 is programmed and reinforced by silence. When the adults in a
family say, “We don’ t talk about that,” or a parent says, “Y ou get whatever
your sister gets, and whatever happens to your sister happens to you,” when
the sister dies of cancer the siblings believe there is no hope for them. Without frank acceptance, death, like sex, becomes an embarrassment. The
husband who only tells his wife over and over, “Don’ t die,” or “Y ou’re
going to get well,” no matter how extensive the disease, prevents her from
sharing her fears and hinders her ef forts to face death openly. In such an
atmosphere, the patient is cast into the outer darkness without love or any
way to share emotions. On the other hand, if the disease means a challenge,
formidable but not invincible—then the patient has a basis for dealing with
it. This question is useful, but actions and expectations are often even
more revealing. Jennifer had been entered in a hospice program by her
doctor, who expected her to die within six months. But she kept on living. When the hospice staf f asked if she looked forward to spring, she said, “Oh,
yes, I love to watch the flowers come up. ” They asked if she liked summer. “Very much. ” Fall. “Oh, I just love the leaves changing color. ” Even
winter. “Y es, the snow. ” Eventually the hospice personnel told her they had
to stop coming. They would return when she was ready to die. She became
a “hospice dropout” and joined one of our ECaP  groups. When winter approached, however, Jennifer told me, “I don’ t think I’m
going to be buying any winter clothes. ” This indicated that perhaps she was
getting ready to die. Then she came to one of our meetings wearing a lovely winter suit. I
said, “Aha. I see you decided to buy some winter clothes. ”“No,” she said, “I just brought some down from the attic. ” To me that
said she’d made a compromise. She was saying, “Let’ s see how the winter
goes. I’m not going to invest in it, but I’ll give it a try. ”
Another cancer patient I know, named Matt, went to his physician one
day looking awful and came home looking fine. His family asked, “Gee,
what did the doctor do. ”
Matt said, “Oh, he gave me my aller gy shot. ” This let him know that the
doctor expected him to live through the spring, and his body responded. 4. Why did you need the illness. Like the previous two questions, this one helps the patient understand
the psychological needs that the disease may meet. Sickness gives people
“permission” to do things they would otherwise be inhibited from doing. It
can make it easier to say no to unwelcome burdens, duties, jobs, or the
demands of other people. It can serve as permission to do what one has
always wanted but has always been “too busy” to start. It can allow a
person to take time of f to reflect, meditate, and chart a new course. It can
serve as an excuse for failure. It can make it easier to request and accept
love, speak your feelings, or otherwise be more honest. Even a cold has a
meaning. Often its message is “Y ou’ve been working too hard. Go home
and nurture yourself. ” Remember we are brought up on “sick days,” not
“health days. ” Take days to meet your needs and you won’ t need an illness. Since physical illness usually brings sympathy from friends and
relatives, it can be a way of gaining love, or nurturing. It can become a
patient’ s only way of relating to the world, the only control one has over
life. Gladys, a patient of mine who’d had a chronic intestinal inflammation
for some fifty years, learned to manipulate her whole family this way. I met
her after she developed cancer. The family looked sicker than she did,
because she had some family member awake to wait on her twenty-four
hours a day. Even when they hired a nurse to care for her, Gladys would
awaken the family and let the nurse sleep. Over and over she developed
severe pains at home, which mysteriously disappeared each time she was
admitted to the hospital. Nearly every weekend she would have those who
were not home during the week in the emer gency room with her to help
evaluate her recurrent chest pains. Thus those who worked during the week
got their share. She was constantly asking someone to hand her a glass of
water or a tissue, even when what she wanted was only inches away. After I got to know Gladys, I gave her Arnold Hutschnecker ’s The W ill
to Live. The next morning when I returned on my rounds, she said I’d
forgotten something—the book. The message was clear: “Please don’ t try to
teach me to give up my illness, because it’ s the only way I can relate to
people. ” Learning to love was frightening. I kept trying to reach Gladys, and she said I was the only doctor who
ever gave her hope. Truthfully I think I was the only one who continued to
care for her without being worn out by constant manipulation, which
included side ef fects to every medication I recommended. I learned to let
her do much of the talking, then recommend things that fit her belief
system. Then I would always get the credit and be called a wonderful
doctor. Finally, during one of her phone calls, I told her I had a new drug that
would cure her cancer. I asked her to come to the of fice, since it had to be
given by injection. I did this after explaining my plan to the family and
asking them to watch Gladys’ s reaction. I was trying to save them  from
being the victims of her illness. She made an appointment for Friday, but on
that day she called to postpone it for a week because the weather was bad. Next Friday she couldn’ t get a ride, and the week after that she had to go
shopping. In short, Gladys never returned to my of fice, although she tried to
maintain our relationship by phone or at the hospital, where I didn’ t have
the drug. I took this approach only for the family’ s sake, since I knew she
would refuse the of fer. Her family then had the option of going along in the
old pattern or refusing to be victimized any longer. It’s important to realize that we can’ t force others to change, we can
only help them to change themselves. I have had two male patients much
like Gladys, both with extensive cancers. I said to each of them, “I’ll
guarantee you a cure of your cancer if you leave your family business,”
which both found very stressful but meaningful, and which would give the
family many benefits in the event of the man’ s death. Each man said exactly
the same thing: “I’ll have to go home and think about it. ”
A cancer patient was advised by his sur geon to sell his business,
because the sur geon felt he was terminal. He did, and got well. One day I
encountered him in the hospital hallway. He was yelling at his sur geon—
because now he was well but had no business. I explained that he’d been
given the right advice for the wrong reason. He’d been encouraged to quitbecause statistics said he would soon die, whereas the reduced stress and
more enjoyable life had in fact led to his recovery. My purpose is not to judge these patients’  motives, but to bring them
out into the open. Then the family knows when a person doesn’ t really want
to change, and can work on the conflict with love, and meet its needs too. Throughout our lives we’re trained to associate sickness with rewards. We get to stay in bed and relax. People send us cards and flowers. Friends
visit and tell us they love us. Parents and spouses bring us chicken soup and
read to us. I remember a patient named Myrna telling me that the happiest
times in her childhood were when she was sick, because then her father
would sit on her bed and hold her hand. Her experience is far from unique. As children we get to stay home from school, and as adults we get a paid
respite from work. If we stay healthy, we have to either show up every day
or pretend  to be sick. We should be able to call up and say, “I want to stay
well, so today I’m taking a health day. ”
Even our insurance system rewards illness by penalizing those who take
care of themselves. If payments reflected our commitment to health instead
of statistical assumptions based on age, family history, and a cursory
physical, we could give people more of an incentive to take char ge of their
health. We should establish certain basic requirements—controlling weight,
not smoking, and so on. When those are met for a minimum fee, all medical
expenses would be covered. Those who meet none of the requirements
would have to pay much lar ger premiums. Cigarette and liquor taxes could
also be set aside for a national health-insurance fund to keep those who
work at their health from having to pay the bills of those who don’ t. Those who try to get patients to understand how their own actions have
contributed to illness are often criticized


illitis
Fumigation carried with the wild turmeric powder acts as decongestant and
expectorant. Hence useful in rhinitis and tonsillitis. Take a piece of wild
turmeric. Burn it. Inhale the fumes gradually for 1–2 m inutes. Fine Paste Application of Wild Turmeric in Lymphadenitis
Fine paste of turmeric (along with calcied lime) is applied beneath the axilla
or groin. It reduces the pain and swelling caused in cases of lymph node
enlargement.1.146. 5 Jeera (Cumin)
Remedies for Painful
Periods, Stomach
Complaints
By Dr. M.S. Krishnamurthy MD (Ayu), Ph.D.
Y
Cumin seeds are one among the commonly used spices used in cooking. Being
an aromatic substance it co ntributes good taste and smell to the dish. Ayurveda explains that cumin has below properties –
Deepana (carminative),
Pachana (digestive),
Vatanulomana (anti atulent),
Vedanasthapana (analgesic), anti spasmodic
Balya (tonic),
Ruchya (taste enhancer),
Shoolahara (anti colic) etc. Fried Cumin Seeds and Ginger Powder for Flatulence (Gas)
4 parts of cumin seeds and 2 part of dry ginger and 1 part of salt
(preferably rock salt) are taken and ne powder is made. is is taken2. 3.in the dose of half spoon just before taking food, along with warm
water. is helps to evacuate the atus, stimulate the digestive re, reduce
the abdominal distension, relieves regurgitation and burping and colic
pain of abdomen. Jeera Water for Indigestion, Anorexia and Reux Oesophagitis
20 Grams of fried cumin seeds are taken and dry – fried a little. is is added to 200 ml of hot water and allowed for cooling. When it is lukewarm this is taken twice daily. is helps to relieve most of the GIT problems, especially in children. Cumin Jaggery Remedy for Menstrual Pain
50 Grams of Jeera powder is fried in a pan. It is mixed with 25 grams of jaggery and pounded well. is is made into big pills of 5 grams size. is bolus is taken 1–2 days prior to expected date of menstruation. After taking this, a cup of water or buttermilk can be consumed. is can be continued even after menstruation for 2–3 days. is helps
to reduce the pain and discomfort caused during menstruation. is remedy can be used as a substitute for Jeeraka rasayana, a classical
formulation. Good appetite, taste and digestion can be expected from this recipe.4. 5.So those who have the need to improve digestion strength, can take
this recipe irrespective of gender. Cumin Medicated Milk for Fatigue and Excessive irst
5 Grams of cumin seeds,
200 ml milk and
400 ml water are taken and boiled till it is reduced to the amount of
milk or approximately to 200–250 ml. To this 1–2 teaspoon of sugar or jaggery can also be added. is is a substitute drink for coﬀee and tea. is relieves fatigue and thirst. is is useful in morning sickness of pregnant mothers as well. Jeeraka and Sugar Candy as Expectorant – to Take Out Phlegm
2 Grams each of cumin seeds and sugar candy are taken and retained
in the mouth for 3–5 minutes and gradually it is chewed and slowly
swallowed. 10–15 minute later gradually phlegm starts coming out and it should
be spit out. is can be repeated 5–6 times in a day. is is useful in dry cough, pharyngitis, pain in the throat etc.147. 4 Easy Lemon Home
Remedies Using Seeds,
Peel, Leaf and Stem Bark
By Dr. M.S. Krishnamurthy MD (Ayu), Ph.D.
Y
Lemon is used as the master herb in many Ayurvedic medicines to modify or
catalyze therapeutic action. Being a sour substance it is a very good cardiac
tonic. It improves blood circulation and digestion strength. It is useful to
relieve bloating and to reduce cholesterol levels. Lemon Remedies
Squeezed Lemon Ash Remedy for Diarrhoea
Ripe lemon, after squeezing, is usually thrown out. Instead, 3–4 such fruit
covers (skin) is taken and dried well. It is burnt in open air. Ash is collected. To quarter a teaspoon (500 mg – 1 gram) of the ash, half a cup of curd is
added. is is consumed 2–3 times a day. is helps to arrest the diarrhoea
eﬀectively. In case of gas collection in stomach, bloating and abdominal pain this is
found to be eﬀective and usually it is administered along with water or
buttermilk. Lemon Seed Remedy for Menstrual Pain
5–8 Lemon seeds are crushed to make into paste or powder. A teaspoon of this
is mixed with a teaspoon of ghee and a pinch (1 gram) of salt.is is administered along with warm water in cases of menstrual pain. Dose – half to one teaspoon once or twice a day, before or after food for 1
week. Lemon Leaf Soup for Vomiting, Gas Trouble
Lemon leaves are dipped in a cup of hot water. To this a pinch of turmeric
powder, salt, half teaspoon of cumin seeds and jaggery are added and soup is
prepared. is soup is taken by sipping small amounts repeatedly. is is useful in the
treatment of morning sickness in pregnant, nausea, vomiting, anorexia,
indigestion, atulence etc. Lemon Stem Bark Remedy for Nausea and Vomiting
Stem bark of Lemon tree – 1 tablespoon is added to 2 cups of water, boiled
and reduced to 1 cup. Filtered. (Kashaya – herbal decoction is prepared.) To this decoction a pinch of salt is added and used for mouth gargling. Nausea and vomiting caused during pregnancy is subsided soon by this recipe.148. 8 Banana Remedies
with Fruit, Stem, Leaf,
Rhizome and Flower
By Dr. M.S. Krishnamurthy MD (Ayu), Ph.D.
Y
Diﬀerent parts of banana tree – ripe fruit, unripe fruit, leaves, tender leaf,
rhizome and ower are used as remedies and dishes. Apart from its nutritional
value it has quite a lot of preventive and curative health benets too. Banana Ripe Fruit Remedy for Cold and Allergy
e fruit is peeled and inner pulp is taken. is is incised and in the incised area 2–3 long pepper fruits or 10–12
pepper seeds are placed and wrapped. is is kept in a tray and exposed to the
moon light by keeping it over the terrace during night (especially on full moon
day). Next day morning, it is consumed on empty stomach. Procedure is repeated
daily for 10–12 days. It helps to reduce the incidences of seasonal cold,
rhinitis, cough etc. In few tropical eosinophilia cases also its good eﬀect is
experienced by me. In Maharashtra this kind of practice is found by folklore. Banana Peel Remedy for Abscess
Banana skin is cooked with lime water (calcium hydroxide). Further this is
macerated well and ne paste is made. is paste is applied over abscess(externally, leaving out the opening/punctum of the abscess). is practice
helps to mature the abscess easily. It enables quicker pus formation, which is
later drained out by incision. Banana Unripe Fruit Remedy for Chickenpox Scars
Unripe fruit (as being used for vegetable) skin is taken and it is burnt. e
black colored charred substance hence obtained is mixed with turmeric paste
and applied over the lesions of chicken pox. is helps to reduce the scars and
discoloration. Banana Flower Remedy for Gastritis
One stful of ower is taken and 1 cup of water is added. It is crushed or put
in mixer and fresh juice is extracted. To this, 1 tablespoon of honey is added and consumed early in the morning. is reduces gastritis as well as heaviness of the body. In few of the individuals it may cause tastelessness (anorexia) and in such a
case 1 spoon of cumin seed is added to this juice. Banana Stem Tube for Urinary Calculi
Daily intake of 15–20 ml fresh juice of the tube helps to reduce the chances of
occurrences of urinary stones. It is useful in treating burning urination as well. Banana Rhizome for White Discharge (Leucorrhoea)
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addition to drinking juices. However, the removal of the fibers in the
extraction of the juices, enables juices to be very quickly digested and
assimilated, sometimes in a matter of minutes, with a minimum of
effort and exertion on the part of the digestive system. For example, it is well-known that celery because of its high
sodium chloride content is our best food to counteract the effects of
extreme heat. To eat the celery would involve so much time in the
process of digestion that one may readily be overcome by the intense
heat before the beneficial effects of celery can be obtained. On the
other hand, by drinking a glass or a pint of fresh-raw celery juice, we
get quick results. This has often made the sizzling Arizona desert
heat quite bearable for me. Whole vegetables and fruits are composed of a considerable
quantity of fibers. Within the interstices of these fibers are enclosed
the atoms and molecules which are the essential nutritional elements
we need. It is these atoms and molecules and their respective enzymes
6 in the fresh-raw juices which aid the speedy nourishment of the cells
and tissues, glands, organs and every part of our body. The fibers of vegetables and fruits are also valuable. When the
food we eat is raw, uncooked and unprocessed, these fibers act as an
intestinal broom. When food is cooked, the intense heat destroys its
life. Its fibers, having lost their magnetism through the heat, being
lifeless, dead, act in the nature of a mop swabbing through the
intestines, all too often leaving a coating on the walls of the intestines. In the course of time this coating accumulates, putrefies and causes
Toxemia. The Colon then becomes sluggish and distorted and
constipation, colitis, diverticulosis and other disturbances result. The juices extracted from fresh-raw vegetables and fruits are the
means by which we can furnish all the cells and tissues of the body
with the elements and the nutritional enzymes they need in the manner
they can be most readily digested and assimilated. Notice that I said nutritional enzymes. This applies to the enzymes
in our food. The cells and tissues of our body have their own
corresponding enzymes which assist and cooperate in the work of
digesting and assimilating our food. In addition, the composition of
every atom and molecule in our body has a superabundant supply of
enzymes. The oxygen is collected by enzyme action and then by the
blood. For example, the air we breathe is taken into our lungs as a
combination of approximately 20% Oxygen and 80% Nitrogen. The
air we expel from our lungs, is mainly carbonic acid and carbon
dioxide. What happens to the Nitrogen? This is what happens when we breathe. Two main classes of
enzymes in our lungs come into action the moment air reaches the
tiny bunch-of-grapes-like interior of our lungs, known as alveoli. One
set of enzymes, known as Oxidase, separate the Oxygen while the
other set of enzymes, known as Nitrase, separate the Nitrogen from
the air. The Oxygen is collected, by enzyme action, by the blood and
circulates it through the body, while the Nitrogen, by the action of
"transportation" enzymes, passes into the body for protein generation. Our entire system is composed of innumerable enzymes. These
enzymes are found throughout the mouth, stomach and intestines. More than a dozen of them are involved in the digestion and
assimilation of our food. They work in conjunction with the enzymes
that are also found in the atoms and molecules contained in the food
itself. 7 COOKED FOODS
As a rule it will do no great harm to occasionally eat a little cooked
food, but never fried food provided that a sufficient quantity of raw
food is also eaten. We are now living in the Atomic Age, and to slow
ourselves down by eating much cooked food creates a physical and
mental conflict within us which is a handicap blocking the streamline
of our existence. The juices extracted from fresh-raw fruits and vegetables form
the means of furnishing all the cells in the body with the elements
they need, in the manner in which they can be most readily assimilated. We must bear in mind that while it is true that cooked and
processed foods sustain life, nevertheless that does not mean that
they have the power to regenerate the atoms which furnish the life
force to our body. On the contrary, progressive degeneration of the
cells and tissues follows the continuous consumption of cooked and
processed foods. There is not a drug in the world that will supply the blood stream
with anything in a way in which the body can use it for permanent
repair or regeneration. One can eat four or five big meals a day, and yet the body may be
starved through the lack of the vital elements in the food and the
disturbance of the enzyme balance. Fruit juices are the cleansers of the human system, but the fruit
should be ripe. An apple a day will keep the doctor away, if we also
eat plenty of other raw food. But fruits, with only three or four
exceptions, should never be eaten during the same meal in which
starches and sugars are included. Fruits in sufficient variety will
furnish the body with all the carbohydrates and sugar that it needs. Vegetable juices are the builders and regenerators of the body. They contain all the amino acids, minerals, salts, enzymes, and
vitamins needed by the human body, provided that they are used fresh,
raw, and without preservatives, and that they have been properly
extracted from the vegetables. Like all the most valuable things in life, the vital part of vegetables
— that which contains the greatest concentrated value — is the most
difficult to reach, being hidden within the fibers. Hence, the need for
a thorough mastication of all raw vegetables. In the final analysis, raw food is the nourishment intended for
human beings. However, not everyone is able to change the lifelong
habit of eating foods mostly or totally cooked and devitalized, and in
8 their place eat only raw foods. Such a sudden change may cause
disturbances which the individual may not be able to understand, but
which, nevertheless, may be entirely beneficial. Under these
circumstances, it is wise to consult someone who is experienced in
the reactions which may result from such a change. After all, it does
require considerable mental as well as intestinal fortitude to make
this change and to stay with it, but we have found that it pays to do so. In any event, fresh-raw vegetable juices are necessary as a
supplement to every diet, even when no special diet is followed and
the individual eats anything and everything he pleases. When a promiscuous unregulated food regimen is followed or
indulged in, such juices are of vital importance because they will
furnish the body the live elements and vitamins deficient in the cooked
and processed foods. On the other hand, an entirely raw food regimen, without the
inclusion of a sufficient quantity and variety of fresh-raw juices is
equally deficient. The reason for this deficiency lies in the fact that a
surprisingly large percentage of the atoms making up the nourishment
in the raw foods is utilized as fuel for energy by the digestive organs
in their processes of digesting and assimilating the food, which usually
requires as long as 3, 4, or 5 hours after every meal. Such atoms,
while furnishing some nourishment to the body, are mostly used up
as fuel, leaving only the smaller percentage available for the
regeneration of the cells and tissues. However, when we drink raw vegetable juices, the situation is
entirely different, as these are digested and assimilated within 10 to
15 minutes after we drink them and they are used almost entirely in
the nourishment and regeneration of the cells and tissues, glands and
organs of the body. In this case the result is obvious, as the entire
process of digestion and assimilation is completed with a maximum
degree of speed and efficiency, and with a minimum of effort on the
part of the digestive system. The important thing is to drink your juices fresh daily, irrespective
of the manner or process by which they have been extracted. Naturally,
the more completely the juice is extracted, the more efficiently it will
work in the body. MY FIRST CARROT JUICE
My first experiments were made by grating carrots on anything
that would reduce them to a pulp, then squeezing the pulp in a cloth,
9 to get the juice. After discovering the miracle of using that juice so
simply made, I tried making the carrots into pulp by other means
until I could make a larger amount of juice for myself in less time and
with less effort. I soon discovered that these juices fermented and
spoiled unless used immediately, the time element being the factor. Eventually I discovered a means to triturate (pulverize) the
vegetables into a pulp nearly as fine as apple butter. This split open
the interstices of the cells of the fibers, liberating the atoms and
molecules. Then, by squeezing the pulp in a hydraulic press, I obtained
a virtually complete extraction of the juice, and its quality was
unsurpassed. Naturally this is an expensive piece of equipment. However, do
not consider the price involved, but rather the investment in health
that pays for itself! The centrifugal type of juicer which came on the market some


 hold the foot in place as you
thumb-walk (see pp90–91). stomach/s Pleen
The upper arch of the right foot and the center palm of the right hand
correspond to the stomach and spleen. Foot, self-help  apply the thumb-
walking technique (see p113). Hand, self-help  cup a golf ball and
roll it throughout the area (see p173). Hand  hold the ﬁngers back and apply
thumb-walking to the area (see p129).Foot  hold the foot steady and toes
back as you thumb-walk (see p91). liver/ GallBladder
The liver is reflected primarily on the right foot and only on the right
palm. The gallbladder is reflected only on the right foot and hand. Foot, self-help  hold the toes back as
you thumb-walk across the arch. Hand, self-help  roll a golf ball through
the center of the palm (see p173). Hand   thumb-walk across the palm of
the hand (see pp132–133),Gallbladder
liver
spleenliver
Gallbladder
stomach spleen
stomach338 summary treatment chartsFoot  use the thumb-walking technique
to walk up the foot (see p90). adrenal Gland
This reflex area is midway along the long bone of the foot below the big
toe and midway along the long bone of the hand below the thumb. Foot, self-help  hold your toes back
while you thumb-walk (see p112). Hand, self-help  roll a golf ball over
the heel of the hand (see p171).Hand  apply the hook and back-up
technique to the area (see p128).Foot  hold the toes back and apply the
thumb-walking technique (see p90). Foot, self-help  thumb-walk as you
hold your foot back (see p112). Hand, self-help  cup a golf ball and roll
it throughout the area (see p171). Hand  hold the ﬁngers back as you
thumb-walk down the palm (see p128).Pancreas
A major portion of the pancreas is reflected across the middle of the arch
of the left foot and in the heel of the left hand. Pancreas
adrenal
glandPancreas
adrenal
glandthe charts 339Foot  hold the toes back to stretch the
foot and thumb-walk (see p92–93).colon/small intestine
The lower arch of the left foot and heel of the left hand correspond to
the left-side portion of the colon and small intestine. Foot, self-help roll the foot roller over
the lower arch (see p112). Hand, self-help  thumb-walk through
the heel of the hand (see p153). Hand  hold the ﬁngers back as you
apply thumb-walking (see 133). Foot  stretch the toes back and apply
thumb-walking to the area (see p91). kidney
The left kidney is reﬂected in the center of the left foot and at the base of
the webbing of the palm of the left hand. Foot, self-help  hold your foot back
and thumb-walk (see p112). Hand, self-help  thumb-walk through
the area in a series of passes (see p149). Hand  apply thumb-walking deep into
the webbing of the hand (see p129). small
intestinecolonsmall
intestinetransverse
colon
descending
colon
sigmoid
colonkidneys
kidneys340 summary treatment chartsFoot  hold the foot in place for thumb-
walking passes (see p100). ovary/testicle
The body’s left-side ovary and testicle are reﬂected at the midway point
of the outer left ankle and the top side of the left outer wrist. Foot, self-help  make a succession of
ﬁnger-walking passes (see p118). Hand, self-help  use the rotating-on-
a-point technique (see p157). Hand  use the rotating-on-a-point
technique to work the area (see p137).Foot  hold the foot steady and the
thumb-walk (see p95).Foot, self-help  apply the thumb-
walking technique (see p114). Hand, self-help  apply a series of
thumb-walking passes to the area. Hand  hold the fingers back and
thumb-walk up the edge of the hand.Bladder/lower Back
The left-side portion of the bladder and a part of the lower back are
reflected on the inner edge of the left foot and hand. Bladder
ovary/testicle
ovary/testicleBladder
lower back
lower
backthe charts 341Foot  hold the foot steady as you apply
thumb-walking passes (see p101). knee/le G
The left knee and leg are represented on the outside of the left foot,
midway along, and toward the outside of the hand’s top side. Foot, self-help  use the multiple
ﬁnger-walking technique (see p119). Hand, self-help  apply successive
passes of multiple ﬁnger-walking. Hand  apply multiple ﬁnger-walking
passes to the area. Foot  after pinpointing the area, use
rotating-on-a-point (see p94). uterus/ Prostate
The uterus and prostate are reﬂected at the midway point of the left
inside ankle and top side of the left wrist. Foot, self-help use the rotating-on-a-
point technique (see p114). Hand, self-help  use the rotating-on-a-
point technique (see p157). Hand  use the rotating-on-a-point
technique to work the area (see p137). uterus/Prostate
knee/legknee/leguterus/
Prostate342 summary treatment chartsFoot  hold the foot steady as you
thumb-walk (see p101). elBow/arm
The left arm and elbow are reﬂected in the upper portion of the outer
edge of the left foot and hand. Foot, self-help  use the multiple
ﬁnger-walking technique (see p119). Hand, self-help  walk through the
hand’s ﬂeshy outer edge (see p153).Hand  hold the hand steady as you
walk with thumb and ﬁnger (see p133). Foot  hold the foot steady as you apply
ﬁnger-walking (see p100). Foot, self-help  thumb-walk, making
several passes (see p118). Hand, self-help  use the ﬂats of your
ﬁngers to press several times. Hand  use the multiple ﬁnger-walking
technique to work the area. hiP/sciatic nerve
The left hip and sciatic nerve are reﬂected on the outside ankle of the left
foot and at the outer wrist of the left hand. hip/sciatic nerve
elbowarm
armhipthe charts 343Foot  use the thumb-walking technique
in a series of passes (see p95).sPine
The left half of the spine is represented on the inner edge of the left foot
and on the inner edge of the left hand. Foot, self-help  make several thumb-
walking passes (see pp114–115). Hand, self-help  use thumb-walking to
work throughout the area. Hand  hold the fingers back; apply the
thumb-walking technique (see p134).Foot  hold the foot steady and thumb-
walk in a series of passes (see p99). lymPh Glands/ Fallo Pian tu Bes/Groin
The left ankle and left wrist correspond to the lymph glands, fallopian
tubes, and groin on the left side of the body. Foot, self-help  use the rotating-on-a-
point technique (see p117). Hand, self-help  thumb-walk around
the wrist (see p157). Hand  thumb-walk around the wrist,
making a series of passes (see p137). spine
spinelymph glands/
Fallopian tubes/
Groin
lymph glands/
Fallopian tubes/
Groin344 resourcesResources - finding a reflexologist
If you decide to visit a professional reflexologist
instead of, or in addition to, self-application of
reflexology techniques at home, check the
practitioner’s credentials for any qualifications
and membership of reflexology organizations
(see below). Bear in mind, however, that
standards have changed over the past decade, so
check with prospective practitioners the date and
duration of their study, and how much professional experience they have had since
qualifying. The best-qualified reflexologists
have completed a course of study of 50
hours or more, followed by at least a year’s
experience. It is worth noting that someone
who has expanded into other areas (such as
selling products or other complementary
therapies) may not be as experienced in
reflexology as a specialist. Contacts
AusTrALIA
Reflexology Association of
Australia
PO Box 366, Cammeray, NSW
2026
www.raansw.com.au
International Council of
Reflexologists
PO Box 1032, Bondi Junction
NSW
Phone: 61 612 9300 9391
cANADA
Reflexology Association of British
Columbia
214-3707 Hamber Place
N. Vancouver
British Columbia
V7G 2J4
www.reflexologybc.com
Reflexology Association of Canada
PO Box 160


Cardiovascular exercise is one  of the best things you can d o for your
physical health in the fourth chakra. Doing cardio every d ay is most
important and can be achieved  through brisk walking for thi rty minutes
daily. O f course, if you enjoy other cardio activities, you can mix up your
routine, but strive for movement  that will elevate your heart rate to between
50 a nd 8 5 percent of your maximum heart rate for at least thirty  minutes at
a time. As a member of a W estern and mostly sedentary society, you will
see enormous benefits when you add this simple routine to your day. T o preve nt block ages in the heart and cardiac plexus, as well as to keep
your res piratory health optimal, you can eat a mostly vegetarian  diet with a
heavy e mphasis on leafy green vegetables, berries, whole grains, lentils,
beans, herbs, and spices. Since t he A yurvedic Kapha dosha governs the area
of the chest, a Kapha-pacifyin g diet is especially beneficial if you have
heart dis ease, high blood pressure, or respiratory illnesses. Y ou can learn
more about all A yurvedic diets i n my first book, The Wheel of Healing with
A yurveda: An Easy Guide to a Healthy Lifestyle. Y OGA  A SANAS AND  P RANA Y AMA  E XERCISES T O  H EAL THE
F OUR TH  C HAKRA
All yoga  breath ing techniques are good for the fourth chakra, as each one
enables you to b reathe more fully. One simple breath I enjoy is what I call
the four -count breath. T o view a video demo of these exer cises, go towww.youtube.com/c/MichelleFondinAuthor. Click on the Playlists tab, and select
Chakra Healing Asanas & Pranayamas. Scr oll down the list until you find the one you’r e looking for. Four -Count Br eath:  S it with your sp ine tall, and ro ll your shoulders back
and dow n. W ith  your lips close d, begin inhaling through your nose as you
inflate your lower belly. Inhale to the count of four. Then hold your breath
for four counts a nd exhale through your nose for four. Repeat th is breath for
two to five minutes. As you be come more accustomed to breathing in this
way, you can increase the count to five, six, or seven. Thymus Thump:  The thymus gland is located at the center of the chest
below th e collarbone. It is an important gland for the immune sy stem and is
particularly lar g e during childhood, when it produces most of the body’ s T -
cells, an extremely important type of white blood cell that protects us from
pathogens. The thymus shrinks in adulthood and its function diminishes. Y ou can strengthen your immune system and your ener gy level by
practicing the thymus thump, which looks exactly like T arzan thumping his
chest. Make fists with both your hands, and place them against the center of
your chest, a few inches apart from each other, with you r knuck les about
three fin ger -widths below your  collarbone. As you inhale, pound on the
center o f your chest, alternating between your two fists. Exhale the word ah
while you continue thumping. Repeat the exercise for four complete
breaths. Cow Face Pose — Gomukhasana :  Sit on a yoga mat with your knees bent
and your feet flat on the mat. Draw your left foot inward and set it down on
the m at underneath your right leg close to your right hip. Then  bring your
right leg over the top, and set your right foot down on the mat close to your
left hip. Y our knees should be aligned in the middle, with the r ight one on
top of the left. If you’re unable to fold your legs in this manner, sit in a
simple cross-legged position. Reach your left arm out to the left. Bend the
arm downward and fold it beh ind your back with your fingers reachingupward. Bring your right arm s traight up in the air and then fo ld it behind
your hea d and reach for your left hand. If you’re able, clasp your hands
together behind your back. If yo u can’ t reach, hold on to a scarf, necktie, or
yoga strap, with one end in each hand, and walk your hands as c lose to each
other as possible. Once you’v e clasped your hands together, lengthen
through the spine and keep your head in a neutral position. Breathe deeply
from yo ur lowe r belly, and hold the pose for five breaths. Switch to the
other side and repeat the exercise. Cow face pose opens the chest and
stimulates the lymphatic system. Camel P ose — Ustrasana :  While camel pose is wonderful for opening the
area of the heart and cultivating the fourth chakra attribute of vulnerability,
it ca n be  quite challenging for a yoga beginner. Gather the follo wing props
if yo u’re new to yoga or unfamiliar with this pose: a folded blan ket or towel
and two yoga b locks. (If you don’ t have yoga blocks, you can use two
stacks of books, both roughly even in height, about nine inches tall.) Start by kneeling  on your yoga mat with your knees hip-width apart and
with one block at its maximum height next to each of your feet. If your
knees are sensitive, place the fo lded blanket underneath your knees. Either
rest the tops of your feet on the mat or flex your toes and tuck them under,
depending on your comfort level with leaning on flexed feet. W ith your hips
directly above your knees, len gthen your spine upward and then arc it
backward toward your feet. Bring your hands behind you to hold on to your
heels. If you can ’ t reach your heels, rest one hand on each of the blocks. As
you hold  on to your heels or b locks, bring your pelvis forward and allow
your head to extend backward and down toward the floor. If this causes
discomfort in your neck, bring your chin down toward your chest instead. Hold the pose as long as you can while maintaining a steady, smooth breath. When yo u’re fin ished, take child’ s pose ( balasana ) as a counterpose: lower
your hips to th e floor and th en extend your torso forward and rest it
between your thighs, with your forehead on the floor. Standing Bow Pose — Dandayamana Dhanurasana :  Stand on your mat
with you r feet together. Rest your gaze on a fixed point on the w all in front
of you. This wil l be your focal point, or drishti. Lift your right foot behind
you, and clasp your foot or ankle with your right hand either from theoutside or the inside. If you hold your ankle, you will have a firmer grasp. If
you can’ t quite catch your foot,  you can use a yoga strap to hold it. Once
you hav e your foot, reach your left arm forward in front of you, with your
thumb u p and your fingers pointing forward. Lift up through the crown of
your head, and press your foot or ankle into your hand as you  lift the leg
higher. Y our torso will automatically come slightly forward as you create a
bow sha pe with your right arm and leg. Balance comes from the dynamic of
your left arm reaching forward as your right foot presses back against your
right hand. Hold the pose for at least five breaths. Repeat on the other side. Healing the Emotional and Energetic Body
Healing the emotional body in the fourth chakra is by far one of the most
important things  you can do for your health. W ith years of ex perience in
A yurvedic lifestyle counseling, I am convinced that heart health is directly
linked to our emotional state. A few years ago  I had a client come in for an A yurvedic consultation. He had suf fered a heart attack at age forty-five and had a sten t put in. He
wanted t o learn how to manage stress and adopt a healthier lifes tyle. During
the consultation I asked him what had happened emotionally in his recent
past. He looked at me strangely but answered that he couldn’ t think of
anything except that he had got ten a divorce a couple of years prior to the
heart att ack. I shared with him that the divorce was likely a contributing
factor to  the heart attack. He wa sn’ t convinced because he was o nly focused
on the physical. This is but one e xample. When there are blockages in the heart  chakra,
there is always an emotional component. Healing the heart —  one of the
most dif ficult things to do, yet c rucial for growth — is mostly about letting
go of past hurt and learning how to for give. L ETTING  G O OF  P AST  H UR T
Y ou don’ t always consciously c hoose what happens to you thro ughout life. Y ou can ’ t control how others w ill act around you or toward you. Y ou can’ teven reg ulate an other person’ s opinion of you.


ck, a viewpoint bounded by time and space. Instead of feeling that I inhabit a body, I sense myself as infinite
consciousness expanding with infinite speed through infinite dimensions. These three strokes of moksha require extreme purity and refinement of
awareness to be sustained. The greatest masters and saints throughout
history have been capable of this liberation; it is the quest each of usundertakes when we step onto the path to love. Without ecstasy the
experience of liberation might seem impossibly distant, given its incredible
magnitude. At the end of the Bhagavad-Gita, Lord Krishna, who has been
posing as a chariot driver to the warrior Arjuna, agrees to show  himself as
he really  is. He opens his mouth, in which appear all worlds and creatures,
infinite universe s expanding so rapidly that the mortal Arjuna reels on the
verge of extinction. Yet all that moksha represents is a shift in awareness, a final perception
of who we are. Therefore the insights of ecstasy have much more to do with
the final expansion of conscio usness than with any feeling or emotion,
however remarkable. Ecstasy carries you completely outside your ego boundaries. In ecstasy you know yourself as cosmic ego, unbounded in time and space. The end of love’ s journey r eturns to the sour ce of all awar eness, power, and being. Moksha is not an ending but a beginning—we begin to live in fullness only after liberation. A liberated soul is a citizen of the universe. There is really no adequate equivalent for moksha in Western culture;
redemption  may be the closest synonym. Moksha unites self and soul in the
mystic marriage that in Christian terms is union with the Redeemer. Angels
are said to be in this state, whic h gives rise to their ecstatic praise of God. The dif ficulty with redemption, however, is that it is generally a future state,
realized after death; therefore it is much more mystical than moksha, which
can be achieved here and now. DREW’S STORY
Having said that liberation is like a new birth, I’d like to relate the story of
someone who went through that birth, my mystical friend Drew. Mystical  is
a term that has been attached to Drew since the day we met. It was at a
meditation course years ago, and Drew attracted considerable attention. He
wore a white Indian dhoti, sandals, and more chains of beads than I had
ever seen on a yogi in the Himalayas. When everyone gather ed in chairs
before the outdo or stage for presentations, he sat in lotus posit ion under agrove of trees on a nearby hill. I’d never met anyone who had a foot more
firmly planted in the “other world,” and his talk was an outpouring of mind-
boggling experiences of astral planes and angelic visitations. When I last
heard of Drew, he was in Nepal, having taken vows in a monastic order
deep in the mountains. In some ways I felt jealous of the life he had chosen. Then one day he called me and asked if we could meet. He appeared at
my door sans beads, sandals, and dhoti, dressed in a sports shirt and chinos. We talked, and I quickly found out that, unlike ten years ago, Drew now
never visits psychics or readers of any kind and in fact feels total
indifference toward paranormal phenomena. “I haven’ t sold out on all that,”
Drew said. “Something deeper took its place.” He proceeded to tell me
about a breakthrough experience he had had, one so powerful that it had
changed his life. “You don’t know me very well, but I’ve always been ambitious, fiercely
so, some people would say. I fought to get into the best prep school, the best
college, the best fraternity. I don’t remember how I hooked up with the idea
of mysticism and enlightenment —maybe an old girlfriend or a trip on LSD
—but once bitten I wasn’ t going to give up until I turned into something
magical—sorcerer, warrior, seer, psychic, and prophet if I got that far. “It was all rampant ego, as I look back on it now, but at the time my
experiences were pretty fantastic—I had the lights, the bliss, the angelic
voices, and while it was all happening it never occurred to me that what I
was experiencing was actually one and only one thing: my expectations. Mysticism was high drama, with me at the center lapping it all up. We’re
talking about ten years of extraordinary visions. Then one day I was
in/Vermont, walking up a perfectly green hill, when it all collapsed. “It was like being sucked down a drain. My head started spinning, and I
had to sit down. I couldn’ t tell if I was plummeting down a hole or if the
earth was sinkin g out from under me. It was a terrifying sensat ion. I had a
sudden horror of turning around, for I expected to see the sky opening into a
funnel that would suck out the world. I closed my eyes and lay down,
praying that whatever this was would just end. “It took about an hour. I might have passed out during that time—I didn’ t
have a watch on—because even when I felt like I was coming back to
reality, my head buzzed. I got up, still extremely wobbly, and walked downthe hill to my cabin; the dizziness didn’ t fully go away for several days, and
I continued to feel disoriented. What do you make of that?”
I had been listening to Drew without comment. “Well,” I said, “if a
patient came to me with that kind of experience, I guess I’d suspend
judgment until we took a brain scan and ran a psychiatric profile.”
“Bingo—either I was dying of a brain tumor or I had suffered a psychotic
break. That’ s exactly what I told myself. I ran to the village library and
madly scanned some old medical books. The thing was, I didn’ t have
double vision or any return of severe dizziness. I didn’ t have disordered or
racing thoughts. The clinical explanations for this episode didn’ t seem to
apply. Gradually my symptoms vanished, but not without a trace. “I was different. It was as if someone had pulled the plug and drained out
my—what? Battery fluid. I didn’ t have any charge left; no ambition,
curiosity, purpose, drive. I was pointless to myself, and my mystical
experiences had disappeared completely. If I shut my eyes to meditate, there
wasn’ t any light; I didn’ t expand outside my body or see angel s. For a few
days afterward I felt extreme anxiety, as though demons were going to get
me, but that didn’t happen either. So if it wasn’ t tumors, madness, or divine
punishment, what was it? I waited for an answer.”
“Did you get one?” I asked. “Yes, but not the way I expect ed. The answer was a process, which I
began to call ‘ego surgery.’ That dramatic moment on the mountain was
like having my chest opened up by an invisible surgeon, and once opened I
couldn’ t close myself up again. It hadn’ t occurred to me, in my headlong
pursuit of the never -ending high, for that’s what spiritual life had meant to
me, that spirit is carved out of the very things a person doesn’ t want to face. Like most people, I wanted not to be sad, anxious, powerless, unlovable,
and hostile. I wanted ‘It,’ the big spiritual payof f. But what I now got was
every speck of sadness, anger, anxiety, and so on that I thought I had gone
beyond.”
“It must have been a dif ficult time,” I said. “To put it mildly. Whoever this surgeon was, he dug deep, probing for
every hidden secret, every dark deposit of guilt and shame. There were
mornings when I felt that nothing could be worse than simply living with
myself. But I got used to what was happening, once I realized that thesurgeon was me, working on myself. At some deep level I had given myself
permission to go through the dark night of the soul. “Ironically, I’d always thought  that getting to God meant climbing a
mountain, gettin g so close to Him that He would say, ‘Ah, you’ve made it, I
see.’ With a smile of approval He would then grab my hand and pull me
into heaven. There’ s only one problem with that scenario. What  happens to
the parts  that get left behind? I certainly didn’ t expect God to say, ‘Bring
along your shame and guilt.’ To me, being spiritual meant jettisoning the
‘bad’ me and boosting the ‘good’ me to heaven.”
“But that would  imply,” I said, “that God judges against the ‘bad’ you
and only loves the ‘good’ you. Such a God couldn’ t be a God of love. He
would be a God of ego, since that’s exactly what our egos do all the time—
judge against the bad and accept only the good.”
“Exactly,” said Drew. “I suppos e that’s why ego surgery was so difficult
to face. Once these awful things—the ghosts in the basement,


.” It became apparent that Lou’s uncertainty still cast a shadow,
and yet if he only knew it, he had smashed through huge barriers. I remem ber how we parted that day. We had been talking for
quite a while. I paused and glanced outside. It was April, a rare
spring day in New England when the sky was a perfect, crystalline
blue. The crocuses were up, yellow and violet jewels splashed across
the lawn, and the trees were bursting in their rst glory of golden
green. I saw that Lou was looking outside, too, but dully. All at once, I
knew the utter loneliness his sickness had brought. “Look,” I said,
“why don’t you go outside for a little while. It’s a beautiful day, isn’t
it?” He nodded sadly, still alone inside his impenetrable gray space. I had to break through, if only for a moment. “Think of the
beautiful days you used to love,” I said, surprising myself with
emotion. “Where are they now? They must still be here, inside you. You breathed the air, and it became part of your blood. You looked
at the sky, and the sight became engraved on the neurons of your
brain. You felt the sunshine,  and its warmth was absorbed by your
skin.“It’s all there now, not just in your memory, but turned into you. So don’t long for the good old days, Lou— you are them. Outside this
window is another day that wants to turn into you. You aren’t
outside life. Like all the rest of us, you’re blended into it, creating it
as you are being created. This day cannot last without you to keep it
alive. Will you give it a chance?”
When I was through, Lou said very little, but he embraced me
warmly when we parted. We had come to an understan ding. As I
stood by the door, I caught one last glimpse of him from the back. He was just stepping outside, and from the eager way he looked
around, I sensed his happiness at being welcomed by the warm
spring light. OceanofPDF.com7
The Importance of Feeling
Special
The instant he started to fall, Ray was probably dead. Twelve
thousand volts of electricity had violently hurled him o the roof
where he was working, helping a neighbor to install a new
television antenna. What should have been a harmless ground wire
turned out to be a live high- tension cable. When Ray picked it up,
he had no protection against the massive surge of current, which
almost certainly stopped his heart on the spot. The horried neighbor round ed the corner and found Ray’s body
in a heap on the ground. His right arm was shattered where the
current had entered; the charred right knee of his work pants
marked where  it had exited. When the neighbor gingerly touched
Ray’s chest, however, he felt a beating heart. We will never really
know why. Perhaps—given just the right angle and velocity—hitting the
ground restarted his heart. When debrillator paddles are not
available for shocking the heart back to life, thumping the chest is a
standard procedure in emergency resuscitation. Yet, even in the
hands of a doctor, it is a crude, risky method. You can just as easily
damage the heart as save it, and in the process crack a rib or
puncture a lung. Falling from a roof would increase these risks
considerably. But how else could Ray Shepard’s heart have started
again? It was an intriguing circumstance for the doctors on the
trauma team to speculate about later. When he heard about it,however, Ray began to call this moment, out of all the remarkable
ones to come, “the gift.”
Medical services are modest in the rangeland of eastern
Washington where Ray runs his horse ranch. Now barely  conscious
again, he had to endure an hour-long ambulance ride without
painkillers. A helicopter airlifted him to the nearest burn center, in
Seattle, and intensive surgery began. Over the course of sixteen
hours, the trauma surgeons removed his right arm at the elbow and
carefully preserved the tissue that could be salvaged at the other
two sites hurt worst in the accident, his right knee and left wrist. His sister picks up the story in a letter written six months later:
“Ray was remarkably clear-h eaded and calm from the moment he
entered the hospital. He did not sink into depression during his
extended perio d of treatment, and despite the intense pain of his
burns, he insisted on a minimum of medication. He underwent ve
surgeries over the next six weeks. It took that many procedures to
remove all the dead and damaged tissue and to begin the massive
work of reconstruction. A very delicate ap graft was required to
cover an exposed tendon on his left wrist. The right knee was so
devastated that it wound up being reduced to arteries, bone, and
nerves, all exposed to the air.”
Healing is a highly individual process, and in complex cases like
Ray’s, a “normal” recovery is almost a self-contradiction. Most of us
cannot imagin e what we would do if our nerves and bones were
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stopped heart can survive without oxygen for up to ftee n minutes;
brain cells are irreversibly damaged without oxygen after only four
minutes. This sets the critical  time limit that cardiac units are racing
against in their frantic emerg ency eorts. Some yogic subjects have
virtually halted blood ow for hours, however, and spent days with
their hearts barely utterin g. If medicine is pledged to be an
objective science, such demonstrations should topple our whole
conception of what the body actually is. Unfortunately, metaphors
die hard. Phantoms
Nothing forces you to try and break through Maya’s mask. As long
as you accept the physical world at face value, your compliance
keeps the machinery running. Rocks remain hard and solid, the
wind blows, water makes things wet, and re burns. Maya is very
obliging. At a certain point, however, the mirage of molecules is not
real enough to be satisfying. The illusion starts to dissolve—we have
seen many instances of that by now—and then the search begins for
the true reality hidden under the trick eects. I do not have to recover “miraculously” from a brain tumor to
begin this search. Just to observe that I am not a handful of empty
space is a good enough beginning. Something must hold me
together, a kind of glue or magnetic pole that keeps my molecules
from ying apart. What is this glue. How do I manage to organize
myself around a stable, meaningful core. One clue, strangely enough, lies in the experience of amputees
who continue to feel that their lost ngers, toes, arms, and legs are
still present. Oliver Sacks has written evocatively of these
“phantom” limbs, as neurology calls them. Phantoms are observed
frequently in the aftermath of amputation and can persist for days,weeks, or years. Their appearance can be disquieting, to say the
least. Dr. Sacks describes one patie nt, a sailor, who lost an index nger
in an accident at sea. At the time of injury, the nger was rigidly
extended, and the phantom that appeared in its place retained the
same position. The man had the distinct sensation that he was
forever pointin g his nger in the air. This feeling was so lifelike that
he could hardly touch his hand to his face to shave without fearing
that he would poke an eye out. Other patients have phantoms that
bring pain, itching, and various other uncomfortable sensations,
bordering on the bizarre—one man reported that his phantom leg
regularly suered severe cramps at night, complete with curled toes
and knotted calf muscles. Phantoms often possess the uncanny ability to change size. Thus a
leg may seem eight feet long at one minute and only two inches
long the next. Phantoms are not simply deceptive, though. Anyone
who has worked with disabled patients soon discovers that without
a phantom, learning to use an articial limb is made much more
dicult. Walking steadily on a prosthetic leg is a matter of
integrating it into your existing body image. As long as the
prosthesis is dead weight, this integration will never be completely
natural. But the phantom leg can mold itself to the false leg, giving
the feeling that it is alive. Even when it proves useful, a phantom is not always cooperative. Sacks mention s one patient who would wake up some mornings to
nd that his lower leg, a phantom, was not there. In its place would
be a vacuum, nothingness devoid of any sense of existence. (Of
course there was only air below his knee to begin with, but on these
mornings it was “dead” air. ) To bring his phantom back to life, the
patient would vigorously slap his thigh ve or six times like a baby’s
bottom until the phantom woke up and extended itself. Then he
could t on his prosthesis and walk


 any o ther way. How To Give Yourself An Enema
    Enemas have been medically out of favor for a long time. Most people have never had one. So here are simple directions to sel f-
administer an effective enema series. The enema bag you select is important. It must hold at least two quarts and be rapidly refillable. The best American -made brand
is made of rubber with about five feet of rubber hose ending in one of two different white hard plastic insertion tips. The b ag is
designed for either enemas or vaginal d ouches. It hangs from a detachable plastic "S" hook. When filled to the brim it holds
exactly one -half gallon. The maker of this bag offers another model that costs about a dollar more and also functions as a hot water
bottle. A good comforter it may make,  but the dual purpose construction makes the bag very awkward to rapidly refill. I
recommend the inexpensive model. The plastic insertion tips vary somewhat. The straight tubular tip is intended for enemas; the flared vaginal douche tip can be
useful for enemas too, in that it somewhat restrains unintentional expulsion of the nozzle while filling the colon. However,  its four
small holes do not allow a very rapid rate of flow. To give yourself an enema, completely fill the bag with tepid water that does not exceed body temperature. The rectum is
surprisingly sensitive to heat and you will flinch at temperatures o nly a degree or two higher than 98 Fahrenheit. Cooler water is
no problem; some find the cold stimulating and invigorating. Fasters having difficulty staying warm should be wary of cold wa ter
enemas. These can drop core body temperature below the point of comfort. Make sure the flow clamp on the tube is tightly shut and located a few inches up the tube from the nozzle. Hang the filled ba g
from a clothes or towel hook, shower nozzle, curtain rod, or other convenient spot about four to five feet above th e bathroom floor
or tub bottom. The higher the bag the greater the water pressure and speed of filling. But too much pressure can also be
uncomfortable. You may have to experiment a bit with this. Various body positions are possible for filling the col on. None is correct or necessarily more effective than another. Experiment
and find the one you prefer. Some fill their colon kneeling and bending forward in the bathtub or shower because there will l ikely
be small dribbles of water leaking from around the  nozzle. Usually these leaks do not contain fecal matter. Others prefer to use the
bathroom floor. For the bony, a little padding in the form of a folded towel under knees and elbows may make the process more
comfortable. You may kneel and bend over while placing your elbows or hands on the floor, reach behind yourself and insert the
nozzle. You may also lie on your back or on your side. Some think the left side is preferable because the colon attaches to t he
rectum on the left side of the body, ascends up the left side of the abdomen to a line almost as high as the solar plexus, then
transverses the body to the right side where it descends again on the right almost to the groin. The small intestine attaches  to the
colon near its lower -right extremity. In fa ct these are the correct names given for the parts of the colon: Ascending, Descending
and Transverse Colon along with the Sigmoid Colon or Rectum at the exit end. As you become more expert at filling your colon with water you will begin to become awa re of its location by the weight,
pressure and sometimes temperature of the water you're injecting. You will come to know how much of the colon has been filled
by feel. You will also become aware of peristalsis as the water is evacuated vigorously and disc over that sensations from a colon
hard at work, though a bit uncomfortable, are not necessarily pain. Insertion of the nozzle is sometimes eased with a little lubricant. A bit of soap or KY jelly is commonly used. If the nozzle  can
be inserted without lubricant it will have less tendency to slip out. However, do not tear or damage the anus by avoiding necessary
lubrication. After insertion, grip the clamp with one hand and open it. The flow rate can be controlled with this clamp. Keep ing a
hand on the c lamp also prevents the nozzle from being expelled. Water will begin flowing into the colon. Your goal is to empty the entire bag into the colon before sensations of pressure or
urgency to evacuate the water force you to remove the nozzle and head for t he toilet. Relaxation of mind and body helps achieve
this. You are very unlikely to achieve a half -gallon fill up on the first attempt. If painful pressure is experienced try closing the
clamp for a moment to allow the water to begin working its way around  the obstacle. Or, next time try hanging the bag lower,
reducing its height above the body and thus lowering the water pressure. Or, try opening the clamp only partially. Or, try pa nting
hard, so as to make the abdomen move rapidly in and out, sort of shak ing the colon. This last technique is particularly good to get
the water past a blockage of intestinal gas. It is especially important for Americans, whose culture does not teach one to be tolerant of discomfort, to keep in mind that  pain
is the body's  warning that actual damage is being done to tissues. Enemas can do no damage and pose no risk except to that rare
individual with weak spots in the colon's wall from cancers. When an enema is momentarily perceived unpleasantly, the correct
name for the ex perience is a sensation, not pain. You may have to work at increasing your tolerance for unpleasant sensations or it
will take you a long time to achieve the goal of totally filling the colon with water. Be brave. And relax. A wise philosophe r once
said th at it is a rough Universe in which only the tigers survive --and sometimes they have a hard time. Eventually it will be time to remove the nozzle and evacuate the water. Either a blockage (usually fecal matter, an air bubbl e, or
a tight ‘U' turn in the colon, usually at either the splenetic, or hepatic flexures located right below the rib cage) will prevent further
inflow (undesirable) or else the bag will completely empty (good. ) or the sensation of bursting will no longer be tolerable. Go sit
on the to ilet and wait until all the water has passed. Then refill the bag and repeat the process. Each time you fill the colon it wil l
allow more water to enter more easily with less unpleasantness. Fasters and cleansers should make at least three attempts at a
complete fill -up each time they do an enema session. Water and juice fasters will find that after the first few enemas, it will become very easy to inject the entire half -gallon of water. That is because there is little or no chime entering the colon. A fter a few days the entire colon will seem (this is incorrect) to be
empty except when it is filled with water. This is the point to learn an advanced self -administered enema technique. An average
colon empty of new food will usually hold about one gallon of water. That is average. A small colon might only hold 3/4 gallon, a
large one might accept a gallon and a half, or even more. You'll need to learn to simultaneously refill the bag while injecti ng water,
so as to achieve a complete irrigation of the whol e colon. There are several possible methods. You might try placing a pitcher or
half-gallon mason jar of tepid water next to the bag and after the bag has emptied the first time, stand up while holding the tube  in
the anus, refill the bag and then lie down  again and continue filling. You might have an assistant do this for you. You might try
hanging the bag from the shower head and direct a slow, continuous dribble of lukewarm water from the shower into the bag whi le
you kneel or lie relaxed in the tub. Thi s way the bag will never empty and you stop filling only when you feel fullness and pressure
all the way back to the beginning of the ascending colon. Of course, hanging from a slowly running shower head the bag will
probably overflow and you will get spla shed and so will the bathroom floor when your wet body moves rapidly from the tub to the
toilet. I've imagined making an enema bag from a two gallon plastic bucket with a small plastic hose barb glued into a hole d rilled
in the bottom or lower edge. If I w ere in the business of manufacturing enema bags I'd make them hold at least one gallon. A word of caution to those folks who have a pattern of overdoing it, or tend to think that more is better. This is not true w hen it
comes to colon cleansing. Do no t make more than three attempts to fill and clean the colon with an enema bag. Usually the colon
begins to protest and won't accept any more fill -ups. When having colonics on a colonic machine it is a good idea to continue until
the water comes back reason ably clear for that session. It is not a good idea for a faster to have colonics that last more than three -
quarters of an hour to an hour maximum, or it will be too tiring. Even non -fasters find colonics tiring. After all, the colon is
basically a big


 times a week, continued over a period of two to
five years, with no relief or amelioration of symptoms. After almost unendurable suffering, such
patients are as a rule, thin, and physically and mentally depressed. When they make complete
recoveries after a prolonged fast, as the great majority of them do, is this not sufficient proof that
fasting somehow or other raises the power of the organism to overcome infection, rather than
fasting renders them more susceptible. What is true of sinusitis is equally true of other infections
—even those so situated anatomically that they cannot be surgically drained, and must therefore be
absorbed. ”
What is here said of recovery from sinusitis is equally true of recovery from other
inflammations in the respiratory, digestive, genitourinary tracts and other regions of the body that
are lined with mucous membrane. Thus otitis, conjunctivitis, gastritis, duodenitis, ileitis, colitis, metritis—all have been known to
clear up during the course of a lengthy fast. Only in comparatively rare instances are two fasts
required. Hay fever and asthma, both belonging to this same group of “diseases,” are remedied by
the forces of the organism during a fast. Extensive experience with fasting in a wide variety of diseases, running over a period of more
than a hundred and thirty years and involving the work of hundreds of men and women caring for
many thousands of patients, has demonstrated that when the load is lifted from the digestive organs
by fasting, all of the energy of the body is transferred to the organs
of excretion, permitting full use
of these organs in freeing the body of an accumulated load of toxin. What the body can do for itself in the way of restoring normal function and full vigor when the
toxic load is lifted has to be seen to be fully appreciated. Speaking of pernicious anemia, Tilden says: “A fast of two weeks, without anything at all
except water, will improve anemia condition by increasing the blood-corpuscles sometimes by
five hundred thousand in that length of time. ” There is poisoning from the digestive tract in all of
these cases and it seems most likely that this befoulment of the blood with sepsis from this source
81is the cause of the failure of the blood-making organs. A similar septic befoulment seems to exist in cancer, causing anemia in this condition. It should
be emphasized strongly that no person suffering with anemia should undertake a fast, except under
competent supervision. There is an equal need for experienced supervision of the diabetic who fasts. The diabetic may
safely and profitably fast, particularly if he carries considerable weight. If insulin has been taken
over an extended period of time, fasting is rarely recommended. The sufferer with Bright’s disease may also fast with great benefit. In both these conditions and
all similar “diseases,” more important than the fast is the correction of the total way of life. It is
imperative that these patients be taught how to eat and that they learn their individual limitations
and to respect these. They may evolve into good health—continually improved health—if all
enervating habits are discontinued and the patient learns the laws of proper eating. 8219
The Case of the Common Cold
Millions of dollars have been spent in trying to discover what germ or set of germs produces the
common cold. All the efforts so far have led on to greater confusion, greater claims and greater
expenditures on remedies and the quest for vaccines to prevent colds. Harold Deihs, M. D., at the University of Minnesota, tested, on many thousands of students,
virtually every cold remedy ever devised and kept exact records. None of them proved to be a
genuine remedy. Some authorities insist that the cold is caused by a whole panoply of cold microbes—a sort of
“germ cocktail. ” Other common cold experts propound the concept that the cold is produced by a
virus or a whole series of viruses. Nearly a hundred viruses have been identified which may play
some role in the causation of the cold. As all work now seems to be concentrated on finding a
vaccine that will
immunize
 one against these viruses, it is obvious that a number of vaccines will
have to be perfected. It would be so much better to learn to live in a manner to avoid colds. The
normal body produces its own protection. It needs no outside crutch. It has been said that the cold is common, not because it is simple, but because it is so complex. This may have reference to the confusion in which the etiology of the cold has been enshrouded. Dr. Tilden said that a cold is the proximal symptom of a complex whose distal symptom is cancer
or tuberculosis or some other fatal
degenerative disease. Between the first cold of infancy and death from cancer in middle life, there are intermediate
complexes and symptoms galore—colds, coughs, sore throats, constipation, diarrhea, headaches,
fatigue, grouchiness, apprehension, restlessness, sleeplessness, bad breath, coated tongue, and
many other symptoms and so-called acute diseases, all of which are but crises in toxemia. The
non-toxemic individual cannot be made to develop symptoms of a cold. In humorous verse, but with underlying truth, the
rationale
 of the causes of cold was presented
in these stanzas in a poem published in the
American Journal of Clinical Medicine
 in 1928:
A cold is not a cold to me—
It’s Nature’s way to tell
That I’ve been dining recently
Not wisely, but too well. A snuffy nose has come to mean
That I’ve enjoyed erstwhile
Some breaded porkchops, nested deep
In sweet spuds, southern style…. Or else, perchance, a wondrous steak,
With onions crisp and brown,
Has made my liver make of me
A menace to the town. 83Or, it might be a chunk of cheese,
Or mince pie hot and sweet,
So, a cold is not a cold to me—
It’s just too much to eat. Hygienists
 can fully endorse the thoughts expressed in these lines. Not only may one avoid
colds by learning to eat within limitations and by conserving energy in every way, but one may
hasten the termination of the cold by fasting. Stuffing the patient who has a cold is a sure way of
prolonging it and of causing it to “run into pneumonia” or something else. Few people realize the
importance of stopping all food until all symptoms have subsided. In an article on the common cold, published in American newspapers on Dec. 20, 1962, Dr. Walter C. Alvarez, professor of medicine and editor of
American Medicine,
 and newspaper
columnist, declared: “In the great British cold research laboratory at Salisbury, it was found that
sitting or standing in wet clothes in a draft does not produce a cold. ”
Such experiments are but wasteful repetitions of experiments that were conducted in this country
in the last century by
Hygienists,
 and, while they confirm the conclusions arrived at by the
Hygienists,
 they add nothing new to our knowledge of the cause of colds. Alvarez says that he
himself has no fear of getting chilled in winter. Alvarez thinks that colds are “contagious. ” He says that what he does fear is to get into a taxi
cab with a man who has a sniffy cold. He thinks that he “catches cold” or what it catches him under
such circumstances. As such an experience never causes me to have a cold, I wonder why he so
readily develops a cold when thus “exposed. ” He discounts the idea that being in good condition
will enable one to avoid colds, but his reasons for objecting to this idea are rather shaky. In his youth he used to have four severe colds a year—at a time when he was an athlete, a track
man, a swimmer and an instructor in a gymnasium—although he would take a cold bath every
morning and run three or four miles every evening. Unfortunately for his position, his activities do not necessarily prove that he was in genuinely
good condition. Athletes are notorious for their frequent colds. Alvarez has accepted the common
faulty conception of what constitutes good condition. A plethoric and toxemic individual may pass
for being in good condition. He says: “We are told to eat well and get plenty of sleep. ” He neither
approves nor disapproves of this advice. I would point out that what is commonly meant by “eating
well” is overeating and eating plentifully of staple foods. This is a sure way to build colds, not to
prevent them. I do not dismiss exposure to cold, however, as a contributing factor in the production of a cold
any more than I am willing to dismiss becoming overheated as a contributing factor in the same
complex of factors that collectively constitute cause. Prolonged exposure to cold enervates and
this checks elimination. Those who are already enervated and toxemic, when exposed to cold, have their elimination
further checked and this is frequently enough to
precipitate a crisis, in this case a cold. It should be
realized that when one is already enervated and toxemic any added enervating influence will place
enough additional check upon elimination that a crisis is sure to develop. What happens is that the added check upon elimination causes the toxic accumulation to rise
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 d take back control. O bserve your thoughts as many times as
possible throughout your day, especially when faced with a challenge. There w ill be times when you can quiet your mind ef fortlessly; at other
times th e buildup of emotions may make it more dif ficult. Either way,
observe how negative thinking af fects your body and ask your self if these
types of thoughts are useful to you. Simply asking yourself th is question
will bring awareness to your life and allow you to know yourself better. In time, if you commit to observing your thoughts and the ef fect they
have on your b ody, you will find you spend less ener gy on fruitless
thinking. Y our mind will be clearer, your body more relaxed, and life will
become easier. Y ou will notice more of what takes place around you and
miss less. Repetitive, regur gitating thought is extremely draining, causin g stress,
tiredness, and headaches. The less headspace you give to negative thinking,
the more room you have in your life for positivity and improvement. Consider the following example:
Michael is driving his car to an important training session, well aware
that he is likely  to be late. As he projects his mind into the  future, he
imagines and rehearses the rea ction from his coach and team mates. He
cannot stop these thoughts circ ling around his head, worrying about the
outcome, getting  frustrated with traf fic, and generally winding himself up. His body  feels tense, a headache begins to take hold, and he probably starts
to drive faster than he should. Alan is also driving on his way to a training session. It is likely  that he
too will be late. Knowing that he is doing the best he can to get there on
time and that no amount of worrying is going to get him there any faster,
Alan brings his attention to his b reath, observing the flow of air as it enters
and leaves his body. Every now  and again the thought of being late enters
Alan’ s mind. As he notices the  thoughts, he asks himself whether these
thoughts are helpful. Knowing only too well that anxiety will only serve to
make hi m tense and distract him, he takes his attention back to  his breath,
keeping himself calm and relaxed. Now im agine bo th Michael and Alan are cut of f by another car,  forcing
each of them to apply the brake s. How do you think each one reacts to the
situation. Most likely, Michael is engulfed in rage and soun ds the horn
angrily. Alan, on the other han d, chooses not to react and does not get
sucked into the situation. In this example, the two drivers were presented with the same
challenge, but while one immediately reacted to the challenge, the other
responded by choosing to let i t go. There is no doubt that a  stressed or
anxious person reacts more str ongly to a dif ficult event than a relatively
calm person. Keeping a quiet mind enables you to consider a situation more
objectively and choose how to respond rather than being consumed by the
moment. Alan had the choice to respond or not. Michael’ s instincts took
over before he could make a conscious decision. In a ddition to observing your t houghts, it is just as vital to be  able to
quiet yo ur mind. T ogether, these skills will magnify your ability  to enter the
zone du ring spo rts. When you f irst practice taming your mind it is normal
to fi nd distracting thoughts ente ring your head every few seconds. In fact,
you sho uld expect them to appear. Do not be dishear tened—this
bombardment o f thoughts has built up through years of condi tioning and
will take time to strip away. Layer upon layer of thoughts have been added
by every  influen ce in your life : education, religion, society, relationships,
and wor k. The mind has simpl y developed a bad habit; it knows how to
think but is unable to stop thinking. When yo u first begin practicing meditation, try not to become frustrated
when the mind wanders, becaus e it inevitably will. Many peop le abandon
meditation too quickly when they find it isn’ t an instant fix. Y ou may feel
discouraged if your thoughts do n’ t switch of f as quickly as you had hoped,
but try to view t he practice as ju st that: practice, not as a fixed outcome or
goal. Y our intention while meditating  should be to make a dedicated ef fort to
become aware of your own mind, to observe your thoughts, and to practice
simply being still and present. T houghts will enter. Thoughts will go. That
is th e nature o f the human mind. Each time you notice your mind
wandering, all you need to do is gently bring your attention b ack to your
breath or bring your awareness to your inner body. All throughout my time at school, college, and my early years of work,
my m ind was ex tremely active. I believed that thinking was a po sitive thing
but had no wa y of dif ferentiating practical thoughts from  repetitive,
unnecessary, or negative ways of thinking. Most of the time I li ved stuck in
my h ead, on aut omatic pilot, without realizing just how constantly thoughts
were streaming through my min d. Having such an active mind  diminished
my concentration—to achieve good grades it was ne cessary for me t o spend
many hours studying, and I found it dif ficult to retain information as there
simply w asn’ t any room left in  my head. For one university exam I spent
three mo nths studying in the B erkeley Library at T rinity College Dublin. An hour before t he examination  I headed there again with all my notes for a
last-minute recap and was joined by my friend T erry, who hadn’ t prepared
at al l. W hile the rest of us had been studying business, T erry had devoted all
of his time setting up a tax recla mation service. He borrowed my notes and
studied them for a mere 15 m inutes. As I observed his unw avering and
ef fortless concentration, I could not help but notice that T erry had
something I did not. My concentration at that time was so poor that I was
easily di stracted, and the little a ttention I had was forced. Whe n the exam
results c ame back, I was somewhat scandalized to discover tha t T erry had
secured the very same mark as me. What he achieved in 15 m inutes took
me three months. This is exa ctly the dif ference between a productive,
focused, and concentrated mind and one that is out of control. T o g et through university I c ontinued my long hours of s tudying,
experiencing str ess, fatigue, and severe respiratory problems in the process,
completely unaw are that my mind was working against me. T w enty years
later, it comes a s no surprise th at T erry’ s company employs one thousand
people, winning countless awards in business and customer service. A s kittering mind, jumping from thought to thought, is a leech to
productivity, cre ative endeavor, and quality of life. Having a fo cused mind
is probably the greatest asset in every walk of life, whatever your
occupation or lifestyle. After university  I secured a job in middle management with a U.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What does it mean to enter the zone, and how can one achieve it?,
A: Entering the zone means performing in the absence of thought. To achieve this, one must practice quieting the mind by focusing on the breath or inner body.
Q: What is the importance of meditation and quieting the mind in sports and daily life?,
A: The importance of meditation and quieting the mind is crucial for athletes and individuals in general. It allows for complete focus and concentration, leading to better performance, reduced stress, and increased productivity.
Q: What is the relationship between breathing and oxygenation of the brain?,
A: The text does not explicitly state the relationship between breathing and oxygenation of the brain, but it does mention that overbreathing can lead to a reduction in oxygenation, which can negatively impact mental performance.
Q: What is the author's experience with meditation and its benefits?,
A: The author has personally experienced the benefits of meditation, including increased focus, concentration, and creativity, which has improved his overall well-being and allowed him to reduce his stress levels.
Q: What is the author's advice for dealing with anxiety and negative thoughts during a competition?,
A: The author suggests that one should not let their mind wander and instead focus on their breathing and inner body to quiet the mind and reduce anxiety.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>In terms of importance for survival, breathing is
at the top of the list, followed by water, with food in last place. Health
professionals, athletes, and nonathletes alike pay far more attention to their
food tha n their breathing, but what happens if we switch this fo cus around? Improve your BOL T score by 10 seconds and you will find y our appetite
changing. Impro ve your BOL T score to 40 seconds and yo ur life will
change. The loss of appe tite and resultant weight normalization from obtaining a
higher BOL T score may be d ue to a combination of seve ral factors,