 sleep.

AVOID HURTFUL THOUGHTS
We suffer in ratio to the degree of attention that we put on an undesirable thought. This thought produces an undesirable
feeling at first, which is quickly followed by emotion.
This merging with the emotion is called identification. This identification with unhealthy thoughts is the cause of all suffe ring.
We should learn what is good for the body, the emotions and the mind and then identify with these though ts. Then let us learn
to disidentify with those thoughts which are hurtful to us.

THE KEY TO HAPPINESS
The understanding of this profound principle and the use of its infallible technique is the key to happiness. With it you may
shape your life in any manner that you wish.
He who has the ability to choose his thoughts at will has the ability to control his destiny. He who accepts only the right t houghts
- he who discriminatingly chooses the thoughts which are conducive to his highest physical, emotional  and mental wellbeing will
perform the right actions at all times.

THE NATURE OF THOUGHT
All actions are always preceded by thoughts and follow thoughts. We are not ordinarily aware of this, due to the nature of
thought. In one second, fifty or more thoug ht impressions may move through the mind with such incredible rapidity that we are
for the most part unaware of what is taking place.
A person who undertakes the practice of meditation is faced with the initial task of observing the behavior of thought whi le in a
relaxed state. The endless series of thoughts following each other in amazingly rapid succession immediately becomes evident
to the observer.
The next stage of controlling or slowing down these thoughts or even of focussing them on a single subject  indicates how
difficult a task it is. We are then made aware that we have been prisoners of the thought process all the time without knowin g it.

PRACTICAL APPLICATION
We may now ask, "How does knowing this help us? How can we use this knowledge in a prac tical way to improve our lives - to
live the good life?" The answer may now be given.
Once you have thought a thing out to the very end and have reached a decision that a thing is not good for you and you
definitely want to give it up, then absolutely refu se to consider it even for a second from that moment on - forever - if need be.
As soon as you determine
(a)  what you must avoid and
(b)  what you must do to improve your health
- this should be followed by a watchful attention to the thoughts which pass through your mind.
Just as soon as you become aware that you desire a food which you have resolved to avoid - at that very moment - without a
second's delay, refuse to think about it.
You must he very alert here.
Just a few seconds of involvement or identification with the desire may suffice to arouse you emotionally, and if you are weak
(unattentive - that is all that weakness is), you will find that you are becoming overshadowed and obsessed by the emotion of
the desire.
If you play with the desire you will soon be lost. The emotion will be in and you will be out.

DO NOT STRUGGLE
Once the emotion creeps in, the struggle to gain control begins. It is this struggle with the emotions which produces the
attendant suffering and misery. The very moment yo u realize that an undesirable craving has entered your consciousness, don't
grit your teeth or try to use willpower to force it out of the mind. Don't struggle with it. Any fighting with the thought wi ll only
accentuate it and make it stronger and you will  end up becoming frustrated and upset. Don't risk losing the battle. Just simply
drop the desire/thought from your field of attention. -
Absolutely refuse to consider its existence.
Instead, at this very moment immediately put your mind on another subject.  Let it be any unrelated subject which will hold your
interest and give it your full attention. Keep your attention fully immersed until you are completely calm. Then you may go a bout
your business as usual.
Emotions are much stronger than reason in most p eople. Emotions will always dictate to reason or intellect. Remember as we
said before, thoughts move with the speed of lightning, but they can always be recognized by an alert attention.

THE TRAP OF OVERCONFIDENCE
A word of caution must be interjected an d emphasized here.

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A beginner in this practice is apt to commit the error of being overconfident that he can cut off the desire/thoughts anytime  he
wishes. He will thus allow himself the liberty of dwelling on the sensations of visualizing, eating and enjoying the food he wishes
to avoid. He continues in this manner for just a few minutes and before he knows it the trap has been sprung.
The next thing he is aware of is that he is saying to himself, "Oh I know that I can give it up. Today is not a good day for this. I'm
a little nervous now. I will give it up tomorrow without fail." He has lost the battle already.
If he has exceptional willpower, he will cut off all id entification with the desire here, and steel himself to the importance of the
desired goal. And after a struggle against his emotions, he may succeed.

EMOTIONS ARE STRONGER THAN REASON
What has happened here? The explanation is this - once the strong sens es or emotions are aroused, the intellect or the
reasoning faculty becomes overshadowed. The emotions are stronger than the reason and tend to have the final say.
The logical sense becomes its slave and begins to justify the emotional behavior with false l ogic. It finds all kinds of
rationalizations to justify the fulfillment of the desire at that moment, the chief one being procrastination (starting self -control
later or tomorrow).
The emotions have conquered! Hours later, after you have satisfied your desires, you reflect on what has happened. Once your
emotions have subsided you realize very clearly that you have been tricked. This can happen over and over again daily even fo r
years.
I know one fellow who has been rationalizing for ten years and anothe r who has fallen into this trap for fifteen years - always
starting tomorrow.
Whatever you do; - don't play this game. Watch your thoughts at all times whenever you are in the presence of temptation and
don't let yourself get aroused.
After a few weeks or less these temptations will begin to subside and you'll be able to relax your alertness with increasing
safety. However, it is wise to be alert to the mind's tricks until you are firmly anchored in the new desired habit.

BE VERY ALERT TO NEGATIVE THOUGHTS
With just a little practice you will develop the knack of immediately dispelling undesired thoughts just as quickly as they a rise;
with almost no effort. It is simply a matter of learning how and where to place your attention.
Through continued practice y ou will become very alert to all negative thoughts and you will be able to use this technique in ALL
departments of life to achieve self -mastery with ease. The simplicity of this technique is amazing. You will instantly be able to
succeed in overcoming emo tions which have victimized you for years.

TECHNIQUE FOR RIGHT THOUGHT -HABITS
I know of several other people who struggled for years trying to get up enough willpower to overcome bad habits. Some had
very strong wills and would succeed for a period of tim e, but when they became careless and dwelled upon their previous bad
habit -cravings, their emotions took over and they were pulled back into doing the wrong things.

DON'T PLAY WITH UNDESIRABLE THOUGHTS...
Shun them as you would the plague. Only when you h ave become well established in the right habit pattern is it safe to play
with memories of food or habit addictions.
To reach a safe plateau involves time - weeks for some and months for most people. Even then, don't do it. There's no point to
it. Put your  mind on the habits you want to cultivate and keep it there - always - whenever you think of the subject.
Just do the right things and keep doing them until they become a habit. Then you will become addicted to the right habits and
reap the inevitable rewa rd; joyous health, happiness and peace of mind at all times.

EASY TO MASTER TEMPTATIONS
Once you put this technique into operation, you will be amazed at how easy it becomes to master even the most difficult
temptations.
To repeat, all it requires is an a lert attention. If you switch your attention immediately as you recognize the enemy thoughts, you
will always win without fail.
I would have gladly given all that I had as a young lad to have learned this method. I could have avoided all those years of
suffering and struggling with willpower and all of its attendant misery. It was a blessed day for me when my eyes were opened
by studying the philosophical writings of Paul Brunton, wherein this profound truth of the nature of mind was revealed.
May Eternal I ntelligence forever bless those great souls of all ages, who have condescended to share their best thoughts,
experiences, and meditations with us. Let us open our hearts and minds to their wise counsel as we reach toward happiness.

WITH


 I visited the Six Nation Reservation at Brantford, Ontario, I was told by the
physician in charge that a change of this kind had occurred during the period of his administration,
which had covered twenty-eight years and that the hospital was now used largely to care for young
Indian women during abnormal childbirth (Chapter 6).7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 202/250    A similar impressive comment was made to me by Dr. Romig, the superintendent of the
government hospital for Eskimos and Indians at Anchorage, Alaska. He stated that in his thirty-six
years among the Eskimos, he had never been able to arrive in time to see a normal birth by a
primitive Eskimo woman. But conditions have changed materially with the new generation of
Eskimo girls, born after their parents began to use foods of modern civilization. Many of them are
carried to his hospital after they had been in labour for several days. One Eskimo woman who had
married twice, her last husband being a white man, reported to Dr. Romig and myself that she had
given birth to twentysix children and that several of them had been born during the night and that
she had not bothered to waken her husband, but had introduced him to the new baby in the
morning.
    Sherman, (10) who has made many important contributions to our knowledge of vitamin A, has
shown in a recent communication that an amount of vitamin A sufficient to support normal growth
and maintain every appearance of good health in animals, may still be insufficient to meet the added
nutritive demands of successful reproduction and lactation. With the failure to reproduce
successfully, there usually appears in early adult life an increased susceptibility to infection, and
particularly a tendency to lung disease at an age corresponding to that at which pulmonary
tuberculosis so often develops in young men and women. He states, further, that vitamin A must be
supplied in liberal proportions not only during the growth period but during the adult period as
well, if a good condition of nutrition and a high degree of health and vigor are to be maintained.
    Hughes, Aubel and Lienhardt (11) have shown that a lack of vitamin A in the diets of pigs has
resulted in extreme incoordination and spasms. They also emphasize that gilts bred prior to the
onset of the nervous symptoms either aborted or farrowed dead pigs.
    Hart and Gilbert (12) have shown that the symptoms most commonly seen in cattle having a
vitamin A deficiency are the birth of dead or weak calves, with or without eye lesions. They report
also a condition of newborn calves which simulates white scours, and the development of eye
lesions in immature animals.
    Hughes (13 has shown that swine did not reproduce when fed barley and salt, but did so when
cod liver oil was added to this food.
    Sure (14) has shown that a lack of vitamin A produces in females a disturbance in oestrus and
ovulation, resulting in sterility. Further, he states, that resorption of the fetus may be produced by
lack of vitamin A, even on a diet containing an abundance of vitamin E, which is known as the anti-
sterility vitamin.
    One of the most important contributions in this field has been made by Professor Fred Hale, of
the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, at College Station, Texas. He has shown that many
physical deformities are readily produced by curtailing the amount of vitamin A in the ration of pigs.
He produced fifty-nine pigs (15) that were born blind, every pig in each of six litters-where the
mothers were deprived of vitamin A for several months before mating and for thirty days
thereafter. In pigs, the eyeballs are formed in the first thirty days. He found, as have several others,
that depriving pigs of vitamin A for a sufficient period produced severe nerve involvements
including paralysis and spasms, so that the animals could not rise to their feet. He reported that one
of these vitamin A deficient pigs that had previously farrowed a litter of ten pigs, all born without
eyeballs, was given a single dose of cod liver oil two weeks before mating. She farrowed fourteen
pigs which showed various combinations of eye defects, some had no eyes, some had one eye,
and some had one large eye and one small eye, but all were blind.7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 203/250FIG. 117. Above, this pig was one of fifty-nine born without
eyeballs and with other serious deformities due to lack of
vitamin A in the mother's diet. Offspring of these blind pigs
when normally fed had perfect eyes and no deformities.
Below, A, at left shows normal eye of a pig at nine months.
B, at right shows partial eyeballs and optic nerves produced
in offspring when one dose of vitamin A was given two
weeks before mating. (Courtesy of Professor Fred Hale.)
    In Fig. 117 I am able through Professor Hale's kindness, to show an eyeless pig and a normal
eye of a pig (at the left) and (at the right) a pair of incomplete eyes from a pig born in the litter just
mentioned. This one dose of vitamin A made possible the partial formation of optic nerves and
eyeballs. A typical eyeless pig is shown in Fig. 118 (lower). Note its deformed ears. Among the
many physical injuries which develop in the pigs born to sows fed on a diet deficient in vitamin A
are serious defects of the snout, dental arches, eyes and feet. This pig was born without eyeballs. It
also had club feet and two tumors. In Fig. 118 (upper right) is shown a pig with cleft palate, and in
Fig. 119 (upper right) one with double hairlip. In Fig. 118 (upper left) is shown a boy with cleft
palate and defective eyes. One of the very important results of Professor Hale's investigations has
been the production of pigs with normal eyes, born to parents both of whom had no eyeballs due
to lack of vitamin A in their mother's diet. The problem clearly was not heredity. Two litters, one
containing nine pigs and the other eight, which were born to mothers that had been deprived of
vitamin A before mating and for thirty days thereafter, produced the following lesions: All had
complete absence of eyeballs; some lacked development of the opening of the external ear; others
had cleft palate, harelip, displaced kidneys, displaced ovaries, or displaced testes.7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 204/250FIG. 118. Upper left: Boy has cleft palate, and harelip. Upper
right: Pig has cleft palate, no eyes. Below, Pig has club feet,
deformities of the ears, two tumors and no eyeballs due to
lack of adequate vitamin A in the mother's diet. (Kindness of
Professor Hale.)
FIG. 119. Many young of modern domestic animals are born
with deformities. At the upper left is seen a pup with cleft
palate. In two previous litters all the pups were deformed and
unable to live. At the upper right is one of Professor Hale's
pigs with double harelip. Below two blind lambs and one
with club foot.
7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 205/250with club foot.
    It is of interest that in October, 1935, Professor Hale reports that the Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station was informed that a litter of fourteen pigs had been born blind in June, 1935,
on a farm at Ralls, Texas. Of these, six pigs were raised and brought to the Station for further
study. The farmer owning the pigs stated that no green feed was available on his farm from March,
1934, until May, 1935. It will be noted that this condition paralleled the experimental conditions at
the station under which by restricting vitamin A before and immediately after gestation fifty-nine
pigs were produced without eyeballs.
    Professor Hale reports that in April, 1935, a litter of seven pigs were born blind at McGlean,
Texas, which was suffering from drought conditions, similar to those at Ralls. The litter and dam
were purchased by the Experimental Station. Matings were made between blind pigs. These were
fed rations containing ample vitamin A, and normal pigs with normal eyeballs were produced. Even
the mating of a blind son with his mother who had produced him when on deficient diet, produced
only normal pigs when both had ample vitamin A. He states, "If an hereditary factor had been the
cause of this congenital blindness, these matings would have produced some blind pigs, even if
vitamin A were present in the ration." The problem of congenital cleft palate has been very
embarrassing to those parents whose children have been so afflicted. It is of interest that breeders
of fancy dogs are frequently embarrassed by having this problem develop in their kennels or
among litters born to parent stock obtained from their kennels.
    In Fig. 119 (upper left) I have shown a water spaniel pup with cleft palate. This pup was not
able to nurse because of the impossibility of producing suction without a


ality. Each thing is what it is. And that completely answers. There’ s no
questions to be answered. Each thing is totally that which it is and requires
no cause. So, cause is really a tautology—it’ s really a hypothetical absurdity
to say, “What is causing this?” It’ s the linear, Newtonian paradigm which
presumes an invisible thing called “cause,” just like it presumes behind
thinkingness there is a thinker, behind doingness there is a doer, behind
acting there is an actor. There is no actor behind the actor; nor is there a
doer behind doingness. There is no thinker behind the thinkingness. There
is no speaker behind the speakingness. Speaking is speaking of its own as
the unfoldment of the potentiality, the infinite potentiality of the evolution
of humanity, in consciousness as it is expressed in this entity. “That’ s a fact:
resist” (T rue). Whew, I would hate to have found out that was not right!
And repeat it with a correction! I would have to recall what I said. That is a
fact, because each moment as speakingness is speaking itself—which is
what it’ s doing—there isn’ t any “speakerness” behind it. There is no
speaker behind the speakingness. The speakingness is speaking itself.
Because the expression of life, then, at this instant in the gravity field of this
audience, manifesting through this entity, speaks back to you as this
speakingness because it’ s all happening spontaneously, you understand?
Everything is happening of its own, as an expression of that which it is,
which is why I don’ t sound like a bell. Because the voice box is what
speakingness speaks through, see. But there is no fantasied, and therefore
there is no cause behind what you see as the unfoldment of God as form.
I promised you I would unearth the fallacy behind Thomas Aquinas’ s
proof of the existence of God through tracing back cause to first cause, one
of the famous ar guments. There’ s four of them. One of the famous ones is
tracing back cause through a sequence of causes to find the prime cause.
The idea is, if you trace back a bunch of billiard balls, you’ll find the
billiard ball that starts the whole bunch going. Except when you get there,
there ain’ t no billiard ball there. There’ s a cue; oh, a cue stick—you won’ t
find another billiard ball. So if you go from cause C, cause B, cause A, and
look for the primary cause, you’re not going to find any primary cause,
because there isn’ t any primary cause there. What you find is Source. So,
the fallacy of the ar gument is, if you think in an infinite sequence that
you’re also going to find another one of the same things. No. What happens
is, it changes quality, changes quality. Let’ s take water. We’ll use the
thermometer. You see, at 212, water is a gas. Below 212, water is a liquid.Below 32, water is a solid. Well, we’ve got solid, liquid, and gas, and yet at
the same time, it’ s all H2O. The essential nature of water has not changed at
all, but its quality has changed considerably.
The significance of the calibrated levels of Consciousness is because it’ s
not just quantitative. It’ s true these are logarithms, but at each stage here,
these ener gy fields which dominate consciousness changed quality. And
therein lies both their blessing at the topside and their curse at the lower
side. Because this may be only two points lower than this, but this one will
kill you—changes its quality, changes its quality, changes its quality. It’s the
change of quality, not just the quantity. So the logarithmic numbers denote
levels of power, but as they change, they change quality. So the nonlinear
cannot be accurately described from the viewpoint of the linear. You cannot
compare lead with platinum by comparing their atomic weights, because the
quality of platinum and lead are completely dif ferent. Lead is relatively
inert, whereas a milligram of platinum can catalyze tons of ore. You can get
tons and tons of ore out of one milligram of platinum, because it doesn’ t get
used up in the process. Lead is inert. You can put lead someplace, and it
doesn’ t do anything for a few hundred years.
Your Level of Consciousness Is Set by Spiritual Decision
People have often asked me, does the level of consciousness fluctuate
throughout the day? Well, we said that level of consciousness is set by
spiritual decision. It’ s really the Spiritual Will that sets it, so consciousness
is a little more stable than that. Emotions tend to come and go, but your
level of spiritual commitment hasn’ t really changed. You say, “Well, I’d like
to kill that guy, and he deserves to get beat up, and I hope he gets his.” And
then you say, “Well, would you do that?” “W ell, not really.” So, you were
spinning of f an emotion, but that’ s not who you really are. So we inherit an
emotional body which becomes known to the world as your persona—
personality, emotional body—but it’ s not the real you. It’ s sort of the
evanescent play-interaction with the world, making learned, appropriate
responses, et cetera. But it’ s not the real you, because the real you is when
your life depends on it—what would you say in a situation, and you’d say,
“Thumbs up,” or “Thumbs down.” Well, whether you vote thumbs up or
thumbs down is going to make a big decision. So if the gladiator out there,
the crowd says, “Thumbs up,” or “Thumbs down,” if you vote with thethumbs down, you join the karma of the crowd who chose his death for the
sheer thrill of watching him bleed all over the sand. Done, thousands of
times. You, on the other hand, could be the one who puts his thumb up, huh.
If you do, you may get the fury of the crowd, so you’re in a hell of a place.
The crowd will kill you for putting thumbs up when they all put thumbs
down. But if you put thumbs down, you join their karma. So very often, not
infrequently, you’re up against a spiritual or moral decision like that.
So that which interacts with the world is not intrinsically the Self, but it
certainly reflects it. That which is activated on the stage right here is the
persona. It’ s the learned part that knows how to verbalize, interact, express
appropriately to get ideas and thoughts across, and it is not innately the
same as the Reality of the Self which has no form and, frankly, doesn’ t say
anything. If I ask my inner self what it thinks about all this, it doesn’ t think
about it. Doesn’ t consider it thinkable, doesn’ t have thinkability. On the
other hand, if something varies somewhat from the absolute truth of
whatever this consciousness is here at the moment, it instantly lets you
know. And the dif ficulty, as we said, up to 600, the kundalini ener gy
pouring up your spine is exquisite and joy is exquisite; you’re surrounded
by infinite beauty and harmony; everything happens with synchronicity.
When you think something, it appears. It’ s heavenly, and at 600, one is just
immobilized by it. All of a sudden, the sense of the Presence is so profound
that how the physicality persists is strictly up to the world, actually, because
at that point, there’ s no interest in it. It’ll stop breathing too. It stops all
activity, and the bliss is all-prevailing; even breathing stops. And life goes
right on if the universe—if the karma, I suppose, of the universe and the
karma of the individual so decide, then the breathing will start because
somebody comes by and stimulates it to breathe or gets you to eat again, or
something like this. Otherwise, you’d just leave it. And I think we’ve found
—what? Of those who hit 600, 50 percent do leave the body. Half of the
people just let it fall over, and it’ s wonderful. Whether it stays or it doesn’ t
stay is totally irrelevant. Then, beyond that, usually it stays there, but
sometimes it goes up to 700. Or sometimes it will start from down below
and then hit 700, and suddenly your consciousness is 700. That’ s Ramana
Maharshi and Nisar gadatta Maharaj, and, I presume, Muhammad. I don’ t
know the story of Muhammad. Muhammad was only 700, but 700 is the
world of the Sage and a profoundly enlightened state. Usually at 700, it just
stays there. At that point you don’ t leave the mountain and you don’ t havemany clothes. You can sit on a tiger skin and eat icky food of f a palm leaf.
Or you can get a job back in New York City, I suppose, and get real.
You know my sense of humor. It’s funny, you know. It just says the most
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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface ix
Foreword xi
Introduction xiii
Chapter 1 A Map of Consciousness 17
Table: Map of Consciousness 16
Table: Consciousness/Societal Problems 30
Diagram: Brain Function and Physiology 42
Chapter 2 Assisting Healing 43
Chapter 3 Stress 75
Chapter 4 Health 107
Chapter 5 Spiritual First Aid 141
Chapter 6 Sexuality 173
Chapter 7 The Aging Process 199
Chapter 8 Handling Major Crises 229
Chapter 9 Worry, Fear, andAnxiety 263
Chapter 10 Pain and Suffering 299
Chapter 11 Losing Weight 329
Chapter 12 Depression 363
Chapter 13 Alcoholism 395
Chapter 14 Cancer 425
Chapter 15 Death and Dying 451
Appendices
Appendix A Map of the Scale of Consciousness 475
AppendixB How to Calibrate Levels of Consciousness 477
Appendix C References 489
About the Author 493
vii viii
 PREFACE

These are transcriptions of a series of popular lectures
originally presented in a videotape format and now
edited and updated for convenience in written form.
They originated at the request ofthe original publisher
of A Course in Miracles (The Foundation for Inner
Peace), subsequent to a large joint meeting in the
1980s in Detroit, Michigan, of members of several
self-help groups, including Alcoholics Anonymous,
A Course in Miracles (ACIM), Attitudinal Healing
Centers, and a number of clinicians and recovery
groups.
Although the lectures have been adapted for
written format, they remain close to the original pre
sentations and include references to discoveries in
consciousness research as well as clinical and spiritual
premises. There is purposeful repetition of basic infor
mation as each lecture was complete within itself. A
benefit of repetition is that the material becomes
familiar and absorbed without putting forth mental
effort or memorization. It is intrinsically simple, and
the inherent truths become obvious and easy to
assimilate. The information prOVided is of a general
nature and is not meant to displace or replace
personal medical advice by one's own health
practitioner.
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Information tends to become compartmentalized,
especially in academic versus clinical science and
practice (Hawkins, 2006, "Paradigm Blindness").
These areas in turn become separated from spiritual
principles and realities, which are subsequently also
isolated from depth psychology, psychoanalysis, and
group dynamics. Psychopharmacology research pro
ceeds in its own development independently of all
the above, as does advanced theoretical physics and
the emergence of nonlinear dynamics and chaos
theory. Each discipline developed within the limita
tions of its own parameters because there had been
no context of sufficient dimension to include all of
them until the development of the clinical science
of consciousness research. This provided a common
context of reference and an all-inclusive paradigm of
reality via the now well-known "Map of the Scale of
Consciousness" (Hawkins, 1995, Power vs. Force).
Traditional sciences were limited to the linear
dimensions and primarily to the Newtonian con
cepts of cause and effect, included in the
consciousness level of the 400s (see Map, pg. 16,
Chapter 1), whereas experiential reality is nonlinear
and subjective (and proceeds from level 500 and
up). Phenomena are the consequence of the emer
gence of potentiality as actuality, a process whereby
content is subject to overall context. Thus, healing is
the result of not just clinical processes but also of
overall biological potentialities that often do not
materialize without the unseen power of spiritual
alignment. Chemistry is within the predictable
xi Newtonian discipline of scientific (linear content)
expectation, but health recovery is greatly facilitated
by the unseen power of the spiritual dimensions of
intentionality of consciousness itself (nonlinear con
text).
The clinical power and influential impact of spir
itual context is overwhelmingly displayed by the
millions of recoveries from medically hopeless ill
nesses as exhibited by worldwide membership in
faith-based organizations of which Alcoholics
Anonymous and A Course in Miracles (ACIM) are
prime examples. Since the basic principles of faith
based recoveries are outside the paradigm of the
reality of academic science, their importance was
not studied or comprehended because academic sci
ence was concerned with just content and not
context. The emergence of the Heisenberg
Uncertainty Principle finally accorded respectability
for the recognition of the reality and influence of
the effect of consciousness itself.Thus, the power of
intention came to be recognized as an important
critical factor in catalyzing potentiality into actu
ality. (See Stapp's MindfUl Universe for correlation
of quantum theory, consciousness, and intention.
:xii INTRODUCTION

The lectures on healing and recovery represent the
integration and concordance of experience and infor
mation from multiple fields, including more than fifty
years of clinical practice that encompasses diverse
fields of healing, such as holistic health, psychiatry,
psychology, psychoanalysis, psychopharmacology,
medicine, and the application of spiritual principles as
well as concepts and discoveries from the emerging
clinical science of consciousness research,
The development of consciousness research was
reported in multiple lecture series (Hawkins, 2002
2008) as well as in a series of books: Qualitative and
Quantitative Analysis and Calibration of the Levels
of Human Consciousness (Bell and Howell, 1995;
Veritas Publishing, 1995); Power vs. Force (Veritas,
1995; Hay House, 2002); The Eye of the I (Veritas,
2001);l'Reality and Subjectivity (Veritas, 2003); Truth
vs. Falsehood (Axial Publishing, 2005); Transcending
the Levels ofConsciousness (Veritas, 2007); Discovery
of the Presence of God: Devotional Nonduality
(Veritas, 2007); and Reality, Spirituality, and Modern
Man (Axial, 2008). A collection of lecture slides and a
comprehensive Index of Calibrations are also in prepa
ration.
All the above give detailed descriptions as well as
explanations of theory, along with the application of a
simple, calibrated scale of levels of consciousness and
Truth as exemplified by the Map of Consciousness on
page 16. The fields of suffering cal


 the 100th anniversary of Dr. Gerson’s birth, one of the speakers was the famous heart
specialist Dr. Demetrio Sodi Pallares, of Mexico City. Describing the treatment he had developed
for his heart disease patients, he declared that cardiac disease was not a local disease (i.e., of the
heart), but a metabolic disease, caused by the loss of potassium from the body and the penetration
of sodium into its cells. This insight was almost identical with Dr. Gerson’s fundamental theory
and practice. The big difference was that Dr. Sodi used his treatment exclusively for heart and
circulatory disease patients, while Gerson had discovered that it was an effective therapy for most
chronic diseases.
Dr. Sodi published over a dozen books and hundreds of scientific papers describing his
successful method of treatment.
One of the techniques he developed together with the French physician Dr. Henri Laborit was
the use of an intravenous glucose-potassium-insulin (GKI) drip. The simple process that the two
physicians invented was to use glucose and insulin to provide the energy needed to transport the
potassium across the cell membranes into the tissues.
Meanwhile the physicians using the Gerson Therapy also found the GKI solution very
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www.thegersonway.comis already high in glucose, supplied by the large volume of juices, and high in potassium, also
provided by the juices and the added potassium salts, only a small amount of insulin needed to be
used. As a result, one of the additions to the Gerson treatment is a tiny dose (3-5 mg) of insulin,
administered subcutaneously (under the skin).
What has become of Dr. Sodi’s revolutionary treatment for heart disease? One answer comes
from an Associated Press report, published on November 25th 1998, in the Bucks County Courier
under the headline, “Heart Attack Treatment Considered.” The article runs as follows:
“A long-abandoned heart attack treatment that is so simple and cheap that even Third World
hospitals can use it, is showing new promise and could save the lives of up to 75,000 U.S. patients
a year,” researchers say.
“A study conducted at 29 hospitals in Latin America found that patients given the intravenous
mixture of sugar, insulin and potassium within 24 hours of experiencing a heart attack had half the
death rate of those who didn’t get the treatment. ‘The decrease in the death rate is dramatic—the
largest reduction of just about any intervention that’s been tried,’ said Dr. Carl S.Apstein, professor
of medicine at Boston University. ‘Newer heart attack treatments, such as clot-dissolving drugs,
typically cost hundreds of dollars per patient compared with less than $50 for GKI.”
While the treatment was supposedly abandoned because of ‘doubts as to its effectiveness,’
the author of the article states his belief that “the doubts were caused by the fact that the treatment
was cheap and effective, so that the hugely expensive bypass surgeries, angioplasties, heart
transplants, etc., would no longer be needed. It is interesting that the heart specialists now use the
excuse that the treatment could be used by people who can’t afford more and those who live in
the Third World.”
The Role of Cholesterol in Heart Disease
In the public mind cholesterol is vaguely linked to heart attacks and strokes, but not everyone
knows how this connection works. Cholesterol, a soft waxy substance found among the lipids
(fats) in the bloodstream, is produced naturally in the liver. It is needed for various important
body functions, such as the production of hormones, including sex hormones and corticosteroids.
Cholesterol is divided into Low and High Density Lipoproteins, or LDL and HDL respectively.
HDL is considered necessary and beneficial, able to rid the blood of the harmful LDL. This can
have a genetic origin, but is more likely to be caused by the average American diet that is far too
rich in saturated fats, the obvious source of excess cholesterol.
Some of the highest food sources of cholesterol, according to Dr. W. Virgil Brown, professor
at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, are hamburgers, cheeseburgers, meat loaf,
whole milk and cheese, steaks, hot dogs, eggs, and some more items. Since these foods make up
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www.thegersonway.cominto the blood. The result is that blood lipids, i.e., fats, are deposited in the walls of arteries and
form plaque, which in turn causes atherosclerosis. The plaque reduces arterial blood flow, is rough
and easily allows platelets to accumulate, causing clots which then block the artery altogether.
If this occurs in the coronary arteries, which surround and supply the heart, it will cause a heart
attack; if in the brain, the result will be a stroke.
The Gerson treatment is exceptionally effective in not only reducing harmful cholesterol,
but also in dissolving plaque and clearing the arteries for normal blood flow. Cases of cholesterol
reduction by 100 points without drugs in just one week have been seen. The diet free from meats,
fats, milk products, eggs, etc., contributes greatly to this success. But there is another important
factor: the use of flax seed oil. Cold pressed from organically grown flax seeds, as discovered by
Dr. Johanna Budwig 1, it is high in the important Omega 3 and low in the Omega 6 fatty acids.
This ratio causes the excess cholesterol to be dissolved and carried off via the bloodstream and
the liver.
(By way of contrast, a high cholesterol diet is high in Omega 6 and seriously deficient in
Omega 3 fatty acids.)
As an immediate result of embarking on the Gerson Therapy, patients present a more normal
level of cholesterol, and they are able to stop taking the statin drugs prescribed by their doctors.
These drugs represent one of the largest markets for any prescription medication; they are liver-
toxic, but doctors feel impelled to use them to prevent heart attacks and strokes. By being able
to do without statins, patients on the Gerson program avoid yet another source of toxicity. Any
remaining cholesterol surplus is easily eliminated by the niacin (vitamin B-3), which is an integral
part of the Gerson protocol. Of course smoking, another source of elevated cholesterol, is strictly
banned on the therapy.
The Gerson treatment not only helps to clear arteries of plaque, (which medicine claims
cannot be done), thus avoiding strokes or more serious second heart attacks. It is also a natural
method of prevention, even in people who may have a genetic predisposition to heart disease, and
has also helped patients, who have already suffered a heart attack or stroke, to recover and even
restore some lost functions.
Case History: In December 1993, the 87-year-old father of recovered Gerson patient M.
W. suffered a heart attack. After the ambulance delivered him to the Emergency Room, he had a
stroke. Subsequently he spent 3 weeks in the hospital’s intensive care unit, was given a pacemaker
and a great deal of drugs, and eventually his wife was told to take him to a nursing home. M.W,
however, persuaded her mother to take him home instead, and immediately rushed to join her
parents. She was shocked at the sight of her father, sitting in a wheelchair, head drooping to one
side, drooling. But she worked with him day and night, cautiously putting him on the Gerson Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007.  All rights reserved.
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www.thegersonway.comTherapy. At first she gave him a few juices while he was still taking all the prescribed drugs, and
then slowly increased the intensity of the protocol. In three months the old gentleman was out of
his wheelchair. In August 1994, eight months after the heart attack and stroke, he walked into the
Department of Motor Vehicles office and applied for—and got—a driver’s license. He remained
well, celebrated his 90th birthday in August 1996, and passed away a few years later.
Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
Blood pressure, i.e., the pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of arteries, plays
an important role in health or disease. The average normal blood pressure is 120/80. When it
rises over 140/90, it is considered abnormal and dangerous, linked to kidney disease and, as
a contributory factor, to coronary artery and cerebral vascular disease. The standard medical
response is to reduce the pressure with drugs, which, patients are told, they must take for the rest
of their lives in order to preserve their kidneys.
The increase in pressure can have many causes. The chief one is the narrowing of


 (where B-cell production
takes place), become hypoactive.
A HEALTHY LYMPH SYSTEM IS ESSENTIAL

With all of this in mind, it becomes vital that you understand your lymphatic
system. I have discussed this “sewer system of the body” in some detail in
Chapter 2
. Your lymphatic system is where ninety percent of all disease
processes begin. When this highway system is congested and cannot
eliminate well, it backs up the whole “sewer system” of the body, causing a
lack of or improper elimination of cellular/metabolic wastes (acids), as well as
toxic chemicals and metals that have been ingested. These toxins must be
eliminated or cellular death will result.
Your lymph system is a vital part of your immune system. To enhance
your immune system,
clean out your lymphatic system first. Remember, your
kidneys, colon and skin are the exit doors of your lymphatic system. If your
septic system is obstructed or full, you don’t remove it, you clean it out. Most
people have lost proper kidney filtration. Their intestinal bowel walls are
impacted, and many don’t sweat well. This means that their doors are partly
closed in allowing their sewage or wastes to be properly eliminated. This then
backs up the lymphatic system and enlarges the lymph nodes. When this goes
on for many years, you will see all types of lymphomas, non-estrogen types
of breast cancer, throat cancer (especially when the tonsils have been
removed), and neck, colon, kidney, liver and many other cancers.
Family Support
Over the past thirty years I have witnessed thousands of cancer patients gothrough our program and other programs, in Mexico and other countries. A
big factor in recovery is the support of friends and family members.
Some people act as if they are sleeping through life, totally conditioned and
controlled by society in their thinking and reacting. Some, thank goodness,
are a little more open and aware of God and the unconditioned or
uncontrolled levels of awareness. Many people are afraid of what they don’t
know or haven’t learned or experienced. I have seen many family members
ridicule their loved ones for using natural health as a means of getting well. I
have seen them constantly tempting their loved ones with food and snacks
that they know are bad for them. I have seen friends do exactly the same
thing.
This type of ridicule or disregard comes from unawareness and a lack of
understanding of the importance of their loved one’s or friend’s need to get
well, and the consequences if they don’t. Many family members have actually
helped to kill their mates or children by stopping them from using natural
healing as one of the only true ways to get well.
Be strong about your decisions regarding health. One of the most important
factors in getting well is your strength and self-discipline. Spend time by
yourself. Getto know who you are. Become strong within yourself. This is
your
 road to health, no one else’s. This will allow you to be strong with your
friends and loved ones. Teach them what you have learned, as everyone
needs to get well.
Remember, most people ignore their health problems until it is too late. Don’t
be one of them. Get yourself well and healthy now, and be an inspiration to
others.

This is why detoxification is essential in the elimination of cancer. By
alkalizing and cleansing your tissues and fluids, your cells will begin to
strengthen, and the sludge of toxins that snuff the life out of your cells will be
gone. This then brings a tremendous joy, energy, and vitality.
Out of 100 clients who came to our clinic and followed a detoxification
regimen, 80 were able to eliminate their cancers. I know of no better way to
heal, clean and rebuild the body than through detoxification and regeneration
of its cells, through diet and herbs. If you take
responsibility for your health
and open your heart, it is unbelievable what you can accomplish. Don’t allow
anybody to tell you that there is nothing that can be done. We’ve had
individuals who were given only one day or even hours to live who pulledthemselves back. In the last thirty years I have seen some amazing results in
regeneration. Never compromise your immune system or let anyone destroy
it. And most importantly, do not have your lymph nodes removed. The
consequences can be devastating. Don’t treat, regenerate!
MODULE 5.6
Neurological Disorders and Injuries

It saddens me to see so many quadriplegics and paraplegics in this world with
supposedly no help. Nothing could be further from the truth. My first tough
case was a thirty-four-year-old female who had a spinal injury at the C3-C4
level. At the time of the accident she had a complete spinal severation. This
accident occurred when she was twelve years old, and left her with only
movement of her head. She had immense spasms and was in extreme pain. It
took me eleven months, but this young lady went from severe degeneration
throughout her body (she could only move her wheelchair by a tongue-
operated control) to the ability to shake your hand and lift either leg as many
times as you wanted her to. She could “feel” from head to toe.
Another case involved a man in his early twenties who had a C4-C5 level
injury. He had been paralyzed from his upper body down to his feet for two
years. Within six months on our program his nerve response was helping him
to move his feet and he could stool on his own. This was quite significant, as
quadriplegics and most paraplegics lose their ability to have a bowel
movement on their own. This greatly backs up the body’s lymphatic system
causing cell auto-intoxication.
In our arrogance and blindness we humans overlook the truth that is
always right in front of our faces. If the body can miraculously repair itself in
ways such as broken bones, deep cuts, re-growth of various gland and
tissues, then why can’t it repair nerves? Well it can, but not on cooked, dead
foods, and foods that make the body’s pH acidic.
Neurons are the highest energy centers in the body. Not only do they
require an alkaline “soil” to regenerate in, they require the highest energy
foods—fruits. Fructose is a high-energy simple sugar, which lends its energy
effortlessly to your cells. This holds true in all neurological issues including
multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s, Bell’s palsy and even asthma. Note that all ofthese neurological weaknesses have an adrenal weakness as a precursor.
In all neurological issues, including injuries, it is vital that the adrenal
glands be enhanced along with the rest of the endocrine gland system. It is
also vital to live on a 100 percent raw food diet. I had a forty-year-old female
brought to me one time with advanced multiple sclerosis. They brought her
lying on a stretcher, completely rigid. After three months on a fruit diet she
could sit up, feed herself, and even mobilize her own wheelchair. Since she
was so thin and small I needed to encourage her body to produce more
muscle tissue, so I started her on vegetable juices and salads, as these foods
are full of amino acids. Guess what? She lost her mobility temporarily. Why?
The answer can be found in the difference between the electrical charge
of a
fruit versus that of a vegetable. When I put her on a diet of fruits alone she
began to regain strength. The power that raw foods have to revitalize the
physical body is almost unlimited. I’ve seen the body pull itself back from
some pretty precarious edges. It took a while for this young lady to
regenerate herself, but with such a degenerative condition it would naturally
take a significant time to turn the body around. A predominately fruit diet
was essential to maintain nerve response.
It is important to realize here that your body cannot regenerate itself with
toxic chemicals. Toxic chemicals are seen as invading foreign proteins that
will only serve to further acidify your tissues, creating further damage, and
constant inflammatory immune responses that have to be treated with steroids
—causing a vicious circle. Electrical stimulation is not the answer either.
People dance around the truth refusing to embrace it. Money is generally the
motivating factor. Because of greed, people would rather create
moneymaking “treatment” systems (like illness-care institutions, drugs,
surgeries) than learn the underlying truth about disease.
THE SAME ANSWER—ALKALIZE

Strengthen every cell in your body through diet and herbs. Remember
Alkalize, Alkalize, Alkalize! It is the only way. I also recommend a high
quality, herbal, brain and nerve formula to further strengthen the spinal
column, nerve centers and brain tissue. Also it is essential to enhance the
adrenal glands. This is where a great many of the body’s neurotransmitters
and steroids are created.
Another consideration in neurological disorders and injuries is thethyroid/parathyroid. The parathyroid hormone is necessary for proper
calcium utilization. You can find out how well your system is working by
taking the Basal Temperature Test (see
Appendix A
). With good calcium
utilization and an
all raw-food diet
 your success is almost guaranteed.

At the very least, the quality of life of those suffering from nerve damage
are much improved with the elimination of


 sure of, even though it
looked at times as if it was not right. He had faith! This is his letter:“I have a history of back problems stemming from a football injury I
received in 1964. I had surgery in 1965 and again in 1980 to remove
parts of a crushed disc.
“In November of 1987 I hurt my back again, and went to a
chiropractor for an adjustment. I was out of work for several days,
showed improve ment, and returned to work. I started suffering  sciatic
pain a few week s later which radiated down my left leg. For the next
month, I visited the chiropractor four more times, had bed rest,
electrical stimulation, Motrin®, aspirin, Tylenol®, ice, heat, massage,
etc. Nothing seemed to help. Actually the pain got worse.
“I am a membe r of A.R.E. and my wife and I both enjoy reading
Edgar Cayce material. My wife,  Ellen, was reading your book about the
castor oil packs the same day I had given up and gone to a regular
doctor. The doctor set up an appointment for me with a neuro surgeon
for the next day. The evening before I went to the surgeon, Ellen
applied a castor oil pack for one hour to my lower back.
“I felt some relief, but was still in a lot of pain. At this point, I was
convinced that surgery was the only course of action left. The surgeon
examined me, set up a myelogram, blood work, and x-rays for the next
week. My wife continued applying castor oil packs with heat.
“After seven days of castor oil packs and a few doses of olive oil,
however, the pain was completely gone. So, I cancelled all
appointments. After a two-day break, Ellen once again applied the
castor oil packs, this time for three nights.
“I have not had any reoccurrence of back pain or sciatic pain. We
also used the castor oil pack on a cyst that my wife had on her leg. It
started to drain after three applications and has caused her no more
problems.
“I am convinced that I have experienced a miracle and I am thankful
to my higher power, my wife’ s persistence and faith, and the
information provided in your book at just the right time. ”
There are always very important little details that are often missed when
working with any experience or individual. In Richard’ s case, it involved
the human being, his direction, his faith and love for his wife and hersuggestions, and his belief that indeed Edgar Cayce did know what he was
talking about, even though at one point it did not seem like it.
Nevertheless, Richard continued with the packs. There was not a hint of
fear. The final result was like a miracle for him, although it was not, of
course, a real miracle. It was part of the reality of energy and vibrations
moving in such a way where there were no blocks in consciousness, and the
result was healing.
THE UNCONSCIOUS MIND CONTROLLING THE
AUT ONOMIC NER VOUS SYSTEM
The mem ories of past lives, the residuals of the present-life experiences,
all are to be found in the uncon scious mind, somewhere in the reaches of
the autonomic nervous system. The conscious mind, however, that brings
about muscular movement and waking activity in this dimension has only
vestigial relationships with the endocrine glands, the organs, and systems
that keep the body alive. These latter are the domain of the autonomic and
work under the direction of centers which have an autonomy—o r a rule—of
their own. This is the area where life is maintained and memor ies are kept
for retrieval when needed. So let’ s examine:
6. What is the nature of “unconscious” direction of the vegetative
functions of the body?
7. What part does the autonomic nervous system play in this?
8. Do we really create illness or health in our own bodies?
Edgar Cayce talked about the “vegetative”—or basic—functions of the
body as being under the unconscious direction of the mind. These are the
body faculties which keep on working no matter whether we are awake or
asleep, are organized so that we do not need our conscious mind to tell them
what to do. It is indeed fortun ate that this is the case, for it would be
impossible for our conscious thinking mind to tell the heart to beat seventy-
five times every minute.
I think the direc tion was given to the centers of control in the autonomic
probably during  our intrauterine life, installed in a manner that we call
genetic or under the direction of our genes and chromosomes. Very difficult
to unde rstand as to the method of installation, but very important to
recognize as existing.We can really think of the body as having three nervous systems, in order
to simplify the manner in which the mind works.
The conscious mind, which allows me to write these words and makes it
possible for you to read them; or which takes control of your going to work
and moving your body around in whatever kind of activity you have chosen
—this conscious mind works through the cerebrospinal nervous system. In
the readings these nerves have at times been called the locomotor nerves.
The unconscious mind, on the other hand, has its activity through the
autonomic nervo us system in association with all the glands, all the organs,
and all the other  systems of the body. It indeed is given the responsibility of
keeping the body alive and well.
However, the unconscious mind, as I mentioned earlier, is in touch with
all memories, past lives and present, wherever those memories are stored. If
there are pattern s of emotion or attitude or belief that are out of accord with
what we have chosen as our ideal, then there are problems in relationship
among different parts of the life-giving organs. The controlling forces, one
might say, have been confused. This can cause disturbance and will sooner
or later bring about illness unless corrected.
The ability to know we are in this dimension is made possible through
the five senses, originating for the most part from the cranial nerves. These
are the nerves which allow our bodies to be aware of our envir onment and
might well be called the sensory nervous system, although they are not
recognized as such in physiology texts.
If there is created harmony in the reaches of the autonomic  nervous
system, then balance will come  about in the physiology of the body, and
health—rather than discord—will be the outcome. It becomes evident, then,
that our efforts need to be directed toward that unconscious expanse of
information that lies within us. For it is there that the secret of healing can
be understood.
WHA T IS HEALING, THEN?
Healing, as it refers to the use of castor oil packs, has its alliance not only
with the nature and functions of the body, but also needs to be understood in
light of the fact that castor oil is composed of atoms, gives off vibrations,
and has a specific activity on the tissues where it is placed.In my own expe rience, I have found that castor oil placed over any part
of the human being—or anim al, for that matter—will stimulate the
lymphatics to work more normally and will bring about a degree of healing
through the stimulation of the immune system. Cayce suggested that use of
the packs can and will affect the Peyer ’s patches and have a direct effect on
the autonomic nervous system. A patient once told me that the pack was
more relaxing than any tranquilizer she had ever used.
We now come to our final question to be considered:
9. What then is healing of the body?
At this time, we do not have enough information or research data to
identify what healing really is or exactly how the castor oil pack brings
healing to the body. However, I have found that simple treatments which
interested indivi duals perform often give more good information about the
method of activity and the possibilities inherent within their use than even
the most sophisticated researches.
One such event involved a baby squirrel. Dolly Wijas gave me this story:
“A coup le of years ago we were fortunate enough to become the foster
parents of a newborn baby squirrel. He was so small his eyes didn’ t open
until after we had him home for two weeks.
“I faithfully fed him with an eyedropper and canned puppy milk every
two hours. We also had a ferret, and that’s where the trouble started. Being
the ‘natural’  enemy of the squirrel, she got into his box one day and almost
killed him.
“He had puncture wounds everywhere. We thought he was dead because
he was totally limp and cold to the touch. Our vet, also a friend, said there
was no hope. However, I had great faith in Edgar Cayce and decided it
couldn’ t hurt to try castor oil wraps.
“I used an old piece of flannel, soaked it in castor oil, wrapped his body
in it, and covered it with a heating pad. After twenty-four hours, his body
was warm again and he would take a few drops of milk. Within three days,
he was well on his way to recovery, and my friend, the vet, could not
believe it.
“We kept him for about six months before he finally left on his own. It
was a wonderful experience for our whole family—he taught us all a little
more about


 possiblc  amount  of
consciousness,  alcrcness,  and chronic insomnia so
as to be sure not to miss che last fragmenc  of
srartling  pleasure.
le isn't that the people who submit to chis kind
of thing are immoral. It isn't that the people who
pro- vide it are wicked exploitcrs; mos t of them
are of the  same mind as thc exploited, if only on a
more expen - sive horse in chis sorry -go-round.
The real trouble is  chat they are ali cotally
frustrated, for trying to please  che brain is like
trying to drink through your ears.  Thus  they  are
increasingly  incapable  of real  plcasure,
62 THE  WISUOM  OF THE  BODY
insensitive to the most acute and subtle joys of
life which  are in fact excremely  common  and
simple.
The vague, ncbulous, and insatiable character
of brainy desire makes it particularly hard to
come  clown to eanh -to be material and real.
Generally  speaking, the civilized man <loes not
know what he  wants.  He works  for success,  fame,  a
happy  marriage,  fun, to help other pcople, or to
be a "real person."  But thcse are not real wants
because they are not ac - tual things.  They  are the
by-products,  the flavors  an d atmosphcres of real
things -shadows which havc no existence apart
frorn  some substance. Money is the  perfect
symbol  of ali such  desires,  being  a mere  s y m- bol of
real wealth, and to make it one's goal is thc
most blatant example of confusing
measurcments  with  reality.
lt is thcrcforc  far (rom  correct  10 say that modern
civilization  is materialistic,  that  is, i( a
materialist  is
a person  who  loves  matter.  The  brainy  modern
loves  not matter but measures, no solids but
surfaces. He  drinks for the percentage of alcohol
("spirit") and not for the "body" and taste of the
liquid. He builds  to put up an impressive  " front"
rather  than  to pro- vide  a spacc  for living.
Thercfore  he tends  to put up structures which
appear from the outside to be ba - ronial
mansions but are inwardly warrens. Thc in -
dividual living -units in these wanens are
designed  less  for living  as for creating  an
impression.  The  THE  WISDOM  OF INSECURITY
main space is devoted to a "living room" of
propor - tions suitablc  to a large house, while such
essential  spaccs  for living  (rather  than  mere
"entertaining'')  as the kitchcn are reduced to small
closets where one can hardly  move -much  less
cook.  Consequently  these  wretchcd  little  galleys
provide  fare  which  is chieAy  gaseous -cocktails
and "appetizers"  rather  than honcst meals.
Because we ali want to be "ladies  and gentlemen"
and look as if we  had servants,  we do not soil our
hands with growing and cooking real  food. Instcad
we buy products dcsigned for "front"  and
appe arancc  rathcr  than  content -immensc  and
tasteless fruit, bread which is little more than a
light  froth,  wine  faked  with  chemicals,  and
vegetables  flavored with the arid concoctions of test
tu bes which  render  them  so much  impressive
pulp.
One might suppose Lhat Lhe most outright
example  of civilizcd  man's  beastliness  and
animality  is his passion for sex, but in fact there is
almost nothing  beastly or animal about it. Animals
have sexual in - tercourse  when they feel like it,
which is usually in  sorne  sort  of rhythmic  pattern.
Between  whiles  it does not intercst them. But of
ali pleasures sex is the  one which the civilizcd man
pursucs with the great - est anxicy.  That  the
craving  is brainy  rather  than  bodily is shown  by
the common  impotence  of the  male when he
comes to the act, his brain pursuing  what ·his
genes do not at  the moment desire.  This  confuses
him  hopelessly,  bccause  he simply  cannot
64  THE  WISDOM  OF THE  BODY
understand  not wanting  the great  delicacy  of sex
when it is available. He has becn hankering after it
for hours and days on end, but when the realily ap•
pears  bis body  will not co-operatc.
As in eating his "eyes are biggcr than his stomach,"
so in love he judges woman by standards that are
largely visual and cerebraÍ ·ráther than sexual and
visceral. He is attracted to his partner by the surface
gloss, by the film on the skin rather than  the real
body. He wants somelhing with abone structure  likc
a boy's which  is supposed to support  the exterior
curves and smooth undulations of femininity -not a
woman but an inflated rubber <lream. The function
of sex itself remains, however, so much  in che domain
of "instinctual wisdom" that liule  can be done to in -
crease its already intense pleasure, to make it faster,
fancicr, and more frcquent. The only means of ex -
ploiting it is through cerebral fantasy, through sur -
rounding it with coquetterie and suggestions of un -
specified delights to come -as if a more ecstatic em -
brace could always be arranged through surface al -
terations.
A particularly significant example of brain against
body, or measures against  matter,  is urban  man's
total slavcry to clocks. A dock is a convenicnt device
for arranging to meet a friend, or for helping people
to do things together, although  things of this kind
happened  long  befare  they  were  invented.  Clocks
should  not be smashed;  they  should  simply  be kept
65 THE  WISDOM  OF INSECURITY
in their  place.  And  they are very  much  out of
place  when  we try to adapt  our biological
rhyLhms  of eal- ing, sleeping,  evacualion,
working, and relaxing to their  uniform  circular
rotation.  Our slavery  to thesc  mcchanical  drill
masters  has gone  so far and our whole  culture
is so involved  with  it that  reform  is a forlorn
hope;  without  them civilization  would col- lapse
entirely.  A less brainy culture would learn  to
synchronize  its body rhythms rather than  its
clocks.  The capacity of the brain to foresee the
future has  much  to do with  the fear  of death.
Onc  knows  of
many  pcople  who  would  have  said  with
Slevenson,
Under the  wide  and  starry  sky
Dig me a grave  and let me
líe;
Glad  did I  live and gladly die,
And  l laid  me down  with  a
will.
For when thc body is worn out and thc brain is
tired,  the whole organism welcomes death. But it
is diffi - cult to understand how death can be
welcome when  you are young and strong, so that
you come to regard  itas a dread and lerrible
event. For the brain, in its immalerial way, looks
imo Lhe future and conceivcs  it a good  to go on
and on and  on forever -not realiz - ing that its own
material woqJd  at last  find  the process
intolerably tiresome. Not taking this into ac-
count, the brain fails to see that, being itself
material  and subject to change, its desires will
change, and a  time  will come  when  death  will be
good.  On a bright
66 THE  WISDOM  OF THE  BODY
morning, afcer a good night's rest, you do noc want
to go to sleep.  But after a hard  day's work  the
scnsation  of dropping  into  unconsciousness  is
extraordinarily  pleasant.
Unfonunately,  not very  many  of us die peace -
Eully. We die through accidents and painEul
diseases,  and il


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, even for just a  moment, chemistry happens. The hair literally attaches to
itself in new places. It can never be returned to its original form as a  strand. When an egg hits a frying pan, a similar irreversible
chemical change takes place. Our digestive enzymes cannot easily  break down coagulated protein molecules once they fuse
together. The best they can accomplish is partial breakdown, into polypeptides.
The body recognizes clumps of partially broken down proteins, known as polypeptides, a s foreign invaders to be attacked,
contained, and eliminated through the kidneys. The cell walls of the kidne ys do not allow for easy transport of these substances, and
their buildup causes the distress that leads to kidney stones and eventu ally to kidney failure. Undigested proteins also produce
allergies, arthritis, leaky gut syndrome, and other autoimmune disorder s.

Carbohydrates
W e must heat starchy carbohydrates to “dextrinize” them, thus fac ilitating their breakdown into glucose. Unfortunately, heating
caramelizes these complex carbohydrate foods, fusing their molecules  into a sticky, molasses-like goo. (Dextrin and starch are the
two principal vegetable-based adhesives, commonly used as glue for corrug ated packaging and wallpaper.) The body can realize
only perhaps 70% of the energy potential of cooked starchy foods.
This melting of sugar molecules occurs in carbohydrate-based foods subje cted to cooking temperatures whether or not we
witness it, and it causes them to produce an extremely high glycemic  response in the body. Blood-sugar levels predictably spike
after we eat cooked carbohydrate foods, especially grains that have had the ir fiber refined out of them. Heat the carbohydrates
further and they will char, or blacken, as happens to burnt toast. This blacke ned carbohydrate is toxic, a known carcinogen.
The digestion of cooked complex carbohydrates is typically impaired by the fat ty and sugary foods with which they are
consumed, leading to fermentation. The byproducts of fermentation are gas, alcohol, and acetic acid. Alcohol is a protoplasmic
poison that kills every cell with which it comes into contact. Acetic  acid in its pure form is a known poison. When diluted with 19
parts water, it is called vinegar. The acetic acid in vinegar is sti ll toxic, regardless of dilution.
Of great concern, mainstream science is tying itself in knots over  a lethal poison, called “acrylamide,” recently discovered to
be produced in high-carbohydrate foods by the chemistry of cooking. This potent ch emical killer was found in high concentrations in the food supply in 2002 by a Swedish researcher. High levels of acrylamide are  found most prominently in bread, chips, crackers,
french fries, and other dry-cooked carbohydrates. See the FAQ entitled, “How important is it to eat organically grown food? ” on
page 251 for information about this grave toxin in the food supply.

Fats
All manner of nutritional and health problems occur when fats are hea ted. Heated fats interfere with cell respiration, leading to
cancer and heart disease. Heating fats also reduces the functional  value of their antioxidant properties.
Once fats have been cooked, they quickly go rancid, at which point they become carcinogenic. Thus, it’s important to
understand that while even freshly roasted nuts are harmful for us, they become more so the longer they sit out. The longer fatty
foods are exposed to oxygen, the more their nutrients become deranged. Keeping  raw dehydrated fat-based crackers
unrefrigerated for days or weeks (not to mention months or years!) is not s uch a good idea, either.
Many high-temperature methods of cooking (deep frying, broiling, roasting, barbecuing to a char, etc.) cause fats to produce
carcinogenic substances including acrolein, hydrocarbons, nitrosami nes, and benzopyrene, which is one of the most virulent
carcinogens known to man. Frying temperatures range from about 400 to 1,000  F. When unsaturated vegetable fats and oils are
heated to such temperatures (and especially when polyunsaturated oil s are repeatedly reheated, as in fast-food deep-fry
establishments), their naturally occurring “cis” bonds are con verted to “trans” bonds, creating trans fatty acids. Trans fats are
recognized as one of the most dangerous dietary health hazards of our time.
Food manufacturers “hydrogenate” unsaturated fats to extend shelf l ife and improve food texture by heating them and
exposing them to hydrogen while they are under pressure. Ingested satu rated fats are of no use to us, and they seriously clog arteries
and capillaries, reducing oxygen delivery to every part of the body.
If you must eat heated fats, I implore you to begin reading food labels and stee r clear of foods where saturated fat is more
than 20% of the total fat. Also avoid foods that list any hydrogenated oils (par tially or otherwise) among their ingredients.

Water
In terms of volume, water is our greatest nutrient need—second only t o oxygen. Cooking drives water out of food and alters it
drastically. Dehydration oxidizes the nutrients in food, and their nutr ient value is duly degraded. We cannot eat cooked or
dehydrated foods and then make up for the water and nutrients lost by drinki ng water, juices, or any other “supplement.” Doing so
simply does not compare to eating a daily diet predominated by whole, wat er-rich foods. Fruits and vegetables are nature’s perfect
water filters, and the water within them is the purest availab le on Earth. All efforts to purify or “structure” our drinking water  are
merely attempts to replicate the water we were designed to ingest in  our raw fruits and vegetables.
Ask yourself: Just how whole is  a food that has had its water removed? Soberingly, the water in our foods is vi tal and
definitely not to be considered expendable. We should feel duly concerned if hi gh-water foods do not heavily predominate in our
diet. Dehydrated raw foods and powdered “whole-food” supplements are not whole foods, nor are they as nutritious as their
whole-food counterparts.

Micronutrients
Most other nutrients—vitamins, enzymes, coenzymes, antioxidants, phytonutrients, and fiber are damaged or devitalized by the
heating process, leaving behind “foods” with substantially emp ty calories.

The Lycopene Myth
Applying heat to foods provides no nutritional benefit and is detrimental to t he person ingesting the cooked food. A few
examples exist where, by heating food, certain nutrients are more eas ily released and more bioavailable to our cells. The lycopene in
tomatoes and the iron and beta-carotene in vegetables are often-cited e xamples.
However, taking this viewpoint ignores the fact that hundreds of thousa nds of identified and not-yet-identified nutrients in the
heated foods are damaged by the heat. For every nutrient that becomes more bi oavailable due to the cooking process, countless
other nutrients become less so. W e don’t know for certain, however, that e ven the ones that become more available are doing us
any favors once altered by heat.
More important, this viewpoint assumes that more of a nutrient is bette r, instead of trusting that Nature has provided the
perfect balance of nutrients we need for optimal health in the fresh, r aw plant foods we eat.

Benefits of Eating Raw
If you adopt a natural diet of raw foods, your body can easily cope with cleansing  itself of past toxic accumulations and
normalize its weight. Here are some of the benefits you can expect:
 Maximum nutrition:  Even those who never question the practice of cooking food have to admit havin g heard that we
discard vitamins when we drain our vegetable cooking water. Sadly, vitam ins are not the only nutritional casualty caused by
setting fire to our food. To varying degrees, heating food for any appreciable a mount of time above a comfortable eating
temperature (approximately 105 F) damages most every category of nutrie nts. Western science is only beginning to recognize
the nutritional damage done by the cooking of food.
Detoxification: A major benefit of eating unprocessed raw food is that the body’s vita l energy is freed up for healing and
cleansing. When you stop eating cooked foods, you stop abusing your body at each meal  with toxic, dehydrating residue that
it must work hard to eliminate. When your liver and kidneys do less work detoxif ying you, they are free to keep your system
cleaner, making for a healthier body.
Quick digestion : A proper raw diet eliminates constipation, and the transit time of waste  matter shortens to 24 hours or less,
eliminating the toxemia that occurs as the colon recycles toxins. M ost people on the standard American diet experience transit
times of 72 hours or more, during which time their food ferments and putrefie s inside them. The resulting foul gas and
unpleasant-smelling feces highlight the putrefaction caused by  anaerobic bacteria breaking down undigested proteins in the
colon. These rotting proteins are said to lead to various forms of colon disease, including polyps, colitis, and cancer.
Overall improved health and energy: Many people on a raw diet (even the high-fat way) lose some excess weig ht and
experience clearer sinuses,


 fort but in
your attention. Merely start counting the cookies you eat every day, but do
not try to do  anything about it. Lay out the cookies and, at the end of the
day, count how many cookies you ate. “Monday, 68 cookies. T uesday, 64.
Thursday, 72.” Now, the point is  not to try to do  anything about the cookies.
Just pay attention. All you hav e to do is make a mental note and write it
down on a calen dar: “Monday, 63 cookies. T uesday, 18 cookie s. Oh, wow.
W ednesday, back to usual, 58 cookies.”
What wi ll happen is that, by virtue of intention, ef fortlessly Hei senber g’ s
principle begins to apply, meaning that the observation of something
changes it. Thus your awareness itself begins to diminish the attraction to
cookies. By the end of the mont h, you will be down to 14 cooki es. The endof a nother month or two, you will be down to 6 cookies. All of a sudden
you will  say, “What th e heck, I don’ t need cookies.” It was all ef fortless! It
is not necessary to struggle or cut yourself down or manipulate yourself
with guilt. If y ou simply notice it, ef fortlessly, Heisenber g’ s principle
applies so that, by your intention, you finesse the power of the field instead
of relying on the ego’ s force.
Change and letting go of the fam iliar is easy, but you avoid it because it
seems like ef fort to the ego. It only seems like ef fort if you go a t it the hard
way of forcing yourself, trying  to pull yourself up by your bootstraps.
Anything you do not like about yourself—getting annoyed with people,
swearing, or what have you—can be transcended by noting down how
many times a da y you do it. Y ou just start paying attention and  tracking it.
Anyone can notice; it requires no exertion, only attention.
Attraction A version
Pride Humility
Anger/“strength” Passivity/“weakness”
W in Lose
The attr action of pride is that you are better than others, top dog, and
invincible. Humility is seen as a  loss of position, so you cannot ever “back
down” o r you lose ground. W e have pride in all our positionalities, and the
aversion is humility, which is co nfused with humiliation. The truly humble
person cannot be humiliated. The humble and honest person owns their
downside already, so they cannot be hurt, insulted, or slighted. They do not
feel violated just because someone else disagrees with them.
If your feelings get hurt easily, sit down and make a list of all the
downsides of yourself you can think of, and then picture the great
comedians of all time discussing your problem. The comedians are the great
therapists of humanity, because they get us to laugh at ourselv es. Where I
grew up  in W isconsin, we men called each other by our nickn ames. They
called m e Short y in the Navy, but nowadays a sensitive person  would say
this nick name violates their rights due to discrimination based on height!
“Don’ t take yourself so seriously” is one of the great mottoes in 12-step
groups, which is about being lighthearted and easygoing.W e see the ego ’ s confusing of anger with strength and passivity with
weakness. Anger gives you an artificial char ge, like you are stronger than
you really are. A ctually, the angry person is much weaker, as is well known
in karate and various martial art s. Once the opponent gets mad, he locks up
with anger and you know you can take him easily with a single move.
The anim al swel ls up with anger  to intimidate others, because fe ar is seen
as p assive or weak. In certain cultures, being seen as passive o r weak will
get you killed. In certain neighborhoods, allowing yourself to be dissed is
the last thing you remember.
Therefore, the reality above 200 is totally dif ferent than the reality below
200. It is naïveté to presume that other people are the way you a re. They are
not; in fact, they are the opposite. Y ou think it is a good idea to pay your
bills, wh ereas th ey think you are an idiot for doing it. Y ou think telling the
truth or making an apology is integrous, and they think it is st upid. Under
200, it is important to return anger with anger, get revenge, and win. In a
dualistic world, one person wins and the other one lose s (“and it better not
be me”). It is a “win-lose” mentality, with no consciousness of “win-win.”
Over 200, a dif ferent view opens up. Y ou see that the ego’ s loss is usually
the spiri t’ s gain, and vice versa.  Karmically, a loss may be the biggest gain
of y our life, be cause the world is actually the optimum place for the
undoing of negative karma and the gaining of positive karma. Therefore,
wanting to change the world does not make much sense. All the do-
gooderism may  sentence people to a continuation of bad ka rma. What
seems to be a loss or a tragedy is actually a tremendous gain in that it opens
the door to grace and ultimate freedom.
Attraction A version
Importance A “nobody”
Gain Lose
Money Poverty
Excitement Boredom
The ego  wants to be important and dreads being a nobody. The e go has to
be notic ed and glamorizes being in the public eye. On a highe r level, youare r elieved to be a nobody, grateful to be ordinary and saved from all the
fanfare.
The clutchingness of the ego is that it wants control. The minute the ego
thinks a thing is “mine,” it becomes inflated with specialness. That was just
“a” watch, but n ow if it becomes “my” watch, it is special and sentimental
as “o ld G randdad’ s watch.” The  minute you add “mine,” it becomes an ego
inflation and you are stuck. Th e truth is that nothing belongs to you. All
things b elong to  God. Y ou only  have temporary custody as the  steward of
those things, including the body. It is “the” body and it is “the” mind, and
when you stop referring to them as “my,” they lose their attractive ego
investment.
“Surely,” you say, “the thoughts  in my head are mine!” Actually, they are
not. T o be hypnotized by the m ind is to think that its thoughts are “my”
thoughts. In reality, the thoughts emanate from the field of consciousness
impersonally. Each level of consciousness has its own prevailing thought
field. The minute you connect with a certain level of consciousness, you are
connected to an attractor field. That attractor field has had the same
thoughts for thousands of years.  There is nothing novel about the content of
your thoughts. I wa nt to be first in line —you think you invented that
thought?
W ith sel f-importance, the ego is designed to want gain, and it ha s a lot of
thoughts about monetary gain and how that will finally bring happiness.
Interestingly, our research has found that happiness is correlated with level
of consciousness, not with wealth or health. A person can be delighted with
nothing. In fact, on a certain lev el, the less, the better! Y ou can live with a
cot, a blanket you got from the thrift store, a box with a candle on it, an
apple, a piece of cheese, and a six-pack of Pepsi. And to a dd to your
heavenly abode,  you have a cat. Do you need anything to read? No. Do you
need television? No. Do you need to keep up with the news? No.
The experiencer  of the ego fears boredom, and it lives of f the ener gy that
it pu lls o ut of excitement. How to transcend the dread of bored om? Simply
allow yourself to be bored and in vestigate why you feel bored an d what that
emotion is. If you want to discover what the experiencer does, allow
yourself, instead of indulging in escapism, to be bored and just contemplate:
What is bor edom, and what is it that I am experiencing? Why do I have an
aversion to it?  Th at is a very rapid way to find out exactly what the
experiencer is, what it does, and what it subserves. And then yo u ask, Whatis it that’ s bor ed? What aspect o f myself is it that is bor ed and complaining?
What is it complaining of?  “Th ere’ s nothing interesting go ing on.” What do
I ge t out of things that ar e inter esting?  “ A sense of aliveness and
excitement.” Is that aliveness of the spirit or of the ego? It turns out to be
the little animal in you that wants constant entertainment. It dreads boredom
because boredom feels