aps,	not	to	mention	the
insecticides,	antibiotics	and	hormones. Artificial	flavors	and	aromas	are
added	to	trick	the	poor	animals	into	eating	this	stuff. The	animals	are	not	the	only	ones	tricked. The	consumer	is	“tricked”	into
buying	these	make-believe	foods	and	into	thinking	that	they	contain	the	nutrients
required	to	support	healthy	life. Dr.	Joseph	Beasley	in
The	Kellogg	Report
wrote
that	shortchanging	nutrients	over	a	period	of	time	“is	bound	to	involve	human
illness,	particularly	chronic	conditions	such	as	today’s	high-technology	medicine
can’t	seem	to	get	a	handle	on.”	Again	and	again,	well-meaning	parents	go	to	the
store	thinking	they	are	feeding	their	families	fresh,	wholesome	foods,	only	to	be
fooled	by	the	multitude	of	offerings	of	deficient,	make-believe	food	products. Carl	Pfeiffer,	Ph.D.,	M.D.,	related	in
Mental	and	Elemental	Nutrients
an
experiment	at	the	University	of	California,	Irvine. Healthy	rats	were	fed	foods
that	an	average	American	would	purchase	in	a	supermarket:	white	bread,	sugar,
eggs,	milk,	ground	beef,	cabbage,	potatoes,	tomatoes,	oranges,	apples,	bananas
and	coffee. The	rats	developed	a	variety	of	diseases. Dr.	Pfeiffer	concluded	that
if	the	average	human	diet	could	not	support	the	health	of	rats,	then	it	probably
would	not	do	much	better	for	humans. In
Diet	for	a	Poisoned	Planet,
David	Steinman	describes	an	experiment	in
which	four	sets	of	rats	were	fed	different	diets. The	first	set	ate	natural	foods	and
drank	clean	water. Throughout	the	three-month	experiment,	these	rats	remained
alert,	calm	and	social. The	second	set	was	fed	the	same	food	as	the	first,	with	theaddition	of	hot	dogs. These	rats	became	violent	and	fought	each	other
aggressively. The	third	set	ate	sugar-coated	breakfast	cereal	and	drank	fruit
punch. These	rats	became	nervous,	hyperactive	and	aimless. The	fourth	set	was
fed	only	sugar	donuts	and	cola. These	rats	had	trouble	sleeping,	became
extremely	fearful	and	were	unable	to	function	as	a	social	unit. The	poor	nutrition
of	these	foods	(not	to	mention	the	toxic	food	additives)	had	a	profound	effect	on
the	behavior	of	these	animals. Many	children	today	struggle	with	hyperactive,
antisocial	and	even	violent	behaviors. The	time	has	come	to	consider	how	their
diet	may	be	causing	this	behavior. More	Unreal	Than	Ever
As	if	our	foods	were	not	“make-believe”	enough,	modern	technology	has
taken	another	unhealthy	leap. We	now	have	totally	artificial,	synthesized
products	that	are	consumed	as	“food.”	The	food	industry	is	creating	products
such	as	artificial	sweeteners	(saccharine	and	aspartame)	and	man-made	fats,
including	margarine,	Olestra	and	nondairy	creamer. As	Paul	Stitt,	author	of
Fighting	the	Food	Giants,
wrote,	“An	ever	increasing	proportion	of	the	food	we
eat	is	no	longer	even	food	but	is	now	a	conglomerate	of	high-priced	chemistry
experiments	designed	to	simulate	food.”	More	and	more	Americans	are	eating
these	fabricated,	imitation,	processed	foods;	if	you	want	to	eat	a	good	diet,	you
cannot	subsist	on	foods	that	are	not	real—foods	that	are	completely	foreign	to
the	body. What	are	the	real	foods	that	your	body	needs	in	order	to	become	healthy	and
stay	healthy? Your	body	needs	nutrients:	vitamins,	minerals,	amino	acids,
essential	oils,	oxygen,	water,	sunlight	and	fuel	(calories). With	the	exception	of
water,	air	and	sunshine,	the	nutrients	necessary	to	keep	your	cells	healthy	must
come	primarily	from	the	healthy	plant	and	animal	cells	that	you	eat. If	the	fruits,
vegetables,	meats	and	other	foods	that	you	eat	are	not	healthy,	they	cannot	keep
you	healthy. If	you	are	hoping	for	health,	but	eating	a	diet	that	is	made	up	of
unhealthy	plants	and	animals,	or	foods	so	highly	processed	that	they	no	longer
resemble	plants	or	animals,	you	are	hoping	for	the	impossible. A	professor	of	chemistry	wanted	to	demonstrate	the	superiority	of	fresh	foods
to	his	class. He	purchased	“fresh”	oranges	at	a	local	supermarket	and	measured
their	vitamin	C	content. There	was	none! Unpleasantly	surprised,	he	traced	the
oranges	back	to	their	source. He	found	they	had	been	harvested	while	still	green,
stored	for	two	years	and	then	artificially	colored	prior	to	being	sold	as	“fresh
fruit.”	This	is	what	the	consumer	is	up	against	and	why	purchasing	fresh,	organicproduce	is	so	important. One	Size	Does	Not	Fit	All
The	amount	of	nutrients	required	for	optimal	nutrition	differs	for	every	person
and	changes	as	a	person’s	life	progresses. We	are	not	genetic	cookie-cutter
replicas	of	each	other. In	addition,	individual	factors	can	affect	our	nutritional
needs,	such	as	age,	physical	activity,	climate,	illness,	injury,	pregnancy	or
menstruation. Your	need	for	calcium	may	be	far	higher	than	your	neighbor’s;
your	neighbor’s	requirements	for	vitamin	C	may	differ	widely	from	yours. In	his	book
Nutrition	Against	Disease,
biochemist	Roger	Williams,	Ph.D.,
reported	on	laboratory	animals	that	were	bred	to	have	similar	genes	and,
theoretically,	have	similar	nutritional	needs. Yet,	some	animals	were	found	to
need	forty	times	as	much	vitamin	A	as	others. Similarly,	human	nutritional
requirements	operate	across	a	wide	range. Williams	described	another	study
performed	on	healthy	young	men	which	demonstrated	that	their	needs	for
calcium	varied	almost	sixfold. Does	someone	in	your	family	catch	colds	and	flus	noticeably	more	often	than
everyone	else? Have	you	considered	that	his	or	her	need	for	vitamin	C	(vital	for
immune	function)	might	be	higher	than	everyone	else’s? Is	vitamin	C	deficiency
a	problem	for	them,	not	because	they	get	less	of	it,	but	because	they	need	more? Researcher	and	Nobel	laureate	Linus	Pauling	was	plagued	with	frequent	colds
and	flu	all	of	his	adult	life	until	he	started	taking	high	doses	of	vitamin	C.
Likewise,	women	have	special	nutritional	needs	(especially	when	pregnant	or
menstruating),	as	do	elderly	people,	athletes	and	anyone	who	is	fighting	off	an
infection	or	suffering	from	a	chronic	disease. When	it	comes	to	nutritional	needs,
the	“average	person”	does	not	exist. Women	are	more	likely	to	be	nutritionally	deficient	than	men. Why? Because
women	typically	eat	less	food	but	still	require	roughly	the	same	amount	of
nutrients. That	women	are	more	susceptible	to	certain	diseases—including
osteoporosis,	chronic	fatigue	syndrome	and	autoimmune	diseases—is	no
coincidence. Because	of	reduced	activity	and	appetite,	older	people	require	few


 incidental eaters of fats. We do not need to store great quanties of fat, as do bears and sea lions. Ripe fruits contain ad -
equate quantities of predigested fats in the form of fatty acids that are easily handled. Other forms of fa t r
equire hours for their digestion, quite atypical of fruits to which we
are most favorably disposed. Fats may lie in the small intestine several hours before bile is secreted into it with which to emulsify them, thus exposing them to lipases which re -
duce them to monoglycerides (fatty acids) and glycerols. I adjudge tha t we are not a species of fa t ea
ters except incidental to our fruitarian
disposition. 64
FruiticultureAre We Protein Eaters. To hear the exponents of the meat trust, you’d think we’re in imminent danger of disease
and death if we fail to eat meat three times a day. The truth is that eating meat three times daily will cause the very conditions we’re taught to fear. We’re in no danger of pro -
tein deficiency unless we’re eating a 100% cooked food diet. On the other hand, there are gra v
e dangers in eating cooked proteins. At normal cooking temperatures, proteins
are coagulated, deaminated and largely oxidized. The nitrogenous materials are soil for putrefactive bacteria. The carbohydrate portions of cooked proteins are usable for ca -
loric values but still present the problems that cooked carbohydrates pose. If we must eat pr ot
eins, we must eat them raw to
derive their full benefit. But proteins, per se, are
not created as food. They are created by plant and animal life as components of organisms, seeds, en -
zymes, ova, etc. Most proteins of this nature have toxic prot ec
tive compounds. The bean family have
anti-enzyme factors. Eggs have avidin. Nuts also have anti-enzyme factors. Seeds of peaches, apples and many other fruits have hydrocyanide. Humans do not secrete the enzymes to ne -
gate or break down these toxic substances. From fruits we der iv
e as much protein as is present in mother’s milk for a growing baby. Moreover, fruit proteins come to us predigested as do other ripened fruit components. There are many alarmists who warn us about protein deficiencies of fruits and many other presumed deficiencies. If we developed in nature on fruits to our high state as an -
thropologists have found, then the real deficiencies are in the thinking of those who pro -
claim deficiencies. Their evidence is usually based on researches with pathological spec -
imens, especially those whose metabolic and assimilative faculties are very impaired. They base their thinking from a standpoin
t of disease rather than health, from a modality
and curing mentality rather than a correction of pathogenic practices. In saying that our natural foods are deficient, they are simultaneously proclaiming improvidence in nature. Or, in effect, saying: “God, you made a terrible mistake in providing for us and especially in giving us a sweet tooth. ” Advocating the consumption of proteins and yet more pro -
teins when those so advising know by their own researches and knowledge that the pro -
65
Fruiticultureteins will be cooked and contribute to heavy pathology is nothing less than criminal. One more consideration: If we ate only proteins in their raw state we’d quickly become
diseased and perhaps even suffer death. Why. Because various amino acids require from about 60% to 137% of their carbohydrate energy potential for their deamination and utilization. The net result would be starvation. That’s one reason so much weight is lost by the obese on protein diets. And the intoxication that results from putrefaction is the reason so many of these dieters become diseased with some dying.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the first commandment of eating, according to the author?,
A: "Thou shalt not poison thyself."
Q: What is the author's stance on the consumption of fermented and rotten foods?,
A: The author strongly advises against consuming fermented and rotten foods, as they can lead to various health problems.
Q: What is the author's opinion on the consumption of grains?,
A: The author believes that humans are not designed to consume grains, as they are not easily digestible and can cause harm.
Q: What is the author's perspective on the consumption of nuts and seeds?,
A: The author advises against eating nuts and seeds in large quantities, as they are difficult to digest and can cause health issues.
Q: What is the author's stance on the consumption of milk and dairy products?,
A: The author is strongly against the consumption of milk and dairy products, as they are unnatural and can cause harm to the body.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Fear of sweet plant foods is running rampant in most nutrition circles these days. Let’s
examine the facts concerning our natural biological disposition, so that you may teach the truth about how we are meant to eat and thrive. The Creator gave us a “sweet tooth” for good reasons:
 •  Sugar is the preferred and pr
emium fuel used by every cell in our bodies! Our cells
run best on glucose. Not fat, protein or ketones—a ketogenic condition is an unsustain -
able emergency condition that acidifies the body. Our muscles function best when their
cells are stoked with glucose
. Sugar “burns” cleanly without toxic waste byproducts. In
order to be healthy, we need sugar—not refined white sugar, but sugar from whole fruits and vegetables. Fuel up on fruit sugar! •  When we eat sw
eet whole foods, we are rewarded for obeying our sense of taste. We
feel good, nourish and fuel up our bodies, support the maintenance of alkaline balance, and help the planet. The natural order of life calls for humans to eat diets consisting mostly of sweet raw fruits! •  Humans have a symbiotic relationship with fruits
. That is, we are natural partners in
the web of life with delectable fruits. We enjoy the deliciousness of fruits, receive supe -
rior nutrition, disperse the seeds and perpetuate life on our planet. •  Biologically, humans are frugiv
ores! We do best on a fruit-based (fruitarian) diet,
which includes vegetables and minimal-to-moderate amounts of raw seeds and nuts. Whole fruits, vegetables, squashes and tubers have good sugar, packaged with a pletho -
ra of life-sustaining nutrients. Commercial int er
ests gave us refined white sugar for bad reasons:
 •  To perver
t our senses and destroy our health with seductively sweet, nutrient-bereft
junk, and to ruin the ecology of our planet.Yes, we should shun refined sugar, but we should NOT fear sugars naturally occurring in
fruit!93
FruiticultureKey Points For Quashing Fruitophobia
by David Klein, Ph.D.
•  Sugar is our cells’ premium fuel. For driving our physiological functions in a state of
wellness, the cells use the sugar molecule known as glucose. The body converts other forms of sugar (fructose, maltose, sucrose, etc.) to glucose. •  Fearing fruit is a tragic mistake. We should no more fear fruit than we should fear
putting high-octane gasoline in our automobile’s gas tank! Our cells run on sugar, and sweet raw fruits are the premium source. •  Fruits average 90% water. That is 90% WATER, not 90% sugar! We cannot credibly say
that such a diluted sugary food package gives us “too much sugar. ”  If we eat two to three fully satisfying fruit-based meals a day, we will generally be sustained with enough calo -
ries to perform all our daily tasks with vigorous energy. No, that is not “too much sugar. ”   And no, we do not ha v
e to eat sweet fruit all day to feel satisfied and get enough calo -
ries. On a fruit-based diet anchored with bananas, no one starves, and soon we feel sat -
isfied and more alive. •  Humans ar e frugivor es biolog
ically, as confirmed by our anatomy and physiology, and
the high vitality and lack of pathology of modern fruit eaters. That means that humans
are designed to thrive on a diet of mostly fruits. Our natural diet is a fruitarian diet com -
prised of primarily sweet fruits, plus vegetables and minimal-to-moderate amounts of raw seeds and nuts. •  Our olfac
tory senses lead us to fragrant ripe fruits above all other food aromas. •  Our visual sense of aesthetics is drawn to beautiful ripe fruits above all other foods.•  Our hands are designed to pluck ripe fruits.•  Our fingers are designed to peel ripe fruits.•  Our mouth’s tastebuds are most responsive and attracted to the sweet foods offered
up by nature. •  Our teeth are designed to cleave and mash soft fruit pulp. We don’t have flesh-ripping
canine teeth as do wild carnivores. Our two tiny “canine” teeth will not do the job—that 94
Fruiticultureterm is a misnomer! •  Our mouth is designed to handle water-rich whole foods. We are not designed to drink
water, as meat and grain eaters need. •  Our stomach is designed to gently mix light loads of watery food and release meals un -
noticeably within an hour. •  Our stomach is not designed t o handle diets with hea
vy meals of mostly fatty high-
protein foods, which necessitates hours of secretion of hydrochloric acid and acidic pep -
sin enzyme, and churning. F


 fear, ambition, vio-
lence), pursuit of pleasure, desire, and selfishness. On the other side, place all your positive life activi-
ties — meditation, prayer, spiritual study, good
works, social service, and so on. Note the balance. Your consciousness is the storehouse of all this expe-
rience. Its nature depends upon the predominance of
your mental activity, particularly at a heart level. Another way to do this is to examine your sponta-
neous and automatic reactions, to see what your pro-
gramming is. Note your immediate reactions to sit-
uations, particularly those in which you are taken off
guard, or are in some way threatened. Note also your
consciousness during habitual states like sleeping,
eating, entertainment and other mechanical activi-
ties, when you are not engaged in any specific men- 144 Ayurveda and the Mind
tai activity. This underlying inertia of the mind is
your consciousness (Chitta). Examining Your Intelligence
See where your sense of discrimination is most
developed, whether it is food, movies, sex, sports,
scientific information, politics, art, philosophy, or
spiritual knowledge. See where your intelligence has
its greatest refinement, clarity and depth. See if you
have cultivated an outer sense of discrimination,
developing opinions about people or situations, or
an inner sense, learning to discern the inner truth or
reality of things. Note where your sense of discrimination naturally
goes, what you are most commonly calculating. Note where you most exercise your sense of choice,
value and judgment. Through this process you can
understand the nature of your intelligence and how
it is likely to develop. Examining the Outer Mind and Senses
Observe how you use your senses, which senses you
use most and in what manner. See to what extent
sensory influences dominate you. How do you relate
to audio, tactile, visual and other sensations? To
what degree can you control your mind's attention
and not be distracted by sensory influences. What
sensations most attract and bind your mind? What
mental and emotional impressions and influences
most affect you through the senses (fear, anger,
desire, love, or hate). See what mental impressions
and information most affects you. See how your
senses control you and dominate your attention. Ego and Self
Do the same in regard to the motor organs. See what
control you have over your vocal organs, hands, feet,
reproductive and eliminatory organs. Can you turn
off their activities and detach yourself from their
urges or are you under their power? These mental
exercises provide a good measure of how much you
are in control of the mind or how much your mind
controls you. Examining the Ego
See what you most identify with in life — occupa-
tion, family, friends, property, country, religion and
so on. See how closely you identify with your body,
senses, opinions, emotions and ideas. Examine what
you most fear losing and what you are most trying
to gain: pleasure, wealth, power, name, fame and so
on. Imagine that you are dying today and have to let
everything go. See how difficult this may be and
what most holds you to this world. Once we have examined all our mental functions, we
can see how our life is likely to develop. We can determine
how susceptible we maybe not only to psychological prob-
lems but to sorrow in general. Just as you keep track of
your health through regular physical examinations, keep
track of your psychological condition through regular
mental examinations. Ayurveda and the Mind
The Chakras
1. Head Center
Consciousness-Space
Causal Sound
Causal Prana
Om
2. Third Eye
Mind-Space
Sublte Sound
Subtle Prana
Ksham 3. Throat Center
Ether
Sound
Vata
Ham
4. Heart Center
Air
Touch
Vata
Yam
5. Navel Center
Fire
Sight
Pitta
Ram 6. Sex Center
Water
Taste
Kapha
Yam
7. Root Center
Earth
Smell
Kapha
Lam 147
Part III
Ayurvedic Therapies for the Mind
yurvedic therapies are multifaceted for
primarily of a self-help nature, but may require additiona
guidance to employ them optimally. The section begins
with Ayurvedic counseling methods and the Ayurvedic
view of treating the different aspects of the mind. Then it
discusses the Ayurvedic science of impressions and how we
can alter them to improve our mental function. Specific chapters follow on outer treatment modalities
like diet and herbs, and inner methods, mainly sensory
techniques of colors, gems and aromas, leading to mantra,
which is the most important Ayurvedic tool for changing
our consciousness. As these treatment methods are diverse,
this is the longest section of the book, but also perhaps the
most practical and useful. improving mental well-being and promoting
spiritual growth. Those introduced here are 149
10. Ayurvedic Counseling and
Behavioral Modification
ommunication is the basis of who we are and
what we seek to become. We do not exist in iso-
lation, nor can we grow apart from the cultural
matrix that sustains us. The mind itself is primarily a
munication device, not only for relating outwardly to
other people, but relating inwardly to the spiritual forces
of the universe. This importance of communication
extends into the sphere of healing as well. Counseling is probably the most important instrument
of psychological treatment. However, from the Ayurvedic
standpoint, it should not be merely talk or discussion but
a prescription for action. Counseling should examine the
causes of psychological imbalances and indicate how to
correct them. No one will continue in a pattern that he or
she knows is harmful, but we must truly understand the
harmful nature of our behavior to be willing to change. Counseling should be a learning process in which the
client comes to understand the different aspects of his or
her nature and how to modify these for optimal well-
being. In this chapter we will discuss the Ayurvedic counsel-
ing approach that forms the background for Ayurvedic
psychological therapies. We will look into the issues that
arise in counseling through the different Ayurvedic consti-
tutional types. Ayurvedic counseling deals in four primary
areas: 150 Ayurveda and the Mind
1) Physical factors — diet, herbs and exercise;
2) Psychological factors — impressions, emotions,
thought;
3) Social factors — work, recreation, relationship;
and
4) Spiritual factors — yoga and meditation. Physical and psychological imbalances reinforce each
other, with diet and exercise reflecting our state of mind
and its fluctuations. Psychological imbalances involve
social and personal problems, like career and relationship
difficulties. Spiritual factors are the ultimate sources of any
mental distress because only our higher consciousness has
the power to bring peace to the mind, which is inherently
changing and unstable. Therefore, Ayurvedic psychology
deals with four levels of treatment:
1. Biological humors — Balancing Vata, Pitta and
Kapha;
2. Vital essences — Strengthening Prana, Tejas
and Ojas, the master forms of Vata, Pitta and
Kapha;
3. Impressions — Harmonizing the mind and
senses; and
4. Consciousness — Promoting the correct func-
tions of consciousness. Ayurveda first works on balancing the biological
humors through appropriate physical remedial methods of
diet, herbs, and exercise. Typical books on Ayurveda focus
on this level. We will examine these outer treatment
methods of Ayurveda in a subsequent chapter, particularly
as they affect psychological conditions. Second, Ayurveda
works to improve our vital energy through Pranayama and Ayurvedic Counseling and Behavioral Modification 151 A
related practices. The section on Prana, Tejas and Ojas dis-
cusses this level and it is mentioned occasionally through-
out the book. Third, Ayurveda works on the mind and senses to pro-
mote the right intake of impressions through various sen-
sory therapies. In the following chapters, we will examine
these sensory therapies, particularly aromas and colors. Fourth, Ayurveda works to increase Sattva in our con-
sciousness through spiritual living principles, mantra and
meditation. This we will examine in the chapters on
Mantra, Spiritual Therapies and the Eightfold Method of
Yoga. Ayurvedic counseling is very practical and involves vari-
ous prescriptions for changing how we live. Meeting with
an Ayurvedic counselor involves reviewing the results of
implementing these prescriptions, and is done in a consis-
tent step-by-step manner. Ayurvedic counseling is educa-
tional in nature. The therapist helps the client learn how the
mind and body work so that we can use them properly. The
patient is a student. Therapy is a learning process. Ayurve-
da looks upon someone suffering from a psychological prob-
lem not as a bad or disturbed person, but as someone who
does not understand how to use the mind properly. Right Association — a Key to Mental Health
Who we are psychologically is a result of how we inter-
act with our environment. If


 think about every
other or gan in your body. Your heart, liver, spleen, all of which were created
to act in accordance with the central divine intelligence within them. Y et,
your mind is still the substance. If you so elect, your entire body will respond to the directives of your mind. From your mind you can tell all your body parts that God gave themfunctions and direct them to perform them. As you use your mind in this
manner to direct your body, eventually it will do so on its own. At first, you
tell it to do the business of God as it was so created to do, and then you will
see it doing so on its own. But always, your mind, that fount of high
spiritual invisible ener gy, is the substance of and in control over your body. Now extend this principle to all that surrounds you as well. Mind is where
you experience all matter, and your mind is the substance of all that you
experience. When you raise your ener gy field to include yourself in the
mind of God, you have that God field at your disposal. Every person on
earth is governed by the mind of God, yet most don’ t recognize this fact. Thus, they encounter the problem of the illusion of separation which ego
brings about. Even though I have said over and over that the mind of God is
your mind, I do not mean that you have a monopoly on this, as if you were
some chosen favorite. This unifying force is not only the intelligence of
every person, it is the intelligence of every cell in the universe. And this is
the scope of your mind. Direct, insist, demand if you must, that your mind
be in harmony with the divine mind and your ener gy will go from slow to
fast, from material to spiritual, from problems to solutions. The next time
you are faced with a problem, look at your hand for a moment and remind
yourself that although it has intelligence, its substance is your mind that
directs it to be a hand. Then face the problem with your mind  and God’ s
mind  as one. Mortal Sense Needs to Y ield to Make Room for Spiritual A wareness
On Beethoven’ s writing table, framed under glass, were the following
words, copied in his handwriting. He had discovered them in an essay on
the spiritual practices of Ancient Egypt. “I am that which is, I am all, what
is, what was, what will be; no mortal man has lifted my veil. He is only and
solely of himself, and to this only one all things owe their existence. ”
Imagine this great composer reading these words every day to remind
himself of the source of his creativity. You too can be inspired to decide to let go of your primary identification
with your mental, material self and yield to the one to whom all things owe
their existence. When confronted with a problem stop in the middle of itand remind yourself that God is on the field and that you can surrender to
that realization. When I do this, almost immediately the solution is obvious. I am always surprised that I didn’ t realize that I was attempting to resolve
my dif ficulty with my mortal self, feeling separated and anxious and facing
the issue all by myself. In the moments of yielding the mortal sense, the
energy field increases and you make room for the presence of spiritual
awareness. I received a letter from a woman who was diagnosed with cancer and given
only a few months to live. She decided to keep this information from
everyone she knew, including her husband and children. She rented a cabin
in the northern Minnesota woods and spent each day silently yielding her
mortal sense and opening herself to spiritual guidance. The days turned into
weeks, and the weeks into months, with every day devoted to communing
silently with God and releasing her attachment to her body and the cancer
that had invaded it. She began to feel stronger as she no longer identified
herself with her body. When she returned to her home she never again even
visited a medical facility. Today she thrives, some nine years after her
terminal illness diagnosis. The commitment to yield her mortal sense and
allow the calm, peaceful, serene, loving presence of God to handle the
cancer was what she intuitively felt was her pathway to healing. Any problem, I emphasize any, disassociates from your inner world when
you yield your material mortal self and allow the higher frequencies of
spirit to manifest in your life. Send Love to, and Pray for, Your Enemies
I use the word enemies  advisedly here. The poet Henry W. Longfellow
wrote, “If we could read the secret history of our enemies we shall find in
each man’ s sorrow and suf fering enough to disarm all hostility. ”
Harboring anger and hatred toward anyone guarantees that you remain in
low ener gy fields where problems will continue to crop up repeatedly in
your life. I suggest that you examine every relationship in which you feel
judgmental thoughts of anger and hatred. Replace those thoughts with
energies of acceptance, kindness, cheerfulness, and love. Y ou will have to
make a personal commitment to, first of all, notice what you are feeling andthen exercise your ability to choose to send love. When your heart becomes
pure, your enemy becomes your friend, or even more significantly, your
teacher. Your worst enemies are your greatest teachers because they allow
you to examine the emotions of anger and revenge and then to transcend
them. They give you the exact tools you need to elevate yourself to the
spiritual ener gies that provide your solutions. When you send love in response to hate you accomplish one of the most
difficult things for anyone. As I look into my conscience I can now honestly
say, I have no one whom I can call an enemy, no one whom I could say I
hate. Over the course of my life I have been disappointed many times. Some have borrowed and never repaid. Some have for gotten their promises. Some have left me for others. Some have cursed me and spread rumors
about me. Some have stolen from me. I send love to them all, mindful of
the Buddha’ s words: “W e live happily indeed, not hating those who hate us. Among men who hate us we dwell free from hatred. ” It has been this
transformation in my own thinking, perhaps more than anything else, that
has allowed me to move out of those low ener gy problem regions of my
life. It is a powerful strategy for raising your spiritual awareness. God Is Not W ithholding
Imagine, for a moment, that you know a person who has stored away
everything you want or need for your happiness, but refuses to let you have
them unless you do his bidding, ask properly, and behave as he wants you
to. Furthermore, this person can heal you of disease but allows you to suf fer
for now, and maybe  will consider healing you at some future date. This
would not be a very nice person, let alone a very nice God. Is this the kind
of withholding God that you imagine the spiritual ener gy to be. In the
scriptures it clearly says, “And everything I have is yours. ” These six little
words may be the secret you’ve been looking for to raise your awareness to
a spiritual level. God is often perceived as an invisible being whom you pray to when you
find yourself experiencing some kind of shortage in your life. “Please God,
send me the money I need. Dear God, I want you to heal me of my disease. I beg you God, please bring back my spouse who left me for another man. ”On and on, praying for the things that you perceive to be missing. In this
mind-set you believe God decides whether to provide those missing
bounties from your life based upon how you behave and whether you do the
proper penance and ask in the fashion that God demands. Moving your ener gy up to the level of spirit involves knowing that God is
not going to be doing anything dif ferent one hour from now than he is doing
right now. Moreover, God isn’ t doing anything dif ferent now, than he was
doing an hour ago or one hundred years ago. God is only here in the present
moment, in the eternal now. God is inextricably intertwined with your
ability to move your thoughts out of yesterday and tomorrow and to escape
into the now, wherein is located God’ s only residence. The now is a speck in the universe of abundance that has no boundaries. “Everything I have” means the unbounded prosperity of this universe. “Is
yours” means you can have whatever you place your attention on with love,
now, not at some future time, but now. God is not holding back your share
of this unbounded pie waiting for you to conduct yourself properly. Nor is
God gleefully watching you suf fer in scarcity and illness until he decides to
stop withholding. Whatever solution you seek for whatever problem you
may have is available to you in this moment. It is in you, not in some
mythical Santa Claus like being with a long flowing beard floating around in
the heavens, dispensing “goodies” to some and “baddies” to others. Y ou are
always connected to this universal source of present moment ener gy. As Saint Paul put it in his letter to the Corinthians, “Do you not know that
you are the temple of God and the Spirit of God dwells in you” (I
Corinthians 3:16). When you know this truth, you stop asking God to give
you


 in the western world have ear infections
at some time every year, with one-third having more than four ear infec
tions a year. Why do we have this epidemic? Why do so many children finish up with
ear grommets after endless courses of antibiotics for acute ear infections? To understand this phenomenon we have to look at the structure of the
ear. Ear infections happen in the middle ear, which is quite a small enclosed
space - its volume is about 1 cubic cm. Its main function is to pass the
sound from the eardrum to the inner ear, which it does very efficiently with
a system of three interconnected tiny bones. The middle ear is filled with
air and is separated from the outer ear canal by the eardrum. However, it is
connected with the outside world with a tube called auditory or
Eustachian tube. This tube is the most important player in ear infections
and glue ear, so I would like to concentrate on it in detail. The Eustachian tube stretches from the inside wall of middle ear to the
nasopharynx (back of your nose and throat), where it opens quite near the
back of the nose. The major function of this tube is to equalise the pressure
in the middle ear with the atmospheric pressure. The opening of the
Eustachian tube in the pharynx is guarded by a lump of lymphoid tissue, FIG. 8 Interconnecting structure of the middle ear and pharynx. called the Tube Tonsil (FIG. 8). These tube tonsils are a part of the immune
system. Their function is to prevent infectious agents from getting through
the nose and throat into the Eustachian tubes and the middle ear. There is
one situation when we feel the presence of tube tonsils very well. I am sure
that everybody recalls that blocked ears feeling when flying on the aero
planes. What happens is that the tube tonsils can get inflamed and swollen
due to infection in your nose or throat or simply due to the plane's air con
ditioning. When the tube tonsils get swollen, they block the entrance into
the Eustachian tubes. As a result the pressure inside your middle ear
cannot be equalised with the changing atmospheric pressure when the
plane is taking off or landing, which gives you that muffled hearing and
pain in the affected ear. Swallowing, yawning, chewing, and holding the
nose and mouth shut while gently trying to force air out of the lungs
stretches the opening of the Eustachian tube and allows the air into the
middle ear. But if the tube tonsils are swollen too much these measures
usually don't work. The Eustachian tube is the most obvious way for any infection to get into
the middle ear. However, it is not so simple. The mucous membranes of the Eustachian tubes are covered by ciliated
epithelium and contain a lot of mucus glands and lymphatic follicles. Ciliated epithelium is a layer of cells with tiny hair on them. These hair are
normally pointing away from the middle ear to the direction of the
nasopharynx providing an effective barrier for any debris from food or air
trying to get into the middle ear from the nose and the mouth. The numer
ous mucous producing cells in the walls of the Eustachian tubes are con
stantly cleaning the tubes up with their mucous secretions, which are
moving along the direction of the tiny hair of the ciliated epithelium down
into the back of your nose. In order for any infection to get into the middle
ear it would have to struggle against this flow of mucous. But if any infec
tious agents do manage to get into the Eustachian tube, the lymphatic
follicles in its walls, which are part of the immune system, will launch their
attack and finish the invader off. And, of course, before the infection even
gets into the Eustachian tube it has to pass the first barrier - the tube tonsil,
which is a concentration of immune cells specially designed to stop any
invader. This combination of factors provides a pretty formidable defence
for the middle ear! In healthy children it works very well indeed. Why don't
these defences work in so many children? How does the infection get
through all these barriers? Why do we have an epidemic of ear infections
and glue ear? Here we come to a very important point. The mouth, nose, throat,
Eustachian tubes and middle ear of a newborn baby are sterile. Fairly soon
after birth the mouth, nose and throat get populated by a varied mixture of
microbes, coming from the environment, mum, dad and anybody else,
who is in contact with the child. Just as it happens with the gut, due to
various factors which we have discussed, many children develop abnormal
flora in that area. This will do two things. First - the epithelium of
Eustachian tubes will start producing too much mucous in order to protect
and clean itself. Second - the tube tonsils will be in a chronic state of
inflammation, blocking the entrance into the tubes and not allowing the
mucous to drain out. Fairly quickly the middle ear fills up with mucous. This situation is called the glue ear. Mucous will not allow appropriate pas
sage of sound through the middle ear impairing the child's hearing and
hence development. A lot of children with glue ear do not become autistic,
for example, but their general learning abilities suffer. Speech delay is very
common among these children. The mucous which fills their middle ear
would provide a good growing environment for any infection which may
come along from the back of the nose through the Eustachian tube. When
that happens the child gets typical symptoms of ear infection - pain and
fever, when antibiotics are usually prescribed. Antibiotics would clear
away the infectious agent, but they would not remove the glue ear. In fact
in the long run they make the situation worse by altering the bacterial flora
in the nose and throat even further. So, with the middle ear still filled with
mucous, a good medium for growing bacteria, predictably the ear infection
happens again and fairly soon. Having suffered numerous ear infections,
many children finish up with little pipes, called grommets put through
their eardrum in order to provide another channel for draining the mucous
from the middle ear. This operation is a symptomatic measure, but it usu
ally resolves the problem of glue ear and stops the chain of constant ear
infections. So, the epithelium of the middle ear and Eustachian tube will
still be producing a lot of mucous and the natural channel for draining this
mucous will still be blocked, but the mucous now will drain through an
artificial pipe - grommet into the outside. As we said, grommets are a symptomatic measure, a crutch in a way,
which does not remove the real problem. The real problem is an abnormal
flora developed in the child's nose and throat. Practise shows that when
that flora is normalised, the glue ear and ear infections disappear. Two
things have to be done to normalise bacterial flora in that area. First  - the diet should not provide food for abnormal bacteria. As we discussed in earlier chapters these foods are sugar, milk and processed
carbohydrates. It is amazing how quickly glue ear resolves when these
foods are taken out of the diet. A second  important measure is adding a strong therapeutic probiotic to
the child's regimen. The beneficial bacteria in the probiotic would help to
clear out pathogenic flora and re-establish normal healthy flora in the
mouth, nose and throat, which would keep the child clear from ear infec
tions. To do that, apart from adding a probiotic to the food, I routinely sug
gest to the parents of children whom I see in my clinic to open a capsule of
probiotic and put the powder on the child's tongue last thing before bed,
after the child has cleaned his teeth and is not going to eat or drink any
more. This way the probiotic bacteria will have a chance to work on the
flora of the mouth and throat all night. As the back of the nose and the back
of the mouth both open to the same place, the probiotic bacteria have a
good chance of reaching the back of the nose, where the tube tonsils are,
and deal with any pathogenic flora in that area. On top of that, the stimula
tion of the immune responses, which the probiotics produce, would also
help to clear out any infection. As a result the inflammation would subside
and the tube tonsils would resume their normal size and not block the
Eustachian tubes any more, allowing mucous to drain from the middle ear. This will resolve glue ear and the constant chain of ear infections. Another common contributing factor to ear infections are food allergies,
particularly allergy to milk. In the previous chapters we have discussed what
role the gut flora plays in the development of food allergies. With the use of
diet and probiotics we can improve the state of the gut flora and the immune
system in the child's body. Clinical experience shows that a lot of food aller
gies disappear as the gut heals. In the meantime it is a good idea to remove
the foods, which the child may be allergic to, particularly cow's milk. However, it takes


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the strongest estrogen, exacerbating her estrogen-induced
endometriosis. Since few doctors are aware of the connection between
PMDD  and adrenaline, her doctors could not see that
excess adrenaline was causing her mood swings, anger
issues, depression, and weight gain, as well as pains due to
fibromyalgia. This woman has cried out for help for many years, yet
her doctors were not listening, and they failed to realize that they did not have the knowledge to help her. Unfortunately,
this kind of story will continue until the day when patients
become angry enough to demand a more intelligent approach
from their doctors. To quote the French philosopher Voltaire:
Doctors give drugs of which they know little,
into bodies of which they know less,
for diseases of which they know nothing at all.105
CHAPTER 7FEN-PHEN:
ANOTHER SIDE TO

THE STORY

Fen-Phen—the combination of two generic weight loss
drugs, fenfluramine and phentermine—was a short-lived
phenomenon in medical history. At the time of its withdrawal
in 1997 by the FDA, 29 million Americans were on this drug
combination, and every type of medical practitioner, including
primary care doctors, orthopedists, psychiatrists, and plastic
surgeons, was prescribing it. I have included Fen-Phen in this book because, in my view,
no other combination of medications has lowered adrenaline and insulin levels as dramatically. First, some background. Michael Weintraub, M.D., who is
credited with combining these two weight control medications,
thought that putting them together would enhance their
effectiveness while reducing their side effects. His 65-page
article in the May 1992 issue of Clinical Pharmacology and
Therapeutics  delineated the remarkable results of a weight loss
study Weintraub had conducted using Fen-Phen. Soon after the article appeared, a number of weight loss
clinics started utilizing this drug combination and duplicated
his success. The media caught on, coining the term “Fen-Phen.”
Almost overnight, clinics sprang up all over the country, and  106  |
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doctors from all specialties started prescribing it. The problem
was that very few doctors really knew how to prescribe it or
what the correct dosage should be. Since phentermine and fenfluramine were generic
medications—that is, they were no longer patented—no
drug companies were marketing them. This eliminated the
most common way that doctors learn dosing of a drug, which
is from the representative of the drug company making the
drug. Instead, doctors referred to the PDR (Physicians’ Desk
Reference), which listed the usual dosage for each medication
individually—phentermine 30 mg per day and fenfluramine
20 mg three times a day—but no dosage for the combination. Having no better information, doctors simply prescribed the individual dosage for each drug—which eventually resulted in the demise of Fen-Phen. In the meantime, A.H. Robins, the drug company that
manufactured fenfluramine under the name Pondimin, came
out with a new weight loss drug called Redux to replace
Pondimin, which had gone off patent. Needless to say, the
company wanted Fen-Phen off the market, since it could
dramatically interfere with sales of Redux. In retrospect, the decision to develop Redux never made
sense. It was the same chemical as Pondimin, only stronger. And, like Pondimin, it was not very effective for weight loss
when used by itself, and it had serious side effects such as
pulmonary hypertension. A.H. Robins sponsored a study conducted at the Mayo
Clinic, the primary purpose of which was to eliminate
Fen-Phen. They rounded up 24 women from across the United
States, all on high dosages of Fen-Phen, some taking 18 times
the correct dosage. Many of these women were found to have |   107 fEN-pHEN : ANOTHER S IDE TO THE S TORy
heart valve damage. As a result of this (purposely) flawed study,
the FDA immediately pulled fenfluramine from the market,
as well as Redux, which A.H. Robins should have anticipated. So they wound up being hoisted by their own petard. To my knowledge, this was the only study of Fen-Phen that
ever demonstrated significant heart valve damage. Between
1992 and 1997 (the year Fen-Phen was taken off the market),
only five deaths were attributed to Fen-Phen. This number is
minimal compared to the hundreds of thousands of deaths
caused by NSAID s, such as Vioxx and ibuprofen, or diabetic
drugs such as Avandia—drugs that are still on the market or
were taken off the market after many years of the FDA ignoring
the number of deaths they caused. Weintraub actually provided the correct (and safe) dosage
of Fen-Phen in the epilogue to his 65-page article. In the
epilogue, he comments that the dosage he used in the original
study was too high, but once the study started he couldn’t
change the protocol. In the study he recommended a dosage
of phentermine 30 mg and fenfluramine 20 mg three times
a day. However, he realized after the study, started that the
dosage should have been phentermine 15 mg and fenfluramine
20 mg once a day. It seems that few doctors, if any, were aware
of this information. The problem with the higher-than-necessary dosage of
Fen-Phen is that while one drug, phentermine, suppressed the
appetite, the other drug, fenfluramine, took away cravings. When the doses of both were too high, people stopped eating,
so their metabolism halted and no weight loss occurred. The
next week they would go back to their physicians and say,
“Doc, I’m not losing weight,” and usually the doctor prescribed
an even higher dose. This scenario was sometimes repeated  108  |
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week after week—no wonder people got overdosed. However, when Fen-Phen was used correctly, nothing was
more effective for weight loss, and I suspect nothing ever will
be. Because one drug took away the appetite and the other
took away cravings, this combination allowed people to have
complete control over how they ate, which contributed strongly
to weight loss. In addition, I would put Fen-Phen, when used
correctly, up against almost any drug on the market today in terms of safety. When Fen-Phen was used correctly, nothing was
more effective for weight loss, and I suspect
nothing ever will be. I suspect that the main reason why Fen-Phen helped bring
about significant weight loss was because of fenfluramine’s
apparently unique ability to reduce the effect of insulin, the
main hormone that creates fat from sugar and prevents the
release of fat from fat cells. As long as people on Fen-Phen
were eating, they were able to burn fat and lose weight. As it turned out, Fen-Phen took away cravings not only
for food but also for alcohol, cigarettes, cocaine, and heroin,
usually within 24 hours. At times, I prescribed Fen-Phen
just to get a patient off cigarettes—which was 100 percent
successful—and the weight gain that commonly occurs after people stop smoking never happened. Used together, the combination of phentermine and
fenfluramine lowered blood pressure, eliminated migraine
headaches, and, quite remarkably, got rid of asthma, depression, and
ADHD. It also helped diabetics to get off their medications. In fact, I found Fen-Phen more successful in getting rid of |   109 fEN-pHEN : ANOTHER S IDE TO THE S TORy
these conditions than any other medication on the market. Fen-Phen appears to have helped prevent the effects of
not only insulin but also of adrenaline. I suspect that because
insulin was controlled, there was less hypoglycemia, which
meant that less adrenaline was released to raise the sugar level. This drop in adrenaline helped to eliminate high blood pressure
and ADHD. Individually, phentermine or fenfluramine could
elevate blood pressure. However, the combination actually
lowered it. Sadly, the FDA’s  primary function often appears to be
protecting drug companies rather than benefiting consumers. Fen-Phen was pulled from the market based on a study of
only 24 women who were on extremely high doses of the
medications—clearly an invalid study. In fact, extremely few
deaths have been attributed to this drug combination, and
very few side effects occurred when the correct dose was used. Compare this to Chantix, a drug on the market since
2006 to aid in smoking cessation, which has been found to
increase the risk of a heart attack or stroke by 72 percent. In other words, one in twenty-eight users will develop this
problem. Chantix also causes erratic behavior and depression,
along with suicidal thoughts. In 2009, Chantix received a
black box warning concerning these issues, and as of 2011,
more than 150 suicides had been attributed to this drug. Yet
it is still on the market. Fen-Phen was eliminated from the market because
of heart concerns, yet


 restrictions in diet. Duodenal ulcer. Chronic and recurring for over 20 years,
unresponsive to all medical treatments. Pancreatitis. Intermittent attacks precipitated by the recurrent ulcer. Gastritis; hyperacidity; intermittent pylorospasm. Therefore,
further diet restrictions. Colitis, recurring. Diverticulitis. An appendicitis-type condition of the colon. Sometimes hemorrhaged, requiring hospitalization and blood
transfusions. Common problems at the lower end of the gastrointestinal tract. Scheduled for sur gery. Arthritis of the cervical spine (neck). Displacement of the fourth
cervical vertebrae. Low back syndrome, necessitating chiropractic treatment. V ibration disease (Raynaud’ s Syndrome). Loss of sensation and
impending gangrene in finger tips due to loss of circulation.Middle age syndrome. Coldness in hands and feet, loss of ener gy
and libido, and depression. Pilonidal cyst at base of spine. Curable only by sur gery. Bronchitis and chronic cough. Aggravated the headaches,
spondylosis, and low back syndrome. Poison ivy sensitivity. Skin broke out every year. Sometimes
required hospitalization. Athlete’ s foot. There was the belief system that it came from hotel
room floors. Dandruf f. There was the belief system that it came from being in a
barbershop. Inflammation of the cartilage (Tzietze’ s Syndrome). A rare disorder, with painful swelling of the junction of the rib and
sternum. Dental and gum problems. Loss of bone around the base of teeth. Sur gery was recommended for the gums. Overall ener gy imbalance. Kinesiologic testing revealed that all  of
the ener gy systems were out of balance, and every meridian tested
weak. In retrospect, it is mind-boggling how the body kept on going in the
world and functioned as well as it did. Inasmuch as each of the disorders
required a further restriction in diet, there were times when lettuce and
carrots were about the only “safe” foods. This led to the loss of 25 pounds
and a body that looked thin and haggard. Later, some friends revealed that
they had made bets on how long that body was going to last. Most of them
estimated that it would probably keel over at about age 53. The inner question at the time was: How could a successful, highly
educated professional man, functioning creatively in the world, leading abalanced life, who had been thoroughly psychoanalyzed and experienced
many modalities of therapy and healing, still have so many physical
ailments? Y es, there was a lar ge workload, but it was balanced with
physical exercise and creative work such as carpentry, masonry, woodwork,
and architectural design. Moreover, the spiritual life was active, with two
hours of meditation every day, before and after work. The endless
techniques mentioned in the Introduction were investigated: self-hypnosis,
macrobiotics, reflexology, iridology, polarity therapy, af firmations, astral
projection, group intensives, bodywork, relaxation, and so on. What was the answer to this strange paradox of someone who had tried
a multitude of techniques, groups, and therapies, but who still had a
staggering array of illnesses? Also, how was it that he operated so
successfully in the world despite this long list of illnesses and the constant
pain that went with them? The answer seemed to be: a very strong will. It
carried him through all obstacles and had the power to push aside anything
that interfered with that ef fective functioning—in this case, primarily,
feelings. W ith that kind of willpower, when a feeling was suppressed, it
stayed suppressed. The scientific ideal is objectivity. Objectivity means an absence of
emotion. The achievement of this ideal in clinical and scientific work
necessitated a suppression of feelings. This was especially intense given the
nature of the clinical practice, which was with severely ill people. The
extent of their suf fering and that of their families seemed nearly endless. It
went on relentlessly day after day, year in and year out. The intensity was
compounded by having a compassionate nature and being attuned to
people’ s suf fering. The mounting pressures of suppressed emotion in all
areas of life obviously contributed to the multiplicity of illnesses. At a certain point, both the mechanism of surrender and A Course in
Miracles  were investigated and applied to daily life. Because of the busy
work schedule, there was very little time for any new techniques. Happily,
the “W orkbook” of A Course in Miracles  requires the simple contemplation
of a sentence or “lesson” throughout the day. The power of this technique is
the alleviation of guilt by utilizing the mechanism of for giveness. The
mechanism of surrender could also be done silently throughout the day as
an inner process. The two tools worked together. Surrendering and
for giving went on simultaneously during the day.Once the mind knows the way to alleviate its inner pressure, like
Pandora’ s box, it begins to let all the garbage up, and up it came in
profusion! Thoughts and feelings, which had hardly been noticed at the
time of their occurrence, now returned. Life had been so busy that there had
not been the time to handle them. The decompression process began to
unfold on its own. One immediate discovery was that every negative feeling or thought is
associated with guilt, and this guilt is so all-encompassing that it is
constantly being suppressed. Thus, there is no such thing as just anger. The
actual feeling is anger/guilt. There is guilt every time we have a critical
thought about someone. The mind’ s constant judging and criticizing of the
world, its events and people, is an unending source of guilt. Guilt itself
engenders negative feelings, and negative feelings in and of themselves also
engender guilt. It is that deadly combination which pulls us all down and
creates such widespread illness and unhappiness. The guilt is so
omnipresent that no matter what we are doing we feel somewhere in our
mind that we “should” be doing something else. W e have lived with so
much guilt for so long that we don’ t even recognize it anymore, and
somehow that guilt is projected by the average mind onto the world around
it. That is why most people need an “enemy”—an object on which to
project their inner guilt. It is also where tyrants get their power, by
manipulating people’ s guilt and finding a satisfactory tar get for it. There was also the discovery of a disdain for feelings. Anger surfaced
at the imposition of feelings, which can make a person feel like a “victim.”
T o a left-brain orientation, feelings were the opposite of reasonableness,
logic, and rationality. Superimposed on this was the male chauvinist idea
that emotions were for women, children, and artistic types. Feelings had
been primarily a matter of intellectual understanding and clinical analysis. When they came up internally, they had been labeled, pigeon-holed, and
filed away. At the beginning of working with the letting go technique, there was a
period of rebellion and actually hating the feelings and experiencing dread
over having to deal with them. It seemed degrading to have to suf fer
through them. This required a shift of self-concept because of the strong
identification with the intellect. Now, like it or not, it had to be
acknowledged that everyone is a thinking/ feeling  or ganism. It would not
work to keep denying reality.Before long, it was okay to have feelings. W ith the letting go
technique, the only way out was to acknowledge and relinquish the feelings. This became easier as the physical condition started to improve. Although it
can initially be dif ficult to face feelings in ourselves, the light at the end of
the tunnel had shone itself, and this engendered hope. W ithin days of using the technique, the physical condition at the lower
end of the gastrointestinal tract promptly healed itself and, in fact, the
sur gery was cancelled. Many of the symptoms that had been active for
years, even decades, began to diminish in intensity and frequency as the
months went by. Migraine headaches, in particular, became less and less
frequent. Lower back pains disappeared. The body began to feel lighter and
stronger. Then, an unexpected crisis came that brought intense emotional
pressure. The diverticulitis returned in a severe form with massive
hemorrhaging. There was an inner decision of great magnitude: “Either this
stuf f works or it doesn’ t.” So this time, instead of going to the hospital and
getting transfusions, there was complete surrender. All of the sensations
going on in the abdomen were acknowledged and not resisted. They were
not given a name or a label. Instead of thoughts or words, there was a sense
of oneness with the sensations, the cramps, and the pain. There was no
resistance to the sensations, no matter how intense. Like being on a razor ’ s
edge, every sensation and feeling was recognized and surrendered. This
went on for four solid hours. At the end of four hours, the bleeding stopped,
the cramps went away, and the diverticulitis was healed. Later, there were
some minor recurrences; but each one was handled in the same way, and
eventually the attacks


 to send love as much as
possible. I know too that whenever I see a nyone with a particular need, it's
also a message for me to be grateful for mon ey, happiness, and the p eace
and joy in my life. When I am in a plane, I sen d love to everyone. When I am in a restaurant, I
send love to the people and to the food. In  dealing with or ganizations or
companies, or when I am shopping in stores, I send love to them all. When I get in my car to drive somewhere, I imagine arriving  back home
happy and well, and I say, 'Thank yo u." When I am about to drive, I ask,
"What is the best road to take?" Each time I walk into and out of my house,
I say "Tha nk you"  for my home. W hen I am shopp ing at the supermarket, I
ask, "What else do I ne ed?" and "D o I have everyt hing?" I always receive
the answers. "Certainly, knowledge is a lock and its key is th e qu estion. " (Jafir al Sadiq,
Islamic spiritual leader, 702-765)

Every d ay I ask many questions, sometimes hundreds of questions. I ask,
"How am I doi ng t oday?" "What should I do in this situation?" "What is the
best dec ision?" "What is the solution to this problem?" "Which choice is the
best cho ice for me to make?" "Is this person or company right?" "How can I
feel better?" "How can I lift my  feelings higher?" "Where do I need to give
love today?" "What can I see that I'm grateful for?" When you ask a question, you are giving a question,
 and you must receive the answer! But you have to be alert and aware to see
or h ear the ans wers to your q uestions. Y ou ". may receive the answer
through reading something, hearing something, or dreaming something.Sometimes sudd enly you will j ust know the answer to your question. But
you will always receive the answer! If I have  misplaced something, l ike my keys, I ask, "W here are  my keys?" I
always receive the answer. But it doesn't sto p there. When I find my keys I
ask, "Wh at is this telling me?" In  other words, why did I misplace my keys? Because there is a reason for everything! There are no accidents or
coincidences. S ometimes the answer I receive is "Slow down, you are
rushing." Somet imes the answer is "Y our wallet is not in your handbag" and
I l ook around in the room where I found my keys and there is my wallet. Sometimes I don't receive an answer right away, but as I'm walki ng out the
door, the phone rings and the appointment I was going to has been canceled. Immediately I know that mispla cing my keys was happening for a positive
reason. I love t he way life works, but you can't receive any answers or
feedback unless you ask questionsl
Sometimes life may throw some tricky thing my way, but I kn ow when it
happens that I attracted it to me. I always a sk how  I attracted any problem
so I can learn from it - and so I won't do it again! In return for everything I receive, I give my love to the world as much as I
can. I loo k for the good in everything and in everyone. I a m grateful for
everything. And  as I give lov e, I feel the force of love sweeping through
me, filling me with  such love and  joy that it takes my breath away. Even
when you try t o gi ve love back for everything you've received, the force of
love mu ltiplies t hat love and returns even more love to youl When you feel
this happen just once in your life, you will never be the same again. Love W ill Do Anythingfor Y ou

Y ou can harness the force of lo ve to help you with anything in your life. Y ou can  hand over anything you need to remember, and ask the force of
love to remind you of it at the perfect time. Y ou can have the force of love
be your alarm c lock and wake y ou at the time you want. The force of love
will be your personal assistant, money manager, personal health trainer,
relationship counselor, and it will manage your money, your weig ht, your
food, yo ur relati onships, or any task you want to give it. But it w ill only do
these things for y ou when yo u unite with it through love, appreciation, and
gratitude' It will only do these t hings for you when you join forces with it
through love and let go of your white-knuckle grip on life in trying to
control everything on your own. "As your  faith is str engthened y ou will find that ther e is no long er the need
to have a sense of contr ol, that things will flow as they will, and that you
will flow  with them, to your gr eat delight and benefit." (W ingate Paine
1915-1987)

Unite fo rces wi th the greatest force in life. And whatever you want the
force of love to do for you, imagine having it, feel having i t with absolute
love and gratitude, and you will receive it. Use you r imagin ation and think of all th e things the force of love can do
for y ou. The for ce of love is th e in telligence of life and the  universe. If you
can ima gine the  intelligence that can create a flower or a cell in a human
body, then you will appreciate that there isn't a single question you can ask
that you won't re ceive the perfect answer for whatever your situ ation. Love
will do anyth ing for you, but you have to unite with it, through l ove, to
realize its power in your life.What Differ ence Does It Make? "Out of clutter, find simplicity. Fr om discor d, find harmony. In the middle of
difficulty lies opportunity." (Albert Einstein 1879- 1955)

If y our mind is consu med with too many details, the little details will
distract you and pull you down. Y ou can 't be single-minded about feeling
good if you're chasing your tail over small details that don't matter. What
dif ference does it make if you g et your clothes into the dry cleaners before
they close, really? What dif fere nce does it make to your life if your sports
team didn't win this week? Ther e's always next week. What dif ference does
it make if you missed the bus? What dif ference does it make if the grocery
store has run out of oranges? What dif ference does it make if you have to
stand in a line for a few minutes? In the whole scheme  of things, what
dif ference do those little things make? Small details distract you, and they can sabotage your life. If you give too
much importance to unnecessar y details, you will not feel good. None of
those things matters in the sche me of your life! Not one of them! Simplify
your life. Do it to protect your good feelings. Do i t, because w hen you get
rid of the small details, you cre ate space for everything you want to pour
into your life. Y ou Give Life Meaning
Y ou give the meaning to everything in life. No situa tion comes with a label
of good or bad. E verything is neutral. A rainbow and a thunderstorm are not
good or bad, th ey're just a rainbow and a thunderstorm. Y o u give the
meaning to a rainbow by how you feel about it. Y ou give the meaning to a
thunderstorm by how you feel about it. Y ou give the  meaning to everyth ingby the way you feel. A jo b is not good or bad, it's just a job, but how you
feel about your job determines whether it will be good or bad for you. A
relationship is not good or bad in and of itself, it's just a relations hip, but
how you feel ahout a relationshi p determines whether it will be good or bad
for you. "Nothing is either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." (W illiam
Shakespear e)

If so meone harms another perso n, the law of attraction responds  unfailingly. It m ay use police or laws or any  number of ways to gi ve back to the person
exactly what they gave, but one  thing is certain with the law of attraction;
we receive back what we give. If you hear of someone being harmed by
another person, feel compassion for the person har med, but don't judge
anyone. If you judge someone and th ink they are bad, you are not giving
love. And in thinking that someone else is bad, you have in ef fect labeled
yourself as bad. Whatever you give, you re ceive. When you give out bad
feelings about someone else, no matter what they have done, those bad
feelings come back to you! The y come back to you with the ~  same


- and micronutrients, but it also requires
attention to Ayurvedic basics such as food quality, agni, ojas, and balance. MACRO- AND MICRONUTRIENTS
Your diet should be filled with all essential macro- and micronutrients. As the name implies, macronutrients are needed in lar ger amounts, as
they are the ones that provide ener gy. There are three macronutrients:
carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. Micronutrients are substances such as
vitamins and minerals that are needed only in small quantities but areessential for normal physiological functions. The following micronutrients
are especially important:
Calcium:  important for baby’ s bones
Folate:  to support baby’ s brain and spinal cord
Iron:  to nourish your increased blood volume
Magnesium:  to maintain mama’ s blood pressure and avoid
conditions like preeclampsia and eclampsia in later stages of
pregnancy
Omega-3 fatty acids:  important for brain development of your little
one
Vitamin B12: needed for proper brain functioning of both mama and
babe
Vitamin C:  important for absorption of iron
Vitamin D:  helps to absorb the right amount of calcium and
phosphate, helping baby’ s bones, teeth, kidneys, heart and nervous
system develop
Zinc:  important for baby’ s immunity
FOOD QUALITY
Ayurvedic tradition advises that pregnant women should favor a (lacto-ovo)
vegetarian diet—with healthy fats and protein components from or ganic
raw cheeses, paneer, ghee, milk, and other high-quality dairy—as these
foods are nutrient dense and generally lighter and easier to digest than
animal meat. A thoughtful diet of vegetarian foods contains all the essential
amino acids in simpler and easier -to-digest forms, digestible within six to
eight hours. Ayurveda teaches that it is best to avoid nonvegetarian food
during this time, as the digestive system slows down and animal meat tends
to be more compound and much heavier. A meat-based diet is alsoconsidered to be tamasic, carrying a more dulling and dense ener gy, as well
as any of the fear or anxiety that the animal was feeling before death. Ayurveda recommends sattvic ahara : food that is homemade, fresh,
made with good thoughts in your mind, and prepared in a clean
environment, which will carry sattva—the qualities of clarity, purity, and
inner connection—to your baby. Along with this recommendation about
preparation comes the emphasis that the main qualities in the food that you
eat during pregnancy should be sweet, nourishing, and liquid/watery:
Sweet. The sweet taste is stabilizing, building, and cooling to the
body, as well as relieving to thirst and soothing to burning
sensations. The sweet taste can be found not only in foods that are
obviously sweet—like most fruits and sweeteners—but also in foods
like rice, wheat, mung beans, beets, carrots, almonds, milk, and
ghee. Eaten in moderation, the sweet taste encourages love,
sharing, compassion, and joy. Nourishing. Eat foods that of fer stabilizing sources of energy and
deep nourishment for your physical body. Cooked food is generally
easier to digest, and thus more nourishing. Generally, these foods
will naturally taste sweet. Ideal examples include cooked grains,
spiced milk, root vegetables, stewed fruits, soaked nuts, and seeds. Liquid/watery. Eat foods with generous amounts of high-quality oil
or ghee, and be sure to stay hydrated. Drink plenty of fluids, ideally
warm or hot, no cooler than room temperature. Favor moist foods
like berries, melons, summer squash, and zucchini; oily foods like
avocado and coconut; and hydrating preparations such as soups
and stews. AGNI
You can be eating the highest-quality local and or ganic foods, but if your
body isn’ t able to digest the food properly, then you won’ t be receiving anynourishment from it. Ayurveda looks at the strength of your agni, your
digestive fire, to determine your ability to digest, absorb, and assimilate
your food—as well as grow from your life experiences. SIGNS OF HEAL THY AGNI
Normal appetite ( Note:  healthy hunger involves lightness, clarity,
and a pleasant anticipation of food, but not an urgent need to
eat.) Clean tongue (no or light coating)
Appreciation of taste
Good digestion, balanced metabolism
Can digest a reasonable quantity of any food without issues
Proper (and regular) elimination
Easily maintains homeostasis
Steady weight
Sound sleep
High energy, strong vitality
Calm mind
Clear perception
Courage, lucidity, and intelligence
Cheerfulness, optimism, and enthusiasm
Love of life and natural longevity
SIGNS OF IMP AIRED AGNI
The strength of agni is inevitably af fected when its qualities are muted by a
poor diet, improper food combinations, an unsupportive lifestyle, emotional
disturbances, or even damp, rainy weather. If you learn to recognize and
quickly address the following signs of imbalances with agni, the ef fects
need not be long-lasting. Otherwise, they will undoubtedly lead to ill health
and disease. Emotional disturbances, with an increased tendency toward fear,
anxiety, anger, confusion, lethargy, or depressionLow energy, weakness, or fatigue
Suppressed or overactive appetite
Indigestion: gas, bloating, constipation, nausea, hyperacidity,
loose stools, a sense of heaviness, feeling tired or mentally
foggy after meals
A tendency toward congestion in the sinuses, the lymph, or even
the mind
GENERAL  AYUR VEDIC GUIDELINES T O IMPROVE DIGESTION
Sip on warm water throughout the day. Drink only a small amount of liquid with your meals (½ cup of warm
water) and avoid drinking for at least an hour after eating. Favor warm or room-temperature beverages over cold or iced. Eat at regular times each day. Do not eat anything until your previous meal is fully digested. Allow lunch to be your biggest meal of the day and dinner to be your
smallest meal. Have your last meal two hours before bedtime. Eat home-cooked meals (made with love!) as much as possible,
rather than going out to eat. Eat in a calm environment, and when your emotions are calm. Eat slowly, chewing and tasting your food. Do not overeat. Eat so that you still feel light after your meal: smaller
portions more regularly. Eat foods that are easy for your body to digest. Eat freshly cooked food, ideally within two or three hours of when it
was prepared. Avoid reheated or prepackaged foods.Stay hydrated with mineral-rich water, hydrating teas, fresh food, and
juicy fruits. Sit down while eating. Eat local and seasonal foods. OJAS
According to Ayurveda, healthy people have abundant ojas, the vital
essence that promotes health, immunity, happiness, and spiritual strength:
“It is the ojas which keeps all the living beings refreshed,” says the
Charaka Samhita. “There can be no life without ojas. Ojas marks the
beginning of embryo.” Signs of abundant ojas are clear radiant eyes,
lustrous hair, glowing skin, a strong immune system, a positive outlook on
life, joy, mental clarity, and compassion. Signs of depleted ojas are dry skin,
cold hands or feet, constipation, anxiety, pain, mental fogginess, negativity,
loneliness, and fatigue. To avoid disruptions in the vital ener gy of both you and your baby, lean
into the ojas-building foods discussed in chapter 4 (see “Building Ojas”
starting at this page ), and avoid foods that undermine ojas, such as the
following:
canned, processed, and prepackaged foods (these contain color and
flavoring agents, preservatives, artificial sweeteners, and chemicals)
frozen foods
tamasic foods
spicy foods
alcohol and caf feine
carbonated beverages
too much of the bitter or astringent tastesMAINTAINING BALANCE
Each of the five elements found in all things—ether, air, fire, water, and
earth—has a specific role in the development of your little one. When you
notice symptoms of imbalance such as bloating, acid reflux, constipation, or
diarrhea, refer to chapter 1 (and especially the section “Elements and
Doshas: Seeking Balance”) to find dietary and lifestyle practices that will
support you in coming back to a state of ease. MEALTIME IDEAS FOR
PREGNANT MAMAS
Some mamas may feel perfectly fine having three meals per day without
any snacks in between. Some mamas might feel that three typical meals are
not enough nourishment during pregnancy, and they may end up feeling
depleted and exhausted without smaller meals between the main ones. Below are some ideas for your main meals, as well as some simple and
nourishing mini-meal ideas for those of you who need more. FIRST MEAL OF THE DAY, 7–7:30 A.M.
Fresh fruit can be a good way to start the day. Fruits are alkaline and help to
reduce acidity and morning sickness. Fruits such as apples, pomegranates,
fresh figs, and watermelon also contain iron, necessary for both you and
your little


 certain to afford. This course was pursued for a period of eighty days, when death occurred. The case when
first seen showed a cyanosed condition of the skin; the cheeks were blue and veined, as was the nose, and the entire surface of the
body exhibited deplorable deficiency in venous circulation. This state impro ved to some extent after entering upon the dietary
regimen. Examination of the body after death revealed a liver and stomach cirrhosed, the stomach walls showing no evidence of recent
function, being approximately three -quarters of an inch in thickne ss. The small intestines, infantile in size, were of the consistency
of cartilage in sections, and adhesions were present at various points. The colon was no larger than an adult thumb throughou t its
length, and it also exhibited adhesions. The only organs  of the body that were in anything like a condition of functional capability
were the lungs and the heart. The kidneys, the spleen, and the pancreas, as in the previous case, were incipiently hardened. In several of the cases quoted it has been menti oned that the patient after the beginning of a fast, experienced a renewal of
vitality for which no solid physiological foundation existed. Nature, struggling to restore organic function, invariably make s the
effort commensurate with the gravity of the exi stent defect. By the removal of the labor of digestion at least one -half of the total
organic work of the body is lifted, and relief that simulates recuperation is manifested despite structural deficiency in the  machine. In the presence of serious organic disease this seemingly favorable symptom is of short duration, and, as it passes, very evident
decline begins and progresses until nerve centers and brain no longer receive adequate support and the body dies. In Cases 3 and 4
the relief experienced after t he first fast was sufficient in each case, with organs still partially able to function, to enable the system
to maintain itself until accumulation again became too great to permit of continuance. Defects in organism, too serious to ha ve
been corrected in the earlier treatment or in the interim, now reached the stage either of degeneration or of atrophy, until finally
liberation of the life principle became no longer possible. When a case is first presented for examination the presence of serious orga nic defect cannot always be determined, but no doubt
is permitted shortly after entrance into a fast, for within a week or ten days symptoms are displayed that fix conditions. Th e third
week positively decides the outcome. In the two cases last described s igns of organic disease were such as not to be mistaken from
the very first. Soon or late the result in these and like instances must be death, and all that can be done towards possible recovery
must in the circumstances prove of no avail. Because of the h opeless outlook the cases described were placed upon restricted diet;
a diet that put no undue strain upon failing function, but that, nevertheless, did not ameliorate the distress of disease as would an
absolute fast. Family anxiety and outside criticism prevented the employment of the latter agency. In the circumstances life was
prolonged for several weeks, but it is virtually certain that, if food had been entirely excluded, relief would have been gre ater and
days would have been added to existence. Disease that is functional in character is self -limited. The amount of poison manufactured within the body is determined by the
intake of food or of drugs, and eradication of disease is fixed in limit of time by the ability of vital organs to resist and  east out
toxic products. The possibility always exists that these organs may prove unequal to their work, and this possibility becomes  a
certainty, with death as the outcome, in two situations --one, when the organs themselves are structurally defective, an d the other,
when, though fully capable of normal function, their powers are stimulated by food or by drugs, or by both, to the point of
exhaustion. But one of these conditions, that of irreparable organic defect, presents itself when disease is treated by  means of the
fast. Both are encountered in the therapeutics of medicine. In the majority of instances in medically treated cases the passing of life occurs under the influence of opiates that deaden  pain
and paralyze consciousness. Virtually from th e beginning of a fast pain ceases, consciousness is usually maintained with
exceptional mental clarity, and death, if it occurs, is like falling into gentle sleep. The results displayed in the post mortem findings cited, and the comparisons made in t he statement that follows, are tangible
assets in the claim that, in the absence of defects in the organs of the body, abstinence from food, together with the needfu l health -
giving and health preserving accompaniments elsewhere described in the text, is th e unfailing remedy for the correction of
functional ills. Both physician and patient from the outset of treatment possess the assurance of recovery; and confidenee th at rests
on infallible natural law is in itself of the greatest assistance in accomplishin g results. Comparative statement of post mortem findings is death by starvation (medical), and post mortem findings in death during the
fast as noted in the text. EMACIATION
Death by starvation:
Marked. Death by fasting:

    In cases where cirrhosed state of liver or stomach existed, emaciation was similar to that in chronic ailments, but in the ot her
instances it was not at all marked. Page 68 of  72 SKIN
Death by starvation:
    Shrivelled and wrinkled; emits a fetid odor; sometimes  dark brown, varnishy coating; tightly adherent to parts beneath; rough,
scurvy surface. Death by fasting:
    Smooth and pliable in all cases; free from odor; no coating; not adherent. Except in eases of cirrhosis of liver or stomach,
perfectly white. In the latter cyanosed condition as noted

SUB -CUTANEOUS FAT
Death by starvation:
    Absent. Death by fasting:
    In all eases sub -cutaneous fat was present. This was especially so where disintegration of the liver is noted. POST MORTEM RIGIDITY
Death by starvation:
    Pronounced. Death by fasting:
    Very slight. PUTREFACTION
Death by starvation:
    Sets in at once and progresses very rapidly. Death by fasting:
    Very slow in progress. No preservatives were used on any body before holding the autopsy. In one instance post mortem was
held one month after death, and putrefaction was hardly noticeable. Slowness of decay is attributable to the constant employm ent
of both external and internal baths during treatment. Fasting is a process of elimination in immediate result, and the product s that
tend to swift decomposition are removed from the body as rapidly as formed. HEART
Death by starvation:
    Usually contr acted, containing only a small amount of blood. Sometimes distinct atrophy. Death by fasting:
    Normal in all cases. LUNGS
Death by starvation:
    Normal but smaller. Death by fasting:
    Normal except as noted. BLOOD
Death by starvat ion:
    Lessened in amount, but thin and fluid from anemia. Death by fasting:
    Abundance of blood. No apparent anemia. BLADDER
Death by starvation:
    Invariably empty. Sometimes much atrophied. Death by fasting:
    In all cases contained some water. Pus as noted. No atrophy except in Case 7. Page 69 of  72 STOMACH
Death by starvation:
    Small, contracted; walls thin; mucosa corrugated and pale. Death by fasting:
    Several cases showed extreme dilation; two were in st ate of cirrhosis; none showed contractions except Case 3 (hour -glass), and
Cases 10 and 11 (cirrhosis). Other variations as noted. INTESTINES
Death by starvation:
    Show uniform contraction as to lumen and length; walls usually thin and transparent t o light; their atrophy in this connection is
characteristic. Sometimes empty; sometimes containing dark mucus; sometimes distended with gas. Death by fasting:
    The condition of the intestines is specifically noted in all cases. There were no general characteristics, but in no instance were
the walls unduly thin. KIDNEYS
Death by starvation:
    Do not seem to suffer. Death by fasting:
    Suffered as noted. SPLEEN
Death by starvation:
    Not noteworthy. Death by fasting:
    Normal in majority of eases. Disintegration noted in Case 4, atrophy in Cases 6 and 7. PANCREAS
Death by starvation:
    Always atrophied, sometimes to practical disappearance. Death by fasting:
    Atrophy noted in Cases 6 and 7; hypertrophy wi th cirrhosis in Case 4; incipient cirrhosis in Cases 10 and 11. Others normal. OMENTUM
Death by starvation:
    Transparent and destitute of fat. Death by fasting:
    In all cases some fat; in Case 4 excessive fat. Transparent in no case. LIVER
Death by starvation:
    Unaltered except in size, which is lessened. Death by fasting:
    Noted in all cased There were no general characteristics; the organ varied in size and structure with the individual. GALL BLADDER
Death by starvation:
    Usually full; contents staining adjacent tissues. Death by


 Gardener
The Motive Force: Qi
Health in the Garden
Health in the Microcosm of a Human Being
Patterns of Harmony in the Human Garden
Loss of Adaptive Ability: Disease
Observing the Signs: Diagnosis
Problems in Search of a Solution: Treatment
The Gardener and the Mechanic
CHAPTER FOUR
Cycles of Circles: A Theory of Relativity
Yin-Yang
Opposition and Unity
Designations of Yin-Yang
Yin-Yang  and the Human Body
Qi, Moisture, and Blood
Everyday Life
Yin-Yang  Character Patterns
CHAPTER FIVE
Reading the Patterns: Diagnosis
The Doctor As Detective, As ArtistCategories of Stress and the Genesis of Disease
The Five Climates
The Five Emotions
Methods of Examination: Observations, Questions, Palpations
The Eight Guiding Principles
The Acupuncturist and the Herbalist
Same Symptom, Dierent Disorders
CHAPTER SIX
Five-Phase Theory:  Evolutionary Stages of Transformation
Five-Phase Theory:  A Holographic Map
Phases As Transformative Stages
Phases of Pulsation
Five Organ Networks:  Traditional Chinese Physiology
Circulation of Qi from Day through Night
Interaction of the Five Phases: Sheng  and Ke Sequences
The Consequences of Dissonance
For Example, The Liver Pattern
Organ Networks
T YPES
CHAPTER SEVEN
Who Am I? : Five-Phase  Archetypes
Five Phases  Distinguish Five Types of People
Individual Psychology in Chinese Medicine
Five-Phase Theory  for Self-Understanding
Typology Is Not Equivalent to Pathology
Self-Assessment QuestionnaireDetermining Your Type
Yearning to Be Another
Understanding Sheng  and Ke
Steps to Solving the Puzzle
From Theory to Practice
CHAPTER EIGHT
Wood
The Archetype for Wood:  The Pioneer
Sally: Exemplar of Wood
How We Recognize Sally As a Wood  Type
The Evolution of Distorted Patterns of Wood
Dan: How Come I’m Not Better Yesterday? So, You Think You’re a Wood Type
CHAPTER NINE
Fire
The Archetype for Fire: The Wizard
Hector: Exemplar of Fire
How We Recognize Hector As a Fire Type
The Evolution of Distorted Patterns of Fire
Maria: Is It Warm in Here or Is It Just Me? So, You Think You’re a Fire Type
CHAPTER TEN
Earth
The Archetype for Earth:  The Peacemaker
Dorothy: Exemplar of Earth
How We Recognize Dorothy As an Earth  TypeThe Evolution of Distorted Patterns of Earth
Richard: Join My Team
So, You Think You’re an Earth  Type
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Metal
The Archetype for Metal:  The Alchemist
Louis: Exemplar of Metal
How We Recognize Louis As a Metal  Type
The Evolution of Distorted Patterns of Metal
Stella: I Live By the Book
So, You Think You’re a Metal  Type
CHAPTER TWELVE
Water
The Archetype for Water:  The Philosopher
Kate: Exemplar of Water
How We Recognize Kate As a Water  Type
The Evolution of Distorted Patterns of Water
Homer: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
So, You Think You’re a Water  Type
T HERAPY
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Acupuncture: A Unied Field of Invisible Channels
Gates Open into a Matrix of Channels
Correspondence Theory and Reorganizing Patterns of Illness
How Does Acupuncture Work, Anyway?The Mechanic and Gardener Revisited
Bioelectric Oscillating Fields
Acupuncture Treatment: What to Expect
Acupuncture First Aid: Acupressure Massage
Fifty Acupuncture Points For Self-Care
How to Locate the Points
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
The Cauldron of Chinese Herbs: Wisdom You Can Swallow
In Sickness and in Health
The Chinese Store of Herbal Knowledge
How Chinese Herbs Are Classied: Qualities and Properties
Herbal Properties and Their Eects: Four Examples
Formulating Herbal Prescriptions
Translating Symptoms into Patterns
Translating Patterns into Modular Formulas
Self-Assessment Prole
Symptom Patterns of Depletion and Congestion
Preparing Herbal Tea
Using Chinese Patent Medicines
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Culinary Alchemy: Herbal Food, Kitchen Medicine
Food Ideology West and East
How Is Your Digestion? Eating: Digestion or Congestion
Establishing the Condition of Earth: Stomach  and Spleen
Dening the Relationship Between Food and Function
What Should I Eat?Learning Herbal Cuisine
Cooking Tips
Pantry Herbs
Simple Recipes to Harmonize Qi, Moisture, and Blood
Ingredients to Eliminate Heat, Cold, Wind, and Phlegm
Recipes for the Five Phases : Seasons and Climates
Herbal Breads and Cakes
Congees and Soups for Common Ailments

Afterword
Acknowledgments
Resource Guide: Finding Practitioners and Chinese Herbs
Notes
Glossary
Herb Names Cross Reference
Bibliography
About the Authors
OceanofPDF.comF OREWORD
FOR OVER  TWENTY-THREE CENTURIES ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLES AND GINseng
have mended what is now one-quarter of the world’s population, yet
it is only in the last two decades that most Americans have even
heard of them. In 1971, the year before the “Bamboo Curtain” lifted,
New York Times  journalist James Reston became ill while on
assignment in China. After having his appendix remove d, he was
treated with acupuncture for postsurgical pain. The front-page
stories he sent home reported, “I’ve seen the past, and it works!” At
that moment Chinese medicine entered mainstream American
consciousness. Efrem and I began to practi ce acupuncture shortly after that in
1973. Since then we’ve treated thousands of Americans. One was
Sam, a thirty-six-year-old biochemist, who had an excruciating pain
in his abdomen diagnosed by his doctor as gallstones. Although he
felt skeptical about Chinese medicine, he was more frightened by
the prospect of surgery. After two months of acupuncture, herbs,
and dietary modication, Sam expelled scores of stones, and a
sonogram con rmed that surgery was no longer necessary. Esther, a
retired seventy-ve-year-old nurse, had severe arthritis. After a year
she was free of pain and had recovered the use of her joints and
limbs. Fifteen years later she’d had no recurrence. Yet another
person was Suzanne, who at age twenty-eight, after three
miscarriages and two gynecological surgeries, was unable to
conceive. In the eighth month of treatment, she became pregnant
and later delivered a healthy daughter, now a teenager. These people and many like them had their intellect aroused by
their success with acupuncture and herbs. Having been impressed,
they wanted to be informed. We began writing this book in responseto their request, “Where can I read more about it?” Although other
books exist on the subject, none give the uninitiated a
comprehensive yet comprehensible overview. So we set out to
explain our sense of what Chinese medicine is—how it thinks, how
it works, what it can do. Numerous schools of thought and various methods are found
within the vast historical tradition of Chinese medicine. It has never
been a monolithic institution. After all, millions of docto rs over the
millennia have practiced its techniques and developed its theories. It
sustained itself in part by adjusting to changing conditions and will
continue to develop dieren tly in each country and era in relation
to the social demands and belief systems that prevail  there. In
Medicine in China: A History of Ideas, Paul Unschuld comments:
The travel of ideas is diere nt from the travel of merchandise. The latter can be handed on, from one region to the next, by
dierent means of transporta tion, without itself undergoin g any
change. Ideas  must be transmitted by the head, and, of
necessity, will undergo change. Where could a foreign idea be
accepted, assim ilated, or transmitted without being inuenced
by the particular situation it meets, by the changing languages
that serve as its means of transportation, and by the
preconditioned patterns of thought cherished by the nal
receiver? As Chinese medicine takes root in our terrain, it evolves to adapt
to our environment. Does a botanist hiking along steep slopes move
through the same forest as the native tribesman who once dwelled
among the evergreens? Is a mountain that endures the ages the
same even though climbers see variable landscapes from epoch to
epoch? What the mountain means to people and how they use it
changes with each traveler or caravan. Ideas, more mutable and
malleable than landmasses, are even more liable to change form. The ancient Chinese had their own mythos, language,circumstances, preoccupations, and we have ours. This book
represents a nexus, a point of convergence, a meeting of worlds. As we traveled the curved footpaths around mountains of Chinese
medical thoug ht, we made choices about what to include, what to
leave out, and how best to express our version of these ideas. Between Heave n and Earth  is a product of continuous