’t know the future, and the past is lost to us. Therefore, we’re separated from everything that ever was or ever will be by
this mysterious illusion we call time. When your infinite soul leaves the body, it’s no longer subject to the
constraints of time and space. Separation can no longer interfere with you. So my question to you isn’t about whether you believe you have an
appointment with infinity. It’s about when you’re going to keep that
inevitable appointment. You can either do it now while you’re still alive in
your body in the illusion of time and space, or you can do it at death. If you
decide to make your appointment with infinity while you still live and
breathe, it’s like learning to die while you’re alive. Once you make this
transition to the active side of infinity, your fear of death dissolves and you
laugh at the folly of death. Understand your true essence, look death squarely in the face, and break
the shackles of slavery to that fear. You do not die. Announce it. Meditate on
it. Look at it from this angle: If you’re not an infinite being, what would be
the purpose of your life? Surely not going through the motions of being
born, working, accumulating, losing it all, getting sick, and dying. By
waking up to your infinite essence and staying connected to the seven faces
of intention, you begin to free yourself of the limitations your ego has
placed on you. You set in motion the guidance and assistance of the infinite
universal mind to work with you. And most of all, you feel the peace that
overtakes you when you expel your fear of death and mortality. I’m touched
by the stories of great spiritual teachers leaving this Earthly plane feeling
blissful and fearless. They banished all doubt, extricated all fear, and met
infinity head-on with grace. Here are the final words of a few of the people
I’ve long admired:
The hour I have long wished for is now come. — Teresa of Avila

Let us be kinder to one another. — Aldous Huxley
If this is death, it is easier than life. — Robert Louis Stevenson

This is the last of earth! I am content. — John Quincy Adams

I shall hear in heaven. — Ludwig van Beethoven

Light, light, the world needs more light. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I am going to that country which I have all my life wished to
see. — William Blake

It is very beautiful over there. — Thomas Edison

Ram, Ram, Ram [God, God, God]. — Mahatma Gandhi
Why not write your own final words now and make your transition to
being an infinite being while you still occupy your body? As you consideryour appointment with infinity, look at how most of us live our lives. We
know we’re in a body that’s going to die, but we behave as if it’s not going
to happen to us. This viewpoint is from the inactive side of infinity where
we don’t see our connection to intention and our ability to stay in harmony
with our creative Spirit. Let’s examine the essential difference between
keeping your appointment with infinity now, or at your death. In one case,
you’ll be on the active side of infinity, and in the other, you’ll avoid it by
being on the inactive side. The Active vs. the Inactive Sides of Infinity
On the active side of infinity, you’re fully cognizant that you’re in a body
that’s going to die. Furthermore, your inner knowing is that you aren’t that
body, its mind, or any of its achievements and possessions. On this active
side of infinity, you have a good grip on that trolley strap I described earlier,
which is connected to intent, and you’re an observer of all your sensory
experiences. This may not sound like a big deal to you; however, I assure
you that once you move your inner awareness to the active side of infinity,
you’ll begin to notice miraculous happenings in your daily life. On this
active side of infinity, you are first and foremost an infinite spiritual being
having a temporary human experience, and you do all of your living in all
of your relationships from this perspective. On the inactive side of infinity,
your experience of life is quite the opposite. Here, you’re first and foremost
a human being having an occasional spiritual experience. Your life is guided
by a fear of death, a separation from others, a competitive style, and a need
to dominate and be a winner. The inactive side of infinity separates you
from the power of intention. Here are some of the distinctions that I see between those who live in the
active side of infinity and those who deny their eternal nature and opt for
the inactive side of infinity:

A sense of destiny. In the active side of infinity, your connection to
intention will no longer be thought of as an option, but as a calling that you
must heed. The inactive side of infinity leads you to see life as chaotic,purposeless, and meaningless, while your position on the active side of
infinity leads you to fulfill a destiny that you feel deep within you. When I look back at my life, I realize that my sense of destiny was
directing me at an early age. I’ve known since I was a child that I could
manifest abundance into my life. While sitting in high school and college
classrooms where I was bored to death by teachers who conveyed their lack
of passion in their dreary presentations, I dreamed of talking to large
audiences. I vowed in those youthful days that I’d live my passion, and
somehow knew that I was here for a reason. I couldn’t allow anyone or
anything to deter me from my path. I’ve always sensed that I’m really an
infinite soul, disguised at various times as a husband, father, author,
lecturer, and balding six-foot-plus American male. Because I live on the
active side of infinity, I have a sense of destiny that won’t allow me to die
with my music still in me. You can make the same kinds of choices. Just let go of the idea that
you’re a body that’s destined to die, and instead seek an awareness of your
immortal self. On the active side of infinity, you’ll find your greater self, of
which a small part has materialized as your body. I guarantee you that
simply recognizing yourself as an infinite and therefore indestructible
being, your connection to intention and the ability to manifest all that you
desire within the confines of your universal Source will become your
reality. There’s no other way. Your sense of destiny lets you know that you’re playing this game of life
on the active side of infinity. Prior to accessing your sense of destiny, your
motivation was what you wanted out of life and what you’d like to do. On
the active side of infinity, you realize that it’s time to do what your destiny
intended you to do. Wallowing around hoping things will work out, waiting
for your luck to change, and hoping others will come through for you no
longer feels right. Your sense of destiny allows you to realize, I am eternal,
andthat means that I showed up here from the infinitude of spiritual
intention to fulfill a destiny that I must act on. You begin stating your
objectives in the language of intention, knowing they’ll materialize. You
enlist the power of intention to keep you on track. It can’t fail because
there’s no failure in the infinite.This 13th-century poem may inspire you to know you have your destiny:
You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness. You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don’t. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly. — Rumi
If Rumi composed his poem from the inactive side of infinity, his words
might be more like the following. You are an accident of nature. You are subject to the laws of luck and chance. You can be pushed around easily. Your dreams are meaningless. You were meant to live an ordinary life. You have no wings. So forget about flying and stay grounded. A sense of the possible. Creation acts upon the everlasting possibility
that anything that is thought of, can be. Consider some of the numerous
great inventions, which we take for granted today: airplanes, electric lights,
telephones, television, fax machines, computers. They’re all the result of
creative ideas by individuals who ignored the ridicule they encountered
while they stayed focused on possible rather than impossible. In other
words, a sense of the possible grows in the fertile terrain of the active side
of infinity.I have here in my writing space a wonderful account of four children who
refused to allow the word impossible into their hearts:
Eddie was born without hands or feet. At age five, he went to South
Africa and saw a mountain he wanted to climb; he climbed it in three hours. And at age 13, he decided to play a trombone. He sees no reason why he
shouldn’t achieve whatever he sets out to do. He lives on the active side of
infinity, consulting that world of infinite possibilities. Abby was desperately ill and needed a heart transplant. When she saw her
mother crying, she told her, “Mommy don’t cry, I’m going to get better.” At
the 11th hour, a heart miraculously became available, and Abby is better. Abby’s intention came from that


wide range of other causes, but these remedies will focus on the above
categories-migraines, and tension-type headaches. In this stressful
world many people suffer from muscles that get tight, spasm, knot-up, or
contract. When this happens, it triggers what is known as a tension-type
headache. Since many people get them several times a week, NSAIDS
like aspirin are often turned to in order to cope with the pain. The
problem is, setting aside any other nasty side effects, NSAIDS cause
rebound headaches. This means if you take aspirin every day for long
enough, the next day if you fail to take it you will get a headache. Y ou
then take another aspirin and it becomes a vicious cycle. Migraines, on the other hand, are less straightforward. They are actually
a fairly shrouded problem, considering how common they are. What
has been theorized and/or concluded so far is that genetics play a
huge factor, and the sensation of pain itself is caused by vasodilation
of the blood vessels in the brain-vasodilation means they swell up. This pressure presses on nerves and results in symptoms such as
intense pain, an aura, sensitivity to light, nausea, and a number of
other unpleasant things. We can identify some migraine triggers, such
as certain food, stress, loud sounds/bright lights, or smells. A lack of
serotonin may also be linked to them, which is possibly the reason
people with depression get migraines more often than people who
don’t. Headaches
-Long hair can give you
headaches, especially if you
wear it in a ponytail. All that
hair added up actually weighs a
decent amount, and the constant
pressure from being tied back
just makes it worse. At the end
of a long day, especially if you
have to wear your hair up a lot for
work, yank out your hair binder
and chances are you’ll feel an
almost immediate sense of relief. I learned this last summer when
the lovely woman who cuts my
hair informed me of it. It seems
obvious, but it’s also easy to
overlook. -If you notice you get more
headaches, especially migraines,
during a certain time of the year
or during certain kinds of weather,
you may be reacting to changes
in barometric pressure (the weight
of the atmosphere.) This has been
speculated for some time, but the
International Headache Society
published an interesting piece
earlier this year to back it up. The
study gathered data showing
that when lightning struck within
25 miles of a migraine suffers
house, there was a 31% increase
in headache instances. That’s not
a small number! And that’s not
including changes before storms,
seasons, and other fluctuations. -Posture. It makes all the
difference in the world for tension
type headaches, especially if you
work at a computer. -Utilize massage therapy if
possible. It’s so often seen as a
luxury, but the truth is, it does
incredible things for our health,
and it’s drug-free. Roots Balm
-Using 2 tablespoons of beeswax
will yield a pretty solid balm, which
I find useful since I never need to
use too much of this for it to be
effective! Lower the amount to 1
tablespoon if you prefer a softer
balm. 90Copyright 2014 everydayroots.comTips & TroubleshootingAromatherapy is a powerful tool for headaches. Something about our sense of smell is linked closely to
headaches, and as mild as a treatment as it may sound, I have used it to great success for my own tension
headaches. When you combine aromatherapy with a cool compress, you get an extra soothing remedy. If you
want to treat muscle tension directly, swap it out for a warm compress on your neck/shoulders to relax them. Studies have actually shown that some scents (such as lavender) lengthen brainwaves, indicating relaxation. Dried rice or beans are the filler for your compress, and retain the cold or warmth. The lavender promotes
relaxation, which is vital when it comes to tension headaches. The peppermint works because the menthol it
contains creates a cooling sensation, while its aroma can penetrate the foggy pain of a headache.Cool Scented Compress
-1 cup or so of dried rice or
beans
-A tube sock or scrap fabric
-1 tablespoon of any liquid oil
-3-4 drops of lavender oil
-2 drops of peppermint oil1. Pour a cup or so of dried rice or dried beans into a clean tube sock
so that there is about an inch left at the top. Loosely tie off the top-just
enough that it doesn’t lose any of the filling. 2. Place it in the freezer until cold and then re-open, adding in the
essential oil blend. Tie it off well, shake, and hold against your forehead
and temples, alternating with the top/back of your head if needed. When you’re finished pop it back into the freezer and reuse as needed. 3. If you are using a warm compress repeat the process above, but
instead of putting it in the freezer pop it in the microwave for a few
minutes, or until it is as hot as you want it. Make sure to check every 30
seconds so it doesn’t overheat. Mix the oils in after microwaving, and lay
it across the back of your neck or shoulders. 91Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com HeadachesY ou will need… DirectionsFeverfew has a rich history, and has been used since the times of ancient Greece. Originally it was its main use
was to bring down fever, as its name suggests, but it was not found particularly effective. Nowadays, promising research shows that it can help reduce the severity and frequency at which a migraine
occurs. Sometimes during a migraine the smooth lining of blood vessels will spasm as they dilate unevenly. This, plus the inflammation pressing on nerves, can cause that typical pounding or throbbing sensation as blood
is pumped through the awkwardly narrowed vessels. Feverfew contains parthenolide, which is what has been
tentatively linked to warding off migraines, possibly because it can impact inflammation. Past that, the specific
science of it has not yet been pinpointed. Feverfew for Migraines
-3 teaspoons of dried feverfew
(leaves and flowers both work)
-1 cup of water
-A dash of lemon juice to taste
(optional)1. Boil fresh water and pour it over the dried feverfew. Allow the mixture
to steep, covered, for 5-10 minutes. Drink daily to prevent migraines
and lessen their severity. Y ou can also chew several of the fresh plant’s
leaves or flowers a day, or take it in supplement form if you like. I
personally prefer the routine of tea. 92Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com HeadachesY ou will need… DirectionsRoots Balm is a great savior when it comes to headaches, and there has been so much positive feedback on
it! This lovely balm utilizes essential oils that help alleviate pain topically and by utilizing pure aromatherapy. The peppermint oil contains menthol, which provides a soothing, cooling, almost tingling, sensation on the skin
that works in tandem with its refreshing scent to help your headache. The eucalyptus works in a similar manner
with its scent, while studies have shown it actually affects brainwave activity and reduces fatigue. When applied
topically over tense muscles, its helps unwind knots and trigger points. Lavender, known for being a relaxing
scent, is here to help you naturally relax your muscles on your own.Soothing Roots Balm
-15-20 drops of peppermint oil
-7-10 drops of lavender oil
-7-10 drops of eucalyptus oil
-1/4 cup of any liquid oil
-1-2 tablespoons of beeswax
pastilles/grated beeswax1. In a double boiler melt together the beeswax and oils. When they
have melted and combined, turn off the heat and quickly add essential
oils, giving it a brief stir to mix it all together. Pour into container, cover,
and allow it to solidify. 2. When you feel a headache coming on, massage some onto your
temples, back of neck, or the pressure point between your thumb and
forefinger. Breathe deeply. 93Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com HeadachesY ou will need… DirectionsTrue to its name, heartburn is a burning sensation right beneath the
breastbone, often accompanied by pain that creeps up the throat,
possibly leading to a bad taste in your mouth. It’s a symptom, rather
than a disease, of acid reflux or gastroesophageal reflux disease
(GERD), so these remedies will target acid reflux as a whole. When you swallow, a tight band of muscle around the bottom of your
esophagus called your lower esophageal sphincter (LES) relaxes and
allows the food/liquid to pass into the stomach before sealing tightly
shut again. But with reflux that muscle relaxes abnormally, or is weak,
and stomach acid flows back up into the esophagus. This, naturally,
creates a very unpleasant sensation.Heartburn
- Elevate yourself when you sleep
by putting some wooden blocks
or books under the feet of the bed
closest to the headboard. L


 capillary membranes
are exceedingly thin. The shrew may get along well
simply by diffusion through the thin capillary mem
branes. The sparse extent of pericytes in the human
lung is perhaps similarly explained. Gas exchange, the
main function of the lungs, is sufficiently well covered
by diffusion. There is consequently not a very large
need in the lungs for an additional mechanism of long
distance electrogenic transport. 6. Search for redox sites: possible origin of the
basement membrane and the endothelial fibrin film
In attempts to fmd the sites for the necessary redox
steps of the VICC, we must take a second look at the
components of the capillary membrane. Certain details
of interest are shown in electron micrographs (Figs. XII: 27-29), kindly placed at my disposal by Prof. E.
R. Weibel, University of Berne, Switzerland (78). The basement membrane is a structure about which
little is still known of its origin and function. These
membranes were recognized as early as 1848 by Kopf
and Bowman. They are described as consisting of
connective tissue elaborated by cells of mesenchymal
origin (Deseemet's membrane ) or of ectodermal origin
(the basement membrane of the lens) (37). Basement
memhrane~ are cnmrosed of an amorpho us marrix,
which contains a fine network of partially oriented
fibres (37). Chemically, basement membranes contain
various sequences of amino acids and carbohydrates. They also contain a low molecular weight glycoprotein
and collagen (33) and antigenic protein (6). Strangely enough, the basement membranes are de
scribed as covering the lumens of the anticipated chan
nels of transport, the stomata and the places where
vesicles must empty their content into the tissue (13,
48). However, an exoendothelial space (Figs. XII: 21,
27-29) is also described (13, 48), which could represent
a space for escape of materials transported through the
capillary walls. Colloids of blood arc normally excluded from the
interendothelial clefts which are occupied by ground
substance contiguous with basement membrane (40,
Biologically closed electric circuits 141 Fig. XII: 28. Capillary of rat cardiac muscle. Magnifica·
tion 18 700x. Observe a zone of low electron density (Ap)
between endothelium and basement membrane (B) and an·
other broader zone of low elect.ron density (A;) between en·
dothelium and content of capillary. These findings sug-Fig. XII: 27. Elemon micro
graph of capillary (C) from rat
cardiac muscle with pericyte
(P). Magnification 20 500x. Basement laminae (B) sur·
round the pericyte and the in·
terstitial side of the endotheli ·
um. Note a zone of low eiC(:·
tron density (A) betwC(:n
basement laminae on one
· hand and pericyte and endo·
thelium on the other. It is sug·
gested that the basement
membrane represents an ap·
position of material and not
primariJy a structural element
of the capillary waU. gesr that similar forces may be involved in the creation of
zones of low elec-tron density such as shown fo.r the creation
ofHA" zones in a contracting movable precipitate adjacent ro
a fixed "matrix" (see Figs. XU: 1, 4 and 1 and Chapter X). A
pericyte process (P) is enframed (see also Fig. XII: 29). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~-
142 Biologically closed electric circuits Fig. XII: 29. (a) Pericyte pro·
cess (P), cnframed in Fig. XII: 28, shows a web of cyto·
plasmic filaments (f) and pino
cytotic vesicles (pv). Capillary
(C). Material of basement mem·
brane (B) surrounds the peri
cyte process but is separated
from its surface by a zone of low
electron density (A). Magnifica·
tion 52 670x. (b) Smooth mus·
cle cell (M) on venule (V) shows
filaments (f) and vesicles (pv)
located predominantly under its
right-hand surface. Vesicles in
the endothelial cell (E) arc more
randomly dispersed. Both sides
of the basement membrane (B)
located between the venule and
the muscle cell show zones of
low c.lecuon density (A). Mag·
nificarion 38 300 x. 48). It has been suggested that the basement mem
brane constitutes the major permeability barrier of
blood vessels ( 48). Why is then the partially amorphous, partially
structured basement membrane separated from the
wall of the endothelial cells? Is it possible that the
material of rhe basement membrane represents a pro
duct of nearby "electrode reactions" at the endothelial
membrane facing the interstitium? An electron micro·
scopic observation of Low and Weibel (39, 78) now
becomes of interest: a zone of low electron density
corresponds to the exoendot helial space. Moreover
trus zone also can be recognized along the surface of
pericytes, includiog their processes. Fig XII: 27 shows r
a pericyte (P) and one of its processes in contact with
the endothelium of a capillary (C) of rat cardiac mus·
cle. The basement membrane (B) is seen not only
against the endothelium but also around the body of
the pericyte. Beneath the basement membrane is a.lso
seen the 7-0ne of low electron density (A). Fig. XII: 28
shows this zone between the basemenr membrane and
the periphery of the endothelium (Ap). However, it
should also be noted that a similar bUI broader zone of
low electron density is presem be~en the material inside
the capillary and the inner endothelial wall (A;). Finally,
Fig. XII: 29a shows higher magnification of the peri·
cyte process (P) from the enframed section of Fig. XII: 28. The pericyte process is located within the
Biologically closed electric circuits 143 basement membrane. A zone of low electron density
(A) is apparent. Fig. XII: 29 b shows endothelium (E)
and a smooth muscle cell (M) on venule (V). Between
them is the basement membrane material (B), concen·
trated in the middle between two zones of low electron
density to each side (A). The basement membrane can
further be seen as a collection of "fibrous" material of
varying thickness. The origin of basement membranes now become of
inter~l ~s pOssible prQducrs of rhe endothelial cell~. If the redox sites for electron transfer are located, e.g.,
to the endothelial cell membranes, then the basement
membranes may have developed from products of de·
position at an electrode equivalent surface, as such
depositions develop at any electrode surface of a
closed circuit. Fibrous membranes of different compo
sition can also be produced experimentally adjacent to
electrodes as an effect of electrophoresis in vivo and in
tissue samples (see Chapter XVI). A logical consequence of such a view is apparent. The endothelial cell should not very likely appear as an
interpositioned barrier, carrying anticipated redox me
diators e.g. enzyme particles only at the "outer" (in·
terstitial) membrane of the endothelial cell. An expla
nation is also required for the development of the
endothelial fibrin film, described by Copley (13). This
fllm may also devdup from proc.luc. :ts of d.c:po:sitiou at
an electrode equivalent "inner" surface of the endo
thelial membrane facing the blood stream. If, indeed
the basement membrane develops from material of
deposition at the outer (interstitial ) electrode equiv·
alent surface of the endothelial cell, the exoendothelial
space (13), which seems to be identical with the zone
of low electron density, according to Low and Weibel
(39, 78), can also get an explanation. Collected "elec·
trode material" adjacent to a surface should physically
behave like the basement membrane under the infiu·
ence of its internal concentration forces. We have
encountered this situation earlier (see Figs. XII: I and
4) in the creation of "A" and "B" zone effects by
products of deposition in tissue adjacent to a metal in
in vivo corrosion. A corresponding zone of low density
of electrons is also seen in Fig. XII: 28 between the
contents of the capillary and the inner surface of the
capillary wall. This zone is probably a result of post·
mortem contraction of material in the lumen of the
capillary (see also effects of concentration forces, Fig. XII:


of blood from the left ventricle tO
the entire body and returning to the
right atrium, as opposed to the pul·
monary circulation of blood be·
tween the right ventricle and left
atrium. leratocartin.oma, n.
1eratoma, n.
thoracotomy, n.
thrombectomy, n.
lhrombocyre, n.
thr(}mboembolus, n.
(-i, pl.) thrombose, v.
thr(}mbosiJ, n.
(-es, pl.) thrombus, n.
(-i, pl.) thymoma, n.
tomogram, n.
1omography, n.
lrabeculae, n. pl. transmogrify, v.
tratlsthorari c, adj. trochamn', n.
tuberculoma, n.
unilateral, adj. vasa vawrum, n. pl. vasculan'zed, adj. vasoconstri ction, n.
•venocapillan·es, n.
wnule, n.
vesicle, n.
viscus, n.
(viJcera, pl.) xe.roradiograph, n.
::tla potential, n. Mtd. A neoplasm containing both
teratOmatous and carcinomatous
components. Med. A neoplasm containing various
different iated structures such as
bone, canilagc, skin, and brain. Med. Surgical incision of the thoracic
cage. Med. Surgical removal of a thrombus. At~at. Platelet; important Cor coagu. lation, one or many minute anuclear
bodies in blood. Med. A blood cl01 which de1aches
from its site of formation and is car·
ried by the now of blood 10 a dis
tant site, usually obstructing Oow
through the blood \'esse I at thai site. Med. To form a thrombus; to dot. Med. Formation or presence of a
1hrombus. Med. Intravascular clot of coagulated
blood which remains at the site of
formatjon. Med. Epithelial neoplasm of the thy
mus. Radio/. A radiogrnph of a layer of 1he
body. Radio/. A radiographi c technique
imaging a plane oflhe body.-tomo
graphic, adj. A nat. Beams of connective tissue. In
bone, the mineralized matrix of the
marrow. To transform inro somerhing gro-
tesque or surprising. Med. Through lhc chest w•JU. Anal. Seeftmur. Afed. A tuberculou s mass, approxi·
matcly spherical and well dcmarcat·
ed from surrounding tissue. A nat. On one side. At~at. The small \'tSsels which sup·
ply the walls of lasger blood vessels. Anot. Supplied with vessels.- wucu
lari.z.ali01l, n.
A1ed. Narrowing of vessels secondary
ro contraction of muscle in their
walls. At1a1. Distal part of the capillary
bed, which dilates when exposed to
an electr1c field. See also ar1erioca ·
pillories. At~al. A \'cry small vein, just distal to
a capillary. Atlat. A minute, intrdcytoplasmic,
spherical collection of Ouid. Atrat. Any organ in the chest, abdo
men or pelvis. See also pleura.-vis·
reral, adj. Radio/. A radiograph obtained by a
process in which x·rays affect not a
pho1ographi c film, but an alumin
ium plate coated with selenium. Phys. Electrostatic potential corre-
sponding 10 the poten1ial drop
across the diffuse pan of the electric
double layer close to a charged in·
tcrface. Glossary 347 SYMBOLS AND UNITS
Symbol NoN Sl...mr Symbol NOIM SI·IDUJ
A Ananrom I0-10m H •., heat of vaporiza-2.490 Jka-1at O"C
"C degree Celsius 273.15 K Lion of water 2.469 Jka-1at IO'C
c coulomb IC=!As 2.348 Jka-1 at 20"C
callM:rmcl(hc:m thermochemical 4.184) 2.435 Jkg-1 at 25'C
calorie 2.427 Jka-1 at 30'C
D~, diffusion ooeffi- O.l6x Io-• m1s-1 2.402 Jka-1 at 40'C
dent of C02 2.377 Jka-1 at SO'C
D., diffusion ooeffi- 0.20x 10-• m•s-1 2.1SS Jka-1 at IOO"C
cient of Oz Hz hertz!Hz a I cycle s-1
D. diffusion ooeffi- 0.2Sx Io-• m•s-1 J joule IJ=!Nm
c:ient of water K kelvin OK• -273.1S'C
vapor 11M micron Io-•m
dyn dyne 10-'N N newton IN•lkg m,-r
dyn·cm dyne><ttntimetre: 10_, J N,. Avogadro constant 6.0222x!o-um-1
~v electron voh 1.602x Io-19 1 Pa pascal 1~•1Nm '"'1•
ug erg to-' J 0.102 mmH,O
F farad IF= ICV-1 R gas consr.ant 8.3143 jm-1K-1
F Faraday 9.6487x 10' Cmol-1 "· partial molal of 18.048x 10'm1mot-• at 2<rC
G Gibbs' free energy,.,;oater
6G Gibbs' free energy w Witt IW•!Js-1
change Q., density of water 0.9999x 10-1 kgm-•at O'C
6G' Gibbs' standard free 1.0000x 10-1 kgm-• at 4'C
energy change 0.9997x lo-• kam-• at IO'C
L\Go• Maximal Gibbs' 0.9982x 10-• kgm-• at 20"C
st.andard free 0.99S7x 10-• kam-• at 30'C
energy change 0.9923x 10-• kam-• at 40'C
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348 Symbols and unit ABBREVIATIONS
A adenine Hb02 oxyhaemoglobin
ACP acyl carrier protein His histidine
ACTH adrenocorticotrop ic hormone lie isoleucine
ADP adenosine diphosphate i.m. intramuscu lar
Ala alanine j subscript for species j
AMP adenosine monophosp hate Leu leucine
cAMP cyclic AMP adenosine 3', 5' -cyclic Lys lysine
monophosphate M molar (moles/litre )
Arg arginine Mb myoglobin
Asn asparagine MbO, oxymyoglobin
Asp aspartate Met methionine
ATP adenosine triphosphate MetHb methaemog lobin
ATPase adenosine triphosphatase NAD,NAD. nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
BCEC •biologically closed electric circuits (oxidized form)
CDP cytidine diphosphate NADH nicotinamide adenine dinucleoti de
CMP cytidine monophosphate (reduced form )
Co A coenzyme A NADH, reduced form of nicotinamide adenine
CoQ coenzyme Q (ubiquinone ) dinucleotide
CTP cytidine triphosphate NADP, NADP• nicotinam ide adenine dinucleotide
Cys cysteine phosphate (oxidized form)
DNA deoxyritxmucleic acid NAOPH nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
DNP dinitropheny l phosphate (reduced form)
DPN• see NAD, NAO• NADPH, reduced form of nicotinamide adenine
DPNH seeNADH dinucleotide phosphate
ecg electrocar diogram NHE normal hydrogen electrode
FAD flavin adenine dinucleotide Phe phenylalanine
(oxidized form) Pro proline
FAOH, reduced form of flavin adenine redox reduction and oxidation
dinucleotide RNA ribonucleic acid


  of Life;  thru  the attention  to the Great
God  Presence,  the "Mighty  I AM." That  is why  We  have
Limitless  Patience. Today,  when  We  see for the first  time
in many  centuries,  the Actual  Tremendous  Progress  being
made,  then  can  you  feel  with  Me,  the Rejoicing  in Our
Hearts? It is Magnificent,  Beloved  Ones! It is Magnificent
beyond  all expression,  to find  at last  the Response  from
Beloved  Individuals  who  have  so long  forgotten  their
Source. Within  the last few  days,  We were  in a Great  Conference
concerning  the Immediate  Requirements  of the Earth;  and
all agreed  with  such  Rejoicing,  the  Response  today  was
coming  to the Great  Balance;  for the Light,  Protection  and
Blessing  of mankind  and  your  Beloved  America. It is a
wonderful  thing. Never  in four  hundred  centuries,  has
such  a Response  been  given  by mankind. Now  let Us all give  gratitude. Except  for the  Mighty
Determination  of the Beloved  Saint  Germain,  this  would
not be today. He was  the One  who  took  the Responsibility! Remember  that,  Beloved  Ones,  and  try never  to forget  it! He was  the  One  who  took  the  reins,  took  the  Respon-
sibility  for the failure  or Achievement. I won't  say what  it
would  have  meant  had  He failed. You,  I am sure  in your
Greatest  Love  have  never  contemplated  such  a thing! Then,
do you  wonder  only  last  night,  He spoke  of the Accom-224 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
plishment;  and  poured  forth  His  Love  and  Gratitude  not
only  to the Messengers  and  the Beloved  Sindelars;  but  to
all the students  for holding  the fort  and  sending  forth  This
Wondrous  Magazine,  which  is doing  so much  more  in the
World,  than  anyone  dreams  of, at this time. Do you  wonder
He and  We  pour  forth  such  Great  Gratitude  to the stu-
dents  everywhere ? Remember  you  are the Great  Family  of
Light! To the degree  you  refuse  to give  forth  or listen  to
discord,  are you  aiding  TREMENDOUSLY  in the Great
Victory  soon  to be determined. I want  to say a word  to you  tonight,  in behalf  of your  Be-
loved  Lotus. Could  you  know  the hours,  and  hours,  and
hours,  and  hours,  and  hours,  she works—day  and  almost  all
night,  for the demand  has  grown  greater,  to render  This
Service  to beloved  mankind. Our  Beloved  Betty,  who  so
willingly  works,  until  her fingers  split  on the ends  from  the
constant  use of the typewriter. You cannot  imagine,  and  as they  cannot  imagine,  the
Marvelous  Service  which  the blessed  Sindelars  render  here
in this  Center  of Activity. Oh,  I plead  with  you  for your
own  Light,  never  criticize  them! Please  do not do it! They
need  your  Love,  your  Strength,  to give  them  the happiness
needed,  in their  wonderful  service  rendered  to mankind. Take  for instance,  your  environment  here  in Southern
California. If every  student  would  earnestly  and  sincerely
pour  out  Ascended  Master  Love  and  Blessings  to every
other  student,  what  a Transformation  would  take  place  in
your  Life  inside  of sixty  days! Won't  you  let Us help  you? DISCOURSE  XVIII  225
Won't  you  let us give  you  Our  Strength,  Our  Courage,  Our
Serenity  and  Poise  within  your  own  feeling,  which  enable
this Mighty  Release  to go forth  continually ? I know  how  many  times  great  floods  come  forth  and
then  there  is a lull;  because  of disturbance,  when  if That
Flood  of kindness  could  be continued,  how  quickly  every
discordant  thing  would  be swept  out of your  world. Then,
in its place,  would  come  the  Glory  of Light  from  the
Presence,  which  is Self-luminous,  Intelligent  Substance;
and It would  bring  you  Its Eternal,  Its Ever-lasting  Bless-
ing. This  is why  We  never  tire in prompting,  in bringing
forth  to your  attention,  the need  of the hour;  the Require-
ments  for all, for Life  is exacting,  Beloved  Ones.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        Give  praise  and  thanks
for This  Accomplishment  and  say:  "'Mighty  I AM  Pres-209 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
cncc'  sweep  in and  accomplish  the next  thing  with  your
Infinite  Power. " Feel  your  Great  Joy and  Enthusiasm  in
the next  Accomplishment. Oh,  Dear  Ones,  it is so wonder-
ful. It is so tremendous. Once  you understand  what  is being
accomplished. We have  Faith  in you,  in every  "I AM"  Student  in Amer-
ica. Will  you  not,  in Our  faith  in you,  stand  as One  Great
Pillar  of Light,  each  one of you  to all the others  and  have
all that  is required. My Love  and Blessings  enfold  you,  each  one,  always,  and
I say to those  who  have  come  so great  a distance:  What-
ever We can do to add to your  Freedom,  your  Supply,  your
Happiness,  shall  be done. I thank  you. DISCOURSE  XV
MIAMI,  FLORIDA  November  21,
Tonight,  Beloved  Students,  let Me call your  attention  to
the Requirements,  in releasing  the Greater  Activity  of your
Life Stream  to bring  your  Heart's  Desire  in the use of
things  in the outer  world. You have  thought  to gather  from  without,  the things,
the happiness  and  the conditions  which  you  thought  were
necessary  for your  success;  and  for all that  your  Heart  de-
sires;  but all have  found  it futile;  have  found  it a great
mistake. They  have  not found  satisfaction,  because  there
was no place  of Permanent  Anchorage;  no Source  to which
they could  give  their  attention  and hold  it there  in a definite
focus. Beloved  Ones,  hold  your  attention  for a moment  upon
Me, so I am able  to anchor  within  your  feeling,  the Reason
why  it is imperative  to have  an anchorage  for your  at-
tention;  to keep  it from  wavering  from  point  to point,  and
condition  to condition. That  is why  you  have  your  limita-
tions  today;  because  you have  not known  any place,  upon
which  you could  fix your  attention,  in order  to have  a def-
inite  action. Tonight,  if you will  be kind  enough  to follow  My Words,
you will  understand,  as you  come  to know  the Presence,
the "Mighty  I AM,"  is above,  you have  found  your  Source
187 188 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
of Life,  which  is the Individualized  Presence  of God. It
is why  We,  as Ascended  Beings,  as Cosmic  Beings,  have
Our Freedom  today;  because  We  found  That  Presence. We, like  the rest of humanity,  would  have  remained  in our
limit


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        • Breathe out for three seconds. • Repeat until panic symptoms have subsided. Daily Practice
If the feeling of air hunger brings on a strong fear response, regular practice
of the following short exercises will help desensitize your body’ s reaction to
the feeling of air hunger:
Breathing Recovery, Sitting  (exercise #12) for 10 minutes, six times
daily. OR
Breathe Light  (exercise #1) to create air hunger for 15 to 30 seconds,
followed by rest for 1 minute. Repeat for 5 to 10 minutes, six times a day. OR
Breathing Recovery, Walking  (exercise #13) Walk for 5 to 10 paces
while holding the breath. Practice five repetitions, six times a day. If you ar e comfortable with the feeling of air hunger:
• Breathe Light  (exercise #1) for 10 minutes, three times daily. • Breathe Slow  (exercise #3) for 10 minutes, two times daily. If your BOL T score is
less than 15 seconds, practice a 3-second inhale and a 3-second exhale. If your
BOLT score is greater than 15 seconds, practice a 5-second inhale and a 5-second
exhale. • Breathe Deep  (exercise #2) for 10 minutes, once per day. POST -COVID-19 CARE
I had an email from a colleague recently asking me for some advice about
COVID-19. She wrote:
I have a patient who was diagnosed with COVID-19 in April 2020. When I first met her, she couldn’ t say one sentence without
becoming breathless. When we started working together in October
2020, her BOL T score was just 3 seconds. Now, two months later,
her BOL T score  is around 10 or 11. She can’t do much exercise,
because it is difficult enough to breathe through her mouth. She
wears MyoT ape throughout the day and she can do small breath
holds and Breathe Light, but the other exercises are too difficult. We
did the exercise to decongest the nose and she immediately got a
severe headache. She is also experiencing headaches during the
other exercises. Her BOL T score after the breathing exercises goes
up to around 20 seconds, but her morning BOL T score stays around
10. What else can I do. What causes the severe headache  she
experiences during the exercise. Many people with COVID-19  are experiencing severe breathlessness. BOL T scores as low as three seconds have been reported. Whe n the BOL T
score is this low, it will be difficult to say a complete sentence without
becoming breathless. To improve the breathing, the objective is to increase the BOL T score
gently and consistently. With such a low BOL T score, the risk with any
breathing exercise is that it could contribute to unstable breathing. Exercise Protocol
1. Breathing Recovery, Sitting  (#12) for 10 minutes every hour. Also practice this
exercise if the nose feels congested. It is important to hold your breath for no longer
than half your BOL T score at that time—so if your BOL T score is just 3 seconds, you
will hold your breath for a maximum of 1. 5 seconds. 2. Practice slow breathing with lateral expansion and contraction of the lower ribs to
improve alveolar ventilation. • Inhale slowly through your nose for 3 seconds. • Exhale slowly through your nose for 3 seconds. • If you are comfortable with this, inhale slowly through your nose for 5 seconds. • Exhale slowly through your nose for 5 seconds. • As you breathe in, feel your lower ribs gently moving outward. • As you breathe out, feel your lower ribs gently moving inward. • Practice for 5 minutes, 5 times a day. 3. Breathe only through your nose, day and night. W ear MyoT ape to keep your mouth
closed during sleep. MyoT ape is particularly suitable in this instance as it does not
cover the lips. It is unusual to suffer severe headaches when practicing the exercises. If
you practice intensive breath holds, headaches can occur due to increased
CO2 in the blood. Generally, the headache will subside fairly quicky. If you do exper ience a headache, reduce the intensity of the exercises. Go even more gently as you practice Breathe Light  and Breathing Recovery,
Sitting. OTHER CONDITIONS
For people with:
Schizophrenia
Uncontrolled hyperthyroidism
Chest pains
Heart problems within the past six months
Sickle cell anemia
Cancer
Arterial aneurysm
Kidney disease
Make sure you breathe only through your nose during the day, during
exercise and at night. You can practice the Breathe Slow  exercis e (#3) or
walking with nasal breathing and listen to the free MP3 download available
from OxygenAdvantage. com/breathe-light. For older people and people with:
Second and third trimester pregnancy
High blood pressure
Diabetes
Epilepsy
Panic disorder and anxietySleep apnea
Cardiovascular issues
Serious medical conditions
Only practice breathing recovery exercises and breathing light, slow,
and deep through the nose during rest and physical exercise. Refrain from
practicing any breathing exercise that involves holding of the breath to
generate a strong air hunger. A WORD ABOUT DET OXIFICA TION
As your BOL T score increases, you may experience the effects of
detoxification. The exercises in this chapter are designed to help normalize
metabolic activi ty, improving the body’ s ability to get rid of waste and
clearing the system of toxins. During the detoxification period, it is very important to continue with
your breathing exercises. If you stop, detoxification might not be
completed. It is also beneficial to drink a glass of warm water with a quarter
teaspoon of good-quality sea salt dissolved in it each day. You may find that the symptoms experienced during a cleansing involve
a brief aggravation of your condition. For example, if you have asthma, you
may experience excess mucus production in the nose and airways,
especially during physical activity with nasal breathing. You may also
experience other mild side-ef fects such as a slight headache, diarrhea,
increased yawni ng, a head cold, insomnia, a bad taste in the mouth, and
reduced appetite. These are all just signs that your body is readjusting to a
healthier way of life. In gener al, symptoms should not be disruptive to
normal life and will pass in one or two days. Like any detoxification
process, there is always a short adjustment phase. If the idea of a “breathing detox” is new to you, you may be interested
to know  that toxins, including alcohol, leave the body via the lungs. 7 To
illustrate this, there was a woman in my hometown of Galway, Ireland, who
had some knowledge about breathing. She was arrested on suspicion of
drunk driving. The woman failed the Breathalyzer test and was taken to the
police station for blood tests. While in the back of the police car, shedeliberately hyperventilated for several minutes. I can only imagine what
the of ficers must have thought. Despite the Breathalyzer results, blood results at the station showed low
alcohol levels and she was allowed to go. I am in no way encouraging or
condoning drunk  driving. I do, however, find it fascinating that it is possible
to get rid of alcohol from the blood through the breath. Recent research in
Canada even suggests that hyperventilation could provide a lifesaving
therapeutic intervention in cases of alcohol poisoning. 8
OceanofPDF. comSECTION FOUR: EXERCISES T O IMPROVE FOCUS
AND CONCENTRA TION
One question I’m often asked by my students is “What is the difference
between breathing techniques designed as ‘stressors’ and breathing
techniques that are meant as ‘relaxers’. ”
The answer is that breathing exercises that focus on increasing the speed
or duration of the inhalation are “stressors. ” So are breath holds involving
strong air hunger. These inclu de Oxygen Advantage exercis es that use
breath holding to create a strong air hunger, and they include some of the
techniques used by W im Hof. Breathing exercises designed to slow the speed and/or lengthen the
duration of the exhalation are “relaxers. ” Breath holds involving light air
hunger are relaxers. Breathe Light  (exercise #1), with its emphasis on
relaxation and light air hunger, is a relaxer. So is slow breathi ng, because
the vagus nerve, which drives the parasympathetic nervous system (the
“rest and digest” branch of the autonomic nervous system), is only activated
on exhalation. This means that spending longer in the exhalati on phase is
beneficial to relaxation. Y ou can read about this in detail in Chapter Four. Important:  Hyperventilation and breath holding are very powerful
exercises designed to tempora rily disrupt the body’ s balance to trigger
adaptations. They are not suitable during pregnancy or for anyone with
serious health conditions, including diabetes,


entilation and a reduction in blood CO2. After the baby is born, progesterone drops and CO2 rises, triggering panic
symptoms. Too much blood CO2 can cause panic attacks in patients who
have a high sensitivity to blood CO2, as the increase  in air hunger triggers
feelings of fear.38 Conversely, panic symptoms  can be triggered by
hyperventilation when blood CO2 drops to levels that are too low. The
important thing to understand is that by improving functional breathing
patterns, it is possible to normalize levels of blood CO2 so that they are
neither too high nor too low. It is also possible to reduce the body’ s
sensitivity to CO2 so that normal fluctuations do not cause panic-inducing
air hunger. Panic symptoms include breathlessness, hyperventilation, chest pain, a
sense of choking or nausea, dizziness, and paresthesia (numbness and
sensations like pins-and-needles). All of these are also symptoms of
breathing pattern disorders. The symptoms of panic attacks point to a correlation with poor
oxygenation and sympathetic activation. Cognitive function abruptly
declines, feelings of exhaustion occur, the patient becomes increasingly
anxious to prevent further attacks, and quality of life suffers. In pregnant
women and new mothers, the anxiety around future attacks can become
severe enough to cause agoraphobia and social isolation.33 There is also
evidence that anxiety in the mother during pregnancy impac ts on infanttemperament, producing babies who are more “difficult,” exacerbating
maternal anxiety and stress.34
During and immediately after pregnancy, women are also more
vulnerable to experiencing other mental disorders such as OCD and PTSD. Left untreated, these problems can have a significant impact on the physical
and mental health of mother and child and other family members.33 For the
most successful results, resear chers recommend an integrate d treatment
approach in which medicines are prescribed alongside psycho educational
options, such as relaxation exercises and cognitive behavioral therapy. There is no research into the therapeutic benefit of breathing exercises for
postpartum anxiety and depression, but a considerable body of research
does clearly indicate the link between blood CO2, sensitiv ity to CO2, and
these psychological disorders. While a few studies discuss the hormonal implications of abortion and
miscarriage, there is nothing  in the literature to connect hormonal
fluctuations in abortive pregna ncy to respiratory health. In women who
suffer very early pregnancy loss, the luteal phase is shorter for the next few
cycles.39 Early pregnancy loss is also associated with lower levels of luteal
estrogen and progesterone. Heightened anxiety, depression, and insomnia
are, not surprisin gly, common after miscarriage. This is partly due to stress
and to fluctuati ons in sex hormones. A breathing practice would help
moderate hormone-induced hyperventilation during this difficult time,40
regulating important factors that influence sleep and mood. Important: The breathing exercises in this book should not be
practiced if you are in your first trimester of pregnanc y. Practice
relaxation and work to gently  restore nose breathing. In your second
trimester, you may practice gentle relaxation, nasal breathing, and slow
breathing. Throu ghout your pregnancy, it is very important to approach any
exercises very gently. You should not practice any breath holds while
pregnant. HORMONAL CONTRACEPTIVES AND THE BREA TH
Progestogens and estrogens combined in oral contraceptive pills have been
in widespread use since the 1960s. While much publicity has been given tothe potential side effects in terms of cardiovascular health, little research
has been done into the ef fects on breathing and the respiratory system.41
One 1979 study did find that women taking a progesterone-o nly oral
contraceptive pill had a significa ntly greater minute ventilation than women
ovulating normally, except when the control subjects were in the late luteal
phase of their cycle.16 This added weight to the idea that progesterone acts
as a respiratory stimulant, a theory that has since been confirmed. In terms  of respiratory symptom s, a 1999 paper found no indication that
hormonal contraceptives influenced asthma severity in women with mild
asthma.42 In a 2001 cross-sectional study of the general population in
Copenhagen, no marked increase in asthma, asthma medication, wheezing,
or coughing on exertion was found in women using oral contr aceptives,43
although some studies showed that asthma symptoms were slightly
worsened by hormone replace ment therapy (HRT) in postmenopausal
women. In a 1995 study, researc hers found that women who had previously
taken oral contraceptives had a higher risk of developing asthma,44 in
contrast to a 2006 Australian study that reported a 7% decrease in adult-
onset asthma for every year of oral contraceptive use.45 A study of women
in North ern Europe again found the opposite—that oral contraceptive users
displayed a higher risk of developing asthma—but when examined
alongside body mass index data, it was unclear whether the hormone pill or
body weight was the primary factor in the asthma symptoms.41 A 2015
paper reported  that hormonal contraceptive use reduced asthma
exacerbations in nonobese women,46 while they increased the risk of
asthma in obese women.47
An investigation of bronchia l hyperactivity (BHR) show ed less
variability in symptoms over the course of the menstrual cycle in women
using hormonal contraceptives, but the study did not describe how levels of
BHR were affected by contrac eptive use.41 It makes sense  that women
whose asthma symptoms vary a lot through their menstrual cycle may
experience more  stability by using a hormonal contraceptive,  but studies
have returned contradictory results as to the relationship between overall
asthma susceptibility and contraceptive use. Clearly, observational research examining the connection between oral
contraceptives and respiratory health often produces results that are difficultto analyze. Studies are subject to the problem of “confounding by
indication.” This is the scientifi c term for the difficulty in assessing a risk
factor or treatment in relation to an outcome when there are “confounding”
variables that could also be affecting the outcome. This is one reason why a
study may draw inaccurate conclusions. For example, in studies into the
side effects of a medication, patients who are prescribed the medication
may be inherent ly different from people who do not take it—they are, after
all, taking the drug for a reason. This very fact can distort the findings of
research. For example, oral contraceptives are often used to treat polycystic
ovary syndrome  (PCOS). PCOS is linked with asthma, lower lung function,
diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Therefore, PCOS may be a significant
factor confoun ding (complic ating) the relationship between oral
contraception and respiratory disorders. This, however, has not been
considered in any of the studies described. The relationship is further
complicated by the fact that hormone contraceptives can sometimes cause
irregular menstruation.41
In gene ral, the scientific literature on this topic is inconsistent and
problematic. The makeup of oral contraceptives has changed over time—
modern pills have a higher progesterone content and lower estrogen
compared with those that were used some years ago. Each pill used in the
early 1960s was roughly equivalent in terms of dosage to seven of today’ s
pills.48
The 2012 review concludes that it is “likely and biologically plausible”
that oral contraceptives affect the airways in diverse ways. While some
studies indicate that asthma can be caused by contraceptives in some
women, others demonstrate the opposite. It is important, therefore, for
healthcare professionals to be aware of the possibility that hormonal
contraceptives might affect respiratory health in different ways and to listen
to their patients and assess them on an individual basis. The likelihood that
these medication s impact the airway is sufficient for researchers to advocate
that respiratory symptoms and disorders be included in trials of new oral
contraceptive pills. I recentl y talked  to Geor gie, a healthy 25-year -old woman who is very
fit with a high level of endurance. In the weeks before we spoke, Geor gie
had stopped taking her combine d oral contraceptive pill and returned to hernatural 28-day cycle. She tracks her cycle daily, logging her temperature via
a fertility and ovulation app called “Natural Cycles.” She also takes her
BOL T score every day. Geor gie’s average BOL T score is around 30 or 31
seconds at rest, but during the midluteal/luteal phase of her cycle, there is a
marked decreas e of between 6 and 10 seconds. At the same time, she
experiences increased anxiety, lower motivation and a lack of focus. Since coming off the combined  contraceptive pill, she has noticed the
drop in her BOL T score is not so severe. Geor gie told me:
I know it usually takes around  three months for the hormone s to
fully adjust back into their natural rhythm when you come off the
pill, but for me an awareness of how my hormones fluctuate,
especially in terms of respiratory function, is comforting. It
improves my understanding about how to train in an athletic sense,
and it helps me to


 learn.) “I tried meditation, but I couldn’ t stick with it.” (Change
“couldn’ t” to “didn’ t.”) It is your choice, of course, which voice in your
head to listen to, which voice to believe, and most important of all, which
voice to act on. If you have a meditation practice, then nothing could be more important
to transforming your relationship to food than that you do it. And if you do
not have a meditation practice but pray to be shown one, then books or
flyers that lead to one that is best for you will begin to fall at your feet. Addiction is a spiritual disease; prayer and meditation boost the spiritual
immune system. Y ou are not fighting the disease; you are simply opening
your mind to so much truth that the diseased condition cannot dwell there. Every time you embrace a truth, you dismantle a lie. Y our goal is for the
light to seep into the deepest recesses of your subconscious, erasing old
patterns and releasing your mind to new ones.Overeating is an act of hysteria, and meditation is the most powerful
antidote to hysteria. Hysteria occurs when you lose your conscious
connection with the naturally ordered universe, and in that traumatic
moment try to absorb the shock of cosmic disorder by grabbing for a bite-
size piece of comfort. Enough has been said of your separation from love;
our focus now is on your return to it. You have had moments, surely, when love has prevailed and you were
not tormented by your compulsion. Y ou have had moments when you sailed
through your kitchen and felt no insane need to eat inappropriately. The
problem is that the insanity has always returned, sometimes when you
would least expect it. V arious ef forts have given you temporary surcease
from the overwhelming compulsion to reenact your pattern, but none have
totally stopped  the pattern. Only the hand of God can do that. Thus, this entire situation is an invitation to discipleship. It’ s time to give
Him all of your time and all of your days and all of your thoughts. Y our
mind is holy, yet you must stand on that knowledge. Y ou must actively
embrace the truth in order to receive its blessing. For any moment not given
to love will be used by fear as a breeding ground for its own purposes. Choose love, so fear will no longer be able to choose you. Discipleship is a sacred marriage. Only the arms of God can truly hold
you and keep you and protect you from all harm. Once you’ve experienced
the embrace of your Divine Beloved, perhaps you will choose to commit to
Him. Y ou will promise to cleave to Him and “forsake all others.” Having
made this holy commitment, you will break of f your relationship with the
tyrant of compulsion that has masqueraded as your lover. And that is what
discipleship is: a total commitment that leaves no room for anything else. Discipleship is much, much more than a sometimes thing; it’ s an ef fort to
totally immerse yourself in the light of love. And this will do more than just
transform your eating. It will transform your entire life. Take anything that symbolizes the meditation path that calls to you—
from the phone number of a meditation teacher you have heard about but
not yet called, to the W orkbook of A Course in Miracles,  to a set of prayer
beads—and place it on your altar for consecration to the divine. Reflection and PrayerClose your eyes and relax into your sacred place. See yourself in your
inner temple, a beautiful and holy room. See yourself lying in the center of
it, on a lar ge white slab. The slab looks like cold marble—but when you lie
down, it feels like warm, soft pillows. Now see the Divine Physician standing above you with His hands over
your body. The Divine being is drawing from your body all the ener gy that
does not belong there, both physical and nonphysical. Breathe deeply into
this image and allow it to be real for you. Such imagery is no idle fantasy. Spirit is always present, not just metaphorically but literally. Now continue with an exercise from A Course in Miracles. With your
eyes closed, say slowly to yourself, “Into His presence would I enter now.”
Repeat the sentence over and over to yourself as you fall more and more
deeply into a meditative state. Allow yourself a minimum of five minutes
doing this. As you practice this exercise, you will sense its meaning more and more
as time goes by. It will help prepare you for a formal meditation practice,
and open your mind to absorb its power. Dear God,
Thank Y ou for the things that I have seen. When on the mountaintop, I have felt such joy. Please send angels
to lift me up
and always hold me tenderly. Do not let insanity take hold of me,
but enlighten me that I might be fr ee. Place my feet on a higher path
and show me how to walk in love,
that I might find my way. Amen
OceanofPDF.comLESSON 17
FORGIVE YOURSELF AND OTHERS
According to A Course in Miracles,  all thought creates form on some
level. If your weighty thinking does not change, then even if you lose
weight, you’ll retain an overwhelming subconscious ur ge to gain it back.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        For the food addict, feelings that
can and should be processed in the mind are often displaced onto the body,
where they cannot be processed and therefore remain stored within your
flesh. The only way to remove the weight of unprocessed feelings is to allow
yourself to actually feel them. Once again, childhood patterns are the issue. Someone else’ s love and understanding—and for a child, that someone else
is the parent—provides a container for our feelings. Later in life, if such a
container were absent in childhood, the overeater tends to seek through
excessive eating the containment that food cannot give. Parental love is meant to be a model for divine love. When parental love
holds us safe, we more easily transfer as adults to a sense that we are safe in
the arms of the divine. If you didn’ t feel that you could safely take your
feelings to your parent figure, it’ s doubtful you feel now that you can give
all your feelings to God. Feelings that are not acknowledged cannot be fully felt. How can you
fully feel something that you fail to name. I feel sad, I feel embarrassed, I
feel overwhelmed, I feel humiliated, I feel angry, I feel afraid, I feel
rejected, I feel left out, I feel betrayed, I feel wr onged, I feel insulted, I feelhopeless, I feel anxious, I feel frustrated, I feel guilty, I feel lonely  … too
often translate into: I feel hungry. Darn right you’re hungry, but not for food. Having bypassed even a
conscious recognition of your pain, you went straight for a way to assuage
it. You’re looking to an external source to provide an experience that can
only be found internally. You can’ t get rid of your pain without admitting to
yourself that it’ s there. Emotions need to be felt the way that food needs to be chewed; emotions
need to be digested within our psyche the way food is digested in our
stomach. The compulsive eater often gor ges on food as a way to avoid
feeling feelings, but then treats food the same way he or she treated the
emotion—moving too quickly, failing to chew, and failing to properly
digest it. Once your feelings are felt, they can be acknowledged, looked at, learned
from, and surrendered to Divine Mind. But instead of acknowledging and
feeling  your feelings, you’ve learned to discount them before they can even
rise up fully formed. Y ou suppress what you’re too afraid to feel, having
little or no trust in the wisdom of your emotions. Y ou don’ t know your
emotions have  any wisdom—how could you, given that no one honored
them when you were a child. But they do; they are part of the genius of the
human psyche. Emotions, even painful ones, are here to tell you something. They are
messages to be tended to. Y et how can you tend to something you don’ t
know is there. Emotions must be acknowledged and felt; or else they
cannot be learned from, grown from, or processed. Life might have taught you that emotions are dangerous. Perhaps as a
child, you were told things such as, “Don’ t you cry or I’ll give you
something to cry about. ”—an emotionally tyrannical message that certainly
would have taught you to suppress your feelings at all costs. Perhaps your
emotions were ignored, minimized, or even laughed at by parents who had
other things and other children to think about. What matters is that, for
whatever reason, you learned at a very young age to neither honor nor even
really feel your own feelings. In an earlier lesson, we explored the ef fects of trauma. If you experienced
severe, even violent, trauma, you learned to automatically numb yourself so
as not to feel the next blow. It was a brilliant coping mechanism on the partof your subconscious mind, to freeze so quickly that when the


efforts to break out of the encysting shell of the ego and to grow outward in
effectiveness and understanding. “The Archer,” writes Kahlil Gibran, “sees
the mark upon the path of the Infinite, and He bends you with His might,
that His arrows may go swift and far.” The ends of things do not reveal
themselves to the finite human mind; they are only partially available to our
intuitive faculties and then only insofar as we understand that life’ s goals
and methods are in the hands of a greater power than us. Our real vocation
is to fathom our relationship to this power, to develop complete faith and
trust in it, to realize that nothing rests in our own hands except the
determination of the direction in which we will grow. Choice implies freedom, and whether we are free or automatons has long
been a favorite ar gument of religious sects and philosophers. Any power
capable of creating the world and overseeing the orderly process of
evolution must know exactly where it is going and how it intends to get
there. Its course cannot possibly be altered by any one of the finite minds it
has created. All the events that have happened in the world must have been
preordained, for only through their orderly occurrence has it been possible
for life to take the direction it has taken. Y et within the absolutely rigid
scope of the occurrence of these events each of us is free, because we have
innate within us the power to assume any of the roles that have to be played
within any event; and it is we, ourselves, who choose in the end the role we
will play. Since the universal self creates all things from itself, it is in actual
truth all things and therefore does not consider life in terms of people but
only in terms of events. Events would approximate thoughts in the mind of
a supreme being, whose split into myriad manifestations would be to ensure
that it participated in all areas of each event in a form best suited to that
participation. Thus the Secret Self permeates all events, and the countless
forms it assumes, the multiplicity of masks that it dons to play its various
roles, appear separate and unique only to other incompletely manifested
beings, never to itself. Freeing Psychic Energy
Our egoistic sense of separateness is an illusion deliberately fostered in our
mental and psychic makeup so that we are able to perform within the scope
of the kind of people we are. Y et there is no absolute decree that we must do
so, for at the same time that the illusion was fostered in us, power to break
it was implanted also. By recognizing our ability to condition our own
consciousness, we can expand that consciousness to encompass any role we
choose to play, and that is why we inherently are free and why each person
carries within them the power to master their own fate. Decision looses a terrific psychic ener gy. It frees within us potentialities and
possibilities we are not even aware of. T o make up your mind is a wondrous
thing. It directs you toward your mental image, sets you on the path to its
realization with an ener gy that springs out of subterranean recesses. Whatever you do you will do twice as well if you make up your mind what
you wish to accomplish. Even such a simple thing as trying to cross a street
becomes easier once you make up your mind that you will not attempt it
until there is a break in the traf fic. Y ou will not stamp the pavement then,
apprehensively watching the approaching cars with an eye toward making a
sudden spurt. Y ou will know that such ener gy is wasted. Y ou will stand
patiently, serene and sure, because you have made up your mind. Every task
in life can be likened to this simple illustration. The person who enters into activity without making up their mind what they
want to do and how they wish to accomplish it wastes their ener gies
considering unsuitable possibilities as they proceed. Some people say that
to make up your mind gives you tunnel vision; you never alter course
because you cannot see your surroundings. But all possibilities are inherent
in all situations at all times. They exist in each situation before we enter it. Only those possibilities appear to us that we are able to envisage in our
minds, but the picture we have should be the result of our choice. People to
whom possibilities appear other than the one they set out to accomplish are
those who have not made definite decisions; they have allowed the images
in their minds to change, and this changing alters the situation in which they
find themselves. Decide and the T ools Ar e Given

Decision is such an important part of everyday living. The coach befor e his
team in the locker r oom attempts to inculcate in each member of that team a
decision to win. Failur e to make this decision is almost certain to r esult in
defeat, for without it the pictur es that form in the mind ar e too easily
changed in favor of defeat when negative cir cumstances develop. When you
decide to accomplish something, you mentally toughen yourself to under go
the rigors and privations necessary to attaining the goal. This, above all,
calls for tough-mindedness. The athlete who makes up their mind that they
will swim the English Channel has to make up their mind also that they will
continue swimming, no matter how tir ed they get. If they make a decision to
swim the channel and that decision does not include a knowledge of the
tiredness they ar e bound to encounter, then they have not truly made a
decision at all, and the first time tir edness seeps thr ough to their
consciousness, pictur es form of not swimming the channel, and they ar e
finished. The kind of mental picture that assures success is the kind that is set into the
mind with a conviction that is unshakable, that survives all onslaughts,
obstacles, detours. Such inner conviction inspires great courage and ener gy. It is the mental picture held by all who achieve and accomplish, who get
things done. Many people think they want things but simply do not have
sufficient desire to maintain their mental image in the face of negative
circumstances. One has to want something badly in order to persevere in the
face of misfortune and defeat. If we accept the sidetracking of our plans as
evidence that they never will be realized, then it is a certainty that we never
will accomplish anything. No path is easy except one that leads downhill. If
we aspire, we must climb, and climbing takes ef fort and sweat and a
willingness to continue in the face of all dif ficulties. People climb
mountains not just because the mountains are there but because they want
to get to the top. It is this inner instinct to overcome obstacles, to rise above
circumstance, to win out over all odds, that has carried life on its triumphal
emer gence from amoeba to astronaut. Mental T oughness

We have to be tough with ourselves because it is easy to sink into lethar gy
and for get our aspirations. If we want to hitch a ride on life’ s express and
really go somewhere, we have to be prepared to be shaken up en route; we
have to know we will under go pain, and we have to be prepared to endure
it. All of us are inclined to be too soft with ourselves. W e want to be sure
that we don’ t work too hard, that we guard against tension, but the truth is
that we make ourselves strong by lifting weights, by entering conflict. W e
achieve physical health by exercise, by the constant use of our bodies to
reach some goal. W e achieve mental health by the same path, by keeping
our mental ef forts bent on learning, by always seeking to grow. Sleep is a
panacea and one of nature’ s wonders, but worlds are never conquered by
people who lie abed, only by those who are out in the world and doing. People of purpose never have to decide between action and lassitude. The
image in a person’ s mind, if it is one of accomplishment, propels them into
action. Purpose, however, is more significant than just accomplishment. Lack of
purpose can destroy a person, bring sickness, alcoholism. It is purpose that
holds the or ganism together. When that purpose disappears, the or ganism
begins to disintegrate. People who retire from active lives are excellent
illustrations. Puttering around the garden, playing golf, and fishing are insuf ficient
purpose to hold a person together in their later years. The human or ganism
was not built for enjoyment, but for accomplishment. When we focus
ourselves on pleasure-seeking ends it is not long before we disintegrate both
intellectually and physically; even our senses become surfeited, and we are
no longer able to enjoy our pleasures. Those who work all their lives toward
the end of retirement usually are frustrated and confused after two or three
years of enforced leisure and seek desperately for some way to get back into
harness. Usually, however, their disintegration during this period has beenrapid, and they no longer can make a place for themselves in the world of
achievement. Then they become embittered and lonely, and old age really
sets in. How much better if they stayed on the job in the first place; if not in
the same job, then in another found


 Control and my Divine Plan fulfilled in all cycles
(4- Taurus )   my God Obedience and my Divine Plan fulfilled in all cycles
(5- Gemini )   my God Wisdom and my Divine Plan fulfilled in all cycles
(6- Cancer )   my God Harmony and Supply and my Divine Plan fulfilled in all cycles
(7- Leo)   my God Gratitude and my Divine Plan fulfilled in all cycles
(8- Virgo )   my God Justice and my Divine Plan fulfilled in all cycles
(9- Libra )   my God Reality and my Divine Plan fulfilled in all cycles
(10- Scorpio )  my God Vision and my Divine Plan fulfilled in all cycles
(11- Sagittarius )  my God Victory and my Divine Plan fulfilled in all cycles

and my Victory in the Light this day and forever! And in full Faith I consciously accept this manifest (x3) right here and now with full Power,
eternally sustained, all -powerfully ac tive, ever expanding, and world enfolding until all are
wholly Ascended in the Light and Free! BY THE MIGHTIEST…! (x3) THANK YOU! (x3) BELOVED I AM! (x3)

 I AM Honor Flame Decrees

IN THE NAME AND AUTHORITY OF MY BELOVED MIGHTY I AM PRESENCE! I move  forward this day clothed in the Luminous Presence of my Higher Mental Body! in the
Eternal, Transcendent Garment of Its Honor Flame! the Cosmic Light Substance from the
Ascended Masters’ Octave, and My Own “Beloved Mighty I AM Presence’  ” Tube of Light
Substance, wholly insulated from the conditions of the outer world! I accept my Divine Ancestry from the Great Central Sun, which is my Divine Home and the
Honor Flame from whence I came! “I AM” endowed with all the Divine Creative Power and
Faculties of Life, which make me the Projection of Itself! Then my Service in this Universe is
to become an Individualized Sun —a Ruler over my own individual Universe, which is
composed of the Sacred Fire from my own Life Stream! I DEMAND AND I COMMAND my  Electronic Circle filled with the Honor Flame of My Own
“Beloved Mighty I AM Presence,” and the Qualities of the Ascended Masters’ Sacred Fire! I
move in a Sun of that Sacred Fire as It is the Master Element of Creation! Through this and my
Call to the “B eloved Mighty I AM Presence” to make my world non -receptive to anything but
the Ascended Masters’ Powers and Manifestations of the Sacred Fire, It gives me Freedom and
Protection to move in the world, and yet not connect with the discordant conditions with in it! I go forward this day clothed in the Power of the Invincible Victory of the Honor Flame of
God’s Invincible Love! I demand all of Its Victory come into me, into my world; and reveal to
Life everywhere what the Honor Flame of God’s Invincible Love m eans to Life! Notes of Instruction - Honor Flame
a. The Honor Flame of Eternal Love is forever all Perfection that could ever come into action or
manifestation anywhere in existence. It is Self -sustained, Ever -expanding Perfection without
limit. It always h as and always will exist. It is the Master Presence of the Sacred Fire, and It is
the Causeless Cause of all Creation! b. That Mighty Presence of the Sacred Fire has loved the Universe into existence, and It forever
sustains that which It has loved to ma nifest. And you are that Presence localized at your point in
the Universe. You are a Focus of Its Flame. Its Qualities are Eternal; Its Authority is Infinite;
and It is yours to use without limit forever in Conscious Command. When you know the
Oneness of y our own Heart Flame with the Invincible Honor Flame of your “Beloved Mighty
I AM Presence” and the Ascended Host, you may know the Eternal Truth of Existence - the
Eternal Truth of anything you desire, everywhere forever! c. Still the intellect and comm and the outer self to stand aside until the Unfed Flame in the
Heart knows It is One with the Honor Flame of the “Beloved Mighty I AM Presence” in the
Great Central Sun. The Invincible Honor Flame from the Heart of Creation, the Limitless Power
of Eternity  is yours to call into your world day after day. Charge this Flame in and around you
with the Command that It forbids the hordes of darkness to approach! d. Sometime each day, still the constant surging turmoil of the outer and be quiet. Accept,
acknowle dge, and command the outer self to feel the Unfed Flame in the Heart and Its complete
Oneness for Eternity with the Honor Flame of the Heart of your “Blessed I AM Presence,” all
the Ascended Host and Cosmic Beings. If you will take the time to receive that  which the
Honor Flame of your “Beloved Mighty I AM Presence” is ever waiting to give you, if you love
that “Presence” enough to let It make you understand the Oneness of the Unfed Flame in your
Heart with the Glory of Itself, you will not need any other t eacher! e. If you never learn another thing while unascended, learn to know all that Love means to Life;
and know the Unfed Flame in your Heart is One with that Honor Flame. Then let It do Its
Perfect Work in the outer activities to release Life from the  chains of human desire. When you
move into the Action of the Invincible Honor Flame of God’s Great Cosmic Heart, you enter
the Secret Place of the Most High. You enter into the Secrets of Life. Whether you call that
Action forth as Oceans of Flame from th e Great Central Sun, or whether you call It forth from
the Ascended Masters and Cosmic Beings, It is the Action of the accumulated Momentum of
that Sacred Fire which any Ascended Being - Ascended Master or Cosmic Being - uses in
Cosmic Activities of Creation! f. As you give your Decrees, hold clearly within the mind the picture of the Decree fulfilled;
then know yourself as the Invincible Honor Flame of God’s Heart which goes forth to the whole
Universe around you pouring Its Blessings without reservation! g. When the thought of any of the Ascended Masters or Cosmic Beings comes to your mind,
right then acknowledge and accept the Honor Flame of Their Hearts within and around you to
do the Perfect Work They know you require at the moment! Hand Of God Decrees

THROUGH THE BELOVED MIGHTY I AM PRESENCE WHICH I AM! I DEMAND, I COMMAND, I INSIST, AND I AM THAT I AM PRESENCE, WHICH
COMPELS! (x3) AND FOREVER MAINTAINS, that God’s Invincible Hand prepares my way
and keeps it clear from the human forev er! I say to the human: “Stand aside! The Invincible
Hand of my Beloved Mighty I AM Presence rules my world, clears my way, gives me all that
God desires me to have; and my Beloved Mighty I AM Presence is your Master! Now be gone,
this instant and forever! ”

THROUGH THE BELOVED MIGHTY I AM PRESENCE WHICH I AM! I CALL the Invincible Hand of God into action to give me the Power of Love, which is the
most Boundless Strength in the Universe; and keep me Invincible within It forever! THROUGH THE BELOVED MIGHTY I AM PRESENCE WHICH I AM! I CALL the Invincible Hand of God and the Invincible Authority of God, to produce the
Perfection of God; sustain and expand It to bless all in Creation, and give back to God each day
that which com es into my world —asking the Beloved Mighty I AM Presence and the Ascended
Ones to take the good of my world, amplify It without limit, and expand It to bless all in the
Universe! Right Now! this instant and forever! THROUGH THE BELOVED MIGHTY I AM PRESENC E WHICH I AM! I DEMAND, I COMMAND everything I do or contact this day to yield me God’s Invincible
Victory, God’s Invincible Protection, God’s Invincible Hand that keeps my way clear, God’s
Invincible Supply and Blessings to all I hold near and dear! I AM God’s Invincible Presence! I AM God’s Invincible Victory! I AM God’s Invincible Authority! I AM God’s Invincible
Fulfillment of my every Call instantly, which fulfills the Divine Plan! Right Now! this instant
and forever! THROUGH THE BELOVED MIGHT Y I AM PRESENCE WHICH I AM! I CALL the Hand of God to go before me and clear my way! I call the Hand of God to hold
me Invincibly Protected; and the Hand of God is the Giver of the Gifts and Blessings which
come into me and my world, which will bless  me and fulfill God’s Divine Plan! What I CALL
FORTH for myself, I CALL FORTH for all mankind, the Earth and its atmosphere, until all are
Ascended and Free! THROUGH THE BELOVED MIGHTY I AM PRESENCE WHICH I AM! I CALL the Invincible Hand of God into action to close my world against all that is wrong;
and the Invincible Hand of God to seal me in the Heart of Perfection’s Flame! Right Now


  t h e m  t h e m s e l v e s  ( o r  h a v e  o n l y  a  h a z y  g r a s p
o f  t h e m )  o r  b e c a u s e  t h e y  c a n ’ t  b e  b o t h e r e d. T h e y  a l w a y s  j u s t  s a y  ‘ b l o c k
y o u r  n o s e  a n d  h o l d  y o u r  b r e a t h  a s  l o n g  a s  y o u  c a n ’. A l l  c l e a r. A l l  s i m p l e. B u t  t h a t  i s  n o t  w h a t  D r  B u t e y k o ’ s  M e t h o d! I t  m e r e l y  s u p p l e m e n t s  t h e  t w o
f i r s t  m a i n  e x e r c i s e s. A n d  w e  n e e d  t o  k n o w  a l l  t h r e e. Y o u r s  r e s p e c t f u l l y,
S e r g e y  A l t u k h o v
B u t e y k o  B r e a t h i n g  C e n t r e
W i n n e r  o f  t w o  t r a i n e r  d i p l o m a s  i n  t h e  B u t e y k o  t e c h n i q u e
A u t h o r  o f  t h e  t r i l o g y  “ D r  B u t e y k o ’ s  D i s c o v e r y ”
E m a i l :  m b u t e y k o @ n a r o d. r uC H A P T E R  1
E x e r c i s e  N o  1. T h e  R i g h t  H a n d  R u l e
F i r s t  o f  a l l  I  w a n t  i t  s a i d  t h a t  a l t h o u g h  t h e  r e a d e r  m a y  t h i n k  t h i s  s h o r t
p r a c t i c a l  c o u r s e  m e r e l y  r e p e a t s  c h a p t e r s  i n  V o l u m e  T w o  o f  t h e  t r i l o g y,  I  c a n
a s s u r e  t h e m  s t r a i g h t a w a y  t h a t  t h i s  i s  n o t  t h e  c a s e! I  c a n  b e  q u i t e  c a t e g o r i c a l
a b o u t  t h i s,  b e c a u s e  I  a m  t h e  a u t h o r  o f  b o t h  a n d  w h y  w o u l d  I  w a n t  t o  r e p e a t
m y s e l f? V o l u m e  T w o  d o e s  i n d e e d  g i v e  p r a c t i c a l  e x e r c i s e s,  b u t  i n  t h e
c o n t e x t  o f  a  c r e a t i v e  d o c u m e n t a r y  n o v e l,  w i t h  a l l  t h e  d i g r e s s i o n s  a n d
d e s c r i p t i v e  f l o u r i s h e s  e s s e n t i a l  t o  t h e  g e n r e! I n  o t h e r  w o r d s,  i t  i s  n o t  a
m a n u a l,  i t  i s  a  n o v e l  -  a n d  w h i l e  y o u  r e a d  t o  t h e  e n d  o f  a  c h a p t e r,  y o u  c o u l d
f o r g e t  w h a t  w a s  a t  t h e  b e g i n n i n g. T h i s  g u i d e  i s  a  d i s t i l l a t i o n :  s u c c i n c t,
l a c o n i c,  a n d  w i t h  c o m m e n t a r i e s. I t  a l s o  i n c l u d e s  m a n y  i m p o r t a n t  t i n y  d e t a i l s
t h a t  a r e  s i m p l y  n o t  i n  t h e  n o v e l. E x e r c i s e  N o  1. T h e  R i g h t  H a n d  R u l e
W h y  i s  i t  t h e  r i g h t  h a n d  r u l e? B e c a u s e  D r  B u t e y k o  d r e w  r o u n d  h i s  r i g h t
h a n d,  t h e n  w r o t e  a l o n g  e a c h  o f  h i s  f i n g e r s,  a s  a  s o r t  o f  v i s u a l  a i d. T h e  f i r s t
f i n g e r  r e p r e s e n t s  a  c o m f o r t a b l e  p o s i t i o n,  a n d  t h e  s e c o n d  f i n g e r  –  a  c o r r e c t
p o s t u r e. D r a w i n g s  a r e  e a s i e r  t o  r e m e m b e r. H e r e  w e  w i l l  j u s t  u s e  p l a i n
E n g l i s h. E x e r c i s e  N o  1
1. P l a c e  a  n o r m a l  c o m f o r t a b l e  c h a i r  i n  t h e  m i d d l e  o f  t h e  r o o m,
w i t h  o n e  c o r n e r  t u r n e d  f o r w a r d. 2. S t a n d  w i t h  y o u r  b a c k  t o  t h e  e d g e  o f  t h e  c h a i r,  s o  t h a t  y o u  a r e
a s t r i d e  t h e  c o r n e r. 3. C o r r e c t  y o u r  p o s t u r e,  i e  s t r a i g h t e n  y o u r  s h o u l d e r s  a n d  l e t  y o u r
h a n d s  d r o p  d o w n  b y  t h e  s i d e  o f  y o u r  l e g s. H o l d  y o u r  h e a d
s t r a i g h t  a h e a d,  w i t h  y o u r  m o u t h  c l o s e d,  a n d  b r e a t h e  t h r o u g h
y o u r  n o s e,  n o t  y o u r  m o u t


	urge	doctors	to	continue	inoculations." In	the	lynching	country,	better	men	than
Dr.	Scheele	have	been	summarily	dealt	with	for	far	less	than	that. January	21,	1956

THE	SALK	STORY	IN	DOLLARS—The	National	Foundation	for	Infantile

Paralysis	is	using	circus	tactics	this	year	in	nicking	the	gullible	public	for

$47,000,000	in	its	annual	"March	of	Dimes"	collection. On	street	corners	they

have	their	pitchmen,	pitch	women,	pitch	boys	and	pitch	girls	selling	peanuts	in

cellophane	bags. On	the	bags	is	the	wisecrack,	thought	up	by	NFIP	press	agents,

"Shell	out	for	polio." On	the	night	of	Jan.	30	thousands	of	well	intentioned	women,	who	don’t	even

know	NFIP	won’t	open	its	books	to	public	inspection,	will	go	out	pulling

doorbells	and	begging	cash	for—they	know	not	what. Their	operation	will	be

dubbed	by	NFIP	press	agents	"The	Mothers’	March	on	Polio." In	Brooklyn,

where	anything	can	happen	and	often	does,	church	bells	will	toll	"to	alert	the

people." You	can	bet	your	boots	there’ll	be	no	Paul	Revere	riding	in

Massachusetts. They	know	up	there	what	NFIP’s	Salk	vaccine	did	in	stimulating

the	undertaker	business	in	1955. Less	than	a	year	ago	the	NFIP	bigwigs	and	gravy	grabbers	were	crying	in	their

cups. They	thought	their	racket	was	about	over	until	someone	thought	of	the

gimmick	of	"inventing	a	vaccine	that	would	prevent	polio." One	of	their	feature

writers	told	a	polio	crusader	in	Coral	Gables,	Fla.,	that	the	NFIP	heads	had	told

him	if	the	vaccine	wasn’t	a	success	the	NFIP	would	just	have	to	fold	up. NFIP	press	agents	picked	for	them	a	young	Hungarian	doctor	at	the	Univ. of

Pittsburgh	named	Jonas	Salk—a	catchy	name. Jonas	was	provided	with

laboratory	facilities	and	told	to	go	to	it—but	to	come	up	with	something	that

could	be	sold	to	the	public	as	a	preventive	for	polio. They	would	see	that	what

would	be	declared	both	safe	and	efficient. Jonas	was	selected	his	name	would	fit

well	into	crowded	newspaper	headlines	and	besides	it	was	catchy. More	catchy

than,	say,	Smith	Vaccine	or	Jones	Vaccine. Brother	Salk	went	to	work	with	a	will	along	the	usual	lines—looking	for	the
	non-existent	polio	bug. In	fact	it’s	doubtful	if	he	even	looked	for	the	bug,	but

merely	started	seeing	which	ones	died	first,	if	at	all. Scientists	with	much	more

knowledge,	experience	and	savvy	than	Jonas,	but	who	still	believe	in	the	bug

theory	of	disease,	said	the	Salk	"tests"	were	worthless	because	monkey	kidney

tissue	and	human	tissue	are	different	things	and	react	differently	to	inoculations. We	won’t	go	into	the	nauseating	details	of	the	"field	trials"	and	their	failure

(from	NFIP	and	USPHS	standpoint). These	were	well	covered	in	last	weeks

CAPSULE	NEWS. The	NFIP	had	hooked	the	US	Public	Health	Service	into	being	a	party	to	their

crime	against	American	childhood. USPHS	was	used	as	the	official	agency	to

spew	forth	the	propaganda	wanted	by	NFIP. Mrs.	Oveta	C.	Hobby,	then

Secretary	of	Health	was	hooked	into	signing	a	baloney	"proclamation"	for	press

photographers. This	"proclamation",	so	the	cutlines	said,	guaranteed	Salk

vaccine	to	be	safe. Then	the	gold	rush	was	on—on	for	the	serum	companies	and

NFIP. CAPSULE	NEWS	wrote	Mrs.	Hobby	asking	if	she	knew	her	own	scientists	of

the	National	Institute	of	Health	had	reported	the	Salk	stuff	dangerous	and

useless. We	offered	to	print	her	side	of	the	story. Obviously	she	is	ashamed	of

her	part	in	it	for	she	had	an	underling	write	a	double	talking	non-committal	letter

which	said	absolutely	nothing. So,	when	NFIP	found	its	carefully	planned	house	of	cards	($47	million	in	cash)

falling	apart	it	went	ahead	with	the	program	anyway. Getting	confusing	results

from	the	Universities	of	Michigan	and	Pittsburgh,	where	public	"field	trials"

were	held,	the	NFIP	press	agents	put	together	a	story	that	indicated	Salk	Vaccine

was	not	only	Safe	but	100%	effective—long	before	it	had	ever	been	tried	on	the

little	human	guinea	pigs	who	were	to	be	its	victims. The	worst	polio	epidemic	in	history	occurred	in	Massachusetts	after	130,000

children	were	inoculated	with	this	Salk	concoction. Infantile	paralysis	increased

tenfold	over	the	1954	figures	until	the	Bay	State	authorities	banned	its	use	in

their	borders. Yet	the	racketeers	who	are	begging	for	NFIP	cash	in	Florida	have

come	up	with	the	false	statement	that	the	reason	for	Massachusetts’	polio	rate	is

that	"no	children	were	inoculated	there." The	Massachusetts	Health	Dept. promptly	branded	this	as	a	lie. Not	only	that	but

they	have	banned	the	use	of	the	Salk	concoction	in	their	state	until	it	becomes
	safer	and	shows	some	sign	of	being	a	preventive. The	State	of	Idaho	did	this	last

July	and	in	England	they	barred	it	before	it	ever	started. The	British	place	more

value	on	a	human	life—much	more—than	they	do	in	the	US. Last	July	Dr.	Graham	W.	Wilson,	director	of	Britain’s	Public	Health	Laboratory

service,	who	knew	about	the	field	trials	at	the	National	Institute	of	Health	near

Washington	said:

"I	do	not	see	how	any	vaccine	prepared	by	Salk’s	method	can	be	guaranteed

safe." Number	9,	January	28,	1956

POLIO’S	PREVENTION	AND	CURE—Cervantes	many	years	ago	gave	us	this

gem	of	philosophy	"The	proof	of	the	pudding	is	in	the	eating." No	one	ever

disputed	that	until	the	polio	racketeers	and	medical	bug	hunters	came	along. Down	in	North	Carolina	in	1948	a	courageous	and	intelligent	medical	doctor,

Benj. P.	Sandler	by	name,	on	duty	as	a	nutrition	expert	at	the	Oteen	Veterans’

Hospital,	broke	thru	the	barriers	of	medical	smugness	and	scientific	hogwash	to

give	to	the	world	the	cause	and	prevention	of	polio	in	such	a	way	that	no	one

with	an	ounce	of	brains	could	dispute	it. Dr.	Sandier	had	long	realized	that	polio	strikes	with	its	greatest	intensity	in	hot

weather. In	hot	weather	there	is	a	huge	increase	of	the	use	of	ice	cream,	soda	pop

and	artificially	sweetened	products,	especially	among	children. It	is	also	a	fact

that	people	generally	cut	down	on	their	protein	diet	in	hot	weather	on	the	theory

that	you	should	eat	"lightly"	in	the	summertime. Dr.	Sandier’s	research	showed	specifically	that	sugars	and	starches	lower	the

normal	level	of	blood	sugar	in	the	human	body,	producing	a	condition	known	as

hypogly