imperative  to write of the blessings  of urine." Indeed, as we shall see
in the course of these pages, the most  pregnant of all facts is the
outstanding  fact that urine,  however thick, concentrated,  scanty and 20
 seemingly  " poisonous  " it may  appear at the onset of such diseases as
genuine Bright's disease, influenza and  others, very soon  becomes
filtered and greatly increased  in volumen when freely  imbibed. This is a
fact I have witnessed,  together with other practitioners  of urine‐
therapy,  in hundreds  of so‐termed hopeless  cases, and  is the best  and
most  definite answer to the objection  with which  I am dealing.
One other objection  which has been mooted (namely by those who are
wont  to put their trust in the "princes " of medicine)  is as follows : If
urine was at one time known  to be such a valuable remedy,  why has it
fallen And yet those who put  this question  into disrepute?  must  be
unacquainted  with the most  elementary  facts of orthodox medical
history, which  related of one long series of changes of policy, changes
of drugs, of treatments,  of fads  and fashions and  "exploded
superstitions,"  of Some altercations,  of envies and even of persecutions.
of the strangest  "remedies"  have had  a vogue  for a few years, only to
be regarded a few years later  as the most disgusting  and  barbarous
superstitions.  For instance, the notorious  Cardinal Richelieu  was given
horse dung in wine to drink  on his death‐ bed, and not by quacks but by
men we should nowadays  call qualified doctors. (See  Devils, Drugs and
Doctors, by' H. W. Haggard,  MH.D.) 'Nor am I here giving away  "state
secrets"  in alluding to the instability  which  characterises  the orthodox
Medical Profession.  Speaking at the  King's College  H.M. School  on
October 1st, 1918, SurgeonGeneral  Sir Watson  Cheyne, M.P. urged the
students  to remember:
"Medicine  is not an exact science. A good deal of what they  were being
taught  was not true. When they  came to deal with life, they  knew so
little about the living body that they could not be dogmatic.  They  could 21
 only lay down hypotheses  which  would hold for a day and  then pass
away: and just as the teachings  of seventy  years ago seemed to them
very curious  and  not very sound, so it would be exactly the same forty
years hence." (The Times, October 2nd, 1918.)
The truth  of this utterance  applies  every bit as much to‐day as it did in
1918‐perhaps even more  so. It is no exaggeration  to say that, far from
being an exact science,  in spite of all "scientific"  tests that patients are
subjected  to in these  days, it still remains such an inexact science that
ten different doctors have been known  to give ten different diagnoses
relative to so apparently  simple an ailment as persistent  headaches.  In
the American  journal  Liberty (January 22nd, 1938) there appeared  a
significant  article by a man in the late twenties who relates his attempts
to get rid of this annoying trouble by consulting  no less  than ten
doctors in succession;  and at the end of his adventures  he still retained
his headaches.  As the story  is so significant  and  not unfraught  with its
ironic and humorous  side, it may  be condensed  here.
The first  doctor told him he had  an obstruction  in his nose, and  must
see a nose specialist;  the second told him there was nothing the matter
with his nose, but he must see an oculist ; the third told him he had low
blood  pressure,  and  must have injections  ; the fourth told him he had
high  blood  pressure,  and  must diet himself to lower it ; the fifth told
him his liver was enlarged,  and  he must  have  electrical treatment  ; the
sixth told him his liver was not enlarged but it secreted insufficient  bile ;
the seventh told him that his pituitary gland  was  not functioning
properly, and  he must  have  glandular  injections  the eighth told him he
was suffering from intestinal  poisoning,  and must  cut down his eating
and smoking ; the ninth told him that his was a case  of nervous debility, 22
 and  he must  take some pills for the trouble, the tenth told him there
was nothing really the matter with him, and that his headaches  were
just headaches…!  In citing this article  I am not implying that doctors are
ignoramus.  On the contrary, they are so full of erudition that "they
cannot see the wood of truth  for the trees of learning"!  That is one very
cogent reason why sooner or later they  reject the simple remedy  or
treatment  for the  complex,  no matter how efficacious  that simple
remedy  has proved to be.
A final objection  which  may  be raised against urine intake by the
fastidious  (although  it constitutes  no argument  against its therapeutical
value)  is that the taste must  be so " utterly revolting " that only heroes
could bring themselves  to drink  it. This assumption,  however,  is
incorrect.  The taste  of healthy urine is


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book.Contents
Foreword
Introduction: The Ever -Present Miracle of Now
Part I: The Miracle of Moving Thr ough Separation
Chapter 1. Judgment and Knowledge
Chapter 2. Perception
Chapter 3. Fear
Chapter 4. Guilt
Chapter 5. Private Thoughts
Part II: Miracles W ithin
Chapter 6. Finding T rue Guidance
Chapter 7. T rust
Chapter 8. Acceptance
Chapter 9. Peace of Mind
Part III: Miracles in Relationships
Chapter 10. T ransforming Special Relationships
Chapter 1 1. From People Pleasing to T rue Empathy
Chapter 12. Communication
Chapter 13. Collaboration
Chapter 14. Holy RelationshipPart IV : Being the Miracle
Chapter 15. Healing
Chapter 16. For giveness
Chapter 17. Extending from W ithin
Conclusion: Living in Freedom
Gratitude and Acknowledgments
Resources
NotesForeword
It is easy to talk about spiritual ideas, harder to live them. When a
spiritual teacher  comes along who actually walks the talk, all who look
upon that person  are blessed with a rare opportunity to learn, heal, and
grow. David Hof fmeister is such a one. When I discovered David through his Y ouTube videos, I was deeply
impressed by


 not uncommon for victims
of cervical cord damage to have respiratory difficulties and bladder problems. The
family members, the patient,
and the doctor realized, however, that DMSO had
literally saved the young man’s life by drawing the fluid and pressure from his
spinal cord and head while slowly restoring feeling in his body. Without
intravenous infusion of the drug, he would have died. Much of the cartilage in the patient’s neck had disintegrated. Bill needed anoperation to remedy this, and it was performed five weeks after the hospital staff
had taken him off DMSO. The surgical procedure involved implanting two
stainless steel surgical rods in the back of his neck, fused together with some bone
and muscle taken from his left hip. The operation was definitely successful. A physical therapy program had been incorporated as part of the rehabilitative
process, but postoperative pain prevented the patient from participating in it. He
needed more fervor in exercising but couldn’t find it in himself. As the days rolled
by, he slowly deteriorated, which the young man and his mother traced to the need
for reintroducing DMSO intravenous treatments. The only thing the hospital staff
allowed was some topical applications of the drug to the painful areas in his neck,
shoulders, arms, and other parts of his body. DMSO on the skin did minimize the
pain. Then some family members began to notice smooth and fluid motions in Bill’s
legs when they applied the solvent. His mother described these motions to the
hospital staff, but her descriptions were dismissed as probably the spontaneous
jumps or spasms of paralysis from hemisection of the cord. The nurses and
medical students in this teaching hospital regarded the motions as simply natural
leg spasms that occur from time to time. “Then one day, one of his legs made such a motion while Dr. Greccos was
standing by talking to him. The doctor came out of Bill’s room with a look quite
close to awe and wonderment, and flatly stated that now he realized what we were
talking about, and instantly agreed that this indeed was not a regular spasm, but
something quite different on which to speculate in the coming weeks,” said his
mother. “For close to three months after they took Bill off the DMSO, we fought
daily to have the intravenous procedure continued, without much luck. But we
finally got our point across shortly after the Christmas holidays, and they did
agree, but with certain stipulations.”
The medical staff wanted to move the patient across the city for a series of
neurological tests run on special equipment at Good Samaritan Hospital. If these
tests indicated any hope of noticeable improvement to which they could credit
DMSO, then they would put him back on
the drug twice a week for a number of
weeks. After that, he would be returned to Good Samaritan for another series of
the same tests and reevaluated. If there were not significant changes, then the IV
DMSO would be discontinued. “From that time on,” reported Mrs. Fox, “Bill quickly and steadily improved,
to the point where he could now tolerate maximum occupational and physical
therapy for three to five hours per day without any pain; just sheer exhaustion fromworking himself so hard. He jumped from lifting two-and-a-half pounds of weights
on his right arm and wrist, to between fifty to sixty pounds; and from one-and-a-
half with his left arm and wrist to between thirty-five and forty. By being able to
accomplish this, he has worked back his triceps [muscle] in the right arm, which
up to then had been gone; and I might add, a very good biceps muscle of which he
is extremely proud, and ready to take on anyone in a good arm wrestling match. And slowly but surely, the left triceps is coming around, and we are increasingly
confident that before long, he will also have all of that back.”
On March 13, 1980, Bill was taken back to Good Samaritan Hospital to have
the earlier tests rerun and reevaluated. The results were nothing short of amazing. All readings in the prior tests indicated his dramatic improvement. Additionally,
the patient showed that he had nerve sensory motions in his right foot. The patient
was being restored to near what he had once been. He was permanently dismissed from the hospital. Bill came home able to feed
himself, brush his teeth, shave, comb his hair, dress, and bathe himself. Where six months before he was more dead than alive and the family prepared
for his lifetime of complete paralysis, now the young man was able to operate his
manual wheelchair aptly by himself. Even a month before, he couldn’t manipulate
the wheelchair alone. But DMSO intravenous injections had changed all that. “During the last six months, I have spent many hours in Dr. Jacob’s clinic with
his beautiful and caring staff, watching miracle after miracle happen right in front
of my eyes,” wrote Clara M. Fox to Claude Pepper, then Chairman of the House
of Representatives Select Committee on Aging. “I have seen people who have
been totally paralyzed for twenty years or more being treated and starting to move. The wonder in their eyes is indeed a sight to behold. I have witnessed the awe in
the eyes and actions of a young couple whose child is being treated for Down’s
syndrome, and listened with rapt attention as they relate how far that
child has
come from death’s door to today. I have sent or personally brought people with
various illnesses or pains to Dr. Jacob’s clinic and seen them smile with utmost
satisfaction at having been cured or helped after years of discomfort and pain. And
then I have sat back and watched Dr. Jacob absolutely ecstatic after another
successful case of treatment. How very proud and happy he is to be able to help
this human race of ours. “I have also done a lot of reading and research into the full and real story of
this remarkable drug, and I can only summarize with all my hopes and prayers,
along with millions of others, that this humble man can see all his work and dreams
materialize into that final success of having DMSO returned to the market by theFederal Drug Administration, so that all Americans might have the chance to be
helped or saved through all those efforts. I urge everyone connected with this
possibility to please check carefully all the facts, and help to answer these
prayers.”
DMSO RESEARCH INTO REVERSING NEUROLOGICAL
DISORDERS
Laboratory experiments are continuing with DMSO used to treat simulated trauma
created in the spinal cords of monkeys. Under ideal conditions, the external factors
and reproducibility of the monkey injuries are closely controlled, and “the effects
of DMSO have been often dramatic, sometimes unusual, and seldom without
effect,” says Jack C. de la Torre, Sc.D., M.D., Chief of the Department of
Neurosurgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida. He was
interviewed at the semi-annual meeting of the DMSO Society of Florida, Inc., held
in Sarasota, Florida, in November 1980. “The important question facing our
research at the present time is not so much whether DMSO works, since this has
been repeatedly shown in our laboratory and those of others, but... how does it
work?”
Dr. de la Torre’s experience with DMSO currently spans twenty-four years,
and includes both basic and clinical research. He has been experimenting with
head and spinal cord injuries, stroke, burns, urine excretion, respiratory
stimulation, brain swelling, and cellular mechanisms. He uses seven different
species of animals, including human beings. He has discovered that DMSO exerts
a positive effect on a number of life-threatening conditions, including head and
spinal cord trauma, cerebral embolism, and respiratory distress. Neurological head and spinal cord injuries and stroke are complex medical
problems. Nevertheless, DMSO’s wide range of action makes it useful in many of
these cases. Through a combination of increased diffusion of fluids across body
membranes and dehydration, the solvent relieves the damaging swelling and
pressure that often accompany head and spinal injury. This relief comes about by
the substance crossing both the skin barrier and the blood-brain barrier. The blood-
brain barrier is a protective mechanism that exists between circulating blood and
the brain, which limits the number of molecules reaching the brain. It prevents
certain foreign proteins, natural body proteins, and other substances from entering,
some of which may be toxic to nervous tissue.“At first we thought that this property of DMSO might be a disadvantage,”
says Dr. de la Torre, “because we assumed that once it penetrated the barrier, it
would simply accumulate in the nervous tissue and cause more swelling. What it
does in fact is enter the tissue, pick up water madly, and then rush it out of the
system, relieving the pressure.”
The ability of DMSO to rapidly cross skin and blood-brain barriers enables it
to assist in the penetration of other drugs, as was pointed out earlier. “For
example, some tumors in the brain must be treated with chemotherapy injections. Huge quantities have to be injected before the drug begins to work, and at that
point the toxicity of the drug may kill the patient,” said de la Torre. “If you have a
drug, such as DMSO, that can transport the anti-cancer agent into the tumor and
the immediately surrounding area, you can use decreasing concentrations of the
chemotherapy agent.”
Because DMSO can penetrate skin


marvelous way of healing many maladies. Try spending a
day in an isolated spot, listening only to silence punctuated
by the sounds of natur e—the birds, the insects, the rustling
of leaves, the wind. These are the sounds of healing that
can oﬀset the painful sounds of trucks, cement mixers,
boom bo xes, and the lik e.
Give yoursel f opportuniti es to be in the wilder ness as a
regular part of your life routine. Take a day each month or
week or two to be alone in silence, communing with natur e.
This is the ultimate therapy, and it’s much less expensive
than paying someone to listen! Meditation Not Only Aﬀects Y ou, It Impacts
Everyone Around Y ou
When you’re at peace, you radiate a diﬀer ent kind of energy
than when you’r e stressed or depressed. The more peaceful
you become, the easier you can deﬂect the negative
energies of those you encounter. This is like having an
invisible shield around you that nothing can penetrate
unless it’s at a higher spiritual energy than your shield. A
hostile current is greeted with a smile and an inner knowing
that this is not your stuﬀ. A person who attempts  to bring
you into their misery cannot succeed without your
agreement. Y our meditation practice k eeps you immune.Not only can you deﬂect the negativity of those around you,
but your sense of peace will bring others into harmony with
you. Studies have been done to measur e the serotonin (a
neurotransmitter in your brain that indicates how peaceful
and harmonious you feel) levels of those in the vicinity of a
large group of meditators. Amazingly, just being in the
energy ﬁeld of those who meditate raises the serotonin
levels of the observers. These implications are startling. The
more you achieve peacefulness through meditation, the
more your peaceful state impacts those ar ound you. I ﬁnd that my meditating not only calms me, but has a
soothing eﬀect on my family and those around me. But the
primary beneﬁt is that after a meditation, I ﬁnd it almost
impossible to be annoyed or negatively impacted by
anything, because it brings me inner peace. OceanofPDF.comMaking Conscious Contact
with God
Most organized religions have taken on the task of
explaining God to their congr egations, including all of the
rules that God supposedly has laid out for humankind. However, you cannot come to know God through the
experiences or testimony of others. This must be done by
you. Today, through furth er exploration of medita tion and
silence, we are going to discover how to make conscious
contact with God. I teach a meditation, which I describe in detail and guide
you through  with my voice, in an audio program called
Meditations for Manifesting. This meditation uses the soundof “ahhhh” as a mant ra to keep your thoughts from
wandering during the morning meditation. This mantra
sound is in virtually all names of the Divine. Listen  for it, for
example, in God, Yahweh, Allah, Krishna, Jehovah, Ra, and
Ptah. By repeating this mantra sound, you make conscious
contact with God. The evening meditation uses the sound of
om, the sound of gratitude for all that has manifested in
your life. Repeating the sound of ahhhh  in the morning and
om in the evening for approximately 20 minutes creates an
opportunity for you to experience inner peace and success,
in a way you may have never known befor e. I urge you to
meditate because it will bring you more peace, remove
stress, improve your surroundings, and deﬂect negativity. All
of this and more will deﬁnitely show up when you meditate
on a r egular basis. When you merge into the silence and become one with it,
you also reconnect to your Source and know the
peacefulness that some call God. “Be still and know that I
am God,” says it so beautifully in the Psalms of the Old
Testament. The k ey wor ds her e are still and know. Be still actually means silence. Mother Teresa described
silence and its relationsh ip to God by saying, “God is the
friend of silence. See how natur e—tr ees, grass—gr ows in
silence; see the stars, the moon, and the sun, how they
move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch
souls.” This includes your soul! The second word in the Old Testament observation, know,
refers to making your personal and conscious contact with
God. To know God is to banish doubt and become
independent of others’ deﬁnition and description  of God. Instead, you have your own personal knowing. And as
Herman Melville reminded us so poignantly, “God’s one and
only voice is silence.”Your sense of inner peace depends on spending some of
your life energy in silence  to rechar ge your battery, remove
tension and anxiety, reacquaint you with the joy of knowing
God, and feel closer to all of humanity. The Divine Oneness
God is that which is indivisible. There’s only one
omnipr esent presence called God. This presence is
everywher e and is a force that creates and sustains life. It
can never be divided or cut up into pieces. There’s only one
power in the universe, not two. Everything in your
experience as a human being appears to be in duality,
however. Up exists because of its opposite, down. Light
exists becau se of dark; right exists because of wrong. You’ve never  seen a person with a front who doesn’t have a
back; an outside  without an inside ; a north pole  of a magnet
without a south pole. Our physical world is a world of
dichotomies and combinations of opposites, always
divisible. Silence, howe ver, is the one experience you can have that’s
indivisible. You cut silenc e in half, and all you get is more
silence. There’s only one silence. Therefore, silence is your
one way to experience the oneness and the indivi sibility of
God. This is how you know God rather than having to settle
for knowing about God. This is why you want to meditate. Meditation seems to bring me into contact with a source of
soothing energy that makes me feel deeply connected to
God. You will ﬁnd your answers in the silence. Remember : It’s out
of the void, the emptiness, that everything is created. When
you write a musical note, the silence from which it comes is
just as much a part of the note as is the sound. So it is withhealing any thing or any relationship. Going into the quiet
and listening will inspir e you. I can’t imagine speaking or
writing without ﬁrst going to God in silence. I seek alone
time and space to allow my inspiration to emer ge. Keep Y our Silent Communion with God to
Yourself
Everything that you wish to manifest emer ges from Spirit,
from the silence. You don’t use your ego to manifest. In fact,
ego can inhibit the creative process. For this reason, I urge
you not to divulge your private insights, what you intend to
create. As St. Paul said, “That which is seen, hath not come
from that which doth appear.” When you talk about your
emer ging manifesting ideas and relate your insights to
others, you often feel the need to explain and defend them. What happens is that ego has enter ed. Once the ego is
present, the manifesting stops. Silence is wher e manifesting occurs, so keep your potential
miracles in the treasur ed silence that you embrace  as often
as possible. You can rely upon it and enjoy basking in the
serenity and inner peace that silence and meditation always
bring. OceanofPDF.comGive Up Your Personal
History
For many of us, our past deﬁnes who we are at this present
moment. Today, I want to show you how letting go of the
past can help you move on to live your life more fully in the
present. When a speedboat zooms across the surface of the water,
there’s a white foamy froth behind it that’s called the wake
of the boat. The wake is nothing more than the trail that’s
left behind. The answer to, “What is driving the boat?” is
that the boat moves because of present-moment energy
generated by the engine. This is what makes the boat move
forwar d across the water. Do you think it’s possible for thewake to drive the boat? Can the trail that’s left behind make
a boat go forwar d? These are rhetorical questions with
obvious answers. I’m sure you agree that the wake is only
the trail left behind, and that it’s not what drives  the boat
forwar d.
I’m suggesti ng that you apply this idea to your life. The
wake of your life is nothing more than a trail that’s left
behind you. Thought of in this way, it’s absolutely
impossible for that wake to drive you forwar d. The wake is
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relaxing into the expansive stat e of what we already are,
through the profound portal of what we are always desiring  to become. /G0664
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Innate Talents

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          Mind:  The Master Power

In the remaining chapters of this book, I wish to share a
variety of universal tools that can help fertilize the rich inner life within all of us, that creates, attracts, prospers, and expands our
outer life experiences. I had the good fortune of reading Charles Roth’s book, Mind:  The Master Power, while journeying
the path of a deliberate seeker – on a quest for spiritual meaning
and inner prosperity. In my ow n life, I have felt the amazing,
creative, and life-giving power of  gratitude. And when I read
the above quote in Roth’s book, I was immeasurably touched  by the power of this profound statement. This is a man, a
reverand, who was teaching a kind of new age consciousness, years before many had begun to embrace these rising thoughts and engaging concepts about who we really are. Rev. Roth presents five core talents in his book, that he believed we all possess right now, that can launch our life experiences into the
world of the extraordinary. I wo uld like to briefly include them
in this chapter, and then I will add a few of my own. These are
simply instruments, or tools, for our expanding non-physical toolbox, that I believe collectively can nurture our spirit and allow us to rise within - to the full potentiality of our infinite magnificent nature. In Mind:  The Master Power, Rev. Roth presented the
biblical parable about the talents. In this parable,  there are three
servants. The first servant was given five talents. The second servant was given three talents. And the third servant was given one talent. The first tw o servants used/invested their
talents, and increased them. But the third servant held onto his talent, guarding it closely, becaus e he was afraid of losing it. Yet, it was the servants who used their talents, and thus increased
their talents, that were given more. And it was the servant who Innate Talents 65
clung to his talent - with the paralysis of fear, who had it taken
away and given to the servant with ten talents. To me, this story so perfec tly illustrates a manifestation
of the non-physical laws of th is grand universe. When we
choose, consciously or unconsciously, to resist the divine design of the magnetics and energetics of a vibrational universe, we lock ourselves out of the prosperous flow of our divine well-being. Yet if we could  choose, consciously, to turn toward the
possibility of expansion, then we could live the benefits of
increased understanding, in term s of our life’s purpose and our
existence here within this physical universe. We can learn how
to consciously, and I would say choice-fully, navigate this
tremendous potentialit y of experiences on the earth plane, in
order to maximize our great talents and to enjoy the prosperity of living in the flow of the divin e design as much as possible. /G2E/G09/G01/G0B/G08/G09/G01/G0E/G10/G0F/G01/G11/G09/G19/G13/G1F/G0E/G09/G11/G01/G0F/G10/G01/G19/G12/G0A/G0A/G09/G08/G2A/G01/G1E/G12/G0F/G01/G19/G10/G25/G09/G0F/G13/G25/G09/G19/G01/G17/G09/G01/G19/G12/G0A/G0A/G09/G08/G01
because we have forgotten the grand design /G20/G01/G01/G21/G10/G01/G02/G16/G01/G1C/G02/G10/G0B/G01
increased understanding that this universe begins to make a lot more sense. With an increase in understanding, we can expand
beyond the level of consciousness that conceptualizes experiences as being fair/u nfair, right/blame-worthy,
good/bad, and lucky/randomly bad luck. We can then expand our understanding that we, as spiritual beings, have a non-physical desire for expansion, which is activated through our
life choices of thought, feeling, action, and belief. All choices create experiences, dense or light, which in turn facilitate this
desired expansion. And so again,  all roads ultimately lead us
back to the truth of our infinite connection to each other, to Source energy, and to the expone ntial expansive flow of divine
love - that is the inherent en ergetic fabric that is woven
throughout the cosmos. That said, Rev. Roth expands the “talents” parable,
by asking us to think about five talents, or “extraordinary potentialities,” that we all posse ss within us right now. He
suggests that these innate potentialities can be used and /G03/G0C/G13/G05/G04/G01/G05/G11 /G09/G01/G10/G07/G01/G04/G26/G0D/G12/G03/G11/G01/G12/G03/G11/G01/G11/G04/G04/G0D/G04/G03/G01/G07/G08/G05/G01/G04/G26/G0D/G04/G05/G02/G04/G03/G13/G04/G01/G07/G0A/G01/G0D/G04/G12/G13/G04/G09/G01
harmony, health, and other prosperities. Rev. Roth’s
proposed talents are as follows: Cosmic Wealth
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1. The talent, or ability, to think. 2. The talent, or ability, to believe. 3. The talent, or creative power, of imagination. 4. The talent, or ability, to give thanksgiving. 5. The talent, or ability, to pray. In his book, he further describes each of these innate
talents that we all possess, from the perspective of their creative power and their ability to shape th e experiences of our lives. Through our /G0F/G18/G03/G10/G03/G01/G1A/G06/G01/G07/G06/G01/G02/G03/G0C/G16 /G09/G01/G1C/G04/G01/G0B/G12/G14/G04/G01/G10/G0B/G04/G01/G12/G22/G02/G0C/G02/G10/G19/G01/G10/G07/G01/G13/G0B/G07/G07 se the
positive, constructive direction of our thoughts, /G07/G09 the ability to
allow our conditioned thoughts and habits to direct our thinking. He then describes how we can use each of our talents and invest them, or disregard them, much like the servants in
the parable. Through our ability to believe, Roth states that we have the
key to life. He says that we are what we believe ourselves to be. Many spiritual teachers have echoed this truth over the ages. I myself echo this belief in the div ine magic of the universe, that
the act of believing can bring the flow of “all good” into our life experiences. The creative ability of the imagination  allows us to go
beyond the limits of the physical and to enter our infinite creative nature. Rev. Roth calls the imagination the “scissors of the mind,” describing how we utiliz e scissors to cut the form of
any material into our own design. He describes how we can use our imagination to “work on the unspecialized substance of God all around [us],” so that the /G04/G12/G18/G04/G01/G0F/G0C/G0D/G05 /G01/G22/G04/G13/G07/G0F/G04/G16/G01/G10/G0B/G04/G01/G0A/G07/G05/G0F/G01
that our imaginations create it to be. The /G01/G0F/G10/G05/G0C/G01/G06/G01/G07/G06/G0E/G03/G13/G05/G06/G08/G09/G0F/G03/G04/G05/G06/G0F/G0C/G11/G06/G01/G02/G0F/G0C/G16/G04/G0E/G03/G13/G03/G0C/G0E /G09/G01/G10/G07/G01/G0F/G04/G09/G01/G02/G16/G01/G


  nuts. Small  amounts  of  almonds,  cashews,  pecans,  pistachios,  poppy  seeds,  and
walnuts  are  permitted  in  the  fall  (September  to  end  of  November). DAIRY
Butter,  unsalted
Cottage  cheese Major
Cow's  milk,  certified  raw
Goat's  milk Ghee
Yogurt
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VATA-PITTA
Minor
Butter,  salted Buttermilk
Regressive Cheeses,  mild  and  saltd
Sour  cream
Dairy  products, commercial Ice  cream
or  powdered
OILS
Major
Canola Safflower Sunflower
Coconut Sesame,  dark  or  light
Minor
Almond Corn Soy
Avocado Olive
Regressive Walnut
Animal  oils  or  lard Corn Vegetable,  mixed
SWEETENERS
Major
Amasake  (rice  milk) Dates Sucanat
Barley  malt Fruit  juice  concentrates Sugarcane  juice
Brown  rice  syrup Maple  syrup Sweet  fruits
Brown  sugar,  unrefined
Minor
Fructose Honey,  raw  and  uncooked
Regressive
Honey,  cooked Sugar  substitutes  (saccharin, White  sugar
Molasses Sweet  'n  Low,  NutraSweet)
HERBS, SPICES,  AND  FLAVORINGS »
Major
Basil,  fresh Dill Saffron
Black  cumin Fennel Sandalwood  chips
Black  pepper Garam  masala
Spearmint Caraway Kudzu [amarind
Cardamom Mint 1  in  iihi  [<
Coriander Orange  peel Vanilla
Cumin Peppermint Wintergreen
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VATA-PITTA
Minor
Ajwan Garlic,  cooked Oregano
Almond  extract Ginger,  dried  or  fresh Paprika
Bay  leaf Licorice Parsley
Cayenne Mango  powder Rosemary
Chili  peppers,  mild Mustard  seeds Sage
Cinnamon Neem  leaves Savory
Cloves Nutmeg
Tarragon
Curry  powder,  mild Onions,  dried Thyme
Dill  leaves  or  seed Orange  extract
Regressive
Asafoetida Garlic,  raw Marjoram
Chili  peppers,  hot Mace Onions,  raw
Fenugreek
CONDIMENTS
Minor
Cilantro Mayonnaise,  noncommercial Sesame  seeds,  white
Coconut,  roasted Olives Sunflower  seeds
Coconut  milk Pickles,  ginger  or  lime Tamari
Daikon,  grated Pumpkin  seeds Vinegar,  brown  rice  or
Gomasio Rock  salt herbal
Horseradish Rose  water Wasabi
Lemon  juice Sea  salt Yogurt,  spiced
Lime  juice
degressive Ketchup Mustard,  commercial Salt,  iodized
Mayonnaise,  commercial Preservatives  and  additives, Vinegar,  commercial
Miso chemical
SEAWEEDS
Seaweeds  should  be  used  mostly  in  the  fall  (September  to  end  of  November). Soak  and  rinse  thoroughly  before  use. Minor
Arame  Kelp  Seaware
Dulse  Kombu  Wakame
Hijiki
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EATING   ACCORDING    TO   YOUR    BODY   TYPE
VAT  A- PITTA
BREWS  AND  BEVERAGES
Fruit  juices  may  be  diluted  with  water  or  milk  for  V-P  types. Major
Date  and  fig  shakes  Sweet  fruit  juices  (berry,
Lassi  (sweet  yogurt  drink)  cherry,  grape,  mango,  peach,
pomegranate,  sweet  orange,
pineapple) Apricot  juice
Chicory  blends
Coconut  milk
Cow's  milk  or  drinks,  sweet
Aloe  vera  juice  or  drink
Apple  juice
Carob  drinks
Carrot  juice Minor
Cow's  milk  or  drinks,  hot  spiced  Papaya  juice
Grapefruit  juice  Pear  j uice
Mildly  salted  or  sour  brews  Prune  juice
Mixed  vegetable  juice
Alcohol
Caffeinated  drinks Regressive
Carbonated  drinks
Chocolate  drinks Pungent  beverages
Tomato  juice
TEAS
Do  not  use  chamomile  if  you  are  allergic  to  ragweed. Major
Bancha  (twig)  Hops  Peppermint
Lavender  Rose  flowers
Lemon  balm  Rosehips Cardamom
Chamomile
Elder  flower
Fennel Lemon  grass
Spearmint
Ajwan
Barley  (grain  tea)
Blackberry
Borage
Chrysanthemum
Cinnamon Minor
Cloves
Comfrey
Eucalyptus
Ginger
Hibiscus Jasmine Mexican  bark
Passionflower
Red  clover Strawberry
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THE    PRACTICE    OF    AYURVEDA
VATA-KAPHA
VATA-KAPHA
VEGETABLES
Use  fresh  and  seasonal  vegetables. Vegetables  with  seeds  should  be  well  cooked  with  the
appropriate  Vata  spices  to  minimize  aggravation  of  V-K  types. Major
Artichokes Mustard  greens Summer  squash
Asparagus Okra (yellow  crookneck)
Beets Onion,  cooked Winter  squash
Green  beans Parsnips (acorn,  buttercup,
Landcress Radishes,  cooked butternut,  spaghetti)
Lotus  root
Minor Watercress
Arugula Daikon Peppers Bamboo  shoots
Eggplant Plantain
Bell  peppers Endive Pokeroot
Bok  choy Escarole Potatoes,  white
Broccoli Gourd  squash Pumpkin
Broccoli  rabe Jerusalem  artichokes Radicchio
Burdock  root
Jicama Snow  peas
Cabbage Kale
Spinach Carrots Karela,  well  cooked
Sprouts Cassava Kohlrabi Sweet  potatoes
Cauliflower Lambsquarter Turnip  greens Celery
Papaya, green Zucchini
Corn,  fresh Parsnips
Cucumber,  seedless Peas
Regressive
Brussels  sprouts Shiitake  mushrooms Tomatoes
Mushrooms Swiss  chard Turnips
Onions,  raw Taro  root Vegetables,  raw
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EATING   ACCORDING   TO   YOUR    BODY   TYPE
VATA-KAPHA
FRUITS
Apricots
Berries
Cherries
Coconut
Dates
Figs,  fresh
Apples
Avocado
Bananas
Dried  fruits
Grapes Use  fresh  and  seasonal  fruits. Major
Lemon
Lime
Mango
Melon
Papaya
Minor
Kiwi
Oranges
Pears
Persimmon
Regressive Cranberries  Prunes
Dried,  sour,  or  sweet  fruits,  in  excess Peaches
Raisins,  moist
Rhubarb
Strawberries
Tamarind
Pineapple
Plums
Pomegranate Soursop
Quince
GRAINS
Since  most  dry  goods  are  available  throughout  the  year,  grains
are  categorized  by  season  for  the  dual  body  types. V-K  types  should  avoid  a  mono-diet  of  brown  rice. Winter/Spring  (December  to  end  of  April)
Major Minor
Regressive Barley Amaranth Buckwheat
Millet Basmati  rice,  brown  or  white Oats,  whole  cooked
Quinoa Brown  rice,  long-  or  short-grain Rye Wheat
Major
Brown  rice,  long-grain
Wheat Spring/Summer  (May  to  end  of  August)
Minor Barley
Brown  rice,  short-  or
medium-grain
Millet
Oats,  whole  cooked
Wild  rite Regressive Amaranth
Buckwheat
Corn
Quinoa Rye
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VAT  A -KAPHA
Fall  (September  to  end  of  November)
Major Minor
Regressive
Basmati  rice,  brown Basmati  rice,  white Amaranth
Brown  rice,  long-grain Brown  rice,  medium-grain Buckwheat
Oats,  whole  cooked Millet
Corn
Quinoa


  (or  concentrate)
Drops  of  almond  essence
Warm  milk,  water,  and  nectar  over  low  heat  for  a  few
minutes. Add  essence. Drink  warm. Warm  Saffron  Milk
V,  VP,  VK,  P,  PV,  PK
Serves  1
72  c  certified  raw  milk
'/2  c  water
9  strands  saffron
Pinch  turmeric
Warm  milk  and  water. Add  saffron  and  turmeric. Drink  warm. Warm  Sandalwood  Milk  Brew
wmm V,  VP,  VK,P,  PV,  PK
Serves  1
'/2  c  almond  milk  (see  page  195)
xli  c  water
Tiny  pinch  of  sandalwood  powder
Warm  milk  and  water  over  low  heat  for  a  few  min-
utes. Sprinkle  in  sandalwood  powder  and  add  sweet-
ener, if  desired. Drink  warm. 326
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NURTURING    BREWS    AND    BEVERAGES
Warm  Spiced  Soy  Milk Spiced  Yogurt  Drink
ALL  TYPES
Serves  1
lli  c  soy  milk
lh  c  water
74  tsp  black  pepper
'A  tsp  cardamom
Pinch  of  turmeric
Pinch  of  salt
Warm  milk  and  water. Add  spices  and  salt. Drink
warm  or  at  room  temperature. Hot  Milk  Tea  (Chai)
V,  VK,  K,  KV
Serves  2
1  c  certified  raw  milk
1  c  water
1  tsp  black  tea
Pinch  of  cardamom
72  tsp  unrefined  brown  sugar
K  types:  omit  sugar. Bring  milk  and  water  to  boil. Add  tea  and  continue  to
boil  for  another  3  minutes. Strain;  add  cardamom
and  sugar. Serve  warm. V,  VP,  VK
P,  PV,  PK  OCCASIONALLY
72  c  certified  raw  yogurt
1  c  water
Pinch  each  black  pepper,  turmeric,  and  salt
7  curry  leaves
Using  a  wooden  spoon,  combine  ingredients  and  mix
to  a  smooth  consistency. Carrot,  Celery,  Ginger  Juice
p,  PK,  K,  KP
2  carrots
2  celery  stalks
72  c  water
72  tsp  lime  juice
Pinch  of  dried  ginger
P,  PK:  substitute  a  pinch  of  fresh  mint  leaves  for  ginger. Scrub  carrots  and  celery. Slice  into  chunks  and  juice. Dilute  with  water;  add  lime  juice  and  ginger. 327
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UNIVERSAL    RECIPES    FOR    EACH    BODY   TYPE
Beet,  Carrot,  Mint  Juice
M *lli\~      ^-4,
V,  VK. K,  KV
Serves  2
2  beets
3  carrots
6  fresh  mint  leaves  (or  1  parsley  sprig)
'A  tsp  lemon  juice
1  c  water
Scrub  beets  and  carrots;  slice  into  large  chunks. Add
to  juicer  along  with  mint  leaves  (or  parsley)  and  lemon
juice. Dilute  with  water. Carrot,  Mint,  Lime  Juice
V,  VP,  P,  PV
Serves  2
3  carrots
6  mint  leaves  (or  cilantro  leaves)
1  tsp  lime  juice
1  c  water
Scrub  carrots;  slice  into  chunks. Add  to  juicer  along
with  mint  leaves  and  lime  juice. Dilute  with  water. 328
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AFTERWORD
THE    DHARMAS:
UNIVERSAL    VALUES
/f~\  very  person  is  intrinsically  aware  of  what  is  right  and  what  is  wrong. Dharmas  are  the  unwritten
vL/  codes  of  proper  conduct  inherent  in  all  of  life. These  primal  values,  unchanged  through  the
centuries,  are  the  common-sense  actions  congruous  to  our  existence  with  each  other  and  with  the
universe. The  classic  story  of  the  Bhagavad  Gita  began  with  the  mention  of  dharma  ksetra,  the  physical
place  and  physical  body  within  which  dharma  ruled. Bharata,  ancient  India,  was  ruled  by  the  Vedas,  and
thus  the  ruling  factor  of  all  human  activity  was  the  law  of  dharma. India  is  weaned  on  the  tradition  ol
dharma  and  was  known  as  Bharatabhumi,  the  land  of  Bharata,  whose  history  ol  dharma  has  survived
thousands  of  years  of  exploitation  and  destruction. All  human  pursuits  should  be  guided  by  dharma;  when  it  is  violated,  all  accomplishments  and
possessions  remain  bereft  of  grace  and  happiness. In  the  Vedas,  the  primary  dharmas  are  called  sattvika,
that  which  produces  balance. Without  adherence  to  this,  we  become  victims  ol  conflicts  and  confusion. We  are  all  born  with  the  basic  elements  of  dharma,  but  these  virtues  need  to  be  continuously  invited  into
our  lives  from  childhood. In  time  we  grow  to  enjoy  the  freedom  gamed  by  light  action  and  ate  able  to
travel  within  the  grace  of  its  universal  protection. The  primary  dharmas  of  love,  faith,  purity,  compassion,  truth,  courage,  and  devotion  are  gained  only
by  long  years  of  nurturing. The  mere  sounds  of  these  familiar  values  invoke  a  certain  sense  ol  goodness
in  all,  but  dharmas  need  to  be  taught  and  practiced  before  they  become  alive. M'> jmt. AFTERWORD
SADHANA  OF   LOVE
When  we  live  gently  on  the  earth
Ami  innocence  and  humility  are  in  every  action
When  the  joy  oj  universal  remembrances
Shines  through  us,  we  are  love
And  everything  we  touch  becomes  love
Our  beauty  inspires  the  beauty  in
everyone
In  this  collective  love,  we  are  one
We  are  free. Love  is  the  most  essential  dharma  on  earth. After  twenty
billion  years  of  universal  existence,  the  human  species
was  created. Every  fiber  of  collective  memory  from  the
beginning  of  the  cosmos  is  refined  into  the  latent  emer-
gence of  the  human. We  have  walked  the  surface  of
earth  for  less  than  four  billion  years. In  our  human
adolescence,  we  have  dithered  and  gamboled  with  time
and  values. Now  we  are  on  the  verge  of  maturing  and
discovering  our  essential  nature  to  be  the  celebration  of
love. The  cosmos  functions  in  stupendous  dynamism. Continents  meld  and  vast  oceans  separate,  stars  collide
with  celestial  brio,  and  galaxies  exist  in  a  constant  state
of  attraction. The  power  of  infinite  magnetism  sur-
rounds us. All  life  is  born  in  the  waters  of  love,  which
are  absorbed  in  our  being  and  lived  through  our  heart. Love  is  not  an  emotion. It  is  our  complete  state  of
being  human. There


 The willingness to
own back your power now, that it is the mind and the mind itself that is the
cause of the illness. The willingness to give up the position of victim. Thewillingness to re-own one’s own power is part and parcel of the third thing
that’s necessary  for health, and that is one’s overall spiritual growth and
development. It is the overall moving out of these negative energy patterns,
the willingness to face truths within ourselves, and the moving into a
positive ener gy field. This can be done rather rapidly. How so. Because willingness, you see, is
the key. Through the willingness to look at it, the willingness to say, “Well,
I don’t really believe this, but it is said that my mind has the power to create
an illnes s within my body. So I’m willing to look at that, because I have an
open mind. I have an open mind, and I’m willing to agree my intention
aligns then, and I begin to move into accepting that which I discover. I
begin to find that moving into a lovingness has a curative and healing
power. ” And how do we do that. We do that with our willingness to
forgive, and if we do that we can quickly move ourselves into the
willingness to be compassionate. What does comp assion mean. Compassion means the willingn ess to see
the innocence within all thing s. That coincides with the willingness to
forgive. Out of compassion comes the power, the capacity, coming out of
our inten tion, to really see into the hearts of others. And when we see into
the hearts of others, what we discover is the innocence of the child within
each and every one of us. Because it is intrinsic to the nature of
consciousness itself, that intrinsic innocence, which never dies, no matter
how long we live. The innocence of the child is what brought the mistake,
which brought the negative program in the first place. It’s being aware that that intrins ic innocence of the child is ever with us. It’s the innocence of the child that sits there in front of the television set,
and buys the negative programming, out of its naivete, out of its lack of
discernment. The innocence of the child has no warning within it. Nothing
within the innoc ence of the child thinks, This is a world that is out there to
program you with as much negativity as you’r e willing to buy. In fact, it gets
well paid to do that, because advertising is usually based on playing off of
these negative energy fields—a ll of our fears, all of our desires, all of our
pridefulness. The willingness then is to be aware that within us is our
innocence, and understand that the innocence needs to be protected. We come into what’ s called self-care. Self-care, the capacity to love
oneself now, means taking responsibility to protect ourselve s from that
innocence, and the willingness to undo the mistakes that the mind picked upas a result of its innocence. We can handle now looking at ourselves and
healing that which we find within us, if we’re coming from the compassion
of the awareness of the intrinsi c innocence of our consciousness. We see
that it was innoc ence that God programmed. Now we take responsibility for
that and we say, “Well, in my innocence, I bought all that. In my innocence,
I didn’t know any better. In my innocence, I thought that the right thing to
do was to be judgmental, to condemn people, to judge them as right and
wrong. Now, I see that that has made me sick, and so I’m going to let it go. ”
This capacity then to be forgiving is within us. The capacity for
compassion, out of it comes a general attitude, a way in which we look at
ourselves. From our bigness, from our greatness, we look at our humanness
through forgiving eyes, and we begin to forgive ourselves for all the things
that were limitations and denials of the truth. The body is reflecting what the mind believes, and the mind is reflecting
our spiritual position. Spirit has the greatest power of all. And therefore, our
spiritual positio n literally determines whether we will have a healthy
physical body or not. Once we’re willing to accept the power of mind, now
we have to be attentive, and we have to persevere, and we can’t let it get
away with expressing negativity  without stopping it. We get to develop an
ear for negativity and begin to recognize it for what it is. We let go of false
humility, and we start questioning such remarks like, I’m not very bright  or
My handwriting is poor  or I gained so much weight. The minute we hear ourselves saying these limiting, self-defeating, self-
attacking thoughts, they have to be stopped and canceled. The handwriting
is poor, because  there’ s a belief  system that I have poor handwriting, and
not vice versa. What we’re doing then, is reversing the whole programming
of the mind as far as cause and effect. We’re coming back to a principle that
you can demonstrate through your own experience, that the physical is the
expression of the mental, and not vice versa. It isn’t that we came to the
conclusion that our handwriting is poor because our handwriting is poor. The handwriting is poor because the cause was in mind, the belief system,
perhaps a remark picked up in childhood. Somebody says your handwriting
is poor, from that point on that program now becomes operative. OceanofPDF. comChapter 10
ENLIGHTENMENT
In this final chapter in The Wisdom of Dr. David R. Hawkins, Dr. Hawkins expan ds his view from one of individual enlightenment to
enlightenment on a national and global level. And as you’ll learn in the
sections that follow, enlightenment on any level of life experience is
achieved by applying the same spiritual principles. The challenge for each of us is to become an enlightened leader
ourselves, so we can inspir e a generation of enlightened leade rs, who can
help to raise the calibration level of our country, and ultimately our world. Dr. Hawkins begins this section  by discussing the ever-divided political
climate, and concludes on a spirit of unity with a prayer to send you happily
and courageously further down the path to enlightenment. In recen t years, the political dialogue has calibrated at consciousness level
200. In my generation, the political dialogue calibrated at about 280 or 290,
so it’s of a lower nature now. It’s just on the edge of 200, neither good nor
bad, but at the same time, neither one. It’s because of the influence of the media, which we just discus sed in the
previous chapter. People are not interested in what you are in reality. They’re interest ed in what kind of an image is projected of you. The
projected image  is what they are hoping will sway the populace. And as I
say, it’s done by popularity, not by capability. It’s like being the most
popular surgeon on the staff. It doesn’ t mean you’re the best one. When Iget operated on for a brain tumo r, I’m not interested in a popularity contest,
I’m interested in expertise. Our society is not looking at expertise; they’re looking at popularity. They figure popularity is what gets the votes, so the aim of the political
dialogue then is being very conscious of the media and then trying to play
the media and play to people’ s prejudices and belief systems  rather than
lead them. Some people think this is a great emer gence forward, but it is
not. It’s just a play on popularity. We have sexism and racism, and then, of
course, we have ageism. All these -isms are battling for each other. As we
say, the minute you add -ism to the end of a thing, it drops below 200. The
actual impact of the dialogue is below 200. In the media, we see people
trying to suppre ss certain things and amplify other things. It’s sort of the
usual manipulation. The desire for political office is ravenous, and once people are bitten by
it, it seems like they will do or say anything to get into that office. As I say,
the minute you get elected, 50 percent of the people hate you because they
all voted against you. Why the office is so popular is hard to say. narcissism, I guess. I would view the office as being one of responsibility, that you’re elected
because of the recognition of your capability to be the best leader at the
time. And of course, I, having lived through a different generation, I
remember the start of World War II. Winston Churchill was drafted to be
who he was because of his capability, not his popularity. After winning the
war, in the next election, after saving their lives, the populace did not vote
him in. That was the thanks he got, the thanks he got for engineering the
winning of the war and holding the British people together. With
consciousness level 500, they didn’t even re-elect him. That was a real kick
in the head, wasn’ t it. You sacrifice everything for your country to save
your country, and they don’t even re-elect you, which is what I think about
politics. Integrity is upfront; character and integrity plus capability. You would
want somebody with great expe rience and great integrity and a good sense
of


 court. Under them, his body
was already developing muscles on a lean frame. He must have been at
least twelve. “I didn’ t sneak up. Y ou’re just too blind to see.”
“Sorry.”
Siddhartha’ s meekness made the other boy draw himself up to his full
height and cross his arms. “I came looking for you. Didn’ t they tell you?”
Siddhartha shook his head, which earned him a pitying look. “Y ou don’ t
talk much. Do you spend the day under a rock? Y ou look pale enough.”
Each taunt was having less and less ef fect. Siddhartha knew he wasn’ t
pale, and though cowed at first, he wasn’ t afraid of the stranger. He said,
“You must be my cousin. They said you were coming.”
“See? Even you can make sense if you try.”
Siddhartha said nothing. The arrival of this aggressive visitor added one
more unwelcome shock to the day. His father limited the number of people
who saw his son and limited even further the number who actually had a
conversation with him.“Do you think you can remember a name? Mine’ s Devadatta, and I’m
just as good as you are. T ry and remember that too.”
Siddhartha would have bowed in greeting and was tempted to even after
this barrage. He recalled what his father had told him: “Y ou’re getting
lonely. We have to do something about that.” The next day an order was
sent to summon a suitable companion, and Suddhodana congratulated
himself on his choice. Devadatta was born to a branch of the Sakyan royal
line and was old enough to travel on a saddle up the steep trails from his
home kingdom, where he held the rank of prince. Devadatta was tired of bantering, so he grabbed the cap Siddhartha was
wearing and dangled it out of reach, watching the smaller boy try to jump
up and snatch it back. “We need to have an understanding, just you and me,” he said. “They
made me leave home against my will. I’m not old enough to get my way. Not all the time, I mean.” Devadatta smiled, his mouth a narrow, tight line. “I didn’ t want to come to this godforsaken place. Or to meet you.” He
jammed the cap on Siddhartha’ s head again. Siddhartha took a step backward so he could bolt down the hallway if
he had to. “You’re really scared of the leeches, aren’ t you?” Devadatta taunted. “No.” Siddhartha said, ashamed that he’d been seen but not wanting
anyone to think he was afraid. Devadatta lifted his shirt to expose a dozen fresh scars all over his chest. They were bright pink half-moons against his dark skin. “I had a fever last month; they leeched me so I wouldn’ t die. That’ s why
they’re in there with your papa. He’ll probably die too.” Devadatta stared
the smaller boy down. “I wasn’ t a baby about it. Not like you. Go ahead,
touch them, if you’re really not scared.”Unwilling to endure any more, Siddhartha turned and fled down the
long hallway. He wanted to get away from everything: his cousin, the
physicians with their bucket of bloodsuckers, and most of all the helpless
feeling that he was trapped in a nightmare. Deriding laughter burned in his
ears as he ran. SOON SUDDHODANA W AS EXUL TING  in Devadatta’ s presence. “This is a
prince of the blood. T reat him like my second son,” he announced in open
court. In private he set the usual spies on the newcomer, who was probably
acting as a spy himself. In the king’ s mind he had accomplished two goals
at once. His son, who showed signs of a dangerous passivity, would have a
model to follow, someone close to his own age but tougher. In addition, a
neighboring kingdom, intimidated by Suddhodana’ s wrath if it refused, had
given up its heir apparent to his control. Having caught Devadatta in a trap,
Suddhodana lavished smiles on the boy and catered to his whims, which
promised to be precocious and plentiful. That year, at the arrival of spring, the king threw a feast to celebrate. Siddhartha was awake before dawn, brightening up at the prospect of what
lay ahead. He knew that people lived outside the palace walls, but he could
only imagine what that must be like. The most mundane thing—walking
along a dusty road through a market town—must be amazing (although
he’d never seen a town and only knew about roads to faraway places from
books). All he had to do was ask people about themselves, and Siddhartha
was certain they would recount wondrous stories. When the festivities began, however, the rush of new sensations was
beyond anything he had imagined. Colorful banners emblazoned with
pictures of the gods, bright lanterns, and gold-embossed decorations
transformed the palace grounds into a mythical place. He ran through flocks
of jugglers and acrobats; he listened open-mouthed to wandering
storytellers in garish masks who had spent years learning how to keep
villagers in suspense as they described Hanuman, king of the monkeys,
flying with a mountain in his hands because a rare herb that grew there was
needed to heal the battle-wounded Lakshman, brother of the divine Lord
Rama. The monkey god couldn’ t find the herb, so he ripped up the entiremountain in order to return in time. W ould he? The audience gasped,
ignoring the fact that they had all heard the tale a hundred times. But nothing was better than the manic hour when the celebrants ran
around the grounds hurling fistfuls of dyed powder at each other. Clouds of
red, green, and yellow filled the air. Shrieking ladies ran away from panting
pursuers, coyly allowing themselves to be caught, then breaking into peals
of laughter as they threw dye in their paramours’ faces. W ithin minutes
everyone was covered in a patchwork of hues. Two older girls a little ways away suddenly caught his eye. Standing
beside one of the tables heavily laden with food, they chattered, pretending
not to look in Siddhartha’ s direction. They know I’m a prince,  Siddhartha thought, smiling a little. This made
him braver, and he approached, concealing the pouches of scarlet powder
behind his back. He worked hard to remain innocent looking. When he was
within a few feet of them, he sprang his surprise. A red fog hung in the air
for a moment before the wind pulled it away. The two girls squealed and
laughed, enjoying his unexpected attention considerably more than the
prank. When the air cleared there was an awkward pause. “Hello,” Siddhartha said. The two girls exchanged a look, as if trying to
decipher this message. The braver one took a deep breath. “Hello,” she replied. No guards descended; nothing exploded. So the
other one tried saying a word. “Y ou’re the prince?” Not as if she doubted it,
but as if she might not have the right to ask. Siddhartha nodded. “My father is the king.”
The girls lapsed into silence. Siddhartha wasn’ t sure how well things
were going. He wished he weren’ t alone. “Hey, cousin!”
Siddhartha turned around to see Devadatta a few feet away. He had his
fist poised in the air, and a second later he threw with all his might. A greencloud billowed out. Siddhartha was reaching into his own pouch, happy to
join in, when he felt a sharp pain in his forehead. He staggered back, then
touched the spot. His hand came away stained a warm, sticky crimson. Devadatta had put a rock in with the powder before he threw it. A new surprise, not the pain, held Siddhartha’ s attention. He had yet to
see his own blood. His cousin was laughing at him and looking toward the
girls, expecting them to appreciate the joke. But they had run away in
alarm. Devadatta shrugged and turned his attention back to Siddhartha. “Let’ s play again, only try to stay awake this time, okay?” He stooped down
to find another sharp rock. Siddhartha was never far from watchful eyes, and it was only a moment
before Suddhodana arrived on the scene as Devadatta threw his second
missile, not bothering to disguise it with dye. It hit Siddhartha in the chest
and made him cry out. He doubled over with a wince. Devadatta considered
this a favorable outcome and had another rock in hand already, but he spied
the king and hesitated. There was a small crowd around them now. Suddhodana nodded at Devadatta, “Go on.”
The boy didn’ t need any more encouragement. He threw again and hit
Siddhartha in the shoulder, hard enough to draw blood again. None of the
onlookers came to the rescue; even


 moms who
suffered PTSD from the 9/11 tragedy and whose babies were born shortly
thereafter showed that their babies exhibited a higher stress distress
response than other babies.17 Other epigenet ic studies have revealed that
seriously stressf ul events are passed down to the next gene ration. For
example, those whose ancestors lived through a famine may have inherited
body traits that hold onto food, which results in a propensity for obesity or
unreasonable attitudes about food; those whose ancestors lived through a
Holocaust or massacre may have a lower stress tolerance level.18
However, not everything deriv es from our nature. Nurture is also a
component in our lives. As we grow aware of our in-built patterns of
distress, we can apply tapping, mindfulness, massage, and other approachesto process them, transform them, and experience relief. Let’s take a look at
working with pattern origins. Exercise: Exploring Origins of Stress
Questions to ask about inherited and default patterns of stress:
Step 1. Write “Stress Release” as a new headin g in your EFT journal. Answer the following questions. When did the central figures in your early
life get stressed? Name some specific times when they or you were stressed. How do you know they were stressed? What happened when  they were
stressed? How did they handle stress? What did you do when you saw they
were stressed? Were certain times of the day, night, or year more stressful
than others? What stressful incidents and stories do you remember growing
up? What stories did you tell yourself as a result of the stress? Where do
you find yourself acting in the same way as your mom or dad without being
able to help it? What stress stories were common in your family? Step 2. Look at your list of early-life stress-stories. The preceding
questions have doubtlessly led you to many specific events. Give each one a
name and rate its intensity. You may tap on them one at a time, using the
techniques that you have learn ed so far, like Tell the Story and Tearless
Trauma. When you tap on each of these stories, you might be surprised at
the flood of emotion that comes up for release. Ancestral Str ess
Consider tapping on what I call “ancestral stress.” In my case, I might tap
on anything that comes to mind about my ancestry, uncenso red. In this,
don’t worry about political correctness, but address any raw, archetypal,
fairy-tale-type fears that come to mind. I’ve personally tapped on thoughts
and fears like the following that have come to my mind:
Even though we’ve been chased out of many a place …. Even though it’ s not been safe to settle down for any length of time ….Even though I don’ t feel safe here …. Even though I have a history laden with fighting and jealous ancestors
…. Even though the Holocaust happened and I get upset each time I think
about it …. Even though we’ve been playing out this issue for centuries …. Stress Patterns That Show Up
as W e Grow Older
When we are in our teens and twenties, we have more “give” in our bodies
—more health, vitality, and flexibility to survive in the face of stressful
experiences. However, as long as we have unresolved stressful experiences
from childhood, we are still experiencing unconscious default stress
patterns. That would be just fine, except that we don’ t stay young forever. Our unconscious stress response patterns build up as we age. At some
point, the bucket gets full and then the stress can affect our emot ional health
and our physical  health. You’ve surely heard things such as: “After the (bad
event), my anxiety got really bad.” Or, “After Mom died, I started having
the pain and went on disability.” In most cases, the problem didn’ t start just
then; it had probably been building for years. It’ s probably been a pattern all
of our lives, only now we have the opportunity to deal with things
differently. When a big event comes along, the bucket spills over immedi ately and
the secret is revealed: your stress response is so big that your body can no
longer keep a lid on it. Your body is just doing what it has always done,
however—listening to your thoughts, feelings, and beliefs about something
and then reacting with a biolog ical stress response. That’ s how seemingly
“just one” stressful event can lead to significant trauma. You begin to ask yourself when the first time you felt stress like this was. When’ s the first time you had a feeling in your body that feels like this? What does today ’s feeling remind you of from earlier years? Use your bodyas a guide, pay attention to the sensations that arise, and tap on them. These
often lead a person to a specif ic early childhood event where the stress
reaction pattern originated or the cause of the current-day problem. Traumatic Str ess with a Capital T
Sometimes, just one big traum a has set a stress pattern in motion. Jan
Luther, EFT founding master, talks about this pivotal time as the moment
everything changed—when a person is seriously injured in a crash, an
assault, when a loved one is murdered, and so on.19 When you are working
through trauma tic stress, it can be especially helpful to work with an
experienced EFT practitioner. Belief Systems and Str ess
Until my body’ s breakdown forced me to get off that hamster ’s wheel,
nothing was going to change. Looking back, I can now see that enforced
rest was the best thing that could have happened. The body never lies. I
began listening to my body and partnering with it. I realized that restoring it
was the most productive, loving  thing I could do—for me and my family. It
was a giant step, understanding that the first loyalty I had was to take care
of myse lf. I am a single mama  and the hub of the wheel; more than one
person depends on me being healthy. As soon  as I slowed down enough to actually feel what was going on in
my body and include my body in the process, I became peacefu l rather than
terrified. I didn’ t deny my feelin gs—I leaned into them and embraced them. I tapped on them  along with my judgments and my inner voices. I said no a
lot more, including to myself, and set boundaries around my time. Finally, I
understood my belief until then was that answers to my problems were
outside of me. It turned  out that I had the answers all along, right in my
body. When that top layer of worry, fear, and negative talk was lifted and those
big belief freighters began to turn around, it became clear that the more rest
I got, the less upset I became, the better I felt, and the better I was to my son
and those around me. My stresses didn’ t change, I did. My relationship tostressful situations transformed with me. Work got easier, faster, more
effective, more efficient, and more creative. I was exercising a different
muscle than the default stress response; I was strengthening the muscle of
trust, compassion, and love for myself, somehow all thanks to a total stress
response body burnout. So in fact, stress is a really useful tool, and the
sooner you listen to it the less dif ficult the wake-up call will be. We don’t need to fall apart, get dramatic, or get sick when things get
difficult. Truly, tapping offers a way for us to schedule our temper tantrums
and nervous breakdowns! Tapping can help us determine what is really true,
what is really necessary, and what thoughts, behaviors, and beliefs are
actually driving  more stress our way. Then we can make better decisions,
moving toward a healthier and more ef fective stress responses. “I Can’ t Take a Br eak” Str ess
Stressed-out people believe they can’t take a break or things will fall apart,
even as they know they are living impossible lives. When you feel like it’s
impossible to stop, that’s the most appropriate time to slow down and rest. Belief systems that harm us seem real, but they are not true. For example,
does your family have a belief system that it’s not okay to nap or take time
off or just do something for fun? Y ou might want to work on that one. Exercise: “I Have T oo Much to Do” Belief System
If you believe you have too much to do and can’t take a break (or you can’t
take the time to exercise even  though you love it), try this exercise to
transcend the limiting belief. This exercise is in two parts. Part 1: Decr easing the Intensity
Step 1. What happens when you consider doing something for yourself in
the midd le of your busy day? Something that will help calm you down,
possibly even experience a joy, whether that’s taking five minutes to simply
slow down and breathe or take a nap? Look at that statement again: “I have
too much to do and I can’ t take a break.”Step 2. How true does it feel that you have too much to do and can’t take
a break? Let’s say that 10 is absolutely true, while 0 is not true at all for
you. Step 3. Take a moment to experience the sensations in your body relating
to “I have too much  to do and can’t take a break


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d o n e  s o,  w e  w i l l  b e g i n  t o  s e e  m i r a c l e s. S o m e  o f  t h e m  w i l l
s e e m  s m a l l  a t  f i r s t,  b u t  i n  t i m e  w e  w i l l  n o t i c e  a  b a s i c  s h i f t  i n
t h e  t e n o r  o f  o u r  l i v e s. I T  S E E M S  T O  M E  T H A T  t h e  k e y  t o  h a p p i n e s s  l i e s  i n  g e t t i n g  o v e r
y o u r s e l f. T h e  h a p p i e s t  t i m e s  o f  m y  l i f e  h a v e  b e e n  w h e n  I
w a s  m o r e  i n v o l v e d  i n  s o m e t h i n g  I  w a s  d o i n g  f o r  o t h e r s  t h a n
i n  s o m e t h i n g  I  w a s  d o i n g  f o r  m y s e l f. F o r  a n y  p e r c e p t i o n
t h a t  f o c u s e s  o n l y  o n  o u r  s e p a r a t e  n e e d s  w i l l  u l t i m a t e l y
b r e e d  f e a r,  a n d  a n y  p e r c e p t i o n  t h a t  f o c u s e s  o n  o u r  o n e n e s s
w i t h  o t h e r s  b r e e d s  p e a c e. M a n y  p e o p l e  s t r u g g l e  a n d  f a i l  t o
f i n d  p e a c e  w i t h i n  t h e m s e l v e s  b e c a u s e  t h e y  d o n ’ t


 e  t h o u g h t  i s  t h a t  t h e  c h i l d  o f  G o di s  g u i l t y. *  T o  t a k e  y o u r  d i r e c t i o n  f r o m  t h e  H o l y  S p i r i t,  f o c u s
i n s t e a d  o n  i n n o c e n c e. L o v e ’ s  c o r n e r s t o n e  t h o u g h t  i s  t h a t  t h e
c h i l d  o f  G o d  i s  i n n o c e n t. *
W h i c h e v e r  f o c u s  w e  c h o o s e — o n  s o m e o n e ’ s  i n n o c e n c e
o r  o n  t h e i r  g u i l t — d e t e r m i n e s  t h e  d r a m a  t h a t  u n f o l d s  i n  o u r
l i v e s  a n d  t h e  p a r t  t h a t  w e  p l a y  i n  i t. T h e  W i l l i n g n e s s  t o  S e e

I t  i s  o u r  w i l l i n g n e s s  t o  s e e  t h e  i n n o c e n c e  i n  a  p e r s o n  t h a t
a l l o w s  u s  t o  s e e  i t. T h e  e g o  m i n d  i s  s o  i n v e s t e d  i n  t h e
h u m a n  d r a m a —  “ H e  d i d  t h i s,  s h e  s a i d  t h a t ” — t h a t  i t  o f t e n
t a k e s  a  h i g h e r  p o w e r  t o  c o u n t e r b a l a n c e  t h e  e g o ’ s  i n s i s t e n c e. I t  h e l p s  t o  r e m e m b e r  t h a t  t h e  e g o ’ s  t r u e  t a r g e t  i s  y o u :  y o u r
e g o  w a n t s  y o u  t o  s e e  g u i l t  i n  o t h e r s  m a i n l y  s o  y o u  m i g h t
s t a y  c o n v i n c e d  o f  a l l  t h e  g u i l t  i n  y o u r s e l f. T h e  p e r c e p t i o n  o f
g u i l t  i n  a n y o n e  i s  o u r  s u r e f i r e  t i c k e t  t o  h e l l. E v e r y  t i m e  w e
b l a m e  a n o t h e r,  w e  a r e  t i g h t e n i n g  t h e  c h a i n s  t h a t  k e e p  o u r
o w n  s e l f - h a t r e d  i n  p l a c e. F o r g i v e n e s s  c a n  b e  v e r y  h a r d  w h e n  s o m e o n e  h a s  a c t e d
h o r r i b l y. B u t  t h e  t r u t h,  w h e t h e r  o r  n o t  w e  c a r e  t o  a d m i t  i t,  i s
t h a t  s o m e o n e  d i d  w h a t  w e  t o o  m i g h t  h a v e  d o n e  i f  w e  h a d
b e e n  a s  f r e a k e d  o u t  b y  s o m e t h i n g  a s  t h e y  w e r e ;  i f  w e  h a d
b e e n  a s  s c a r e d  o f  s o m e t h i n g  a s  t h e y  w e r e ;  i f  w e  h a d  b e e n  a s
l i m i t e d  i n  o u r  u n d e r s t a n d i n g  a s  t h e y  w e r e. T h a t  d o e s n ’ tm e a n  t h e y  s h o u l d n ’ t  b e  h e l d  a c c o u n t a b l e  o r  t h a t  w e
s h o u l d n ’ t  h a v e  b o u n d a r i e s  a n d  s t a n d a r d s. I t  d o e s n ’ t  e v e n
m e a n  w e  h a v e  t o  s t a y  i n  c o n t a c t  w i t h  t h a t  p e r s o n. B u t  i t
d o e s  m e a n  w e  c a n  c o m e  t o  u n d e r s t a n d  t h a t  h u m a n i t y  i s  n o t
p e r f e c t. J u s t  k n o w i n g  t h a t — t h a t  w e  a l l  d o  t h e  b e s t  w e  k n o w
h o w  w i t h  t h e  s k i l l s  w e  h a v e  a t  t h e  t i m e — i s  a  r e a l i z a t i o n
t h a t  o p e n s  t h e  h e a r t  t o  m o r e  e n l i g h t e n e d  u n d e r s t a n d i n g. A n d  t h a t ’ s  w h a t  w e ’ r e  o n  t h e  e a r t h  f o r,  b e c a u s e  i n  t h e
p r e s e n c e  o f  p e o p l e  w i t h  e n l i g h t e n e d  u n d e r s t a n d i n g,
d a r k n e s s  u l t i m a t e l y  t u r n s  i n t o  l i g h t. F o r g i v e n e s s  i s n ’ t  u s u a l l y  a n  e v e n t ;  i t ’ s  a  p r o c e s s. A n
a b s t r a c t  p r i n c i p l e  h a s  t o  p e n e t r a t e  v a r i o u s  l e v e l s  o f  t h o u g h t
a n d  f e e l i n g  b e f o r e  a r r i v i n g  a t  t h e  h e a r t,  a n d  t h a t ’ s  o k a y. O u r
h u r t  c a n  b e  r e a l,  a n d  o u r  f e e l i n g s  m a t t e r. T h e  o n l y  t h i n g
G o d  i s  a s k i n g  o f  u s  i s  t h a t  w e  b e  w


  w i l l  I  g o  a b o u t  m y  d a y  a s  a  s l a v e  t o  m y  e g o ’ s
a g e n d a? T o  c h o o s e  G o d ’ s  p l a n  i s  t o  c h o o s e  t h e  o p t i o n  w i t h
t h e  b e s t  o p p o r t u n i t y  f o r  t u r n i n g  y o u r  l i f e  i n t o  a  c o n d u i t  f o r
t h e  m i r a c u l o u s. A s  s o o n  a s  w e  s t a r t  a s k i n g  H i m  h o w  w e  c a n
h e l p  w i t h  H i s  p l a n,  r a t h e r  t h a n  j u s t  a s k i n g  H i m  t o  h e l p  w i t h
o u r  p l a n s,  e v e r y t h i n g  w i l l  b e  b e t t e r  f o r  e v e r y o n e. W e ’ r e  h e r e  t o  b e  t e a c h e r s  o f  G o d — t h a t  i s,  t h o s e  w h o
d e m o n s t r a t e  l o v e. G o d  h a s  a  p l a n  f o r  t h e  s a l v a t i o n  o f  t h e
w o r l d,  c a l l e d  “ t h e  p l a n  f o r  t h e  t e a c h e r s  o f  G o d. ” *  H i s
t e a c h e r s  c o m e  f r o m  a l l  r e l i g i o n s  a n d  n o  r e l i g i o n. *  T h e r e  i s
n o t h i n g  t o  s i g n  u p  f o r,  n o  w o r l d l y  o r g a n i z a t i o n  o r  i n s t i t u t i o n
t o  b e l o n g  t o. I t  s i m p l y  r e f e r s  t o  a  s t i r r i n g  i n  t h e  h e a r t,  w h i c h
t h e n  a c t i v a t e s  a n  i n t e r n a l  g u i d a n c e  s y s t e m  a l r e a d y  p r e s e n t
w i t h i n  u s. I f  w e  a s k  h o w  t o  h e l p,  H e  w i l l  s h o w  u s  h o w  t o
h e l p.W h i l e  t h e r e  a r e  h a t e - f i l l e d  p e o p l e  p l a n n i n g  w a y s  t o  s o w
v i o l e n c e  a n d  d e s t r u c t i o n  o n  e a r t h,  G o d  h a s  a  b l u e p r i n t  f o r
c r e a t i n g  p e a c e  o n  e a r t h. I t ’ s  n o t  a  p h y s i c a l  b l u e p r i n t,  b u t
r a t h e r  a  p l a n  t h a t  e x i s t s  i n  H i s  M i n d,  p i e c e s  o f  i t  r e a d y  t o  b e
d o w n l o a d e d  i n t o  t h e  m i n d  o f  a n y o n e  w h o  a s k s  t o  r e c e i v e
h i s  o r  h e r  p a r t. E a c h  o f  u s  c a r r i e s  m a x i m a l  p o t e n t i a l  t o  b e
u s e d  b y  G o d  t o  h e a l  t h e  w o r l d. H e  h a s  a  p l a n. A n d  i t  c a n n o t  n o t  w o r k. O u r  F a t h e r ’ s  B u s i n e s s

S o m e t i m e s,  g o i n g  a b o u t  “ o u r  F a t h e r ’ s  b u s i n e s s ”  i n v o l v e s
s o m e t h i n g  w e  d o n ’ t  d o  a s  m u c h  a s  s o m e t h i n g  w e  d o. I t  c a n
b e  o u r  p a s s i v e  r e s i s t a n c e,  e v e n  m o r e  t h a n  a  d i r e c t  c h a l l e n g e,
t h a t  s u b v e r t s  a n  u n j u s t  i n f l u e n c e. I  k n e w  a  m i n i s t e r  w h o s e  j o b  w a s  t e r m i n a t e d  u n j u s t l y,
a n d  t h e  b o a r d  o f  d i r e c t o r s  a t  h i s  c h u r c h  c h o s e  t o  a s s a s s i n a t e
h i s  c h a r a c t e r  t o  a v o i d  a n y  c h a l l e n g e  f r o m  h i s  c o n g r e g a t i o n. H e  w a s  u n d e r s t a n d a b l y  u p s e t,  y e t  t h e  a c t i o n s  o f  m a n y
f r i e n d s  w h o  s u p p o r t e d  h i m  t o u c h e d  h i s  h e a r t. O n e  w a s  a  w o m a n  w h o  c u t  h i s  h a i r  e v e r y  m o n t h. A f t e r
t h e  m i n i s t e r ’ s  d i s m i s s a l  f r o m  t h e  c h u r c h,  o n e  o f  t h e  b o a r d
m e m b e r s,  a  m a n  w h o  h a d  b e e n  l a r g e l y  r e s p o n s i b l e  f o r  t h e
c a m p a i g n  a g a i n s t  h i m,  b e g a n  g o i n g  t o  h e r  t o  h a v e  h i s  h a i r
c u t  a s  w e l l. E v e r y  m o n t h  t h e  m a n  w o u l d  c o m e  i n,  s i t  i n  h e rs a l o n  c h a i r,  a n d  r e p e a t  t h e  s a m e  m i s c h a r a c t e r


 classic Newtonian four -dimensional
especially in its expression as human
point at which the smallest input will
derived from weather patterns over long
universe is often described as a giant
experience. If in actuality the subjective
result in the greatest change. The great
courses of time. The attractor pattern he
clockworks with the three dimensions of
and objective are one and the same, then
gears of a windmill can be halted by
identified is now quite famous as space manifesting linear processes in
we can find the answers to all questions
lightly touching the right escape
"Lorenz's Butterfly. "time. If we look at an even simpler
by merely looking within man himself. mechanism; it is possible to paralyze a
Dif ferent types of attractors are denoted
clockworks we will notice that some
By simply recording observations, we
giant locomotive if you know exactly
by dif ferent names, for instance, strange
gears move slowly and ponderously,
can see a grand picture emer ge, one that
where to put your finger.) attractors. But most important to our
while others move very rapidly, with tiny
predicates no limitations to the extent of
Nonlinear dynamics enables these
research is the discovery that some balances twirling about as escape
further investigation. significant patterns to be identified in
patterns are very powerful and others are
mechanisms seesaw back and forth. T o
All of us have available to us at all times
complex presentations, even when theymuch weaker. There is a critical point
place pressure on one of the lar ge moving
a computer far more advanced than the
are obscured by incoherence or sheer
which dif ferentiates the two distinct gears would have no ef fect on the
most elaborate artificial intelligence mass of indecipherable data. It
discovers classes. This phenomenon is parallel and
mechanism; however, somewhere there is
machine-the human mind itself. The the relevance in what the world
discards corollary to the high and low ener gy
a delicate balance mechanism at which
basic function of any measuring device is
as irrelevant, using an entirely dif ferent
bonds in the mathematics of the chemical
the slightest touch stops the entire device. simply to give a signal indicating the
approach and totally dif ferent methods of
bond. This is identified as the "critical point"
detection by the instrument of slight
problem resolution from the ones the
where the least force exerts the greatest
change. In the experiments to be world is used to. 12Fields of Dominance
ef fect. described, the reactions of the human
The world conventionally assumes that
A field of dominance is exhibited by high
Causality
body itself prow isle such a signal of
the processing of problems requires
ener gy patterns in their influence over
change in conditions. As will be seen, the
starting from the known (the question or
weaker ones. This may be likened to (33)
W ithin the observable world causality
body can discern to the finest degree the
conditions) and moving on to the
the coexistence of a small magnetic field
has conventionally been presumed to
dif ference between that which is unknown (the answer) in a time
sequence within the much lar ger field of a giant
work in the following manner:
supportive of life and that which is not. following definite steps and logicalelectromagnet. The phenomenological
A Æ B Æ C
W e should not be surprised at this. progression. Nonlinear dynamics moves
universe is the expression of the (34) This is called a deterministic linear
Living things all react to what is life-in the opposite direction: from the
interaction of endless attractor patterns of
sequence-like billiard balls sequentially
supportive and what is not; this is the
unknown (the non-deterministic data of
varying strengths. The unending striking each other. The implicit
fundamental mechanism of survival. the question) to the known (the
answer)! complexities of life are the reflections of
presumption is that A causes B causes C.
Inherent in all life forms is the capacity
It operates within a dif ferent paradigm of
the endless reverberations of the But our own research indicates that
to detect change and react correctively,
causality. The problem is seen as one of
augmentations and diminutions of these
causality operates in a completely
Thus, trees become smaller at higherdefinition and access rather than of
fields, compounded by their harmonics
dif ferent manner:
elevations as the oxygen in the logical sequence (as in solving a problem
and other interactions. A
B
C
atmosphere becomes scarcer. Human by dif ferential equations).13
Critical Point Analysis
protoplasm is far more (31) sensitive than
But before we attempt defining the
↓
↓
↓
that of a tree. questions of this study further, let us
The traditional Newtonian concept of
A Æ B Æ C
causality (see below) had excluded all
The methodology, proceeding from the
examine some of the material we haveFrom this diagram we see that cause
such "non-deterministic" data because it
study of nonlinear dynamics, which we
introduced in greater detail. (ABC), which is unobservable, results in
did not fit into its paradigm. W ith the
employed in this work of developing a
(32)
the sequence AÆBÆC, which is an
15
16
observable phenomenon within the among which attractor networks have
phase space of consciousness itself is
and rational. But the process, and
measurable three-dimensional world. The
been identified. Conclusions of current
unlimited, going on to infinity. The range
therefore the experience, of life itself is
typical problems the world attempts to
research are that the brain's neural
of one to 600, representing the domain of
or ganic-that is to say, nonlinear bydeal with exist on the observable level of
networks act as a system of attractor
the vast majority of human experience, is
definition. This is the source of man's
AÆBÆC. But our work is to find the
patterns, and that stored memories act as
the primary scope of this study; the levels
inescapable intellectual frustration. inherent attractor pattern, the ABC out of
attractors, so that the system does not
from 600 to 1,000, the realm of non-
In this study, however, test responses
which the AÆBÆC arises. behave in a random fashion overall,
ordinary evolution--of enlightenment, were independent of our subjects'
belief ABC
- Attractor Pattern
although each individual neuron may
sages, and the highest spiritual states-will
systems or intellectual content What
↓ ↓ ↓ - Operants
behave in random fashion.19also be described. emer ged were patterns of ener gy Fields
A Æ B Æ C - Observable Event
Neuron models of consciousness disclose
W ithin the total field studied, sequential
which were aspects of consciousness
a class of neural networks called
patterns emer ged identifying the itself, irrespective of individual
identities. In this simple diagram the operants
"constraint satisfaction systems. "20 In
progressive powers of attractor fields in
In common left-brain/right-brain parlance
transcend both the observable and the
these systems a network of
which there were local variations, but
we could say that the test subjects reacted
non-observable; we might picture them
interconnected neuron units operates
global consistency. Strange attractors can
globally to an attractor Field irrespective
as a rainbow bridging the deterministicwithin a series of limits and thus sets up
be of either high or low ener gy, and the
of the individual variation of their left-
and the non-deterministic realms. (The
attractor patterns, some of which are now
critical point in our data appeared to be
brain logic, reason or sequential thought
existence of operants can be inferred by
being identified with psychopathology.21
the calibration range of 200, below which
systems. The results of the study indicate
asking the question, "What encompasses
This kind of modeling correlates
the power of attractors could be that profoundly powerful patterns
both the possible and the impossible, the
behavior with physiology and parallels
described as weak, or negative, above
or ganize human behavior. known and the unknown? "-i.e., what is
the results of our kinesiologic muscle
which as strong, or positive. By the time
W e can intuit, then, an infinite domain ofthe matrix of all possibility?) testing, demonstrating the connection
we reached the calibration of 600 they
infinite potential, consciousness itself,
This description of how the universe
between mind and body. were enormously powerful. within which there is an enormously
works is in accord with the theories of
In terms derived from chaos theory, the
An important element of chaos theory
powerful attractor Field or ganizing all of
physicist David Bohm, who has clinical study described in the following
helpful in understanding this evolution of
human behavior into what is innate to
described a holographic universe with an
pages has identified a phase space,
consciousness is the law of sensitive
"humanness." W ithin the giant attractor
invisible implicate ("enfolded") and a
encompassing the full range of the
dependence on initial conditions