vement-onceastrong
positivereactionhasoccurred-itisessentialtostop
takingtheremedyaltogether.Thisistheabsolute
oppositeoftheinstructionsyoureceivewhentaking
orthodoxmedicines(forexample,antibiotics),where
itisoftennecessarytofinishthewholecourseofpills.
Ahomeopathicremedyactsasatrigger,acatalyst- it
stimulatesthebodytobegintohealitself,andonce
thathashappenedthebody'sownhealingprocess
willtakeover.Insomecases,takinganothertablet
afterthisreactionhasoccurredcanactuallystopthe
remedyworkingandevenexaggeratethesymptoms
(see'Provings',page11),andconsequentlyyou
canbepersuadedintothinkingthatitwasapoor
prescription.WHATPOTENCY?
Homeopathicremediescomeindifferentpotencies,as
wehaveseen(page13).The6X,6Candthe12Careall
safepotenciesforthehomeprescriber.The6Xand6C
arethemostwidelyavailable;theyarefineforfirst-aid
prescribingandarethebestpotenciestouseforless
seriouscomplaints. Ipersonallypreferthe12Cfor
first-aidasitisslightlystrongerthanthe6C.Ifyouare
orderingakitfromapharmacyyoucanorderthe
remediesinapotencyofyourchoice.
Manypeoplestockremediesinthe30Cpotency-
thehighestofthelow-potencyrange.Asitisstronger
stillthanthe12C,fewerdosesareneeded.Ittendsto
workfasterandisusedformoreseriouscomplaints,
suchasbadburnsorheadinjurieswithconcussion.
Isuggestthatfirstofallyoubecomefamiliarwith
the6X,6Cand12Cpotenciesinordertounderstand
howtheyworkbeforetryingthe30C.
Dosageguidelines
•Stoponimprovement.
•Startagainifthesamesymptomsreturn-i.e.repeat
asneeded.
•Ifyouhavegivensixdosesandhavehadnore-
sponse,stopandreassessthecaseorseekadvice.
•Changetheremedyifthesymptompicture
changes.
•Ifthepatientisalreadyreceivinghomeopathic
treatment, ifpossibleconsultthehomeopathbefore
prescribing(unlessitisanemergency).
ALWAYSSEEKPROFESSIONALHELPIFYOUR
SYMPTOMSRECURORDONOTIMPROVE.
ASSESSINGTHERESPONSE
TOAREMEDY
Iliketothinkofahomeopathicremedyasapebble,
whichwhenthrownintoapondsimplygoes'plop'.It
istheripplesthatitcauseswithinthebodythatarethe
healingresponses.Thejoboftheprescriber istoget
thepillasclosetothemiddleofthepondaspossible.
Ifyouhavegivensixdosesandhavehadnosignifi-
cantresponsethentheremedyyouhavechosenis
likelytobewrong.Youneedtoreassessthecaseand
checkyourrepertorising.Didyouhavemorethanone
remedytochoosefrom?Howdidyoumakeyour
choice?Checkyoursymptoms. Ifyouareconvinced
thatyourchoiceofremedywascorrect,thenpersevere
foranotherthreetosixdoses-unlessyourpatientis
seriously ill,inwhichcaseseekimmediatepro-
fessionalhelp.
PRESCRIBING Antidotes •27
DegreeofSeriousnessDOSAGECHART
PotencyDosage
Veryserious
Symptomsneedimmediateattentionandareusually6C,12Cor30C
accompaniedbygreatpain-e.g.earache;headorback
injury;second-orthird-degreeburn;cystitis,etc.
Serious
Symptomsneedhelpwithinabout24hoursandare6Cor12C
notnecessarilyaccompaniedbypain-e.g.bad
cough;abscess;foodpoisoning;vomiting,etc.
Lessserious
Symptomscanwaitadayortwotobetreated-e.g.6Cor12C
sorethroat;flu;teething;chickenpox,etc.
Notserious
Symptomsareusuallymildandneedlonger-term 6Xor6C
treatment-e.g.anaemia;exhaustion, etc.onedoseevery5-30
minutes
onedoseevery1-2hours
onedoseevery4-8hours
onedose3timesdailyfor
upto10days
STOPONIMPROVEMENT.REPEATASNEEDED
Havingreassessedthesymptompicture,youmay
decidetoselectanotherremedy.Thesameguidelines
applyagain.Giveuptosixdoses,accordingtothe
urgencyofthecase.Ifyoubecomeunsure,however, it
isbettertostopprescribingandgetprofessionalhelp
orletnaturetakeitscourseratherthanmessupyour
patient'ssymptompicturethroughinaccuratepre-
scribing. Itisneverdangeroustogivethewrong
remedy,butitisunwisetocontinueprescribing if
thereisnoresponse,especiallyonapotentially
seriousillnesslikeanearinfection.
Writedownexactlywhatyouhavedoneateach
step,withnotestoexplainyourreasons,plusthe
resultsofyourownprescribing. Ifyoudecidetodo
nothingandyourpatientgetsbetter,makesureyou
writethatdowntoo.Although itishardtoimagine, it
istheeasiestthingintheworldtoforgettheone
brilliantremedyyougaveyourdaughterforacough,
andheresheiswithanotheronesixmonthslater...
Don'tforgetthatinanacuteillnesslikeanearacheor
abruisedhead,one,twoorthreedosesmaywellbe
enoughtobeginthehealingprocess.Ifyourpatient
feelsbetterintermsofmoodandwell-beinghewillget
betterevenifhisphysicalsymptoms-thecough,flu
orwhatever-remainthesameorgetslightlyand
temporarilyworse.Ifyourpatientand/orhissymp-
tomsimproveforawhileandthenrelapse,arepeat
doseofthesameremedymaybenecessary-butonly
onreturnofthesymptomsforwhichtheremedywasoriginallyprescribed. Ifthesymptompicturechanges,
itislikelythatyouwillneedadifferentremedy.
Thehomeopathicaggravation
Thisisthetermgiventotheworseningofsymptoms
thatcanoccurafteraconstitutionalremedyhasbeen
taken.Thiscanhappenduringanacuteillness.The
symptomsapatientcomplainsofmayworsenoran
oldsymptommaysurfacetemporarily(see'Lawsof
Cure',page15).Theremaybeamoregeneralclearing
out,or'healingcrisis'asitisoftencalled,intheformof
astreamingcoldordiarrhoea.Theaggravationcan
occuronamental/emotional levelwithsomepatients
feelingveryweepyif,forexample, itissuppressed
griefthathascausedthegeneralloweringoftheir
healthand/orthecomplaint.
Thehigherpotencies(200Candabove)areespec-
iallyrenownedfortheirabilitytocauseaggravations
andthatisoneofthemainreasonswhyafirst-aid
prescribershouldsticktothelowerpotencies.
ANTIDOTES
Thesubjectofantidotesalwaysarousesheateddis-
cussionamonghomeopaths.Therearethosewho
believethatcoffeestronglycounteractstheeffectsofa
28•Andfinally. PRESCRIBING
homeopathicremedy,whileothersbelievethatithas
noeffectwhatsoever.
Ihavetakenapositionsomewhereinbetween. I
believethatsomepeoplearesensitivetotheeffectsof
coffee.Thesepeopleareoftengenerallysensitiveand
findcoffeeextremelyenervating,givingthempalpita-
tions.Insuchcases,remediesmaywellbeantidoted
bycoffeeanditiswisetostopdrinking itwhilethe
remediesarebeingtakenandforashorttimeafter-
wards.Ifyouaresensitivetocoffeeandstopdrinking
itwhileyouaretakingyourremedy,thennote
whetheryoursymptomsreturnwhenyoustartdrink-
ingcoffeeagain.Iftheydo,youmayhavetostop
drinking itandtakeanothershortcourseofthe
remedytoclearyoursymptomsoncemore.
Thefollowing allcounteracttheeffectsofa
homeopathicremedytosomeextent.Theyarenot
necessarily'bad',butastheactionofaremedycanlast
foraslittleasafewdaysorforaslongasafewmonths,
theyarestrongenoughtostopitworkingandshould
beavoidedwhileitisbeingtakenandforseveral
weeksafterwards.
Camphor.Inmothballs,tigerbalms,deep-heat
ointmentsandmostlipsalves.
Coffee.Seeabove.
Menthol/eucalyptus. Incoughmixtures,Karvolcap


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experience of your truly limitless nature.  It is not a
requirement to know these laws.  It is inherent that they
operate, with or without your co nsent.  To know them, or
to seek them, is another level of  growth, which simply brings
expansion.
The laws, remember, were created to guide and instill a certain
order, from which all beings could grow and experience, at
their own free rate, pace, and choosing.  The laws existed to honor this desire and sacred univ ersal purpose.  They do not
exist to control or categorize  anyone or anything.
The strings that connect us a ll have the grand magnetics of
perfect divine love.  When misunderstood or misused, they
are employed as weapons of ju dgment and control, simply the
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honored, trust expands an d vibrates to all.
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thus creating dis-resonance with  a former group - and greater
resonance with another.  The gift  of choosing to be aware is
to understand your path of flight.  It’s like driving to an unknown destinat ion with directions versus driving to the
same destination without directi ons.  Both may arrive in
the end, one taking quite a bit longer, and experiencing a
number of frustrations and trials and errors.
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choose which path, how long, in what way, etc.  Accepting the
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Hawk Wisdom

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way requires... desiring, su rrendering, and receiving.
Life is only a mystery to those who have forgotten the clues
and the truths of this enchan ted forest.  The trees know.
The creatures know.  The waters know.  Grounding
in Mother Earth is rooting yo ur desires.  Surrendering
is letting go all cares that they cannot or will not occur,
and swaying flexibly in the wind to simply allow their
“being.”  Receiving is simply opening your heart to
receive that which you have as ked for – in the many ways
it may come to you.
You, Dear One, are cooking with Mother Earth.  Know
that the canopy of night stars is  time for receiving in the
dream time – the essential feeling of who you are desiring  to be.  Know that the light of day, in the forest, shines
through in pockets – pockets of rich magic, wonder, and
limitless possibility.  When one road block of darkness
shows itself, simply turn towa rd another great pocket of
light.  All you need exists there.   And every part of that
forest is your friend.
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 A great Native American spir it guide, an old friend of
mine, reached through the cosmic windows of time, through my consciousness, to guide me through my karmic release during my time of great challenge.  He awakened me to many of my
past gifts and some of my past wisdom.  Once called to consciousness, I was able to remember the simple joy and  gifts of the natural world.  I remembered the healing and inspirational energies of Mother Earth’s animals and creatures.  It is a sacred memory for me.    I am honored to share this chapter’s message with you.
It is a personal, and yet universa l, message.  It comes from my
friend, the red-tailed hawk.  Hawk brought his animal medicine Hawk Wisdom 91
into my life, when I needed his strength to withstand my
karmic challenges, and when I n eeded to refocus my energies
in the direction of living my life purpose.  Through Mother Earth’s enchanted forest, Source brought the energies of the non-physical world into my ph ysical world, through this
exquisite divine messenger you see resting


 1. the breaking down or destructive phase of metabolism; 2.
includes digestive and all the processes used to break down complex
substances into simple, usable ones; 3. Energy is generally released during
this process. (For example: glucose is catabolized to water, carbon dioxide,
and energy.)
Cataplasm
 another name for a poultice.
Catarrh
 a mucus discharge from the mucous
membranes as a result of
inflammation, acids, or irritants (foreign proteins). This has special reference
to the air passages of the head and throat. (For example: hayfever, rhinitis,
influenza, bronchitis, pharyngitis, asthma). Milk and refined sugars create an
over-production of mucus discharge, congesting various body tissues.
Cathartic
 strong laxative which causes rapid evacuation of bowels (Black
Hellebore, Culvers Root, Senna Leaves).
Cationic
 1. state of flux and breakdown whereby nutrients and elements are
dispersed systemically; similar to catabolic; 3. in reference to alkalization.
Caustics
 herbs that burn or destroy living tissue (Celandine Juice, Cashew
Juice, Yellow Anemone Herb).
Cell Proliferants
 herbs that promote rapid healing and regeneration of the
body (cells). (Aloe Vera, Comfrey, Elecampane, Saw Palmetto).
Cephalics
 herbs that are particularly healing to cerebral conditions and
diseases (Red Sage, Rosemary, Rue, Stinging Nettle, Juniper Berry).
Chlorophyll
 the “green” pigment in plants; used in nutrition to absorb toxins
and as a vulnerary; it can be taken as a supplement, as a source of magnesium
and trace elements. It has strong detoxifying properties; pulls mucus and
heavy metals out of the body.
Cholagogue
 promotes flow and discharge of bile from liver into intestines
(Beets, Fringetree, Mandrake).Cholesterol
 a crystalline substance that is soluble in fats; produced by all
vertebrates. It is a necessary constituent of cell membranes, and facilitates the
transport and absorption of fatty acids. It can be synthesized in the liver and
is a normal constituent of bile. It is important in metabolism, serving as a
processor of various steroid hormones. Excess cholesterol is a potentially big
threat to health. This occurs in acidosis (inflammation) where adrenal cortex
weakness is observed.
Chronic
 1. an advanced state of hypoactivity of tissue, organs and glands; 2.
the stage before degeneration and cancer.
Chyme
 the mixture of partly digested food and digestive secretions found in
the stomach and small intestine during digestion of a meal. It is a varicolored,
thick, but nearly liquid mass.
Cimcifuga
 means “to drive away bugs,” neutralizes rattlesnake bites,
scorpion stings. (Plantain, Black Cohosh, Borage, Wood Betony.)
Cod Liver Oil
 natural oils from cod fish which contain essential fatty acids
and vitamins A and D; also contains the Omega-3 oils.
Coenzyme
 a molecule that works with an enzyme to enable the enzyme to
perform its function in the body. Coenzymes are necessary in the utilization
of vitamins and minerals. Vitamins are considered coenzymes as they affect
the ability of an enzyme to activate.
Colitis
 inflammation of the colon.
Coloring Agents
 herbs used for coloring or dyeing purposes (Bilberry—
dark blue or purple; Blood Root—deep red or bronze; Turmeric— golden
yellow).
Colostrum
 a clear fluid, rich in antibodies and nutrients, produced in the
breasts as the first
“milk.”
 Colostrum stimulates and builds the immune system of the infant.
Complex Sugars
 where two or more simple sugars (glucose, fructose, or
galactose) are combined. Starches and artificial sugars are a good example of
complex sugars (dextrose, maltose, sucrose, etc.). Complex sugars lead to the
overproduction of mucus and carbonic acid, which congest and acidify the
body.
Compounds
 1. a substance composed of two or more units or parts
combined in definite proportions by weight and having specific properties of
its own. Compounds are formed by all living organisms and are of two types,organic and inorganic. 2. made up of more than one part.
Compress
 a pad of linen applied under pressure to an area of skin and held
in place.
Complete Protein
 a source of dietary protein that contains a full complement
of the eight essential amino acids. Based upon flesh as the end
result of a
vegetable diet.
Complex Carbohydrate
 1. a carbohydrate that contains several bonded
natural sugars (glucose and fructose). These are exceedingly difficult for the
body to break down. Excessive consumption leads to acidosis through the
creation of excessive carbonic acid, which is a by-product of sugar
breakdown. 2. The carbohydrates in starches and fiber are complex
carbohydrates; also called polysaccharides. 3. requires adrenal steriods to
metabolize.
Condiments
 herbs used to season or flavor foods (Coriander, Parsley, Sweet
Basil, Sage, Rosemary).
Congestion
 1. the presence of an excessive amount of blood or tissue fluid in
an organ or in tissue. 2. In natural health, congestion refers to the
accumulation of mucus, acids, toxins, chemicals, heavy metals, parasites, and
the like. Leads to nodal swelling, masses, and tumor formation.
Connective Tissue
 the type of tissue that performs the function of providing
support, structure, and cellular cement to the body.
Constringents
 astringents.
Convalescence
 the period of recovery (or immobility) after the termination
of a disease or an operation.
Convulsants
 cause convulsions.
CO.P.D.
 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
Cordials
 herbs that combine the properties of a warm stomach and a cardiac
stimulant (Angostura, Borage, Gentian).
Correctives (corrigents)
 herbs used to lessen and/or alter the severity of
action of other herbs, especially cathartics or purgatives. Some correctives
include: American Pennyroyal, Bay Leaves, and Cascara Sagrada.
Corticosteroid Hormones
 a group of hormones produced by the adrenal
glands that control the body’s use of nutrients and the excretion of salts and
water in the urine. Used for inflammatory processes by the body.Cosmetics
 herbs that are skin tonics and are used to improve the complexion
and beautify the skin (Agar Agar, Balm of Gilead, Comfrey).
Coumarins
 (aromatic constituents) anti-clotting factors in small doses and
used as rat poison in large doses.
Counterirritants
 herbs that cause irritation by local application in one part
and therapeutically relieve pain in another more deep-seated part (Prickly
Ash, Rue, Lobelia).
Cultigen
 an organism, especially a cultivated plant, such as a Garlic, not
known to have a wild or uncultivated counterpart.
Cyst
 an abnormal lump or swelling, filled with fluid or semi-solid “cheesy”
material, in any body organ or tissue, caused from acidosis, mucus and
oftentimes excessive hormones.
Craniosacral
 concerning the skull and sacrum.
Cruciferous
 means “cross-shaped.” Used to refer to a group of vegetables
(including broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, turnips, and
rutabagas) that have cross-shaped blossoms, and contain substances that have
been shown to prevent colon cancer.
Cystitis
 inflammation of the urinary bladder.
Cytotoxic
 a substance toxic to cells.
Cytokines
 chemical messengers that are involved in the regulation of almost
every system in the body and are important in controlling local and systemic
inflammatory response.
Debility
 weakness of tonicity in functions or organs of the body.
Decoction
 teas prepared by boiling the botanical (herbs) with water for a
specified period of time, followed by straining or filtering; generally ingested
as a tea.
Degeneration
 deterioration of a structure or function of any part of the body
based in the decline of the cells or other structures that constitute that part.
Opposite of regeneration.
Dehydration
 excessive loss of water from the body created mainly by
acidosis.
Dementia
 senility; loss of mental function.
Demulcent
 soothes, protects and nurtures irritated and inflamed membranes
and tissues.Dental Anodynes
 herbs used locally to relieve pain from an exposed nerve
filament in the tooth (toothache) (Broom, Cajuput, Ginger, Oil of Cloves).
Deobstruents
 help remove obstructions from the body (Barberry, Butcher’s
Broom, Plantain).
Deodorants
 herbs that eliminate foul odors (Blackberry, Chlorophyll,
Echinacea).
Depressants
 sedatives.
Depresso-Motors
 herbs that diminish muscular movement by action on the
spinal centers (also see: Nervine and Antispasmodic) (Gum Wood, Lobelia,
Poke Root).
Depuratives
 cleanses or purifies blood by promoting eliminative functions
(Blessed Thistle, Blue Flag, Dandelion


  THAT  THING  OFF  OR  SAY
TO YOUR  FEELING:  "STOP!  BE  SILENT"!  TURN
YOUR  ATTENTION  TO  THE  PRESENCE  AND
HAVE  ITS  GLORY  AND  BLESSING.
You do not perhaps  realize,  how  firm  you  must  be, to-
ward  your  own  feeling  world.  When  it has gained  a mo-
mentum  of centuries,  you  are under  its pressure.  You  might
say to Me:  "Well  suppose  I don't  know  I have  lived  before ?
Do I still  have  the accumulation  of the centuries  in this
embodiment"?  Yes!  I will  explain  to you  why.  Because
in all of the accumulation  of the centuries,  even  though
you did  not know  it could  be dissolved;  if you  have  not 284 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
set the Law  of Life  into  action  which  would  dissolve  it,
then  it still  remains.
All the  accumulation,  all the  discord  which  has  been
in your  experience  of the past,  still  remains  about  you  and
in your  world.  Believe  it or not!  You  meet  all that  accumu-
lation,  when  you  come  back  into  this  embodiment.  It is just
waiting  there  for you,  because  it belongs  to you;  and  you
cannot  get away  from  it, until  you  know  this Presence  of all
Life;  and  call It to use the Violet  Consuming  Flame  to dis-
solve  and  consume  every  bit of your  accumulation  of dis-
cord.  The  Mercy  or Glory  of your  Presence,  will  at your
call, dissolve  and  consume  every  particle  of your  accumula-
tion of discord  of the centuries;  in a few  weeks  or a few
months  at most,  if the person  is very  sincere  and  in earnest!
Therefore,  Beloved  Ones,  you  have  in your  hands  the
Dominion  to set yourselves  wholly  Free,  no matter  what
the mistakes  of the past  have  been.  Is there  any  Greater
Mercy  than  the Presence  of Life,  which  says  to wayward
mankind:  " 'I AM'  not interested  in your  mistakes!  I want
you to be Free!  As quick  as you  will  listen  to Me,  and  turn
away  from  whatever  has  caused  you  to create  the discord
and limitations  which  you  experience,  then  'I AM'  ready!
'I AM'  the Presence  of all Life,  ready  to forgive  your  mis-
takes,  at your  Call  on the Law  of Forgiveness!  'I AM'  ready
to forget  all which  has been;  and  then  set the Violet  Con-
suming  Flame  into  action  to dissolve  and  consume  every
particle  of that  for you." ?
Do you  know,  every  one of blessed  mankind  is so good  at DISCOURSE  XVIII  285
Heart;  but  because  destructive  conditions  have  beset  the
people  sometimes,  it has made  them  feel  almost  fiendish.
That  does  not belong  to them—never!  It is an imposed  con-
dition  from  the generated  creation  of mankind's  discord.
The Blessed  Ones  do not know  that  and  sometimes  yield
to destructive  force;  causing  themselves  to loose  their  phys-
ical Freedom  for an entire  embodiment.
Look  at your  institutions,  your  asylums,  youi  institutions
of incarceration,  your  prisons,  full  to running  over.  Why ?
Because  mankind  not  understanding,  has  yielded  to this
impact  and  impulse  of human  discordant  creation.  The
people  do not understand  their  power  of qualification  and
what  their  attention  does  in continuous  attention  held  upon
hate,  anger,  condemnation  or whatever  the destructive  con-
dition  may  be. They  have  gone  thru  into  the octave  or
stratum,  where  all the discordant  accumulation  of mankind
is gathered;  and  it has rushed  in upon  them  and  they  are
helpless  before  it.
Beloved  Students  and  people  of Detroit!  If mankind  un-
derstood  that  one  point  alone,  it would  be worth  a whole
life-time  of experience;  if Individuals  really  grasped  what  it
means!  People  have  gone  serenely  along  in their  limita-
tions;  not  knowing  every  time  they  give  way  to some  dis-
cordant  thing,  if it be continued  long  enough,  they  will  go
thru  into  the mass  accumulation  of the discord,  and  the
mass  pressure  will  rush  in upon  them!
Beloved  Students,  whom  We love  so greatly,  please  listen
to Us and  give  obedience  to your  Law  of Life,  understand-286 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
ing every  time  you yield  in your  feeling  to discord,  criticism,
condemnation,  judgment  or any  of those  qualities,  which
are destructive;  you  will  invite  the whole  mass  creation  to
enter  your  world  and  act there!  Because  previous  under-
standing  has caused  Individuals  to believe  they  were  justi-
fied in self-protection;  or whatever  you  choose  to call  it,
does  not change  the Action  of the Law  of Energy!  In the
old statement,  think  of it! "An  eye for an eye and  a tooth
for a tooth,"  which  meant  beat  the other  fellow  to it, in all
those  destructive  qualities.  That  is just exactly  what  man-
kind  has been  doing  thru  the centuries!
One man  of power—human  power,  says  to his associates:
"Let's  have  a war,"  and  he proceeds  to agitate  certain  ac-
tivities  of mankind  to produce  it! For  what?  Praise  to the
"Great  I AM  Presence"  of Life,  mankind  for the first  time
in the history  of the world,  is awakening  to what  the war
forces  are doing!
Now,  the Great  Cosmic  Light  has said  to unhappy  man-
kind:  "Your  accumulation  has become  too great!"  and  to
the Great  Ascended  Masters,  It has said:  "Let  us help  once
again  and  give  the people  one  more  opportunity  to free
themselves  from  these  conditions;  and  explain  to them  in
a simple  manner,  why  the conditions  have  existed  thruout
the centuries  which  get beyond  their  control."  It is all just
because  mankind  has not understood  the Presence  of Life!
As you  value  everything  which  you  hold  dear  in your
Life and  the future  of the centuries  before  you,  REMEM-
BER  THAT  CHART  IS CORRECT!  It gives  you the ex-DISCOURSE  XVIII  287
act eye picture  of your  position  physically  to your  own  God
Presence,  the "Mighty  I AM";  and  unless  mankind  will
understand  that  and  accept  It, as a Reality  in the feeling
world,  humanity  will  go on, and  on, and  I would  not at-
tempt  to picture  into  what!
Oh, Dear  People,  do not make  any mistake  about  Us. We
are not calamity  howlers;  but We are putting  before  you,
the Exact  Truth  of Life,  which  It is your  privilege  to ac-
cept and  utilize,  if you will.  If you will  not,  it is quite  your
own  business;  but let Me tell you,  the person  or student
who  has touched  This  Light  and  allows  himself  or herself
to be turned  aside,  by some  silly  human  thing  acting


 on the bed, whicheveris more comfortable. Permit your eyes to remain open at
first, looking at an area, not at a point, directly in front
of you – that is, on the opposite wall or ceiling, not up ordown or to either side.
After the movements of your eyes have ceased,
blinking movements of the lids may continue for a while.These won’t interfere with the relaxation of the eye
muscles. Thinking is always accompanied by eye
movements. By relaxing your eyelids and eye muscles,you are slowing down your thought processes – and the
end result of relaxation of the eyes and of other parts of
the body is a natural, quiet and restorative sleep. If youhave insomnia, reading just before going to sleep orreading to put yourself to sleep is not helpful because
your eye muscles are probably already over-fatigued.
Reading will tire them more, increasing the eye muscletension and interfering with the process of relaxation
which, uninterrupted, would inevitably lead to sleep.
Avoid Interruptions
Disregard all minor muscular discomforts while lying
perfectly still and permit all of your muscles to relax without
interruption. Don’t tighten or move any muscles unlessabsolutely necessary. Movements of an arm or leg, or a change
in your position, will interrupt the entire relaxation process
and those muscles which have already attained a certaindegree of relaxation must then begin the process all over
again. Muscles that are tense may be uncomfortable, but if
you move them you will only prolong their discomfort.Permit them to relax and the distress should disappear within
10 to 15 minutes. A relaxed muscle is a comfortable muscle
and, if you are relaxing efficiently, you will feel comfortable.196
Fasting is Mother Nature & God’s Miracle – it cleanses, renews & rejuvenates!  •Avoid and don’t use stimulants such as caffeine (found in coffee, tea, cola
drinks, chocolate) and nicotine (found in all tobacco products).
  •Don’t drink alcohol to “help” you sleep, it disturbs normal sleep patterns.
  •Exercise regularly. Get gentle sunshine. Finish workout 2 to 3 hours
before bedtime. Yoga and stretching quiets the mind and body.
  •Establish regular, relaxing bedtime routine. For example, try a relaxing
aromatherapy warm bath or shower.
  •Associate your bed with relaxing sleep – don’t use it to work or watch
TV. Keep sleep area quiet and dark.
  •If you suffer from insomnia, don’t take naps until problem is corrected.Tips for Healthful Sound Sleep
Fasting Helps Insomnia Vanish
Those who are willing to devote 15 minutes a day in
training themselves to relax can learn to break the
insomnia habit, if they will faithfully follow The Bragg
Healthy Lifestyle with the fasting program. Insomnia
usually responds to relaxation techniques within 10 days.
Then sweet, beautiful sleep will be yours every night. You
will wake up to each new glorious morning with its
challenges as bright and fresh as a healthy, newborn baby!
In the practice of relaxation, beginners have told memany times that they cannot possibly lie on their backsand go to sleep in that position. In observing the training
of several hundred individuals, I have yet to prove the
truth of that statement. If this is your belief, disregard it,for no matter how deeply entrenched this idea may be
in your mind, you will be able to prove it is false.
Here are some common complaints we hear: “I always
have to sleep on my right side.” “I always sleep on mystomach.” “I must curl up when I sleep.” “I have to
change my position frequently.” “I cannot sleep at nightif I have a nap in the daytime.” “I must have my hand
resting on my stomach.” “I can go to sleep when I go to
bed, but I wake up around
 2 or 3 am and can’t go back to
sleep.” “I sleep until  5 am, but then I am wide awake
until I get up at 7 am and then am tired out by  2 pm.”
Your fasting program is going to help you secure complete
rest, relaxation and sound, sweet sleep. Toxins put
pressure on your nerves and muscles. Fasting releases
these pressures and allows your body to relax and rest.Quality sleep is a important powerful recharger.197
Doctor  Good Posture
Your Posture Can Make or Break Your Health.Chapter 26
Why should emphasis be placed upon resisting the
pull of gravity? This is very easy to explain. In the past, as
long as your muscles were strong enough they held up
your skeleton – with its many points and sections – inproper balance and free from strain or discomfort. Maybe
now your muscles are losing the battle withgravity. Maybe you have become
prematurely older, heavier or inactivity has
weakened your muscles just enough to
cause you pain and an uncomfortable stateof balance causing poor posture.
Such sagging stretches the ligaments of
your back and causes backache, etc.Ligaments that are unduly stretched are
painful. Ligaments are meant to serve only
as stops for the joints and they cannot be
forcibly stretched without pain. When the
ligaments in your back are made
uncomfortable by stretching, it is only
natural for your muscles to try to oppose
the sagging of your back which results fromthe pull of gravity.
When your muscles are too weak to do
their proper job, then they rapidly becomeexhausted and develop the terrible misery offatigue, making your back even more
uncomfortable. Check your symptoms! Do
you notice a deep aching and soreness along
the spine from stretched ligaments? Are your
back and shoulder muscles achy and tired? Is
your backache basically due to weak muscles?
If it is, it’s about time you did something
sensible to relieve it, like strengthening those
weak muscles by proper exercise.198
Before a mirror, stand up, feet 8” apart, stretch up
spine. Tighten buttocks and suck in stomach muscles,
lift up rib cage, put chest out, shoulders back, and chinup slightly. Line body up straight (nose plumbline
straight to belly button), drop hands to sides and swing
arms to normalize your posture. Do this posture exercisedaily and miraculous changes will happen! You are
retraining and strengthening your muscles to stand
straight for health and youthfulness. Remember whenyou slump, you also cramp your precious machinery.
This posture exercise will retrain your frame to sit, stand
and walk tall for supreme health, fitness and longevity! Bragg Posture Exercise
Gives Instant YouthfulnessTake the Mirror Posture Test
Look at yourself in the mirror. Do your shoulders
slump? Is your upper back round? Do you have a
potbelly? Are you a swayback? Can you now see the
reasons why your back has the right to ache? Thebending, slumping, ligament-stretching force of gravity
has taken its toll. But even though you are presently a
sufferer of backache due to weak muscles and badposture, don’t despair. You can restore back comfort with
this posture exercise and The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle.
It has often been said that backache is the penalty
man must pay for the privilege of standing and walkingupright on two feet, often wearing uncomfortable shoes.
Every infant struggles to stand instinctively on his owntwo feet and walk. He need not be taught. He will attempt
this bipedal gait even if left alone most of the time and
never instructed. It is natural for a human being to standand walk in this manner. This is interesting, because
there are no animals which spend all of their standing
and walking hours on two feet, not even gorillas or
chimpanzees. These apes use their hands and arms to
help them move about. The world’s strongest gorillawould be unable to follow a busy person, walking erectly,
for more than a short time. This is because human beings
are meant to walk erect and animals are not.199WHERE DO YOU STAND?
Your posture carries you through life from your head to your feet.
This is your human vehicle and you are truly a miracle! Cherish, respectand always protect it by living The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle. – Patricia Bragg
Remember – Your posture can make or break your health!      PERFECT             FAIR                 POORPOSTURE CHART
HEAD
SHOULDERS
SPINE
HIPS
ANKLES
NECK
UPPER BACK
TRUNK
ABDOMEN
LOWER BACKExcerpt from Bragg Back Book. Be a Bragg Crusader - copy and share with friends, clubs, etc.200
WRONG RIGHTGood Posture is Important For Health
The spines of human beings have
natural curves which enable the
muscles to oppose gravity and hold
their backs erect. As long as themuscles are strong and able to
maintain the balance of these curvesand to prevent back and shoulder
sagging, the back is comfortable.
When the muscles are too weak, the
back sags, ligaments are stretchedwhich causes backaches.
To maintain oneself in a healthy
state involves many factors: the
right natural food, rest, exercise,
sleep, fasting, control of emotionsand mind and, last but not least,
good posture. If a body is properly
nourished and cared for, goodposture is not a problem. When the body lacks the
essentials, poor posture is often the result. Once


 is indee d a beautiful venture, a deeply satisfying
state of mutuality. The slightest aw in a mood will be recognized
for its inner meaning and thus the growth process is kept up. Both
will recognize their co-creation of this momentary aw—whether it
be an actual friction or a mom entary deadness of feelings. The inner
reality of the interaction will become increasingly more signicant.
This will largely prevent injury to the relationship.Let me emphasize here that when I speak of being responsible for
the less developed person, I do not mean that another human being
can ever carry the burden for the actual diculties of others. This
can never be. What I mean is that diculties of interaction in a
relationship are usually not explored in depth by the individual
whose spiritua l development is more primitive. He or she will
render others responsible for his or her unhappiness and
disharmony in a given intera ction and is not able, or willing, to see
the whole issue. Thus that person is not in a position to eliminate
the disharmony. Only those who assume responsibility for nding
the inner disturbance and mutual eect can do so. Hence the
spiritually more primitive person always depends on the spiritually
more evolved one.
A relationship between individuals in which the destructiveness of
the less developed one makes growth, harmony, and good feelings
impossible, or in which the contact is overwhelmingly negative,
should be severed. As a rule, the more highly developed person
should assume  the initiative. If he or she does not, this indicates
some unrecogn ized weakness and fear that needs to be faced. If a
relationship is dissolved on this ground, namely, that it is more
destructive and pain-producing than constructive and harmonious, it
should be done when the inner problems and mutual interactions
are fully recognized by the one who takes the initiative to dissolve
an old tie. This will prevent him or her from forming a new
relationship with similar underlying currents and interactions. It
also means that the decision to sever the connection has been made
because of growth, rather than as a result of spite, fear, or escape.
Destructive Interactions
To explore the underlying interaction and the various eects of a
relationship in which both people’s diculties are laid bare and
accepted is by no means easy. But nothing can be more beautiful
and rewarding. Anyone who comes into the state of enlightenment
where this is possible will no longer fear any kind of interaction.Diculties and fears arise to the exact degree that you still project on
others your own problems  in relating and still render others
responsible for anything that goes against your liking. This can take
many subtle forms. You may constantly concentrate on the faults of
others, because at rst glance such concentration appears justied
to you. You may subtly overe mphasize one side of an interaction, or
exclude another. Such distortions indicate projection and denial of
self-responsibility for the diculties in relating. This denial fosters
dependency on the perfection of the other party, which in turn creates
fear and hostility for feelin g let down when the other does not
measure up to the perfect standard.
My dear friends, no matter what wrong the other person  does, if
you are disturbed, there must be something in you that you
overlook. When I say disturbed, I mean this in a particular sense. I
do not speak of clear-cut anger that expresses itself guiltlessly and
does not leave  a trace of inner confusion and pain. I mean the kind
of disturbance that comes out of conict and breeds furth er conict.
A favor ite tendency among people is to say, “You are doing it to
me.” The game of making others guilty is so pervasive  that you
hardly even notice it. One human being blames the other, one
country blame s the other, one group blames the other. This is a
constant process at humanit y’s present level of development. It is
indeed one of the most harmful and illusory processes imaginable.
People derive pleasure from doing this, although the pain that
ensues and the insoluble conicts that follow are innitely
disproportionate to the puny, momentary pleasure. Those who play
this game truly harm themselves and others, and I strongly
recommend that you begin to be aware of your blind involvement in
this guilt-shifting game.
But how about the “victim”? How is that person to cope? As a
victim, your rst problem is that you are not even aware of what is
happening. Most of the time, the victimization happens in a subtle,
emotional, and unarticulated fashion. The silent, covert blame is
being launched  without a spoken word. It is expressed indirectly in
many ways. Now, obviously, the rst necessity is concise, articulate
awareness, for otherwise you will unconsciously respond in equallydestructive, falsely self-defensive ways. Then neither person really
knows the intricate levels of action, reaction, and interaction until
the threads become so enmeshed that it seems impossible to
disentangle them. Many a relationship has faltered due to such
unconscious interaction.
The launching of blame spreads poison, fear, and at least as much
guilt as one tries to project. The recipients of this blame and guilt
may react in many dierent ways, according to their own problems
and unresolved conicts. As long as the reaction is blind and the
projection of guilt unconscious, the counter-reaction must also be
neurotic and destructive. Only conscious perception can prohibit
this. Only then will you be able to refuse a burden that is being
placed on you. Only then can you articulate and pinpoint it.
How to Reach for Fulllment and Pleasure
In a relationship that is about to blossom, one must be on the
lookout for this pitfall, which is all the more dicult to detect
because guilt projection is so widespread. Also, the recipients should
look for it in themselves as well as in the other. And I do not mean
here a straightforward confrontation about something the other
person did wrong. I mean the subtle blame for personal
unhappiness. This is what must be challenged.
The only way you can avoid becoming a victim of blame and guilt
projection is to avoid doing it yourself. To the degree you indulge
yourself in this subtly negat ive attitude—and you may do it in a
dierent way than the one who does it to you—you will be unaware
of it being done to you and will therefore become victim ized by it.
The mere awareness will make all the dierence—whether or not
you verbally express your perception and confront the other person.
Only to the degree that you undefensively explore and accept your
own problematic reactions and distortions, negativities and
destructiveness, can you defuse someone else’s guilt projection. Only
then will you not be drawn into a maze of falseness and confusion in
which uncertainty, defensiveness, and weakness may make youeither retreat or become overaggressive. Only then will you no
longer confuse self-assertion with hostility, or exible compromise
with unhealthy submission.
These are the aspects that determine the ability to cope with
relationships. The more profoundly understood and lived these new
attitudes are, the more intimate, fullling, and beautiful human
interaction will become.
How can you assert your rights and reach into the universe for
fulllment and pleasure? How can you love without fear unless you
approach relating to others the way I have outlined above? Unless
by learning to do this you purify yourself, there must always be a
threat when it comes to intimacy: that one or both will resort to
using the whip  of loading guilt upon the other. Loving, sharing, and
profound and satisfying closeness to others could be a purely
positive power  without any threat if these snares were looked at,
discovered, and dissolved. It is of utmost importance that you look
for them in yourselves, my friends.
The most challenging, beautiful, spiritually important, and
growth-producing kind of relationship is the one between man and
woman. The power that brings two people together in love and
attraction and the pleasure involved are a small aspect of cosmic
reality. It is as though each created entity knew unconsciously about
the bliss of this state and sought to realize it in the most potent way
open to humanity: in love and sexuality between man and woman.
The power that draws them together is the purest spiritual energy,
leading to an inkling of the purest spiritual state.
However, when a man and a woman stay together in a more
enduring and committed relationship, maintaining and even
increasing bliss depends entirely on how the two relate to each
other. Are they aware of the direct relationship between enduring
pleasure and inner growth? Do they use the inevitable diculties in
the relationship as yardsticks for their own inner diculties? Do
they communicate in the deepest, most truthful, self-revealing way,
sharing their inner problems, helping each other? The answers to
these questions will determine whether the relationship falters,
dissolves, stagnates—or blossoms.When you look at the world around you, you will undoubtedly see
that very few human beings grow and reveal themselves in such an
open way. Equally few realize that growing together and through each
other determines the solidity


something from another. Go inward and journal what comes to
mind as you answer each question.
1. What specifically are you seeking?
2. Can you see whether this pursuit is based upon a belief in
lack of some kind?
3. Looking back over your life, do you notice any patterns,
repeating circu mstances, or persistent feelings, such as
being respons ible; feeling needy, dependent, rejected, or
letdown; or taking control or being controlled?
4. What beliefs do you feel might be underneath these
patterns? For example, if you’ve felt either dependent or
controlling in your relationsh ips, is there a belief that you
are helpless?
5. Can you begin to see how you are projecting your belie fs
onto the other (for example “You aren’t good enough”)
when, really, it is a belief you hold about yourself (“I’m not
good enough”)?6. What do you believe you could gain or lose through the
relationship? Observe your thoughts and beliefs.
7. How would you feel and what do you think your life would
be like without those thoughts and beliefs?
Take a breath and for the next few minutes, in prayer, direct
your mind toward dropping these thoughts and beliefs. Having
seen the thoughts and belie fs that led you to feel a sense of
separation, offer them to the Holy Spirit. Now, ask for help to see
your friend differently. Each of these thoughts stems from the
belief that you and they are different, and that what you see and
do not like about them is what you do not like about yourself. They
save you from the disturbance you feel in your heart, the
disturbance that was a result of withholding your love from them.
Your grievance  against them is now replaced with awareness and
freedom. Rest within the spaciousness this release brings. Feel
free to write or share about your experience to strengthen it in
awareness.
When egoic patterns are seen and recognized, you can
easily spot them as they recur, and you can choose again. It’s the
first step toward knowing an intimacy that is not of personhood but
of the Spirit within.
“The Holy Spirit’ s temple is not a body, but a relationship.”
The Blessings of Relationship
As you pivot toward healing through your relationships, you will feel
grateful for the gifts they are offering. It’s when you get to the point
where you feel that you’re not attacking or blaming another anymore
that you know you have matured spiritually. It means your consciousness
has expa nded toward understan ding that all that seems to be happening
outside you actually stems from your own mind. Even in your difficult
relationships, you see there are valuable lessons to learn. So, you can
start to honestly ask what each relationship is showing you about yourmind. And once  you can see the patterns and beliefs a relationship is
mirroring, then you will see the blessing and its healing potential.
We are never meant to be depen dent on a relationship, but rather  we
are meant to find the Holy Spirit in it because, really, we all share the
same purpose: to wake up. Little by little, we feel more fulfilled from
this practice, fulfilled from within, and our motive for relationships turns
around from trying to get things  from another to seeing an opportunity to
give and collaborate whereby everyone benefits!
When you are ready for this renewed purpose, you will start to
move from the familiar and special relationships of the world to healed
and holy relation ships. The ego will still seem to come at you, but that’s
when Spirit is always available to help and says, “You’ve come this far;
stay with your faith. I am with you.” Your prayer to the Holy Spirit
becomes, “I let Y our vision take the place of my perception, which is just
a presentation of the past, appearing once again as if it’ s still occurring.”
This makes way for a new vision of love that will allow you to meet
with someone anew, as if for the very first time without your beliefs
from the past being projected onto them.
The miracle of relationship is a journey from specialness to
holiness; from exclusivity to experiences of inclusion; and from
separation, fear, and loneliness to true joining, love, and joy. It is an
awakening, a shift in perception from separate interests of “me,” “mine,”
and “what’s in it for me,” to a shared interest, purpose, and goal. This is
how you are blessed; the more love that you let pour through  you, the
more aware you will be of how powerful that love is, and your
relationships will flourish and expand.
It’s therefore beneficial to stay open and honor the relationships that
come your way however they might look initially. And, as you learn to
use them in truly helpful ways, they will allow you to heal, let go of
specialness, and lead you back to God.Chapter 11
From People Pleasing to True Empathy
Special relationships always entail compromise and sacrif ice. The
compromise comes in because of the fear of “rocking the boat.” There is
belief in consequences, so people pleasing becomes the general mode of
operation. But denial and repression build when you do not speak what
is in your heart for fear of other people’ s reactions. If you only live to get
other people to agree with you or approve of you, you are deny ing what
you truly feel in any given situation.
Just like the desire for specialness, people pleasing is something we
do when  we are feeling small and limited. The word “sorry” comes up a
lot. Someone touches an elbow in a crowd by mistake, and they say,
“Sorry.” Someo ne stares at you, you glance over, and they say, “Oh,
sorry, sorry.” And the thought arises, I looked at you for 7.2 seconds.
Sorry, that was over the limit; it was very rude of me to stare at you. It’s
like there is a giant apology going on everywhere. This is made-up social
conditioning. It’s an example of trying to adhere to bodies and their
perceived differences. Some would say it’s an example of being overly
sensitive and of not wanting to be in anyone’ s space or doing anything
that could be judged as disturbing by another. It reflects a belief that we
have to limit ourselves and compromise as an attempt to fit in.
In the deceived, separate state, the mind is highly uncertain.
Because we are identified as a distinct and separate person, our true
strength is obscured and is some thing that the mind is out of touch with.
Therefore, the attempt to look to people for approval or behaving in
certain ways to make it smooth for others becomes a way to feel
accepted, liked, and approved of. We feel okay only if we are okay to
others. People pleasing is a bargain with reality. It is ego looking for
love, recognition, and respect from others to consolidate the belief in a
small self. It can take many forms. It can be looking up to other people
or covering things over. It is a way of trying to minimize fear but withoutactually letting it go. While you are busy focusing on external situations,
it will be difficult to find stability and peace of mind. If egocen tric pride
and preoccupation with self is on one end of a pendulum, then people
pleasing and preoccupation with others is on the other. When we people
please, we make other people so important that we lose all sense of
integrity.
People pleasing  is a powerful defense mechanism: It keeps true
joining and authentic relations hips at bay. It keeps the separation in
place. It’s usually heavily reinforced as being something wonderful. It is
encouraged. We are raised to be people pleasers—to please our parents,
our relatives, our employers, our spouses, our children.
The Fear of Rising and Speaking Up
How would our life be if we would start to speak up about what  is going
on in our awareness and no longer dance around our issues, if we would
say what we need to say? The Bible said, “Let your yea be yea and your
nay be nay.” When you are very layered with people pleasing—
courteous, acting nice, mild-man nered, and all that—it’ s hard to let your
yeses be yes and your noes be no. You may say yes to many requests and
invitations, and then at some point think, What have I just agreed to?
I’ve just planned my whole week, but I just want to r est! We have to learn
how to discern and let our yeses  and noes come from a place of integrity
inside where we join with the Holy Spirit and follow His guidance. This
is how to be truly comfortable and free of fear of consequences!
With people pleasing, the layers  come on really thick, to the point
that you just freeze up. Your unconscious thoughts and beliefs don’t get
unlocked. No matter how hard you work at your ability to please, that
“disapproving look” always comes at some point. Y ou get that stab in the
heart when you think you have disappointed someone or that you have
done something terribly wrong.  The guilt! “Did I let you down?” And
the disapproving voice comes back with, “Yes, you did. I am
disappointed with you. I thoug ht better of you. I thought I could trust
you,” the words that just twist a dagger in your heart. It alway s comes


 enough and nerve enough to cease plodding on in
the dusty pathway of others—but decided to try something
new, because it appealed to his common sense.
Every faculty in our being conspires together to aid the
body in conforming to the requirements of natural law. Foods
in their natural or elementary state (that the taste will at first
revolt against because it has never come in contact with them) will soon become extremely de licious and satisfying; so
much so, that the appetite will demand no other.
When this condition is attained foods begin to perform
their natural functions. They de legate to the body all their
latent powers and energies. They bring it to the highest
degree of development of whic h it is capable. Language fails
to describe the difference betw een the emaciated dyspeptic,
who is fed on the so-called "fat of the land," and the rugged,
robust, red-blooded individual  who subsists entirely upon
nature's unchanged, elementary foods.
FOOD PRODUCTS.

THAT type of life to which man belongs, if traced
chronologically from age to age, and geographically from
land to land, will be found to have  originated in the tropics, or
the warmer belts of the earth's surface. His primitive food was
plants.
As the ages progressed and he ascended a little farther up
in the scale of evolution, he added fruits, and further on nuts,
to his dietary. So far as his physical needs were concerned,
this combination, plants, fruits and nuts, composed the most
perfect diet he has ever subsisted upon. There are numerous
forms of anthropoidal life in these southern climes that bear
testimony to the wonderful strength, agility and endurance
that can be builded from these simple foods. In some parts of
Africa there is a type of gor illa which subsists entirely upon
these foods in their natural state, and which can twist with his
two hands the barrel of a Springfield rifle into a shapeless
mass in an instant.
Every step that man has taken in the long and devious
road of civilization, added to his love of travel and romance,
and his instinctive curiosity, and unsatisfied desire for
something—anything he did not possess.
Every step that he took beyond the limits of his own
country involved the question of food. Especially as he
migrated northward the storing of food products to tide him
over from season to season became a question of very great
importance, one that involved the question of life and death.
All the faculties were employed almost wholly in his
endeavor to solve this one dominant question. He began to
think, to study, to experiment..
He had emigrated beyond the limits of his native land,
where he could live from the bountiful prodigality of nature.
He found himself confronted by all the hazardous vicissitudes
of climate and vegetation. Root s, herbs and every vegetable
thing was tested as food, and during periods of famine and
hunger, in sheer desperation he slew and preyed upon even
animal life.
It is certain that the custom of flesh eating among the
ancients began with the direst necessity, with the choice
between that or death by starvation.
The first cereal product known to history was a small
seed or berry, the product of a wild grass called sativa or
sativum. From triticum sativum was developed the wheat
plant; from orysa sativa came the rice. These two great
staples came substantially from the same root. The one
planted in the more northern latitudes produced the wheat,
while the same plant in the tropical and semi-tropical regions
developed the rice.
It was during the time that man was sorely put to it to
find and produce foods which he could store for winter use,
probably, that foods classed as legumes, that is to say, every
product that grows in a pod, of the bean and pea variety, became so highly developed and universally used. There are
about 7,000 species in the legume family contained in about
450 different genera.
The enormous variety of things that could be used as
food because they would sustain life, which had been
discovered by mankind in his more primitive years, were
passed on from generation to generation and mixed, crossed
and combined to appease the appe tite of the wealthier classes.
Besides this extensive bill of fare that had been discovered
and compiled from necessity, the earth's surface was again
scoured to find things that would tickle the palate of the
priests and rulers of the Oriental world.
The natural trend of civiliz ation is to group people
together in communities, settle ments and cities. The natural
tendency of this, under ancient, and even our present social
system, was to concentrate wealth, the result of which is
always the division of society into two classes, namely,
producers and non-producers.
This condition left its mark  upon the inhabitants of
ancient cities. Idleness sought employment and entertainment
in many forms of dissipation, the most prominent of which
was feasting—eating and drinking. The ancient Romans at
their feasts would eat as long as they could comfortably sit
up, and then lie down, and in this position finish their feast.
Then they would repair to a vomitorium, where they would
disgorge themselves.
The result of this was mental and physical decay among
the wealthier classes. It was at this time that Augustus Caesar
was changing the Rome of brick to the Rome of marble, and
she was boasting that her art,  language and literature were
ornamenting and civilizing the world, when in reality among
her wealthier classes was being sown the seeds of her
ultimate decline.
Our present methods of sustaining life from food are but
a mirror made from the fragments of man's past and curious
history, in which the student  can see reflected through the
ages that have gone the primitive man and the food and habits
which brought him to such a high degree of physical
perfection.
During the whole life of primitive man he would not eat
more than a half dozen different varieties of food, while it is
estimated that the average American can select from 1,000
articles.
It would be impossible, as well as useless, to try to
enumerate all the articles used as food, and especially to
attempt to give their analyses or nutritive values. All we wish
to show are the reasons why man has become so omnivorous.
We want to make him think. We merely want to give him
material out of which he can weave his own conclusions.
We want no one to accept our theories of the food
question without thorough investigation and study. If he does,
he will eternally be wavering between two opinions, and like
all those who bestride great questions, will never accomplish
anything of value on either side.
"RAW" FOODS.

FOODS  that have ripened and been brought to a state of
maturity by nature cannot cons istently be called "raw." The
origin of this word was the e ffort to describe something that
was unfinished, that was crude, that was rough, or in some
way objectionable.
Think of applying this ugly word to a luscious bunch of
purple grapes swinging to and fro in bowers of green. Or to a
hickory nut that has ripened in the top of a mountain tree,
whose life-giving properties have been filtered through a
hundred feet of clean, white wood. Or to a delicious apple, or
peach, reddened, ripened and finished,—nursed in the lap of
nature, rocked in her ether eal cradle, and kissed from the
odorous blossom of infancy on to maturity by the soft beams
of the life-giving sun, the Parent of all light and life.
These things are finished, read y for use; they are perfect,
they are not raw, they are done; and when they are cooked
they are undone. They are as far removed from their finished
and done condition as if they were green or but half grown.
In the true sense of the word, cooking that which nature
has ripened in reality renders it raw—hopelessly raw. The
Standard Dictionary says that raw means uncooked; but
dictionaries are made by men. They record as true whatever
becomes a custom, and if custom  makes an error, then the
dictionary makes an error. If custom were to make raw mean
finished, the dictionary would accept it as true.
Language is a thing of growth and development. It is an
oral effort to express our emotions, our hopes, fears, joys,
sorrows and sympathies. Language is continually being born
and continually being buried.
We cannot accept the sweeping statement that all things
are raw that are not cooked, though a thousand dictionaries
were to say so.
An uncooked beafsteak could, with much consistency, be
called raw. It looks raw and tastes raw. In the sense that the
skin worn from the shoulder of a horse by a rough collar
makes a raw place, so is an uncooked beafsteak raw. But this
word cannot be made to truthfully describe fruits, nuts and
grains in a perfect state of maturity. They have been finished
by nature, by some supreme intelligence, and sown with
prodigal hand over the face of the earth, and


ving all I am told
about how it is that
Life is supposed to be Our Unfolding Joy
I cower, sometimes
God
in the corner, like an animal
who doesn’t understand the thunde r;
who doesn’t understand the lightning.
Who doesn’t understand, Enlightening.
—‘I Cower’  © 2007 Em Claire  5.
IT’S JUMP TIME
IT MAY BE HELPFUL  to know that what’s going on with you in your personal life is going on
all over, in the collective life on this planet. That may make you feel a little bit less “picked
on” by the universe —and therefore a little bit less isolated.
Right now so much is changing for so many people. The world’s economies are
undergoing radical alterations, causing all of humanity to re align its basic life priorities.
The world’s politics have changed, and we are seeing things we never thought we’d see.
The world’s medicine and science and technology are uncovering amazing secrets that are
shifting our understanding of the very basics of  life itself. The world’s newest thoughts
about relationship and marriage have moved many people beyond their comfort zone. And
the way so many people are handling conflict today has brought sheer terror into our lives.
On a personal level, people are losi ng their jobs, their savings, even their homes. As a
larger and larger segment of the population grows older and older, more of us are watching
family members make the transition we call death. Marriages and partnerships are ending
more frequently, and ove r far less, than ever before. Between these last two developments,
we are losing loved ones from our lives at a frantic pace. Our approaches to parenting and
to education are shifting so dramatically that they are impacting the dynamics of interior
family relationships in ways of which we could not have dreamt just a short time ago.
All of this is part of a larger process now going on in the world. The whole of human
society is in the throes of reinventing itself. Yet most of us are doing it without a diagram,
without a road map, without any tools. That’s why what I’m sharing with you here can be
so helpful.
The point of my telling you all of this is not to depress you even more, but to help you get
clear that this is not something that is just happenin g to you. The good news is that there is a
way to grab the reins of this runaway stagecoach, at least on a personal level. There is a
way to control and alter your reaction to change —and, going on from there, to control,
direct, and create the changes them selves.
I’ve been setting the stage now for a bit, because I want you to have a context —a really
rich context —within which to hold all that we’re going to be looking at presently.
We are moving through what anthropologist and social scientist Jean Houston calls Jump
Time in her remarkable book by that title. Jump Time, Jean says, is a moment in the eternal
cycle of life when we monumentally shift every aspect of our experience, much as humanity
did during the 300 years of the Renaissance (a blink of an eye on the clock of eternity),
when everything from art to politics to culture to governance to commerce to education to
religion to human sexual experience to partnerships and parenting to how to eat, drink,
and talk, for heaven’s sake, changed so fundamental ly that nothing —literally nothing —was
ever the same again.
The heart -stopping characteristic of this, our new Renaissance, is that it is not taking
place over 300 years, but thirty. Yes, I said thirty years. This owes to that breathtaking tenfold increase in the width, breadth, scope, and speed of global intercultural
communication that I spoke of earlier.
We are already living on the edge of what I call The Time of Instaparency, when
everything is instantly known, transparently. Such moment -to-moment aware ness of all
that’s going on everywhere produces alterations in perspective that start dominoes falling
all over the place.
Humanity is not going to be able to deal with this —you’re  not going to be able to deal
with this —unless The Answer to Everything is revealed. That’s what we’re going to do
here. We’re going to unlock the secret. You and me. Right here, in Chapter Sixteen.
No, no, don’t jump ahead to that chapter now! We need to talk first about why the
changes in your life have been so painful. Then I’ll share with you that truly astonishing
truth, so that change never has to be painful again. Not even calamitous change —like losing
everything; like being out on the street. Yet un less you have the foundation that we’re
laying here, the secret itself will seem hollow, shallow.
So let’s rest here for a bit, if it feels good to do so, and contemplate the speed with which
you and your world are encountering change. Just... breathe i n and
Relax for a moment
Be right here, right now. Thinking about all that’s been said, try not to “do anything”
with it. Just “be” with it, breathe into it, and be grateful for this moment. Then...
... when you’re ready to go on, drop down to...
EVENTS VS. REALITY...
WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?
Look, I know that I’ve placed before myself a big task. I’m hoping to convince you that
the changes in your life right now do not have to be painful, and I’m clear that your life so
far has demonstrated to you  that change is painful. Yet the key to ending the pain is
knowing what causes  the pain, what causes  the hurt. The key is knowing why  you feel the
way you feel.
And here’s the news about that....
It is not the change itself. It’s not the losing of the j ob or the end of the relationship or the
sudden inability to pay the bills or whatever else is occurring in your outside world. It is
how you are thinking about it.
This is the same thing that causes sadness. This is the same thing that causes anger. It is
never an exterior event, it is always an interior process. An event and your reality about
that event are not the same thing.
Oh-oh, here we go again. That’s important enough to say twice.
An event and your reality about that event are not the same thing.
An event is one thing; your reality of it is another. Events are created by conditions and
occurrences outside you. Reality is created by conditions and occurrences inside  you—in your mind. It is here that events  are turned into data, which are turned int o truths, which
are turned into thoughts, which are turned into emotions, which are turned into
experiences, which form your reality.
Now if we could just change  one of those....
We are Lightbabies.
Golden Grace.
Wings, meant to Fly.
We are delicate, an d pregnant
with goodness.
We are each made of such a quiet
that the entire Universe
can hear us.
There is only the unfolding, the opening
ever happening.
All else are thoughts —
lollipops for the mind.
We, are Lightbabies
parading
as Humankind.
—‘Lightbabies’  © 2007 Em Claire  6.
THE SECOND CHANGE
THERE ARE SIX THINGS  that create your reality in this physical experience that we call life. I
just named them a moment ago. They are, again: Events, Data, Truths, Thoughts, Emotions,
and Experience. If a ny of these six elements change, your reality will change. That means
that if you want your current experience of the current change in your life to change, you
have to change one of the elements. All of which brings us to...
CHANGE #2:
Change your choi ce of emotions
What I want to tell you is that you can change your choice of emotions —and thus, change
how you’re experiencing change itself. I can’t tell you all about how you can do that in this
one chapter, because there’s more to it than I can put in a few lines here. And it’s all
intrinsically tied in with Changes 3 and 4 —so we really  have to consider all three together.
But for now, let me just say that you can change your emotions about anything. About
what’s happening in your life right now, about yourself, about this book.
About anything.
Now you may not think this it is possible. You may even feel that it is bordering on
smugness or arrogance for me to so much as suggest it. I also know that you’ve heard all
this before, in “self -help” books, in lectures... so you may be thinking, listen, if it’s all that
simple, why can’t the a verage person just do it?  Isn’t it cruel to hold it out there like a
carrot, when you know it’s on a stick and most people can’t get to it?
Yes, if that were the case, it would be cruel. But I would never do that. I would never put
something in front of yo u that it is utterly impossible for you to reach


-fits-all” model really isn’t the most effective way of doing
things after all. And this is because everyone is unique, and
everyone respo nds differently. And much of this can be predicted by
a person’ s genes.
For example, there was a recent feature piece in the Globe and
Mail newspaper talking about genetic treatments for cystic fibrosis.8
The article described a new drug called Kalydeco, which, for the
select 4 percent of the cystic fibrosis population with a certain
genetic mutatio n (there are different genetic variants of the disease),
could change their whole life in an instant.
Normally, when a child is diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, their
quality of life is greatly diminished. However, if they have this
particular genetic variant and receive the drug, their entire life can be
turned around! So it is a powerful example of how individualized
treatment can save a life.
The caveat of what some call the “miracle drug” for cystic
fibrosis, though, is that it costs $300,000 per year for one patient in
Canada. But cost relates to the novelty of a treatment, and soon
genetic-based treatments are expected to be the norm and
accessible to everyone.Another example of the use of personalized genetic medicine—
this time in the area of cancer prevention—is Angelina Jolie’s story.
Magazines were covered with the news when Jolie decided to get a
double mastec tomy (both breasts prophylactically removed) because
her mother had been diagno sed with breast cancer and Jolie had
also been found to have the BRCA1 gene. This meant that, based
on her genetics, Angelina Jolie had an 87 percent chance of
developing breast cancer, and a 50 percent chance of developing
ovarian cancer.9
According to Huffington Post reporters, the amount of women
seeking breast cancer genetic screening has increased by 90
percent since Jolie went public about her procedure.5 It certainly
shows how genetic information, and a “personalized approach” to
medicine, can have huge advantages, both preventatively as well as
treatment-wise. And as it becomes more and more of a societal
norm, it will have greater and greater impacts on people.

NEALE: Think of all the thing s that will be happening in your life and
in your career... that are happening, I should say. That is
remarkable.

DR. COOPER: It totally is. But there is a reason I brought  that up. A
reason that goes far beyond the medical.
My larger, over-arching obse rvation is that what we have done
in medicine—in terms of creating a focus toward “individualized”
treatment plans and getting rid of the “one-size-fits-all” model—we
have done in many other areas of life as well. We have done it in
technology, developing personalized features on our cell phones,laptops, and tablets. We have done it in real estate, personalizing
our preferences in homes, locations, furniture and décor. We have
done it in education, tailoring our courses and our intere sts to our
unique personalities, goals, and desires.
But the one area it seems to me we have utterly failed to do this
is in our spirituality. Which may just be the most crucial area of all!
So my question becomes: What would it take for our culture to
encourage a personal relationship with God? In other words, what
would it take to promote unique and individual expressions of the
Divinity within each of us?
Spirituality seems to me to be the one area with the most
pressure to conform. This expectation exists so strong ly and so
powerfully that to even propose the idea of having a “conversation
with God,” as you did Neale, would likely be considered totally
absurd and even blasphemous. Yet it is clear to anyone who has
read even one of your book s how dramatically and beautifully that
experience changed your life.
Quite simply, our unique spiritual expression is the reason we
have come to the planet. Yet it is the area that receives the least
attention and the least validation; that is, our Cultural Story
encourages everything except a personal, two-way relationship with
God.
Surely, if we can devote all of that time and money to personally
sequencing each person’ s genome, we can devote even a fraction of
that to encoura ging each person to engage with and to connect with
their Highest Self spiritually. Or, is that asking too much?
 NEALE: The reason that very, very few people find themselves
motivated, inspired, or encouraged to develop an individuated
experience of their spirituality—a personalized two-way experience
of God—is that they have been encouraged not to, just as you
pointed out. But it’ s even greater than that.
Most people are not even aware that life is primarily a spiritual
experience; that the purpose of life in the physical has to do with the
spiritual experience of each human soul.
So the real larger reason that people don’t find themselves
motivated to create a person al two-way experience of God is that
they are not even clear that the purpose of life has very little to do
with their purely physical expressions. I wrote in The Only Thing That
Matters that 98 percent of the world’s people are spending 98
percent of their time on things that don’t matter.
So I am shockingly observ ant of the fact that the largest
number of people by far— not 60 or 70 percent, but 85 or 90 percent
of the world’ s people—are simply engaged in day-to-day life, week-
to-week creations, month-to-month manifestations, and year-to-year
goal-setting of what they’re trying to produce in their life. They are
striving and yearning and searching for what it is they imagine they
would like to experience in order to be “successful” and happy. And
the number of people, on a percentage basis, that understand that
the whole purpose of life on Earth is to move forward the Agenda of
the Soul is astonishin gly low. Given this, people would not be
motivated to create a personal experience of God.
The interesting  thing about what you’re bringing up is that, as
we increase our ability to keep people physically well, and maybe
extend their life expectancy—perhaps beyond what anyone in thismoment could even begin to imagine—the interesting thing about
that is this: Unless we lay the groundwork in the minds of human
beings that allows them to know that this creates an even larger
platform, an even more wondrous stage, upon which they can build
the outcomes that produce the experiences for which their soul
yearns —unless we cause them to see that—the longer lifespan and
the greater health maintena nce that we can produce with these
modern medical miracles will, if we’re not careful, actually work
against our whole reason for staying alive.
So the irony is that the reaso n for staying alive could very well
be defeated by the fact that we are creating ways for us to stay alive
longer and longer and longer. And that’s only true in the culture of
our particular species. That is, Earthlings, people, human beings.
Because we are a very, very young species.
The older, more mature species of sentient beings in the
universe are very well aware  that their ability to visibly physicalize
and interact with each other and with the rest of the physical
environment that we call the known universe is the greatest gift,
precisely because it gives them an unparalleled opportunity to
complete the Agenda of their Spiritual Selves— which can only be
completed in the Realm of the Physical. Or, if you please, in the
Realm of the Relative.
And so, the sentient beings elsewhere in the universe, many
species of which are far more mature than we are, are clear about
the golden treasure that is theirs. And they are living, of course, way,
way, way beyond anything we could imagine.
For instance, Conversations with God made the interesting
point in its dialogue that we were  meant to live forever; that physicallife was designed to allow sentient beings to live essentially forever.
And not to have to die at all, unless they actively chose to, perhaps
after several hundred years in one particular bodily expression, at
which point they could choo se to recreate themselves anew in a
different expression, for a wide variety of reasons, but having nothing
to do with typical end-of-life reasons that are faced routin ely now by
human beings on the Earth.
So the fact is that we are dying at a ridiculously young age of
anywhere between 60 and 90, for the most part. We are leaving our
physical body at a very young  age if you count those who won’t even
make it that long, if you count those who get into an accident or
something, or have some illness at a very young age. But a sign of
the exponentia l increase in the maturity of our species is exactly
what you’re pointing to.
We are, indeed, learning how to extend the lifespan and
increase the good health of human beings, such that the instructors
in your school are absolutely  correct: In the next fifty years we could
very well have achieved the potential to live far past the age of 100.
That might one day even seem like middle age to us.
Soon biogenetic medicine  is going to give us the opportunity to
actually replac e and recreate whole organs in the body. So there will
be very little reason, in fifty or sixty years, for us


 position of their amino acids. In the intestine, more water will be required to process the
food ingredients and then send them to the liver.
In the liver, the specialized cells will  further process the intestine-digested materials and then pass the resupplied
and composition adjusted blood to the right side of the heart. In th e liver, more water is used to  process the food
ingredients. The blood from the right side of the heart, which has also received some "fat" com ponents from the
lymphatic system that empties into the right side of the heart, will now be pumped into the lungs for oxygenation and
exchange of the dissolved gases in the blood. In the lungs, aeration of the blood further dehydrates it by the process
of evaporation of water—the "winter steam."
Now this highly concentrated blood from the lungs is passed  to the left side of the heart and pumped into the arterial
circulation. The first cells that will face  this highly osmotically concentrated blood are the cells lining the larger blood
vessels and capillaries of the heart and the brain. Where the arteries bend, the osmotically damaged cells will also
face the pressure of the oncoming blood. Here, the cells will either need to protect themselves or become
irreversibly damaged. Do not forget that the integrity of their cell membrane is proportionately dependent on the
presence of "water" that is available to them and not that which is being osmotically pulled out. A look at Figure 15,
and then Figure 14, will make the understanding of this process o f "cholesterol adaptation" to dehydration easier.
There comes a moment when the brain begins to recognize the further imposed severe shortage of water in the
body, and then in the middle of eating food will compel the person to drink it. It is already to o late, because the
damage is registered by th e cells lining the blood vessels. Ho wever, when this dehydration registers itself by
production of the dyspeptic pain, we most stupidly give the person antacid! Not water, antacids! Not water,
histamine-blocking agents! Unfor tunately, this is the problem with all treatment procedures under the "solutes
paradigm." All treatmen t procedures are "relief o f symptoms" oriented. The y are not geared t o the eliminatio n of the
root cause of the problem. This is why "di seases" are not cured. They are only "tre ated" during the lifetime of the
person.
The root cause of degenerative diseases is not known, because a wrong paradigm is being pursued. If we begin to
appreciate that for the process of digestion of food, water is the most essen tial ingredient, most of the battle is won.
If we give the necessar y water to the body before we eat food, all the battle against cholesterol formation in the
blood vessels will  be won.
After a longer period of regulating daily water intake, so that the cells become fully hydrated, gradually the
cholesterol defense system against the free passage of water through the cell wall will be less required; its
production will decrease. The hormone-sensitive, fat-burning enzymes of the body have been shown to become
active after one hour's walk. They remain active for 12 hours. It also seems that with the lowering of blood
cholesterol and walking to induce the "fat burners'" activity, the deposited cholesterol will also be broken and
passage of blood through the already blocked arteries will become possible (see Mr. Fox's letter).
Walking two times a day—every 12 hours—will maintain the activity of the hormone sensitive fat burning enzyme
(hormone sensitive lipase) during day and night and help clear away the excess lipid deposits in the arteries.
Testimonials Th at Make You Ponder
Mr. Mohammed Wahby's concern is not unique to him; everyone who has raised blood cholesterol levels is worried.
It is com mon knowledge that many diseases are associated with raised cholesterol levels in blood circulation.
Different blood cholesterol levels have in the past been considered normal—all the time decreasing the accepted
threshold until around 200 (milligrams per 100 cubic centimeters of blood) is now considered normal. Even this
figure is an arbitrary assessme nt. I personally believe the normal range to be around 100 to 150. My own levels
started around 89 and never went above 130. Why? Because for years and years, my d ay started with two to three
glasses o f water. In any case, a March 28, 1991 New England Journal o f Medicine report, followed  by an edito rial,
about an 88-year-old man who eats 25 eggs daily and has normal blood cholesterol levels, reveals one fact. The
cholesterol we eat seems to have little to do with the high level of cholesterol in som e people's blood.
Let us get one thing clear: Excess cholesterol formati on is the re sult of d ehydration. It is the dehydration that causes
many different
diseases and not the level of cholesterol in the circu lating blood. It Is therefore more prudent to attend to our daily
water intake rather than to what foods we eat. With proper enzyme activity, any food can be digested, including its
cholesterol content. Mr. Wahby could reduce his cholesterol levels without too much anxiety about his foo d intake
(see letter on page 90).
He lived normally and yet his cho lesterol levels came down dramatically from 279 to 203 in two months without any
food limitations. All he had to do was to drink more water before his meals. If he had taken regular daily walks, this
level would have been further reduced during the two months. In time, it will be further reduced. His te stimonial is
printed by his kind permission. He is so  happy with the simplicity o f the process that he wishes to share his joy with
others.
If increased water intake lowers ch olesterol levels, only to rise again, make sure your body is not getting short of
salt. Read the section on salt in chapter 12. You should realize that cholesterol is the basic building block for most
hormones in the human body. Na turally, a basic drive for increased hormone production will also raise the rate of
cholesterol production.
Basically, it is assumed that heart disease begins with the deposit of cholesterol plaques in the arteries of the heart.
At the final stages, the two may exist at the sam e time. Howev er, in my opinion, it begins when the constriction
producing chemicals from the lungs spill over into the circulation that goes to the heart. As i t is explained in the
chapter on asthma, in dehydration, part of the process of water preservation is the associated secretion of
substances that constrict the bronchioles. At a certain threshold that does not at the time manifest itself in an
asthma attack, the same chemicals, if they spill into the blood circulation that goes through to the lung, will also
constrict the walls of the heart arteries once they reach them. This situation will lead to heart pains, known as
anginal pains.
EMBASSY  OF THE ARA B REPUBL IC OF  EGYPT
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May 1 st, 1991
Dr. Fereydo on Batmanghelidj
Foundation For The Simple In Medicine
P.O Bo x 3267, Falls Ch urch, VA 2 2043
Dear Dr. Batmanghelidj,
This is to say how grateful I am to you for making me a much less worried man. I have suffered from a high
cholesterol level since 1982. It was 278 when it was first discovered. I was then in Germany and I was p ut on such a
strict diet that I lost 16 pounds in less th an two months and the Cholesterol level went down to only 220. I refused to
accept to lower it further through medication especially since in Egypt the doctors sti ll believe that this level is not
really dangerous by the prevailing standards in our country.
Since I entertain and attend business lunches m ore than what wou ld be expected even from a diplomat, because of
the additional burden of dealing with the media, my cholesterol was always going up to around 260 and back to
220s, by putting myself on very strict diet from time to time. Howev er, it must be noted that it was o nly outside my
home that the diet cam e crashing down. Otherwise,! was strict with myself. In fact,  even when I ate outside, I was
careful to choose dishes, wherever available, which were not particularly rich in fat.
Last yea r I was shocked to discover that my blood cholesterol level had shot up to 279. I was lucky to have met you
then. When you "prescribed" ample water (two full glasses) be taken before meals instead of medication that I was
just about to submit myself to then, I was very skeptical. All the more so since you did not overemphasize dieting. In
two months, and with very little observance of all the old "rules' which were making my life miserable, my cho lesterol
went down to 203 for the first time in more than nine years! M Y weight too was surprisingly also down by about eight
pounds and has since been under control. In fact, I feel so good that I am sure that the next


 rubbing of urine. One may
keep as many fasts on water and urine as he likes but without
rubbing one cannot have the desired result. Rubbing together any
two things generate heat. The heat produced by rubbing of urine
opens the pores of the body. If rubbing with water also generates
heat and opens the pores, what is the use of rubbing with urine?
The answer is clear. In a fast on urine, the heart and kindney have
to work abnormally; naturally the palpitations of heart increases.
Armstrong felt that the palpitation in his first fast, undertaken
without rubbing, was almost doubled. The heart has to do more
work in order to assimilate urine. Massaging with ruine increases the
rate of blood circulation and eases the palpitation of the heart.
While thinking on this subject, Armstrong struck upon the
Command in the Bible, "Wash the face and head, when thou
observest fast." (New Testament, Vl-11) He interpreted this
exhortation to mean rubbing the head, face and neck with urine!
Though his interpretation is far-fetched, yet it proved to be true
inactual practice. After rubbing urine on the head, face, neck and
the entire body, the criculation of blood increased and the
palpitation of the heart went down. Not only this but he felt himself
strong enough to continue the daily routine of rubbing urine even
during the later days of his long fast. lri. addition, his skin got
sufficent nourishment and became healthy, soft and birght. 34 : AUTO-URINE THERAPY
(2) ~he Method of Drinking: We generally abhor urine. People
have go~ a strong prejudice against its taste and odour. It is
worth~htle to quote here a couplet of poet Pritam, "The courageous _
who d1ve d~ep.into the sea may get pearls and others standing
ashore a_nd ID?ktng on get nothing." Only a person who takes
~ourage m.to h1s hands, gets rid of the disgust of urine and can drink
1t, can d~nve benefit, th~re is no. simpler, cheaper and surer remedy
fa~ a~l d1se_ases then unne. It IS advisable to get accustomed to
dnn.kln~ u~tne during the days of rubbing as shown above. In the
begmntng 1t should be rubbed on teeth and used for gargling. It will
accrue other benefits too; loose teeth will be strong agian. After a
few days of cleaning mouth, one should close his eyes and drink
ab.out four ounces of urine. There will be no difficulty in the seconds
dr~nk. It should be borne in mind that one should drink one's own
unne only, how~ver bad ·in colour, taste and smell it may be. One
should ~o~ hes1tate at the very sight of its appearance and strange
colour; 1t IS useful in its natural form. This fact would become more
clear as he reads further the subsequent chapters of this book.
In some ~xce~tional cases, a patient has to be given extra urine
also. If a pat1ent IS unconcious or is suffering from a snake bite or is
n~t in a position to take auto-urine, he has to be given to drink the
un~e of any healthy person. For instance, Armstrong met with a
pat1ent who could not pass urine. l.n that case he gave the patient
his own urine to drink. Thus the latter was enabled to pass urine.
(3~ The Method of Fasting: A fast on urine is essential in the case
of senous and chronic diseases. Armstrong used to give his treatment
by?eginning ':ith a long fast. The duration of the fast may be
deoded accor~mg to the condition of the patient. During the fast,
one ~hou ld?nnk eve_ry drop of urine. If a person takes only the
day-t1me unne, he will have to increase the duration of the fast to
·make up the_ deficiency_. In such a case, urine passed duri~g night
can b~ used for rubbig. Water also can be taken during the fast
ac_co~d1ng ~o requirement. It should be pure and hygienic. While
dnnkmg unne, one may fell nausea. In that case, drinking should be THE METHOD OF URINE THERAPY: 35
stopped for a while and on restoration of normal condition, the
remaining urine should be taken at once. Rubbing with urine should
not be missed during the fast because there would be no desired
result without rubbing.
During the fast on urine, the palpitation of heart and beating of
the pulse go up. One need not lose one's heart because of this. In
the course of time, the movements of heart and pulse, would be
automatically normal. If rubbing is continued regularly and
vigorously, the palpitation will not increase too much and the
patient will not feel any weakness. As the alkalies contained in food
exist in their pure form in urine and provide sufficient nourishment
to the patient, he cannot feel any weakness due to hunger. He gets
nourishment in proportion to the urine taken in.
The urine washes out accumulated waste matter, layers of
harmful toxins, the injurious substance sticking in the intestines,
mucus deposited in the chest, lungs and stomach and other foreign
deposits. They come out by way of vomiting, or by loose motions.
There is nothing to be alarmed at these reactions. One should think
that the poisons deposited in the body are thus coming out and the
body is becoming more and more clean. All such _actions and
reactions should be viewed with a cool mind. Nature should be
allowed to do her work. One should not lose heart and resort to
medicines, internal or external. No medicine should be taken to
suppress or remove the reaction. In case, confidence is lost in this
method, other treatment should not be taken l:mless this treatment is
already discontinued. During the urine treatment, particular caution
is necessary for at least a week after breaking the fast than even
during the fast. Control on diet and habits is necessary for a number
of days even after the fast. Ordinarily, the fast should be broken with
a sip of boiled mung water or juice of orange or sweet lemon. Sour
lemon should not be taken. In its place boiled water of mung is
better. juice may be prepared from dates and black grapes biJt not
for diabetic patients. In the evening about five-seven dates or about
two ounces of grapes (seedless) may be soaked in half a pint of 36 : AUTO-URINE THERAPY
water. On the following morning they may be crushed and squeezed
properly. This juice should be filtered. through a clean cloth before
giving to the patient. At noon, the patient may be given fruit juice
and in the evening juicy fruits like papaw, chiku, etc. The next day,
the same men'u may be followed at noon and in the evening in
increased quaAtity. On the third day, he may be given the juice of
orange or sweet lemon in the morning, lentil soup mixed with a
pinch of salt at noon and cow's milk in the evening. Thus the diet
can be increased according to the appetite and the digestion of the
patient. The mouth may have a mild swelling when salt is taken after
a gap of ten days or ~o. There is nothing to be anxious about it as it
would subside by itself.
(4) The Method of Urine Pads : In the case of big boils, the
wound caused by a weapon, any inflammation, burn, swelling by
cancer or other eruptions, or the inflammation of the eyes, a pad of
fourfolq doth soaked in urine should be placed on the affected part.
The pad should be kept wet by pouring urine on it at some intervals
and this may be contir.ued for hours according to necessity. This can
be applied during fast also. In this process the antibodies of urine
would enter into the body and would destroy the disease from
within and witOOut. lf auto-urine is insufficient, urine of a healthy
man can be u~d for external application. But in no case urine oftlie
opposite sex qe used, i.e. a male patient should be given the urir,c of
a healthy male only while femal patient that of a health)' female
only. ·
The Use of ~iltutcd Substances with Urine :
Experience has taught me that elements of t::drth, water, etc., also
can· be used with benefit along with urine. I would like to describe
the method of using other substances abng with urine.
1. The loamy clay free from stor.cs and rubbish may be soaked in
urine and be placed on t!"l2 stomach, navel, head, etc.
2. Urine may be mixed ·.;~ith water and be used in enema.
3. Urine may be w?.med before use.
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A. Fomentation with hot urine.
5.