 action of the cellulose of raw
plant foods tends to prevent erosion of dental enamel. In
experiments conducted by Carey Miller at the Agricultural
Experiment Station at the University of Hawaii, it was shown
that sweetened whole fruits, including grapefruit, guavas,
plums, mangos, and pineapples, had only slight erosive effects upon the dental enamel of rats which consumed the
fruits. When the cellulose was removed from the fruits
through the process of juicing, with the juices then given to the animals, the erosive effe ct was increased three to
seventeen fold. Experiments at other experiment stations also
reveal the erosive effects of sweetened fruit juices upon
dental enamel, especially when the juices are canned or
otherwise heat-processed. The fact that this is almost entirely prevented when the whole fruits are consumed in their raw
state is considered evidence that the physical contact between
the teeth and the raw cellulose acts as a buffer and prevents
dental erosion.
   The decay of teeth, as distinct from erosion, is affected by
the physical state of food. Hoppert, Webber, and Canniff
have noted that white rats may be kept on a diet fully adequate in minerals and vitamins and yet suffer from dental
caries if the foods eaten are sufficiently soft to be impacted
around the teeth. Wallace has noted that soft sugars, sweets,
and other carbohydrate foods tend to increase susceptibility to
tooth deca
y in humans, whereas cris p "fibrillar" foods such as raw fruits and vegetable salads tend to prevent decay by
removing harmful bacteria, preventing tartar formation,
inducing mastication, and also promoting the flow of saliva
and oral mucus which is important in oral health. Whereas foods may be softened in various ways, and cellulose may be
removed through different procedures, the most common
contemporary method of promoting such food changes is
through the process of cooking.
   Not only the teeth but also the gums are affected by
changes in the physical properties of foods. The presence of
sufficient raw cellulose or other food materials in the diet which afford the gums exercise is helpful to the development
of healthy gums. In experiments with more than 200 ferrets,
King and Glover found that animals given rib bone, with the
attached muscle, tendon, and periosteum, which required
much gnawing and chewing with consequent prophylactic action on the gums, were free from gum disease and tartar
deposits at all times. Ferrets gi ven the same foods separately
suffered from gum lesions and tartar deposits, for the animals
no longer had to gnaw the bone to obtain the tendon and
periosteum. Those ferrets which were fed entirely upon soft foods, including powdered bone-meal, all suffered from
severe gingival disease and gum lesions, with heavy incrustations of tartar.
   Burwasser and Hill conducted similar experiments, using
dogs for their work. Two groups of the animals were fed diets
identical chemically but different physically. The control
animals, given hard foods, maintained normal gingivae during the fourteen months the experiment lasted. Those
given soft foods in the form of a mash all developed marked
pathological changes in the gingivae, similar to those
observed in ferrets.
   As a result of these experiments with animals, an attempt
was made by J. P King to test the effects of hard foodstuffs
on the parodontal tissues of humans. A number of
institutional and other subjec ts suffering from severely
diseased gingivae were given raw sugar cane to gnaw upon
each day, thus exposing the gums to the friction of the hard food. In all cases where calculus deposits were relatively
slight, there was rapid cessation of bleeding and marked
improvement in the color, texture, and contour of the gum
surface. When heavy accretions of tartar were present,
improvement was noticeable, though limited. In all cases the gum area that was improved was limited entirely to that part
which came in contact with the friction of the sugar cane, the

 inaccessible gum tissue remaining unaffected throughout the
duration of the experiment.
   At a later period a group of subjects with gum disease were
given the same quantity of sugar cane each day, but this was
softened through a canning process. The results in this case
were almost entirely negative and little or no improvement was noticeable in any case. One group of the subjects was
treated by scaling to remove the tartar deposits, but this
showed no favorable response and only accelerated the rate of
calculus deposition. With or without such dental aid, the
subjects receiving the soft, heated sugar cane failed to
respond to treatment.

D
IGESTIBILITY OF RAW FOOD
   The change in physical structure brought about by heat may
be partly responsible for change s in digestibility between raw
and cooked foods. Cooking may impair or improve
digestibility. For milk, most vegetables, and many other foods
there is usually impairment. At the New York State
Agricultural Station, tests were conducted with cooked and uncooked clover, hay, and corn meal, indicating that the
relative digestibility of the albuminoids was more or less
diminished by cooking. Thirteen separate series of experiments have been conducted at agricultural stations in this country on the supposed value of cooking or steaming foods for pigs. In ten of these trials, there was not only no
gain in digestibility; there was a definite loss, and in some
cases the loss was very considerable. The tests showed that a
pig may require up to fifty per cent more food to produce a
pound of gain in weight when food is cooked than when it is raw. Ragner Berg has reported sim ilar results in experiments,
and he points out that a mixture of soy bean, wheat, wheaten
bran, sunflower seeds, hemp seeds, and rye meal, which is quite adequate for animals in its crude state, becomes
conspicuously inadequate when it is mixed with water, formed into cakes, and baked.

I
MPORTANCE OF CELLULOSE
   While digestibility is important, it should not be assumed
that all foods should be one hundred per cent digestible.
Many plant foods contain much cellulose, which is not
readily digested. Yet, the presence of this cellulose in the diet is very important. Well-cooked foods, which lack raw
cellulose, fail to stimulate peristaltic action to the degree
necessar
y to promote ra pid and effective bowel action. The y remain in the intestinal tract much longer than raw foods, and
putrefaction and fermentation are often well advanced before
elimination is made. Usually th e feces have a rich bacterial
flora and an offensive odor as evidence of the putrefaction
that has taken place.
   The effects of the excessive fermentation and putrefaction
of foods within the body are believed to be an important
cause of disease. A number of distinguished scientists have
held that prolonged putrefaction produces toxins which are
absorbed by the bloodstream. Elie Metchnikoff, of the
Pasteur Institute in Paris, made what is perhaps the most thorough study of longevity and senility ever undertaken, and
he maintained that such putrefaction is a definite source of
poisoning to the body and is the primary cause of the severe
symptoms of senility. He associated the richness of the
bacterial flora in the feces with the length of life and claimed that with both animals and humans the average longevity was
greatest when the bacterial flora was very slight or entirely absent.
   In this connection it may be pointed out that intestinal
putrefaction is rapidly diminished in the presence of
uncooked foods. The cellulose of raw plants is of vital
importance in maintaining normal peristaltic action in the intestinal tract and thus preventing stagnation in the
movement of foods. On an exclusive raw diet, the movement
of foods is so rapid that putrefaction is very slight; the
resulting feces in such cases are almost free from offensive
odor and contain only a fraction as many bacteria as would otherwise be present. If the viewpoint of Metchnikoff and
others is correct, this would have a very important effect upon
human life and be conducive both to a higher immunity to
disease and a greater duration of life.
   The physical changes which cooking produces in foods are
clearly marked. They involve primarily the destruction of
cellulose material of plants. Such destruction may result from
different methods of food-processing, of which cooking is
only one. The effects of this change in the physical state of
foods appear to have a definite reaction upon the health of the animal organism, and are particularly detrimental to the
parodontal structures. They have a pronounced effect upon
digestion, assimilation, and the movement of foods through
the intestinal tract. As a cause of disease they rank of possible
importance, and existing evidence would indicate they may be associated to some degree with senility and longevity.

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RAW FOOD IN EXPERIMENTAL
STUDY
THE THEORETICAL BASIS  for the results of using raw and
cooked foods has been considered from the standpoint of
biochemistry and physiology. It has indicated the manner in
which cooking alters food. It would appear at first glance that
these alterations would lower the value of the food and render
it much less nutritious and valuable to animal life. For confirmation or refutation of this logical assumption, we must
turn to applied science in the


 is  an absolute necessity for anyone attempting to regain good health. Eat plenty, but not to
satiety.

VITAL BROTH RECIPE:
2 C. carrot tops; 1 clove garlic; 2 C. potato peelings (1/2" thick); 2 C. beet tops; 2 C. celery tops; 3 C. celery stalk; 2 q t distille d
water; 1/2 tsp Savita or Vegex. Add a carrot and onion to flavor, if desired (grate or chop).
Ingredients should be finely chopped. Bring to a boil, slowly: simmer approximately 20 minutes.
Use only the broth after straining.
When finished with the above  regime return to Dr. Jensen’s Daily Food Regime.
The above elimination regime should be followed whenever a person changes from the old ways of living and begins to live righ t.
As a rule, it is wise to follow the elimination regime in any and all of the f ollowing cases: as a general cleanser two or three times a
year; at the time of crisis; when reduction of weight is desired; when hips get too large; when joints get stiff; when the sk in breaks
out; when constipation is present.

THE MASTER CHLOROPHYLL ELI MINATION DIET
This is a diet of just plain water, preferably using distil led water, and using one teaspoon of a liquid chlorophyll to one glass of
water every three hours. You can also use vegetable juice, but this is a diet where we are adding iron, gath ering all the oxygen we
can while we are breathing, and burning up the toxic waste by using the iron as found in liquid chlorophyll. Liquid chlorophy ll is
usually made as an extract from alfalfa leaves, which is one of the highest things we have in potassi um iron, which will attract the
oxygen to the body. Doing this for three or four days is a wonderful pre -elimination diet to fasting or to any other type of dieting. I
consider this to be the master -cleansing diet for all catarrhal conditions. In the prese nce of greens, we find that catarrh is
eliminated best from the body.

WATERMELON FLUSH
There are times during the watermelon season that we can use watermelon as a good elimination diet. Going on watermelon for
three, four or five days is a wonderful kidn ey eliminant, a diuretic. We find that it helps to take out a lot of the debris in the colon
and the extra water picks up toxic materials and carries them off.

ONE DAY A WEEK FAST
On a one day a week fast regime you can be on a juice diet or a fruit on th e one day – and rest. Many people like to go on a fast
one day a week. This is perfectly all right if you will rest that day - but you MUST rest! You cannot expect to get the good yielded
by a rest without food by using all of your energy and leaving yours elf depleted by working on a day that you do not eat.

FASTING
Fasting is the quickest way of bringing about elimination in the body and the fastest way of getting toxic materials out of t he body.
This is done through complete rest - physical, psychologica l and psychic. As we let the body rest, it develops tone and vitality,
more than is possible by any other procedure. I believe rest is a cure because it gives us the vitality we need to throw off toxic
material and to eliminate the debris that has been acc umulated over a period of years. We can literally withdraw toxic
accumulations through a fast. We find that there are many ways to fast. I think the better way is to take a half glass of wat er every
hour and a half throughout the day. If it is a hot day, y ou may need more water and it is all right since you perspire more. Be sure
not to take big gulps of water at one time. The water should be cool but not ice cold. Take daily enemas the first few days, then
reduce this to every other day or every third or f ourth day, depending upon the length of time you fast. While you are fasting you
should rest as much as possible. If you hike or walk, do it on level ground. Do nothing to the point of tiring. This is impor tant in
fasting.

JUICE FASTING
I don’t think it’s  any particular juice that will cure anything - but I believe the rest you give your body allows it the opportunity to
reverse the disease and recover your health. It’s the rest from food and the simple diet that does the trick. The lack of too  many
food m ixtures and less demand made on our digestive and eliminative systems help us to overcome disease. The carrot juice diet
involves taking one glass of carrot juice every three hours or more if you like. You can do this for ten days, twenty days or  even
longer. I had one man on carrot juice for a whole year. That is a long time! This particular man lived in Monrovia and had an
extreme condition of the bowel but through the carrot juice diet, he got rid of it. Dr. Kirschner, who wrote the book on juic e
therapy, came here to talk over this man’s case because he found out how I had kept him on juices for so long a time. The man
passed off mucus and catarrh continually from that bowel. It was almost unbelievable what was eliminated - being even black at
times. This was simply accumulated toxic material that was necessary for him to get rid of.

BREAKING A FAST
In breaking a fast, if you go five, six or seven days on water, then go one or two days on juices, either vegetable or fruit.  Take one
8-oz glass ever y three hours. You have eliminated the enemas one or two days I beforehand and you are starting in to work for
good bowel movements now. I After the two days of juices, start the first thing in the morning on the third day with sliced o r
peeled oranges. Th e bulk of an orange is probably one of the finest things for the bowel. If you do not want to use oranges, you can
use a finely shredded carrot that has been steamed or wilted for one minute. This acts to help clean out the toxic materials.  You can
do this  for breakfast and lunch. Then for the evening meal, you can start out with a small salad.
Have a glass of juice at 10:00 am and again at 3:00 pm.
The next day you can have fresh fruit for breakfast along with juice.
Have juice at 10:00 am.
For lunch, you can have a small salad and juice.
Have another glass of juice at 3:00 pm.
At the evening meal you can have a salad, one cooked vegetable and juice.
The next day you can have the same as the day before, except that you could have an extra vegetable at  noon and again at night, if
desired. You may also have an egg or a tablespoon of nut butter for the morning meal.
The next day, you will start on Dr. Jensen’s Regular Diet, except for no starches.
The day following, you can have both starches and proteins  in your diet.

NOTE:
Here is a simple thing for you to remember when considering the basic requirements for good bowel management. Your food
should in some way contribute to the BLM in the bowel. BLM is Bulk, Lubrication and Moisture. These three combine to provide
an ideal bowel environment. Bulk creates the mass whereby good evacuation is assured. Lubrication provides an easy flow of
materials through the digestive tract all the way to the anus. Moisture prevents the drying out of feces and constipation from
developing. If your food item does not contribute to BLM, then don’t eat it!

GRAPES
Four pounds of grapes a day is a good amount for a grape diet and you should average a pound or so every three hours. These
grapes should be the grapes that have seed s since these are the most vital of all grapes. Man has gone to using hybrid foods too
much. Those foods that were brought to us in the beginning are the foods that have lots of seeds. They are the vital foods. S o I
believe the grapes that have seeds are t he best. The Concord, Fresno Beauty, Red grapes and Muscat, all are good grapes to use. I
don’t say that you have to use the seeds. You can chew them finely if you like. A good thing to help eliminate catarrh is fou nd in
cream of tartar which surround the seeds. So make sure you get all the material off the seeds when you are eating them. When
chewing grape skins, you’ll find that they are very bitter but that bitterness is high in potassium. Potassium is a great cle anser in
the body. Gayelord Hauser made h is name with potassium broth. It is a great cleanser and detoxifier in the body. Especially in the
beginning of the grape diet, I think you should use enemas. Toxic materials accumulate and it is well that we keep things mov ing
along. You can go on grapes five to ten days without any supervision, but if you stay on them longer, it is well to have someone
around who has been used to giving the grape diet. That person should be able to


 his neigh -
bor." The  process of making  a "Fact of being  a fact of consciousness" is by
the "renewing  of our mind."
We are told to change  our thinking. But we  can’t change  our thought un -
less we  change  our ideas. Our  thoughts are  the natural outpouring  of our
ideas, and  our innermost ideas are  the man himself. The  end of longing  is
always to be  – not to do. Be  still and  know  "I am that which I desire.”
Strive  always after  being. External reforms are  useless if your heart is not
reformed.  Heaven is entered  not by curbing  our passions; but rather, by
cultivating  our virtues. An old  idea is not fickly forgotten, it is crowded  out
by new  ideas. It disappears when a  wholly new  and absorbing  idea occu -
pies our attention. Old  habits of thinking  and feeling – like dead oak
leaves - hang  on till they are  pushed  off by new  ones.
Creativeness is basically a  deeper receptiveness, a  keener  susceptibility.
The future  dream must   become  a present fact in the  mind of anyone  who
would  alter his life. Every great outpicturing is preceded  by a period  of
profound  absorption. When that absorption is filled  with our highest ideal,
when we  become  that ideal –  then we  see it manifest in our world  and we
realize that the  present does not recede into the  past, but advances into
the future. This is essentially how  we change our future. A "now" which is
"elsewhere" has for us no absolute  meaning. We  only recognize "now"
when it is at the  same  time "here."
When we feel ourselves into the  desired  state "here" and  "now" we have
truly changed  our future. It is this "Changing  Your Future" which I hope  to
explain to you  fully next Sunday  morning  when I am speaking  for Dr.
Bailes at 10:30  at the  Fox Wilshire  Theater  on Wilshire  Boulevard  near
La Cienega. It is my purpose  to stir you  to a higher  concept of yourself
and to explain so clearly the  method  by which you  can achieve  this con -
cept that  each one  of you  will leave  the service on Sunday morning a
transformed  being.
Discouraged  people  are sorely in need  of the  inspiration of great princi -
ples. We  must get back  to first principles if we  are to speak  with a  voice
that will kindle  the imagination and  rouse  the spirit. Again, I must repeat,
More Free Books Law of Attraction Havenin the  creation of a  new way of life, we  must begin  at the  very beginning
with our own individual regeneration. Man’s chief delusion is his conviction
that he  can do anything. Everyone thinks he can do – everyone wants to
do and  all ask, "What to do?"
What to do? It is impossible  to do anything. One  must be. It is hard  for us
to accept the fact that "We,  of ourselves, do nothing." It is especially diffi -
cult because  it is the  truth and the  truth is always difficult for man to ac -
cept. But, actually, nobody can do anything.
Everything  happens –  all that befalls man –  all that is done  by him –  all
that comes from   him –  all this happens, and  it happens in exactly the
same  way that rain falls as a  result   of a change  in the  temperature  in the
higher  regions of the  atmosphere.
This is a  challenge  to us all. What concept are  we holding  of ourselves in
the higher  regions of our soul? Everything  depends upon man’s attitude
towards himself. That which he  will not affirm as true  within himself can
never  develop  in his world. A change  of concept of self is the  right adjust -
ment –  the new relationship  between the surface  and the depth of man.
Deepening  is, in principle, always possible, for the  ultimate  depth lives in
everyone,  and it is only a  question of becoming  conscious of it. Life  de-
mands of us the  willingness to die  and to be born again.
This is not meant that we die  in the  flesh. We  die in the  spirit of the old
man to become  the new man, then we see the  new man in the  flesh.
"Subjection to the  will of God" is an old   phrase  for it and  there  is, I be -
lieve,  no new  one that is better. In that self  committal to the  ideal we de -
sire to express, all conflict is dispersed  and we are transformed  into the
image of the  ideal in whom we rest.
We are told that the  man without a  wedding  garment reaches the King -
dom by cleverly  pretending. He does not believe  internally what he  prac-
tices externally. He  appears good, kind, charitable.  He uses the  right
words, but inwardly he  believes nothing. Coming  into the  strong  light of
those  far more conscious than himself, he  ceases to deceive. A wedding
garment signifies a  desire  for union.
He has no desire  to unite  with what he  teaches, even if what he  teaches is
the truth. Therefore, he  has no wedding  garment. When we  are united
with the  truth, then we  will put off the  old nature  and be renewed  in the
spirit of our mind.
Truth will strip  the clever  pretenders of their false  aristocracy. Truth, in its
turn, will be conquered  and governed  by the  aristocracy of goodness,
the only unconquerable  thing in the world.
More Free Books Law of Attraction HavenThat Which Already Has Been
6th October, 1959.
This platform is concerned  only with the  great secret of life. Here  we are
convinced  that the  Supreme  Power  that created  and sustains the  universe
is Divine Imagining, and  it does not differ  from human imagination save  in
degree  of intensity. So  God in man is your wonderful Imagination; that is
God. We  tell you  that Imagination  creates Reality, but bear in mind  that at
this human level on earth it takes time  and persistence. If we will persist
in the  image, live  in it, sleep  in it, breathe  in it, it will crystallize into tan -
gible form. Night after  night we  take different facets of this truly great se -
cret, and  as we  turn to the  greatest book  on Imagination in the  world, we
treat it differently. So, as we  turn to it, bear in mind  that the Bible  is ad-
dressed  to the  Imagination, not to the  man of sense  or the  man of reason
the one that is "lost" or "dead" or "sound   asleep."
We will take a  simple  little verse  and show you why it is not addressed  to
the natural man. Ecclesiastes 3:15:  "That which is, already has been; that
which is to be, already has been; and  God seeks what has been driven
away." The  "natural man" cannot grasp  that, for to  him reality is based
only on the  evidence of the  senses. The  man of reason could  justify the
verse's end, saying  if it has any meaning  then the  writer  must mean re -
currence. The  sun comes up every day and  the moon completes its cycle
and the seasons come  and go. If we  took a picture  of the  universe  today,
the scientists can compute  how long it will take to  return to this point in
the picture.  So the  intellectual man could  justify the  verse; but that is not
what is meant, for it is addressed  not to the  man of reason or the  man of
sense, but to  the man of Imagination. What is it all about? "That which is,
already has been; that which is to be, already has been, and  God seeks
what has been driven away."
We are told that he  made generic  man (male  female)  in his own image
and called  them "Man." Then we are  told that this man was driven out,
and the priesthoods tell us he  was driven out because  of some  "original
sin." I send  my child  to school to prepare  her for living  in the  world, not to
punish her, but to do it I must send  her out. In Barbados we have a good
school system, though not beyond  high school, and  when I was a  boy
there  I would


 OTHER PEOPLE
A few  words on how to cope with temptation when you're out with friends may be helpful here.
If you're out socially with people and they converse about food or indulge in eating, which includes those foods you are tryi ng to
avoid, it is wise to stay out of the conversation and put your mind on another far -removed subject to avoid temptation.
If they engage you in the conversation directly, try to introduce another subject. You may comment on how nice this suit look s -
"where did you get it?" etc. An easy way to change a subject is to ask an opinion on a current idea or subject as a stock, a
quotation or news article that may interest them.

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If they directly confront you with the question of why you don't join them with a particular food, simply state that you're n ot
hungry now, and try to change the subject. It can be done skillfully quite easily.
The idea is to stay away f rom the undesired subject in order to avoid any emotional involvement with temptation. It may be
advisable to avoid social gatherings for a few weeks until you get accustomed to your new routine. Then, when you socialize,
play it safe by using the above te chniques so that they don't try to pressure you into conformity.

SHORT -CIRCUIT TECHNIQUE
There is another method which is closely allied to the one mentioned in this article which is equally worthy of serious study. This
is a technique that has been taugh t from time immemorial by great sage -philosophers to their disciples. It is the system that
was taught by Gurdjieff and Ouspensky to their students in recent times. This method, while it is simple requires persistence  in
practice and ultimately leads to pr ofound self -revelation about how we function on all levels.
This practice may also be used to overcome any undesirable habit -response of feeling, emotion or thought. You try to develop
the habit of watching your own feelings, emotions or thoughts. Just obs erving them short -circuits their hold on you. It makes you
objective to them and instantly breaks any emotional attachment or identification.
You will be amazed at how much you find out about yourself and your behavior response patterns. You will learn more in a few
hours of alert watching than by reading ten books on psychology. You will become aware of facets of your behavior that you
never dreamed existed.

GREATER SELF -CONTROL AND FREEDOM
When you watch yourself you'll find many thoughts arising that  you don't like, and will want to change.
One can, however, only change those thoughts that one is aware of.
In order to become aware, start by watching your own thoughts and you will automatically change your behavior.
Become more conscious by watching yo ur thoughts, and you will start to improve every facet of your functioning existence.
It will not make you "self -conscious" in its negative sense or neurotic, but instead will lead you to greater awareness, self -control
and freedom from the tyranny of unde sired random thought.

Dr. Stanley S. Bass
First published in Dr. Shelton's "Hygienic Review" September 1974.

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Energy - How Acquired and Lost in the Body

"The more we eat, the more exhausted and sleepy we become. Any energy we experience immediately
after eating (such as sweets) is the expenditure of energy, not its accumulation."

BREATHING SUSTAINS ENERGY
The basic force and condition behind all activities of human life is the presence of energy. Energy is required for every aspect of
existence - every act uses energy - thinking, feeling, walking, eating, drinking, dreaming, breathing etc. We are born with a
reserve of energy stored in all cells, which needs to be steadily replenished with breathing at all times.
If breathing were to stop, death would ensue in a matter of minutes.

REDUCED BREATHING
In hibernation or coma, breathing is greatly reduced because of reduced use of energy expenditure, as compared to ordinary
function.
Suspended animation is a different type of condi tion, wherein some yogis using certain breathing techniques, are able to store
enough oxygen in the cells to remain alive even though all bodily function has ceased, and to remain so for months at a time.

INHALED AIR AND SUBTLE ENERGY PRINCIPLE
According to the teachings of Yoga philosophy, air which is inhaled, contains a subtle energy principle called "prana", which is
the vital principle needed to sustain life.
My understanding of how this works (I'm not sure whether I have read this, or whether it came  to me as a result of intuition) is
as follows:
The universe is filled with energy and basically all matter is ultimately composed of energy and energy particles. Each atom
contains a neutron, proton and electrons revolving among them. Electrons are electr ic particles, but physics has broken them
down into even subtler electrical particles, which some call lifetrons etc.

COSMIC ENERGY
Now, energy generally is undifferentiated, nevertheless possesses inherent intelligence - that is it can be used or transfe rred
into energy doing special work - like electricity (a form of energy) can be used to turn motors, in telephones and electronics.
This cosmic and ever -present universal unspecialized energy, which permeates the universe enters into and goes through all
life forms and matter in the universe. As this energy enters a form, say a tree for example, the tree according to its design,
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purpose, needs and genetic structure, ab sorbs and appropriates this generalized non -specified universal energy and adapts or
converts it to its own needs. The same applies to every material form, from rocks, plants, fish, animals to humans.

INDWELLING SPIRIT
The process of living and being aliv e in all organized vegetable and animal forms depends upon the precondition of having a
certain basic highly organic life element - which may be called an indwelling spirit or soul - which is transmitted during the birth
process.

AMOUNT OF ENERGY AVAILABL E TO USE
The amount of energy available to use from moment to moment depends upon the quality of the blood, lymph, nerves and
energy pathways (called meridians).

ENERGY AND BODY SUBSTANCES
These in turn are dependant upon the presence of (a.) all necessar y substances in the body, such as minerals, trace elements,
proteins, vitamins, fats, carbohydrates, etc. and (b.) the correct amount of these, neither excessive or deficient.

ENERGY AND FREEDOM FROM TOXINS
There need to be (c.) sufficient clearness and purity of blood and lymph circulation free from obstruction, such as metabolic
body toxins generated from activity, and foreign unusable chemicals introduced from without - such as tobacco, pollution,
drugs, etc.

ENERGY AND SLEEP
Finally (d.) there must b e sufficient rest and sleep, the indispensable and most important time wherein the body recharges itself
with the eternal undifferentiated energy, as well as the energy contained in the food consumed earlier. Whatever energy is
absorbed from food is transf erred only during the state of sleep, never directly during the act of eating.

PROCESS OF EATING - ENERGY EXPENDITURE
If energy could be absorbed directly by the process of eating, then all we would have to do whenever we are tired is to eat, and
the more  food we eat the stronger we would become, thus making sleep unnecessary.
But actually, the reverse is true.
The more we eat, the more exhausted and sleepy we become. Any energy we experience immediately after eating (such as
sweets), or the lift we get fr om drinking coffee, or the expression of strong emotions - is using our energy reserves, - and is the
expenditure of energy, not its accumulation.

ENERGY IS EXPERIENCED DURING EXPENDITURE
Energy is always felt and experienced in its expenditure.
Its accum ulation is rarely felt, since this occurs during periods of rest and mostly during deep dreamless sleep, when the mind
is inactive.

www.drbass.com/feeling.html
The Relation Between Energy And Feeling And Thought
from "Overcoming Compulsive Habits"
"The person who feels depressed or negative most of the time is low on the energy level scale and needs
to omit undesirable energy -wasting practices and to increase rest and sleep."

HIGH ENERGY AND JOY
The child who has not yet poisoned his body with unnatural  food and stimulants or young undomesticated animals are
alternately engaged in joyful play and restful sleep. Negative or depressed states are unknown. Joy, vitality, happiness and play
mark its existence.
This is equally so with healthy adolescents, young and even mature adults who are not dissipating their powers in destructive
emotions and poison -habits. This is strikingly evident in primitive people or regions which have not yet been educated into our
"civilized habits".

LOW ENERGY AND NEGATIVITY
On the other hand, the more that energy is lost through dissipation, stimulants, tension, emotional, physical and sexual exce ss
and especially prolonged loss of


 palate. When fed
artificially the milk was expelled through the nostrils. The mother had given birth to two previous
litters all of which were dead at birth or died soon after. Her diet had been reinforced with mineral
calcium phosphate in tablet form hoping to insure normal offspring. This is not nature's method.
    I am informed by a veterinary that he has experienced trouble with harelip, cleft palate or
serious facial deformities among dogs that are pets in homes where they are lavishly coddled and
fed the things they like best. He stated that he has more trouble with head defects in bulldog pups
than any other breed.
    There are few if any problems connected with modern degeneration on which so much light is
thrown as that supplied by recent investigations on the problems of paternal responsibility for
defects in the offspring. There are several reasons for this. Because the mother has the sole
responsibility for the nourishment of the fetus during the formative period and she alone provides
the handicaps incident to the process of birth, it is very natural that defects are practically all
interpreted as being associated with these processes. This unfortunately, has been embarrassed
further by the fact that since distortions in behavior do not appear until sometime after birth,
normality was largely assumed to be present up to the time of their appearance, and therefore of
necessity would be contributions from the child's environment. As such they would be subject
naturally to treatment by applying influences to change the mental environment. Hence the entire
problem of the role of the sex cells through controlling the architecture of the body including the
brain has been largely overlooked. Very important light is thrown on this problem in the data
provided on the pup shown in Fig. 120. This shows a dachshund pup with cleft palate and a very
severe spinal deformity. This is not unlike deformities frequently seen, or unlike that of the pup
shown in Fig. 119. The highly significant circumstance is the fact that these same deformities not
only appeared also in another pup of this same litter but in one pup in each of three other litters
about the same time. While four mothers were involved these four litters were all sired by one
father. The paternal responsibility is clearly established.7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 206/250FIG. 120. This pup had cleft palate, as seen above, and
grossly deformed spine, as shown below. It was one of two
pups born in the same litter with the same defects and one of
five pups born in four litters with these same defects. Five
different mother dogs were involved but all pups were from
the same father dog.
    At the right in Fig. 119 a lamb is shown with club feet and two lambs without eyeballs. I am told
that in some of the sheep raising states quite a number of deformities occur in lambs at birth. One
writer states:
    These deformities may maintain themselves in any number of ways. We have them two-
headed, 5 and 6 legs, 2 tails, born without eyes, hermaphrodites, born with ribs on one side and
any number of such deformities. A common deformity in sheep is under-shot and over-shot
jaws. This simply means that the upper jaw extends farther to the front that the under jaw and
the front teeth do not meet. This is called over-shot and the reverse is called under-shot.
    It will be noted that a common deformity in sheep relates to an under-development of either the
upper or lower jaw which is one of the most common expressions of disturbed development in
humans.
    Some illustrations of the deformities that may occur in domestic animals are shown in Fig. 121.
Above are seen two cows each with an extra foreleg attached to the shoulder; below, to the left is
shown a double-faced calf which also had a cleft palate; to the right a cat with deformed legs.7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 207/250FIG. 121. Typical deformities in domestic animals. Above,
two cows with an extra foreleg hanging from the shoulder.
Below, left, double faced calf. Right, cat with deformed legs.
    In corresponding with Professor Hale, I inquired whether they had information as to the effect of
vitamin A deficiency on the sire. He replied, "If we reduceed the vitamin A content of the body of
the sire, he would become sterile and, therefore, we could not try this procedure." The question
arises as to what the effect would be of a less severe depletion of vitamin A of both parents.
    It is a very easy matter to place the full responsibility on the mother, when defects develop in the
children. These data indicate that either parent may contribute directly to certain of the defects of
the children, due to defects in the germ plasm.
    A practical case from my field studies includes a full-blooded Eskimo woman who was married
twice, the second time to a white man, by whom she had several children. She had insisted on
selecting and preparing the native foods for herself, though she prepared the white man's imported
foods for him. With a total of twenty-six pregnancies she did not have any tooth decay. He had
rampant tooth decay, and a marked abnormality in the development of face and of the dental
arches. Several of the children had incomplete development of the face and of the dental arches.
One of the girls who was married had very narrow dental arches and nostrils and a typical boyish
type of body build. Unlike her mother, this girl had a very severe experience in the birth of her only
child and insisted that she would not take the risk of having another. Several daughters have
narrow arches. The question arises whether the deficient nutrition of the father may have been the
contributing factor in the injury of their children.
    New light is being thrown on human problems by animal investigations. One study that is
particularly instructive has been conducted by McKenzie and Berliner of the University of
Missouri. (Bulletin No. 265.) The experimental animals used were sheep. Their studies indicated to
them that they could predict the level of fertility of the sire by studies made on the seminal fluid.
They found that the percentage of abnormal spermatozoa increased to 84 per cent under
unfavorable conditions and reduced to less than 15 per cent under favorable conditions. When the
unfavorable conditions characterized by these abnormal spermatozoa prevailed the females did not
conceive. High temperature proved to be an important controlling factor as indicated by variation
in percentage of abnormal sperm. In one breed the average variation was from 2.5 per cent in
January to 22 per cent defective in August; in another breed from 18 per cent in January to 73 per
cent defective in August. They also found that the same result could be produced in the winter by
keeping the sires in heated rooms or by applying heat externally. They further found that when the7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 208/250percentage of abnormal sperm was high a condition of sterility was apparently established. In a
personal communication from Professor McKenzie he states that their inference is that with a high
percentage of abnormal sperm the ova either are not fertilized or that fertilization takes place and
that prenatal death occurs in a certain number of the cases, and that there is an appreciable
prenatal death loss in sheep, horses, cattle, and swine. I have referred to the data presented by
Mall indicating that 15 per cent of human conceptions in England are expelled as deformities in the
second and third month of gestation. McKenzie also presents data relating to swine in which a sire
that showed a high percentage of abnormal sperm was bred to two groups of sows of similar
breed. One was maintained in a barn without access to pasture, the other received similar rations
plus access to pasture. The group without pasture produced a high percentage of mummies, small
litters, and abnormal pigs (open abdominal walls with viscera protruding and exposed spine in the
region of the lumbar vertebrae). The second group on the same food with the addition of pasturage
produced normally large-size litters without mummies. The following year this experiment was
repeated reversing the groups of sows and using a similar high percentage of defective sperm in the
same sire. The same results occurred, with the group maintained without access to pasture. This
emphasizes the need for the vitamins and minerals that are provided in natural foods, particularly
vitamin A and seems to relate to the studies of Hale in which the absence of vitamin A produced
gross defects. These studies on domestic animals strongly emphasize the necessity that both
parents shall have adequate nutrition before conception occurs and subsequently for the mother.
    Until very recently there has been exceedingly little literature dealing with the factors contributing
to the abnormal development of fetuses in either domestic animals or humans. Williams, who is one
of the few students of this problem as it relates to domestic animals, in referring to this phase has
commented that there is no treatise in the English language on teratology (development of
monsters) in domestic animals. (16) He emphasizes that these defects are growing in numbers and
economic importance. He refers to Burki's studies in Switzerland indicating that this difficulty has
constantly and enormously increased in his territory


 things. People will say, “You laugh at your own jokes.” I tell them,
“They’re not my jokes—I never heard ’em—they just come out of the
blue.” They hit me as hilarious, frankly. I don’ t know where they come
from. Some of the funniest things have just come out of the blue and they
just knock me over, because I have a sense of humor. It has nothing to do
with me—I didn’ t make it up. They’re not my jokes. They just came out of
the blue spontaneously. So everything happens spontaneously.
And then, from around 700, it usually doesn’ t change. I don’ t know why
it continued to change in this instance. But from that point on, it is not
blissful. Frequently, it’s extremely painful. One’ s sensitivity to the slightest
out-ness is exquisite. And, in case it bypasses your notice, the aura reacts
with intense pain, which was quite distressing. And the pain often was
severe and lasted for many hours and days, sometimes, until you could find
what the out-ness was and correct it. And then it would go away. But the
next slightest thing, it would start it. I was lamenting that—one time, I was
lamenting and we were in Korea, and Susan pulled a Buddhist bible out.
See, in Korea in the hotel room, you open the drawer and there’ s not just a
Holy Bible, Christian bible, but a Buddhist bible, you know. She pulled out
the Buddhist bible and flips it open. And the Buddha was saying that he was
wracked with pain and beset by demons, and his bones felt like they were
cracked. Instantly, I felt better when I heard that.
See, even as I was speaking, even as I was speaking. We will share with
the audience the reality of how this all works, because there’ s nothing
mysterious about it. As I got near speaking this morning, I felt a twinge out.
There was something. I could pick out... I could tell—sense it was the
third eye of the Atmic body. “There was something out in the third eye of
the Atmic body: resist” (True). “It was a Luciferic ener gy: resist” (T rue). “It
had to do with the spiritual ego seeing a gain: resist” (T rue). “The spiritual
ego was attracted to the power of absolute certainty: resist” (T rue). The
spiritual ego was attracted. It knew that the absolute power of absolute
certainty is considerable, and the spiritual ego instantly went for it. I felt it
go for it. It wants to seize the power inherent in being a transmitter of
absolute certainty. Like the remnant of some entity wants to hang on to that,
to come back through and reach out toward you from... from where, Idon’t know. Let’ s see. See, we learn instant by instant. I’m just showing
how it actually works. “That spiritual ego was personal: resist” (T rue).
“That’ s the remnant of the personal ego: resist” (T rue). “Which is attracted
to the thought of power: resist” (T rue).
So you see, the spiritual purification is continuous. The more you learn,
the more astute you become at perceiving its nooks and crannies. And you
are after it all the time. After a while it’ s like the princess sleeping on the
pea... you can feel the pea-under -the-mattress kind of a sensitivity. It’s
like the instant it comes up, you know there’ s something out about it. You
instantly look to see what it is about it. From your knowledge of the ego,
one could presume what is probably operating, and then with kinesiology,
verify if that is so and choose the opposite—to be grateful for the
Absoluteness of Spiritual Certainty. To choose that as the ultimate option.
That’ s the Luciferic ener gy I see. As you evolve, it’ s like some test comes
up with it, you see.
Is there an end zone from all this? Is there an absolute end to spiritual
evolution? In my understanding of the nature of God, no—that the
evolution of consciousness is a foreverness. It’ s a foreverness. “W e have
permission to ask this: resist” (T rue). “It is a foreverness: resist” (T rue).
Yes, it’ s a foreverness. So, there is no end in the sense of the limitation of
beginning and end, which are concepts. Beginning and end are concepts of
languaging and a definition; therefore, that which is Infinite would not be
compatible with that which has a beginning and an ending. So, within
Reality there are no endings because there are no beginnings. So, all
measurement, then, is an arbitrary positionality of the ego, which says
“this” is a beginning and “this” is an ending. It would just trigger the next
sequence.
“The end times are a reality on this plane: resist” (Not true). No. “The
end times are a reality on certain astral planes: resist” (T rue). Yes. The end
times as seen in Revelation, as seen by many psychics, channelers, tarot
card readers, are a reality on certain astral realms because people who have
experienced it are very truthful when they’re telling you the reality of what
they experienced. They are very convincing. They did, indeed, experience
that reality. But it was not this realm. The error was to presume that it refers
to this planetary evolution, which it does not. It does, however, apply to
certain astral realms. So, John calibrates at 70—the source of the book of
Revelations. I think Revelations calibrates at 70. John was the originator,and Revelations was a hallucination, a very elaborated hallucination. He
calibrated at 70, and the hallucination calibrates at 70. When you ask the
source of that hallucination, it was one of the lower astral realms. Now,
what John envisioned and experienced as a potentiality and envisioned
reality for the future and all has been seen by lots of people. There are a
number of people in Sedona, some whom I knew personally, who actually
went to those astral realms, thought they were some kind of Divine heaven,
and came back with the message. Build under ground houses and wait for
the end times, and California will fall of f into the ocean, and Phoenix will
become a seaport. And so, many people did. The survivalists scattered to
the hills and waited for the end times. The year 2000 came and went, so
they packed up. Did they change their ways? No, they just changed the
date.
I knew some of these people were telling the truth from their experiential.
Experientially, that is what they experienced. And they did experience it.
And they were telling the truth, because that is what they experienced, but it
was on an astral realm and it applies to an astral realm. It does not apply to
this realm. The karma of earthly existence is dif ferent than the astral.
There is an infinite number of astral realms, each with their own
hierarchy. There’re semigods, there’re demigods, there’re chieftains,
there’re masters—spiritual masters. They all have strange names—usually
“Master Kokilula, he’ s in char ge of ‘this’; and then beyond him is Master
So-and-So.” And beyond him is another realm, and beyond him is another
—so there’ s a whole hierarchy within the astral domains, each one ruled by
a demigod. They think they’re “God” god, but they are actually demigods.
They’re very common in history. Historical mythology is full of them.
Anyway, the astral realms are current realities in certain dimensions. One
chooses those dimensions. In teaching students, I tell them to avoid them.
Not that they’re not intriguing; they are quite intriguing. A lot of them are
quite clever, and they have their own hierarchy. Some of them even have
Jesus in the hierarchy. Jesus is a part of their domain, as far as they’re
concerned. But they’re diversions. And if you check with kinesiology and
say, “Should I go there?” you’ll always get a no. And you can be intrigued
by it and sucked in by it and become influenced by some entity on the other
side. So the way to handle entities on the other side is to ask what is their
calibrated level of consciousness, as if they were in a physical body, and
find out what is the level of consciousness that is being channeled, and whatis the consciousness level of the channeler; and what are the intentions of
both.
First of all, you don’ t need any information that comes from out of body.
All the information of spiritual truth that you ever need to hear in a lifetime
has already been spoken by those in bodies. There is no truth held by any
entity on the other side, channeled or otherwise, who holds some truth that
you need to know to reach salvation or enlightenment. There are no secrets
in the universe. There are no secrets. Nobody is holding any mystical,
ancient mystery knowledge that by manipulating


ibrate below level
200, and the progressive levels of truth are above 200.
Science is in the 400s; spiritual realities begin at 500
xiii (Love) and progress upward to 540 (Unconditional
Love), to 570 (saintly), and then to the levels of joy, the
stages of illumination, and, [mally, Enlightenment.
The fields below level 200 potentiate illness; those
above 200 support healing, including medical science,
which calibrates in the 400s.The spiritual power of the
consciousness levels of the 500s facilitates further
recoveries that are not otherwise possible.
All illnesses are physical, mental, and spiritual, and
the highest levels of recovery are the consequence of
Simultaneously addressing all three levels and seeing
them as being of equal importance. Spiritual intention
and contextualization increase the percentage of posi
tive responses to strictly medical treatment. Innate to
the human condition, however, are inherent limitations
consequent to evolutionary design, some of which can
be transcended and some of which cannot be.
Therefore, hope and faith need to be accompanied by
surrender to and acceptance of a Higher Will. As our
research has validated, life cannot be destroyed; it can
only change expression from the limited physical
linear reality to the unlimited nonlinear spiritual
reality.
xiv MAP OF THE SCALE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
God-view Self-view
self Is
All·being Perfect
One Complete
Loving Benign
Wise Meaningful
Merciful Harmonious
Inspiring Hopeful
Enabling Satisfactory
Pennitting Feasible
Indifferent Demanding
Vengeful Antagonistic
Denying Disappointing
Punitive Frightening
Uncaring Tragic
Condemning Hopeless
Vindictive Evil
Despising Hateful Level Log Emotion Process
Enlightenment 700-1,000 Ineffllble Pure
Consciousness
Peace 600 Bliss illumination
Joy 540 Serenity Transfiguration
Love 500 Reverence Revelation
Reason 400 Understanding Abstraction
Acceptance 350 Forgiveness Transcendence
Willingness 310 Optimism Intention
Neutrality 250 Trust Release
Courage 200 Affirmation Empowerment
~
LEVELS OF TRUTH
LEVELS OF FALSEHOOD
T
Pride 175 SCorn Inflation
Anger 150 Hate Aggression
Desire 125 Craving Enslavement
Fear 100 Anxiety Withdrawal
Grief 75 Regret Despondency
Apathy, hatred 50 Despair Abdication
Guilt 30 Blame Destruction
Shame 20 Humiliation Elimination
16 CHAPTER 1
A Map of Consciousness
We will present the concept of utilizing a conscious
ness approach to a variety of man's problems, such as
stress, alcoholism, various diseases, depression, fear, and
major loss, to name a few. In discussing these chal
lenges, reference will be repeatedly made to the Map of
Consciousness. It is referred to frequently to explain
the relationship between body, mind, and spirit, which
is so important to comprehend in relation to self-healing.
To understand the value of the Map of
Consciousness itself without reference to a particular
problem, we will describe its implications and useful
ness in its application to all human problems. It is an
exponential model (to the base 10) that evolved out of
a composite of decades of research in a variety of
fields. It documents the ftrst time that these energy
fields have ever been calibrated.
When referring to consciousness, we are describ
ing those energy fields. Shown on the Map are general
fields of consciousness that have been calibrated as to
the power ofthe field and its direction, as indicated by
the arrows. Those below the level of Courage at 200 go
downward, and those above Courage go upward.There
is significance in the direction of the energy fields.
Those that are in a negative direction do not support
life and could be called 'anti-life'. Those that are in the
positive direction ofTruth support and nurture life.At
the top of the Map, we approach an alignment with
Truth and see that the energy fields become more
powerful as their numerical calibrations increase.
The calibration of the fields starts at zero, and what
17 18 HEALING AND RECOVERY
the world calls Enlightenment calibrates from 600 to
1,000. Enlightenment means that one has transcended
duality and identification with the small, personal self.
Within the Map, these levels are what a person gener
ally means when they talk about'me' or'myself'.They
represent the ego, wWch is the self with a small's', in
contrast to Self with a capital '5' at the top of the Map.
To the right of the list of energy fields are the emo
tions associated with each specific level. Farther to the
right is the process that is going on in consciousness.
The left side of the Map shows the view that one has
of God and of life at each level of consciousness.
The average person (if they calibrate over 200) can
verify these numbers by using the simple system of
muscle testing (fully described in Appendix B).
Someone can test you by pressing down on your arm
while they say,"Fear is over 50? Over 60? Over 70? Over
80? Over 90? Over 100?"At 100, the arm will go weak.
These calibrations have been verified worldwide by
many people for decades and are pragmatically very
useful clinically as well as for research. Starting at the
bottom of the Map are the energy fields called Shame
at 20 and Guilt at 30. The emotion that accompanies
these levels is self-hatred, and the process going on in
consciousness is one of self-destruction. The view of
the world associated with tWs energy field is that ofsin
and suffering. Therefore, the God of such a world
would have to be the potential, ultimate destroyer who
is even angry with mankind and would throw their
eternal souls into hell forever. With such a perception
of God, one does not really need a devil, so there is no
devil listed under 'God-view' because that is really the A MAP OF CONSCIOUSNESS 19
demonic depiction of God. For many people on the
planet, death comes as a matter of passive suicide
because of unconscious guilt and self-hatred. {This is
mentioned later, especially in relation to addictions.)
Suicide can take the forms of not caring for oneself, not
getting out of the way of the bus, rolling the car over,
an accidental drug overdose, high-risk behaviors, and
more.
Apathy calibrates at 50 and also has a negative energy
field.The emotions ofApathy are hopelessness, despair,
despondency; and depression, which are the result of
the loss of energy.Apathy leads to viewing the world as
hopeless, and the God of a hopeless condition of
mankind would be dead or nonexistent. There are
many skeptics, atheists, and philosophers who uncon
sciously justify any particular position that negates
Reality and try to rationalize it, defend it, and make it
sound sensible (see Truth vs. Falsehood).The ideas that
God is dead and that man and the condition of life are
hopeless invalidate the value of life and are therefore
destructive.
Apathy is like an old lady rocking back and forth in
her rocking chair, staring hopelessly out the window
after receiving an erroneous telegram that her son was
killed in the war.A large portion of the world lives in a
state of apathy, including whole countries and subcon
tinents, where the people stare blankly because there
is no hope and no chance.About one-third of the world
lives at the bottom three states of Fear, Grief, and
Apathy.The woman rocking back and forth has also had
adverse changes occur in her brain.We could add a col
umn to the Map that says 'Brain Chemistry' because this 20 HEALING AND RECOVERY
energy field ofApathy results in a shift of neurotrans
mitters, creating a clinical state called 'hopelessness'.
(See Brain Function and Physiology diagram at the end
of this chapter.)
Ifthe woman in the rocking chair were to start cry
ing and expressing emotion, then she would be
improving and moving up to an energy field called
Grief, which is characterized emotionally by regret and
feelings oflossand despondence. The process goingon
in consciousness is dispirited. Grief is the loss of the
energy of life, spirit, and the will to live.When the will
to live is lost, then the energy from the universe is lost,
leading to depression. People in Grief see a sad world
and a God who ignores them.
Fear is the next energy field, which is also negative,
but it calibrates at 100 and therefore contains a lot
more energy. One can run a great distance with fear.
Fear runs a great part of the world and plays a very
important part in everyone's life.The advertising indus
try plays off our fears to sell us products. Grief has to
do with the past


 the blood
vessels, essentially by cholesterol deposits forming plaque. Other causes include kidney disease,
coronary artery disease, and hyperthyroidism (over-activity of the thyroid gland). Stress, nervous
tension or excitement can cause a temporary rise of the blood pressure.
The standard allopathic medical treatment involves mainly the statin family of drugs. These
reduce blood pressure, sometimes by as much as 25-35 mmHg ( millimeters on the mercury scale
used for measuring). However, they are highly liver toxic. Moreover, doctors rarely inform their
male patients that the statins cause impotence. This is not surprising, if we consider that the drug
relaxes the pressure exerted on the arteries—including the pressure needed to cause an erection.
Many marriages have been destroyed due to the effects of this drug.
Since hypertension is generally believed to respond only to palliative drug treatment while
remaining incurable, it may come as a surprise that it is easily overcome with the salt-free,
vegetarian basis of the Gerson program. At the start of the treatment the patient continues to take
the prescribed allopathic medication, but needs to reduce the dose by 50% after three days on the
therapy, which has already started to work. By the sixth day the drug has to be cut out completely,
since the patient’s blood pressure has become normal, and to lower it further to an abnormally low
level might cause him or her to faint.
High blood pressure, together with heart disease, is the No.1 killer in the U.S.  Treated with
the Gerson Therapy, to which it responds easily and quickly, it would lose much of its menace,
and tens of thousands of lives could be saved every year.
Case history: G.C. at the time aged 54, suffered from a number of serious health problems
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www.thegersonway.comby his doctors a few weeks before. The patient was suffering from liver cirrhosis, acid reflux
(highly unpleasant  return of acid into the esophagus from the stomach), gastric ulcers, sleep
apnea (temporary cessation of breathing), pulmonary lung disease, diabetes, high blood pressure,
chronic fatigue, and depression. He had undergone triple by-pass surgery, and had tried Viagra,
then doubled the dose, without the hoped-for result.
17 months after starting the Gerson Therapy, all G.C.’s test results were within the normal
range. His last examination was a total metabolic work-up, including tests for his liver, kidneys
and all other essential organs. He reports that he is feeling great, has good energy—and no longer
needs to even think about Viagra.
In addition the patient’s wife had been doing the therapy alongside him. As a result her
monthly migraine headaches that had landed her in hospital with dry heaves and even blackouts
have ceased. She stopped smoking, looks younger, has better energy, and feels truly well.
Diabetes
Diabetes is the No.3 killer of Americans, following heart and circulatory disease and cancer.
We need to distinguish between two different types of the disease, namely juvenile, or ‘brittle’
diabetes, and age-onset diabetes mellitus. Both require a different approach, as set out below, but
generally speaking it is fair to say that “the usual suspect,” namely the modern American diet with
its excessively high sugar and fat content is largely to blame for the exponential rise in cases of
diabetes mellitus. If you add up all the sugar that an average American adult consumes daily in
the form of sweets, cookies, cakes, convenience foods, ice cream, and the worst culprits, namely
soft drinks, the sum total is pretty frightening. The human body and its most concerned organ, the
pancreas, are unable to deal with this onslaught, and after a while diabetes sets in. However, the
causation of juvenile diabetes is a different story…
Juvenile or ‘brittle’ diabetes is described as ‘insulin dependent,’ 2 which is correct, since
those suffering from it do not produce enough insulin to satisfy their bodies’ needs. Insulin is
a hormone, secreted by the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. It is essential for the proper
metabolism of blood sugar, and for the maintenance of proper blood sugar level. Insufficient
production of insulin is generally due to severe damage to, or infection of, the pancreas, which
leads to the Islets of Langerhans being damaged or partly destroyed. The remaining ones are
unable to produce enough insulin.
In many cases the problem starts in early childhood, hence the name ‘juvenile.’ Children
tend to catch colds and flu fairly often; their concerned parents take them to a pediatrician, who
routinely prescribes antibiotics. These suppress and temporarily clear the symptoms, but tend to
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www.thegersonway.comthe apparent flu is very severe, persists for some weeks and finally slowly clears. That flu turns
out to have been pancreatitis, i.e., inflammation of the pancreas. A short time later the child is
diagnosed with diabetes.
In this case not enough natural insulin is produced, the child becomes insulin dependent and
must be injected daily with the missing hormone. Sadly, the problem is life-long and worsens
over time. Since the patient is advised to eat a largely protein-based diet, excluding carbohydrates,
eventually the kidneys are affected, leading to the need for kidney dialysis. Further difficulties
arise—plaque formation, circulatory problems, even loss of toes, feet or legs, due to insufficient
circulation and resulting gangrene. During adolescence such children are unable to concentrate or
do well in their studies, nor do they grow at the same rate as their peers.
Even these multiple problems arising at a young age have been relieved by the Gerson
Therapy. Obviously, the treatment has to be modified to suit the special needs of the patients:
they are given less carrot and apple juice, more green leaf juice. Potatoes are cut out in favor of
vegetables and raw foods, and little fruit is given, mainly apples and melons. Insulin is continued
as needed. However, most patients are able to cut down considerably on the dosage used. One
particular 12-year-old was able to decrease his insulin requirement by 2/3rds of the original dose,
he became an “A” student and even caught up with his classmates’ growth. In other words his
condition had greatly improved. However, he could not be cured, i.e., totally freed from his need
for insulin, for it was impossible to restore the destroyed Islets of Langerhans, which should
have produced the necessary natural insulin. This boy’s Gerson medication was augmented by
chromium piccolinate to boost his insulin output, but it did not come back to normal. (see Part III
of this Chapter, pg. 64).
Caution:  once a patient has been started on dialysis, the Gerson Therapy cannot be used!
Age Onset Diabetes Mellitus  is curable with the Gerson Therapy. About 85% of patients
suffering from this condition actually produce an adequate amount of insulin. The problem is
that this insulin is unable to reach the relevant receptors within the cells, for they are blocked by
excess cholesterol.
As far as the majority of Diabetes Mellitus patients are concerned, they benefit from the
Gerson program that, with its exclusion of animal products, is free from cholesterol. More
importantly, the restored enzyme activity together with the high Omega 3 content of the flax seed
oil is able to clear the cholesterol from the body tissues. In most patients excess cholesterol gets
cleared out within a week or two, even though they no longer take their cholesterol-lowering
drugs. It also takes only a short time before the available natural insulin reaches its destination in
the cells; the excess glucose (sugar) in the bloodstream is reduced to normal, so that there is no
further need for insulin supplementation.
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www.thegersonway.comjuice and sweet fruit, but they can before long embark on a regular Gerson Therapy with the usual
juices, potato-rich meals, and oatmeal with fruit for breakfast. They, too, are supplemented with
chromium piccolinate, but can drop this provided their blood sugar remains normal.
Case History:  Our most severely ill diabetic patient was R.H., a 41-year-old man weighing
over 300 pounds. His blood sugar ran over 340 (normal below 120), and was uncontrollable
with insulin and/or other medications. He had had a heart attack


 urinary tract infections, over-
spasticity, pain, cellulitis, obesity, and deterioration of tissue. At the very best
they experience total recovery. The whole body can become healthy and vital
again.
Don’t ever give up or believe the body can’t regenerate itself. Our bodies
become very acidic and toxic from the foods that we have been taught are
good for us. The body cannot regenerate when it is full of inflammation,
mucus, parasites, toxic chemicals, metals and excessive hormones. Dead
animal flesh, cooked mucus-forming dairy foods, acidic “fatty” grains and
refined sugars only serve to destroy the body. Become alive again.
Regenerate yourself and let the miracles begin.
MODULE 5.7Diabetes: Types I and II

U.S. Government figures, January 2003, report 17 million Americans with
diabetes. For a disease that is so devastating in its effects upon the body,
diabetes is one of the easiest to overcome. I say this respectful of the fact that
there are some difficult cases, especially in the more advanced “brittle” types,
or what is called type I or juvenile diabetes.
There are basically two types of diabetes. Type I, which is usually called
juvenile or brittle diabetes, fits in the category of insulin dependent. Type II,
or what is referred to as late onset diabetes, is considered non-insulin
dependent diabetes. It can, however, become insulin dependent.
In my opinion there is very little difference between these types except
the associated tissue weaknesses in type I, which have become much weaker
through genetic transmission. To better understand the disease called diabetes
let’s examine the tissues and cells involved and the cause behind their failure.
THE ROLE OF THE PANCREAS

One of the glands involved in diabetes is the pancreas, which is both an
exocrine and an endocrine gland. The pancreas is located behind the stomach,
in front of the first and second lumbar vertebrae, situated horizontally with its
“head” attached to the first part of the small bowel (the duodenum). The “tail”
of the pancreas extends to the spleen.
The pancreas has two vital jobs to perform, without which the body
could not live. First, is the secretion of major digestive enzymes. Sodium of
bicarbonate is also released at this time to alkalize the stomach contents so
these digestive enzymes can work. Second, the most pertinent to diabetes, is
the production of insulin by the beta cells for glucose utilization. When the
cells in the pancreas become weak and fail to do their respective jobs, both
aspects or functions can be affected. There are several other functions of the
pancreas, which we’ll discuss later.
Digestion is one of the first things we think about when we think of the
pancreas. Even though not directly related to diabetes, proper digestion is a
vital process whereby foods are broken down so that their nutrition andenergy can be used for cellular fuel. Without this the entire body becomes
weak, affecting all its functions.
The body secretes various digestive enzymes in basically four places: the
mouth, stomach, pancreas and small intestines. The mouth, pancreatic and
intestinal enzymes are similar to each other and are alkaline in nature,
affecting carbohydrate, sugar and fat digestion. The stomach is the only acid
chamber in your body and its role is to start breaking down protein
structures. This is accomplished by HCL (hydrochloric acid) releasing pepsin.
HCL and pepsin are acidic in nature. It is important to note here the
importance of bile and sodium bicarbonate, the former released by the
liver/gallbladder and the latter by the pancreas. These are alkalizing agents,
which now alkalize the acid stomach contents (called chyme) so that the
alkaline pancreatic and intestinal enzymes can finish up the job.
If there is inadequate bile flow and inadequate sodium bicarbonate, the
acids from the chyme will neutralize the alkaline digestive enzymes from the
pancreas, halting proper food digestion or breakdown. The HCL will then
burn or inflame the walls of the intestines. This can eventually lead to ulcers
and intestinal “itis’s.” Since acids neutralize alkalis, the alkaline digestive
enzymes of your pancreas and intestinal tract are inhibited from properly
digesting your foods. This causes fermentation and putrefaction, which now
becomes the process
that breaks down the remaining food particles, instead of
the proper enzyme action. This, of course, refeases much toxicity and
alcohol, which further impedes the proper breakdown of your foods into
building materials and fuels. This alcohol creates additional blood sugar
problems and acidosis.
The function of the pancreas that directly relates to diabetes is performed
by the beta cells, which produce and release the insulin that assists in the
utilization of glucose fuel by the body. Insulin, being a protein-type
hormone, assists the transport of glucose through cell membrane walls. It is
important to note here that fructose from fruit moves through cell walls by
diffusion, not active transport, as in the case of glucose. This means that the
need for insulin to assist fructose into a cell is highly questionable, yet
diabetics are commonly told not to eat fruit because of its sugar. I have
always put my diabetic patients on fruits with tremendousfy positive results.
Letting Others Do It For you
I’ve seen case after case where a loved one drags their mate into my clinic
and wants me to tell the other person what they have to do. They push theirailing friend or loved one into a detox program. They make the juices for
them, they prepare their food for them and they prepare their herbal
supplements for them. Nine times out of ten, this breeds failure. The sick
person’s heart and true desire to be well is not there.
You must be a part of your own healing. This is partly why you get sick. If
you want to be well and healthy,
you
 must create this with your own desires
and actions, just as you would anything that you desire to experience or have
in life.
It’s great to have your loved ones on your side in this process, but not to the
point of overshadowing your own desire and goals for yourself. If you want
to be well, it must come from
you.
 Become a shining example to the world of
just how powerful God really is. But first you must show yourself.

The part of the pancreas called the Islets of Langerhans is where the beta
cells are found. As previously stated, these cells produce and release insulin.
When this part of the pancreas becomes hypoactive from inflammation or
congestion, this can cause inadequate amounts of insulin to be produced.
The Islets of Langerhans consist of three types of cells: alpha cells, which
secrete glucagon and raise blood glucose; beta cells, which secrete insulin,
lowering blood glucose levels; and delta cells, which secrete somatostatin.
Somatostatin inhibits the secretion of insulin, glucagon, a growth hormone
from the anterior pituitary, and gastrin from the stomach. As previousfy
stated, in diabetes mellitus it is the beta cells that are affected.
In both types of diabetes, but especially type I, this weakness in the
pancreas is usually passed on genetically. However, through one’s lifestyle,
pancreatic weakness can be created in this life time. This woufd be especially
true of type II or late onset diabetes. It might take several generations for a
weakness from inflammation or toxicity to actually cause diabetes. You
woufd probably experience hypoglycemia or gestational diabetes before this
would manifest as any permanent type of diabetes. Of course there is a broad
range of diabetes, as the degree of pancreatic weakness varies. Remember that
someone had to start this weakness originally. The question remains: “How
did they start it?”
Diabetes is considered another autoimmune problem, where lymphocytes
attack the beta cells and destroy them. In my experience this is a
misunderstanding of the body’s protective mechanisms. Remember, your
immune system is designed to eliminate the weak. It does not attack itself forno reason. The allopathic medical community cannot find a reason for this
autoimmune response other than to say it is probably in the genes. However,
the real reason for this response becomes obvious when you understand that
in nature the strong survive while the weak perish. Nature never procreates
the weak. Nature eliminates it.
I have seen diabetes created just from pancreatic flukes. Flukes are
parasites that can infiltrate the liver and pancreas. Cleaning out most of the
harmful parasites within the body is part of a good detoxification program.
However, parasites do not originally create disease or tissue failure. They are
secondary to toxicity and tissue weakness.
ADRENAL GLANDS

One of the most important relationships that is widely overlooked is that
between the pancreas and the adrenal glands. The cortex of the adrenal glands
produces andrenocortical hormones. Adrenal steroids called glucocorticoids
(namely cortisol and corticosterone), act principally on carbohydrate
metabolism. Cortisol and cortisone have many functions, including anti-
inflammatory and carbohydrate digestion or metabolism. This action is
catabolic in nature, meaning it’s involved in the breaking down process.
The adrenal glands also produce neurotransmitters which affect
pancreatic function. Therefore it would be important to work on both of these
glands. It is always important to strengthen the adrenal glands as they


 love for nature and God’ s creatures.”This was healing from the castor oil and undoubtedly also from Dolly,
who loved God’ s little creature enough to care for him. Is love a vibration?
Castor oil certainly is. The oil also penetrates through the tissue s where it is
placed, so perha ps it brings abou t healing through the contact of a cleansing
activity.
Another simple use, yet healing in its nature, came to me from another of
our friends. She had broken her jaw in a car accident and her jaw had to be
wired shut. She couldn’ t get rid of food particles that stuck to parts of the
braces. She became concerned about cavities and gum erosion. She told me,
“I was new in the A.R.E. and had read about all the benefits of castor oil. I
decided to try brushing my teeth with a drop or two of castor oil on my
tooth brush.
“The effect was all I could have hoped for. My teeth felt clean and the
soreness from the wires disapp eared. The end result was no cavities and
minimal gum erosion.”
There are literal ly thousands of stories I have heard about how castor oil
brings healing to the body.56 We may never know the whole story, but we
must remember that this “oil that heals” was created by that Power which
brought the entire universe into being and it was intended to be used to
bring harmony and balance into the lives of individuals—both human and
animal. For He loves all these creatures which He also created.
It seems to me that turmoil in one’s life situation which needs desperately
to be cleaned up may often result in turmoil in one’s body where a
cleansing should  be going on, perhaps in the lower bowel or in one of the
other organs that deals with elimination. I think we experience things more
with symbolic portions of our bodies than we do with our so-called
conscious mind s. The real consciousness or awareness that we become
involved with is most likely located in a specific area of the body. So
cleansing of our lives might start with cleansing of the body, and this might
be the only creative thing we can do.
Those individuals who are set in their ways will not often respond well to
the pack s. Why?  To those who will allow it, the oil brings peace to the body
and to the consciousness. This is a measure of grace. Those who are set in
their ways cannot let go of their own wills long enough to sense that it is the
will of God that they be healed through grace.Those who are receptive in their basic nature will benefit most from the
castor oil packs.  Why? Because being receptive is being as the little child.
The child has faith without knowing why and so accepts all things as being
the will and graciousness of God acting in his or her life. Peace comes to
the child, throughout the whole of the earth—his or her earth!
Impatience destroys good results in this therapy for it unleashes the
destructive activity of the energies of the adrener gic-sympathetic nervous
system, overpow ering the healing effect of the parasympathetic, as we
know it.
Early conditions respond to this mode of therapy best, because the
disturbed emoti onal patterns have not yet become solidified in the flesh.
They have just left their fingerprints. Illnesses which require body change
of a major degre e—such as a fibroid or an ulcer or colitis of longstanding—
to complete a recovery process requires patience and persev erance. The
body has been seriously affected by those elements of consciousness which,
for a long time, have acted detrimentally as a “normal” factor in the life
pattern. These elements are not easily recognized and when found, are not
easily moved out of one’ s pattern of awareness.
Healing may really be peace—a  peace that comes to rest in the body, that
is a reflection of the “peace that passeth understanding.” We see it come to
the body much as peace is allowed to come to the earth: a nation here and a
nation there. When we find real peace in the earth, we may see a state of
health having come to all bodies.
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Case Studies
Introduction to Part II
I HAVE FOCUSED THUS FAR IN THIS VOLUME on casto r oil
packs and their use on the human body. We can see their use extending
backward in time even toward ancient Egypt, where castor oil was used
therapeutically. I have related these packs primarily with the field of
healing, medicine, and parapsychology.
In studying their use as suggested by Edgar Cayce, we have discovered a
man who could lie down and voluntarily enter a state of mind and body
wherein his conscious mind was apparently not involved with what he was
saying.
Cayce indicated that his entire autonomic nervous system was vitally
active during this state and that the unconscious mind was that portion
which was seeking out and reporting the information found. Often this
information came from the unconscious mind of the other person involved
—Cayce’ s clien t or patient. This condition directs us to the thought that we
know already what is wrong with our bodies. We just can’t reach down into
that unconscious mind (or is it the autonomic nervous system? ) and obtain
the knowledge that we would like to have.
In bringing together all portions  of my study, the inferences in the Cayce
readings cannot  be ignored. These inferences suggest that castor oil packsseemingly have a relationship with the nervous system, as well as with most
of the other systems of the body, in their role of aiding the body back to
health.
This brings us to the inquiry I made some time ago of their use in the
general practice of medicine and my analysis, considering the value that
may proceed from this study of eighty-one individuals whose varying
conditions of illness were treated through the use of these packs.
These eighty-one cases are a random selection and represent only a
fraction of the instances where we have used castor oil packs as the only
therapy or as a coordinate thera py for one condition or anothe r of illness.
Some of the cases that have most impressed me with the therapeutic
efficacy of this tool are not included. A continuing effort is being made,
however, to collect more data.
My object in reviewing these cases in conjunction with the other
information that has been presented is fivefold. It is certa inly not a
conventional research project. Many factors which are necessary for good,
scientific research are not to be found here for a variety of reaso ns. What is
to be found here, however, is information which is significant and case
histories which are relevant to the purposes and objectives underlying this
presentation.
My objectives are as follows:
1. To stimulate interest in this therapeutic regimen;
2. To show the exceptionally wide latitude of use that is possible with the
castor oil packs;
3. To present and coordinate evidence that there is actual beneficial
response in the human body to the application of these packs;
4. To discuss theoretical considerations relative to the action of the packs
on the body; and
5. To begin to explore the validity of a unique understanding of
physiological functioning of the human body, which is found in the Edgar
Cayce readings.
CAST OR OIL  PACKS IN APPLICA TION TODA Y
Much information can be derived from tables and statistics. However, a
study of statistics too often removes us from the realm of human endeavor,even if, as Jesus  said, the “very hairs of your head are all numbered.” (Luke
12:7) We find more relationship to the lives we are leading, the work we are
engaging in, and the aims and purposes we hold dear when we can see
something work ing in the life of another person and changin g it for the
better. For this reason, I have endeavored to narrate in a brief  form—but
which, I hope, holds to an essential accuracy—a selected number of those
cases which are listed in a chronological and skeletal fashion in the
Appendix, Table V.
Case No. 12. A twenty-five-year old housewife, two-and-a-half months
pregnant, was seen in our office on October 10, 1962, just twenty-four
hours after she noted the onset of vaginal bleeding. The bleeding had
stopped during the night, but a deep ache in the pelvic region persisted. She
had just recovered two week s prior from an acute upper respiratory
infection. Examination, the first since the beginning of her pregnancy,
showed a normal blood pressure of 100/60, temperature of 99 degrees, and
pelvic findings of early pregnancy, including an enlar ged uterus and a
cervix which was soft and bluish. Her last menstrual period was July 25,
1962. Diagnosis was early pregnancy with threatened abortion.
As treatment, the patient was instructed to stay at bed rest for the next
three days, to use castor oil packs on the low abdomen for one hour three
times a day for one week, then three times a week for four weeks.
Follow-up revea led disappearance of the ache in the pelvic region within
the next three days and no recurrence of the bleeding throughout the
pregnancy, which terminated normally at nine months.
Response was rated as excellent to single therapy.
Case No. 33. An eighty-nine-year -old retired teacher with a delightful
sense


 is cragic indeed  when  a person
whose  "mind"  is still young  and alert  struggles
usclessly with  a dy - ing body.  J am surc, however,
that the body dies be - cause it wants to. ll finds it
beyond  its power to resist  the disease or to mend
thc injury,  and so, tired  out with the struggle, turns
to death.  If the consciousness  were  more  scnsitive  to
the feelings  and impulses  of the whole organism,  it
would  share  this desire,  and,  indeed, sometimes does
so. We come close  to it when,  in serious sickness,
we would justas soon die, though  sometimes  wc
survive,  either  because  medical  treat - ment
reinvigorates che body, or beca use therc are still
unconscious forces in the organism which are abl e to
heal.
Accustomed,  as it is, to think  of man  as a
dualism
of mind and body, and to regard the former as "sen -
sible"  and the latter as a "dumb" animal,  our
culture  is an affront  to the wisdom of nature and a
ruinous  exploitation of the human  organism  as a
wholc.  Wc are perpetually frustrated because che
verbal and ab - stract thinking of the  brain  gives  che
false  impression  of being  able  to cut loose  from
ali finite  limitations.  lt forgets  that  an infinity  of
anything  is not a reality
67  THE  WISDOM  OF INSECURITY
but an abstract concept, and persuades us that we
de- sire this fantasy  as a real  goal  of living.
The externalized symbol of this way of thinking
is that  almost  entirely  rational  and inorganic
object,  the rnachine, which gives  us the scnse of
being able  to approach infinity. For the machine
can submit to  strains far beyond the capacity of
the body, and to  monotonous rhythms which the
human being could  never stand. Useful as it would
be as a tool anda serv - ant, we worship its
rationality, its efficiency, and its power to abolish
limitations of time and space, and thus pcrmit  it to
regulare our lives. Thus  the work - ing inhabitantS
of a modern city are people who live inside a
machine to be batted aroun d by its wheels.  They
spend their days in activities which largely boil
clown  to counting and  measuring,  living in a
world  of rationalized abstraction  which  has little
relation  to or harmony with the great biological
rhythms and  processes.
As a matter of fact,  mental activities of this kind
can now be done far more efficiently by  machines
than by men -so much so  that in a not  too distant
future thc human brain may be an obsolete
mecha - nism for logical calculation. Already the
human com - puter  is widely  displaced  by
mechanical  and elec - trical computers of far
greater speed and  efficiency.  If, then, man's
principal asset and value is his brain  and his
ability to calculate, he will become an unsale - able
commodity  in an era when  the mechanical  op-
68 Tll.E  WISDOM  OF THE  BODY
eration of rcasoning can be done more cffectively by
machincs.  1
Already man uses innumerable gadgets to displace
thc work done by bodily organs  in thc animals, and
it wo11ld surely be in linc  with this tcndcncy to cx -
ternali1.c  thc reasoning íunctions of the brain -and
chus han<l over the government  of life  to elcctro -
magnctic monsters. In other words, thc intereses and
goals oí rationality are not those of man as a wholc
organism.  I( we are Lo cominue to livc for the future,
and Lo rnakc thc chie( work o( thc mine! precliction
ami calculation, man must cvcntually become a para -
sitie  appcndage  to a mass  of clockwork.
Thcre  is, indeed,  a viewpoint  from  which  this
"rationalization" of Iife is not rational. The brain is
clcvcr enough Lo scc thc vicious circlc which it has
madc for itself. llut it can do nothing abom it. Sccing
that iL is unrcasonaule to \l"OtT)' does not stop worry -
ing; rathcr,  you worry  thc more  al bcing  unrcason -
1 I takc my fact, on this maucr  írom  Norbcn  Wicncr·s  rcmark -
able book  Cy bern etics  (New  York  &: Paris.  19 ¡8). Dr. Wiener  is
onc of thc mathcm:llicia11s chiefly rcsponsible for thc dcvclopmcnt
oí the more  elaboratc  clectrical  computcrs.  l laving  likcwisc  an
adva11,ccl knowledgc of 11c11rolo6y,  he i, well :1blc 10 ju<lgc thc
cxtcnt  10 which  1hc1c  invcntions  c;rn n:produrc  thc work  of thc
human organi>m. 1lis book contaim thc following pcnincnt ob -
scrvation: "lt  is intcresting w note th,11 wc m:,y he facing onc of
those limi1:1tions of nature. in whirh highly spcciali1ed organs
n:ach :, leve! o[ dcclining cfücicnry. and  ullimatcly lcad  to the
cxtinc1ion  of che specics. Thc human  brnin   may be  as far along
on its road to this dcstructivc spcciali1.a1ion  as the great nose
horns  of thc last of thc litanmhcrc<."  (p.  1So.)
G9 THE  WJSOOM  OF INSECURITY
able. It is unreasonable to wage a modern war,  in
which everybody loses. Neither side actually
wants a  war, and yet, because we livc in a vicious
circle, we  start the war to prevent the other side
from starting  first.  We arm ourselves knowing
that  if we do not,  the other  side  will-which  is
quite  true,  because  if we do not arm the ocher
side will do so to gain its  advantage  without
actually  fighting.
From this rational point of view we find
ourselves  in the dilemma of St. Paul -"To will is
present with  me; but how to perform that which
is good I find  not. For the good that I would l do
not." But this is  not, as St.  Paul  supposed,  because
the will or the "spirit" is rcasonable and the flesh
perverse. le is be - cause "a house divided against
itself cannot stand."  The whole organism is
perverse bccause the brain i s split from the bclly
and the head unconscious of its  union  with  the
tail.
There are few grounds for hoping that, in any
im- mediatc future, there will be any recovery of
social  sanity. lt would seem that the vicious circle
muse be - come yet more intolerable, more
blatantly and des - perately circular beforc any
large numbers of human  beings awaken to the
tragic trick which they are play - ing on thernselves.
Bu Lfor those  who sce  clcarl y thac  it is a circle and
why ir  is a circle, there is no altema - tive bue to
stop circling. For as soon as you see the  whole
circle,  the illusion  that  che head is separate  from
che tail disappears.  THE WISDOM  OF THE BODY
And then, when experience stops oscillating
and writhing, it can again become sensitive  to the
wis- dom of thc body, to the hidden depths of its
own sub - stance.
Becausc I speak of the wisdom of thc bod y and
of the necessity for recognizing that we are
material,  this is not to be taken as a philosophy of
"material - ism" in thc accepted sense. I am not
asserting that the  ultimatc rcality is matter. Maller
is a word, a noise,  which rcfers  to the forms and
patterns  taken by a  process.  We do not know  what