 deep sanity is protected  from the
grips of neurosis. That which is  put in the service of what is good, holy,
and beautiful is protected from the forces of destruction. T oday I put my
life in service to love. The ego has no power in the p resence of holiness, and my mind is
holy. T oday I de dicate myself hourly, even moment by moment,  to love’ s
purposes, as a way of casting out of my mind the ego fears that would
otherwise assault me. Dear God,
I place all that I am
And all that I have
In Y our hands. T ake fr om me every thought
That is not of Y ou,
And fill my mind
W ith Y our emanations
Of love. And so it is.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What does the author know and believe about God?,
A: God is love, and fear is an illusion.
Q: What is the author's purpose in life?,
A: The author's purpose is to love.
Q: How can one use their body?,
A: By meditating and praying to fuel the spiritual body, just as one would fuel the physical body through food and exercise.
Q: What is the author's approach to negative thoughts and emotions?,
A: The author chooses to acknowledge and surrender their negative thoughts and emotions to God, rather than trying to hide them or act on them.
Q: What is the author's view on the ego and its power?,
A: The author believes that the ego is an illusion and that its power is limited, and that the only power is love.
Q: What is the author's perspective on relationships and interactions with others?,
A: The author believes that every person is a child of God and that we are all connected, and that our relationships should be based on love and compassion.
Q: What is the author's stance on the concept of rejection and judgment?,
A: The author believes that no one can reject or judge me, and that I am already perfect and complete in God.
Q: How does the author approach their own emotions and pain?,
A: The author chooses to acknowledge and release their emotions, rather than trying to hide or act on them.
Q: What is the author's view on the concept of the afterlife?,
A: The author believes that there is no afterlife, but rather a spiritual realm where we are all connected.
Q: How does the author approach their own sense of identity?,
A: The author chooses to identify with their true self, rather than their ego or the world's opinions.
Q: What is the author's perspective on the concept of power?,
A: The author believes that the only power is love, and that we have the power to choose love and positivity.
Q: How does the author approach their own pain and negativity?,
A: The author chooses to acknowledge and release their pain, and to use it as an opportunity to grow and learn.
Q: What is the author's view on the concept of judgment and criticism?,
A: The author believes that judgment and criticism are illusions, and that I am not the judge, but rather a child of God.
Q: What is the author's approach to their own emotions and experiences?,
A: The author chooses<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Whether the less on is easy or the lesson is chall enging, I
will see each moment as my chance to grow. This way I will learn what
love is, and I will learn who I am. Dear God,
No matter who I meet today
And no matter what occurs,
Help me to r emember love. Guide my mind
And open my heart. May I see Y our love in everything,
That I might know the truth. Amen.DA Y 302
I  s u r r e n d e r  m y  d e s t i n y  t o  a  l o v i n g  G o d. I  c annot know what will happen tomorrow, or what would be best to
occur in my life. I will not try  to control my destiny. I surrender my
future into the hands of God. I ne ed not strug gle to make thin gs happen, and I need not plan how
my life will un fold. I need o nly respond to the invitation of each
moment, to show up fully in exc ellence and love. Thus shall I be guided
by life itself, and delivered to my greater good. T oday I surr end er to the flow of love, knowing it is a river that
leads me  to a peaceful place. I give all goals, all plans, and all
attachments to God. What He wills is my highest good; in my life
and in the world, may His will be done.DA Y 303
T o d a y  I  p r a y  f o r  t h o s e  w h o  d o  n o t  l o v e  m e. P erhaps there is s omeone who does not understand me, who does not
accept me, and does not love m e. Let me not respond to their judgment
with judgment. T oday I respond to their judgment with love. Whatever has so locked their hearts that they cannot see into mine,
may God free th em. Whatever has wounded their souls that they cannot
appreciate that I have wounds as well, may God heal them. W hatever
fear so blinds them to love, may love yet be shown to them. Dear God,
T oday I pray for someone
Who withholds their appr oval, their support, or their love
Fr om me. Send a miracle into my heart. May I rise above r eaction or blame. Fr ee both of us to the love
Of each other
That lies beyond this veil. Amen.DA Y 304
I  s u r r e n d e r  m y  j e a l o u s y  a n d  p r a y  i t  b e  t r a n s f o r m e d. I f I  am j ealous, I withhold my blessing from those who have  what I
wish to have. Y et jealousy itself will block my reception. Only what I
bless in others do I then attract toward myself. In th e material w orld, supply is limited; while in the spiritual w orld,
supply i s unlimited. No one e lse’ s good diminishes my own. May I
celebrate abundance wherever I see it and thus attract it into my life. Let m e not be waylaid by petty thoughts and ungener ous feeling s.
May I not think that someone el se shouldn’ t have what I know in
my hear t that I want. T oday I bl ess those who have what I would
wish to have, and r elease all jealous thoughts to God.DA Y 305
FOR REFLECTION
O n  K n o w i n g  I t  N o w
Y ou a re a child of God, carrying the eternal mark of your perfect
source. Y ou are naturally entitle d to miracles because love is what you
are. This is not  an arrogant ap praisal of the ego, but rather a humble
acceptance of God’ s truth. Y ou just happen to have within you the eternal
light of the universe. Y our parents might not have told you that. Y our teachers might not
have told you th at. Y our friends might not have told you that. But all of
that is irrelevant. If you’ve live d twenty or seventy years not knowing
until now that y ou’re the light of all creation, the important thing is that
you know it now.DA Y 306
G i v i n g  t o  o t h e r s  i s  a n  a c t  o f  s e l f - l o v e. O nly wha t I give do I get to keep, and what I withhold shall be taken
from me. W ithh olding my love is an act of self-betrayal, and giving to
others is an act of self-love. T oday I will not  be focused sole ly on myself, for my salvation lies in
loving others. May I not obsess about my own concerns, w hen the
concerns of so m any others are greater. May I not be tempted to  deny my
good by denying it to others. It is  neither co-dependent nor s acrificial to love others as I lov e
myself. Rather, it is the hallmark of enlightenment. T oday I seek
to lo ve m or e de eply than I have  loved befor e, that I might know
the joy of using my mind for the purpose it was cr eated to serve.DA Y 307
T o d a y  I  r e c e i v e  a l l  t h e  l o v e  t h a t  i s  g i v e n  m e. H ow often  do I n ot truly take in  the love that is shown me. I don’ t
linger long enough on a loving letter, breathe in deeply enough the
acknowledgment of a friend, or allow myself to value enough the hug of
a little child. I complain about a lack of love, yet often I deflect the love that is
shown m e. T od ay I will receive more fully the love that is there


19 come under theinfluence of the Sun inCapricorn, the Goat. Capricorn represents the great business interests– trusts and s
yndicates. Here many laborers are
employed. Thus Capricorn symbolizes the foun-dation and framework of society – the common-wealth of human interests. The bones of the human organism represent
the foundation stones and framework of thesoul’s temple. Bone tissue is composed princi-pally of the phosphate of lime, known as cal-carea phosphate, or calcium phosphate. Withouta proper amount of lime, no bone can beformed, and bone is the foundation of the body. A building must first have a foundation
before the structure can be reared. Thus we seewhy the “Great Work” commences in the Goat.Lime is white – hence the “White Stone.” In thebook of Revelations (2:17) we read: “To him that
overcometh will I give to eat of the hiddenmanna and will give him a White Stone, and inthe Stone a new name written which no manknoweth saving he that receiveth it.”
In the mountains of India, it is said, a tribe
dwells, the priests of which claim that man’scomplete history from birth to death is recordedin his bones. These people say the bones aresecret archives hence do not decay quickly asdoes flesh and blood. Capricorn people possess a deep interior
nature in which they often dwell in the “Solitudeof the Soul.” They scheme and plan and build aircastles and really enjoy their ideal world. If theyare sometimes talkative, their language seldomgives any hint of the wonderlands of their imag-ination. To that enchanted garden, the sign, “NoThoroughfare,” forever blocks the way. The governing planet of this earth sign is
Saturn. The gems associated with Capricorn arewhite onyx and moonstone, and the colors aregarnet, brown, silver-gray, and black. In Bible alchemy (an esoteric interpretation
of the Bible), Capricorn is represented by Judah,the fourth son of Jacob, whose name means “thepraise of the Lord.” John is the New Testamentdisciple associated with this sign. 38 FACIAL DIAGNOSIS OF CELLSALTDEFICIENCIES<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        In Bible alchemy (an esotericinterpretation of the Bible), Cancer is representedby Zebulum, the tenth son of Jacob, whose namemeans “dwelling place” or “habitation. ” Matthewis the New Testament disciple associated with thissign. 26 FACIAL DIAGNOSIS OF CELLSALTDEFICIENCIESAs bone is the foundation of the animal structure, I will commence
with the bone builder – Calc Phos, also known as calcium phos-
phate. Bone tissue is about 57 percent lime phosphate. The lime salt
has chemical affinity for protein. While there is a certain degree of affinitybetween each of the cell salts and protein – protein being the base of allorganic matter – the operation of calcium phosphate with protein is great-est. The salt chemically unites with protein, carries it, and uses it as cementto build bone tissue. Bone also contains carbonate of soda, magnesiumphosphate, and sodium chloride, but lime phosphate is the chief builder ofbone tissue, and it follows, as a logical sequence, that it is the principal saltdeficient in all so-called diseases of bone structure. *
The gelatin found in bone tissue is formed by the union of protein, oil,
carbon, lime, and phosphate in certain proportion. A lack in the properamount of this builder, in some instances, causes an anemic condition, forbone material (lime and protein) is the foundation of bodily structure. Under certain conditions, dependent on deficiencies in other cell salts,
a break in the molecular chain of lime phosphate will cause an outflow ofprotein through the kidneys. Why should the escape of albumen (egg-white-like protein; also referred to as “albuminoids”) through the kidneysbe named Bright’s disease. It seems that the fact of the loss of albumen inthis manner was first discovered in the case of a hospital patient namedBright, and although many others die in a regular and orthodox mannerfrom the same cause that cut off the immortal Bright, the medical professionhas dignified the disease by the original label. The very same albumen thatcauses Bright’s disease, if expelled through the nasal passage, is calledcatarrh (mucus congestion), from the Greek word meaning “to drop down. ”
If albumen reaches the skin, by disintegration or fermentation it causes
pimples, eruptions, eczema, etc. If anyone derives pleasure from these
CHAPTER 4: C ALCPHOS 27Calc PhosCHAPTER 4
*This complete introductory section is adapted from:
The Chemistry and Wonders of the Human Body by Dr. George Carey. names, well and good, let them use them, but
chemistry knows nothing whatever about them. A great deficiency in Calc Phos may cause
protein to accumulate in some gland and theredisintegrate and flow out in pus, or heteroplasm(dissimilar tissue), which is called scrofula(swelling of the lymph nodes) by the old-schoolphysicians. The lime molecules are found in the fluids of
digestion and assimilation, and when there is alack of the proper amount of these workers, thedigestive juices become negative, lose their prop-er rate of motion or catalytic action, ferment, andthus produce gas, acid condition, etc. When limephosphate and sodium phosphate – the alkalinesalts – are deficient, acids, together with albu-minous substance, may settle in the joints andthus render synovial fluids “nonfunctional,”thereby causing pain, stiffness, and swelling ofthe joints. Just why this chemical fact must needshave the word “rheumatism” tacked to it does notappear. The word “rheumatism” is derived fromthe word “rheum,” meaning “to flow out. ”
MATERIA MEDICA FOR CALCPHOS
Adapted from: The Biochemic System of Medicine,
Materia Medica by Dr. George Carey
Calc Phos (also known as phosphate of lime
or calcium phosphate) is destined to play aprominent part in the treatment of the sick whenits range is fully understood by medical practi-tioners. This salt works with albumen, carrying itto the bone, tissue, or any other part of the bodywhere it may be needed. It uses albumen as acement to build up bone structure. Bone is 57 percent phosphate of lime, the
remainder gelatin (an albuminous, gluey sub-stance), carbonate of soda, magnesium phos-phate, and sodium chloride. Without the lime(Calc Phos), no bone can be made. When, for any reason, the molecules of this
salt fall below the proper standard in the blood,a disturbance occurs in life’s processes. It may be
that bone cells are not rebuilt as fast as they die. In such cases, if the deficiency exists for a greatlength of time, a condition of anemia prevails,for the bone is the basis, the foundation stone,of the organism. Should the albumen, not hav-ing a sufficient quantity of the Calc Phos toproperly take care of it, become a disturbing ele-ment and be thrown off via the kidneys, Bright’sdisease results. If through the nasal passages, thecondition is named catarrh (mucus congestion). If by the lungs, a cough is produced. If the albu-men reaches the skin, pimples, eruptions, freck-les, a condition called eczema, or possibly soresresult. Calcium phosphate is found in gastric juice,
and a lack thereof is frequently the cause of indi-gestion. Conditions called rheumatism are some-
times due to a deficiency of this cell salt. It iswell known to biochemists that a proper balanceof sodium phosphate (Nat Phos) is required toprevent an acid condition from prevailing, andunder certain conditions, when calcium phos-phate for any reason is not present in properquantities, the affinities draw upon sodiumphosphate in an endeavor to supply the lack,and thus a deficiency in that alkaline salt ensue,which allows an acid condition to prevail, i. e.,rheumatism. Calcium phosphate is also an aux-iliary to the therapeutic effects of magnesiumphosphate, as it more nearly resembles that saltthan any other. When Mag Phos is clearly indi-cated and it does not restore the normal condi-tion in a reasonable length of time, Calc Phosshould be given, for it is quite certain that it hasbeen drawn on from the blood to assist the workof Mag Phos, hence the deficiency in the limesalt. Characteristic Indications
(Note: Remedies in parentheses provide thera-
peutic support to Calc Phos. ) 28 FACIAL DIAGNOSIS OF CELLSALTDEFICIENCIESCHAPTER 4: C ALCPHOS 29Mental – Peevishness and fretfulness in chil-
dren. Poor memory, incapacity for concentratedthought, mind wanders from one subject toanother, weak minds in those practicing or whohave practiced masturbation (Kali Phos). Dullness, stupidity, depression of spirits, anxietyabout the future. Desire for solitude after grief(Nat Mur), disappointment, pain, etc. Head – Headache, with cold feeling in the
head, also head feels cold to the touch. Headacheon top of head and


 him only because as a student I
had most of the day free; I made a habit of following the
orderly who brought around the evening curry so that I
could chat with the patients.I struck up a rapport with Mr. Govindass, sitting by his
bed and exchanging an occasional word; mostly we just
looked out the window together. Day by day he wasted
away a little more, and nobody gave him longe r than a
week or two at most, including me. In a short while it was
time for me to rotate from the city to a village dispensary
sixty miles away, so I came in to wish him good-bye. To
keep up a good front, I told him that I would be back to see
him in thirty days. In reply, he looked at me very seriously and said, “Now
that you are leaving, I have nothing more to live for—I will
die.” Without thinking, I blurted, “Don’t be silly. You can’t
die until I come back to see you again.” Since Mr.
Govindass was extremely  emaciated—he weighed less than
eighty pounds—his doctors were surprised that he was
even alive. I left for my posting in the country and in a little while
had no more thoughts about him. A month later, on my
return to New Delhi, I was walking down the hospital
corridor and saw the name Laxman Govindass on one of the
doors. I rushed in, feeling strangely apprehensive, and
there he was, curled on his bed outside the sheets in a fetal
position. There was nothing left of him but skin and bones,
but when I gently touched him, he turned his huge eyes
toward me. “You have come back,” he muttered. “You said I
could not die without seeing you again—now I see you.”
Then he closed his eyes and died. I recounted this incident,  one of the most importan t in my
life, once before; at that time, I felt two emotions—a
lingering guilt that I had sentenced this man to so much
protracted suﬀering and a deep respect for the mind-body
connection that had kept him alive. Now I realize  that I was
seeing the truth of unboundedness, the ability of our
impulses of intelligence to do what they want, despite all
the rules that might have to be broken. The impulse that Ishared with Laxman Govindass was love. Though it arose in
a wasted body, his love had the power that love always has
—it gave new life. It pierced through the Maya of his body
and deﬁed death to claim him. On the delicacy of that
impulse, a gossamer thread as strong as steel, a new
medicine could be founded. —
The possibility that each person is an inﬁnite being is
becoming more real now. Gifted with total ﬂexibilit y in our
nervous systems, we all have the choice to build boundaries
or tear them down. Every person is continually
manufacturing an inﬁnite array of thoughts, memories,
desires, objects, and so on. These impulses, rippling
through the ocean of consciousness, become your reality. If
you knew how to control the creation of impulses of
intelligence, you would be able not only to grow new
dendrites but anything else. “What you see, you become” is a truth that shapes the
whole physiology, including the brain. This was brought
home by an ingenious experiment devised by psychologists
Joseph Hubel and David  Weisel, again involving newborn
kittens. Three batches of kittens were placed in carefully
controlled environments as they were opening their eyes. The ﬁrst was a white box painted with horizontal black
stripes; the second was a white box painted with vertical
black stripes; the third box was simply left white. After being exposed to these conditions during the
critical few days when sight develops, the kittens’ brains
conformed to them for life. The animals raised in a world
with horizon tal stripes could not correctly see anything
vertical—they would run into chair legs, whose verticality
had little or no reality  for them. The batch from the
vertical-stripe box had exactly the opposite proble m, being
unable to perceive horizontal lines. The kittens from all-white surroundings had a larger disorientation and could
not relate to any objects correctly. These anima ls became what they saw, because the
neurons responsible for sight were now rigidly
programmed. In the case of humans, too, the brain
sacriﬁces some of its unbounded awareness every time it
perceives the world through boundaries. Without the ability
to transcend, this partial blindness is inescapable. For each
of the senses, not just sight, impressions are constantly
being laid down on our neurons. Although we customarily
call the heavier impressions “stress,” in fact all impressions
create some limitation. To illustrate: researchers at M.I.T. in the early 1980s
were probin g into how human hearing works. Hearing
appears to be passive, but actually every person listens to
the world quite selectively and puts his own interpretation
on the raw data that come into his ears. (A trained
musician hears pitch and harmony, for instanc e, where
someone who is tone-deaf hears noise.) One experiment
involved having people listen to short, simple rhythms (1-2-
3 and 1-2-3 and 1-2-3),  then training them to hear the
rhythm in a diﬀerent way (1, 2, 3-and-l, 2, 3-and-l, 2). After
they started to hear the rhythms diﬀerently, the subjects
reported that the sounds seemed livelier and fresher. Clearly, the experiment had taught people to slightly alter
their invisible boundaries. However, the really interesting
result was that when they went home, these people found
that colors looked brighter, music sounded happier, the
taste of food was suddenly more delicious, and everyone
around them appeared lovable. Just the slightest opening of awareness caused a reality
shift. Meditation, because it opens more channels of
awareness and opens them to a deeper level, causes a
bigger shift. The change does not depart far from the
normal way we use our awareness. Building boundaries willstill be a fact of life. The twist the rishis gave was to infuse
this activity with freedom, raising it to a level that
transcends the petty thoughts and desires of the isolated
ego. Ordinarily, the ego has no choice but to spend life
desperately erecting one boundary after another. It does
this for the same reason as medieval cities erected walls—
for protection. The ego ﬁnds the world a dangerous, hostile place,
because everything that exists is separate from “I.” This is
the condition known as duality, and it is a great source of
fear—the Veda calls it the only source of fear. As we look
“out there,” we see every kind of potential threat, all the
trauma and pain that life can inﬂict. The ego’s logical
defense is to wall itself in with the friendlier things—family,
pleasures, happy memories, familiar places and activities. The rishis did not propose tearing down these defensive
boundaries, although many people believe that was their
intention. In both East and West, the idea that Indian sages
condemned the “illusion of life” has taken root, and yet,
Vedic reality was not based on such an absurdity. Duality does exist, and because of its existence the
recognition of a higher unity is made meaningful. Two polar
opposites fuse into a whole—this principle puts the silent
and active ﬁelds of life into proper perspective. When the
rishis found unity, the silent ﬁeld of intelligence, they found
the other pole that makes life complete. The ancient texts
explain this as Purnam adah, purnam idam —“This is full,
that is full.”
The highest goal of existence, then, is to achieve “two
hundred percent of life.” The human nervous system can
accomplish this because it is ﬂexible enough to appreciate
both the diversity of life, which is inﬁnite but full of
boundaries, and the uniﬁed state, which is equally inﬁnite,
but completely unbounded. Just from a logical standpoint,
no other possibility could  exist. No one was given a cosm iccomputer and told, “Rem ember, you can use only half of it.”
No one gave us any limitations on the patterns of
intelligence we can make, change, blend, expand, and
inhabit. Life is a ﬁeld of unlimited  possibilities. Such is the
glory of total ﬂexibility in the human nervous system. This is a tremendously important point. It says that we
can bypass the limited, bounded choices that we are used
to making and go directl y to the solution of any problem. The basis for this assertion is that nature has already
structured the solution in our consciousness. The problems
are in the ﬁeld of diversity, while the solutions are in the
ﬁeld of unity. Going straight to the ﬁeld of unity
automatically hits upon the solution, which the mind-body
system then carries out—that was the rishis’ shortcut. Robert Keith Wallace’s studies on aging


) replenish. PURIFY
Y our ski n reflects the purity of your entire body. The principles of a healthy
diet, nutritional supplementation, and detoxification will pay their rewards
in the quality of your skin. In addition to generally healthy lifestyle choices,
you mu st carefu lly clean your skin once or twice daily to re move local
toxins that block your skin pores and predispose you to infections. It is generally best to avoid soap s that contain harsh deter gents and to use
natural cleansers. A yurveda recommends the use of herbal cleansing
powders that remove toxins an d excessive oils while reestablishing acid-
base bal ance. An  easily mixed f ormula that you can make at home includes
equal parts dried chickpea flour,  dry milk powder, nutmeg, lemo n peel, and
ground c oriander. Use about half a teaspoon with water to make a paste and
gently a pply it to your moistened face. As it begins to dry, rinse of f the
powder.If you wish to e xperiment with traditional A yurvedic cleansing herbs, try
adding neem, manjistha, or sandalwood powder. A basic principle regarding
the cleansing product is not to u se anything on your skin that you wouldn’ t
be comfortable putting into your stomach. Moist herbalize d steam treatments are also helpful in opening clogged
pores an d releas ing toxins. Once a week, treat yourself to a f acial steam
bath to which you add a few drops of essential oil. Lavender, juniper,
rosemary, ber gamot, or sage all have purifying ef fects on the body. REVIT ALIZE
The second step to reverse the appearance of aging is skin re vitalization. Stimulating the collagen fibers that support the skin can improve its tone
and appe arance. Many modern skin care products contain natural acids that
stimulate the cells that produce collagen, such as glycolic acid, azelaic acid,
and lactic acid. Skin care produ cts with these acids in higher concentration
will cause some peeling and should be used under the supervision of a
skilled s kin care specialist. Milder revitalizing treatments can be applied at
home using readily available natural products. Y ogurt, lemon juice, and grape fruit juice can have a mild stimulating
ef fect. Fresh yogurt can be applied directly to your skin and left on for five
minutes before rinsing. Dilute le mon juice or grapefruit juice with an equal
part of aloe vera juice and apply to the skin. Leave on for two minutes and
then rinse. If your skin is oily, you can do this every day. If your skin tends
to be dry or reactive, dilute the  solution further and use every  second or
third day. REPLENISHAfter cleansing and revitalizing, the skin needs to be replenished. Use a
pure veg etable or nut oil to which a few drops of an essential flo wer or herb
oil has been add ed. T ry mixing almond, jojoba, avocado, or sunflower oil
with ros e, lavender, sandalwood, jasmine, geranium, or lemon essential oils. Apply a small a mount and allow it to be absorbed naturally. Use more if
your skin is on the dry side. Sou rce books on natural beauty ca re are listed
in the references for this chapter. SUN PROTECTION
Always use sunscreen when you  are outdoors. Ultraviolet radiation leads to
collagen damage, wrinkling, and skin cancer. Prevention is much better than
cure, so be awa re of the potentially damaging ef fects of sun on your skin. This is particularly important if you live in a hot climate or at higher
altitudes. T each your children to use sunscreen to prevent unnecessary skin
problems later in their lives. Every day in every way,
I am incr easing my mental and physical capacity. My Biostat is set at a healthy ____ years of age. I look and feel a healthy ____ years old. I am r eversing my biological age:
By changing my per ception of my body, its aging and time;
Thr ough two kinds of deep r est—r estful awar eness and  r estful sleep;
By nurturing my body thr ough healthy foods;
By using nutritional complements wisely;
By enhancing mind/body integration;
Thr ough exer cise; andBy eliminating toxins fr om my life. 9
Y ou Can Reverse Y our
Biological Age by Cultivating
Flexibility and Creativity
in Consciousness

ACTION STEP # 8
I am  r eversing my biological ag e by cultivating flexibility and  cr eativity in
my consciousness. I put flexibility into practice by:
Learning to let go when things don’ t seem to go my way. Practicing the wisdom of uncertainty—not being attached to outcome
and letting go of the need to control. Learning to for give by relinquishing grievances, resent ments,and
r egr ets. I put cr eativity into practice by:
Learning the nine-step cr eative r esponse.Applying the cr eative r esponse to all the challenges and/or problems in
my life. Helping others to solve their problems by teaching them the cr eative
r esponse. Aging is associated with rigidity and decay. Y outh is associated with flexibility and cr eativity. Both flexibility and cr eativity ar e learned behaviors. By cultivating flexibility and cr eativity in consciousness,
you r enew yourself in every moment and
r everse the aging pr ocess. An ancient V edic aphorism says,
“Infinite flexibility and cr eativity
ar e the secr ets to immortality.”

Y ou can reverse your biological  age by cultivating flexibility an d creativity
in c onsciousnes s. When we consider growing older we usually think of
becoming less flexible and cre ative. Our language of aging reflects this
view. W e use expressions like “Y ou can’ t teach an old dog new  tricks,” or“I’m too old to change,” or “He’ s just too set in his ways.” In b oth modern
and V edic sciences, the loss of flexibility and creativity is a result of
increasing inertia, entropy, and disorder in the body/mind system. According to V edic theory there  are three fundamental forces a t work in
the universe: Sattwa, Rajas, and T amas. Sattwa is the force of creativity,
evolution, and transformation. T amas is the force of stability, resistance, and
inertia. Rajas is the tension between the forces of creativity and inertia. As
children and adolescents we are dominated by change, flexibility, and
creativity and have a preponder ance of natural Sattwa. Our bra ins and our
behavior reflect our tremendous  capability to expand, adapt, transform, and
evolve and our willingness and  desire to experience and learn new things. As adult s we see the rise of Rajas. This is a result of the everyday stresses
of life and our attachment to outcomes, as we seek to prove ourselves in the
world. A s we age we become increasingly concerned about s ecurity and
stability and T amas begins to predominate. This stability is refl ected in our
behaviors and in the connections between the neurons in our brains. Stability leads to stagnation, s tagnation leads to decay, decay leads to
disorder and entropy, and ultimately to death. Death i s the soul’ s response to the loss of flexibility. When your
physiology has lost the flexibi lity and creativity to further i ntegrate the
ener gy and information of your life experiences, the soul goes into
incubation. Acc ording to V edic wisdom, when the soul needs t o digest the
experiences of a lifetime, it first incubates and then takes a qu antum leap
into a new context and a new body/mind. In Eastern wisdom traditions this
is the process of reincarnation—incarnating into a new life experience. Rather than waiting for death to take a quantum leap into a new life
experience, why  not take the quantum leap while you are alive? This way
you can incarnate (literally reincarnate) on an ongoing basis. This requires
learning two basic and fundamental behavior patterns: (1) flexibility, which
comes from letting go, and (2) cr eativity, which involves intention,
incubation, and incarnation. By learning to incorporate flexibility and
creativity as your evolving behavioral pattern, you will master on a daily
basis wh at most  people have to  literally die for—to incarnate a nd create anew bod y/ mind. Let’ s explore t hese two qualities that are the foundation of
eternal youth. By cultivating flexibility and cr eativity in consciousness,
you r enew yourself in every moment and r everse the
aging pr ocess. Flexibility
The essence of flexibility is  the willingness to let go. Surveys of
centenarians (people who have lived at least one hundred years ) often ask,
“What d o you believe are the reasons that account for your long and healthy
life? Is it your d iet? Have you been exercising your whole life? Have you
avoided tobacco? Do you drink alcohol?” The intent of these questions, of
course, is to identify common principles that could help us all live longer,
healthier lives. Surprisingly, none of these questions clearly reveals the
secret to longevity. The most common explanation that our most senior
citizens of fer for their long


 hospital performed
262 appendectomies—after the committee was formed, the number dropped to 62. The committee found that most of the tissues being removed were healthy. In March
1997, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine published a statement
saying that only 10 percent of hysterectomies are justified. In addition to being
almost entirely unnecessary, surgery is risky; possibilities exist for surgical error,
complications from anesthesia and infection, not to mention the physical, mentaland emotional shock to the body. Should You Take Medicine. All drugs have potentially damaging “side effects. ” Because a malfunctioning cell
is the definition of disease, and drugs deliberately cause cells to malfunction, drugs
cause disease. Drugs are foreign to the body; the mechanism by which drugs work is
to alter the body’s biochemistry in order to suppress symptoms. Side effects often
are worse than the diseases the drugs are used to treat. Perhaps these hazards would
be justified if drugs cured disease, but they do not, they control and suppress
symptoms. Even with symptoms suppressed, the true cause of the problem may be
growing worse while the body’s natural healing mechanisms are being compromised
by the drugs. Billions of dollars are spent in the war against street drugs, but the number of
people killed and injured by street drugs is minor compared to prescription drugs. Prescription drugs kill a couple of hundred thousand people every year and are a
leading cause of disease and death. If your doctor prescribes a drug, consider that it
may cause your cells to malfunction, and that alternatives exist that are both safe
and effective. Even aspirin and other common over-the-counter drugs are dangerous, so find
alternatives that work for you. Books such as
Alternative Medicine: The Definitive
Guide,
edited by the Burton Goldberg Group, and
Finding the Right Treatment,
by
Jacqueline Krohn, M. D., and Francis Taylor, M. A., are excellent resources for those
wishing to find natural alternatives to toxic prescription drugs. Unfortunately, when drugs cause disease, we have all been trained not to call it
disease. Instead, we use the deceptive term “side effects. ” In 1984, the drug industry
attempted to obtain a legal exemption from the liability laws that apply to virtually
all manufacturers. Why. Because even the people who make the drugs know they are
not safe; “all prescription drugs are unavoidably unsafe” argued the Pharmaceutical
Manufacturers Association. Of course, this wording is not used in drug
advertisements aimed at the public. A hospital patient receives, on average, twelve different drugs. Yet, often when as
few as three are prescribed, absolutely no one understands all the dangerous
interactions between the drugs. Bad enough taken one at a time, combinations of
drugs can be particularly toxic. Prescription drugs are notorious for causing many
adverse effects in the elderly, including memory loss, depression, confusion,
constipation, Parkinson’s disease, falls and urinary incontinence. All too often, a
second drug is prescribed to suppress the symptoms caused by the first, then another
to suppress the symptoms of the first two, and so forth. Many illnesses of the elderly
really are manifestations of adverse drug reactions. A 1991 study in the
Journal ofthe American Medical Association
showed that 14 percent of in-hospital cardiac
arrests followed a complication, usually because of a medication. Well-known
combinations of commonly prescribed drugs can kill, and alert pharmacists have
saved many lives. Up to 29 percent of all hospital admissions are caused by adverse reactions to
drugs, according to a 1995 study in the
Archives of Internal Medicine. Many
reactions result in liver damage, long hospital stays, permanent disability and even
death. In 1990, an estimated 659,000 Americans aged sixty years and older were
hospitalized due to adverse drug reactions. In addition to toxicity, drugs also can
cause deficiency by depleting the body of essential nutrients. Diuretics cause
excessive loss of potassium and other essential minerals. Anticonvulsants cause loss
of vitamin D. Antibiotics, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and steroid
hormones can indirectly cause numerous vitamin and mineral deficiencies by
causing digestive damage. Because of the complexity of the human organism,
predicting the effects of drugs in each individual, especially with combinations of
drugs, is impossible. Other facts:
• A January 1997 study in the
Journal of the American Medical Association
stated that drug-related morbidity and mortality costs more than $136 billion a
year—more than the cost of cardiovascular disease, our leading cause of death. • In 1995, Duke University researchers showed that drugs commonly prescribed
for stroke patients actually hampered their recovery. Even after a single dose,
the negative effects could be long-lasting. • A 1994 study in the
Journal of the American Medical Association
concluded
that inappropriate and potentially dangerous drugs are prescribed for one in
four older Americans every year. • A 1994 study published in the
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
and
The Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
warned that antihistamine and antidepressant drugs (including Prozac) contain
chemicals known to accelerate tumor growth. While these drugs do not cause
cancer directly, they can speed its growth. Three Classes of Common Drugs Are of Special Concern
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs):
NSAIDs include over-the-
counter drugs such as aspirin, ibuprofen and acetaminophen, and prescription drugs
such as Indocin, Feldene, Naprosyn and others. Use of NSAIDs is a significant
national health problem, causing long-term damage to large numbers of people,
particularly the elderly, who are the largest users of these drugs. According to data
published in
Hospital Practice
in December 1996, up to two hundred thousand
Americans are hospitalized every year for problems caused by NSAIDs, and as many
as twenty thousand people a year die from the damage. NSAIDs usually are prescribed for a noble purpose, to relieve pain, and they are
among the most commonly pres-cribed pharmaceuticals in the world. About 60
million NSAID prescriptions are written every year in America, and an estimated 14
million people take these drugs for symptomatic relief of arthritis alone. These
drugs relieve pain, but at a cost. About one third of chronic NSAID users experience
noticeable gastrointestinal discomfort, which is only the tip of the iceberg,
indicating that digestive damage is occurring. In most people, NSAID-inflicted
damage to the digestive system is asymptomatic (no obvious symptoms to warn of
the damage being done). By the time the stomach or gut is in pain from NSAIDs,
massive damage has already occurred. Most physicians think it is acceptable for people to take NSAIDs, believing that
they cause minimal and acceptable damage. Virtually everyone who takes these
dangerous drugs has their health damaged, and the longer they are taken, the worse it
becomes. People who take NSAIDs for arthritis for years suffer worse joint damage
than those who take nothing. NSAIDs have been linked to kidney failure, cognitive
dysfunction, hearing loss, ringing in the ears, macular degeneration and hormone
disruption. Examples include:
• In a 1992 study published in the
Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology,
long-
term NSAID users were hospitalized six times more often than nonusers. Deaths from gastrointestinal causes occurred twice as often, and half of all
patients who died of ulcer-related complications had reported recent use of
NSAIDs. • A 1996 study in the
Archives of Internal Medicine
found that patients taking
NSAIDs were four to seventeen times more likely to suffer acute kidney failure. • A 1996 study in
Physiological Behavior
showed NSAIDs interfere with
melatonin production, with a 75 percent nighttime reduction. Decreased
melatonin production has been associated with sleep disorders as well as
promotion of cancer. • A 1996 study in
Lancet
showed that aspirin, in any form, such as buffered or
coated, causes gastrointestinal bleeding. As few as one aspirin can cause
bleeding. NSAIDs cause intestinal bleeding by blocking action of messenger molecules
called prostaglandins. Some prosta-glandins cause inflammation and pain, and
others stimulate healing and repair. NSAIDs block both types. Because the intestinal
lining is renewed very rapidly (about every three days), blocking the repair process
results in a gut that is weak, inflamed and leaky. What should you do for a headache. Simple acupressure techniques and
homeopathic remedies work quite well. What should you do for pain or
inflammation. Eat a whole-foods diet, at least 75 percent raw. Avoid sugar, white
flour, hydrogenated oils, junk foods and colas, and drink plenty of pure water. Avoidmeat and dairy, but choose oily fish such as salmon (ocean harvested, rather than
farmed). Take vitamin C up to bowel tolerance, 2 to 4 grams of quercitin per day, 30
to 60 mg of zinc daily, 100,000 units of beta-carotene for several days, and then
25,000 for several weeks, plus vitamin A and vitamin E. Essential fatty acid
supplements also are critical. Digestive enzymes help, and especially take 1 to 3
grams of bromelain or papain per day. A number of herbs as well as homeopathic
remedies are anti-inflammatory. These are excellent alternatives to NSAIDs


. Exercise is
necessary to raise the meta bolism, increase oxygenation,
improve the function of the heart and circulatory system,
and expel toxins. For mar tial art and dance pupils,  exercise and body conditioning are
particularly important. In the past, pupils were taught (often
individually) by gurus in what is known as the guru  -shishya
tradition; their education didn’ t just include the one particular
activity, but involved a thorough grounding in the classical texts, as
well as such disciplines as yoga and  pranayama. Nowadays, this
tradition continues, but there are both residential and non-residential
dance, drama and martial arts’ schools as well. Kalari payattu gurrukal  (master or teacher) T omy Joseph
stresses the importance of cond itioning the body to stay in shape. “Gurrukal  need to master b oth preventative  and curative techniques
too,” he notes. He says that  chavitti thirumal, a very  particular
massage technique done with bare feet with the masseuse hanging
from ropes tied to the ceiling, are mandatory for a  gurrukal. T eachers routinely massage the ir pupils in this way to prepare the
body for  the stresses of the mar tial art, to maintain suppleness and
to treat pain and swelling caused by combat. The trea tment is also given to those with neuro-muscular and
skeletal disorde rs as well as to help clients reach beyond theirpsychophysical limitations. Based on a precise knowledge of the
body’ s ener getic channels  (nadis)  and vital spots  (marmas), the
therapist suspends his weight from ropes overhead and applies
pressure with long strokes of the soles of his feet, after the client’ s
body ha s been prepared with specially medicated oil. There is
usually some manipulation of the joints and limbs also. What distinguishes  chavitti thirumal  from other massage
treatments is the application. The foot of the masseur is able to give
a deeper, more thorough pressure and is able to cover the whole
length o f the body from the tips of the fingers to the tips of the toes,
with long continuous graceful strokes. Therapists need to under go
many years of t raining: learning the  chavitti  art requires a certain
type of calling and certainly a deep dedication to the wellbeing of
clients and their physical, emotional, mental and spiritual upkeep. After placing a foot in some medicated oil, the  chavitti  therapist balances his or
her weight via ropes hanging from the ceiling, and presses deep into  marma
points along the client’ s back and legs. hot stone abhyangam
This de eply penetrating, all-over body blast is an example of
how A yurveda may be integrated with other hea ling
traditions from elsewhere in the world. Developed by
therapists at the world-famous Soukya International Holi stic
Health Center  near Bangalore, it employs the hea ling
medicated her bal oils and m assage movements of A yurveda
with the warmth and nurturing qualities of hot stones
developed by both Native American Indians and T ibet ans
(separately of course. ). It is  one and a half hours of p ure
bliss. Small stones placed  between the toes are delightfully indulgent, while larger ones
are used for the massage itself. Feelings of warmth and security emanate from
them; all the while the medicated oil does its detoxifying work. There is both a therapeutic elem ent and a feel-good factor to this
treatment, so you can relax coco oned in the warmth emanating f rom
the hot stones knowing that what is taking place is good for you. The long, firm strokes of the masseuse encourage the eliminatio n of
toxins from the deeper tissues and also stimulate peripheral
circulation of both blood and lymph. This, along with the heat from
the stones, enables the medicated oils to be absorbed to do their
work. Naturally, as with all A yurvedic treatments, oils are chosen
according to the client’ s constitution and/or ailment. One the rapist is in char ge of heating and re-heating the stones,
while th e other alternates between oil massage, stone massage with
oil, and placing stones at key points on the body. As the treatment
progresses, a rhythm is established. One part of the body is being
massaged, while a strategically placed stone sends heat deep into
another part of the body; as the stone cools, it is replaced or ta ken
away an d another stone is plac ed elsewhere. After the back, legs
and arms have b een seen to, the client turns over, and is then invited
to li e do wn on eight stones that run up either side of the spine. The
heat is then twofold: coming up through the back, and down from
stones on the front. Stones are often basalt, a black volcanic rock with a high iron content,  that
absorbs and retains  heat well. Such stones are believed to improve energy flows
in the body. W ith soothing music, firm massage strokes and the wonderfully
nurturing warmt h from the smooth stones, this is an experienc e to
savor. T he mind wanders and re turns, the body sighs in acceptance,the spirit is soot hed. Unfortunat ely, it seems all too soon when the
treatment comes  to an end. Nonetheless, the benefits linger an d if
this therapy is prescribed as a daily treat during a long-term stay, the
ef fects are magnified considerably. marma massage  Pressure Point
Massage
Indian pressu re points are known as  marmas  and are
similar to Chinese acupressure points. T ranslating from  the
Sanskrit as “secret” or “hidden”, they are found at junctures
of the body where two or  more tissues, muscles, veins,
ligaments, bones or joints meet. In T raditional Chinese Medicine (TCM ), there are thousands of such
points, but only 107 exist in th e A yurvedic system. Consistin g of
major po ints tha t correspond to t he seven  chakras  and minor points
that rad iate out along the torso  and limbs, they are measured by
finger units  (anguli)  to detect their correct locations. There are 22
points on the low er extremities, 22 on the arms, 12 on the chest and
stomach, 14 on the back and 37 on the head and neck. The mind is
considered the 108th  marma  point. In the  Sushruta Samhita  each
point has a Sanskrit name. A yurveda states that every  marma  point is placed a t a junction
of d if ferent channels of  prana  movements in the body. Prana,
similar to  chi  in  TCM, is considered the subtle vital ener gy that
pervades every part of the bo dy, nurturing the cell systems. If
marma  points become blocked or ruptured,  prana  flow is
interrupted and or gans may be come diseased. If they are c lear,
prana  is fre e to  travel the meridians or  nidas  unchecked — and the
body is healthy. The idea of massaging the  marma  points began in Kerala at
around 1500  BC  when masters of  kalari payattu  first used themarma  points as points for injury. It w as only a matter of time
before A yurvedic physicians rea lized that these points could also be
used for  healing — and began  to experiment with massaging the
points to trigger a healing flow of ener gy. T oday,  marma  massage
is pr acticed at cl inics and spas f or a number of dif ferent reasons, be
it therapeutic, relaxing or revitalizing. Marma  massage generally combines soft, flowing movements
(abhyangam ) with pressure point therapy. For the latter, the
therapist uses one or more fingers depending on the size of  the
marma  point, an d either presses directly or in circular motions on
that particular point. It is believed that clockwise movements
stimulate and ener gize a  marma  point, while counterclockwise
motions break up blocked ener gy and toxins held within a point. The pra ctice is quite similar to Chinese acupressure or Japan ese
shiatsu, the  origins of which lie in A yurvedic practice. Benefits of
regular  marma  massage are a general balancing — emotional,
spiritual and physical — resulting in clarity, calmness and
confidence. Showing both  chakra  points and meridian s, this educational drawing (left below )
shows how  prana  or the vital force needs to flow around the body. Specific points
(left and below ) are pressed to release blocked  prana. champi  Indian Head Massage
In spite  of its name, Indian head massage involves work  not
only on the head but on the upper back, shoulders, neck,
scalp a nd face too. In much  the same way that T raditional
Chinese Medicine dictates that certain points on the feet are
directly aligned to internal or g


 ’s parents  and the
senses  as the  children. When they  separ ate there  is no  harmony,
but rather  disharmon y and need. People  try to search  for happiness,
satisfaction  and love  outside  of themselves  rather  than  within. They
listen to  the desires  of their  bodies  rather  than  their  minds and
spirits. The more the y search,  the mo re they  create  a need  and will
never  reall y find what they are looking  force  Instead  they create  a
deterior ation  within themselves. True  happiness,  true joy and true
satisfaction  com e with inner  peace. By  turning  inward we will not lose the  energ y outw ard, and so
can gain energy  for ourselves. For exam ple, if we  eat a tast y food
but do not  have  an inner  harmony  in our  organs  and senses,  our
eyes will want more, like  children  in a toy store. We might decide  to
see a movie, and  then  the ears  want to be  stim ulated  as w ell. We
then might decide  to go to a nightclub  or a bar  In the  end we might
feel the need  to get  drunk,  to sm oke, or  take  drugs. Turning  sexual
energy  and the resulta nt orgasm in ward is the  first step to  gaining-
energy  pleasure  and to a control  of the  senses. Once  you have
more sexual  energ y inside,  the organs  will become stronge r and
will then  be able  to control,  satisf y: and balance  the senses. 4. Beyond Orgas m
    The normal out ward-pouring  orgasm is a form  of losing- energ y
pleasure,  i.e., w e release  life-force  energ y out and we experienc e
pleasure. In the  Taoist vie w of arousal,  how ever it is the  fusion  of all
the energy  contrib uted by the organs  and glands  with the highl y
refined  sexual ener gy that creates  orgas mic energ y. Rather  than
releasing  orgas ms outw ard, as in the  normal sexual act,  we learn
to turn  this energ y inward to rec ycle, increase  and highl y refine  it. Through  the practice  of the  life-force  meditation  know n as the
Microcosmic Orbit  meditation,  we begin  to learn  how  to recy cle the
ovaries’  energ y. In the  beginni ng it is difficult and  you must practice
to retain  the energy  within yourself, but once  you feel and gain
control  of your own ener gy: you will experience  new  pleasur es
which are indescrib able. This sensation  is called  “Beyond Orgas m”
or “Valley  Orgasm.”
- 33 -Taoist View  of Wom an’s
    The concept  of an  orgasm that  is “Bey ond Orgasm” is difficult
to explain  becaus e we do not have  a word in Western languag es
or a cultural  concept  to express  it. It is a ne w idea  to us. Remember
however that when the automobile w as invented,  few people
thought  it could  replace  the horse. Later  people  realized  the benefits
of the  horseless  carriage. Cultivation  of “Bey ond Orgasm” can  be compared  to climbing a
10,000- foot mountain. In normal orgasm w e run up 1,000  feet and
run back  dow n and try again  tomorrow  to get  past  1,000  feet. Most
people  climb the  mountain  this way, perhaps  reaching  2,000  feet
on a good  day The sensations  may  be limited to the  genitals  or
rhythmic pulsations,  and relaxation  may be experienced  throug hout
the entire  body, but the energ y itself is lost to  the universe  and can
no longer  be develope d inside  the body. “Beyond Orgas m” goes
further  and further  each  time. W hen you climb this 10,00 0-foot
mountain,  you climb to 1,000  feet,  rest,  set up camp and  spend  the
night. The next  day you climb further,  rest and camp, and  you
continue  in this ma nner until  you reach  the peak. There  you enter
another  realm of pleasure. F. What is Ovarian  Kung  Fu? Originall y the Taoist sexual  exercises  were called  “Ovarian  Kung
Fu”. Som e students  feel this  sounds  too violent  or too much like
martial arts. The term  “kung  fu,” how ever means discipline  or
intensive  work, referrin g to one who puts  time into  practice. Ovarian
Kung  Fu im plies an  expression  of po wer and control,  of the ability
to take  com mand of  one’s  body  and sexual  life. In the Universal  Tao System’s Ovarian  Kung  Fu trainin g, we
practice  to gain,  increase,  collect and  transfo rm ovarian  (sexual)
energy ; It is i mportant  to remem ber that building  up energy  in your
body  without know ing what to do  with it is dange rous. Som e systems
advocate  releasing  the ener gy from  time to time in so me w ay, like
releasing  a pressur e valve. They  will reco mmend occasional
outw ard-pouring  orgas ms for this  purpose. The Universal  Tao
System, however: stresses  the importance  of learnin g the
Microcosmic Orbit,  the means by which the ener gy can be
circulated  in the body  ultimately  to be stored  in a safe area  (the
navel)  for later  use and transformation  into a higher  form  of energy. If you consider  a computer  analog y, learning  how  to push  a button
will not teach  you how to opera te a computer. Although  pushing  the
- 34 -Chapter  I
button  will give  you a result,  until  you know and underst and the
system, yo u will not be able  to control  that result. To insure  proper
training  in the art of  Healing  Love,  the concepts,  the steps involved,
and an idea  of the  pleasure  that lies ahead  will be explained  in
detail. G. Wo men’s Sexual Energy
1. The  Ovaries  contain Life Force  Energy. As previousl y stated,  the Ching  (principal)  energy  of a w oman
provides  her with life-force  energy. This life- force  energ y is
contained  to a large  extent  in the ovaries. It is here  that the hormones
are produce d that determine  a woman’s  breasts,  voice,  etc. The
ovaries  constantl y produce  sexual energy. The Ovarian  Breathing
Process  to be  taught  in this book  releases  the energy  produced  by
the ovaries,  and makes it possible  to store  this energy, which has
a Yang (active)  qualit y, in the  woman’s  body  After  ovulation  and
before  menstruation  the ener gy is mi lder as  the properti es of the
energy  change  from  Yang to Yin (passive). Also, during  this part  of
the cycle  the energy  is at its highest  stage  of development  for
absorptio n and transfo rmation. Ovarian  Breathing,  if practiced  ever y day, can start  the
absorptio n process  and conserve  the life-force  energ y that other wise
would be lost  through  menstruation. This is the process  by which
the sexual ener gy is transfo rmed to Chi. As a result  of this practice,
wome n often  notice  a distinct  shortening  of the durati on of the
menstrual  flow, or a decre ase of cram ps or other  problems
associated  with their  periods. With continued  practice  menstruatio n
may cease,  because  all the  sexual ener gy is being  transformed
into a higher  life-force  ener gy. Under  ordin ary circum stances  menstruation  can stop  for a
variety  of reaso ns, such  as poor  diet,  depression,  emotional  stress,
childbirth  or menopause. Since a  functioning  body  draws its energ y
from ever y resourc e it has,  a body  requiring  additional  energy
makes co mpensations  to suppl y that energ y where it is neede d. A
nursing  mother


 is
your stored patterns from the past. You are deciding you need to do things
outside in order to appease these patterns that are inside. This does not get
rid of the stored patterns—it actually reinforces your commitment to them. Over time, they will continue to bother you. Let’s say you feel lonely becau se you don’t have someone special in
your life. This sounds perfectly normal, but the truth is having someone
special in your life is your attempt to solve your loneliness. It does not
address the cause of it. It’s just like if you eat poorly and have a
stomachache; you may start looking for the Pepto Bismol. If someone then
asks you why you have a stomachache, please don’t say it’s because you
can’t find the Pepto Bismol. Finding the Pepto Bismol is an attempt to
compensate for your stomachache—it is not related to the cause of it. The
Pepto Bismol may make you feel better temporarily, but unless  you changeyour eating habits, the stomacha che will return. You will find this is true for
many things you do to compensate for your discomforts. Eventually, we wake up and realize that compensating for what’ s
wrong is not good enough—we must solve the root cause of why we are not
okay. There is a state within you that is always filled with love and a sense
of happiness. Yogananda called  it ever-new joy. It’s not a joy you get tired
of; it’s a constan tly upward-flowing, new experience of beauty. This is the
solution to every problem you’re having inside—make it beautiful in there. Instead of thinking that the new job will do it, the new relationship will do
it, or more money and popularity will do it, do the necessary inner work to
make it beautifu l inside. Notice that your problems all start with, “I’m not
okay in here.” If you were  okay, you wouldn’ t be worrying and
complaining. You’d be in there enjoying the beauty of the experience you’re
having. Enjoying your inner state doesn’ t mean nothing will happen outside. Nobody is saying you don’t interact with the world. You just don’t interact
with the world in an attempt to solve your inner problems. The outside
cannot solve your inner blockages. All the outside world can do is
temporarily allow the energy to go around a blockage or not hit it as much. This creates some relief, but it’ s not going to get rid of the blockage. Working on releasing inner blockages, instead of struggling with life to
get what  you want, can seem like something is being taken away from you. But if what is being taken away from you is causing suffering, this should
not be a proble m. If you’re eating something that makes you sick, and
someone wants to give you food that makes you healthy, you must first stop
eating what makes you sick. This is not an act of renunciation; it’s simple
wisdom. Taking on this inner work does not mean you don’t get married,
have a job, or fully put your heart into whatever you’re doing. You can do
all of that, but not for the purpos e of solving your inner problems. If you are
letting the avoidance of your inner problems define what you’r e doing, all
you’r e doing is expressing your inner problems outside. Say a psychologist
held up a Rorschach inkblot and you got upset about what you saw in it. Is
the solution to tell them to stop holding up that piece of paper? That would
be ridiculous. You would not solve anything. Yet trying to solve inner
problems by rearranging the outside is exactly what everybody is doing.Chapter 27. The Paradigm Shift
Everyone wants to improve  their experience of life. People are always
looking for more joy, love, inspiration, and meaning—the question is how to
achieve this. Let’s do an expe riment. Imagine an all-powerful force has
asked you to write down some things that need to happen for you to totally
enjoy your life. If you’re like most people, you will write down things like a
new house, a special relationship, a higher paying job, and perhaps a
yearlong vacation to your favorite spots around the world. When you’re
done, you will be so excited to turn in that list and get your wishes granted. Unfortunately, you’ll have to wait a moment because we’re going to go
deeper with this experiment. If you examine your list more closely, you will see that it’s not what
you really want. Let’s say you wrote down that you want to get married to
the person you love, and you want a wedding in Maui with birds-of-paradise
surrounding the ceremony. After the wedding, you want to live in a
beautiful, mortgage-free house overlooking the ocean with two fancy cars in
the driveway. It’s the dream you’ve had since childhood. The problem is
that’s not what you really want. Your mind has played a trick on you. Say
you have the wedding, the house, and the cars, just like you wanted them,
but your new spouse turns out to be a real jerk. You are treated terribly, and
it’s obvious right from the start that this is going to be the worst marriage in
human history. On top of that, you’re Catholic, so you can’t get divorced. Do you still want that wedding? Unlikely. So, it wasn’ t really the marriage
you wanted. You wanted the beautiful experience that you thought the
marriage was going to give you. So why didn’ t you ask for that? The same thing holds true for the new job, the million dollars in the
bank, and the respect of other people. Fine, you can have it all. But what if it
creates so much stress and worry that you’re miserable? You’d wish youcould have your old job back. You didn’ t really want the job, the money, or
the acceptance—you wanted what you thought they would give you. You
wanted happiness, joy, and a sense of total well-being. How about a constant
inner state of love, beauty, and inspiration at the highest level you’ve ever
experienced? Why didn’ t you ask for that? What you did was allow your strongest past experiences to define what
you think will make you feel happy. It doesn’ t work that way. There are
plenty of people who have what you wrote down on your list, and they’re
not always happy. There’ s nothing you ever experienced that left you totally
fulfilled for any length of time. You have always needed more. Your entire
life you’ve been saying, “If I get this thing I want, I’ll be okay, and if I don’t
have to get what I don’t want, I’ll be fine.” For your whole life, there’ s been
a list. When will you realize that doesn’ t work? If you’ve been doing
something every minute of your entire life, and you’re still doing it,
obviously it doesn’ t work. Why not go directly to the root and say, “What I
want is to feel love and joy. What I want is every moment of every day to
feel complete well-being as high as I’ve ever felt before, and to be inspired
by everything I do.” Now there’ s a list. Let’ s turn that one in. The interesting result of our experiment is that it has led us away from
worldliness and into the essence of spirituality. Not that worldliness is a
negative term— it just means you think the answer is in the world. You think
the answer lies in what’ s unfolding in front of you. It isn’t wrong to go to
the world for what you think you want—it simply doesn’ t work. You’re
trying to find something outside that matches your “samskara of the day.”
Once you get what you want, or avoid what you don’t want, that will no
longer be your major desire or greatest fear. Once that one’s out of the way,
there will always be the next issue coming to the surface. Eventually, you wake up. You realize that you want to feel love. Not
that you want to love someone or have someone love you—you just want to
feel love all the time. If your love is not dependent on anything or anyone, it
can last forever. We call that unconditional love. The great yoga master,
Meher Baba, taught that love must spring spontaneously from within. It
cannot be coerced, and it cannot be dependent upon anything. That’ s what
pure love is. Otherwise, you have a temporary situation that just happens to
match your stored patterns. Unfortunately, this will not last. You’ve got lots
of samskaras in there. In addition, if you’re in a relationship, the other
person has lots of patterns of their own, quite different from yours. This iswhy relationshi ps are so complicated. Not only are each person’ s past
samskaras different, but both people have different experiences every day to
add to the collection. If somebody yelled at your partner at work, they’re
different when they come home than if somebody was nice to them. You, of
course, had your daily experiences. If your feeling of love is dependent
upon your partner behaving a certain way when they come home, you’re in
trouble and so are they. You have enough difficulty dealing with your own
samskaras; now


 left- or right-brain
dominant. People who are right-brain dominant tend to becreative. I suspect that if you take right-brain dominance andadd adrenaline, you wind up with a creative genius. AlbertEinstein, for instance, is well-known as having a classic case ofADHD (he failed a number of subjects in school). It may havebeen high levels of adrenaline that made the brains of Einsteinand other creative geniuses such as Da Vinci and Beethovenfunction so brilliantly. I also wonder whether people withautism or with T ourette’s syndrome could also have anoverload of adrenaline in the brain. In autism, the excessadrenaline might be manifesting as sensory overload, and sothe person shrinks back from the world to decrease the amountof stimulus. 137 ADD AND ADH D—THE SILENT EPIDEMIC  It should also not be surprising that many conditions
associated with adult ADHD are considered incurable by themedical community, since, in my view, the cause is hormonesout of balance—an unfamiliar concept for many physicians. These conditions include: restless leg syndrome, fibromyalgia,type II diabetes, endometriosis, menstrual migraines, andasthma, to mention a few. Yet utilizing natural bio-identicalhormones, altering the patient’s eating habits, and helpingthem gain insight into their condition often lead to a “mirac-ulous” resolution of these very problems. A WIDESPREAD PHENOMENON
My point is that the medical system has failed to appreciate the
influence of hormones on our behavior and how they affect usclinically. I suspect there are well over 200 million adultsnationwide with unrecognized ADHD. Obviously, this israther a bold statement. But consider the people you interactwith on a daily basis—those who are quick to anger, thepeople with nervous energy, those who are restless at night,who tap their hands or legs, who have cold hands when youshake hands with them (due to vasoconstriction of bloodvessels caused by high adrenaline levels), who drink too muchor use drugs. Look at the millions of women with estrogen-dominant conditions—menstrual cramps, migraines, fibroids,endometriosis—all related to low progesterone levels. Howmany of these women are hypoglycemic from increased insulinand put out adrenaline to bring their sugar levels up so thebrain can function. Since hormone patterns are genetically inherited, people
with ADHD will have at least one parent with ADHD—possibly a workaholic mother or father, who may have had a138 THE MIRACLE OF BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES  tendency toward anger and perhaps drank too much. If they
have children, each child has a 50 percent chance of havingADHD. If their spouse also has ADHD (a fairly commonoccurrence, by the way) then their children are 100 percentlikely to have ADHD. And then there are the grandchildren. 139 ADD AND ADH D—THE SILENT EPIDEMIC  HORMONAL IMBALANCES
IN CHILDREN
chapter SIXTEEN
I want to begin this chapter by noting that the relationship
between childhood illness and hormonal influence has to dateessentially been ignored. What I have to say here is based onlogic and my own clinical observations; there are no studies tofall back on. Before we start, I want to remind the reader of a few well-
established medical facts:
• Hormones control every system of the body. • Males and females have the same hormones but
their levels differ. • Hormones are inherited from either parent. • At different stages in life, hormone levels vary. It is also worth mentioning that, as in adults, an imbalance
of one hormone in children often leads to an imbalance ofother hormones as the body tries to adjust to the deficiency. Girls who have started their periods may experience irregular
menses, severe cramps, migraines, or other symptoms. Inaddition, most people are aware that we have a nationwideproblem with over-weight and obese children. We are also
141beginning to see a significant increase in attention deficit
disorder (ADD) among children. This chapter discusses allthree of these problems. I’ll begin with ADD. THE MISSING LINK
It is apparent to me that the over-production of a single
hormone, insulin, is associated with many metabolic problems. Insulin is the number one hormone that creates fat, especiallyaround the middle of the body. It is the number one hormonethat causes type II diabetes, and, in my opinion, it is thehormone that precipitates ADD and ADHD. (See chapter 15for the hormonal difference between the two. ) If too much insulin is creating problems, then let’s go one
step further: Why is the body producing excess insulin. Although the over-production of insulin in children can bedue to many factors, its causes can probably be reduced to two:The first, and not necessarily the most important, is the typeof food children are exposed to. T oo many carbohydrates, inthe form of fruit juice, soda, cereal, chips, fries, candy, cookies,and similar foods, leads to high sugar levels and subsequentlyto over-production of insulin, which then puts the sugar intothe fat cells. The other factor, which may be the root cause for all the
problems discussed in this chapter, is a deficiency of proges-terone. I consider this the missing link. Low progesterone is almost always associated with the
over-production of insulin. If a parent is low in progesterone,they can pass this trait on to their child. A mother low inprogesterone will have a medical history that shows estrogendominance—with symptoms that include cramps, PMS,breast tenderness, nausea with pregnancy, fibroids, fibrocystic142 THE MIRACLE OF BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES  disease, and migraine headaches. The father may have a history
of hypoglycemia, increased fat around the middle, type IIdiabetes, or symptoms of ADHD. My own mother was estrogen dominant and wound up
dying of breast cancer because of it. She had thin arms and legsand a large abdomen—classic for hyperinsulinemia secondaryto low progesterone. I inherited a progesterone deficiency fromher. I had ADD as a child—I used to get up and walk out ofclass and could not focus. They didn’t diagnose ADD backthen; they thought I was bored. I wasn’t bored—I just couldn’tpay attention. I was continuously hypoglycemic—I cravedsweets. I rarely studied in high school or college, except thenight before exams. I could only focus on things that interestedme, like early rock and roll in high school, and bridge andpoker in college. (I studied 4 hours every night once I got tomedical school—but I was interested in medicine. ) I have fought with my weight all my life because my body
over-produces insulin. When I first went into practice, I usedto nod off between 3 and 4
p. m. —sometimes while talking to
patients. Oftentimes when I was driving I had to slap my faceto keep my eyes open. All these symptoms disappeared after Istarted using natural progesterone. THE OVER-WEIGHT CHILD
When people are young, it is often possible to get fat to almost
melt off their bodies. They have not yet reached the stage wheretheir bodies become sophisticated, efficient machines forfat-production and maintenance of fat. Another chapter of this book (chapter 20) deals with
weight control; the approach for children is similar to thatfor adults, but it is easier. Very often just teaching the child143 HORMONAL IMBAL ANCES IN CHILDREN (and/or the parents) how to eat properly is all that’s required. Instructing them on the importance of exercise—primarily toburn sugar rather than fat—is mandatory. Adjusting hormonessuch as progesterone and thyroid may be necessary. Eliminatingunnecessary medications, when possible, is helpful. What would be of immeasurable benefit is if parents
would unite in a campaign to eliminate the candy-juice-sodamachines in the schools, and work with the school dietitiansand the fast-food purveyors outside the school to offer lower-carb choices for their children. PUTTING PERIODS IN PERSPECTIVE
When girls enter puberty, if the ovaries are not producing an
adequate amount of progesterone, the pituitary sends outhormones to step up the production. In many cases, theovaries, for genetic reasons, are not capable of increasingprogesterone, but the extra stimulation increases the amountof estrogen. This extra estrogen can lead to cysts on the ovaries. Ovarian cysts can produce an excess of testosterone, causingproblems with acne and excessive hair growth. This is knownas polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)—again, most likelycaused by a deficiency of progesterone. Keep in mind, the lowprogesterone associated with all of the above changes alsocauses the production of excess insulin, creating weight aroundthe middle. At the same time, the excess estrogen is putting onfat around the hips, thighs, and buttocks. Very often teenage girls with menstrual problems are put
on birth control pills to help with cramps or acne. However,this is treating the symptoms instead of dealing with thecause of the problem. 144 THE MIRACLE OF BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES  The cause, in my opinion, is a reduced level of proges-
terone. The only time a female produces progesterone isduring ovulation. Birth control pills prevent the ovaries fromovulating—so


. The word unmaking
is necessary because life is not all creation; old, outworn exper iences need
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        Longevity  is still an
individual achievement; it comes primarily to those whose expectations are
high enough to reach for it. America could become a land where no one
ever grows feeble and crippled by age, but for that to happen,  we need to
see the entire human life cycle as a rising curve. Today, fortunately, few
“normal” signs of aging have gone unchallenged, and major studies have
proved that we have expected far too little of the aging body, which holds
great potential for improvement at very advanced ages. Not Older, Better
In 1958, a uniqu e project began in Baltimore, where eight hundred men and
women between the ages of 20 and 103 volunteered to be examined as they
aged. Each returned every year or two to go through an extensive battery of
tests. The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, as it is officially known,
grew to be the most famous of its kind. Its basic purpose was to determine
how different bodily organs change over time. Hundreds of separate
findings have emer ged, and in general they fully support the optimism of
the new old age. Some key findings:
• As people age, their physical status varies widely from individual to
individual, and by the time they reach 80 and 90, the differences havegrown to be tremendous. • While physical performance always declines over time as measured
in a group, this does not alwa ys hold true for each person. Some
people manage to retain lung capacity while everyone around them is
losing it; others actually improve in kidney function or the amount of
blood their hearts pump with each stroke. In most of these cases, the
person kept up the use of the organ in question; “use it or lose it” was
the key. • Mental function is also mainta ined with use. For instance, someone
who earns his living solving problems tends to retain that ability as he
ages, even though that function declines for the group as a whole. • The most comp lex organs, such as muscles, are the first to diminish. Losing muscle tissue is the main reason why people are unable to
perform as much work as they age. • Being moderately overweight in middle age apparently doesn’ t
shorten one’s life span (this depends, however, on avoiding the
harmful side effects of being overweight, such as diabetes,
hypertension, and congestive heart failure). • Remaining sexually active throughout one’s early and middle years
gives one the best chance of remaining active into old age. Again
there was tremendous variance from person to person. Married men
between ages 60 and 80 might have sex as little as three times a year
or as much as once a week or more. Most subjects believed that
regular sexual activity, however, was good for their health. • When asked to perform light to moderate exercise, men in their
sixties were as efficient as men in their twenties, but the older men
had to use more of their total physical capacity. (The Tufts
researchers found that older bodies benefit just as much from exercise
as do younger ones; the gain in muscle mass from twelve weeks of
weight-lifting was the same for 60-year -olds as for much younger
subjects. ) • Old people metabolize alcoho l as well as when they were young,
but its effects get stronger. After taking a drink, an older perso n willshow poorer reaction time, memory, and decision-making than a
younger person. • High levels of cholesterol do not keep rising with age but peak at
about 55 (somewhat earlier for men and later for women). • Although sugar tolerance declines with age, this leads to type II
diabetes only in some people; others do not acquire the disease
despite the change in their body’s ability to use glucose in the
bloodstream. This represents only a fraction of what the Baltimore researchers
discovered, but it is enough to confirm one of the main points I started out
with: Everyone grows more unique with age, and that uniqueness includes
the possibility for improvement on any front. Of 650 men, only 12 actually
managed to improve their kidne y function, while the vast major ity suffered
decline in function or remained  the same, but that small handful is enough
to give us a glimpse of untapped possibilities. The new paradig m tells us that we are constantly making and unmaking
our bodies at the quantum level, which means that we are constantly
unfolding hidde n potential. Some of this potential is nega tive, some
positive. The field takes a neutral attitude; what we wish and expect for
ourselves governs the response  we get. If we consider how to improve
physical and mental function every day for the rest of our lives, three values
emer ge that must be part of everyone’ s intention:
  1. longevity itself, since life is a primary good
  2. creative experience, which keeps life interesting and makes us
want more of it
  3. wisdom, which is the collective reward of long life
It’s impo ssible to set limits on what can be achieved in each area. Creativity
and wisdom inspired Picasso, Shaw, Michelangelo, Tolstoy, and other long-
lived geniuses to the day they died. Verdi wrote one of his greatest operas,
Falstaff,  at the age of 80, and the German naturalist Alexander von
Humboldt comp leted his greatest work, Cosmos,  at 89. There is immense
beauty and dignity in these autumnal achievements; the dome of St. Peter ’sseems even more masterful for the fact that Michelangelo designed it in his
ninth decade. Psychologists who study creativity say that artists and writers often can
produce more new ideas in their sixties or seventies than in their twenties. One interesting variable is that the later you take up any creative pursuit,
the more likely you are to pursue it into old age. Eliot Porter, one of
America’ s premier landscape photographers, did not publish his first picture
until he was past 50; Julia Child came to television when she was past
midlife. In both cases, success  steadily increased through the next three
decades. Creative experience may enhance the structure of the brain itself. Chinese
studies of old people in Shangh ai indicate that less educated people have
higher rates of dementia and Alzheimer ’s disease; the implication is that
educated people, having been trained to use their minds, stimulate healthy
brain activity. PET scans show increased blood flow to the brain during
periods of creative thought; a distinctive EEG of coherent rhythms across
all band s of brainwave activity is associated with the “Aha. ” or “Eureka. ”
experience that characterizes art and creativity in general. Also, it’s a myth
to think that it harms the brain to get too wrapped up in mental work. As
long as it is enjoyable, concentrated mental activity gives rise to alpha-wave
patterns typical of “restful alertness,” the relaxed but aware state also found
in meditation. Certain desirable neurotransmitters such as serotonin also increase during
pleasurable creative activities (again, the same change is associated with the
restful alertness found in meditation). The neurological picture is still
debatable, but the real-life results—more years of fulfilling existence—are
not. It would appear, then, that to want as much life, creativity, and wisdom
as possib le is very desirable. If your expectations in these areas are low, you
are not likely to exceed them, while setting very high standards makes
every decade worth looking forward to. (I am fond of Robert Browning’ s
line, drilled into my head as a child in India: “A man’ s reach should exceed
his grasp, or what’ s a heaven for. ”) A sense of “active mastery…is the ego
state most clearly associated with longevity,” wrote David Gutmann, aging
researcher at the University of Michigan. This conclusion came after
studying long-li ved people from many diverse cultures and periods ofhistory. Active mastery means having autonomy over one’s life and
circumstances, not power over others. Beyond any body of evidence about
aging and how to prevent it, the single most important factor is that you
make something creative from your existence. The renowned religious writer Huston Smith once declared, “In order to
live, man must believe in that for which he lives. ” People languish and die
when their core of belief is gone. The most meaningful thing you can live
for is to reach your full potential. At any given age the body and mind you
experience are but a tiny fraction of the possibilities still open to you—there
are always infinite new skills, insights, and depths of realization ahead of
you. These latent potentials are closed off to the vast majority of people, who
barely have skills to fill sixty-five years of existence. Therefore, it is
extremely important to begin to develop your skills consciously, breaking
free of social expectation and setting yourself the goal of becoming a
master. The underlying reason why old people feel marginal in our society,
cut off from the mainstream of activity and social value, is that they
themselves do not have a positi ve ideal of the very stage of life they find
themselves in. To help you carve


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swollen:Bar-c.
Nasalcatarrh:
bland(notirritating):Euphr.,Puis. blood-streaked: Calc-s.,Phos. bloody:Mercs.,Nit-ac. burning:All-c,Ars.,Mercs.,Nit-ac,Nux-v.
crusty:Kali-b. dripsdownbackofthroat:Heps.,Kali-b.,
Nat-c,Nat-m.,Sep. dry(stuffedup/congestedwithout
discharge):Calc-c,Calc-f