.” Note in your EFT journal
wher e you are feeling any body awareness or sensations about this “too
much to do” belief. Step 4. For this exercise, you are going to tap on the most intense feeling
relating to having too much to do. Here’ s an example of a globa l EFT setup
statement you can customize. “ Even though I have too much to do and can’t
take a break (or whatever other phrase comes to mind), I deeply and
completely accept myself.”
Step 5. Tap the EFT sequence of points once or several times, starti ng
with the top of the head, customizing this reminder phrase: “Too much to
do, I can’ t take a break.” Tap until you experience a shift in intensity. Step 6. What came to mind as you tapped? Anything specific about your
too much to do belief? Jot down any specific events that came to mind
about your setup phrases  such as one person’ s response : “If I don’t get to
these things today, I’ll forget, and important things won’ t get done.” You’ll
use these phrases later to tap on your own and see what’ s underneath the
concerns. Say the statement again to test your progress:  “I have too much to
do. I can’t take a break.” Does it feel as true to you? Are you having as
many feelings about the “too much to do” belief? Have the feelings
changed? When tapping on a belief like this, you might begin to experience the
belief as less true or insistent. Perhaps you now feel like it’s not necessarily
true all the time; you may realize there are times during your day that you
can—and do—take breaks, for example. Perhaps after a tapping round like
this you might suddenly feel the weight of “too much to do” in your bodyand feel very tired. Or maybe you are feeling sorry for yourself, angry at the
world, or resentful of others. Each of these feelings or thoughts is another
tapping round. T ap on whatever thoug hts come up. Before we move to the next step, what happened in your body as you
tapped? Are you still feeling the same body sensations as when  you said “I
have too much to do?”  Notice that it’ s common for your body to work along
with you, too. You may be experiencing a whole host of sensat ions as you
tap on “too much to do,” ranging from numbness to tightness in the chest, a
feeling of sheer exhaustion to nausea. Note every physical sensa tion in your
EFT journal, because it means your body is working with you, helping you
understand how stress af fects it. Can you see how many big feelings you are
sitting on that are playing a role in how you are experiencing stress and the
decisions you are making? Decreasing the intensity around the “truth” of
our beliefs loosens up the stress factor in your body, and that’ s a good start. Part 2: T oo Much to Do—Getting Mor e Specific
What feeling arises when you think about “I can’t take a break. I have too
much to do”? Go ahead and input whatever the feeling is into your setup
statement. Here’ s an example of what I mean: “Even though important
things won’ t get done if I take a break and I feel panic when thinking about
everything I have to do, I deeply and completely accept myself.” Or: “Even
though I have too much to do to take a break and that’s sad, I deeply and
completely accept myself.” We’ll use the example of “sad that I have too
much to do.”
Step 1. Rate the  sadness  or your own feeling about having too much to do
on the 0 to 10 scale. Step 2. Customize this example to target your own specific emotion
around “too much to do,” repea ting the statement one to three times while
karate chopping: “Even though I have too much to do, and that makes me
feel sad, I love, honor, and accept myself anyway.”Step 3. Tap the EFT sequence once or more using your reminder phrase:
“I’m feeling (your emotion) that I can’t take a break becau se I have too
much to do.”
Step 4. Recheck your intensity. If you are feeling relief, then ask yourself
again why you can’t take a break, and no doubt another aspect will appear. For example, maybe you can’t take a break because you don’t know how to
stop. T ap on that. If the intensity is the same or higher, it’s time to get more specific. Let’s
get more specific about times you felt sad because of too much to do. Write
your answers down. For example, “I had to miss my son’s birthday party,”
“feeling like my spouse and I are strangers at our anniversa ry dinner,”
“when I was running to catch the train and felt like I was going to collapse.”
You can select one part of any of the above situations and turn it into a
specific event of three minutes or less to tap on. For example, “I had to
miss my son’s birthday party,” a couple  specific events might be: “The
sinking feeling in my stomach when I realized I wouldn’ t make it to the
party on time,” and “The close d, unhappy look on my son’s face when I
came home and they were cleaning up.”
File these important specifics under the Stress Relief section of your EFT
journal for tapping when you are ready and have the time and energy. You
can alwa ys take your work with you to an EFT practitioner, too. And as you
tap on these, they may likely lead you to the core causes of “can’ t take a
break, too much to do.”
While this next bit isn’t part of the exercise, it’s an alternative to
traditional EFT. You will see that I vary the EFT tapping setup statements. See if any of these ring true for you. If so, test your intensity and perform
an EFT round on one or more of them. Even though I have too much to do, and that makes me feel (angry, sad,
resentful, hopel ess, anxious, panicky, all tight, full of despair, or
exhausted) and a whole host of other feelings, I would like to
experience my life dif ferently.Even though I have an impossib le life with too much to do, but I can’t
stop because (list what’ s impo ssible, such as: too many people are
depending on me, important things won’ t get done...) and I’ve got big
unpleasant feelings inside of me about that, I deeply and completely
accept myself and forgive myself for anything that I may be doing to
contribute to my impossible life. Even though I’m exhausted and in despair about having too much to
do, I accept all of me and my situation, including the “too much  to do”
part. Here’ s an example of some alternative tapping sequences about “too
much to do”:
Top of head:  I have too much to do and a lot of feelings about that. Inside eyebrow:  I’m sad, exhausted, and feel anger and resentment. Side of eye:  My body feels tight and tired with all this stuf f to do. Under eye:  I am feeling really unhappy about having too much to do. Under nose:  It’s exhausting to have this much to do all the time. Chin:  I feel (sad, angry, depressed, guilty, unhappy, or full of despair), and
a lot of other big feelings about this impossible situation. Collarbone:  It’s been this way for a while now, and I’m in despair, because
I don’ t know if I’ll ever get the rest I need. Under arm:  It feels impossible, this too-much-to-do situation. When you tap, you begin to have enough of a cognitive and emotional
shift that you might realize there’ s another way to think about the to-do list. In addition, you might realize you have resources right at your fingertips—
but you need to get yourself out of fight-flight and the energy disruption
first. EFT Reframes and Stress
Reframes offer a different way of perceiving the problem, a different
perspective. When they land, it’s like rain soaking into dry earth, wateringall the seeds so they can come to life above ground. We often use reframes
but don’t consciously know what they are. You might want to take
inspiration from  the following reframe—another way to look at your stress. Please note, however, that according to many practitioners and official EFT,
reframes are not meant to be used unless and until you have cleared  enough
of the negative intensity from the tapping target. At that point, here’ s what a
reframe might look like:
Even though I believe I need to control things, what if I could relax and
let go? What if I don’ t have to figure everything out? Even though it feels like I can’t let go, I’m open to the possibil ity that
relaxing might open more doors for me. Even though I have to hold on tight to the reins because otherwise
everything will fall apart, what if it were possible to loosen my grip and
relax? Even though I have to solve all my problems all by myself, I


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

U n t i l  y o u  r e a c h  a  c e r t a i n  a g e,  t h e  w o r d  r e g r e t  h a s  l i t t l e
m e a n i n g. I t ’ s  o n l y  w h e n  y o u  s e e  t h a t  y o u r  m i s t a k e s  d i d
a f f e c t  t h e  r e s t  o f  y o u r  l i f e  a n d  r e a l i z e  t h a t  t h e  b a d  d e c i s i o n s
y o u  m a d e  c a n ’ t  b e  r e v e r s e d  i n  t h i s  l i f e t i m e  t h a t  y o u  f a c e  t h e
h o r r o r  o f  t r u e  r e m o r s e. T h e r e i n  l i e s  t h e  p a r a d o x :  a s  h u m a n
b e i n g s,  w e  h a v e  s u c h  a  s h o r t  p e r i o d  o f  t i m e  h e r e  i n  w h i c h  t o
g e t  i t  r i g h t,  y e t  a s  s p i r i t s  l i v i n g  i n  e t e r n i t y,  w e  h a v e
o p p o r t u n i t i e s  u n l i m i t e d. A s  b e i n g s  w i t h  f r e e  w i l l,  w e  a r e
a l l o w e d  t o  m a k e  o u r  o w n  c h o i c e s ;  a s  c h i l d r e n  o f  G o d,  w e
a r e  r e d e e m e d  u p o n  o u r  h u m b l e  a n d  p r a y e r f u l  r e q u e s t,
s h o u l d  t h o s e  c h o i c e s  h a v e  b e e n  w r o n g - m i n d e d. O u r  m i s t a k e s  a r e  n o t  s i n s  G o d  w a n t s  t o  p u n i s h  b u t  r a t h e r
e r r o r s  H e  w a n t s  t o  c o r r e c t. O n e  p r a y e r  i n  A  C o u r s e  i n
M i r a c l e s  s u g g e s t s  t h a t  w e  s i m p l y  g o  b a c k  t o  t h e  m o m e n t  o f
o u r  m i s t a k e —  r e a l i z i n g  i t  w a s  a  m o m e n t  w h e n,  b yd e f i n i t i o n,  w e  d i d n ’ t  a l l o w  t h e  H o l y  S p i r i t  t o  m a k e  o u r
d e c i s i o n  f o r  u s — a n d  a l l o w  H i m  t o  m a k e  i t  f o r  u s  n o w. F o r
m i r a c l e s  w o r k  r e t r o a c t i v e l y. T h e r e ’ s  n o  n e e d  t o  f e e l  g u i l t y
i n  s u c h  a  c a s e  b e c a u s e  t h e  H o l y  S p i r i t  w i l l  u n d o  a l l  t h e
c o n s e q u e n c e s  o f  o u r  w r o n g  d e c i s i o n  i f  w e  l e t  H i m. *  A s
l o n g  a s  w e  g e n u i n e l y  a t o n e  f o r  o u r  e r r o r s,  t h e  u n i v e r s e  w i l l
b e  m i r a c u l o u s l y  r e c o n f i g u r e d  o n  o u r  b e h a l f. M i l l i o n s  o f
p e o p l e —  a l c o h o l i c s,  d r u g  a d d i c t s,  p e o p l e  w h o  c o m m i t t e d
c r i m e s,  p e o p l e  w h o  h u r t  o t h e r s — c a n  t e s t i f y  t o  t h e  p r o f o u n d
f o r g i v e n e s s  o f  G o d. M a n y  k n o w  t h e y  w o u l d n ’ t  b e  a l i v e
t o d a y  w e r e  t h e i r  G o d  n o t  s u c h  a  m e r c i f u l  G o d. T h a t  m e a n s  s o  m u c h  f o r  t h o s e  o f  u s  w h o  h a v e  l i v e d  a  l o t


 n  h a d  b e c o m e  a  d i f f e r e n t
p e r s o n. A n d  h o w  c o u l d  h e  h a v e  n o t. G i v e n  t h e  c r u c i f i x i o n
h e  e n d u r e d — b r o u g h t  e n t i r e l y  u p o n  h i m s e l f — h o w  c o u l d  h e
h a v e  d o n e  o t h e r  t h a n  t o  h a v e  e i t h e r  d i e d  o r  b r o k e n  t h r o u g h
t o  a n o t h e r  p l a c e. C l e a r l y,  h e  h a d  d o n e  t h e  l a t t e r. A  f a i l u r e
t h a t  i n  w o r l d l y  t e r m s  i s  a l m o s t  i m p o s s i b l e  t o  f a t h o m  h a d  l e d
t o  a  s p i r i t u a l  s u c c e s s. C r u c i f i x i o n s  t a k e  u s  i n t o  t h e  d a r k n e s s  o f  t h e  s o u l,  w h e r e
w e  w r e s t l e  w i t h  t h e  d e m o n s  o f  s h a m e  a n d  l o a t h i n g,  a n g e r
a n d  h a t r e d. W e  a r e  a s k e d  t o  d i e  t o  s o  m a n y  p a r t s  o f
o u r s e l v e s — t o  l a y  d o w n  b o t h  s w o r d  a n d  s h i e l d,  t o  g i v e  u p
j u d g m e n t  a n d  w i l l f u l n e s s  a n d  h a t e. Y e t  w h e n  w e  s t a n d  t h e r en a k e d,  h a v i n g  f o r g i v e n  s o  m u c h,  w e  c a n  f e e l  a  s e n s e  o f
l i g h t n e s s  r e t u r n  t o  o u r  h e a r t s,  a n d  w e  k n o w  w e  h a v e  m a d e  i t
t o  a n o t h e r  p l a c e. C r u c i f i x i o n  i s  n e v e r  t h e  e n d ;  i n  a  w a y,  i t  i s
j u s t  t h e  b e g i n n i n g. W i t h  e v e r y  s c a r,  w e  b e c o m e  c a r r i e r s  o f  t h e  u n i v e r s a l
w o u n d  a s  w e l l  a s  t r a n s m i t t e r s  o f  a  u n i v e r s a l  h e a l i n g. W h e n
w e  h a v e  s u f f e r e d  a n d  t r a n s c e n d e d  o u r  s u f f e r i n g,  w e  e m e r g e
w i t h  s a c r e d  k n o w l e d g e  e m b e d d e d  i n  o u r  c e l l s. I n  o u r  l i f e  a t
l e a s t,  s o m e  d a r k n e s s  h a s  b e e n  o v e r c o m e. A n d  w e  w i l l  b e
l e d  t o  o t h e r s  w h o  h a v e  s i m i l a r l y  o v e r c o m e,  a s  w e l l  a s  t o
t h o s e  w h o  h a v e  n o t  y e t  b u t  w i l l  b e  i n s p i r e d  t o  i n  o u r
p r e s e n c e. T o g e t h e r,  w e  w i l l  f o r m  a  u n i f i e d  f i e l d  o f
r e s u r r e c t i v e  p o s s i b i l i t y,  a n  o p e n i n g  t h a t  d o e s  n o t  j u s t  b l e s s
o u r  o w n  l i v e s  b u t  t h e  e n t i r e  w o r l d. A n d  t h a t  i s  w h a t  i s
o c c u r r i n g  o n  t h e  p l a n e t  t o d a y. P e o p l e  a r e  f e e l i n g  t h e  p a i n  o f
t h e  w o r l d,  a l m o s t  l i k e  a n  i n o c u l a t i o n. W e  a r e  h u r r y i n g  t o
r i s e  u p  s o  w e  c a n  c r e a t e  a  h i g h e r  f i e l d  f o r  e v e r y o n e. T h e  w o m e n  a r o u n d  J e s u s  w a i t e d  a n d  p r a y e d  a t  h i s  f e e t
w h i l e  h e  w a s  c r u c i f i e d. T h e s e  w o m e n  s y m b o l i z e  t h e  f r i e n d s
w h o  b e a r  w i t n e s s  t o  o u r  c r u c i f i x i o n s  a n d  c a r e  a b o u t  o u r
s u f f e r i n g. W h e n  t h e y  g o  t o  t h e  t o m b  t o  c l a i m  t h e  b o d y —
t h a t  i s,  w h e n  t h e y  h a v e  e m p a t h i z e d  w i t h  o u r  p a i n  a n d  n o w
a c c o m p a n y  u s  o n  o u r  p s y c h i c  j o u r n e y  b a c k  t o  w h o l e n e s s —
t h e y  o f t e n  f i n d  t h a t  t h e  p e r s o n  w e  w e r e  b e f o r e  n o  l o n g e r
e x i s t s. T h e y  f i n d,  w h e n  t h e  s p i r i t  o f  G o d  h a s  m o v e d  i n  u s,  t h a t
w e  w e r e  n o t  d e f e a t e d  b u t  r a t h e r  w e  b e c a m e  o u r  b e t t e r
s e l v


el to each other. The behavior ofmost important distinction for the make it a shorter step to joy. The key
to of 200 is the fulcrum that divides the
people whose consciousness is only in
purposes of this study is that between
joy is the unconditional kindness to all
general areas of force and power. the 20s is dangerous. They are prone to
force and true power. W e cats, for
life, including one's own, that we refer to
In describing the emotional correlates of
hallucinations of an accusatory nature, as
example, investigate a historical epoch
as compassion.1 W ithout compassion
the ener gy fields of consciousness, it is
well as paranoia; some become psychotic
such as the end of British colonialism in
little of any significance is ever
well to remember that they rarely are
or commit bizarre crimes. India. If we calibrate the position of the
accomplished in human endeavor. W e
manifested as pure states in an (61)Some Shame-based individuals
British Empire at the time, one of self-
may generalize to the greater social
individual. Levels of consciousness are
compensate by perfectionism and rigidity
interest and exploitation, we find that it
context from individual therapies,
always mixed; a person may operate on
and become driven and intolerant. was well below the critical level of 200
wherein the patient cannot be truly cured
one level in a given area of life and on
Notorious examples of this are the moral
on the scale of consciousness. The
or fundamentally healed until he invokes
quite another level in another area. An
extremists who form vigilante groups,
motivation of Mahatma Gandhi the power of compassion both for
himself
individual's overall level of projecting their own unconscious shame
(calibrated at 700) was very near the top
and others. At that point the healed mayconsciousness is the sum total ef fect of
onto others whom they then feel justified
of the range of normal human became a healer. these various levels. in righteously attacking. Serial killers
consciousness. Gandhi won in this
have often acted out of sexual moralism
struggle because his position was one of
4. LEVELS OF HUMAN
Ener gy Level 20: Shame
with the justification of punishing "bad"
far greater power. The British Empire
CONSCIOUSNESS
The level of Shame is perilously women. represented force (calibrated at 175), and
MILLIONS OF CALIBRA TIONS over
proximate to death, which may be chosen
when for ce meets power, for ce is
Because it pulls down the whole level of
the years of this study have defined a
out of Shame as conscious suicide or
eventually defeated.personality, Shame results in a
range of values accurately corresponding
more subtly elected by failure to take
vulnerability to the other negative
W e may observe how throughout history
to well-recognized sets of attitudes and
steps to prolong life. Death by avoidable
emotions and, therefore, often produces
society has tried to "treat" social emotions, localized by specific attractor
accident is common here. W e all have
false pride, anger and guilt. problems by legislative action, warfare,
ener gy fields, much as electromagnetic
some awareness of the pain of "losing
market manipulation, laws and fields gather iron filings. W e have
face," becoming discredited, a non-
Ener gy Level 30: Guilt
prohibitions-all manifestations of force-
adopted the following classification of
person. In Shame we hang our heads and
Guilt, so commonly used in our society
only to see these problems persist orthese ener gy fields to be easily
slink away, wishing we were invisible. to manipulate and punish, manifests itself
recur despite the treatment. Although
comprehensible as well as clinically
Banishment is a traditional in a variety of expressions such as
governments, or individuals, proceeding
accurate. accompaniment of shame, and in the
remorse, self recrimination, masochism,
from positions of force are myopic, to the
It is very important to remember that the
primitive societies from which we all
and the whole gamut of symptoms of
sensitive observer it eventually becomes
calibration figures do not represent an
originate, banishment is equivalent to
victim-hood. Unconscious guilt results in
obvious that conditions of social conflict
arithmetic but a logarithmic progression. death. psychosomatic disease, accident-(57) will not disappear until the underlying
Thus, the level 300 is not twice the
Early life experiences such as sexual
proneness and suicidal behaviors. Many
etiology has been exposed and "healed."' amplitude of 150; it is 300 to the tenth
abuse, which lead to Shame, warp the
people struggle with guilt their entire
The dif ference between treating and
power (10-300). An increase of even a
personality for a lifetime unless these
lives, while others desperately attempt
healing is that in the former the context
few points therefore represents a major
issues are resolved by therapy. Shame, as
escape by amorally denying guilt
remains the same, whereas in the latter
advance in power; the rate of increase in
Freud determined, produces neurosis. It
altogether. the clinical response is elicited by a
power as we move up the scale isis destructive to emotional and Guilt-domination results in a
change of context, so as to bring about an
enormous. psychological health and, as a preoccupation with "sin," an unfor giving
absolute removal of the cause of the
The ways the various levels of human
consequence of low self-esteem, makes
emotional attitude frequently exploited
condition rather than mere recovery from
consciousness express themselves are
one prone to the development of physical
by religious demagogues, who use it for
its symptoms. It is one thing to prescribe
profound and far -reaching; their ef fects
illness. The Shame-based personality is
coercion and control. Such "sin-and-
an anti-hypertensive medication for high
are both gross and subtle. All levels
shy, withdrawn and introverted. salvation" merchants, obsessed with
blood pressure. It is quite another to
below 200 are destructive of life in bothShame is used as a tool of cruelty, and its
punishment, are likely either acting out
expand the patient's context of life so that
the individual and society at lar ge; all
victims often become themselves cruel. he stops being angry and repressive. 27
28
their own guilt or projecting it onto
Mother T eresa and her followers dare to
spurring on endless activity. Fear of
Desire is also the level of addictions,
others,
tread. It is the level of the abandonment
enemies, fear o£ old age or death, fear of
wherein desire becomes a craving more
Subcultures displaying the aberration of
of hope, and few have the courage to
rejection and a multitude of social fears
important than life itself. The victim of
self-flagellation often manifest other really look in its face. are basic motivators in most people'sDesire may actually be unaware of the
endemic forms of cruelty, such as the
lives. basis of his motives. Some people
Ener gy Level 75: Grief
public ritual killing of animals. Guilt
From the viewpoint of this level, the
become addicted to the desire for
provokes rage, and killing frequently is
This is the level of sadness, loss, and
world looks hazardous, full of traps and
attention and drive others away by their
its expression. Capital punishment is an
despondency. Most of us have
threats. Fear is the favored of ficial tool
constant demands. The desire for sexual
example of how killing gratifies a guilt-
experienced it for periods of time, but
for control by oppressive totalitarian
approval has produced an entire
ridden populace. Our unfor giving those who remain at this level live a
life agencies, and insecurity is the stack-in-cosmetics and fashion
industry.American society, for instance, pillories
of constant regret and depression. This is
trade of major manipulators of the
Desire has to do with accumulation and
its victims in the press and metes out
the level of mourning, bereavement and
marketplace. The media and advertising
greed. But Desire is insatiable because it
punishments which have never been
remorse about the past It is also the level
play to Fear to increase market share. is an ongoing ener gy field, so that
demonstrated to have any deterrent or
of habitual losers and those chronic
The proliferation of fears is as limitless
satisfaction of one desire is merely
corrective value. gamblers who accept failure as part of
as the human imagination; once Fear is
replaced by unsatisfied desire for
(62)
their life style, often resulting in loss ofone's focus, the endless fearful events of
something else. Multimillionaires remain
jobs, friends, family, and opportunity, as
the world feed it Fear becomes obsessive
obsessed with acquiring more and more
Ener gy Level 50: Apathy
well as money and health. and may take any form: fear of loss of
money. This level is characterized by poverty,
Major losses in early life make one later
relationship


 made in the
Jennerian way, by inserting the virus subcutaneously —
splitting the skin and rubbing it in —violent septic infection  takes place, causing death in many cases. Laws were
passed in England many years ago prohibiting this practice. In toxemic subjects, a local infecti on set up by the virus
of sepsis from any source vaccination, a badly cared -for
injury, a wound that fails to drain, an infected tooth, sinus,
etc. —causes a septic fever of a malignant type, which is
liable to end in death or in invalidism. A system badly
enervated and toxemic, has little power to resist; and when
the blood is very toxemic, it is very vulnerable to the
influence of any infection. Where the infection is not so malignant as to overwhelm
the system, due to the virulence of the infecting a gent, or to
the enervation and toxemic state being so great as to have
destroyed resistance, the patient may rally from the crisis
and get well under the proper management. If, however, the
management is bad, the patient may linger in a state of
semi-invalidism for a few months or years, and finally die. Mr. Roosevelt’s illness and taking -off at least twenty -five
years too soon was a pronounced type of such
derangement. The great and forceful man was
pronouncedly toxemic. He was injured, as everybody
knows, on one of his trips into the jungles. Infection took
place, which probably would have killed a less robust man. He returned home, and continued enervating habits,
preventing his fine body from cleaning house. Such cases can be brought back to th e normal, but never
under conventional treatment. When toxemic subjects are infected, the infection will
never be eliminated entirely until enervation and Toxemia
are overcome. Unless patients of this character are put to
bed and fasted until eliminat ion is completed, then fed
properly, and taught how to eat within their limitations, and
unless they are willing to give up all enervating habits,
there is no hope of their ever getting well. These subjects
often develop tuberculosis, Bright’s disease, and  other
lingering so - called diseases. Our federal hospitals are full
of young men who will never get well; for Toxemia is
developed faster than it is thrown ok. Scientific medicine is
helpless. Nature’s order is interfered with by enervating habits
until Toxemia is established; then a vaccination, or an
infection from any source, acts sooner or later as a
firebrand in causing the most vulnerable organ to take on
organic change. The organ, however, has nothing to do
with cause, and directing treatment t o the organ is
compounding fallacy. Types of such nonsense are blood - transfusion for pernicious anemia; gland treatment for
gland impotency; cutting out stones, ulcers, tumors, etc. There is no question but that one of the most pernicious
practices i n vogue today is treating so -called disease with
disease, and immunizing with the products of disease. One of the first things to do to get rid of any so -called
disease is to get rid of Toxemia; for it is this state of the
blood that makes disease pos sible. Infection, drug -and
food-poisoning may kill; but if they do not, they will be
short-lived in a subject free frown enervation and Toxemia. Conversely, the poisoning will linger in the system until
Toxemia is overcome; then elimination will remove all
traces of infection. Syphilitic infection in a pronouncedly toxemic subject is
thrown into great virulency by conventional treatment. The
infection is the least offender of the trio. Add fear and
wrong eating, and we have a formidable symptom -
complex, justifying all that professional syphilomaniacs say
and write about the disease. Remove Toxemia, drugging,
fear, and vile eating, and there is little left. What there is
can easily be thrown out by nature. WE are builders of tomorrow, and we need not pa y a
fortune -teller—a doctor, lawyer, preacher, banker —to
tell us what will happen to us tomorrow. “Nothing will
happen. The inevitable will come. We shall inherit the
fruits of today’s sowing. Poise

   THE state or quality of being balanced. Figurativ ely,
equanimity; repose. Equanimity —Evenness of mind or temper; composure;
calmness.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the main cause of all diseases, according to the author?,
A: Toxemia, which is caused by enervation and the accumulation of toxin in the blood.
Q: What is the author's criticism of the medical profession?,
A: The author criticizes the medical profession for not understanding the true cause of disease and for using treatments that are ineffective and often harmful.
Q: What is the author's view on the concept of "germs" as a cause of disease?,
A: The author does not believe that germs are the cause of disease, but rather that the accumulation of toxin in the blood is the primary cause.
Q: What is the author's perspective on the idea of "cures"?,
A: The author believes that there are no cures for disease, but rather that the focus should be on removing the underlying causes of enervation and Toxemia.
Q: What is the author's advice for achieving good health and avoiding disease?,
A: The author advises against enervating habits, such as excessive eating, drinking, and stress, and recommends a balanced lifestyle, including a healthy diet, rest, and self-control.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>The entire organism is more or
less infected by the protein decomposition. A feast -day
comes along; an excess produces a crisis; and th e organism,
which is enervated and toxemic to the point of no
resistance, is overwhelmed by septic poisoning. WHAT CAUSES FATALITY

   Fatal cases in all epidemics are food -drunkards who are
very much enervated, toxemic and infected from
putrescence in  the bowels. It is a crime to feed anything to the sick. No food should
be given until all symptoms are gone; then fruit and
vegetable juices (never any animal foods not for weeks). A
hot bath should be administered three times daily. Wash out
the bowe ls by enemas every few hours, until all putrescent
debris is throughly cleared out; and, when possible, give a
gastric ravage daily, until the stomach and bowels are
thoroughly cleared of all putrescence. The life of the patient
depends upon getting rid of  the putrid food still remaining
in the bowels, before enough putrescence is absorbed to
cause death. All epidemic diseases are wholesale food -
poisonings among people who are pronouncedly enervated
and toxemic. The poisoning by food is on the order of
poisoning by chemicals. Those who have least resistance
(are most enervated and toxemic) suffer most and succumb
the easiest; for the poisoning brings on a crisis of Toxemia,
and the two nerve -destroying influences overwhelm the
reduced resistance, and may end  in death unless wisely
treated. All acute diseases are gastro -intestinal infections
acting on toxemic subjects. The more enervated and
toxemic the subject, the more severe the crisis. Certainly
anyone with intelligence should see the danger in giving
food when the exciting cause of the disease is food -
poisoning. Keep the patient warm and quiet, and in good air. More
treatment is meddlesome. Getting rid of putrefaction is
most important. Such diseases develop only in those of
pronounced enervation and  toxemic, and those of very bad
eating habits. TO SUM UP

   To sum up briefly the difference between the toxemic
methods and “regular medicine”: Toxemia is a system
based on the true cause of disease —namely Toxemia. Before Toxemia is developed, natura l immunization
protects from germs, parasites, and all physical vicissitudes. Toxin is a by -product as constant and necessary as life
itself. When the organism is normal, it is produced and
eliminated as fast as produced. From the point of
production to the point of elimination, it is carried by the
blood; hence at no time is the organism free from toxin in
the blood. In a normal amount it is gently stimulating; but
when the organism is enervated, elimination is checked. Then the amount retained become s overstimulating —
toxic—ranging from a slight excess to an amount so
profound as to overwhelm life. The treatment is so simple that it staggers those who
believe in curing. Heroic treatment is disease -building. Find in what way nerve -energy is wasted,  and stop it —stop
all nerve -leaks. Then returning to normal is a matter of
time, in which nature attends to all repairs herself. And she
resents help —medical officiousness. In writing and giving advice, I often make the mistake of
taking for granted t hat the consultant understands what I
have in mind. Why should he, when I have not given


 is practiced propt·rly
under an experienc ed n1astcr, it can injure the body internally. But
its dcn1entary stage. consisting of rncditativc deep diaphragm
breathing. can be learned safely without a teacher. Instructions arc
found in the following pages. The t'rotic exercises recon1n1cnded here include gymnastics,
therapeutic rnassage, acupressure, and others. They have been
practiced tor centuries to train the sexual muscles; to improve
blood circulation in the pubic region; to stin1ulate the autonomic
nervous systern, which controls many sexual functions; to pro
nlote gonadal secretions; and to heighten sexual sensations. Faith
fully practiced, these exercises may enhance and prolong a man's
erection, and increase his sexual stamina by promoting the secre
tion of semen. They may increase the elasticity and liveliness of a
woman's vaginal orifice and canal, and heighten her orgasmic re
sponse. Such results help bridge the gap between male and female
capabilities, and improve sexual health and pleasure for both. Some Western-style exercises that involve chest, arm, and leg
muscles can be done while one reads, watches television, or pon
ders over the stock market. The exercises described here are more
or less internal: they require some degree of mental concentration
or meditation to be effective. Almost all of them involve directly or
indirectly deep diaphragm breathing. Taoist purists believe that the best times to practice these sex
ual gymnastics are I I :oo p.m. to 1:00 a.m.; s:oo to 7:00 a. n1. ;
I I :oo a.m. to I :oo p.m.; and 5 :oo to 7=00 p.m. People with a busy
lifestyle may do them anytime, except within fifteen minutes be
fore a meal and within an hour after it. The best tirne to do them is
right after getting up in the n1orning, or just before retiring at
night-but not soon after a heavy meal or drinking. Most of the
exercises may be done in loose-fitting clothes such as pajan1as; it is
173 174 better not to do them in tight clothes that n1ay irnpede breath ing
and circulation. Sorne of the exercises arc best practiced in the nude
in the privacy of one's bed room. The following exe rcises were sele cted from Taoist kin esith er
apy, which has been practiced for cen turies in China. Mo st of
them arc taken directly from the Taoists, while some arc slightly
modified. Unless designated otherwise, they are for both sexes. Warning: The recommended exercises, beneficial as they arc,
come with no warranty. Avoid overdoing any of them, as too
much of a good thing could be harmful. If you have any physical
or mental health problem or arc taking any special medicati on,
check with your physician before doing any of the exercises. DEEP DIAPHRAGM BREATH ING
Deep diaphragm breathing is the key to all Taoist mind -body ac
tivities, from health therapy to meditation, from martial arts to
the Art of the Bedchamb er. Unlike thoracic deep breathing, which involves expansion of
the upper chest, Taoist deep breathing is done by moving the di
aphragm, the powerful sheet of muscle separating the chest cavity
from the abdomen. In this form of breathing, the chest moves
very little, while the abdomen alternately bulges and collapses. The advantage of abdominal or diaphragm breathing over chest
breathing is known to every opera singer in the West, and every
kung fu master in the East. It should be known to every bedroom
sportsper son, East or West. Chest breathing, even deep chest breathing, involves the ex
pansion and contraction of the rib cage. This empties the lungs
partially, leaving much stale air inside. Diaphragm breathing is far
more powerful, in that it enables the lungs to take in an amount of
air-including oxygen-four to five times that inhaled in shallow
chest breathing. Besides this aerobic advantage, the pulsing dia
phragm gives a sort of internal n1assage to the vital organs in both
the chest and the abdomen. Studies published by the Chinese in
1958 revealed that respiration therapy actually enlarged patients'
internal organs. You may practice deep diaphragm breathing indoors, or out
doors in mild weather; wear loose clothing, without any tightly
restraining belt around the waist. Sit on the front portion of a stool or stiff chair (not an upholstered sofa or armchair); a slightly
padded dining chair is suitable. Avoid any distraction or noise,
even music. Keep the body straight but relaxed. Put your hands
on your knees, spread about a foot apart. Close your eyes or look
at the tip of your nose. Close your mouth and breathe through
your nostrils, with the tip of your tongue touching the palate or
the roof of your mouth. Expel all extraneous thoughts. Exhale as n1uch stale air as possible by moving your diaphragm
upward and your abdominal wall inward. Keep your lungs emp
tied for a few seconds; then inhale by moving your diaphragm
downward and your abdominal wall outward. Breathe as slowly
as possible in a gentle, steady, silent stream. Concentrate your
mind on the respiration. While inhaling, imagine a stream of life
force entering your nostrils, then your lungs, and going all the
way to the cinnabar field. While exhaling, imagine the vital stream
leaving the cinnabar field and exiting your nostrils. Normally a
man breathes about I6 to I 8 times a minute; a woman slightly
faster. After enough practice, one can slow breathing down to
two times a minute during the exercise. This should be done nat
urally, not forced. After months of practice, any of the following symptoms may
occur during the exercise: quivering of skin and muscle at certain
spots; feeling of radiating warmth in the cinnabar field; sexual
arousal; and even out-of-body sensations. Taoists masters believe
these possible mind-body phenomena are normal reactions; but
they are more likely to emerge-if at all-only during the later,
more advanced stages of chi-kung
Practice deep diaphragm breathing for a minimum of I 5 min
utes daily-again preferably right after arising or before retiring,
never after a big meal or heavy drinking, and never with anger or
grief. If you do this exercise faithfully and correctly, you will feel a
noti ceable difference in a few months. Eventually you may de
velop diaphragm breathing as an unconscious habit -and a big
boost to your health. THE PUBIC SQUE EZE
Cen turies ago, the life-n urtur ing eroticists desi gned an exer cise to
increase mar ital happines s. The pubic squeeze, intendl·d to inject
mor e life into the gen itals, is one of the most valut.·d and effective Recapture the Spring ANCIENT SECRE TS FOR MODERN LOVERS
erotic exercises. The Taoists claimed that with sufficient practice
of this exercise, a man could will an erection, increase his coital
endurance, and bring his partner to orgasm without any bodily
movement; a woman could "nip" or "milk" her partner to ejacu
lation and intensify her own orgasm. There arc two versions: a
quick and a slow. First, the quick squeeze: This can be done in any kind of
clothing, anytime, anywhere. Contract as much as possible the
pubococcyg eus muscles (in the genital and anal region), as if try
ing to hold back or interrupt urination or defecation. You will feel
the anus tightening and the genitals moving slightly. After a few
seconds, relax the muscles completely. Alternately squeeze and
relax, squeeze and relax, 50 times at first. Wh�n you are used to it,
increase this to 100 per session. Each day do a minimum of 300
squeezes-and-r elaxes-better still, 700. Now, the slow squeeze: This version, much more powerful
than the quick one, not only is done much more slowly but is
combined with deep diaphragm breathing and requires mental
concentration. Contract the pubic muscles while inhaling slowly. Hold the squeeze and the breath for several seconds. Then relax
the muscles while exhaling. Do this 300 times daily, but not more
than 100 times per session. If you feel dizzy, stop the exercise and
resume later. The effectiveness of either version of this ancient exercise
is supported by modern knowledge. Although male and tcmale
genitals consist mostly of involuntary (smooth) muscles, they are
surrounded by and intimately linked to voluntary (skeletal) mus
cles in the pubic-coccygeal region. This cotnplex network of mus
cles not only supports the genitals and other, internal organs, but
is directly or indirectly responsible for sexual health and pleasure. Among the muscles benefitting fron1 the pubic squeeze arc the is
chiocav ernosus, which helps in the erection of the penis


 twelve-by-twelve-foot room in the woods by
myself writing this program, one could never have
imagined that it would lead to the Smithsonian. As i t turned out, I would have to return to DC once
again in August of 2000 on a  very important trip. I had
been asked to represent the company at a meeting with
the Department of Justice (DOJ). Before larger
companies can combine, the U.S. government reservesthe right to determine if the combination could stifle
competition and violate antitrust laws. In the case of the
Healtheon/WebMD–Medical Manager merger, the
government requested very detailed information and a
face-to-face meeting. The reason for this was that
Medical Manager Netw ork Services was sending so many
claims to Envoy that the g overnment was concerned
about allowing  us to become part of the same company. My immediate  reaction to this situation was one of deep
humility. Had  Medical Manager actually reached the
point o f success that the U.S. government had to be
concerned about the very antitrust laws I had studied in
business school? No, not really, but we were going to
have to convince them of that. Sabrina and I flew up to Washington to prepare for the
Justice Department meeting. It was around that time I
began to notice that my life was becoming filled with
more an d more  attorneys. We met for a strategy meeting
at th e o ffice of  one of the largest law firms in D.C. There
were attorneys  everywhere, but one always stood out
from t he rest. Jim Mercer was Marty’s litigation
specialist, and he understood both the law and business
at a  phenomenal level. I had learned to have great
respect and confidence in Jim, and I was glad he would
be present at the DOJ meeting. I, of course, had never previously dealt with the Justice
Department. It was not exactly my everyday experience
to be entering  the DOJ building surrounded by a large
team o f attorneys. Nevertheless, after hours of very
intense questio ning, Sabrina and I managed to address
the governmen t’s concerns satisfactorily. When it was all
said and done, the merger was not going to pose any
anti-trust problems. Though we were very relieved when
the ordeal was over, it had ac tually turned out to be quite
a learning experience. All this exposure to intensely powerful people and
situations was having a profo und effect on the psyche Iwatched so diligently. I had never been exposed to this
powerful lifest yle. Nothing in me got off on it or wanted
anything from it, but it did make me deal with parts of
my being that I would not ha ve faced otherwise. If I saw
any weakness,  fear, or anxiety come up, I just deeply
relaxed back into where I w as watching from. I simply
kept let ting go of whatever c ame up. This is where life
had tak en me, and I used all these situations as a way of
letting go of m yself. It was definitely working. I kept
being pushed into strongly positive and negative
situations, and I increasingly found myself in a very clear
and un disturbed state. It seemed that the more
challenges life put me through, the less my inner energy
flow was affected by outer conditions. What years of
willful meditation had not gotten rid of, life’s situations
and cha llenges were rooting out of me. As long as I made
getting rid of myself my only  goal, every situation was a
fruitful experience. If I’d had any other goal, I think the
constant press ure would have been overwhelming. I
found that I actually got more peaceful inside as I dealt
with the ever-increasing magnitude of challenges. Life
was mo lding me each day to become who I needed to be
in o rder to handle tomorrow’s tasks. All I had to do was
let go and not resist the process. For the next few years, my Medical Manager Practice
Services Division continued to grow to its peak financial
success. We grew to more than twenty-three hundred
employees and were gene rating more than three
hundred millio n dollars a year in revenue. We were the
most widely installed practice management vendor in the
country, and we had begun turning our attention toward
building a fully computerized electronic health record. It
was a period with tremendous challenges that I thought
was putting me through un precedented growth. Little
did I know that life’s portal of dramatic change was
about to open up once again. When it did this time, it
would complet ely redefine for me what it meant to go
through a transformational growth experience.S e c t i o n  I X
Total Surrender5 0. T h e  R a i d
I t was Wednes day, September 3, 2003. I remember
because on Wednesdays I go into Gainesville in the
morning to see Dr. Chance fo r a health tune-up. After the
appointment, I noticed I had a voice mail from Lisa
Elliot, the resident attorney at the R&D facility in
Alachua. She said it was ver y important, so I returned
her call while still in the parking lot. I got Lisa on her cell
phone, and she was very glad  to hear from me. Her voice
was un characteristically tense, and I realized that
something was  very wrong. She began by telling me that
I n eede d to come to work right away because the FBI was
there, a nd they wanted to se e me. My first thought was
about a federal marshal who  had come to the facility a
few years earlier looking for a prior employee. I asked
Lisa if they w ere looking for someone. She said, “No,
THE FBI is here—twelve to fifteen agents plus the
Sheriff’s Department. They’ve taken over the entire
facility. They’ve shut down all the phone lines and the
entire comput er system. This is a full-blown raid. Helicopters ar e flying overhead, agents are armed, and
there’s a search warrant. You need to come here right
away!”
I clearl y hear d the words she was saying, and I
understood the sense of urgency with which they were
said—but the situation was so absurd that I could not
relate to  it in any manner. It was like—maybe they have
the wrong address. I guess that’s why it didn’t disturb
me. In fact, it  sounded like it was going to be rather
exciting getting to show them they had made a mistake. I
asked Lisa what was going on. Why were they there? Shesaid she  had no idea, but apparently the same thing was
happening at our offices in Tampa and at corporate
headquarters i n New Jersey. She had been trying to call
Charlie Mele, our general counsel, but she couldn’t get
through. The phones wer e down corporatewide. I
assured her that I would be there right away. During the twenty-minute drive back to the office, I
tried ca lling ev eryone I could think of who might have
some informat ion. I still had absolutely no idea what was
going on when I pulled up to  the R&D facility. The front
drive was completely blocked off with Sheriff’s
Department vehicles, and the  employees showing up for
work were being turned awa y. I pulled up to a deputy
and identified myself. He made a call on his radio and
immediately signaled to the others to let me through. As
I drove  up the long and winding drive through the
beautiful hayf ields, law enforcement vehicles were
scattered every where. When I approached Building 1, I
saw th e Sheriff’s Depart ment’s forty-foot Mobile
Command Center stretched across our parking lot. We
had five buildings by then, and FBI and Sheriff’s
Department personnel were positioned around all of
them. There were, indeed, two helicopters buzzing
overhead. I think they ended  up being part of the media
coverage. I parked  in my normal spot a nd made my way into the
building. The place was swarming with law enforcement
officers. I was met by f our or five agents who
immediately w alked me into the back conference room
where I was to  spend the day. I requested that our in-
house attorney, Lisa, be present, and she was brought
into the room. The agents identified themselves as from
the FB I and Treasury Dep artment. They were very
professional and businesslike. I was presented with a
search warrant, which Lisa had already reviewed, and I
was informed that the warra nt gave them full control of
the facility. They had the righ t to take any and all itemsthat fell  within  the itemized c ategories. They asked me to
sign a paper acknowledging that I had been served the
warrant. I glanced at Lisa, an d she nodded that I should
sign. I had a bsolutely no idea what to do; I was
completely out of my element. The only frame of
reference I had for this sort o f thing was the movies, and
I doubted that was going to be of much help. I as ked the ag ents in charge if they could help me
understand what was going on. They didn’t say much


sumption	of
aflatoxin,	a	mold	toxin	found	in	peanuts	and	corn,	caused	this	problem. Aflatoxin	has	been	called	one	of	the	most	potent	carcinogens	ever	discovered. For	ten	years	our	primary	goal	in	the	Philippines	was	to	improve
childhood	malnutrition	among	the	poor,	a	project	funded	by	the	U.S.	Agency
for	International	Development. Eventually,	we	established	about	110	nutrition
“self-help”	education	centers	around	the	country. The	aim	of	these	efforts	in	the	Philippines	was	simple:	make	sure	that
children	were	getting	as	much	protein	as	possible. It	was	widely	thought	that
much	of	the	childhood	malnutrition	in	the	world	was	caused	by	a	lack	of
protein,	especially	from	animal-based	foods. Universities	and	governments
around	the	world	were	working	to	alleviate	a	perceived	“protein	gap”	in	the
developing	world.In	this	project,	however,	I	uncovered	a	dark	secret. Children	who	ate	the
highest-protein	diets	were	the	ones	most	likely	to	get	liver	cancer! They	were
the	children	of	the	wealthiest	families. I	then	noticed	a	research	report	from	India	that	had	some	very	provocative,
relevant	findings. Indian	researchers	had	studied	two	groups	of	rats. In	one
group,	they	administered	the	cancer-causing	aflatoxin,	then	fed	a	diet	that	was
composed	of	20%	protein,	a	level	near	what	many	of	us	consume	in	the	West. In	the	other	group,	they	administered	the	same	amount	of	aflatoxin,	but	then
fed	a	diet	that	was	only	composed	of	5%	protein. Incredibly,	every	single
animal	that	consumed	the	20%	protein	diet	had	evidence	of	liver	cancer,	and
every	single	animal	that	consumed	a	5%	protein	diet	avoided	liver	cancer. It
was	a	100	to	0	score,	leaving	no	doubt	that	nutrition	trumped	chemical
carcinogens,	even	very	potent	carcinogens,	in	controlling	cancer. This	information	countered	everything	I	had	been	taught. It	was	heretical
to	say	that	protein	wasn’t	healthy,	let	alone	say	it	promoted	cancer. It	was	a
defining	moment	in	my	career. Investigating	such	a	provocative	question	so
early	in	my	career	was	not	a	very	wise	choice. Questioning	protein	and
animal-based	foods	in	general	ran	the	risk	of	my	being	labeled	a	heretic,	even
if	it	passed	the	test	of	“good	science.”
But	I	never	was	much	for	following	directions	just	for	the	sake	of
following	directions. When	I	first	learned	to	drive	a	team	of	horses	or	herd
cattle,	to	hunt	animals,	to	fish	our	creek	or	to	work	in	the	fields,	I	came	to
accept	that	independent	thinking	was	part	of	the	deal. It	had	to	be. Encountering	problems	in	the	held	meant	that	I	had	to	figure	out	what	to	do
next. It	was	a	great	classroom,	as	any	farm	boy	can	tell	you. That	sense	of
independence	has	stayed	with	me	until	today. So,	faced	with	a	difficult	decision,	I	decided	to	start	an	in-depth	laboratory
program	that	would	investigate	the	role	of	nutrition,	especially	protein,	in	the
development	of	cancer. My	colleagues	and	I	were	cautious	in	framing	our
hypotheses,	rigorous	in	our	methodology	and	conservative	in	interpreting	our
findings. I	chose	to	do	this	research	at	a	very	basic	science	level,	studying	the
biochemical	details	of	cancer	formation. It	was	important	to	understand	not
only
whether
	but	also
how
	protein	might	promote	cancer. It	was	the	best	of	all
worlds. By	carefully	following	the	rules	of	good	science,	I	was	able	to	study	a
provocative	topic	without	provoking	knee-jerk	responses	that	arise	with
radical	ideas. Eventually,	this	research	became	handsomely	funded	for
twenty-seven
years
	by	the	best-reviewed	and	most	competitive	funding
sources	(mostly	the	National	Institutes	of	Health	(NIH),	the	American	Cancer
Society	and	the	American	Institute	for	Cancer	Research). Then	our	results
were	reviewed	(a	second	time)	for	publication	in	many	of	the	best	scientificjournals. What	we	found	was	shocking. Low-protein	diets	inhibited	the	initiation	of
cancer	by	aflatoxin,	regardless	of	how	much	of	this	carcinogen	was
administered	to	these	animals. After	cancer	initiation	was	completed,	low-
protein	diets	also	dramatically	blocked	subsequent	cancer	growth. In	other
words,	the	cancer-producing	effects	of	this	highly	carcinogenic	chemical	were
rendered	insignificant	by	a	low-protein	diet. In	fact,	dietary	protein	proved	to
be	so	powerful	in	its	effect	that	we	could	turn	on	and	turn	off	cancer	growth
simply	by	changing	the	level	consumed. Furthermore,	the	amounts	of	protein	being	fed	were	those	that	we	humans
routinely	consume. We	didn’t	use	extraordinary	levels,	as	is	so	often	the	case
in	carcinogen	studies. But	that’s	not	all. We	found	that	not	all	proteins	had	this	effect. What
protein	consistently	and	strongly	promoted	cancer? Casein,	which	makes	up
87%	of	cow’s	milk	protein,	promoted	all	stages	of	the	cancer	process. What
type	of	protein	did	not	promote	cancer,	even	at	high	levels	of	intake? The	safe
proteins	were	from	plants,	including	wheat	and	soy. As	this	picture	came	into
view,	it	began	to	challenge	and	then	to	shatter	some	of	my	most	cherished
assumptions. These	experimental	animal	studies	didn’t	end	there. I	went	on	to	direct	the
most	comprehensive	study	of	diet,	lifestyle	and	disease	ever	done	with
humans	in	the	history	of	biomedical	research. It	was	a	massive	undertaking
jointly	arranged	through	Cornell	University	Oxford	University	and	the
Chinese	Academy	of	Preventive	Medicine. The
New	York	Times
	called	it	the
“Grand	Prix	of	Epidemiology.”	This	project	surveyed	a	vast	range	of	diseases
and	diet	and	lifestyle	factors	in	rural	China	and,	more	recently,	in	Taiwan. More	commonly	known	as	the	China	Study,	this	project	eventually	produced
more	than
8,000	statistically	significant	associations	between	various	dietary
factors	and	disease! What	made	this	project	especially	remarkable	is	that,	among	the	many
associations	that	are	relevant	to	diet	and	disease,	so	many	pointed	to	the	same
finding:	people	who	ate	the	most	animal-based	foods	got	the	most	chronic
disease. Even	relatively	small	intakes	of	animal-based	food	were	associated
with	adverse	effects. People	who	ate	the	most	plant-based	foods	were	the
healthiest	and	tended	to	avoid	chronic	disease. These	results	could	not	be
ignored. From	the	initial	experimental	animal	studies	on	animal	protein
effects	to	this	massive	human	study	on	dietary	patterns,	the	findings	proved	to
be	consistent. The	health	implications	of	consuming	either	animal	or	plant-
based	nutrients	were	remarkably	different. I	could	not,	and	did	not,	rest	on	the	findings	of	our	animal	studies	and	themassive	human	study	in	China,	however	impressive	they	may	have	been. I


our	NAS	report	on	the	agriculture	and
food	industries. Olson,	Jukes,	Harper	and	their	like-minded	colleagues	on	the
now	defunct	Public	Nutrition	Information	Committee	weighed	in	as	experts. Their	report	was	quickly	published,	then
placed	in	the	hands	of	all	535	U.S.
congressional	members. It	was	clear	that	the	CAST	was	deeply	concerned
about	the	possible	impact	that	our	report	might	have	on	the	public. The	CAST	wasn’t	the	only	group	that	stepped	up	to	criticize	the	report. In
addition,	there	were	the	American	Meat	Institute,	National	Broiler	Council,
National	Cattlemen’s	Association,	National	Livestock	and	Meat	Board,
National	Meat	Association,	National	Milk	Producers	Federation,	National
Pork	Producers	Council,	National	Turkey	Federation	and	United	Egg
Producers. 3
	I	wouldn’t	presume	to	know	how	much	cancer	research	the
National	Turkey	Federation	conducts,	but	I’m	guessing	that	their	criticism	of
our	report	was	not	born	out	of	their	desire	for	truth	in	science. It	was	ironic	that	I	had	learned	some	of	my	most	valuable	lessons	growing
up	on	a	dairy	farm,	and	yet	the	work	I	was	doing	was	portrayed	as	being	at
odds	with	agricultural	interests. Of	course,	these	mammoth	corporate	interests
were	far	removed	from	the	farmers	I	knew	growing	up—the	hardworking,
honest	families	that	maintained	small	farms,	just	big	enough	to	get	by
comfortably. I	often	have	wondered	whether	these	Washington	agricultural
interests	truly	represent	America’s	great	farming	tradition,	or	whether	theyonly	represent	agricultural	conglomerates	with	operations	worth	tens	of
millions	of	dollars. Alf	Harper,	who	had	written	a	strong	letter	of	support	for	my	first	faculty
position	after	leaving	MIT,	wrote	me	a	stern	personal	letter	in	which	he
declared	that	I	had	“fallen	on	[my]	own	petard.”	A	petard	is	a	type	of	bomb	or
firecracker. Apparently,	my	involvement	in	the	Public	Nutrition	Information
Committee	and	the	NAS
Diet,	Nutrition	and	Cancer
	report	was	finally	too
much	for	even	him	to	bear. Times	were	hot,	to	be	sure. Congressional	hearings,	in	which	I	testified,
were	held	on	the	NAS	report	itself;
People
	magazine	featured	me	in	a
prominent	article,	and	an	endless	series	of	news	media	reports	continued	over
the	next	year.AMERICAN	INSTITUTE	FOR	CANCER
RESEARCH
It	seemed	that	for	the	first	time	in	our	history,	the	government	was	seriously
thinking	about	what	we	eat	as	a	means	of	controlling	cancer. This	was	fertile
territory	for	doing	something	new,	and	something	new	did	indeed	fall	into	my
lap. I	was	invited	to	assist	a	new	organization	called	the	American	Institute
for	Cancer	Research	(AICR)	in	Falls	Church,	Virginia. The	founders	of	this
organization	were	fund-raisers	and	had
learned	that	it	was	possible	to	raise,
through	mailing	campaigns,	large	sums	of	money	for	cancer	research. It
seemed	that	many	people	were	interested	in	learning	something	new	about
cancer	beyond	the	usual	model	of	surgery,	radiation	and	cytotoxic	drugs. This	budding	organization	was	well	aware	of	our	1982	NAS	report
4
	that
focused	on	diet	and	cancer,	and	so	invited	me	to	join	them	as	their	senior
science	advisor. I	encouraged	them	to	focus	on	diet	because	the	nutrition
connection	with	cancer	was	becoming	an	important	area	of	research,	yet	was
receiving	very	little,	if	any,	support	from	the	major	funding	agencies. I
especially	encouraged	them	to	emphasize	whole	foods	as	a	source	of
nutrition,	not	nutrient	supplements,	partly	because	this	was	the	message	of	the
NAS	report. As	I	began	to	work	with	the	AICR,	two	challenges	simultaneously	arose. First,	the	AICR	needed	to	get	established	as	a	credible	organization	to
promote	the	message	and	to	support	research. Second,	the	NAS
recommendations	needed	to	be	publicized. Therefore,	I	thought	it	made	sense
for	the	AICR	to	help	publicize	the	NAS	recommendations. Dr.	Sushma
Palmer,	executive	director	of	the	NAS	project,
4
	and	Harvard	professor	Mark
Hegsted,	who	was	the	key	advisor	to	the	McGovern	Committee,	agreed	to
join	me	in	endorsing	this	AICR	project. Simultaneously,	the	AICR	president,
Marilyn	Gentry,	suggested	that	the	AICR	could	publish	the	NAS	report	and
send	free	copies	to	50,000	physicians	in	the	U.S. These	projects,	which
seemed	to	me	to	be	logical,	useful	and	socially	responsible,	were	also	highly
successful. The	associations	we	were	making	and	the	exposure	we	were
generating	were	aimed	at	increasing	the	public’s	health. As	I	was	quick	to
find	out,	however,	creating	an	organization	focused	on	diet	as	a	central	link	in
cancer	causation	was	seen	as	a	threat	to	a	great	many	people. It	was	clear	that
the	AICR’s	projects	were	beginning	to	hit	the	mark	because	of	the	hostile
feedback	coming	from	the	food,	medical	and	drug	industries. It	seemed	that
every	effort	was	being	made	to	discredit	them. I	was	surprised	that	government	interference	was	particularly	harsh.National	and	state	attorney	general	offices	questioned	the	AICR’s	status	and
its	fund-raising	procedures. The	U.S.	Post	Office	joined	in	the	fray,
questioning	whether	the	AICR	could	use	the	mail	to	spread	“junk”
information. We	all	had	our	suspicions	as	to	who	were	encouraging	these
government	offices	to	quash	the	dissemination	of	this	diet	and	cancer
information. Collectively,	these	public	agencies	were	making	life	very
difficult. Why	were	they	attacking	a	nonprofit	organization	promoting
cancer
research? It	all	came	down	to	the	fact	that	the	AICR,	like	the	NAS,	was
pushing	an	agenda	that	connected	diet	and	cancer. The	American	Cancer	Society	became	an	especially	vigorous	detractor. In
its	eyes,	the	AICR	had	two	strikes	against	it:	it	might	compete	for	the	same
funding	donors,	and	it	was	trying	to	shift	the	cancer	discussion	toward	diet. The	American	Cancer	Society	had	not	yet	acknowledged	that	diet	and
nutrition	were	connected	to	cancer. (It	wasn’t	until	many	years	later	in	the
early	1990s	that	it	developed	dietary	recommendations	to	control	cancer	when
the	idea	was	receiving	considerable	currency	with	the	public.) It	was	very
much	a	medically-based	organization	invested	in	the	conventional	use	of
drugs,	radiation	and	surgery. A	short	while	before,	the	American	Cancer
Society	had	contacted	our	NAS	committee	about	the	possibility	of	our	joining
them	to	produce	dietary	recommendations	to	prevent	cancer. As	a	committee,
we	declined,	although	a	couple	of	the	people	on	our	committee	did	offer	their
individual	services. The	American	Cancer	Society	seemed	to	sense	a	big	story
on	the	horizon	and	didn’t	like	the	idea	that	another	organization,	the


ely mineralized bones of adequate thickness, together
with wide chests and broad dental arches. X-rays of the
infants given heat-processed milk showed thin and fragile bones, abnormal mineral deposits, narrow chests, and
underdeveloped dental arches. Dr. Kirkpatrick ascribes the development of enlarged
hearts, with valvular involvement, in many cases to the use of
pasteurized milk. Some of the children are said to rapidly
recover if raw milk is substituted for the pasteurized milk. "Without raw milk, recovery does not occur" declares Dr. Kirkpatrick "and those who reach the age of 10 or 15 will,
upon examination, show chronic heart diseases which are
usually diagnosed as rheumatic fever; so the patient usually goes through life a semi-invalid. I personally know of many
children, who were suffering from heart complications, who
have made complete recovery in a few months by drinking
raw milk along with other wholesome food, and with no direct treatment to the heart." Contrary to popular belief, raw milk affords greater
resistance to both undulant fever and typhoid fever than does pasteurized milk. Undulant fever is today more common in
large cities where pasteurization is a requirement than in rural
areas where some raw milk is used. Madsen of Denmark has
indeed stated that "no case (undulant fever) has ever been
observed in the hospitals and asylums for children in Copenhagen or elsewhere where raw milk is used in large
quantities." The famous epidemic of typhoid fever in
Montreal during 1927, in which there were 5,353 cases and
400 deaths
, was restricted entirel y to families who purchased milk from the Montreal Dairy and its associated National
Dairy Company, both of which distributed only pasteurized
milk. Tuberculosis is also more prevalent in areas requiring the
pasteurization of milk products. An interesting example of
this is afforded by a letter printed and signed by eight members of parliament in England, in which important
statistics on this question are referred to. The letter states:
"May we here adduce certain facts relating to a single county
as recorded in the last report of  the Medical Officer of Health
for Hertfordshire: This county has a population of 420,000 souls, and all the milk drunk by them is produced in the
county. During 1932 there were 45 deaths in all from surgical
tuberculosis, of which 33 were children under 15. In 13 rural
districts, where the whole supply is in the hands of small
retailers of raw milk, there were no deaths at all during the year from surgical tuberculosis. The highest death rate was in
an urban area where the population lives under model
conditions and practically all the milk supply is pasteurized." A further study of the relationship between milk and
tuberculosis was made by Dr. MacDonald, Medical Officer to Dr. Barnardo's Homes in England. Dr. MacDonald reported
that, among 750 children who were given pasteurized milk
along with other food for a period of five years, 14 cases of
tuberculosis developed. Another 750 boys were given raw
milk for an equal period of time, with the other conditions, including the rest of the diet, the same as with the other
group. During this time, only one case of tuberculosis
developed, which represents a 1,400 per cent advantage for the unpasteurized group. It was also reported that chilblains
were absent among the boys of this group, whereas they were quite common among those receiving pasteurized milk. G
ENERAL RAW FOOD EXPERIENCES
   The effects of consuming heat-processed fruits, vegetables,
nuts, honey, eggs, meat, and other foods are probably as
pronounced, if not more so, as those of consuming
pasteurized milk. The heat used in the pasteurization process ranges from 145 to 160 degrees F. for regular milk, and up to
186 degrees F. for homogenized milk, which is a lower
degree of heat than is used in treating many other foods. Nor
does the application of heat extend for a longer period of time
than is so applied in different cooking methods. Thirty minutes is the period of time in pasteurizing milk at 145
degrees F., and homogenized milk is pasteurized by the flash
method. The frequent losses of minerals into cooking water
(then discarded ) in ve getable cooker y are perhaps even more damaging to the respective foods than pasteurization is to
milk. So we may expect to find that the use of cooked foods of all
kinds induce physical impairment, corresponding in
accordance with quantity of intake, to those of pasteurized
milk. Likewise, we may expect the use of raw foods of all kinds to give physical benefits, corresponding in accordance
with quantity of intake, to those of raw milk. Examples of this
in actual practice are found in non-institutional medical cases
and in various human experiences not associated with direct
medical supervision. They are also found in a number of scientific institutions and medical clinics and sanitariums
where raw foods are used in the treatment of specific
diseases. The non-institutional cases involving the exclusive use of
raw foods are relatively few in number but important. Over a
hundred years ago Sylvester Graham of America called
attention to the advantages of raw foods, and he stressed the fact that, "the artificial process of cooking is decidedly and
often exceedingly inimical, not only to the physiological
interests of the alimentary organs, but also to the whole
human system." The many thousands of followers of Graham
in the eighteen-thirties and forties did subsist largely upon raw foods, and their complete freedom from cholera during
the widespread cholera epidemics of that time is of peculiar
historical interest. Since the days of Graham, the raw food
diet from time to time has found enthusiastic advocates in the
persons of Thomas, Drews, Christian, Estes, Richter, Gibbon, and others, who arrived at the same conclusions through
empirical observation that we now do through scientific
analysis. At one time (1900) there were estimated to be three thousand people in Chicago living upon the raw food regime,
and during a later period a special cafeteria operated in Los Angeles which served only foods in the uncooked state. Many years ago Prof. Jaffra, of the University of Southern
California, made a study of a number of families, who, for
religious, ethical, and scientific reasons, subsisted almost
entirely upon raw fruits and raw nuts. Prof. Jaffra found these people to be in excellent health, with unusual freedom from
colds and other ailments. Both children and adults were
below average in weight, and in addition the children were
below average in height. This was attributed by Prof. Jaffra to
the limitation of food types consumed, in particular to the complete lack of all animal food products. Subsequent
observations of families living upon raw foods have indicated
much the same. Many have reported a rapid improvement in
health after ado
pting the raw diet, with the remed y of severe and long-standing diseases. Height and weight of children, as
well as the dental condition, have appeared to depend upon
the number of food types being consumed; when these have
been adequate, favorable results in every particular have been
the common rule. A raw food experience of worthy note is that of the
scientist, Dr. Ferd L. Stone, who conducted research into the
mysteries of anabolism in his strange laboratory near the
Scottish village of Wick on the North Sea. Dr. Stone stated
that "biological constructive metabolism changes by which
staple food becomes complex living material in a cell" are ended, with rapid nutritive losses, when the flesh of animals
is exposed to oxygen through cooking and storage. He
believed that man's health would improve if he consumed
only flesh from animals instantly after their slaughter. Using
his own body for experimental purposes, Dr. Stone lived exclusively upon the raw flesh of animals for over 25 years to
determine its effects upon his own constitution. In his
laboratory he obtained his flesh from live goats, sheep, dogs,
lion cubs, and other animals which were clamped to cutting
blocks. Moving later to a jungle area of Kenya province in Africa, he subsisted upon the raw flesh of lions, giant hogs,
and other wild animals which abounded in this region. At one
time he visited Nairobi for a medical examination, and some
ten years later he appeared in Voi to check up on his weight
and general physical condition, where he was found to be a "fine physical specimen in spite of his advanced years." Dr.
Robert Gunther, the examining physician, declared: "The
remarkable thing about Dr. Stone is that, although he is now approaching 70, he has the youthful and robust health of a
chap of 25 or 30." Dr. Stone's unique experiment came to an
end in 1943, when he was fatally wounded by wild animals
during a hunting expedition. Another instance involving the
exclusive use of raw foods over a long period of time is seen in that of an African boy who subsisted for 13 years in wild
nature upon raw foods, and then lived 6 years in civilization
"on raw vegetables and fruits, raw fish and eggs, and such
flies and bugs as he catches and eats alive." The press report
of December 7, 1930


 in the stomach. Protein s are broken down into short chains of amino acids (the essential ingredients of protein formation) in the stomach, while
further reduction takes place in the small intestine until the molecules can be properly absorbed. When chyme has been thorou ghly
mixe d and broken down by the stomach, the pyloric sphincter muscle valve opens and allows the food to enter into the uppermost
portion of the small intestine or duodenum. Here in the duodenum, the first of three portions of the small intestine, the chy me is
again thoroughly mixed by the contraction of the muscular walls. The longitudinal and circular muscles of the intestinal walls are
capable of performing three different types of movements, each serving a different purpose. The tube of the small intestine i s
divided by the circular muscles. These contract, segmenting the food as it passes. Further contraction of the muscles between  these
segments occurs, making smaller segments, then the first set of muscles relax. This action results in a sloshing motion call ed
rhythmic segmentation and takes place 12 to 16 times a minute. As a result of these movements, the chyme is thoroughly mixed
with digestive juices. A wave of contraction known as peristalsis flows from the duodenum through the jejunum, or middle port ion
of the small intestine, all the way to and through the ileum, third and final portion. Peristalsis is the motion caused by th e rhythmic
co-ordination of the muscles and propels the chyme through the small intestine. Normal muscular activity of the intesti ne is not
usually felt, although toxin -producing bacteria may cause violent and painful spasms to be felt. Diarrhea and vomiting are both
reactions to irritations of the stomach and bowel. THE DIGESTIVE JUICES
Chyme entering into the duodenum from the stomach is highly acidic. It contains a concentration of hydrochloric acid and
enzymes which are required to break down the larger molecules so that absorption becomes more prolific. The small intestine
secretions contain bicarbonate, an alkaline substance  which causes a neutralization of the stomach acid. Special cells in the
intestinal wall secrete these substances and are combined with juices flowing from the gall bladder (bile) and pancreatic jui ces
which flow by way of the pancreatic duct into the duod enum. Bile salts, produced in the liver and stored in the gall bladder, once
in the intestine act like a detergent to emulsify the fatty acids and glycerides, making very small particles to be absorbed into the
walls of the intestine. By way of hormonal se cretions, the small intestine is able to control the digestive processes. HOW ABSORPTION PROGRESSES
The small intestine is so constructed that nutrient absorption is most efficient. A large inner surface area is provided by t he
accordion -like folds of the  intestinal wall. Lining the wall are finger -like structures called villi. They project into the interior of the
tube from all directions. The average adult has a small intestinal area of approximately 200 sq. ft. The small molecular part icles
of the broke n down food are able to pass into the cells lining the villi and are taken up by the tiny blood capillaries and eventually
find their way into the hepatic portal vein where they are carried to the liver and reduced even further. From the liver, dig ested
food substances are delivered to other cells in the body to support life -giving cellular activities. VILLI ARE FINGER -LIKE STRUCTURES THAT LINE THE WALL OF THE SMALL INTESTINE:
Fatty food products do not enter the bloodstream as do other foods. They are ta ken up from the intestine through ducts in the villi
called lacteals. Lacteals connect with the lymphatic system whereby these fatty molecules eventually drain into the thoracic duct. The thoracic duct empties into the vena cava in the neck area. This proc ess allows the fats to enter the bloodstream where they pass
through the liver for metabolic rearrangement. In the ileum of the small intestine are found the nodules of lymphoid tissue k nown
as Peyer’s patches. These lymph tissues contain scavenger cells o r lymphocytes which have a protective function by attacking and
destroying unfavorable bacteria that find their way into the intestines. The small intestine averages 20 to 22 feet in length  and is
from 1 -1/4 to 1 -1/2 inches wide throughout this distance. T he ileum terminates at the base of the large intestine in the right lower
section of the abdomen. THE LARGE INTESTINE OR COLON
Within 8 to 10 hours of eating, the food has passed through the small intestine and is mostly digested. It then enters the la rge bowel
for the final digestive processes and elimination. The colon is divided into the following sections: the cecum, ascending col on,
transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid and rectum. Altogether it is approximately 5 feet long and 2 -1/ 2 inches in diameter. The cecum is a blind pouch whose open end joins the ascending colon as it ascends upward toward the first bend called the hep atic
flexure. Here at the cecum is found the ileocecal valve, a sphincter muscle which controls the flow of food material s from the
small intestines into the large intestine. Situated at the extreme end of the cecum is the worm -like sac called the appendix. It is
about 3 inches long and is often the sou rce of inflammation resulting in a condition known as appendicitis. The colon, unlike the
small bowel, has a mucous lining or membrane which is smooth and void of villi. Surrounding thus mucous layer is a muscular
coat consisting of circular internal muscles and longitudinal external muscles as found in the small bowel. The co lon is shaped into
bulbous pouches called haustras. These haustras are made up of muscles which contract to gather the colon up into a puckered
appearance and which allow considerable expansion. The colon terminates in the rectum and anus, the exterior ope ning. The anus
is held closed by the anal sphincter muscle. The mucus membrane inside the rectum is striated in length -wise segments giving it a
fluted appearance. Generally the nerve supply to the colon is sparse and therefore sensory impulses are very w eak. Colonic
muscular activity is largely unfelt as a result. An exception is found in the rectum where nerve endowment is greater and thu s there
is the pain associated with hemorrhoids or other rectal disturbances. HOW THE LARGE INTESTINE FUNCTIONS
Throu gh the ileo -cecal valve, chyme is passed into the cecum from the small intestine. At this stage, the chyme consists of
undigested or undigestible food substances, secretions from the liver, pancreas, small bowel and water. In the cecum, the wat er is
mostly  removed, reducing the chyme to a semi -solid consistency which is now called feces. To provide lubrication for the passage
of the feces, numerous cells line the walls of the bowel and secrete a mucus substance. As a result of haustral churning, a c onstant
sloshing effect finishes the digestive process of the chyme. Under mass peristalsis, the feces are pushed toward the rectum a nd
anus where they are eventually eliminated from the body. This movement is caused by the presence of food in the stomach. This
activity empties the cecum and makes it ready to receive new chyme from the small intestine. BACTERIAL ACTION IN THE BOWEL
When the bowel is healthy there is very little bacterial action in the small intestine. The large intestine, however, literal ly swarms
with billions of these microscopic organisms. Bacterial action in the large intestine plays a major role in nutrition and dig estion. These friendly bacteria synthesize valuable nutrients by digesting portions of the fecal mass. Among others, vitamin K and
portions of the B complex are produced. This aspect of digestion is not completely understood and is undergoing further study. Any remaining proteins are broken down by the bacteria into simpler substances. By products of bacterial activity are numerou s,
such as indole, skatole, hydrogen sulfide, fatty acids, methane gas and carbon dioxide. Some of these substances are very tox ic and
odorous, hence the accompanying smell of feces. The brown color of feces is a result of bile pigments coming from the liver. When feces are not brown, but have a chalky appearance, there is a problem in bile secretion and digestive ability. When fece s
reach the rectum they are about 70% water; 30% by weight of the mass represents bacteria while the remainder is made up of fo od
residues, cellulose, undigestible materials and dead cells discarded by the body. The time it takes for chyme at the cecum to  turn
into feces and travel to the rectum depends upon the amount of roughage in the food and the water content. Bulkier feces trav el
faster as they provide substance for the bowel muscle to work upon. Otherwise a soft, fiberless stool becomes very difficult for the
colon to move along. The longer it takes, the more water is ab -sorbed, making feces compacted and hard so that it become s
difficult to eliminate them. Neglecting the urge to eliminate, as well as eating foods low in roughage, will lead to const


 what we can see, hear, smell,
taste, and touch. But when we perceive without interpreting or mental
labeling, which means without adding thought to our perceptions, we can
actually still sense the deeper connectedness underneath our perception
of seemingly separate things. The other more serious reason for the illusion of separateness is
compulsive thinking. It is when we are trapped in incessant streams of
compulsive thinking that the universe really disintegrates for us, and we
lose the ability to sense the interconnectedness of all that exists. Thinking cuts reality up into lifeless fragments. Extremely unintelligent
and destructive action arises out of such a fragmented view of reality. However, there is an even deeper level to the hole than the
interconnectedness of everything in existence. At that deeper level, all
things are one. it is the Source, the unmanifested one Life. It is the
timeless intelligence that manifests as a universe unfolding in time. The whole is made up of existence and Being, the manifested and the
unmanifested, the world and God. So when you become aligned with the
whole, you become a conscious part of the interconnectedness of the
whole and its purpose: the emer gence of consciousness into this world. As a result, spontaneous helpful occurrences, chance encounters,
coincidences, and synchronistic events happen much more frequently. Carl Jung called synchronicity an acausal connecting principle. This
means there is no causal connection between synchronistic events on our
surface level of reality. It is an outer manifestation of an underlying
intelligence behind the world of appearances and a deeper connectednessthat our mind cannot understand. But we can be conscious participants in
the unfolding of that intelligence, the flowering consciousness. Nature exists in a state of unconscious oneness with the whole. This, for
example, is why no virtually no wild animals were killed in the tsunami
disaster of 2004. Being more in touch with the totality than humans, they
could sense the tsunami's approach long before it could be seen or heard
and so had time to withdraw to higher terrain. Perhaps even that is
looking at it from a human perspective. They probably just found
themselves moving to higher terrain. Doing this because of that is the
mind's way of cutting up reality; whereas nature lies in unconscious
oneness with the whole. It is our purpose and destiny to bring a new
dimension into this world by living in conscious oneness with the totality
and conscious alignment with universal intelligence. Can the whole use the human mind to create things or bring about
situations that are in alignment with its purpose? Y es, whenever there is inspiration, which translates as in spirit, and
enthusiasm, which means In God, there is a creative empowerment hat
goes far beyond what a mere person is capable of.C H A P T E R  T E N  A  N E W  E A R T H
Astronomers have discovered evidence to suggest that the universe came
into existence fifteen billion years ago in a gigantic explosion and has
been expanding ever since. Not only has it been expanding, but it is also
growing in complexity and becoming more and more dif ferentiated. Some scientists also postulate that this movement from unity to
multiplicity will eventually become reversed. The universe will then stop
expanding and begin to contract again and finally return to the
unmanifested, the inconceivable nothingness out of which it came and
perhaps repeat the cycles of birth, expansion, contraction, and death
again and again. For what purpose? Why does the universe go to all the
bother of existing? asks physicist Stephen Hawking, realizing at the
same time that no mathematical model could ever supply the answer. If you look within rather than only without, however, you discover that
you have an inner and an outer purpose, and since you are a microcosmic
reflection of the macrocosm, it follows that the universe too has an inner
and outer purpose inseparable from yours. The outer purpose of the
universe is to create form and experience the interaction of forms the
play, the dream, the drama, or whatever you choose to call it. Its inner
purpose is to awaken to its formless essence. Then comes the
reconciliation of outer and inner purpose: to bring that essence
consciousness into the world of form and thereby transform the world. The ultimate purpose of that transformation goes far beyond anything the
human mind can imagine or comprehend. And yet, on this planet at this
time, that transformation is the task allotted us. That is the reconciliation
of outer and inner purpose, the reconciliation of the world and God. Before we look at what relevance the expansion and contraction of the
universe has to your own life, we need to bear in mind here that nothing
we say about the nature of the universe should be taken as an absolute
truth. Neither concepts nor mathematical formulae can explain the
infinite. No thought can encapsulate the vastness of the totality. Reality
is a unified whole, but thought cuts it up into fragments. This gives rise
to fundamental misperceptions., for example, that there are separate
things and events, or that this is the cause of that. Every thought implies
a perspective, and every perspective, by its very nature, implies
limitation, which ultimately means that it is not true, at least notabsolutely. Only the whole is true, but the whole cannot be spoken or
thought. Seen from beyond the limitations of thinking and therefore
incomprehensible to the human mind, everything is happening now. All
that ever has been or will be is now, outside of time, which is a mental
construct. As an illustration of relative and absolute truth, consider the sunrise and
sunset. when we say the sun rises in the morning and sets in the evening,
that is true but only relatively. In absolute terms, it is false. Only from
the limited perspective of an observer on or near the planet's surface does
the sun rise and set. If you were far out in space, you would see that the
sun neither rises nor sets, but that it shines continuously. And yet, even
after realizing that, we can continue to speak of the sunrise or sunset, still
see its beauty paint it, write poems about it, even though we now know
that it is a relative rather than an absolute truth. So let us continue to speak for a moment of another relative truth: the
coming into form of the universe and its return to the formless, which
implies the limited perspective of time, and see what relevance this has
to your own life. The notion of my own life is, of course, another limited
perspective created by thought, another relative truth. There is ultimately
no such thing as your life, since you and life are not two, but one.A New Earth
A  B R I E F  H I S T O R Y  O F  Y O U R  L I F E
The coming into manifestation of the world as well as its return to the
unmanifested its expansion and contraction are two universal movements
that we could call the outgoing and the return home. Those two
movements are reflected through the universe in many ways, such as in
the incessant expansion and contraction of your heart, as well as in the
inhalation and exhalation of your breath. They are also reflected in the
cycles of sleep and wakefulness. Each night, without knowing it, you
return to the unmanifested Source of all life when you enter the stage of
deep, dreamless sleep, and then reemer ge again in the morning,
replenished. Those two movements, the outgoing and the return are also reflected in
each person's life cycles. Out of nowhere, so to speak, you suddenly
appear in this world. Birth is followed by expansion. There is not only
physical growth, but also growth of knowledge, activities, possessions,
experiences. Y our sphere of influence expands and life becomes
increasingly complex. This is a time when you are mainly concerned
with finding or pursuing your outer purpose. Usually there is also a
corresponding growth of the ego, which is identification with all the
above things, and so your form identity becomes more and more defined. This is also the time when outer purpose growth tends to become
usurped by the ego, which unlike nature does not know when to stop in
its pursuit of expansion and has a voracious appetite for more. And then just when you thought you made it or that you belong here, the
return movement begins. Perhaps people close to you begin to die,
people who were a part of your world. Then your physical form
weakens; your sphere of influence shrinks. Instead of becoming more,
you now become less, and the ego reacts to this with increasing anxiety
or depression. Y our world is beginning to contract, ad you may find you
are not in control anymore. Instead of acting upon life, life now acts
upon you by slowlyreducing your world. The consciousness that identified with form is now
experiencing the sunset, the dissolution of form. And then one day, you
too disappear. Y our armchair is still there. But instead of you sitting in it,
there is just an empty space. Y ou went back to where you came from just
a few years ago. Each person's life each life?form, in fact represents a world, a unique
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