":  "As  you
have  heard  One  after  Another  of these  Great  Cosmic  Beings
come  forth,  to the assistance  of mankind  now—because  the
Great  Cosmic  Light  demands  it, you can have  Their  Cour-
age, Their  Strength,  Their  Consciousness,  the Ascended
Masters'  Consciousness—to  assist  you  to your  Victory,  if
you will. Give  your  attention,  first  to your  own  God  Pres-
ence,  then  to Someone  of the Ascended  Beings  and  say:
'Great  Beings  of Light,  I need  Your  Assistance. I need  Your
Courage  and  Strength,  until  I am strong  enough  to stand
on my own  two  feet;  and  in my Call  to my Presence,  hold
my Scepter  of Power  and  Dominion  sustained.'That  is
what  every  one will  reach  one day. " I urge  you  to realize,  it is not necessary  to wait  years,
in order  to have  This  Great  victory. You  can have  It now,
if you will  but allow  Us to help  you;  if you will  follow  the
Simple  Explanations  We give,  but if Individuals  will  not
do this,  then  We cannot  help  them. There  is no question
about  that. We  know  the Law. We  live  It. We  are the
Law. We  know  how  to tell you  what  to do and  how  to
do it I We can tell you  the exact  results,  if you  will  follow
Our Directions;  but  We  cannot  tell what  the human  of
an Individual  is going  to do. Not  even  the Individual  him-
self or herself  knows. Oh look  yourself  straight  in the face. If necessary  go to DISCOURSE  VIII  197
your  mirror  and  look  at your  image  there  and  say to it:
"Now  you  have  had  your  dominion  for the  last  time. Henceforth,  my 'Mighty  I AM  Presence'  takes  command
of this body  and  directs  and  governs  it. In the future,  you
be silent,"  and  you  will  have  the Greatest  Release  imagin-
able. I say to you  Beloved  Students,  who  have  been  in This
Activity  two  or three  years:  Do you  not sometimes  when
you are thinking  or calling  to your  Presence,  still feel a sort
of vagueness  about  it. You  don't  always  feel quite  sure  of
yourself,  do you. That  is because  you  have  allowed  your
attention  to be divided  between  the appearance  world  and
with  your  "I AM  Presence. " You  must  be able,  as in the
Mighty  Decree  given  by the Messenger  in the opening  of
the Class,  to say to the appearance  world,  which  is but
human  creation:  "You  have  no power  to longer  touch  or
act within  my world. " Be firm  and  determined. You  will
repel  first,  all discord  which  tries  to come  into  your  world;
then  by the Power  of your  Call  to the Presence,  to use the
Violet  Consuming  Flame,  you  will  keep  dissolved  every-
thing  which  attempts  to find  discordant  expression  in your
world. IT IS THE  ONLY  WAY. We see,  Oh We see so clearly,  the struggle  of some  of
the Blessed  Ones;  and  their  Hearts  are so good. Yet because
their  feeling  does  not follow  their  attention  in the applica-
tion,  they  do not have  the Full  Results  in the control  of their
human  feeling. I cannot  tell you tonight  in so many  words,
how  My Heart  goes  out to you. I can see the struggle  you 198 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
are having  and  the unhappiness  which  comes  out of it. Don't  let it do it. Say  to all human  feeling:  "Be  silent. Stop  this  nonsense  I will  have  no more  of it". Then,  you
will find,  how quickly  the human  will  subside  within  you. It must  be done,  Dear  Ones,  sometime,  somewhere. So let
Us do it now. Go forward  into  That  Great  Victory  which
your  Application  will  bring. Behold  the  Chart  with  Me,  for just  a moment. The
Stream  of Light  and  Energy  comes  from  your  "I AM  Pres-
ence,"  the Source  of your  Life. When  you call to That  Great
Intelligence  and  Presence  with  intense  feeling,  It floods
your  mind  and  body  with  Its Invincible  Stream  of Light;
which  is Self-luminous  Intelligent  Substance,  Energy  and
Activity. If your  thought  and  feeling  were  still  enough,
Free  enough  from  the feeling  of discord,  your  Call  would
sweep  every  discord  out of your  body  and  out of your  feel-
ing world  that  instant;  because  the Light  IS All-powerful. It knows  no resistance  nor interference;  and  when  you call
It forth  into  action,  It proceeds  with  the Power  of the Uni-
verse  to fulfill  your  Requirement. Won't  you feel It and  let
It come  forth  and  do Its Mighty  Work  for you  at your
every  Call. We don't  want  you  to go on, and  on, not having  the Re-
sults  you should  have. We want  you  to have  them  NOW. There  is nothing  in the world,  but your  own  feeling  which
can stand  between  you  and  the Complete  Fulfillment  of
your  Call  right  then  and  there;  Won't  you  feel  that,  Pre-
cious  Ones  tonight,  and  let Us give  you  the Strength  and DISCOURSE  VIII  199
Courage  to help,  which  will  enable  you to go forth  tomor-
row Victorious  in everything  thru  your  Call  to the Pres-
ence. Your  "I AM  Presence"  is the Power  of the Universe
and will  fill you and your  world  with  Its Directing  Intelli-
gence. Say: "Beloved  'Mighty  I AM  Presence'. see that  I never
make  another  mistake. See  that  Your  Mighty  Directing
Intelligence  takes  command  of my mind,  body  and feeling;
and directs  me unerringly  in the Perfect  Thing  I should  do;
to have  the Greatest  Release  from  your  Mighty  Presence. " Your  "Beloved  Mighty  I Am  Presence"  cannot  fail you. At this  point,  let Me assure  you  first,  the Most  Magnifi-
cent Activity  We have  ever  seen  on the face  of This  Earth,
has been  thru  these  Mighty  Decrees,  issued  by these  Beloved
Students  all over  America. I want  you  to know  how  very
great  they  are and how  powerful. You can  believe  it or not,  but I tell you,  your  Panama
Canal  would  not exist  today;  if it had not been  for the Call
of the students  thru  these  Decrees. Your  Eastern  Coast
from  Philadelphia  to Maine,  would  not have  been  there  to-
day, but for the Call  which  has enabled  Us to govern  the
energy  and  activity  in the gas belts. It is the same  on the
Western  Coast  of your  beloved  California. In San  Francisco,  when  the Messengers  were  there,  a
great  earth-quake  was  scheduled  to come  forth. This  Be-
loved  Messenger  went  there,  not telling  even  the Staff,  the
danger  from  the human  standpoint  which  they  were  going
into;  but having  Full  Confidence  in the Call  to the Presence 200 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
that it would  be


breathing during exercise, indicating that more of the oxygen is beingused.67 Continuing nasal breathing practice over a period of six to eight
weeks will encourage your body to adapt, delaying the onset of
breathlessness. Whether or not you currently include physical  exercise in
your weekly routine, this applies to you. We all have a threshold at which
mouth breathing feels necessary. Whatever your starting point, whether you
start to wheeze during your workout or when you just try to get up off the
couch, you can begin to improve your fitness by restoring nasal breathing. The importance of breathing through the nose rather than the mouth
should not be underestimated. It encourages functional breathin g and larger
oscillations of the diaphragm, supporting functional movement, and
preventing injur y. It is an important element of getting “in the zone”—that
state of peak focus when everything flows and you can perform at your
best. (Chapter Five looks more deeply at the connection between breathing
and movement.) It is also import ant to remember that nasal breathing helps retain heat
and moisture in the body. During  exercise, this can make a big difference as
to wheth er you experience a dry mouth. It can protect your airways from
trauma, including exercise-induced asthma and cyclist’ s cough. Nasally restricted breathing can be used during exercise to improve
performance.68 This has implic ations for nonathletes too. In a 2018 paper,
professor of exercise science and Olympic triathlon coach, Dr. Geor ge
Dallam looked in detail at the breathing of athletes.66 Five male and five
female recreational runners trained and raced using only nasal breathing for
six months. Dallam recorded comparative results when the participants
breathed only through the nose and only through the mouth, wearing a
swimming nose clip to close the nostrils. The trial used a graded exercise
test to examine performance, breathing rate, oxygen uptake, and breathing
efficiency at VO 2 max. VO 2 max is maximum oxygen consumption during
intense exercise. It is used to measure cardiovascular fitness and aerobic
endurance in athletes. Dallam’ s study produced the following results:
• Respiratory rate was much slower in nasal breathing than in oral breathing (39.2
bpm vs 49.4 bpm). • End-tidal CO 2 was significantly higher in nose breathing than mouth breathing (44.7
mmHg vs 40.2 mmHg). • Ventilation (volume of breathing) was reduced by 22% in nasal breathing.• Nose breathing resulted in lower end-tidal oxygen pressure and a lower percentage
of oxygen in expired air, indicating that more oxygen was removed from the air by
the lungs during nasal breathing. A key finding from Dallam’ s study was that after six months’ training
with only nasal breathing, the athletes achieved the same peak performance
and oxygen consumption when  nasal breathing as they did during oral
breathing. They were pushing themselves to their limits yet still managed to
breathe in an effective way. Breathing was also more economical. The 22%
reduction in ventilation meant that breathing required less effort and the
muscles of the respiratory syste m didn’ t have to work as hard. Achieving
the same  intensity with 22% less breathing represents a significantly greater
economy. Dallam concluded that it is possible to maintain VO 2 max and
peak performanc e after a period of training using only nasal breathing. The
body naturally adapts to nasal  breathing by increasing its tolerance to
changes in CO 2, so air hunger decreases. These findings are relevant for everyone, whatever your level of fitness. If a walk  to the corner shop leaves you gasping for breath, nasal breathing
will help you. To limit air hunge r during physical exercise, work to achieve
a higher BOL T score and breathe light, slow, and deep (LSD):
• Light:  Only breathe the volume of air that you need (don’t overbreathe). • Slow:  Reduce your respiratory rate. • Deep:  Breathe with greater amplitudes of diaphragm movement. If you are healthy and exercising at the appropriate level to improve
your aerobic fitness, you should be able to breathe only through the nose
without needing any specific adaptations66. If the air hunger is so strong
that you need to open your mouth, simply slow down and allow your
breathing to calm. By breathing  nasally throughout, you should finish your
workout feeling relaxed and full of energy instead of exhausted and
dehydrated. Recreational Athletes
Healthy people exercising at the lower levels necessary to improve aerobic
fitness can breat he entirely through the nose,66 without needing any specific
adaptations. Recreational athletes should maintain nasal breathing at alltimes. If the air hunger is so strong that you need to open your mouth to
breathe, simply slow down and allow your breathing to calm. Competitive Athletes
It is best for competitive athletes to alternate nasal breathing with mouth
breathing. High- intensity trainin g helps prevent muscle deconditioning and
will require an athlete to periodi cally breathe through their mouth. For less-
than-maximum intensity training, and at all other times, nasal breathing
should be used. A competitive athlete may spend 50% of training with their
mouth closed. Research has shown that healthy adults are able to maintain nasal
breathing to 85% of VO 2 max,69 indicating that it is possible to breathe
nasally at much higher intensities of exercise than we might choose. • Use mouth breathing to maintain muscle condition when working at an all-out pace. • During competition, there is no need to intentionally take bigger breaths. Instead,
achieve a higher BOL T score and apply the OA precompetition preparation. (Y ou
can find this in Chapter T wo.) • Nasal breathing combined with breath-holding during your warm-up can be very
advantageous. As can practicing light, slow and deep breathing during the warm-
down. (Y ou will find instructions for warm-up in Chapter T wo.) SNIFFING OUT SUCCESS
One function of the nose we haven’ t yet discussed is the sense of smell via
the olfac tory nerve. In ancient yogic texts, while breath control is associated
with a “pristine” state of mind, the condition of the olfactory nerve is seen
as indicating the general state of health. Is this relevant to nasal breathing? Scientists say it could be. In 2019, researchers at the Weizmann Institute in Israel suggested that
nasal inhalation could be linked to cognition as part of an evolutionary
survival mechanism.70,71 A sense  of smell is, after all, equated with sniffing
out dang er. For our distant ancestors, this meant accurately assessing their
surroundings to make life-or -death decisions. The Weizmann team
theorized that this ancient sensory system might benefit from nasal
inhalation and that, in modern life and competitive sports, nasal inhalation
might automatically trigger conditions in the brain that optimizevisuospatial focus. They demonstrated that nasal breathing synchronized
electrical activity in the brain on a wavelength that helped maximize
visuospatial (VS) awareness. Visuospatial awareness is the way we relate visual information to the
space around us. It helps us perform everyday tasks like walking through a
door rather than bumping into the door frame, picking up a glass of water,
catching a ball, reading a map, driving a car, and even parallel parking. Visuospatial skills can be defined as
the ability to observe the visual world, to form mental
representations of the visual objects, to mentally manipulate these
representations, and to in turn reconstruct aspects of the visual
experience.72–74
VS ability is made up of several cognitive processes, includ ing the
perception and understanding of spatial orientation, reproducing actions
through fine motor movements,  and integrating parts into a whole.72,75–77
These elements all place different demands on working memory.73
Visuospatial tasks are “complex and engage various spatial processes”, and
involve numerous areas of the brain.72
The fact that nasal breathing helps synchronize the complex mental
processes required for VS awareness has applications for sports, such as
tennis, where a keen awareness of the external environment and its
dimensions is key. In team ball games like football, soccer, basketball, and
ice hockey, the player must be able to catch, carry, kick, or hit a ball at the
same time as scanning the pitch for teammates to pass to—all this while
running at full pelt.78 During any sort of sporting activity (and during
activities like music performan ce), it’s necessary to absorb and process a
great deal of information in a very short time. Athletes have to become
highly proficient at perceiving changes in play caused by their opponents
and team members.78
Athletes and musicians display  better performance in VS tasks than
people who are physically inactive.79–81 Older people can improve their VS
skills by improving their physic al fitness.82 Several studies have examined
the influence of more general physical exercise on VS ability.83–85The influence of breathing on VS ability also has implications for
children’ s intellectual development. A 2015 study demonstrated that
visuospatial perception is instrumental when a child learns to read, and that
assessment of VS abilities could help with the early detection of
“difficulties in neurodevelopmen tal disorders associated with low academic
achievement.”86 Another paper from 2016 sugg ests that VS skills are even
important in learning mathematics,


 know when  I need to look after myself a little
more. Besides oral contraceptives, other methods of contraception are also in
common use. Nonoral options include inter-uterine devices (IUDs) and
implants, both of which release a synthetic progesterone hormone called
levonor gestrel. There are also injectable medications. Most list depression
and anxiety as side effects,9 though no direct link has yet been made to
breathing pattern disorders or respiratory health. It is possible, though the link has not been investigated, that the
recognized psychological side effects of hormonal contraceptives are linked
to low levels of blood CO2 triggere d by the hormone changes, just as
hyperventilation is a common factor in the luteal phase of the menstrual
cycle. The low levels of blood CO2 intrinsic to hyperventilation are
associated with panic attacks, and panic symptoms lessen when levels of
CO2 are normalized. Breathing exercises that normalize blood biochemistry
and decrease the ventilatory response to CO2 should help alleviate cyclic
depressive symp toms and create a positive feedback loop in which panic
symptoms are better controlled. In very rare cases, contraceptive  devices have been known to negatively
affect the health  of the respirato ry system in a directly physical  manner. Inone case, a young woman who was experiencing shortness of breath and
severe chest pain attended the emer gency department, where an X-ray
revealed that her IUD had become displaced and was in her abdominal
cavity. The device was removed, resolving her symptoms. IUDs should be
regularly checked that they are still correctly positioned. A misplaced IUD
should be considered by doctors where the cause of symptoms is not
clear.49 In another case, a single-rod subdermal contraceptive implant
migrated into the lung of a 37-year -old woman.50 Only those with the
relevant training should ever undertake the insertion and removal of these
implants. INFERTILITY AND BREA THING
In 2007, Austrian scientists examined changes in end-tidal CO2 pressure
during the menstrual cycle.51 End-tidal CO2 provide s a measure of how
much CO 2 is in the blood. Researchers examined 160 women with a histor y
of regular menstrual cycles, measuring levels of blood CO2 every day. The
women’ s menstrual cycles were monitored using ultrasound and by
recording levels  of hormones, including estrogen and progeste rone, in the
blood and urine. The change in end-tidal CO2 during the menstrual cycle
was found to follow a regular pattern. They concluded that this could
provide a promising method of natural family planning, and that it should
be possible to identify the fertile phase of the menstrual cycle by measuring
end-tidal CO 2.51
While CO 2 levels can help identify what’ s going on with the hormones,
there are clear aspects of health  that can cause complications for fertility. One such factor, described in a 2018 study, is psychological stress.52 The
connection betw een stress and infertility has been debated for years. Women who experience infertility report heightened feelings of depression
and anxiety, and it is clear that infertility causes stress. What is less certain
is whether stress can cause or contribute to infertility. According to the 2018 review, recent research has documented the
effectiveness of psychological interventions in reducing mental distress and
significantly increasing rates of conception. The review concludes thattherapeutic approaches to reliev e stress may be the most effective way to
achieve both goals for women struggling to conceive. Cognitive behavioral
therapy (CBT) is suggested, but it is worth remembering that research has
found slow, diaphragm breathi ng to be as effective as CBT in treating
patients with panic attacks.53 Slow, deep breathing works via different
mechanisms, addressing the biochemical trigger for stress as well as the
psychological factors. It would therefore make sense that breathing
reeducation could be useful in supporting women with infertility-related
stress. At the very least, it will certainly do no harm! Citing stress as a factor, a 2015  study examined the influence of sleep
on fertility. Stress certainly contributes to poor sleep, and the review set out
to exam ine by which mechanisms sleep disorders might affect fertility. In
the United States, infertility affects 15.5% of all women and 24.3% of
women who have never had a child.54 According to the review, many more
women than men have insomnia. Menstrual transitions, pregnancy, and
menopause all create a vulnerability to sleep continuity disturbance, and so
women are more at risk for sleep problems throughout their lives. Traditionally, it was believed that mood swings, lifestyle changes, or
hormonal fluctuations create a susceptibility to insomnia. However, the
study suggests that the opposite  may be true—a disturbance in sleep may
influence fertilit y. If, for example, insomnia is caused by hyper arousal, the
body is reacting to a real or perceived threat. In this instance, insomnia may
be the evolutionary response to less-than-optimal circumstances for
reproduction. Sleep disorders  and disturbances are increasingly recogn ized as
pertinent to women’ s health and well-being, particularly in relation to the
menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and menopause.54 Little is currently known
about how and to what extent fertility is affected by sleep quality and
quantity, but sleep problems are frequently comorbid with infertility. The
review conclude s that, at the very least, treatment of sleep disorders would
enhance the quality of life for women with fertility problems. At best, one
or more sleep disorders represent “moderating factors for infertility or
response to treatment.” If this is indeed the case, treatment for sleep
disorders may increase the chance of natural conception, improve theresponse to fertility treatment, and boost the potential for successful
carriage to term.54
Again, as we discovered in Chapter Seven  on sleep disorders, correct
breathing plays a vital role in sleep quality. This is yet another  therapeutic
reason to address breathing in sleep disorders, whether it impacts fertility
directly or indirectly. A study reported in Reuters Health  in 2018 further examined the link
between infertility and sleep disorders,55 suggesting that women who have
trouble sleeping may be more than three times as likely to experience
infertility and that women with insomnia are four times more likely to
struggle to conceive. The study  specifically examined women with sleep
disorders other than OSA. Difficulty conceiving is often caused by a
hormone imbalance called polycystic ovarian syndrome, though blocked
fallopian tubes, anatomical problems with the uterus, sexually transmitted
infections, smok ing, diet, age, and excessive alcohol consumpti on can also
play a role. The 2018 study examined data from 16,718 women, all newly
diagnosed with sleep disorder s over a 10-year period, 2000 to 2010,
alongside a control group of 33,436 women with no sleep problems. At the
start of the study, the women ranged in age from 20 to 45. Results, before
age and other health issues were taken into account, showed that women
with sleep disorders were around 2.7 times more likely to experience
infertility. With age and other medical conditions factored in, women with
sleep problems were 3.7 times more likely to be infertile. Sleep disorders
are frequently related to chronic  health problems such as high cholesterol,
hypertension, and lung disease. Women who sleep badly are also more
susceptible to irregular menstrual cycles, depression, anxiety, and thyroid
disorders. While the study did not examine whether a direct causal link exists
between sleep disorders and infertility, and researchers lacked data on
certain things that impact fertility, the results indicated that poor sleep may
be a factor for women strugglin g with infertility. CBT is the standard first-
line approach for treating insom nia, but breathing exercises can be effective
in addressing sleep disorders and the underlying stress that may be at theirroot. If you are trying for a baby, a gentle practice of slow breathing, sleep,
and relaxation will boost your physical and mental resilience and health. MANAGING MENOP AUSE
At a certain point in every wom an’s life, menstruation will spontaneously
and perm anently cease, and menopause will begin. While this is a natural
event and one that all women experience, there is little scientific literature
examining this characteristic change in sex hormone levels, and most
women don’t really know what  to expect. This is not really surprising in
light of the gend er imbalance present in scientific studies, but it is an issue
that is currently receiving growi ng attention. In medical terms, it is not even
entirely clear when menopause begins—the “menopause state” is confirmed
after 12 consecu tive months without a period41. This happens at a median
age of 51 years, although an extensive 2009 study reported an increase
toward 54 years.56
Before menopause, many women experience a phase called
perimenopause. This is the body sending up flags of the coming hormonal
changes. Levels of estrogen rise before the production of sex hormones
ceases, and you might experience hot flashes, night sweats, sleep
disturbances, vaginal dryness, irregular periods, mood swings, recurrent
depression, and short-term memory loss.41 Perimenopause begins, on
average, at the age of 46 and lasts for about five years.


 learn.) “I tried meditation, but I couldn’ t stick with it.” (Change
“couldn’ t” to “didn’ t.”) It is your choice, of course, which voice in your
head to listen to, which voice to believe, and most important of all, which
voice to act on. If you have a meditation practice, then nothing could be more important
to transforming your relationship to food than that you do it. And if you do
not have a meditation practice but pray to be shown one, then books or
flyers that lead to one that is best for you will begin to fall at your feet. Addiction is a spiritual disease; prayer and meditation boost the spiritual
immune system. Y ou are not fighting the disease; you are simply opening
your mind to so much truth that the diseased condition cannot dwell there. Every time you embrace a truth, you dismantle a lie. Y our goal is for the
light to seep into the deepest recesses of your subconscious, erasing old
patterns and releasing your mind to new ones.Overeating is an act of hysteria, and meditation is the most powerful
antidote to hysteria. Hysteria occurs when you lose your conscious
connection with the naturally ordered universe, and in that traumatic
moment try to absorb the shock of cosmic disorder by grabbing for a bite-
size piece of comfort. Enough has been said of your separation from love;
our focus now is on your return to it. You have had moments, surely, when love has prevailed and you were
not tormented by your compulsion. Y ou have had moments when you sailed
through your kitchen and felt no insane need to eat inappropriately. The
problem is that the insanity has always returned, sometimes when you
would least expect it. V arious ef forts have given you temporary surcease
from the overwhelming compulsion to reenact your pattern, but none have
totally stopped  the pattern. Only the hand of God can do that. Thus, this entire situation is an invitation to discipleship. It’ s time to give
Him all of your time and all of your days and all of your thoughts. Y our
mind is holy, yet you must stand on that knowledge. Y ou must actively
embrace the truth in order to receive its blessing. For any moment not given
to love will be used by fear as a breeding ground for its own purposes. Choose love, so fear will no longer be able to choose you. Discipleship is a sacred marriage. Only the arms of God can truly hold
you and keep you and protect you from all harm. Once you’ve experienced
the embrace of your Divine Beloved, perhaps you will choose to commit to
Him. Y ou will promise to cleave to Him and “forsake all others.” Having
made this holy commitment, you will break of f your relationship with the
tyrant of compulsion that has masqueraded as your lover. And that is what
discipleship is: a total commitment that leaves no room for anything else. Discipleship is much, much more than a sometimes thing; it’ s an ef fort to
totally immerse yourself in the light of love. And this will do more than just
transform your eating. It will transform your entire life. Take anything that symbolizes the meditation path that calls to you—
from the phone number of a meditation teacher you have heard about but
not yet called, to the W orkbook of A Course in Miracles,  to a set of prayer
beads—and place it on your altar for consecration to the divine. Reflection and PrayerClose your eyes and relax into your sacred place. See yourself in your
inner temple, a beautiful and holy room. See yourself lying in the center of
it, on a lar ge white slab. The slab looks like cold marble—but when you lie
down, it feels like warm, soft pillows. Now see the Divine Physician standing above you with His hands over
your body. The Divine being is drawing from your body all the ener gy that
does not belong there, both physical and nonphysical. Breathe deeply into
this image and allow it to be real for you. Such imagery is no idle fantasy. Spirit is always present, not just metaphorically but literally. Now continue with an exercise from A Course in Miracles. With your
eyes closed, say slowly to yourself, “Into His presence would I enter now.”
Repeat the sentence over and over to yourself as you fall more and more
deeply into a meditative state. Allow yourself a minimum of five minutes
doing this. As you practice this exercise, you will sense its meaning more and more
as time goes by. It will help prepare you for a formal meditation practice,
and open your mind to absorb its power. Dear God,
Thank Y ou for the things that I have seen. When on the mountaintop, I have felt such joy. Please send angels
to lift me up
and always hold me tenderly. Do not let insanity take hold of me,
but enlighten me that I might be fr ee. Place my feet on a higher path
and show me how to walk in love,
that I might find my way. Amen
OceanofPDF.comLESSON 17
FORGIVE YOURSELF AND OTHERS
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level. If your weighty thinking does not change, then even if you lose
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        For the food addict, feelings that
can and should be processed in the mind are often displaced onto the body,
where they cannot be processed and therefore remain stored within your
flesh. The only way to remove the weight of unprocessed feelings is to allow
yourself to actually feel them. Once again, childhood patterns are the issue. Someone else’ s love and understanding—and for a child, that someone else
is the parent—provides a container for our feelings. Later in life, if such a
container were absent in childhood, the overeater tends to seek through
excessive eating the containment that food cannot give. Parental love is meant to be a model for divine love. When parental love
holds us safe, we more easily transfer as adults to a sense that we are safe in
the arms of the divine. If you didn’ t feel that you could safely take your
feelings to your parent figure, it’ s doubtful you feel now that you can give
all your feelings to God. Feelings that are not acknowledged cannot be fully felt. How can you
fully feel something that you fail to name. I feel sad, I feel embarrassed, I
feel overwhelmed, I feel humiliated, I feel angry, I feel afraid, I feel
rejected, I feel left out, I feel betrayed, I feel wr onged, I feel insulted, I feelhopeless, I feel anxious, I feel frustrated, I feel guilty, I feel lonely  … too
often translate into: I feel hungry. Darn right you’re hungry, but not for food. Having bypassed even a
conscious recognition of your pain, you went straight for a way to assuage
it. You’re looking to an external source to provide an experience that can
only be found internally. You can’ t get rid of your pain without admitting to
yourself that it’ s there. Emotions need to be felt the way that food needs to be chewed; emotions
need to be digested within our psyche the way food is digested in our
stomach. The compulsive eater often gor ges on food as a way to avoid
feeling feelings, but then treats food the same way he or she treated the
emotion—moving too quickly, failing to chew, and failing to properly
digest it. Once your feelings are felt, they can be acknowledged, looked at, learned
from, and surrendered to Divine Mind. But instead of acknowledging and
feeling  your feelings, you’ve learned to discount them before they can even
rise up fully formed. Y ou suppress what you’re too afraid to feel, having
little or no trust in the wisdom of your emotions. Y ou don’ t know your
emotions have  any wisdom—how could you, given that no one honored
them when you were a child. But they do; they are part of the genius of the
human psyche. Emotions, even painful ones, are here to tell you something. They are
messages to be tended to. Y et how can you tend to something you don’ t
know is there. Emotions must be acknowledged and felt; or else they
cannot be learned from, grown from, or processed. Life might have taught you that emotions are dangerous. Perhaps as a
child, you were told things such as, “Don’ t you cry or I’ll give you
something to cry about. ”—an emotionally tyrannical message that certainly
would have taught you to suppress your feelings at all costs. Perhaps your
emotions were ignored, minimized, or even laughed at by parents who had
other things and other children to think about. What matters is that, for
whatever reason, you learned at a very young age to neither honor nor even
really feel your own feelings. In an earlier lesson, we explored the ef fects of trauma. If you experienced
severe, even violent, trauma, you learned to automatically numb yourself so
as not to feel the next blow. It was a brilliant coping mechanism on the partof your subconscious mind, to freeze so quickly that when the


 on retiring, so that they can continue to
live each day with a purpose, so that they can feel part of the great human
effort to progress, so that their abilities and talents do not rust and
disintegrate but are kept sharp by constant use. Use or Lose

There is a law that is apparent throughout all life. Simply stated it is, “Use
or lose.” If we put our right arm in a cast for three months it has shriveled to
almost nothing when the cast is taken of f. Only months of regular exercise
will restore it to normality. As we grow older and our lives become more
sedentary, we cease to put regular strain on our muscles, and they become
flabby and flaccid. Abdomens tend to protrude; fat gathers on hips and
thighs; and if we are forced to run across the street we are out of breath and
fear a heart attack. W e lose our physical condition through failure to use the
muscles of the body, and as a consequence we are easy prey for disease and
malfunction. Regular and systematic use of our muscles prevents this, so
with the more intangible parts of our natures. We must use our courage or it deserts us; we must use our determination or
it leaves us; we must exercise our power of decision or we soon find that we
have none. T aking a mental stand on things is not only important to success
and achievement, but is also basic to mental health. Those who never know
where they stand and allow themselves to be swayed on every issue are
bound to put enormous strain on their emotional makeup, for they are led
from peak to valley of victory and defeat without the slightest idea of what
motivates them or what causes each circumstance to be attracted to them. Faith in oneself and one’ s destiny is the seed from which all decision
springs. Doubt is the essence of old age and death. Cynicism, pessimism,and despair are harbingers of failure, disease, and disaster. All things spring
from mental images and emotional projections, and the ability to decide, to
make up one’ s mind, is automatic to those of us who see our unity with all
creatures and our umbilical connection with the Secret Self. T o be unable to
make up one’ s mind, no matter how trivial the problem, is an act of
cowardice and contaminates the soul. T o be unable to come to a decision is
in fact a kind of quitting, a sort of refusal to enter conflict, and mentally
dams up the flow of ener gy that proceeds into the individual from out of the
universal, retarding, limiting, bringing about dissolution and decay. To be
unable to make up one’ s mind implies a moral weakness. Such lethar gy is
not to be coddled but to be overcome. Y ou will not conquer fear by
acceding to it; only by meeting it head-on; and if you do, your victory is
assured, for fear itself is a coward and never stands before a direct
onslaught. Making Y our Own Luck

Whatever you are afraid to do, do it, and you will be startled that you no
longer are afraid. Whatever you are unable to decide, decide it, and you will
be amazed how correct your decision has been. It is never the rightness or
wrongness of our decisions that we are afraid of, but the fact that once we
are committed to them we must stand and fight for them. It is the shying
away from conflict that renders us unable to make up our minds. It is easy
to lose your temper, to loaf and be mentally lazy, to eat what you want and
as much as you want, to go into debt, to feel sorry for yourself, to go down
and down, to put the blame elsewhere. But it takes courage to keep your
temper and to be patient, to exercise and keep your body fit, to push your
business and save your money, to accept complete responsibility for your
own actions, to have faith, not to worry. A sign on the wall of many football
locker rooms says, “A winner never quits, and a quitter never wins.” It
sometimes seems that nothing more is going on in life than that nature
constantly tests us to see if we are afraid. There are cycles of good and bad
luck, to be sure. Every cardplayer knows them and plays their handsaccordingly. Such proverbs as “When it rains, it pours” and “Misfortunes
never come singly” are indicative of humankind’ s age-old recognition of
streaks of good and bad fortune. Nature deals us her crudest blows when she desires to make us grow. Once
we see the logic of this, we never again will quit in the face of adversity. When luck is running against you, that is the time to play harder, to cinch
up your belt, pluck up your courage, smile, and be unafraid; that is the time
to muster that little extra bit of mental alertness. Stick in there and fight. No
matter how bleak the prospect, no matter how dismal the outlook, stay in
there. Keep doing your very best, and above all things be unafraid. Visualize steel up your spine; call upon your inner resources for an
indomitableness that will not yield. Nature is watching you; the Secret Self
is watching you. Burdens and misfortunes are being placed upon your
shoulders for a reason, and if you do not become scared, if you just plain
stick in there and refuse to spook, you are satisfying the innermost purposes
of life, and sooner or later you will be handed the keys to the kingdom of
heaven. True and False Action

It is not dif ficult to distinguish between true psychic motivation and false
psychic motivation, to be able to recognize when one is following the will
of the Secret Self or simply the dictates of one’ s own ego. Action that
proceeds out of the will of the Divine is always dynamic and constructive. It is never ringed around with negative emotions and negative outlooks. It
carries with it an inner conviction and absolute serenity, so that we know
beyond all doubt that we are following the right course. Conversely, action
that comes from the ego is nearly always harassed by doubt. The ego-
initiated action is always an end-gaining action. When performing at the
behest of the ego, we seldom take joy from our work or are completely
engrossed in it. W e seek only the goal desired by the ego, and this endinvariably is glory, riches, power, prestige, or one of the other
accoutrements that bedazzle the little self. Still another test that we may apply to the psychic motivation of our actions
is whether or not they ar e effective. Action that is motivated by the Secr et
Self invariably is effective. The individual performing under universal will
is irr esistible, doing something that must be done. On the other hand, action
that is performed under the impulsion of the ego rar ely is effective, and is
only so in moments when ego-will coincidentally parallels divine will. Such
an occurr ence is rar e indeed, but when it happens the individual is carried
to dizzying heights with an absolutely err oneous idea of how it all
happened. They cr edit their achievement to the use of their ego-will, and so
they continue to exert it. In consequence it is not long befor e they make an
abrupt descent to the place wher e they started or even below it, becoming a
pictur e of complete confusion and absolute frustration and knowing not
which way to turn. Such people have been known to commit suicide. They
are the ones who suddenly seem to lose talent and ability, and turn to
alcohol and nar cotics. But sometimes, if humility becomes ingrained befor e
complete disintegration sets in, they find understanding and ar e able to
remake their lives fr om the pr oper psychic position. The General Manager Is Upstairs

Jim was a high-spirited, strong-willed young man, and when he was
dischar ged from the army after W orld W ar II, he was of fered a television
job in a W est Coast city. Jim was ambitious and vowed to rise to head his
station, then to make it the leader in its market. He worked hard, for he
wanted prestige and money, and within five years he had attained both. He
became general manager of the television station, and it became the leader
in its market. During this period, of course, the entire television industry mushroomed. It
grew ten times in size, and those employed in it were carried upward in theprocess. Then competition set in. T alent was recruited from advertising
agencies, radio stations, motion pictures studios, the Broadway stage. Jim
watched this influx of new faces and resolved to be better than all, to make
more money, to be the leader. He worked around the clock, but nevertheless
things began to go badly. No matter how well he laid his plans, something always upset them. No
matter how carefully he thought out a process, some unknown factor always
cropped up and spoiled it. He began to think he was unlucky. People whom
he was positive were inferior often bested him by what seemed an amazing
stroke of fortune. He grew bitter, suspicious, and hostile to associates. T wo
years later, he


 Perfection  in my entire consciou sness, being and world with YOUR ASCENDED
MASTER PERFECTION  permanently and forever! Be My Ever -Present Guru! Place Your Blue Cape on my shoulders! Guide  me in the path of my
personal Christhood! I ASK that You Guard, Teach and Love me Free in the Light! Make me a Focus of the Great White Brotherhood that blesses all life  I contact, everywhere
forever! For BEHOLD, I AM EVERYWHERE IN THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF GOD! (x3)

I AM! I AM! I AM! Beloved Lanello’s
Ascended Master Consciousness, Everywhere Forever! (x3)

BY THE MIGHTIEST…! (x3)  THANK YOU! (x3) BELOVED I AM! (x3)
 Chakra Meditation

On the crown of the head, visualize a Golden Yellow Lotus Flower with
one thousand petals, with a jewel in the heart of the lotus. Allow the petals
to gently close, enfolding the essence of the Archangel Jophiel and
Illumined Wisdom. The closed flower radiates the essence of the Spiritual
Sun, Dawn and Luz, as a g entle golden glow. Now bring the awareness to the brow in the center of the forehead. There
visualize a Green Lotus Flower with 108 petals. Allow the petals to close
gently, enfolding the essence of the Archangel Raphael and the powers of
Consecration, Truth and Healing. The closed flower radiates the essence of
the Spiritual Sun, Aureole and Aurea, with a delicate green glow. Now bring the awareness down to the throat chakra, and there visualize a
Blue Lotus Flower with 16 petals. Allow the petals to c lose very gently,
enfolding the essence of the Archangel Michael and the Power and
Protection of God. The closed flower gently radiates the essence of the
Spiritual Sun, Hercules and Amazon ia, with a blue glow. Now bring the awareness down to the heart ch akra. There visualize a Pink
Lotus Flower with 12 petals. Allow the petals to gently close, enfolding the
essence of the Archangel Chamuel and the quality of Divine Love. The
closed flower radiates the essence of the Spiritual Sun, Helios and Vesta,
with a satin soft glow of pink light. Bring the awareness down now, to the solar plexus chakra. There visualize
a Golden Ruby/Purple  lotus flower with 10 petals. As you allow the petals
to close gently, they enfold the essence of the Archangel Uriel and the
qualities of Peace and Tranquility. Th e closed flower radiates the essence
of the Spiritual Sun, Krishna and Sophia, with a ruby /purple  and golden
glow. Take your awareness down to the center of the abdomen and visualize a
violet lotus flower with 6 petals. Allow the petals to close gently, enfolding
the essence of the Archangel Zadkiel and the power of Forgiveness,
Freedom, Mercy and Compassion. The closed flower radiates the essence
of the Spiritual Sun, Apollo and Diana, with a violet glow. Now let your awareness go down to the chakra at  the base of your spine,
where you will find a White Lotus Flower with four petals. Allow the
petals to close very gently, enfolding the Purity of the Archangel Gabriel. The closed flower radiates the essence of the Spiritual Sun, Osiris and Isis,
with a w hite glow of Purity. I AM THAT I AM! Djwal Kul's Breathing Exercise

I AM Light, glowing Light radiating Light, intensified Light. God consumes my darkness,
transmuting it into Light. This day I AM a Focus of the Central Sun flowing through me is a
crystal river, a living fountain of Light that can never be qualified by human thought and
feeling. I AM an outpost of the Divine. Such darkness as has used me is swallowed up by the
mighty river of Light whi ch I AM! I AM, I AM, I AM Light! I live, I live, I live in Light! I AM Light's fullest dimension! I AM
Light's purest intention! I AM LIGHT, LIGHT, LIGHT! Flooding the world everywhere I move,
blessing, strengthening and conveying the purpose of the Kingdom of Heaven! (x3)

BY THE MIGHTIEST…! (x3)  THANK YOU! (x3) BELOVED  I AM! (x3)

My Heart is a Chakra of Violet Fire, My Heart is the Purity God Desires! (x3)

My Throat  Chakra  is a Wheel of Violet Fire, My Throat Chakra is the Purity God Desires! (x3)

My Solar Plexus is a Sun of Violet Fire, My Solar Plexus is the Purity God Desires! (x3)

My Third Eye is a Center of Violet Fire, My Third Eye is the Purity God Desires! (x3)

My Soul Chakra is a Sphere of Violet Fire, My Soul is the Purity God Desires! (x3)

My Crown Chakra is a Lotus of Violet Fire, My Crown Chakra is the Purity God Desires! (x3)

My Base Chakra is a Fount  of Violet Fire, My Base Chakra is the Purity God Desires! (x3)

I AM, I AM, I AM the Fire Breath of God From the Heart of Beloved Alpha and Omega! This
day I AM the Immaculate Concept in expression everywhere I move. Now I AM full of Joy, for
now I AM the full expression of Divine Love. My Beloved I AM Presence, seal me now within
the Very Heart of the Expanding Fire Breath of God. Let Its Purity, Wholeness and Love
manifest everywhere I  AM today and forever! (x3)

I accept this done right now with full power! I AM this done right now with full power! I AM,
I AM, I AM God -Life expressing Perfection all ways at all times! This which I CALL FORTH
for myself I CALL FORTH for every man, wom an and child on this planet! BY THE MIGHTIEST…! (x3)  THANK YOU! (x3) ALMIGHTY  I AM! ( x3)

I AM Alpha and Omega! (x4)

Djwal Kul, Come! Decree
In the Name of the Beloved Mighty Victorious Presence of God, I AM in me, My Very Own
Beloved Holy Christ Self, Holy Christ Selves of all mankind, Beloved Djwal Kul, Beloved
Lanello, the Entire Spirit of the Great White Brotherhood and the World Mother, Elemental
Life—Fire, Air, Water, Earth and Ether! I Decree:

Djwal Kul, Come! In the center of the One,
Anchor now Thy Radiant Sun, Magnet of the Threefold Flame,
Expand God's Aura in God's Name! Djwal Kul, Come! Threefold Fountain, fill my heart;
Let Thy angel now impart the Name of God
I AM THAT I AM, I AM THAT I AM,
I AM THAT I AM, I AM THAT I AM! Djwal Kul, Come! Flame of Gold, Pink, Blue and White,
Seal Thy Victory Star of Light;
Renew my vows to God's Own Name;
Come, O Christ, in me now reign! Djwal Kul, Come! Expand the Fire of the Sun;
Alpha 'n Omega, make us One,
Seal my energies in Christ, raise my energies in Light! Djwal Kul, Come! Align my consciousness with Thee,
Make us One, O make me Free! Seal my heart and hand in Thine, in God's Mind I AM Divine! Djwal Kul, Come! Blaze the action of the Whole,
With Light of Victory fill my soul;
Return me to the Flaming One, I AM begotten of the Son! Coda :  I AM God Power, I AM God Love,
I AM THAT I AM, I AM THAT I AM, I AM THAT I AM! I AM God Mastery and God Control,
I AM THAT I AM —AUM  ( x2)

I AM God Obedience now, to Thy Law I vow,
I AM THAT I AM, I AM THAT I AM, I AM THAT I AM! God Wisdom Flame I AM! ( x3)
AUM—God Har -mo-ny! ( x3)

God Gratitude, God Gratitude, God Gratitude! I AM God Justice in full view! ( x3)
God Re -al-i-ty! I AM God Vision, God Victory won! (x 3)

BY THE MIGHTIEST…! (x3)
THANK YOU! (x3) BELOVED I AM! (x3)

Bija Mantras for Chakra Meditatio n for
Purification, Protection, and Light of the Divine Mother

Chakra  Purification
Balance  Perfection
Protection  Light
Expansion
 Crown/Sahasrara
AUM  OM AIM HRIM SHRIM
KLIM SOU HU OM  AUM
 Third Eye/Ajna
OM NAMAHA   OM KRIM NAMAHA  SHRIM
 Throat/Vishuddha
OM HAM NAMAHA   OM SOU HU N


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ure	of	metallic

aluminum	cooking	utensils. There	is	no	provision	in	any	city	charter	that	gives

officials	the	right	to	commit	the	criminal	act	of	poisoning	its	citizens	due	to

ignorance	of	basic	law...In	Akron,	Ohio,	I	spoke	to	their	city	council—showed

them	what	they	would	be	doing	if	they	attempted	to	kill	their	women	and

children	with	these	fluorides. In	went	the	fluorides	anyway...In	two	months

thousands	were	covered	with	leprosy	sores. Now	$18,000	worth	of	fluorides	are

for	sale,	also	the	machinery...In	this	mass	medication	program	all	water	boards

so	committing	it	are	guilty	of	practicing	medicine,	dentistry	and	pharmacy

without	a	license." George	L.	Waldbott,	M.D.,	Detroit	physician	who	has	made	an	extensive	study

of	the	effect	of	fluorides	on	the	human	body,	says:

“All	reports	of	fluoride	poisoning	emphasize	the	great	variety	of	symptoms,	the

insidious	onset,	the	slow	course	of	the	disease,	the	fact	that	death	is	caused	by	a

general	wasting	away	and	not	by	the	involvement	of	only	one	organ. Symptoms

show	that	fluorides	interfere	with	the	normal	utilization	of	calcium	and

phosphorous	in	the	body. It	prevents	depositing	of	bone	substances	in	joints	and

ligaments	especially	in	the	lower	spine	and	causes	temporary	hardening	of	the

bones,	teeth,	nails	and	hair,	followed	by	softening	of	bones	and

nails...Experiments	have	been	made	in	the	towns	of	Cameron	and	Bartlett

(Texas)	where	there	is	a	high	incidence	of	fluorine	in	the	water. It	was	found	that

10.1	out	of	every	100	inhabitants	had	eye	cataracts,	13.8	arthritis,	10.1	bone

changes,	19.4	bearing	defects,	brittle	nails	and	severely	mottled	teeth...The

incidence	of	these	defects	over	the	entire	nation	is	far	lower	than	this—being

only	I	in	100	for	cataracts. Canton	Brehmer,	DDS,	writing	in	the	Journal	of	the	American	Dental	Assn.,

says	that	his	city	of	Sheboygan	has	had	fluoridated	water	for	seven	years...that

lately	mottled	enamel	has	begun	to	show	up...it	is	not	pretty...it	is	a	serious

disfigurement	to	those	who	are	interested	in	their	looks...what	it	does	to	them

further	inside	I	do	not	like	to	think	of." The	Newburg	(NY)	NEWS,	the	town	which	is	being	used	as	a	guinea	pig	for	the

aluminum	trust’s	fluoride	salesmen,	said	on	Jan.	27,	1954:	Heart	deaths	in

Newburg	this	year	totaled	283,	or	882	per	100,000	population. The	rate	for	the

nation	as	a	whole	was	only	507	per	100,000. Mrs.	Madeline	E.	Healy,	director	of	a	Boston	laboratory	for	blood	allergen

diagnostic	testing,	said	sodium	fluoride	is	an	efficient	rat	exterminator,	a

protoplasmic	poison	because	(in	all	instances	of	use)	it	causes	slow	or	rapid

destruction	of	cells	and	since	1855	pharmacologists	have	been	aware	that	it

serves	no	useful	purpose	to	man. The	Bulletin	of	the	Hudson	County	(N. J.) Dental	Society	for	Dec.	1955	pointed

out	that	a	Federal	court	in	Oregon	awarded	$38,290	damages	from	the	Reynolds

Metals	Company	(large	aluminum	producers)	to	an	Oregon	family	named

Martin. The	Martins	suffered	serious	injury	to	livers,	kidneys	and	digestive

functions	from	eating	vegetables	and	other	farm	products	contaminated	by	fumes

from	the	nearby	plant. Witnesses	testified	that	they	had	contracted	the	disease

known	as	fluorosis. Dr.	George	W.	Heard,	retired	dentist	of	Hereford	(Deaf	Smith	County,	Texas)

whose	words	were	twisted	and	misrepresented	by	COLLIERS	MAGAZINE	in

an	article	called	"The	Town	Without	a	Toothache",	says	"I	believe	that	fluorine

does,	in	a	mild	way,	retard	caries,	but	I	also	believe	that	the	damage	it	does	is	far

greater	than	any	good	it	may	appear	to	accomplish. It	makes	teeth	so	brittle	and

crumbly	they	can	be	treated	only	with	difficulty,	if	at	all." Dr.	William	P.	Martzowska	(Mich.)	dentist,	says	“sodium	fluoride	steals	calcium

from	the	body. In	naturally	fluoridated	water—water	conditioned	by	nature	for

1,000	years—fluorine	occurs	in	the	form	of	calcium	fluoride,	in	an	organic

combination. This	calcium	(natural)	fluoride	does	not	steal	the	calcium	from	the

body	since	it	brings	its	own	calcium	with	it.”

Benjamin	C.	Nesin,	director	of	NY	City’s	utility	laboratories	says:	“Never	in	the

history	of	water	supply	has	a	substance	so	toxic	in	nature,	with	such	a	high

degree	of	physiological	potency,	and	associated	with	so	much	adverse	evidence

affecting	public	health,	been	considered	for	introduction	into	public	water

supplies.”

Gordon	Leitch,	MD,	Portland	(Oregon)	pointed	out	that	fluoridation

endorsement	by	the	American	Dental	Ass’n	is	utterly	meaningless	for	the	same
	reason	that	clergymen	are	expected	to	be	against	sin. The	Rev. Lyle	F.	Sheen	of	Geneseo,	Illinois,	after	an	investigation	of	the	effect

and	non-effect	of	fluorides,	has	offered	$1,000	reward	to	anyone	who	can	prove,

1)	That	sodium	fluoride	will	prevent	tooth	decay,

2)	That	SF	is	not	poisonous	even	in	small	amounts,

3)	That	the	moon	is	made	of	green	cheese. THERE	HAVE	BEEN	NO	TAKERS
We	could	take	up	a	whole	library	shelf	in	quoting	these	opinions	and	findings	of

scientists	on	the	payroll	of	the	aluminum	trust	or	of	its	stooge,	the	US	Public

Health	Service. But	We’ll	be	content	with	quotations	from	expert	testimony

before	the	Delaney	sub	committee	of	the	House	of	Representatives	in

Washington,	on	the	Wier	bill	to	stop	fluoridation	nationally. There	is	a	great	difference	between	the	effects	of	natural	(calcium)	fluoride

waters	and	artificial	sodium	(or	silico	sodium)	fluorides...statistics	about

reduction	in	tooth	decay	are	dug	up	in	deepest	secrecy	by	an	empire	building

Federal	agency	using	falsifications	and	deceits...fluoride	is	deadly,	toxic,

cumulative,	extremely	corrosive	poison	used	commercially	to	kill	rats	and	etch

glass	fluoride	attacks	and	destroys	body	calcium	so	necessary	to	human	life...it

causes	blisters	and	cracks	in	the	mouth,	attacks	the	ulnar	nerve	just	as	lead

attacks	the	radial	nerve,	damages	thyroid	and	kidneys,	causes	severe	rash,	itch

and	stiff	joints. HOW	THE	BIG	LIE	WORKS—Adolph-the-Worst	used	to	say	that	if	you	tell	the


 Australia would not eat the flesh of Caucasians because it was salty and
occasioned nausea. But Asians and other native tribesmen were con
sidered good eating because their food was chiefly vegetable.12
To maintain your life and add life to your life, it is best to predominate
your diet with those foods that are full of life\ Incidentally, the word
vegetable comes from the word vegetus, which means FULL OF LIFE! Now that the subject of protein has been explained in its relationship
to weight loss and energy, the other equally important factor in this area
is... "'["his organization is now called The International Society for Research on Civilization and En
vironment. The address is 61 Rue E. Bouillot, BTE 11, B-1060 Brussels, Belgium. l2George M. Gould, M.D. and Walter L. Pyle, M.D. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine. New
York: The Julian Press, 1956, 407. Original'copyright 1896. PROTEIN • 79 CHAPTER
10
Products
T. JLhe advisability of eating dairy prod
ucts is every bit as controversial as the habit of meat-eating. It is my
opinion, after fifteen years of study, that aside from flesh food nothing
will sabotage a successful, healthy weight-loss plan more quickly than
eating dairy products. Here again I am trying to smash another belief
system to smithereens. 1 know how hard it will be for some people to
agree with me. I can just hear someone saying, "Hey, if that includes
Haagen-Dazs, forget it, pal!" Perhaps in the past you went on a regimen
of nothing but meat and dairy and lost weight. I did too! I remember
once eating absolutely nothing but eggs, meat, and cheese for one
month! 1 lost twenty-five pounds. But I'll tell you what: I felt lousy, and
one month after I returned to a "regular" diet 1 had put the twenty-five
pounds right back on. I was able to lose the weight because anytime a
complete food group or two is removed from the diet, the body will lose
weight. Simply by having less to deal with, my system lost weight. But
because the things I was eating were devoid of water content, I didn't feel
good, I was bored beyond belief, and my breath smellcd like an accident
at a sewage plant. Surely I wouldn't entertain the idea of eating nothing
but eggs, meat, and cheese for the rest of my life. Daily
• so • More dairy products are consumed in the United States than in all the
rest of the world combined! In a survey by Grocers Journal of California
in September 1982 it was reported that "Dairy products have the highest
incidence of consumption of any major food category. Only six percent
of Americans say they don't consume milk in some form." If dairy products are such good foods, and we in America eat more
than the rest of the world combined, then it stands to reason that we
should be experiencing the highest level of health as well. As a matter of
fact, the American worker leads the world in degenerative diseases, ac
cording to Richard O. Keeler, Director of Program Development for the
President's Council on Physical Fitness, reported in the Los Angeles
Times in April 1981. As with protein, there is a colossal amount of information linking the
consumption of dairy products to heart disease, cancer, arthritis, mi
graine headaches, allergies, ear infections, colds, hay fever, asthma, res
piratory ailments, and a multitude of other problems, as documented by
Hannah Allen, Alec Burton, Viktoras Kulvinskas, F. M. Pottenger, Her
bert M. Shelton, and N. W. Walker, among others. For our purposes
here, dairy products are discussed only to the extent that they affect
weight loss and energy. You can be absolutely certain of one thing: Milk is the most political
food in America. According to the Los Angeles Times, the dairy industry
is subsidized (meaning the taxpayers foot the bill) to the tune of almost
three billion dollars a year! That's 342,000 dollars every hour to buy hun
dreds of millions of dollars' worth of dairy products that will in all like
lihood never be eaten. They are sitting in storage, and some of them are
rotten to the core. The storage bill alone for the surplus that will never be
used is forty-seven million dollars annually! The demand for dairy prod
ucts has declined substantially, as it is becoming more apparent that they
are not the perfect foods they were once touted to be. But production is continuous. Be assured that much of the publicity
referring to the health benefits of dairy products is commercially moti
vated. In March 1984 the Los Angeles Times reported that the Depart
ment of Agriculture decided to launch a $140-million advertising
campaign "to promote milk-drinking and help reduce the multibillion-
dollar surplus." Although the real reason for the advertising campaign is
to reduce the surplus, the ads attempt to convince you to buy milk for its
many so-called health benefits. Arguing the pros and cons of eating dairy products would prove futile,
so once again you will have to rely heavily on your own common sense
in making a decision. Let's get right to it. I will ask you a question that I wish for you to
DAIRY PRODUCTS • 87 answer strictly from common sense. Cows don't drink cow's milk, so why
do humans? What in the world are humans doing drinking cow's milk? If
a grown cow was offered milk, it would sniff it and say, "No, thanks, I'll
have the grass." Think about it. Could our creator possibly have set
things up in such a way that the only species on earth to drink cow's milk
would be human beings? Perhaps you are thinking to yourself, "What's
he talking about, calves drink cow's milk!" Exactly! Cow's milk was de
signed and created for one purpose and one purpose only: to feed the
young of the species. No animals drink or want to drink milk once they
are weaned. Of course, 1 am not talking about domesticated animals,
who have been perverted from their natural inclinations. During the ini
tial phase of life it is the invariable practice of all mammals to take the
milk of their mothers; then they are weaned and spend the remainder of
their lives sustained by other foods. Nature dictates that we are to be
weaned at an early age. Humans, on the other hand, teach that after a
mother has performed her nursing, the cow should take over. In other
words, there is one mammal on earth that should never, ever be weaned:
humans! Why? Of course, it is difficult to look at the issue objectively,
because of all the contradictory information that abounds, but isn't your
sense of logic and your common sense a bit offended by the idea that
humans should never be weaned? Have you ever seen a zebra nursing off a giraffe? No? Have you ever
seen a dog nursing off a horse? No? Well, have you ever seen a human
nursing off a cow? All three examples are equally ridiculous. But you
have seen humans nursing off cows, because if you have ever seen any
one drinking milk or eating any other kind of dairy product, you have
seen it. Just because someone milks the cow and gets it to the consumer
in a clean glass doesn't mean that person is not nursing from a cow. Of
course, it doesn't seem strange at all to see someone drinking a glass of
milk, but what would your reaction be if you were driving down some
country lane and you happened to look over into one of the pastures to
see a well-dressed man or woman down on his or her knees, suckling
from a cow? Would you make your way through the droppings and go
right up to a cow and take the milk directly from her udder? No? But you
will let someone else get it and bring it to you in a glass, right? Of course,
I'm being facetious, but it seems funny only because people's logic, in
stincts, and common sense would stop them from drinking milk if it were
not supplied for them. The facts are clear about one thing: The chemical composition of
cow's milk is different from that of human's milk. If your insides could
talk after you ingested a dairy product, they would ask, "What's this per
son doing, hanging around cows?" The enzymes necessary to break down and digest milk are renin and
82'FIT FOR LIFE lactase. They are all but gone by the age of three in most humans. There
is an element in all milk known as casein. There is three hundred times
more casein in cow's milk than in human's milk. That's for the develop
ment of huge bones. Casein coagulates in the stomach and forms large,
tough, dense, difficult-to-digest curds that are adapted to the four-stom
ach digestive apparatus of a cow. Once inside the human system, this
thick mass of goo puts a tremendous burden on the body to somehow get
rid of it. In other words, a huge amount of energy


 worth. What matters is that you allow ed your
private thoughts to surface, acknowledged them, and then
released them.
Take plenty of time to nurtu re yourself and rest after this
exercise. Let any remaining emotions, thoughts, or self-jud gments
pass; let them not hinder the peace that is your birthright. If you
were able to fully give yourself to this exercise, you will feel a
deeper acceptance of yourself and appreciation of the healing you
are experiencing.
Part 2:  Venturing into the Open
Slowly go through the following questions one at a time. In your
journal, praye rfully write down your thoughts and responses
without reading ahead to the next question.
1. Choose an intimate relationship or a friendship where you
notice that you hold back from expressing your thoughts
and feelings.
2. Inquire about why you think you hold back from expressin g
your thoughts in this relationship.
3. How do you feel when you are holding back? How do you
react?
4. What are you afraid will happen if you are authentic and
transparent with your thoughts?
5. How would your life be different if you allowed yourself to
express what you are thinking and feeling to those closest
to you?In the Light of Love, Communication Washes
Ego Away
Once you have exposed everyth ing, the Spirit in you will want to extend,
but the ego is afraid of that, so it may be another obstacle to overcome.
The ego will want you to hold back, to keep your love, your joy, and
your happiness bottled up. Allow yourself to share, to just let it pour out
so you can start to realize that you don’t need to be afraid of that love.
Love pours through us, expresses through us, like a cleansing, washing,
purifying experience, and it’s only the ego that gets terrified.  Keep in
awareness that the ego knows that if love keeps pouring out, then it will
be washed away. The ego wants to exist, so for it, hiding becomes a
matter of survival.
Choosing ego through keeping private thoughts is often an
unconscious decision. It is the belief that you can harbor thoughts that
you would not share and that your safety lies in keeping thoughts to
yourself alone. For with priva te thoughts, you share only what you
would decide to share. This shuts off the potential for full
communication with those around you and with God, who surrounds all
of you together. Every thought  you keep hidden shuts communication
off. So, continue to open up to sharing and extending love, and the ego
obstacles and fear will fall away.
As long as you give in to ego’s preference to have private thoughts
and keep them, you cannot experience the holy instant. The holy instant
happens in the present moment without the ego thoughts of the past and
the future. The holy instant is a time in which you receive and give
perfect communication. It is a moment in time when your mind  is open
both to receive and give. The holy instant is the acceptance of the single
will that govern s all thought. This is how you come to experience the
miracles that you have been unconscious of. In the sacred and holy
experience of this moment, the mind seeks to change nothing, but merely
to accept everything. This holy instant, this moment, is the recognition
that all minds are in communication.Part II
Miracles WithinChapter 6
Finding True Guidance
Have you ever heard about athletes who get “in the zone”? How they can
get into a state while exercising or during a match that is completely
intuitive and inner directed, which allows them to respond with perfect
grace to the external world? In that moment, they are not thinki ng about
reaching a goal but are fully aligned with and rested in the present. We
can get in a similar “holy zone” by opening to being guided.
As humans, we focus a lot on “doing” rather than “being”: What am
I going to do today? What do I do next? What are you going to do? Is
what you are going to do going to jive with what I am going to do? None
of these questions are truly helpful since they’re not directed to the Holy
Spirit nor open for guidance. They lead to a scattered experience of our
day where nothing seems to really make sense. Things seem to happen
without a clear feeling of purpose behind them. It is a common  problem
to, out of habit, decide what to do before we ask for guidance. It is a
habit of a mind that believes it is a human being—a mind that believes it
is a “doer.” We should call it a human “doing” instead of a human being.
Peace of mind can only come when we have reversed this habit of
deciding first what to do and then asking for guidance. We have to get
into the habit of truly asking Holy Spirit what He would have us do and
say. Being open to ask for guidance undoes the independe nce and
autonomy of  separation and opens us up to a healthy experience of God-
dependency.
Being in a childlike state of not knowing is one of the most
important steps toward learning to hear the inner voice of Spirit and
beginning to live a life witho ut fear. Children are such wonderful
examples in their great trust. Young children walking with their parents
are amazing to watch because they put their hand up and ask to be led.
Their minds are open and recep tive to discover and learn because they
trust that they are safely led and shown the way. A first step toward thisstate of “I don’t know” and being guided is opening your mind and being
willing to loosen your definiti ons about what everything means. The
goal is to be so inner -directed by this voice that you no longer take any
of your “cues” from the external world unless you recognize  them as
Spirit within. My friend Jenny shares:
I felt as if my mind and my life were like a maze that I couldn’ t
make sense of, and where else could I go other than toward God?
I felt like I had to have clarit y from Spirit or God because I
couldn’ t rely on myself. I felt like I didn’ t have the big picture
and therefore couldn’ t decide what was best in every situation. I
needed a capital  H help. True help. I realized that this world had
no answers and no guidance to give me.
Learning to hear and follow guidance, I went through a lot of
cleansing and clearing, a lot of tears for many years, and a lot of praying,
discernment lessons, and asking. Sometimes I would just ask and ask,
and I would hear this gentle wisdom inside me. It would say: “It is good
that you are starting to ask Me for guidance, but don’t become obsessive.
There is no need to ask for every single decision during a day.” Should I
take my shoes off? Should I go out the door? Don’ t become obsessive
with it. Just trust in the Holy Spirit. Feel an opening to the guidance and
trust that you are going to do just great, that Spirit has got it. The Holy
Spirit is saying:  “I will direct you; just be willing to come in My
direction, and you will see that it is going to get easier and easier for
you. It will be more like a flow when you start to align your mind with
Me.”
Many years ago, I sensed that I needed and wanted better
discernment betw een the ego and the Holy Spirit. I asked the Holy Spirit
for guidance.
Me: Can Y ou give me something practical that can help me? Even
if it’s going to take time, I’m willing to work on it.Holy Spirit: Look at your life and start to consider how many of
your everyday actions are based on a fear of
consequences. T ake for instance your job. W ould you go
to that job every day unless you had a fear of
consequences?
Me: Of course not. I would not be going to work every day if I
had no fear of consequences, if I didn’ t want some idea of
security for my future.
Holy Spirit: This fear blocks a sense of being guided. Now go
through all the nuances that seem to be part of each day,
including the very subtle aspects, such as not wanting to
let people down, not wanting to hurt people’ s feelings, and
not wanting to step on anyone’ s toes. See what else is
based on the fear of consequences.
I started  to do that with my life, to pay attention as I went through
my days. Something profound started to happen because I realized that
the opposite of fearing conseque nces is to be motivated by love. Imagine
if you were motivated only by love and nothing else. Imagine how
different it would be if there was no sense of fear pushing you. How
would your life go? You’d start to investigate what you do things for.
Being motivated  by love helps you discern ego guidance from God’ s
guidance.
When I started following love, I was amazed at the practicality and
ease that came with starting to hear this true guidance. If we need a word
of cheer  or comfort, it is there. If we need specific instruction, it is there.
If we believe we need anything, that voice, that one voice, is always the
practical answer. And for me, that’s where the simplicity came in. I
found out that tuning into my inner voice, tuning into the Holy Spirit,


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 fluorescent
lights, pesticides, and artificial sweeteners, students of spiritual disciplines
who had advanced their levels of awareness did not go weak as did ordinary
people. Something important and decisive had shifted in their
consciousness. It apparently occurred as they realized they were not at the
mercy of the world but rather affected only by what their minds believed.
Perhaps the very process of progress toward enlightenment could be shown
to increase man’s ability to resist the vicissitudes of existence, including
illness.
The Self had the capacity to change things in the world by merely
envisioning them; Love changed the world each time it replaced non-love.The entire scheme of civilization could be profoundly altered by focusing
this power of love at a very specific point. Whenever this happened, history
bifurcated down new roads.
It now appeared that these crucial insights could not only be
communicated with the world but visibly and irrefutably demonstrated. It
seemed that the great tragedy of human life had always been that the psyche
is so easily deceived; discord and strife have been the inevitable
consequence of mankind’s inability to distinguish the false from the true.
But here was an answer to this fundamental dilemma, a way to
recontextualize the nature of consciousness itself and make explicable that
which otherwise could only be inferred.
It was time to leave life in New York, with its city apartment and home
on Long Island, for something more important. It was necessary to perfect
myself as an instrument. This necessitated leaving that world and
everything in it, replacing it with a reclusive life in a small town where the
next seven years were spent in meditation and study.
Overpowering states of bliss returned unsought and eventually there
was the need to learn how to be in the Divine Presence and still function in
the world. The mind had lost track of what was happening in the world at
large. In order to do research and writing, it was necessary to stop all
spiritual practice and focus on the world of form. Reading the newspaper
and watching television helped to catch up on the story of who was who,
the major events, and the nature of the current social dialogue.
Exceptional subjective experiences of truth, which are the province of
the mystic who affects all mankind by sending forth spiritual energy into
the collective consciousness, are not understandable by the majority of
mankind and are therefore of limited meaning except to other spiritual
seekers. This led to an effort to be ordinary, because just being ordinary in
itself is an expression of Divinity; the truth of one’s real self can be
discovered through the pathway of everyday life. To live with care and
kindness is all that is necessary. The rest reveals itself in due time. The
commonplace and God are not distinct.
And so, after a long circular journey of the spirit, there was a return to
the most important work, which was to try to bring the Presence at least a
little closer to the grasp of as many fellow beings as possible.
The Presence is silent and conveys a state of peace that is the space in
which and by which all is and has its existence and experience. It is
infinitely gentle and yet like a rock. With it, all fear disappears. Spiritual joy
occurs on a quiet level of inexplicable ecstasy. Because the experience of
time stops, there is no apprehension or regret, no pain, no anticipation; the
source of joy is unending and ever present. With no beginning or ending,
there is no loss or grief or desire. Nothing needs to be done; everything is
already perfect and complete.
When time stops, all problems disappear; they are merely artifacts of a
point of perception. As the Presence prevails, there is no further
identification with the body or mind. When the mind grows silent, the
thought “ I Am” also disappears and Pure Awareness shines forth to
illuminate what one is, was, and always will be, beyond all worlds and all
universes, beyond time, and therefore without beginning or end.
People wonder, “How does one reach this state of awareness,” but few
follow the steps because they are so simple. First, the desire to reach that
state was intense. Then began the discipline to act with constant and
universal forgiveness and gentleness, without exception. One has to be
compassionate towards everything, including one’s own self and thoughts.
Next came a willingness to hold desires in abeyance and surrender personal
will at every moment. As each thought, feeling, desire, or deed was
surrendered to God, the mind became progressively silent. At first, it
released whole stories and paragraphs, then ideas and concepts. As one lets
go of wanting to own these thoughts, they no longer reach such elaboration
and begin to fragment while only half formed. Finally, it was possible to
turn over the energy behind thought itself before it even became thought.
The task of constant and unrelenting fixity of focus, allowing not even a
moment of distraction from meditation, continued while doing ordinary
activities. At first, this seemed very difficult, but as time went on, it became
habitual, automatic, requiring less and less effort, and finally it was
effortless. The process is like a rocket leaving the earth. At first, it requires
enormous power, then less and less as it leaves the earth’s gravitational
field, and finally, it moves through space under its own momentum.
Suddenly, without warning, a shift in awareness occurred and the
Presence was there, unmistakable and all encompassing. There were a few
moments of apprehension as the self died, and then the absoluteness of the
Presence inspired a flash of awe. This breakthrough was spectacular, moreintense than anything before. It has no counterpart in ordinary experience.
The profound shock was cushioned by the love that is with the Presence.
Without the support and protection of that love, one would be annihilated.
There followed a moment of terror as the ego clung to its existence,
fearing it would become nothingness. Instead, as it died, it was replaced by
the Self as Everythingness, the All in which everything is known and
obvious in its perfect expression of its own essence. With nonlocality came
the awareness that one is all that ever was or can be. One is total and
complete, beyond all identities, beyond all gender, beyond even humanness
itself. One need never again fear suffering and death.
What happens to the body from this point is immaterial. At certain
levels of spiritual awareness, ailments of the body heal or spontaneously
disappear. But in the absolute state, such considerations are irrelevant. The
body will run its predicted course and then return from whence it came. It is
a matter of no importance; one is unaffected. The body appears as an “it”
rather than as a “me” as another object, like the furniture in a room. It may
seem comical that people still address the body as though it were the
individual “ you,”but there is no way to explain this state of awareness to
the unaware. It is best to just go on about one’s business and allow
Providence to handle the social adjustment. However, as one reaches bliss,
it is very difficult to conceal that state of intense ecstasy. The world may be
dazzled and people may come from far and wide to be in the accompanying
aura. Spiritual seekers and the spiritually curious may be attracted, as may
be the very ill who are seeking miracles; one may become a magnet and a
source of joy to them. Commonly, there is a desire at this point to share this
state with others and to use it for the benefit of all.
The ecstasy that accompanies this condition is not absolutely stable;
there are also moments of great agony. The most intense occur when the
state fluctuates and suddenly ceases for no apparent reason. These times
bring on periods of intense despair and a fear that one has been forsaken by
the Presence. These falls make the path arduous and to surmount these
reversals requires great will. It finally becomes obvious that one must
transcend this level or constantly suffer excruciating “descents from grace.”
The glory of ecstasy, then, has to be relinquished as one enters upon the
arduous task of transcending duality until one is beyond all oppositions and
their conflicting pulls. But while it is one thing to happily give up the iron
chains of ego, it is quite another to abandon the golden chains of ecstaticjoy. It feels as though one is giving up God, and a new level of fear arises,
never before anticipated. This is the final terror of absolute aloneness.
To the ego, the fear of nonexistence was formidable, and it drew back
from it repeatedly as it seemed to approach. The purpose of the agonies and
the dark nights of the soul then became apparent. They are so intolerable
that their exquisite pain spurs one on to the extreme effort required to
surmount them. When vacillation between heaven and hell becomes
unendurable, the desire for existence itself has to be surrendered. Only once
this is done may one finally move beyond the duality of Allness versus
nothingness, beyond existence or nonexistence. This culmination of the
inner work is the most difficult phase, the ultimate watershed, where one is
starkly aware that the illusion of existence one here transcends is
irrevocable. There is no returning from this step, and this specter of
irreversibility makes this last barrier appear to be the most formidable
choice of all.
But, in fact, in this final apocalypse of the self, the


  drinks
Grapefruit  juice Grape  juice
Mango  juice
Peach  juice
Pear  juice
Lassi  (sweet  yogurt  drink)
Soy  milk,  spiced
Papaya  juice
Salted  drinks
Sour  fruit  juice
Tomato  juice
TEAS
Do  not  use  chamomile  if  you  are  allergic  to  ragweed.
Bancha  (twig)
Barley  (grain  tea)
Birch
Blackberry
Catnip
Chamomile
Chicory
Chrysanthemum
Comfrey
Alfalfa
Borage
Burdock
Ajwan
Cloves
Corn  silk
Eucalyptus
Ginger,  dried  or  fresh Major
Dandelion
Elder  flowers
Fennel Hops
Jasmine
Lavender
Lemon  balm
Lotus
Marshmallow
Minor
Cardamom
Cinnamon
Grain  tea
Regressive Ginseng
Hawthorne I  lyssop
Mormon  tea Passionflower
Peppermint
Raspberry  leaves
Rose  flower
Saffron
Spearmint Violet
Wild  cherry  bark
Wintergreen
Hibiscus
Rosehips
Strawberry
Osha
Pennyroyal Sage
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TUF.    PRACTICE    OF    AYURVEDA
PITTA-VATA
PITTA-VATA
VEGETABLES
Use  mostly  cooked  vegetables.  Use  bitter  vegetables  in  small  amounts
Major
Artichoke  Dandelion  greens
Arugula  Endive
Asparagus  Green  beans
Bell  peppers  Jerusalem  artichoke
Bok  choy  Karela
Broccoli  Landcress
Broccoli  rabe  Lettuce
Carrot  Mustard  greens
Celery  Okra
Collards  Parsnips Radicchio
Rutabaga
Sprouts Winter  squash
(acorn,  butternut,
buttercup,  spaghetti)
Summer  squash
(yellow  crookneck, zucchini)
Sweet  potatoes
Cucumber,  seedless Pumpkin Watercress
Beets
Burdock  root
Cabbage
Cauliflower
Corn,  fresh
Dandelion  greens Minor
Gourd  squash
Jicama Kale
Onion,  cooked
Papaya,  green Peas
Plantain
Potatoes,  white
Radishes,  cooked
Spinach
Brussels  sprouts
Eggplant Mushrooms Regressive
Onion,  raw
Pungent  vegetables,  in  excess
Swiss  chard Tomatoes Turnips
Turnip  greens
FRUITS
Use  mostly  sweet  fruits  with  a  small  amount  of  sour  ones.
Apricot
Coconut
Dates
Figs,  fresh
Grapes,  dark
Lemons Major
Limes Mango
Oranges,  sweet
Pears
Pineapple,  sweet
Plums,  sweet Pomegranate
Prunes
Quince,  sweet Raisins
Tangerines,  sweet
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EATING   ACCORDING    TO   YOUR    BODY   TYPE
PITTA-VATA
Apples,  sweet
Avocado
Bananas
Berries,  sweet Minor
Cherries,  sweet
Dried  fruits
Grapefruit,  sweet
Kiwi Papaya
Peaches
Strawberries
Tamarind
Cranberries
Persimmon Regressive
Rhubarb Soursop Sour  fruits,  in  excess
Watermelon
GRAINS
Since  most  dry  goods  are  available  throughout  the  year,  grains
are  categorized  by  season  for  the  dual  types.
Winter/Spring  (December  to  end  of  April)
Major                                           Minor Regressive
Barley                                                   Brown  rice,  long-grain  or  sweet Amaranth
Basmati  rice,  brown  or  white             Quinoa Buckwheat
Oats,  whole  cooked                             Wild  rice Corn
Wheat Millet
Oat  bran Rye
Spring/Summer  (May  to  end  of  August)
Major                                           Minor Regressive
Barley                                                 Brown  rice,  long-grain  or  sweet Amaranth
Basmati  rice,  brown  or  white             Wild  rice Brown  rice,  medium    or
Oats,  whole  cooked short-grain  or  sweet
Wheat Buckwheat
Corn
Millet
Quinoa Rye
Fall  (September  to  end  of  November)
Major                                             Minor Regressive
Basmati  rice,  brown                             Barley Amaranth
Brown  rice,  long-grain  or  sweet          Basmati  rice,  white Buckwheat
Oats,  whole  cooked                               Brown  rice,  medium-  or (  orn
Wheat                                                      short-grain Millet
Quinoa Rye
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THE    PRACTICE    OF    AYURVEDA
PITT  A- VAT  A
PROCESSED  GRAINS  (ALL  YEAR)
Minor
Barley  cereals Oats,  rolled  or  steel-cut,  cooked Udon  noodles
Barley  flour Rice  cereals Pasta,  whole  wheat
Bulgur Rice  flour Whole  wheat  flour
Couscous
LEGUMES, BEANS, SEEDS,  AND  SOYBEAN  DERIVATIVES
Major
Aduki  beans Mung  dhal,  split  or  whole
Minor Urad  dhal
Black  beans Kidney  beans Soybeans
Black  chickpeas Lentils,  brown  or  red Tempeh
Chick  peas Muth  beans
Regressive Tofu
Black-eyed  peas Pinto  beans Toor  dhal
Lima  beans Split  peas,  green  or  yellow White  beans
Navy  beans
NUTS  AND  SEEDS
Minor
Coconut  Pumpkin  seeds,  roasted
Poppy  seeds  Sunflower  seeds,  roasted
Regressive
All  nuts  may  be  used  occasionally  for  cooking Water  chestnuts,  cooked
DAIRY
Dairy  products  should  not  be  taken  with  salted  or  sour  foods,
or  with  animal  foods.
Butter,  unsalted
Cottage  cheese
Butter,  salted Major
Cow's  milk,  certified  raw
Ghee
Minor
Cheeses,  mild Yogurt
Ice  cream,  homemade
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EATING    ACCORDING    TO   YOUR    BODY   TYPE
PITTA-VATA
Buttermilk
Cheeses,  salted Regressive
Goat's  milk
Dairy  products,  commercial
or  powdered Sour  cream
OILS
Major
Canola Safflower Sunflower
Coconut Soy
Minor
Almond Sesame,  light Olive,  sparingly
Avocado
Regressive
Animal  oils  or  lard Mustard Vegetable  oil,  mixed
Corn
SWEETENERS
Major
Amasake  (rice  milk) Dates Sucanat
Barley  malt Fruit  juice  concentrates Sugarcane  juice
Brown  rice  syrup Maple  syrup Sweet  fruits
Brown  sugar,  unrefined
Minor
Fructose Honey,  raw  and  uncooked
Regressive
Honey,  cooked Sugar  substitutes  (saccharin, White  sugar
Molasses Sweet  'n  Low,  Nutrasweet)
HERBS, SPICES,  AND  FLAVORINGS
Major
Basil,  fresh Dill  leaves Saffron
Black  cumin Fennel Spc-.n  mini
Black  pepper Garam  masala i.n  ragon
Caraway Kudzu Turmeric
Cardamom Mint Vanilla
Coriander Orange  peel Wintergreen
Cumin
Peppermint
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THE    PRACTICE    OF    AYURVEDA
PITTA-VATA
Ajwan
Almond  extract
Bay  leaf
Cayenne
Cinnamon
Cloves
Curry  powder,  mild
Dill  seed
Garlic,  cooked Minor
Ginger
Licorice
Mango  powder
Mustard  seeds
Neem  leaves Nutmeg
Onion,  dried
Orange  extract Oregano
Paprika Parsley
Rosemary Sage
Savory
Tamarind
Thyme
Asafoetida
Chili  peppers,  hot
Fenugreek Regressive
Garlic,  raw
Mace Marjoram
Onion,  raw
CONDIMENTS
Cilantro
Coconut  milk
Coconut,  roasted
Daikon,  grated
Gomasio,  mild