 rye breads, even more reason to grind your own. Corn mealfrom the grocery store has usually been degerminated too. If it hasn’t been, the oilin the seed’s germ has probably gone rancid. Grinding flour at home is easy these days. There is an abundance of at-home
milling products and no shortage of hype about them. You’ll find staunchadvocates of stone mills. These produce the finest-textured flour, but are costly. The sales pitch is that stones grind at low temperature and do not damage the oils
(remember the development of rancidity is a function of temperature) or thevitamins, which are also destroyed at high temperature. This assertion is half true.If you are going to store your flour it is far better to grind it cool. However, if youare, as we do, going to immediately bake your flour, what difference does it makeif it gets a little warm before baking. That only accelerates the action of the yeast. On the negative side, stone mills grind slowly and are very fussy about which
grains they will grind. If the cereal is a bit moist or if the seed being ground is alittle bit oily, the mill becomes instantly blocked. Steel burr mills grind fast and coarsely and are inexpensivebut coarse flour
makes heavy bread. The metal grinding faces tend to wear out and have to bereplaced occasionally—if they can be replaced. Breads on the heavy side are stilldelicious; for many years I made bread with an inexpensive steel burr millattachment that came with my juicer. Some steel burr mills will also grind oily seed like sesame and sunflower. However, oily seeds can be ground far more easily half-a-cup at a time in a littleinexpensive electric spice/coffee mill, the sort with a single fast-spinning propeller. I currently think the best compromise are hammermills. The grain dribbles into
a chamber full of fast-spinning teeth that literally pound the grain into powder.Since air flows through with the grain the flour is not heated very much. This typeof mill is small, very fast, intermediate in price between steel mills and stone mill,lasts a long time, but when grinding, sounds like a Boeing 747 about to take off. Itis essential to wear hearing protectors when using it. Awareness of bread quality is growing. One excellent new U.S. business,
called Great Harvest Bakery is a fast-growing national franchise chain. They bakeand sell only whole grain breads; all their wheat flour is freshly ground daily on thepremises in the back. Unfortunately, as of the writing of this book, they do notgrind their rye flour but bring it in sacks. I can’t recommend their rye breads. The
founder of Great Harvest is a knowledgeable buyer who fully understands my
next topic, which is that wheat is not wheat. There are great differences between hard bread wheats; being organically
grown is no cure all for making good or nutritious bread. Great Harvestunderstands this and uses top quality grain that is also Organic. When I first stated making my own bread from my own at-home-ground flour
I was puzzled by variations in the dough. Sometimes the bread rose well and wasspongy after baking like I wanted it to be. Sometimes it kneaded stickily andended up flat and crumbly like a cake. Since I had done everything the same wayexcept that I may have bought my wheat berries from different healthfood stores,I began to investigate the subject of wheat quality. The element in the cereal that forms the rubbery sponge in risen bread so it
doesn’t crumble and rises high without collapsing, is gluten. The word glue derivesfrom gluten. The gluten content of various wheats varies. Bread bakers use “hardwheat” because of its high gluten content. Gluten is a protein and gluten comprisesmost of the protein in bread wheat; the protein content and the gluten content arealmost identical. Try this. Ask your healthfood store buyer or owner what the protein content is
of the hard red wheat seeds they’re selling. You’ll almost certainly get a puzzledlook and your answer will almost certainly be, “we have Organic andconventional.” Demand that the store buyer ask this question of their distributor/wholesaler and then report back to you. If the distributor deigns to answer, theanswer will be the same—I sell Organic or conventional hard red wheat. Period.When I got these non-answers I looked further and discovered that hard breadwheats run from about 12 percent protein to about 19 percent and this differencehas everything to do with the soil fertility (and to an extent the amount of rainfallduring the season), and almost nothing to do with Organic or conventional. This difference also has everything to do with how your dough behaves and
how your bread comes out. And how well your bread nourishes you. Thirteen
percent wheat will not make a decent loaf—fourteen percent is generally
considered #2 quality and comprises the bulk of cheap bread grain. When youhear in the financial news that a bushel of wheat is selling for a certain price, theymean #2. Bakers compete for higher protein lots and pay far higher prices formore protein. We prefer our bread about 25% rye, but rye contains no gluten at all. Mix any
rye flour into fourteen percent wheat flour and the dough becomes very heavy,won’t rise, and after baking, crumbles. So I kept looking for better grain andfinally discovered a knowledgeable lady that sold flour mills and who also was aserious baker herself. She had located a source of quality wheat with an assayedprotein content and sold it by the 50 pound sack. When I asked her if her wheatwas Organic she said it was either sixteen or seventeen percent protein dependingon whether you wanted hard red spring wheat or hard white spring wheat.Organic or conventional? I persisted. No, she said. High protein! So, I said to myself, since protein content is a function of soil fertility and since
my body needs protein, I figured I am better off eating the best quality wheat,pesticide/herbicide residues (if there are any) be damned. Think about it! Thedifference between seventeen percent and fourteen percent protein is about 25percent. That percentage difference is the key threshold of nutritional deficiencythat makes teeth fall out. We can’t afford to accept 25% degradations in ournutritional quality in something that we eat every day and that forms the very basisof our dietary. Please understand here that I am not saying that high protein wheats can’t be
grown organically. They certainly can be. The founder of Great Harvest Bakeryperforms a valuable service locating and securing high-protein lots of organicallygrown wheats for his outlets. But often as not Organic products are no morenourishing than those grown with chemicals. Until the buyers at Organic wholefood wholesalers get better educated about grain, obtaining one’s personal millingstock from them will be a dicey proposition. Sometimes Organic cereal can be far worse than conventional. To make a
cereal Organic is a negative definition; if it hasn’t had chemicals, then its Organic.Grain is one of the few foods that will still produce economic yields of low qualityseed on extremely infertile soil or when half-smothered in weeds becauseherbicides weren’t used for reasons of ideological purity. V egetables will hardlyproduce anything under those conditions; carelessly grown fruits and vegetablesare inevitably small, misshapen, unmarketable. But seed cleaning equipment canremove the contamination of weed seeds in cereal grains (at a cost.) The price the farmer receives for Organic cereal grain is much higher, so it is
possible to accept rather low yields or expend more money for cleaning out highlevels of weed seeds from the field-run harvest, and still make a good profit. Alousy Organic cereal crop like this might even make a higher profit because thefarmer has been spared the expense of fertilization, of rotation, of weed control. Iremember once I bought a sack of Organic whole oats that were the smallest,most shriveled, bitterest oats I’ve ever tried to eat. We ended up throwing outthat tiny, light (lacking density) seed in favor of using the “conventional” wholeoats that were plump, heavy and sweet. Wheat is not the only cereal that is damaged by industrial milling. So are oats. Most consumers have never seen whole oats; they look very much like wheatberries. But rolled oats become rancid and stale on the shelf much like wheat flouron the shelf. Another pitfall about using whole grains is that to be nutritious they must still be
fresh enough to sprout vigorously. A seed is a package of food surrounding anembryo. The living embryo is waiting for the right conditions (temperature andmoisture) to begin sprouting. Sprouting means the embryo begins eating up storedfood and making a plant out of it. All foods are damaged by exposure to oxygen,so to protect the embryo’s food supply, the seed is surrounded by a virtuallyairtight seed coat that permits only enough oxygen to enter for the embryo’srespiration (yes, seed breaths slowly). Often the embryo is located at the edge of
the seed and has its own air intake port. When the seed coat is removed or
damaged, the innards are exposed to air and begin deteriorating rapidly. In thecase of oats, especially rapidly, because oats are the only grass-based cereal thatcontains large quantities of oil—five percent oil, more or less. That’s why oats“stick to your ribs.” Rolled oats become stale and lose their flavor (and nutritionalcontent) and perhaps become rancid very rapidly. So we make porridge fromwhole oat groats that we coarsely grind to grits (steel-cut oats) in an electric seed/spice mill just


 you that believes you’re
separate from others, separate from what you’d like to accomplish or have,
and separate from God. It also believes that you are your acquisitions,
achievements, and accolades. This ego will wants you to constantly acquire
evidence of your importance. It pushes you toward proving your superiority
and acquiring things you’re willing to chase after with hyperdedication and
resolve. On the other hand, your imagination is the concept of Spirit within
you. It’s the God within you. Read William Blake’s description of
imagination. Blake believed that with imagination, we have the power to be
anything we desire to be. I rest not from my great task. To open the Eternal Worlds, to open the immortal
Eyes of Man
Inwards into the Worlds of Thought;
Into eternity, ever expanding
In the Bosom of God,
The Human Imagination
— from Jerusalem by William Blake
Now go back to the idea of willing yourself to do something when your
imagination says no. An example of a fire walk comes to my mind. You can
stare at those hot coals and will yourself to walk across them, and if you
rely exclusively on your willpower, you’ll end up with severe burns and
blisters. But if you imagine yourself divinely protected—in Blake’s words,
in the Bosom of God, and can see yourself in your imagination able to be
something beyond your body, you can accomplish the fire walk unscathed. As you imagine yourself impervious to the heat of the red-hot coals, you
begin to feel yourself as something beyond your body. You visualize
yourself as stronger than the fire. Your inner picture of purity and protection
lets you will yourself to walk across the coals. It’s your imagination that
allows you to be safe. Without it, you’d be scorched. I recall imagining myself being able to complete my first marathon run of
26-plus miles. It wasn’t my will that got me through those three and a half
hours of continuous running. It was my inner imagination. I tuned in to it
and then allowed my body to be pushed to its limit through my will. Without that image, no amount of will would have been sufficient for me to
complete that endeavor. And so it is with everything. Willing yourself to be happy, successful,
wealthy, number one, famous, the top salesperson, or the richest person in
your community are ideas born of the ego and its obsessive self-absorption. In the name of this willpower, people run roughshod over anyone who gets
in their way; cheating, stealing, and deceiving to accomplish their personal
intention. Yet these kinds of practices will ultimately lead to disaster. You
may achieve the physical goal of your individual intention. However, yourimagination, that inner place where you do all of your living, won’t allow
you to feel peaceful. I’ve used this power of imagination over my will in the production of all
of my life’s work. For instance, I see myself as having already completed
this book. This thinking from the end causes me to behave as if all that I’d
like to create is already here. My credo is: Imagine myself to be and I shall
be, and it’s an image that I keep with me at all times. I don’t complete a
book because I have a strong will to do so. That would mean I believe that
it’s me, the body named Wayne Dyer, that’s doing all of this, whereas my
imagination has no physical boundaries and no name called Wayne Dyer. My imagination is my very own “chip off of the old block” of intention. It
provides what I need, it allows me to sit here and write, it guides my pen in
my hand, and fills in all the blanks. I, Wayne Dyer, am not willing this book
into reality. My picture of it is so clear and precise that it manifests itself. In
ancient times, a divine being named Hermes wrote:

That which IS is manifested;
That which has been or shall be, is unmanifested, but
not dead;
For soul, the eternal activity of God, animates all
things. These are significant words to ponder as you think about reconnecting to
intention and gaining the power to create anything that’s in your
imagination. You, your body, and your ego, do not intend, do not create, do
not animate anything into life. Set your ego aside. By all means, have an
aim in life and be full of determination, but rid yourself of the illusion that
you’re the one who’s going to manifest your heart’s desire through your
will. It’s your imagination that I want you to focus on throughout the
reading of this book, and view all of your determined goals and activities as
functions of your imagination working, guiding, encouraging, and even
pushing you in the direction that intention had for you while you were still
in an unmanifested state. You’re looking for a vibrational match-up of your
imagination and the Source of all Creation. Your imagination allows you the fabulous luxury of thinking from the
end. There’s no stopping anyone who can think from the end. You create the
means and surmount limitations in connection with your desires. In
imagination, dwell on the end, fully confident that it’s there in the material
world and that you can use the ingredients of the all-creative Source to
make it tangible. Since the Source of everything proceeds with grace, and
its alluring seven faces, then you too shall use this method and only this
method, to co-create all that you were intended to be. Become indifferent to
doubt and to the call of your will. Remain confident that through continued
reliance on your imagination, your assumptions are materializing into
reality. Reconnecting to intention involves expressing the same seven faces
that the all-creating Source uses to bring the unmanifest into the manifest. If
imagination works for God, then surely it works for you, too. Through
imagination, God imagines everything into reality. This is your new strategy
as well. Applying the Seven Faces for
Connecting to Intention
Having been in the business of human development for most of my life,
the question I most frequently hear is: “How do I go about getting what I
want. ” At this juncture of my life, as I sit here writing this book, my
response is: “If you become what you think about, and what you think about
is getting what you want, then you’ll stay in a state of wanting. So, the
answer to how to get what you want is to reframe the question to: How do I
go about getting what I intend to create. ” My answer to that question is in
the remaining pages of this chapter, but my short answer is this: “You get
what you intend to create by being in harmony with the power of intention,
which is responsible for all of creation. ” Become just like intention and
you’ll co-create all that you contemplate. When you become one with
intention, you’re transcending the ego-mind and becoming the universal all-
creative mind. John Randolph Price writes in A Spiritual Philosophy for the
New World: “Until you transcend the ego, you can do nothing but add to the
insanity of the world. That statement should delight you rather than create
despair, for it removes the burden from your shoulders. ”Begin to remove that ego burden from your shoulders and reconnect to
intention. When you lay your ego aside and return to that from which you
originally emanated, you’ll begin to immediately see the power of intention
working with, for, and through you in a multitude of ways. Here are those
seven faces revisited to help you to begin to make them a part of your life. 1. Be creative. Being creative means trusting your own purpose and
having an attitude of unbending intent in your daily thoughts and activities. Staying creative means giving form to your personal intentions. A way to
start giving them form is to literally put them in writing. For instance, in my
writing space here on Maui, I’ve written out my intentions, and here are a
few of them that stare at me each day as I write:
• My intention is for all of my activities to be directed
by Spirit. • My intention is to love and radiate my love to my
writing and any who might read these words. • My intention is to trust in what comes through me
and to be a vehicle of Spirit, judging none of it. • My intention is to recognize the Spirit as my Source
and to detach from my ego. • My intention is to do all that I can to elevate the
collective consciousness to be more closely in rapport with the
Spirit of the originating supreme power of intention. To express your creativity and put your own intentions into the world of
the manifest, I recommend that you practice Japa, a technique first offered
by the ancient Vedas. Japa meditation is the repetition of the sound of the
names of God while simultaneously focusing on what you intend to
manifest. Repeating the sound within the name of God while asking for
what you want generates creative energy to manifest your desires. And your
desires are the movement of the universal mind within you. Now, you may
be skeptical about the feasibility of such an undertaking. Well, I ask you to
open yourself to this idea of Japa as an expression of your creative link to
intention. I won’t describe the method in depth here because I’ve written
about it in a small book with an accompanying CD


 best to sum it up here. Borax, also known as sodium borate, is used in cleaning and laundry
detergent recipes. It is a basic mineral that is mined from the ground, and while it is wholly natural, there is
still quite a bit of contention around whether or not it’s safe for use. To put one thing straight, borax is not the
same as boric acid. Boric acid is used in pesticides and insecticides and is derived from borax by a refining
process that renders it a whole different beast. Borax is considered, by industry standards, generally safe to use (with the exception of it being forbidden
as a food additive.) Speaking from experience, I have never had a problem with it, and keep it labeled and
securely away from kids and pets. It is up to you whether or not you are comfortable using it. It must be
ingested for its toxicity to be expressed, however too much can cause mild skin irritation because of its
high alkalinity. I find it staple for laundry detergent and some carpet cleaners as well. As long as it is kept in
moderation, I will say that I find borax ok to use in certain recipes. 16Copyright 2014 everydayroots.comThe Golden Rule: Everything in Moderation
I think that many people-and I am quite guilty of doing this also- tend to use more of a cleaner or ingredient
than they really need, and I think this is especially the case with natural products. Because you feel the need to
make them “strong enough” to do their job, you go ahead and don’t dilute something, add excessive amounts
of ingredients, or use too much at once. The truth is, less is more. It’s shocking how little vinegar cleaner
you actually need to clean something or baking soda to scrub a surface clean. Remember that too much of
anything is a bad thing-even with something natural. Oils and Butters
Oils and butters, along with beeswax, form the base and body of the salves, balms, and other similar recipes
and remedies. They are also used as carriers for essential oils to reduce the risk of an adverse reaction. Most
commonly they are used to soften, moisturize, and protect our skin. The term “carrier oil” covers a vast range
of both oils and butters, from common place extra virgin olive and grapeseed oil to the more exotic baobab
seed oil and kpangnan butter. For many recipes found here the oils are easily substituted, while for others,
things can get a little more complicated. I don’t list every oil and butter below-there are hundreds! - but this
will cover what you need to know for the recipes in this book.17Copyright 2014 everydayroots.comLiquid Oils
These remain liquid and do not solidify at room temperatures. Olive Oil:  Pressed from ripe olives, olive oil is a common household staple for cooking and consumption. It is
also a common base for balms, salves, chapstick, and lotions, being soothing and moisturizing to the skin. Grapeseed Oil:  Created from the residue of grapes that have been juiced, grapeseed oil is an inexpensive
alternative to the pricier oils such as jojoba or olive. It does, however, possess a shorter shelf life than most
other vegetable based oils. Avocado Oil:  Avocado oil is pressed from the ripe avocado fruit, and possesses a pleasant nutty/spicy odor. Unrefined it is deep green in color, easily distinguished from the pale yellow refined oil (you want it unrefined!) It is used as cooking oil, but is also luxurious to use in cosmetic applications as well. It is rich in vitamin E,
highly penetrating, slow to absorb, and deeply nourishing. Sesame Seed Oil:  Rich in fatty acids, the pale yellow oil obtained from sesame seeds works as an excellent
emollient, moisturizing skin and hair to keep it smooth, soft, and protected by the natural barrier it forms. Sweet Almond Oil:  Sweet almond oil is an excellent carrier for essential oils, and is light, non-greasy, and skin
nourishing. It comes from the sweet almond, versus the bitter almond, which only yields about half of the fixed
oil that a sweet almond does. It is rich in vitamin E.
Jojoba Oil/Wax:  Cold pressed from the seeds of a wild evergreen shrub, jojoba oil is not truly an oil, but a
liquid wax. It is highly penetrating, with a faintly sweet aroma and a pale golden yellow color. Its molecular
structure is extraordinarily close to that of our natural sebum (the oil we produce to keep our skin supple and
healthy.) Since we lose sebum due to weather, wind, and age, jojoba is incredibly healing. I also find that it
feels less oily than grapeseed or olive oil. 18Copyright 2014 everydayroots.comSoft Oils and Butters
These are solid at room temperature, but have a relatively low melting point and remain fairly soft. Shea Butter: Shea butter is a pale, soft butter obtained by the cold pressing of the fruit of the Karite tree,
found in West Africa. It has a wonderful nutty and rich aroma, and is rich the fatty acids (90% stearic and oleic
acid), vitamin A, and vitamin E. It is incredible and moistening and maintaining the elasticity of skin, as well
as reducing inflammation. It is also a powerful healer when it comes to sunburns, psoriasis, and eczema. There are actually two kinds of West African shea butter-be sure to purchase Butyrospermum parkii and not
Viterllaria nilotica, which comes from East Africa is usually refined.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

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If you are reading this, you have my heartfelt thanks and congratulations. Y ou have taken a huge step
towards improving not only your life, but the lives of countless others as well. Y ou will find that natural
living-whether you are interested in replacing a few cleaners here and there, or want to create an
entirely new lifestyle-will open your eyes to new things every day. It is a constant journey of learning,
creating, and feeling whole. If you are new to this whole thing, no worries. This book was created with people who are just
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something is to understand it; so many remedies will give backgrounds on the conditions as well. Hopefully you will begin to see the connections between certain ingredients and ailments, and begin
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 electrostatic forces in the development of structural patterns around a "tumour", which is similar to the radiographically observed modifications of structure around a malignant tumour.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>This result
i.s an impossibility as a funct.ion only of the concentra
tion forces of blood corPuscles. These forces, which
were distributed unevenly to ooe side of the "tumour",
should instead create their o"'n concentration centres
outside the "tumour". The only known force that can
possibly produce radiating structures of t.he observed
extensions and locations in the lung is a closed circuit Fig. X/:8. After desanguinauon of the dog, the lung and ad
jacont chost wall were removed en bloc. The radiograph
shows the specimen after stipt inflation of the lung. No
structure:s are evident corresp:mding to ''A'' and ••a•• zones
obKrved in vivo. Some irregular infiltrations around the
"tumour'' represent local blood. This experiment illusuares
som<: of the critical discrepancies between an examination in
. ;,-o and at necropsy. In lhc l•ftl! the distens;oa of the pattn
chyma in vivo by subatmospheric intrapleural pressures and
by vascular perfusion pressures are of particular importance
in structural analyses. Artificial tumour in doc lunc I 09 Fig. Xl:9. Postmortem radiograph of slightly inflated lung
with multjple metastases from carcinoma of colon. Note
faint radiolucent areas("A" zone) around several tumours. electric field. Neverthe less, we have already :argued
that the "tumour" itself, by virtue of its insulating
shellac layer, is excluded from any closed circuit tissue
channels. The only remaining possibility to explain the
development of the radiating structures must be the
creation of tissue injury during the implantation of the
tumour. Tissue, inclurling blood, adjacent to the im·
planted tumour should then have polarized electro
chemically against surrounrling noninjured tissue. In
order to resolve our dilemma we are now forced logi
cally to postulate that a closed electric circuit must
exist between surrounding normal tissues and degrad·
ing blood and cell material adjacent to the "tumour". The corona structures observed radiologically
around the artificial "tumour" were disarranged or
not evident after removal of the lung. This finding is
not surprising. As soon as the chest is opened in any
animal, the mechanical factors in the lung parenchyma
are changed. The effects of subatmospheric pleural
pressures, interstitial and intravascular fluid pressures,
etc., are changed rarlically compared to the situation in
vivo. These differences appear to explain why radiolo
gic observations in vivo of structures in the lung (pro
duced by fluid and movable cellular elements) are not
readily recognized on histologic or radiographic exami
nations of removed lungs. This situation shourd hold
at least when the pathologi c condition has been present
for only a relatively short period of biologic time, e.g.,
2 weeks. Permanent fiXations of the structural arrange
ment are, however, possible. Thus, faint rarliolucent
"A" zones are seen in Fig. XI: 9, which is a postmor
tem radiograph of a slightly inflated lung, containing
many small metastases from a carcinoma of the colon
(radiograph kindly submitted to the author by Dr. L.
Kreel, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex,
England). Similar fmdings can also be seen in vivo in
processes of long duration, e.g., a granuloma (Fig. IV: I) even after a pneumothorax has been produced. Factors contributing to the development of corona
structures are reviewed in Fig. XI: 10. The tumour in
110 Artificial tumour in dog lung Fig. XI: 10. Factors producing corona structures around a
tumour during an electropositive phase. Surrounding tissue
is electronegative. Transport of material takes place over a
postulated biologically closed electric circuit (BCEC). The
tumour blocks the local flow of pleural fluid toward the JU. lum. Electroosmosis acts to prevent this fluid from moving
near the surface of the tumour, giving rise to a perifocal halo,
the u A" zone (hydropcnic zone). The displaced tissue water
produces increased opacity, a "B" zone (hydropic zone). At
rhe interface between these zones hydrostatic turgor pressure
and electroosmo tic pressure balance each other. Small arches
develop at the interface of the "A" and "B" zones. Electric
edge enhancement at small protrusions of the tumour surface
causes dipole indu ction in dielectric movable materials,
which form radiating structures. Their hygroscopi c material
contracts i.n the hydropenic zone, contributing to the shape
of the arches and to the production of retraction packets in
the pleura. this figure is represented as polarized elecrropositively
in relation to surrounding lung tissue. The existence of
a biologically closed electric circuit across polarizing
regions of tissue is postulated in Fig. XI: 10. Note that
protrusions on the surface of the tumour locally en·
hance the electric field. Under the combined influence
of the forces within an activated closed circuit and of
the physicochemical forces of ionic and nonionic mov
able materials in the tissue matrix, different structures
will beeome produced or modified. One of the most
characteristic modifications in the circuit is transport
of water. Water moving in a closed electric circuit
through a matrix of cotton wool or lung tissue was
demonstrated in Chapter IX. Cotton wool and lung
each carry a surplus of fiXed electronegative charges,
so water moves from anode to cathode. Such move-ment will produce a hydropenic (radiolucent) "A"
zone around an anodic tumour. Movement of water
will also produce a hydropic (radiopaque ) "B" zone
outside the "A" zone when water moves against a
hydrostatic pressure. Equilibrium is then created be·
tween the two opposing force$, giving rise to an inter
face, seen as a row of arches forming an arcade. The
actual structural changes seen in radiographs are, how
ever, created not only by water but also by movement
and reorientation of charged or dielectric corpuscular
elements, i.e., cells, cellular debris, macromolecules
and electrolytes. Concentration forces also connibute
to the development of radiating structures and arches
(as well as nonhydropenic and nonhydropic "A" and
"B" zones, respectively ), as shown in vivo in this
chapter. The radiating structures around tumours con·
sist mainly of fibrous, partly hygroscopic, partly non
hygroscopic material. Within the hydropenic zone a
local scar-shrinking effect may occur. Such a shrinking
of a well-developed radiating structure extending to
nearby pleura should then be able to produce a retrac
tion pocket (see also Chapters III and XVI). At this juncture it must be evident to the reader that for all component s of corona structures to develop,
particularly over distances of several centimetres, elec
tric forces acting over closed circuits are a prerequisite. We have now arrived at a point central to the study of
tissue transformation by local electrochemical polariza
tions between tissues. The introduction of this concept
will make it easier to understand not only the corona
structures but also phenomena connected with tissue
healing and tissue development. In the next two chap·
ters a mechanism will be described which permits
extensive transformations of tis.~ue over long periods of
time at low voltage gradients. This mechanism will
now be described as the biologically closed electric
circuit (BCEC). Reference s
1. Arnulf, G., and Chacoma c, R.: L'antriographk me{hodque des
artCres o>ronaires grice i l'utili7.ation de: l'acCtylcholint; donnees
cxpC_rimtnta l~s ct cliniqu~. Lyon Chir. 54:2121, 1958. 2. TOmcll, G., and Nordcn.strOm, 8.: Unpublished data, 1962. Artificial tumour in dog lung Ill XII. Biologically closed
electric circuits (BCEC)
When an electrolyte is brought in contact with a metal,
an electric double layer will develop at their inter
face (26, 27). This interaction can be regarded as a
structuring process, usually in a zone no thicker than a
few A. This restricted spatial extension of the electric
double layer and of its surrounding diffuse layer,
indicates that further explanation is required for the
uneven distribution of material sometimes seen radio
graphically (Fig. XII: 1) within one to two millimetres
adjacent to metallic fi


 VI, page 53). Intro
duced needles were found capable of levelling these
differences. However, the levelling by needle was also
shown to be reversible as an effect of spomaneous
generation of charge. Prolonged levelling of many re
gions in the subcutis can even markedly reduce subcu
taneous potentials to a level at which tissue colloids
will then precipitate (75). Such a prolonged and exten
sive lowering of the electric potential of the subcutis
may therefore be dangerous. The author had the opportunity to attend a demon
stration of acupuncture anaesthesia at the Internation
al Congress of Cardiology in Tokyo in 1977. Connec
tions like those in the experiments of Chapter VI were
used. A. grounded external wire connected the intro
duced needles. One needle was introduced in the skin
behind an ear and one in the subcutis of the back of
the ipsilateral hand. "Stimulation of the ac-upuntture
points" was then performed through a source of direct
current connected with wires to the two needles. The
subject reponed local sensation of anaesthesia. Appar
ently separation of ionic charges had been induced
between the needles in the electricall y interconnecting
tissue, which should interfere with its normal func
tion. Insertion of only one needle is also sometimes used •= redox reactions at metal surfaces
Fig. XV/11:6. Acupuncrure : suggested basic mechanism is
illustr.ned in Figs. XVIII: 6-8. Two adjoining muscles are separated electricaiJy by their
fibrous fasciae. One muscle is injured locally. Secondary ef. fccts develop locaUy around the lesion, e.g., oedema and
compression by blood clots (arrows). These effects interfere
with the local VICC function of the injured muscle, restrict
ing exchange of materials in the process of healing. A needle introduced through the skin and normal muscle
into the injury wiU now create new closed circuits, in which
the needle connects vascular and intcntitial channels in the
injured region to corresponding channels in the normal mus
cle. The new circuits enhance specifically the exchange of
ions and transport of wate.r. The driving electromotive forces
of the circuits derive from the differences of electric potential
between the injured and normal tissues. Redox steps at met·
in acupuncture therapy. The principles of BCEC and
differences of electric potential in tissues also offer a
possible rational explanation for the effects of single
needle acupuncture, as follows:
Electrophoretic transports may lead to the develop
ment of muscular fasciae by depositing products of
polarization on the surfaces of muscle bundles, form
ing electricalay insulating sheaths. Fig. XVIII: 6 shows
a locally injured muscle. The injury is healing slowly
because avaibble vascular and interstitial channels are
functioning inadequately, e.g., by thrombosis, oedema
or compression by blood clnts. Such interferences ap
ply to diffusion and electrical, matrix-mediated trans
port of water and other ergons as well as to exchange of
ions. The degrading processes of the injury supply the
driving force for a VICC, but this energy potential is
now inefficient. A metal needle introduced through
normal tissues into the injury will create new path
ways, more efficient than previousl y, for exchange of
energy and material between the injured and normal
tissues. This increased efficiency is possible because
the needle connects in parallel all electrically func
tioning vascular and interstitial branches around the aJ.electrolyte interfaces are indicated by x. The acupunctu·
rist's characteristic twirling of the needle should improve
flow of current through the circuits insofar as the twirling
movements may loosen any material deposited on the surface
of the needle. In case blood vessels arc unavaibblc for BCEC
flow, the needle must penetrate normal tissue where inter·
connecting lymphatic channels are available (possibly equal
to an.. acupuncture meridian "). An additional way to influence the healing process may be
to connect one pole of an electric battery to the needle in the
lesion and the other pole to a needle placed in a "meri
dian" (possibly a lymphatic-interstitial conducting branch)
leading to the injured tissue. Closing of this circuit should
then correspond to the acupuncturist's "stimulation of the
yin :and yang of a meridian''. injury. The exchange of material between the injured
and surrounding tissues is thereby enhanced. To facilitate understanding of the proposed explana
tion of acupunctu re, a self-driving system (Fig. XV111: 7 a-d) and a driven system (Fig. XVIII: 8) will
be presented. In Fig. XVlll: 7 a, two metal electrodes (Cu and Zn)
are inserted into an electrolyte in two rubber bags
(corresponding to the fibrous, electrically insulatin.g
fasciae of the muscles in Fig. XVIII: 6). The comems
of the bags are connected by a communicating "ves
sel". Short circuiting of the metals over a cable pro
duces flow of electrons in the metallic part of the
circuit and flow of ions in the electrolyte. The poten-. tial differences between the metal electrodes and the
electrolyte create the driving force. In Fig. XVIII: 7 b, the ionic transportS are blocked,
as by experimentally clamping the communicating ves
sels. In Fig. XVIII: 7 c, a metal needle is introduced
through the two rubber bags, restoring the transport
of current in the closed circuit. Redox reactions in this
case take place not only at the electrode-electrolyte
interfaces but also at the needle-electrolyte interfaces. Principles and conseque nces of BCEC 329 a '' '' b
',,/
c'
Ele-ctron low No CUffent flow E*tron flow
Cu n
Communicating
vettel Blocked
communication · Short-cirCtJiting metal
needle reatorH flow
of current
d
• • redox reactions
at metal-electrolyte
interphases
Electron flow in metal
Capillary membt'anes
+ Blocked vascular
branches of VtCC
(t.g. by arteriosderos is..
vascular contraction. compress ion by oedema
or haematoma)
Fig. XVIII: 7. Acupuncture: a self-driving electric system,
representing the basic principle of the proposed mechanism
of acupuncture. (a) An analogue of a BCEC system. The en
ergy is delivered by the potential difference s across the met·
al-elecrrolyte imerfaces and is channeli1.ed by two conduct
ing branches. (b) One branch is blocked,leading to interrup
tion of current flow. (c) The closed circuit is restored by the
Fig. XVIII: 7 d more closely approaches conditions
in vivo. The driving force is created by the tissue
injury potential to the left in relation to the normal
potential of the tissue to the right. Interstitia l spaces
and lymphatics connecting the abnormal and normal
regions join somewhere, corresponding to the external
cables of Fig. XVIII: 7 a-c. Some of these interstitial
spaces and lymphatics constitute what is probably a
preferential pathway for ions, corresponding to what
in acupuncture is called a "meridian". Blood vessels
(with their conducting blood plasma and insulating
vessel walls) connect both regions of tissue, but are
blocked. This prevents closing of the eloctric circuit. Fig. XVIII: 7 d indicates the vascular block, e.g., by
arteriosclerosis, contractions of the vessel, or external
compression by a haematoma or oedema. After a nee-
330 Principles and consequences of BCEC'' '. \ Normal
.tiuue
' \ (;,. Preferential conducting
pathways (acupunctur iat•s
""meridiant"') ovet interstitial ~
lymphatic branches of
the VICC
The needle short circuits
the polarizing injured and
normal tlaauea and permits
ions to flow over lnttrttitial
and lymphatic branches,
thereby enhancing healing
introduction of an "acupuncture needle". Now redox reac
tions take place at the needle-electrolyte interfaces (x) in ad
dition to reactions at the electrode-e lectrolyte interfaces (not
indicated in the figure). (If) A model more close to biologic
conditions than a-c. The circuit is here activated by fluctuat
ing potential differences between an injured tissue and nor
mal tissue. die is inserted through the normal muscle into the
injured muscle, it is easy to understand that closed
circuit ionic transports are restored over the conduct
ing "meridian", resulting in an enhancement of the
healing process. The restoration of this self-driving
system for ionic transport represents a remarkab ly
simple f9rrn of therapy explainable by the principle of
BCEC. A more powerful but less "physiologic" principle is
represented by the driven system. It


  sound  like  a childish  question;  but
I say it for a Reason,  even  to the former  students. "Does  that
mean  anything  to you". Everything  in the world,  Precious
Ones. Try to follow  Me,  just a few  moments,  in feeling  what
the Power  and Release  of Our  Power  of Divine  Love  means
in your  world. While  the Messenger  is repeating  My Words 166 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
to you,  I stand  here  connecting  Myself  with  your  Heart,
every  one of you. Will  you notice  I do not ask your  permis-
sion. Then  I am enabled  to render  you  a Service  which  the
outer  could  not possibly  comprehend  at the moment;  but
THAT,  which  I do for you will continue  forever;  until  you,
thru your  own  Call  to the Presence,  set yourselves  Free. Dear  Ones,  please  use the Terminology  which  We have
given  you. The  Words,  "I AM,"  as written  in English  today,
have  come  down  from  the Beginning  of mankind's  appear-
ance  upon  the Earth. In the Royal  Teton—on  your  map,
known  as the Grand  Teton,  there  are the Records  of these
civilizations—every  one  which  has ever  been  on Earth. In
every  language  which  was  used  during  those  many  civiliza-
tions—the  Words,  "I AM"  as written  in English  today  are
there;  showing  Those  Two  Words  are the Power  of God. Mankind  needs  to learn  to use Those  Words,  as We do. In any  crisis,  if the Individual  did not think  of anything
else just for the moment,  and  would  say:  "I AM,"  "I AM,"
"I AM,"  It would  release  the Powers  of the Presence  into
action. Ofttimes  it would  perform  a so-called  Miracle  for
him or her, then  and there. That  is the Power  of those  Two
Words;  and  there  are no two  words  in the vocabulary  of
human  experience,  which  release  the Power  Those  Two
Words  do. The  Words,  "God,"  "Divine  Mind,"  "Divinity"
and all other  Terminology  used  to express  the Godhead,  do
not contain  the Power  the Words  "I AM"  do. That  is the
Reason  why  Beloved  Saint  Germain  has brought  This  Use
of the "I AM"  forth  to mankind  at this time. It is the Power DISCOURSE  VIII  167
which  sets the people  Free. Why. Because  It is their  own
Life. Your  "Mighty  I AM  Presence,"  your  Individualized  Pres-
ence  of God  which  beats  your  Heart,  is your  Life;  and  your
Life contains  everything  which  is for your  Perfection. Be-
loved  Ones,  in That  Stream  of Light  and  Energy  from  your
Presence,  is everything  required  for the Perfection  of you
and your  world  and  It is without  limit. Only  as you have
felt limitation  from  the appearance  world,  have  you limited
yourselves. It is not the Presence  who  has limited  you. To-
day, you  are in a position  in This  Understanding  of your
Presence,  to set yourselves  Free  in a comparatively  short
time. We have  gone  thru  the  experiences  of mankind. My
Experience  of course  was  a long  time  ago. Beloved  Saint
Germain  and  Those  who  have  more  recently  made  the
Ascension—for  instance  the Children,  Bob,  Rex,  Nada  and
Pearl,  have  been  able  to set themselves  Free. The Beloved  Master,  Jesus,  left the Example  to mankind,
but who  believed  It. Who  was  willing  to try to fulfill  It. Yet, He said:  "All  These  Things  I have  done,  ye shall  do". Beloved  Ones,  why  is Saint  Germain  the One  today,  Who
was chosen  by the Great  Cosmic  Light,  to bring  forth  This
Activity. Because  the Seventh  Ray,  under  which  He is act-
ing, compels  Him  to be the One  to bring  forth  the Freedom
of mankind. America  being  the "Crystal  Cup"  which  is the
Freedom  of the Earth,  compels  America  to be the Focal
Point  of That  Freedom  for the World. It is not a matter 168 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
of any one's  choice. It is a Law,  a Great  Cosmic  Law,  which
has made  Saint  Germain  the Active,  Individual  for Our
Freedom. It is the Cosmic  Law  which  has made  America,
the "Cup"  to release  the Light  of the future. Think  of it, in India,  where  so Great  a Light  has been
among  a few;  yet the great  mass  of people  in India,  are
bound  far worse  than  you are.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the purpose of the "I AM" activity, and why is it important?,
A: The purpose of the "I AM" activity is to set individuals free and assist them in their ascension. It is important because it is the only way to bring about true change and freedom.
Q: What is the reason for the "I AM" activity, and why is it necessary?,
A: The reason for the "I AM" activity is to release the power of the Presence, and it is necessary because it is the only way to bring about the Freedom and Ascension of mankind.
Q: What is the significance of the words "I AM"?,
A: The words "I AM" are the key to unlocking the power of the Presence and setting oneself free. They are not just words, but a powerful tool for manifestation and control.
Q: What is the importance of focusing on the "I AM" Presence and not the appearance world?,
A: Focusing on the "I AM" Presence is crucial because it allows the individual to tap into the power of their own being and create a harmonious and perfect world. Focusing on the appearance world only leads to destruction and limitation.
Q: What is the significance of the chart and the "I AM" activity, and how does it relate to the Great Cosmic Law?,
A: The chart and the "I AM" activity are essential tools for the ascension and freedom of humanity. The chart represents the Power of the Presence, and the "I AM" activity is the means to bring about this ascension.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Give  praise  and  thanks
for This  Accomplishment  and  say:  "'Mighty  I AM  Pres-209 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
cncc'  sweep  in and  accomplish  the next  thing  with  your
Infinite  Power." Feel  your  Great  Joy and  Enthusiasm  in
the next  Accomplishment. Oh,  Dear  Ones,  it is so wonder-
ful! It is so tremendous! Once  you understand  what  is being
accomplished. We have  Faith  in you,  in every  "I AM"  Student  in Amer-
ica! Will  you  not,  in Our  faith  in you,  stand  as One  Great
Pillar  of Light,  each  one of you  to all the others  and  have
all that  is required ? My Love  and Blessings  enfold  you,  each  one,  always,  and
I say to those  who  have  come  so great  a distance:  What-
ever We can do to add to your  Freedom,  your  Supply,  your
Happiness,  shall  be done! I thank  you. DISCOURSE  XV
MIAMI,  FLORIDA  November  21,
Tonight,  Beloved  Students,  let Me call your  attention  to
the Requirements,  in releasing  the Greater  Activity  of your
Life Stream  to bring  your  Heart's  Desire  in the use of
things  in the outer  world. You have  thought  to gather  from  without,  the things,
the happiness  and  the conditions  which  you  thought  were
necessary  for your  success;  and  for all that  your  Heart  de


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• Use mindfulness meditations or similar practices to reduce stress. During this first three-month period, your BOL T score should not
increase by more than 2 seconds per week. Progress must be very gentle. Second T rimester
During your second trimester, you may practice a number of breathing
exercises. Breathe Deep  (exercise #2) will help strengthen your pelvic floor
muscles and Breathe Slow  (exercis e #3) will help relax your mind and body. You will benefit from practicing the exercises while lying down on your
back with your head on a pillow and your knees raised. As your pregnancy
progresses, you may find it easier to lie on your side. Go gently with the air shortage at this time, focusing on relaxation and
slow breathing instead. Contin ue with a gentle practice after your baby
arrives. Diaphragm breathing will help your pelvic floor to recover. DIABETES
Functional breathing is helpfu l for people with both types of diabetes
because it improves blood glucose control. There is a link between diabetes
and asthma, and there is an important correlation between sleep  quality and
diabetes control. Sleep is strong ly influenced by the breath, as is the health
of the heart—another important concern for people with diabetes. • If you have type 1 or type 2 diabetes, it is vital that you breathe only through your
nose during rest, physical exercise, and sleep.• Speak with your medical doctor before undertaking any of the breathing exercises in
this book. • Breathing exercises can cause blood sugar to drop. It is therefore important that you
monitor your blood glucose levels during any breathing practice. Daily Practice
• Breathe Light  (exercise #1) for 10 minutes, two times daily. • Breathe Slow  (exercise #3) for 10 minutes, three times daily. • Breathe Deep  (exercise #2) for 10 minutes, once daily. • If you have a racing mind, practice the small breath holds exercise, Breathing
Recovery  (exercise #12 or #13). • Breathe nasally during rest, exercise, and sleep. • When you exercise, keep your mouth closed. Remember, you must monitor your blood sugar levels more frequently. Breathe Light  (exercis e #1) to create air hunger may reduce blood sugar
levels. If you feel hypoglycemic, stop the exercises immediately and take a
snack. When your BOL T score increas es beyond 20 seconds, or if it increases
by more than 5 seconds from your starting point, please consult with your
medical doctor as you may require adjustments to your medication. Never
stop taking your medication suddenly or without medical advice. EPILEPSY
Hyperventilation is a known seizure trigger. There is a strong link between
blood CO 2 levels and vulnerability to some types of seizures. In terms  of general health, epilepsy frequently exists alongside other
conditions, especially depression, which may also be characterized by
breathing patter n disorders. People with epilepsy are more likely to suffer
with respiratory and cardiovascular problems, obesity, and other disorders,
including diabetes. If you suffer from epilepsy, it is important to restore full-time nasal
breathing. Make  sure that you breathe only through your nose during rest,
physical exercise, and sleep, to reverse and prevent chronic
hyperventilation. Daily Practice• Breathe Light  (exercise #1) for 10 minutes, three times daily. • Breathe Slow  (exercise #3) for 10 minutes, twice daily. • Breathe Deep  (exercise #2) for 10 minutes, once daily. • If you have a racing mind, practice Breathing Recovery, Sitting or W alking  (exercise
#12 or #13). • Breathe nasally during rest, exercise, and sleep. • When you exercise, keep your mouth closed. • Breathe nasally during sleep. If you use a lip tape to help ensure nasal breathing
during sleep, do not place the tape directly across your lips. Instead, use a support
like MyoT ape which surrounds the lips, gently keeping the lips together and
reminding your mouth to close. This provides a safe way to ensure nasal breathing
during the night, when you cannot consciously control your breathing. IMPROVE HEAR T RA TE V ARIABILITY
Heart rate variability (HRV) is a useful index of well-being and resilience. Good HRV indicates a healthy balance in the autonomic nervous system
and is indicative of good health. It is possible to access the benefits of optimal HRV using the breath. Numerous studies have shown that breathing at a rate of six breaths per
minute optimizes HR V and produces lasting positive ef fects. The first adjustm ent you must make to improve your HRV is to switch
to full-time nasal breathing. Breathing only through the nose during rest,
physical exercis e, and sleep slows the breath, activates the diaphragm and
stimulates the vagus nerve. You can read about this in detail later in the
book in Chapter Four. Daily Practice
• Slow breathing to an average of six breaths per minute. • Breathe Light  (exercise #1) to create air hunger, for 10 minutes, twice daily. • Breathe Light, Breathe Slow, Breathe Deep  (exercises #1–3) for 10 minutes four
times daily, or 20 minutes twice daily. IMPROVE SLEEP QUALITY, INSOMNIA, SNORING, AND SLEEP
APNEA
If your breathing during the day is less than optimal, your breat hing during
sleep will be dysfunctional too. If you suffer with snoring, insomnia, or
sleep apnea, breathing exercises can help significantly reduce your
symptoms. Above all, it is vital to restore nasal breathing during sleep,because breathing through an open mouth activates the stress response, and
it leaves the airway more vulnerable to collapse, which can trigger snoring
and even cause the breathing to periodically stop altogether. Tips for Better Sleep Hygiene
To enjoy a restful night’ s sleep, it is important to practice good sleep
hygiene. Most of us know that this involves less screen time and alcohol
just before bed, but many of us resist the idea, because watch ing the TV
with a glass of wine is a nice way to wind down. Unfortunately, this habit
doesn’ t really help you relax. In reality, it stimulates the nervous system,
preventing you from sleeping well. • Avoid blue light. If you must use your smart phone, TV, or laptop before bed, it is a
good idea to wear blue light filtering glasses for at least two hours before sleep. For
a good brand, seek out OwlEye glasses. • If you spend all day in front of a computer screen, you may find that wearing blue
light filtering glasses throughout your working day helps you sleep and relieves
eyestrain and headaches. • If you use your mobile phone as your alarm clock, switch it to flight mode in the
settings before you sleep. • Your bedroom should be cool, airy, silent, and dark. • Don’t eat or drink alcohol late in the evening. Enjoy a glass with dinner, but then set
it aside to give your body time to digest. If you regularly drink late into the evening,
you will feel noticeably less groggy in the morning if you give it a miss. Insomnia
A racing mind and breathing irregularities both contribute to insomnia. When you find yourself lying awake in the middle of the night, this can be
partly due to dysfunctional breathing during sleep. However, the
hyperarousal caused by poor daytime breathing patterns is also to blame. To
tackle insomnia, it is necessary to activate the body’ s relaxation response. It
is also essentia l to improve breathing patterns during sleep so that the
airway can function without causing the breath to stop or adding resistance
to breathing. If you have difficulty falling asleep:
• Make sure you breathe only through your nose during rest, physical exercise, and
sleep. • Breathe Light  (exercise #1) to achieve air hunger for 15 minutes before sleep.• Breathe Light  (exercise #1) for 10 minutes, three times daily. • Breathe Slow  (exercise #3) for 10 minutes, twice daily. • Breathe Deep  (exercise #2) for 10 minutes, once daily. If you fr equently wake up after four or five hours of sleep:
Waking up after a few hours of sleep is challenging—not quite fully alert to
get up and start the day, yet not tired enough to fall back asleep easily. Disturbances to breathing during sleep, including partial or total collapse of
the throat, can cause awakening. • Bring attention to your breathing to help calm racing thoughts. • Breathe Light and Slow  to help activate your body’ s relaxation response (exercise
#1). • Once your BOL T score is greater than 20 seconds, air turbulence in your nose and
throat will reduce. Y ou will sleep more deeply and be less likely to wake during the
night. Snoring
Mouth snoring is the result of a large volume of air passing through a
collapsible airway, causing the soft palate to vibrate. It stops when the
mouth is closed during sleep. Nose snoring is caused by turbulent airflow in the nasal airway, where
the nose meets the throat (the nasopharynx). Obstruction of the nose caused
by nasal stuffiness, deviated septum, or an anatomically smaller nose can
increase resistance to


 be linked to
fluctuations in sex hormones.92 Since studies have linked the onset of panicsymptoms with heightened sensitivity to blood CO2, it make s sense that the
hyperventilation, which occurs at certain points in the menstrual cycle, may
produce cyclic exacerbations of anxiety. When all the connections between
hyperventilation, hormones, and panic disorder are taken togeth er, it makes
sense that sex hormones could contribute to anxiety in women. One recent
paper concluded that it is impor tant for future research to study anxiety in
females so that results can be more accurate and applicable to women.91
WOMEN’S HORMONES AND SPOR TING PERFORMANCE
Another conside ration when exploring the topic of breathing in terms of
gender is the impact of sex hormones and anatomical factors on physical
exercise. It is known that while  women are capable of outstand ing athletic
achievement, they generally have to work harder to breathe during intensive
exercise than men.93,94
A 2020 study demonstrated that gender affects the respiratory aspects of
physical exercise. The research team hypothesized that the smaller airways
in females, when compared with the airways of height-matched males,
produced more turbulent airflow during exercise. Turbulent airflow causes
the air molecules to move in different directions, much like water bubbling
round pebbles in a running stream. This creates more resistance, making
breathing more dif ficult.94
Five women and six men took part in the trial, during which they each
performed two exercise tests, gradually intensifying their workout on a
stationary cycle until they reached maximum intensity. During the tests,
participants breathed through a mouthpiece, inhaling either norm al room air
or a mixture of oxygen and helium. Respiratory effort was monitored via a
small tube inser ted into the nose and throat. In this experiment, the helium
mix was designed to mimic the lower levels of resistance in the larger male
airways. The helium mixture was less dense than the room air and moved in
a more direct manner, with all the molecules flowing in the same
direction.94 This is called laminar airflow. The results showed that wome n breathed much more air when they
inhaled the helium and oxygen  mix, but this change in breathing volume
was not accompanied by an increase in the work of breath ing. Whenbreathing room air, the female participants had to breathe much harder than
the men to overcome the turbulent resistance. When they breathed the
helium and oxygen mix, the airflow was more laminar, and there was no
difference betwe en the males and females in ventilatory exertion. The study
concluded that smaller airways  increase turbulent flow and that is why
women have to breathe harder during exercise.94
In an article in Neur oscience News, Paolo Dominelli, who was on the
research team for the study, explained,
At rest, the rate of air flow is very low, so even though women have
smaller airways  than men, air flow is still laminar. As exercise
intensity increases, you breathe faster, and at some point the airflow
goes from laminar to turbulent. Air flow in men’ s airways will also
eventually turn from laminar to turbulent, but this requires a higher
rate of air flow than is required in women.93
It is important to understand that while the differences shown  in this
study relate to size and gender, with men typically having larger airways,
airway size varies significantly between individuals.93 For instance, people
of both sexes who have set-back jaws or other craniofacial abnormalities
caused by child hood mouth breathing, pacifier use, tongue-tie, and other
factors will have  smaller airways in adulthood, leading to a lifetime of sleep
problems and reduced athletic ability. Other difference s may also have an impact on sporting perform ance in
women. In 1993, a review published in Sports Medicine  examined the
impact of sex hormone fluctuations, due to the natural menstru al cycle and
use of oral contraceptives, on the performance of female athletes.95
Previous research had reported that the best days for athletic performance
were generally those immediate ly after menstruation and the worst were in
the premenstrua l stage and the first few days of menstrual flow. However,
those studies were limited by lack of accuracy as to where in the cycle the
women were. There was also an inherent bias, because many of the women  already
associated premenstrual symptoms such as weight gain, mood swings, and
fluid retention with poor perform ance. Their perception of performance was
therefore already less positive at that point in the cycle. Those premenstrualsymptoms have  also been linked with an increase in musculoskeletal
injuries during the premenstrua l and menstrual phases. In the days before
menstruation, women were shown to experience compromis ed reaction
time, neuromuscular coordination, dexterity, and judgment, but other
potential confou nding factors such as nutrition, blood sugar levels, and
hyperventilation may cloud these findings. Swimmers demonstrated worse performance times during the
premenstrual phase and better times during menstruation and on the eighth
day of the cycle. The women’ s perception of exertion during very intense
exercises increa sed premenstru ally and during the first few days of
menstruation.95 In cross-country skiers, the best performance times were
recorded in the days just after ovulation and immediately following
menstruation. To get the most out of training, loads should be adjusted for
female athletes to account for changes during the menstrual cycle. Studies using estradiol and progesterone levels to determine where a
woman was in her cycle did not find any marked differences across the 28
days in response to either maximal or less intensive exercise, though a small
decrease in aerobic capacity was observed during the luteal phase. However, in 2003, it was confirmed that breathing capacity was much
higher in men than women1. During the follicular phase of the cycle,
ventilation, tidal volume, and peak inspiratory flow were 21% lower in
women during wakefulness and 22% lower during sleep. At the same time,
no difference was found between men and women in blood flow to the
respiratory musc les during exercise or rest, or during different phases of the
menstrual cycle.95
A 2019 study investigated the effects of the menstrual cycle on running
economy.96 Eleven female athletes were assessed for oxygen consumption
and blood gas exchange at rest and while running. Scientists concluded that
gas exchange during exercise is better in the luteal phase than the follicular
phase but that this is independent of running speed. It was also
demonstrated that the menstrual  cycle has no effect on body composition or
physiological variables at rest.96
Again, research into this area is sparse. Perhaps most relevant to female
athletes is knowing that hyperv entilation is likely during the luteal phase,
between ovulati on and menstruation. By paying attention to the breath,working to normalize breathing volume, and reducing sensitivit y to CO2, it
should be possible to moderate these naturally occurring phasic differences
in breathing. Another point worth mentioning is that, in extreme circumstances,
women’ s sportin g ambitions can impact their health and hormones in an
unhealthy way. Excessive runni ng or training places considerable stress on
the body. This can cause an imbalance in the autonomic nervous system,
affect the immu ne response, and put strain on the heart. When bodyweight
and body mass index fall too low, estrogen will drop, and this can result in a
lack of bone mineral density. Just as menopause is a risk factor for
osteoporosis (something we explore in the next chapter), so is any condition
that causes estrogen production  to decline, because estrogen inhibits bone
resorption.97 Estroge n is a primary hormonal regulator of bone metabolism
in women and men.98
When estrogen drops too low, fertility is impacted and menstruation
ceases. This is the same for women with eating disorders. In fact, eating
disorders and obsessive exercis e combine to form the basis of a specific
condition called  relative energy deficiency in sport, or REDS. This can be
an easy trap to fall into, especially for women with perfecti onist, high-
achieving person alities. If you feel your running is becoming obsessive and
weight loss is tipping over into an eating disorder, it is importa nt to speak
with a specialist as soon as you can. In an article for the UK website Momentum Sports, endurance runner
Katherine Wood writes openly about her 10-year battle with anorexia
nervosa and REDS.99 Wood was a competitive runner and swimmer as a
child and teenager, but as she went through puberty, she struggled to
balance her nutritional input with the energy output required in her training. She rapidly transitioned from unintentional weight loss to full-blown
anorexia that left her in hospital. Her periods stopped. As her running  career progressed, Wood pushed herself harder and
further. She achieved succes s after success. But she was training
compulsively, ignoring injuries and signs that her health was failing, and
losing weight fast. She began to have repeated bacterial infections on the
skin of her legs. Blood tests returned signs that her muscles were starting tobreak down, but she experienced a sense of failure if she didn’ t keep up her
intensive training. Eventually,


conditionally
and without judgment day in and day out. Either way, that goodwill paves a
path of excellence for you to follow. Silently or verbally, your Inspirer
provides support and inspiration that will bless your path. Enough! with looking at thinner people and feeling jealousy or a twinge
of self-hate. Now that you have an Inspirer, you will begin to change your
perception of those for whom weight is not a problem, and instead begin to
see them as your teachers. They teach by example. Looking at them will no
longer trigger pain for you, but instead bring you a sense of joyful
possibility. Your Inspirer will be an example of someone whose healthy
weight invites you to move toward your own. Your Inspirer is only half of your team, however. There is someone else
who is equally as important to your initiation ceremony, and that is your
Permitter. This is someone with whom you share a dif ferent and unique bond: he or
she has the experience of food hell just like you. This person is either
inwardly preparing for his or her own healing journey or, like you, is
already involved in taking action toward conscious weight loss. The
Permitter ’s role here is to grant you the emotional permission to break free
of the cycle of compulsive eating, even if it means saying no to
dysfunctional social interactions upon which you have become dependent. The fear -based mind is very big on building alliances, but they are
alliances of suf fering. W e often find ourselves subconsciously collaborating
with others who share the same wounds we do, unconciously supporting
each other in justification and denial. Alliances can be powerful networks
of support and encouragement, but in the hands of the fear -mind, they are
anything but that. Perhaps your entire family is overweight and views your decision to
break free of the familial pattern as some sort of traitorous act. “Who are
you to think you can get thin? Who are you to start eating dif ferently? Are
you making us wrong for the way we eat? Do you think you’re better than
we are?”
Such social pressure from friends or family members can be deadly in its
power, bolstering every thought you ever had that your problem is
intractable and will never go away. How can you break free ofdysfunctional eating patterns if there’ s a chance that by doing so you might
hurt others’ feelings or risk losing their love? The Permitter is very important, then, for he or she ritualistically permits
you to break free of the chains that bind you. This person can say with
genuine sincerity that he or she wishes you well as you make the journey to
conscious weight loss, and is happy that you have found your way to this
point. He or she absolves you of any and every feeling of guilt that you
might be leaving anyone behind as you take this step. Rather, this individual
congratulates and thanks you for providing an example of liberation to
others who are ready to be liberated, too. The request to both your Inspirer and your Permitter should be made with
seriousness of intent, as this step is no insignificant matter. You will make it
clear that nothing is demanded of them other than (1) presence and
participation in your initiation ceremony, and (2) continued goodwill. Y et
the request should be made to people whom you know in your heart will
join you in this ef fort with a serious and sincere frame of mind. If you can’ t come up with any possible members of your initiation team
right now, that’ s fine. Just allow the desire to find them to stay alive in your
heart. The time will come, either a minute from now or weeks from now,
when the realization of who would be perfect for both jobs will blaze forth
within your mind. When you are ready, their names will emer ge. Y ou will
not rush to ask them, perhaps, but will allow the spirit within you to guide
the process. There is no rush to any of this; rather, you’re learning to attune
yourself to a more natural flow of things. And this more natural flow of things will ultimately apply to your way of
eating as well. In returning to your spiritual center, you’re reclaiming your
natural sense of intuitive knowing about everything. From who should be
on your team, to what book might appear in your life to help you take a next
step, to food that would be a gift to you rather than a source of suf fering, the
universe supports you in your path toward health and healing. This isn’ t
because you’re special, or because overeating is somehow dif ferent from
other forms of wounding. It is because the universe itself is an expression of
divine love. The universe is a perfect work of infinite genius, ever creative, life
sustaining, and restorative. And its principle of perfection is built into
everything. As you realign your mind with Spirit, every cell of your beingwill return to its natural perfection; in time it will guide you toward every
right answer, every right choice, and every right morsel of food. You are now beginning a new chapter in the cultivation of your highest
expression as a human being. Y ou are embarking upon a journey to your
higher self, a journey that will both set you free and keep you free. Let us now ritualize the change in you. With both your Inspirer and your Permitter beside you, go to your altar
and remove the piece of fruit you placed there in Lesson 6. (For purposes of
this exercise, we’re going to say that it is an apple.) Place the fruit on the
special plate from your altar, and set it in front of you. Your ceremony now involves three things: a statement from you, a
statement from your Inspirer, and a statement from your Permitter. Each person is free to write and say what is in his or her own heart, but
here are some statements that evoke the power of the initiation ritual:
You
With this cer emony, I her eby state that I am r eady to embark on a new
journey in my life. I do not do this without tr epidation. I fr eely admit my
fear, but I embrace my faith as well. I am calling on a power within me
that can do for me what I cannot do for myself, to help me leave behind a
terrible compulsion and lead me to a new way of life. How I think about food … how I think about my body … how I eat …
how I tr eat my body … these subjects have become overwhelming for me,
but I surr ender them to God. I r equest a miracle. I pray for fr eedom, and
I thank my friends for being her e with me, praying as I pray and holding
the vision of my r elease into a new and better life. Amen. Your Inspir er
Dear  [your name],
I am honor ed to stand her e today, as a symbol of all those who wish
for you a total healing. As one who is fr ee when it comes to food, I praythat my fr eedom be shar ed with you. I wish for you a happy, healthy
relationship with food and a happy, healthy r elationship with your body. I speak to you as fr om the other side of a river that you now stand
befor e, both beckoning you and inviting you to cr oss to a new land within
yourself. I embrace God’ s promise that you shall be r eleased, and I envision you
in sweet and holy fr eedom. I hold that vision within my heart; I will hold
it always and I shall not waver. May you be blessed on your journey, and may my blessing r emain with
you as a light upon your path. Your Permitter
Dear  [your name],
Congratulations on the step you ar e taking today. I wish you well. While I myself have not yet embarked upon (or completed) my journey to
conscious weight loss, I am genuinely happy that you ar e making yours. I
know that your success incr eases my own chances, and I surr ender—on
behalf of anyone who might feel this way—any jealousy or other negative
feelings pr ojected onto you as you make your br eak for fr eedom. As you leave behind the pain of compulsive eating, know that I—and
many others, too—wish you well in your efforts. On behalf of all of us, I
wish you love and peace as you make this journey. Most important, I pray
for your success. I pray for your r ecovery and r elease. I pray that you
receive a miracle. After the third person has spoken, take a knife—a nice one, by the way;
no plastic!—and cut your apple into three pieces. Give one piece to your
Inspirer, one to your Permitter, and keep one for yourself. Now all three of
you are to eat a piece of the apple, symbolizing the role that each of you
plays in an ef fort that will now bear fruit. Reflection and Prayer
Today’ s reflection is a continuation of your initiation ceremony. Spend
two or three minutes in silence with your Inspirer and Permitter, as well asanyone else you have asked to witness the ceremony. Allow everyone
present to of fer their words of support. Perhaps you will choose readings
from literature or poetry to add to your ceremony. Close with a prayer. Dear God,


 to pain than to power. When
we think of willpower most of us think of exercising our will against other
people and other things, but the only place where our willpower can be used
effectively is in disciplining our inner consciousness. W e can, in final
analysis, choose to think only those thoughts which we want to think, and it
is this power of mental choice that gives us our freedom. By it we are giventhe power to remake ourselves into any image we can envisage. W e can
heal our body, heal our soul, alter and exalt our own personality, enhance
our willpower, and produce hypnotic states, ecstasy. We can change
ourselves from the lowliest of idlers into the most accomplished and
effective of people, and all this not because we hustle about in the world but
because we gather our own inner being around us, take thought, alter the
quality of our own mind. All the power of each of us individuals lies in our
disciplining our own consciousness, and all our ef fectiveness consists of our
being able to produce faith within ourselves. For it is only faith that is able
to develop in us a mental image contrary to the one we have been
entertaining. Evidence of Things Unseen

“Faith,” wrote Saint Paul, “is the substance of things hoped for, the
evidence of things unseen.” Through faith we are able to act as if we know. When we have actual knowledge, we proceed with confidence; when we
doubt, we are unsure of ourselves, apprehensive. This is the contrast
between the person of great faith and the person of little faith: the former
goes through life as if they had a special genie at their side, a supernatural
power upon which they can call in every circumstance, while the latter acts
out the blurred and distorted vision within, cautiously, doubtfully, fearfully. The substance of things hoped for is a real substance, formed from pictures
in the mind as concrete and detailed as in the world itself. The evidence of
things unseen is an inner evidence gleaned through the image-making
power of the imagination. It is absolutely impossible for us to act against
our knowledge. A person will not step in front of a speeding automobile
because they know they will be killed; they will not walk upon the water
because they know that they will sink; sometimes they will not even
venture into a new business because they believe that they will fail. No
amount of persuasion can change their reaction to what they know. But
what they know can be changed, and the most direct and ef ficacious manneris through changing the images within their consciousness. If they learn to
visualize their goal clearly, one day they will be able to embark upon a new
venture and be successful. The emotional content of the image in their mind
will seep down into deeper regions of consciousness and provoke them into
right action. If we think of ourselves as being strong we eventually become strong. If we
think of ourselves as determined we eventually arrive at tenacity. If we
think of ourselves as endowed with power we eventually achieve
ascendancy over circumstances. The mind has infinite power to influence
us, for we act in accordance with its conceptions as it casts up before us
inner images that stimulate us into action and attitude. Eating, appetite,
sexual activity, motor response, intellectual activity are all triggered by the
images we entertain in our minds. W e are stimulated into all things by
ideas. The world itself is an idea, and we react to it. W e can change the
world’ s influence upon us, however, by originating ideas in consciousness
and thereby stimulate ourselves and cease reacting. Idea and Action

Dr. José Delgado, the late Y ale University sur geon and neurophysiology
professor, reported that the behavior of animals and presumably humans can
be drastically changed by painless electric char ges to the brain. In
experiments, monkeys ate seven times more food than normal or suddenly
became amorous or abruptly ferocious, and tests on humans brought on
fear, affection, giddy laughter, and remarkable feats of memory, all
depending upon which area of the brain was stimulated. It seems obvious
that in these experiments electrical stimulation is simply substituted for
what normally would be nervous stimulation, and when we recognize that
nervous stimulation is always brought about through reaction to the ideas in
our consciousness, then we become acutely aware how important it is to
control our thoughts and to treat the image-making power of the mind with
care.We always tend to become that which occupies our thoughts. In the long
run a person is not so much a body as they are the sum total of the ideas
within their consciousness. Y ou need only meet someone for a moment to
know many of those ideas. If the person is genial, you know that they
regard the world as a warm and comfortable place. If they are cold, then
you know that they find hostility around them. If they are indif ferent, then
you know that they are afraid of being hurt. Excess always provides the
clue. Someone who laughs too much may be hiding their tears, like
Pagliacci. W e eat too much as a substitute for love, or drink too much to
still our fears, or play too hard as an escape from the responsibilities of life,
or overwork to accumulate security in a changing world. But always our
response is to the image in our minds, the ideas that occupy us, the ghosts
we envisage, the demons that pursue us, the fancied pots of gold that lie
beyond the rainbow. We must learn to take up our positions with a steadfast belief in the
rightness of our stand. Doubt casts a pall of indecision over everything. W e
must shut out doubt from our minds and crystallize the images there so that
we can take positive action on all our problems. He who doubts from what he sees
Will ne’er believe do what you please. If the sun and moon should doubt,
They’d immediately go out. — WILLIAM BLAKE

Designers of Life
 To start visualizing things clearly is not nearly so dif ficult as might be
imagined. Each of us has a deep psychological tendency to use our
imagination to envisage not only our present surroundings but also their
potentiality. We are deterred from this proper use of the imagination
because of an overreliance on material things. W e see, for example, the
established form of an automobile; we accept this form and no longer allow
ourselves to visualize anything dif ferent. Thus we give our creative
imagination an opiate and shut of f an important corner of our nature. Not
the designers, however. They cannot af ford to visualize the automobile in
its presently accepted form. For them, there must always be a new form. Their envisaging of it is their livelihood. We are all innately designers of life, and insofar as we accept the creative
power of our imagination, we are able to influence life’ s shape and
substance and its ef fect upon us. W e change events and people not by
altering them intrinsically but by changing our perception of them. Each
thing, each event, each person has infinite potentiality. We see in each only
that which our consciousness is capable of perceiving. When we learn to
look longer and with eyes of wonder, we develop a kind of insight that
enables us to penetrate into depths we hitherto had not suspected. Because
we then see dif ferently, we then react dif ferently, and our lives are changed
accordingly. To many people mental power implies such legerdemain as moving objects
by willpower or materializing or dematerializing things, or leading others
around by their mental noses, but in actual fact, mental adepts work on no
one but themselves. Theirs are the eyes through which all things are seen,
and only insofar as they are able to influence their own perception are they
able to influence the world. The greater their knowledge, the closer they are
to the heart of truth, and the closer they are to the heart of truth, the more
they identify themselves with other persons and other things. Through this
inner identification, they achieve understanding of the law of each person’ s
secret nature and their own lives and the world they live in. Change Y our Thinking and Change the W orld
If there is a problem in your life that you would solve, do not set your will
to work on it. Y ou will conquer this problem in the end, not by fighting it,
but by understanding it. The reason it exists in the first place is because of
lack of understanding. Y ou must allow yourself to be convinced of this
simple premise, that all problems reside in ignorance, that they represent a
block in the understanding of the person who has them. As long as that
block exists, so long will the problem remain. There is absolutely no
possibility of ever solving a problem without gaining insight into its nature. Life is a constant movement by which simplicity is resolved into
complexity and complexity is resolved into simplicity, and the alchemy that
causes the natural growth of things is simply widened consciousness. The
most complex problem in the world yields to understanding, and once it has
been solved it becomes simple. To achieve the ascendancy of mind over matter you must accept the basic
premise of there being one animating presence residing in all persons and
all things. Behind all form is a basic unity, an essential oneness that is never
destroyed despite all dif ferentiation. When we are


 YOU  have the Power, and it has NO power! ITS DAY IS DONE! The Light of God NEVER Fails,
And The Mighty I A M Presence IS That Light! O God, O Fearlessness Flame,
Legions of Ray -O-Light, Come Forth! (x3)

Strip us of all doubt and fear, (x 3)
 Beloved Great I AM! Strip us of all doubt and fear, (x 3)
Flood us with oceans of Fearlessness Flame! Strip us of all doubt and fear, (x 3)
Remove each human cause and core! Strip us of all doubt and fear, (x 3)
Give us Faith never known before! Strip us of all doubt and fear, (x 3)
Give Violet-Ray Freedom to all today! Strip us of all doubt and fear, (x 3)
In Victory's Light sustain our might! Strip us of all doubt and fear, (x 3)
By Cosmic I AM Fire, manifest Thy desire! Strip us of all doubt and fear, (x 3)
Command the earth now Free! Strip us of all doubt and fear, (x 3)
Ascend us all to Thee! For I AM! (x3) BY ALL GOD’S LOVE I KNOW I AM Beloved Ray -O-Light’s
Cosmic Fearlessness Flame in Action, Everywhere Forever! (x3)

And in full Faith I consciously accept this manifest (x3) right here and now with full Power,
eternally sustained, all -powerfully active, ever expanding, and world enfolding until all are
wholly Ascended in the Light and Free! BY THE MIGHTIEST…! (x3) THANK YOU! (x3) BELOVED I AM! (x3)

 Cosmic  Flame of Cosmic  Truth Decree

Beloved Mighty I AM God Presence, Beloved Holy Christ Self - I AM THAT I AM - All the
Ascended Masters, the Cosmic Beings, and the Great Angelic Host; All Great Beings, Powers,
and Legions of Light; My Guardian, Ministering Angel ; Beloved Pallas Athena, the Goddess of
Truth, All Your Legion s of Light, and the Cosmic Flame of Cosmic Truth; the Powers of
Nature and Forces of the Elements; Elemental Life - Fire, Air, Water, Earth and Ether! I Decree :

Beloved Pallas Athena, I CALL FORTH and INVOKE,  as a permanent and eternal part of my
Lifestrea m, Your Shield, Helmet and Spear of Cosmic Truth  to bless all life  for

I DEMAND AND I AM THE ASCENDED MASTERS’ AND COSMIC
BEINGS’ FIERY CHRIST TRUTH IN ALL WE EVER DO OR
CONTACT UNTIL ALL ARE ASCENDED AND FREE! (x3)

For I AM! I AM! I AM! Beloved Pallas Athena’s Cosmic Flame
of Cosmic Truth in Action, Everywhere Forever! (x3)
BY THE MIGHTIEST…! (x3)  THANK YOU! (x3) ALMIGHTY I AM! (x3)

I AM Light Call
Beloved Mighty I AM God Presence, Beloved Holy Christ Self - I AM TH AT I AM - All the
Ascended Masters, the Cosmic Beings, and the Great Angelic Host; All Great Beings, Powers,
and Legions of Light; My Guardian, Ministering Angel ; the Powers of Nature and Forces of the
Elements; Elemental Life - Fire, Air, Water, Earth and E ther! I Decree:

COME! (x3) in Your Visible, Tangible Ascended Master Bodies! and STRIKE! (x3)
CHARGE! (x3) BLAZE! (x3) EXPAND! (x3) FOREVER EXPAND! FOREVER MANIFEST! AND  FOREVER CONCENTRATE! a billion times more each instant of each day, with
lightning speed each instant of each hour,  Your Cosmic Swords of Blue Flame of Billions  of
Suns from the Great Central Sun in, through and around ALL human creation and limitation and
everything less tha t Perfection! Replace it all right now by the Cosmic Threefold Flame in the
Full Power of the Three -Times -Three, in the Full Power of the Ten Thousand -Times -Ten
Thousand and the Full Power of the Thousand -Fold Flame of the Sacred Love of the Sacred
Fire in  overcoming Cosmic Power, tripled each instant of each hour, until all are wholly
Ascended in the Light and Free! For Light is greater than darkness - I AM the Ascension in the Light! Life is greater than death - I AM the Resurrection and the Life! Truth is greater than error - I AM the Ascended Masters’ and Cosmic Beings’ Fiery Christ
Truth! Peace is greater than conflict - I AM the Peace Commanding Presence to All L ife! Love is greater than hate - I AM the Healing Presence and Power of God’s Infinite Love and
Light! Courage is greater than fear - I AM God’s Invincible Protection Manifest, Everywhere Forever! Harmony is greater than discord - I AM God Harmony! Health is greater than disease - I AM the Perfect Radiant Health of My Body Manifest  Now! Freedom is greater than limitation - I AM a Force of Violet Fire more powerful than anything
less than Perfection! Understanding  is greater than ignorance - I AM The All -Knowing, Dazzling, Fathomless,
Diamond -Shining Mind of God in Action, Everywhere  Forever! Victory is greater than defeat - I AM Mighty Victory’s Victory Manifest! Abundance is greater than lack - I AM God’s Boundless Supply and Abundance of Every Good
and Perfect Thing! For I AM The Light of God That NEVER  Fails! (x 9)
I AM THAT I AM! (x3)

BY THE MIGHTIEST…! (x3)  THANK YOU! (x3) ALMIGHTY  I AM! (x3)  Divine Love, Blessing s and Gratitude  Decree
Beloved Mighty I AM God Presence, Beloved Holy Christ Self - I AM THAT I AM - All the
Ascended Masters, the Cosmic Beings, and the Great Angelic Host; All Great Beings, Powers,
and Legions of Light; My Guardian, Ministering Angel ; the Powers of Nature and Forces of the
Elements; Elemental Life - Fire, Air, Water, Earth and Ether! I AM So Grateful! (x3) I AM So Joyous! (x3) I AM So Thankful! (x3) Thank You! (x3)

I CALL FORTH AND INOKE - and I AM - Divine Love, Blessings and Gratitude to all Life,
everywhere forever, especially:

To my Beloved Mighty I AM God Presence, Holy Christ Self and Unfed Flame; to all of the
Ascended Masters, the Cosmic Beings and the Great Angelic Host; for the gift of life and my
opportunity to right wrongs  and bless, love and forgiv e all life Free; for my father, mother,
brother, family, and all of my relatives, everywhere forever; for my friends, acquaintances,
coworkers, all those whom I come in contact with, all those to whom I am karmically tied, and
all life, everywhere forever;  for my physical body and body elemental, my emotional, mental
and spiritual bodies; my job and career; my vision, hearing and health; my home, my car s, my
finances, my physical possessions, and all my personal relationships; to the Powers of Nature
and Fo rces of the Elements; Elemental Life - Fire, Air, Water, Earth and Ether; for the Mineral,
Plant, Animal, Human, Elemental, Devic and Angelic Kingdoms; to the United States of
America and all of our God -given rights and freedoms; to all mankind, planet Eart h and all life
upon it; and for the opportunity to earn my Ascension in the Light in this life! I AM So Grateful! (x3) I AM So Joyous! (x3) I AM So Thankful! (x3)
BY THE MIGHTIEST…! (x3)  THANK YOU! (x3) ALMIGHTY I AM! (x3)

Clearance Call
Beloved Mighty I AM God Presence, Beloved Holy Christ Self - I AM THAT I AM - All the
Ascended Masters, the Cosmic Beings, and the Great Angelic Host; All Great Beings, Powers,
and Legions of Light; My Guardian, Ministering Angel ; the Powers of Nature and Forces of the
Elements; Elemental Life - Fire, Air, Water, Earth and Ether! I CALL for the COMPLETE  PURIFICATION, TRANSMUTATION  and CLEARANCE  by the
Cosmic Violet Transmuting and Spiral Blue Flame and  all activities of  the Sacred Fire of ALL
destructive use of the free will from my Lifestream, and
• my physical body, body elemental and cellular and atomic structure from all disease,
sickness and ill health  and all impurity  (especially all ______________)
• my emotional body from all destructive f eeling forms; all discord;  and all astral, lunar
and psychic substance, consciousness, creation and glamour
• my mental body from all destructive thought forms  and human concepts
• my etheric body from  all destructive etheric records;  and all grids, force


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