 small intestines
(duodenum, jejunum and ileum), pancreas, liver, gallbladder.
FUNCTIONS
 — The digestive system employs mechanical (teeth) and
chemical (enzymatic) action for the breakdown of coarse foods and
compounds into simple structures for absorption and utilization purposes. It
allows for biological and biochemical transmutation of elements andcomplexes into more usable or storable compounds or substances.
ELIMINATIVE SYSTEMS

STRUCTURES
 — Colon, lymphatic system, urinary system, immune
system and the integumentary system (skin).
FUNCTIONS
 — The elimination of wastes and by-products from
metabolism and digestion. Elimination of pathogens and mucus from the
lymphatic system. Excess water elimination.
The eliminative system encompasses several other systems, which are
complete systems within themselves. They are the intestinal system, lymphatic
system, urinary system, integumentary system and immune system.
Intestinal System (Colon)
STRUCTURES
 — There are five sections to the colon. The first section,
which is valved and connected to the jejenum (small bowel), is called the
cecum. Then there is the ascending portion, which trails upward against
gravity toward the right lower lung and liver area. The transverse portion
travels across your abdomen toward the left side. Next it curves downward,
becoming the descending portion. It then curves again, and becomes the
sigmoid portion. Finally, it curves one last time, ending with the rectal
portion. The average human colon is five to six feet long.
FUNCTIONS
 — Wastes and by-products from digestion are eliminated
through the large intestine (called the colon). The lymph system also
eliminates one-third or more of its wastes through the colon. Wastes from
metabolism that enter the blood and lymph system are carried to the kidneys,
skin, and colon, to then be eliminated. The colon is truly the “sewer system”
and must be in a state of good health in order for the whole body to be in a
good state of health.
Lymphatic System
STRUCTURES
 — Spleen, thymus, appendix, tonsils, lymph nodes, lymph
vessels and lymph fluid.
FUNCTIONS
 — The lymphatic system is one of the most vital systems in
the body. Its job includes removing cellular wastes, removing excessive fat-soluble compounds from the gastrointestinal tract, and serving as the “house”
of the immune system. It creates white blood cells and antibodies, and is truly
the battlefield of “the good vs. the bad,” where immune cells battle
pathogens, including bacteria, yeasts, viruses and other unwanted intruders.
The lymph system is also a carrier of nutrients to various parts of the body. It
serves as both the police force and part of the body’s septic system. It
becomes heavily congested with excessive mucus and lymph from dairy
products and refined and complex sugars. This causes a type of congestion
that most people are unaware of except when their sinus cavities or lung
tissues let them know it.
Urinary System
STRUCTURES
 — Kidneys, bladder, ureters and urethra.
FUNCTIONS
 — The filtration and elimination of excess H
2
O, nutrients and
metabolic wastes and by-products from the body is the job of the urinary
system. It helps regulate the sodium/ potassium balance, and works with the
acid-alkaline balance. Urine is about 95 percent waste and 5 percent dissolved
substances.
Integumentary System
STRUCTURES
 — Skin, nails, hair, oil and sweat glands.
FUNCTIONS
 — This system provides protective and outer covering for the
physical body. The skin is the body’s largest eliminative organ and aids in the
elimination of wastes and by-products from metabolism. The integumentary
system maintains body temperature.
Immune System
STRUCTURES
 — Lymphatic system, which includes the thymus and
spleen, bone marrow, immune
cells (lymphocytes, monocytes, basophils,
macrophages, T-lymphocytes, B-cells, helper T and B cells, etc.), the liver
and parasites (toxin eaters).
FUNCTIONS
 — To protect the body from pathogens (foreign enemies),
antigens (foreign proteins), parasites and the like, that could harm or destroy
it. The immune system is truly the police force of the body.GLANDULAR SYSTEM (ENDOCRINE)

STRUCTURES
 — The pituitary gland, pineal gland, thyroid and
parathyroid glands, thymus, adrenal glands, pancreas (including the islets of
Langerhans), glands within the intestinal mucosa, ovaries and testes.
FUNCTIONS
—The regulation of all the activities of the body from
breathing, nerve response, and temperature changes, to elimination. This is all
accomplished through hormones, neurotransmitters, steroids, and the like.
The glandular system is tied into our emotional and mental bodies as well.
MUSCULAR SYSTEM

STRUCTURES
 — Muscles, tendons and connective tissue.
FUNCTIONS
 — Movement, strength and skeletal support. Transportation of
heat.
NERVOUS SYSTEM

STRUCTURES
 — The brain, spinal cord (Central Nervous System), the
autonomic nervous system, sensory organs (eyes, ears, nose, olfactory
nerves, etc.).
FUNCTIONS
 — The nervous system is truly the information highway of the
body. It is divided into two main systems: the autonomic (ANS) nervous
system, and the central nervous system (CNS). The autonomic system is
further divided into two branches, the sympathetic and parasympathetic
systems.
REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

STRUCTURES
 — Testes, ovaries, sperm, ova, mammary glands, and
prostate gland. The reproductive system works in conjunction with the
glandular system.FUNCTIONS
—Reproduction via conception, the continuation and
improvement (supposedly) of a species.
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

STRUCTURES
 — Lungs, trachea, bronchi, bronchial tubes, and alveoli.
FUNCTIONS
 — Ingestion of the body’s main source of energy—”oxygen.”
Oxygen allows for oxidation to take place within the body. The respiratory
system removes carbon dioxide; helps regulate the acid-base balance of the
body; and brings hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, etc., into the body. These
elements are life’s most basic foods.
SKELETAL SYSTEM

STRUCTURES
 — All the bones and cartilage that comprise the physical
body. There are 206 bones in the human body: Head—twenty-nine bones.
Upper extremities—sixty-four bones. Trunk—fifty-one bones. Lower
extremities—sixty-two bones.
FUNCTIONS
 — The skeletal system gives form and structure to the
physical body. It also allows for various movements of the limbs. Our bones
are oftentimes a source of calcium when they shouldn’t be.
MODULE 2.3
The Cell

In
Modules 2.1
 and
2.2
 we have already laid out the basics, presenting the
overall systems of the body. Modules 2.5 and 2.13 will detail each of these
various systems (circulatory system, immune system, glandular system, etc.),
the organs and glands that comprise them, as well as their related functions.
Before we discuss the systems, organs and glands, however, let’s start at
the beginning: with the cell. As all of creation is made up of atoms, so your
body—bones, tissues, organs and glands— is made up of cells.The body has over 75 trillion cells, each as individual as you are. They
each perform a specific function, while all working together in harmony to
form a social (body) consciousness. In other words, all your cells depend
upon each other and work together for the life and functioning of the body.
As the microcosm is a reflection of the macrocosm, a body is a reflection
of each of its cells, each being a society unto itself. Each cell is actually like a
completely self-sustaining city, taking care of all its own functions, with two
exceptions. All cells need an external source of energy (or connection) to this
world, and they all need to eliminate their wastes. Let’s examine the “city” or
“universe” of the cell.
There are many different systems or structures within a city (like the
highway department, for instance) that perform specific functions aimed at
the survival and productivity of that city. The same is true within each cell. It
has a courthouse (nucleus) where all the records (genetic information) are
kept. Within the courthouse (nucleus) you have government employees
(nucleoli) who carry out the daily activities and needs that are required for the
“men in the field” (ribosomes). All of the above determine the individuality
of the cells and their functions.
The atmosphere and the living substance of a cell is called cytoplasm.
The city (or cell) is surrounded and protected by a wall and gate system called
the plasma membrane or cell wall membrane. This “cellular wall” has
gatekeepers that allow or disallow substances into the cell.
The courthouse (nucleus) is also surrounded by a protective and
functional wall called the nuclear envelope. There are workers that carry
information (substances) from the courthouse (nucleus) to the city and from
the city


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spirochetes,
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squash soup,
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St. John’s wort,
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food combining and,
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modified food starch,
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stem cells,
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steroids,
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stimulants,
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stinging nettles,
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streptobacilli,
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stress,
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sucrase,
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sucrose,
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sugar(s),
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refined,
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sulfur (S),
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of potash,
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sunlight,
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super-foods,
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surgery,
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sweeteners, artificial,
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swelling,
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T-cells,
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talc,
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tannins (tannic acid),
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tarragon oil,
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tea tree oil (melalenca),
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TEA (triethanolamine),
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teas,
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herbal,
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making,
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tendons,
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terpenoids,
98
testes/testicles (gonads),
48
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testosterone,
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thermotherapy.
See
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30
thrombocytes,
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thyme oil,
297
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thyroid,
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tissue mineral analysis (TMA),
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tissue salts.
See
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tissues, types of,
21
titration,
215
toluene,
131
tongue examination,
206
tonics, herbal,
271
toxicity,
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See also
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toxins, physical,
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See also
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trachea (windpipe),
58
TRH (thyrotropin-releasing hormone),
329
triglycerides (TG),
329
trypsin,
73
trypsinogen,
26
TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone),
329
tumor markers,
321
turmeric,
253
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underweight persons,
165
unsaturated fats,
68
ureters,
41
urethra,
42
uric acid,
114
urinary (tract) system,
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herbal rejuvenation for,
270urine,
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uterus,
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vaccination facts,
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vaccinations, harmful effects of,
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valerian,
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vanadium (V),
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vascular system,
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vegetable juice combinations,
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vegetable juices,
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vegetables,
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alkaline and acid forming,
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food combining and,
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washing,
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which to eat,
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Veggie Sandwich,
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veins,
22
ventricles,
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venules,
22
vessels,
22
vibrational therapies,
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vibrios,
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video sources,
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villi,
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vinyls,
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272
in catalyst for immune response,
145
vitamins,
74
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vomiting,
193
what to do for,
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Walker, Norman W.,
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contaminants,
127
purified,
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134
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281
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water systems,
319
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320
weight gain.
See also
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emotional components,
164
white blood cells (WBCs),
23
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38
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326
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27
white lotus oil,
297
white oak bark,
254
white pond lily,
253
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wild tansy oil,
297
wood betony,
254
worms,
147
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wormwood,
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yeast,
145
yellow dock,
255
yucca,
255
Z
zinc (Zn),
92
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  Avalanche  to answer  their
Calls.
So let it do for you  the same  thing.  You  must  be as firm
and determined  as they  have  been,  and  you  will  have
exactly  the same  results;  because  Life  makes  no mistakes!
Mankind  does,  but Life  never!  Therefore,  as you give  obedi-
ence  to Life,  then  Life  will  serve  you  in the Fulness  of Its
Great  Power.
Just for a few  moments,  will  you  still  yourselves ? Don't DISCOURSE  XXII  343
cross  your  feet  or hands.  Just  make  yourselves  willingly
obedient  and  open  to these  Great  Currents  of Energy,  as I
call them  forth;  to pour  thru  your  bodies,  your  feeling
world,  so This  Service  may  be rendered  completely  for you
tonight.
I speak  directly  to the "Mighty  I AM  Presence,"  of each
one.  I command  the Higher  Mental  Body  of each  one,  to
release  and  pour  forth  the  Mighty  Current  of the Unfed
Flame  thru  and  under  the feet  of each  one.  Hold  in Its
Mighty  Action,  the  Violet  Consuming  Flame  so all im-
purity  may  be washed  out of the human  body;  out of the
feeling  world  and  into  the  Mighty  Violet  Consuming
Flame,  to free  these  Beloved  Ones  tonight!  Render  This
Service  so powerfully,  Higher  Mental  Body  of each  one,
that they  may  feel  It now;  and  awaken  in the morning,
glorified  by the  Power  of the  Light  which  beats  their
Hearts.  With  Its Mighty  Courage,  Strength  and  Power
flowing  thru,  may  each  be a world  of such  Happiness,  Cour-
age, Strength,  the Full  Power  and  Feeling  of their  Domin-
ion over  all conditions.  Then  nothing  longer  obstructs  the
way in their  feeling  world,  to this  Mighty  Presence  of
Light,  as It flows  forth  to perform  Its Service  for them.
We stand  in the Presence  of Life  as Its Mighty  Power  and
Currents  of Energy  are flooding  forth  now  into  and  thru
your  bodies,  sweeping  out  all imperfection!  The  Light
when  you  call  It forth,  knows  no opposition.  It flows  in,
thru  and  around  your  physical  body;  thru  your  feeling
world,  dissolving,  consuming  and  sweeping  out every  lim-THE  "l AM99  DISCOURSES
iting  discordant,  destructive  quality  which  has been  acting
there.  Then,  as you  remain  harmonious  accepting  this—
qualify  It eternally  sustained  in action  for you;  so It may
render  this  Perfect  Service.
When  you  retire  tonight,  going  to your  peaceful  won-
drous  rest,  which  you  shall  have—call  your  Presence  of Life,
your  Higher  Mental  Body,  to release  Its Mighty  Current  of
Energy  while  your  body  sleeps.  Then,  there  is no resistance.
Charge  it with  the Perfection  of Life!  Qualify  it to dissolve
and consume  every  discordant  thing,  which  has ever  been
there.  Then,  as you awaken  in the morning  remind  yourself
with  the Joy of all Life,  that  your  Great  Blessing  is Joy!  Its
Mighty  Action  and  Perfection  manifesting  in you  and  your
world;  filled  with  the Glory  of all Life  holds,  in Its Mighty
Stream,  as It flows  into  your  body,  beats  your  Heart  and
gives  you  action.
We thank  you  Mighty  Presence  of Life  for answering
This  Command;  for holding  It sustained  forever,  until  each
hour,  each  day,  greater  Harmony,  greater  Perfection  mani-
fest within  the body,  the mental  and  feeling  world  of each
one;  charged  with  the Glory  of all Happiness  which  is the
Perfection  of Life,  now  and  forever  sustained.
I thank  you. DISCOURSE  XXII
September  25,1938
SEATTLE,  WASHINGTON
BROADCAST
Beloved  People  of America,  in endeavoring  to assist  you
in the understanding  and  operation  of the Laws  of Life,
remember,  you  are an Individualized  Presence  of God,  the
"Mighty  I AM  Presence"  of Light!  Therefore,  you  have
Authority  even  in the human  octave,  thru  your  Call  to the
Presence  of Life,  to call forth  whatever  you  will;  knowing
of course  your  motive  must  be Constructive  and  your  Desire
blessing  everywhere  you  move;  and  that  means  Life,  your
fellow-man  and  your  activities.
As long  as mankind  understands  that  all destructive
forces  and  their  qualities,  eventually  return  upon  the In-
dividual  who  generates  them;  then  there  should  be no de-
sire anywhere  among  the  people  of Earth  to do things
which  mankind  is constantly  doing,  and  which  bring  the
reaction  of discordant  activities  upon  Individuals.
We have  become  Free,  thru  Our  Conscious  Application
of the Great  Law  of Life.  Your  Beloved  Saint  Germain  has
brought  forth  the Exact  Law  of Life,  Its Perfect  Applica-
tion—the  Complete  Understanding  of Its Application.  You
may  apply  It, if you will.  The  Individual  who  will  earnestly
apply  It, will  have  all the Proof  anyone  desires,  that  This
345 346 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
Law,  the Explanation  and  the Application  which  He has
brought  forth,  is True!  Unless  one  uses  the Law  thru  his
own  application,  how  can anyone  know  Its Power ? For in-
stance,  you  may  listen  to a Truth,  but if you  do not believe
It, how  can  you  be blessed  by It?
In all the Simplicity  of Life  and  Its Majestic  Power,  you
must  understand  that  Life  acts  thru  Its Energy,  Its Power,
Its Light!  To understand  and  have  the use of It, you  must
have  some  Definite  Application.  In your  mathematical
work  in school,  you  have  a way  and  means  by which  you
work  out and  solve  the problems.  Life  has always  provided
the EXACT  MEANS;  and  when  I say "exact"  I mean  just
that,  by which  mankind  may  solve  its own  problems.  What
you call problems  after  all, are just opportunities  in Life,  by
which  Individuals  strengthen  their  Spiritual  Powers,  their
spiritual  muscles,  as it were;  and  release  into  their  world
of action,  the Power  of Life  in greater  intensity.
Beloved  People  of America,  mankind  has arrived  at last
at the understanding  for those  who  care  to study,  where  the
people  are no longer  slaves  of circumstances.  Remember,
Beloved  People  of America,  the conditions  which  exist  to-
day, are here  because  Individuals  have  succumbed  to the
idea,  that  some  outside  conditions  had  power  to limit  or
subject  them!  In order  to have  the fulness  of what  you  re-
quire,  you  must  overcome  such  an idea.  YOU  MUST  RE-
MOVE  THE  FEELING  IN  YOU,  THAT  SOME-
THING  OUTSIDE  OF  YOU  HAS  MORE  POWER
THAN  THE  LIGHT  WHICH  IS WITHIN  YOU. DISC


 product was bad but now it is good. As a matter of fact white flour has been
improved very little, sugar not at all and canned goods have the same reduced amounts of vitamin B that they always had, (the B largely killed by heat).
   The only good flour is whole grain flour and as this must be fresh, (it spoils in a few
weeks) the white flour milling business would be affected in an adverse way if fresh
whole wheat flour were to become universally used.
   In human nutrition we must aim at the optimum as in the inevitable national conflicts
which test the highest in physical and mental development, only the optimum will
prevail. The profit minded individual who prates about the American diet being
satisfactory as it is, digs his own grave as he opens the way for our enemies.

  CHAPTER I
OUR DIETARY NEEDS (What do we need?)
   The requirements for the maintenance of life in every living cell are to be obtained
partly from the air we breathe, partly from the water we drink, and partly from the food we eat. There is the possibility of variations or changes in any of these three which may inhibit the optimum life processes in the living cells. Air may be contaminated with smoke or gas or dust. Water may be contaminated with typhoid fever germs or amebic
dysentery. Food may be contaminated with disease germs, or may fail to contain the necessary elements for providing the highest type of resistance to disease germs.
   In the life of the ordinary person, the most common disease-producing factors are
from food deficiencies. In the past it has been thought that contaminated air and water
have a good deal to do with the production of disease, and while this does occasionally
occur, it is not to be compared in importance with the amount of disease that is
produced by errors in diet.
   In the past, before dietary principles we re on a scientific basis, much theorizing was
done as to the cause of some of the common diseases. Philosophical methods of thought
ascribed disease to air, water, weather, evil spirits, changes in the moon, cold, wet, and
witchcraft. Today we know that the average healthy animal will live out his life free
from disease, retaining mental and physical faculties until near the time that death
comes from old age, if the individual is properly nourished. These principles have been worked out on laboratory animals, and are now well established. The application to
human individuals is much more difficult than to laboratory animals, but by accident or
design, much evidence has been accumulated on individual human beings and in
groups, in factories, armies, and pers ons in certain geographical locations.
   The Japanese Army during the Russian- Japanese war suffered in a very great way
from a deficiency disease. The Japanese Navy during the same war, properly fed,
suffered very little from this disease. Some industrial plants have experimented with
employees in the matter of a tendency to catch cold, and have found that the well-
nourished individuals have a much smaller number of days absent from work on this
account. The people of Labrador every winter suffer severely from scurvy and beriberi
due to the fact that during this period of the year they are located in a somewhat
inaccessible geographical location, and fresh fruits and vegetables are not available.
   These instances are given to show the methods used to acquire information in
connection with the human animal, and in order to show that in the main the principles that apply to rats and guinea pigs apply in the same way to humans.
   A few of the sources of information in connection with human diets are studies made
in the Loetschental valley in Switzerland, th e Outer Hebrides Islands and the Indians of
western Canada. These relatively inaccessible geographic locations permit the study of
peoples who live on natural foods. Western Canada, in the region east of the Rocky
Mountains, is hard to reach. The Indians in this part of Canada enjoyed long life and
good health until a fort was established by the British government. The Indians who
lived near the fort found they could trade their furs and fish for "the white man's food."
The white man's food consisted mostly of white flour and sugar. The Indians took to
this with as great enthusiasm as they did to alcohol; resulting in many cases of arthritis, tuberculosis, and tooth decay, with a shortened life period, and with lessened ability to
work. The Indians in the back country who did not have access to the white man's food kept their good health; had no tuberculosis or any of the other diseases mentioned.
   In the Outer Hebrides--a little group of Islands in the north Atlantic west of northern
Scotland--the natives were found to be healthy, strong, and long-lived. Their food was whole grain products, milk, milk products, and meat. There was no need for a doctor or
a dentist. In time the Lewis tweeds from the Is land of Lewis in that group came to be an
important article of commerce. A brisk shipping between Scotland and the capital of the
Islands sprang up. This shipping brought the English and Scotch, who in turn brought
marmalade and other sweets, candies, cookies, and products made with white flour and sugar. Coincident with the introduction of  these foods, the school children showed a
large incidence of tooth decay, adenoids, diseased tonsils, arthritis, tuberculosis, and
other diseases that go with deficiency diets. The people in the back part of the Island of
Lewis and the people of the other islands who were not exposed to the diets of the more
highly civilized English and Scotch suffered no deficiency disease. They continued to live to be near one hundred years of age without tuberculosis, arthritis, heart disease,
diseases of digestion, or tooth decay.
   The Loetschental valley in Switzerland is high in the Alps and is relatively
inaccessible. The population of the valley is around 2200. The summer is short, but is
long enough to provide for a crop of grass, greens, and vegetables. The people of the
valley live on milk cheese, butter, whole grains, eggs and meat. Neither the Indians of
western Canada, the people of the Outer Hebrides, or the inhabitants of the Loetschental
valley ever had the benefits (or curse) of sugar. This Swiss valley, while supporting a
rich and prosperous population, has never ha d a doctor or a dentist. There has been no
need for either. The expected life period is around one hundred years. The persons are
vigorous and well able to do manual work in the 80's and 90's. Deficiency diseases as
we know them simply do not exist. The Swiss Guard which formerly was furnished to
the Pope, and for which the Swiss government searches the country for the finest
physical specimens, was largely taken from this valley.
   The foregoing are given as illustrations in the human family which might in some
measure parallel laboratory experiments made on animals. A larger and more
convincing exhibit could be adduced from the experience of the Chinese, Japanese, and
Filipinos in connection with polished rice. The eating of polished rice produced
hundreds of thousands of cases of beriberi--a  disease which paralyzes certain muscle
groups, and in some cases produces insanity, and always leads to death. Our own southern states, southern Spain, Italy,  and other Mediterranean areas furnished
thousands of cases of a disease called pellag ra. Persons affected with pellagra have red
discoloration of the skin, with disturbances of digestion, and nervousness which finally
becomes insanity. In the insane asylums of the southern states, over half of the inmates
are there as the result of pellagra. Pellagra ha s been found to be a disease caused by diet
deficiency. Beriberi in the orient and pell agra in America are still common, and the
conditions producing the diseases in these different parts of the world can be duplicated
in laboratory animals with the same result.
   Our knowledge, then, in regard to diet  does not depend altogether on experiments
with laboratory animals, but every step and every conclusion may be backed up with
facts that have been gleaned from human experience on great groups of people in various parts of the world.    Our purpose here is not to adduce in every case the proofs of what we are saying in
regard to human disease. These proofs are to be found in every well-stocked library. In
the medical journals for the last five years this subject has taken up more space than any other, and in medical papers presented at c onventions this subject has been the principal
topic for discussion. Newspaper and magazine s have carried innumerable articles, and
in some several such articles may be found in one issue.
   The result of all the work that is being done in the universities and commercial
laboratories throughout the whole civilized world is that certain chemical entities are
found to, be necessary to life processes. Animal life demands certain minerals, certain
vitamins, and certain fats and proteins in order that the body chemistry may be properly
carried out. Never before in the history of the world has it been possible to say what
these necessary things are. Always, up to the present time, diet has been a hit-or-miss
affair. Experience has been the only guide. Success or failure depended upon accident.
No guide was available except the likes and dislikes of appetite. Everything that
contributed to the pleasure of eating was considered acceptable and good, just as anything that contributed to protection from the winter's cold and storm was thought


 and integrate it. You will believe
and trust in it. Do not deny and fear it because you still have
diculties accepting and meeting your undesirable destructive
traits. If you truly look at them in a dispassionate, objective way,
you will always nd that fear and denial really oppose the life of the
instincts. The instincts are simple and innocent in themselves; your
destructiveness is always a result of pride, selfwill, fear, vanity,
greed, separateness, lovelessness, one-upmanship.In this way, you will nd it more and more possible to meet,
acknowledge, admit, and accept anything in you, no matter how
ugly, and never lose for one second the sense of your intrinsic
beautiful aliveness, and of deserving your own esteem. This inner
state will be the springboard from which change become s possible.
It will not only be a possibili ty in the abstract, but an eective way
of living, day in and day out, a constantly growing movement.
Any one of you who can truly bring this important topic to bear
upon whateve r state you are in at this moment will overcome an
important hurdle. Many of you may be stuck just in this painful
inner confusion. Some of you may not know this consciou sly; others
may feel it vaguely; still others may be quite aware of this struggle.
Most human beings are totally oblivious of the fact that this very
same battle rages in them; that this battle has created the instinctual
restrictions and fear, the self-alienation, the aridity and
impoverishment of the souls who cannot thrive in a climate of self-
rejection. People also ignore that all the religious commands to love
cannot be fullled until this dualistic split is healed and unication
found, so that self-liking is no longer confused with self-indulgence,
and honest self-confrontation need not bring self-loathing. You can
nd peace only when you can truly accept the ugliest in you and
never lose sight of your intrinsic beauty.
Now, are there any questions?
QUESTION : I feel a terric battle going on right now in relation to my
self-esteem. It feels like an atomic explosion. I realize I’m stuck in my
own limitations. I realize that I can’t stand pleasure. Coming from my
habitual state of unpleasure, pleasure almost seems unnatural.
ANSWER : If you can conceive of yourself as the essence of life, with
all its incredible powers, possibilities, and inherent potentials, you
will indeed know that you are deserving of your own esteem and
acceptance. You will be able to see the traits you hate and still not
lose sight of who you essentially are.I also suggest a specic exercise you might nd quite helpful. Put
down in writing everything that you dislike about yourself. Have it
down in black and white. Look at those traits when they are written
down. Then feel into yourself and ask: “Do I really believe that this
is all there is to me? Do I really believe that I must be these traits all
my life? Do I believe I have the possibility to love? Do I hold forces
locked up in me that contai n all the good imaginable?” By raising
these questions seriously, you will get an answer on a deeply feeling
level, a level where the answer is more than a theoretical concept.
You will experience a new power in you that you do not need to
fear, and a new gentleness and softness that does not need hostility
or other defenses. Then you will know how much there is in you to
love and respect.
Unifying Love and Pleasure
You have recently come across, in your personal pathwork, a very
specic miscon ception that makes loving impossible as long as you
harbor it. When you mista kenly equate loving with the terrible
danger of being totally impoverished, even robbed of your very life,
how can you want to love? How can you let yourself love?
According to this false idea, giving of yourself means losing what
you give without ever being replenished. If this were true, love
would indeed be impossible and giving a folly. Is it now conceivable
for you to see that this is not so; that reality is dierent? And if you
can see that love comes from the same inexhaustible well as
wisdom, as all life does, can you further perceive that you will not
need to deny your own natural instinct that wants to reach out, that
wants the pleasure of feeling love, warmth, and giving of yourself?
And can you still foresee the next natural, organic step in the chain,
which is that if you can love, you will inevitably love yourself? This
is the reason why you fear pleasure. For pleasure not only seems
entirely undeserved, but love and pleasure are interchangeable.
True pleasure is loving, and without loving pleasure just does not
exist. If you harbor love feelings your whole body is in a blissfulvibration, with certainty, with security, with peace, with
stimulation, with excitement in the most relaxed, pleasurable way.
That cannot come through anything that is given to you when you
are merely a recipient. It comes when you vibrate with this feeling.
Nor does this mean that you do not also receive love. The giving
and receiving become so interchangeable that it can often no longer
be discerned which is which. Both become indistinguishable in one
movement.
But if your nature is as yet incapable of allowing the feeling of
love, you must fear bliss, since bliss and loving are the same thing.
The misconception that giving is losing causes you to close up and
contract in all situations that might bring forth your natural
instincts. When you deny love and pleasure, you must inevitably
also deny your self-esteem. Your key must lie in seeing that your
inability to love is not an inborn aspect that you alone harbor
forever. It is a temporary block to loving, based on some false
premises that exist on a deeper level of your emotional experience.
You can change this misconception any moment you truly and fully
look at it.
Be blessed, every one of you. Be in peace. Be what you are,
honestly and truly, so that God manifests more and more in you.
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Meditation for Three Voices: Ego, Lower Self,
Higher Self
In this meditation, specically  geared to self-transformation,  we
engage the conscious ego to facilitate a dialogue between the higher
self and the lower self, so that what is in the unconscious reveals
itself to the conscious mind. Doing this, and noting down what
comes to the surface because it needs to be acknowledged and
transformed, can be an invaluable daily practice. With the strength
thus acquired, we can learn the art of positive life-creation.
Greetings, all my friends here. Love and blessings, help and inner
strength are coming forth to sustain you and help you open up your
innermost being. I hope you will continue and cultivate this process,
so that you bring to life your entire being—creating wholeness in
you.
There are many dierent kinds of meditation. Religious
meditation consists of reciting set prayers. There is meditation in
which the main emphasis is put on increasing the powers of
concentration. In another type of meditation spiritual laws are
contemplated and thought through. There is also meditation in
which the ego is made totally passive and will-less and the divine
allowed its own ux. These and other forms of meditation may have
more or less value, but my suggestion to the friends who work with
me is rather to use the available energy and time for confronting
that part of the self that destroys happiness, fulllment, andwholeness. You can never create the wholeness you truly aspire to,
whether or not this aim is articulated, if you bypass this
confrontation, This approach includes giving voice to the
recalcitrant aspect of the egotistical, destructive self that denies
happiness, fulllment, and beauty for any reason.
To really understand the dynamics, the meaning, and the process
of meditation and derive the maximum benet from it, you must be
clear about certain psychic laws. One of those is that if meditation is
to be truly eective, three fundamental layers of personality must be
actively involved in it.
These three fundamental personality levels we may call:
(1) the conscious ego level, with all conscious knowin g and
willing;
(2) the unconscious egotistical child level, with all its
ignorance, destructiveness, and claims to omnipotence; and
(3) the supraconscious universal self, with its superior wisdom,
power, and love, as well as with its comprehensive
understanding of events in human life.
In eective meditation the conscious ego activates both the
unconscious, egotistical, destructive self and the supraconscious,
superior, universal self. A constant interaction among these three
levels must take place, requi ring great alertness on the part of your
conscious ego self.
The Ego as Mediator
The conscious ego must be determined to allow the unconscious
egotistical self to reveal itself, to unfold, to manifest in awareness,
to express itself. This is neither as dicult nor as easy as it may
seem. It is dicult exclusively, my friends, because of the fear of not
being as perfect, as evolved, as good, as rational, as ideal, as


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by JENNIFER THOMPSON 3rd Edition October 2012Copyright © 2011 by Jennifer ThompsonCover design by Jennifer ThompsonBook design by Jennifer ThompsonAll rights reserved.No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the author. The only exception is by a reviewer, who may quote short excerpts in a review.Printed in the United States of AmericaFirst Release: August 2011Please Note: All material contained here is for informational purposes only.It is not meant to diagnose any disease or to cure any illness.For any medical questions or concerns, please consult with your doctor.........................................................................Introduction to Water Fasting!3............................................................................................Really, only water?!3....................................................................................Beneﬁts of water fasting!5......................................................................Water Fasting is natural and safe!8........................................................................Water Fasting is not starvation!10...............................................................................What type of water is best!10.....................................................................................How long to water fast!11......................................................................................................Weight loss!12.............................................................................................................Hunger!12............................................................................................The Ultimate Fast!13.......................................................................Preparation for a Water Fast!14............................................................................Pre-fast intestinal cleansing!14.................................................................................Finding the right location!15......................................................................................Setting aside the time!16......................................................................................................Be humble!!16......................................................................Preparing the body nutritionally!16.................................................Water – What kind, how much & temperature!17...........................................................................................................Enemas!18..............................................................................................How many days!19..............................................Adding lime, salt, herbal teas etc. to your water!20.................................................................................Extra support for healing!20...........................................................................................................Crystals!21....................................................................Warnings when Water Fasting!22..........................................................................................Potassium warning!22.......................................................................................Magnesium Warning!24.....................................................................................Taste of heavy metals!24...........................................................................Physical cleansing reactions!25........................................................................Emotional cleansing reactions!26.............................................................................................................Hunger!27........................................................................Avoid gossip and negative talk!28..........................................................................Rest even when feeling good!29..........................................................................How to break a Water Fast!30..........................................................................................Mental preparation!30.................................................................................................Keep it Simple!30.................................................................................First Meal - Shorter Fast!32..................................................................................First Meal - Longer Fast!33....................................................................Ascaris Intestinal Roundworm!35.......................................................................................................What is it?!35...................................................................................Follow-Up Cleansing!39................................................................................................Herbal Support!39...........................................................................................Nutritional Support!41.................................................................................................Afﬁrmations!47............................................................................................More Afﬁrmations!49...........................................................................................Energy Devices!51.........................................................................................Tesla Purple Plates!51....................................................................................Personal Harmonizers!53!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!4......................................................................Personal Story - 40-Day Fast!54.....................................................................................................Introduction!54.......................................................................The First Week: Headaches!56.........................................................................The Second Week: Worms!59....................................................................The Third Week: More Worms!67....................................................................The Fourth Week: Yep,Worms!72............................................................................The Fifth Week: Patience!82...............................................................................The Sixth Week: Focus!93.......................................................................................................Eating!!100....................................................................................................Epilogue!113.......................................................................................About the Author!115......................................................................Photos of Parasites/Worms!116.................................................................................................Resources!126
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!5Chapter 1Introduction to Water FastingWater Fasting is a concept that is new to many people, but in reality it is a tradition and healing method that has existed on this earth for more than 2,000 years.  When done correctly, water fasting is completely safe and harmless to the body.  It’s always best to build up slowly with water fasting, perhaps trying 3 days at ﬁrst and then in the next fast working to go further.    Many people will strive to do 7, 10, 14 or 21 days of complete water fasting, and it can be done for up to 40 days safely. The most important aspects of this type of program are preparing the body well to go into the fast and being sure to break the fast very, very gently.  The beneﬁts are vast and well worth the effort, extending far beyond the level of cleansing that one can attain from a juice fast.REALLY, ONLY WATER?This is the most common question I am asked when I discuss water fasting to someone.  They are in disbelief over the concept of only drinking water for a duration of a fast.  The conversation will go like this:Me: ‘I’m doing a water fast so I’m moving a bit slow at the moment.’Them: ‘Oh, wow.  Only water? What else do you take?’Me: ‘Only water, yes. And one water enema a day.’Them: ‘No pills? No psyllium? No juice?’Me: ‘No, only water.’Them: ‘So nothing at all besides water?  No minerals?’Me: ‘Just water and more water.’Them: ‘Nothing else at all?  No honey? No lemon?’Me: ‘No, only water.’These are all very normal and common questions to ask when it comes to water fasting.  And admittedly, many people have different ideas on what a water fast should be.  Some people follow Natural Hygienists like Arnold Ehret who recommends having fresh lemon squeezed into the water every day.  Other people mistakenly call the ‘Master Cleanse’ a water fast, when in reality that program is a liquid diet consisting of lemon juice, cayenne pepper and maple syrup.  Of course there is nothing wrong with the Master Cleanse, especially because it is a very easy cleanse and it’s quite gentle on the body, but for sure it is not a water fast.The true deﬁnition of water fasting is to consume only water for the duration of the fast.  Drinking juice is not actually considered a fast; it’s considered to be a ‘juice diet.’  During a water fast, no juices are consumed. Usually during a water fast, it is recommended to do one daily enema to gently cleanse the bowels.  It is important to note that some Natural Hygienists disagree with this and instead recommend doing nothing but leaving the body to rest.  From my experience, which you will soon read for yourself, I would highly recommend the daily enema.Introduction to Water Fasting
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!4BENEFITS OF WATER FASTINGWater fasting is certainly not easy and requires a lot of mental determination.  If one can endure a longer water fast especially, they are sure to beneﬁt from an increase in energy levels, a cleaning of the lymph and blood, a chance for the body to expel excess toxins, clearing of the skin, improved hearing and eyesight, better mental clarity and an overall sense of peace and calm.In the book The Live Food Factor by Susan Schenck, there is a very good chapter on Water Fasting.  She herself did a 36-day water fast in 1992 and has personally experienced the beneﬁts.  Susan writes, ‘Most of the healing beneﬁts in body, mind and spirit that I harvested then have lasted to this day.’In her book, Susan quotes Dr. Mark Mattson, PhD from the National Institute on Aging.  His studies found that mice fasting every other day lived longer and were healthier than controls.  He states:‘All living organisms make use of the extra rest during fasting to revitalize.  This added rest serves to free up energy so that the body can normalize body weight, heart rate and blood pressure.  The body can further make cellular upgrades as needed, establish overall health and prolong life.’Dr. Douglas Graham is a well-known raw foodist and author of the 80-10-10 Diet.  He has a clinic in Costa Rica where he offers supervised water fasts from 21 days up to 40 days if needed.  Introduction to Water Fasting
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!5According to Dr. Douglas Graham:‘Fasting is a way to overcome this lethargy, rejuvenate and renew your body, and reclaim your vigor. You can literally watch yourself grow younger. Life will never be the same after a fast, as you ﬁnd ﬁtness becomes easier, thinking becomes clearer, and most of all your life and energy returns.’In Cleanse and Purify Thyself Book Two, Dr. Richard Anderson describes the beneﬁts of water fasting:-‘Eliminates harmful undigested proteins and fats-Eliminates excessive proteins, fats, sugars, cholesterol, acids-Strengthens and improves functions of all organs and glands-Removes harmful negative emotions stored at cell level-Releases congestion in lymph, blood, organs and cells-Puriﬁes the lungs so that greater amounts of oxygen can enter the system-Tunes and tones all tissues, especially the skin and muscles-Improves digestion-Improves all senses and mental abilities. Expands awareness and inner knowing.’Introduction to Water Fasting
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Cover with thinly sliced tart apple, placing pecan meats over
this, and cover with Hygia dressing.

CRESS AND CABBAGE SALAD.
 Cabbage,   Radishes,
 Water Cress,   Hygia Dressing.
Line salad bowl with finely sliced cabbage. Cover this
with water cress, and so on, until bowl is filled. Decorate with
tuliped radishes, and cover with dressing.

ASPARAGUS SALAD.
(Cress, Tomatoes, Asparagus Tips, Hygia Dressing.)
Cover platter with water cress, cover cress with thinly
sliced tomatoes and asparagus tips, cover this lightly with Hygia dressing and serve. NASTURTIUM SALAD.
Shred a head of lettuce, mingle with it a quantity of
nasturtium leaves. Wash both thoroughly, place in a salad
bowl and dot with nasturtium flowers. Serve with dressing.

CUCUMBER SALAD.
 Cucumbers,   Onions,
 Lettuce,   Oil or Dressing.
Slice cucumbers and onions, serve on lettuce leaf with oil
or dressing.

VEGETABLE SALAD.
 1 small Carrot,   A little Cabbage,
 A small piece of Green Pepper,  A few Radishes,
 1 White Turnip,   1 small Onion,
 A little Celery,  Lettuce,
Salad Dressing.
Grind or chop fine all vegetables. Serve on lettuce leaf
with salad dressing.

SPINACH SALAD.
 Spinach,   Mint,
 Onions,   Dressing.
Take a quart of young, tender spinach leaves with young
onions and a sprig of mint. Cut up fine and serve with salad
dressing.

NUT SALAD.
 Nuts,   Lettuce,
 Cucumbers,   Dressing.
Wash nice, crisp lettuce leaves. Place over them ground
nuts (pecan meats preferred) and finely cut fresh cucumbers,
and serve with salad dressing or olive oil.

CRESS AND CELERY SALAD.
Take equal parts of water cress and tender celery stalks
cut fine. Mix in a salad bowl and serve with Hygia dressing.

CELERY AND BRAZIL NUT SALAD.
 Brazil Nuts,   Celery Hearts,
Hygia Dressing,
Cut in very thin slices ½  pound large Brazil nuts. Prepare
in the same manner four or five very crisp celery hearts. Mix
and salt to taste. Dress this with a few white leaves of celery.
Serve with or without dressing.

MEXICAN SALAD.
 Tomatoes,   Olives,
 Peppers,   Dressing.
Peel and slice four good-sized tomatoes. Seed and chop
fine one small green pepper. Arrange these on lettuce leaves in a salad bowl. Stone and slice a dozen olives and mix them
with the salad and serve with oil or dressing.

STUFFED TOMATOES.
 Tomatoes,   Green Peppers,
 Parsley,   Lettuce,
 Onions,   Cabbage,
 Cucumbers,   Flaked Wheat.
Remove the center from tomatoes, chop fine with a few
sprigs of parsley, one small onion, one cucumber, a little
green pepper, cabbage or celery, and add enough flaked
wheat to thicken or make stiff; and stuff the tomato shells.
Serve on a lettuce leaf with salad dressing.

ASSORTED SALAD.
 Lettuce,   Green Onions,
 Cucumbers,   Parsley,
 Radishes,   Chipped Beef.
Wash clean two large heads of white lettuce, taking care
to not break the leaves; peel and slice thinly two cucumbers
of medium size. Put this in a bowl with teaspoonful of salt
and a few lumps of ice for an hour before using. Peel and
slice a few large-sized radishes. Decorate this with very small
radishes. Leave in ice water until ready to use. Slice one
small green onion, a little parsley chopped fine, and a few
strips of chipped beef cut very fine. Arrange these nicely
upon a lettuce leaf and serve with dressing.

ENDIVE WITH WINTER SALAD.
 Water Cress,   Celery,
 1 Beet,   Endive,
Hygia Dressing.
A wholesome dish of salad may be made in winter by the
aid of this plant. Only a little cress, celery and a small beet
chopped fine makes a delicious salad served on the crisp
blanched leaves of the endive. Serve with Hygia dressing.

ARTICHOKE SALAD.
 Lettuce,   Artichokes,
Hygia Dressing.
Wash thoroughly and quarter some very young
artichokes. Serve on a lettuce leaf with Hygia dressing or
olive oil.

STUFFED PEPPERS.
 Cabbage,   Green Peppers,
 Celery,   Tomatoes,
 Onions,   Lettuce,
Salad Dressing.
Take a little celery, cabbage, onions, a few green pepper
seeds, a little fresh tomato, chopped fine, salt to taste. Stuff the peppers with this and serve on red cabbage leaves or
lettuce, with salad dressing.

TOMATO AND CUCUMBER SALAD.
 Tomatoes,   Onions,
 Cucumbers,   Dressing.
Slice tomatoes, cucumbers, and onions, serve on lettuce
leaf with dressing.

TOMATO SALAD.
 Tomatoes,   Lettuce,
Oil or Dressing.
Take small tomatoes, skin and serve whole on lettuce
leaf, or a few slices of cucumbers laid around the tomato are
very ornamental.

CELERY AND RADISH SALAD.
 Celery,   Radishes,
Dressing.
Cut crisp, well blanched celery into half-inch lengths,
and heap it in a salad bowl. Border it with small tuliped
radishes and white celery leaves. Serve with dressing.

DANDELION SALAD.
 1 pint of Dandelion,  1 pint of Water Cress,
 3 Green Onions,   Salt,
Oil or Dressing.
Dandelion makes a very wholesome and refreshing
spring tonic. After it is carefully washed, place dandelion,
water cresses and the onions sliced in a salad bowl, salt and
serve with oil or dressing.

STUFFED CUCUMBERS.
 Cucumbers,   Lettuce,
 Cream Cheese,   Tomato,
Dressing.
Cut an eighth or quarter from the cucumber, scoop out
the inside, and cut this and tomato in small bits and mix the
two with salad dressing. Return to the shell and put each
cucumber on a plate, by itself, on lettuce leaf. Small round
balls of cream cheese make a nice decoration and add a nice
flavor to this.

TOMATO AND WATER CRESS SALAD.
 Tomatoes,   Water Cress,
Salad Dressing.
Take equal parts of peeled, sliced tomatoes, and water
cress (after it has been thoroughly washed), put each in a
separate bowl with the salad dressing. Let it stand five
minutes, then mix well together and serve.
 CELERY SALAD.
 Celery,   Sweet Apples,
 Pecan Meats,   Oil or Dressing.
Cut the tender white stalks of celery in small bits. Add
the apple chopped fine, and a few pecan meats on top. Serve
on lettuce leaf with oil or dressing.

ANCHOVY SALAD.
 Anchovies,   Lettuce,
 Onions,   Cabbage,
 Tomatoes,   Parsley,
Hygia Salad Dressing.
Soak for 20 or 30 minutes, wash and clean three or four
anchovies, remove bones, fins, heads and tails. Cover bottom
of platter with tender lettuce leaves.
Cut in small bits two fresh tomatoes, three or four young
onions, a little cabbage and pars ley. Mound this on platter,
pouring over it some Hygia dressing. Cover mound with
anchovies. Then garnish with quartered lemon and serve.
Herring can be used instead of anchovies. See recipe for
"Hygia Salad Dressing."
This is intended to be served at the beginning of the meal
as the first course.

SMOKED HERRING SALAD.
 Lettuce,   Tomatoes,
 Herring,   Dressing.
Put the crisp leaves of a head of lettuce in a salad bowl.
Soak two smoked herrings until tender. Remove skin and
bones, chop fine and mix with the lettuce. Pour over this a
salad dressing and garnish with quartered tomatoes.
FRUIT AND FRUIT DISHES.

FRUITS  are the bouquet of all edible things. They are to the
table what color is to the la ndscape. Aside from their nutritive
value, they satisfy the vision, they appeal to all who love the
beautiful, they seem to invite us to bite them.
One of the most beautiful things in the world is a
pyramid of ripe and luscious fruits.

SNOWFRUIT.
 Apples,  Sugar,
 Cocoanut,   Whipped Cream.
Slice apples, peaches or pears, and scatter between the
layers fresh-gr


 them. When our car won’t start we pet it and say, “C’mon,
Sweetheart, you can do it.” And the car starts.
Mom makes a decision to redecorate and refurnish the li ving room and Dad says, “Fine,
but my chair stays.” We find our baby blanket in an old trunk up in the attic and we hold it
to our face and a tear comes to our eye and we thank it  for all the comfort and love it gave
us. We thank the blanket.
Do you think the soul is not clear that the Energy of Life is everywhere?
I tell you that nothing  is not alive, and the soul knows it. The soul sees itself in everything.
It knows our unity with all of life. It watches then, sadly, as the mind talks us out of this.
Because the mind, you see, has only Past Data with which to come to its conclusions. Yet the
soul goes beyond Past Data, to a place where time itself does not exist. The soul knows the
Actual Truth, while the mind stops at the Apparent Truth.
Unless it does n ot.
And that is what the soul encourages the mind to do. It encourages the mind to not stop
at the apparency of things. Do not stop there, it gently calls out. Come with me, to a place you
never even dreamed existed.  All very interesting, you might say.. . but what does this have to do with my life, and the
changes that have taken place, and how I am going to deal with them?
Ah, yes, there is that....
(Phew.) Is this a good time for at least a tiny breath? Good. Let’s both  take a little
Breather right here
Let’s take a moment to consider the implications of all that —and to consider that these
implications do have to do with your life, with the changes that have taken place, and with
how you are going to deal with them. Then...
... when, and only if, you’re ready, drop down to...
THE ASTONISHING TRUTH ABOUT CHANGE
I consider that this entire conversation I am having with you will contain, in the end, two
sentences that you will want to remember verbatim. I mean, really remember. As in, never
forge t. As in, tattooed on your left wrist, written in soap on your bathroom mirror, or
magnetized to your refrigerator door.
These two utterances are paradigm -shifting and life changing. I call them...
1. The Life -Altering Question
2. The Answer to Everything
The Life -Altering Question marked the end of our exploration of the Mechanics of the
Mind. Do you remember the question? Here it is again:
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE REALITY I AM EXPERIENCING IS NOT REAL?
It is the soul that encourages this questio n.
And now comes The Answer to Everything. What I am about to tell you can make it
possible for you to never have a negative experience of change again. This is the final piece
of the puzzle. This is the lost key, the unknown combination, the secret of sec rets. And
while the Life -Altering Question was the culmination of the first part of this book, the
Answer to Everything will be the launching point for the second.
Here it is...
ALL CHANGE IS FOR THE BETTER.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS CHANGE FOR THE WORS E.
And that  is what the energy system I have been describing has to do with you and your
life. That is what your soul  has to do with the changes that have taken place —and that will
take place in the days and times of your future.  Life says for me to tell Y ou This:
nothing needs fixing;
everything desires
a Celebration.
You were made to bend
so that you would find
all of the many miracles at your feet.
You were made to stretch
so that you would discover,
your own beautiful face of Heaven
just above
all that you think you must shoulder.
When I appeal to God to speak to me,
I’m feeling just as small and alone as you might be.
But this is when, for no particular reason at all,
I begin to
shine
—‘Shine’  © 2007 Em Claire  17.
THE FIFTH CHANGE
WHAT I HAVE JUST  told you changes everything. No other piece of information is needed, no
other data is required. The mind is now empowered to come to a whole new set of
conclusions about Life.
Very early in this conversation I said that there were Nine Changes That Can Ch ange
Everything, but the truth is, the only one you need is...
CHANGE #5:
Change your idea about Change Itself
We have been seeing change as a disruption, as a break in the flow, as a shift in direction,
as an alteration in the condition or circumstance  of our lives. Especially with regard to
what we view as unwelcome change, this has been our truth. From this truth has emerged
our thought, which has created our emotion, which has produced our experience, which
has eventuated our reality.
I want you to t hink about what I just said. An event  is what brings about our reality. Our
reality is, in the literal sense, eventuated.
This is true until we are out of our mind. When we leave  the mind and enter the realm of
the soul, then it is no longer events  that br ing about our reality, but pure awareness.
From awareness emerges Actual Truth, while from events emerges, at best, Apparent
Truth and, more usually, Imagined Truth. Thus, from events we travel into a Distorted
Reality, while from awareness we move at last  into the Ultimate Reality.
And what is it of which we become aware, that produces such a quantum shift in our
overall experience? We become aware of the Actual Truth about Change Itself. We see that
change is not a DISruption, but an Eruption. It is life erupting into fuller bloom. We see that
change is not a break in the flow, it IS the flow. We see that change is not a shift in direction,
it IS the direction itself in which all life moves. We see that change is not an alteration in the
condition and circ umstance of our lives, it IS the condition and circumstance of our lives.
In our expanded awareness we observe that without change, life itself would not be, for
life is movement, and movement is change, by definition.
The question is not, therefore, wheth er life will contain change, but what kind of change life
will contain.
And the answer to that  question depends upon how you utilize the Mechanics of the
Mind —and whether you integrate them with the System of the Soul, seeing these as two
handles of the sa me Larger Tool.
Let us, then, examine this System of the Soul, even as we examined the Mechanics of the
Mind, and let us begin where we began... with a definition of the Soul itself.  The soul is energy. It is the energy of life itself, animating life it self. Life energizes and
animates life itself through the process of life itself. It is a self -feeding, self -sustaining
system.
Those last few words are vitally important to remember. Life is a self-sustaining system.
It never ends, but sustains itself ete rnally. How? By adapting. Why? So that it can remain
forever functional. When it can no longer function in a particular way, it adapts. By its
adaptation does it render itself sustainable.
Life is making its adaptations in every moment. It is always changing. The question is not
whether life is always changing, but why? Life is always changing in order to remain always
sustainable. Thus, every change that ever occurs is change for the better.
This new idea about change that I’m inviting you to embrace, when put on a more
personal level, reads like this:
All change is for your own good.
Most of us experience this —after the fact.
Most of us have experienced events which we have called, when they were happening,
the worst moments of our lives, only to find, as time went by, that what occurred was one of
the best things that ever happened to us.
The fact is that this is true of every thing  that has ever happened to us, but we do not
know this, we cannot accept this, because some things have  turned out for the worst —
according to our definition. Yet our definition is warped, constrained as it is by the
Mechanics of the Mind, and their in herent limitations.
The mind may very well know all about what has gone before, but it does not know why.
The mind may very well hold all of life’s Past Data, but it does not hold all of life’s
information (which is another thing altogether). The mind may very well contain
knowledge, but it does not contain wisdom.
Wisdom lies outside the mind. Wisdom resides within the soul.
That is why we need to hold both handles of this magnificent tool of creation that I shall
now call by its proper name: YOU.
Let me m ake something very clear. “Facts” and “awareness” are not the same thing. We


feelings always bring it about. Where knowledge of the rules
of healthy living is unable to e ffect reform, pain or fear of
death will make us change our ways. A feeling of jealousy or
sense of rivalry can produce a tremendous activity, which
knowledge of the result of sustained effort is powerless to
evoke.
What, then, is the psychological mechanism which
enables us to dominate our feelings by our thoughts and so
perform the desired action? We must examine the process of
the will in its component parts. If we may compare man to an
automobile, thought is the steering-wheel, feeling the motor,
and action the wheels. In order to arrive at one's destination,
all three parts must work in collaboration.
Of the three forces—thought, feeling, action, it is
thought which is the youngest, and, in consequence, the
weakest in influence. Yet it is intelligence which is man's title
to nobility. It is intelligence which makes man what he is and
distinguishes him from animals. Actions and instincts
characterise every animal, but intelligence is the exclusive
property of Homo Sapiens.
Action and feelings, on the other hand, have a history of
several hundred thousand years, and it is for this reason that the feelings are so much stronger than thought, that they, and
not thought, govern our actions. Though evolution shows that
the power of thought is steadily growing, yet the feelings are
still predominant.
Homo Neanderthalensis had a smaller and inferior brain
than that of contemporary man. He was exclusively under the
impulse of his feelings. The activities of his brain were very
modest beside those of a Millikan or an Einstein. The great
law of evolution traces the progressive development of
thought. The blind forces of instinct are in diminution, while
man's conscious intellectual forces are growing. Each
generation will see a step towards the eventual dominance of
the intellectual forces over the forces of sentiment. We stand
to-day between the past of instinct and the future of thought.
What is the logical consequence of this state of affairs?
We must aid the course of human evolution by striving to
ennoble and control the instinc tive sentimental forces. It is
only thus that we shall be in harmony with the law and forces
of evolution and that we can sh are in the creation of the man
of to-morrow.
As we are at present, we represent the forces of
retrogression. Man and Society are being destroyed by the
play of blind, instinctive forces. They are the cause of all
crimes and wrongs. All forms of violence and social tyranny
are the product of irrational and unbalanced instincts. In
themselves instincts are neither good nor bad; their value
depends on their quality. If our feelings and emotions are
sources of energy and harmony, they are of great value. But if
they are a source of inharmony, they become a danger. The
practical conclusion to be drawn is that we should ennoble
and refine the feelings which give us balance, and eliminate
those which cause disequilibrium. The feelings and emotions
must be educated according to a certain practical technique.
Thoughts and feelings are divisible into two classes:
those which give us power to carry out actions and those
which paralyse actions.
We must analyse those thoughts and feelings which
inspire creative actions. When we have done a good deed, we
should look to see what thoughts and feelings prompted it.
All those factors which have helped in its performance should
be called into the consciousness. Our thoughts are under our
control, but we cannot provoke the sentiments we wish.
A knowledge of the laws of psychology gives us new
power. The association of ideas and sentiments, coupled with
the factor of time, constitutes an all-powerful force. If
thoughts remain abstract, they will not provoke feelings.
They must be given colour and vitality. Instead of thinking
and reasoning abstractly, we must strive to use creative
imagination. Our thoughts must become living images. This
art, long practised by Orientals, has been neglected and
forgotten in the West.
If we think of many things, we only produce pale images
of reality. In the absence of creative imagination, thoughts
and ideas remain sterile. Instead of experiencing a wealth of
realities, we create mental poverty. We must always imagine concrete forms of beauty and melody. When we think of the
word "force," we must form a picture of concrete forms of
force: the Niagara Falls, the "Last Judgment" of Michael
Angelo, or Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. In such a way our
dead and anæmic thoughts and ideas will become strong and
colourful, capable of provoking strong feelings and emotions
in us.
This technique is important in medicine. Though
external healing forces (sun, air, water, pure diet, etc.) are
important and indispensable, the internal forces of the human
consciousness are even more esse ntial. A good diet in feeding
is of little use without a diet in thoughts and feelings. If our
thoughts are disorganised, food, however perfect, becomes
poisonous. In order to achieve, a successful cure, there must
be mental harmony and balance.
Will is not a momentary process, but one that is long
and continuous. Its cultivation is the result of prolonged and
patient effort. Nothing worth while was ever created in a
second. Will power can be acquired when one knows the
method and applies it. We must realise that while thoughts
give direction to feelings, it is the latter which give the former
force. Will is nothing but a succession of daily persevering
efforts carried over a number of years. It is like this that the
great discoveries of a Darwin were made— by long years of
painstaking, patient efforts.
We must distinguish the will from what we may term
the "pseudo-will." Will is manifested in a series of daily
efforts, while the pseudo-will is able to make great efforts for
a short time, but unable to keep them up for long. All the
great works of human culture are the result of permanent
effort. Two or three hours of intellectual work every day
spread over a dozen years are able to produce many large
volumes. We can illustrate the difference between the true
will and the false will by comparing the two types of student.
There is the student who does a little work regularly
every day. He learns his subjects  without effort and passes his
examinations without difficulty when the time comes. His
activity is a natural product of the will. Another type of
student will do nothing for months on end, and then, a few
weeks before the date of the examination, will be overcome
by a strong emotion—the fear of failure in the test. As a result
he "crams" day and night in a state of nervousness and
apprehension. He may or may not pass the examination, will
remain as lacking in will po wer as he was before, and will
pay a very high price for his sudden, activity in the form of
physical and mental exhaustion.
When we have learnt to tr ansform our thoughts into
feelings, we must divide the feelings so created into two
categories: those that create ener gy and those that exhaust it.
In order to acquire will, we have to strengthen all the
feelings of the former category and avoid all those that lead to
exhaustion. Superior and valuable feelings are those that
create, while inferior and worthless feelings are those that
exhaust. With the aid of time and the appropriate
psychological processes it is possible to arrive at a state in which our superior feelings create a vast source of energy and
harmony. Gradually we can eliminate all those inferior
feelings which lead to weakness and lack of balance within
us. In brief, we are able to build good character in ourselves
through the expenditure of effort and with time.
The feelings that give us energy are love in all its
manifestations, individual feelings of ambition, creative work
(whether scientific or practi cal), and hours spent with the
masterpieces of human culture. The great works of music,
literature and painting make us capable of higher activities
and awake in us a great store of feelings and ideas. One of the
highest forms of love is an altruistic social activity, which
provides a great source of energy.
The three great enemies of the will, on the other hand,
which exhaust our energies, are dispersion of energy laziness
and sensuality.
Lack of will is the specific disease of our age, which too
often confuses will with superficial agitation and noise. The
active, even hyper-active pers on, who is busy with many
trivial things, but who accomplishes little, is a very common
phenomenon. It is only concentrated effort that can get
results. We can only do one thing at a time if we wish to do it
well.
Here is an example of the dispersion of energies. A
person gets out of bed, washes himself and then begins to
dress. In stead of dressing briskly, he does so slowly, thinking
of many things in the process. He wants to do many things at
once, moving now here and now there, but never completing
any one action. He always lacks intensive energy.
Laziness is a periodic incapacity for work. It is
humiliating and deplorable. Idle and lazy people are generally
unhappy. Work well done is a source of energy


;
I want to live, exist, “to be,”
And hear the truths inside of me.
I trust this book will help you to eliminate any “worms” or
blinders that may be keeping you from beautiful new experiences
and to discover and choose your own new directions.6 / Your Erroneous ZonesI
TAKING CHARGE OF
YOURSELF
The essence of greatness is the ability to choose personal fulfillment
in circumstances where others choose madness.
Look over your shoulder. You will notice a constant companion.
For want of a better name, call him Your-Own-Death.  You can fear
this visitor or use him for your personal gain. The choice is up to
you.
With death so endless a proposition and life so breathtakingly
brief, ask yourself, “Should I avoid doing the things I really want to
do?” “Should I live my life as others want me to?” “Are things  im-
portant to accumulate?” “Is putting it off the way to live?” Chances
are your answers can be summed up in a few words: Live…Be
You…Enjoy…Love.
You can fear your death, ineffectually, or you can use it to help
you learn to live effectively. Listen to Tolstoy’s Ivan Ilych as he
awaits the great leveler, contemplating a past which was thoroughly
dominated by others, a life in which he had given up control of
himself in order to fit into a system.
7“What if my whole life has been wrong?” It occurred to him
that what had appeared perfectly impossible before, namely
that he had not spent his life as he should have done, might
after all be true. It occurred to him that his scarcely noticeable
impulses, which he had immediately suppressed, might have
been the real thing, and the rest false. And his professional
duties and the whole arrangement of his life and of his family,
and all his social and official interests, might all have been false.
He tried to defend all those things to himself and suddenly felt
the weakness of what he was defending. There was nothing to
defend….
The next time you are contemplating a decision in which you are
debating whether or not to take charge of yourself, to make your
own choice, ask yourself an important question, “How long am I
going to be dead?” With that eternal perspective, you can now make
your own choice and leave the worrying, the fears, the question of
whether you can afford it and the guilt to those who are going to be
alive forever.
If you don’t begin taking these steps, you can anticipate living
your entire life the way others say you must. Surely if your sojourn
on earth is so brief, it ought at least to be pleasing to you. In a word,
it’s your life; do with it what you want.
Happiness and Your Own I.Q.
Taking charge of yourself involves putting to rest some very pre-
valent myths. At the top of the list is the notion that intelligence is
measured by your ability to solve complex problems; to read, write
and compute at certain levels; and to resolve abstract equations
quickly. This vision of intelligence predicates formal education and
bookish excellence as the true measures of self-fulfillment. It encour-
ages a kind of intellectual snobbery8 / Your Erroneous Zonesthat has brought with it some demoralizing results. We have come
to believe that someone who has more educational merit badges,
who is a whiz at some form of scholastic discipline (math, science,
a huge vocabulary, a memory for superfluous facts, a fast reader) is
“intelligent.” Yet mental hospitals are clogged with patients who
have all of the properly lettered credentials—as well as many who
don’t. A truer barometer of intelligence is an effective, happy life
lived each day and each present moment of every day.
If you are happy, if you live each moment for everything it’s worth,
then you are an intelligent person. Problem solving is a useful adjunct
to your happiness, but if you know that given your inability to re-
solve a particular concern you can still choose happiness for yourself,
or at a minimum refuse to choose unhappiness, then you are intelli-
gent. You are intelligent because you have the ultimate weapon
against the big N.B.D. Yep— Nervous Break Down.
Perhaps you will be surprised to learn that there is no such thing
as a nervous breakdown. Nerves don’t break down. Cut someone
open and look for the broken nerves. They never show up. “Intelli-
gent” people do not have N.B.D.’s because they are in charge of
themselves. They know how to choose happiness over depression,
because they know how to deal with the problems  of their lives. Notice
I didn’t say solve  the problems. Rather than measuring their intelli-
gence on their ability to solve  the problem, they measure it on their
capacity for maintaining themselves as happy and worthy, whether
the problem gets solved or not.
You can begin to think of yourself as truly intelligent on the basis
of how you choose to feel in the face of trying circumstances. The
life struggles are pretty much the same for each of us. Everyone who
is involved with other human beings in any social context has similar
difficulties. Disagreements, conflicts and compromises are a part of
what it means to be human. Similarly, money, growing old, sickness,
deaths, natural disas-TAKING CHARGE OF YOURSELF  / 9ters and accidents are all events which present problems to virtually
all human beings. But some people are able to make it, to avoid im-
mobilizing dejection and unhappiness despite such occurrences,
while others collapse, become inert or have an N.B.D. Those who
recognize problems as a human condition and don’t measure happi-
ness by an absence of problems are the most intelligent kind of hu-
mans we know; also, the most rare.
Learning to take total charge of yourself will involve a whole new
thinking process, one which may prove difficult because too many
forces in our society conspire against individual responsibility. You
must trust in your own ability to feel emotionally whatever you
choose to feel at any time in your life. This is a radical notion. You’ve
probably grown up believing that you can’t control your own emo-
tions; that anger, fear and hate, as well as love, ecstasy and joy are
things that happen to you. An individual doesn’t control these things,
he accepts them. When sorrowful events occur, you just naturally
feel sorrow, and hope that some happy events will come along so
that you can feel good very soon.
Choosing How You’ll Feel
Feelings are not just emotions that happen to you. Feelings are
reactions you choose to have. If you are in charge of your own
emotions, you don’t have to choose self-defeating reactions. Once
you learn that you can feel what you choose to feel, you will be on
the road to “intelligence”—a road where there are no bypaths that
lead to N.B.D.’s. This road will be new because you’ll see a given
emotion as a choice rather than as a condition of life. This is the very
heart and soul of personal freedom.
You can attack the myth of not being in charge of your emotions
through logic. By using a simple syllogism (a formulation in logic,
in which you have a major premise, a minor premise10 / Your Erroneous Zonesand a conclusion based upon the agreement between the two
premises) you can begin the process of being in charge of yourself,
both thinkingly and emotionally.
Logic —Syllogism
MAJOR PREMISE : Aristotle is a Man.
MINOR PREMISE : All men have facial hair.
CONCLUSION : ARISTOTLE HAS FACIAL HAIR.
Illogic —Syllogism
MAJOR PREMISE : Aristotle has facial hair.
MINOR PREMISE : All men have facial hair.
CONCLUSION : ARISTOTLE IS A MAN.
It is clear that you must be careful as you employ logic that your
major and minor premises agree. In the second illustration, Aristotle
could be an ape or a mole. Here is a logical exercise that can forever
put to rest the notion that you cannot take charge of your own
emotional world.
MAJOR PREMISE : I can control my thoughts.
MINOR PREMISE : My feelings come from my thoughts.
CONCLUSION : I can control my feelings.
Your major premise is clear. You have the power to think whatever
you choose to allow into your head. If something just “pops” into
your head (You choose to put it there, though you may not know
why), you still have the power to make it go away, and therefore
you still control your mental world. I can say to you, “Think of a
pink antelope,” and you can turn it green, or make it an aardvark,
or simply think of something else if you so choose. You alone control
what enters your head as a thought. If you don’t believe this, just
answer this question, “If you don’t control your thoughts, who
does?” Is it your spouse, or your boss, or your mamma? And if they
control what youTAKING CHARGE OF YOURSELF  / 11think, then send them off for therapy and you will instantly get better.
But you really know otherwise. You and only you control your
thinking apparatus (other than under extreme kinds of brainwashing
or conditioning


d some appetite. On the sixth day, she
asked for food twice and began to sit without any support. On the
ninth day, she insisted on the third meal also and began ·to walk in
the courtyard of the house. On the twelfth day, she asked for more
food, but it was not allowed. On the sixt,enth day, drinking of urine
was stopped. Now she was healthy and used to walk ouside the
courtyard. Thus in 15 days' urine treatment, Miss K. R. Shah
regained her health. In addition, she recovered appearance, colour,
appetite, weight and vigour, normal for her age."
"I have given an account of two cases which were declared by
doctors as incurable. These two cases were treated by me between
summer and rainy se'aspns of 1958. Urine th~rapy is useful both
according to principles of homoeopathy as well as of biochemistry.
It is a successful cure of all the incurable and chronic diseases. I
hold this belief on the basis of my own experience. Urine therapy,
properly applied, could be of great service to humanity.
"If nature, habits, strength, appetite, season, economic conditions
and other factors are taken into account, and if treatment is TUBERCULOSIS : 91
undertaken, under supervision of an experienced person I am sure
that 95% of the so-called incurable cases would disappear by urine
treatment."
AFTERMATH OF CASES
1. Shri Bachubhai G. Shah (Gangasadan, Vithalwadi, Marvey
Road, Malad West, Bombay), submitted orally in the seminar on
urine therapy 011 15-6-61, his own experience of this therapy. He
had anattack of T.B. but doctors could not diagnose it and so a
cavity developed on the left-side 'tung. The right-side lung also
showed some effect. Under X-ray, the trouble was traced out at last
He was admitted to the Sarvodaya Hospital at Ghatkoper. On an
advice from Kunverji Mehta of Malad, he took recourse to urine
therapy and could cure himself completely buy auto-urine..
2. Shri, Mohanlal Gupta (Sanchalaka, Sarvajanik Chikitsalaya,
Sarvodaya'-gram, Mujjaffarpur, Bihar) had informed in writing that
he was at death's door due to T.B. but.could experience wounderful
change for the better only in three days by urine therapy.
3. Shri Madhubehn Thakar (Patel Mahad, Siddhapur) aged
twenty-eight, had a cavity on the left-side lung. She was vomiting
blood and had fever and cold and gasping. She took to urine the
rapy and in 13 days blood-vomit stopped without any reaction.
Gasping and cold also vanished and she could feel far better. She
could eat as appetite increased. She used to take Khakhara and
vegetables prepared in ghee. Ultimately she cured herself
completely from this fatal malady.
4. Shri Gopal Shah (Sevashram, Bhopoli, Nainital, Uttar Pradesh)
had T.B. for the last 4 years. Doctors got qespaired of his case. He
started urine therapy on 15-1-62 and continued it for three months.
During the time, he never fasted but used to take cow's milk, bread,
Dal and vegetables without any condiments.. He could cure himself
completely and could walk two miies easily with vigour.
5. Shri Dhirajilal A. Desai (Gajendra Store, Ghee Bazar,
Nandarbar, West ~handesh) applied this therapy on different 92 : AUTO-URINE THERAPY
persons for T.B., ulcer, cold, asthma, kidney trouble and other small
or big maladies and could cure them without any failure.
6. Shri Harishchandra Desai from Baroda has informed that he
could cure his brother's T.B. by this therapy. In addition he could get
rid of his spectacles and piles too I He gained 15 lb. in one and a
half month's experiment.
7. Shri jashbhai M. Patel (Daresaalam, British East Aftica), Shri
Jamased N. Merchant (from Poona), Shri Rambhai H. Patel, Shri
Makanji B. Desai, (Kadhghar Kesot), Shri Ravajibhai Artist and Shri
Krisna, have stated that they were cured of T.B. and other maladies
by urine therapy. Their case histories were published in issues of
Bharat Sevak in 1962 and some of them orally related their. stories in
seminars on urine therapy.
CHAPTER V
COUGH AND COLD
Eosinophilia: I wish to have an account of the experiences of a
seasoned Vaidya who might have applied urine therapy. For this
purpose, I contacted Shri Bapalal Garbaddas, the well-known
Vaidya. As a good social worker, he experimented urine treatment
on himself and sent me the following report on the 70th November
1958:
"Nowadays the disease of Eosinophilia has become very
pervalent. In this disease, the number of red corpuscles is reduced,
and that of white increased. Its symptoms are cold, cdugh,
weakness and indigestion, etc. Sometimes it appears like an attack of
asthma. An examination of the blood, however, readily reveals the
disease. Arsenic injections or some medicines with arsenic to be
taken by mouth are prescribed for it as a sure remedy.
"I suffered from this disease, which still persists and troubles r.1e
to some extent. All of a sudden, the nose begins to discharge sticky COUGH-AND COLD : 93
water and phlegm, appetite is lost and body becomes pale. This
attack is feared in the cold season. It occurred to me that 1 shoud
have an experiment on urine treatment. I began the same on the
15th October 1958 and it still continues. I have been carrying on
this experiment for the last five weeks.
"Early in the morning whi:m I go for stools, I collect the entire
urine, leaving a little of it passed in the beginning in a glass-pot and
drink about 6 oz. of it after cleaning the hands, feet and mouth. The
remaining is rubbed on the face as I see some darkness there. It is
thousand times better to drink auto-urine than that of a cow. The
latter is ill-smelling and scarcely available fresh. The ~uta-urine is
pure and ready at hand. It does not give my distaste and ill-smell.
"The experime11t has been so successful that since then I am fre€
from cough and cold, motions are clear and the body is full of
vigour and strength. During the present winter, there is no trouble so
far. The non-recurrence of cold is really a big gain. According to
Sushruta, 'human urine' is a tonic and a poison killer. I strongly
recommend this treatment for cold and cough.
"Armstrong, the original writer, has advised urine treatment along
with fast.!n case of indigestion, obesity and loss of appetite fasting is
advisable. If absolute fast is not possible, diet must be reduced and
auto-urine should be taken. It is highly beneficial. The most effective
urine treatment is to sustain on urine alone.
"I feel thatthis experiment can be undertaken by all. I can assure
that there is absolutely no fear of any ill effect. 1 do not write as a
propagandist, but being a physician I write this with full sense of
responsibility."
Infantile Cold and Cough : My grandson Prashant, at the time of
birth weighed 4 112 lb. only. The normal weight of a baby is 7 lb. He
continually suffered from cold and cough since birth. It can be said
that doctor Ankleshwaria kept him alive by skill and injections. Up
to the age of three, his cold and cough continued in all the seasons
and so he grew up.
U.T.-9 94 : AUTO-URINE THERAPY
In spite of the belief in the efficacy in urine, he was not prepared
to drink it. He used to turn away his face and say, "Who can drink
urine? 11 I asked his mother tG rub urine on his body. The mother
continued rubbing regularly. As a result of it he was free from the
attack of cold, cough and fever in the last monsoon in spite of heavy
rains and is also free from the trouble during the cold season too.
There was a general improvement in his health also.
Now to make him drink auto-urine, I made a small
demonstration! I showed him a glass full of my urine and asked him
what it was. He looked at the glass and said, 11lt is urine.11
11See now, I drink it myself. There is nothing bad about


That was the position when Mr. P.C. was brought to me, five weeks
after the disease had  been given its polysyllabic  and  high‐sounding
name.
Mr. P.C. was not an easy patient, and was not prepared to fast without
interruption  as long a period as I considered  essential for his grave
condition,  which had  been complicated  by all the medical X‐ray
treatment  he had undergone.  However,  although he only fasted a week,
during which  he was rubbed  with urine by his wife and  friends  for
lengthy periods (and, of course, he did not omit the essential  part of
the treatment,  the drinking of his own urine), he was  so far improved
that he could walk into my house unaided. Indeed, his improvement
was so marked that, under pressure,  I consented  to his breaking his fast,
provided that I should dictate what and  when he should eat, and  that
the rubbings  and the intake of his urine were not discontinued.  His food
during the next week was to consist  of fresh raw fruits (apples, oranges 59
 and  bananas, chiefly), salads, tomatoes,  steamed vegetables,  potatoes
in their jackets, fresh  uncooked,  unpasteurised  milk, and  honey; all of
which  were to be consumed  in small quantities.  Later  on he was
permitted  steamed fish, meat,  etc., in short  a wellbalanced  diet minus
tinned meats or twice  cooked meats of any sort. He was to continue to
drink  his own urine. All this he faithfully carried out.
Six weeks from the day I first saw him, Mr. P.C. had a further  blood  test.
This revealed that, whereas the blood  count  had  previously  been
556,000 white corpuscles  in excess of red, it now showed less than half
that amount  per cubic millimeter.  Mr. P.C. was so cheered by this
report that he consented  to further  fasts of a week's duration. Thus,
during the next six weeks he underwent  fasts of seven days each. The
third and final blood  test  revealed that the blood content was quite
normal.  Soon  after the twelve weeks in all of vigorous  treatment  were
ended, Mr. P.C. was back at work ‐a well  man.
Nevertheless,  the story  has no happy ending.  Despite my having
impressed  upon him that his condition  had arisen through  an ill‐
balanced "rubbishy"  diet, in the course of time (as I afterwards  learned)
he reverted to his old habits  of eating just any "mess" he "fancied."
Although,  for two years after his penance and while he kept up rational
feeding, he did not even have one cold to contend  with, after those two
years he gradually began to backslide,  and  although he had  a few boils
and colds by the way of warnings,  he paid no attention,  and finally died
during drug treatment  for influenza six years after his recovery from his
grievous illness.
Truly,  “the way of the transgressor  is hard.”  60
 Apropos of Mr. P.C.'s case,  I was destined  to lose an old school  friend
through  the same fatal medical treatment  for splenic anaemia. He had
for some time been undergoing  deep X‐ray  for this  disease, and,
learning of my success  with Mr. P.C., had resolved to undergo the fastir
and urine cure. But it was too late. He died  in his own house attended
to the lest by wellmeaning,  but alas, deluded professors  of the healing
art, who thought  that science was mightier than Nature!

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 CHAPTER  IX.
HEART DISEASE: CASES

Although,  as Mr. Ellis Barker encouragingly  writes, patients with
valvular  disease of the heart can, with care and  a well‐ balanced diet,
live even till 90, yet the disease as such is said to be incurable.
Nevertheless,  by means of urine‐therapy  this distressing  condition  can
be completely  cured.  The following  case‐ history is instructive.
Mr. P. (middle‐aged). He had not only been under  the doctor for a year
suffering from valvular  disease of the heart, but was about to undergo
an evploratory  operation  for a suspicious  lump in the region of the solar
plexus. Very  often he had  fainted in the street and  had  been carried
into the nearest chemist shop, where  he had  been fortified by drug
tablets  which  he always carried in his pocket. On his clothing was  a tab
instructing  people what to do when he was  overtaken  by an attack.
Latterly he had suffered from these attacks so frequently,  that he came
to be known  in the vicinity as "Poor  Mr. P." He had  been placed cn a
regime  which  consisted  of his only being allowed  one meal per day for
five days of the week, whilst  over week‐ends he was ordered to fast on
water only. No exercise was permitted  except a short, gentle walk.
Smoking was prohibited,  and  as for medicaments,  he was only to have
the drug‐tablets  during an actual  attack.
Such was the position when he came  into my hands.
The first  thing I urged him to do was  to drink the urine he passed.  As I
expected,  this  proved to be very odorous and turgid  at first, but soon 62
 cleared up. I instructed  Mr. P. how to rub his