vers in the doctrine of immunity may correctly retort that
seeming superstitions are often founded upon the observations ofexperience. Be that as it may, what remains for the lover of accuracy is
to examine each superstitious belief upon its own merits and test the
facts of life in regard to it. The assertion that because many peoplehave had a one and only attack of any specific complaint, an
auto-protection has thus been afforded them is surely no more scientific
than the old Indian belief in the assuaging of the wrath of amalignant goddess.
As Professor Alfred Russel Wallace says:
“Very few people suffer from any special accident twice – a
shipwreck, or railway or coach accident, or a house fire – yetone of these accidents does not confer immunity against ithappening a second time. The taking for granted that secondattacks of smallpox, or of any other zymotic disease, are ofthat degree of rarity as to prove some immunity or protection,indicates the incapacity for dealing with what is a purelystatistical question.”
1
Yet so imbued is medical orthodoxy with the immunity theory that
we recall a doctor2 laying down the law on this subject even though
his own daughter had recently died of a third  attack of scarlet fever!
As Herbert Spencer has shown in his Principles of Psychology,3 there
is in the genesis of nerves a great likelihood of the development of
1. The Wonderful Century, by Alfred Russel Wallace, Ch. 18, p.296. In recent editions of
this book, Ch. 18 is omitted owing to its former publication as a separate pamphlet.
2. Dr. Alfred Salter.3. Vol. 1, p.579.
The Origin of ‘Preventive Medicine’   267268   Béchamp or Pasteur?habit. All of us know how easy it is to catch colds, and that complaints
such as influenza are apt to be repeated. A trifling trouble such as a
cold sore may often be observed to reappear time after time in thesame spot.
If we wish to theorise, it might seem probable that when the system
undergoes such a thorough upheaval as that brought about by seriousdisorders like smallpox, the chance of recurrence is markedly less than
in more trifling disturbances, such as colds and influenza. We should
remember that what we call disease is often nature’s method for riddingus of poisons; and, to take a homely example from household life,
while a thorough house-cleaning takes place usually once a year, the
dusting of rooms is of frequent occurrence. Such a theory is, however,palpably opposed to belief in immunity through artificially induced
disorders, and, moreover, plausible though it may seem, it is
contradicted by statistical evidence.
The testimony of Professor Adolf Vogt, who from 1877 to 1894 was
Professor of Hygiene and of Sanitary Statistics in the University of
Berne, Switzerland, is quoted by Professor Alfred Russel Wallace inChapter 18 of The Wonderful Century.
Using the statistical data available to him at the time, Vogt supplied
a mathematical demonstration that a person who had undergonesmallpox once was 63% more liable to suffer from it again in a
subsequent epidemic than a person who had never had the disease.
Vogt concluded:
“All this justifies our insisting that the theory that immunity
can be confered by a previous attack of smallpox – whetherthe natural disease or the disease produced artificially – must
be relegated to the realm of fiction.”
Certainly, if no auto-prophylaxy is induced by natural disorders, no
claim can surely be made for auto-prophylaxy from artificially provokeddisturbances.
In regard to vaccination against smallpox, experience can be our
guide, since we have a whole century’s history to consider with regardto its efficacy. We are faced by outstanding facts, from among which
we may quote an illustrative example provided by Professor Wallace
in Chapter 18 of The Wonderful Century.
In it he shows how free vaccination was offered in 1840, made
compulsory in 1853, and in 1867 the order was given to prosecute
evaders; and so stringent was the application of the regulations thatfew children escaped vaccination. Thus the following table providesa striking illustration of the inefficacy of vaccination in regard to
smallpox mortality:
  Deaths from Smallpox
    Date    (England and Wales)
1857–59................................................ 14,244
1863–65................................................ 20,059
1870–72................................................ 44,840
Increase % Increase %
of population of smallpox deaths
7............................ 40.8
9.......................... 123.0
These figures show that while the population went up only 7%
and 9% in the years covered, smallpox mortality increased at the
rate of 40.8% and 123% – and this in face of an ever  increasing  number
of vaccinations!
Now let us turn to some military testimony, since in all countries
the armed forces are the most thoroughly vaccinated members of
the community.
In January 1899, Chief Surgeon Lippencott of the U.S. Army, writing
from Manila, said:
“The entire Command has been vaccinated at least four times
since the appearance of the disease (smallpox).”
In the following March, he wrote again to state that all danger was
over. However, in the reports of the Surgeon-General of the U.S.A.
Army are to be found the following figures of smallpox cases and deaths:
  Year Cases  Deaths    Fatality rate (%)
1899 267 78 29.21
1900  246  113  45.93
1901  85  37  43.53
1902  63  12  19.05
During the same period, the smallpox fatality rate among the
far less vaccinated general population of the United States did not
exceed 3%!
To turn back to The Wonderful Century,1 Professor Wallace provides
a comparison between the British Army and Navy and the unvaccinated
The Origin of ‘Preventive Medicine’   269Between
1st & 2nd epidemic:
2nd & 3rd epidemic:
1. Chapter 18, pp.284-5.270   Béchamp or Pasteur?inhabitants of Leicester during a period when the fighting forces on
land and sea, at home and abroad, were stated to have been ‘completely
revaccinated’. Leicester is taken as an example because of theunvaccinated condition of almost all its inhabitants since the smallpox
outbreak of 1871–2. Before this, 95% of the children born were
vaccinated, and the huge attack and death rates during the epidemicwere sufficient to prove the futility of vaccination. The authorities were,
therefore, led to try improved sanitation and isolation as preventives,
and have been rewarded not only with comparative freedom fromsmallpox, but also with the best health rate of all the industrial towns
of Great Britain.
Professor Wallace writes as follows:
“The average annual smallpox death rate of this town
(Leicester) for the 22 years 1873–94 inclusive is thirteen permillion (see 4th Report, p.440); but in order to compare withour Army and Navy we must add one-ninth for the mortalityat ages 15–45 as compared with total mortality, according tothe table at p.155 of the Final Report, bringing it to 14.4 per
million, when the comparison will stand as follows:
        Smallpox death rate per million, 1873–94
Army....................................... 37.0
Navy....................................... 36.8
Leicester (ages 15-45)............. 14.4
It is thus demonstrated that all the statements by which the
public has been reassured as to the almost complete immunityof the revaccinated Army and Navy are absolutely false. Thereis no immunity. They have no protection. When exposed toinfection, they suffer not just as much as other populations,but even more. In the nineteen years 1878–1896 inclusive,unvaccinated Leicester had so few smallpox deaths that theRegistrar-General represents the average by the decimal 0.01per thousand population, equal to ten per million, while forthe twelve years 1878–1889 there was less than one deathper annum! Here we have real immunity, real protection;
and it is obtained by attending to sanitation and isolation,coupled with the almost total neglect of vaccination. Neitherthe Army nor Navy can show any such results as this.”
And the lessons of the past continue up to the present in Leicester,
where for the 26 years ending 1931, there have been only two deaths
from smallpox.
Similarly, the experience of Germany and of Japan shows us thatwith much vaccination there is also much smallpox, while the Philippine
Islands provide us with the most striking example on record.
Since the taking over of the islands by the USA, every attention has
been paid to the perfecting of sanitation. But not content with this, their
Public Health Service has undertaken the thorough and systematic
vaccination of the population, adding thereto a considerable amount ofserum inoculation.
For the result, let us turn to an American paper, published in
Minneapolis, The Masonic Observer  of the 14th January, 1922:
“The Philippines have experienced three smallpox epidemics
since the United States first took over


 respectively, 0.4 g of citric acid, 0.4 ml of the present mint
80 g honey, 80 ml of water. Divide it into three parts and take on
once a day.
Citric acid - the only acids, connecting
in the body with calcium. Calcium citrate - a unique
vital salt with alkaline properties. At its dissolution
released phosphorus and calcium, accumulate in the bone
depot. When our supply 60% of phosphorus and calcium is
transit.
296
296Connecting to the ATF, citric acid "burn", releasing
energy. If you drink a solution of honey with citric acid, or about
What starvation issue is no longer - you get excellent food
(After all, the honey gives more fructose and biologically active substances).
Citric acid, combining with amines, forming aminolimonnuyu
acid with a negative electrical charge. And of the 21 essential
only three amino acids are negatively charged.
You can use lemon. in the juice of one lemon 10%
citric acid.
Good idea to add a little soda water - 1 gram per 3 liters of water. Carbonic
gas produced in conjunction soda with citric acid, we
very necessary.
During this fasting with worsening state of health must
to do enemas at home is best done
7-day fasting. Before exiting be sure to take
drug "Linex" to restore the normal microflora
intestine.
The yield of 7-day hunger (it's worked out for the author
those who have problems with the gastrointestinal tract)
Be sure to take before going "Linex", 3 capsules
glass of water, it contributes to the rapid restoration of microflora
intestine.
Day 1
9.00 - compote of dried apricots, prunes - 200,0
12.00 - compote - 200,0
15.00 - compote of dried fruits - 200,0
18.00 - compote of dried fruits - 200,0
21.00 - compote - 200,0
Day 2
9.00 - svezheotzhaty cabbage juice, diluted 1:2 with water - 200,0
12.00 - concoction of oats - 200,0
15.00 - vegetable broth (cabbage, beets, carrots) - 200,0
18.00 - concoction of oats - 200,0
21.00 - buckwheat soup - 200,0
3rd day
9.00 - svezheotzhaty apple juice - 200,0
12.00 - 5% of the porridge-gruel "Hercules" - 200,0
15.00 - fish broth (preferably sea fish) - 200,0
18.00 - vegetable broth - 200,0
21.00 - dairy drink with no sugar - 200,0
Day 4
9.00 - decoction of dried fruit (raisins, apricots, prunes) - 200,0
12.00 - buckwheat groats - nincompoop - 200,0
15.00 - cabbage salad with 100.0, and fish ear, dairy
Drink - 100,0
18.00 - vegetable broth - 200,0
21.00 - sour milk drink - 200,0
297
2975-day
9.00 - porridge "Hercules" with dried apricots - 150,0
Green Tea 100.0
13.00 - stewed vegetables (carrots, beets, cabbage) - 150,0
Juice - 100,0
17.00 - soup (carrot, beet, cabbage, croutons of bread, or gray
bran sticks)
5.00 apple 1 pc.
21.00 - sour milk drink - 200,0
Then you can proceed to the usual diet, but ideally
desirable
2 weeks meals dominated by fresh fruits and vegetables.
ECH M ACCOMPANYING TSYA Starvation?
Every starving people starving in their own way. Even
identical in terms of starvation in one and the same person
are different. This is due to our individual
features, and with thorough preparation for fasting
- Preliminary purification procedures,
being at the beginning of starvation, season, food
to starvation, mental state, and many others
factors. It must be remembered that the better you prepare
to starvation, the better the tune, the easier it will proceed
the process itself and less will be all sorts of complications. But completely
to avoid unpleasant sensations you still can not. Most often,
they are not dangerous, only need to know what to do in one way or another
case.
First - fear. This is no joke. No one should begin long
Abstinence, not knowing enough about it, and not knowing how to
pursue abstinence. If possible, it would be good to
next was a man who has already done it. Should not be round
worried: aunts, cousins??and others who would say that
He was pale as death, that his heart rate below 40, that his heart may
stay the night...
On the third day of abstinence, after returning from a walk
despite the fact that never rested, I felt good,
and I remembered the case, described in the paper that the remaining
alive after the earthquake, people were tearing each other like wild
Animals in a rage of hunger. People stayed without food for 72 hours. I
also spent 72 hours without food or drink. The difference was that they
die of hunger. I deliberately refrained from food and drink
for the sake of health.
And yet. If you happen to such a crisis during the conscious
patience, if you feel a nervous tension, mild
and doubters - remember that all around you and with you - People
which is stronger than you in spirit and able to lift your mood and
Your doubts will disappear.
298
298Hunger
That is what is usually fear most. Indeed, if
the last days before the start of fasting to overeat, and then with horror
listen to the slightest their feelings, it would be nice
small. But when a person takes it easy, do not overeat
and cleans the intestines, hunger and as such does not happen.
At the 4-5-day food reflex usually fades completely, the form
food and it smells no longer cause even saliva. But sometimes
that starving, constantly thinking about food, looking forward, how nice it
to be treated with after-excites your thoughts (and even more -
images), the food center. Then, the appetite may be partially preserved,
especially with a dirty bowel.
To fight hunger is easy. First, one must try
not to think about food. That is distracted to engage in any
activities. Secondly, we need a strong spirit. If the firm
say to yourself: "Today I do not eat!" - and the body will know that this is not cheating,
a major concern not cause famine.
The first days, however, are hungry spasms, which are removed
two or three sips of water or disregard these sensations.
If the "sucks" so very much to drink 1 - 2 liters of water and cause
vomiting.
In general, starving all the time usually carry a bottle
with water, from which sup gradually as needed.
But we must bear in mind that the food center at Starter reflex
excited at any contact with food, even if a person wants
be indifferent to it. This greatly hampers the normal inclusion
of the internal power supply. Starving is better to refrain
from cooking and did not attend the meal. Violation
this rule often leads to sleep disorders, headaches,
heartburn, irritability. That's a good exercise to relieve
hunger.
This exercise is performed on an empty stomach. When you are feeling
hunger should relax the stomach, put his hands below the navel;
one to another. Performing breath, draw in the stomach, helping himself with his hands.
At the height of breath hold their breath for 3-4 seconds. Relaxed,
exhales. Exercise should be repeated 10 times. Duration
the entire procedure is 1 minute. This exercise is effective for people with
weakly expressed obesity. During our practice we have not yet
come across patients who can not be eliminated
hunger or gastronomic fantasy. "
Weakness
Weakness, drowsiness, and reluctance to move during the fasting
talk about lack of energy. Its reserves can and should be recharged.
Many methods. These include the already well-known water treatment,
massage, walking. Summer is very beneficial and sun bathing
bath. Quite a powerful way - walking barefoot on the ground, according to
possible with a minimum of clothing.
299
299The effect of any method magnified if the person
feel their relationship with nature. After all, you can just swim
pour, walk barefoot, and can be mentally welcome
Earth and the sun, air and water, feel the inextricable relationship with them,
harmony and mutual understanding. and the elements will respond to greetings,
we just have to feel their response.
But, in general, some weakness - a normal phenomenon, to him
just be prepared. Usually on the second day people
begins to tire, and in the future there may be periods when the
hard to even get up. But this is not cause for concern.
At any time when there is severe fatigue, it is worth squat
or lie down


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extent in raw egg yolks, discarding the white part. Before I
learned better it seemed a waste of perfectly good food to
throw the cooked whites to the chickens, but now I know that
—26—no one should eat the whites of eggs unless he is doing hard
manual labor; the egg whites are used only by the muscles.
“Although I had always been aware of the fact that egg
yolks were particularly good for one, it wasn’t until after I
arrived at the Lamasery and had an opportunity to talk with
an old Austrian chemist that I learned their true value. Then
I was amazed to find out that just common hen eggs contain
at least half of the sixteen elements required by the brain,
nerves, blood, and tissues. It is true that these elements are
only needed in small quantities, but they must be included in
the diet if one is to be exceptionally robust and healthy, both
mentally and physically.
“There is one thing more of great importance that I learned
from the Lamas. They taught me to eat, not slowly for its own
sake, but so that I might masticate my food more thoroughly.
Their bread is tough and it takes good chewing to reduce it to
a liquid before swallowing it, but this I learned to do.
“Everything one eats should be ‘digested,’ so to speak, in the
mouth before allowing it to enter the stomach. Starches,
particularly, must be digested in the mouth. Unless they first
are thoroughly mixed with saliva they literally are dynamite
when they get to the stomach.
“While one can do with little mastication of protein foods,
such as meat, fish, and fowl, it is a sensible thing to chew
them well anyhow. More nourishment can be obtained from
food when it is thoroughly masticated. This necessitates less
food, and often the amount can be reduced by one-half.
“Many things which I had casually taken for granted before
entering the Lamasery seemed shocking when I left it two
years later. One of the first things I noted upon arriving in
one of the larger cities in India was the prodigious amount of
food consumed by everyone who could afford to do so. I have
seen one man eat a quantity of food at a meal sufficient to
feed four hard-working Lamas and keep them alive and thriv-
ing. Providing, of course, that the Lamas would put that
variety of food in their stomachs, which they would not do.
“Variety was another thing which appalled me. Having
been in the habit of eating but one or two foods at a meal, it
amazed me to count 23 varieties of food one evening on my
host’s table. No wonder that the English and the Americans
have such miserable stomachs and such damnably poor health.
They seem to know nothing whatsoever about the kind of food
they should eat for health and strength.
—277—“Just the other evening I had dinner with a very learned
man. He was an educator and quite an intellectual. He calmly
stated, while we waited to be served, that in a few short years
the human race could become really worthwhile providing his
ideas were thoroughly carried out. This man was an excellent
dictator type, and I was quite impressed by his knowledge, his
original ideas, and his ability to express himself. But when 1
saw this man’s selection of food at the dinner table my opinion
of him changed. It was the most atrocious combination of
nutritive TNT I ever saw. I thought, if I could only give him
some simple ideas about food he could become a really worth-
while force for good in the world in a few short weeks.
“The right food, the right combinations of foods, the right
amount of food, and the right method of eating food combines
to do great things for one. It will enable one to put on weight
if he is underweight, and to reduce if he is overweight. There
are many other things of a different character that I should
like to tell you tonight but we haven’t time. Keep in mind
these five things:
(1) “Never eat starch and meat at the same meal; although
if you are strong and healthy it need not cause you too
much concern now.
(2) “If coffee bothers you, drink it black, using no mill or
cream. If it bothers you then, discontinue its use.
(8) “Chew your food to a liquid and cut down on the amount
as much as possible.
(4) “By all means and before all else eat raw egg yolks once
a day, every day, Take them at meal times but not with
the meals; rather just before or just after.
(5) “Reduce the varieties of food to a minimum. If one is
really hungry before he starts eating, the tendency to
desire many different foods is lost in hunger.”
—28—The Eye of Revelation
PART FOUR
Colonel Bradford was speaking before the ‘“‘Himalaya Club”
for the last time before leaving on a tour of the United States
and a visit to his native England. He had selected for his
subject the things that help youthify a man, regardless of
whether or not he practices Rite Number Six. As the Colonel
spoke he seemed to be keener, more alert and vigorous and
virile than ever before. Upon his return from the Lamasery
he had struck me as the acme of perfection; yet since then he
had kept right on improving, and even now was making new
gains constantly.
“There are several things I want to talk about tonight,”
began the Colonel, “which I am sure will interest you. The
first of them is the human voice. Do you realize that when
one has made a study of men’s voices he can tell instantly how
much masculine vitality a man possesses just by hearing him
speak? You have all heard the shrill, piping voice of an old
man. Well, when a man’s voice begins to take on that high
pitch he is in a very deplorable condition. Let me explain.
“The Vortex at the base of the neck has power over the vocal
cords. This Vortex and the one below in the sex center are
directly connected. Of course, all the Vortexes have a common
connection, but these two are geared together, as it were.
What affects one affects the other, so that when a man’s voice
is high his manly vitality is low.
“Now all that is necessary to speed up these two Vortexes,
along with the others, is to practice the Five Rites. However,
one does not have to wait until these Vortexes are increased
in speed by the use of the Five Rites, but can raise their speed
of vibration with a special method that works very well. This
particular practice is easy. It consists in simply putting forth
an effort to keep the voice low; not allowing it to become high,
shrill, or piping. Listen to men with good low voices and be-
come conscious of how a real man’s voice sounds. Then when-
ever you talk, keep the voice down to the masculine pitch as
much as possible.
“Real old men will find this to be quite a little task; but it
brings results. The first thing you know the lowered voice
will speed up the Vortex in the base of the throat. That will
—29—speed up the Vortex in the sex center, which will improve the
man in masculine energy, and this again will cause the Vortex
in the throat to speed up. The adolescent boy whose voice is
changing is experiencing the same thing. The Two Vortexes
are speeding up. In this case it is usually caused by the Vortex
in the procreative center being speeded up by nature. But
anything that will speed up the Vortex in the throat will cause
its companion Vortex immediately below to increase speed.
“There are a number of young men who are robust and
virile now who will not remain that way long. This is due to
the fact that their particular voice, for several reasons which
1 haven’t the time to explain now, never came down to the
masculine pitch. But these young men, as well as the old ones,
can definitely get results of a very wonderful nature by con-
sciously lowering their voices. In the young men it will mean
prolonged virility; in the older men, renewed virility.
“Some time ago I came across a quite splendid voice exer-
cise. Like all other potent things it is very simple. Whenever
you are by yourself or where there is sufficient noise to drown
your voice so that you will not annoy others, practice saying
in low masculine voice, partly through the nose;
‘Me—me—me—me—me.’
“Repeat it time and again. When you get it down quite low,
try it in a small room, like the bath room. You can often make
the room hum with your voice. Then try to get the same effect
in a larger room. Of course, listening to this vibration of your
voice is not entirely necessary; but often the vibration will
cause the other Vortexes in the body to speed up, especially
the one in the sex center and the two in the head. I might
add that in old women, the


 is mor e important
to see the simplicity,
to realize one’ s true natur e,
to cast off selfishness
and temper desir e.
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Without Attachment
Upon first reading this 19th verse of the Tao Te Ching, it appears that
Lao-tzu is encouraging us to abandon the highest principles of the Tao.
Renounce sainthood, wisdom, morality, justice, industry, and profit, says
the great sage, and all will be well. Lao-tzu tells us that “all of these are
outward forms alone” and are insuf ficient for living according to the highest
Way.
The first of these categories represents education and the way you look at
your sources of learning. This verse advises you to alter your concept of
being saintly just because you follow the teachings of an organized religion,
and to change your view of self-importance because of degrees you’ve
received from an educational institution. Lao-tzu gently informs you that
it’s far more valuable to cultivate your true nature.
As with virtually all of the teachings of the Tao, the greatest trust is placed
in your accessing the sacred Tao center of yourself. Within you lies a piece
of God that instinctively knows what to do and how to be. Trust yourself,
Lao-tzu advises, and reevaluate the ultimate importance of educational and
religious institut ions. When you modify how you see them, you’ll notice
that the true essence of you is “a hundred times better for everyone.” Lao-
tzu might say that a truth is a truth until you or ganize it, and then it becomes
a lie. Why? Because the purposes of the organization begin to take
precedence over that which it first attempted to keep in order.
“Throw away morality and justice,” this verse urges, “and people will do
the right  thing.” Here, in the second of the outward forms, Lao-tzu reveals a
legal system that takes precedence over your natural internal integrity.
When you know  that you emer ged from an impecca ble Source of honor and
equality, you don’t have to rely on a system of justice. Lao-tzu reminds you
that it’s very important not to view yourself as relegated to an inferior
position becaus e laws of morality tell you who you “really ” are. See
yourself centered with the perfection of the T ao, which is your nature, rather
than needing to consult a law book, a courtro om, or a judge to determineyour ethical standing. These labyrinthine systems designed to determine all
issues of right and wrong  are evidence of our drift away from the simplicity
of our inborn nature.
The last of the outward forms is the whole world of business “Renounce
profit seeking, give up ingenuity, and discard record keeping, and thieves
will disappear altogether,” could be one interpretation. Lao-tzu advises you
to stay centered within the all-encompa ssing integrity of the Tao and to
release your view of profits and monetary gain as indicators of your level of
success. When you see your life through the perspective of the Tao
teaching, you’ll have no need to hoard large sums of money. Instead, you’ll
discover the pleasure of serving  others in a spirit of endless generosity. Or,
as this translation of the Tao Te Ching puts it, you’ll “cast off selfishness
and temper desire.”
These, then, are the three outwa rd forms: education, justice, and business.
You’re being encouraged to update how you see the reasons for, the
methods used by, and the way well-meaning people have taught to value
those arenas of life. When you change how you see them, you’ll note the
simplicity and sacredness of a higher principle, which will enrich those
institutions with the free-flo wing Tao. You’ll realize your own true nature,
cast off selfishness, and temper your desire. Be in the world of education,
justice, and business—but not of it—and you’ll see the inner world where
you’re centered in the T ao.
This is what Lao-tzu is saying to you, through me, from his 2,500-year -
old perch: 19th V erse
Observe your r elationship to systems of education, justice, and
business.
Notice attempts to compartment alize you: Are you dependent on a system
of reward and punishment for approval? Do the rules and codes of conduct
you follow come from a heart-centered space, or are they designed to create
a label of “specialness”? Don’ t fight these institutional pressures or even the
fact that they exist—simply let go of all attachments to them. You are not
saintly (a good person) because an organization says so, but rather because
you stay connected to the divinity of your origination. You are not
intelligent because of a transcript; you are intelligence itself, which needsno external confirmation. You are not moral because you obey the laws; you
are morality itself because you are the same as what you came from.
Choose to see the outward forms as poor substitutions for your true nature
and you’ll begin to live without attachment to those forms. You’ll see your
own inner laws, which never require codifying; you’ll live with freedom
and simplicity. Trust first and foremost in yourself.
Live without attachment by being gener ous.
Let go of evaluating yourself on the basis of how much you’ve
accumulated and what is in your financial portfolio. Stop putting a dollar
value on all that you have and do. Let go of your need to get a “good deal”
and choose instead to be a being of sharing. You’ll be happily surprised by
how nice it feels to simply change your belief that you’re only successful if
you’re making money. The less you focus on making a profit—instead
shifting your energy to living your purpose in harmony with everyone else
—the more money will flow to you and the more opportunities for
generosity will be available to you.
The world of institutional press ures is built on an endless list of human-
made do’s and don’ts. Lao-tzu advocates that you discover your heart’ s true
desire, all the while remembering that no one else can tell you what it is.

Do the T ao Now
Post the following affirmation for your constant attention: I am moral,
profitable, and a genius extraor dinair e, regardless of what any institutional
transcript or bank statement says. Repeat this mantra until it becom es your
way of being. You will feel a sense of inner peace as you release the hold
that outer forms have on you.
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Give up learning and you will be fr ee
from all your car es.
What is the differ ence between yes and no?
What is the differ ence between good and evil?

Must I fear what others fear?
Should I fear desolation
when ther e is abundance?
Should I fear darkness
when that light is shining everywher e?

In spring, some go to the park and climb the terrace,
but I alone am drifting, not knowing wher e I am.
Like a newborn babe befor e it learns to smile,
I am alone, without a place to go.

Most people have too much;
I alone seem to be missing something.
Mine is indeed the mind of an ignoramus
in its unadulterated simplicity.
I am but a guest in this world.
While others rush about to get things done,
I accept what is offer ed.
I alone seem foolish,
earning little, spending less.
Other people strive for fame;
I avoid the limelight,
preferring to be left alone.
Indeed, I seem like an idiot:
no mind, no worries.

I drift like a wave on the ocean.
I blow as aimless as the wind.

All men settle down in their gr ooves;
I alone am stubborn and r emain outside.
But wher ein I am most differ ent fr om others is
in knowing to take sustenance fr om the gr eat Mother!
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Without Striving
In this verse of the Tao Te Ching, you’re encouraged to experience your
life free of worldly striving. Lao-tzu advises you to slow down your
incessant demands for more, and to relax your efforts to fill up every
moment in anticipation of being somewhere else. You’re invited to
experience life in a way that can be summarized in the title of Ram Dass’ s
book Be Her e Now.
Be here in your mind as well as in your body, in a state of appreciation
and an absence of longing. Let go of wondering about doing the right thing.
Release the what-ifs and all of your goals for the future, replacing them
with the power of this instant. Be here, and remember to do it now, for
thinking about being someplace else uses up your precio us present
moments. The enlightened sage makes a practice of immersing himself
completely in the current “nowness” of his life.
Being here now is accomplished by adopting an acceptance of life as it is
presented by the great Mother, or the Tao. It’s a surrendering process, if you
will—simply allowing this great all-creating, all-nourishing Source to take
you where it will. You give up the idea of having to get more or to be in
another place in the future, and instead see yourself as whole and complete
just as you are. This surrendering process allows you to bear witness to the
unlimited abundance and eterna l light that


He	may	find	a	girl	who	is	totally	devoted,	but	in
his	mind	she	will	talk	to	other	boys	too	much,	flirt	when	his	back	is	turned,
and	give	a	hundred	little	causes	for	jealousy.	That’s	how	powerful	a	mental
image	can	be.	(Think	of	the	millions	of	people	who	worship	movie	stars	and
pretend	that	the	real	person	is	incredibly	glamorous	off	the	screen,	incredibly
brave	and	romantic.	In	reality	actors	aren’t	different	from	ordinary	people,	but
their	image	says	they	have	to	be.)
Only	at	the	soul	level	is	a	real	person	looking	for	another	real	person.	Deep
down,	the	heart	can’t	be	fooled	by	images—not	for	long,	at	least.	It
understands	that	love	has	to	be	honest.	When	you	love	someone,	you	find	the
courage	to	say,	“You	are	my	mirror.”	You	look	into	your
	beloved’s	eyes	and
accept	what	you	see,	including	your	own	imperfections.	If	you	do	that,suddenly	the	imperfections	don’t	seem	so	horrible.	The	secret	is	that	you	feel
loved,	and	that	feeling	melts	through	the	image	in	your	mind.
It’s	incredibly	stressful	to	live	up	to	an	image.	Images	strive	to	be	perfect.
Images	are	afraid	to	shatter;	they	have	to	stand	apart	and	never	show
weakness.	When	you	begin	to	see	yourself	honestly	in	the	mirror	of	another
person,	a	lot	of	that	stress	begins	to	fade	away.	It’s	such	a	relief.	And	when
the	image	finally	vanishes,	love	can	relax	and	blend	into	the	joy	of	another
person’s	heart.Good	Versus	Evil
L
ooking	back,	I	think	it’s	strange	that	I	didn’t	ask	Baba	lots	of	things.	Like,
“Where	do	you	come	from?	How	did	you	learn	so	much,	some	kind	of
school?”	I	never	really	found	out	any	facts	about	him	at	all.	Maybe	I	didn’t
want	him	to	be	too	real,	with	an	ordinary	life	like	everyone	else’s.	I	liked
being	in	a	world	that	was	just	Baba	and	me,	at	least	for	three	days.
But	there	was	one	question	that	anybody	would	ask.	“Baba,	what	about	evil?”
I	said	as	we	sat	under	our	favorite	tree,	the	old,	twisted	one	by	the	side	of	the
road.	The	village	was	behind	us	now,	and	the	afternoon	was	drawing	on.	“A
lot	of	people	would	claim	that	evil	is	just	as	powerful	as	love.”
“True,	they	would,”	said	Baba.	He	had	his	eyes	closed	as	he	sat	in	his	cross-
legged	pose.	“Evil	is	more	visible	than	love.	It	leaves	destruction	in	its	path.
Some	destruction	is	necessary.	Plants	produce	thousands	of	seeds	for	every
one	that	grows;	if	they	all	survived,	the	whole	planet	would	soon	be	choked	to
death.
“To	be	alive	means	that	you	are	part	of	a	cycle	that	destroys	things.	Take	your
fingernail	and	scrape	it	inside	your	cheek.”	Baba	opened	his	eyes	and	watched
while	I	did	that.	“You	have	destroyed	hundreds	of	cells	that	were	alive	just	a
second	ago,”	he	said.	“So	destruction	isn’t	always	evil.	Thousands	of	skin
cells	will	die	and	slough	off	from	your	body	this	week,	making	way	for	a
fresh	layer	of	new	skin.”
“But	destroying	the	life	of	others,	that	has	to	be	evil,”	I	said.
“Really?	You	probably	crushed	dozens	of	insects	under	your	feet	as	you
walked	along,	not	thinking	about	them,	and	billions	of	germs	are	killed	by
your	white	blood	cells	every	year.	Is	any	of	that	evil?”
“It	could	be,”	I	said	doubtfully.
“Yes,	depending	on	who	is	making	the	call,”	he	said.	“I’m	sure	the	ants	would
rather	be	alive,	and	maybe	even	the	germs—who	knows	what	they	think?”
“Then	potentially	there’s	evil	everywhere,”	I	said.“You	have	to	decide	that	for	yourself,”	said	Baba.	“Evil	is	not	absolute.	It
exists	in	the	eyes	of	human	beings,	and	we	are	very	fickle,	as	you	know.
Yesterday’s	evil	could	be	tomorrow’s	good.”
Baba	gave	me	an	example.	“What	if	we	had	met	two	hundred	years	ago?	I’d
see	you	walking	down	the	road,	and	I’d	say,	‘How	was	your	day?’	You	might
say,	‘Oh,	the	same	as	ever.	I	got	up	at	four	in	the	morning	and	was
	weaving	a
rug	before	dawn.	I	worked	for	eleven	hours,	but	my	master	hit	me	with	his
stick	only	three	or	four	times.’
“People	used	to	live	such	a	life	without	question,	and	some	still	do,”	Baba
said.	“Isn’t	it	evil	to	beat	children	and	work	them	to	the	bone?	To	us	it	is,	but
two	hundred	years	ago	such	a	life	showed	that	a	child	was	doing	God’s
work.”
“People	do	bad	things,”	I	insisted.	“There’s	a	constant	battle	between	good
and	evil.”
“Yes,	but	your	soul	doesn’t	join	the	fight,”	said	Baba.	“Its	job	is	to	make	evil
vanish	without	a	fight.”
“That’s	hard	to	believe,”	I	said.	“Evil	doesn’t	just	disappear.”
“Of	course	it	does.	All	the	time,”	said	Baba.	“Imagine	that	you	are	three	years
old	and	you’ve	lost	your	mother	in	the	market.	You’re	alone	and	terrified;	you
think	she’s	never	coming	back.	You	might	not	even	survive.	Isn’t	that	what
evil	feels	like?	Then	she	finds	you	again.	Presto,	the	evil	is	gone.”
“Because	the	kid	was	just	imagining	things,”	I	said.
“And	that’s	how	your	soul	sees	all	evil,”	said	Baba.	“You	think	you	know
what’s	really,	truly	evil?	You	think	you	can	tell	the	good	guys	from	the	bad
guys?	I	envy	you,	because	I	can’t.	I	am	like	the	mother	rushing	to	find	her	lost
child.	I	know	that	you	are	frightened	and	alone,	and	I	can’t	wait	to	show	you
that	what	you	are	so	afraid	of	is	only	imagination.”
W
HAT
	I	L
EARNED
This	was	a	radical	lesson	from	Baba.	He	knew,	and	so	did	I,	that	millions	of
people	think	that	evil	is	cosmic.	They	believe	in	the	devil	and	pray	not	to	fall
into	his	clutches.	The	story	of	the	Garden	of	Eden	seems	to	tell	us	that	humanbeings	have	already	fallen	into	sin,	so	even	an	innocent	baby	is	caught	in	a
web	of	evil	that	isn’t	its	fault.
How	could	Baba	claim	that	evil	is	imaginary?	Even	if	you	have	a	soul,	even	if
you	go	to	heaven	when	you	die,	even	if	God	loves	all	of	us	equally,	don’t	a
huge	number	of	bad	things	still	keep	happening	in	the	world?	I	have	heard
people	use	the	words


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Neuroprotection
OVERVIEW OF CLINICAL TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
Head injuries in humans can involve trauma to the scalp, skull, or brain. They can be
described as mild, moderate, or severe (Figure 9.1). Head injuries can be penetrating where the skull is broken, or closed, where the brain may be injured but the skull remains intact.
Penetrating injuries are generally caused by auto accidents, blows to the head,
and gunshot wounds. Closed head injuries are caused mainly by vehicular accidents, acts of violence, falls, and sports-related trauma.
1 The severity of closed head injuries
range from mild concussions to disabling brain trauma leading to total incapacitation or death. Traumatic brain injuries typically involve young adult men.
Brain trauma can damage tissue at the site of impact or at the opposite poles of
impact due to sudden acceleration–deceleration movement of the brain, which acts like a mass of jelly moving forward and backward inside the skull. This type of brain injury is called a coup–contercoup injury because damage occurs at the site
of impact and on the direct, opposite side as the brain moves forward and backward. Symptoms after a traumatic brain injury vary according to the severity of the injury as well as what part of the brain is affected and whether the injury is localized to one part of the brain or is diffuse. Symptoms can range from a simple headache with no loss of consciousness (LOC) to fatigue, dizziness, nausea, and vomiting, to severe cognitive impairment, mood changes resulting in confusion, restlessness, agitation,
2
to motor-sensory deficits involving speech, vision, muscle coordination, and coma.3
Focal and diffuse cerebral injuries are descriptive ways to classify the extent of
structural or functional damage to the brain. As the term implies, focal injury occurs in a specific brain location (Figure 9.1), while diffuse injury can involve more wide -
spread regions of the brain (Figure 9.1, arrows). An example of a focal injury is an epidural or subdural hematoma where a blood clot forms on the surface of the brain (epidural) or below the epidural membrane, typically as a result of a blow to the head.
Diffuse axonal injuries can follow a mild or moderate head injury, and recovery
is often possible when the lesions are few and diffusivity is contained.
4,5 Diffuse
axonal injuries are generally caused by acceleration–deceleration of the head, which may or may not contact any external object in particular since the injury can occur from violent brain shaking. This shaking within the skull can burst blood vessels and severely injure brain tissue. One of the outcomes of diffuse injuries involves the
shearing of axonal tracts and tissue white matter that result as brain tissues of differ -
ent densities slide over each other much like tectonic plates under the earth slipping
past each other and colliding to create earthquakes. Diffuse axonal injuries rarely 204 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
induce death, but they can be devastating as the cause of permanent vegetative state
and they are considered the most significant determinant of morbidity in patients with brain trauma.
6 It is estimated that only 10% of people affected by severe diffuse
axonal injury regain consciousness and only a small percentage of these will attain near-normal recovery of neurological function.
7 Significant improvement after 1 year
is rare.8
Diffuse axonal injuries are maybe difficult to detect by imaging techniques
unless ventricular hemorrhage, abnormal foci, or multiple petechial hemorrhages are detected (Figure 9.1). These injuries frequently involve the frontal and inferior temporal lobes and the brainstem but spare major damage to basic life functions that control cardiac and respiratory systems. Often, the diagnosis of diffuse axonal injury is made when the patient’s symptoms are disproportionate to the imaging findings.
9
The treatment of focal or diffuse brain trauma is aimed at immediate measures
to reduce swelling inside the brain and prevent secondary damage and a deadly outcome. Brain swelling creates dangerous increases in intracranial pressure (ICP) because the cranial vault is a rigid container and the tissue, with nowhere to go except to squeeze through the foramen magnum, can be compressed to quickly diminish cerebral perfusion and establish ischemia and brain infarction.
10 The herniated brain
tissue coning  through the foramen magnum can also put fatal pressure on regions of
the brainstem, which are vital to life.11
Brain trauma can affect cerebral autoregulation. Cerebral autoregulation is a
homeostatic mechanism that maintains a constant level of cerebral blood flow (CBF)
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olution. I  had the plea sure of seeing Peter speak at the
Science and Nonduality Conference in San Jose. Y ou can find
many of his talks free of char ge on his website, along with his
extensive teachings: peterrussell.com.
R U P E R T  S P I R A
Rupert S pira is British and resid es in England, where he holds
regular meetings and retreats. Rupert also travels extensively
to ho ld retreats i n Europe and the United States multiple times
each year. Originally an artist and ceramicist, after twenty
years of  spiritua l practice and meditation, Rupert recognized
his true nature through his teacher, Francis Lucille. Rupert’ s
articulate and very intimate style of teaching has transformed
the lives of a very lar ge number of students. His teachings
played an important part in my journey of awakening,
especially in the disidentificat ion from the body. Rupert’ s
response to a stu dent’ s question is to painstakingly ensure that
the student actually experiences the answer to their question,
rather than being given a menta l concept as an answer. Many
video an d audio teachings from Rupert’ s retreats and talks are
available on his website. Rupert’ s books, all of which I have
read, are The Natur e of Consciousness;  T ranspar ent Body,
Luminous W orld; The Ligh t of Pur e Knowing; The
T ranspar ency of  Things; The Ar t of Peace and Happiness; The
Intimacy of All E xperience; Being A war e of  Being A war e ; and
The Ashes of Love. V isit rupertspira.com.
E C K H A R T  T O L L E
Eckhart T olle is a spiritual teacher and author, born in
Germany. Eckhart had been depressed for most of his life,
when at the ag e of twenty-nine he had a profound inner
transformation that radically changed the course of his life.
W ith his international bestsellers, The Pow er of Now  and A
New Earth —translated into  over fifty-two languages, he has
introduced milli ons to the joy and freedom of living life in the
present m oment. Eckhart’ s profound yet simple teachings have
already helped countless peop le throughout the world find
inner peace and greater fulfillme nt in their lives. At the core of
his teachings is a spiritual awakening that he sees as the nextstep in human ev olution. An essential aspect of this awakening
is tr anscending our ego-based state of consciousness. Like
many millions of other people, I first discovered Eckhart’ s
teachings in his book The Power of Now. I had many shifts
and spiritual experiences reading that book, and I carried
Practicing the Power of Now  wi th me and followed its
practices for some years. His other books are Stillness Speaks
and the children’ s books Guar dians of Being  and Milton’ s
Secr et. E ckhart holds retreats and g ives talks all over the
world, which results in an enormous contribution to humanity
as he frees many from the bin ds of suf fering caused by the
ego. Eckhart’ s website is eckharttolle.com.
U P A N I S H A D S
The Upanishads are ancient Sanskrit texts of spiritual
teachings, written circa 800–200 BC. They are a part of the
oldest spiritual scriptures of Hinduism, the V edas.
A L A N  W A T T S
The late  Alan W atts was a British writer and teacher who
popularized Ea stern philosophies for W estern audiences.
Beautifully spoken, Alan W atts ’ s lectures continue to remain
popular worldwide, many years after the death of his physical
form in 1973. A lan wrote twenty-five books (many of which I
have read). Among the most p opular are The Boo k: On the
T aboo Against Knowing Who Y ou Ar e, The W isdom of
Insecurity, and The W ay of Zen. His children have made
several of his lectures available online as videos, and they
have also preserved his talks an d lectures on the Alan W atts
website so that h is contribution to the planet may continue for
generations to come: alanwatts.or g.
P A M E L A  W I L S O N
Pamela W ilson lives in the Bay  Area of Northern California
and was a stude nt of Lester Levenson and Robert Adams. For
over twenty years she has traveled throughout the United
States, Canada, and Europe holding retreats and giving talks
and private sessions in the nonduality tradition. She issweetness and compassion itself, and I have been fortunate
enough to attend several of her  talks. She is also featured in
the book On the Mystery of Being, from Science  and
Nonduality. For more on Pamela, her website contains an
abundance of her teachings: pamelasatsang.com.
P A R A M A H A N S A  Y O G A N A N D A
In the more than one hundred years since his birth, this
beloved world teacher has come  to be recognized as one of the
greatest emissaries to the W est of India’ s ancient wisdom.
Y ogananda’ s life and teachings continue to be a source of light
and inspiration to people of a ll races, cultures, and creeds.
Among those who became his students were many prominent
figures i n science, business, and the arts, and he was of ficially
received at the White House by  President Calvin Coolidge. I
first discovered Y ogananda’ s te achings when, like so many
others, I  read Autobiography o f a Y ogi, a  book that ha s sold
millions of copies. It’ s an unfo r gettable book that sparked a
spiritual revolution, and it had a profound ef fect on me as well.
Y ou can read Autobiography o f a Y ogi  online on the w ebsite of
the Self -Realization Fellowship (which Y ogananda founded).
Y ogananda has many other books, and through subscription on
their website you can receive the SRF Lessons written by
Y ogananda himself: yogananda.or g.About the Author
RHONDA BYRNE  is the creator behind The Secr et,  a
documentary film that swept the world in 2006, changing
millions of lives and igniting a global movement. The same
year Rhonda’ s book The Secr et  was released, which was
translated into over fifty langu ages and remains one of the
longest-running bestsellers of this century. Her other
bestselling titles include The Power  (2010), The Magic  (2012),
and Her o  ( 2013).  Rhonda was bom in Australia and now lives
in California.
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 and a more attractive
partner.” It is always pushing you in the direction of consuming so that you
can rein force your separaten ess. As we’ve learned, such ideas are
counterfeit, as authentic freedom never requires more.
7. And finally, the ego is insane.  O ne of the def initions of insanity  is
“when s omeone believes themse lves to be something they’re not.” W ell, the
ego alw ays wants you to beli eve that you are this false self, which is
separate and distinct in all ways, rather than something that is c onnected to
and a part of a Divinity that it fears more than anything.
THERE IS NO SEP ARATIONDespite what your ego insists, you are not separate from anyone. Y ou do
not have to be better than anyone, nor are you more special t han anyone
else in the world. Y ou are that which is eternal and changeless. When you
know th at you are of spirit, tha t God is within you, you no lon ger have to
prove y ourself as someone who’ s better than others or gets of fended by
their actions.
I’m not saying you’ll need to conquer  t he ego. There’ s no fighting he re;
this is not a war. Rather, you hav e to tame  it by understanding what you are
not. Y ou  are not your body, you are not your name, you are not your
occupation, you are not any of those things that you have come  to identify
as w ho y ou are.  Y ou are in fact an eternal soul, a piece of Divi ne wisdom.
When you come to know and believe in your true self rather than the idea of
yourself, you learn to trust in the very wisdom that created you.
When you attain heightened spiritual awareness, what it does more than
anything else is shatter the illusion of your separateness. As you see the
horrible things that happen to p eople—all the struggles, all the poverty, all
the hung er, all the things that I’ ve spent much of my adult life working to
eradicate—you understand that not only is our joy Divine and universal, but
so too is our suf fering. Everything that happens to one of us in life happens
to all of us.
Therefore, it’ s critically important to release any sense of “us versus
them.” Y ou can start by letting go of your ego’ s needs to be separate from
others. Begin to view yourself a s a member of the human family. The hand
that gives gathers, so share with your neighbors and even strangers as if
they were part of your own family—because they are.
Every ti me I travel to another c ountry and go through customs, I think
about ho w silly all this is. Some body decided that this border b elongs here
and that border belongs there, and now here we are, hundreds or even
thousands of years later, having  to obtain passports and fill out forms in
order to pass from one piece of land to another. Someone centuries ago
decided it needed to be this wa y, and we’ve hung on to that mind-set. Of
course we need to follow external laws and regulations, but internally we
must know that we’re all connected. W e are all the same when it comes
down to it, all part of one tribe called humanity.
Another way that you can c ontinue to release this us-versus-them
thinking is to no te how many tim es you use the pronoun I  in an hour. When
you stop  focusin g on yourself as  distinct from other people, you  have moreener gy to extend your awarene ss to everyone. When you see yourself in
terms of we, as part of the whole, then you open up space within y ou for the
loving ener gy that’ s going to create the freedom of heightened awareness.
Because we are thought, and the  universe is thought, the fastest vibration
we have to either destroy or create is in our mind. Our mind is part of the
universal mind, so creating unity and oneness is not actually dif ficult for us.
But the ego tries very hard to keep us from realizing that power.
Y our eg o likes to keep you dist racted from the messages of yo ur higher
consciousness, which af firm you r ability to ef fect deep and lasting change.
It keeps you absorbed in trivial m atters, like the cof fee you must  have in the
morning before you can function, the sweets that you need to munch on
before you go to bed at night, o r any number of daily diversio ns that you
put s o much ener gy into. Insigni ficant concerns, such as whether this report
is filled out correctly, that deadline is being met, those people are following
instructions, and so on, end up taking a great deal of your time.
Once yo u can let all this go, yo u can focus on the messages from your
higher s elf. Y ou’ll discover that there is a profound, significant, and
powerful drive that is at the cor e of your being. Y ou have a de ep need for
your purpose, the reason you w ere put on this planet in the firs t place. Y ou
also know that purpose conc erns unity; it has nothing to do with
separateness or other shallow pursuits of the ego.
YOUR REAL SELF
Y our ego tells y ou that you hav e to compete and consume. In order to
prove yourself, you must have more toys. Y ou need to accumulate more.
Y ou must achieve more. Y our eg o tells you that how good your body looks
and how you sm ell and how mu ch jewelry you have is important. There is a
whole world of egos dealing  with egos out there, everyb ody telling
everybody how important they are. But you don’ t ha ve to give in to that!
Y ou don ’ t have to say, “Y es, bu t you should have heard what I  did! Let me
tell you.”
Know th at this self-importance has nothing to do with self-esteem. Self-
esteem is a given. Y ou don’ t have to question your esteem, your  value, your
confidence in who you are. Y ou are a creation of God; you are Divine. It’ sjust that God doesn’ t play favorites or make mistakes or think that anyone is
special.
The less self-absorbed you are, t he more freedom you have. When you’re
so h ung up on everything having  to be a certain way, your freed om is taken
away fro m you. The ego promotes that sort of attachment, while the higher
self is unattached to it.
It can be helpful to think of the ego like a shadow: When you go out into
the light, you cast a shadow. T he shadow, like your ego, is not real. Y ou
can’ t get hold of it. It’ s an illusion. Y our higher self, of course, is what is
real. It’ s  wonderful to know you r real self because then you don’ t live with
the illusory shadow, which is always changing.
Similarly, you look at this packaging you’re in, and every gray hair and
wrinkle that appears is like a little notification that reminds you of your
death. The ego wants you to believe that your body is where you should
attach your primary identificatio n. For the ego, the most embarrassing event
in the world is death. But you know you are not this body; you are that
which is observing it. Y our real self is eternal and changeless.
Another great way of saying this is from the Bhagavad Gita: “ Y ou were
never bo rn; how  can you die? Y ou have never suf fered chang e; how can
you be changed? Unborn, eternal, immutable, immemorial. Y ou do not die
when th e body dies.” What a freeing notion it is when you ident ify with the
part of you that is changeless an d eternal rather than the body identification
that the ego promotes so strongly.
I want to reinforce this point: the higher self is the real self; the ego is the
shadow. That which is never changing, that which was neve r born, that
which is eternal is the part of you that is actually processing thi s right now.
It is so important that you remember this.
The more I get  into this area of higher consciousness and heightened
spiritual awaren ess, the more flabber gasted I become. It’ s just blowing me
away. K nowing the real self, the  God within, means that you’re never alone.
Everything you ever need is right there for you in abundance—and it keeps
showing up.
I lik e to test it now. It’ s like, “All right, God. If Y ou’re really there, try
this one on.” I’l l be in the process of writing something that is  very muchaligned with purpose, not being attached to whether people are going to like
it, or my publisher is going to b e happy with it, or it’ s going to be on the
bestseller list, or I’m going to make money... all those things have left my
life. Now adays, I am focused o n writing from my heart. I ask myself this
question over and over again: How may I get out of my own ego


THE EFFECT  OF PREJUDICE.
I have noticed that the early prejudices in
favour of or against foods are likely to prevailthroughout life. I have observed this in trying tosecure local appreciation for my own favouriteNew England dishes in foreign countries.Tinning, or canning, science has made it
possible to serve Boston baked beans and brownbread or even an entire Thanksgiving Dinner inJapan or Borneo, but it is impossible to excitenative appreciation for them commensuratewith the cost and trouble of the transportation.In Scandinavia, where they file the appetite tothe keenest of edges with the piquancy of the" Smoer Broed," or " Smoer Goes,"* theAmerican taste for very sweet things is notappreciated. Chocolates for that market aremore bitter than sweet, and so it goesthroughout the world where head digestion isimportant in determining the prescription offoods.
At one time, during a year and a half of travel
in unusual countries where the French, Englishor American menu is not easily available, I
never missed an opportunity to study the effectof head prejudice on digestion. If the fortunateopportunity occurs to sample the sumptuous" ris tavel " of Java, there will be the best ofchances to confirm my observation in this
* Literally " Butter-goose"; a table set apart, with bread and
butter and a variety of snacks.regard. This dish is varied in sumptuousness, or
variety, but the humblest offering of it consistsof a large and deep soup plate piled high in themiddle with snowy rice with each individualgrain unbroken. This, to begin with, is atriumph of oriental culinary art. Surroundingthis rice mountain are dabs of every sort of a" relish " any one ever imagined. You selectthese from tiers of plates borne in each hand byas many as a dozen servants, following eachother in procession, and presentingopportunities of choice amounting to twenty ormore, perhaps even thirty or more inextraordinary cases. Hence it is the privilege ofthe guest to take much or little of any, or all, ofthe condiments according to the state of hisappetite or greed. All the colours and nearly thewhole food kingdom are represented, and thetemptation is increased by the art ofarrangement. There is no way of judging whateach sort of relish is : It may be fish, fowl,vegetable, tuber, side-meat, or a combination ofnuts or fruits, as far as the intelligence of theuninitiated goes.
There were several members of the party offoreigners of different degrees of prejudice
against anything strange in appearance. To one,all of the comestibles were " utterly impossible,"and remained so to the end; while to otherscuriosity got the better of suspicion, and finallythe appetites looked forward to dinner-timewith especial cordiality, for the rice-mountainrelish-cordon and the complicated combinationwere digested with ease.
The standard dish, however, of the Javan
dinner is boiled potatoes and beefsteakswimming in a pint of good butter gravy, so thateven the conscientious dietist with vegetarianpreferences may revel in something that smacksof home and mother, with such an abundance ofluscious fruits that nothing but gustatorydelight happens as a usual thing. Still, it is thesame in Java or Japan, in London, Paris,Berlin, Vienna, Rome or New York, thedigestion of food is under the control of the headand therefore may be called head digestion.
PROFESSOR  FISHER 'S EXPERIMENT.
The most important large experiment for the
testing of head digestion under conditions ofHORACE  FLETCHEK  IN HIS MASTER  OF ARTS ROBES.
THE AUTHOR  ON HIS SIXTIETH  BIRTHDAY, PERFORMING  FEATS OF
AGILITY
AND STRENGTH  WHICH  WOULID  BE REMARKABLE, EVEN IN A YOUNG
ATLETE.
strict scientific control was that inaugurated
and conducted by Professor Irving Fisher, ofYale University, in America.
Professor Fisher occupies the Chair of
Political Economy at Yale, has made extensiveresearches into the factors that influence theeconomies or extravagances of living, and isPresident of the Committee of One Hundred ofthe American Association for the Advancementof Science on Health.
Professor Fisher's interest in my revelations
and tests relative to the potency of headdigestion came primarily from a personal testwhich worked wonders for him in establishing afoundation for good health. He was notesatisfied with the later Chittenden experiments,because they substituted academic prescriptionfor natural selection in formulating the rules ofthe inquiry. Like myself, in conducting theoriginal researches, Professor Fisher realizedthat the practical value of my discoveries wasthat no one needed a biological chemist to orderhis meals for him or tell his appetite what hisbody needed in the way of food elements.
The Fisher experiment worked with nine
healthy undergraduates who were ambitious totake high scholastic honours, and who had little
time for athletics or any form of physicalexercise, they being types of the averageUniversity undergraduate.
A generous table was supplied them with
meat and every variety of food that usuallycomposed college fare. The only instructionswere that thorough mastication and especialattention to the enjoyment of the food asrecommended by me in my books should befaithfully performed. This course was pursuedfor half a year, and for the rest of the year, inaddition to the careful head treatment andenjoyment, preference was to be given to foodsknown to be low in nitrogen content; but not tothe extent of suppressing any distinct call ofappetite for them.
In the first half of the experiment the men
held their own on about 40 per cent. less food,computed by cost, and increased their strength-endurance ability by something more than 100per cent., with the added felicity of feelingunusually fit all of the time, entirely escapingthe slack or sick spells they had beenaccustomed to, and improving greatly in theirgeneral studentability, that is: power of
concentration, memory, mental comfort,profundity of sleep, etc.
During the second half of the experiment still
more improvement was secured owing to thereadiness of the body to accommodate itself tothe wish by favouring the economies.
I have not a copy of the report at hand. It is
included in the publications of Yale Universityabout 1905.
While all of the abundance of confirmatory
evidence which has accumulated since 1898 isvaluable and gratifying, the verdict of theunremitting observation since then is that theproblem of nutrition is always a personal one.After fifteen years of devotion to the study ofthe head-end question, with due attention to thetell-tale excreta and the product expressed interms of energy and general comfort, I amunable to predict what my body is going to wantto-morrow in the way of nutrition supply. I cansay with some confidence that if I go on doing asI have been accustomed to doing daily, and noshock of grief or surprise intervenes to upset allcalculations, I am likely to find nutritivesatisfaction as expressed by appetite among the
foods that are commonly agreeable to me.
If I am compelled or impelled to do a great
stunt of walking or other unusual exertion, orreceive crushing news, all my presentpredictions may be useless. The body itself,from the hair on the head to each finger or toe-nail will know what it wants and will havegiven to the caterer Appetite its requisitioncovering the need. In the meantime each braincell and all of the bones have not beenneglectful of their sustenance requirements, norhave they been backward in letting Appetiteknow.
It is fortunate that the common needs of
digestion may be supplied from a limited rangeof food varieties. Milk is all-sufficient always forgeneral supply of the nutritive requisites. In theplebeian potato, which has attained to royalrank as the result of the extensive experimentsof Dr. Hindhede,* of Denmark, in co-operationwith Madsen the Faithful, has been found full
* Dr. Hindhede, Protein and Nutrition: an Investigation.
London, 1913, Ewart, Seymour & Co., Ltd., Burleigh Street,
W.C.nourishment for ten months, at least, when
supplemented by butter or margarine to furnishthe fuel supply. Even in this surprisingrevelation no academic prescription wasinfallible. Potatoes differ in nutritive value asmuch as 50 per cent. Fresh-cooked and well-cooked ones alone fill the bill of sufficiency, andfull head-work in assuring easy digestion wasmade the first rule of the test. For four months Iserved as a check test-subject and speak fromexperience.
Nothing is ever accomplished except by a
division of labour and on the just division ofresponsibility depends the success of effort.
Nature has given to us the head-end of
responsibility.CHAPTER IX
QUESTION PRESCRIPTION AND
PROSCRIPTION
The Protein Enthusiast—Doubting Thomases
THE only completely accurate prescriber of
nutrition for living creatures is Mother Natureherself, and if she does not prescribe anything
by the undoubted approval of appetite sheproscribes it.
One of the rules which have governed my
quest for optimum human nutrition in themidst of the twentieth century food supply andother conditions, has always been to go toNature for final advice in the matter.
When I say " Question Prescription and
Proscription " I mean that the most positiveprescribers of food have something


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<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>INTESTINAL  SANIT ATION
by W alter Last
Clean out and sanitize your gastro-intestinal tract
One of the ﬁrst and most important causes of our health deterioration at the biological level is an inability to digest all the food we eat.
This may be because of habitual overeating; insufﬁcient chewing; consumption of too much milk, bread, meat and other problem
foods; wrong food combinations; emotional problems; vitamin and mineral deﬁciencies or inherited weakness of our digestive organs.
Poor digestion has two immediate effects: a proliferation of undesirable bacteria in the small intestine and putrefaction in the large
intestine. A major part of our immune system is located in the small intestine with an important center in the appendix. For years there
will be ﬁerce ﬁghting between our lymphatic cells and the proliferating  intestinal microbes as well as the toxic products of their
decomposition resulting in chronic inﬂammation of parts of the intestinal wall.
This may cause intestinal discomfort and various digestive disorders, in children often resulting in appendicitis. This chronic
inﬂammation weakens the intestina l wall and allows proteins that are only partly broken down as well as bacterial toxins to be
absorbed and cause allergies. Apart from many unpleasant symptoms, this will greatly weaken the immune system and predispose
us to rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases and makes us susceptible to infections.
While the bowels are often overacti ve during childhood due to high bacterial activity, with increasing age we tend to become more
and more constipated. This is largel y due to a lack of dietary ﬁber and a decrease in the bile ﬂow, indicating a deﬁciency of lecithin
and choline. The walls of the bowels become weak and deformed as with diverticulitis, hard crusts begin to cover the intestinal walls
and restrict its motility.
Eventually putrefaction products may cross the weakened walls of the large intestine and enter the bloodstream. This can poison the
whole body though the liver, heart and brain usually bear the brunt of the attack. Irregular heartbeat, headaches and fuzzy thinking
are frequent initial symptoms. Every part of the nervous system may be affected. In addition, the valve between the large and small
intestines, the ileocecal valve, may become inefﬁcient and allow bacteria  from the large bowel to invade the small intestines and the
bloodstream.
When the sewerage breaks down or is not working efﬁciently in a city, refuse will accumulate in streets and on properties and greatly
contribute to the spread of diseases. It is similar in a body with inefﬁcient bowel elimination. Waste products will accumulate in the
bloodstream and tissues and cause or contribute to the development of most diseases as well as to the general deterioration of
health. Bowel cancer is only the most obvious and direct result.
A diet of predominantly raw foods will in time correct these intestinal problems by supplying plenty of high-quality ﬁber and
strengthening the bowel walls. I do not recommend the habitual addition of bran to meals, as this makes minerals unavailable,
instead I recommend freshly ground linseed. Add 1 tablespoon or more  to meals to ensure at least one and preferably two or three
bowel movements daily. Do not heat the ground linseed but add it to the cooked food when cooled.
Another consequence of bacterial overgrowth, often in combination with food allergies, is inﬂammation of the pancreas in addition to
that of the intestinal wall. This leads not only to a deﬁciency of digestive enzymes and problems of malabsorption, but it is also a main
cause of insulin-dependent diabetes. The ﬁrst and decisive step leading to this is the bottle-feeding of infants from birth. This deprives
them of the important biﬁdo bacteria and other protective factors that are normally transmitted with breast milk. In order to overcome
these problems we must improve our eating habits, learn to chew well, eat less, combine foods correctly, eat more raw foods,
especially vegetables and re-introduce beneﬁcial bacteria.
Bacterial Cultures and Garlic
A key step in improving the digestive functions, the immune system, and overall health, is the restoration of a healthy intestinal ﬂora.
This is important with all degenerative diseases but especially in life-threatening conditions, such as AIDS, cancer, and all
autoimmune diseases.
Live cultures and yogurt containing lactobacilli are commonly used to repopulate the intestines with friendly bacteria. The bacteria
gain most of their energy by converting glucose into lactic acid and acetic acid. These acids inhibit other microbes and help to absorb
minerals. Most important for us are acidophilus bacteria that live mainly in the small intestines, and biﬁdo bacteria in the large
intestines.
Therefore, if you buy yogurt, look for a variety listing several, including acidophilus and biﬁdo, on the label. If you avoid cows' milk
products, you may temporarily buy soy yogurt. However, I do not recommend it for habitual use. Alternatively, use commercial cows'
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Alternatively, use high-potency capsules or powdered bacterial cultures. While these bacteria are commonly grown in milk cultures
and can live on lactose, they do not require it as a food source, but can live on other simple carbohydrates that easily yield glucose. A
lactose-free acidophilus culture is available for individuals sensitive to milk.
Buy powdered bacterial cultures in brown glass bottles. These should be refrigerated before and after purchase. Cultures that are
bought off the shelf may not have many live bacteria left. Lactobacillus bulgaricus can survive the normal gastric acid and should be
taken with meals, while other culture s are to be taken in a glass of water, in freshly pressed vegetable juice or herb tea (cooled down)
30-45 minutes before breakfast, and possibly before other meals.
Best known is Lactobacillus acidophilus which populates mainly the small intestines in omnivores or mixed-food eaters. Biﬁdo
bacteria, on the other hand, populate mainly the large colon, as well as the whole intestine in vegetarians with a high carbohydrate
intake. For adults culture of Biﬁdobacterium biﬁdum is most suitab le, while babies initially require Biﬁdobacterium infantis.
Lactobacillus bulgaricus has excelle nt antibiotic properties and stimulates the immune system. It is good for those with cancer and
AIDS but, unlike the other bacterial cultures, it does not normally reside in the intestines of Caucasians; it is, however, prevalent in
Orientals.
In order to establish beneﬁcial intestinal ﬂora it is preferable to eliminate most of the harmful bacteria and fungi beforehand. I
recommend taking garlic with Epsom salts, or in an isotonic salt solution, to ﬂush the whole length of the intestinal tract. Water with
the same salt concentration as blood is called isotonic, and is not normally absorbed but passes through the whole of the intestinal
tract. An isotonic solution has a salt content of about 0.9 %, or approximately 1 heaped teaspoonful to 1 liter of water. Mix this with a
medium to large clove of ﬁnely crushed garlic. Unpleasant symptoms due to so-called die-of f of Candida will be minimized with this
ﬂush, as the dead microbes are washed out of the body. If, for some reason, the ﬂush does not come out at the other end within a
few hours, and you start feeling uncomfortable, then take immediately  a tablespoon of Epsom salt. However, if you had already
breakfast then it is better to try an enema.
Instead of an isotonic ﬂush you may take garlic with a tablespoon of Epsom salt in a glass of water. Take the garlic ﬁrst with a small
amount of liquid, and then the rest of the ﬂush or Epsom salt solution.
Fresh, raw garlic has strong anti-mi crobial powers. Even in a dilution of more than 1:1000 it kills bacteria and fungi. When garlic is
crushed its enzymes form allicin from the stable alliin. Allicin has an active oxygen atom that kills microbes but also sometimes
human cells by oxidizing the cell walls. Thus anemia has been reported in those formerly being treated for tuberculosis on a very high
long-term intake of raw garlic. Dr Robert Beck also found that garlic adversely affects brain functions. Therefore, I prefer to use it
mainly to sanitize the intestinal tract, or to overcome an infection, rather then for everyday food ﬂavoring.
Drink the whole isotonic solution, as described above, within 10 minutes, ﬁrst thing in the morning. This is followed an hour later by
one or two cupfuls of acidophilus-biﬁdo yogurt. If you feel unhealthy, with an established disease, digestive problems or an obvious or
suspected Candida infestation, then continue this morning routine for several weeks. In addition take more yogurt or other forms of
acidophilus-bi�