 in a dark and cool place. Any surplus of zinc oxide or carbonate that remains undissolved shows that all the boric
acid and salicylic acid have been used up. However, any surplus of boric acid would be beneﬁcial and just supply additional boron.
As a biochemist I do not see a difference between using this solution directly and letting it crystallise and then dissolving the crystals.
However, I have not been able to verify this in a clinical trial. If you do want to crystallise the complex, then let the water evaporate
very slowly in a ﬂat non-metal tray covered with ﬁne gauze. As a gener al rule, the slower the crystallisation, the bigger the crystals.
Therefore, keep the tray undisturbed in a cool place. For quick crystallisation and smaller crystals you may expose the tray to direct
sunlight. For use you may then dissolve the crystals again in 2 litres of hot water.
As with copper salicylate, there are no exact guidelines on how much to take. A tablespoonful has been taken 3 times daily with liquid
or meals for extended periods. For shorter periods this dose has been doubled. It is also good to rub onto the skin, especially where
there are any problems.
You may take this at the ratio of one tablespoon of Schweitzer Formula to one teaspoon of copper salicylate. For long-term use I
would take one spoonful of each daily. I believe that long-term use of copper or zinc should be balanced by taking the other mineral
as well, be it as salicylate complex, colloid or conventional remedy. I also believe that copper and zinc as complexes or colloids are
safer and more ef fective than the long-term use of aspirin or other anti-inﬂammatory drugs.
One tablespoonful of Schweitzer contains about 15 mg of zinc, 15 mg of boric acid or 2.5 mg of boron and 70 mg of salicylic acid. As
with copper salicylate, most of these  can be expected to be eliminated from the body as a complex. Therefore, Schweitzer Formula
cannot be regarded as a zinc or boron supplement and these may need to be additionally supplemented in a different form. However,
to assess any potential toxicity, we may assume that the complex completely disintegrates in the body. This would then supply only
relatively low levels of the individual ingredients. Twice these amounts of zinc and boron are recommended as being beneﬁcial and
much higher amounts have been used in nutritional therapy. Therefore, I cannot see any possible toxicity at least up to 3 tablespoons
daily.
Also many commonly used foods are quite high in salicylates. Some individuals, especially hyperactive children are sensitive to
salicylates and get a reaction from it. However, I believe that this is due to the chelating effect of salicylic acid, which may cause zinc
and copper deﬁciency in the body. Therefore, in the form of zinc and copper complexes, salicylates may not normally cause a
reaction in susceptible individuals.
After a period of use, it is advisable to interrupt using these remedies for a while and observe any effects. Schweitzer Formula in high
amounts is being used extensively in the healing system of Body Electronics. Finally, I want to stress again, that the use of these
remedies over long periods or in high doses is experimental and you must be prepared to take responsibility for any side effects
yourself.
Disclaimer: The aim of this web site is to provide information on using natural healing methods to aid in the treatment of illness and health improvement.
The author cannot accept any legal responsibility for any problem arising from experimenting with these methods. For any serious disease,
or if you are unsure about a particular course of action, seek the help of a competent health professional.
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Appetite has been revived and I enjoy my meals. 4. A scar of dry ringworm was cleared by urine rubbing. 5. I have no trouble whatsoever in the back. 6. Urination is easy but slight burning sensation is still there due to the narrowing down of the passage. 202 7. Getting up for urination at night is not more than once or twice. 8. Previously as soon as some urine was accumulated, I had to urinate. Now the feeling of urination arises only when the bladder is full. 9. There is no attack of cold or fever or pain in the chest. 10. Eruption near the left ear has gone. 11. Two small spots on the right-hand affected with white leprosy have been almost cleared. 12. lching Sensation disappeared by urine massage in the very beginning. 13. Now everything gets digested without any ill-effect. Thus I have been benefited in a number of ways and there is no exaggeration in what I have stated.”  Manav Mootra by R.M. Patel  URINE TROUBLES  “An old gentleman began to have difficulty in voiding his urine. He was advised by a friend to try taking half a pint of his own urine every morning on rising. This was to be followed at the usual time by a light breakfast instead of the customary full meal. Result, in one month after starting the treatment he was rid of his trouble.”  Urine Therapy by Dr. John O'Quinn  URINE TROUBLES  “A lady, age forty, was very recently treated by Dr. Paragjibhai for her urine trouble. Her urination had stopped and there was intense pain in her abdomen. Doctors could not even relieve the pain. She was given her son's urine, and in half an hour she began to urinate, pain vanished, and she slept soundly thereafter.”  Urine Therapy by Dr. John O'Quinn  UTERUS INFLAMMATION  “A lady in Dhalni Pole, Ahmedabad, suffered from pain, due to inflammation in the uterus after her marriage. She was treated by doctors but did not have any relief. Her husband was informed that Urine Therapy would eliminate her trouble. She was persuaded to take her urine. One day she took all that she passed. This worked as a miracle, and the serious trouble disappeared within only a day. Before the treatment, she was unable to walk even a little distance. But after the treatment, she could travel freely.” 203  Urine Therapy by Dr. John O'Quinn  UTERUS SWELLING  A woman had swelling in her uterus. It used to pain. She had got herself treated by doctors and vaidyas without success. She was advised to drink urine and put urine soaked cotton inside her vagina by one of my lady patients who herself had some experience of urine therapy. The woman's trouble vanished in three days and never returned.  Miracles of Urine Therapy by Morarji Desai   ***************************** V *****************************  VAGINAL DISCHARGE  “Shrimati Prabhavati is 45 and suffered from.leucorrhoea. She took urine treatment. She fasted on during for eight days, drank urine for one month and massaged with urine during the treatment. She applied urine-soaked cotton in vagina. She was completely cured.”  Manav Mootra by R.M. Patel  VAGINAL INJURY  “Shrimati Vaishali Pandit (32 years) was admitted in a hospital for confinement. But there was abortion and she returned home. But as bleeding would not stop she was obliged to adopt urine treatment. It was begun with a three-day urine fast. After the fast she was kept on milk and fruit. She drank thrice daily her own urine and massaged also with it. After a month's treatment under the supervision of Shri K. G. pandit she was completely relieved and well.”  from Manav Mootra by R. M. Patel  VARICOSE VEINS  Conception G. Sahavedra. { Mexico } 204 "I work in a laboratory and cured myself of varicose veins in the legs. I always had problems with lack of circulation. Now, thanks to God, I am very well."  World-wide Case Histories of Urine Therapy by Gary Ward  VARICOSE VEINS  Bertha Merida { Mexico } "I cured myself of varicose veins that I had in the right leg and my skin improved by getting rid of my acne. Now I feel I am happy. Thanks to God and the Urine, blessed you are Sir."  World-wide Case Histories of Urine Therapy by Gary Ward  VENEREAL DISEASE  “ A young man, twenty eight, was given three days to live. His condition was variously diagnosed as either cancer of the gullet or venereal disease. Through Urine Therapy the patient was completely cured and is still alive.”  Urine Therapy by Dr. John F. O'Quinn  VERTEBRA SPRAIN  “ A young woman had a sprain in her vertebral column which developed particularly in the fourth and fifth vertebra, where swelling appeared. She was unable to look straight, forward or side ways, due to intense pain. She could not sleep comfortable. She was taken to Bombay and she was subjected to radium-rays on doctor's advice. But there was no relief at all. Thereafter she was admitted to Mission Hospital, Arand. The plaster of paris was fixed on her back, and for a full 3 1/2  months she kept to her bed. But there was no improvement at all. The pain became more intense day by day.   Finally she was urged to adopt Urine Therapy. The experiment started with rubbing. After seven days, some improvement was noticed in her condition. With the rubbing of 15 days, the swelling on the vertebral column started to disappear. She was also made to fast on urine for a few days as required. Within a month she was completely cured.”  Urine Therapy by Dr. John O'Quinn  VISION  205 “Chimanlal M. Shah ( Rabari Chaw! Court Road Boriviali, Past Bombay) informs that his friend was able to get rid of his glasses by Urine Therapy.”  Urine Therapy by Dr. John O'Quinn  VISION  “D. Patel (Morbi, Saurashtra) informs that he could cure his neighbors of their eye-troubles, swellings, and bums by Urine Therapy.”  Urine Therapy by Dr. John O'Quinn  VISION  “Ratilal Bhavanbhai could completely get rid of his glasses and could cure pain in the chest by Urine Therapy.”  Urine Therapy by Dr. John O'Quinn  VISION  “Kalyanji Lakhani has described the various benefits he received from Urine Therapy: (1)  He had been a slave to glasses for the last 45 years. With the putting of drops of urine, 4 days old, in the eyes, he is now able to do without glasses for a number of hours with no inconvenience at all. (2) There was tremor in his hands. With Urine Therapy, he was able to hold a cup or dish steadily. (3) Before treatment, he was compelled to urinate every 10  to 15  minutes. Now it is so only after 2 or 2 1/2  hours. (4) His constant uneasiness of body had gone, and instead he feels vigor.”  Urine Therapy by Dr. John O'Quinn  VISION  “S. Dsbhai, in a letter of July 21st, 1960,  writes that at the ripe age of seventy three he got rid of his glasses completely by washing his eyes daily with fresh urine.”  Urine Therapy by Dr. John O'Quinn  VISION 206  “ R.B. Parikh was getting dim vision, and he was compelled to use strong glasses. He began drinking urine for a period of five months. As a result the defect of refraction in his eyes were removed, and they appeared very bright. There were certain reactions as well during the treatment. For a couple of days, there was heaviness in his head and pricking sensation in his throat. But gradually all the complaints ceased. There was much elimination of phlegm through the nose. But ultimately health was restored, and


 digestive system when starting with borax supplementation.
In some of the above forum posts rapid improvement was experience d within days. This is always a functional response. High
cellular calcium levels cause muscle contraction with cramps or spasms  as a common cause of pain. Boron, especially together with
magnesium, can rapidly relax these muscles and take away the pain.
However, with long-standing severe  calciﬁcations a large amount of calcium cannot be redistributed in a short time. This leads to
increased calcium levels in the affected area, especially the hips and shoulders, and can cause problems for a considerable time,
such as a tendency to severe cramping and pain, or problems with the blood circulation, or nerve transmission. Nerve-related effects
in hands and feet may be numbness, or reduced sensitivity or feeling in the skin. Higher amounts of calcium and ﬂuoride passing
through the kidneys may cause temporary kidney pain. Further, kidney pain appears to be mainly due to kidney stones being
released. After a few days the stones are usually cleared and the pain stops.
Such healing reactions cannot be avoided when aiming for a higher level of health, but they can be minimized by increasing borax
levels only gradually. Whenever you experience an unpleasant effect reduce or temporarily stop borax intake until the problem
subsides. Then gradually start increasing again. Helpful additional measures are a greatly increased ﬂuid intake, using more organic
acids such as lemon juice or vinegar, and improving lymph ﬂow as with rebounding, walking or inverted positions.
Warning: 1) Do not take a borax/boron supplement if breastfeeding. 2) Long term use of borax may cause temporary hair-loss in
some individuals. The hair will gradually recover after discontinuing treatment.
Toxicity Issues
Government health agencies are concerned about boron toxicity. You might be concerned as well if you read the following, pertaining
to sodium chloride or table salt (17): 'Acute oral toxicity (LD50 - the dose at which half of the tested animals die): 3,000 mg/kg [Rat].
Chronic Effects on Humans: Mutagenic for mammalian somatic cells. Slightly hazardous in case of skin contact, ingestion or
inhalation.  Lowest Published Lethal Oral Dose in Man: 1000 mg/kg. Causes adverse reproductive effects in humans (fetotoxicity,
abortion) by intraplacental  route, may increase risk of Toxemia  of Pregnancy in susceptible women. May cause adverse reproductive
effects and birth defects in animals, particularly rats and mice - fetotoxicity, abortion, musculoskeletal abnormalities, and maternal
effects (on ovaries, fallopian tubes).  May affect genetic material (mutagenic).  Ingestion of large quantities can irritate the stomach10/30/24, 11:28 AM Health-Science-Spirit - The Borax Conspiracy
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cardiovascular system. Continued exposure may produce dehydration, internal organ congestion, and coma.'
Now compare the sodium chloride toxicity with the Material Safety Data Sheet or MSDS for borax (18): 'Low acute oral toxicity; LD50
in rats 4,500 to 6,000 mg/kg of body weight. Reproductive/developmental toxicity: Animal feeding studies in rat, mouse and dog, at
high doses, have demonstrated effects on fertility and testes. Studies with boric acid in the rat, mouse and rabbit, at high doses,
demonstrate developmental effects on the fetus, including fetal weight loss and minor skeletal variations. The doses administered
were many times in excess of those to which humans would normally be exposed. No evidence of carcinogenicity in mice. No
mutagenic activity was observed in a battery of short-term mutagenicity assays. Human epidemiological studies show no increase in
pulmonary disease in occupational populations with chronic exposures to borate dust and no ef fect on fertility.'
Here you see that table salt is 50 to 100% more toxic than borax, it changes the genetic material and is mutagenic, while borax is
harmless in this regard. Infants are most at risk from high borax ingestion. It has been estimated that 5 to 10 grams can cause severe
vomiting, diarrhoea, shock and even death, but it also says that lethal doses are not well documented in the literature.
The following toxicity data are from documents of the US Environmenta l Protection Agency and the Centers  for Disease Control( 19,
20).
A review of 784 accidental human poisonings from 10 - 88 grams of boric acid reported no fatalities, with 88% of cases being
asymptomatic, meaning they did not notice anything. However, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, hepatic, renal, and central nervous
system effects, dermatitis, erythema, and death have occasionally been observed in some infants, children and adults exposed to
more than 84 mg boron/kg, corresponding to more than 40 grams of borax for 60 kg of body weight.
Animal studies have identiﬁed reproductive toxicity as the most sensitive effects of boron ingestion. Exposure of rats, mice, and dogs
for several weeks showed some damage to the testes and sperm at doses of more than 26 mg boron/kg which corresponds to 15
grams of borax/day for 60 kg body weight.
Most at risk is the developing foetus, and in the studied animals rats were most affected. In one study slight reductions in the foetal
body weight were already found at 13.7 mg boron/kg/day used during pregnancy. The no effect dose during pregnancy was set at
less than 13.7 mg/kg/day corresponding to about 7 grams of borax per day for 60 kg body weight. With an added safety factor a no
effect value of 9.6 mg boron/kg/day was calculated corresponding to 5 grams of borax for 60 kg.
However, a rat study lasting for 3 generations found no reproductiv e toxicity or effect on the parents or offspring at 30 mg
boron/kg/day. This dose corresponds to 17 grams of borax for 60 kg ingested for 3 generations! In another 3-generation study no
problem was found at 17.5 mg boron/kg/day, corresponding to 9 grams of borax/60 kg while the next higher tested borax dose of 58.5
mg/kg/day, corresponding to 30 grams of borax/60 kg, resulted in infertili ty. Therefore we can assume that the safe reproductive dose
is about 20 grams/60 kg/day.
Human studies of the possible association between impaired fertility and high boron levels in water, soil and dust in a Turkish
populations, and boron mining and processing workers, found no effect. One study even reported elevated fertility rates in borax
production workers as compared to the U.S. national average.
All this is important because possible reproductive toxicity is the ofﬁcial reason for the present assault on borax. The sodium chloride
MSDS mentioned above also states: "While sodium chloride has been used as a negative control in some reproductive studies, it has
also been used as an example that almost any chemical can cause birth defects in experimental animals if studied under the right
conditions." Keep this in mind when you read the following.
The Assault on Borax
Arthritis in its various forms and its close relative osteoporosis affect about 30% of the population in developed countries.
Osteoporosis is responsible for more long term hospital care than any other individual disease. This is due to the very high incidence
of fractures, and especially the protracted nature of hip fractures. This is a main source of income for the medical-pharmaceutical
system. If the boron-magnesium cure for these diseases should become widely known, this vital income stream would dry up and the
system collapse. As this is the biggest and most proﬁtable industry in the world, this cannot be allowed to happen.
When Dr Newnham discovered the boron-arthritis cure it was not a big problem for the pharmaceuticals because news travelled
slowly and was easily suppressed. This is very different now with Internet communication. Most research funding comes from the
pharmaceutical industry, and nothing has come forward to duplicate Dr Newnham's ﬁndings and other positive osteoporosis studies.
Instead, funding goes into the development of patentable boron drugs for limited application as in chemotherapy, or even to discredit
boron. A test-tube experiment found that a relatively low dose of about 4 grams of borax can damage lymphocytes, just like an earlier
test-tube study showed that vitamin C supplements are toxic. Most positive borax studies now come from China, Japan and Turkey.
Furthermore, PubMed is a publicly funded search facility for bio-medical research publications. While other articles for Newnham R.E.
and Zhou L.Y. are still listed, the two important borax publications mentioned earlier - about the arthritis trial at the Royal Melbourne
Hospital and the treatment of skeletal ﬂuorosis in China - are no longer listed, but they belong there and obviously had been there
originally. I suspect that they have been deliberately removed to prevent them from being quoted in other research.
In addition, increasing effort goes into publicly demonizing borax for its alleged reproductive and infant toxicity. As an example I
recently read an article by a'senior scientist' of the supposedly 'green' Environmental Working Group. In


	success.	Those	designated	as	holy	men	were
revered	and	thus	had	a	special	niche	in	society	as	teachers.
					When	Buddha	appeared	in	approximately	500	BC,	he	was	supported	by
a	culture	that	was	capable	of	recognizing	enlightenment	so	he	was	not	in
conflict	with	the	then-existent	culture.	Although	he	may	perhaps	have
been	considered	a	new	great	teacher,	the	teachings	and	accepted	treasures
of	wisdom	and	truth	already	existed.
					By	contrast,	the	Western	world	was	far	behind	in	the	advancement	of
consciousness.	The	culture	was	pagan	and	preoccupied	with	nature	deities,
magic,	and	nature	worship.	The	Greek,	Roman,	Germanic,	and	Hebraic
traditions	included	pantheons	of	gods	who	were	given	anthropomorphic
characteristics	so	that,	in	the	end,	they	actually	had	the	same	feelings	as
humans	but	merely	on	a	broader	scale.	In	all	these	primitive	versions,	God
was	always	seen	as	‘elsewhere’.	The	anthropomorphic	God,	however,	was
seen	as	taking	direct	action,	for	better	or	worse,	in	human	affairs.
					Whether	greater	wisdom	existed	before	recorded	history	was
information	probably	lost	in	the	great	fire	at	the	library	of	Alexandria	that
had	included	all	the	recorded	wisdom	of	the	ancient	world.	In	native
cultures	around	the	world,	spiritualism	prevailed,	but	there	was	no
tradition	of	enlightenment.	There	was,	however,	the	shared	truth	of	the
omnipresence	and	divinity	of	the	Great	Spirit	as	God.	Thus,	both	the
Native	American	cultures	and	the	pre-Sumerian	culture,	as	well	as	that	of
the	Hebrews,	were	monotheistic	as	was	the	belief	in	Mazda,	the	god	of
Mesopotamian	culture	as	expressed	through	Zoroaster.
					Into	this	preexistent	culture	outside	the	Far	East	appeared	Jesus	Christ,
whose	coming	had	been	foretold	by	prophecy.	Unlike	Buddha	and
Krishna,	his	teachings	were	in	conflict	with	the	then-prevailing	culture,
and	the	ensuing	conflict	with	the	religious	establishment	resulted	in	his
untimely	death	at	an	early	age.					Although	not	well	received	by	the	culture	of	his	birthplace,	Jesus’
teachings,	via	the	disciples	and	Greeks,	spread	rapidly	to	the	Greco-
Roman	world	and	then	across	the	cultures	of	Europe.	The	purity	of	the
teachings	remained	relatively	undefiled	for	the	first	four	hundred	years	but
then	progressively	declined,	especially	after	the	Nicene	Council.
					In	the	meantime,	the	Arab	world	had	embraced	Islam,	and	a	power
struggle	between	Islam	and	Christianity	ensued,	with	major	political
consequences	for	all	society.	The	focus	of	organized	religion,	however,
became	diverted	into	rivalry	between	the	different	cultures.	The	religious
goals	of	the	individual	were	focused	primarily	on	that	of	avoiding	sin,
penance	for	sin,	and	the	possibility	of	reaching	heaven	in	an	afterlife.
These	were	in	accord	with	the	branch	of	Buddhism	called	‘Pureland’,
which	also	had	the	more	modest	goal	of	reaching	heaven	rather	than	the
likelihood	of	becoming	enlightened	in	this	lifetime.	Sainthood	resulted
from	purification	of	the	personality	in	Islam,	Christianity,	and	Pureland
Buddhism.	This	was	in	accord	with	the	perception	that	enlightenment
itself	was	a	more	advanced	stage	and	reachable	only	from	the	higher	levels
of	spirituality,	such	as	those	that	existed	in	heaven.	There	was	thus	the
agreement	that	the	worldly	life	and	its	intrinsic	negativity	precluded	the
likelihood	of	reaching	enlightenment	during	an	earthly	lifetime.
					This	consideration	is	also	expressed	in	the
Bhagavad-Gita
	where
Krishna	says	that	enlightenment	is	rare	because	it	is	chosen	as	a	goal	only
by	a	few	out	of	many	thousands,	and	even	of	those	who	choose	it	as	a
goal,	very	few	accomplish	the	goal.	Consequently,	in	Eastern	religions,	the
attainment	of	enlightenment	was	said	to	take	many	life	cycles,	and	the	best
the	average	seeker	could	accomplish	was	the	accumulation	of	good	karma
that	ripened	into	the	final	earthly	lifetime	when	enlightenment	occurred,
bringing	with	it	the	finality	and	cessation	of	rebirth.
					The	spiritual	seekers	who	made	major	progress	during	this	lifetime
were	often	viewed	as	saints	in	all	religions,	and	some	of	advanced
consciousness	were	termed	mystics	by	Christianity.	The	mystics,	however,
were	often	suspect	by	the	Church	and	were	considered	as	possibly
heretical	by	the	establishment.	This	view	prevails	today,	even	in	certain
fundamentalist	Christian	sects	that	view	the	Buddha,	for	example,	as
‘possessed	by	a	demon’.(All	demons	calibrate	below	consciousness	level
200,	whereas	Buddha,	like	Krishna,	Brahman,	Christ,	and	Zoroaster,
calibrate	at	the	maximum	possible	consciousness	level	of	1,000.)
Q:	What	differentiates	these	seemingly	different	spiritual	goals?
A:	The	difference	is	very	basic	and	critical	for	the	seeker	of	enlightenment	toknow.	A	religion	primarily	addresses	the	realm	of	duality,	whereas
enlightenment	addresses	nonduality.	This	strict	path	to	enlightenment	says
that	inasmuch	as	duality	is	illusion,	there	is	no	point	in	trying	to	perfect	it.
Therefore,	the	ego	is	to	be	transcended	and	seen	for	the	illusion	that	it	is.
‘Good	personhood’	is	laudable,	but	it	does	not	of	itself	result	in
enlightenment.	The	possibility	of	reaching	enlightenment	is	based	on
advanced	understanding	of	the	nature	of	consciousness	itself.
Q:	Is	there	an	observable	difference	between	the	saint	and	the	sage?
A:	Yes,	that	may	be	so.	The	way	of	spiritual	purification	and	perfection	will
lead	to	a	personality	that	is	seen	as	more	‘saintly’	or	pure.	In	contrast,	the
enlightened	sage	has	no	interest	in	either	the	body	or	the	personality	and
may	therefore	seem	to	the	ordinary	person	to	be	more	gruff	or	even
unkempt.
					Nisargadatta	Maharaj	(consciousness	level	over	700),	for	example,
smoked	endless	Indian	cigarettes,	pounded	on	the	table	when	he	got
excited,	and	exhibited	his	ordinary	personality.	A	Zen	master	can	be	very
abrupt	and	brisk;	however,	the	love	is	the	same	in	all	but	is	merely
expressed	differently.
Q:	Is	perfecting	the	body	and	personality	then	a	waste	of	time?
A:	It	is	a	diversion	and	an	error	of	emphasis.	The	body	is	a	product	of	nature,
and	what	it	does	is	really	of	no	interest.	The	mind	and	personality	are
products	of	social	milieu,	family	influence,	and	cultural	programming.	A
refined	and	cultured	person	is	an	agreeable	and	valuable	social	asset,	but	it
is	not	the	Self.	As	one	approaches	enlightenment,	it	becomes	apparent	that
the	self	is	not	the	Self,	although	included	in	it.
Q:	Is	one	spiritual	path	better	than	another?
A:	There	are	two	ways	to	travel—either	a	direct	route	to	one’s	destination,	or


2. Next, place index fingers in the small depressions at the middle of
the lower eye sockets-points designated by 8. Press in deeply on the
rims, not cheekbon es. Massage for a count of 10. Release. Then
repeat for a total of 3 times.
3. Then, place index fingers on lower eye socket l/4 of the distance
from outside comers of the eyes. (Look for letter C in figure 55d.)
Press and massage for a count of 10. Release. Repeat for a total of 3
times.
4. Place middle fingers on top of eye sockets about 1/3 of the distance
from the outside comers of the eyes. (Look for letter D.) Press and
massage for a count of 10. Release. Repeat for a total of 3 times.
5. Place middle fingers on the temples by coming out from the end of
the eyebrows and locating soft depressions on the sides of the head
(point E). Press and massage for a count of 10. Release. Repeat for a
total of 3 times.
6. Palming. Rub hands together briskly until they are quite warm.
Cup the hands over both eyes, fingers slightly crossed, right over left.
Do not press the eyes. Hold for a count of 10. Then repeat for a total of
3 times, always feeling the warmth entering into the eyes from the
hands.
7. Then rub eyes lightly with three middle fingers. Rub the bones
around the eyes in a circular motion, starting from the inside comer of
each eye next to the nose. Rub up the bridge of the nose, across the
eyebrow s, towards the temples, down and back around the lower rims
of the eye sockets to the nose again. Do this 10 times. Pause. Repeat
for a total of 3 cycles.
NOTE A: Rubbing in the opposite direction will weaken the eye
muscles and cause wrinkles to appear. Always use a natural, heal
ing cream as a lubricant.
NOTE 8: For cataract or glaucoma, practice the first seven eye
exercises up to 20 minutes daily. Whenever your eyes are tired, do the
Eye Exercises, as they will complet ely revitalize your entire body in
minutes. It is also good to do them in conjunction with exercises
which strengthen the liver.
NOTE C: Once you have located the painful points, it is not necessary
to continue pressing hard on these points. When you are doing the Eye
124 The Internal Exe rcises
Exercis es, even a very light touching of the points will accompl ish the
purpose of the exercise, which is to restore normal vision.
NOTED: Use the first two points (A and B) for diagnosis. If it is
painful at all when you press in deeply, then there is something wrong
with the eyes and/or body. If it is puffy or dark under point B, water
retention or lack of proper rest is indicated.
One may also practice additional exercises which will strengthen the
eyes and the muscles surrounding them.
1. Begin by keeping the head straight, but with the eyes first looking
up toward the ceiling and then down at the floor. Repeat this motion
several times. The eyes should always move slowly and with deliber
ation.
2. Next, look to either side of the head.
3. Then look up and down into the opposite corners of the eyes.
4. Then rotate the eyes first in a clockwise direction, then in a
counter clockwise direction. This will take about ten minutes to per
form when done slowly.
S. Always follow these eye moveme nts with a rubbing of the hands
and a pressing of the palms onto the eyes to bring heat and energy into
them.
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a. b. c.
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g· 111>1 '/
"-.. �, __.,, -
d. e. f.
Figures 56a.-56f. Eye Motion s.
125 The Internal Exercises
If you practice these exercises consistently over a period of time, you
may never need glasses to see clearly.
A student of mine and his family benefited greatly from the Eye Exer
cises. His problems first began after he left his job in the computer
department of a San Francisco telephone company for a better job in San
Jose. Because he was working as a trainee on three months probation at the
San Jose company, his wife-then working as a nurse in a San Francisco
hospital-could not leave her job and move away from San Francisco. Plus
their house and four children were in San Francisco. So even if he was tired
after hoUJS of heavy concentration and computer training, he still had to
drive for a total of 3 hours to and from work and fight traffic. When he did
get home, he was overwhelmed by the demands of his four children. Not
being able to stand the noise any longer, he retreated to his bedroom,
locked the door, and collapsed on the bed. It was not long before his
miserable outlook on life, lack of appetite for his wife's cooking, and
indifference toward family and marital matters started explosiv e fights
between him and his equally strained wife. Soon they agreed to a divorce.
But before they took any legal action, they came to my office seeking
advice. After carefully listening to both husband and wife, I discovered that
they still loved each other and that the only things tearing them apart were
the stress and tension of overwork. I therefore asked them to delay taking
any legal action for two weeks, enough time to let the Eye Exercises take
effect. I gave the husband the instructions for the exercises and asked him
to do them when he drove on the emptier and safer sections of Highway
280. He could exercise both eyes by steering with the right hand as he
exercised his left eye with his left hand and then switching hands to do the
other eye. A month or so later they both came back to my office bearing a
gift. The husband said the Eye Exercises performed a miracle on their lives.
When he exercised his eyes as he drove, he was never tired when he
reached home-he felt complet ely refreshed. He was able to play with his
children, answer their questio ns, even help them do their homework; his
appetite returned; he was able to fulfill his marital duties; and he was able to
concentrate on his job and pass probation smoothly. Afterward, he was
formally hired, and he was able to sell the house in San Francisco and move
to San Jose. His wife also found a new job in San Jose, and their children
were happy. They said they were starting a new life with more love for each
other than ever before.
126 The Internal Exercises
THE NOSE EXERC ISE
The nose is the opening to the lungs. Symptoms such as allergies, runny
nose, and blocked sinuses are the manifestations of weakness within the
lungs. To strengthen the lungs, one should perform the Crane Exercise,
which directs a flow of energy that helps restore any degenerative condi
tions within the pulmonary system. We can also help keep the lungs strong,
as well as keep the sinuses healthy, by stimula ting certain points around the
nose. These are spots which open up into the meridians that supply the nose
and surrounding areas with energy. By pressing these points, we insure a
continual flow of energy through the nasal and sinus passages.
The exercise can be done several times throughout the day, as many
times as necessary to help correct sinus or nasal problems. But if time does
not allow it, doing the exercise once, after the Eye Exercise, with the aid of
a healing herbal cream will suffice.
I. Using the tip of the index or the second fingers of each hand, press
down with heavy pressure on the three points as described below.
2. Begin at the base of the nose and press these points for about ten
seconds. Then rub these points briefly.
3. Next, press the points midway up on either side of the nose for
about ten seconds. Then rub briefly.
a. b.
127 The Internal Exe rcises
c.
Figures 57a-57c. Nose Exercise.
4. Press the point midway between the eyebrows (the third eye) with
both fingers. Then rub briefly.
5. Repeat this progression three times, always beginning with the
lower points and ending by pressing the point corresponding to the
third eye.
6. Rub in a continual flowing motion, starting at the lowest point,
passing through the second and third points, then continuing up
through the middle of the forehead. Repeat this movement for a total
of three times.
Throughout the exercise, the pressure exerted should be penetrating and
deep. Often when just beginning, the points will be sensitiv e or slightly
painful. This is an indication of weakness or blockages within the merid
ian. Continue to perform this exercise daily and the pain will disappear in
time. You may notice that you will acquire fewer colds, allergies, and sinus
conditions.
THE EAR EXERC ISE OR
"BEATING THE HEAVENL Y DRUM"
Whether it be daytime or nighttime. one's envi ronment never rests.
128 TM Internal Exercises
When you are sleeping you may think you


	pain	and	restores	vibrant	health	along
with	proper	immune	functions.
	A	More	Flexible	Body

Physical	flexibility	is	a	measure	of	how	well	the	organs,	joints,	muscles,	connective
tissues,	and	cells	are	nourished	by	the	food	we	eat,	the	water	we	drink,	and	the	air	we
breathe.	The	digestive	and	metabolic	processes	that	make	these	nutrients	and	substances
available	to	the	cells	need	to	be	in	top	condition	for	health	to	be	a	real	and	long-lasting
outcome.	Stiffness	in	the	joints	and	muscles	indicates	the	presence	of	acidic	metabolic
waste	products	in	these	parts	of	the	body	owing	to	poor	digestive	and	eliminative
functions.

Anyone	who	practices	yoga,	gymnastics,	or	any	other	form	of	exercise	and	does	several
liver	cleanses	will	notice	greatly	increased	flexibility	of	the	spine,	joints,	and	muscles.
Deposits	of	mineral	salts	in	the	neck	and	shoulder	areas	begin	to	lessen,	and	aches	and
stiffness	disappear.	The	whole	body	feels	more	“connected,”	as	the	connective	tissues	that
keep	the	cells	together	become	more	supple	and	fluid	again.

A	river	of	pure,	clean	water	flows	more	easily	and	with	less	friction	than	a	river	that	is
filled	with	filth	and	mud.	One	of	the	liver’s	most	important	functions	is	to	keep	the	blood
thin	so	that	it	can	distribute	nutrients	to	the	cells,	collect	waste	materials,	and	carry
messenger	hormones	to	their	destinations	on	time.	Thick	blood	is	a	common	denominator
for	most	illnesses	in	the	body,	and	you	can	recognize	it	by	a	lack	of	flexibility	in	certain
parts	of	the	body,	along	with	other	symptoms,	including	tiredness.	If	the	spine	and	joints
are	permanently	stiff	and	painful,	this	indicates	that	most	of	the	internal	organs	are
suffering	from	circulatory	problems.	Blood	circulation	greatly	improves	when	gallstones
cease	to	congest	the	liver.	This	leads	to	increased	flexibility	and	mobility	throughout	the
body.	A	good	and	regular	exercise	program	helps	to	support	and	maintain	this	newly	found
flexibility.

A	flexible	body	also	suggests	that	the	mind	is	open	and	adaptable.	A	rigid	body,	by
contrast,	is	a	sign	of	a	rigid	and	fearful	mind.	As	the	body	is	supplied	with	thinner	blood,
and	as	hardened	structures	begin	to	soften	again,	your	mental	attitude	also	becomes	more
expansive	and	accommodating.	This	enhances	your	ability	to	flow	with	the	opportunities
of	life	in	the	present	moment,	adding	greater	joy	and	fulfillment	to	each	new	day.
	Reversal	of	the	Aging	Process

Many	people	view	aging	as	an	unavoidable	phenomenon	that,	like	a	disease,	will	afflict
them	eventually.	However,	this	viewpoint	applies	only	to	its	“negative”	consequences.
You	can	just	as	well	see	aging	as	a	positive	growth	process	that	makes	life	richer,
increases	wisdom,	and	enhances	experience	and	maturity—all	assets	that	are	rarely	found
in	one’s	youth.	The	negative	aspect	of	the	aging	process,	with	which	the	majority	of
people	identify,	is	a	metabolic	disorder	that	develops	gradually	over	a	period	of	time.

The	unwanted	effects	of	aging	result	from	malfunctioning	that	occurs	on	the	cellular
level.	When	the	body’s	cells	are	unable	to	remove	their	daily-generated	metabolic	waste
material	fast	enough,	some	of	it	is	deposited	in	the	cell	membranes.	In	fact,	the	cell
membranes	become	cellular	“garbage	cans.”	The	cells	cannot	rid	themselves	of	all	their
own	waste	because	the	surrounding	connective	tissue	is	congested	with	other	waste
material	(owing	to	lymphatic	blockage).	In	due	time,	inefficient	waste	disposal	becomes
more	pronounced	and	apparent	in	the	body.	The	withheld	waste	gradually	cuts	off	the
cells’	supply	of	oxygen,	nutrients,	and	water,	and	increasingly	thickens	their	membranes.
The	cell	membranes	of	a	newborn	baby	are	very	thin,	nearly	colorless,	and	transparent.
The	average	70-year-old	person	today	has	cell	membranes	that	are	at	least	five	times	as
thick	as	are	those	found	in	a	baby’s	body.	The	membranes’	color	is	generally	brown	and,
in	some	cases,	even	black.	This	cell-degenerative	process	is	what	we	generally	refer	to	as
“aging.”

During	normal	aging,	which	begins	right	from	the	beginning	of	life,	all	cells	in	the	body
are	routinely	replaced	with	new	cells.	On	the	other	hand,	during	abnormal	aging,	the
newly	created	cells	are	not	as	healthy	as	the	old	ones	were.	The	affected	tissues	or	groups
of	cells	have	become	weaker	and	suffer	malnutrition,	thereby	giving	the	new	generation	of
cells	a	poor	start	in	life.	Consequently,	before	long,	the	membranes	of	the	new	cells	also
become	clogged	up.	They	have	no	chance	to	develop	into	healthy	young	cells.	As	more
and	more	of	the	cells	and	the	surrounding	connective	tissues	become	saturated	with	toxic
substances,	entire	organs	in	the	body	begin	to	age	and	deteriorate	as	well.

The	skin,	which	is	the	largest	organ	in	the	body,	also	begins	to	suffer	from
malnourishment.	Consequently,	it	may	lose	some	of	its	former	elasticity,	change	its	natural
color,	become	dry	and	rough,	and	develop	blemishes	that	consist	of	metabolic	waste
products.	At	this	stage,	the	negative	aspect	of	the	aging	process	becomes	visible	on	the
outside.	Therefore,	it	is	obvious	that	external	aging,	which	is	a	direct	result	of	defective
cell	metabolism,	starts	inside	the	body.

Impaired	digestion	and	liver	function	are	the	main	causes	of	inefficient	cell	metabolism.Both	functions	improve	dramatically	when
all
	existing	gallstones	in	the	liver	and
gallbladder	are	eliminated	and	other	toxic	waste	materials	are	removed	from	the	organs,
tissues,	and	cells	through	simple	methods	of	cleansing	(as	discussed	in	this	book).	As	soon
as	the	cells	begin	to	shed	their	“dark	skin”	(a	natural	result	of	the	cleansing),	the
absorption	of	oxygen,	nutrients,	and	water	increases,	and	so	does	cell	vitality.	As	digestion
and	metabolism	continue	to	improve,	instead	of	being	old	and	tired,	the	cells	will	become
young	and	dynamic	again.	This	is	the	time	when	the	aging	process	actually	reverses,	and
the	positive	aspects	of	aging	begin	to	dominate.
	Inner	and	Outer	Beauty

The	results	of	steadily	improving	cell	metabolism	will	affect	the	way	you	feel	about	your
inner	self	as	much	as	they	will	show	on	the	outside.	Older	people	look	radiant	and
youthful	when	they	are	truly	healthy.	Young	people	can	look	quite	old	if	their	bodies	are
toxic	and	tired.	Naturally,	if	you	want	to	achieve	outer	beauty,	you	must	develop	inner
beauty	first.

If	your	body	has	accumulated	a	lot	of	waste	material,	it	is	not	capable	of	imbuing	you
with	a	sense	of	beauty	and	worthiness.	There	are	still	groups	of	indigenous


 suf fering. But what’ s left when there is no more suf feri ng? The
Buddha is silent on that, and his silence implies that you’ll hav e to find
out for yourself. He uses a negative definition so that the mind cannot
make it into something to believe in or into a superhuman
accomplishment, a goal that is i mpossible for you to attain. Despite this
precaution, the majority of Buddhists still believe that enlightenment is
for the Buddha, not for them, at least not in this lifetime.

Y ou used the wor d  Being. Can you explain what you mean by that?

Being is the ete rnal, ever -presen t One Life beyond the myriad forms of
life that are su bject to birth a nd death. However, Being is not only
beyond but also deep within every form as its innermost invisible and
indestructible essence. This me ans that it is accessible to you now as
your ow n deepe st self, your true nature. But don’ t seek to grasp it with
your mind. Don’ t try to understand it. Y ou can know it only when the
mind is still. When you are pr esent, when your attention is fully and
intensely in the Now, Being can  be felt, but it can never be understood
mentally. T o regain awareness of Being and to abide in that  state of
“feeling-realization” is enlightenment.When you say  Being, ar e you talking about God? If you ar e, then why
don’ t you say it?

The word God  has become empty of meaning through thousands of years
of misus e. I use it sometimes, b ut I do so sparingly. By misuse, I mean
that peo ple who  have never eve n glimpsed the realm of the sacred, the
infinite vastness behind that word, use it with great conviction, as if they
knew what they are talking about. Or they ar gue against it, as if they
knew what it is that they are denying. This misuse gives rise to absurd
beliefs, assertion s, and egoic de lusions, such as “ My  or our  G od is the
only true God, and your  God is false,” or Nietzsche’ s famous statement
“God is dead.”
The word God  has become a closed concept. The moment the word is
uttered, a mental image is created, no longer, perhaps, of an old man with
a w hite beard, b ut still a mental representation of someone or s omething
outside you, and, yes, almost inevitably a male  someone or something.
Neither God  nor Being  n or any other word can define or explain the
inef fable reality  behind the word, so the only important qu estion is
whether the word is a help or a hindrance in enabling you to experience
That toward which it points. Does it point beyond itself to that
transcendental r eality, or does it lend itself too easily to beco ming no
more than an idea in your head that you believe in, a mental idol?
The word Being  explains nothing, but nor does God. Being, however, has
the adva ntage that it is an open concept. It does not reduce th e infinite
invisible to a finite entity. It is impossible to form a mental image of it.
Nobody can claim exclusive possession of Being. It is your very essence,
and it is immediately accessible to you as the feeling of your own
presence, the realization I am  that is prior to I am this or I am that. So it
is only a small step from the word Being  to the experience of Being.
 What is the gr eatest obstacle to experiencing this r eality?

Identification with your mind, which causes thought to become
compulsive. Not to be able to stop thinking is a dreadful af fliction, but
we d on’ t realize this because almost everybody is suf fering from  it, so it
is considered normal.
This incessant mental noise prevents you from finding that realm of
inner sti llness th at is inseparable from Being. It also creates a fal se mind-
made self that c asts a shadow o f fear and suf fering. W e will look at all
that in more detail later.
The philosophe r Descartes believed that he had found the most
fundamental truth when he made his famous statement: “I think,
therefore I am.” He had, in fact,  given expression to the most basic error:
to equa te thin king with Being and identity with thinking. The
compulsive thinker, which mea ns almost everyone, lives in a state of
apparent separateness, in an insanely complex world of continuous
problems and conflict, a world that reflects the ever -increasing
fragmentation of the mind. Enlightenment is a state of wholeness, of
being “at one” and therefore at peace. At one with life in its m anifested
aspect, t he world, as well as with your deepest self and life unm anifested
— a t on e with Being. Enlightenment is not only the end of suf fering and
of c ontinuous conflict within and without, but also the en d of the
dreadful enslavement to incessant thinking. What an incredible liberation
this is!
Identification with your mind creates an opaque screen of c oncepts,
labels, images, words, judgments, and definitions that blocks all true
relationship. It comes between y ou and yourself, between you and your
fellow man and woman, betwee n you and nature, between you and God.
It is this screen of thought that  creates the illusion of separate ness, the
illusion that there is you and  a to tally separa te “other.” Y ou then for get
the esse ntial fact that, underneath the level of physical appearances and
separate forms, you are one with all that is. By  “fo r get,” I mean that youcan no longer feel  this oneness as self-evident reality. Y ou may believe  it
to be true, but you no longer  know  it to be true. A belief may be
comforting. Only through your own experience, however, does it become
liberating.
Thinking has become a disease. Disease happens when things g et out of
balance. For example, there is nothing wrong with cells dividing and
multiplying in the body, but when this process continues in disregard of
the total or ganism, cells proliferate and we have disease.
The mind is a superb instrumen t if used rightly. Used wrongly, however,
it becom es very  destructive. T o put it more accurately, it is not so much
that you use you r mind wrongly — you usually don’ t use it at all. It uses
you. This is the dise ase. Y ou believe that you ar e  your mind. This is the
delusion. The instrument has taken you over.

I don’ t quite agr ee. It is true that I do a lot of aimless thinking, like most
people, but I can still choose to use my mind to get and accomplish
things, and I do that all the time.

Just because you can solve a crossword puzzle or build an atom bomb
doesn’ t mean that you use your  mind. Just as dogs love to chew bones,
the mind loves to get its tee th into problems. That’ s why it does
crossword puzzl es and builds ato m bombs. Y ou  hav e no interest  in either.
Let me ask you this: can you b e free of your mind whenever you want
to? Have you found the “of f” button?

Y ou mean stop thinking altoge ther? No, I can’ t, except maybe for a
moment or two.

Then the  mind is using you. Y o u are unconsciously identified with it, so
you don’ t even know that you are its slave. It’ s almost as if you were
possessed witho ut knowing it, an d so you take the possessing entity to beyourself. The beginning of freedom is the realization that you are not the
possessing entity — the thinker. Knowing this enables you to observe the
entity. The moment you start watching the thinker,  a higher level of
consciousness becomes activated. Y ou then begin to realize tha t there is
a vast realm of intelligence beyond thought, that thought is only a tiny
aspect o f that intelligence. Y ou also realize that all the things that truly
matter — beauty, love, creativit y, joy, inner peace — arise from beyond
the mind. Y ou begin to awaken.

FREEING YOURSELF FROM YOUR MIND
What exactly do you mean by “watching the thinker”?

When someone goes to the doctor and says, “I hear a voice in my head,”
he or she will most likely be sent to a psychiatrist. The fact is that, in a
very similar way, virtually ever yone hears a voice, or several voices, in
their head all the time: the involuntary thought processes that y ou don’ t
realize you have the power to stop. Continuous monologues or dialogues.
Y ou have probably come across “mad” people in the street incessantly
talking or muttering to themselves. W ell, that’ s not much dif ferent from
what you and all other “normal” people do, except that you don’ t


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become their own healers.
Because the Gerson Therapy is the primary management tool for
eliminating illness, any agent, material, technique, or procedure added to it
must be characterized as adjuvant, or supportive in nature. No adjuvant
agent should be used at the expense of a regular Gerson procedure or
medication in the hope of improving that adjuvant’ s performance. If a
Gerson-trained physician makes an alteration in the healing program,
however, adjunctive treatment under that doctor ’s supervision is
permissible. Furthermore, always consult your Gerson Therapy physician
with regard to any promising new addition to the treatment.
ADJUNCTIVE  THERAPIES  THAT FIT INT O THE  GERSON  PROCEDURE
The procedures and materials listed below are available at all Gerson
facilities in a form compatible with the Gerson Therapy. Pleas e be aware
that each Gerson Center is separately owned and licensed by the Gerson
Institute. At any given facility, certain additional therapies cited below may
or may not be available. The Gerson-trained physician in charge may
choose to recommend the addition of one or more of such adjunctive
therapies.
Laetrile,  the purified form of amygdalin, which occurs naturally in the
pits of apricots and in some  other foods, is a cyanogenic glycoside
(containing cyan ide). While it is nontoxic, laetrile by itself does not cure. Itis used as an analgesic and has other purported anticancer properties.
Lactrile is not part of the routine Gerson Therapy.
When a Gerson patient elects to add lactrile to the Gerson program, this
supplemental material must in no way replace the central and continuous
work of the Gerson Therapy. (Some laetrile therapists have recommended
dietary measures counterproductive to natural healing progress with the
Gerson Therapy. Do not follow those non-Gerson measures.)
Polarizing treatment,  described in Merck’s Manual of Standar d Medical
Procedur es, aids potassium travel through the cell membrane by a transport
mechanism. It is an addition to the Gerson protocol pionee red by Dr.
Demetrio Sodi-Pallares, a noted Mexico City cardiologist and researcher.
The basic polarizing solution, GKI, is necessary to provide a transport
mechanism to help potassium (K) travel through the cell membrane for
those patients who are deficient  in K. It is combined with glucose (G) and
insulin (I) together as an intravenous injection.
Polarizing treatm ent promotes healing in the diseased heart and in tissues
damaged by cancer and other degenerative diseases. Patients with edema in
the extremities note a rapid reabsorption and release of the fluids from the
body.
Oxygen therapies,  including hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and ozone (O3)
therapy, boost serum oxygen levels to revitalize normal cells while
damaging viruses and other pathogens. It may be absorbed throu gh the skin
by bathi ng in it (4 to 5 pints of 3 percent H2O2 in a standard-size bathtub),
applied topically, or insuf flated rectally. Ambient air ozone generators are
used to benefit patients by delivering O3.
In addition to the usual intensive Gerson Therapy, some adjuvant
procedures such as those mentioned and several others are being made
available in the Gerson hospita l or other Gerson facilities but at an extra
charge.
Live cell therapy, the ingestion by injection or orally of fetal tissue cells
for the strengthening of speci fic organs, is more effective after good
detoxification has taken place. It should not be tried during the initial stages
of Gers on Therapy. It may be available on request from your Gerson
Therapy facility.
Pancr eatin, highly  concentrated pancreatic enzymes for dissolving and
digesting tumor tissue, help patients if they carry a heavy tumor load. Theadditional intensive pancreatin has improved the patient’ s ability to
eliminate many kinds of neoplasms.
Tahebo tea (pau d’arco or lapacho), has been shown repeatedly to have
anticancer properties. It is used as a tea by native Indians of the Americas.
Vitamin C, administered orally and recta lly, works to offset the free
radical pathology connected with chemotherapy and radiation.
Hyperthermia/Hydr otherapy, full-body immersion in a bathtub
containing hot water to elevate the body temperature to 104°F for the
induction of a mild fever, tends to deteriorate tumor tissue. It’s best used
after the administration of laetri le. This combination of hot tub fomentation
with laetrile is one of the best remedies for overcoming pain. It dulls and
calms the discom fort and is a great assist to detoxification by improving the
blood flow and lymphatic circulation. Patients with nervous system disease
such as MS should not be subjected to high temperature. Cool compresses
are more beneficial for them. Important: not to be used with fluoridated
water systems.
Clay poultice,  a soft composition powder mixed with water and applied
as a mud pack to an inflamed body part for purposes of absorbi ng toxins of
arthritis, cancer, insect stings, diarrhea, and poisons, it has an adsorptive
effect like that of charcoal. The clay poultice aids detoxification. Clay
powder can also be used interna lly to clear gastrointestinal difficulties and
inflammations. The procedure for applying a clay poultice should involve
the following steps:
1. Prepare enough warm water to mix the needed amount of clay powder
into a paste.
2. Apply the paste quickly to a square of clean muslin to prevent cooling.
3. Place the muslin on an area to be treated.
4. Cover the area with plastic and wool cloth.
5. Pin the covering in place and leave it on overnight or until dry.
6. Remove and gently rub the area with a cold wet cloth.
7. Repeat this procedure as required.
8. Discard used clay pack.
References for Chapter Nineteen
1Schaefer, A. “Some characterist ics of cancer survivors.” Townsend Letter
for Doctors & Patients.  195:70-71, October 1999.
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GERSON LAB TESTS EXPLAINED
In this chapter we explain the significance of certain laboratory tests that
are necessary for monitoring one’s healing progress. Laboratory testing of
blood and urine are a standard part of follow-up protocols for Gerson
Therapy patients employed by all Gerson-trained health professionals.
Among practitio ners invited to administer the Gerson program are medical
doctors, osteopathic physicians, and naturopathic physicians.
If you are a patient utilizing the Gerson approach to healing but have no
access to a trained Gerson health practitioner to act as your ombudsman, it’s
still possible to have appropriate  monitoring performed. Accom plish this by
hiring the services of a convent ionally practicing allopathic physician who
is willin g to order laboratory examinations for you or for ill loved ones (of
course, for a fee). Then, using the guidance of this chapter, you probably
will be able to interpret the test results. But, you do need a licensed health
professional’ s prescription to have laboratory tests conducted.
Moreover, from observations made over many years of counseling
degenerative disease patients, the coauthors know that combining a doctor ’s
interpretation with information offered below will give you an
understanding of what is happening physiologically in your healing body.
We offer this caution, however: Suggestions by allopathic, non-Gerson-
educated practitioners for you to take drugs or make food changes may not
be in your best interest and could very well be contraindicated.
Explanations and interpretations are provided here to help our readers
feel less intimidated by unfamiliar medical terms, and to acquaint them with
current knowledge about the required laboratory tests in the even t they must
monitor themselves without assistance by any health professio nal. If you
want education about some specific test other than what is furnished here,
we recommend that you query the laboratory conducting the particularexamination for you. It’s your right to know about tissues and other
specimens taken from your own body.
THE SERUM  CALCIUM  LABORA TORY TEST
The laboratory test for serum calcium is a measurement of the levels of
calcium in the blood. Knowing  such levels helps a health professional to
interpret the patient’ s physiologi cal status regarding neuromuscu lar activity,
enzyme activity, skeletal development, and blood coagulation.
Calcium (Ca+) is a predominantly extracellular ion (a cation) derived
from the calcium absorbed in food through the gastrointestinal tract,
provided sufficient vitamin D is present in the food eaten. Excess quantities
of calcium ions in the blood are excreted in the urine and feces, while
insuf ficient calcium concentrations can move out of the storage areas of
bones and teeth to restore low blood levels. Daily ingestion of 1 gram of
calcium is necessary for normal calcium balance. For Gerson patients, this
should not be given in the form  of supplements. Juices and foods contain
more than adequate amounts of calcium.
Serum calcium testing aids in diagnosing arrhythmias, blood-clotting


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by W alter Last
One day my friend, the Lipase, said to me: "Use me and I will guard your health."
Lipase is the fat-splitting enzyme. Lipase has vast importance for our health, not just in regard to the commonly recognized
diseases of the fat metabolism such as overweight and underweight, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, strokes and degenerative
muscle diseases, but also for skin problems, autoimmune diseases, cancer, degenerative diseases of the brain and nervous
system, and also for rejuvenation and regeneration in general. How can lipase be important with all of these problems and
diseases?
The answer lies in the overriding importance of fats and oils not only for our energy metabolism, but even more so for the
structural integrity of our body. Fats, oils and related fat-soluble vitamins and other biochemicals, such as lecithin and cholesterol,
are collectively called lipids. Most of our brain, nerves and cell membranes consist of lipids. Lipase is important to maintain
optimal cell membrane permeability; this allows adequate nutrient supply into the cells and wastes to ﬂow out. P.G. Seeger, the
most proliﬁc researcher into the relationship between nutrition and cancer, has clearly shown that the ﬁrst biochemical step
towards cancer is a deterioration of the cell membrane.
Fats are chemically called triglycerides, and consist of three fatty acid molecules combined with the alcohol glycerol. The
biochemical function of lipase is to split fats into their components, speciﬁcally to remove two or all three fatty acids from their
glycerol base in order to transport the individual components through the intestinal wall. There are several lipases for different
functions, including phospholipases, which split phospholipids, such as lecithin. Phospholipids are important structural
components of brain, nerves and cell walls. Lipase is not only needed  to digest and absorb lipids from food, but also for the
internal use of lipids.
Fat Absorption
Most of our digestive lipase is released by the pancreas. It is water-soluble and works at the interface between water and lipids.
Therefore, lipase can only do its work properly if the lipids in our food are ﬁnely emulsiﬁed which is done by bile released from the
liver and gallbladder. The sulfur-amino acid taurine is a major componen t of bile. A deﬁciency of lipase, taurine or lecithin can lead
to a lack of bile and the formation of gallstones from cholesterol. This can then lead to malabsorption of lipids and liver problems.
Lipase and lecithin added to meals help to avoid deﬁciencies of essentia l lipids after gallbladder removal, and are also beneﬁcial
with liver diseases.
Another common cause of lipid and mineral malabsorption is gluten sensitivity. Gluten causes irritation and inﬂammation of the
intestinal wall and this erases the absorption villi. Instead of long and slender they now become blunt with a greatly reduced
absorption surface. Fat malabsorption is called steatorrhea. It leads to fatty, bulky and smelly stools that may be noticed to
frequently stick to the side of the toilet bowel. The stickier it is the higher is the fat content. In this case the fat is split into fatty
acids but instead of being absorbed, these combine with mineral ions, especially calcium, to form insoluble soaps. This causes
chronic deﬁciencies of minerals, essential fatty acids and fat-soluble vitamins.
As we age, also pancreatic lipase production declines. This combination of declining lipase production, reduced bile ﬂow, reduced
intestinal absorption surface, and poor food choices leads to internal lipid deﬁciencies, especially in regard to fat-soluble vitamins,
phospholipids and essential omega- 3-fatty acids. This, in turn, causes or contributes to the common symptoms of aging and the
development of degenerative diseas es. Widespread mineral deﬁciency  despite an adequate diet is commonly due to a lack of
gastric acid, or fat malabsorption, or usually a combination of both.
Lipid T ransport
After passing the intestinal wall, the individual components are put together again to form fats and phospholipids. Now they are
combined with protein carriers, called chylomicrons, and carried in the bloodstream to all the cell structures. Chylomicrons belong
to the class of lipid carriers called lipoproteins. They are the largest and least dense lipoproteins because of their high fat content.
Another group is the VLDL  or Very Low Density Lipoproteins. They are made in the liver to carry fats synthesized in the liver from
glucose and fructose to the body cells. As they lose some of their triglycerides they collect cholesterol from other lipoproteins and
are then called LDL or Low Density Lipoproteins. They carry cholesterol to tissue cells and fat stores. HDL or High Density
Lipoproteins are the smallest and densest lipoprotein, they carry cholesterol and phospholipids back from the cells to the liver for
recycling or disposal.
Internal Lipase
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blood, and may keep blood vessels free of fatty deposits. Furthermore, before fats can enter a cell, they must be disassembled for
individual components to pass the cell wall.
Therefore, there is another lipase attached to the outside of cells or on nearby capillaries. This one is called lipoprotein lipase.
The amino acid carnitine carries long-chain fatty acids through the inner cell wall into the energy-producing units, while shorter
fatty acids, like some of those in butter and coconut oil, do not need a carrier. Inside the cell fatty acids may be used for energy
production or to form new walls in dividing cells, or replace structures in existing walls, or they may be re-assembled into
triglycerides and stored in fat cells.
As all of the individual molecules in our body are constantly being replaced, there is a high turnover in structural fatty acids. If we
have not eaten for a while, lipase in fat cells disassembles triglycerides and releases them into the bloodstream to be converted in
the liver or used by other cells for energy production. Lipase is even an essential factor in the synthesis of insulin in the beta cells
of the pancreas.
Lipase Deﬁciency
As you can see from this short description, there is a lot of internal lipase required to keep the body functioning and in good
working order. If there is not enough liver lipase, we may develop fatty degeneration of the liver, if there is a deﬁ


 feel released myself.
God does not ne ed me to police His universe. He needs me on ly to
for give.
Dear God,
Please r emove fr om my mind
Any tendency to judge
Whom I know you love.
For I know you love us all.
Amen.DA Y 54
T h e r e  i s  n o  l i m i t  t o  m y  p o t e n t i a l,  f o r  I  a m  u n l i m i t e d
i n  G o d.
I n e ach of us there lies unlimited potential, no more or less in me than in
anyone. T oday I accept with humility and grace the fact that this is so.
God is great, and God is alive in me. I open myself to receive His
spirit, His wisdom, and His power today. May I not be limited by any
thought that I am less than He created me to be.
I str ive t oday to be a living emb odiment of God’ s love. However I
might fail at tim es, I know His spirit will always guide me back to
the truth that li ves within me. May every step I take be a step
towar d love.DA Y 55
FOR REFLECTION
O n  E m b r a c i n g  W h a t ’ s  I m p o r t a n t
W e spend  so much time on unimportant things—things with no
ultimate meaning—yet for reasons no one seems to fully understand,
such no nessentials stand at the center of our worldly existence. They
have no connection to our souls whatsoever, yet they have attached
themselves to our material functioning. Like spiritual parasites, these
things eat away our life force a nd deny us our joy. The only w ay to rid
ourselves of their pernicious ef fects is to walk away... not from things
that need to get done, but from thoughts that need to die.
Crossing the bridge to a better world begins with crossing a b ridge
inside o ur minds, from the a ddictive mental patterns of fear and
separation, to enlightened perceptions of unity and love. W e’re in the
habit of  thinking fearfully, and it takes spiritual discipline to turn that
around in a world where love is more suspect than fear. T o achieve a
miraculous experience of life, we must embrace a more spiritual
perspective. Otherwise, we will leave this earth one day without ever
having known the real joy of living.DA Y 56
I n  r e a l i z i n g  w h o  I  r e a l l y  a m,  I  u n l e a s h  m y  p o w e r  a s
a  c h i l d  o f  G o d.
I t is not what I do, but who I am, that generates my power on the earth.
For my power does not come from a worldly source; my power comes
from God.
As I relax each day into the knowledge of my spiritual source, my
true iden tity is revealed to me. I align myself with the truth of my being,
my h ome in Go d, and from that  place all good emer ges. Every  thought,
every fe eling, every action becomes infused with the light and  glory of
God.
I r est in the kno wledge that I need to do nothing to incr ease m y
intrinsic value. I am in God, as God is in me. I find stillness and
power in the r ealization that this is so.DA Y 57
I n  c h o o s i n g  l o v e,  I  c a s t  o u t  f e a r.
I  will  see  today what I choose to see. If I choose to see guilt, then it will
be th ere; but then I will not see innocence. If I choose to see innocence,
it will be there; and then I will n ot see guilt. I will discern, but I will not
judge.
Perception is my choice, and I do not pretend today that I am
powerless before  my decision. I  accept that every perception is a choice,
and today I choose to see love.
May my  mind be disciplined today, to see past guilt to the love
that lies beyond it. In myself and in everyone, may I see the
innocent and pur e and true. Love is my power to invoke the
manifestation of what I choose to see.DA Y 58
M a y  I  s e e  a l l  t h e  b e a u t y  a r o u n d  m e  t o d a y.
O ften I’m so lost in my illusions that I do not see the beauty of the
world, or hear the music of th e world, or feel the love in the world.
T oday I choose to be aware of them all.
How often I hid e away from the gor geous manifestations around me.
From the beauties of nature to t he tenderness of friendship, the miracles
of the world often fade from m y view without my really hav ing seen
them. T oday may this not be so.
T oday I see all t he evidence that the world is a wonderful place.
May I not fall a sleep to the mira cles ar ound me. I embrace wha t
the world has to give to me, and I give thanks that it is so.DA Y 59
M a y  G o d  u s e  m e  t o d a y.
L ove will  save the world, but only  if we express it. May everything I do
today be an expression of God’ s love.
May I be a channel for love today, co-creating with God a more
perfect w orld. W ith every thought of love, I create a miracle. Ev ery time
I withhold love, I deflect one.
Dear God,
Use my hands and feet,
My wor ds and actions today.
Use who I am and what I do
T o help Y ou heal the world.
Amen.DA Y 60
FOR REFLECTION
O n  G i v i n g  B i r t h  t o  O u r  S p i r i t u a l  S e l v e s
I t isn’ t easy, giving birth to our spiritual potential. Spiritual labor can be
very ard uous—one holy instant  at a time, when we give up, surrender,
soften, don’ t care if we’re right, for go our impatience, detach from the
opinions and prizes of the worl d, and rest in the arms of God. But the
end result is the  love of our lives. W e begin to feel more comfortable
within o urselves, less laden by t he chronic angst that marks the  times in
which we live. W e begin to feel free at last of past hurts, able to
fearlessly love again. W e begin to exhibit the maturity and strength that
were lacking in our personalities before. A new ener gy emanates from
who we are, and others can see it too.DA Y 61
T o d a y  I  m a k e  a  s t a n d  f o r  l o v e.
I t is important that I stand my gr ound today. I stand for wisdom.  I stand
for integrity. I stand for honesty. I stand for compassion. I stand for
clarity. I stand for for giveness. I stand for love.
May the se not be merely words today, but rather the field o f my
experience. May I gather up my internal forces and lead the l ife I was
created to live.
May I not be luk ewarm today, but rather deeply committed to the
principles I believe in. Who am  I to be lazy when I have been
called by God to gr eatness. May I not for get today the
importance of the gr ound on which I stand.DA Y 62
M a y  I  h a v e  t h e  s t r e n g t h  t o  f o r g i v e  t h o s e  w h o ’ v e
b e t r a y e d  m e.
N ot everyone has shown me kindness or mercy, but still I have a choice.
May I not remai n attached to pa st betrayals, but rather allow fo r giveness
to set me free.
What I for give, I  am not condoning. I am merely placing in the hands
of God what is not mine to fix. I bless those who have betraye d me, for
only in seeing their innocence can I see mine.
Dear God,
I am willing to see beyond the guilt
That hides my br other ’ s light fr om me.
I need Y our help to do this, though,
For my pain has been very gr eat.
Amen.DA Y 63
I  w a n t  a  b i g g e r  h e a r t  t o d a y.
M ay I not be gui ded by a narrow mind, nor hindered by a mi serly
heart. May I not be


 levels as well as fatty plaque, called atherom as, which clog up the arteries of the heart muscle. These
atheromas consisted of wildly proliferating smooth muscle cells ﬁlled surrounded by a fatty sludge containing a high level of
cholesterol.
Medical authorities believed that cutting down on our cholesterol intake would lower our cholesterol blood levels and thus reduce the
risk of heart disease. Biochemists, however, were generally sceptical of this idea. After all, the liver itself produces most of our
cholesterol requirements. Approximately one gram daily is synthesised from the breakdown products of saturated fats and sugars
and less than half a gram is absorbed from our food. The more cholesterol we absorb, the less is produced in the liver. With this, the
overall cholesterol level remains fairly stable. Any surplus cholesterol is normally excreted with the bile.
Actually, cholesterol is a very valuable and useful substance. It provides the basic structure for the synthesis of steroid hormones and
vitamin D and it is a major component of cell membranes, especially high in the brain and nervous system. In the liver it is converted
into bile acids and bile salts needed for the digestion and absorption of all lipids and fat-related substances. However, if we are
deﬁcient in the emulsiﬁer lecithin or in sulphur amino acids, cholesterol may accumulate as gall-stones.
So you can see that it is very important for us to have enough cholestero l. Furthermore, some wasting diseases, such as cancer, are
associated with a cholesterol deﬁciency, and hypoglycemics are commonly found to have low cholesterol levels.
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Why then do some people get raised blood cholesterol levels when the liver is supposed to keep cholesterol stable? Obviously, in
these cases something must interfere with the regulating mechanism in the liver. This something is the trio of sugar, starch and
saturated fat.
When we ingest sugar our blood insulin level is raised. A key enzyme of cholesterol synthesis is actually regulated by insulin. This
means a higher sugar intake generates a higher insulin level and with this higher fat and cholesterol production.
The word'sugar', however, does not simply mean sucrose, our common household sugar. There are different forms of sugar. Sucrose
is a combination of glucose and fructose. Fructose actually has a much greater inﬂuence on insulin levels than glucose. Human liver
biopsy samples converted fructose into fatty acids and cholesterol at rates three to 24 times faster than glucose, with the highest
rates occurring in those with a disposition to atherosclerosis.
While fruits contain fructose in addition to glucose and commonly in combination with fruit acids, this is usually beneﬁcial to produce
energy rather than cholesterol. However, if fruits are combined with starches, then the greatly increased insulin levels due to the
presence of fructose cause more of the glucose from the starches to be converted to fats and cholesterol.
An even stronger insulin effect than by ingesting equal amounts of glucose and fructose occurs when eating these simple sugars
chemically combined as sucrose. This is called the disaccharide effect. Even monkeys produced three times more deposited lipids on
a diet high in sucrose than with glucose. As with fruits, this effect is magniﬁed if sucrose is combined with starches. It is greatest in
combination with easily digested starches, mainly reﬁned grain products, or ﬂours and cereals.
After eating a meal of sweetened cereals the body is in danger of being ﬂooded with glucose. To prevent a dangerous rise in blood
sugar levels, the glucose needs to be converted into a more harmless  product. To a limited degree this can be done by forming
glycogen for short-term storage. Later, as needed, this can be converted back to glucose. However, the glycogen store is quickly
ﬁlled up and any additional glucose will now be converted into saturated fats and cholesterol for long-term storage.
If, in this situation our diet is also high in saturated fats, then these just increase the existing oversupply. If the body has a good fat
storage system, then it just puts on weight. If the transport into storage is more limited, then fats and cholesterol accumulate in the
blood and start clogging up the blood vessels.
Oxidised cholesterol
We can now see that a diet high in sugar, reﬁned starches and fat is the main cause of a raised cholesterol level. In contrast the
cholesterol content of our diet has been repeatedly shown to have little impact. Yet this still does not prove that there is a causal
relationship between elevated cholesterol levels and heart disease.
However, such a direct connection has been shown to exist with oxy-cholesterol. If cholesterol in food is heated, especially with
access of air, then it is oxidised to oxy-cholesterol. Animal experiments with high intakes of either cholesterol or oxy-cholesterol have
shown atherogenic degeneration only with the latter, not with cholesterol itself.
This would imply that a main contributing factor to our high rate of heart disease is our habit of overly heating and in particular frying
meat, eggs and milk products. Howe ver, once the arteries are damaged, then high cholesterol levels may or may not contribute to the
deposits of fatty sludge.
Further clues can he found in the history of heart disease. Heart attacks were extremely rare in earlier centuries, and even at the
beginning of this century. A medical textbook published in 1912 describe s angina pectoris, a mild form of heart attack, as being very
rare, and a famous American heart specialist did not see his ﬁrst heart attack patient until 1920. Yet from about 1920 the explosive
rise in the incidence of heart disease began in W estern countries.
The recently published statistics of an extended family with genetically high levels of cholesterol conﬁrms this picture. During the
1800’ s members of this family actually lived longer than the average for that time but from 1915 onwards their rate of premature
deaths began to rise and reached a peak around 1950.
As China and other developing countries remain free of heart disease, we may ask what was it that fundamentally changed the
lifestyle of Western populations at that time? Two important changes took place: the chlorination of public water supplies began at the
turn of the century, and the pasteurisation of milk products became compulsory.
Pasteurised milk, fats and oils
Before pasteurisation nature-cure doctors recommended milk as a cure for many illnesses. Raw milk cures were famous at the
beginning of the last century. Formerly people consumed plenty of cream and butter, and rich meals prepared with them, and in
Bulgaria and the Caucasus they set records in good health and longevity on full-fat milk products. An American doctor routinely cured
psoriasis by having his patients eat two pounds of butter a week! Despite all of this fatty food heart attacks were virtually unknown.
Now, milk is no longer a cure for any disease - on the contrary - natural therapists generally regard milk as disease forming, butter is
known to aggravate psoriasis and heart disease is rampant. The differen ce? Heating over 50ºC destroys the enzymes plentiful in raw
milk.
Some diseases that were formerly improved with raw milk can now be successfully treated with high-level enzyme supplements.
Speciﬁcally, it is the fat-digesting enzyme lipase, which works most of the healing miracles (see the article Lipase and the Fat
Metabolism). With cardiovascular disease there is a deﬁciency of lipase in the bloodstream. Lipase released by the pancreas helps to
digest fats, while lipase in the bloodstream and cells helps to break down unwanted fatty deposits.10/30/24, 3:37 PM Health-Science-Spirit - Cardiovascular Disease
https://health-science-spirit.com/Diseases/Cardiovascular-Disease.html 2/5There are, however fats and oils that are even worse than pasteurised  butter. These are the oils with a high content of unnatural
trans-fatty acids, such as margarines, shortenings and hydrogenated oils and fats, and to some degree even our common salad and
cooking oils. Trans-fatty acids are not only produced by hydrogenation but also by heating of oils. Fats and cholesterol are
transported in the blood in the form of lipoproteins, and trans-fatty acids produce a more unfavourable lipoprotein proﬁle than any
other fats. They are not readily metabolised either and tend to clog up the system.
Water chlorination
Experimental use of chlorine to kill bacteria in public water supplies began around the turn of this century and was generally accepted
in Western countries in the l920's. Part of the chlorine reacts with organic impurities to form organochlorins (DDT  is an Organo-
chlorine) while the rest remains as residual free chlorine in the water. It may then react either with food chemicals or with parts of our
digestive tract.
From 1920 onwards the explosive increase in the incidence of cardiovascular disease and fatal heart attacks began, but only in
countries that chlorinated their water supplies. These diseases remained unknown, for instance, in Africa, China, Japan, and other
parts of ASIA. However, when Japan ese citizens immigrated


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automatically triggered by people and circumstances, and we forget that
these are still choices that we are making in every moment of our existence.
We are simply making these choices unconsciously. If you step back for a
moment and witness the choices you are making as you make those choices,
then in just this act of witnessing, you take the whole proce ss from the
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¶realm into the conscious realm. This procedure of conscious choice-
making and witnessing is very empowering.
When you make any choice   any choice at all   you can ask yourself two
things: First of all,  What are the consequences of this choice that I  m
making?   In your heart you will immediately know what these are. Secondly,
Will this choice that I  m makin g now bring happiness to me and to those
around me?   If the answer is yes, then go ahead with that choice. If the
answer is no, if that choice brings distress either to you or to those around
you, then don  t make that choice. It  s as simple as that.
There is only one choice, out of the infinity of choices available in every
second, that will create happine ss for you as well as for those around you.
And when you make that one choice, it will result in a form of behaviour
that is called spontaneous right action. Spontaneous right action  is the right
action at the right moment. It  s the right response to every situation as it
happens. It  s the action that nourishes you and everyone else who is
influenced by that action. There is a very interesting mechanism that the
universe has to help you make spontaneously correct choices. The
mechanism has to do with sensations in your body. Your body experiences
two kinds of sensations: one is a sensation of comfort, the other is a
sensation of discomfort. At the moment you consciously make a choice, pay
attention to your body and ask your body,  If I make this choice, what
happens?   If your body sends a message of comfort, that  s the right choice. Ifyour body sends a message of discomfort, then it  s not the appropriate
choice.
For some people the message of comfort and discomfort is in the area of the
solar plexus, but for most people it  s in the area of the heart. Consciously put
your attention in the heart and ask your heart what to do. Then wait for the
response   a physical response in the form of a sensation. It may be the
.faintest level of feeling   but it  s there, in your body. Only the heart knows
the correct answer. Most people think the heart is mushy and sentimental.
But it  s not. The heart is intuitive; it  s holistic, it  s contextual, it  s relational. It
doesn  t have a win-lose orientat ion. It taps into the cosmic computer   the
field of pure potentiality, pure knowledge, and infinite organiz ing power
and takes everyt hing into account. At times it may not even seem rational,
but the heart has a computing ability that is far more accurate and far more
precise than anything within the limits of rational thought. You can use the
Law of Karma to create money and affluence, and the flow of all good
things to you, any time you want. But first, you must become consciously
aware that your future is generated by the choices you are making in every
moment of your life. If you do this on a regular basis, then you are making
full use of the Law of Karma. The more you bring your choices into the
level of your conscious awaren ess, the more you will make those choices
which are spont aneously correct    both for you and those around  you. What
about past karma and how it is influencing you now? There are three things
you can do abou t past karma. One is to pay your karmic debts. Most people
choose to do that
unconsciously, of course. This may be a choice you make, also. Sometimes
there  s a lot of suffering involved  in the payment of those debts, but the Law
of Karma says no debt in the universe ever goes unpaid. There  is a perfect
accounting syste m in this unive rse, and everything is a constan t  to and fro
exchange of ener gy.
The second thing you can do is to transmute or transform your karma to a
more desirable experience. This is a very interesting process in which you
ask yourself, as you  re paying your karmic debt,  What can I learn from this
experience? Why is this happening and what is the message that theuniverse is giving to me? How  can I make this experience useful to my
fellow human beings?
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By doing this, you look for the seed of opportunity and then tie that seed of
opportunity with your dharma, with your purpose in life, which we  ll talk
about in the Seventh Spiritual Law of Success. This allows you to transmute
the karma to a new expression.  For example, if you break your leg while
playing sports, you might ask,  What can I learn from this experi ence? What
is the message that the universe is giving me?   Perhaps the message is that
you need to slow down and be more careful or attentive to your body the
next time. And if your dharma is to teach others what you know, then by
asking,  How can I make this experience useful to my fellow human beings?
you may decide to share what you learned by writing a book about playing
sports safely. Or you may design a special shoe or leg support that prevents
the kind of injury you experienced.
This way, while  paying your karmic debt, you will have also converted the
adversity into a benefit that may bring you wealth and fulfillment. This is
the transmutation of your karma into a positive experience. You haven  t
really gotten rid of your karma,  but you are able to take a karmic episode
and create a new and positive karma out of it. The third way to deal with
karma is to transcend it. To transcend karma is to become indep endent of it.
The way to transcend karma is to keep experiencing the gap, the Self, the
Spirit. It  s like washing a dirty piece of cloth in a stream of water. Every
time you wash it, you take away a few stains. You keep washing it again
and again, and each time it gets a little cleaner. You wash or transcend the
seeds of your karma by going into the gap and coming out again. This, of
course, is done through the practice of meditation. All actions are karmic
episodes. Drinking a cup of coffee is a karmic episode. That action
generates memo ry, and memory has the ability or the potentiality to
generate desire. And desire generates action again. The operational software
of your soul is karma, memory, and desire. Your soul is a bundle of
consciousness that has the seeds of karma, memory, and desire. By
becoming conscious of these seeds of manifestation, you become aconscious gener ator of reality. By becoming a conscious choice-maker, you
begin to generat e actions that are evolutionary for you and for those that are
around you. And that  s all you need to do. As long as karma is evolutionary
for both the Self and everyone af fected by the Self
then the fruit of karma will be happiness and success.
APPLYING THE LAW OF KARMA OR
CAUSE AND EFFECT
I will put the Law of Karma into effect by making a commitmen t to take the
following steps:
(1) Today I will witness the choices I make in each moment. And in the
mere witnessing of these choices, I will bring them to my conscious
awareness. I will know that the best way to prepare for any moment in the
future is to be fully conscious in the present. (2) Whenever I make a choice,
I will ask mysel f two questions:  What are the consequences of this choice
that I  m making?   and  Will this choice bring fulfillment and happiness to me
and also to those who are af fected by this choice?
(3) I will then ask my heart for guidance and be guided by its message of
comfort or discomfort. If the choice feels comfortable, I will plunge ahead
with abandon. If the choice feels uncomfortable, I will pause and see the
consequences of my action with my inner vision. This guidance will enable
me to make spontaneously correct choices for myself and for all those
around me.
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Nature 5 intelligence functions with ef fortlessease... with carefreeness, harmony, and love.
And when we harness the forces of harmony,
joy, and love, we create success and good fortune
with ef fortless ease.
An integral being knows without going, sees
without looking, and accomplishes without doing.
 Lao TZU