 The elements in parsley are proportioned in such a manner
that they help to maintain the blood vessels, particularly the capillaries
and arterioles in a healthy condition. It is an excellent food for the
genitourinary tract, being of great assistance in conditions of calculi
in the kidneys and bladder, albuminuria, nephritis, and other kidney
troubles. It has been used effectively in dropsy. It is also efficient in every ailment connected with the eyes and
optic nerve system. Weak eyes, ulceration of the cornea, cataracts. 48 conjunctivitis, ophthalmia in all of its stages or laziness of the pupils
have been effectively treated by drinking raw parsley juice mixed
with carrot juice and with carrot, celery, and endive juices. Never drink too great a quantity of raw parsley juice by itself, as
its high concentration may result in a disarrangement of the nervous
system. Taken with other juices properly mixed, it is extremely
beneficial. Strictly speaking, parsley belongs to the herbs classification;
hence, its highly concentrated effect. It is used effectively to help
promote menstrual discharge, particularly in conjunction with beet
juice or with beet, carrot, and cucumber juices. Cramps as a result of
menstrual irregularities have been relieved and frequently corrected
entirely by the regular use of these juices when concentrated starch
and sugar foods have been omitted from the diet. RAW POTASSIUM BROTH
There are many vegetables rich in potassium, the outstanding of
which are carrot, celery, parsley, and spinach. To obtain the full value
of this potassium element, it should be taken as a drink in its raw,
undiluted state so that the body may absorb and assimilate it
completely in its natural form. The organic minerals and salts in this combination of raw
potassium "broth" embrace practically the entire range of those
required by the body. Its effect in reducing excessive acidity in the
stomach has been truly remarkable. There is probably no food more
complete in every respect than this for the human organism. When the sick are unable to assimilate other food, it has been
found that raw potassium broth has usually furnished the nourishment
to bring the patient back to normal. In the case of convalescents, raw
potassium broth is invaluable, and it is astonishing that all hospitals
and sanitoria have not adopted this food as a regular part of their
daily diet. Some people do not find Potassium as palatable as the straight
carrot juice or some of the other juice combinations. We must bear in
mind, however, that when the body is starved for the live atoms of
food so essential for the regeneration of the cells and tissues of the
body, the time has passed when the matter of taste has any bearing
whatever on the choice of the juices we need. As we have previously stated no drug in the entire Pharmacoepia
will supply the body with the live organic food atoms, vitamins, and
49 hormones essential for the regeneration of the wear and tear that results
in sickness and disease. Such food is most quickly obtained by the
body when we drink fresh-raw vegetable juices. The atoms that make up the cells and tissues of our anatomy are
mineral and chemical elements. Our glands, organs, and in fact, every
part of the systems represent combinations of such atoms in certain
definite patterns. It is therefore why we are able to determine that
certain combinations of chemical and live mineral elements in our
food, and particularly in our juices, can nourish corresponding parts
of our body. PARSNIP JUICE
This juice has a very low calcium content and much less sodium,
but is very rich in potassium, phosphorus, sulphur, silicon, and
chlorine. Because of the low calcium-sodium content, the all-around
food value of this vegetable is not as great as that of some of the other
tubers, but the therapeutic value of the juice of its leaves and root
place it high on the list of beneficial juices. The rich silicon-sulphur content is most helpful in correcting the
condition of brittle nails. The phosphorus-chlorine elements are of
particular benefit to the lungs and the bronchial system. Thus making
this juice an excellent food for tubercular and pneumonia victims,
and those afflicted with emphysema. The high potassium content is of such excellent value to the brain
that this juice has been effectively used in many mental disorders. WARNING:The foregoing applies only to the cultivated parsnips. The wild variety must not be used in juices because it contains some
poisonous ingredients. PEPPER JUICE (GREEN)
This juice has an abundance of silicon which is greatly needed by
the nails and the hair. The tear-ducts and sebaceous glands also benefit
greatly from the use of this juice. In combination with carrot juice, in the proportion of one-quarter
to one-half of green pepper juice to the rest of carrot juice, it is an
excellent aid in clearing up skin blemishes, particularly if colonic
irrigations and enemas are taken with sufficient regularity to remove
waste matter from the colon while the cleansing processes within the
body are progressing. 50 Those bothered with gas or wind in the alimentary canal, and
those suffering from colic or flatulence, have found significant relief
from drinking one pint of this juice combination every day. In addition,
one should also drink a pint of carrot and spinach juice per day as
well. Of course, these juices need not be taken at one time. In fact,
drinking them at the rate of one tumblerful at a time with intervals of
one, two, or three hours in between, have given better results. We
prefer to drink them before and between meals. POTATO JUICE
The raw potato contains easily digestible natural sugars which,
upon cooking, are converted into starch. Potatoes should be omitted
from the diet of those suffering from venereal diseases and those
afflicted with aphrodisiac tendencies. The combination of cooked meat
and potatoes intensifies the solanine poison of the potato (an alkaloid
poison more particularly prevalent in potatoes too green in color),
which has an affinity for the nerves controlling the sexual organs;
this, together with presence of uric acid crystals resulting from the
ingestion of meat, may cause excessive irritation of these organs. The juice of raw potatoes, however, has proved very beneficial in
clearing up skin blemishes. This cleansing is due to the high content
of potassium, sulphur, phosphorus, and chlorine in the potato. These
elements, however, are only of value when the potato is raw, in which
state they are composed of live organic atoms. When the potato is
cooked, these are converted into inorganic atoms and, as such, they
are of little or no value for constructive purposes. Fresh-raw organically grown potatoes are very palatable to eat,
many people do like them and they are unquestionably a good food. Raw potato juice has proved to be a healthy cleanser of the system
and to be very beneficial, particularly in combination with carrot
juice. The juice of raw potatoes, combined with that of carrot and celery,
is a boon to those suffering from gastric, nerve, and muscle
disturbances, such as gout and sciatica. In such cases, one pint of this
combination in addition to one pint of carrot, beet, and cucumber
juice daily, has often given complete relief from these discomforts in
a surprisingly short time, provided that meat, fowl, and fish were
eliminated completely from the diet. Some emphysema victims have been helped and found relief in
using a combination of carrot, parsley and raw potato juices. 51 SWEET POTATO, botanically, is not in any way related to the
ordinary or "Irish" potato. It contains one-third more carbohydrate;
in the form of natural sugars than the Irish potato, three times as
much calcium, twice as much sodium, more than twice as much
silicon, and more than four times as much chlorine. The juice of sweet potatoes has, therefore, more general beneficial
value than that of the Irish potato. Care must be exercised in choosing
them, as they are more readily spoiled by bruises and decayed spots,
which quickly affect the whole tuber, than the Irish potatoes, which
will stand rougher and careless handling with impunity. RADISH JUICE
This juice is extracted from the leaves and the roots, but should
never be taken alone, as it is too strong in its reaction if taken by
itself. In conjunction with carrot juice, the combined elements help
to restore the tone of the mucous membranes in the body. It is used
most effectively about one hour after taking horseradish as described
in the section covering that subject. It has had the effect of soothing
and healing the membranes and cleansing the body of the mucus which
the horseradish sauce has dissolved. It has at the same time helped to
regenerate and restore the mucous membranes to their normal state. Nearly one-third of the natural content of radishes is potassium,
while of the remaining two-thirds, more than one-third is sodium. The iron and magnesium content are both high, and it is from these
that the healing and soothing qualities to the mucous membranes have
been found. It is usually unnecessary in most cases to undergo surgical
operations for the removal of the mucus which causes sinus troubles. While such operations remove some of the mucus, the aftereffects


hundred feet away. Ax and I were the only ones who heard the screams. Ax sprang into
action. He put on his face piece, went on air (we all carry bottles supplying
forty-five minutes of air so we can breathe during the worst fires), grabbed
a rack line (a preconnected two-hundred-foot hose), and scrambled up a
ladder. Right behind Ax, I also went on air, then steadied the ladder for him,
although he was too preoccupied to realize I was watching his every move. Ax reached the window’ s edge, opened the hose, and sprayed torrents of
water into the left side of the apartment, the heart of the flames. Then he
hung the hose’ s nozzle on the ladder ’s top rung and entered the window,
disappearing into the inferno. All I could think was: I have to protect him. So I climbed the ladder and
looked in the window. It felt as if I were peering at a secret passage intoHell. A friend of mine once served as the medical director at Yosemite
National Park, where, a few years ago, a lunatic had beheaded several
women. My friend went out to locate the victims, but all he found was one
headless body. At that point his reality changed; he’d come to believe in
true evil. That’ s how I felt then, seeing the fiery monster raging, laughing at
us: “I’m loving this, and you guys are screwed.”
Because it was dif ficult to see, I had no idea who was trapped inside the
apartment. Later we discovered it was Fire Captain John Butz. John
belonged to the first-arriving ladder company, which was responsible for
search and rescue. John had entered the apartment with his crew, but as they
had for gotten to bring a fan along to ventilate the room, he’d sent them back
to get it and had gone in alone—even though we’re always supposed to
bring a partner and a char ged hose line (one that holds water at the
appropriate pressure). Before John had had time to exit the room he was investigating, the
living room next door flashed (anything reaching 1,000 degrees or higher
will burst into flames). If John had been inside, he would have died on the
spot. Instead, the explosion threw him to the ground, where he lay
paralyzed and could only scream for help. The flames and smoke were so
dense that Ax couldn’ t find John until he spotted his flashlight at the end of
the bed. Ax knelt down and asked, “Can you make it to the window?” John
whispered, “I’ll do what I can.”
Ax turned around, trying to orient himself amid the smoke and flames. At that moment I entered through the window, waving my arms—Ax saw
my silhouette and headed for it. Later he called me his angel. The distance from the floor to the bottom edge of the window was four
feet, so the two of us began struggling to raise John’ s limp 300 pounds up
and over the sill. (John weighed about 225 pounds, but was also wearing 75
pounds of equipment.) Meanwhile, the freezing rain was still falling, and the smoke was
impairing our vision. I slipped on the ladder, John’ s helmet fell of f, and we
still couldn’ t pull his limp body past the windowsill. Finally, we got the front half of his body to dangle over the sill. Ax
yelled, “Do you have him?”
“I got him,” I yelled back, yanking John as best I could out and over the
window so I could lower him. At this point I wasn’ t sure if he was stillalive. I bear -hugged the ladder with my left arm, lowering John until my
right arm was fully extended, and then let him fall. He dropped eighteen
feet to the ground, missing an enormous air -conditioning unit by inches. Next, I climbed back up the ladder looking for Ax, who, in the
confusion, I mistook for my friend Josh Miller—at this point I was so
befuddled I didn’ t know who was who. But I was not going anywhere
without the other firefighter, and because I was convinced he was inside, I
was about to reenter the room. Then something inside me said, “Look down
and see what’ s on the ground.”
I did, and lying eighteen feet below were both John Butz and Ax. Their
bodies were smoking. At this point I had no idea how Ax had landed there. I later learned that
he was so hot, and suf fering from such severe injuries, that to save his own
life he had dived over the ladder and fallen to the ground. I had been so
busy wrestling with John’ s body that I didn’ t see him. I made my way down the ladder to Ax and John. Incredibly, both were
still conscious. Ax had third-degree burns to his calf, hands, and neck. John
was not as lucky; third-degree burns covered close to 70 percent of his
body. People seldom live if more than 65 percent of the body is burned. Finally, the fire was contained. John was taken by ambulance to
Brackenridge Hospital, then airlifted to Brooks Army Burn Center in San
Antonio, where he spent almost a year in recovery. Shortly afterward, he
was promoted from captain to battalion chief. He is lucky to be alive, and
he knows it. Although two later sweeps of the apartment revealed no other victims,
the third sweep found a man dead in the bathtub. The shower curtain had
melted over his body, which was barely recognizable as human. The
apartment had been his, and his little hibachi had caused the deadly blaze. That fire’ s fury spooked me to the core. In the short time all these events
took place, I realized how fleeting our time on earth is. Since that night,
I’ve appreciated the importance of my job, as well as the other firefighters
with whom I work, more than ever before. I never take a single shift for
granted—and after twenty-four hours, when we’re relieved by the next
crew, I heave a sigh of relief knowing that we’ll all go home safely. That terrible fire also confirmed my belief that we can’ t take anything
for granted—especially our health. Obviously, preventing and staying away
from fire is one way to stay healthy. But the most basic, profound, andpowerful way to take care of your health on a day-to-day basis is to eat a
healthy, plant-based diet. This regimen is the best way to fight the
dangerous fires raging inside us—fires that create all the chronic Western
ailments including heart attack, stroke, cancer, Alzheimer ’s disease, and
diabetes. That’ s why I created the Engine 2 Diet, and why I wrote this book. OceanofPDF.com2
MY STORY
All my life I’ve been intrigued by health, performance, and diet. As
long as I can remember a chin-up bar hung on the door of my bedroom,
where I worked out religiously several times a day. In the sixth grade, I set
the school record with twenty-two. At the age of twelve, after watching the
movie Rocky, I immediately came home and downed a glass filled with raw
eggs. At thirteen, my father bought free weights, dumbbells, and a
Universal weight-lifting machine for the family playroom. They were well
worn within a few years. While in school, athletics were my stage. I set many high school
swimming records (and still hold a national record in the 200-meter medley
relay); I was the top player on my high school tennis team and co-captain of
the water polo team. As a young athlete, I lived on bacon, steaks, and triple cheesebur gers,
thinking that such a diet was good for me and my performance. But that all
changed in 1986, once I graduated from the University of Texas at Austin
(where I was a three-time All-American swimmer and an Olympic trials
qualifier in the 100- and 200-meter backstroke and freestyle events). Within
six months I was competing as a professional triathlete and fueling my body
with healthy foods that were a far cry from what I had known. This shift was inspired by my father ’s groundbreaking research on plant-
based diets, about which you will soon be reading, as well as by many great
athletes who relied on a vegetarian diet for optimum performance, including
six-time Hawaii Ironman champion Dave Scott, famed 400-meter hurdler
Edwin Moses, and tennis great Martina Navratilova.As a professional triathlete, I competed around the world in the Olympic
distance triathlon (a 1-mile swim, 24.8-mile bike ride, and 6.2-mile run),
and for many years was ranked as one of the country’ s top ten triathletes—
and for most of that time, the sport’ s preeminent swimmer. Throughout this
period I maintained a plant-strong diet in order to enhance my recovery
between two and three daily workouts, and to give me an edge on race day. The diet worked: I took first place in many major events, including the
world’ s largest athletic competition, the Police and Fire World Games, in
2001. I’ve also won the Capital of Texas triathlon eight times, and have
been the leader or top-three finisher at many televised events


 ou too can e ntrain your cells to work in synchronistic h armony
through sound. In each chapter, I provide a mantra sound you can use for
chanting. By chanting the sou nd HUM  rep eatedly, you will align the
vibrational ener gy in the fifth chakra and cause your cells to remember their
purpose and work toward the greater good, which in this case is keeping
you heal thy and  whole. Mantras in meditation are used for this p urpose too. Y ou can chant a mantra, incanta tion, or af firmation out loud or even in your
mind, and it wil l have the same ef fect. Simple, primordial man tras chanted
out loud have greater vibrations and therefore have greater power. For
example, chanting the sound OM, while allowing your lips to vibrate on the
mmmmm  s ound as you exhale, creates an explosion of vibrations in the
body an d precipitates healing. Chanting out loud the af firmation “I am
strong, I am he althy” has great power too, just in a dif ferent way with
dif ferent intensity. The ultimate healing power in the V ishuddha chakra enables you to
synchronize communication between your inner and outer worl ds and most
importantly to clear the lines of communication to the Divine. Once you
have harnessed this power, wher ein there is no disconnection or disharmony
in c ommunication between you, others, and the Divine, you will have a
clear path toward enlightenment. The first step toward this path is to seek and speak truth. Our Societal Relationship with the Fifth Chakra
T ruthfulness has  become more dif ficult than ever in modern society. W e
have increased means of communication, and we seemingly communicate
all the time. W i th the constant stream of text messages, voicemails, video
calls, so cial media feeds, and e mails, it appears that we’re communicating
at a more constant rate than at any other time in history. And perhaps we
are. Y et much of this communication — such as humble-brag Facebook
posts or  tweets — is one-way and often designed to embellish or conceal
the truth. I’m n ot suggesting that people are inherently dishon est. I don’ t
have such a bleak outlook on people’ s subconscious intention s. However,
that faceless and often voiceless  communication can result in a portrayal of
an alternate reality.W ith in- person communication, you can also alter the other person’ s
perception of who you are by filtering what you let them see. But when
you’re f ace-to-face with another, you have other cues to send yo u signals as
to whether the person is sincere. Y ou can “read” a person’ s ener gy field (we
all do this whether consciously or unconsciously). Y ou can notice a person’ s
body language. Y ou can connect  intonation of voice with facial expressions. It’ s much more dif ficult to dece ive in person than over the internet or the
phone. T oday, much of the political climate in the United States is a result of
modern society’ s one-way communication through declarative statements,
insults, or proclamations of reality without any instant return of
communication by the receiving  parties. The term alternative facts, coined
in 2017 by the T rump administ ration, demonstrates the tendency to ignore
truth in favor of the alternate world of the internet in which tr uth doesn’ t
seem to be valued by all. When I was on the internet dating scene, I was astonished to discover
how much people lied in their profiles. There seems to be a cultural
tolerance of “acceptable untruths” (or blatant lies, as I call them ) in things
such as dating profiles and even résumés. It’ s rather humorous if you think
about it, because we have great er access to truth today. In the past, if you
wanted to fact-check a given topic, you really had to search. Fact-checking
often me ant trip s to the library and in-person research at variou s locations. T oday w e can search facts instantly. Y et it seems that many p eople don’ t
want to see the truth. Society will only shift to a perception of truthfulness as an ass et and a
necessity when enough people decide that it must be so. Another issue with communicat ion today has to do with the exp ectation
of a rapi d respo nse. Because we’re used to instantaneous feedback through
instant m essaging or texts, we’re inclined to become impatient when we
don’ t re ceive a response right away. T wo things tend to happen in these
situations: (1) we jump the gun and respond harshly when we don’ t get an
instant response, and (2) the person on the other end may an swer with a
less-than-honest, ill-conceived, or poorly researched response because he or
she is more con cerned with answering quickly than with thinking things
through first.The same happens with our listening skills. Fifth chakra ener gy is as
much about hearing and listen ing as speaking. Both sides are equally
important for ef fective commun ication. Through all our electronic ways of
communicating, we have become accustomed to jumping to conclusions
and laying out w hat we want to  say without necessarily taking in what the
other person is saying. Then  it becomes two one-sided pieces of
communication that never mer ge into a conversation. One way  to rectify this imbalance is to realize that communication is a
dynamic dance of giving and  receiving that operates according to a
patterned rhythm. If you’re blurting out nonstop whatever comes to mind
over var ious for ms of media, yo u aren’ t honoring the natural rh ythm of this
dance. By taking the time to truly listen to what the other pers on is saying
and aski ng questions when you aren’ t sure or don’ t understand, you can
help turn the tide back toward authentic and real communication. Another pitfall of using electr onic communication is that it can let
barriers down inappropriately. Cyberpsychologists have no ticed a dramatic
increase in behavior traditionall y reserved for those under the influence of
alcohol or drugs, that of dropping all defenses and blurting out the truth. People who have had a few drin ks tend to lose their inhibitions and tell all
or “tell it like it is.” The same p henomenon can happen when we’re hiding
behind a username or social  media profile. Our typical inhibitions,
including a healthy dose of caution, seem to fade away too e asily. Many
open themselves up to complete strangers, feeling safe when they see
reciprocation of such behavior. This lack of discernment in communication
can be just as  dangerous as its opposite: completely shutting down
communication closes of f the fifth chakra, but throwing it a ll out there
online or in dial ogues with people on the internet whom you haven’ t met in
person can push you into a deceptive reality. In real life and  in healthy
communication, the give-and-take allows the two parties t o open up
gradually. Going back to the online dating example, one of  the dating
websites I was o n years ago had an entire page on online datin g etiquette,
and I found it responsible and h elpful. A couple of pieces of advice stuck
out in particul ar, and I rem ember them to this day. Th e first is,
communication is give-and-take. If you initiate communication, wait for the
other pe rson to respond. It’ s a ba ck-and-forth ef fort. T ry not to d ominate the
conversation. The second piece of advice was a warning of what we’reexploring in this section: if a pe rson is opening themselves up too quickly
and acting as i f they’re falling in love straightaway, that should be a
warning sign to get away quickly. I be lieve the lesson we can take away from our societal rela tionship
with the  fifth chakra is that a m ultifaceted approach to communication is
necessary to foster healthy and honest relationships. Meeting in person is
more important than a phone call or an electronic message. Remember to
listen and actually hear what the other person is saying, as well as get your
message across. Use the tool of asking questions and repeat ing back to
make su re you heard properly what the other person is saying. Finally,
remember that immediacy of res ponse is not always the healthie st or for the
highest good of both parties. A t times, thoughtful reflection can help you
and the other person get in touch with your highest truth. Living Life in the V ishuddha Chakra
The ruling planet of the fifth cha kra is the planet Jupiter. The Sanskrit word
for Jupiter  is guru, which means “dispeller of darkness.” Therefore, people
who embody fifth chakra ener gy enlighten others with their speech and
words. F ifth cha kra people have transcended their egos in such  a way that
they’re in touch with their souls. They become seekers and speakers of
truth. Th ey hav e spent time in  their heart chakra and have opened their
hearts to higher spiritual knowledge. When they speak or write, they’re
inspired and, in


 I have to say in this book. I don’t think compassion is very well understood. In the West we have
been misled by the word itself—the Latin roots of compassion  mean “to
suffer with.” Yet compassion does not have to entail suffering alongside
someone else. To be in touch with God’ s love is the root of compassion. Trying to exercise compassion without this connection will only lead to
failure. If I see you in extrem e distress, putting my attention on your
suffering is the same as partici pating in it, and the amount of love I can
actually direct to you will therefore be diminished.Compassion, to be full, has to be founded on unconditional love, which is
not attached to suffering of any kind. I think of all the condition s that could
have held Laurel back—her physical limitation, the injustice of how she
had been treated, her obvious lack of money. But she was on that flight
nevertheless, to deliver the message “Y ou are loved.”
The remarkable thing was how equally Laurel saw herself to others she
might have resented. Compassion, besides being connected to God’ s love,
sees everyone as connected to it in the same way. Even if you are presently
in pain, you are not without love. Since God is compassionate, no one’s
experience of pain is a punis hment. There is love somewhere inside. Suffering is hard to perceive as love when it is occurring, and many times it
isn’t perceived as a lesson for growth either. This is where compassion has most value; it allows me to step in and
remind you that you are loved, not in theory but in the flesh. All of us feel
our pain keenly while the pain is present; there is little room for reflection
on the spiritual value, if any, of what we are going through. But the fact that
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        For some lovers it is
possible to use orgasm as a means to reach elevated states of consciousness,
yet even in these cases the visions, sensations, and emotions being evoked
are not necessarily ecstasy. They are whatever the lovers have made them
into. To make things shining and new has everything to do with perception. This brings us to the second broad definition of ecstasy, which is mythic  or
archetypal. In ordinary perception we see ourselves in unmythic terms,
overshadowed as we are by so much mundane activity. Ulysses didn’ t have
to commute through tangled traffic every morning; Athena’ s mind wasn’ t
filled with worri es over meeting the mortgage this month. But as Carl Jung
long ago pointed out, beneath the turmoil of daily activity our unconscious
motivations dwell in the mythic world. Inside each of us are primal gods and goddesses. We know this without
knowing it, insofar as we obey  our mythic drives without bringing them
into conscious awareness. Striving to succeed in a corporate takeover bid
partakes of the heroic quest as much as the Argonauts seeking the Golden
Fleece; climbing Everest is driven by the same ambition to reach the abode
of the gods as Icarus flying toward the sun. In mythic terms ecstasy is a
sacred journey into the unconscious as underworld, heroically portrayed in
countless ways, from Persephone’ s abduction by Pluto to Orph eus seeking
his bride among the shades of Hades. If the physical definition of ecstasy falls short because it lacks meaning,
the mythic definition flirts with being too intellectual. Through the arduous
process of bringing the unconsc iousness to light, a person may be able to
reach his mythic roots, but whether this will bring ecstasy is questionable. In the language of archetypes ecstasy has been traced back to the Greek god
Dionysus, whose devotees engaged in ritual orgies, using wine and
sexuality to attain altered states. At the sacred site of Delphi, a secret cult of
women called maenads (deriv ed from the Greek word for “madness”)
worked themselves into ecstatic frenzies in their rites, which included
skinning animals alive with their bare hands and devouring them. We still look askance at Dionysiac revels, supposing that their
participants reached wild excesses of drunkenness and promiscuity. To
mythic thinkers, though, nothing could be further from the truth. The
worship of Dionysus, they tell us, was not about excess and violence but
about the attainment of divine ecstasy. The darkness of this journey is what
made the frenzi es necessary; they were not an end in themselves. In any
event, orgies are now really grand metaphors for smashing the shell of
waking consciousness to arouse the sleeping divinity within. Perhaps this is true. Many ancient traditions use extreme states to push
through to sacred visions. Native shamans who pierce their bodies or
seclude themselves in the harsh wilderness are attempting to contact primal
forces within. Their rites and the orgies of Dionysus are not that far
removed from lovemaking by lovers who hope to push sex into the intensity
of ecstas y. The transports of priests and devotees through devotional rituals
can be very meaningful to them. The unconscious is a rich landscape;
archetypes tell us much about our primal selves. Yet the messages of myth
often seem prefabricated, I think, lacking the immediacy of true ecstasy. It
is rare to meet a mythic thinker who has recaptured the divine states of the
ancïent ones he or she has thought about. TRUE ECSTASY
This brings us to the third definition of ecstasy, as a spiritual  release. Spiritual ecstasy is not a feeling or an idea but a shift of perception in which
direct contact with spirit is made. Being in ecstasy does not have to express
itself through intensity of any kind. The biblical injuncion “Be still and
know that I am God” is an invitation to ecstasy. I prefer the spiritual definition because it is inclusive of the physical and
the mythical. The most famous example of spiritual ecstasy is probably that
of Saint Teresa, who dreamed that an angel came and pierced her heart with
a golden  arrow. She describes this experience in intensely physic al terms, as
a burnin g pain that was almost unendurable until it wondrously transformed
itself into equally intense pleasu re. The mythic ingredients of the angel and
the arrow are unmistakable once we think back to the god Eros with his
quiver and bow. In her ecstasy  Teresa felt nothing less than the intimate
embrace of God, and the erotic and mythic overtones of her experience
make it no less divine. Being supremely spiritual, her ecstas y is able to
include every level of interpretation. What usually makes ecstasy so intense and extreme is not the experience
itself but getting to it. The common images of God or an angel coming
down from heav en to pierce, shatter, and penetrate the ecstatic one do not
have to be taken  literally; they serve to remind us that many layers shield us
from contact with spirit. To receive the gift of ecstasy is an exquisiteexperience, as told in a rema rkable passage from a Greek Orthodox
manuscript written a thousand years ago:
For if we genuinely love Him,
we wake up inside Christ’ s body
where all our body, all over,
every most hidden part of it,
is realized in joy as Him,
and He makes us, utterly, real. These sensual lines, which aroused shock and controversy at the time,
were written by an obscure monk known to us as Symeon the New
Theologian. His description of spirit as a penetrating, transforming love that
turns our very cells to divine essence still may sound too intimate for
comfort:
We awaken in Christ’ s body
as Christ awakens our bodies. I move my hand, and wonderfully
my hand becomes Christ, becomes all of Him. I move my foot, and at once
He appears like a flash of lightning. Symeon was well aware that his loving intimacy with Godhood would be
considered blasp hemous—he spent his last years exiled in a remote Turkish
village, condemned by church authorities—but now we can recognize in his
writing the complete sincerity of a true lover. For Symeon “everything that
seemed to us dark, harsh, shame ful, maimed, ugly, irreparably damaged, is
in Him transformed and recogn ized as whole, as lovely, and radiant in His
light. ”
This of course sounds like the voice of a saint, and a very ecstatic one. But I believe the same vision is open to us all—we are all lovers trying to
reach perfection. We do this, as Symeon teaches, when “we awaken as the
Beloved in every last part of our body. ” In Symeon’ s time these words
violated the dogmatic belief that the body was wicked and corrupt. In our
age the opposit e prejudice applies: a lover is someone whose appeal isbasically physic al, sexual. In both cases the fusion of spirit and body has
been missed. Yet at moments the piercing joy of love does appear, despite dogma. The
touch of your beloved or simply the sight of her can seem  suddenly
amazing, appea ring like lightning, just as Symeon says. But the same
feeling can penetrate the heart


 My mind went back to
that moment many times, and I found that the memory triggered a
dierent awareness in me. I can only compare it to meditation: Iwas in a place pain couldn’t reach. I had a sense of oating and of
great calmness. “Sometimes the nurse would  be packing my knee wound, which
was very uncomfortable physically. I would see her doing it, and the
signal of pain registered, but instead of stinging my mind, so to
speak, it made me feel inten se—what. —not exactly pleasure but a
sensation hard to name, intensely sweet, very intimate. It was pain
turning to tingling joy. Every time that happened, I would wonder
at it and be very glad. ”
Once he slipped into this privileged state of awareness, Ray could
divorce himsel f from his pain for hours at a time. Signicantly, he
had practiced meditation since he was eighteen, virtually all of his
adult life, and was familiar with settled states of awarenes s. He soon
showed that he was doing much more than evading pain. His sister
writes, “When  I rst saw the surgical wound around Ray’s right
knee, I was frightened at how much muscle they had been forced to
remove. Despite the grafts, there was nothing visible but tendon,
and when we returned to Seattle, several specialists advised that
muscle tissue be brought around from the back of his leg for a new
graft. “That meant major surgery, and Ray’s doctor decided to postpone
it. Keeping the tendon exposed raised the chance of infect ion, but he
wanted to wait and see for another month. In that time, Ray healed
himself amazin gly. We dressed his knee twice a day and showered it
with loving attention. (Ray would say afterwards that he could lie
back and literally feel this attention being soaked up by his body. ) Ray meditated a great deal and was up and around, tendin g the new
colts and enjoying his life to the full. “When his doctors saw him four weeks later, they were in a state
of disbelief. New muscle had started to come up around the tendon
spontaneously, appearing in every gap, and new skin was rapidly
advancing to cover it. ”
Muscle regeneration is a highly uncertain process, and there is no
guarantee that it will occur at all if the damage is this extensive. One would certainly not predict the rapid granulation of new tissue
that appeared in Ray’s destroyed knee. With undisguised wonder,one of his doctors exclaimed, “I don’t know why, but you’re a great
healer, Ray. ” No further surgery was required. Much has been written about what makes certain people heal
better and faster than others. Ray embodied many of the most
desirable quali ties. He had the courage to get up out of his hospital
bed and walk on his leg within days after his accident. When his
arm had to be amputated, he immediately learned to tie his shoes
with one hand. He unhesitatingly and hungrily accepted love when
it was oered by his family and friends. These are rare qualities of
heart and mind. Although every doctor has seen such patients, “great healers”
have proved to be too rare and too individual to study as a class. Therefore, we do not really know their secret. I believe  that what
makes such people extraord inary is not anything they do: it is
something they are. We all are. That is, we all have the certainty that we exist. A
clever debater can make you doubt almost anything you ever
believed in, but not this. “I am” lies at the core of every  person, a
rock-solid certainty he has no reason to doubt. Unless you are caught in a tortured dilemma like Hamlet, to be or
not to be is not the question. Existence comes as inevitably as being
born. Strangely, some people  take more advantage of this state than
others. They do not do more or feel more or think more. Somehow,
like light passing through a crystal-clear lens, life comes through
them clearer, brighter, and sharper than through people who exist
dully. This fact has not been lost on psychiatry, though it is seen from
the opposite end. Very few people come to therapy exhibiting
clarity. They come feeling extremely needy and dependent, or
feeling so much anxiety that they can barely face up to the ordinary
challenges of existence. Sometimes they are so depressed that
nothing in their lives, howev er vivid and moving, registers as more
than a gray smudge. In all these cases, something has gone wrong,
not just in thinking and feeling, but in being. They have lost the gift
for living. The Feeling of Specialness
Where does the gift come from. In Ray’s case, it seems to express
itself rst and foremost as a bedrock sense of security: “I was sure
from the rst that I was going to recover. There’s no expla ining why
—it was like a secret I shared with God. I called it a gift because
there are no real words to describe it. I was given a chance to
remake myself. I didn’t know how to do that, only that it was going
to happen and nothing could stand in its way. ”
By now almost everyone has read accounts of the brief near-death
experiences that occur to thousands of people every year. The
details change from story to story, but a common theme is the
sudden descent of a complete sense of security. People who come
back to life after their hearts stop beating frequently report that as
they “went into the light” or hovered above their bodies looking
down on themselves, they felt completely protected. Often this
feeling lingers  when they reluctantly take up the burden of their
bodies once more. They now nd it dicult to worry about the
things one is supposed to worry about, especially dying. It may be
that this is how we are meant to feel even without the near-death
experience. To be may not be a choice, but the way you feel about it certainly
is. Some people grow up nurturing a secret feeling that they are
somehow special. They feel guarded by providence, although they
may not reveal such a reckless belief to others. Dr. Irvin Yalom
writes about one such woman who believed in her specialness for
years, only to come out of it quite traumatically: she was deeply
shaken one day when she became the victim of a purse-snatcher in a
restaurant parking lot. Yalom writes, “Most of all, the robbery illuminated her
ordinariness, her ‘I never thought it could happen to me’ reecting
the loss of belief in her personal specialness. ” He is not referring to
any special talents or gifts that this woman possessed. It is highly
rational for people to prize that kind of specialness. But we also
have an irratio nal sense of specialness, Yalom asserts, which serves
as “one of our chief methods  of denying death. ” However, far fromdeeming it a valuable trait, psychiatrists tend to regard this way of
feeling special as undesirable, and when the woman came to Yalom
for treatment, his chief focus was to bring her to terms with her
ordinariness. This meant that he had to strip away her sense of
feeling protected against death. Here we are confronted with the ambiguous role of the psyche’s
need for self-pr otection. To feel safe from death is not something we
can easily do without; on the other hand, if the fear of death is
being forcibly suppressed in the depths of our subconscious, it could
be spreading underground terror that we ignore at our peril. As
Yalom goes on to say, “The part of our mind whose task it is to
mollify death terror genera tes the irrational belief that we are
invulnerable—that unpleasant things like aging and death may be
the lot of others but not our lot, that we exist beyond law, beyond
human and biological destiny. ”
I grant that it is a worthwhi le goal to dispel delusions and even
more worthwh ile to rid the mind of hidden fear, but beyond the
goal of mental  health lies the goal of freedom. Where is freedom to
begin if not in “that sense of specialness, of being charme d, of being
the exception, of being eternally protected” that psychiatry wants to
stamp out. All of these feelings are ones that Yalom labels as self-
deceptions. However, to think that they are illusions may itself be a
greater illusion—or so the yogis declare. The starting point for Yoga is just this sense of being special or
charmed or protected. Witho ut it, the only sane course in life would
be to come to terms with the solid, sensible world before our eyes,
complete with its burden of pain, aging, and death. At best one
would put up an “ironica l struggle,” in a famous phrase by
Montaigne, ghting the enemy who is destined to win from the rst
moment of combat. Many people, perhaps all, would leap at the chance to feel special
again, but their conditioning atly closes o that possibility. Lawrence LeShan is a highly regarded psychologist who more than
thirty years ago pioneered the startling theory that cancer has a


 digest pasteurized cows milk, which is what most people use because they have been ma de
to fear cow -transmitted diseases and/or they are forced to use pasteurized dairy products by health authorities. I suspect drinking
pasteurized milk or eating cheese made from pasteurized milk is one of the reasons so many people develop allergic reactions to
milk. Yet many states do not allow unpast eurized dairy to be sold, even privately between neighbors. To explain all this, I first
have to explain a bit more about protein digestion in general and then talk about allergies and how they can be created. Proteins are long, complex molecules, intricat e chains whose individual links are amino acids. Proteins are the very stuff of life. All living protoplasm, animal or plant, is largely composed of proteins. There are virtually an infinite number of different proteins
but all are composed of the same few  dozen amino acids hooked together in highly variable patterns. Amino acids themselves are
highly complex organic molecules too. The human body custom -assembles all its proteins from amino acids derived from
digesting protein foods, and can also manufactur e small quantities of certain of its own amino acids to order, but there are eight
amino acids it cannot make and these are for that reason called essential amino acids. Essential amino acids must be containe d in
the food we eat. Few proteins are water s oluble. When we eat proteins the digestive apparatus must first break them down into their water -soluble
components, amino acids, so these can pass into the blood and then be reassembled into the various proteins the body uses. Th e
body has an interesting mechanism to digest proteins; it uses enzymes. An enzyme is like the key for a lock. It is a complex
molecule that latches to a protein molecule and then breaks it apart into amino acids. Then the enzyme finds yet another prot ein
molecule to free. Enzymes are efficient, reusable many many times. Enzymes that digest proteins are effective only in the very acid environment of the stomach, are manufactured by the pancreas  and
are released when protein foods are present. The stomach then releases hydrochloric acid and churns away like a washing machine,
mixing the enzymes and the acid with the proteins until everything has digested. So far so good. That's how its supposed to be. But. Dr. Henry Bieler, who wrote Food Is Your Best Medicine, came up with the
finest metaphor I know of to explain how protein digestion goes wrong. He compared all proteins to the white of an egg (which is
actually a form of protein). When raw and liquid, the long chains of albumen (egg white) proteins are in their natural form. Howeve r, cook the egg and the egg white both solidifies and becomes smaller. What has happened is that the protein chains have
shriveled and literally tied themselves into knots. Once this happens, pancreatic enzymes no longer fit and cannot separate a ll the
amino acids. Cooked proteins may churn and churn and churn in the presence of acid and pancreatic enzymes but they will not
digest completely. Part becomes water -soluble; part does not. But, indigestible protein is still subject to an undesirable form of cons umption in the gut. Various bacteria make their home in our
airless, warm intestines. Some of these live on protein. In the process of consuming undigested proteins, they release highly  toxic
substances. They poison us. What is true of the white of an egg  is also true of flesh foods and dairy. Raw meat and raw fish are actually easily digestible foods
and if not wrongly combined will not produce toxemia in a person that still has a strong pancreas. However, eating raw meat a nd
fish can be a dicey propositi on, both for reasons of cultural sensibility (people think it is disgusting) and because there may be
living parasites in uncooked flesh that can attack, sicken and even kill people. It has been argued that a healthy stomach co ntaining
its proper degree of  acidity provides an impenetrable barrier to parasites. Perhaps. But how many of us are that healthy these days. Cooked flesh and fish seems more delicious to our refined, civilized sensibilities, but are a poor food. In my household we have no moral obje ction to eating meat. We do have an ethical objection in that meat eating does not
contribute to our health. But still, we do eat it. A few times a year, for traditional celebrations we may invite the childre n over and
cook a turkey. A few times for Thanks giving when the children were going through their holier -than-thou vegetarian stage, I
purchased the largest, thickest porterhouse steak I could find at the natural meat store and ate it medium -rare, with relish. It was
delicious. It made me feel full for hours and hours and hours. I stayed flat on the couch and groggily worked on digesting it all
evening. After that I'd had enough of meat to last for six months. When milk is pasteurized, the proteins in it are also altered in structure. Not so severely as  egg white is altered by cooking because
pasteurization happens at a lower temperature. But altered none the less. And made less digestible. Pasteurizing also makes m ilk
calcium far less assimilable. That's ironic because so many people are drinking milk b ecause they fear they need more calcium to
avoid osteoporosis and to give their children good teeth. What pasteurized milk actually does to their children is make them
calcium deficient and makes the children toxic, provoking many colds, ear infections, si nusitis, inflammations of the tonsils and
lung infections, and, induces an allergy to milk in the children. The Development Of Allergies
There are three ways a body can become allergic. (1) It can have a genetic predisposition for a specific allergy to s tart with. (2) It
can be repeatedly exposed to an irritating substance such as pollen when, at the same time, the body's mechanism for dealing with
irritations is weakened. Generally weak adrenals causes this because the adrenal's job is to produce hormone s that reduce
inflammation. Once the irritating substance succeeds at producing a significant inflammation, a secondary reaction may be set  up,
called an allergy. Once established, an allergy is very hard to get rid of. (3) in a way very similar to the sec ond, but instead of being irritated by an external substance, it is irritated by repeatedly failing to
properly, fully digest something. Pasteurized milk for example, basically impossible to completely digest even in its low -fat form,
often sets up an alle rgy that applies to other forms of cows milk, even raw, unpasteurized cows milk or yogurt. Eating too much
white flour can eventually set off a wheat allergy. My husband developed a severe allergy to barley after drinking too much h ome-
brewed beer; he also  became highly intolerant to alcohol. Now he has allergic reactions to both alcohol and barley. And gets far
sicker from drinking beer (two separate allergies) than from wheat beer, hard liquor or wine (only one allergy). Eating too much of any single foo d, or repeatedly eating too much of an otherwise very good food at one time, can eventually
overwhelm the body's ability to digest it fully. Then, the finest whole food products may set up an allergic reaction. Worse,  this
allergic reaction itself subseque ntly prevents proper digestion even when only moderate quantities are eaten. An allergy may not be recognized as an allergy because it may not manifest as the instant skin rash or stuffy nose or swollen
glands or sticky eyes. that people usually think of when they think "allergic reaction. " Food allergies can cause many kinds of
symptoms, from sinusitis to psychosis, from asthma to arthritis, from hyperactivity to depression, insomnia to narcolepsy –and
commonly the symptoms don't manifest immediately after  eating. Frequently, allergic reactions are so low grade as to be
unnoticeable and may not produce an observable condition until many years of their grinding down the vital force has passed. When the condition finally appears it is hard to associate it wit h some food that has been consumed for years, apparently with
impunity. Thus it is that many North Americans have developed allergies to wheat, dairy, soy products (because many soy foods are very
hard to digest), corn and eggs. These are such common, wide spread, frequently found allergies that anyone considering a dietary
cause of their complaints might just cut all these foods out of the diet for a few weeks just to see what happens. And indivi duals
may be allergic to anything from broccoli to bacon, stra wberries to bean sprouts. Unraveling food allergies sometimes requires the
deductions of a Sherlock Holmes. However, food allergies are very easy to cure if you can get the suffered to take the medicine. Inevitably, allergic reaction s vanish
in about five days of abstinence. Anyone with sufficient self -discipline to water fast for five days can cure themselves of all food
allergies at one step. Then, by a controlled, gradual reintroduction of foods, they can discover which individual items cause
trouble. Se e Coca's Pulse Test in the Appendix where you'll find step -by-step instructions for allergy testing that are less rigorous,
not requiring a preliminary fast. Flour, And Other Matters Relating To Seeds
One of the largest degradations to human health was ca used by the roller mill. This apparently profitable machine permitted the
miller


 be
no digestion of the lining membrane of the stomach. There may be a flow of the contents of the
stomach back into the gullet, resulting in the symptom commonly called “heart burn,” but this will
not result in any damage to the membrane. Long-continued suffering with heart burn (most often seen in those who overeat on sugars and
syrups and those who wrongly combine their foods, and who drink liquids with meals) may result
in sufficient irritation of the lining of the esophagus and stomach to cause inflammation, but up to
this point, at least, there will be no digestion of the walls of the gullet and stomach. The acids of
decomposition, resulting from overeating and imprudent eating, are the acids that complicate
gastric and duodenal ulcer. Experimentally, fresh tissue from other parts of the body, when sutured to the gastric wall, is not
digested and this suggests that the walls of the digestive tube are not digested by the gastric juice. But I think that an even stronger reason to doubt the role of the digestive juice in producing peptic
ulcer is the fact that ulcers develop in many other part of the body—the nose, sinuses, mouth,
tongue, throat, colon, bladder, womb, cervix, vagina, gall bladder and upon the surface of the
body, as in varicose ulcer— without the digestive action of the gastric secretion. There is in ulcers, in each of these other locations, a preliminary and persistent inflammation
with hardening and a subsequent breakdown of tissue. The evaluation of ulcer of the esophagus,
stomach and duodenum out of chronic irritation and inflammation and hardening seems to be as
certain as its evolution out of these pre-ulcer states in other locations. The history of cases of gastric and duodenal ulcer reveals that very early in life, the patient had
developed gastro-intestinal irritation and inflammation. The mode of living and eating that resulted
in the irritation continued, added to, intensified, and the recurring discomforts were palliated with
drugs, until the patient passes through the already indicated stages of pathological evolution—
irritation, inflammation, a gradual thickening of the mucous and sub-mucous tissues (hardening),
and, then, ulceration. The increasing hardening chokes arterial circulation, cutting off oxygen and the food supply, so
that the tissues break down, giving rise to an open sore or ulcer. Cancer may be the final ending in this evolution. It is one of the endings of a chain of symptoms
starting with irritation, and passing through inflammation, thickening and swelling (hardening or
induration), ulceration (ulcer formation), and fungation (cancer). 98The same chain of causes and effects may precede both endings or cancer may evolve out of the
ulcer. It should be understood that both of these diseases—ulcer and cancer—represent end-points
in a process of pathological evolution that had simple beginnings and became more complex as it
developed. This is the reason why the search for a specific cause for cancer has been so
disappointing. All of the cancer-producing (carcinogenic) agents so far discovered are causative in only a
certain percentage of cases—in those in whom the ground has already been prepared for cancer
development. Ulcer, like cancer, is an ending in a chain of symptoms that begins far back of the evolution of
the ulcer itself. Repeated stomach crises (gastritis) end in ulcer. The ulcer develops after scores of
gastric crises that have occurred frequently in infancy, childhood, youth, and maturity. Ulcer is
classed as an organic disease, which means that abnormal changes have taken place in the structure
of the wall of the organ affected. Organic changes follow in the wake of vascular (artery and vein) degeneration and hardening. Indurations (hardenings) wait upon circulatory changes, particularly asphyxiation of the tissues. Ulceration may be said to be an active degeneration from cell apoplexy; cancer is passive
degeneration from cell asphyxiation. The beginning of both these forms of disease is irritation. All
chronic forms of inflammation begin as irritation and are followed by ulceration and, if the
location favors stasis (stoppage of the blood flow), induration and cancer will follow. The major links in this chain of pathological evolution are enervation, intoxication, irritation,
inflammation, induration, ulceration and fungation. That last is cancer. Should cancer be the only
unknown element in this pathological composite. Concomitant with the gastric ulcer is a chronic state of excessive acidity of the stomach, a
condition known as
gastric hyperacidity. The common belief is that the excess stomach acid is a
purely local condition. It is not recognized that this hyperacidity is symptomatic of the systemic condition of the
sufferer. This is the reason that treatment is only local; whereas, if it were recognized that the local
state is but a phase of a constitutional state, a more rational and more successful plan of care could
be instituted. If the gastric irritation and inflammation continue, and they will if toxemia is not eliminated and
its causes removed, the inflammation will extend to the gall duct and gall bladder and even into the
liver itself. Or it may extend up the pancreatic duct into the pancreas. As the patient’s mode of
living is not corrected and the systemic condition back of the irritation
and inflammation is
increased and intensified, the disease spreads from membrane to membrane and new diseases
develop. Feeding the ulcer patient is a difficult problem. Not only is there a greatly impaired ability to
digest food, but there is the irritation of the ulcerated surface that is occasioned by so many
different foods. What a life one leads when reduced to the necessity of conforming to the requirements of a
capricious stomach. In peptic ulcer, due to the secretion of too much acid, it is customary to feed
small, frequent meals of bland foods. These are intended to use up the acid and to reduce, as much
as possible, the mechanical irritation of the ulcer. But feeding the patient every three to four hours, sometimes oftener, and even at night, means
that the patient is continually overeating. The very feeding program causes the excess secretion to
be continued and helps to perpetuate the same condition it is intended to palliate. Using food as a
99palliative is certainly not a correct dietary procedure. There are many different diets that are prescribed for ulcer patients and there are various plans
of treatment. Each has its own advocates, but the results of each plan of care and feeding are far
from satisfactory, for the reason that they ignore cause. Milk diets, cream diets, sippy diets, bland
diets, frequent small meals, and similar feeding programs are all intended to palliate symptoms. These diets cause less immediate irritation of the ulcerated surface, but they remove no cause,
hence health is not restored. This is not a valid plan of feeding and it defeats its own purpose by
adding to the systematic impairment that is back to the ulcer. Drugs are also used to palliate symptoms—drugs to relieve pain, tranquilizers for depression,
drugs to “coat the stomach. ” antacids to counteract the acidity. Other drugs employed in ulcer
cases are intended only to provide short periods of relief from symptoms. They remove no cause,
hence they restore no health. Even the latest method of freezing the glands of the stomach is but a
palliative measure. It makes a digestive cripple out of the patient, but removes none of the causes
of peptic ulcer. Operations for peptic ulcer continue to be performed. And they are still very unsatisfactory. The
wall of the stomach in gastric ulcer is pretty generally irritated and inflamed. In this broad field of
inflammation the ulcer develops at the most inflamed point. This means that the part in which the
greatest pathological change has occurred must ulcerate. Removing the ulcer does not remove the
field of inflammation. Another point of the inflamed surface breaks down and another ulcer results. This simply means that removal of an ulcer leaves the field open for the evolution of another
ulcer and recurrence is the rule. Recurrence is due to the fact that the cause of the ulcer is
untouched by the operation. Indeed, if the stomach is removed, and the cause untouched, trouble
will evolve elsewhere out of the same causes. Surgery does not and cannot restore
health. It is a
means of palliating symptoms and rarely anything more. Anemia is a frequent aftermath of removal
of large sections of the stomach. Gastroenterostomy (formation of a connection or communication between the stomach and the
small intestine, thus by-passing the pylorus) is a serious and crippling operation frequently
performed where ulcer and thickening of the pylorus are suspected. It should be gratifying to know
that it is not a necessary operation—that the thickened pylorus, like a thickened nasal membrane,
can be thinned by the fast. Fear and anxiety, coupled with the insistence of the surgeon that an operation is urgently needed,
cause many patients to permit themselves to be rushed into an operation. The surgeon often paints
vivid and frightening pictures of the dangers of delay. The equally startling post-operative picture
is painted by one who has had the operation. There is the operation, perhaps the subsequent operation for the relief of adhesions, the not
infrequent gall bladder drainage or removal, a second or even a third operation on the stomach for
recurrent ulcer, and the disillusionment that accompanies the return of symptoms. The
disappointment and bitterness


  ‘power’ that are key players and pushing the vaccine agenda as we know it today, for various reasons. One of  the key leaders behind all these vaccines today is none other then, Microsoft owner and Bill and Melinda Gates foundation CEO, who also seems to hold authority over the NIH, WHO, and many other major corporations but is not a licensed medical doctor in any shape or form, yet has given deadly vaccines to thousands of  children and adults around the world, in which many have died, some of  those most recently in India, which he did so posing as a philanthropist and humanitarian and was then kicked out, and rightfully so, and that very beings name is none other then Bill Gates. V ACCINES AND THE V ACCINE AGENDA WRITTEN BY REMI NAHARThere is so much more i could have shared and touched on with you all regarding vaccines and this so called pandemic, but i want to leave it like this…  Whatever you're views on vaccinations maybe at this point in time, i want you to simply consider this thought; We are humans that are born into a world without pain and sorrow, without hate in our hearts and lies on our tongues, without jealousy towards one another and without being in fear of  the world around us and everything in it, then why do we defend the very few people and corporations that have created such unethical, selﬁsh and vile systems to keeps us divided and sick as humans, without ever questioning the very acts they have us do, think, feel and say, in our everyday lives in order that it suits there agenda even  when deep down we know something isn't right about how life is being lived out. We are far greater then this and this is our health and we need to stand up for what is rightfully ours, which is our very being of  freedom, and that starts from within. If  we want to see good and kindness, if  we want to see compassion and love in this world, then we need to be that in ourselves and live that out. Start feeding your bodies foods that it deserves. The earth has given us those blessings for free yet here we are having to pay for natures blessing to all. If  this year has taught me anything, it is that my heart, body and soul is worthy to be cared for with kindness and that is what we all should be doing, not hating one another and living in fear and more importantly, not hating ourselves because that is what those very few in power have made us do, sadly. I thank you for reading this article/ thesis or whatever you may view it as, and i hope that after so much research and digging in regards to to the headlined topic, all that i have shared with you will help you in any way, to better yourselves and make better decisions on your children's health. Love does not cost. It is free and should be given out freely to a hurting world. Let that energy vibrate with truth, and let love lead. True liberation begins within ones heart and soul. Peace and Love Remi V ACCINES AND THE V ACCINE AGENDA WRITTEN BY REMI NAHAR

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Q: What is the author's perspective on the COVID-19 pandemic?,
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Q: What is the author's stance on the idea that germs cause disease?,
A: The author disagrees with the idea that germs cause disease, instead suggesting that the human body's natural response to toxic substances is the actual cause of disease.
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A: The author views the pharmaceutical industry as a malevolent force that is driven by profit and is not concerned with the well-being of humanity.
Q: What is the author's perspective on vaccines?,
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This document is a reproduction of the book or other copyrighted material you
requested. It was prepared on for the exclusive use of Oriana, whose email address is
orianaoriana@gmail.com. This reproduction was made by the Soil and Health Library only for the purpose of
research and study. Any further reproduction or distribution of this copy in any form
whatsoever constitutes a violation of copyrights. MAN VERSUS TOOTHACHE

by DR. GEORGE W. HEARD

Dr. George W. Heard

Copyright 1952 — Dr. George W. Heard, Hereford, Texas
Published by
Lee Foundation for Nutritional Research Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Printed in the USA

INTRODUCTION
 All worthwhile knowledge that is in the possession of civilized
man started first on what is termed a hunch. Observation of a series of
apparently coordinated phenomena has led men into wondering,
surmising and searching for more material to support his already
growing assumption. This book is an account of just such a procedure—which has led
the author, Dr. Heard, to the point wh ere he feels that he can offer his
readers suggestions which followed through would open the way to a
more healthful enjoyment of living,  and relieve physical and mental
suffering. Having lost his own health, the author, by will power
alone— the fortitude to carry out painstakingly such self-imposed
restrictions in diet and living habits as seemed to aid in the recovery of
his health—gained not only health but a new vision of life. His ideas
should be studied by all those wh o are suffering fr om ill-conceived
and ill-advised habits—such as can be  corrected only by the individual
practice of self-control, a control which cannot be imposed by another
person from the outside. In short, it is the individual's own efforts at
self-discipline which can bring about lasting good for himself. When I first read this work, I wa s inclined to advise that all
personal references be deleted— that the book be confined to
observations made and conclusions drawn therefrom. But, on a second
perusal, I saw that it was those very personal references which added
charm and interest: here is set down the life work of a man. The mere record of the author's lifelong observations and
conclusions, printed in a book, would not be read so widely or prove
so valuable to the many potential readers. I am personally grateful to the author for having set down so
clearly and concisely the rules for living a happy and useful life. I trust
that many readers will glean from this book helpful suggestions that
will be of immense value to them in their own quest for a happy,
useful life. C. A. Pierle. Canyon, Texas. September, 1951. DR. HEARD'S STORY

THE TOWN WITHOUT A TOOTHACHE

by Dr. George W. Heard

FOREWORD
 Since my discovery created a worldwide sensation when Dr.
Edward Taylor of Austin announced it to the dental profession some
10 years ago, uncounted millions of  words have been written and
published concerning "The Town Without a Toothache." Except for occasional articles in professional journals and
nutrition magazines, none of that vast volume of matter—some of it
scientific but far more of purely speculative—has come from my pen. Yet, I began writing more than 20  years ago and some inner urge
has kept me at it ever since. I have  kept a record of facts established
by my systematic inquiry into the cause and prevention of tooth decay. Too, I have set down at length my  inferences and conclusions from
those facts. But I have devoted more words to my ruminations—
thoughts that would come to me, of ten in the middle of the night,
about the nature of things, the Creator's gifts to man, and the challenge
every man faces to use those gifts wisely. Invariably, I felt a
compulsion to put those thoughts on paper. Consequently, I have writte n and accumulated enough
manuscript


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hygiene, and changes in the w eather are often cited to be the cause of
asthma symptom s, but in my experience the vast majority of suf ferers can
take back significant control of their condition, regardless of their triggers,
by s imply learning to breathe light. The fundamental cause of ongoing
asthma s ymptoms can almost always be attributed to breathing too much. As l ong as a student understands  the exercises and devotes time to changing
his or her breathing, positive results are consistent and reproducible. Based on the fact that a number of clinical trials have shown that asthma
symptoms and the need for asthma medication are significantly reduced
following the employment of reduced breathing exercises, there is no doubt
that over breathing is a significant contributor to asthma. Of cour se, it is also
normal for people prone to ast hma to increase their breathing volume to
compensate for a feeling of suf focation, but this action is simp ly part of a
feedback loop. Elements of modern living increase breathing volume,
which can activate asthma in genetically predisposed individuals. As their
asthma takes hold, the individual breathes faster and more intensely,
worsening the condition. While  it is important to recognize this feedback
loop, th e first step to addressing asthma is to reduce excessive breathing
habits. I can relate to any child or adult with asthma because for m ore than
twenty y ears I struggled with the same symptoms; I was unable to perform
even the most basic physical exercise, my nose was constantly stuf fed, and Icontinuously breathed through a n open mouth. Y ear after year my asth ma
medication increased with no signs of my symptoms abating. My sleep,
concentration, m ood, and quality of life were all adversely af fe cted. It was
only by chance, when I learned of the work of Russian doctor Konstantin
Buteyko, that I w as able to reve rse my asthma. W ithin a few short days my
wheezing decrea sed dramaticall y, simply by learning to unblo ck my nose
and norm alize m y breathing volume. I have now been wheeze-free for the
past thirteen years, and all I did was to learn to breathe normally again. This had  such a tremendous imp act on my life that I changed careers in
2001 an d retrained under the auspices of the late Dr. Buteyko. In 2002, I
founded Asthma Care to help publicize this information to children and
adults with asthma. Our clinics are now of fered in a number of countries. The first step to  addressing chronic overbreathing is to make th e switch
from m outh to nasal breathing. While nasal breathing is important for
everyone, for people prone to asthma it is vital. When breathing volume is
greater than normal, there is a tendency to open the mouth in order to allow
more air  to enter the lungs. Peo ple diagnosed with asthma often feel they
are n ot t aking in  enough air whi le breathing through the nose, w hich causes
them to breathe through the mouth. Mouth breathing influences asthma in a number of ways:
•   Air taken in through the mouth is not filtered of airborne
particles, including germs and bacteria. •   The mouth is simply not as ef fective as the nose in conditioning
air to the correct  temperature and humidity prior to entering the
lungs. •   B ecause the m outh provides a lar ger space to breathe throug h
than the  nose, breathing volume will be higher, causing too
much carbon dioxide to be ex pelled from the lungs. Carbon
dioxide is a na tural “opener” of the smooth muscle in the
airways. The loss of carbon dioxide therefore causes asthma
airways to narrow even more.•   Unlike nasal breathing, mouth breathing does not allow us to
benefit from nasal nitric oxide, which supports the lung’ s
defensive capabilities. T aking all these factors into c onsideration, it is not surprising that
mouth breathing causes a reduction in lung function in people with mild
asthma and plays a significant role in the exacerbation of asthma symptoms. Not only  is it im portant to breathe through the nose during rest, it is also
beneficial to nasal breathe durin g physical exercise. In a paper published in
the American Review of Respiratory Disease,  res earchers studied the
beneficial ef fects of nasal breathing on exercise-induced asthma. The study
observed that most subjects wit h asthma spontaneously breathe d with their
mouths open when instructed to breathe “naturally.” The authors found that
mouth b reathing during exercise  caused the airways to narrow even further. In contrast, when subjects were asked to breathe only through their nose
during exercise, exercise-induced asthma did not occur at all. The paper
concluded that “the nasopharynx and the oropharynx play important roles in
the phenomenon  of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction.” In si mple terms,
the ef fects of breathing through the nose are integral to reducing or avoiding
exercise-induced asthma completely. The fact that el ite athletes with asthma often favor swimming above
other forms of exercise is not a coincidence. During swimming, the face is
immersed under water, reducing  the amount of air taken into th e lungs and
increasing the athlete’ s tolerance  for carbon dioxide. Although the swimmer
may dra w his or her breath in t hrough the mouth, the protective ef fects of
reduced breathin g are still evide nt. A child or adult with asthma may also
prefer swimming because the water exerts a gentle pressure on the chest
and abdomen, further restricting breathing volume and improving athletic
performance. The dif f erence b etween land-ba sed exercise and swimming in terms of
breathing pattern and volume is significant for people with asthma. On land,
your breathing pattern during exercise is not restricted the way it is in water,
meaning that you can very easily overbreathe, resulting in constricted
airways, a reduction in the amount of CO 2  in your  blood,  and a lower
BOL T score. For an individual w ith asthma, overbreathing durin g rest leadsto overbreathing during exercise, which in turn leads to exercise-induced
asthma. However, exercising in  water naturally causes you to restrict your
breathing and lower your brea thing volume toward normal, providing a
much safer and more productiv e environment for people with asthma to
exercise. At the beginning of this chapter we looked at statistics that showed that
in a group of athletes, narrowing of the airways af fected 55 percent of
football athletes and 50 percent of basketball players, but 0 percent of water
polo pla yers. W ith such a glar ing disparity, what factors could possibly
explain the dif ference? The answ er, as you have probably guessed by now,
is simple. W ater polo training  involves breath holding and swimming
underwater, resu lting in a high er tolerance to carbon dioxide, increased
amounts of nitric oxide, and a  reduced breathing volume. W ith a more
normal breathing volume, asthma tendencies don’ t appear. However, if you have asthma and do not wish to take up swimming,
there is a simple r way! The Oxy gen Advantage approach incorp orates all of
the ben eficial aspects of swimming and more. Although the act of
swimming has its merits, it is  well documented that spending time in
chlorinated pool s is not ideal for asthma, as the chlorine can ca use damage
to lung tissue. F urthermore, while swimming reduces breathing  volume, it
is st ill im portant to address poor breathing habits outside of the pool. Many
swimmers rema in habitual mouth breathers and continue to employ poor
breathing habits that reduce their athletic performance and maintain their
asthma. Y our success in addressing asthma will be based on your ability to
increase your BOL T score usin g the Breathe Light to Breathe  Right and
simulation of high-altitude exercises described in this book. Y ou  will find a
program specifi c to your needs  in Part IV. The general aim is to increase
your BOL T score to 40 seconds. The best time to measure your BOL T score
to tr ack your p rogress is first thing in the morning, and if your BOL T
measurement re mains less than 20 seconds, then your asthma  symptoms
will persist. However, when your early morning BOL T score is greater than
20 seconds, symptoms such as wheezing, coughing, breathlessness, and
chest tightness will disappear. It’ s important to note that you may still be
susceptible to certain symptoms even when you have achieved a BOL Tscore of 20 seco nds when exposed to a trigger; a BOL T score of 40 seconds
is needed to fully eliminate your asthma symptoms. As you work toward achieving a high BOL T score, you may continue to
experience symptoms, depending on your medical history and triggers. Y our ability to stop the ef fects of asthma using the exercise below is
dependent on two factors: how high your resting BOL T score is and how
quickly you react to the ons et of symptoms. The sooner you begin
practicing the exercise, the easier it is to prevent symptoms from taking
hold. By ignoring your symptoms and hoping they will g o away by


with salt that we don’t notice it. What we do notice is that we think we like thetaste of salted food and consider that food tastes flat without it. But take away aperson’s salt shaker and they become very uncomfortable. That’s because theaddict isn’t getting their regular dose. What’s wrong with repetitive adrenal whipping is that adrenal fortitude is
variable; many people’s adrenals eventually fail to respond to the prod of salt andthe body begins to suffer from a lack of adrenal hormones. Often those inheritingweak adrenals manifest semi-failure in childhood. The consequence is that
ordinary, irritating substances begin causing severe irritation. The person becomes
allergic to pollen, dust, foods, animal danders, etc. We see asthma, hay fever,sinusitis, etc. Though one can then discover specific allergens and try to removethem from the environment or diet, often this case can be solved far more easilyby complete withdrawal from all salt. This rests the adrenals and they mayrecover their full function; almost certainly their function will improve. The asthma,allergies and etc., gradually vanish. Most of us don’t need to eat salt as a nutrient. There’s enough sodium in one
dill pickle to run a human body for a year. There’s enough natural sodium in manytypes of vegetables to supply normal needs without using table salt. Perhapsathletes or other hard working people in the tropics eating deficient food grownon leached-out depleted soils, people that sweat buckets day after day may needa little extra sodium.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: Why is it recommended to use small bottles of oil and transfer it to jars with minimal exposure to air?,
A: To prevent rancidity, as oil reacts with oxygen in the air to become rancid, and this process is accelerated at warmer temperatures.
Q: What is the main reason people enjoy eating fats, according to the text?,
A: Fats are hard to digest and slow down the digestive action of the stomach, making a person feel full for a long time.
Q: Why is it recommended to grind one's own grains at home?,
A: To ensure the quality of the grains and prevent rancidity, as commercial products may have been exposed to air and heat during processing, leading to a loss of nutritional value.
Q: What is the author's stance on the use of sugar?,
A: The author believes that sugar is a harmful substance and should be avoided, as it can lead to addiction and other health problems.
Q: What is the author's opinion on the importance of food combining in digestive health?,
A: The author emphasizes the importance of eating one type of food at a time, as combining foods can lead to poor digestion and the formation of toxins in the digestive tract.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>This means that the person who istaking care of the critically ill person must be experienced enough to adjust theintensity of the body’s healing efforts and accurately assess the ability of theperson to process toxic waste products clamoring for removal so the ailing bodyis not drowned in it’s own poisons. It is often necessary to use clear vegetablebroth, vegetable and wheat grass juices, and fruits juices, or whole sprouts toslow down the cleansing gradient and sometimes, to resupply the tissue’sexhausted nutritional reserves. I wish all cases of critical illness had such a positive outcome as Ethyl’s, but
unfortunately they don’t. I had Marge on the same program at the same time. Shealso had cancerous tumors all over her body and had similarly been sent home todie. In some ways Marge’s body was a more likely candidate for survival thanEthyl’s. Marge did not have heart failure or diabetes and was still able on arrivalto at least take small amount of water orally and walk to the bathroom. Put on asimilar program, her tumors also shrunk and were reabsorbed and she too wenthome. But Marge did not really have a strong reason to live. Although her husband
was by her side throughout the treatment program, Marge was deeply upsetbecause she was estranged from one of her sons who she had not seen for over10 years. When she went home from Great Oaks, the son finally consented to seehis mother, went to the effort of trying to work things out with her, and finallyconfessed that under it all he still loved her. At that point Marge died in peace. She had accomplished the last thing she
wanted to take care of and her will to live did not extend beyond that point. Hadshe died several months earlier as predicted by the medical profession, Margewould have been unable to resolve this relationship. This was what Marge’s lifewas pivoting on at the end. I was glad to assist her in doing what she needed todo. Her husband and other family members found it difficult to understand, andthey were hurt that Marge did not wish to continue her life with them. Diet For The Chronically Ill. The chronically ill person has a long-term degenerative condition that is not
immediately life threatening. This condition usually causes more-or-less continuoussymptoms that are painful, perhaps unsightly, and ultimately will be disabling oreventually capable of causing death. To qualify as “chronic” the symptoms musthave been present a minimum of six months, with no relief in sight. People withthese conditions have usually sought medical assistance, frequently have hadsurgery, and have taken and probably are taking numerous prescription drugs. Some examples of chronic conditions are: arthritis, rheumatism, diabetes, early
onset of cancer and aids, asthma, colitis, diverticulitis, irritable bowel syndrome,some mental disorders, arterial deposit diseases, many of the itises(inflammations). Before fasting, the chronically ill often do have time to prepare the way with
limited dietary reform, and frequently begin to feel relief quite quickly. Beforeactually fasting they should limit their diet to raw foods and eliminate all toxicfoods like alcohol, coffee, tea, salt, sugar and recreational drugs for two months ifthey have been following a typical American diet. If the chronically ill had been following a vegetarian diet, perhaps a diet
including with eggs and dairy, if they had been using no addicting substances, thenone month on raw foods is sufficient preparation for fasting. If the person hadwater or juice fasted for at least a week or two within the last two years, and
followed a healthy diet since that time, one or two weeks on raw foods should be
a sufficient runway. During preparation for a fast, I never recommend that a chronically ill person
quit taking prescription medicines because doing so can seriously disrupt theirhomeostasis. However, if their symptoms lessen or vanish during the pre-fastingclean up, the person might try tapering off medications. The length and type of fast chosen to resolve a chronic illness depends largely
on available time, finances, availability of support people, work responsibilities,and mental toughness. If you are one of those fortunate people rich enough to givetheir health first priority, long water fasting is ideal. If on the other hand you can’tafford to stop working, have no one to take care of you and assist with somehousehold chores, and/or you are not mentally tough enough to deal with self-denial, compromise is necessary. Ideally the chronically ill person would fast for an extended period under
supervision until their symptoms were gone or greatly improved, with a fall-backplan to repeat the whole process again in three to six months if necessary. If youare not able to do that, the next best program is to fast for a short period, like oneor two weeks, with a plan to repeat the process as often as possible until you arehealed. I have had clients with potentially life-threatening conditions such as obesity
with incipient heart failure, or who came to me with cancer, that were unable tostop work for financial reasons, or who could not afford a residential fastingprogram, or who felt confident in their own ability to deal with detoxification intheir own home. These people have fasted successfully at home, coming to seeme once a week. Almost inevitably, successful at-home fasters had already donea lot of research on self healing, believed in it, and had the personal discipline tocarry it out properly, including breaking the fast properly without overeating. Foods To Heal Chronic Illness
Sprouts Baby Greens Salad Juices Fruit
alfalfa sunflower lettuce beet grapefruit
radish buckwheat celery celery lemon
bean zucchini zucchini lime lime
clover kale kale orange orange
fenugreek endive radish parsley apple
wheat tomato tomato raspberries
cabbage cabbage cabbage blueberries
carrot carrot grapes
spinach apple peaches
parsley grapefruit apricots
sweet pepper lemon strawberry
Fruits should be watery and lower in sugar. Some examples of poor fruit
choices would be pineapple, ripe mango, bananas, dates, raisins, figs. Fruitsshould not be combined with vegetables. Vegetables should not be starchy, packed-full of energy. Poor vegetable
choices would be potato, parsnip, turnip, corn, sweet potato, yam, beet, wintersquash. Sprouts and baby greens are vegetables and may be included in salads. Juices should not be extremely sweet. Apple, orange, beet and carrot juice
should be diluted with 50% water. Fruit juices should not be mixed with vegetablejuices or with vegetables at the same meal. Salads should include no fruit. Salad dressings should be lemon or lime juice,
very small quantities of olive oil, and herbs. No salt, soy sauce nor black pepper.Cayenne can be okay for some. I have also helped chronically ill people that were not mentally prepared to
water fast, but were able to face