whole organism. Any variations which may occur can be assumed
to be variations in the flow of energy in the system, a flow of
energy which arises first of all in chemistry and is controlled and
directed by the electro-dynamic field of the whole organism. 57 THE FEMA LE FIELD
1
The experiments which had shown the positive correlation
between the electro-metrics of the generative tract in women and
the presence of malignancy throughout the tract led at once to a
further examination of the possibility of electro-metric correlates
of malignancy elsewhere. In the growth and development of every living system there
is obviously some kind of control of the processes. In the midst
of incredibly complex flux, direction is available for the control
of this growth and for differentiation. As a distinguishe d zoolo
gist once said, 'The growth and development of any living system
would appear to be controlled by someone sitting "on the
organism" and directing its whole living process.' One of the few things we know of in the Universe that has
direction are the electrical properties of things, in general. The
Field Theory suggested that it should be possible to determ ine
the pol arity and direction of the flow of energy transformations
in the living system. The organism, as a whole, depends on such
directives for its continued existence; so also does atypical
growth. Energy, however, is a basic requirem ent, indifferent to the
direction in which it flows. It is important, therefore, to realize
that in the development of growth and development of the
organism there are forces in addition to the undirected properties
of chemical changes, factors which give direction to the flow of
energy. It cannot be denied that morphogenesis is directed. This is true
of the whole organism and also of its constituent parts. Moreover,
the very direction of developm ent implies a necessary relation
ship between the units of which the system is composed, a re
lationship which imparts to the organism that quality which
makes the whole greater than the Sllm of its parts. Conside rations such as these led to an examination of the
electrical properties of cancer-susceptible mic e. The experiments
v. ere designed to determine whether or not the polarity vectors
were altered in atypical growth. 58 THE FEMALE FIELD
Through the courtesy of Dr. L. C. Strong and Dr. G. M. Smith,
a considerable number of mice from the colonies of Dr. Strong,
were studied weekly. There were four groups of such mice:
A. normal control, B. a strain of mice known to have a high in
cidence of mammary cancer occurring spontaneously, C. a strain
of mice prone to atypical growth following the administration of
carcinogens, and D. a number of mice from a strain which readily
accepted implanted malignant tissue. Comparison of the groups made it clear that statistically the
control group showed a different electrical pattern from that
found in the animals with spontaneous breast cancer, malignancy
produced by carcinogens, or the atypical growth of transplants. There were also statistically significant differences between spon
taneous carcinogenics and the transplanted growth. While day
by-day variations in both magnitude and polarity occurred there
was sufficient variability to make it difficult to show a direct ane
ta-one relationship for any individual animal. Clearly enough,
there are other factors in the presence of atypical growth re
sponsible for the variability. To carry out an experiment it is necessary to control conditions
of food, water, and temperature. A few preliminary experiments
indicated that the individual variability could be reduced sig
nificantly. All the evidence so far collected makes it necessary to
study them under more controlled laboratory conditions. Through the generous cooperation of Dr. H. S. N. Greene,
some three hundred mice were intensively studied following
the implantation in the breast region of the C38 strain of mice. The implantations were made by Dr. Greene in the right axilla. They were from malignant tissue labelled 4578B-PXB-PX and
MTH. In addition, foetal and visceral implants were made from
normal animals. Measurements were made between the right axilla and the left
axilla in unanaesthetized mice. The common reference point for
the potential differences between the axillae was the placement of
an electrode in the mouth of the animal. Since the left side of
the animal was not involved in implantation, it served to some
extent as a control for the operated side. The results of the experiment were surprisingly consistent. 59 THE FEMALE FIEL D
Twenty-four to twenty-eight hours after the implantation
changes were to be observed in the voltage gradients. This differ
ence increased steadily and quite smoothly to reach a maximum
of approximately five millivolts on or about the eleventh day,
following which it decreased. In the animals with the foetal implant representing, therefore,
a rapidly growing mass of embryonic tissue, the difference began
to appear a little later, and reached a peak on approximately the
sixth day, following which the potential difference dropped to
zero and reversed its polarity until the end of the experiment. In the slow-growing tumours potential differences began to
emerge on the third or fourth day but reached their maximum
of approximately three millivolts on the tenth or eleventh day. From there, until the end of the experiment, the differences in
potential fell steadily to zero. The control, and those without
growth, showed a variable between the two sides of less than a
millivolt for the entire experiment. In all of these measurements,
the axilla containing the implanted foreign material was negative
to the opposite axillary region. It is cIear from these findings that the crest of atypical growth
in the host organism produced measurable and reproducible
electro-metric correlates. The rapidly growing tumours devel
oped higher potentials more quickly than the slow-growing im
plant. The foetal tissue started off rather promptly but early
reached an electro-metric peak and thereafter declined to zero,
subsequen tly to appear as a polar reversal which, in turn, re
turned to zero. The slow-growing implants started late but ex
hibited an electro-metric curve paralleling the essential slope
of the rapidly growing tumours, but reached their lower maxi
mum at approximately the same time as the rapidly growing
tumours. These experiments on mice, of course, offered valuable con
firmation of our findings that atypical voltage-gradients in the
fields of women are associated with malignancy. 60 CH APTER FOUR
The Ubiquitous Field
1
While we were carrying out experiments on men and women we
were also exploring the electro-dynamic fields in other forms of
life because we wanted to assure ourselves that these fields are
a universal property of all living forms and are not confined to the
higher forms of life. We explored the fields of a frog's eggs-as mentioned in the
first chapter-not only to satisfy ourselves that something so
small and relatively simple possessed a field but also to find sup
port for our theory that the field controls the growth and de
velopment of the form. Using micro-pipettes filled with salt solution and connected to
the voltmeter we found different voltage gradients across differ
ent axes of the eggs. We marked the axis of the largest voltage
gradient with spots of Nile blue sulphate and later found, as the
eggs developed, that the frog's nervous system always grew along
the axis with the highest voltage gradient. This was an indication
that the field is primary-the matrix that shapes the living form. Next we looked for a living system with some unquestioned
design or pattern, the field of which could be examined through
growth and developm ent. The nervous system of a vertebrate
offers a pattern which can be analysed and which, we hoped,
would yield some clues to the nature of the forces or laws which
determine the pattern. Our choice fell on salamanders for our experimental animals
because they are easily obtained and can be observed from the
egg stage up to adult form; and the changes in the form as it
grows and develops can be observed and described with great
accuracy. 61 THE UBIQUI TOUS FIELD
Amphibia, too, are admirably suited to the experimental
analysis of the growth and development of the nervous system. They are vertebrates and, therefore, have a head and tail axis,
a bilateral symmetry, a right side and a left side, a dorsal and
ventral side. This is the most elementary aspect of the pattern
of organization of the vertebrate nervous system. Moreover, by using microsurgical methods, it is possible to
perform operations on the nervous system, to remove parts of
it and to observe the consequences to its development. Pieces
can be transplanted from one part of the nervous system to an
other in order to examine the results. Finally, salamanders are easily raised in the laboratory, with
no serious problems of care. No anaesthe tics are necessary and
they are abundant in the spring of the year. We were reinforced in our choice of salamanders by the evid
ence, slowly increasing over the years, that they possess certain
electrical properties. We started with numerous experiments on the developing
embryos of salamanders, because an analysis of the embryology
of the nervous system promised data to support our Field Theory. In the first place, as the embryo is an aquatic animal, it was
necessary to determine whether or not there


 s below 200, it has
innate within itself the seeds of its own destruction. And in due time, it
would have brought about its own destruction. The only reason it had not
succeeded in totally destroying itself up to that time is that it did not have a
powerful-enough weapon. Once mankind invented a powerful-enough
weapon, 190 would have wiped us out. It would have wiped us out. And so, “At the height of the Cold War, left to its own devices, 190
would have brought about the destruction of mankind itself: resist” (T rue). Yeah, 190, left to its own devices, like a locomotive with no control, would
have run itself to death and run itself of f the tracks. To go from 190 to 207was already profoundly significant. Then we found, only very recently, that
between book one and book two—or between book one and book three, I
forget—that a percentage of people below 200 dropped from 85 percent to
78 percent. That’ s a huge drop; 7 percent, percent agewise, when you look
at it across all of humanity, means that what was tenable in the past is no
longer tenable to increasing proportions of the populace. For instance, we
see all of Europe now forbids capital punishment—all of Europe. The only
thing about capital punishment—aside from its spiritual obviousness—from
a practical viewpoint, is if you make a mistake, you can’ t undo it. And now,
with... what do you call it, karma testing and blood...? DNA, yeah. Now with DNA, how would you sleep knowing you put somebody to death,
and then you discover he was the wrong guy? I mean, I don’ t know. That
would be pretty hard to live with. So it gives you no chance to correct an
error, no chance to correct an error. All right. So the implication, then, is quite profound: that the consciousness level
of mankind is advancing. The number of people below 200 is diminishing. And the number of people over 600 has doubled or tripled. When we wrote
the book, there were very few over 600, I think. Now we’ve got over 30. So, the consciousness of mankind is advancing. It seemed to me, up to the
consciousness level of 190, that mankind was called Homo sapiens. Homo
sapiens. In the evolution of the humankind, there was Neanderthal man and
there was Cro-Magnon man. They all calibrated around 70. Then there was
Homo er ectus. And the hominid improved to where we now have Homo
sapiens. The Homo sapiens  calibrated at 190, up to the year 1986. And then
the consciousness level jumped to 207—very, very critical, because it
changes quality, just like water at 32 degrees Fahrenheit. Here it’ s ice and
solid, and here it’ s liquid. So, consciousness at 190 changes quality  when it
goes over 200. Now it seems to me, this signals the birth of Homo spiritus. Homo
sapiens  has gone as far as he can go. World War II was pretty much the end
of that guy. We saw what Homo sapiens  could do. He could create great
inventions and great bombs and great bullets and great military machines. And what did he do with it? He used it to destroy innocent people. No, it
seems to me that the birth of spiritual awareness level over 200 means that
man, humankind, has now rebirthed as Homo spiritus. The spiritual
significance and meaning of life is now what is constantly being
questioned. It’ s even being questioned about, do we have the right to putpeople to death who are murderers? That’ s Homo spiritus —to even question
what is the right of the accused mass killer, who would never have come up
at the lower levels. You’d just execute the guy the next morning, and that
would be the end of the story, wouldn’ t it? No questions asked. Although
such a question can be taken to the political extreme of absurdity, the mere
fact that it is given countenance in today’ s society means the birth of a new,
greater, and more intense spiritual awareness, in which we are almost
asking to be reborn from a moral viewpoint. What is the moral, responsible
action to take? What is the moral action to take with a prisoner of war—and
are they prisoners of war? It seems like the country is almost being
confronted by a re-estimation of its moral values and the degree to which it
is committed to moral values. So, it’ s almost like a rebirth of society. So, to
me, it’ s the birth of Homo spiritus. Spiritual Commitment Can Lead to Changes in One’ s Life
So, there are disruptions in one’ s personal life. Becoming spiritually
committed can lead to very major disruptions. You can walk away from a
very intense worldly commitment and just turn your back on it and drive of f
with an old truck full of a bunch of old tools, leaving it all behind—all the
Oriental rugs and the antiques, and all that. Just walk away from everything,
which leads some of your family members to decide that you’re mentally ill
or you’re in a middle-age crisis, or you have just had a nervous breakdown,
or you were always a little bit of f. “And now he’ s really of f.”
Why do they say that? Because we’ve said these are two dif ferent
paradigms of reality. The linear, Newtonian paradigm—the one of
supposed-rational world of science, logic, and the intellect and the
university—is one paradigm of reality. The nonlinear is not real, is not real
to the Newtonian dimension; is not real. So, a person whose awareness is
confined to being a one-eyed man thinks that the vision of a two-eyed man
is bizarre, right? So in the world of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. But
in the world of the one-eyed, the two-eyed man, again, is strange. So, to the
person limited to the Newtonian paradigm of reality—they are like the one-
eyed man, and as you become spiritually aware, it’ s like you have two eyes
and now you see things in three dimensions, whereas they only see them in
two. So, you ask the family members. They can consider you’ve gone of fthe deep end, but that’ s all right, because how do you explain it to loved
ones? You really can’ t. “Ah,” they say, “he’ s found God.”
How do you develop tolerance for people as they are? See, everything
and everyone is in a point of evolution, including one’ s own perception and
spiritual growth, so compassion for the less fortunate—let us call the very
bottom of the barrel the “less fortunate”—you have to see their actions as
an impersonal manifestation of the human ego when it is unmodified by any
kind of spiritual awareness whatsoever. It seems to have escaped spiritual
awareness altogether. To do it in the name of God, of course, is what
outrages everybody from the pope on down. The pope, you know, who
calibrates about 570, which is perfect. The pope and the head of great
churches—the most ideal calibration is about 570. So, the head of a world church—you see, at 600, you’re not much good
as a head of a world church. You sit there blissed out, and you’re not too
functional. So, you’d be a nice figurehead to put someplace, and there are
people who go and light candles to you and get your blessing, but you can’ t
run a world church. Especially with the multiple decisions and implications
of the international political... and the very exquisite and delicate spiritual
decisions to be made. Because no matter what move you make, it influences
millions of people, either adversely or beneficially from multiple levels,
either economic or political or spiritual. So there’ s extremely dif ficult
decisions to be made, and you really need 570 to do it. You need that much
compassion, and you also need to be in the world to that degree. Now, at
700, people would say there is no such world; don’ t worry about it. The
world of your perception has no reality, so don’ t bother worrying about it. Just perfect yourself, and that’ s all you can do. And that also, on a certain
level, is true. The greatest gift you can give to the world is to perfect your
own degree of consciousness. Everything Is Perfect as It Is
When we say everything is perfect as it is, that has to be contextualized,
because you could say, “Well, isn’ t the ego perfect as it is?” Well, it’ s a
perfect expression of where it is at this point in time, based on this karmic
propensity under the current conditions. There’ s a mollusk at the bottom of the sea that’ s the most poisonous thing
on the planet. If you examine poisons, you will find some interesting things.The black mamba has 14 dif ferent poisonous enzymes; any one of them is
enough to kill you. There is a spider that has about 20 dif ferent poisonous
enzymes, any


own	no	longer. I	release	the	ones	who	have	wounded	me:
may	they	now	find	their	joy. May	I	be	forgiven
for	the	wounds	I’ve	inflicted. May	all	of	us	find	true	peace. Amen
T
HE	PROBLEM	WITH
NOT
YET	LEANING	ON
	G
OD	IS	THAT	WE	THEN	TEND
	to	lean	inordinately	on
other	people. Failing	to	embrace	a	love	that	will	always	be	there	for	us,	we
become	vulnerable	to	ones	that	won’t	be. I	remember	a	television	show	that	was	very	popular	when	I	was	a	little	girl
called
Father	Knows	Best. Every	time	the	teenage	daughter	walked	into	a
room,	her	father	gave	her	a	huge	smile	and	exclaimed,	“Why	hello,	Princess!”
Being	so	deeply	adored	by	her	father	at	that	age,	a	girl’s	brain	would	be
imprinted	with	an	emotional	propensity	for	men	who	treat	her	in	a	similarly
adoring	way. Healthy	male	attention	would	feel	natural	to	her;	she’d	grow	up
knowing	what	it	looks	like	and	how	she	should	respond	to	it. But	if	male	attention	is	missing,	then	the	girl	grows	up	in	many	cases	to	be
a	woman	who	either	deflects	such	a	comment	because	it’s	so	alien	to	her,	or
goes	in	the	opposite	direction	and	practically	turns	it	into	a	marriage	proposal! Either	way,	there’s	a	void	where	a	genuine	sense	of	her	female	self	should	be. And	boy,	is	an	inauthentic	person	a	sucker	for	an	inauthentic	person. A	woman	like	that	would	be	particularly	vulnerable	to	emotional	charlatans
—the	“charmers”	who	say	exactly	the	right	thing	and	know	a	fair	amount	of
poetry,	but	from	whom	there’s	rarely	a	responsible	follow-through	to	their
protestations	of	adoration. He	too	was	almost	always	a	wounded	child. Something	made	it	necessary	for	him,	when	young,	to	learn	performance	as	a
survival	skill. For	whatever	reason,	he	came	to	feel	at	a	tragically	early	age
that	deceit	rather	than	authenticity	was	a	normal	mode	of	being. Conscious
connection	to	his	own	deeper	truth	was	superseded	by	a	need	to	find	whatever
words	or	behavior	would	help	him	survive	a	traumatic	moment. Life	taught
him	to	behave	falsely—not	how	to	present	himself	as	he	truly	is,	in	touch	withhis	honest	feelings	and	deeper	truth—but	rather	to	display	with	lightning
speed	whatever	behavior	gives	him	a	short-term	emotional	advantage. Someone	who	learned	the	subtleties	of	human	manipulation	at	an	early	age
tends	to	be	very	good	at	it	by	the	time	he’s	an	adult. Such	a	person	simply
lacks	integrity;	not	because	he’s	a	bad	human	being,	but	because	he	was
knocked	out	of	his	spiritual	center	as	a	child	and	hasn’t	yet	learned	to	reclaim
it. As	a	child,	he	was	a	victim;	as	an	adult,	however,	he’ll	be	held	accountable
for	his	behavior	one	way	or	another. As	a	friend	once	said	to	me,	“The
universe	keeps	a	perfect	set	of	books.”
How	many	times	have	we	excused	someone’s	unacceptable	behavior	with
lines	like,	“But	inside,	he’s	just	a	wounded	little	boy”? To	which	a	girlfriend
of	mine	once	responded,	“So	was	Hitler.”	The	fact	that	I	have	compassion	for
you	doesn’t	mean	I	shouldn’t	delete	you	from	my	BlackBerry. Damaged	people	damage	people. They’re	also	attracted	to	other	damaged
people. So	we	should	all	beware. Those	such	as	the	man	and	woman	described	above	would	easily	be	drawn
to	each	other,	as	their	neuroses	form	a	perfect	fit. He’s	a	performer
extraordinaire,	and	she’s	easily	taken	in	by	a	great	performance. Their	egos’
intention	is	that	they	trigger	each	other’s	wounds,	but	God’s	intention	is	that
they
heal
	each	other’s	wounds. Which	it	will	be	is	up	to	them. Whoever	is
willing	to	do	the	work	in	a	relationship,	seeing	it	as	their	own	opportunity	for
self-healing,	w	ill	receive	the	blessing	whether	the	other	person	makes	the
same	choice	or	not. And,	ultimately,	all	of	us	will	get	there;	lessons	we
haven’t	learned	will	just	keep	coming	around	until	we	do. Healing	can	hurt—whether	it’s	the	healing	of	having	to	face	the	shame	of
our	own	humiliation,	or	the	pain	of	having	to	turn	our	backs	on	someone
whose	patterns	are	unhealthy	for	us	to	be	around	though	we	love	them	still. Either	way,	the	pain	of	the	healing	is	far	preferable	to	the	pain	of	remaining	at
the	effect	of	the	neurotic	pattern. The	woman	will	find,	if	she	searches,	that	while	her	worldly	daddy	wasn’t
always	there,	her	Heavenly	Father	is	there	for	her	always;	never	fails	to	adore
her;	and	has	created	her	whole,	which	she	will	always	be. The	man	will
discover—if	he	continues	his	spiritual	quest—that	the	patterns	of	deceit	that
he	learned	so	early,	and	have	now	become	forces	over	which	he	seems	to	have
no	control,	can	and	will	be	healed	as	he	acknowledges	them	and	prays	that
they	be	lifted. Will	the	man	and	woman	above	get	past	their	wounds? Will	she	growstrong	enough	in	her	sense	of	true	self	to	lose	all	attraction	to	false	romantics,
preferring	authentic	love	before	the	ersatz	version? Will	he	at	last	feel	bad
enough	about	the	hurt	he	causes	others	to	ask	for	God’s	help	in	changing	his
behavior? Each	must	choose. The	one	who	learns	and	grows	will	mature	and
ripen	with	age. The	one	who	doesn’t	will	just	grow	old…	. Dear	God,
Please	heal	my	romantic	wounds,
that	I	might	give	and	receive	true	love. Teach	me	how	to	let	love	in,
and	how	to	let	it	stay. Amen
I
N	ACTRESS
	E
LLEN
	B
URSTYN’S	SUPERB	MEMOIR
,
L
essons	in

B
ecoming

M
yself
,	she	describes	how,
after	a	dramatic,	decades-long	string	of	husbands	and	lovers,	she	found
herself	taking	a	25-year	break—repeat:
25
years
—before	ultimately	finding
the	healthy,	wholesome	romance	she’d	always	wanted. She	didn’t	even	date
during	her	romantic	hiatus,	so	sure	was	she	that	any	liaison	she	developed
would	be	just	another	reflection	of	the	same	painful	patterns	she’d	played	out
in	her	relationships	until	then. I	call	this	a	“sex-and-love	fast.”	Few	people	think	of	it	that	way	when
they’re	going	through	it,	of	course. While	we’re	experiencing	it,	we	just	feel
it’s	a	“dry	spell”	or	even	the	“end	of	all	that”;	we	might	think	it’s	happening
because	we’re	older	now,	so	we	don’t	attract	lovers	as	easily	anymore. But	the
truth	is	often	that	we	declared	a	halt	to


 A very effective technique to use is to ignore
the thoughts because the·mind will never figure them
out for it does not have the capacity to do so. It is in a
state of massive overwhelm. The issues are extraordi238 HEALING AND RECOVERY
narily complex, and it would take a lifetime to unravel
them if a person really wanted to know the full signifi
cance of each and every contribution from every level
of one's psychological self to the total meaning of the
experiences. It is not necessary to do that, and it is a
very good thing to not do it. A person only has to go
into the feeling itself. Notice ftrst that the feeling is being felt in a gener
al way, and that there is an energy below it. It is as
though consciousness works this way, as though there
is a diffuse body of energy that really has no name. One
might call it the energy of emotionalism, the energy
behind feelingness. Given a moment of time, this
diffuse, unnamed energy begins to take the form of, for
example, grief, anger, rage, indignation, self-pity, or
jealousy. This emotional fteld at frrst was diffuse and
formless but now resembles the form ofgrief, but there
is also some fear and anger in it. It is the energy of
emotionality in general. When given a split second longer, it will take a
greater form of a speciftc fear, for example. "How will I
live now without money or something. " The fear
begins to take form, and then thoughts begin to arise
out of the speciftc emotion of fear. It is like a sequence
of events and an ocean of suppressed energy. We are going to learn how to decompress that. If
one can disconnect the fuse and pull the plug, then
one is disconnected from the whole experience and
left with an inner s~ate of peace. It will be helpful if one can accept the fact that one
does not have to do anything about external events or
even ftgure them out. A person cannot make any HANDLING MAJOR CRISES 239
progress by looking at the thoughts because they are
endless. One is not going to make much headway in
handling the problem by looking at the specific emo
tion, but there will be a very profound effect if one
allows oneself to focus on the energy below the upset. As one catches the experience earlier and earlier, one
will notice that the energy is diffuse and almost name
less. It is like a container of pressurized gas that is
seeking release. Its energy has been accumulating for
a lifetime, and now it has a way out. The event that
has happened in life has opened the sluices, the
gates, the doorway, and now this container of com
pressed, suppressed. emotional energy is using this
opportunity to escape. Once the barn door is open, all
the animals run out. How can one get out of the way of the running
animals. One cannot; however, the experience can be
cut through qUickly by accepting the fact that one
cannot escape it. To try to escape will only prolong it. The mind will try to figure out ways to escape the
emotional energy as though that will reduce the pain;
however, the pain actually comes from resisting the
experience. To handle this, one just sits down and lets
go of resisting it, choosing instead to be with it. The
faster one opens it up, the faster the energy is let out,
and the quicker the experience will be over. The
whole thing can be released instead of allowing it to
drag out endlessly, agonizingly, through hours, days,
weeks, months, years, or even a whole lifetime. Remember we said that when someone has an
acute injury, such as a burn on their hand, if they will
stop everything and use this same method ofletting go HEALING AND RECOVERY 240
of resisting by just opening the door and welcoming it
and saying,"In fact, I want more of it," more of the ener
gy of that experience, and if they will ignore what goes
on in mind-ignore the thoughts but allow the experi
ence of the energy field-the mind will say, "Well, I'm
experiencing grief. "That is a label, so we will say that
all thoughts are labels and have no reality-in reality,
none of these things exist. Ifa loved one dies, the mind
automatically says "grief;' which is a label. Because the
mind has power over emotions and the capacity to
give them form, the belief that to lose someone causes
grief gives form to the emotion. The energy field of the
emotions is actually formless, but when one insists that. it is grief, it then takes the form of grief. If somebody
holds a gun to our head, we are naturally convinced in
mind that this calls for fear; therefore, the same energy
now assumes a somewhat different form labeled "fear. " It is preferable to decrease the form of the energy
field and stop labeling it anything. We don't tell people,
"You know,I'm going through grief; I'm going through
fear; I'm going through an upset. "An 'upset' is closer to
the truth. It is a general term because it is very hard to
say what the emotion is in an acute upset. Initially, one
usually experiences a sense of shock, numbness, and
disbelief that this could have happened. That is the
moment to begin this practice. A person is prepared if
they know about the technique in advance. Several years ago, I went through such an experi
ence and instantly began letting go of resisting the
experience. I constantly canceled out the thoughts. For
instance, the loss seemed like forever, a lifetime. It is
not the loss of a lifetime that is the problem, it is the HANDLING MA] 0 R CRI SES 241
energy of the emotion that comes up about that. Once
the energy of the emotion about the loss dissipates, it
becomes sort of a "So what. "The problem is the acute
catastrophic emotionality, so one just has to be with it. The technique is to allow oneself to experience it. In
fact, to get over it in a hurry, just ask for more. Say to
yourself, "~ want more of it; I want more of it. " We can eventually see that this is a major opportu
nity. The cause of all pain and suffering is the accumu
lation of this compressed energy field, and life events
give us an excuse. It opens the gate so we allow our
selves to feel some ofit. For example, somebody bumps
the fender of our car. All the suppressed anger that we
have accumulated over our lifetime now has an excuse
to pop out. It gets angry over the dented fender; it gets
annoyed and goes into self-pity and blame. The events
in life are the excuses for letting go of the compressed
energy. Because it becomes unbearable, the mind fmds
a way to discharge it that is acceptable to us. A person who is familiar with this will feel the com
pressed energy and begin to release it without waiting
for the mind to create an excuse that justifies its
release. The more sophisticated mind does not need an
outside event to release its angriness. It just knows that
it is building up some suppressed angriness and sits
down and says,"I had better look at this:' It then starts
letting go of the energy of it before the mind gets
around and creates something 'out there' to relieve
itself. It is as though the events in our lives are almost
like safety or release valves, providing a way to decom
press this energy tank. The technique is one of decompression. It is look242 HEALING AND RECOVERY
ing at the energy as it is being experienced. We do not
have to handle the thoughts or the problems that the
mind creates around this particular event. When a per
son looks at any life experience, they will see that they
live within their feelings about it. The life event itself is
really a 'nothing'. In the morning, it may look cata
strophic, but by noon, it might be amusing. The event
has not changed at all. The dented fender, at the
moment it happens, may be an outrage of indignation. The minute we think about it,we start to feel guilty. We
know very well that we turned a little too sharply our
self. Maybe an hour later we are feeling sorry for the
other guy because now he has an insurance problem. We realize it really was not· his fault, and we have a
desire to make it up to him. Now we are into feeling
guilty and blaming ourself again. Then we think about
it all again, and now we go back into rage. We see what
we are living with. Are we living with a dented fender. The fact is that we never really lived with a dented
fender; we only lived our own inner experience ofthat. How we are with that is what we are experiencing. People never experience the dented fenders in life,
only their emotions about them. When we look at it from this perspective, it is not
quite as


3 and low in the Omega 6 fatty acids. This ratio causes the excess cholesterol to be dissolved and carried off via the bloodstream and
the liver. (By way of contrast, a high cholesterol diet is high in Omega 6 and seriously deficient in
Omega 3 fatty acids.) As an immediate result of embarking on the Gerson Therapy, patients present a more normal
level of cholesterol, and they are able to stop taking the statin drugs prescribed by their doctors. These drugs represent one of the largest markets for any prescription medication; they are liver-
toxic, but doctors feel impelled to use them to prevent heart attacks and strokes. By being able
to do without statins, patients on the Gerson program avoid yet another source of toxicity. Any
remaining cholesterol surplus is easily eliminated by the niacin (vitamin B-3), which is an integral
part of the Gerson protocol. Of course smoking, another source of elevated cholesterol, is strictly
banned on the therapy. The Gerson treatment not only helps to clear arteries of plaque, (which medicine claims
cannot be done), thus avoiding strokes or more serious second heart attacks. It is also a natural
method of prevention, even in people who may have a genetic predisposition to heart disease, and
has also helped patients, who have already suffered a heart attack or stroke, to recover and even
restore some lost functions. Case History: In December 1993, the 87-year-old father of recovered Gerson patient M.
W. suffered a heart attack. After the ambulance delivered him to the Emergency Room, he had a
stroke. Subsequently he spent 3 weeks in the hospital’s intensive care unit, was given a pacemaker
and a great deal of drugs, and eventually his wife was told to take him to a nursing home. M.W,
however, persuaded her mother to take him home instead, and immediately rushed to join her
parents. She was shocked at the sight of her father, sitting in a wheelchair, head drooping to one
side, drooling. But she worked with him day and night, cautiously putting him on the Gerson Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 5 3Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comTherapy. At first she gave him a few juices while he was still taking all the prescribed drugs, and
then slowly increased the intensity of the protocol. In three months the old gentleman was out of
his wheelchair. In August 1994, eight months after the heart attack and stroke, he walked into the
Department of Motor Vehicles office and applied for—and got—a driver’s license. He remained
well, celebrated his 90th birthday in August 1996, and passed away a few years later. Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
Blood pressure, i.e., the pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of arteries, plays
an important role in health or disease. The average normal blood pressure is 120/80. When it
rises over 140/90, it is considered abnormal and dangerous, linked to kidney disease and, as
a contributory factor, to coronary artery and cerebral vascular disease. The standard medical
response is to reduce the pressure with drugs, which, patients are told, they must take for the rest
of their lives in order to preserve their kidneys. The increase in pressure can have many causes. The chief one is the narrowing of the blood
vessels, essentially by cholesterol deposits forming plaque. Other causes include kidney disease,
coronary artery disease, and hyperthyroidism (over-activity of the thyroid gland). Stress, nervous
tension or excitement can cause a temporary rise of the blood pressure. The standard allopathic medical treatment involves mainly the statin family of drugs. These
reduce blood pressure, sometimes by as much as 25-35 mmHg ( millimeters on the mercury scale
used for measuring). However, they are highly liver toxic. Moreover, doctors rarely inform their
male patients that the statins cause impotence. This is not surprising, if we consider that the drug
relaxes the pressure exerted on the arteries—including the pressure needed to cause an erection. Many marriages have been destroyed due to the effects of this drug. Since hypertension is generally believed to respond only to palliative drug treatment while
remaining incurable, it may come as a surprise that it is easily overcome with the salt-free,
vegetarian basis of the Gerson program. At the start of the treatment the patient continues to take
the prescribed allopathic medication, but needs to reduce the dose by 50% after three days on the
therapy, which has already started to work. By the sixth day the drug has to be cut out completely,
since the patient’s blood pressure has become normal, and to lower it further to an abnormally low
level might cause him or her to faint. High blood pressure, together with heart disease, is the No.1 killer in the U.S. Treated with
the Gerson Therapy, to which it responds easily and quickly, it would lose much of its menace,
and tens of thousands of lives could be saved every year. Case history: G.C. at the time aged 54, suffered from a number of serious health problems
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www.thegersonway.comby his doctors a few weeks before. The patient was suffering from liver cirrhosis, acid reflux
(highly unpleasant  return of acid into the esophagus from the stomach), gastric ulcers, sleep
apnea (temporary cessation of breathing), pulmonary lung disease, diabetes, high blood pressure,
chronic fatigue, and depression. He had undergone triple by-pass surgery, and had tried Viagra,
then doubled the dose, without the hoped-for result. 17 months after starting the Gerson Therapy, all G.C.’s test results were within the normal
range. His last examination was a total metabolic work-up, including tests for his liver, kidneys
and all other essential organs. He reports that he is feeling great, has good energy—and no longer
needs to even think about Viagra. In addition the patient’s wife had been doing the therapy alongside him. As a result her
monthly migraine headaches that had landed her in hospital with dry heaves and even blackouts
have ceased. She stopped smoking, looks younger, has better energy, and feels truly well. Diabetes
Diabetes is the No.3 killer of Americans, following heart and circulatory disease and cancer. We need to distinguish between two different types of the disease, namely juvenile, or ‘brittle’
diabetes, and age-onset diabetes mellitus. Both require a different approach, as set out below, but
generally speaking it is fair to say that “the usual suspect,” namely the modern American diet with
its excessively high sugar and fat content is largely to blame for the exponential rise in cases of
diabetes mellitus. If you add up all the sugar that an average American adult consumes daily in
the form of sweets, cookies, cakes, convenience foods, ice cream, and the worst culprits, namely
soft drinks, the sum total is pretty frightening. The human body and its most concerned organ, the
pancreas, are unable to deal with this onslaught, and after a while diabetes sets in. However, the
causation of juvenile diabetes is a different story…
Juvenile or ‘brittle’ diabetes is described as ‘insulin dependent,’ 2 which is correct, since
those suffering from it do not produce enough insulin to satisfy their bodies’ needs. Insulin is
a hormone, secreted by the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. It is essential for the proper
metabolism of blood sugar, and for the maintenance of proper blood sugar level. Insufficient
production of insulin is generally due to severe damage to, or infection of, the pancreas, which
leads to the Islets of Langerhans being damaged or partly destroyed. The remaining ones are
unable to produce enough insulin. In many cases the problem starts in early childhood, hence the name ‘juvenile.’ Children
tend to catch colds and flu fairly often; their concerned parents take them to a pediatrician, who
routinely prescribes antibiotics. These suppress and temporarily clear the symptoms, but tend to
damage the children’s immune system. As a result, more infections develop until at some stage Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 5 5Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comthe apparent flu is very severe, persists for some weeks and finally slowly clears. That flu turns
out to have been pancreatitis, i.e., inflammation of the pancreas. A short time later the child is
diagnosed with diabetes. In this case not enough natural insulin is produced, the child becomes insulin dependent and
must be injected daily with the missing hormone. Sadly, the problem is life-long and worsens
over time. Since the patient is advised to eat a largely protein-based diet, excluding carbohydrates,
eventually the kidneys are affected, leading to the need for kidney dialysis. Further difficulties
arise


. Properties
: A thickening agent. Suspected and indicated in ulcerative
conditions of the GI tract. Affects blood clotting and proper nutrient
dispersion. Chlorine
Found in
: Tap water, showers, pool, laundry products, cleaning agents,
food processing, sewage systems, etc. Properties
: Anti-bacterial and parasitic. Contributes to asthma, hay fever,
anemia, bronchitis, circulatory collapse, confusion, delirium,
diabetes, dizziness, irritation of the eyes, mouth, nose, throat, lung,
skin and stomach, heart disease, high blood pressure and nausea. Probably cancer causing. DEA (Diethanolamine)
MEA (Momoethanolamine)
TEA (Triethanolamine)
Found in
: Bubble baths, shampoos, soaps, skin washes and cleansers. Properties
: Foaming agents. Suspected carcinogen. May bind with
nitrates and nitrites to form nitrosamines (tumor growers). EDTA (Ethylendiaminetetraacetic Acid)
Found in
: Shellac, solvents, and personal care products that foam
(bubble baths, body washes, shampoos, soaps and facial cleansers). Properties
: Preservative. Hormone disrupters. Suspected in at least two
types of cancer—kidney and liver cancer. Known to cause kidney,
intestinal and skin disorders. Causes cramping and the like. Gums (Arabic, Karaya, Xanthin, Cellulose, Ghatti, Tragacanth, etc.) Found in
: Ice cream, colas, candy, gum, beer, salad dressings, Isopropyl
alcohol.Properties
: Thickening agent. May be linked to allergies and bowel
disorders. Affects proper nutrient bioavailability
Isopropyl Alcohol
Found in
: Hair color rinses, body rubs, hand lotions, after-shave lotions,
fragrances, and many other cosmetics. A petroleum-derived
substance, it is also used in antifreeze and as a solvent in shellac. Properties
: A solvent and denaturant. (A dena-turant is a poisonous
substance that changes another substance’s natural qualities). Inhalation or ingestion of the vapor may cause headaches, flushing,
dizziness, mental depression, nausea, vomiting, narcosis and coma. Lactic Acid
Found in
: Printing industry, dyes, frozen pizzas, gelatin, cheeses, frozen
desserts, olives, beer, carbonated drinks. Properties
: A preservative. Acidosis and inflammation. Maltol Dextrin
Found in
: Wood tars, many desserts and soft drinks, processed foods,
ice cream. Properties
: Aroma and flavor enhancer. Suspected carcinogen. Mineral Oil
Found in
: Commonly used petroleum ingredient. Baby Oil is 100%
mineral oil. Properties
: Disrupts the skin’s natural immune barrier, inhibiting its
ability to breathe and to absorb moisture and nutrition. Impedes the
skin’s ability to release toxins, promoting acne and other disorders. Ultimately causes premature aging. Modified Food Starch
Found in
: Baked beans, creamed canned foods, beets (processed), dry-
roasted nuts, ravioli, drink powders, frozen pizzas, pie fillings, baby
foods, baking powder, frozen fish (packaged), soups, gravies.Properties
: Thickening and filling agent. Alkali in sodium hydroxide. Suspected in causing lung damage. GI tract irritation, vomiting. Possible cramping and spasms. Mono- and Diglycerides
Found in
: Pies, butter, dry roasted nuts, cakes, cookies, some processed
foods. Properties
: Binding and smoothing agent, softener. Suspected
carcinogenic, possibly causing genetic and birth defects. MSG (Monosodium Glutamate)
Found in
: Many Chinese foods, sauces, canned and processed foods,
frozen pizzas, beer, salad dressings, canned meats, tomato sauces,
broths, gelatins, bouillon, soy sauce, etc. May be disguised by other
names, e.g. glutamate, glutamic acid, autolyzed yeast, hydrolyzed
proteins, natural flavors, caseinate, seasonings, carrageenan, maltol
dextrin, yeast extract. Properties
: A common flavor enhancer. Excitotoxin (neurotoxin) affects
the nervous system and glandular system. Spasms, headaches
(including migraines), sweating, chest pain, diarrhea. Possibly linked
to genetic conditions, brain damage, heart conditions, tumors,
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, asthma attacks, ALS, ADD,
ADHD, GI tract conditions. Nitrites, Nitrates (Sodium)
Found in
: Processed meats, frozen pizzas, baby foods, etc. Properties
: Preservative, used in “curing.”
Known carcinogens. Extremely toxic. Overdoses cause death. Binds to form nitrosamines, especially in the presence
of alcohol. PEG (Polyethylene glycol)
Found in
: Toothpastes, bath and shower products. Used to make
degreasers and cleansers (oven, car, etc. )Properties
: Thickening agent. Affects endocrine function; has estrogenic
effects; a suspected carcinogen. Propylene Glycol
Found in
: Antifreeze, make-up, lotions, deodorants, mouthwashes,
toothpaste, hair products (shampoos, etc.) shaving cream, etc. Used
in food processing. Used as solvents. Properties
: A surfactant or wetting agent. Skin irritant, causing
inflammation and possible damage to skin. May cause kidney, liver,
brain and pancreatic damage and abnormalities. Used to break down
proteins and cellular structures. Propylgallate
Found in
: Gum, pickles, oils and shortenings, processed foods and meat
products. Properties
: A preservative. Suspected in liver and pancreatic damage. Possible link to birth defects. Red Dye #40 (AI I u ra Red AC)
Found in
: Red pistachio nuts, meats (hot dogs, etc. ), gelatin, gum,
cereals, baked goods, many candies, red sodas. Note: #40 is not used
as much today. However, there are many artificial colorings that are
very questionable. Properties
: A coloring. Suspected carcinogen and possibly linked to
birth defects. Liver and kidney damage. Nerve toxin. Saccharin
Found in
: Many desserts, drinks and prepackaged foods. Properties
: An artificial sweetener. Suspected in some cancers (bladder,
etc.) and possible tumor formation. Can affect heart rhythms, GI tract
conditions and skin irritation. Sodium Erythorbate
Found in
: Meat products, baked goods, many beverages, etc.Properties
: Preservative. Banned in many countries. Suspected in birth
defects and genetic conditions. Highly toxic. Sodium Laureth and/or Lauryl Sulfate (SLES/SLS)
Found in
: Mouthwashes, shampoos, bubble bath, shaving gels/creams,
toothpastes, shower bars/gels, detergents, car wash soaps, engine
degreasers, floor cleaner, cosmetics. Properties
: Said to contain nitrosamines and dioxane, which are both
considered carcinogens. Suspected effects include: liver, kidney,
lung and pancreatic damage. May affect calcium utilization causing
teeth, bone and connective tissue weaknesses. May affect nerve and
brain function. Suspected in hair loss, cataracts and poor eyesight,
eye damage/development, shortness of breath, skin irritation/damage,
and death. Sodium Fluoride
Found in
: Toothpastes
Properties
: Known carcinogen. Affects brain and nerve function;
weakens kidney tissue. Talc
Found in
: Deodorants, shaving products and skin products. Properties
: A known carcinogen that causes ovarian cancer in mammals. Synthetic (Artificial) Flavorings or Fragrances
Found in
: Packaged foods, mouthwashes, deodorants, cosmetics,
perfumes, etc. Properties
: Many are neurotoxins affecting your brain, nerve, and
endocrine function; many suspected as carcinogens. Tannin (Tannic Acid)
Found in
: Teas, coffee, beer, wine, soda. Found in many artificial
flavorings, etc. Properties
: Flavoring. Suspected in liver, pancreatic and GI tractirritation. Occurs naturally in nature, in low doses and buffered. Toluene
Found in
: Nail polish, feminine products, as well as some cosmetics. Properties
: Suspected carcinogen, reportedly affects endocrine function. Research shows possible birth defects as one side effect. Can affect brain and nerve function. Conclusion
Many of the toxins listed above have been detected in municipal water
supplies, both above and below ground, including large city water supplies. Most of these toxins and pollutants come from manufacturing, industrial
solvents, ammunition wastes, pesticides, herbicides, grain fumigants, and
petrochemical use (gasoline,
solvents, oils, cleansers) dumped into the
ground. Boating is also a source of contamination of water supplies. Reports indicate that over 125 cosmetic ingredients, and hundreds of
others—commonly found in cigarettes, foods, lotions, salves, synthetic
vitamins and many other daily used or consumed substances—are
carcinogenic


 sease, yet he was cured. But the physician should not ta ke it for granted that a
physician's error causes little in jury and say: As this error
in great measure did not cause death, it will surely cause
no harm if the physician errs a little in the amount of food
or drink. But this is not so a nd the causes that come from
inside are the same as the cau ses that come from outside. You can see with your own eyes men whose arms were
amputated up to the shoulder and their legs above their
hips, or their eyes were removed or they were beaten and smitten severely many times in battle, penetrating the
insides of their bodies, yet th ey did not die but survived
by the will of God. You can also  see one piercing his skin
with a thin needle or thorn that reaches one of his nerves
causing a spasm and he dies. And the error of the
physicians is equal in both di rections, for sometimes they
commit a grave error and the patient is saved, and
occasionally the error in trea tment is very mild and the
patient thinks that it is of little consequence, yet it will
prove the cause of his death. Let every intelligent man
keep his eye on this. Most people think that the rules for eating regular food
and drinking regular fluids and ablutions in cold water
that one is accustomed to, may be changed to the reverse
without involving any danger fo r the patient. But it is not
so. Galen has already explai ned that one who is in a
febrile state and is permitted to drink a lot of cold water
will lose his fluids, bringing a bout the fire of fever and he
will die. And some, on the contrary, find in drinking told
water a cure, because it will so ften the stools, extinguish
the fire of the fever and the patient will become well,
while without the water he would die. In some febrile
states, if we permit the patient to enter cold waters, he
will get healthy and be saved, and in others it will bring
death. Some febrile patients will cleanse their bodies and complete their cure if they will enter a bath, and in others
it will increase their putrefac tion and fever and cause their
death. So also with foods: in some patients their
avoidance will cure and in others it will kill. And the
actions of all these things and the circumstances under
which we should do things or avoid them, have already
been explained and their causes pointed out. MEDICINE A COMPLICATED SCIENCE
To understand all this, as it is described in books, is
very easy for any intelligen t person. But its practical
application in time of ne ed, in a case involving a
particular patient, is quite difficult for the wise man with
a settled mind. But laymen who are ignorant of the
foundations of this science, yet talk with certainty and
without restraint, consider the problem an easy one and
do not believe there is an illness that requires much
observation. Al Razi said in one of his books: The
ignorant say that medicine is  just a profession, that one
can learn it through exercise. But how difficult it is for
the good physician. Said the author: The item mentioned
by Razi in this chapter is disc ussed at length in the works
of Galen, who mentions, th at while Hippocrates talks
about its difficulty, crafty pe ople consider this profession light and easy. And the reader of my statement should not
imagine that this attitude is limited to medicine alone,
because he will find the same in all the natural sciences,
practical and theoretical. The more perfect a person
becomes in one of the scie nces, the more cautious he
grows, developing doubts, questions and problems that
are only partially solved. And the more deficient one is in
science, the easier it will be  for him to understand every
difficulty, making the im probable probable and
increasing the false claims which he represents as certain
knowledge, and is eager to expl ain things that he does not
understand himself. And let me return to what I began to
say about the ease with whic h men of good intelligence
and understanding comprehend the medical science and
how difficult it is for them to  apply it. Galen has already
stated as follows: It is easy  to say that it is proper to
anoint old people with oil and rub it in, but to do it
properly is one of the most difficult tasks. THE LEARNED ARE CAUTIOUS
Said the author: You who observe well, please note, if
anointing and rubbing is a difficult task, according to
Galen, who discusses the speci fic case of drinking or
abstaining from water, as we have mentioned, how difficult it is for the physician to use phlebotomy,
purgatives like colocynth, and the juice of bitter
cucumbers, hellebore, enema, castoreum, opopanax,
cauterization and surgery with a scalpel. Said Ibn Zuhr: I
never prescribed a purgative without taking it to heart
several days before and after. INTERCOURSE
The interest of most men in  intercourse is well known. Not one of them has in mind the care of his health or the
prolongation of the human race,  but a craving after lust. They have no other intention but the satisfaction of their
desire every time and at every opportune moment. And
the informed already know th at intercourse hurts most
people, except the few whose temperament shows that a
small amount of it will not hurt them. But the difference
among men is only in the am ount of harm; some will
suffer in many ways and some only partially. Its harm to
young men whose bodies are moist is little, and in the
case of old people or conval escents or those of a dry
constitution, the impairment of  health is extensive. And
we have seen the convalescent who has had intercourse
and died the same day, while some developed a paralysis
from a heartache and after a few days had a recurrence of their fever and died. One may generalize and say that it is
a bad thing because it kills th e sick and the convalescent
and harms old people and those whose temperament is
dry. And it is not proper for a man to have intercourse
before the food is digested in the stomach, and not when
he is hungry or thirsty or dr unk or has just finished his
bath or exercised or had a phlebotomy performed a day
before or a day after. Whoever wishes to remain healthy
should chase the idea of inte rcourse from his mind as
much as he can. ON WINE
The benefits of wine are many if it is taken in the
proper amount, as it keeps the body in a healthy condition
and cures many illnesses. But the knowledge of its
consumption is hidden from the masses. What they want
is to get drunk and inebriety causes harm. The one who
taught that intemperance is useful once a month is in
error, because it causes only injury and abrogates the
strength of the entire body, pa rticularly of the brain. The
small amount that is useful must be taken after the food
leaves the stomach. Young children should not come
close to it because it hurts them and causes harm to their
body and soul. Galen has already said: A child should abstain from it till the age of  twenty-one. The older a man
is, the more beneficial the wine is for him. Old people
need it most. THE BATH
The bath is very necessary for the maintenance of
health and for the cure of diseases. The physicians
prescribed a bath for illness according to its form, the
season and the age. As to its place in health, it has already
been said that it is proper to  enter it once in ten days. The
physicians reminded us that coming to the bath steadily
every day putrefies the moistures. And this caution is
correct for one who prolongs his stay in a bath until his
perspiration flows. But if one  enters it without staying
there long, but only washes himself and leaves, he is
doing the proper thing even if he does it every day. It is
particularly good for old peopl e and for those who have a
bad constitution. It is not prope r to enter the bath before
the food leaves the stomach and it is best to enter it after
the stomach is empty but before one has hunger pains. One can go in if he wants to lose weight. The regulation
for the bath and its procedure is as follows: One must
sweat first and remove his sweat with a clean flaxen
cloth. And as long as he sw eats he should wipe himself with a cloth until it becomes we t. Then he should cleanse
the skin, massage the whole body and wash it with warm
water, as warmth is good for the body. Then he should
reduce the warmth, little by little, until finally he washes
himself in lukewarm water, as if exposed to the sun, until
finally it is cold without causing the body to shiver. He
should then go into a bathtub where the water has a
similar temperature. But whoever wants to reduce his
body weight and lose the fat of  his flesh, should


 are so many noises
used to symbolize the sum of sensations,  llioughts,
feelings, and dcsires. And if you ask, "What are sensa -
tions,  et cerera?" 1 can only   answcr,   "Don \  be  silly. You know very well what they are. We can't go on
defining things indefinitely without going round in
circles. To define means to fix, and, whcn you get
clown  tO it, real li fe isn 'l fixecl." lt was suggestcd at the end of the last chapter that
this ultimate somcthing which cannot be dcfined or
fixed can be represented by the word God. If chis be
true, we know Gocl all Lhe time -but when wc begin
to think about it we don't. For whcn we begin to
think about experience we try to fix it in rigid forros
and ideas. lt  is the old problem of trying to tie up
water in parcels, or attcmpting to shut the win<l in a
box. Yct it has always  becn  taught  in rcligion  that
·'God" is somcthing from which one can expcct wis -
dom and guidance. vVe have become accustomed to
thc idea  that wisdom -that is, knowledge,  a<lvice,  and
55 THE  WISDOM  OF INSECURITY
information -can be expressed in verbal
statements  consisting of specific directions. If
chis be true, it is hard to sec how any wisdom can
be extracted from  something  impossible  to
define. Bue  in fact the kind  of wisdom  which  can be
pul in the form  of specific  directions  amounts
to very  little,  and most  of the wisdom  which  we
employ  in everyday life never carne to us as
verbal informalion. lt was  not through
statements  that  we learned  how  lO brealhc,
swallow,  sec, circula  te the blood,  digest  food,  or
rcsist  diseascs. Yet thcse  things  are performed  by
the mosl  complex  ancl  marvelous  processcs  which
no amount  of book -learning  ancl  technical  skill
can reproduce. This is real wisdom -buc our
brains have  little to do with it. This is the kind of
wisdom which  we need  in solving the real,
practica! problems  of human  lifc. Il has done
wonders  for us already,  and therc  is no rcason
why  it should  not do much  more. Without any
rechnical  apparatus or  calculations  for
prediction, homing -pigeons  can rcturn  to thcir
roosts  from  long  distances  away,  migrant  birds
can revisit  che same  locations  year after  year,
and plants  can "devise"  wonderful  comraptions
for distribttting  thcir  seeds  on the wind. They  do
not,  of course,  do these  things  ''on purpose,"
which  is only  to say that  thcy  do nol plan  and
think  them  out. lf they  could  talk,  they  could
no more  explain  how  it is done  than  the
average  man  can explain  how  his heart
beats. THE  WISDOM  OF THE  BODY
The "instruments" which achieve these feáts
are, indeed, organs and processes of lhe body -
lhat is to  say, of a myslerious pattern of
movement which we  do not really unclerstand
and cannot actually define. In general, however,
human beings have ceased to  develop the
instruments of the body. More ancl more  we try to
effect an adaptation to life by means of ex• tema! gadgets, and attempt to solve our problems by
conscious thinking ralher than unconscious
"know - how." This is much less to our
advantage than we like to suppose. There are, for instance, "primitive" women
who  can deliver thcmsclves of a child while
working out  in the fields, and, after doing the few
things necessary  to see that the baby is safe,
warm, and comfortable,  resume  their  work  as
before. On the other  hand,  the civilized woman
has to be moved to a complicated  hospital, and
lhere, surrounded by doclors, nurses,  and
innumerable gaclgets, force the poor lhing into
the world with prolonged contortions and
excruciat - ing pains. It is true that antiseptic
conditions pre- vent rnany  mothers and babies
from dying, but why  can 't we have  the antiseptic
conditions and the nat- ural,  easy  way  of birth? The answer to lhis, and many similar
queslions, is  that we have been taughl to
neglcct, despise, and  violate our bodies, and lO
put all faith  in our brains. Indeed, the special
discase of civilized man might be  described  as a
block  or schism  belween  his brain  (spe -
57 THE  WISDOM  OF INSECURJTY
cifically, the cortex) and the rest of his body. This
corrcsponds to lhe split bctwecn "l" and "me," man
and naturc, and to the confusion of Ouroboros, the
mixed -up snake,  who <loes nol know thal his tail
belongs with his head. Happily, lhcrc havc, in recenl
years, been al lcast lwo scientists who have callcd at -
tencion to this schism, namely Lancelot Law Whyte
and Trigant  Burrow. 1 Whytc  calls  this disease  the
"European dissociation," not because it is peculiar to
Europcan -Amcrican  civilizalion,  bul because it  is
specially  charactcristic  of it. BOlh Whyte and Burrow have givcn a clinical de-
scriplion or diagnosis of thc schism, lhe details of
which necd not detain us herc. ll is simply saying in
"medica!'' Janguagc that we have allowed brain think -
ing to develop and dominate our lives out of ali pro -
ponion to "instinctual,visclom," which wc are allow -
ing to slump  imo alrophy. As a conscquence,  we are
al war wilhin ourselvcs -thc brain dcsiring lhings
which the body docs not want, and the body desiring
lhings which the brain clacs not allow; the brain giv-
ing directions  which  the body  will not follow,  and
1Of L.  L. \Vhy1c's  books,  The Ncxt  Deut:lopmcnt  in  Man
(Henry 1 -1011, Ncw York, 19.13) i quite rcadablc and dccply  in1cr -
c11ing. whilc '/'he U11itnry l'rinriplc in Phy sics nnd Diology (1 lcnry  l-
loll. Ncw York, 19,19) is s1ric1.ly for 1hc sci<:ntific rcadcr. Burrow's
Socio/ IJn.sis of C1mscio11sness  (London,  1927) and Tite Structure
of lnsanity  (Londou,  19, 2)  are  unhappily out of print, bu1  mos1
oí 1hc material is containcd in his Neurosis of Man (Routledge,
London, 19,¡8). Thcre are prob bly  01her scicntis1s "·orking on the
same  li11cs,  hui I :un not awarc  of thcm. THE  WISDOM  OF THE  BODY
the body giving impulses which the brain cannot
un- derstand. In one way or another civilizcd  man  agrees
with  St. Francis  in thinking of the body as
Brother Ass. But even theologians have
rccognizeci that the source  of evil and stupidity
lies not in the physical organism  as a whole, but in
the cut -off, dissociated brain which  they  term  the
"will." 'When we compare human with animal desire
we find  many  extraordinary  differences. The
animal  tends to cat with his sLOmach, and the
man with his  brain. Whcn the animal's sLOmach is
full, he stops  eating, but the man is never sure
whcn to stop. When  he has eaten as much as his
belly can  cake, he still  feels empty, he


 with the knife, using
his other hand to feel wher e the paint was going. After an hour of this, Jonathan was cover ed in sweat and
paint. Exhausted, he lif ted the canvas upright. He took a few
steps back. He couldn’t see what he had painted, but still he
felt satisﬁed. It was, he hoped, a painting of L upe in her quinceañera
dress. OceanofPDF.comEPILOGUE
An autumn day, thr ee years later. Jonathan sat at a cr owded banquet table at a lar ge party
under a banner that r ead congratulations on your
quinceañera, lupe! A Latin band played festive music, and nearly everyone
was dancing. At one table sat Brie with a number of L upe’s classmates;
another table was ﬁlled with family members, including
Lupe’s par ents, r ecently r eturned fr om Me xico af ter
Jonathan helped them ﬁnd work as car etakers at a local
farm. Another table had apartment dwellers and another
was ﬁlled with nurses and doctors. When the music ended, L upe’s grandfather wheeled
himself to the micr ophone and spok e in Spanish. Beside
him, his wife translated. “Not everyone thought our darling L upe would mak e it to
this gr eat day, but we believed, and most important, Lupe
believed. She taught us all how to live with hope and faith
and gr eat spirit. She is our angel on earth. W e all love her
and thank God that she has blessed our lives.”
Everyone applauded, Jonathan the loudest and longest of
all. Lupe, now 15, stood, dr essed in an or nate dr ess, looking
like a princess, her hair coiled in braids ar ound her head. During the ensuing years, she’d gr own nearly a foot; and
her face had become mor e ser ene and beautiful. She smiledand placed her hands over her heart as they continued to
clap for her. She walk ed over to her grandpar ents and put her ar ms
around their shoulders and hugged them tightly; then she
turned to her par ents, who wer e glowing with pride. Then
she walk ed over to the table wher e Jonathan sat. Ther e was
a mixtur e of guests her e: Leo, the fabric purveyor, in a
brocade vest; W illiam, the driver; Jonathan’s sister, Carla,
and her son, R odney; the landlor d, Mr. Antunucci; and the
local deliveryman. Jonathan’s hair had grayed mor e at the temples, and his
face was cr eased and lined, but ther e was a new aspect to
his expression, a look of peace. He seemed surprised when
Lupe tapped him on the shoulder. He reached back his hand, and she took it. “ Can I have
this dance, please?” she ask ed. When he made a courtly bow in r esponse, she guided
him out to the dance ﬂoor. The two of them began to dance as a slow, sweet melody
played. Lupe cir cled Jonathan, and they moved easily, as if they
had been doing this all their lives. Jonathan whisper ed a few wor ds into L upe’s ear, and she
smiled up at him. “You’re welcome,” she said. As the music ended, Jonathan joyfully thr ew an ar m in
the air, and for a moment he became the living embodiment
of The Dancing V agabond. OceanofPDF.comABOUT THE  AUTHORS
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. dates
16 oz. celery
Directions: Eat them together, or one at a time. DINNER
Course 1: Fresh-Squeezed Orange Juice
16 oz. fresh-squeezed orange juice

Course 2: Orange Broccoli Soup
8 oz. broccoli
8 oz. oranges
Directions: Blend both ingredients into a delicious soup. Course 3: Grapefruit Tahini Salad
1 lb. romaine lettuce
4 oz. broccoli
4 oz. grapefruit
1 oz. raw mechanically hulled tahini
Directions: Finely chop the lettuce and broccoli into a bowl. Blend the gra pefruit and the tahini to dress the salad. Spring Menu Plan: Day One

BREAKFAST
Papaya with Kiwi Sauce
2.5 lbs. papaya
8 oz. kiwi
Directions: De-seed and peel the papaya. Cut into a bowl. Blend the kiwi and pour  over the papaya. LUNCH
Banana Celery Smoothie
1¾ lbs. bananas
4 oz. celery
Directions: Cut the celery into small pieces to sever the fibers, ma king them easier to blend. Blend banana and celery with as
much water as needed for desired consistency. DINNER
Course One: Pineapple Kiwi Drink
8 oz. pineapple
8 oz. kiwi
Directions: Peel and core the pineapple. Peel the kiwi, and then blend the t wo ingredients. Course Two: Pineapple Fennel Soup
8 oz. pineapple
4 oz. celery
4 oz. cucumber
1 oz. fennel fronds
Directions: Blend the pineapple, celery, and fennel, and pour into a bowl. Cut t he cucumber into small chunks and use to
garnish the top of the soup. Course 3: Pineapple Macadamia Salad
1 lb. green-leaf lettuce
4 oz. tomatoes
4 oz. pineapple
1 oz. macadamia nuts
Directions: Chop the lettuce into a bowl. Slice the tomato and toss with th e greens. Blend the pineapple and macadamia nuts
for a scrumptious dressing! Spring Menu Plan: Day Two

BREAKFAST
Bananas with Carob Sauce
1 lb. bananas
1 oz. medjool dates
1 oz. raw carob powder
Directions: Slice most of the bananas into a bowl, reserving ½ of one banana for the sauce. Blend the dates, ½ banana, and
carob with just enough water to make a sauce. Pour over the sliced banana. LUNCH
Banana Milk
2 lbs. bananas
Directions: Blend bananas with enough water to make a “milky” consi stency. DINNER
Course 1: Strawberry Pineapple Drink
8 oz. strawberries
8 oz. pineapple
Directions: Prep both ingredients and blend. Course 2: Strawberry Yellow Pepper Soup
1 lb. strawberries
8 oz. yellow bell peppers
8 oz. romaine lettuce
Directions: Chop all ingredients into a blender, except for 1 strawberry, a nd blend. Pour into a bowl and garnish with the
reserved strawberry, thinly sliced. Course 3: Strawberry Red Pepper Salad
1 lb. romaine lettuce
4 oz. red bell peppers
8 oz. strawberries
Directions: Finely chop the lettuce into a bowl. Blend the red peppers and st rawberries into a dressing. Pour over the salad. Spring Menu Plan: Day Three

BREAKFAST
Citrus Celebration! 8 oz. pineapple
8 oz. kiwi
8 oz. strawberries
8 oz. red grapefruit
8 oz. oranges
Directions: Prep all ingredients, chop, and mix together into a bowl. LUNCH
Ataulfo Mangos
2 lbs. ataulfo mangos
† This Mexican variety of mango begins its season in late April. Also known as honey, champagne, Manila, Asian, or yellow
mango, it is a smaller-than-average mango, with a pale yellow color an d a virtually fiberless flesh and sweet flavor, which makes it a
leader of the imported varieties. While imported mangos are subject to hot- water treatment (unless you live in areas where they are
grown locally, such as South Florida and Southern California), they are  sometimes the only varieties available. It is always a good
idea to visit areas where tropical fruits are grown. DINNER
Course 1: Kiwi Strawberry
1 lb. kiwi
1 lb. strawberries
Directions: Slice, dice, and enjoy. Course 2: Strawberry Cucumber Soup
1 lb. strawberries
8 oz. cucumbers
Directions: Peel and slice the cucumber and blend the strawberries, l eaving a little of each for garnish. Blend, pour into a bowl,
and decorate. Course 3: Strawberry Almond Salad
1 lb. red-leaf lettuce
4 oz. cucumbers
4 oz. strawberries
1 oz. almonds
Directions: Chop the lettuce into a large bowl. Peel and slice the cucu mber and mix with the lettuce. Blend the strawberries
and almonds for a dressing. Spring Menu Plan: Day Four

BREAKFAST
Orange Juice
4 cups fresh-squeezed orange juice

LUNCH
Banana and Ataulfo Smoothie
1 lb. bananas
1 lb. ataulfo mangos
Directions: Blend and devour! DINNER
Course One: Papaya Strawberry Boats
1 lb. papaya
1 lb. strawberries
Directions: Deseed the papaya, and fill with sliced strawberries. Ar m yourself with a spoon and enjoy! Course Two: Celery Orange Soup
8 oz. celery
8 oz. red bell peppers
8 oz. Valencia oranges
Directions: Blend the celery, orange, and ¾ of the red pepper. Pour into a b owl and decorate with the remaining red pepper,
finely chopped. Course Three: Orange Red Pepper Salad
1 lb. red-leaf lettuce
4 oz. oranges
2 oz. red bell peppers
1 oz. Brazil nuts
Directions: Tear the lettuce into a bowl. Use the pulse setting on your  blender to turn the oranges, bell pepper, and Brazil nuts
into a chunky dressing. Spring Menu Plan: Day Five

BREAKFAST
Sweet-Tart Delight
16 oz. fresh-squeezed orange juice
8 oz. ataulfo mangos
8 oz. strawberries
Directions: Blend everything and try not to drink it too fast… it’s that g ood! LUNCH
Just Bananas! 2 lbs. bananas
DINNER
Course One: Fresh-Squeezed Orange Juice
16 oz. fresh-squeezed orange juice

Course Two: Spinach Red Pepper Soup
8 oz. spinach
8 oz. red bell peppers
8 oz. oranges
Directions: Blend all of the ingredients and pour into a bowl. Course Three: Orange Pistachio Salad
8 oz. baby spinach
8 oz. red-leaf lettuce
4 oz. oranges
1 oz. pistachios
Directions: Chop the spinach and lettuce into a bowl. Blend the oranges an d pistachio, and dress your salad! Spring Menu Plan: Day Six

BREAKFAST
Spring Fruit Salad
1 lb. sweet oranges
1 lb. strawberries
8 oz. kiwi
Directions: Cut all the fruits into chunky bite-size pieces, toss, an d savor the flavor! LUNCH
Ataulfo Strawberry Salad
2 lbs. ataulfo mangos
1 lb. strawberries
Directions: Dice the mangos and slice the strawberries into a bowl. DINNER
Course One: Papaya
1.5 lbs. papaya

Course Two: Papaya Gazpacho
1 lb. papaya
8 oz. tomatoes
2 oz. fresh basil
Directions: Deseed the papaya, peel, and cut it into small chunks, or blend it, if you prefer. Dice the tomato and finely chop the
basil. Add them both to the papaya mixture. Enjoy! Course Three: Papaya Salad Wraps
1 lb. butter lettuce
1 lb. papaya
juice of 1 lime
Directions: In a bowl, cut the papaya into small chunks. Mix it with the l ime juice until it all melds together. Use the lettuce
leaves as wrappers, and use your papaya-lime blend as a filling. Spring Menu Plan: Day Seven

BREAKFAST
Strawberries
3 lbs. strawberries
† If you are looking to get a little extra greens, or to save time, you can eat  the tops to the strawberries. They do change the
texture a bit, but they also add a little green flavor. If you enjoy eating  greens with your fruit, then this is a complete package. LUNCH
Banana Romaine Smoothie
2 lbs. bananas
8 oz. romaine lettuce
Directions: Blend into a smoothie. DINNER
Course One: Orange Kiwi
1 lb. oranges
8 oz. kiwi
Directions: Peel the oranges, then cut them into chunks and place in a  bowl. Peel the kiwi and cut into slices. Stir into the
oranges. Course Two: Cauliflower Tomato Soup
8 oz. cauliflower florets
1 lb. tomatoes
Directions: Blend cauliflower with ¾ of the tomatoes. Dice the remain ing tomato and stir it into the soup or place on top for
garnish. Course Three: Orange Tahini Salad
8 oz. romaine lettuce
8 oz. baby spinach
4 oz. oranges
1 tbsp. raw mechanically hulled tahini
Directions: Tear greens into a bowl. Blend orange segments with tahi ni, and dress. Appendix B. Frequently Asked Questions

What are raw foods? There are different definitions of raw foods, depending upon whom


 is that pure spirituality has no requirements, obligations,
dependencies, attachments, or other evidence of specialness, nor the
imposition of control, such as  oaths, financial pledges, or signing up
members for classes or “traini ngs.” Commitment is to the core of truth
itself, n ot to the person of the teacher, and pure spirituality  is free of
seduction by proselytization or secrecies. All that is necessary are curiosity
and an attraction to truth, which is complete, total, and self-suf ficient. The teachers, teachings, or groups found attractive or meaningful depend
on the karmic propensities and evolution of the seeker at any given time. Dif ferent teachers and teaching s will appeal to dif ferent seekers and be
appropriate for dif ferent life tas ks. What is best for one person or situation
may not  be best for another. Just because a teaching calibrate s at 600 or
higher does not mean it is the most appropriate or helpful; wha t matters is
that a teaching or teacher calibrates over 200, the level of integrity. SPIRITUAL EDUCA TION
Fortunate is the seeker who has  not been led away from the straight and
narrow path of spiritual truth by diversions and popularized attractions. People spend lifetimes searching for authentic teachings and becomesidetracked by the seduction of attractive, glamorized aberrations away
from truth. These turn out to be fictional or romanticized fa ntasies that
attract the naïve person’ s inne r child. Spiritual fairy tales a bound and
impress the credulous, for who m anything labeled “spiritual” is imbued
with a magical glamour. T o go through that stage is routine during initial,
uncritical enthusiasm and exploration. The primary problem initially i s the lack of awareness of the dif ference
between the truly spiritual reality and the astral, paranormal, or supernatural
domains. T o the naïve, thes e latter alternatives seem amazing and
impressive. A “right-on” psychi c reading is indeed impressive to a novice. The majority of popular best-selling supposedly spiritual books are actually
fictional, and their average leve l of truth is at calibration level 190, as are
slick-appearing “spiritual” magazines that glamorize fallacious fantasies of
“other d imensions,” and so on. T he paradox is that the appeal is to the naïve
seeker who has not yet mastered this dimension, much less other fanciful
ones. Mystical “powe rs” that are g enuine are not exhibited, much less
promoted or sold for a price. Im itations of the real are a diversion that have
sidetracked and deceived many naïve spiritual students and even branches
of m ajor religions (T antric sex  and so forth). Artificial means are ego
inflating, as is denoted by the mere fact that one is attracted to th em by their
specialness and  the glamour of the unique and unusual. Even when
cultivated by training, such phenomena are merely acquired skills that have
been sought for their own sake and reflect spiritual vanity, as evidenced by
display and promotion. While th e gifts of God can be imitated, the for gery is not the genuine. This can be ascertained by consciousness calibration. The genuine siddhis
(for example, clairvoyance, clairaudience, psychometry, telepa thy, and the
like) sta rt to emer ge at calibration level 540 and become predominant in the
range of  level 570. The promoted imitations calibrate from 155 to the lower
400s. No table al so is that no avatar or great teacher has ever re commended
the seek ing of the supernatural, as it arises of itself according to Divine
W ill.
Miraculous healings and other phenomena emer ge spontaneously and
nonvolitionally i n the fields of 540-plus. It is important to note that there is
no “healer” or “doer ” of such miracles; they emer ge spontaneously from the
impersonal fiel d as a conseq uence of karmic propensities  and localconditions. Imitations of the miraculous are easy to spot, a s they put
emphasis on the personhood of the so-called healer. The innocent child within the seeker gets easily glamorized by imitations
of the real. It is wise to bewar e of linear methods that promise access to
nonlinear states,  such as artificially induced altered states of consciousness,
special garments, strange diets, and other stringent practices; ener gy-
manipulation techniques; programs and workshops for instant
enlightenment o r psychic powers (usually for a price); hold ing strange
poses for long periods of time ; blood and other body cleansers, exotic
pur ges, o r breathing exercises; and so on. Altered states are not the same as
divine s tates. Alpha-wave train ing, for example, is therapeutic but not a
spiritual state. There are astral realms and universes without number, each with its own
teachers, master s, spiritual hierarchy, and belief systems. Many are quite
intriguing. The unwary can be easily entrapped by these fascinating and
esoteric doctrines; however, the seeker of Enlightenment will remember
that the ultimate state is not reachable via the levels of form. All truth is
found w ithin and is available b y ordinary means, without needing to be
accessed through a healer, medium, or psychic; numerology; or a channeled
entity. SELF-REALIZA TION AND ENLIGHTENMENT OF THE
MYSTIC
The truly great teachers and teachings ef fulge from s tates of
consciousness a t 600 and highe r. In religious history, the myst ic has been
both rev ered and persecuted. The mystic’ s authority stem s from the
Presence, the Divine “I” of the Self. This has been viewed as sacrilege by
authoritarian rel igions whose beliefs are limited to a transcendent God only;
mystics have thus been tried as heretics, imprisoned, excommunicated,
burned at the st ake, beheaded, or even crucified by religious authorities. Most my stics re tire from society. Some, by virtue of great ef fort, return to
the w orld but are silent about their inner state. A few mystics a re given the
capacity to write and teach about the rare state that lies beyond the dualities
of the ego and its identification with form.The state of the mystic is not an  “achievement.” It is not even a person,
though we commonly refer to  the mystic as a person. It is a state of
consciousness b eyond personho od, for in that state, there is no longer a
“me.” T he myst ic seldom uses f irst-person pronouns and then only to assist
others who cannot grasp langu aging that lacks personal pronouns. The
average person says, “It was raining on me yesterday.” The mystic says, “It
was raining yesterday.”
There is a detachment, because one is describing phenomena from the
viewpoint of the witness. The w itness observes and then reports back the
observations wit hout making judgments or evaluations of what is observed. By analogy, the space in a room  has no opinion about where the furniture
goes or what occurs within it. The witness silently observes all things
within a state of stillness and peace. In that state, walking through th e woods, one is aware that the trees are
aware. All life is shimmering fo rth, worshipful of the presence of Divinity
and very conscious and aware o f it. The universe is conscious. The tree is
vibrantly aware that it is in the presence of Divinity. Because o f its nature,
because of the s ource of its creation, which is the same source a s one’ s own
creation, the tree knows its own, for life reverences life. T echnically, this state begins at level 600, a state of infinite Peace. In
Sanskrit, it is called Satchitananda. T he preceding states are those of Love,
Joy, and Ecstasy. When one lets go of any attachment to those states, which
are exquisite, there is a state of infinite, timeless peace, i llumination,
stillness, and completion. Peace (cal. 600) is a state of revelation, all-
inclusive and totally intrinsic, as it stems from within. It is motio nless as the
essence of Divinity unfolding an all-encompassing eme r gence and
ef fluence. It is also silent and wordless. T ransfigured, the mystic realizes
that this stillness of Peace is one’ s true identity, which is nonlinear and
harmonious with all life. It has no location, for it is totality. Unifying
beyond descript ion, there is no “me” that is separate from “you,” and
separateness disappears in the Revelation of the Radiance of Oneness. What th e world calls “Enlightenment,” then, is a state in which the
former p ersonal identity and all that had been believed about it have been
erased, removed, transcended, and dissolved. The particular has been
replaced by the universal, qualities have been replaced by essence, the
linear ha s been replaced by the n onlinear, and the discrete has


 it still come back. perhaps in a more
menacing appearance, for example, in the form of influenza, in the form of cancer or
AIDS. Very relevant hypothesis pathologist A V Rusakov - pretty
bold, according to a few friends with her orthodox
physicians. Is it that the sick body does not fight
with the disease, and it nourishes itself. From my point of view, viruses and microbes
can be regarded as bearers of the body. Infections - one
of the greatest natural wealth, which we simply do not know how
enjoy. But we know that many feel better
after undergoing a cold. True naturopaths know that
immunodeficiency state, precisely in order there to
during the illness to allow fellow microbes to work in our
mortal body, to clean it from the food for the microbes, which
otherwise the body could not remove. Speaking about his attitude to orthodox medicine, like
quote from the book of a member of the British Association
naturopaths Harry Benjamin: "The author is with great
respect for the efforts being made by both individual physicians,
and all of medicine in general, to help suffering humanity. But the tragedy is that these efforts are directed
in a completely wrong direction. For the philosophy of the disease, this
foundation on which to build the whole edifice of modern medicine,
fundamentally false. "
There is no specific antiviral agent - in it and needs-
no. Disease - this is not the enemy but the friend of man. Deal with it has no
meaning, it must cooperate. Therefore it is necessary to help the disease
by using mainly a diet of dry starvation
and hygienic procedures to achieve the appearance of the patient
primary care crisis, to put it simply - exacerbation of chronic
disease. Then "prescribers" of dry fasting - up
complete disappearance of symptoms of the crisis. Of course, we always
is to refuse to continue on lifestyle and nutrition that
led to ill health. 112
112As a result of dry fasting is an active cleansing
organism from its own internal waste - an organism like
feeds on itself. Fasting - a universal and comprehensive
method, that it has almost nothing to add. During the absolute
fasting self-dissolution (autolysis) of dead cells and protein
mass increases sharply, and in this case there is no need for assistance
microbes and viruses. Therefore, they are removed by the body,
which includes the mechanisms of immune protection. Changes in chronic patients with an absolute starvation
and intestinal microflora. Putrid flora dies, remains
and recovering flora of fermented milk fermentation, as
a long-lived or have yogis. as a result of improving the quality of synthesis
microflora of vitamins and other bioactive substances. Perhaps, therefore, in the body during the healing of dry starvation
there is no problem of synthesis of essential amino acids. Work
Scientists show that endogenous feeding organism
provides a synthesis of different amino acids, including
and irreplaceable, as well as protein structures - enzymes. Mechanical ZM acidification I
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effect is necessary to pass certain stages. Stage 1 is
name of food excitation, the duration of the wet
starvation for 2-3 days, the dry fasting 1 - 2 days. Stages of the food
excitation is a mild stress to the body. This stress
primarily causes activation of the hypothalamus. He begins
separate different substances that have a particular impact
on endocrine glands in order to adapt the organism
livelihood without food and water. After 24 hours of fasting
a person dramatically increases the secretion of pituitary somatotropic
hormone - growth hormone, according to modern data, the SG has
rejuvenating effect on the body. It activates hormones
pancreas glyukagen that enhances cleavage
glycogen in the liver, which provides the body with nutrition. He also
removes the intoxication of the organism through a beneficial effect on
thyroid gland. During the first stage usually can irritate
any signals of food: the sight and smell it, talk about food, the sound of the dining room
dishes and stuff. They salivate, rumbling in the stomach,
sensation of sucking in the stomach, worsening sleep, increased
irritability, sometimes a bad mood. Thirst - tolerable. Stage 2: the increasing acidosis. Typically, this stage is to dry
fasting lasts from 2 to 4 days. Once a person is fully
refused food and water, his body begins consumption
stored reserves and secondary tissues. Splitting
nutrients and tissues during starvation leads
to the accumulation of their decay products inside the body. as a result of
113
113then quickly shift the pH of the body in an acidic
side (acidosis), but the magnitude of acidification does not go beyond
physiological norms. Acidosis during fasting is the first
and most important physiological mechanism that causes
the inclusion of the chain of other healing mechanisms that
conventional food regime is in an inactive state. Acidification of the internal environment of an organism leads to the launch
processes of dissolution of tissues - autolyze (this mechanism will
discussed in more detail). It turns out that in the acidic environment
activated phagocytes and certain enzymes, whose function
reduces to the destruction of their own weakened tissue and total
alien in the body. in turn the processes of autolysis
trigger mechanism for cleansing the body of toxins, weakened
and pathologically altered tissue. Due to the splitting of tissue
Finally, it toxins are released and eliminated from the body,
and the modified tissue is destroyed. Control over the splitting of tissues by
special function, which we call the principle of priority. As
again, this function ensures that was initially split
everything superfluous, pathological changes, and then the turn of
healthy tissue - on the principle of vital importance for
organism. Acidification of the body and increase phagocytic activity
lead to the normalization of the microflora. Acidosis includes a mechanism for uptake by cells of the body
carbon dioxide and nitrogen from the air. It was he who helps to fix
soluble in blood carbon dioxide on the principle of photosynthesis, ie
by the most perfect synthesis of our world. Atmospheric air,
that we breathe becomes a breeding ground. In other words,
assimilation at elevated CO cells in combination with the increased
consumption of nitrogen from the air are the most favorable
conditions for constructing high-quality nucleic acids,
proteins and other biologically active substances required for
full-fledged human life. In other words,
dry hunger we consume carbon dioxide and nitrogen from the air and create a
are necessary to our body proteins. But the question arises: by
Why. Recall plants. They take energy from the sun and can therefore
turn the same carbon dioxide air and nitrogen mineral salts
into organic compounds. Man also has the ability to
eat natural and cosmic energies, only in the usual
state is seen only in very small numbers of people. currently known only a few people who do
nothing to eat or drink (I wrote about them). The inclusion of this mechanism
means moving the body to a full internal (endogenous)
food, which provides a complete synthesis of amino acids
and other biological compounds during fasting. 114
114In the process of starvation, many organs and systems get
physiological rest, which allows them to recover their
damaged structures and functions. Increased splitting of tissues as a result of autolysis
and restore the structure and function of digestive organs
under dry starvation stimulate metabolism and increase
digestive ability of the body during recovery
supply. During fasting there is a strengthening of protective functions
organism at the level of cells and whole organism. He
becomes much more resistant to various internal and external
damaging factors. All of the above physiological mechanisms lead
to a powerful regenerating and rejuvenating effect
in the subsequent period of starvation. After we described what starts the process of acidification
(Acidosis), the internal environment during starvation, back to the very acidosis. The process of acidification of the internal environment is growing rapidly. Typically, the maximum acidification observed on 2-3rd day of fasting. And there it is. at the beginning of starvation, when the body has
have stocks of animal sugar - glycogen, the body uses it. But once the glycogen stores run out (and it usually occurs
the first day of fasting) in the blood begin to accumulate acid
products of incomplete cleavage of fat (butyric acid, acetone)
alkaline reserves of its decline, and this is reflected in the well-being:
from hunger may appear headache, nausea, feeling
weakness and malaise. Growing white patches on the tongue, dry tongue and lips, mucus on
teeth, the smell of acetone breath, dry and pale skin,
hunger is much reduced, whereas thirst at this time of
increases. Poor health - the result of accumulation in the blood
harmful products. At this time the man on the dry fasting may appear
inner glow, this is the body begins to incorporate mechanisms
disposal of hazardous substances. Here is a description of the mechanism of
diary of the patient. "The fifth day dry hunger. There was a 5 th night. Somewhere in the 21 - 22 hours
felt the heat of the night. and though it was cool (sitting in a sweater)
stripped to his underpants, but the cooler was gone