyaccompaniedbyafastpulseandisnot
acauseforimmediateconcern.Ifhoweverthefeveris
highandthepulseslowthismayindicateacuteblood
poisoning. IfPyrogeniscalledforthepulseisfastout
ofallproportiontothefever,orthereverse-unusu-
allyslow.Thepatientwillbeextremelychilly,andwill
beunabletogetwarm. Flu
SymptomsPains:aching;inbonesoflegs.Withfever
(seeabove);extremethirst;chillsinback/smvER-
ING. Betterformovement;forwalking;forwarmthofbed. Worseduringchillystage;forsitting.Greekrheomeaning'toflow',alluding,apparently,to
thepurgativepropertiesoftheroot! Thehomeopathic tinctureispreparedfromthe
driedroot. Rheum(Rhe.) Familyname:Polygonaceae
Othernames:rhubarbarum;Chinarhubarb;EastIndia
rhubarb;Turkeyrhubarb;palmatedrhubarb;rheum
palmatum
Thisisaperennialherbaceousplantthatflowersfrom
JunetoJulyandisindigenoustonorth-westChinaand
north-eastTibet.IthasbeencultivatedinEuropean
gardensasanornamentalplantsincethemid-
eighteenthcentury,andisdistinguishablefromour
familiargardenrhubarbbyitsmuchlargersize,its
heightofupto11feet,anditsdistinctivelyshaped
leaves.Itsdifferentnamesreflectitsoriginsandthe
routesithastakentoreachtheEuropeanmarket. ItwasusedmedicinallybytheArabianphysicians
fordropsy,obstructionsofthespleen,andforjaun-
dice.Ithasalwaysbeenrecognisedforitspurgative
qualities;inhumanssmalldosesactasanastringent
tonictothedigestiveorgansandlargerdosesactasa
mildlaxative.ThenameissaidtohavecomefromtheGENERALSYMPTOMS
Discharges(stools,sweat,etc.)sour. Thesearepalechildrenwhohaveahardtimeassimi-
latingtheirfoodwhentheyareproducing(ortrying
toproduce)teeth.Sournessisthekeynoteofthis
remedy.Thewholechildmaysmellsour,despite
frequentwashing.Eventhescalpsmellsofsoursweat. EMOTIONAL/MENTALSYMPTOMS
Capricious.Indifferentinchildrentoplaying. Irritable. Rheumisforteethingchildrenwhoarecolicky.They
willbeirritable,difficultchildrenwhoarepeevishand
restlessandwhodon'twanttoplay. PHYSICALCOMPLAINTS
Diarrhoea
SymptomsInteethingchildren.Stools:sour;
pasty. Causesteething. 140•Rhododendron (Rhod.) INTERNALMATERIAMEDICA
Thechildmayeatalot,withoutappearingtoenjoyit. Foodisnotassimilatedwellandthecolickypains
causethechildtocryandtossaboutatnight. Teething
SymptomsPainfulinchildren.Withdiarrhoea
(seeabove). Thegeneralandemotional/mentalsymptomsshould
alsobepresent. Rhododendron (Rhod.) Familyname:Ericaceae
Othernames:yellowsnowrose;rosebay;rosage
alpenrose;rhododendronchrysanthum; Siberian
rhododendrongatheredwhentheseedcapsuleshaveripened,anda
tinctureismadefromthem. GENERALSYMPTOMS
Complaintsfromchangeofweathertostormy. Betterformovement. Worseforcold;forcold,wetweather;forstormy
weather;beforethunderstorms; forwind. Rhododendrontypesareextremelysensitivetothe
changeinpressurethatprecedesastorm;theirsymp-
tomscomeonthenoraregenerallyworse.Theyare
alsosensitivetochangesintheweather,particularlyto
cold,wetandwindyweather,andareworseduring
theseasonsofchange-springandautumn.Their
symptomsmayabateeitherduringorafterthestorm
hasbroken. Thisspeciesofrhododendron isindigenoustothe
mountainsofSiberia,andisnowcultivatedworld-
wide.Itisasmallbushthatgrowstoaheightof
1-1V2feet,andhasgoldenflowers. Thoughnotwidelyknowningeneralmedicine, it
wasmuchusedinitsnativeSiberiaasaremedyfor
rheumatism,goutandsyphilis.Thegrowingcon-
ditionsoftheplant-itsurvivesthestovms,windsand
rainoftheSiberianmountains-indicateitskeynoteas
ahomeopathicremedy;thatis,asensitivitytostormy
andchangeableweather. Forthehomeopathicpreparation,theleavesareEMOTIONAL/MENTAL SYMPTOMS
Fearfulofthunderstorm. Thisisasmallremedywithveryfewstrongemotional
symptomsbuttheaggravationthatoccursbeforea
thunderstorm isemotionalaswellasphysical.These
peoplemayfeelapprehensive, fearfulorjust'unwell'
beforeand,toacertainextent,duringastorm.They
mayalsobeparticularlyafraidofthunder. PHYSICALCOMPLAINTS
Backache
SymptomsPains:inlowerback;inneck;rheumatic;
sore,bruised. Befferformovement. Worseforwetweather. Headache
SymptomsPainstearing. Betterforgettingup;forwalking;forwalkinginfresh
air;forwrappingupthehead. Worsebefore/during astorm;fordampweather. Thepainsareinthefaceandeyesandarealways
worsebeforeandduringastorm. Jointpain
SymptomsPains:inarms/legs/shoulders; drawing;
tearing. Betterformovement;forstretchinglimb. Worseforchangeofweather;forsittingdown;for
stormyweather;forwetweather. INTERNALMATERIAMEDICA Rhustoxicodendron (Rhus-t.) •141
Toothache
SymptomsPains


ful or ill area of my body. Using my will and visualizing the cur-
rent, I sent messages from my will to those areas to be free of the
pain, or to heal the wound. I have had stunning results. The shadowy
bodies of my thoughts became things I could send along this invisible
current, and because I knew it would work, it did. This is a good way to think of the vital force that is the all-creating
God force as well. It is invisible, electrical in nature, always flowing
and always attracted to that which plugs into its source. A second
characteristic of the life force energy is that it is always expanding,
and it is unlimited in supply. The nature of the universe is abundance. It goes on beyond our con-
cepts of beginnings and endings and boundaries. When we think we
have it categorized and locked into a time-space boundary, it expands
beyond our awareness almost as if it must move farther away from
observation. This force is always moving, ever expanding and unlimited. You are an aspect of that force, and therefore you, too, are flowing,
ever expanding and unlimited. If you study yourself under a microscope
with high magnification you will see that you are empty spaces with ever
moving particles that have no material form. When you turn up the
magnification on the particles, you see that they are moving at incredi-
ble speeds, beyond your capacity to measure them. When you look out-
ward through the telescope, you see the same phenomena. That is, the
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        It is my choice to
live with the God force flowing unrestricted through me, and it is the
way of co-creating my life at this moment. Trust, then, is the corner-
stone of my praying, and with it comes the peace that is the essence
of manifesting. PEACE: THE RESULT OF TRUST
The highest self wants you to experience peace, which is a defini-
tion of enlightenment. You may recall that I wrote earlier in this book
that I define enlightenment as being immersed in and surrounded by
peace. The more you trust in the wisdom that creates all, the more
you will be trusting in yourself. The result of trusting is that an enor-
mous sense of peace becomes available to you. When the ego insists on winning, comparing or judging, you will
be able to soothe and calm the ego’s fears with the peacefulness born
of trust. When you are able to trust, you know that God and you are
one, like the glass of ocean water and the ocean itself. You are what
the God force is doing, just as a wave is what the ocean is doing. As this awareness grows you will discover that you are a more
peaceful person and, consequently, that enlightenment becomes the
way of your life. Being independent of the good opinion of others
and being detached from the need to be right are two powerful indi-
cators that your life is shifting toward a consciousness of trust in
yourself and trust in God. Yet there are many people in our lives who
disturb our state of peacefulness. Then, the question is how to han-
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dle those who consciously or unconsciously disturb our experience
of trust and peace. I once wrote an essay in a somewhat facetious tone titled “Your
Soulmate Is the Person You Can Hardly Stand. ” The essence of the
essay was that the people in our lives who we agree with and share
similar interests with are easy to accept and actually teach us very lit-
tle. But those who can push our buttons and send us into a rage at
the slightest provocation are our real teachers. The person who is most capable of disturbing your state of peace
is a person who is reminding you that you are not truly in the state of
peace or enlightenment that results from trust. At that moment, this
person is your greatest teacher. This is the person whom you want to
treasure and thank God for sending into your life. When you can
transcend the rage, anger and upset which that person appears to
provoke, and instead say, “Thank you for being my teacher,” you have
acknowledged a soulmate relationship. Everyone in your life who can still push your buttons and send you
into that frenzied state is a master teacher disguised as a manipula-
tive, inconsiderate, frustrating, non-understanding being. The peace
that is enlightenment means that you are not only at peace with those
who share your interests and agree with you, and with strangers who
come and go, but also with those master teachers who remind you
that you still have some work to do on yourself. Give thanks for those great spiritual masters who have arrived in
your life in the form of your children, current or former spouses,
irritating neighbors, co-workers, obnoxious strangers and the like,
for they help you stay in an enlightened, peaceful state. They let you
know each day how much more work you truly have to do and in
what ways you have not mastered yourself. Peace occurs when your highest self is dominant in your life. When you begin to feel peace as the result of trust, you are enjoying
a healthy soul. Keep in mind that there is only one real soul, and that
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your personality is a vehicle for the whole. You cannot divide the infi-
nite. There is no division. You must trust this awareness. When you divide, you have moved out of identification with the
God force and have taken up shelter in the ego. It is here that you
will find an absence of peace and also an absence of trust in the wis-
dom that created you. There are many things that you can do ona regular basis to make this
second principle of trusting in the oneness a reality in your life. Here
are a few suggestions to nurture trust in yourself and in the oneness. HOW TO TRUST IN YOURSELF AND THE WISDOM THAT
CREATED YOU
Begin by admitting your confusion or failures. When you do this,
you are dismissing any illusion of trust, which is in reality a false
self-trust. Remind yourself that genuine trust involves letting go of
all conditioning that teaches you that trust in yourself is based on
being special or separate. When you are honest with yourself about every aspect of your
life, you discontinue identifying with separateness. You then become
ready for the insight that trust in yourself and trust in ultimate truth
are one and the same. Remind yourself often that you are a child of
God and that you have the God force within you. Let the statements
“T am it” and “It is me” rise from your inner being. Keep in mind that you cannot go to a higher ground if you are
hanging onto a lower level. You cannot leave the physical world if
you are so attached to it that you refuse to let go. The concept of
trust involves surrendering and trusting the God force. Imagine yourself falling from a precipice while clinging to a huge
rock, believing that it will protect you. Letting go of the rock is a. metaphor for surrendering and trusting. You will continue to live
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and breathe in the physical earth plane, but you realize that you are
not only your body and mind, and that the rock is not your salva-
tion. Your needs and demands cease, and you are one with the man-
ifest consciousness. ;
Of course, you are literally still in the body, but you have also
joined the manifest consciousness. This trust allows you to partici-
pate in the act of creation. Your current world will be experienced
anew. The freedom and respect you receive from God will be
bestowed by you on the circumstances of your world. Acquire a rebellious attitude toward the philosophy that preaches a
style of God-as-boss who is authoritarian and a benevolent tyrant. Rejection of this model does not mean that you are an atheist, but
rather a believer in the true meaning of divinity. You are not required to feel inferior, to view yourself as a sinner
and to prostrate yourself before idols and dogma in order to believe
in God. Study St. Paul in the New Testament where he says, “Let
this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who being in
the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God. ”
This is the kind of trust you must adopt in order to know your
divine self. Trusting does not mean you never experience life’s valleys. There
will be peaks and valleys as long as you live on this physical plane. There is no happiness without the opposite experience of unhappi-
ness. Opposites are the way it is in the physical plane. Expect that
this is also your reality. Do not abandon trust when your ego thinks things should be dif-
ferent than they are. It is better to embrace trust when darkness is
present, knowing that light will follow. Begin to look for the lesson
in the darkness rather than cursing it. Trust allows you simply to
observe the dark and unhappy times rather than identifying totally
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