  of,  57-58
personality,  52-56
prevalent  seasons  and  times,  131-32,
132
recommended  foods  for,  110-15
Kapha- Pitta
prevalent  seasons  and  times,  133
recommended  foods  for,  121-27
Kapha- Vata
prevalent  seasons  and  times,  133
recommended  foods  for,  115-21
karela,  341
Karelas  with  Yogurt  Sauce,  242
Karhi  (Yogurt  Soup),  289
Karikai  (Carrots  and  Plantain),  226-27
karma,  3
karmic  disease,  8
khoa  (Milk  Dough),  184 Kichadi,  255-56
kitchen
ancient,  156-57
equipment  and  tools,  193-94
sadhanas  for,  155-60
kittas.  See  malas
kohlrabi,  341
Krishna,  Lord,  11
kudzu,  341
kuhu  nadi,  31
kundalini,  31
Kuttu,  250-51
lactose  intolerance,  179
ladoo,  341
landcress,  341
Landcress  and  Chestnuts,  234 leek
RECIPES  USING
Leek  and  Chickpea  Soup,  282
Leek  and  Potato  Soup,  284
Leek,  Potato,  and  Barley  Soup,  285
Leek  and  Chickpea  Soup,  282
Leek  and  Potato  Soup,  284
Leek,  Potato,  and  Barley  Soup,  285
legumes,  tastes  and  energy  of,  67
Lemon  Broccoli  Tofu,  263
Lemon  Kudzu  Sauce,  279
Lemon  Raita,  310
lentils.  See  dhal
Lima  and  Cauliflower  Soup,  289
Lima  Bean  Soup,  285
Lime  and  Raisin  Rice  Salad,  275
lobya,  172
Lord  Krishna,  1 1
lotus,  299
love,  330-32
mace,  299
Madras  Curry  Powder,  303
makhan  (Fresh  Butter),  183
malas,  three,  26-27 mango
green,  298 RECIPES  USING
Aam  Achar  (Green  Mango  Pickle),  307
Mango  and  Melon  Custard,  315
Mango  Chutney,  308
Mango  and  Melon  Custard,  315
Mango  Chutney,  308
manipura,  32
manomaya,  19
manovaha  nadis,  30
Marzipan  Date  Cake,  319
Masala  Dosa  (Filling),  204
Masalas  and  Condiments,  302-5
masoor  dhal,  172
matardhal,  172
materialization,  process  of,  58
maya,  11 meals.  See  also  menus
tastes  and  textures  of,  134-35
transitional,  134
measuring,  for  cooking,  153-54
meat,  178-79 memory.  See  also  cognitive  memory
food  as,  15-16
invalid,  13-14 menstrual  srotas,  29
menus.  See  also  meals
for  Kapha  types,  144-48
for  Pitta  types,  140-43
for  Vata  types,  135-39
Mild  Garam  Masala,  303
Mild  Sweet  and  Sour  Sauce,  264
Mild  Tamari  Sauce,  278
milk,  176,  178
cows  and,  176-78
lactose  intolerance,  179
recommended  consumption,  179-82
Milk  Dough  (khoa),  184
millet,  165
RECIPES  USING
Crisp  Cooked  Millet,  222
Cumin  Millet,  211
Millet  and  Cauliflower,  209
Millet  and  Corn,  209
Millet  and  Corn  Soup,  283
Millet  and  Mung  Kichadi,  256
Millet  and  Quinoa  Salad,  274
Millet  and  Snow  Pea  Salad,  275
Millet  and  Squash  Soup,  283
Millet  Croquettes,  22 1
Millet  Nori  Balls,  217
Millet  Nori  Rolls,  217
Soft  Millet  and  Carrots,  221
South  Indian  Millet  Balls,  219
Spiced  Rice  and  Millet,  216
White  Basmati  and  Millet,  222
Millet  and  Cauliflower,  209
Millet  and  Corn,  209
Millet  and  Corn  Soup,  283
Millet  and  Mung  Kichadi,  256
Millet  and  Quinoa  Salad,  274
Millet  and  Snow  Pea  Salad,  275
Millet  and  Squash  Soup,  283
Millet  Croquettes,  221
Millet  Nori  Balls,  217
Millet  Nori  Rolls,  217
mind  body,  19-20 mint,  299
Mint  Chutney,  308
mirin,  342
miso,  342
mixed  fruit
RECIPES  USING
Fresh  Fruit  Mold,  316
Fruit  Cake,  318
Fruit  Cobbler,  316
Ricotta  Fruit  Dessert,  315
350
jmt,
INDEX
Universal  Trifle,  314
Mixed  Vegetable  Sambar,  248
Mocha  Mousse,  317
moksha,  2,  8
Mola  Hora,  214
Morning  Booster,  325
mugwort,  299
Mula  Achar  (Daikon  Pickle),  306
muladhara,  31
Mung  and  Buckwheat  Soup,  288
Mung  and  Spinach  Kuttu,  250
Mung  and  Wheat  Berry  Soup,  288
mung  dhal.  See  dhal
Mung  Humus,  244
muscular  srotas,  28
Mustard  Greens  and  Asparagus  with
Hollandaise  Sauce,  234
mustard  oil,  175
muth,  172
nadis,  fourteen,  30-31
Narada,  11
Natto-Stuffed  Tofu,  265
navy  beans,  172
nigella  seed,  299
Nimbu  Achar  (Lemon  Pickle),  306
Nimbu  Achar  (Lime  Pickle),  306
noodles,  Japanese
soba,  343
udon, 343
nutmeg,  299
nuts,  tastes  and  energy  of,  69
oats,  164
Oden,  294
Oil  Roti,  208
oils,  174-76
tastes  and  energy  of,  69
ojas,  61
okra
RECIPES  USING
Dried  Masala  Okra,  225
Okra  and  Onions,  237
Rutabaga  Stew  with  Dumplings,  228
Okra  and  Onions,  237
olive  oil,  175
onion
RECIPES  USING
Barley,  Onion,  and  Carrot  Salad,  274
Okra  and  Onions,  237
Pressed  Onion  Salad,  271
Sesame  and  Onion  Sauce,  259
Snow  Peas  and  Onions,  233
Squash  and  Onion


, or so it
seemed. But what occurred was a blocking of the body's mechanism to relay the
normal inflammatory response, thereby giving the impression of improvement when
in reality the inflammatory process was still going on, although I was not aware of it. In other words, while I was feeling marvelous and beginning to "live" again, I was
actually dying inside. A very deceptive mask ing of symptoms was taking place. It was
this symptom treatment, or masking of symptoms, that formed the basis for all my
medical treatment.
   After about a week of these injections, they were discontinued and replaced with
tablets called prednisolone (similar to the hormone prednisone I took with Dr.
Leopold three years before), which I took in very large doses. I was still taking the other previously mentioned drugs with the addition now of Ananase, which is used as
an anti-inflammatory and also reduces swellings.
   One of the dangers of taking steroids (prednisolone, etc.) is the delay of wound
healing or the opening up of old sores. So you can see the problem I was up against. I
was damn lucky the ulcerated colon didn't break down and allow me to hemorrhage to
death. With this potential danger, I could not understand the rationale for using this
drug.
   The final two weeks in the hospital were spent trying to rest, adjusting drug
dosages, taking blood tests and lower GI (bar ium enema) tests, and of course being on
the receiving end of the always-cold steel tube (the sigmoidoscope ).
   It was sometimes difficult to break the monotony of the five weeks in the hospital,
but I read and made friends with many patients on my floor, played chess with some,
and even took daily wheelchair rides up and down the hall while pushed by one of my
new-found friends. To make the ride even more interesting, I took along my remote
control switch from my hospital television set and as we passed each room I activated
the switch which changed channels in each room. I could hear various patients trying
to get their channels back by cussing and by clicking their remote control units as I
went up and down the corridor changing channels. No one ever discovered what
happened, but I knew the mystery broke their monotony. Kind of a ridiculous thing to do, but I guess I was getting a little "stir" crazy. These corridor rides were frowned
upon by the nursing staff, which put a quick end to an otherwise pleasant daily occurrence.
   I recall several other incidents that I look back on now as humorous. It seemed that
whenever my hospital roommate would be in the lavatory either shaving or
"relieving" himself, that was the time I got the "urge."    When I got that urge I had to move fast  or it was too late. After all, I was having
from 12 to 20 B.M.s a day. There were many times I had to get him out fast with his pants down. Can you visualize me running in and him running out at top speed and
making this quick exchange without bumping each other as we passed through the doorway? Anyone watching would have wondered what the hell was going on.
   This particular roommate was to have a sigmoidoscope examination performed in a
few days and he was petrified and built up a fear bordering almost on hysteria. He
knew I had gone through that test dozens of times and he respected me as an expert.
He asked me to give him pointers on how to cope with this cold steel tube. After all, I did know the secrets of these rear-end matters. So I proceeded to coach him in the art
of proper mental, physical, and hind-end relaxation. This is the secret of it all. So
there we would be, the coach and the student going through the training sessions with
him carrying out my instructions. What would the neighbors think if they had
overheard the conversation? The day came for him to undergo the sigmoidoscope. He was shaking as he was wheeled out of the room, but I reminded him again to follow
my instructions. An hour or two later he was brought back to the room. He was all
smiles. He approached me, shook my hand, and thanked me. He said if it wasn't for
me, he could never have done it. A simple thing, yes, but it made my day.
   Then there were times (it occurred twice) my medicine was brought in while the
nurse stood by to make sure it was swallowed. I glanced at the pills and said to the
nurse, "These aren't mine." She answered, "These are your pills. I prepared them myself. Your doctor ordered them so please take them." I knew what my pills looked
like and these were totally unfamiliar, so I refused to take them until she checked with
my doctor. The nurse left the room and was back in five minutes with an apology.
"Those pills were for the patient in the next room. Here are yours." Do you know
what might have happened if I had not known the difference and swallowed them? They could have killed me. I've often thought of that incident over the years, because
it is a common occurrence that takes place every day.
   There was a rather pathetic incident I experienced before being discharged. There
was an 11-year-old boy across the hall who had such an advanced case of ulcerative
colitis that he had to be fed intravenously 24 hours a day. He looked so small, so frail,
and so frightened. I tried to spend a little time with him each day, but I could see he
was growing weaker. He was wasting away to skin and bones and his doctors
recommended a total colectomy--a complete cutting out of the large bowel, with a bag
provided to collect the waste matter from a permanent opening in the abdomen. This
is one of the most drastic types of surgery. I couldn't see how that shell of a boy, who was listed as critical, would survive whether he had the surgery or not. After leaving
the hospital, I tried to get him out of my mind and could not. However, I did not keep
in touch. I guess, subconsciously, I was afra id for him and for myself: "There, but for
the grace of God, go I." My assumption was that he didn't make it. I almost hoped, for his sake, he did not.
   At the end of five weeks, Dr. Kale decided to discharge me. He said, "I'm pleased
with your progress." I eagerly awaited news of the medication I had been taking, one
of which was the hormone drug prednisolone which I was to take in rather large doses
for an indefinite period of time, with eventual hopes of reducing the dosage until the
drug was stopped. This tapering was to avoid some very damaging and dangerous changes that could take place in my body. I was also instructed to call Dr. Kale in
about two weeks to resume regular treatments, which were to be at approximately
two-week intervals.
   For the next month or two there seemed to be some improvement, or more
accurately, a slight remission. There was ne ver really improvement. But I went along,
taking my medication and hoping that my bouts With diarrhea, which had decreased
to about six to ten times a day, would eventually return to normal and also hoping I
would feel better generally.
   With this seemingly slight improvement these few months, I became somewhat
optimistic and elated. But my elation was short lived because soon the diarrhea increased to about 15 times a day; weight loss was apparent and I was becoming dehydrated from the loss of fluid. I was beginning to run a low-grade fever. Some of
my drugs were discontinued and replaced by  others, such as tincture of opium for
diarrhea (which affected my equilibrium a nd thinking), Sulfaguanidine for some type
of effect on the intestine and bacteria, and Chloroquine for who knows what or why--although it has been used in malaria.
   The combination of all the medicines was playing havoc with my stomach, the
worst effect being indigestion--severe indigestion. Contributing to this was the hormone prednisolone which I had been taking in rather high doses for a number of
months. This drug causes an increase in hydrochloric acid in the stomach. So to
counteract these effects, another drug called Gelusil was given. Is it any wonder why
normal digestion could not take place even if the ability was there?
   The symptoms of drug poisoning were beginning to make themselves evident again:
dry mouth, nausea, dizziness, blurred and double vision, fluctuations in mood from
deep depression to extreme euphoria, blood cell changes, blood pressure deviations,
palpitations of the heart, occasional hot flashes, etc. The double vision made it
extremely difficult and frustrating for me to do my surgical work, which was, many times, confined to very small areas on the foot.
   As the diarrhea increased, there was more weight loss. There was also loss of
minerals, particularly calcium, which cont ributed to muscle cramps. For this I was
given calcium gluconate, which helped somewhat. Dehydration was always a problem
and I could feel myself getting weaker. I was drinking large amounts of water.
   When the dose of prednisolone was gradually lowered, with eventual complete
eradication always in mind, there would be exacerbations to such a degree as to
necessitate increasing the dose again.


 did sabotage or when I was stepping out of my comfort zone and
hadn’ t yet sabotaged?
These questions gave me a plethora of specific events to tap on. These
events (tapping targets) were legs holding up the global issue, self-sabotage.
After resolving the emotional intensity on many specific tapping targets,
including tapping on the details in each event that had intensity for me and
vividly visualizing the upsets to uncover any unresolved aspects, I began to
make great strides in all areas of my life. And while EFT wasn’t the only
healing work I did, it was one of the main catal ysts in my transformation. It
gave me a way to access the emotional drivers holding certain problems in
place.
As we continue, go ahead and tap continuously on the fingertip points
(see Appendix A for an illustration) or practi ce tapping on the EFT
sequence points continuously. While not Gold Standard EFT, tapping
continuously will help you absorb the material faster.Global Issues versus Specific Events
Global tapping on an issue such as “my anxiety” as the feelings arise will
likely give you some surface relief, but it won’ t get you to the cause or roots
of your anxiety. Tapping on even one specific anxious event, as it is called
in EFT, is going to pay off in the long run and in most cases build the
foundation for clearing your anxiety at its roots.
Your anxious event could be when you saw that an email blaming you for
a work problem had been copied  to your boss and your colleagues; you felt
the whole world closing in on you. It could be that time long ago on the first
day of kinder garten when you didn’ t want to let go of your mom’ s hand and
walk through the big doors alone, terrified of being lost for good. It could
be when you were eight and felt anxious watching Mom and Dad argue in
the kitch en that one night, feeling like your whole world was ending. It
could be your anxious feeling when anticipating the SAT coming up on
Monday as the test-taker or the parent of the test-taker.
Each of these “anxious” events an be tapped individually. Tapping into
the feelings, sensations, thoughts, and beliefs that accompany anxious
events accesses and resolves the energy disruption, causing you to
experience freedom from anxiety as a result.
There may be a few or dozens or hundreds of specific events under global
issues. Clear or neutralize enou gh of them—three, twenty, or a hundred—
and your global problem collapses all the way to its roots, thanks to the
Generalization Ef fect. EFT’ s effects will ripple out so you don’t have to tap
on every little upsetting event in your life. Whew!
This works because similar anxious events are filed under the same folder
named “Anxiety,” if you will. By tapping on one, the subconsc ious is also
working on unraveling others in that file. When situations that once caused
anxiety are revisited, there is now neutrality where you once felt upset and
angst. You may feel anxious again, but not at the same high level, which
just means you have uncovered another aspect.
Start with a Specific EventYou can start with any specific memory that has intensity for you. The
earliest childhood memories can have more impact in collapsing the global
issue because they’re more foundational and may have laid the groundwork
for later, simila r events you have experienced. But you don’t need to go
right there just yet—you’re learning. For now, just remember that these
early events are considered core issues.
In my practice, when a client presents with a “today” problem, I will ask
about the first time they felt that problem feeling. Often there will be a first
time and a specific memory related to it. Another question that helps
uncover specific events include: What’ s the one thing that happ ened to you
that you wish you could have skipped?
“What does this feeling or event remind me of?” is important to ask
yourself—it may bring you right back to a core memory. Here’ s an example
of what I mean. Let’s say that John fell and hurt his right shoulder. The
shoulder should have recovered by now but it isn’t getting better. When we
tap on the shoulder pain, what emer ges is memories of growing up as the
oldest of twelve kids and having to “shoulder” the brunt of family
responsibility when he was little because his parents were overwhelmed.
They leaned on him hard to help out. The pain of today is sitting atop the
unresolved heavy burdens he carried as a youngster. Now he has the
opportunity to clear the early events and when he does, the shoulder pain
resolves of its own accord.
What if you can’t isolate a specific event or time under your global or
tabletop issue? Again, looking at the issue of anxiety, maybe it seems like
you experience anxiety all the time. Start where you are. Go ahead with a
global round of tapping on your feelings of anxiety. Your EFT setup
statement would look like this: “Even though I have this anxiety, I deeply
and completely accept myself.” Something more specific relatin g to your
anxiety will often come to mind.
For exam ple, my client Shirley said she couldn’ t remember a time when
she didn’ t feel anxious; she couldn’ t isolate a specific anxious event. After
one global tapping round, I again asked her what the earliest time sheremembered feeling anxious was. A forgotten memory bubbled up from her
subconscious without her even having to think about it: “I was four or five
and hiding from Mom because she was trying to spank me.” Shirley had
both a physical sensation as she thought of the memory as well as some
emotional intensity. I asked her: “If this was a scene in a movie, what would
this scene’ s title be?” Giving the event you are about to tap on a title helps
provide a bit of emotional distance, and it also gives you an easily made
reminder phrase. She named the specific tapping target “Hiding from
Mom,” and that’ s where we started our work. After tapping through just this
one specific event, she found herself feeling much more resilient when
faced with situations in which anxiety would normally occur. Incidentally,
as you start asking questions in this way, you will find it common for long-
submer ged memories to bubble up.
Shirley’ s “Hiding from Mom” memory had all the hallm arks we needed
for a tapping tar get:
1. It was a specific event.
2. It had intensity.
3. It had a beginning, middle, and end.
4. It was under three minutes in length in real time.
5. There was one big emotional crescendo and several smaller emotional
spikes of feelings as she recal led the event right now in present-d ay
time.
Now we’ll begin to explore how to move from a general complaint to a
more specific event and why that’s important. Let’s look a little closer at
how to get specific in an EFT setup statement.
Getting Specific with Y our EFT Setup Statement
The following examples will help you understand the difference between a
general and a specific “tappable.” Compare the general and specific phrases
below that cover the same issue. Which phrase is more interesti ng, drawing
you deeper into the story?Situation 1: A person with low self-esteem
Global: “Even though I have low self-e steem, I deeply and completely
accept myself.”
Specific:  “Even though my feeling that I’m not as good as everyone else
hurts my career, I deeply and completely accept myself.”
More Specific:  “Even though I totally clammed up at the staff meeting
when they asked me a question because I was afraid they’d see how
dumb I am, I deeply and completely accept myself.”
Situation 2: A person depr essed about his divor ce
Global: “ Even though I feel sad about my divorce, I deeply and complet ely
accept myself.”
Specific:  “Even though I’m sad not living at home since the divorce, I
deeply and completely accept myself.”
More Specific:  “Even though watching the kids walk in the door last night
after I dropped them off at what used to be our house, I deeply and
completely accept myself.”
Situation 3: A person with chr onic pain
Global:  “Even though I hurt all over my body, I deeply and complet ely
accept myself.”
Specific:  “Even though the pain on my right side is burning and throbbing,
I deeply and completely accept myself.”
More Specific:  “Even though the pain on the right side of my back feels
like a sharp, red-hot needle stabbing me, I deeply and completely accept
myself.”
Which of the EFT setups place  you directly in the situation so you can
really feel and see it clearly? Which ones do you think will more  effectively
help you find the source of the problem and get relief? Exactly.
Not all of the previous examples conform to the structure of beginning-
middle-end and two minutes or less as described above. For example,“looking right now at those four stacks of papers piled so high on my dining
room table is totally overwhelming”  is ongoing every time that person looks
at the papers; “the pain on the right side of my back feels like a sharp, red-
hot needle stabbing me” is an ongoing concern. That’ s okay. Thankfully,
there are exceptions to every rule


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D i g g i n g  D e e p

U n d e r n e a t h  t h e  l a y e r  o f  o u r  n o r m a l  t h i n k i n g  l i e s  a  l e v e l  o f
c o n s c i o u s n e s s  t h a t  i s  p u r e  l o v e  a n d  p e a c e.  Y e t  w e  c a n n o t
r e a c h  t h a t  c o n s c i o u s n e s s  s i m p l y  b y  d e c i d i n g  t o ;  w e  h a v e  t o
d i g  d e e p  i n t o  t h e  g r o u n d  o f  o u r  i n n e r  b e i n g,  c r e a t i n g  a  s p a c e
o f  l i s t e n i n g  f o r  t h e  “ s m a l l  s t i l l  v o i c e  f o r  G o d. ”  T h e  m o r e
t h i n g s  a r e  h a p p e n i n g  o n  t h e  o u t s i d e,  t h e  m o r e  i m p o r t a n t  i t  i s
t o  f i n d  t h a t  s t i l l n e s s  o n  t h e  i n s i d e.
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g u a r a n t e e s  H e  w i l l  b e  i n  c h a r g e  o f  o u r  t h o u g h t  s y s t e m
t h r o u g h o u t  t h e  d a y. *  I n  e v e r y  s i n g l e  m o m e n t,  w e  c h o o s e
b e t w e e n  l o v e  a n d  f e a r,  y e t  t h e  e g o  s p e a k s  f i r s t  a n d  t h e  e g o
s p e a k s  l o u d e s t.  T h e  v o i c e  f o r  G o d  w i l l  n o t  i m p o s e  i t s e l f ;  i t
h a s  t o  b e  r e c e i v e d,  m a d e  s p a c e  f o r,  a n d  w e l c o m e d  i n t o  o u r
m i n d s.  W h e n  w e  r e a c h  o u t  t o  G o d  a n d  w e l c o m e  H i s
c o m f o r t  a t  t h e  b e g i n n i n g  o f  t h e  d a y,  t h e n  s o m e t h i n g
h a p p e n s.  I t ’ s  n o t  t h a t  w e  b e c o m e  p e r f e c t,  b u t  w e  b e c o m e
m o r e  a w a r e.  A n d  t h a t  a w a r e n e s s  m a k e s  u s  m i r a c l e - r e a d y  i n
a  w a y  w e  w o u l d  n o t  o t h e r w i s e  b e.
E v e r y  m o r n i n g  w h e n  I  w a k e  u p,  I  t r y  t o  r e m e m b e r  t o
g i v e  p r a i s e  a n d  t h a n k s.  T h a n k  y o u,  G o d,  f o r  m y  l i f e  t o d a y


 s  i s  t h a t
H e  m a k e s  i t  a l l  l o o k  s o  e a s y.  W e  k e e p  l o o k i n g  f o r  t h e  w i n g s
o f  a  s p a r r o w  w h e n  t h e  w i n g s  o f  a n  e a g l e  h a v e  a l r e a d y  b e e n
g i v e n  u s. *  W e  k e e p  c l i n g i n g  t o  o u r  w e a k n e s s  w h i l e  o u r  t r u e
s t r e n g t h  i s  h u g e.
 T r a d i n g  A m b i t i o n  f o r  I n s p i r a t i o n

T h e  p o i n t  i s  n o t  t o  d o  s o m e t h i n g  o r  n o t  d o  i t.  T h e  p o i n t  i s  t o
d o  s o m e t h i n g  i f  w e ’ r e  i n t e r n a l l y  g u i d e d  t o  d o  s o  a n d  n o t  t o
d o  s o m e t h i n g  i f  w e ’ r e  n o t  g u i d e d  t o  d o  s o.  S o m e t i m e s
p e o p l e  t h i n k  t h e y  h a v e  a  g r e a t  i d e a,  a n d  t h e n  i t  f a l l s  a p a r t.
Y e t  i f  t h e  p l a n  w a s  s e l f - i n i t i a t e d  r a t h e r  t h a n  d i v i n e l y
i n s p i r e d,  t h e n  i t  m i g h t  n o t  h a v e  r e f l e c t e d  t h e  b e s t  u s e  o f
y o u r  t a l e n t s  i n  a  p a r t i c u l a r  a r e a.
M i r a c l e  w o r k e r s  a r e  w a r n e d  t o  “ a v o i d  s e l f - i n i t i a t e d
p l a n s. ” *  W h a t  t h i s  m e a n s  i s  t h a t  i d e a s  w e  c o m e  u p  w i t h
o u r s e l v e s —  i d e a s  t h a t  c o m e  n o t  f r o m  a  s e n s e  o f  d e e p e r
g u i d a n c e  a n d  i n s p i r a t i o n  b u t  r a t h e r  f r o m  a  s e n s e  o f  a m b i t i o n
a n d  a  d e s i r e  f o r  c o n t r o l — c o m e  f r o m  t h e  e g o  s e l f  a n d  a r e
n o t  b a c k e d  b y  t h e  h e a v e n s.  Q u i t e  s i m p l y,  t h e y  a r e  n o t
b l e s s e d.  T h e y  m i g h t  b e  g o o d  i d e a s,  a n d  v e r y  w e l l
i n t e n t i o n e d,  b u t  i f  t h e y  d o  n o t  e m a n a t e  f r o m  t h e  H o l y  S p i r i t,
t h e n  t h e y  r e p r e s e n t  “ m y  w i l l ”  a n d  n o t  “ Y o u r  w i l l. ”  O u r
g o o d  i n t e n t i o n s  a r e  n o t  e n o u g h ;  o u r  w i l l i n g n e s s  i s
e v e r y t h i n g. *
O f t e n  I ’ v e  h e a r d  p e o p l e  c o m p l a i n  a b o u t  a  p l a n  t h a t
f a i l e d.  “ B u t  i t  w a s  a  g o o d  i d e a!  I  d o n ’ t  k n o w  w h y  i t  d i d n ’ t
s u c c e e d! ”  B u t  t h o u g h  w e  m i g h t  h a v e  t h o u g h t  s o m e t h i n g
w a s  a  g o o d  i d e a,  t h e  m o r t a l  m i n d  h a s  a  l i m i t e d  p e r s p e c t i v e
o n  “ g o o d  i d e a s. ”  B y  w h a t  c r i t e r i a  c a n  w e  d i s c e r n  a  t r u l y
g o o d  i d e a,  g i v e n  o u r  i n a b i l i t y  t o  k n o w  w h a t  w i l l  h a p p e n  i n
t h e  f u t u r e,  w h a t  l e s s o n s  n e e d  t o  b e  l e a r n e d  b y  w h o m,  a n dh o w  o u r  a c t i o n s  f i t  i n t o  G o d ’ s  l a r g e r  p l a n?  A  b l e s s e d  i d e a
d o e s  n o t  c o m e  f r o m  t h e  m o r t a l  m i n d,  w h i c h  h a s  n o  i d e a
h o w  o u r  t a l e n t s  a n d  a b i l i t i e s  w o u l d  w o r k  b e s t  w i t h i n  a
l a r g e r  u n f o l d i n g  g o o d.  A n d  f r o m  a  s p i r i t u a l  p e r s p e c t i v e,
t h e r e  i s  a  l a r g e r  p l a n  o f  u n f o l d i n g  g o o d,  a  w i l l - t o - h e a l i n g
t h a t  i s  b u i l t  i n t o  t h e  w o r k i n g s  o f  t h e  u n i v e r s e.  W e  w i l l  b e
t o l d  e v e r y t h i n g  w e  n e e d  t o  k n o w  a n d  s h o w n  e v e r y t h i n g  w e
n e e d  t o  s e e.  T h e  W h o l e  ( H o l y )  M i n d  ( S p i r i t )  o f  G o d
i m p r e s s e s  i t s e l f  u p o


 not a
well: a persistent willingness is the
"failing."through to a high level of consciousness.
single cocaine abuser who continued to
trigger that activates a new attractor field
But attitudes, emotions and behaviors
Such sudden breakthroughs are still seen
listen to this violent and negative and allows one to begin to leave the
old.
characteristic of the ener gy fields below
on occasion in modern society; this, as
music r ecover ed. 8 Self-help groups for
W e may visualize a lesser attractor field
107
108
approaching a greater one, at which point
escape the ener gy fields that gradually
ultimately, there are few things more
certainly is, or there would be no
the introduction of a third element (free
come to dominate their behaviors. A
boring to observe than self admiration.
consistency to our findings. This reminds
will, the decisive consequence of choicecurrently popular spiritual program
Rationality, the great liberator which has
us of the observation of advanced
and evolution) suddenly creates a designed to facilitate such escape is A
freed us from the demands of our lower
spiritual teachers that the devotee has
crossover (a "saddle-pattern") and change
Course in Miracles.12 The purpose of this
natures, is also a stern warder, denying
only to discover...that which he already
takes place.
course of spiritual psychology is to
our escape to the planes above and
knows.
In Eastern spiritual disciplines it is
prepare the necessary groundwork to
beyond intellect. For those entrained at
23. THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH
accepted that the devotee alone, unaided
precipitate a sudden jump in
the level of the 400s, reason itself
by a guru, is unlikely to make muchconsciousness through encouraging a
becomes a cap, a ceiling in spiritual
CYNICAL THOUGH IT MA Y A T
progress. 10 The AA experience is that a
total change of perception. In more
evolution. It is striking how many of
FIRST SOUND, we must admit that for
true alcoholic is unable (222) to recover
traditional fashion, prayer and meditation
history's great names calibrate at 499-
everyday operational purposes truth is
without the help of a sponsor. In sports
also provide points of departure to rise
Descartes, Newton, Einstein, dozens whatever is subjectively convincing
at great coaches are sought after because
from the influence of a lower ener gy
more. It is a sticking point, an enormous
one's current level of perception. At the
their influence inspires maximum ef fort.
field into a higher.
barrier; the fight to overcome it is the
lower levels of consciousness,A devotee can abet his own progress by
Physicians who have risen to ener gy
most common, and frequently the propositions are accepted as true even
merely focusing on an advanced teacher
fields at 500 and above have become
lengthiest, of spiritual struggles.
when they are illogical, unfounded, and
and thereby aligning with that teacher's
powerful healers, accomplishing striking
It is not unheard-of for very advanced
express tenets neither intellectually
ener gy field; in our testing it was shown
(223) successes with treatments with which
scientists, thoroughly entrained by the
provable nor practically demonstrable.
repeatedly that holding in mind the image
others are unable to achieve similar
influences of the level of Reason, to have
This is not a phenomenon restricted to
of an advanced spiritual teacher made
results (and thereby producing
sudden breakthroughs and emer ge into athe lunatic fringe. Locally, far more often
every subject go strong, irrespective of
paradoxical data in many double-blind
realm of global wholeness.13 The world
than we would like to admit, innocent
his personal beliefs.
studies). Such inexplicable variances
of spirituality is coincident with the
persons are convicted and jailed on the
The agency of change in spiritual show the intervention of power
world of non-deterministic science and
testimony of clearly irrational or biased
struggles of personal metamorphosis is
unaccountable by the routine causal
nonlinear systems, as (224) we have witnesses. Globally, the basis for
always beyond the power of the seeker.
explanation that predominates in
attempted to show. Our research and this
perennial wars like those of Slavic
Great saints such as Francis of Assisi
medicine. In a holographic world any
presentation, in fact, are designed toEurope or the Middle East is an insane
have typically asserted that they were
"single" event is the result of all events in
facilitate rational recognition of spiritual
belief in the justice of revenge, which
mere channels of a higher power from
the universe; "events" as such have no
phenomena by those who are virtually guarantees endless conflict.
without, taking no credit for personal
self-existent reality. The universe is
predominantly linear and habituated to
W ith few exceptions, even religions
initiative in achieving their state, which
man's consciousness. It requires a
the "left-brain" mode. Perhaps the which ostensibly represent the
teachings they attributed to Grace.1 1 This is comprehension beyond
intellect.
construct of our map of the anatomy of
of the "Prince of Peace" have never
illustrative of the instrumentation The achievements of pure reason are
the consciousness can illuminate somewhat
forbidden war or the killing of other
whereby the newcomer from a lessergreat landmarks of cultural history. They
the nature of ultimate causality by
human beings under "justifiable"
level of awareness who places himself in
have made man the master of his external
illustrating that the power of creation
circumstances-justifiable, of course, to
the influence of a higher awareness is
environment, and to some degree, on the
proceeds from the top down, rather than
those do-  (226) ing the killing; their
transformed "by osmosis," (i.e., physical plane, of his internal from the
bottom up.
victims will likely fail to appr eciate the
entrainment). Even casual observers environment. But reason has its
limits, in It is our hope, though, not to dogmatize,
justification. Such self contradictory
frequently note this conspicuous absence
more ways than one. The intellectual
but to assist the reader in a process of self
behavior, diametrically opposed to the
of agency on the part of the person so
brilliance of the 400 level, so dazzlingrevelation, as it is our desire to address
underlying principles of a faith, will
clearly transmuted by an invisible force.
and enviable to those in the 300s, quickly
not merely that figment designated as the
appear less surprising if we apply critical
When someone suddenly goes from the
palls for those who have transcended it.
reader's rational self, but his entire
factor analysis to calibrate the evolution,
influence of a lower attractor field to that
From a higher perspective it is all too
consciousness. In our study it is the total
or devolution, of spiritual teachings over
of a higher, therefore, it is often clear how tedious and trivial reason's
person that reacts to the test stimuli.
time.
acclaimed as a miracle. The unfortunate
infatuation with itself can become.
Although the subject's mind may not be
W e can look at the world's foremost
verdict of human experience is that fewReason is the mirror of the mind's vanity;
aware of what is going on, his total being
religious teachings thus:
109
1 10
approaching a greater one, at which point
escape the ener gy fields that gradually
ultimately, there are few things more
certainly is, or there would be no
the introduction of a third element (free
come to dominate their behaviors. A
boring to observe than self admiration.
consistency to our findings. This reminds
will, the decisive consequence of choice
currently popular spiritual program
Rationality, the great liberator which has
us of the observation of advanced
and evolution) suddenly creates a designed to facilitate such escape is A
freed us from the demands of our lower
spiritual teachers that the devotee has
crossover (a "saddle-pattern") and change
Course in Miracles.12 The purpose of thisnatures, is also a stern warder, denying
only to discover...that which he already
takes place.
course of spiritual psychology is to
our escape to the planes above and
knows.
In Eastern spiritual disciplines it is
prepare the necessary groundwork to
beyond intellect. For those entrained at
23. THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH
accepted that the devotee alone, unaided
precipitate a sudden jump in
the level of the 400s, reason itself
by a guru, is unlikely to make much
consciousness through encouraging a
becomes a cap, a ceiling in spiritual
CYNICAL THOUGH IT MA Y A T
progress. 10 The AA experience is that a
total change of perception. In more
evolution. It is striking how many of
FIRST SOUND, we must admit that for
true alcoholic is unable (222) to recovertraditional fashion, prayer and meditation
history's great names calibrate at 499-
everyday operational purposes truth is
without the help of a sponsor. In sports
also provide points


Jro
banche ammophyla), a fleshy parasitic fungus that grows wild in the
shade of trees. Its stem is about five to twelve inches long and is
covered with tiny scales, its upper end slightly thicker than the
rest of the stem. The plant resembles an erect phallus. Another
parasitic plant, so-yang (Balanophora), found in northwest China,
is similar in form to broom rape. Legends say that when wild
horses mate with dragons, their sexual secretions drip into the
soil, and then so-yang emerges from the soil. Passionate Tartar
women would squat on so-yang to console themselves, and the
plants then would zoom up with gusto. A close relative of this
plant that grows in North America is nicknamed "squaw root."
Bothjor-4-tsung-yun� and so-yang arc important ingredients in aph
rodisiac health tonics for both men and women.
The Chinese always have believed that what one cats fortifies
what one already possesses. Thus the dried penises, and testicles,
of deer, tiger, seal, and beaver are treasured tonic ingredients for
males. These high-priced items are found in Chinese herbal phar
macies throughout the Orient and in Chinatowns around th e
world. Two other animals known for their copulative energy fur
nish ingredients for aphrodisiacs. One is the red-spotted gecko.
This lizard, only several inches long, is normally quiet, but dur
ing the mating season geckos bark incessantly through the night.
When they mate they remain locked together all day long; nothing
can separate them. Their abundant sexual secretions, white in
color, dry on their bodies and look like snow. The lizards are often
captured in pairs, one male and one female, and soaked in wine or
liquor. They make a potent green medicin al drink. Dried, they
arc used in various prescriptions and recipes.
The other animal is the male silkworm moth. Silkworms were
domesticated in China 1nore than five thousand years ago. They
arc fed with mulberry leaves, and the cocoons they spin arc un
reeled into strands of silk. When Jnoths emerge from the cocoons, their only tnission is to n1atc before thl'Y dit'. Mating takes an in
ordinately long tinte, during which the ntoths flutter their wings
ecstatically for hours. For this reason ntalc ntoths arc used in sex
ual tonics. Moths that haVl' never nt<ltcd arc considered superior in
potency.
Many other ani nul ingredients arc believed to give potency to
n1cn and won1cn. including the gallbladders of dogs. bears, and
pythons; elephant scntcn; donkey cntbryos; and atnbcrgris frotn
the spern1 whale. The Chinl'SC also tind sexual possibilities in
such creatures as.. vinegar turtles "-actually tiny snails with spi
ral shells, which when put in vinegar revolve until the shell is com
pletely dissolved. The tnost celebrated anin1al clement for health
tonics and aphrodis iacs is newly sprouted "velvet" deer horn.
The Chinese search for aphrodisiac health ingredients does not
limit itself to nonhuman anin1al products. The human placenta, the
maternal organ that links the fetus to the uterus during pregnancy,
has been valued for health tonics in China. Midwives often tnade
fortunes sn1uggling out the placentas they collected at the birth of
babies, especially of firstborn boys. Families guarded jealously
against such thefts, in the belief that if others consumed the pla
centa, the infant might not survive. Certain human body fluids have
been used in medicines or aphrodisiacs. Charlatan Taoist elixir
makers of the Ming dynasty were notorious for their use of men
strual blood in rejuvenating tonics. The Ming en1peror Shih Tsung
(1 522-1 567) conscripted 460 virgins under the age of fourteen,
then accommodated thetn in his palace and collected their menses
as his health-giving cocktail. Little boys' urine was drunk, sonle
times mixed with wine, as a medicine.
Elixirs frotn the Three Peaks, described in chapter 7, were
favored by Taoist pluck-and-nurture enthusiasts. Saliva was con
sidered a great energizer. Human milk was a favorite in ancient
China among rejuvenation-minded elders. It was taken with herbs
or consumed more itnaginativ ely. When the Han dynasty prime
minister Chang Tsang left his post, he was already in his nineties.
Yet at that age he reportedly had more than a hundred concubines,
some of whom bore him children. His secret: He employed a
number of wet nurses in his home and drank their milk-directly
from the source. Male semen and fcn1ale sexual juices also have
been considered potent aphrodisiacs and health tonics. f-i.,ods and Hcrl,s Jor Lcwc
IJJ TH E ART O F THE BEDCHAMB ER
THE POPU LAR QUEST FOR POTENCY
The desire for rejuvenation and sexual potency was prevalent
among the royalty and upper class, who could afford expensive
concoctions, but it was no less characteristic of humble craftsmen
and peasants. The water of the so-called Fountain of Lust, in south
east China, could make even the most chaste women wanton, so
the story went. Peasants sometimes scraped lime plaster from
statues of the Buddha and ate it, in the belief that it would build
sexual stamina.
In Shantung province a rumor once spread that some "stone
suet" (a mineral formation) found on the fan1ous Mount Tai, if
consumed as a powder, would make one an immortal as well as a
great bedroom hero. Thousands of peasants rushed to the moun
tain to dig for the mineral and ingest it, until the government
banned the digging.
When the use of aphrodisiac health ingredients was at its height
in China a few centuries ago, people not only created recipes of
their own, but spent fortunes on commercially prepared ones.
The commercial preparations bore names ranging from prosaic
and obvious to fanciful and elegant: one could try, an1ong others,
Gold Lock and Jade Chain, Enduring Passion, Golden Recipe of
the Upside-Down Beauty, Pillow Elixir, Ointment of Thirsty
Seedlings and Happy Ra in, Iron Hook, Ten Thousand Moans of
Princess Tai Ping, Night-Bloon 1ing Princess An Loh, Imperial
Concubine Yang's Bidet, Elemental Maid's Inunortal Pill, hnpe
rial Concu bine's Coyness Night After Night, and Beauty's Quiv
ering Moans. No record is available as to \vhat \Vent into these
preparations and what specific effects they had.
RECIPES H>l� SEXUAL NUTRIENTS
TlH.'ir lengthy pur suit of health and pleasure, sexual and other
wis e, has kft the Chin ese with countless recipes, son1e spu rious,
son1e effective. In the past, palace rccipc:s Wt're top-secret, jeal
ously guarded by tht· royalty and known only to thetn, son 1etin1es
only to the ent perors. Up per-cb ss Chin t'Se kept nuny of their
recipt'S as f.unily secr ets. The lower classes also had their favorite
conco ctions, however. Today, son1c of the old recipes an.' lost,
while nuny once secr et ont·s arc known. Recipes for the three n1ost celebrated ancient Chinese aphro
disiac health concoctions are given below. They and thousands of
others have been taken avidly by n1cn yearning to itnprovc their
bcdroon 1 pertornuncc or recapture lost vigor. and by wo men
seeking to enhance their general health as well as their sexuality.
The recipes arc offered here as J nutter of historical record and tor
possible study by interested researchers. They arc presented with
out any warranty of safety or cftcctivcncss. Ingredients arc identi
fied by their Chinese nan1c and a con1n1on nan1c in English or a
description; for accuracy, the botan ical nan1c in Latin is also
given. All "parts" arc by \\'eight, unless indicated otherwis e. The
Chinese usually take their sexual nutrients in small quantities,
daily for several \Vecks or n1onths, then stop, then resume. Their
interpretation of body tnetabolistn bids them to take nutrients
n1ost of the year, but scldon1 in the sun1mer.
Bald Heu A1ix
In his classic, the Mystic Master of the Grotto tells of Lu Ching
ta, a third-century tnagistrate of a prefect


egativity	in	your	mind,	you	are	bound	to	suffer.	When
your	mind	is	peaceful	and	pure,	you	enjoy	the	kingdom	of	heaven	within
yourself.

Recognize	how	your	mind	affects	the	body	and	how	emotions	of	the	body
affect	the	mind.

If	you	are	angry	with	an	enemy,	you	are	the	first	victim.

If	you	are	jealous	of	someone	else,	you	are	the	first	victim.

If	you	hate	someone	else,	you	are	the	first	victim.

If	you	seek	revenge	from	someone	else,	you	are	the	first	victim.

These	are	the	fundamental	laws	of	life.	If	your	mind	is	still,	pure	and	free
from	tension,	anger,	animosity	and	jealousy,	then	life	rewards	you.

A	prisoner	convicted	for	many	years	can	spend	a	lot	of	time	thinking	about
getting	revenge	on	the	police	officer	who	arrested	him,	the	witness	who
testified	against	him,	and	the	judge	who	convicted	him.	But	during	that	time,
he	is	making	his	life	a	misery.

The	more	you	think	about	revenge	or	hating	your	enemy,	the	more	your	body
gets	tense	and	the	more	your	stomach	gets	tied	in	a	knot.	You	cannot	have
negative	thoughts	about	someone	else	without	these	same	thoughts	having	a
negative	effect	on	yourself.	You	will	be	very	surprised	to	see	how	situations
sort	themselves	out	when	you	are	present	with	time.	You	will	know	what	to
do	and	can	act	without	looking	through	thought.	Problems	do	not	sort
themselves	out	by	constant	thinking	and	struggling.

I	am	not	saying	that	you	should	do	nothing	and	allow	someone	to	walk	all
over	you.	If	you	need	to	challenge	somebody,	wait	until	the	time	is	right.Don’t	challenge	them	when	you	are	full	of	anger,	because	whatever	you	say
in	anger	you	will	regret	afterwards.	Challenge	them	if	necessary	when	you	are
still	and	present.

When	the	time	is	right,	meet	with	the	other	person.	Drop	all	prior	thoughts	of
them	and	speak	the	facts.	Explain	the	situation.	By	dropping	all	thought,	you
will	remain	calm	and	still.	This	is	very	powerful.

Finally,	when	you	are	present	with	time	and	connected	with	the	greater
intelligence	of	life,	negative	situations	do	not	occur	to	the	same	extent.	Life
gets	softer.

“I	am	the	only	person	in	the	world	I	should	like	to	know
thoroughly.”
—
	Oscar	WildeChapter	12
	Going	Forward

Everything	happens	in	the	present.	Nothing	happens	outside	the	present.	The
present	is	the	only	thing	that	matters.	When	you	pay	good	attention	to	your
breath,	to	your	inner	body	and	to	your	five	senses	of	the	exclusion	thought,
you	are	present.	Whenever	your	attention	is	in	your	mind,	you	are	out	of
presenceChoose	life	or	choose	thought
W
e	really	need	to	choose	life	on	a	moment	to	moment	basis.	Keep	asking
yourself	over	and	over	again:	are	you	wrapped	up	in	thoughts	or	are	you
connecting	with	the	reality	of	what	is	going	on	around	you?	It	is	that	simple.

Relationships	and	thought	are	a	good	example.	When	we	first	meet	our
partners,	life	is	a	laugh,	full	of	joy	and	fun.	Over	time	we	begin	to	better	get
to	know	our	partners.	We	can	often	lose	sight	of	their	good	points	and	start	to
dwell	on	their	bad	points.

We	focus	on	the	habits	of	the	other	person	that	annoy	us:	clothes	are	not	put
away,	he/she	spends	too	much	money,	is	too	tight	with	money,	wastes
electricity,	is	obsessed	about	wasting	electricity,	likes	to	party	too	much,
won’t	go	out	at	all,	watches	TV	too	much,	buys	too	much	junk	food,	won’t	let
himself	go,	has	no	interest	in	others,	have	little	in	common.	We	start	to
analyze	and	dwell	on	the	differences	and	we	run	them	over	and	over	in	our
mind.	We	forget	about	our	partner’s	good	points	as	the	bad	points	take	over.
Then,	we	meet	our	partners	and	see	him	or	her	through	this	collection	of
thought.	We	begin	to	argue	and	tension	arises.	Emotions	run	high	and	we	get
upset	with	each	other.

This	is	a	reflection	of	the	mind.	Little	habits	that	before	were	endearing	are
now	the	cause	of	marital	and	relationship	issues.	If	your	relationship	has
issues,	then	the	next	time	you	see	that	person,	see	him	or	her	as	if	for	the	very
first	time.	If	you	were	not	looking	through	the	past,	things	would	be	different.
People	running	on	a	train	of	thought	think	negatively	about	their	relationships
all	the	time.	Then,	when	they	see	the	person,	they	look	through	what	they
have	been	thinking	about.	How	could	you	have	a	good	relationship	by	looking
through	so	much	junk?

If	you	are	not	happy,	you	are	spending	too	much	time	thinking.

If	you	don’t	get	on	with	members	of	the	opposite	sex,	you	are	spending	too
much	time	thinking.	If	you	hate	your	job,	you	are	spending	too	much	time
thinking.	If	you	feel	unattractive,	you	are	spending	too	much	time	thinking.	If
you	think	you	are	God’s	gift	to	women,	you	are	spending	too	much	time
thinking.	You	are	creating	problems	from	your	thoughts.	If	you	just	let	your
thoughts	subside,	you	would	have	far	fewer	problems.
	The	answer	is	to	not	analyze	the	other	person.	Don’t	look	through	your
collection	of	thoughts.	Don’t	have	a	preconceived	idea	of	him	or	her.	See	and
really	see.	Hear	and	really	listen.	Feel	and	really	feel.	You	will	sense	freedom
when	you	get	in	touch	with	life,	as	life	is	the	prime	substance	behind
everything.	The	real	world	is	life	itself,	not	a	collection	of	thoughts.

Some	people	never	put	down	their	thoughts,	even	for	just	a	short	while.	These
people	completely	miss	out	on	life.

If	you	don’t	like	your	job,	do	it	without	thought.	Don’t	let	your	mind	into
analyze	it	and	turn	your	workplace	into	a	living	hell.	I	spent	a	couple	of	years
hating	a	job.	I	thought	about	it	incessantly.	All	this	does	is	get	you	down	and
keeps	you	trapped	in	the	job.	The	more	you	think	about	how	much	you	don’t
like	your	job,	the	less	room	you	have	for	a	solution	to	enter.

Very	few	thoughts	will	bother	you	if	you	are	there	step	by	step.	Don’t	run	on	a
collection	of	thoughts	that	you	think	it	is.	Following	time	step	by	step
involves	no	thought.	As	time	passes,	go	with	time.	Don’t	think	of	the	future	or
worry	about	the	past.	The	past	is	exactly	where	it	is	–	in	the	past.	There	is
little	you	can	do	to	change	it.

Thoughts	are	imagined	as	if	they	are	real,	but	they	are


Primary	biliary	cirrhosis
16
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Uveitis
17
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Chronic	active	hepatitis
Because	of	some	of	these	common	features,	it	is	not	too	far-fetched	to
think	of	the	autoimmune	diseases	as	one	grand	disease	living	in	different
places	in	the	body	and	taking	on	different	names.	We	refer	in	this	way	to
cancer,	which	is	specifically	named	depending	on	what	part	of	the	body	it
resides	in.
All	autoimmune	diseases	are	the	result	of	one	group	of	mechanisms	gone
awry,	much	like	cancer.	In	this	case,	the	mechanism	is	the	immune	system
mistakenly	attacking	cells	in	its	own	body.	Whether	it	is	the	pancreas	as	in
Type	1	diabetes,	the	myelin	sheath	as	in	MS	or	joint	tissues	as	in	arthritis,	all
autoimmune	diseases	involve	an	immune	system	that	has	revolted.	It	is	an
internal	mutiny	of	the	worst	kind,	one	in	which	our	body	becomes	its	own
worst	enemy.IMMUNITY	FROM	INVADERS
The	immune	system	is	astonishingly	complex.	I	often	hear	people	speaking
about	this	system	as	if	it	were	an	identifiable	organ	like	a	lung.	Nothing	could
be	further	from	the	truth.	It	is	a	system,	not	an	organ.
In	essence,	our	immune	system	is	like	a	military	network	designed	to
defend	against	foreign	invaders.	The	“soldiers”	of	this	network	are	the	white
blood	cells,	which	are	comprised	of	many	different	sub-groups,	each	having
its	own	mission.	These	sub-groups	are	analogous	to	a	navy,	army,	air	force
and	marines,	with	each	group	of	specialists	doing	highly	specialized	work.
The	“recruitment	center”	for	the	system	is	in	the	marrow	of	our	bones.	The
marrow	is	responsible	for	generating	specialized	cells	called	stem	cells.	Some
of	these	cells	are	released	into	circulation	for	use	elsewhere	in	the	body;	these
are	called	B-cells	(for	bone).	Other	cells	formed	in	the	bone	marrow	remain
immature,	or	unspecialized,	until	they	travel	to	the	thymus	(an	organ	in	the
chest	cavity	just	above	the	heart)	where	they	become	specialized;	these	are
called	T-cells	(for	thymus).	These	“soldier”	cells,	along	with	other	specialized
cells,	team	up	to	create	intricate	defense	plans.	They	meet	at	major
intersections	around	the	body,	including	the	spleen	(just	inside	the	left	lower
rib	cage)	and	the	lymph	nodes.	These	meeting	points	are	like	command	and
control	centers,	where	the	“soldier	cells”	rearrange	themselves	into	teams	to
attack	foreign	invaders.
These	cells	are	remarkably	adaptable	when	they	form	their	teams.	They
are	able	to	respond	to	different	circumstances	and	different	foreign
substances,	even	those	they	have	never	before	seen.	The	immune	response	to
these	strangers	is	an	incredibly	creative	process.	It	is	one	of	the	true	wonders
of	nature.
The	foreign	invaders	are	protein	molecules	called	antigens.	These	foreign
cells	can	be	a	bacterium	or	a	virus	looking	to	corrupt	the	body’s	integrity.	So
when	our	immune	system	notices	these	foreign	cells,	or	antigens,	it	destroys
them.	Each	of	these	foreign	antigens	has	a	separate	identity,	which	is
determined	by	the	sequence	of	amino	acids	that	comprises	its	proteins.	It	is
analogous	to	each	and	every	person	having	a	different	face.	Because
numerous	amino	acids	are	available	for	creating	proteins,	there	are	infinite
varieties	of	distinctive	“faces.”
To	counter	these	antigens,	our	immune	system	must	customize	its	defense
to	each	attack.	It	does	this	by	creating	a	“mirror	image”	protein	for	each
attacker.	The	mirror	image	is	able	to	ht	perfectly	onto	the	antigen	and	destroy
it.	Essentially,	the	immune	system	creates	a	mold	for	each	face	it	encounters.
Every	time	it	sees	that	face	after	the	initial	encounter,	it	uses	the	custom-mademold	to	“capture”	the	invader	and	destroy	it.	The	mold	may	be	a	B-cell
antibody	or	a	T-cell-based	receptor	protein.
Remembering	each	defense	against	each	invader	is	what	immunization	is
all	about.	An	initial	exposure	to	chicken	pox,	for	example,	is	a	difficult	battle,
but	the	second	time	you	encounter	that	virus	you	will	know	exactly	how	to
deal	with	it,	and	the	war	will	be	shorter,	less	painful	and	much	more
successful.	You	may	not	even	get	sick.IMMUNITY	FROM	OURSELVES
Even	though	this	system	is	a	wonder	of	nature	when	it	is	defending	the	body
against	foreign	proteins,	it	is	also	capable	of	attacking	the	same	tissues	that	it
is	designed	to	protect.	This	self-destructive	process	is	common	to	all
autoimmune	diseases.	It	is	as	if	the	body	were	to	commit	suicide.
One	of	the	fundamental	mechanisms	for	this	self-destructive	behavior	is
called	molecular	mimicry.	It	so	happens	that	some	of	the	foreign	invaders	that
our	soldier	cells	seek	out	to	destroy	look	the	same	as	our	own	cells.	The
immune	system	“molds”	that	ht	these	invaders	also	ht	our	own	cells.	The
immune	system	then	destroys,	under	some	circumstances,	everything	that	fits
the	mold,	including	our	own	cells.	This	is	an	extremely	complex	self-
destructive	process	involving	many	different	strategies	on	the	part	of	the
immune	system,	all	of	which	share	the	same	fatal	flaw	of	not	being	able	to
distinguish	“foreign”	invader	proteins	from	the	proteins	of	our	own	body.
What	does	all	of	this	have	to	do	with	what	we	eat?	It	so	happens	that	the
antigens	that	trick	our	bodies	into	attacking	our	own	cells	may	be	in	food.
During	the	process	of	digestion,	for	example,	some	proteins	slip	into	our
bloodstream	from	the	intestine	without	being	fully	broken	down	into	their
amino	acid	parts.	The	remnants	of	undigested	proteins	are	treated	as	foreign
invaders	by	our	immune	system,	which	sets	about	making	molds	to	destroy
them	and	sets	into	motion	the	self-destructive	autoimmune	process.
One	of	the	foods	that	supply	many	of	the	foreign	proteins	that	mimic	our
own	body	proteins	is	cow’s	milk.	Most	of	the	time,	our	immune	system	is
quite	smart.	Just	like	an	army	arranges	for	safeguards	against	friendly	fire,	the
immune	system	has	safeguards	to	stop	itself	from	attacking	the	body	it’s
supposed	to	protect.	Even	though	an	invading	antigen	looks	just	like	one	of
the	cells	in	our	own	body,	the	system	can	still	distinguish	our	own	cells	from
the	invading	antigen.	In	fact,	the	immune	system	may	use	our	own	cells	to
practice	making	molds	against	the	invader	antigen
without	actually	destroying
the	friendly	cell
.
This	is	analogous	to	training	camps	in	preparations	for	war.	When	our
immune	system	is	working	properly,	we	can	use	the	cells	in	our	body	that
look	like	the	antigens	as	a	training	exercise,


 atony as well as changes in the histological
factor of the various organs. (e) Tendency toward
development in allergies. (f) Tendency toward sterility in subsequent generations. "
   Two English scientists, Mattick and Golding, employed
white rats in a series of experiments, also with milk. They fed different groups of the animals fresh raw milk, pasteurized
milk, and sterilized milk. Those receiving raw milk attained
normal weight and growth in each of the four generations the
experiments were conducted. Rats receiving pasteurized milk
grew less rapidly, and reproduction was impaired. The animals
given sterilized milk grew less ra pidly than either of the other groups; reproduction was also less efficient, and
none of the animals in the third generation lived longer than a
day.
   Another investigator, S. Schmidt-Nielson, fed white rats
pasteurized milk and reported that the food produced
diminished vitality and early death in the offspring of mature animals. Daniels and Loughlin reported the failure of normal
growth in all rats given heated milk, whether evaporated,
condensed, or pasteurized. They also observed that this milk
increased the tendency of the animals to develop polyneuritis.
Given adequate amounts of raw milk, none of the animals developed this disease, whereas three on pasteurized milk
were severely afflicted. Kitc hin and McFarland noted that
raw milk provided good growth curves in rats, whereas
growth among animals given pasteurized milk was poor.
Russell observed that the addition of raw beef to a wheat-milk diet in rats improved reproduction and increased the
general vigor of the young. Abeline reported that rats fed
whole wheat bread baked at high temperatures were stunted
in growth and not so resistant to disease as were rats given
bread baked at low temperatures. In Finland, Dr. Reinius reported feeding rats a diet composed exclusively of food
heated in an oven at 140 degrees C. for 30 to 40 minutes. This
caused total cessation of grow th of the animals, which was
attributed to the destruction of certain amino acids by heat.
   McCandlish and Black, of the West of Scotland College of
Agriculture, tested raw and pasteurized milk on the growth
and health of calves. Fourteen calves of different breeds and sexes were divided into two groups of six and eight
respectively, one receiving raw milk from the age of five days
and the other receiving pasteurized milk from the same age. At the end of go days all calves on raw milk were alive and in
good health. Of those on pasteurized milk, two had died and
one had to be removed on account of unthriftiness. For the
first 60 days there was no significant difference in the rate of
growth, but after that period the calves on raw milk grew more rapidly. The calves on pasteurized milk consumed more
food per pound of weight gained, using 6 per cent more milk, 16 per cent more grain, and 43 per cent more hay.
   W. Catel, using goats, also found better results from the use
of raw milk. Animals so fed attained much better growth than
those using pasteurized milk, though some fared badly when
given milk from the bottle but thrived well on the mother's milk obtained naturally. Catel found that "The utilization of
fat, carbohydrate, protein, calcium, and phosphorus was less

 complete in the animals fed on heated milk; these animals
retained a very high proportion of choline in their food."
   Dried skim milk has been heralded as a "super food" in
some quarters, but experimental animals live very poorly on
this food after it has been heat-processed during manufacture
or at any other time. Dr. Joseph E. Muller, of Indiana University, found that white rats given unheated dried milk
had only 5.4 per cent dental defects, while the caries
incidence rose to 9.3 per cent when heated dried milk was
given. McClure and Folk likewise found that dried milk
produced dental caries in rats, with the amount of damage being parallel with the degree of heating the milk had
undergone. Kraft and Morgan, of th e University of California,
reported that the dried milk lost half of its growth efficiency
for rats if it had been cooked for 15 minutes, and all of its
growth value if cooked for 25 minutes. From Germany comes a report from Fink and Schlie, who tested 21 samples of dried
skim milk as contrasted to fresh skim milk. Of 200 rats given
the dried milk, 95 per cent died within 40 to 100 days, and 85
per cent of these had liver necrosis. All rats given the same
diet, but with fresh skim milk instead of dried milk, survived
the experiment with complete freedom from liver necrosis.
   Both mice and rabbits have been tested with raw and heat-
processed foods. Wilson and Cowel noted that young mice
thrive better upon raw milk than upon pasteurized milk,
possessing a higher weight average and much greater vitality.
Marine and his associates fed a group of rabbits upon raw
cabbage and a group upon cooked cabbage. The former were healthy and displayed complete immunity to goiter, whereas
cooked cabbage was found to be goitrogenic and produced a high incidence of the disease among the animals.
   Cats and dogs fed commercial pet foods, which have all
been heat-processed, show various symptoms of disease in experimental tests. M. L. Morris fed a group of cats upon
fresh meat and all thrived well, but those animals given
samples of many different commercial cat foods did poorly in
comparison, and a number of the cats showed emaciation,
skin lesions, and neurological signs. Dr. Clive McCay has pointed out that "The meat meals commonly used in dog
feeds are often so over-heated in processing that they are
entirely devoid of vitamin B
1. Recently in a digestion trial of
meat meals made by students, the dog refused to eat and
became badly constipated." Koehn observed that dogs may appear healthy and thrive for long periods on cooked rations
containing cottonseed meal, "but eventually they will die very
suddenly." Dogs fed upon raw foods are resistant to
ex
perimental amoebic infection, but those animals given a diet of canned meat have very low resistance. E. C. Foust
found that he could produce amoebic infection at will in
poorly nourished animals and then establish a cure by feeding
raw liver. This food arrested the amoebic lesion and at the same time lessened the danger of secondary bacterial
infection.
   Magendie made extensive feeding trials with dogs to
determine the effects of raw bones. Animals given boiled
bones died within a couple of months, and those fed the heat-
processed bone extract, gelatin, for a few days, preferred to
die rather than eat more. Fresh raw bones, on the other hand, kept the dogs alive for long periods and appeared to afford
adequate nourishment.
   The canine experience with milk has been much the same.
An English physician reported feeding puppies on pasteurized
milk, and the animals died. Other puppies were given raw
milk and thrived well. The American physician, Dr. Charles
Sanford, reported that "Dogs fed on pasteurized milk only are liable to have the mange and other disorders, while others of
the same litter thrive on raw, sweet and sour milk."

E
XPERIMENTS WITH HEAT-PROCESSED FATS
   In England Dr. May Mellanby tested raw and heat-
processed fats in their relation to the dental condition of the
dog. Dr. Mellanby found that the inclusion of raw butter, raw butterfat, or raw cod liver oil in the dog's diet would, almost
without exception, insure good calcification of the teeth.
When these foods were heated at 120 degrees C., however,
their calcifying potency was seriously reduced. This was
especially noticeable when the foods were exposed to oxygen during the period of heating. The loss of calcifying properties
was thought due to either impairment of the fat soluble
vitamins by heat or to the production during treatment of
harmful substances which in themselves interfere with teeth calcification.
   Heat-processed vegetable oils are staples of the dietary
throughout most of India. Accordingly, Indian scientists have made tests to determine their value. Ragu and Rajagopalan
heated groundnut, sesame, and coconut oils in an open iron
pan to a temperature of 270 degrees, C., as is the usual
practice in India, and these were fed to white rats. Those
animals receiving 315 per cent ration of heated oils developed
jaundice; at a 30 per cent level of oil feeding, all animals died
within a week. Conversion of feed was very poor in all
animals, and u pon auto psy the livers were found to be badl y damaged, congested, and discolored. Control animals,
receiving uncooked oils, utilized their food well and survived
the experiment in good health. Sir S. S. Sokhey, of the
Haffkine Institute, tested hydrogenated oils and noted that they produced inferior growth in animals and interfered with
the absorption of calcium in the body. The popular Indian
butter substitute, vanaspati— made from the heat-processed
oils of fruits, flowers, and


uncomplicated. Thorough cleansing of the board after each use is essential to avoiding complic ations.

It is very important that this instruction be adhered to for your health and wellbeing. Do not be lax In this regard. One of the nice
advantages of this system is that colonic debris never flows back through the colema tubing, as occurs in nearly all commercially
available colonic irrigation equipment. In this way, contamination is kept to a safe minimum. It is a good idea to occasional ly
cleanse the hoses of the colema by running a germicidal solution through the bucket and tubing to cleanse the p assageways of any
possible infestations. Also, always keep a protective lid on the colema bucket to avoid settlement of hair, dust, dirt or oth er
contamination into the bucket. Always thoroughly rinse the bucket before and after each use.

Another importa nt consideration that you should be aware of is the quality of your water supply. Contaminated water can cause
severe bowel distress. If you are working with well water in your colema, it is a good idea to make certain the water is safe  for
colonic irrigat ion by having it tested at your local health certification agency. If in doubt, it is suggested you take measures to
sterilize the water by some means such as boiling or passing it through an antibacterial filtration. Chemical treatment shoul d not be
used unless there is no other choice. Chlorine, such as bleaching agents, will sterilize water but is unfit to use immediately. If
chlorinated water is used, it should be allowed to stand vented overnight so the chlorine vapors dissipate. There should beli ttle or
no chlorine residue left in the water when it is used for the colema treatment. It is possible that your water supply is irri tating to
your bowel. To help solve this problem, we suggest that flaxseed tea be used. Flaxseed tea, as prepared on page 79, is  a very
soothing, healing and lubricating substance when added to the colema water solution.

THE ULTIMATE TISSUE CLEANSING SYSTEM
Unlike Any Other System in Cleansing and Regenerating the Body!

ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Bowel cleansing and healthy bowel management has been studied extensively by Mr. V. E. Irons. Mr. Irons is a leading speciali st
on bowel problems, and for 42 years he has endeavored to understand the workings and needs of the healthy bowel. He heads the
V. E. Irons Company of Natick, Massachusetts, where VIT -RA-TOX products are distributed. He is a leading advocate in the use
of natural substances, believing strongly that the body is fully capable of healing itself when given the opportunity. His ex perience
has shown that very few people have normal bowel function. Mr. Irons and I have been working together for many years and see
eye to eye that the bowel is the basis for most of humanity’s ailments today. While it is necessary to take care of the bowel  it is
only one aspect that must be cared for to bring on perfect health. We consider Mr. V. E. Irons to be one of our best friends.  He is
one I am indebted to for the ideas worked out in this colema program. After many years of using this, we consider this pro gram to
be the fastest, easiest and least complicated tissue cleansing program available today. One important point to remember, howe ver,
is that some people cannot go through the whole 7 -day program. The seriously ill patient or the elderly may only be ab le to go on
this program for one day.

Kay Shaffer has contributed much time, effort and creative energy into developing this program. She is a tireless worker in b owel
cleansing -management and has worked with Mr. Irons for many years. She has had outstand ing results and has seen some of the
most unbelievable symptoms reverse as a result of this treatment.

Sylvia Bell has coauthored this book with me and has worked consistently on all the treatments we have given at our Ranch -
Sanitarium. She has assisted g reatly in bringing this work forward.

OUR GOAL
The following information is a step -by-step, detailed instruction on the procedure and operation of the Ultimate Tissue Cleansing
System as it is used at the writing of this book. We endeavor to employ the mo st thorough, efficient and natural means available
toward the goal of tissue detoxification and cleansing. Therefore, ongoing research and development are in progress toward th is
end. Our goal is to serve humanity by exploring and revealing those methods, products, procedures and creative insights as they
are presented to us for the express purpose of relieving pain, suffering, disease and premature aging. We strive to learn the  ways to
reinstate the natural, God -given gifts of health, vitality and longevit y to those who seek them in these days of unprecedented toxic
pollution. During the many years of helping people correct poor bowel conditions, it has become very obvious that most people  are
not capable of taking good care of themselves. There is no reaso n to be afraid of this treatment because it is safe, gentle and
comfortable on the body. There is nothing mysterious about its workings and anyone who can read and follow simple instruction s
can do this work for themselves. On a limited basis, we conduct c lasses and training for this treatment. At the moment, we are
working with a seven -day experimental live -in program designed to give practitioners a first -hand experience of the system in
action. Write for details.

I am convinced that this treatment makes  nutrients available to the body faster than any other system I know of, because the bowel
is cleaner and the colon muscle tone is stronger. When the bowel is toxic laden, it becomes lazy, loses its ability to functi on in all
capacities and soon loses its muscle tone. It takes an internal manipulation to restore good bowel function once it is lost. The
colema treatment does this work because it is an internal massage which develops muscular tone in the bowel. It takes a year to
build good tone by this metho d. I don’t know of any other system that can give you these results any quicker. Compared to other
treatments, this ultimate tissue cleansing system is exceptionally cost effective, making it within reach for a great many pe ople.
I want to make this system  of cleansing and healing available to everyone and this is the main reason for this book. Whether it is
handed to someone in the wilds of Canada or the jungles of South America, they should be able to understand this book and go
through this treatment to help overcome disease and illness. With this system of tissue cleansing, we’re going to take the buildup
of mucus and catarrh which has become sticky, congested and hardened, and liquify it so that it will run out of the body.
This is the beginning of the program.
The real work in healing the body is going to come later when there is a transformation in tissue integrity resulting in a hi gher
quality body. This process brings on the healing crisis and may take 6 months to bring on a complete elimination. Thi s will result
in cleaner, purer tissue that is able to accept and handle the good, vital foods you’re feeding it.
This program is not just a colonic - it is much more. We call it a colema because it’s a combination of an enema and a colonic.
This program i nvolves more than just taking Core of the bowel. We must prepare the body’s elimination channels for the
housecleaning that is on the way. If we build the body up to cause a cleansing to occur, then we must open up the elimination
systems to handle this di scarded material.
It is common for old, toxic substances to flow not only from the bowel, but from all channels; lungs, mouth, nose, ears, skin,
kidneys, lymph, vagina; all possible channels must be ready and capable of handling the flood.
In preparing for  this occurrence, I strongly advise that you become more familiar with the process by studying my book which
explains the healing crisis in detail, titled Doctor -Patient Handbook. One of the usual occurrences for those who have experienced
this system is t he extreme elimination of feces. One patient explains that she could have a complete bowel movement and then take
a colema and have still another bowel movement and, after an hour or so, have another complete bowel movement!

Many people think that they ar e cleaned out when they have one movement. Unfortunately, most people are as many as 10 meals
behind in their eliminations! They are holding many meals in the ballooning, pocketed portions of their bowel. The colema
treatment will loosen up this material a nd make it flow. It will also restore tone and activity to that part of the bowel that is
distorted and underactive. We’ve had some people who are afraid that they are losing part of the bowel because the material
coming through is so unbelievable in its s hape, color, consistency and odor. They can’t imagine the heavy mucous lining being so
foul, thick and stringy. This is not a desirable thing to retain in the bowel because it is carrying the seeds of disease and  illness. It is
loaded with old drugs, tissu e and morbid substances. It is the favored environment for the disease -producing bacillus coli. As the
body rises up from the old, we


. Imagination is the  power to
perceive  what is absent from the  senses, and  if you  persist, you  go be -
yond the sense  man and  go beyond  the rational man. "The  natural man
receives not the  things of the  spirit of God  for they are  foolishness unto
him."
How can I discern my home  spiritually? I cannot see it with my physical
eye or touch it  with my physical hands, but in Imagination I can do both.
You may say:  "I do not have  a home." Well, you  do the  same  thing with
a home  you do not yet own. Do it with funds you  do not now  possess.
Nothing  has quite  the same  smell as money, or the  same  sound. If it is
money you  want, use  every sense  to make it real. But do not say:  "I per -
ceive it because  I know  it is there." To exercise the  Imagination you  see
something  that is not yet there. Then we  get beyond  the natural  man,
like the lady who in five  days brought about a  complete  transformation in
her hands. Everyone  is here  for image making  and to learn lessons, and
the being  who sent you  here came  with you  and he has never  left you. He
became  you and lit you  with himself. As he  lit man he awoke through the
passage prepared  for him into this schoolroom called  earth. And  then as
he is lifted  up he is embraced  and given the  ring and the fatted  calf. "For
this is my son who was dead  and now lives again." For the  first state  was
death and  then comes the  quickening  of this state. He was lost and now
he is found  again. "That which is already has been; that which is to  be al-
ready has been, and  God seeks that which was driven away." So he  drives
him out by  taking  him out of mind. He  is seeking  Jacob in the  Old Testa-
ment, and  in the  New Testament, Jesus. For when he  finds him, he  is Je-
sus. As he  finds him, his is the  reality of being, which is Jesus. He  will find
him in every being  in the  world. When this begins to awaken in you, the
old form cannot contain it any more  than new  wine can be  contained  in
old bottles. You  cannot take this new wine  of truth and  confine  it to the
the old dogma  it will blow  it apart. So it has to take a  new form as the
Spirit begins to awaken within one.
So make your image and  ask no one  to help  you, for like  the wake of the
ship it will change  the whole  world, if it is necessary to the  fulfillment of
your drama. "Everything  in the  Pacific  had to encounter  that wake; noth -
ing could  stop it." You  are the ark of God  and what you  are imagining  is
influencing  all the  others who are  also imagining. So  Imagination changes
More Free Books Law of Attraction Haventhings. Do not base  it on facts. Truth as we see it is not confined  to facts
but depends only upon the  intensity of Imagination. Everyone  can do it
but often reason will interfere.
A friend  told me tonight that he  desired  the answer  to a certain problem
and it was given to him. He said:  "I prayed  to the  being  within me."  It
was a  financial picture  and he got the answer, but it seemed  so stupid he
did not apply it. Although he  did share  in it, it brought about everything
that he  desired.  Reason interfered  and he did not put his money into a
certain venture.  Reason stands between the  man of sense  and the man of
Imagination.
Have you read Prodigal Genius, the  Life of Nikola  Tesla? He  said there  was
nothing  that was not within the  Imagination. He  conceived  of alternating
current, and  when Edison told  him it could  not be  done he said: "But I see
it, and  I am stopping  it and  starting  it." And   when they brought his model
into the  factory they did  not change  a bolt of it.
A friend  of mine,  a violinist, cut an accurate  model of something he had
seen in his mind. It was a  collapsible  box such as now  used by depart -
ment stores to hold  dresses and  such. He had  it patented  and sold his
patent for $10,000. Not one  person in this country has used  that kind  of
box. Harry Webb got it in a  vision. The  manufacturer  made millions. Harry
did not labor for it. Reason was suspended  and this came  through.
Apply this principle  to the  little things of life  and let no one  tell you  it is
too material; the  same  ones will ask  you for whatever  it is when you  dis-
card it. You  are here in this schoolroom to create  out of your imagination
and to do it by faith. Imagine  and create  the noblest concepts for yourself
or for others and  live in [them], and  in a way you  do not  know, you  will
influence the  lives of everyone  in the  world, and  everyone  who will be
needed  to bring  about your dream will be drawn into it and  brought to
you. Even those  who seek  to stack  the cards against you  and think they
are doing  so very cleverly will find  that the  very thing  they did  will instead
stack the  cards  against themselves.
You are influencing  everyone  in this world  when you  are imagining. Who
knows what  being  now in solitary is not disturbing  the whole  vast world.
He will never  be accused, for he  is not out. They can find  approximate
cause,  but they cannot blame  him for he  was in a   cell. Yet he could cause
a wave of hate  out of the  depth of his own being. That is why it is so im -
portant to imagine  wisely. There  is only one  being  awakening  and that is
God, and we were  put into this schoolroom in love  even though many a
night, like  the children, we  cry. Loving  fathers here  have sent their unwill -
ing children to school; a  loving  heavenly father  sent you  here on earth.
You apply it and  use the greatest talent in the  world, which   is himself.
That is Imagination.
More Free Books Law of Attraction HavenI cannot begin to tell you  the thrill that is in store  for you  as you  begin to
live by Imagination. And  then you  can pass through all these  states which
were prepared  for the return of his banished  ones. Not a  state but has
been fixed  before  he put his Son into the  depth to rise.  So as he  is the life
of man, it is really God  who is rising. So we  deliver ourselves from states
and at the  same  time deliver  others  from the  same  state. No matter  what
a man has done,  he is only in a  state and can be  lifted out.
When we begin to awaken we  will begin to comfort and  heal, for whom
God afflicts he did  it for a  sound  end, and  that was that he  might awaken.
"This is my son who was dead and  now liveth." The  most monstrous beast
that ever  walked  the earth cannot be  lost, for God  is also present in him.
If one  could  be lost then God  could  be lost, for he  became  his Son that he
might awaken that Son as God.
So make your dream and  live in it and  it will come  true. We  are told that
as the  sower  sowed, the  seed fell on four kinds of soil. The  first is not pre -
pared; it is the  highway, and  no seed  took root. These  are those  who will
not listen. Then you  will find  one who will  take this teaching, but it falls on
stony ground.
They get something  new but there  is no root. The  first thing  they say is:
"Oh, it would  have happened  anyway!" The  third fell among  the "thorns
and thistles." It grows deeper  than the  one on the  rock, but they really
believe  that it is only with money they can get  things and  so the teaching
was choked  by the  thorns of their unbelief. Then there  is the  well pre -
pared  ground, and  it roots deeply and  produces fifty and


 to the most
stupid lout prove the virtues of their cures. In this every -doctor's land grandma's cat aplasms cure, grand -pa's brass -ring cure for
rheumatism cures, the rabbit -foot charm and buckeye for piles cure, penicillin cures pneumonia and anti toxin cures diphtheria,
the punch in the back cures measles and the herb tea cures gastritis All cures are successful in this grand jamboree of "self -
limited" crises. Christian Science and prayer are as effective as the most scientific treatment. The prayer may be, as in Afr ica,
directed to a petrified frog - no matter, it cures.

ACUTE DISEASE - TOXEMIC CRISI S
Our toxemic crises - so-called acute diseases - keep pace with the ebb and flow of toxemia as our habits of living hold this
down within the limits of toleration or increase it above the established limits. Toleration is a state of chronic disease, a  state, for
example in which chronic catarrh, is continuously active throwing off toxins. Acute diseases are intermittent due to the fact  that
toxemia is pushed above the point of established toleration only intermittently. Chronic disease means chronic provoc ation. To
point this differently: disease begins where cause begins and persists where cause persists.

"REST" IS THE SOLUTION
Nothing so effectively hastens the elimination of toxemia and the recuperation of nerve energy as mental, physical and
physiologi cal rest. Only through rest can the enervated body muster sufficient nerve energy with which to increase its work of
elimination. By physiological rest is meant fasting, or abstinence from all food except water. Once fasting and rest have ena bled
the body to eliminate its stored up toxins and recuperate its nerve energy, a physiological mode of living will enable the patient
to grow into better and better health until full health is reached, and to maintain health thereafter.
Such a program of physiological  living is not made up exclusively of a plan of eating. Proper diet is extremely important, but it
does not constitute a complete way of life. All of man's life must be live in harmony with simple, well -defined laws of nature.
Exercise, fresh air, sun -shine, sufficient rest and sleep, a wholesome sex life, a cheerful and poised mental attitude, and
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consistent avoidance of all  devitalizing habits are of equal importance with diet. One cannot maintain health, no matter what his
diet, if he is practicing enervating habits and denying his body the benefits of sunshine, fresh air and exercise.
Coffee, tea, tobacco, alcohol, poisone d soft -drinks, and other poison -habits will wreck the strongest man, no matter what his
diet

CHRONIC DISEASE - "OLD AGE"
If toxemia is not eliminated, if nerve energy is not restored to normal, if the causes of enervation are not removed and
corrected, th ere can be no genuine return to health. There can be only a recession of symptoms after these have reduced the
accumulated toxemia to the toleration point, perhaps slightly below, and a state of comparative comfort is again established.
This state represen ts a very low state of health, a state of chronic toxemic saturation. In this state, despite recurring crises,
there is the slow, progressive development of the many and varied forms of chronic and degenerative pathologies, not the leas t
of which is that c ondition of organismal enfeeblement, impairment and decline, which we call old age.

BACTERIA AND EPIDEMICS
What about bacteria and epidemics? First, there must be a changed condition of the body's fluids and tissues, giving rise to that
systemic impairmen t that is designated "susceptibility" or 'lowered resistance."
Once you grasp the fact that all had habits lead to toxemia, it will not be difficult for you to grasp the idea that this per version of
the fluids and tissues must take place before it is possible for bacteria, which are nature's reducing forces, to make any further
changes in these materials. Assuming that the scavenger work done by bacteria under these conditions actually complicates
the disease, they cannot be the primary cause of diseas e, nor of any epidemic.
Epidemics of any proportion follow in the wake of some mass prostrating influence - war, prolonged dry, hot weather; prolonged
wet, cold weather; sudden changes of temperature, etc. - that further enervate an already a most prostrat ed and greatly
toxemic part of the population. The sudden rise in toxemia thus occasioned necessitates the development of a crisis to throw it
off. Mass sickness follows mass prostrating influences.

MEDICAL DELUSIONS
When crises have been repeated (and cu red) until organic changes are established, medical delusions multiply like rats in the
corn crib - the most deluded and fatuous draw their air -line decisions, fight their therapeutic battles, and, if they belong to the
"regular" school, promise therapeuti c perfection - if only the United States Army and Navy will beat down the cultists and
quacks, while they demonstrate the glories and wonders of "medical science" on the dear people.

WATERLOO - SYMPTOMS GET WORSE WITH TIME
It is in this field that all of the cures and curing systems meet their Waterloo. The pathology which has been in the making since
the development of the first of these "self -limited" crises reveals no tendency to spontaneous disappearance. Rather its
tendency it to grow worse and more c omplicated with the passing of time. Organic change occurs in more and more tissues
and organs and these "complications" defy the best efforts of the peddlers of cures. Cause has been present from the
beginning (the first cold of infancy represents an established toxemia) and has never been removed.
The physicians are long on diagnosis at this terminal stage of the evolving pathology. They name exactly the pathological sta tus
quo and, although they do not hesitate to treat the patient and to accept mone y for their experiments, they freely confess that
their treatments are ineffective. They have all been experts at curing the continuous series of recurring crises - the "self -limited"
diseases - but they are all helpless before the end -point of the develop ment of which the first crisis was the initiation. They
cannot cure cancer, or diabetes, or Bright's disease, or endocarditis, or arteriosclerosis.

INSULIN "CURES" UNTIL DEATH OF DIABETES
Toxemic subjects who continually poison themselves with excessive carbohydrates and thus stress the pancreas, develop
sugar in the urine. These are cured with insulin. Indeed, insulin cures them until they die of diabetes - go out, perhaps, in either
an insulin or a sugar coma.
Insulin -cured diabetics, like pepsin -cured dyspeptics, are made to feel fine for a year or two - until the burden of cause so
stresses other organs that they develop "complications." They are also so filled with "reflex' discomforts that they demand o ther
forms of "relief." When this stage is reach ed the curing must become a medley of palliating measures. Surgery, drugs, in fact,
all kinds of cures, are now resorted to in keeping with the whims of the patient and the caprices of the physician. Because t here
are so many who refuse to die after being cured by all known cures, it is necessary to discover new cures all the time.

FATTER AND MORE DEGENERATED
Every day we watch people getting fatter and fatter on "plenty of good nourishing food" that "keeps up their strength" until they
die of fatty degene ration, cerebral hemorrhage (apoplexy), or paralysis. Nobody warns them of what is in store for them and
they will not heed if they are warned. So disgracefully have we become habituated to associating health and even distinction
with a most pampered state  of the body, that we think it most natural or normal for a fat man to maintain at the highest pitch,
the unholy "love affairs" of his unregulated body. Unfortunately, our standards are empty of all value except for measuring
varying degrees of ill health.  Even our "normal" or "healthy" individuals, as measured by these standards, represent only a
slightly less degree of ill health than that seen in the sick.
A study made by the collaboration of forty -three American life insurance companies, using three num erically equal groups of
people over forty -five years of age, showed the incidence of diabetes in these three groups as follows. In the group of very thin
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people there  was one case; in the normal group there were five cases; in the fat group there were two hundred and twenty -
seven cases. Similar figures are available for cancer and a few other so -called degenerative diseases of later life. Fat and the
overeating that i s back of it are serious dangers at all ages of life.

"STRONG" MEN ARE NOT STRONG
Our strong men do not live