 to the seasons and cycles of the day as discussed
previously.
W H E N  T O  E A T
Eating somethin g light and warm in the morning wakes u p our
digestive system, warms it up and also helps with the elimination
process. Drinkin g hot water with a bit of lemon and raw honey is a
great w ay to awaken our dig estion and get our bowels m oving.
Morning is the Kapha time and  eating something light and war m will
balance the Kapha qualities of heavy and cool.
Eating y our bigg est meal of the  day during lunch time, the Pitta time,
is best for harnessing the digestive fire that is available to us during
that time and it can provide us with the fuel we need for the rest of the
day.
Eating a lighter meal at dinner time is in alignment with Nature, as it
slows down during this time, a long with our digestion. In ad dition,
leaving a two-hour gap between our dinner and our bedtime is
recommended to ensure adequate digestion while we are still awake.
Eating at approximately the same time regulates our digestive function
and trai ns our body to work w ith our natural rhythms and th ose ofNature. Regularity in meals will make you hungry around the same
time and is best for your digestion.
T H E  E N V I R O N M E N T  M A T T E R S!
Eating in a settl ed environment is good for our digestion. Mini mizing
the distractions while eating will maximize the enjoyment and
satisfaction of the meal. Be present to the dif ferent tastes, textures, and
aromas, and truly enjoy your food. Allowing that experience to register
with all your se nses will go a long way towards helping you eat in
accordance with  your hunger so you do not overeat. Rememb er, the
banquet is in the  first bite. A happy and cozy place in our kitchen is an
important factor in helping us feel nurtured and nourished.
Eating on-the-ru n and while engaged in other things takes awa y from
the enjo yment a nd satisfaction of a meal and we may turn to  other
things—or more eating—in order to get that feeling. Y our multi-
tasking abilities  are better serv ed in other areas of your life a nd not
while eating!
A void stimulatin g conversations, news or phone calls so your ener gy
and atten tion can  go towards eat ing and digesting. It is okay to i ndulge
in ea ting in fron t of a good movie once in a while, but it is what we do
consistently that matters.
A great way to f inish a meal, and to have the experience registe r, is to
sit f or five mi nutes after the meal instead of running of f to do
something else.
W H O  I S  T H E  C O O K?
Food conveys ener gy to the body. The food will have the ener gy of the
person who cooked it. So, the level of Consciousness of the cook matters.
Food cooked by a corporation—as is the case with frozen, prepared, or fast
food meals—is not the same as food cooked by a family member or
yourself. The ener gy of the cook plays a big part in the enjoyment of the
food, and it del ivers that same ener gy to us. Have you ever noticed that
even when you follow grandma’ s recipe to a “T,” the dish still doesn’ t tasteas g ood as hers  did? Love is a potent ingredient in our meals  and that is
what’ s hugely missing in food prepared by corporations.
One of my siste rs, who passed away a few years ago, had magic in her
hands and in her pr esence. I enjoyed my meals the most when she was in
the kitchen. She knew what I liked, and how I liked it, and she put extra love
into the food she pr epar ed for me. One particular time she pack ed my lunch
for a field trip and I could taste the love oozing out of the food she had
pr epar ed. A lot o f my friends ga ther ed ar ound me for a taste. Luckily, I can
say this about all of my sister s especially the oldest one: she not only
cr eates magic in the kitchen but  she has the unique gift of making everyone
happy with her cooking.
M O R E  W A Y S  T O  I M P R O V E  D I G E S T I O N
Starting the day with stewed apples in the mornings is a great way to
kick-start our digestion. (Cut apple into small pieces, with or without
the peel, put in  a small saucep an and add ½ cup of water and 3-4
whole cl oves (n ot garlic); cover and cook on medium heat for a bout 7
minutes, checking in between to make sure that more water isn’ t
needed. Discard  the cloves, they  are added for flavor and to ad d some
heat to the digestion.)
Sipping hot water throughout the day is a great way to detoxify and
help your digestive system stay strong and healthy.
Eat a couple of pieces of ginger pickle, as discussed earlier.
T op your food w ith a teaspoon of ghee (recipe in Chapter 16 ) and  eat  it
with the first bite to stoke your digestive fire.
A void icy drinks or lar ge amounts of liquid with meals, as the
ef ficiency of our digestive syste m decreases with cold drinks, a nd too
much fluid tends to liquefy th e stomach enzymes and weaken our
digestion.
Cooking with digestive spices (recipe in Chapter 16 ) h elps our body
digest and assimilate the food and also helps repair our gut. Di gestive
spices include ginger, black pepper, cumin, coriander, turmeric and
fennel.Eating u ntil only  75% full ensures there is some room left in our body
for the digestive process to take place.
A void snacking between meals so your body has time to fully  digest
your me al before it has to digest the snacks. Eating a handful of nuts or
a little fruit is okay, however, if necessary.
Pay attention to how you feel after you eat certain foods. This will help
guide you in ca se there are certain foods that do not agree wi th you.
Notice also the ef fect of the food on your sleep, mood, and
elimination. Our body has its o wn intelligence and a little awareness
can help us tap into it.
What is the one  thing you can  do to better your digestion? Many times,
it is  that single  step that cr ea tes a chain r eaction in an upward and
positive way.C H A P T E R  1 2W h a t  M a k e s  F o o d  A y u r v e d i c?
The purpose of this chapter is to pull all the information together for a
practical understanding of A yurv edic nutrition and also to discuss what may
have be en left out of the previous chapters. Some A yurvedic information
does not fall into any one category but needs to be discussed. A nother key
focus of  this chapter is to talk about Ama (toxins) in terms o f how it is
created and how we can clear it up.
What m akes food A yurvedic? A yurvedic food is not Indian food; however,
the terms are commonly used interchangeably because A yurveda originated
in India. This way of cooking and living is common and pred ominant in
India; it’ s in the culture. But A yurvedic food is not limited to I ndian food.
A yurvedic principles are inheren t in Nature and when we respond to Nature
in ou r co oking a nd eating, it bec omes A yurvedic. Also, food is A yurvedic if
we unde rstand its properties and function and use it to create a specific
result. F ood is preventive medicine. By paying attention to how we cook
and eat,  we are preventing future illness. Below are some reminders that
may seem obvious, but it is the obvious things that we often mi ss, and they
are pivotal in creating a sustainable change.
F O O D  N E E D S  T O  B E  H O T,  F R E S H L Y
C O O K E D,  N O U R I S H I N G,  O R G A N I C  A N D
N O N - G M O.
A w ord on why fresh is important: what we eat needs to be available to our
body fo r ener gy. Y ou may be familiar with the word bio-avail able, which
means our body is able to identify it, therefore making it usable and
available for ener gy. Process ed food is laden with add itives and
preservatives and our body does not recognize them. It therefo re does not
know w hat to do with them. F ood transforms into ener gy and waste, and
our digestive system must be working well to carry out this process fully.
Additives and preservatives can not be cycled into either ener g y or waste.
Overconsumption of processed food will undermine our body’ s


. Our first world isn’t the Garden of Eden,
although that’s the metaphor  Eliot is using. Our first world is pure
consciousness, which we can call “pure” because it doesn’t contain
anything. The  open space between thoughts doesn’t contain
anything, eithe r, except the potential for the next thought and the
next and the next. Apparently, a kind of nothing, the gap between
thoughts in reality is the “stuff” that a thought is made of. The
mind is the play of consciousness once it starts making things.
I’d c onsider alien life forms to be superior beings only if they
comprehended “everything, always, and everywhere.” Short of
that, we cannot enter metareality ourselves. The play of
consciousness is behind all of creation. I think of this as “Genesis
now,” the constant appearance of newness in every dimension—
mind, b ody, br ain, and universe—that gives us the experience of
being human.
“Everything, always, and everywhere” is the real story of
creation. It alone tells us who  we are and why we are here. Beyond
the narratives provided by any storyteller, whether they are the
rabbis of 1000 BCE compiling the Hebrew Bible, the
mythologizers of Homer’s Greece, or modern theorists of a
gazillion possible universes, something  is making creation
happen. This something  is  here and n ow. It has no story in the
conventional sense. It is content, like a choreographer standing
offstage, to invisibly invent what the dancing universe is doing.
T h e  U l t i m a t e  F a i l - S a f eConsciousness isn’t playing with  the universe. Consciousness is
the univ erse. It plays at turni ng into a helium atom or a g alaxy. It
plays at turning into a brain  cell or a heartbeat. Shape- shifting
never ceases. When you feel happy or sad, you are experiencing
two con trasting modes of consciousness. But since you are also
consciousness, and so is your brain, there can be only one
conclusion. Creation is consciousness experiencing itself. Like
making all the gold jewelry in the world, the forms in creation
change, but the gold—the essential “stuff” of creation— remains
the same. In humanity’s search for Truth with a capital T, this
truth alone qualifies.
Is T ruth with a  capital T exciting, fascinating, or merely m ind-
boggling? When people get wind of consciousness, their worldview
isn’t shattered.  They don’t sit down in amazement as Truth  washes
over them. In fact, the average person shows complete
indifference (in my experience) and dismisses such thoughts from
his mind. The opportunity to access metareality doesn’t strike
people as anything urgent or  necessary. I’ve reflected on w hy this
is, and it comes down to a series of fail-safe mechanisms. A fail-
safe keeps disasters from sh utting a system down or ma king the
unthinkable happen, as in the accidental launch of ballistic
missiles armed with nuclear warheads. There are strong fail-safes
to prevent such a catastrophe.
In t he case of  the human mind, the fail-safe protects v irtual
reality from being dismantled. Strangely, the mind must be
protected from  its own infinite potential. Imagine that you are an
art s tudent, and on the first d ay of class the instructor out fits your
skull w ith electrodes that will fill your brain with every painting
that has ever existed or eve r will. You reluctantly comply, and
suddenly the full reality of ar t pours into your cranium, from the
earliest cave paintings on, covering thousands of years. Such an
experience would be unbearable, in all likelihood, but it would also
be u seless. You can’t teach bu dding artists by showing them every
piece of art. It’s like asking for a glass of water and being made to
swallow the Great Lakes. In other words, the slow unfolding of the
mind in time is a fail-safe. In linear sequence, event A is followed
by B, which is followed by C.This linear process is not r eal, however; it is a mecha nism
installed in human consciou sness. One can argue as to whether
our anc ient ancestors instal led it early in prehistory or it was
installed by the force of evolution. But there’s no doubt that we
consider this mental fail-safe necessary for survival. One piece of
evidence is how hard it was to convince ordinary people that time
is relative. Even though the concept dates back to Einstein’s theory
of special relativity in 1905, the notion of time deviating from a
straight line in a fixed way  seemed unfathomable. As late as
twenty or thirty years later, it seemed like a kind of specia l magic.
The British philosopher Bertr and Russell, who wrote a small book
titled The ABC of Relativity  in 1925, anno unced public ly, with
typical lack of modesty, that h e was one of only three people in the
world who understood what relativity was.
Einstein’s rev olutionary the ory didn’t alter everyday life;
relativity could be set aside in its own exotic cage. (But there are
practical applications. For example, the GPS satellites that orbit
the Ear th have to take rela tivistic effects into account. If they
didn’t, t he GPS  in your car would be off by a fraction of a  second
and thus give you an inaccurate location for where you are.)
Once you accept the human construct of time unfolding in a
straight line, it naturally follows that there is cause and effect. The
big ban g led to the creation o f planet Earth after around 1 0 billion
years, w hich in turn led to  the creation of DNA, then human
beings, then civilization, then  New York City, then the birth of a
new bab y in a New York hos pital at some hour this morn ing. The
reverse cannot be true—the  birth of a baby in New York City
cannot lead to the big bang. That would defy cause and effect.
This fail-safe is so convincin g that we cannot easily acce pt its
artificiality. B ut relativity wasn’t the last or the only  glitch.
Modern physics has devised mathematical models of the universe
in which everything happens simultaneously at the subtlest level
of c reation, where time disso lves into the timeless and th e entire
cosmos is a sin gle subatomic particle. But such models are exotic,
even in  quantum physics, which is quite exotic to begin with.
Nobody expect s such notions to rise to the surface of every day life.
Without our fail-safes, we become very anxious.We are  all quite comfortable with the illusions we have
protected with fail-safe mechanisms. We see the univer se as a
theater of space and time i n which objects and people bounce
around. Our bodies are objects. Our minds are the produ ct of an
amazing think ing machine called the brain, another  object.
Marvin Minsky of MIT, one of the fathers of artificial intelligence,
defined human beings as “nothing but meat machines  t ha t ca rry a
computer in their head”—a merciless expression of what most
people assume to be true.
But there are also personal fail-safes that each of us
constructed on our own. These personal fail-safes have been
dubbed “the things that must be so.” Some people must be in
charge; others must win; still others must never start an
argument. Is there a rational reason behind “what must be so”?
No—these psychological mechanisms exist as forms of self-
defense. They give us a sens e of security, and even a se emingly
small incident can trigger a major alarm. In Love’s Executioner, a
1989 book by Stanford psychiatry professor Irvin Yalom, the
author describes a middle-aged woman he calls Elva who had been
the victim of a  purse snatching outside a restaurant. The crime
was ran dom, and while she lost $300, there was nothing else in
the purse that couldn’t be replaced. Most people would feel the
shock of such an assault and then move on. But Elva couldn’t:
“Along with her purse and h er three hundred dollars, an illusion
was snatched away from Elva—the illusion of specialness.”
Having lived a life of relative  privilege, Elva assumed that she
was imm une from this kind of disruption—she kept repeating, “I
never thought it would happe n to me.” But it had, and the loss of
illusion exacted a terrible price:
The robbery changed everything. Gone was the coziness,
the softness in her life; gone was the safety. Her home
had always beckoned her w ith its cushions, gardens,
comforters, and deep carpets. Now she saw locks, doors,
burglar alarms, and telephones.Elva was constantly anxious, and time didn’t make her feel that
her life was ret urning to normal. As Yalom explains it, “H er world
view wa s fractured…She had lost her belief in benevolence, in her
personal invulnerability. She felt stripped, ordinary, unprotected.”
Being the victim of a crime shatters personal


help	exfoliate	and	soften	it	as	well	as	stimulate	circulation	and	rejuvenate	tissues.	Bananas	are	a	rich,
incredible	beauty	food	high	in	B	vitamins,	vitamin	A,	and	minerals	such	as	potassium.	Try	this	simple
mask	on	your	face—or	even	on	the	spider-vein	areas	of	your	legs—when	you	want	to	give	your	skin	a
revitalization	and	glow	boost.
¼	cup	mashed	ripe	banana
1	tablespoon	organic	chickpea	flour
2	teaspoons	sesame	oil	(or	a	little	more	or	less,
depending	on	the	size	of	the	banana)
Stir	the	banana	into	the	chickpea	flour	and	mix	in	the	sesame	oil.	Apply	an	even	layer	to	your	face
and	neck,	leaving	it	on	for	15	to	20	minutes	while	you	relax,	before	rinsing	off.SHIFT	9:
Nourish	Strong,	Healthy
Hair	and
Nails
All	of	the	changes	you’ve	made	so	far	to	your	diet	and	self-care	routine	will
result	in	stronger,	more	naturally	beautiful	hair	and	nails.	Like	your	skin,	the
strength	and	vitality	of	your	hair	and	nails	is	a	reflection	of	all	that	is
happening	inside	your	body,	and	there	are	many	ways	to	nourish	them	both
internally	and	externally.
How	to	Grow	Healthy	Hair	from	the	Outside	In
If	you	want	strong,	healthy	hair,	it’s	essential	to	nourish	the	hair	follicles	that
grow	your	actual	hair	strands.	Go	ahead	right	now	and	touch	your	scalp	with
your	fingers.	Give	yourself	a	little	head	massage.	It	feels	good,	right?	Your	scalp
is	rich	in	nerves	and	blood	vessels.	Get	familiar	with	touching	your	scalp	more
than	just	when	you	are	shampooing.	It	likes	it	and	will	respond!	Every	part	of
your	body	needs	love	and	attention	to	flourish,	and	that	includes	your	scalp.	If
you	want	lovely	hair,	you	have	to	give	some	love	to	your	hair.	This	includes
attention	from	your	hands,	not	just	from	products	you	buy.	In	all	areas	of	life,
love	can’t	just	be	bought.
Fluctuations	in	hormones	and	nutrition,	as	well	as	your	good	old	genes,	can
influence	the	quality	and	thickness	of	your	hair.	The	dietary	advice	in
Pillar	1
,
Internal	Nourishment,	will	help	you	grow	more	beautiful	hair	over	time.
However,	there	are	also	manual,	external	methods	that	you	can	combine	with
your	dietary	shifts	to	help	create	beautifully	healthy,	shiny	hair.	Incorporating
these	methods	from	the	outside	and	the	inside	will	help	you	grow	the	beautiful
hair	that	is	your	birthright.
Here	are	some	of	the	most	effective	ways	to	externally	nourish	your	hair.
WASH	LESS	OFTENUnless	your	hair	is	incredibly	oily,	it	doesn’t	need	to	be	washed	every	day.
Washing	a	few	times	a	week	will	keep	your	hair	clean	but	prevent	overdrying,
allowing	more	time	for	the	natural	oils	in	your	hair	to	moisturize	down	to	the
tips	of	your	strands.
SCALP	MASSAGE
This	is	a	fantastic	and	highly	effective	way	to	stimulate	your	hair	follicles	and
foster	healthy	new	growth.	This	can	be	incorporated	easily	into	your	daily
routine	as	part	of	your
abhyanga
	practice	(see
this	page
).	When	you	are	doing
your	daily	oil	massage,	be	sure	to	take	a	few	minutes	to	massage	the	coconut	oil,
sesame	oil,	or	specialized	herbal	formula	oil	into	all	areas	of	your	scalp	to	help
stimulate	circulation	to	your	hair	follicles.	If	you	want	to	add	a	few	drops	of
essential	oil	specifically	for	the	scalp-massage	part	of	your	treatment,	a	few	that
are	extra	stimulating	to	your	hair	follicles	include	lemon,	peppermint,	lavender,
basil,	and	rosemary	pure	essential	oils.	Just	adding	a	few	drops	into	the	oil	will
suffice.	(If	you	are	new	to	these	oils,	and	especially	if	you	have	sensitive	skin,	be
sure	to	check	with	your	dermatologist	or	test	a	tiny	area	to	see	if	they	irritate
your	skin.)
SOFTENING	HAIR	SCALP	TREATMENT
This	is	a	great	treatment	to	do	once	a	week	to	help	heal	and	nourish	your	hair.	It’s	easy	to	make	and
use	as	part	of	your	hair-care	routine.	Lavender	is	healing	and	nourishing	and	has	been	known	to
relieve	tension	and	headaches	when	massaged	directly	into	your	scalp.	Olive	oil	makes	your	hair
incredibly	soft	and	will	improve	the	elasticity	of	your	hair	shaft	and	protect	against	breakage.
⅓	cup	cold-pressed	olive	oil
10	to	12	drops	lavender	essential	oil
Warm	the	olive	oil	in	a	pan	over	the	lowest	setting	possible.	Turn	off	and	remove	from	heat	and	then
add	the	lavender	oil.	Combine	well	and	massage	the	warm	mixture	into	your	scalp.	Twist	your	hair
into	a	bun,	cover	with	a	shower	cap,	and	relax	for	20	to	30	minutes	before	shampooing.
Use	Natural	Bristles
Brushing	your	hair	with	a	natural	bristle	brush	can	help	stimulate	your	hair
follicles	and	produce	more	natural	oils	that	lubricate	your	entire	head	and	all
your	beautiful	hair	strands.	Start	from	the	top	of	your	head	and	work
systematically	down	the	length	of	your	hair.	Gently	work	out	tangles	rather
than	being	aggressive;	you’re	not	plowing	through	an	overgrown	hiking	trail.
Avoid	breakage	by	being	patient	and	using	even	strokes.Deep	Clean
It’s	important	to	occasionally	deep	clean	your	scalp	from	any	dirt	and	oils	that
can	build	up	and	block	your	hair	follicles.	Try	periodically	using	a	cleansing
shampoo	made	from	natural	ingredients	or	applying	an	apple	cider	vinegar
rinse.	Apple	cider	vinegar	is	an	excellent	rinse	to	use	occasionally	to	remove
impurities	from	hard	water,	accumulated	sebum,	and	waxy	buildup	from
products.	Pour	the	apple	cider	vinegar	over	your	moistened	scalp	in	the	shower,
massage	it	in	for	a	couple	of	minutes,	and	rinse	very	well.	Then	proceed	to
shampooing	and	conditioning.	You
are
	rinsing	it	out	fairly	quickly,	but	as	your
scalp	can	absorb	so	much,	it’s	a	great	idea	to	try	to	source	organic	vinegar.
Vinegar	can	also	help	balance	the	pH	of	your	hair,	which	affects	the
appearance	and	overall	health	of	your	hair.	The	strands	of	your	hair	are	made
up	of	keratin	protein.	When	the	pH	of	your	hair	is	properly	balanced,	your	hair
will	be	a	sealed,	flat	cuticle	layer	on	the	outside	of	the	strand,	which	makes	your
hair	more	shiny	and	bouncy.	If	your	hair’s	pH	is	imbalanced	from	lots	of	heat
or	chemical	treatments,	your	hair	will	look	dull	and	frizzy	and	become	brittle
and	susceptible	to	more	breakage.	Try	the	following
pH-Balancing	Hair


 your eyes. Now the object is gone from
your consciousness. Has your happiness and success disappeared as
well?
   Things  flow in and out of our lives just as frequently as we open and
close our eyes. The less stuff you need to convince yourself of your
happiness, the higher your consciousness, and the less potential you
harbor for any suffering. If you attach yourself to all of those
possessions you can be assured that you will experience a great deal of
suffering as those things wear away or begin to disappear from your
life. Remind yourself that everything that serves you today—your
home, your automobile, your jewelry—will someday soon be serving
others.
Work each day at simply allowing loved ones to be, without any
attachments on your part. The more you detach yourself from any
ownership conduct toward loved ones, the closer you will become to
those people. With your love partner, practice celebrating the
differences between you. Let your partner make mistakes without a
long lecture from you. Respond to your partner from a sense of
integrity, rather than judgment.
   Help people if they ask, guide them if they need assurance, but do
not be upset because they decide to do things you find foolish or
distasteful. Rem ind yourself that you made mistakes along the way.
Run your own life at your own pace on the path that you have chosen,but do not expect anyone else to be where you are. This is the essence
of detachment.
Examine the traditions that you practice and live in your daily life. If
they serve you, and you enjoy them, then by all means honor  them.
But remember that an attachmen t to a tradition often involves creating
barriers between  peoples, and shutting out those who are not a part of
the tradition. Be in command of your conduct rather than letting the
past behavior of others dictate your way of being. If you feel that you
“must” behave the way your ancestors dictated, then you are attached
to that tradition, and you are not living an enlightened life. Be free
enough inside, where you really live, to conduct the affairs of your life
without attachments to how it was done before you. Certainly,
celebrate the traditions that serve you and all of mankind. But if they
do not serve you, or if they contribute to barriers rather than bridges to
others, then have the courage  to trust your own inner demands.
Remember that all traditions started with some human beings deciding
on them at some  time. You are as valuable a human being as those who
lived here befor e you. You too have the right to start traditions which
are loving and respectful of everyone.
Practice looking  in the mirror and lovingly acknowledge the signs that
indicate your form is aging. Say out loud, “Go ahead and do anything
you have to do— you are the package that holds me. I am not only this
body.” It is important to understand that you are not only your body.
You cannot age thoughts. You cannot age spirit. You cann ot kill
thoughts. You cannot kill highe r consciousness. This will help you to
detach yourself from your body and get on with accomplishi ng the
mission that you put yourself here for in the first place.
   To be attached  to your physic al appearance is to ensure a lifetime of
suffering as you watch your form go through the motions that began
the mom ent of your conception. How can you keep a hair from
graying, a wrinkle from appearing, a limb from growing to its exact
perfect length? The death of your form is also set in that moment of
conception. But the higher -consciousness part of you, the part that
thinks, the place where you do all of your living, is impervious to these
rules of form. Knowing this, you can forget about having to have abody that is eternally youthful. Instead, put your own thinking energy
into the divinen ess that is you. You can stop the worry and posturing
and go past that form.
   You can take good care of your form and still be detached—detached
in the sense of not identify ing yourself exclusively with your
packaging. The irony will again  appear. Your body will be better taken
care of when you concentrate  less on it, and more on being an
awakened person.
Set some time aside each day specifically to practice not making other
people wrong. Instead of attacking when you find yourself in
disagreement, try saying something like “Tell me more—that’ s a point
of view I’ve never considered before.” Your detachment from the need
to be right will defuse suffering and antagonisms and help you to
create a more peaceful inner life. You already know that most people
are not going to have the same opinion. By detaching yourself from the
need to disagree, you open up the lines of communication, end your
frustration at the people who disagree with you, and find yourse lf more
in balan ce. It can be done without much of a struggle. Simpl y open
yourself up by offering others your comments and thoughts, rather
than jumping down their throats with your opinions and your
attachment to proving them wrong.
Read the following without any attachment to making me wrong.
Ready? “Money will come to you in sufficient amount to take care of
your needs only when you stop needing more of it. The more you give
away without any expectations, the more you will receive back.” I
know this is a radical notion, but it has worked for me. When I gave up
my attachment to money, stopp ed putting a price tag on everything I
encountered, and continued doing what I loved doing, I found money
arriving in my life in unbelievably lar ge amounts.
   Stop yourself from thinking about money a few moments at a time.
Think instead of the exquisitely  beautiful things in life that no amount
of money could buy. Detach yourself from the need to acquire and
hoard money. Give it away freely in whatever measure you find
appropriate. Take the price tag off your life and all that you see and do.Enjoy things simply for the beauty they offer, rather than for the
bargains they provide.
Remind yourself that the best way to win is to not need to. Your best
performances are accomplished  when you are relaxed and free inside.
Take this kind of pressure off your children and other loved ones, as
well. Allow them to do and enjoy, rather than evaluating them on the
basis of who they defeat. You can detach yourself from this insidious
need and find yourself a much happier person each day.
Get into the networking habit. Send out to others as gifts what you
would like to share. Do this without any expectations that they have to
thank you. The more you link yourself to others in a networking
fashion, the more they too will pass on the message. The more you
give to others all that you find valuable, the more you contri bute to
harmony in the world. Your sense of purpose will intensify as well as
your satisfaction.
   The voiceless people of our world, those who are not a part of any
huge bureaucracy, have a powerful tool in networking. Connecting
yourself to one other person who will spread the word to another is a
monumentally effective way to make a difference in the world. When
you give something away, anything at all, the recipient is somehow
charged with the energy of your giving act, and he or she wants to do
the same. While the communications channels appear to be invisible,
the impact is nevertheless empo wering. Give it a try the next time you
are inclined to want to go with your old bureaucratic training. Rather
than seeing another person as an impediment to your own aspir ations,
see him as an ally. Give him what you were trying to accumulate for
yourself. Detach yourself from the need to accumulate influence and
power, and see that individual as someone who is his own center of
power, who will pass it along  to another and so on in an infinite
network of powerful influence.
This, then, is detachment—perhaps the most misunderstoo d universal
principle in our culture. Try looking at it from a metaphorical point of view.Imagine yourself listening to a symphony and telling yourself that it is
impossible to enjoy any of the musical notes until you have heard all of
them. As the symphony nears completion, you realize that this music is not
a completed picture that you can own. It is one note and then another
flowing through  your senses. Each note flows and you experie nce it in its
relationship to the other notes and instruments, throughout the symphony.
This is the princ iple of detachment in action as it operates in your daily life.
You can never get the entire thing into a neat package that you own. Never!
You can only let it flow throug h you, enjoying it in the moment, and then
experiencing the next. No ownership, no control—only enjoying without
any attachment to a belief that it should be otherwise.
Music is an energy that flows through you with each and every note, one
at a time. You cannot wait until all of the notes are completed  before you
enjoy it. The energy of the music flows outward and through you, and the
moment you have an attachment to it in any way, you lose it. One note at a
time, in this “onesong” that is our universe. No attachment to any of it, only
the endless flowing


 the village.
It was my first experiment which I do not claim to be com.plete.
But it can be said that it proved successful to the extent.It was
carried on. Whoever wishes to try urine therapy, must pro:~ed
methodically. The main cause of my speedy cure was my avOiding
all things injurious to health.
Today (in 1959) when I am writing these lines, eight months
have passed since that experiment was undertak~n,?ut the good
results obtained from it still continue. But my desire IS to ~oot ou~
the heart disease which requires one month'~. fast on urme an
water. I am severnty. The chronic disease persiSting for t~e last fou~
years has undermined my physique, the blood-pressures IS.l?w an
the weight has decreased by 60 lbs. In such a condition the
well-wishers and doctors have advised me not to fast more th~n four
or five days. A longer fast, they fear, might result in further d~rease
'of blood-pressure and may create danger to my life. I can not Ignore
their advice and have to yield to their request..
But I continued to drink my urine and also g~t it ru~be~ on my
. bod sometimes and so my heart and kidnyeys are funcuo~mg w~ll.
Th/urine passes without any obstrudion··or difficulty a~d IS as cl~a~
as rain water. The body is free from any t_Ype of uneasmess or palnf
it is full of vigour and vitality. The motions are clear. ~n case. o
constipation, I take an enema of water mixed with unne which
clears up the bowels. The appetite is regular. I get se~~n ho~rs.of
sound sleep and can do the work of reading.and.wntlng ~lthout
any strain. The.. ~i~t is light and nourishing. It IS With sal~.one day
and without it on i:he next.
Still I cannot say that my heart-trouble has ~one enti.rely. At.the
same time I have full faith that thi~ expenment will certal~ly
remove this my trouble. Twice I put my life in danger ~y resorting
to other treatment. Some doctors brand me a p~opagandlst. But the
truth I have experienced I must give out. I admit that th~ may be
some defect in the application of a teal substance but that~oes not 80 : AUTO-URINE THERAPY
mean that the substance in itself is defective. So I decided to have
another experiment on myself. I began the last one in the beginning
of 1959. I fasted for three days, taking at the same·time all the urine
I passed. My blood-pressure came down from 135 to1 08. I felt
considerable weakness also. The palpitation of the heart became so
low that there was swelling in the ·fiver and it expanded about
three inches. It affected my kindneys also which became irregular.
Consequently threre was some obstruction in urination and there
was swelling below the waist. At this stage. I stopped my
experiment. God did not want me to die, so I survied, but suffered a
good deal. The doctors treated me and I was restroed to my
previous condition. Still there was weakness and I was confined to
bed. The condition was unbearable. Yet I was silent as there was no
other way.
I was cogitating on my such unsuccessful attempt. Ultimately I
came to pin-point my mistake. As my heart was weak, I should not
have observed complete fast. I should have preserved my strer)gth.
Then i.t occurred to me that late Mr. Armstrong had cured a patient
of heart-disease in 12 weeks by prescribing him his urine for internal
as well external use but he was not advised to observe complete fast.
He lived on one meal a day. This illustration showed me the way
and I felt satisfied. So far I was maintaining the heart-beats in order
by taking two tablets of Diazoxine every day. Now I gathered
courage and began a long new experiment. The idea of fast was
given up. In the beginning I was taking two tablets a day. Now I
discontinued the morning tablet and began to take urine regularly.
.After two months, I felt that the condition of the heart was steady.. At
this stage I gave up evening tablet also and replaced it by urine. Four
months have passed smoothly. I feel myself healthier. The condition
of the h.eart is normal without the help of and medicine. The
physicians hold that Diazoxine is and effective medicine for the
control of the movement of the heart. But I feel that since I replaced
the medicine by urine, my heart is working even better. last
monsoon continued comparatively for a longer period and the WEKNESS OF HEART : 81
. d nu~ber of people caught cold but
winter was ~lso severe. ~ goo from its adverse effect. Not only
h h -ld 1 was qUite secure d
even t oug c d'.'shed but 1 felt myself stronger an
the strengt~ of th~ he~rt t~~ ~~:;~~ree ~ears. Even then I can not say
in better vigour ~ an m_ I t The heart-trouble has not yet
that may expenment IS comp ehe.l I can now say that this
I d. ared Nevert e ess,
complete y lsappe. rouble completely. My heart-trouble has
treatment can root ouht the t t t that I am gradually increasing my been lessened to sue an ex en
activities taking full care of my health.. h t
' •1 • h d to pomt out t a B. ·ng the above account in detal s, I WIS e b
Y. glvl heart-disease should not be advised to o serve ~
a pat1ent of. h' hys·lcal strength Moreover, tt f H ust maintam IS P ·
complete ast. e m.. if not more effective, at least, as
has been proved _that u~me als~. ~~ doctors hold that it checks the
much as Diazoxme, a o~t w. IC ·s a pure vegetable product. It is
k f th heart D1azoxme I.. hi wea ness o e ·.. 1• d by experience that it 1s h1g Y h andl have rea 1ze
1 used everyw ere bl The urine treatment is in its i:~fancy, on y
effective in heart-trou e. f.t go and what can be achieved the future can say how ar can 1
through it.
CHAPTER II
WEAKNESS OF HEART
Shri Pranlal N. Modi of Bo~ba{' age~x~~~::~~~ ~:~~~ ~~~:
weakness of heart. He read a ou ":'Y and wrote to me a letter :
treatment in Sansar, a ~onthlyl ~aJ~~~~~ur article are visible in my
nAil the symptoms you.:vJ r~eas:me medidne by the doctor. I got
body. I was also pr~scn e t. 1955 Now witli the second attack I
the first attack of this trouble m. · k On 2_6_•sa my condition
am confined to bed for the last~lve w~~:·doctor has diagnosed the
became serious but God s~ve m~heumatic aetiology, congestive
disease as •Mitral heart dlseasde: d 'tt as •Rheumatic Mitral. f.1 • 8 t another 1 agnose
card1ac a1 ure. u. d' f.1 e• while in your case it had Stenosis with congestive car lac al ur'82 : AUTO-URINE THERAPY
been diagnosed as asthma.
"I am writing this because I, too, want to begin a similar
experiment on urine. The physicians have declared my disease as
incurable and I am tired of it.
"My dqctors are not permitting me to begin this experiment. I
shall be"highly obliged if you advise me whether I can adopt urine
treatment. I shall not hold you in any way responsible for the
consequences."
In reply to this letter, I wrote to him about my experience along
with some instructions. He began the treatment and he felt a gradual
improvement. At the end of August, he had recovered and felt
himself strong and vigorous enough to attend his office daily.
It can be said on the basis of a good number of experience that
this treatment can root out the disease completely if followed with
care and confidence. We have formed a habit of passing a lingering
life. Even in disease 1 we are enslaved to the same old harmful habits.
The modern doctors and even some Vaidyas allow permissivensess
to the patients in food, drink and other habits during illness and that
encourages loss of self control. Nearly all the ·patients taKmg to this
treatment of some of my


	and	atoms	fly	in	and	out	of	them	every	second.	How,	then,
does	a	memory	get	transferred	to	a	new	atom,	or	to	a	new	neuron	when	the
time	comes	for	the	old	one	to	perish?	No	physical	process	for	this	has	been
identified,	so	perhaps	memory	actually	persists	on	a	nonphysical	level.
Neurologists	would	defend	to	the	hilt	the	opposite	idea,	that	mind	arises	only
in	the	brain,	using	CAT	scans	and	MRI	imaging	to	prove	the	point.	But	those
images	are	only	maps.	They	show	the	terrain	of	the	brain	as	an	idea	or
emotion	crosses	it;	they	don’t	prove	that	the	brain
is
	the	mind,	any	more	than
a	footprint	in	the	sand	is	the	same	as	a	foot.	Imagine	that	you	could	map	every
vibration	in	the	tiny	nerve	endings	that	line	the	inner	ear.	When	graphed	on	a
chart,	there	would	be	an	extremely	complicated	pattern	for	every	word	and
sentence	the	ear	receives,	but	that	pattern	is	only	a	map	of	a	word,	not	the
territory	itself.	A	powerful	sentence	like	“I	love	you”	is	more	than	the	map	of
its	vibrations,
since
	even	the	most	perfect	map	cannot	contain	love’s	power,
meaning,	significance,	and	overall	intent.
Memory	seems	to	be	a	field	effect.	For	you	to	think	the	word	“rhinoceros”
and	see	a	mental	image	of	that	animal,	millions	of	brain	cells	have	to	act
simultaneously.	(We	will	leave	aside	the	more	difficult	question	of	why	you
picked	“rhinoceros”	out	of	all	the	words	you	could	have	chosen,	since	any
word	choice	can	be	based	on	reason,	emotion,	nonsense,	or	private
associations	in	memory.	A	computer	can	be	taught	to	select	any	given	word,
but	it	has	no	special	reason	to	do	so—you	do.)	The	neurons	involved	in
choosing	the	word	“rhinoceros”	don’t	run	through	the	alphabet	until	they	get
to	“R”;	they	don’t	sound	out	one	syllable	at	a	time,	nor	do	they	leaf	through	azoological	photo	archive	to	match	the	right	word	to	the	right	image.	Instead,
the	correct	brain	activity	arises	simultaneously.	The	brain	is	acting	like	a	field,
coordinating	different	events	at	the	same	time,	except	that	we	know	the	brain
isn’t	literally	a	field.	It’s	an	object	made	of	seemingly	lifeless	chemicals.
A	compass	needle	moves	because	it’s	responding	to	the	Earth’s	magnetic
field.	What	if	the	same	thing	is	true	for	brain	activity?	What	if	the	mind	field
is	sending	signals,	and	billions	of	brain	cells	arrange	patterns	in	response	to
what	the	field	is	saying?	A	team	of	innovative	scientists	has	proposed	exactly
that.	Henry	Stapp,	a	theoretical	physicist	from	Berkeley;	Jeffrey	Schwartz,	a
neuropsychiatrist	at	UCLA;	and	Mario	Beauregard,	a	psychologist	from	the
University	of	Montreal,	have	crossed	disciplines	to	formulate	a	workable
theory	of	“quantum	mind”	that	may	revolutionize	how	mind	and	brain	relate
to	each	other.	Central	to	their	theory	is	“neuroplasticity,”	the	notion	that	brain
cells	are	open	to	change,	flexibly	responding	to	will	and	intention.
They	acknowledge,	to	begin	with,	the	usual	scientific	explanation	that
“the	mind	is	what	the	brain	does,”	but	there	are	many	flaws	in	such	an
explanation,	as	we	have	seen.	They	propose,	therefore,	that	exactly	the
opposite	is	true.	Mind	is	the	controller	of	the	brain.	In
their
	view,	the	mind	is
like	an	electron	cloud	surrounding	the	nucleus	of	an	atom.	Until	an	observer
appears,	electrons	have	no	physical	identity	in	the	world;	there	is	only	the
amorphous	cloud.	In	the	same	way,	imagine	that	there	is	a	cloud	of
possibilities	open	to	the	brain	at	every	moment	(consisting	of	words,
memories,	ideas,	and	images	it	could	choose	from).	When	the	mind	gives	a
signal,	one	of	these	possibilities	coalesces	from	the	cloud	and	becomes	a
thought	in	the	brain,	just	as	an	energy	wave	collapses	into	an	electron.	Like
the	quantum	field	generating	real	particles	from	virtual	ones,	the	mind
generates	real	brain	activity	from	virtual	activity.
What	makes	this	reversal	important	is	that	it	fits	the	facts.	Neurologists
have	verified	that	a	mere	intention	or	purposeful	act	of	will	alters	the	brain.
Stroke	victims,	for	example,	can	force	themselves,	with	the	aid	of	a	therapist,
to	use	only	their	right	hand	if	paralysis	has	occurred	on	that	side	of	the	body.
Willing	themselves	day	after	day	to	favor	the	affected	part,	they	can	gradually
cause	the	damaged	sites	in	the	brain	to	heal.	Similar	results	have	been	found
with	aging.	Older	people	who	have	begun	to	show	signs	of	senile	dementia
such	as	memory	loss	can	slow	down	and	even	reverse	their	symptoms	by
exercising	their	brains	(one	software	manufacturer	has	even	brought	out	a
“brain	gym,”	a	program	that	looks	like	a	video	game	but	in	fact	consists	of
exercises	that	strengthen	specific	areas	of	the	brain).	Children	born	with
cerebral	palsy	have	recently	regained	use	of	their	paralyzed	limbs	through
similar	therapies	in	which	the	unaffected	arm,	for	example,	was	kept	in	a
sling,	forcing	the	child	to	use	the	paralyzed	arm;	in	time,	the	brain	healed
itself.	It	showed	neuroplasticity.Putting	mind	before	brain	may	have	many	far-reaching	consequences	in
medical	therapies.	For	example,	patients	suffering	from	obsessive-compulsive
disorder	(OCD)	are	routinely	treated	with	psychotropic	drugs	like	Prozac.
Symptoms	improve,	and	physical	evidence	for	that	can	be	found	through
brain	scans;	the	parts	of	the	brain	that	malfunction	in	OCD	start	to	become
more	normal	on	the	drug.
But
	obsessive-compulsive	patients	sometimes	seek
relief	through	talk	therapy	instead.	These	patients	frequently	improve,	yet
only	recently	did	anyone	examine	their	brains	with	MRIs	and	PET	scans,	and
what	they	discovered	is	startling:	the	same	impaired	regions	that	become
more	normal	with	Prozac	also	become	more	normal	with	talk	therapy.	(
Jeffrey	Schwartz	is	an	expert	in	OCD	and	based	the	new	theory	in	part	on
such	brain	scans.)
In	other	words,	the	process	of	reflection	and	insight	through	therapy
changed	the	patients’	brain	cells.	This	is	exactly	what	was	predicted	by	the
new	theory	of	quantum	mind.	But	the	answer	was	there	all	along.	The	mind
has	always	been	able	to	change	the	brain.	If	a	person	suddenly	loses	a	loved
one	or	is	fired	from	his	job,	sudden	severe	depression	often	follows.
Depression	is	rooted	in	abnormal	uptake	of	the	brain	chemical	serotonin.	This
physcial	imbalance	is	what	antidepressants	are	typically	designed	to	correct.
Yet	when	someone	loses	a	loved	one	or	gets	fired,	isn’t	it	obvious	that	the
chemical	imbalance	came	about	after	the	bad	news?	Reacting	to


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•Shadanga Paneeya –
total – 1 part of following six herbs.
Musta – Java Grass Cyperus rotundus 1/6th part
Parpataka – Hedyotis corymbosa/Fumaria indica 1/6th part
Usheera – Vetiveria zizanioides 1/6th part
Chandana – red sandalwood Pterocarpus santalinus 1/6th part
Udichya – Pavonica odorata 1/6th part
Nagara – Ginger – 1/6th part
Water – 64 parts
Boiled and reduced to 32 parts.
Uses
Pipasa – excessive thirst
Jwara – fever
Administered in up to 100 ml once or twice a day.
100 ml is the nal product.
200 ml is the water quantity.
Mix of herbs = 3 grams – each herb is taken half – 1 grams only.
During Fever, Paneeya Should Be Given in Hot Condition.
In case of fever, usually paneeya is administered in hot condition.
is is because during fever, digestion strength of the patient is very week.Charaka Samhita, Vimana Sthana, 3
Treatment of Kaphaja Madatyaya: Alcoholic Intoxication with Kapha
Aggravation
e physician should overcome the Kaphaja type of Madatyaya by emetic
therapy and fasting therapy (Upavasa).
If the patient suﬀers from morbid thirst, then he is given the decoction of
Hribera – Coleus vettiveroides
Bala – Sida cordifolia
Prishniparni (Uraria picta) or
Kantakari – Solanum xanthocarpum
He may also be given the boiled and cooled decoction of all the above
mentioned drugs along with Nagara ginger – paneeya
e patient is given water boiled with either Dusparsa and Musta (Cyperus
rotundus) or
Musta (Cyperus rotundus) and parpataka or
Musta (Cyperus rotundus) alone for the pachana (metabolic transformation)
of Doshas.
e above mentioned drinks (decoctions) can be safely administered in all
types of alcoholic intoxication for curing morbid thirst and fever.59. Arka Kalpana –
Distillation Products
Y
Arka – a product of distillation is widely used in Unani system of medicine. It
is especially useful when the herbs contain essential oils, volatile oils. In
Ayurveda, there is a book by name Arka prakasha, written by Ravana, which
explains hundreds of Arka medicines.
From 18th century onwards these preparations were extensively adopted in
the books of Ayurveda.
For the preparation of Arka we need “Arka Yantra” i.e. Distillation
apparatus.
General Method of Arka Preparation
e drug is coarsely powdered if dry & crushed if wet, to soak it in suﬃcient
quantity of water for 2 to 4 hours.
e well soaked drug is transferred to the distillation apparatus & 10 parts
of water is added to it.
e mixture is continuously heated till 60% of the distillate is collected.
After cooling the distillate (collected Arka) is preserved in a airtight bottle.
Precautions
Coarse powder of dry drug or the crushed part of wet drug should be used in
the process.Only 60% of the liquid must be distilled, for the remaining may not have
any volatile principles in it.
e Arka has to be preserved in airtight bottle & placed in dry & cool place
to check the evaporation of volatile principles.
Characteristics of Arka
A good Arka must –
Be clear & transparent.
Possess the odor & taste of the ingredients.
Arka Unt for erapeutic Use
With unpleasant odor.
Turbid with changed color & taste
If it causes giddiness.
Dosage, Adjuvant, Shelf Life & Examples
General dosage: 12 to 24 ml.
Water.
1 to 2 years.
Eg:
Shatapushparka – Dill seed – for improving lactation, digestion.
Ajamoda arka – for bloating, digestion strength improvement
Brahmi Arka – to improve memory, concentration
Tulasi – Holy Basil Arka to improve respiratory health.
Ginger arka for digestionGuduchi – Ashwagandha arka for immunity, fever, to improve body strength.60. Panaka – Herbal Juice
Y
Panaka is the derivative of cold infusion. Like in cold infusion, there is no
heating process involved here. Panaka is prepared with fruit or herb fresh
juices.
is dosage form is rarely found in ancient text books. DravyaGuna Vijnana
by Yadavji Trikamji Acharya mentions about it.
Apart from fruit juices, Panaka contains
Sugar candy or jaggery as sweetening agent
Spices such as black pepper or cumin seeds for easy digestion. ese spices
also help to balance the coldness of this dosage form (as there is not heat
process involved in its making).
ere is no harsh rule about ingredients. You can choose ingredients out of
your experience and taste.
Examples –
Tamarind Juice
Tamarind fruit – 1 part
Water – 4 part
Sugar candy – 1–2 parts, based on the required concentration.
Saindhava Lavana (Rock salt) – 1/10–1/ 20 parts.Fried cumin powder – 1/10–1/20 parts
Black pepper powder – 1/10–1/20 parts
Seeds of tamarind are removed. e pulp is soaked in water for 1–2 h ours.
It is macerated well and the liquid is ltered. To this ltrate, powders of
remaining ingredients are added and mixed well.
Uses: Stimulant, quenches thirst, relieves fatigue and improves digestion
strength.
Balances Kapha and Vata Dosha.
Sandalwood Panaka
Red or white sandalwood – powder – 1 p art
Water 4 parts
Sugar candy – 1–2 parts based on taste
Lemon juice extract – 1/10th part.
If required,
Fried cumin powder – 1/10–1/20 parts
Black pepper powder – 1/10–1/20 parts
Sandalwood is soaked overnight in water. Next day, it is macerated well and
the liquid is ltered. To this ltrate, the ne powder of remaining drugs are
added and stirred well.
is product pacies Pitta, useful for relieving burning sensation all over the
body, excess thirst, burning urination and fever.1.
2.
3.61. How to Make Herbal
Syrups?
Y
Any Kashaya (herbal decoction, tea) can be converted into syrups by adding
sugar, sugar candy or jaggery.
Making a Syrup Has Below Advantages
Improves Shelf Life. 66.66% of sugar acts as a natural preservative. If
you prepare kashaya, then you need to use it within 12 hours. All
market available kashayams contains added preservatives
Improves Palatability. Most of the kashayas are extremely bitter and
astringent. Sometimes patient vomits while taking them. Turning
Kashaya into syrup helps to improve the taste of the product.
Health Benets Sugar candy comes with some health benets. It is
useful in dry cough, provides carbohydrates, replenishes energy quickly,
has calming eﬀect of stomach and intestinal mucosa and balances Pitta
Dosha.
Disadvantages
Diabetic people cannot use syrups. It is better to avoid sugar in case of PCOS,
hypothyroidism, obesity, high Kapha imbalance disorders.
If sugar content of the nal product is less, then preservatives might be
required.
If you are using natural sugar candy or jaggery, then it is ne. If you are
using normal sugar, it is  not liked by many due to chemicals added in it.Formula –
Prepare the Kashaya rst. Add equal amount of sugar to it. If you are taking
100 ml of Kashaya, add 100 grams of sugar to it.
Heat in moderate re with continuous stirring.
Continue heating till the nal mix becomes thick and gains syrup
consistency.
Allow it to cool down naturally and store in amber glass, air tight containers.
Which Kashayas Can Be Used to Make Syrup?
Technically any kashaya can be converted into syrup. Syrup can be benecial
especially with Vata and Pitta disorders. It is not much useful in Kapha
disorders because sugar increases Kapha Dosha.
Ginger Kashaya syrup to improve digestion.
Trikatu Kashaya syrup with ginger, pepper, black pepper for digestion and
dry cough.
Guduchi – Giloy – Tinospora cordifolia syrup to improve immunity
Ashwagandha – Indian ginseng – Withania somnifera syrup for improving
imm


 to stress, aging,
and pollutants.
Elixirs
Teas or whole herb liquid extractions made from tonic herbs
often are combined with natural, healthy supplements. These
drinks are called elixirs. Juices made with antioxidant fruits
and/or vegetables that also include a tonic tea or tincture are
great-tasting elixirs.
S w e e t e n e r s
Only three sweeteners can be considered healthy:
 Stevia: Stevia is an herb with leaves that are up to 300
times sweeter, gram for gram, than sugar. The most
exciting thing about stevia is that it has no effect on blood
glucose, so you get the sweet taste without the high blood
sugar boom and bust. Stevia is available in dried whole or
cut-leaf form, powder, and syrup or extract. The extract is
easiest to use in smoothies, but I’ve used the powder, too.
Start with a small amount and taste before adding more.
 Blackstrap molasses: When cane sugar is processed or
boiled into reﬁned, white sugar, one of the by-products is
mineral-rich, thick, and tart-tasting molasses. Blackstrap
molasses results from the last of the boiling of the cane
sugar. It is lower in sugar than any of the other molasses
types. It’s a good source of potassium, copper, iron,
calcium, manganese, and magnesium, so add 1 tablespoon
to each smoothie serving.
 Raw, unﬁltered honey: Many of honey’s phytonutrients
and enzymes are destroyed by pasteurization and high
heat processing, so raw (unpasteurized) honey is ideal.
Unfortunately, it’s almost impossible to buy unless youhave a beehive in your backyard. Also, the harder the
honey, the higher the nutrients, but the more difﬁcult it is
to incorporate into drinks. My advice: Choose blackstrap
molasses or stevia over honey if all you can get is the
pasteurized, liquid honey in a cute bear-shaped jar.
Smoothie-Making T echniques
Smoothies are super-easy to make, so there isn’t a whole lot to
master in the way of technique. But in this section I give you
some pointers that make incorporating smoothies into your
daily life even easier.
P e e l i n g,  s e e d i n g,  c o r i n g,  a n d  c h o p p i n g
All fruits and vegetables — organic or not — should be washed
with either food-safe soap and water or vinegar and water. This
along with proper storage (see Chapter 4) is the ﬁrst step in
keeping produce fresh and safe, and it’s worth repeating.
All inedible skin, rind, or peel on fruits and vegetables must be
removed and discarded before blending. If the produce is
organic, the nutrient-rich skin should be left on (if it’s not
organic, you should peel the skin). You don’t need to remove
the edible seeds from the following fruits and vegetables:
 Blackberry
 Blueberry
 Cucumber
 Eggplant
 Kiwi
 Okra Papaya
 Pomegranate
 Raspberry
 Snap beans and pods
 Squash
 Star fruit
 Strawberry
 Tomato
 Watermelon (from “seedless” varieties)
The core (not the seeds) of pears and apples, while normally
too tough to eat, may be left on the fruit if the blender is
powerful enough to cut them into ﬁne, drinkable particles.
 The seeds of apples, apricots, peaches, pears, and plums
contain tiny amounts of cyanide compounds and should be
discarded before juicing or blending.
Here’s how to prepare a variety of fruits and vegetables for the
blender:
 Apples: Cut into eighths; leave the skin on if organic;
deseed.
 Apricots: Halve; leave the skin on if organic; remove the
stones.
 Banana: Peel and cut into four pieces.
 Beans: Leave whole; halve large.
 Beets: Cut into 1-inch pieces; leave the skin on if organic. Berries: Leave whole; halve large.
 Carrots: Cut into 1-inch pieces; leave the skin on if organic.
 Citrus fruits: Peel and quarter; deseed.
 Cucumber: Peel and cut into four pieces. Leave the skin on
if organic.
 Garlic cloves: Leave whole; halve large.
 Kiwifruit: Peel and quarter.
 Mango: Peel and quarter, cut stone out.
 Nectarine: Halve; leave the skin on if organic; remove the
stones.
 Onions: Peel and cut into eighths.
 Papaya: Peel and quarter.
 Peaches: Halve; leave the skin on if organic; remove the
stones.
 Peas: Leave whole.
 Plums: Halve; leave the skin on if organic; remove the
stones.
 Pumpkins: Cut into 1-inch pieces; remove skin and seeds.
 Squash: Cut into 1-inch pieces; remove skin and seeds.
 Starfruit: Peel and quarter.
 Strawberries: Leave whole; halve large.
 Summer squash: Peel and cut into four pieces if small.
Leave the skin on if organic.
 Tomato: Quarter; leave the skin on if organic.D o i n g  t h i n g s  i n  o r d e r
Always add liquid to the container of the blender ﬁrst, because
it allows the blades to spin unencumbered until the chunks of
food get drawn down, cut, and then liqueﬁed. The recipes in
this book tell you what order to add ingredients to the blender.
B l e n d i n g  f r o z e n  i n g r e d i e n t s
If your blender has a pulse button feature and it’s made to
handle ice, follow these steps to blend frozen ingredients (for
one serving):
1. Pour 1/2 cup liquid into the container.
2. Add 2 cups of frozen fruits, vegetables, or ice.
3. Place the lid on the container and pulse the blender ﬁve
or six times in quick, two-second bursts.
4. Push the Chop or Crush button and process for 15 to 30
seconds.
If the ice gets stuck, stop the blender and use a spatula or
the handle of a wooden spoon to move the smaller pieces
out of the way of the blades and pulse again. If you don’t
have a Chop or Crush button, keep pulsing for another ﬁve
or six times and then proceed to steps 5 and 6.
5. With the motor running, you can add up to 1 cup of
nonfrozen ingredients through the opening in the lid.
 Only ﬁll the container up to three-fourths full.
6. Process on high for 30 to 40 seconds or until the smoothie
is the consistency you want. If you only want to crush ice for drinks, don’t add water
as directed in Step 1 and stop the blender after Step 4. If
you have a stir stick, use it to stir up larger chunks and get
them moving toward the blades while the motor is running.
If not, stop and use a wooden spoon as directed in Step 4.
 The easiest way to crush ice without using a blender is
to ﬁll a resealable plastic bag with ice so that, when sealed
and laying ﬂat, the bag has only one layer of cubes. Use a
hammer or rolling pin to smash the ice into small pieces.
You can add these smaller pieces to smoothie ingredients
in the blender to make a thick and frozen drink.Chapter 15
Fruit Smoothies
In This Chapter
 Staring your day with fruit smoothies
 Capping off a meal with a delicious dessert smoothie
 Living it up with smoothie mocktails and cocktail mixers
Recipes in This Chapter
 Banana Breakfast
 Get Up and Go
 Berry Nutty
 Tropical Pick-Me-Up
 Cherry Cheesecake
 Raspberry Apple Crumble
 Strawberry Daiquiri Decoy
 Nada Piña Colada
 Peach Mixer
 Berry Mixer
Drinking fruit at breakfast and for early morning snacks gives
you energy in the form of fructose (fruit sugar). The difference
between juices and smoothies is that juicing requires many
more individual fruits and separates out the ﬁber, so the
nutrients and the natural fruit sugars are concentrated. On the
other hand, smoothies are made from one or two whole fruits,
which means that the fruit sugars are bound up in the ﬁber or
carbohydrate cellulose of the fruit and released into thebloodstream slowly. This keeps blood sugar levels even, and
that, in turn, means that mood swings and spikes in energy
don’t occur.
The natural sweetness from fruit smoothies is far superior to
fast-food snacks, which are full of reﬁned sugars that spike and
then leave you feeling slightly deﬂated. This makes them
delicious breakfasts, snacks, and alcoholic and nonalcoholic
drinks. Even better, they can be used as desserts.
Br eakfast and Snack Smoothies
Smoothies have some advantages over juices. First, they’re very
easy to prepare, so you can make fruit smoothies in the
morning without having to precut the ingredients. If you have
ﬂaxseed or hemp and other healthy smoothie ingredients ready
to measure out, the job of creating a delicious, portable
breakfast or snack is fast and convenient. If


"retrovi ruses" and well characterized by electron microsc opy. But are these viral
particles simply associated with the murine tumors, or are they truly the culprit of
malignant transformation? Are these particles real exogenous infective particles, or
endogenous defective viruses hidden in our chromosomes? The question is still
debatable. What is certain is that viral particles similar to those readily recognized
in cancerous and leukemic mice have never been seen nor isolated in human cancers.
Of mice and men...
However, by the time this became clear, in the late 1960s, viral oncology had
achieved a dogmatic, quasi-religious status. If viral particles cannot be seen by
electron microscopy in human cancers, the problem was with electron microsco py,
not with the dogma of viral oncology! This was the time molecular biology was
taking a totally dominant posture in viral research. "Molecular markers" for
retroviru ses were therefore invented (reverse transcriptase for example) and
substituted most conveniently for the absent viral particles, hopefully salvaging the
central dogma of viral oncology. This permitted the viral hypothesis to survive for
another ten years, until the late 1970s, with the help of increasingly generous
support from funding agencies and from pharmaceutical companies. However by
12 Foreword I
1980 the failure of this line of research was becoming embarrassingly evident, and
the closing of some viral oncology laboratories would have been inevitable, except
that...
Except what? Virus cancer research would have crashed to a halt except that, in
1981, five cases of severe immune deficiencies were described by a Los Angeles
physician, all among homosexual men who were also all sniffing amyl nitrite, were
all abusing other drugs, abusing antibiotics, and probably suffering from malnutrition
and STDs (sexually transmitted diseases). It would have been logical to hypothesize
that these severe cases of immune deficiency had multiple toxic origins. This would
have amounted to incrimination of these patients' life-style.
Unfortunately, such discrimination was, political ly, totally unaccepta ble.
Therefore, another hypothesis had to be found-these patients were suffering from a
contagious disease caused by a new... retrovirus! Scientific data in support of this
hypothesis was and, amazingly enough, still is totally missing. That did not matter,
and instantaneous and passionate interest of cancer virus researchers and institutions
erupted immediately. This was salvation for the viral laboratories where AIDS now
became, almost overnight, the main focus of research. It generated huge financial
support from Big Pharma, more budget for the CDC and NIH, and nobody had to
worry about the life style of the patients who became at once the innocent victims
of this horrible virus, soon labeled as HIV.
Twenty-five years later, the HIV 1 AIDS hypothesis has totally failed to achieve
three major goals in spite of the huge research funding exclusively directed to
projects based on it. No AIDS cure has ever been found; no verifiable epidemiological
predictions have ever been made; and no HIV vaccine has ever been successfully
prepare d. Instead, highly toxic (but not curative) drugs have been most irresponsibly
used, with frequent, lethal side effects. Yet not a single HIV particle has ever been
observed by electron microscopy in the blood of patients supposedly having a high
viral load! So what? All the most important newspaper s and magazine have displayed
attractive comput erized, colorful images of HIV that all originate from laboratory
cell cultures, but never from even a single AIDS patient. Despite this stunning
omission the HIV I AIDS dogma is still solidly entrenche d. Tens of thousands of
researchers, and hundreds of major pharmaceutical companies continue to make
huge profits based on the HIV hypothesis. And not one single AIDS patient has ever
been cured...
Yes, HIV I AIDS is emblematic of the corruption of virus research that is remarkably
and tragically documented in this book.
Research programs on Hepatitis C, BSE, SARS, Avian flu and current vaccination
policies all developed along the same logic, that of maximizing financial profits.
Whenever we try to understand how some highly questionable therapeutic policies
13 Foreword I
have been recommended at the highest levels of public health authorities (WHO,
CDC, RKI etc.), we frequently discover either embarrassing conflicts of interests, or
the lack of essential control experiments, and always the strict rejection of any open
debate with authoritative scientists presenting dissident views of the pathological
processes. Manipulations of statistics, falsifications of clinical trials, dodging of drug
toxicity tests have all been repeatedly documented. All have been swiftly covered up,
and none have been able to, so far, disturb the cynical logic of today's virus research
business. The cover-up of the neurotoxicity of the mercury containing preservative
thimerosal as a highly probable cause of autism among vaccinated children
apparently reached the highest levels of the US govemement... (see article "Deadly
Immunit y" from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in chapter 8)
Virus Mania is a social disease of our highly developed society. To cure it will
require conquering fear, fear being the most deadly contagious virus, most efficiently
transmitted by the media.
Errare humanum est sed diabolicum preservare.-.. (to err is human, but to preserve
an error is diabolic).
Etienne de Harven, MD
Professor Emeritus of Pathology at the University of Toronto and
Member of the Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York
(1956-1981)
Member of Thabo Mbeki's AIDS Advisory Panel of South Africa
President of Rethinking AIDS (www.rethinkingai ds.com)
14 Foreword II
This Book Will Instigate an Uph eaval of
Dogmas
The book Virus Mania shows in a simple comprehensible way the diversity of
scientific data that proves most of the epidemics presented in the media as horror
stories (flu, avian flu, AIDS, BSE, Hepatitis C, etc.) do not actually exist or are
harmless. In contrast: Through this scaremongering and through the toxic materials
contained in vaccines a vast number of diseases can emerge; diseases that have
recently been increasing on a massive scale: allergies, cancer, autism, attention
deficit disorder (ADD), attention deficite hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autoimmune
diseases and disorders of the nervous systeme. The authors, the journalist Torsten
Engelbrecht and doctor of internal medicine Claus Kohnlein, succeed in tracking
down the real culprits, including the profiteers in this game. They also identify
solutions that everybody can easily implement in their daily lives. This work is one
of the most important and enlightening books of our times which will instigate an
upheaval of the dogmas and delusions that have held for more than 150 years.
Joachim Mutter, MD
Institute of Environmental Medicine
And Hospital Epidemiology
University Medical Center Freiburg
Germany
Freiburg, 19 December 2006
15 Introduction
Society Under the Spell of a One- Dimensional
Microbe Theory
"[Since the second half of the 19'h centur y,] unquestion ably the
doctrine of specific etiology has been the most constructi ve force
in the medical research. In reality, however, search for the cause
may be a hopeless pursuit because most disease states are the
indirect outcome of a constellation of circumstanc es. "1
Rene Dubas
Micr obiologist and Pulitzer Prize winner
"All the data show ed that mortality rates from infectious disease
had been in stead y decline since the middle of the 19'h centur y,
that is, before medicine had become scienti fic and interv entioni st.
It was not medical research that had stamped out tuber culos is,
diphtheria, pneumonia and puer peral sepsis. The main credit
went to public health programs, sanitation and general
improv ement s in the stan dard of living brought about by
industrialization. '12
Michael Tracey
American media scientist
"Sapere aude!'13
(Have cour age to use your own understanding)
Kant's motto for the Enlightenment
The founding of The Royal Society in 1660 caused a tectonic shift in Western
medicine. A group of British scientists decided that what counts is "the experimental
proof" not speculative fantasy, superstition and blind faith. 4 5 The Royal Society
called this basic research principle "nullius in verba,"6 which essentially means
"Don't just trust what someone says." In that era, it was still common to accuse
women of witchcraft "in the name of God" and bum them at the stake, or to subjugate
entire peoples such as the Aztecs or Mayans to Western ideologies. Setting a standard
of scientific proof marked the end of the dark ages and had enormous long-t erm
consequences.
17 Introduction
Today, consider ing ourselves enlightened and in the safe hands of our high-tech
scientific culture, we look back with misgivings and great discomfort at the abuses
of power that occurred in such draconian times. Indeed, the dream that science
promises with its principle of proof- namely to free people from ignorance,
superstition, tyranny, and not least from physical and psychological suffering-has,
in many cases, particularly in wealthy


ubbing, disease-reversing, and
energy-giving plant-powered foods.
And so I always do, and still manage to compete as a world-class
triathlete as well—in 2005, I participated in the Xterra World
Championships on the Hawaiian island of Maui; the next year, at the age of
forty-three, I was named one of Austin’ s ten fittest people. In May 2008, I
set the national record at the U.S. Masters Swimming Championships in the
200-yard backstroke.
My commitment to a healthy plant-based life has resulted in many
people asking me to help them with their diets. So in 2007, I devised a six-
week study and put more than sixty people through a gauntlet of before-
and-after tests to quantify the results, which were spectacular!Then, in 2008, I initiated a four -week study and got more great results.
It’s one thing to say the diet works; it’ s another when you have tangible data
that confirms the benefits of a plant-based diet. (Y ou can read more about
these studies in The Medical Proof Behind the Engine 2 Diet, page 41.)
One of the reasons I came up with these tests is that I come from a long
line of trail-blazing physicians. In fact, I was bred to be healthy—there
aren’ t many families in America more dedicated to well-being than mine.
My father, Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., MD, has always been my hero. He
was also the son of a great doctor, Caldwell Esselstyn, Sr., who was
baseball star Lou Gehrig’ s personal physician as well as founder of the Rip
Van Winkle Clinic in upstate New York, where people such as Eleanor
Roosevelt sought medical help.
After graduating from Yale and winning a gold medal in rowing at the
1956 Summer Olympic Games, my father attended Case Western Reserve
Medical School, then did his internship and residency at the Cleveland
Clinic. One of the world’ s finest medical facilities, the clinic was founded
by my mother ’s great-grandfather, Geor ge Crile, Sr. During my father ’s
tenure there, he was honored with numerous awards and held many of fices,
including president of the clinic’ s medical staf f, member of its Board of
Governors, and chairman of its Breast Cancer Task Force.
Most relevant to this book was the study my father initiated on the arrest
and reversal of heart disease through diet—research that is still ongoing
after twenty-one years.
Frustrated with sur gery as a means of treating disease, my father became
convinced there was a better way to address the problem rather than simply
treating its symptoms. By examining data from other cultures and countries,
he had come to realize that diet must play a crucial role in human health—
although at that time few doctors believed that health and nutrition were
closely related.
My father ’s study began after he asked the Cleveland Clinic’ s cardiology
department to send him patients af flicted with serious heart disease—people
who had failed their bypass operations or their angioplasties, or who were
too sick for these procedures, or who had refused these interventions
entirely. He ended up working with eighteen people who had suf fered forty-
nine coronary events over the previous eight years.
Theorizing that a healthier diet would improve the patients’  heart health,
my father put them on a plant-based eating plan similar to the Engine 2Diet. He eventually published the results in more than seven peer -reviewed
medical journals including The American Journal of Cardiology, later
updating his findings for his book Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease
(Avery, 2007).
(The patients were also given very low doses of a cholesterol-lowering
statin because, as my father said, he wanted to make sure they “were not
only wearing a belt but also suspenders.”)
These findings showed that of the patients reviewed after a dozen years,
all but one suf fered no further coronary events—and that single patient who
did had strayed from my father ’s diet.
Moreover, these people stopped the disease dead in its tracks, and all of
them lived long lives. (Those who have since died succumbed to non-heart-
related conditions.)
Furthermore, every single participant’ s health markers improved as well.
Their overall cholesterol level dropped below 150 mg/dl, a magic number
as studies have repeatedly shown that heart disease is exceedingly rare
among people with total cholesterol levels under 150.
Note: Cholesterol is measured in milligrams per deciliter, which is
abbreviated “mg/dl.” For ease of reading I have taken out the unit of
measurement “mg/dl” after many of the cholesterol levels.
One of the most intriguing cases from my father ’s study is that of Dr.
Joseph Crow, a fellow general sur geon who had taken over my father ’s
position as chairman of the Cleveland Clinic’ s Breast Cancer Task Force.
One day, forty-four -year -old Joe had just finished operating when he
suffered a full-blown heart attack. Joe didn’ t smoke and wasn’ t overweight,
had no prior history—nor family history—of heart disease, and his total
cholesterol was a respectable 156. But his heart was a mess.
Owing to the nature of Joe’ s arterial blockage, he was not a candidate for
surgery or stents, and he refused to take cholesterol-lowering drugs. So he
knocked on my father ’s office door, and soon became a faithful plant-based
eater.
Over the span of the next two-and-a-half years, Joe completely reversed
the blockages in the portion of his heart known as the left anterior
descending coronary artery. He also brought his total cholesterol down from
156 to 89, and reduced his lethal LDL  cholesterol from 98 to 38. All of this
with one course of treatment—a hard-core, plant-strong diet!Now that my father had become convinced that so many people were
becoming sick because of their diet, he decided that if he were going to
make his patients eat a certain way, his family was going to do so, too. We
had always eaten the usual American diet of roast beef, cheese, and eggs,
but soon enough, our whole family was eating a healthy, plant-based diet.
My mother jumped on board because she was not only the wife of a
great doctor but also the daughter of one—Geor ge (Barney) Crile, one of
the most influential physicians of his generation. After graduating summa
cum laude from Harvard Medical School in 1933, Barney eventually went
to work at the Cleveland Clinic.
Often called “The Savior of the American Breast,” Barney was the first
American sur geon to perform the breast-conserving partial mastectomy
operation, rather than the routine practice of the total mastectomy, on
women with breast cancer.
E2 POP QUIZ
Q: What are the magic numbers you want your total and LDL
cholesterol levels to be so your body starts clearing away existing
plaque formations?
A: You want a total cholesterol level below 150 and an LDL
cholesterol level below 80.
Barney’ s father, Geor ge Crile, Sr., who, as mentioned, founded the
Cleveland Clinic, was considered one of the great sur geons of the twentieth
century. He was responsible for many firsts, including the first human-to-
human blood transfusion, and was a co-founder of the American Red Cross.
He and Barney are the only American father and son ever to be inducted
into England’ s Royal College of Sur geons.
IT’S NOW  2009, AND I’VE BEEN  a firefighter for a dozen years. I’m more in love
with this job and with helping people than ever, but it’ s not enough. I yearn
for more. I want to take saving people to the next level, and that involves
helping them in a more fundamental way.
In my mind, dragging you away from your disease-promoting diet to a
better way of living will have just as powerful an impact as dragging you
out of a raging fire.OceanofPDF.com3
THE ENGINE 2 DIET
How It All Began
There’ s no ar gument that the Engine 2 Diet can protect you from
disease while making you feel and look terrific. But the diet might actually
never have been created if it weren’ t for an ar gument.
Although we are often harried, there is still occasional downtime
between calls at the firehouse known as Engine 2, which is nestled on the
outskirts of the university campus (I transferred here from downtown
Austin’ s Central Station in January 2002). So we’re constantly coming up
with ways to keep ourselves busy. The competitions are endless: Who can
climb the fire pole hand over hand without using his feet? Who rules the
roost when it comes to Ping-Pong? Who can collect the most money in his
firefighter boot for Jerry’ s Kids, our annual muscular dystrophy fund-
raiser? Who can hoist the 180-pound dummy over his shoulder, carry it up
the back stairs, through the dormitory, and down the front stairs in the
shortest amount of time?
So one day in 2003, when James Rae (aka JR), Josh Miller, and I were
sitting on the station’ s front porch, we started talking about health and
cholesterol levels, and as always, the discussion soon became


 being gassy are signs that your di-
gestion  isn't perfect. What has gone wrong? Burps are gases es-
caping upward. Bloating is due to bubbles of gas causing
pressure. Your body does not make gas! Gas can only be made
by bacteria. The immediate conclusion is that bacteria are
growing in your digestive tract  (stomach and intestines) that
should not be allowed to do so. They are likely to be the com mon
enteric (digestive tract) bacteria: Salmonellas, Shigellas, E.
coli, Bacteroides fragilis.
You may wish to identify them before killing them with the
zapper. Or you can sweep through the whole bacterial and viral
range killing all with a frequency generator. The good effects can
be felt in an hour, although the last gases may take days to get rid
of. Salmonella  and Bacteroides fragilis  are two bacteria that can
eat bile, and can do without oxygen, so they are com-NON-PAINFUL DISEASES
267monly seen in the liver. Bacteroides  probably escaped from its
roundworm  host, Ascaris. Salmonella  probably came with non-
sterile dairy food.
If you have an intestinal problem  involving digestion  or pain,
start immediately to boil all dairy foods. Stop eating those that
can't be boiled: cheese sandwiches, yogurt, ice cream. It must be
boiled for 10 seconds. The bacteria are in the liver be cause your
liver attempted to strain them out of your blood and lymph  in
order to kill them with bile. Instead, they turned around and “ate”
the bile, turning it brown as evidence. Now, every time the liver
lets down bile into the intestine (and stom ach), a population of
these bacteria goes with it. The intestine becomes a seething
mass of bacteria, bubbling away as they produce CO 2, SO2, H2S,
CO (carbon dioxide, sulfur  dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, carbon
monoxide ). Some of these gases are quite toxic.
Help your liver expel its bacterial overload with liver
cleanses (page 552) until all the bile  is a beautiful bright green.
This is evident as dark brown bowel  movements. Without the
green color of bile added to your intestine, the bowel movement
remains light colored, such as tan, yellow or orange! By stop ping
eating polluted food, killing bacteria and cleansing the liver,
digestion  becomes normal again.
Of course, there must be enough acid in the stomach and di-
gestive enzymes produced to make good digestion  possible.
Otherwise, leftover food goes to feed the waiting bacteria.
Persons with a chronic digestion  problem may also find they
harbor lead, cadmium, or mercury in the intestine! This is very
good in a sense. Your body has kept these toxins in the intes tine,
preventing it from getting into your vital organs. The bad news is
that their presence in the intestine could start an intesti nal
disease. Toxins in the intestine would inhibit your immune
system (here the white blood cells are in clumps called Peyer's
patches ), from gobbling up the “bad” enteric bacteria. MaybeTHE CURE FOR ALL DISEASES
268the “good” bacteria found your intestine too toxic to live there.
Clean up your dentalware. Search for lead and cadmium in your
drinking water. After improving your lifestyle, continue to do
liver cleanses. Keep your goals high: a flat tummy that feels en-
ergetic, no burps or gas.
Stomach ache  (page 98) and hiatal hernia  (page 133) are
also digestive problem s but are dealt with under pain. (See also
lower abdominal pain s, page 97, and appendicitis, page 100).
Alan Barth had his two young sons with him. One of them had a very
sensitive stomach, a poor appetite, wanting nothing but sweets or
chips to eat. The 16 year old had aches and pains that were
keeping him out of sports. The father had a tonsil  problem; they
swelled if he drank milk. One problem was obvious. Their milk was
tainted with Salmonellas  and Shigellas, setting up throat  problems
for the father, stomach problem s for one child and a pain
syndrome for the other child. Boiling all their milk, not bring ing raw
chicken  into the house ( Salmonella  Source) and stopping eating
yogurt and cheese was the solution. There were traces of lead  in
their tap water and the house air had vanadium  in it, an nouncing a
gas leak. They were all heavily parasitized. When these problems
were cleaned up, the whole family's health im proved.
Kae Nakajima, middle age, had a history of ulcers and stomach prob-
lems. She took a lot of ZantacTM and TagametTM over the years.
She was drinking coffee, tea and colas. She had Ascaris  and
cadmium  in her stomach. Five months later she had cleaned up
everything except dentalware and was feeling very good. She
didn't need any medicines. She still had arthritis  and sinus  prob-
lems but felt so encouraged she had the dental work scheduled.
Sven Lippencott, age 4, had been tube fed for several years due to
weak stomach action. He was quite underweight  for his age. He
had a population of intestinal fluke in his stomach along with arse-
nic (pesticide ). The rest of the family also had intestinal flukes.
After killing parasites and washing the upholstered furniture, Sven's
appetite  went up so he ate more by mouth and grew im mediately.
But he soon picked up Ascaris  and cat liver fluke  (there was an
indoor cat). Then the whole family got intestinal flukes again. They
all, including Sven, drank carbonated beverages adNON-PAINFUL DISEASES
269libitum  (whenever they wished). With both parents working it would
not be possible to discipline the habit. Sven had wood alco hol,
methyl butyl ketone, hexanedione, methylene chloride  and toluene
buildup making his recovery hopeless.
Alzheimer's
What was once a rare disease has become a household word
because it now affects so many. Two new pollutants of the brain,
inviting an old parasite to a location it would not nor mally be, is
the explanation. The new pollutants are solvents that seek the
brain.
Xylene  and toluene  are pollutants of popular beverages, de-
caffeinated  powders and carbonated drinks. At first, the body can
detoxify these but with a steady stream of solvent arriving,
detoxification slows down and parasites begin to build up in the
brain. Common fluke parasites which we eat in undercooked
meat and perhaps get from our pets, can now reach the brain and
multiply there.
Other toxins are also present, such as aluminum, mercury,
freon, thallium, cadmium. Aluminum buildup is seen in all Alz-
heimer's  sufferers (100%). This is undoubtedly part of the true
cause. Did it come before or after the parasites?
Whatever the answer, your job is clear. Remove every bit of
aluminum  from the food and environment. Throw out the pots, the
aluminum foil, the cookie  sheets, the tea ball. Throw out the
kitchen salt, the pickles, the baking powder. Buy things made
with baking soda (not baking powder ), use a plastic salt shaker,
buy salt without added aluminum. Stop using commercial soaps
and lotions. Make the soap recipes in this book. Finally, tape
over all aluminum handles in the bathroom and elsewhere (e.g.
the walker) with masking tape. Then find a chelating doctor to
help remove aluminum from the brain. Also use thioctic acid
(100 mg; take 2 three times a day).THE CURE FOR ALL DISEASES
270Kill the four common flukes with the first frequency gen rator
or zapper you can get your hands on. Prevent reinfection from
meats and pets. Stop all commercial beverages, including water.
The processing has left xylene  and toluene  in them. They are not
put in intentionally. For the same reason, health food beverages
are similarly polluted. Only milk is safely bought from the store.
You must still sterilize it, however. Make your own fruit juices.
Select beverages from the list of recipes given. Drink water from
your cold water tap, filtering it with a small pure carbon filter  as
in a filter pitcher (see Sources ).
As much as xylene  and toluene  are brain-seeking solvents,
Shigella  is a brain-seeking bacterium. The symptoms it causes
are not always the same since they depend on the location of
infection. Sometimes they cause tremor, sometimes loss of bal-
ance, sometimes speech problem s. But they are very serious
problems. Kill Shigellas  every day at bedtime with your zapper.
Start the Bowel Program  (page 546). When improvement is
lasting you know you have stopped reinfecting from your own
bowel  or from polluted dairy products.
Remove dental metal  and use thioctic acid  as a help to clear
tissues of metal. Use vitamin C  (3 grams)


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https://health-science-spirit.com/Healing_the_Body/Flower-Remedies.html 1/3Larch  - lack of conﬁdence, expectation of failure, feeling of inferiority
Mimulus  - fear of known things, shyness, timidity
Mustard  - deep gloom or depression of unknown cause
Oak - onward struggle despite despondency/despair
Olive  - mental and physical exhaustion or weariness
Pine - self-blame, self-reproach, guilt, false humility
Red chestnut  - fear and anxiety for others
Rock rose  - terror, panic, extreme fear
Rock water  - self-criticism, rigidity, self-denial
Scleranthus  - uncertainty, indecision, hesitation, lack of balance
Star of Bethlehem  - after-ef fects of shock and trauma
Sweet chestnut  - extreme anguish, hopeless despair, loss of faith
Vervain  - over-enthusiasm, fanaticism, nervous tension, strain
Vine - dominance, leadership, craving for power, ambition, inﬂexibility
Walnut  - helps in changes, link breaking, protects
Water violet  - aloofness, reserve, pride
White chestnut  - unwanted persistent thoughts, worry, inner mental arguments
Wild oat  - dissatisfaction at not having found goal, uncertainty
Wild rose  - resignation, lack of interest, apathy
Willow  - resentment, bitterness, 'not-fair' attitude
Rescue Remedy  (a composite of cherry plum, clematis, impatiens, rock rose and star of Bethlehem) - use for shock, terror, upsets,
fright and accidents; give frequently in all emergencies, apply externally on wounds.
While the ﬂower remedies are usually selected according to the problems you wish to overcome, you may also look at what you wish
to achieve, how you wish to become. For this, you may use the opposite to the descriptions given for the various remedies. The
keywords for the positive attributes  we wish to acquire (with the negativ e aspects we wish to overcome in parentheses) for some of
the remedies are as follows.
Attentiveness (being dreamy) - clematis
Certainty (indecision) - scleranthus
Courage (terror) - rock rose
Faith (doubt) - gentian
Humility (pride ) - water violet
Patience (impatience) - impatiens
Peace (torment) - agrimony
Service (self-love) - chicory
Strength (weakness) - centaury
Sympathy (fear) - mimulus
Understanding (fanaticism) - vervain
Wisdom (foolishness) cerato
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March	2012													Printed	in	ChinaDear	Parents	and	Teachers,
I	am	so	excited	to	share	this	new
book	with	you	and	your	children.	My
studies	and	teachings	over	the	past
several	years	have	led	me	to	write	a
book	for	adults	called
Wishes	Fulfilled
.
I	have	taken	the	most	important
concept	from
Wishes	Fulfilled
	and
created	this	children’s	book.	The
concept	is	that	God	is	not	separate
from	us	but	is	actually	an	energy	living
inside	of	us.	Once	we	become	aware
of	this	energy,	we	can	help	it	to	grow
and	expand	and	bring	happiness	to
ourselves	and	others.	What	I	hope	to
offer	children	with	this	book	is	the
understanding	that	they	are	a	part	of
God	and	God	is	a	part	of	them.	I	like	to
explain	it	like	this:	Imagine	God	as	the
ocean.	If	you	take	a	bucket	of	water
out	of	the	ocean,	is	it	still	the	ocean?
Yes!	God	is	the	ocean,	and	we	are	the
buckets	of	water	drawn	from	the	ocean
—separate,	but	one.
I	named	this	book
I	Am
	becauseof	the	incredibly	powerful	meaning	of
those	two	words.	How	we	finish	the
sentence	that	begins	with	“I	am”
makes	all	the	difference	in	the	life	we
create	for	ourselves	and	how	close	or
far	away	we	are	from	the	part	of	us
that	is	God.	I	have	included	more	on
the	use	of	“I	am”	at	the	end	of	the
book.	My	wish	is	that	each	one	of	us
comes	to	recognize	and	connect	to	the
amazing	gift	that	is	God’s	love.
Dr.	Wayne	W.	DyerHello,	my	friend—
							do	you	know	who	I	am?
Listen	carefully	to	this
							rhyme,	and	try	to

guess
	if	you	can!Do	I	live	in	the	clouds
													so	far	away?
Or	is	a	temple	or	a	church
																		the	place	that	I	stay?I	am	in	those	places,
												yes,	that	is	true,
But
only
	because	I	am	in	you.We	are	not	separate—
							wherever	you	are,
I	am	there.
I	am	in	your	mind	and	your	heart…
													I	am
everywhere!You’re	like	a	candle	lit
								from	my	bright	flame.
My	light	is	your	light—

we	are	one
	and	the	same.I	am	everything	that	is	good
												and	everything	that	is	real,
I	am	the
source	of
												all	the	warmth	you	feel.I	am