prising to the average person. Thus, negative studies are a consequence
of negative bias. As an example, Francis Crick’s research design that led to
the discovery of the double helix pattern of DNA calibrated at 440. His last
research design, which was intended to prove that consciousness was just a
product of neuronal activity, calibrated at only 135.
The failure of investigators who themselves, or by faulty research
design, calibrate below 200 (all calibrate at approximately 160), confirms
the truth of the very methodology they claim to disprove. They ‘should’ getnegative results, and so they do, which paradoxically proves the accuracy of
the test to detect the difference between unbiased integrity and nonintegrity.
Any new discovery may upset the apple cart and be viewed as a threat
to the status quo of prevailing belief systems. That a clinical science of
consciousness has emerged that validates spiritual Reality is, of course,
going to precipitate resistance, as it is actually a direct confrontation to the
dominion of the narcissistic core of the ego itself, which is innately
presumptuous and opinionated.
Below consciousness level 200, comprehension is limited by the
dominance of Lower Mind, which is capable of recognizing facts but not
yet able to grasp what is meant by the term ‘truth’ (it confuses res interna
with res externa), and that truth has physiological accompaniments which
are different from falsehood. Additionally, truth is intuited as evidenced by
the use of voice analysis, the study of body language, papillary-response
EEG changes in the brain, fluctuations in breathing and blood pressure,
galvanic skin response, dowsing, and even the Huna technique of measuring
the distance that the aura radiates from the body. Some people have a very
simple technique that utilizes the standing body like a pendulum (fall
forward with truth and backward with falsehood).
From a more advanced contextualization, the principles that prevail are
that Truth cannot be disproved by falsehood any more than light can be
disproved by darkness. The nonlinear is not subject to the limitations of the
linear. Truth is of a different paradigm from logic and thus is not ‘provable’,
as that which is provable calibrates only in the 400s. Consciousness
research kinesiology operates at level 600, which is at the interface of the
linear and the nonlinear dimensions.
Discrepancies
Differing calibrations may be obtained over time or by different
investigators for a variety of reasons:
1.  Situations, people, politics, policies, and attitudes change over time.
2.  People tend to use different sensory modalities when they hold
something in mind, i.e., visual, sensory, auditory, or feeling. “Your
mother” could therefore be how she looked, felt, sounded, etc., or Henry
Ford could be calibrated as a father, as an industrialist, for his impact on
America, his anti-Semitism, etc.One can specify context and stick to a prevailing modality. The same
team using the same technique will get results that are internally consistent.
Expertise develops with practice. There are some people, however, who are
incapable of a scientific, detached attitude and unable to be objective, and
for whom the kinesiological method will therefore not be accurate.
Dedication and intention to the truth have to be given priority over personal
opinions and trying to prove them as being “right.”
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Tangerines,  sweet
Apples Bananas
Berries,  sweet
Cherries,  sweet
Grapefruit,  sweet
Cranberries Lemons
Limes
Mango
Oranges,  sweet
Minor
Kiwi
Papaya
Peaches
Pears
Pomegranate
Regressive
Persimmon Prunes
Raisins Soursop
Strawberries
Watermelon
Sour  fruits,  in  excess
GRAINS
Since  most  dry  goods  are  available  throughout  the  year,  grains
are  categorized  by  season  for  the  dual  body  types.
V-P  types  should  avoid  a  mono-diet  of  brown  rice.
Winter/Spring  (December  to  end of  April)
Major                                           Minor Regressive
Barley                                                   Brown  rice r,  long
grain  or  sweet Amaranth
Basmati  rice,  brown  or  white             Quinoa Buckwheat
Oats,  whole  cooked                             Wild  rice Corn
Wheat Millet
Oat  bran
Rye
Spring/Summer  (May  to  end  of  August)
Minor
Brown  rice,  all  grains  or  sweet Major
Barley
Basmati  rice,  brown  or  white  Wild  rice
Oats,  whole  cooked
Wheat
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Buckwheat
Corn
Millet
Quinoa Rye
THE    PRACTICE    OF    AYURVEDA
VATA-PITTA
Fall  (September  to  end  of  November)
Major Minor
Regressive
Brown  rice,  medium-  or Barley
Amaranth
short-grain  or  sweet Basmati  rice,  brown  or  white Buckwheat
Oats,  whole  cooked Brown  rice,  long-grain Corn
Wheat
Quinoa Millet
Rye
PROCESSED  GRAINS  (ALL  YEAR)
Major
Bulgur Oats,  rolled  or  steel-cut,  cooked Udon  noodles
Couscous Pasta,  whole  wheat Unbleached  white  flour
Mochi  (pounded  sweet  rice) Rice  flour Whole  wheat  flour
LEGUMES,  BEANS,  PEAS,  AND  SOYBEAN  DERIVATIVES
Major
Aduki  beans Mung  dhal,  split  or  whole
Minor Urad  dhal
Black  beans Lentils,  brown  or  red Tempeh
Chickpeas,  black  or  yellow Muth  beans Tofu
Kidney  beans Soybeans
Regressive Toor  dhal
Black-eyed  peas Navy  beans Split  peas,  green  or  yellow
Lima  beans Pinto  beans White  beans
NUTS  AND  SEEDS
Coconut
Pumpkin  seeds,  roasted Minor
Sesame  seeds,  white
Regressive Sunflower  seeds,  roasted
All  nuts.  Small  amounts  of  almonds,  cashews,  pecans,  pistachios,  poppy  seeds,  and
walnuts  are  permitted  in  the  fall  (September  to  end  of  November).
DAIRY
Butter,  unsalted
Cottage  cheese Major
Cow's  milk,  certified  raw
Goat's  milk Ghee
Yogurt
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EATING   ACCORDING    TO   YOUR    BODY   TYPE
VATA-PITTA
Minor
Butter,  salted Buttermilk
Regressive Cheeses,  mild  and  saltd
Sour  cream
Dairy  products, commercial Ice  cream
or  powdered
OILS
Major
Canola Safflower Sunflower
Coconut Sesame,  dark  or  light
Minor
Almond Corn Soy
Avocado Olive
Regressive Walnut
Animal  oils  or  lard Corn Vegetable,  mixed
SWEETENERS
Major
Amasake  (rice  milk) Dates Sucanat
Barley  malt Fruit  juice  concentrates Sugarcane  juice
Brown  rice  syrup Maple  syrup Sweet  fruits
Brown  sugar,  unrefined
Minor
Fructose Honey,  raw  and  uncooked
Regressive
Honey,  cooked Sugar  substitutes  (saccharin, White  sugar
Molasses Sweet  'n  Low,  NutraSweet)
HERBS, SPICES,  AND  FLAVORINGS »
Major
Basil,  fresh Dill Saffron
Black  cumin Fennel Sandalwood  chips
Black  pepper Garam  masala
Spearmint Caraway Kudzu [amarind
Cardamom Mint 1  in  iihi  [<
Coriander Orange  peel Vanilla
Cumin Peppermint Wintergreen
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THE    PRACTICE    OF    AYURVEDA
VATA-PITTA
Minor
Ajwan Garlic,  cooked Oregano
Almond  extract Ginger,  dried  or  fresh Paprika
Bay  leaf Licorice Parsley
Cayenne Mango  powder Rosemary
Chili  peppers,  mild Mustard  seeds Sage
Cinnamon Neem  leaves Savory
Cloves Nutmeg
Tarragon
Curry  powder,  mild Onions,  dried Thyme
Dill  leaves  or  seed Orange  extract
Regressive
Asafoetida Garlic,  raw Marjoram
Chili  peppers,  hot Mace Onions,  raw
Fenugreek
CONDIMENTS
Minor
Cilantro Mayonnaise,  noncommercial Sesame  seeds,  white
Coconut,  roasted Olives Sunflower  seeds
Coconut  milk Pickles,  ginger  or  lime Tamari
Daikon,  grated Pumpkin  seeds Vinegar,  brown  rice  or
Gomasio Rock  salt herbal
Horseradish Rose  water Wasabi
Lemon  juice Sea  salt Yogurt,  spiced
Lime  juice
degressive Ketchup Mustard,  commercial Salt,  iodized
Mayonnaise,  commercial Preservatives  and  additives, Vinegar,  commercial
Miso chemical
SEAWEEDS
Seaweeds  should  be  used  mostly  in  the  fall  (September  to  end  of  November).
Soak  and  rinse  thoroughly  before  use.
Minor
Arame  Kelp  Seaware
Dulse  Kombu  Wakame
Hijiki
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EATING   ACCORDING    TO   YOUR    BODY   TYPE
VAT  A- PITTA
BREWS  AND  BEVERAGES
Fruit  juices  may  be  diluted  with  water  or  milk  for  V-P  types.
Major
Date  and  fig  shakes  Sweet  fruit  juices  (berry,
Lassi  (sweet  yogurt  drink)  cherry,  grape,  mango,  peach,
pomegranate,  sweet  orange,
pineapple) Apricot  juice
Chicory  blends
Coconut  milk
Cow's  milk  or  drinks,  sweet
Aloe  vera  juice  or  drink
Apple  juice
Carob  drinks
Carrot  juice Minor
Cow's  milk  or  drinks,  hot  spiced  Papaya  juice
Grapefruit  juice  Pear  j uice
Mildly  salted  or  sour  brews  Prune  juice
Mixed  vegetable  juice
Alcohol
Caffeinated  drinks Regressive
Carbonated  drinks
Chocolate  drinks Pungent  beverages
Tomato  juice
TEAS
Do  not  use  chamomile  if  you  are  allergic  to  ragweed.
Major
Bancha  (twig)  Hops  Peppermint
Lavender  Rose  flowers
Lemon  balm  Rosehips Cardamom
Chamomile
Elder  flower
Fennel Lemon  grass
Spearmint
Ajwan
Barley  (grain  tea)
Blackberry
Borage
Chrysanthemum
Cinnamon Minor
Cloves
Comfrey
Eucalyptus
Ginger
Hibiscus Jasmine Mexican  bark
Passionflower
Red  clover Strawberry
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THE    PRACTICE    OF    AYURVEDA
VATA-KAPHA
VATA-KAPHA
VEGETABLES
Use  fresh  and  seasonal  vegetables.  Vegetables  with  seeds  should  be  well  cooked  with  the
appropriate  Vata  spices  to  minimize  aggravation  of  V-K  types.
Major
Artichokes Mustard  greens Summer  squash
Asparagus Okra (yellow  crookneck)
Beets Onion,  cooked Winter  squash
Green


aja,  296
bibhitaki,  296
bijun  noodles,  340
bitter  taste,  59
Black  Bean  Chili,  252
Black  Bean  Soup,  283
black  japonica  rice,  162
blood  srotas,  28
Blueberry  Pudding  Cake,  318
bodily  humors.  See  doshas
bodily  tissues.  See  dhatus
bodily  wastes.  See  malas
body.  See  also  body  type(s)
consciousness,  2 1
food,  16-18,  150-51 intelligence,  20-21
mind,  19-20
physical,  23-29
prana,  18-19 subtle,  30-33
body  type(s),  34-36
attributes  of,  36-37
characteristics,  38-39
elements,  tastes,  and  energies  of,  40
nurtured  by  elements,  40
psychospiritual  nature  of,  43-56
qualities,  39
quiz  to  determine,  41-42
bone  and  cartilage  srotas,  28
bone  marrow  srotas,  29
bran,  161
breast  milk  srotas,  29
broccoli
RECIPES  USING
Broccoli  and  Sunflower  Seeds,  233
Broccoli  Rabe  with  Lemon,  234
Carrot  and  Broccoli  Soup,  286
Lemon  Broccoli  Tofu,  263
Potato  and  Broccoli  Soup,  288
Sauteed  Broccoli  Pasta,  257
Shepherd's  Pie,  228
Spiced  Broccoli,  239
Steamed  Broccoli,  Cauliflower,  and
Carrots,  231
Tofu  and  Broccoli,  262
Broccoli  and  Sunflower  Seeds,  233
brocoli  rabe,  340
Broccoli  Rabe  with  Lemon,  234
brown  bean  sauce,  340
Brown  Gravy,  278
brown  rice,  162
RECIPES  USING
Almond  and  Carrot  Rice  Salad,  274
Brown  Rice  Kichadi  255
Caraway  Rice,  212
Cracked  Rice  Uppama,  215
Fried  Rice,  210
MolaHora,  214
Plain  Dosa,  203
Rice  and  Aduki  Beans,  253
Rice  and  Wakame,  293
Rice  and  Whole  Mung  Beans,  253
Rice  Nori  Rolls,  217
Saffron  Rice  and  Corn,  209
Sesame  Rice,  214
Soft  Breakfast  Rice,  220
Soft  Fried  Rice,  210
Soft  Rice,  210
South  Indian  Steamed  Rice  Balls,  218
Spiced  Rice  and  Millet,  216
Tamarind  Rice,  213
Tofu  Fried  Rice,  254
Urad,  Mung,  and  Rice  Dosa,  203
Vegetable  Uppama,  206
Warm  Rice  Brew,  322 Brown  Rice  Kichadi,  255
Brussels  sprouts
RECIPES  USING
Brussels  Sprouts  and  Pepper  Rings,  226
Brussels  Sprouts  in  Lemon  Sauce,  238
Brussels  Sprouts  and  Pepper  Rings,  226
Brussels  Sprouts  in  Lemon  Sauce,  238
buckwheat,  165-66 RECIPES  USING
Buckwheat  and  Peas,  2 1 1
Buckwheat  and  Pea  Salad,  273
Buckwheat  Soup,  286
Mung  and  Buckwheat  Soup,  288
Buckwheat  and  Pea  Salad,  273
Buckwheat  and  Peas,  2 1 1
Buckwheat  Soup,  286
bulgur
RECIPES  USING
Bulgur  and  Peas,  209
South  Indian  Wheat  Balls,  219
Sweet  Spiced  Pullau,  212
Wheat  and  Cinammon  Idli,  206
Bulgur  and  Peas,  209 Burdock  Gravy,  278
burdock  root,  340
Burdock  Sauce,  260,  263,  277
butter,  181
Butter,  Fresh,  (makhan),  183
Buttermilk,  Fresh,  184
cabbage
RECIPES  USING
Pressed  Cabbage  and  Radish  Salad,  272
Pressed  Sprouted  Mung  and  Cabbage
Salad,  270
Red  Cabbage  and  Pepper  Aspic,  291
Sauced  Red  Cabbage,  238
Soybeans  and  Red  Cabbage  Dhal,  246
Toor  Dhal  and  Cabbage  Kuttu,  250
cakes  and  puddings,  318-19 calmati  rice,  162
camphor,  296
cancer,  author's,  1-4,  332-33 canola  oil,  175
caraway,  296
Caraway  Rice,  212
cardamom,  296
Cardamom,  Coriander,  Fennel  Tea,  324
career
Kapha  types,  54-55
Pitta  types,  50-51 Vata  types,  47
carrot
RECIPES  USING
Almond  and  Carrol  Rice  Salad,  274
Arame  and  Carrol  "Tempura,"  29 1
Barley,  Onion,  and  Carrot  Salad, '  I Beet,  Carrot,  Mini  fuice,  128
( ,u  mt  and  Broccoli  Soup.  286
Carrot  and  Burdock  Kimpira,  2  (i
347
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l  '.mot  aiui  Cucumber  Aspic,  290 Carrot  and  Oat  Sauce,  276
Carrot  and  Raisin -Stuffed  Tofu,  265
Carrot,  Celery,  Ginger  Juice,  327
Carrot,  Mint,  Lime  Juice,  328
Glazed  Carrots,  236
Karikai  (Carrots  and  Plantain),  226
Seitan,  Daikon,  and  Carrot  Stew,  269
Steamed  Broccoli,  Cauliflower,  and
Carrots,  23 1
Carrot  and  Broccoli  Soup,  286
Carrot  and  Burdock  Kimpira,  231
Carrot  and  Cucumber  Aspic,  290
Carrot  and  Oat  Sauce,  276
Carrot  and  Raisin-Stuffed  Tofu,  265
Carrot,  Celery,  Ginger  Juice,  327
Carrot,  Mint,  Lime  Juice,  328
cartilage  and  bone  srotas,  28
cassava,  340
Cassava  Masala,  240
cassia  leaves,  296
cauliflower
RECIPES  USING
Cauliflower  and  Endive  Salad,  273
Cauliflower  and  Potato  Masala,  225
Cauliflower  and  Potato  Souffle,  225
Cauliflower  with  Mustard  Seeds,  24 1
Lima  and  Cauliflower  Soup,  289
Millet  and  Cauliflower,  209
Steamed  Broccoli,  Cauliflower,  and
Carrots,  231
Cauliflower  and  Endive  Salad,  273
Cauliflower  and  Potato  Masala,  225
Cauliflower  and  Potato  Souffle,  225
Cauliflower  with  Mustard  Seeds,  241
chaak  (Fresh  Buttermilk),  184
chakras,


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infection that hadn't yet occurred.    Diet was of course regimented. A lo w-residue type was instituted that avoids
roughage, which irritates the large intestine. No raw fruits, vegetables, or nuts. Instead, I used mostly cooked, canned, and pureed foods along with certain meats.
This is what I call a diet of foodless foods. Later on you will learn why this type of
diet cannot maintain health, much less help recover health. You will also come to
understand why drugs do not cause one to get well and that if one recovers health
while taking medication, he usually gets well in spite of, not because of, the
medicines.
   After a number of months my condition grew steadily worse, not so much bleeding
now but more diarrhea, intestinal spasm and pain, dehydration, and some weight loss.
It was at this point Dr. Leopold decided to hospitalize me. I was there for two weeks,
during which time I was given the low-residue and high-protein diet. There were
some new drugs administered: Robanul, to hope-fully reduce fluid content of B.M.s;
Lomotil, to reduce intestinal motility; Sulfathalidine, for further extermination of the non-existent germs; Belladenal, to sort of calm everything down; penicillin, for what
was called infection; and Amphojel, to combat the stomach upset and indigestion
caused by the other drugs. I was also started on one of the most dangerous. of all
drugs--prednisone (part of the cortisone fam ily). This is a great masker and suppressor
of symptoms while the disease, almost unknown to the patient, worsens. (I'll discuss in more detail later, as I take more and more of these steroid drugs,why they are so
dangerous to life.) But what did me the most good was the bed rest.
   This was my first experience in being hospitalized and it left a rather bad impression
on me after the following occurrence. My hospital roommate was operated on for
gallstones. He was quite seriously ill due to cirrhosis of the liver, and the surgery was
quite involved. Soon his drain was pulled out, but it was too soon, so he drained
internally until he was taken back to the operating room for more surgery. He returned to the room unconscious and with an intrav enous feeding tube attached to his arm
while a nurse adjusted the flow from the bottle to what was supposed to be the proper
drip. But it was much too fast for safety so  I rang for the nurse, since he was sedated.
When she didn't show, I got out of bed and adjusted it for him. When the bottle was
empty, a new one was attached and a new needle inserted into his vein. But it was, by
mistake, inserted into his arm muscle. I noticed, as time went by, his arm was almost
as big as a football.
   I rang for the nurse. She didn't come. So I got out of bed, pulled the needle out,
applied a tourniquet and inserted the needle into the vein where it belonged. No one ever knew.
   While I was hospitalized, I underwent the usual blood and urine tests, stool
analyses, and proctosigmoidoscope exams. But now I was to undergo another diagnostic procedure known in the trade as the upper and lower GI (gastro-intestinal)
series. This test is done on two separate days. One day is devoted to the upper, where
a glass or two of barium meal is swallowed while standing behind a fluoroscope
screen as the radiologist watches the substance passing through the upper digestive
system outlining the stomach and upper intestines and showing any discrepancies in
the anatomy. No abnormalities appeared during this phase of the examination. The
next day I was given the second half of th e series called the lower GI or barium
enema. This is preceded, as was the upper GI, by taking castor oil and taking an enema the night before. Do you have any idea what happens when, in suffering from
intestinal spasm and diarrhea, you swallow castor oil and take an enema? Let's for the sake of brevity, call it an intestinal explosion. The lower GI phase now takes place,
which is the infusion of barium by enema, enough to fill all six feet of the large
intestine. I was instructed to "hold it all in" while being turned in various positions for
fluoroscopy and x-ray studies. If I were to make a short list of the most difficult things
I have had to cope with in life, trying to hold in that barium while the diseased intestine was going into spasmodic contraction to force it out would rank high on that
list. The physical, mental, and emotional battle that went on during this examination
left me totally weakened and exhausted for two days, which further aggravated my
condition.
   The results of the lower GI examination showed conclusively the presence of
ulcerative colitis. The colon exhibited the.ty pical stovepipe appearance, the loss of
haustrations (saculations), and resembled a narrow, straight tube. Ulcerations of the
intestinal lining were apparent, as were  a few polyps (small outgrowths that can
become cancerous) which were fortunately able to be snipped out through a subsequent sigmoidoscope procedure.
   After the two weeks in the hospital, there was some improvement, but we must
remember that when one is young enough and the disease is in its early stages, there is
periodic improvement coupled with periodic flare-ups, until eventually there are more
flare-ups than improvements and the disease becomes chronic and crippling. This is why colitis or ulcerative colitis is termed a disease of remissions and exacerbations,
and medical treatment is symptomatic treatment. The body is poisoned with drugs.
Causes are not removed and the body is ne ver left alone, never given the proper
environment to heal itself. Remember that healing is not an art but a biological
process that takes place from within the body and nothing from the outside will heal. The body, through its innate power, constantly strives at all costs to maintain
homeostasis (balance of all body functions in  spite of anything that tends to disturb
these functions). Therefore, the more interference with bodily function, the quicker is
the approach of the chronic debilitating and crippling diseases of man.
   Now came a period of apparent improvement. There were ups and downs through
the balance of 1958 and into 1959 and 1960, and in my mind I thought soon the
disease would abate. How wrong I was! It was a pseudo improvement--the calm before the storm.
   I was seeing Dr. Leopold regularly every few weeks. Minor dietary changes were
made at intervals, but I was still in the realm of "baby food." The doses of the many
drugs were adjusted from time to time--sometimes lowered, sometimes increased--but I continued to take them to maintain a constant level of these drugs in my blood.
   There was, so far, a modicum of normalcy in my family, professional, and social
life. The disease had not created that debility  as yet. I still exercised a fairly decent
control and probably was "running" anywhere  from two to six times per day. Of
course, when I had the "urge" it had to be heeded and this began to bother me a little
psychologically. I didn't know it at this point, but the disease was to become a
veritable curse.    I recall an incident one night in the winter of 1960. I awoke suddenly. A wave of
fear came over me. My heart was skipping beats and pounding erratically. It felt as though it would come through my chest. I became light-headed and found myself
gasping for breath. I fought hard to avoid unconsciousness. Could this be the end? Is
this the way it feels? There was no pain. It was about 3:00 a.m. and I seemed to
remember stories of people I had known who had heart attacks. They always
experienced them about 2:00 a.m. or 3:00 a.m. As my fear increased, I decided to call my doctor. I apologized for waking him and told him what was happening. He
instructed me to call a cab and get right over to the hospital.
   "Don't even take time to get dressed," he ordered.    "I'll call the hospital and tell them you're on your way and they'll have everything
ready, so don't worry," he added.
   "Don't worry?" I laughed to myself. Ho w does one not worry about something like
this?
   The cab driver was at the door. I told him I'd be right out. I said goodbye to my
wife. She couldn't go with me since things had happened so fast and there was no way
to have someone stay with our infant son. Corinne was calm. She had an intuition
(and her intuitions turned out to be right over the years) that I was not having a heart
attack, and that, at least, made it a little easier for me as I walked out the door.
   It was a bitter cold night and snow was falling. A hell of a night to go out in
pajamas and bathrobe, I thought, as the cab started up. We were speeding, but time
dragged


 together with the starting Karate Chop point.
Step 4. Find the location of the Karate Chop point you’ll use in the setup.Figure 4: Karate Chop point, EFT basic r ecipe
starting point. Start the pr ocess by karate
chopping continuously while expr essing your EFT
setup statement. The Karate Chop point on the
side of the hand corr esponds to the small intestine
acupunctur e meridian. Either hand can be used to
chop. T apping is all along the side of the palm, not
just on one point.
These instructions describe the use of the left Karate Chop point for
clarity. However, you can tap either the left or right Karate Chop point; it all
works. Find the Karate Chop point by opening your left hand, pinky side
facing down. Using the finger tips or palm of your right hand, tap gently all
along the edge of your left palm. This point is named for the hand position
karate masters use when they “chop.” You can switch hands at any time, if
your tapping hand or fingers tire.
Step 5. Repeat the EFT setup statement while tapping the Karate Chop
point.
Repeat your EFT setup statement while tapping gently and continuously
on the Karate Chop point. This setup aims a spotlight straight at the
problem that you have identified  as your first tapping target. This alerts the
entire central nervous system that you’re ready to work. It begins activating
and rebalancing your energy system. Combining a negative expression witha positive one neutralizes any subconscious resistance you may have to
achieving your goal.
Express your EFT setup stateme nt aloud one or more times while karate
chopping. You may have seen it done three times, but Gold Standard has
evolved and one time is enou gh. Gold Standard EFT says once, while
others repeat three times. It’s really up to you; you won’ t go wrong
repeating your setup statement. You can say the EFT setup silently in your
head, shout it out loud, whispe r it, whine your way through it, or sing it.
The key is to help the upset around your tapping target bubble to the
surface.
Alternate Starting Point for the Setup: The Sor e Spot (SS)
An alternate, equally effective but less common starting point for tapping is
the Sore Spot (SS). Find it by “walking” your fingers out from the center of
your collarbone, either three inches to the right or left, toward your
shoulders. Rub or massage this area gently in a circular motion. The spot is
often tender, which is why it’ s called the Sore Spot (SS).
As with the collarbone points, there are two sore spots, one on each side
of the chest. The Sore Spot is not the collarbone point. See Figure 5 for
clarity and location of the two dif ferent tapping areas.Figure 5: The Sor e Spot, an alternate, less used
point, can be used instead of the Karate Chop to
start the EFT basic r ecipe and activate the body’ s
energy system.
Step 6. Practice the EFT setup now. Repeat  the following EFT setup
several times while tapping continuously on your Karate Chop Point or
Sore Spot:
Even though I have this problem, I deeply and completely accept
myself.
EFT basic r ecipe, Part II (The EFT Sequence Reminder Phrase
and Eight Ener gy Points)
You’ve set up the problem by saying “Even though I have this problem, I
deeply and completely accept myself.” Now, work on the second part of the
EFT basic recip e, the EFT sequence.  Tap down the sequence points whileexpressing a reminder or proble m phrase that reminds you of your tapping
target.
Step 1: Create an EFT Sequence Reminder Phrase.
Sometimes EFT can work so quickly that people forget what they were
tapping on. The reminder phrase keeps the spotlight where it belongs, on
the tar geted problem.
To create a reminder phrase, choose a phrase from your setup statement
that elicits the most emotional intensity. Suppose you’re upset  about what
David said on the phone last night. Here’ s the EFT setup: “Even though I
have this upset over what David said on the phone last night, I deeply and
completely accept myself.” Choose a reminder or problem phrase such as:
“upset at what David said,” or “my David phone upset,” or simply “David
upset.”
Suppose your EFT setup looks like this: “Even though I am sad about the
loss of my dog Cedar who died last month, I deeply and compl etely accept
myself.” A reminder phrase might be: “my sadness about Cedar dying,” or
“Cedar died and I’m sad,” or “my Cedar loss.” You can even just use the
generic “this pr oblem,” as your reminder phrase.
If you’re upset but can’t quite identify what you’re feeling, just tune into
the feeling happening right now. The words are not as critical to success as
the feelings—both emotional and physical sensations—relating to the
problem. Staying tuned in to the feelings you’r e experiencing when you
focus on the problem is at the heart of EFT. The feelings lead you to
resolution, and it’s feelings, not words, that become stuck inside your
primitive brain. Even if you don’t have the right words or are unclear how
to say it, EFT will still work if you are tuned in to the upset feeling.
Step 2: Combine reminder phrase with the eight ener gy points. Repeat the
reminder phrase while tapping on the eight tapping points of the EFT
tapping sequence, on the head and upper torso (see Figure 6.) Using the
index and middle fingers of the left or right hand, tap gently about five to
seven times on each point.Figure 6 : After the EFT setup statement, wher e
you state your pr oblem while karate chopping, you
then apply the EFT Sequence, tapping on the eight
points in the or der given in the text holding a
feeling, body sensation, thought, or image
associated with the tar geted pr oblem in mind.
The sequence starts at the top of the head and moves down from there
through to your under arm point. T ap on each point five to seven times, with
index and middle fingers of either hand. Locate the following tapping
sequence points:
Top of Head : Gently tap with palm open wide atop the center or crown of
your head for a few seconds or the equivalent of five to seven taps.
Inside of eyebrow:  Touch the bridge of your nose, and then move your
tapping fingers slightly to the left or to the right to just inside theeyebrow. Tap lightly.
Side of eye: Touch the bony part outside of your eye, and tap lightly; it’s
about a half-inch from the outsi de edge of your eye, but not as far as the
soft temple spot.
Under eye:  Find the bone underneath your eye, under the iris. Tap gently on
this under -eye bone, as it may be tender.
Under nose:  Tap under your nose in the crease between the nose and upper
lip.
Chin:  Tap under your lower lip in the indention between your lower lip and
chin.
Collarbone:  You already know the collarbone point as the Tarzan tapping
point.
Under arm: Find this point about four fingers down from the armpit, on the
upper rib cage. For women, this would be about at the bra line. When you
massage this point a bit deeper, it is often sore. Access these points easily
by reaching one arm (e.g., the right) across the body to tap on the other
side (e.g., under the left arm). You can tap this point with all four fingers
or the flat of your hand and fingers.
When you are tapping, you can switch hands, tap with one or both hands
at the same time, tap with all your fingers or just one finger, or cross your
hands and tap on opposite sides of your body. No matter which side you
tap, you’ve stimulated the meridians and activated your body’ s energy
system.
Step 3. T est your intensity after each tapping round. After you tap one full
EFT tapping round, return to the original upset you were tapping on and
check your intensity level again on the 0 to 10 scale to see what has
changed and what’ s left to work on. Do more rounds if your intensity is
higher than 2 before moving on to tap on a dif ferent issue.
Now all the pieces of the EFT basic r ecipe ar e in place. Let’ s
review:1. Identify a problem—a troubling feeling, sensation, thought, or bad
memory.
2. Rate the current intensity of the problem on the 0 to 10 scale.
3. Insert the problem into the EFT template to create the EFT setup
statement.
4. Repeat the EFT setup statemen t one or more times while continuously
tapping the Karate Chop point.
5. Create an EFT reminder phrase that is shorthand for the problem.
6. Tap the eight points of the EFT tapping sequence while repeating the
reminder phrase.
7. Test the intensity number again after tapping one or two sequence
rounds.
8. Adjust for changes in intensity by tweaking your setup phrase or creating
a different


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c o n t r a c t e d  a s  w e l l :  y o u r  r e l a t i o n s h i p s,  y o u r  c a r e e r,  y o u r
m o n e y,  y o u r  h e a l t h,  y o u r  l i f e.
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t o u g h,  s t r e s s e d,  a n g r y — t h e n  c a u s e s  s i t u a t i o n s  t h a t  a d d  m o r e
s t r e s s.
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i t.  I f  y o u  h a v e  k i d s  t o  r a i s e,  a  j o b  t o  c o m p l e t e,  a  p a p e r  t o
w r i t e,  a n d  t w o  b u s i n e s s  t r i p s  t o  t a k e  b e f o r e  t h e  e n d  o f  n e x t
w e e k,  y o u  w i l l  h e l p  y o u r s e l f  n o t  b y  t e n s i n g  u p  b u t  b y
l o o s e n i n g  u p.  Y o u r  c o n t r a c t i n g  w o n ’ t  s o m e h o w  h e l p  i t  a l l
c o m e  t o g e t h e r  i n  t i m e.  Q u i t e  t h e  o p p o s i t e :  l o o s e n  u p,  a n d
t i m e  w i l l  l o o s e n  u p  a s  w e l l.  A c c o r d i n g  t o  E i n s t e i n,  t i m e  a n d
s p a c e  a r e  i l l u s i o n s  o f  c o n s c i o u s n e s s.  L i k e  e v e r y t h i n g  e l s e,
t h e y  t a k e  t h e i r  l e a d  f r o m  y o u.
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p e r s p e c t i v e,  w e  f i n d  a


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c o m p l e t e  r e v o l u t i o n  o f  h u m a n  v a l u e s  a  v e r y  a t t r a c t i v e  i d e a.
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s u f f r a g e t t e s  h a d  n o  c e l l  p h o n e s.  T h e  a b o l i t i o n i s t s  h a d  n o
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c o n t e n t  t o  j u s t  r e v i s e  o u r  p a s t — w e  e v e n  r e v i s e  t h e  p r e s e n t.
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o u r s e l v e s  a  c e r t a i n  w a y,  t h e n  i t  m u s t  b e  t r u e.
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w e ’ r e  n o t  e v e n  m e d i t a t i n g  r e g u l a r l y  o r  m a k i n g  t h e  d e e p e s t
e f f o r t  t o  f o r g i v e  t h o s e  w h o  h a v e  h u r t  u s.  P e r h a p s  w e  h a v e
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h a s  b e c o m e  a  h a b i t.
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p r i n c i p l e s  n o w ;  w e ’ v e  r e a d  t h e  s a m e  b o o k s  a n d  l i s t e n e d  t o
t h e  s a m e  t a p e s.  I t ’ s  t i m e  t o  b e c o m e  t h e  p r i n c i p l e s  n o w,  t o
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, among the numerous
eminent the subject, the study of consciousness
neurologists, as well as physicists, have
infinite gentleness, infinite love. In this
presenters and the wide range of highly
was exclusively the concern of spiritual
been caught up in a tide of enthusiasm
state self becomes Self with a capital "S."
specialized subjects dealt with, there was
teachers and their students. But in the last
about the significance of the new
There is an accompanying recognition of
little inquiry beyond rational/materialistictwenty years the considerable interest of
discoveries.
the very origin of the capacity to
explanations of consciousness as a purely
numerous theoretical physicists has (214) W e have frequently pointed
out that experience self as Self. This awareness of
physical phenomenon.
turned, as we have seen, to the man is unable to observe or recognize an
self as Self is the culmination of the
In fact, approaches to the subject of
correlation between advanced theoretical
event until there is a prior context and
process of eliminating limited consciousness are as varied as human
physics and the non-material universe.
language for naming the event. This
identifications of self.8
experience itself. W e have cited many of
The deepening of popular cultural focus
inability, called paradigm blindness, is
The steps necessary to be taken to
the cutting-edge insights of modern
since the 1960s created a receptive
the direct consequence of a limitation offacilitate awareness of Self as inquiry into this issue in passing. It may
audience for spinof fs of this exploration
context.12 Thus it was that the extension
consciousness have been well detailed
be helpful to review the evolution of
in such books as Fritjof Capra's The T ao
of the new intellectual substructure
historically. Numerous techniques and
contemporary thought on this matter, in
of Physics (Shambhala, 1976), and pervading the physical sciences only
behaviors have been prescribed to order to more dearly proceed to our
own Robert Ornstein's The Psychology of
slowly created the potential for new
facilitate removal of obstacles to conclusions.
Consciousness (W.H. Freeman and views and approaches in the "human"
expanded awareness; these can be found
Company, 1972), now classics. The
sciences, such as psychology.
The presence of some variety of
in the practice of various spiritual
occurrence of higher states of
consciousness is ordinarily considered to
Although Abraham Maslow long agodisciplines. The one process common to
consciousness, traditionally thought to be
be the distinguishing characteristic of
discussed "peak experiences," the
all such teachings is the progressive
extremely rare, grows more common as
that which is living as opposed to that
mainstream literature of psychology
103
104
perception). Consciousness is
elimination of the identification of self as
which is non-living. Life is the the M-field of the new paradigm spreads:
experienced as beyond all form and time
finite.8
expression of consciousness in the recent surveys indicate 65% of
and seen as everywhere equally present.
Enlightenment is said to be relatively rare
observable or experiential world of form.
respondents report having had
It is described as (21 1) "Is-ness" or "Being-
not so much because of the dif ficulty ofBut the totality of human experience
experiences previously categorized as
ness" and, in the spiritual literature, "I-
following the necessary steps thereto, but
attests that consciousness is both spiritual.
amness."5 Consciousness does not because it is a condition of interest to
manifest and unmanifest. The awareness
Because science is, by its very nature,
recognize separation, which is a very few, particularly in modern society.
of consciousness within form is common;
concerned only with observable
limitation of perception. The enlightened
If we were to stop one thousand people in
the awareness of pure consciousness,
phenomena, it has never been attracted to
state is a "Oneness" in which there is no
the street and ask them, "What is your
beyond form, is exceptional.
spiritual concepts as a subject for
division into parts. Such division is only
greatest ambition in life?" how many
This "experience" of pure consciousnessconsideration, despite the fact that many
apparent from a localized perception; it is
would say, "T o be enlightened."?
itself, devoid of all content, has been
great scientists throughout history have
only an accident of a point of view.
(212)
consistently reported throughout human
personally testified to subjective
Similar descriptions throughout the
history; always the reports have been the
experiences of pure consciousness
history of thought are in accord with the
Contemporary Recognition of Higher
same.' Many who attained that state
occurring in the course of, and frequently
studies of W illiam James as reported in
Consciousness
became the Great T eachers of history and
crucial to, their work." But the exploding
the famous Gif ford lectures. The The growing level of interest in
have profoundly influenced human field of nonlinear dynamics provokedexperience of consciousness itself he
consciousness as a scientific subject was
behavior. Such beings, in the course of
curiosity and commentary regarding the
described as rare, unique, inef fable and
recently evidenced by the first
their few short years, have been capable
nature of existence and consciousness
"beyond mind;" a thought-free state of
international conference on the subject,
of creating a realization by millions of
itself, expressed in such books as Does
Knowingness, complete, all inclusive,
entitled T oward a Scientific Basis of
people, over millennial periods, of the
God Play Dice?: Mathematics of Chaos,
with neither need nor want, beyond the
Consciousness, held at the University of
contextual significance of existence. by Ian Steward. The new concept of
a limitation of experiencing a merely Arizona Health Sciences Center in
Because (213) these teachings have not
"science of wholeness" became theindividualized personal self.6
T ucson, Arizona, on April 12-17, 1994.
concerned the material world as subject of popular works such as
Looking Another attribute of pure consciousness
This was an international,
experienced through the senses, they
Glass Universe and T urbulent Mirror by
is cessation of the ordinary flow of
interdisciplinary convocation of
have been labeled "spiritual.""
Briggs and Peat. Recently, astronomers,
thoughts or feelings, a condition of
impressively credentialed scholars.
Before the recent interest of scientists in
mathematicians, brain sur geons and
infinite power, infinite compassion, However, among the numerous
eminent the subject, the study of consciousness
neurologists, as well as physicists, have
infinite gentleness, infinite love. In this
presenters and the wide range of highly
was exclusively the concern of spiritual
been caught up in a tide of enthusiasm
state self becomes Self with a capital "S."specialized subjects dealt with, there was
teachers and their students. But in the last
about the significance of the new
There is an accompanying recognition of
little inquiry beyond rational/materialistic
twenty years the considerable interest of
discoveries.
the very origin of the capacity to
explanations of consciousness as a purely
numerous theoretical physicists has (214) W e have frequently pointed
out that experience self as Self. This awareness of
physical phenomenon.
turned, as we have seen, to the man is unable to observe or recognize an
self as Self is the culmination of the
In fact, approaches to the subject of
correlation between advanced theoretical
event until there is a prior context and
process of eliminating limited consciousness are as varied as human
physics and the non-material universe.
language for naming the event. This
identifications of self.8
experience itself. W e have cited many of
The deepening of popular cultural focusinability, called paradigm blindness, is
The steps necessary to be taken to
the cutting-edge insights of modern
since the 1960s created a receptive
the direct consequence of a limitation of
facilitate awareness of Self as inquiry into this issue in passing. It may
audience for spinof fs of this exploration
context.12 Thus it was that the extension
consciousness have been well detailed
be helpful to review the evolution of
in such books as Fritjof Capra's The T ao
of the new intellectual substructure
historically. Numerous techniques and
contemporary thought on this matter, in
of Physics (Shambhala, 1976), and pervading the physical sciences only
behaviors have been prescribed to order to more dearly proceed to our
own Robert Ornstein's The Psychology of
slowly created the potential for new
facilitate removal of obstacles to conclusions.
Consciousness (W.H. Freeman and views and approaches in the "human"
expanded awareness; these can be found
Company, 1972), now classics. The
sciences, such as psychology.The presence of some variety of
in the practice of various spiritual
occurrence of higher states of
consciousness is ordinarily considered to
Although Abraham Maslow long ago
disciplines. The one process common to
consciousness, traditionally thought to be
be the distinguishing characteristic of
discussed "peak experiences," the
all such teachings is the progressive
extremely rare, grows


ielding responses only excite his ardor.
When they are both naked, he casts his eyes 011 the luscious feast of
121 THE ART OF THE BEDCHA MB ER
122 tonic food spread before him: her almond eyes, her cherry mouth, her bare
arms that remind him of clean-scrubbed lotus roots. Her breasts are like
two mounds of newly congealed tofu, each topped with a freshly peeled
lotus seed. Now he is about to sample the delicacies. In so doing, he will
enrich her essence for his purpose. This will be the most sumptuous dish of
his feast of longevity.
He pays homage to every part of her delectable body with a hundred
fingers and a thousand lips, altenzathzg subtle tenderness with brazen
boldness. She retreats like a fleeing animal, but every once it� a while stops
to tease and taunt him. For a long time their whole world is a tangle of legs
and loins, of soft warm flesh and dripping tongues.
He pauses to look at this amazing woman. Her translucent, porcelain
skin, moist with perspiration, exudes a delicate female aroma. She is
breathing deeply, giving little sensual tremors to her dimple of a navel and
her willow waist. Just beneath these, her cinnabar field bulges ever so
slightly with its abundant essence. She spreads before him a freshly
opened pomegranate with crimson pulp.
Now that Yin and Yang are in perfect harmony for a joyous ut�ion, he
begins his sacred mission into the grotto of love-the mystic grotto out of
which babies come, and into which grown men strive to euter. As he be
gins his journey, her dark eyes, up to rzow ha[f closed in a velvety languor,
suddenly open with a glazed stare of sharp desire.
His swordsmanship has been called magnificeut. His thrusts, par
ries, and ripostes have vanquished the deadliest of boudoir adversaries.
Soon she respouds-uNo.1 No! No! No!"-and.t.!asps to his rhythm.
The silver hooks of the bed curta it� tinkle ever so_{t11'ntly as the dauce ofltfe
goes on.
To him this is em exercise iu pleasure, but out• <�fsupr twze importance.
It is ez,eu better thau gitlseu,g, and muc h mor e jim. Ht• tumbles her around
in various positious tau.S!ht b)' tilt• masters, to brill.\! the desired e..Oect
on her. He recites sih·ntly to llimse[ ( the srcn·t pclssttgt•s from that amaz
inJ! book ou sexual alclln11 y:.. Tilt• wll ite t('c!cr swiu.\?s hither atzd you.
Tht• bl��t· drcl.\?011 lti<Jl't'S up mul clowu. Tht' IIW< m gr<lftc.> clost'S cmd opetls.
Tht· heavculy root thrusts m1d strum s.... I must wutr act my rectum,
hold my breath, d<>St' clll my <>rificcs. Now the dm.\?llll st•izes tht• tiger but
tocks, pn·sst·s the t('c!a bosom, sucks the t(\?t'r tc.m.l!ue, clttsps the t(S!t'r
wt�ist, cmd raist•s tht' tiger km·t·s.... Lt·t tht' t(�er ttZ<ll't'. Let it sway.
Lt•t it emit. �YIIt'll the t(�t·r ��,goldt•u cyt·s.flc.>at upward in t'cstasy, it is
t•mittiu.�."
It St't'ms to ll'c.>rk wdl, ht· tdls himsc!f: The st•dclte chrysmuhemum is The Sexua l Dm·l <!f Pluck-and -Nurture
turnill,(! into a dew-dreuched pe<my quiPcri"J! helplessly itl the u•it�d.
JVhen the t((!er ��,(!oldcll cycs jltJtlf upu•ard, he ccm plud.: her elixir. Soo11.
J (·ry StltlH. She u•i/1 drown in her ou•tljuin·s. Sht' mus t bc tht' most u•cm
ton womcm this side <�ftlrc Great �1'�11/.
The pcmry is drippi11,(! ll'ith dcu•, but it is tlot yicldi".l! its dixir. This
dclic,ltc, ltwcly u•tmran is stroll,(!t'r tlw11 he thou.l!ht. Tht· hattie m��lrt be a
ltmg llllC. The best rcpcrt<lirc <�flris bedroom krm.l!fu must be illl'okcd. Ht·
mtwes 011 to tlrt' de1'asta ti11g tcdmiquc <!f l'tlrit:(?ated thrust s. From llitle
slwllou•, oue-deep he shUis to e(�ht-slou•, two-fast.
It must be lf'(lrkit�g. Her l'oicc at1d t�wuemetlt s betray a string of tiny
sensual ripples iu her, but the big explosio11 does not come. She remains at
the ed�(?e of the precipice but does not fall o.lf. He must U'ork harder. The
lwrl'est will be hormt!ful.
Sudde11ly, shrill alarms sormd througlzout his body. He himself is on
the brink. Immediately he stops and holds 011 to her to check her motions.
Nou/ they art' like two statues frozen in a weird dance. He will resume the
battle after this respite and, in the next round, surely push her over the
c�to:
Her bod)', like his, is now perfectly still, but he feels some little
tremors in her moon grotto. The tremors grow into spasms. The cinnabar
grotto of tlzis lascir,ious woman seems to lzave a life of its ow11. It is open
ing and shutting and squeezing in a most utmerving manner.
ltz seconds, tlze Yellow Rit,er is breachit�g its dikes. He finds himself
ejaculating. His jade stalk, hitherto an in11incible corzqueror in the arena of
pluck-and-nurture, is being milked helplessly by the pulsating wall of her
moon grotto, while the flower heart deep i11side her is voraciousl y draining
his essence.
His defeat is total-and humiliatitzg. He collapses onto tlze bed, feel
ing like a fly sucked dry by a voracious spider. Weakly lze moans: 11 What
have you done to me! Years of cultivation and nurture, all gotze!"
She replies quietly: "As a man, sir, you halle a reputatiou for pluck
ing us women. For mor e than two hours you did your best to extract my
nectar. Instead, l,(!,Ot yours."
He groans in despair.
She contim�es: "So what's wron'-(?for a woma11 to pluck a man? ltz the
battle of pluck, my dear friend, one must aaept de_fea t as well as victory."
I( You've ruined me, " he whimpers. uYou-yo u wanton fox demon! ''
((Nonsense! Don't you believe those shamans. You're not ruined
unless you do it too often. We both enjoyed what has happe11ed. And it
will kee p us both youtl,(!,."
123 THE ART OF THE BE DCHAM BER
124 As she puts her clothes back on and darkens her eyebrows with the
charred tip of a willow twig, she smiles beatifically. She is once more a
demure lady.
PLU CK- AND -N URTURE
The above re-creates a popular sexual practice that took place in
countless bedrooms in China from the fourteenth through the
sixteenth centuries. In this deadly serious health practice, called
tsai-pu (pluck-and- nurture), one partner tried to "pluck" the or
gasmic secretions of the other to "nurture" his own sexual po
tency and health, while refraining from reaching orgasm.
The idea of extracting nutrients from one's bedmate was be
lieved eagerly but practiced surreptitiously in China; attempts


Newer	generations	in	Ireland	don’t	have	the	crutch	of	religion.	With	improved
education	and	freedom	to	express	one’s	opinion,	most	people	have	lost	trust	in
traditional	institutions.	Nor	is	there	a	fundamental	movement	towards
meditation.	Some	youngsters	get	involved	with	sports,	during	which	time
their	minds	are	at	rest.When	one	pushes	the	body	in	physical	exercise,	the	mind	stops.

However,	others	revert	to	alcohol	or	drugs.	They	replace	the	spirit	from	the
church	with	the	spirit	from	the	top	shelf.	Both,	by	the	way,	still	the	mind.
However,	there	is	a	large	price	to	pay	by	stilling	the	mind	with	alcohol.	Drink
is	a	downer	and	causes	depression	the	next	day.	Alcohol	does	nothing	to
address	the	racing	mind	and	is	just	a	temporary	means	of	numbing	the
drinker.

The	increased	uptake	of	alcohol	by	many	teenagers	is	not	solely	a	result	of
peer	pressure.	They	too	have	fear	of	the	future	regarding	exams,	getting	a	job,
fitting	into	society	and	living	up	to	the	demands	of	looking	attractive	with
perfect	bodies.	They	are	forced	into	the	rat	race	whether	they	like	it	or	not.
This	creates	anxiety	and,	with	no	other	outlet,	alcohol	and	drugs	are	means	of
drowning	out	the	mental	commentary.

From	speaking	with	alcoholics,	the	one	thing	they	have	in	common	is	a	racing
mind.	Alcohol	is	a	means	to	escape	anxiety.	If	no	anxiety	existed,	the	world
would	have	far	fewer	alcoholics.	Deal	with	anxiety	by	abandoning	the	spirit
in	the	bottle	and	connect	with	true	spirituality.

True	spirituality	is	the	degree	to	which	you	are	out	of	thought	and	connected
with	life.	The	kingdom	of	heaven	is	within.

God	is	stillness	of	the	mind,	an	inseparable	oneness	with	life.	God	is	within.
God	is	not	a	plastic	statue,	picture	frame,	belief	or	thought.	God	is	no	thought.
As	the	Bible	states:	“Be	still	and	know	that	I	am	God.”Educate	me
I
n	Western	civilization,	we	attach	importance	to	the	ability	to	think.	From	an
early	age,	we	attend	school	to	learn	how	to	think,	to	decipher,	to	analyse,	to
examine	and	to	investigate.	We	spend	fifteen	to	twenty	years	in	formal
education	developing	this	trait.	Good	students	are	rewarded	and	poor	students
are	frowned	upon.	The	idea	of	regurgitating	information	and	critical	analysis
is	the	order	of	the	day.	An	intelligent	person	is	considered	as	one	who	has
stored	lots	of	information	in	her	head.	In	comparison	with	our	ancestors,	we
have	a	tremendous	capacity	to	think.	Being	able	to	think	is	a	wonderful	aid	to
solving	problems,	making	decisions	and	getting	a	job.

However,	the	downside	to	this	is	that	we	have	lost	control	over	our	mind.	This
is	the	case	with	the	vast	majority	of	people,	including	those	viewed	as	pillars
of	society,	schoolteachers,	university	professors,	priests	and	medical
professionals.	For	the	most	part,	they	are	living	in	their	minds.	The	vast
majority	of	them	are	asleep.	Their	lives	are	lived	through	their	minds,	making
little	direct	connection	with	life.

Schools	and	universities	develop	the	left	side	of	the	brain	and	abandon	the
right.	Depression,	anxiety	and	mental	turmoil	are	all	products	of	left-brain
thinking.	Meditation,	feeling	the	inner	body,	following	the	breath	and	stilling
the	mind	develops	the	right	side	of	the	brain.	If	you	develop	the	left	side	of
your	brain	through	years	of	formal	education,	it	is	necessary	to	develop	your
right-hand	side	to	restore	the	balance.	Formal	education	teaches	us	how	to
think,	but	it	does	not	teach	us	how	to	stop	thinking.	Thought	after	thoughtafter	thought	is	enough	to	make	us	go	mad!
Chapter	10
Can	you	afford	not	to
have	a	still	mind?Creativity
T
he	discovery	of	a	novel	or	relatively	new	idea	or	approach	originates	only
from	a	still	and	quiet	mind.	Thoughts	are	stale.	All	thoughts	originate	from
past	information	and	events.	Nothing	fresh	arises	from	stale	and	useless
thinking.	When	a	person	is	asleep	in	thought,	there	is	a	very	limited	store	of
knowledge	to	glean	from.	When	a	person	is	outside	of	thought	and	directly	in
contact	with	life,	he	has	universal	intelligence	at	his	disposal.

Some	people	are	naturally	more	creative	than	others.	Unknowingly,	they	have
discovered	the	power	of	stepping	outside	of	thought.	Their	insights	and	ideas
are	bright,	unusual,	fresh,	different	and	shape	the	world	we	live	in.

Schoolteachers	and	university	professors	have	devoted	their	life	to	learning
and	teaching,	yet	they	produce	very	few	original	or	creative	works.
Universities	are	filled	with	thousands	of	students	writing	PhDs	and	masters
theses,	yet	nobody	reads	them.	They	are	filed	away	and	occasionally	read	by
other	students	writing	a	PhD.	They	are	a	waste	of	paper.	Nobody	reads	them
because	they	are	stale.	They	contain	regurgitated	information	from	the	past.

The	original	works	of	Leonardo	da	Vinci,	Michelangelo,	Monet,	Van	Gogh,
Cezanne,	Yeats,	Joyce,	Beckett	and	others	were	not	produced	from	stale	and
repetitive	thinking	of	the	mind.	Universities	and	schools	cannot	take	credit	for
their	works.	These	masters	could	put	their	minds	aside	and	allow	their
consciousness	to	become	one	with	the	universe.	By	tapping	into	this
intelligence,	their	works	were	born.	Develop	your	creative	capacity	by	staying
out	of	thought.	Allow	thought	to	drop	and	allow	stillness	to	enter.

Watching	the	breath,	feeling	the	inner	body	and	connecting	to	life	opens	the
floodgates	for	creative	ideas.	Original	ideas	are	no	longer	an	effort	but	result
from	a	beautiful	unfolding	and	tapping	into	the	ether.

A	still	or	noisy	mind	in	the	workplace

During	my	university	years,	I	spent	one	summer	in	the	beautiful	town	of
Uppsala	Sweden	working	as	a	dishwasher.	The	kitchen	was	a	busy	place	and
served	countless	meals.	One	interesting	observation	was	the	state	of	minds	of
two	chefs.

One	chef	would	arrive	and	within	minutes,	he	would	be	stressed.	Meal	ticketswould	be	missed.	Orders	would	be	late	and	food	would	return	cold.	The	chef
would	be	working	extremely	hard	but	yet	all	of	this	happened.	The	kitchen
was	a	mess.

Another	chef	would	arrive	to	just	as	busy	a	shift.	This	chef	remained	calm,
serving	the	same	number	of	dishes.	Seldom	was	food	returned.	The	waitresses
were	happy	as	food	was	served	on	time	and	their	tips	were	good.	Both	chefs
received	the	same	training	and	had	about	the	same	number	of	years	of
experience.	What	differentiated	one	chef	from	the	other	was	his	state	of	mind.
The	first	chef’s	mind	was	overcrowded	with	thoughts,	resulting


seems	to	be	no	convincing	evidence	as	to	why	or	how	this	occurs.SCREENING	FOR	TROUBLE
The	benefits	of	exercise	bring	me	back	to	President	George	W.	Bush.	He	is
known	to	enjoy	staying	physically	fit	with	a	regular	running	routine,	and	that
is	undoubtedly	one	of	the	reasons	why	he	received	a	clean	bill	of	health	when
he	had	a	colonoscopy.	But	what	is	a	colonoscopy	anyway,	and	is	it	really
worth	the	effort	to	get	checked?	When	people	go	to	the	doctor	to	get	a
colonoscopy,	the	doctor	inspects	the	large	bowel	using	a	rectal	probe	and
looks	for	abnormal	tissue	growth.	The	most	commonly	found	abnormality	is	a
polyp.	Although	it	is	not	yet	clear	exactly	how	tumors
are	related	to	polyps,
most	scientists	would	agree
88,	89
	that	they	share	similar	dietary	associations
and	genetic	characteristics.	Those	people	who	have	noncancerous	problems	in
the	large	bowel,	such	as	polyps,	often	are	the	same	people	who	later	develop
cancerous	tumors.
So	getting	screened	for	polyps	or	other	problems	is	a	reasonable	way	to
establish	risk	for	large	bowel	cancer	in	the	future.	But	what	if	you	have	a
polyp?	What	is	the	best	thing	to	do?	Will	surgical	removal	of	the	polyp	lessen
colon	cancer	risk?	A	nationwide	study	has	shown	that,	when	polyps	were
removed,	there	was	a	76–90%	decrease	in	the	expected	cases	of	colon
cancer.
89,	90
	This	certainly	supports	the	idea	of	routine	screening.
89,	91
	It	is
commonly	recommended	that	people	get	a	colonoscopy	once	every	ten	years
starting	at	the	age	of	fifty.	If	you	have	a	higher	risk	of	colorectal	cancer,	it	is
recommended	that	you	start	at	the	age	of	forty	and	screen	more	frequently.
How	do	you	know	if	you	are	at	a	higher	risk	for	colorectal	cancer?	We	can
very	roughly	assess	our	personal	genetic	risk	in	several	ways.	We	can
consider	the	probability	of	our	getting	colon	cancer	based	on	the	number	of
immediate	family	members	who	already	have	the	disease,	we	can	screen	for
the	presence	of	polyps,	and	we	now	can	clinically	test	for	the	presence	of
suspect	genes.
92
This	is	an	excellent	example	of	how	genetic	research	can	lead	to	a	better
understanding	of	complex	diseases.	However,	in	the	enthusiasm	for	studying
the	genetic	basis	for	this	cancer,	two	things	often	get	overlooked.	First,	the
proportion	of	colon	cancer	cases	attributed	to	known	inherited	genes	is	only
about	1–3%.
89
	Another	10–30%
89
	tend	to	occur	in	some	families	more	than
others	(called	familial	clustering),	an	effect	possibly	reflective	of	a	significant
genetic	contribution.	These	numbers,	however,	exaggerate	the	number	of
cancers	that	are	solely	“due	to	genes.”
Except	for	the	very	few	people	whose	colon	cancer	risk	is	largely
determined	by	known	inherited	genes	(1–3%),	most	of	the	family-connectedcolon	cancer	cases	(i.e,	the	additional	10–30%)	are	still	largely	determined	by
environmental	and	dietary	factors.	After	all,	place	of	residence	and	diet	are
often	shared	experiences	within	families.
Even	if	you	have	a	high	genetic	risk,	a	healthy	plant-based	diet	is	capable
of	negating	most,	if	not	all,	of	that	risk	by	controlling	the	expression	of	these
genes.	Because	a	high-fiber	diet	can	only	prevent	colon	cancer—extra	fiber
won’t	ever
promote
	colon	cancer—dietary	recommendations	should	be	the
same	regardless	of	one’s	genetic	risk.PROSTATE	CANCER
I	suspect	that	most	people	do	not	know	exactly	what	a	prostate	is,	even
though	prostate	cancer	is	commonly	discussed.	The	prostate	is	a	male
reproductive	organ	about	the	size	of	a	walnut,	located	between	the	bladder
and	the	colon.	It	is	responsible	for	producing	some	of	the	fluid	that	helps
sperm	on	its	quest	to	fertilize	the	female’s	egg.
For	such	a	little	thing,	it	sure	can	cause	a	lot	of	problems.	Several	of	my
friends	now	have	prostate	cancer	or	closely	related	conditions,	and	they	aren’t
alone.	As	one	recent	report	pointed	out,	“Prostate	cancer	is	one	of	the	most
commonly	diagnosed	cancers	among	men	in	the	United	States,	representing
about	25%	of	all	tumors…,”
93
	As	many	as	half	of	all	men	seventy	years	and
older	have	latent	prostate	cancer,
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	a	silent	form	of	the	cancer	which	is	not	yet
causing	discomfort.	Prostate	cancer	is	not	only	extremely	prevalent,	but	also
slow-growing.	Only	7%	of	diagnosed	prostate	cancer	victims	die	within	five
years.
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	This	makes	it	difficult	to	know	how	and	if	the	cancer	should	be
treated.	The	main	question	for	the	patient	and	doctor	is:	will	this	cancer
become	life	threatening	before	death	comes	from	other	causes?
One	of	the	markers	used	to	determine	the	likelihood	of	prostate	cancer
becoming	life	threatening	is	the	blood	level	of	prostate	specific	antigen
(PSA).	Men	are	diagnosed	as	having	prostate	problems	when	their	PSA	levels
are	above	four.	But	this	test	alone	is	hardly	a	firm	diagnosis	of	cancer,
especially	if	the	PSA	level	is	barely	above	four.	The	ambiguity	of	this	test
leads	to	some	very	difficult	decision-making.	Occasionally	my	friends	ask	for
my	opinion.	Should	they	have	a	little	surgery	or	a	lot?	Is	a	PSA	value	of	6.0	a
serious	problem	or	just	a	wake-up	call?	If	it’s	a	wake-up	call,	then	what	must
they	do	to	reduce	such	a	number?	While	I	cannot	speak	to	the	clinical
condition	of	an	individual,	I	can	speak	to	the	research,	and	of	the	research	I
have	seen,	there	is	no	doubt	that	diet	plays	a	key	role	in	this	disease.
Although	there	is	debate	regarding	the	specifics	of	diet	and	this	cancer,
let’s	start	with	some	very	safe	assumptions	that	have	long	been	accepted	in
the	research	community:
Prostate	cancer	rates	vary	widely	between	different	countries,	even	more
than	breast	cancer.
High	prostate	cancer	rates	primarily	exist	in	societies	with	“Western”
diets	and	lifestyles.
In	developing	countries,	men	who	adopt	Western	eating	practices	or
move	to	Western	countries	suffer	more	prostate	cancer.These	disease	patterns	are	similar	to	those	of	other	diseases	of	affluence.
Mostly	this	tells	us	that	although	prostate	cancer	certainly	has	a	genetic
component,	environmental	factors	play	the	dominant	role.	So	what
environmental	factors	are	important?	You	can	guess	that	I’m	going	to	say
plant-based	foods	are	good	and	animal-based	foods	are	bad,	but	do	we	know
anything	more	specific?	Surprisingly,	one	of	the	most	consistent,	specific
links	between	diet	and	prostate	cancer	has


 proteins of food and, with
the exception of egg white, render them less digestible. Some
of the sensitive amines are changed by heat, and others are
destroyed. Both the cystine and cysteine are so denatured in the presence of heat and water that, according to Ragner
Berg, they are "rendered valueless for nutritive purposes."
The most important of all protein components, lysine, is
destroyed by heat, as is the essential glutamine. Other protein
factors are transformed and modified to lower forms and
hence rendered less available to the body.
   Cooking decidedly alters the fat of food and usually renders
it less digestible. In the process of frying, the fat so permeates
the food and surrounds the individual food particles that they
do not readily yield to the action of digestive juices. For this reason foods which are fried in fat are very difficult to digest. If sufficiently high temperatures are used in cooking fats, free fatty acids develop which are not only difficult to digest, but
are in some cases definitely poisonous. When vegetable oils
undergo the process of boiling or frying the toxic irritant
known as acrolein is produced. In this connection it may be
pointed out that acrolein has often been described as a possible cause of cancer. Its name may be found in most
medical lists of possible dietary carcinogens.

T
ARS
   The formation of tars cannot be overlooked in considering
the chemical effects of cooking. Tars are found in smoke and
soot, and they form in any organic compound which is subjected to great heat over a sufficient period of time. Meat,
eggs, potatoes, toast, and other foods which are scorched by
heat until black forms on the outside may contain tar. Roasted
coffee and coffee substitutes derive their flavor from the tars
which form when the coffee beans or cereal grains are roasted.
    It has long been known that sufficient exposure to the tars
found in soot and smoke tends to cause cancer. The heavy
consumption of tars found in certain cooked foods may be no
less irritating and no less cancer-causing. Dr. Angel Roffo described the physical characteristics of tars obtained from
roasted coffee beans as the same as those obtained from
tobacco. He also found that both were carcinogenic when
given to experimental animals. Thus the consumption of tars
in certain roasted and over-heated foods ranks as a possible
cause of cancer and other diseases in modern life.

A
DDITIONAL CHEMICAL CHANGES
   Many food factors other than those already mentioned may
be impaired or lost in the presence of heat. Starch is partly
hydrolyzed by heat, and the soluble sugars and dextrin of
foods are polymerized to some extent. Peptic substances are
also affected and undergo dissolution during the cooking
process. The "anti-lameness" chemical of raw cream, discovered by Wulzen and Wagtendonk of Oregon State
College, is known to be destroyed by either boiling or
pasteurization. The "filtrate-f actor" of certain vegetables,
which controls the aging process of the body, is reported by
Morgan and Simms to be easily lost when vegetables are boiled. Certain hormones, including those from the adrenal
cortex, which have been successfully used in improving
animal health, are thermolabile and are destroyed at the
relatively moderate temperature used in pasteurizing milk.
Other activating substances which may exist in food but have not yet been chemically isolated and studied may or may not
undergo deterioration in the cooking process.
   It may be that simply altering the physico-chemical state of
food through the use of heat is sufficient to account for
certain adverse effects resulting from using the food. It is known that the toleration point of both minerals and vitamins
as are normally found in uncooked foods is much higher than
is the case when these nutritive factors are given in purified
form. The use of purified minerals and synthetic vitamins
shows this quite clearly. Minerals and vitamins must be found in an organic combination with other food nutrients if they
are to be used efficiently by the body. With rare exceptions
we must rely on the plant to synthesize the minerals of the
earth into combinations which are entirely non-toxic. Such
combinations remain non-toxic when transferred to the animal as milk, eggs, or flesh. However, in the presence of
heat certain nutrients are destroyed and hence the delicate
chemical balance is altered. It is known that in the case of
proteins the modification of the com plex structure renders some of the protein factors useless to the body. Even when
calcium is not lost in the presence of heat it is often rendered
less assimilable, as has often been pointed out by nutritionists
in connection with pasteurization of milk. It is hence possible that many other minerals, and perhaps vitamins and other
factors, may also be rendered either useless or toxic to the
body, as the complex chemical combinations are broken
down by heat.
   Evidence of this is seen by the fact that leukocytosis, an
increase in the number of white corpuscles of the blood,
follows the exclusive consumption of cooked foods. Biologists have called this "digestive leukocytosis" and
consider it a normal reaction to the digestive process.
However, Dr. Paul Kouchakoff, of the Institute of Clinical
Chemistry in Lausanne, Switzerland, conducted some 300
detailed experiments which indicated that leukocytosis was the specific effect of eating heat-processed foods and never
occurred after a meal of raw food. Reporting at the First
International Congress of Microbiology at Paris in 1930, Dr.
Kouchakoff pointed out that temporary leukocytosis followed
the consumption of foods heated about 83-87 degrees C. If certain types of raw food were added to the cooked meal,
leukocytosis would be prevented, though when foods were
heated above 100 degrees C., no amount of raw foods would
prevent the condition. Likewise, when heat-processed foods
which had also been subjected to complex manufacturing processes were consumed, leukocytosis was unavoidable. In
this case, not only did the white corpuscles increase in
number, but the correlation of numbers between the different
kinds of white corpuscles was altered.
   In medicine, an increase in the number of white corpuscles
in the blood, together with disturbances in the percentages of
different kinds of white corpuscles, is known to indicate that
some kind of disease process is going on in our body. In time
of infectious illness, or when harmful extraneous substances
are introduced into our system, these changes in white corpuscle development always take place. We have reason to
believe that the "digestive leukocytosis" following the
consumption of cooked food is indicative that chemicals or
chemical combinations in food may become toxic and
harmful under the influence of heat, with the degree of toxicity dependent upon the temperature at which the food is
cooked.
   The European nutritionist, Prof. Ziegelmayer, well
illustrates the total biochemical changes that heat produces in
food in these words: "It is certain that cooking alters the
colloidal state of food: it decom
poses hi ghly molecular compounds, it alters the structure and surface tension of
molecules, the degree of dispersity, the osmotic tension, the
degree of dilution, the course colloid molecular and dispersed
statuses, the water binding capacity and the hydrophobe qualities of the colloids, it alters the viscosity and reduces the
falling gradient of energy.... The uncooked state secures the
maintenance of some food substances, prevents alterations of
the proteins, preserves the original mineral salts in their
optimum concentration.... The more the food energies are maintained in their intimate compound and correlation, the
greater the total effect and the higher the efficiency. "
   It is clear that all heat-processed foods undergo important
changes in chemical composition. They lose a part of their
mineral and vitamin content; their proteins are partly
destroyed and rendered less di gestible and nutritious; their
fats become less digestible and assimilable and sometimes become toxic. The starches and sugars are altered to some
degree. The foods lose all of their enzymes, their "filtrate
factors" and "anti-lameness" chemicals; their organic
combinations of minerals and catalytic agents are broken
down and altered, and some may become toxic. The complete chemical reaction to the cooking process covers considerable
scope, as may be seen, and it is of definite importance in the
science of nutrition, determining to some extent the value of
practically all known foodstuffs.

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RAW FOOD IN PHYSICAL
STRUCTURE
COOKING INDUCES a rapid change in the physical state of all
foods. The degree of change is dependent upon the amount of
heat that is applied and its duration of process. The heat tends
to soften the food and break down the rough cellulose
material into a soft bulk. In so doing it renders certain foods
edible and more palatable, though not necessarily more appropriate as nourishment. The change in physical structure
of foods resulting from heat has an important effect upon the
teeth and gums, as well as upon digestion, assimilation, and
the rate of food movement through the intestinal tract. As
such it may have a definite effect upon the condition of human health.

F
OOD, TEETH, AND GUMS
   It is believed that the buffer


 this initia l
period of regeneration —this period of making  new tissue - before your digestive system will normalize.

A certain amount of gas is normal for the average person. I don’t believe anybody has a perfect bowel. I think a little gas w ill be
produced by anyone, and every farmer knows that when you give a lot of fresh alfalfa to a horse he has more gas than usual. Is that
horse getting worse? No, it is in better condition. We find that it has a better bowel. So I believe alfalfa tablets and the digestant are
very important. We find that the acidophilus cult ure, given morning and evening, is an excellent way of developing good bacteria
in the bowel. At the Battle Creek Sanitarium, researchers found that meat was very detrimental to the bowel because it is ver y
putrefactive. It is best to cut meat to a minimum  in the diet and to upgrade the intake of vegetables. More greens will help to
develop acidophilus bacteria. Chocolate, tea (not herb teas), white sugar and coffee break down acidophilus bacteria so we mu st
eliminate or minimize the use of such substances.  A successful bowel management program requires that we go a different way.
In following a program for the bowel, there are some excellent corrective exercises. There is an exercise to use on the slant  board
which involves vigorous tapping of the abdomen w hile stretching the upper torso from side to side. This exercise gently pulls the
bowel down in the direction of the shoulders while upside -down on the board. I’m interested in getting the bowel in the prefer
position. I believe we have been crowding the b owel. So we must go to work on it.

Doing the bicycle pedaling exercise while up -side down on the slant board is a wonderful exercise. For another type of exercise,
lie down and take a rubber bailor tennis ball and rub it around in a circle on your abdomen. The round surface of the ball gets right
down into the bowel and gives it an internal exercise, more so than rubbing on the outside. There are other exercises to lift  the
bowel and manipulate the prolapsus back into position.

SLANT BOARD EXERCISES
(For Prolapsus and Regenerating the Vital Nerve Centers of the Brain) When there is a lack of tone in the muscles, we can expect
prolapsus of the abdominal organs. The heart, lacking tone, cannot circulate blood properly throughout the body. Likewise,
arteries  and veins cannot contract to help the blood fight gravity and get into the brain tissues. There are some people who
apparently have tried everything to get well, who still find all organs working under par. Many people do not realize that th e
quickening f orce for every organ of the body comes from the brain. People whose occupations require them to sit or stand
continually are unable to get the blood into the brain tissues because the tired organs cannot force the blood uphill. If we deny the
brain tissues  good blood in the proper amount, eventually every organ in our body will suffer. The heart gets its start from the
brain and continues its everlasting pumping because of it. No organ can do without the brain. I attribute the success of my h ealing
work to the very fact that I definitely recognize that the brain must be fed properly. Slanting board exercises are absolutely
necessary to regain perfect health.

CAUTIONARY NOTE
There are many cases where the board is contra -indicated. It is best in most cases to get professional advice, for some people have
had unhappy experiences due to the very fact they started too strenuous a program to begin with. If you haven’t done much
exercising of the abdominal muscles, it is best to take these exercises slowly and gr adually increase them as you get stronger.
Do not use the board in cases of high blood pressure, hemorrhages, some tubercular conditions, cancer in the pelvic cavity,
appendicitis, ulcers of the stomach or intestines or pregnancy, unless under the care of a physician. The slanting board exercises
are practically the same as any other lying -down exercises.

The most important exercise is to hold on to the sides of the board bringing the knees up to the chest. This forces all the a bdominal
organs up toward th e shoulders. While in this position, twist the head from side to side and in all directions, thus utilizing the extra
force to circulate blood to congested areas of the head, especially bringing the stomach and abdominal organs up toward the c hest
while ho lding the breath. Slanting board exercises are especially good in cases of inflammations and congestions above the
shoulders, such as sinus trouble, bad eyes, falling hair, head eczema, ear conditions and similar troubles. Slanting board ex ercise is
needed  and has helped more than any other treatment in cases of heart trouble, fatigue, dizziness, poor memory and paralysis. The
average person should maintain the foot end of the board at chair height for all exercises, but if dizzy at first, the foot e nd of t he
board should not be raised quite so high. Exercise only 5 minutes a day. Gradually increase time spent on the board. The aver age
patient should lie on the board 10 minutes at 3 o’clock in the afternoon and again just before going to bed. After retiring,  lift the
buttocks to allow the organs to return to a normal position.

SUGGESTED EXERCISES (USE ANKLE STRAPS WHILE DOING THE FOLLOWING EXERCISES)
(Numbered exercises correspond to illustrations.)
1. Lie full length, allowing gravity to help the abdominal organs into their position. For best results, lie on board at least 10
minutes.
2. While lying flat on back, stretch the abdomen by putting arms above head. Bring arms above head 10 to 15 times: this stret ches
the abdominal muscles and pulls the abdomen do wn toward the shoulders.
3. Bring abdominal organs toward shoulders while holding breath. Move the organs back and forth by drawing them upward,
contracting abdominal muscles, then allowing them to go back to a relaxed position. Do this 10 to 15 times.
4. Pat abdomen vigorously with open hands. Lean to one side then to the other, patting the stretched side. Pat 10 to 15 times ea ch
side. Bring the body to sitting position, using the abdominal muscles. Return to lying position. Do this 3 to 4 times, if pos sible. Do
only if doctor orders.

HOLD ON TO THE HANDLES, FEET OUT OF STRAPS, WHILE DOING THESE EXERCISES:
5. Bend knees and legs at hips. While in this position: (a) turn head from side to side 5 or 6 times; (b) lift head slightly and rotate in
circles 3 or 4 times.
6. Lift legs to vertical position, rotate outward in circles 8 or 10times. Increase to 25 times after a week or two of exerci sing.
7. Bring legs straight up to a vertical position and lower them to the board slowly. Repeat 3 or 4 times.
8. Bicycle  legs in air 15to 25 times. Relax and rest, letting the blood circulate in the head for 10 minutes.

ELEVEN -DAY ELIMINATION REGIME
There are many eliminative regimes, and they all accomplish about the same results, through the fact that the body is g iven less
food, simpler foods and simpler combinations, more watery foods - so a greater transition can take place in the cells of the body.
This Eleven -Day Elimination Regime can be used by most persons in health, and for those who want to overcome the av erage
physical disorder. Those who are weak or feeble, however, should not follow the plan the full eleven days without supervision.
Those with tuberculosis should have both supervision and assistance.

Variation, as to the length of time and the manner in  which the foods are to be taken, may be adjusted to suit the history of the
patient. Examples: fruits, vegetables and broths can be taken for 1 day; or 1 day of just fruit; or 1, 2 or 3 days of vegetab les only.
Vegetables, taken in the form of broths, gen tly steamed vegetables and salads are a safer routine for the average beg inner than
citrus fruits. A hot bath should be taken every night during this diet regime. Enemas may be used the first four or five days, then
discontinued for natural movements. Not hing but water and fruit juices, preferably grapefruit, should be taken into the body for the
first three days. Drink one glass of juice every four hours of the day. The next two days fruit only - such as grapes, melons,
tomatoes, pears, peaches, plums; dr ied fruit such as prunes, figs, peaches, soaked overnight or baked apple.

In the six following days, breakfast should consist of citrus fruits. Between breakfast and lunch, any other kind of fruit. F or lunch,
have a salad of three to six vegetables and tw o cups of vital broth. When hungry between meals, fruit or fruit juices may be taken.
Dinner should consist of two or three steamed vegetables and two cups of vital broth. Fruit juices can be taken before retiri ng, if
wanted. Rigid adherence to the diet


  after God" has been the  ex-
perience of all  earnest God ward feelers. They realize that their conception
of the  Infinite  has constantly deepened  and expanded  with experience.
Those  who endeavor to think  out the  meaning  of the  experience and  to
coordinate  it with the  rest of our knowledge, are  the philosophic  mystics;
those  who try to develop  the faculty in themselves, and  to deepen the  ex-
perience are  the practical or experimental mystics.
Some, and  among  them the  greatest, have  tried to do both. Religion be -
gins in subjective  experience. Religion is what a  man does with his soli -
tude, for in solitude  we are compelled to subjective  experience.
It is of the  Religious Attitude  that I shall speak  next Sunday morning. This
will be  the last Sunday morning  I shall take the  service for Dr. Bailes this
season. The  service is held  at 10:30  at the  Fox Wilshire  Theater  on
Wilshire  Boulevard, near La  Cienega. A True  Religious Attitude  is man’s
salvation.
God never  changes; it is we  who are  changing; our spiritual eyes are ever
getting  keener;  and this enlargement of truth will bring  us an ever in -
creasing  inner peace.
The best defense  against the  deceptive  assault upon our mental and
moral eyesight is the spiritual eye  or the  Eye of God. In other  words, a
a spiritual ideal that cannot be  changed  by circumstance, a  code of per -
More Free Books Law of Attraction Havensonal honor and  integrity in ourselves and  good will and  love to others.
"Not what thou  art, nor what thou  hast been, beholdeth God  with his mer -
ciful eyes, but that thou  wouldst be."
Through the  veins of the  humblest man on earth runs the  royal blood  of
being. Therefore, let us look  at man through the  eyes of imaginative
love which is really seeing  with the  Eye of God. Under  the influence of
the Eye of God, the  ideal rises up  out of the  actual as water  is etherial -
ized by the  sun into the  imagery cloudland. Things altogether  distant are
present to the  spiritual eye.
The Eye of God  makes the  future  dream a  present fact. Not four months
to harvest –  look again. If we persist in this seeing, one  day we  will arise
with the  distance in our eyes, and  all the  staying, stagnant nearby will
suddenly be  of no importance. We  will brush it aside as we pass on to our
farseen objective.
The man who really finds himself cannot do otherwise  than let himself be
guided  by love. He is of too pure  eyes to behold  iniquity. Our  ability to
help others  will be  in proportion to   our ability to control and  help our-
selves. The  day a  man achieves victory over  himself, history will discover
that to have  been a  victory over  his enemy. The  healing  touch is in an  at-
titude, and  one day man will discover  that one  governs souls only with
serenity. The  mighty surrenders itself fully only to the  most gentle.
Recognizing  the power of feeling, let us pay strict attention to our moods
and attitudes. Every stage of man’s progress is made through the  exer-
cise of his imagination and  feeling. By creating  an "ideal" within our men -
tal sphere  we can feel ourselves into this "ideal  image" till we become one
and the same  with it, absorbing  its qualities into the  very core  of our be -
ing. The  solitary or captive can, by the  intensity of his imagination and
feeling, effect myriads so that he  can act  through many men and speak
through many voices. Extend  your feelers,  trust your touch, participate  in
all flights of your imaginations and  be not afraid  of your own sensitivities.
The best way to feel another’s good  is to be  more intensely aware  of it. Be
like my friend  and have "more  of a feeling" for the  health, the  wealth, the
happiness you  desire. Ideas do not bless unless they descend  from Heav -
en and  take flesh. Make results or accomplishments the  crucial test of
true imagination. As you  observe  these  results, you will determine  to fill
your images with love  and to walk  in a high and  noble  mood  for you  will
know  with the  poet:
"That which ye  sow ye reap. See  yonder  fields the  sesamum was sesa -
mum, the  corn was corn. The  Silence and  the Darkness knew   So is man’s
fate born."
More Free Books Law of Attraction HavenRadio Lecture
Affirm the Reality of Our Own Greatness
Radio  Talk, Station KECA, Los Angeles (July, 1951).
In the  creation of a  new way of life,  we must begin at the  beginning, with
our own  individual regeneration. The  formation of organizations, political
bodies, religious bodies, social bodies is not enough. The  trouble  we see
goes deeper  than we  perceive. The essential revolution must happen
within ourselves.
Everything  depends on our attitude  towards ourself –  that which we  will
not affirm within  ourself can never  develop  in our world. This is the  reli-
gion by which we  live, for religion  begins in subjective  experience, like
charity, it begins at home. "Be  ye transformed  by the renewing  of your
mind" is the  ancient formula  and there  is no other. Everything  depends
upon man’s attitude  toward  himself. That which he  cannot or will not
claim as true  of himself can never  evolve  in his world.
Man is constantly looking  about his world  and asking, "What’s to be  done?
What will   happen?" when he  should  ask himself "Who am I? What is my
concept of myself?" If we wish to see the  world  a finer, greater place, we
must affirm the  reality of a  finer, greater  being  within ourselves. It  is the
ultimate  purpose  of my teaching  to point the  road to this consummation. I
am trying  to show  you how the inner man must readjust himself –  what
must be  the new premise  of his life, in order  that he  may lose  his soul on
the level he  now knows and  find it again on the  high level he  seeks.
It is impossible  for man to see other  than the  contents of his own con -
sciousness, for nothing  has existence for us save  through the  conscious -
ness we  have of it. The  ideal man  is always seeking  a new incarnation but
unless we,  ourselves, offer  him human parentage, he  is incapable  of birth.
We are the means whereby the  redemption of nature  from the  law of cru -
elty is to be  effected.  The great purpose  of consciousness is to effect this
redemption. If we  decline  the burden and point to natural law as giving  us
conclusive  proof that redemption of the  world  by imaginative  love is
something  that can never  come  about, we  simply nullify the  purpose  of
our lives through want of faith. We  reject the  means, the  only means,
whereby this process of redemption must be  effected.
The only test of religion worth making  is whether  it is true born - whether
it springs from  the deepest conviction of the  individual, whether  it is the
fruit of inner  experience. No religion is worthy of a  man unless it gives
him a  deep and abiding  sense  that all is well, quite  irrespective  of what
happens to him personally. The  methods of mental and  of spiritual knowl -
edge are  entirely  different, for we know  a thing mentally by looking  at it
More Free Books Law of Attraction Havenfrom the  outside, by comparing  it with other  things by analyzing and
defining  it.
Whitehead  has defined  religion as that which a  man does with his soli -
tude. I should  like to add,  I believe  it is what a  man is in his solitude.  In
our solitude  we are driven to subjective  experience. It is, then, that we
should  imagine  ourselves to be  the ideal man we  desire  to see embodied
in the  world. If, in our solitude,  we experience in our imagination what we
would  experience in reality had  we achieved  our goal, we  will in time, be -
come  transformed  into the  image of our ideal. "Be  renewed  in the  spirit of
your mind  – put on  the new man –  speak  every man truth with