lightly behind  or below
the navel  is the Lo wer Tan Tien Center,  the lower field  of energ y in
the body  within which the Taoists  store  Chi before  refining  it back
upward. The Chi m oves in circles  among  the lower, middle, and
upper  Tan Tien. Each tim e it spirals  past  it is refined  into a higher
quality  of Chi.  The process  of refining  and balancin g the energ y is
taught  in the Microcosmic Orbit,  the Fusion  of Five Elements,  and
the Lesser  Enlightenment  of Kan  and Li courses.
    It is not  unlike  taking  crude  honey  mixed wi th wax, dirt and dead
bees,  and methodicall y refining  it into the s weetest of nectars.
Taoists treat  the ovaries  like raw hone y. The Orgas mic Dra w is the
step of preventi ng the ra w honey  from leaking  out of an  old bucket
and storing  it in a ne w and well-sealed  “jar” In this  “jar” or “cauldron, ”
placed  at the level  of the navel  about  two-thirds  of the  way back
toward the spine,  the ancient  Mast ers mixed and cooked  the
different  Chi energies  of the  body in a process  they called  “alchemy ”
the precursor  of modern  chemistry. (Fig.  6.15)
    The secret  alchemical agent  they used  was nothing  more than
ordinar y sexual  “essence,”  i.e., Ching.  Without it, ho wever, none  of
the higher  levels  of alchemical m editation  would work. The Sexual
Kung  Fu exercises  of Ovarian  Breathing,  Ovarian  Compression,
and the Orgas mic Dra w may seem simple and too rudimentar y to
affect  spiritual  development,  but their  proper  mastery  is essential
before  you can move on  to a loving  relationshi p in full  command of
your sexual  and spiritual  powers. Your sexual  essence  is an  elixir
of life  and the fountain  of your youth, and is well worth training
vigorously  to safeguar d.
- 179  -Orgasmic Upward Draw
Fig. 6.16 Internal Alchemy begins at Ca uldron  with  the Sexu al Center.
- 180  -Chapter VII
Chapter 7
         Egg Exercises
Tips to Inc rease Sexual En ergy
A.Intr oduction  to Egg  Exercises- Vaginal  Weight  Lifting
The use  of a stone  egg to strengt hen the vagina  is a practice  which
evolved  in ancient  China.  As ti me went on, the secret  of this practice
remained  in the Ro yal Palace  and was taught  only  to the queen
and concubines.  Man y who mastered  the technique  experience d
very good  health,  remaining  young and bountif ul, with sexual  organs
in old  age as tight  and resilient  as those  of a young, unmarried  lady.
Some believe  that the queen  and concubines  practiced  the
technique  in order  to please  the king w hile making love.  Originally,
however the Egg Exercise  and Vaginal  Weight Lifting  were
implemented  for im proving  health,  both  physically and spirituall y,
since these  exercises  provide  more pow er to the Chi Muscle  to lift
the sexual ener gy inward and upward where it will be transformed
into higher  spiritual  ener gy.
    The egg  is a marvelous  way to strengthe n and control  the Chi
Muscle.  It is easier  to practice  control  of this  muscle with an egg in
the vagina  since,  as the  egg moves, y ou can feel the direction  in
which the Chi Muscl e moves more distinctly. Controlling  this
voluntary  muscle means control  of the  many involuntar y muscles
in this area as w ell. Also, as y ou master the  use of this m uscle of
the vagina  and perineum, you simultaneousl y tone  up the lo wer
abdomen. Thus,  your performance  of Ovarian  Breathing,  the
Orgas mic Dra w, and the Organs’  Orgasm greatly  improves,  and
the flow of sexual  hormones  increases.
    Vaginal  Weight Lifting  is a ver y powerful practice  to strengthe n,
in addition  to the  Chi Muscl e, the uroge nital and pelvic diaphr agms.
The strength  of these  two diaphra gms is very  important  since these
diaphra gms serve  as floors  to the sexual  organs  and all vital  organs.
When the Chi  Muscle  and diaphragms are  loose,  Chi pressure  will
leak out  from  the orga ns as they stack  upon  each  other,  droppin g
all their  weight to rest upon  the perineum. W hen strong,  the mu scle
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and the diaphragm function  as seals,  preventi ng leakage  of life-
force  and sexual  energies.
1. Selection of your Egg
    Gem  and mineral  shops  generall y have  a large  selection  of sizes
and materials  as w ell as prices.  We research ed and tested  several
different  materials and  found  a volcanic  rock  called  obsidian  carved
into egg shapes  which contained  the prop erties  that we are looking
for: embracing  the Yang pow er of the volcano,  but originating  from
the Yin pow er of the  center  of the  Earth.  These  characteristics
attract  and concentr ate the Yin essence  of a woman.  Furth er details,
as well as the eggs  themselves, can be  obtaine d from  the
UniversalTao  Syst em.
    When you look at  the eggs  you will have  to decide  what size
looks like  it might feel  comfortable  in your vagina.  The eggs  rang e
in size from that  of a quail egg  to jumbo supermarket  eggs.  Most
wome n choose  a medium-sized  one,  that is, an  egg approximately
one inch in dia meter  made of either  stone  or w ood. Wooden eggs
can be easil y drilled  for the attach ment  of weights, and are therefor e
suited  for the Vaginal Weight Lifting  practice.  We prefer  to use  stone
eggs,  such  as obsidian,  for the intern al sucking  exercise  because
of their  smooth,  non- porous nature.  The sm aller the egg,  the mo re
work your muscles will have  to do because  they will have  to contract
more strongl y to cause  any movement of  the egg.  Select an  egg
with a sm ooth surface.
2. Care for the  Egg
   Proper  attention  and care to one’s  feminine  hygiene is an
absolute  necessity  prior  to begin ning this practice.  Cleanliness  of
the vaginal  canal  and the eggs  are equally  important.  Wooden eggs
should  be boiled  or cleaned  every  one to two months w ith a diluted
vinegar  solution  (one  tablespo on per quart  of water) and allowed to
dry for at  least  one hour;  since  the wooden egg easil y absorbs
vaginal  fluid  and can be a culture  for germs if permitted  to remain
wet. A stone  egg should  be boiled  by bringing  it to the boiling  point,
and then  allowing it to cool do wn. Boiling  the stone  egg is necessar y
prior to its first use.  After  that,  simply wash it with water after  each
time yo u use it. A w ord of caution  about  using  soap  or deter gent:
some people  are allergic  to certain  chemicals that  are found  in
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soap  and deterg ent, especially  when inserted  into the channel  where
the membranes  are very  sensitive.  Also,  many wome n are
unkno wingly allergic  to alcohol  (isopr opyl or rubbin g type), theref ore
its use  should  be avoided  for cleansing  purposes.
3. Caution in  Practici ng the Egg Exercises
   a. Before  practicing  the egg exercises,  you must first master
Ovarian  Breathing.
   b. You must be  fully arouse d before  inserting  the egg.  If yo u
produce  very  little fluid  naturally, use a lubricant.
   c. Ma rried women  should  use a smaller egg.
   d. Do not  practice  lying dow n.
   e. If a problem


 apricot seeds on -line, you'll probably have to wait a few days for their arrival, perh aps up to a week
for international orders. This is not a problem, as we will begin the program using the simple apple.

Until your apricot seeds arrive, I suggest you begin eating two or three apples daily. And this includes eating the seeds. Cr unch up
the seeds with your teeth before swallowing.

If you can get hold of some millet cereal, and eat a small bowl daily then this would make a good addition to your apples, or  try
and eat a few butter beans daily. Or alternatively you could chomp on 10 -15 grapes  per day, including munching the pips. If for
some reason you don't eat apples then I suggest prunes as an alternative. You can add to this by eating a few macadamia nuts daily,
if you can get hold of them or by consuming a teaspoon full of linseed daily.

Prune seeds are much larger than apple seeds, so as a replacement for apples you only need take 4 -5 prune seeds in your diet for
the first few days. Often you will find tinned prunes from your supermarket contain the stone, and within the stone you will find
the seed. Obviously you need be careful when opening any stone, I suggest to avoid using your teeth. Alternatively you could use
plum seeds.

When your apricot seeds do arrive you may be surprised just how large they are. I reckon one apricot seed is a bout 10 -15 times
bigger than the average apple seed. For your first few days, you have probably been taking the equivalent of just 1 to 3 apri cot
seeds daily.

Now you have possession of your apricot seeds, and you've been on the vitamin B17 program for a  few days (to a week) its time to
raise your intake. I suggest taking 2 apricot seeds twice daily for the next two days. Keep eating a couple of apples, includ ing the
seeds or a few prunes with seeds each day, or a bowl of millet cereal, if you so wish, it's up to you. As the apricot seeds taste quite
bitter you will probably find it easier to eat them at meal times. Or try eating them with a teaspoon or two of raw unprocess ed
honey. Give them a good crunch before swallowing.

Five to nine days or thereabo uts into the program and you may already be feeling some positive results. You may find yourself a
little less wheezy and sniffley  than usual, and a little less dependant on inhalers and antihistamines. However, don't worry if you
don't feel any change jus t yet, it's early days!

After taking 2 apricot seeds, twice daily for your first two days I now suggest you increase your dose to 2 apricot seeds, th ree times
daily, for the next two days.

And after those two days raise your apricot seed intake again, t o 3 seeds, three times a day for a whole week. This program is
based on progression, taking gentle progressive steps forward. You shouldn't rush, please follow my guidelines; this lets you r body
get used to absorbing higher levels of vitamin B17.

You now will be consuming 3 apricot seeds, three times a day, and perhaps a couple of apples plus seeds, or a bowl of millet
cereal, etc. Excellent.

You should find once you are consuming 3 apricot seeds, three times daily that your asthmatic and allergi c symptoms really start
to ease up. If this is the case, brilliant. If not, don't worry.

I wish to stress here that as your asthma and allergy symptoms begin to ease up, use common sense with the way you use other
medicines. I'd advise you to continue to take your inhalers and antihistamines with you when you go out.

Following one week of taking 3 seeds three times a day, I would now like you to take 4 seeds, three times a day, for the foll owing
week.

Now you'll have been taking a much higher level of vitamin B17 than in your normal diet for around three to three and a half
weeks. I expect you to be seeing very noticeable benefits by now, and if this is the case congratulations, and stick with tak ing 4
apricot seeds three times daily for the next month.  After this time you will probably be able to gently reduce the number of apricot
seeds you take to just 5 -7, once daily. Do whatever you feel comfortable with. Continue taking 4 apricot seeds three times daily
though, if you feel you need a longer period to adjust, both psychologically and physically.

For anybody not feeling any significant benefits after seven to eight weeks (and let me state, I think this is unlikely), I s uggest you
raise the dose again. Try taking 6 apricot seeds, three times daily for  the next month. You may also require adding a good
component of raw unprocessed honey (plus some bee -pollen if possible) to your diet too (local honey if possible). Three or four
teaspoons, twice daily. I also suggest you cut out coffee and other stimulan t drinks from your diet; you should really try to
consume 7 -8 large glasses of water daily instead.

I would be very surprised indeed if after all this your asthma and allergies were not showing significant signs of improvemen t.
When they do improve stick with you current intake for another few weeks and then gradually drop it to just 5 -7 seeds once daily
over the next few weeks. If your asthma and allergies still are not improving, it may be that your body needs more time to ad just,
so keep up the program for another month.

And if after this time your asthma/allergies are still showing no significant signs of improvement, and you know you have stu ck
rigidly to the program, then feel free to give up, and I will admit failure in your case. I am extremely con fident this will never
happen to anybody with asthma, hay fever and who is allergic to the house dust mite. But maybe, I'll be proved wrong.

When you have relieved  yourself of your asthma and allergies and you begin to reduce your dosage of seeds, do it g radually over
the course of a few weeks. And if at any stage you feel any symptoms coming back then lift your dose a little higher again an d stay
at this level for a while. It is all about letting your body find its own level of comfort once the bulk/all o f the symptoms are gone,
and your body is receiving regular amounts of vitamin B17, as is required.

You may even find that the bulk (85 -90%) of your asthma and allergy symptoms disappear within a month or two, but that it takes
another six to twelve mont hs to rid yourself of the remainder.

This program is obviously for life, because you need B17 regularly in your diet. However, because there are so many products
with vitamin B17 in them you can add more B17 foods into your diet at a later date and reduce  your main dependency on apricot
seeds. That is obviously your choice. Cooking shouldn't really deplete any of the beans and vegetables mentioned in chapter 2  of
their B17 content.

Chapter 4. - Healing With Honey

This is a good time for me to talk a lit tle about the benefits of raw unprocessed honey. The healing effects of honey have been
know for millennia, but in our day and age the majority seem to have lost sight of this old wisdom.

Honey contains various vitamins, minerals, enzymes and more. In its  natural form, without any of the goodness filtered out
through processing, honey has been known for its beneficial effects in helping to cure allergies and asthma as well.

I take my honey (often on toast) with an extra sprinkling of bee -pollen too, which enhances its nutritional and healing properties.
Honeycomb is excellent as well. It has been said, that a person can live off honey and water alone! Infact John the Baptist w as
supposed to have lived purely off honey and locusts for food in the wilde rness. Anyway I wouldn't go trying this out yourself, but
I'm trying to force home the point here, raw unprocessed honey is packed full of nutrients!

Honey is not the major component of this program, as you will be aware by now. However, I believe it is a  hugely beneficial
natural food stuff to eat on a regular basis. I thoroughly recommend it. If you go out looking for honey, buy it raw and
unprocessed, as close to nature as possible. You can either take a few teaspoons of raw unprocessed honey daily (hop efully with
added bee -pollen), or you can use it to cook with.

However, if you begin taking honey and bee -pollen in your diet it may take a few days or so for your body to adjust. Do not worry
if you notice a slight worsening of your asthma/allergy sympt oms once you start taking honey, your body should naturally adjust. I
would suggest that if you do decide to take honey that you spend a couple of weeks on the B17 program first. This should allo w
the benefits to begin coming through and will encourage you  to stick to the program.

If after finishing the program you do


 is to read and think about these five steps for changing your
interpretations and then apply them. At first you should apply these
techniques to a troubling event from your past. Think of someone who hurt
your feelings very badly and whom you cannot forgive. The five steps
might carry you into this line of reasoning:
  1.  I feel hurt, but that doesn’ t mean the other person was bad or
meant to hurt me. He doesn’ t know my entire past, and I don’t
know his. There’ s always another side to the story, despite my
hurt.
  2.  I’ve been hurt like this before, and therefore maybe I was too
quick to judge this incident. I need to see each thing as it is.
  3.  I don’t need to see myself as a victim here. When was the last
time I was on the other side of the same situation? Didn’ t I feelpretty caught up in my own motives? Did I give any more
importance to the other person’ s hurt than mine was given this
time?
  4.  Let me forget my feelings for a second. How did that other
person feel? Perhaps he just lost control or was too wrapped up in
his own world to notice my hurt.
  5.  This incident can help me. I don’t really care about blaming this
person or getting back. I want to find out the kinds of things that
create threat in me. The more I think about it, the more I see this
as an opportunity to take responsibility for my feelings. That
makes it easier for me to forgive, since anyone who teaches me
something about myself deserves my thanks.
When you begin to get into the habit of consciously and carefully
examining your old interpretations in this way, you create a space for
spontaneous moments of freedom. These are the moments when your old
mindset clears in a flash of insight. With that flash comes a sense of
revelation, because you are looking into reality itself, not a reflection of
your past. All the most valuabl e things in life—love, compassion, beauty,
forgiveness, inspiration—must come to us spontaneously. We can only
prepare the way for them (a spiritual friend of mine calls this “punching a
hole into the fourth dimension”).
There is great freedom in insight. I know a man who for years could not
go home for Thanksgiving without getting into a violent argument with his
father. Then came one Thanksgiving when he was 40 and his father 75.
“My father greeted me when I got off the plane, and as always, we started
toward the baggage claim in a friendly mood. It takes about half an hour
before my father and I take up our usual sparring roles. I tried not to tense
up, but I knew that as soon as we got in the car, he would criticize my
driving, and I would start to boil.
“We didn’t have  much to say to each other at the baggage carousel—
that’s usually when we run out of things to say to each other. My suitcase
came down the chute, I reached for it, and he brushed me aside to carry it
for me—another part of our ritual that hasn’ t changed in twenty years.“This time, however, he stumbled a little picking up the heavy bag, and I
noticed for the first time that he was getting old. You wouldn’ t think that
was much of a revelation, but I realized that I have been warri ng with my
father all this time as if I were still 7 years old and he was a hugely
powerful, strong  adult. I didn’ t take the suitcase from him, he’s a proud
man. But this time I didn’ t follow him to the car like a boy being shown up
by his overweening dad. I saw that he wanted to help, and this was his way
of show ing he loved me. It’s hard to describe how powerful that
transformation felt.”
This is a perfec t example of how shedding old interpretations enables a
different reality to shine through. In my own life, I began to notice on
speaking tours that missing my jet flights, which happens to me with
strange frequency, was causing  more and more stress. One day I was
running down the concourse, only to see the passenger ramp slowly moving
away from the plane. I stopped, feeling a knot in my stomach and a sense of
maddening frustration. But then it occurred to me to ask myself, “How will
my life be chan ged one year from now by having missed this plane?” The
effect was almost magical: My heart stopped racing, my breathing calmed
down, my muscles relaxed, the knot in my stomach dissolv ed, and my
intestines stopped churning.
By questioning my interpretation, I realized that my unspoken
assumptions had been my stress, not the missed flight. My body was
conditioned to think, “Oh no, not this again,” which is true of most stress
reactions. They are anticipation s. You remember the last marit al fight, the
last criticism of your work, the last hostile question from a lectu re audience,
and a full-blown stress response  springs up. I felt like the rat that jumps in
shock even when the shock doesn’ t come, for when I examined it, this
missed flight had no significance. Breaking down the false interpretation
released my body from its old habits.
Exercise 2: Peeling the Onion of the Past
The past is layered into us in many intricate layers. Your inner world is
full of complex relationships, for it contains the past not only as it occurred
but all the ways in which you would like to revise it. All the things thatshould have turned out dif ferently do turn out dif ferently in that place where
you escape into fantasy, revenge, yearning, sorrow, self-reproac h, and guilt.
To get rid of these distractions,  you need to realize that there is a deeper
place wher e everything is all right.
In Siddhartha,  Herman n Hess e writes, “Within you there is a stillness
and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.” This
sanctuary is a simple awareness of comfort, which can’t be violated by the
turmoil of events. This place feels no trauma and stores no hurt. It is the
mental space that one seeks to find in meditation, which I believe is one of
the most important pursuits anyo ne can follow. However, even if you do not
meditate, you can approach this place of calm with the following exercise:
Write down this af firmation:
I am perfect as I am. Everything in my life is working toward my
ultimate good. I am loved and I am love.
Do not pause to analyze the statement, just write it down. When you
come to the end, shut your eyes and let any response surface that comes to
mind, then write down the first words that came to you (write this response
directly under the af firmation). Y our first thought is likely to contain a lot of
resistance, even  anger, because no one’s life is perfect and it is hard to
believe that everything is working out as it should. (Typica l responses:
“Garbage!”; “This is nonsense”; “No!”) If your reaction shows similar
emotion, it is an honest one.
Now, without pausing, write the affirmation again, shut your eyes, and
once more write down the first words that come to mind. Do not stop to
analyze or dwell on your react ion. Continue the exercise until you have
repeated the affirmation and your response twelve times. You will be
surprised at how much your reactions change; for most peop le, the final
response will be much more positive than the first. Essentially, this exercise
allows you to eavesdrop on the innermost levels of your awareness.
Most people have the highest resistance at the surface of their minds,
because this is where their most public and guarded reactions operate. Your
social self, the one who behaves the way you’re supposed to, is superficial;
it was trained primarily to make a good impression and not to be toorevealing. Thes e upper layers of your awareness will not respond very
profoundly to such a strong statement as “I am love.” Going deeper, we hit
levels of the most recent frustrations, wishes, and unreleased emotion.
When you touch these layers, quite unexpected or irrational reactions can
come out. The statement “I am love” may trigger an angry outburst that is
related to a recent incident when you didn’ t feel loved at all.
Deeper still are the layers where your most entrenched feelings are
stored. If you feel basically unlovable, there could be a lot of pain and
resistance at this level. But bene ath even the most rigid conditioning, there
is a layer of awareness that agrees without equivocation to the words “I am
love.”
The reason you can love and be loved is that this layer of your
consciousness evokes that feeling; this is where the deepest human values
are known. Without such knowledge—not just of love but of beauty,
compassion, trust, strength, and truth—these words would be meaningless.
Love is part of essential human  nature. We recognize it becaus e it vibrates
in us, however far below the conscious level. Being able to live from this
level brings complete fulfillment, but that happens only when you resolve


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EMOTIONAL/MENTALSYMPTOMS
Anxious.Cheerful.Complaintsfrom:mentalstrain.
Confused.Depressed.Fearful.Forgetful.Gloomy.
Jumpy.Lively.Sensitive:generally;tomusic.Shy.
Sluggish.
Thesepeopleputonabravefacewhenreallytheyare
feelingmiserable.Theyaresensitivegenerallybut
especiallytoemotionalhurtswhichthevharbour
quietlvinside,thoughwithoutthebitternessof
Satrummuriaticum.Theyavoidconflictbyappearing
cheerful,butthismasksafeelingofbeingcutoff,
depressedandanxiouswithpersistentsadthoughts.
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inacomfortingbutnegativeway.Theirsensitivity is
suchthattheyareeasilystartledbynoise.
Theybecomementallyweakenedfromemotional
pressureandfinditdifficulttothink.Complaints
comeoninthisweakstate,andaftermentalstrain
(overwork),whenapersonhasbeenfeelingsadand
depressed.
PHYSICALCOMPLAINTS
Commoncold
SymptomsNoseblocked.Nasalcatarrh:drips
downbackofthroat;smelly;thick.
Thisisthesortofcatarrhthatrunsdownthebackof
thethroat,constantlymakingthepersonwantto
hawkup.Thenosealsobecomesblocked.Theremay
beasourormetallictasteinthemouth.
Exhaustion
SymptomsLegs:heavy;weak.Nervousexhaustion.
Withicy-coldextremities;heavinessinlimbs.
Worseforheatofsun;formentalexertion;forslightest
exertion;forsun.
Causesmentalstrain;sun.
Thisnervousexhaustionfollowsaperiodofoverwork
wherethecirculationgrindstoahalt:thefeetand
handsbecomecoldandthelegsfeelheavyandweak.
Itcanalsobecausedbyanoverdoseofsunshine
(whichisnotagreatdealforaNatrumcarbomcumtype);
likePulsatillathesetypesaremorepronetobecomingtiredinhotweather,andanythinking,sunshineor
exertionwillmakethistirednessworse.
Headache
SymptomsHeadfeelsheavy.Painspressing.Sweat-
ingonforohead.
Worse3tiereating;forthinking.
Causesmentalstrain;mentalexertion;summer;sun-
stroke.
Althoughthepersonfeelsgenerallybetteraftereat-
ing,theheadacheitselfmayactuallybeworse.The
headachemaybearesultoftoomuchstudyormental
strain,andthepersoncan'tthinkanymorebecause
thebrainiswornout.Itmayalsobeahot-weather
headache;thesearepeoplewhoaresensitivetotoo
muchsun.Thepersonmayfeeldizzywiththis
headache,especially ifthestressismental.
Indigestion
SymptomsBelchessour.Pains:instomach,sore,
bruised.Withnausea.
Thepersonfeelsnauseousinastuffyroomandhas
troubledigestingfoodbecausethenervoussystemis
rundown.
Insomnia
SymptomsAnxiousdreams.Wakingearly.
Thepersonwakesearlyinthemorningafteranightof
anxiousdreamsandcannotgetbacktosleepagain.
Natrummuriaticum (Nat-m.)
Commonnames:sodiumchloride;tableorcommon
salt
Commonsaltis,nexttowater,themostwidelydistrib-
utedsubstanceinnature.Itoccursnaturallyinthe
formofrocksalt,ascrystalsofthemineralhalite,andit
isalsoextractedfromseawater.Hugedepositsofsolid
saltarefoundthroughouttheworld,someofthem
severalthousandfeetthick.Theseareformedbythe
evaporationofancientlakesandseas,andarefound
bothundergroundandexposedontheearth'ssurface
througherosion.
Salthasbeenwidelyvaluedasamajoritemoftrade
throughouthistory'-Theword'salary'isderivedfrom
theLatinwordSolariumwhichreferredtothemoney
allottedtoRomansoldiersforthepurchaseofsalt.Itis
anessentialelementinthedietofallmammalsandhas
beenusedwidelytopreserveandflavourfood.Com-
mercialsaltisalsoimportantinthepreservationof
hidesintheleatherindustry.Atonetimeitwasused
invariousrefrigerationoperations,anditstillplaysan
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importantpartinkeepingourstreetsice-freeinthe
winter.
Unfortunately, theexcessiveintakeofsaltinthe
moderndietiscontributing tomuchillhealth,and
homeopathsfrequentlyseepatientswhoareconduct-
ingtheirownaccidentalprovingbytakinganexcess-
iveamountofsaltdaily,sothattheybecome,for
example,gloomyanddepressedandsufferfrom
headaches,coldsoresofthelipsandotherNatrum
muriaticumsymptoms.Saltwasusedtraditionallyasa
remedyinsomediseaseslikemalaria,butbyandlarge
itwasthoughttohavelittlevaluemedicinallyuntil
Hahnemannconductedhisprovingsinthe1820s.
Nowadays itisusedinsolution(oftenintravenously)
inorthodoxmedicinetopreventdehydrationofbody
fluids.
Forthehomeopathicpreparation,puresodium
chlorideisdissolvedinboilingdistilledwater,then
filteredandlefttocrystallisebyevaporationat122°F.
Itisthendissolvedinwaterortrituratedbefore
succussion.
GENERALSYMPTOMS
Anaemia.Catchescoldseasily.Dischargeslikeegg
white.Dislikesbread.Drynessgenerally.Face
pasty.Lipscracked.Mouth:dry;withthirst.Taste:
mouthtastesbitter.Thirst:extreme;forlarge
quantities.
Betterforlyingdown;afterarest;afterswearing.
Worse10a.m.;aftereating;forexposuretosun";before
menstrualperiod;forheat;mid-morning; forphysical
exertion;forsun.
ThewaterbalanceofpeopleneedingNatrummuriati-
cumisdisturbed.Theysufferfromdrynessandex-
tremethirst,especiallywithafever.Theirlipsdryup
andbecomechappedandcracked,andthelowerlip
oftenhasacentrecrack.Lookalsoforhangnailsas
peoplewhoneedthisremedyoftensufferfromthem.
Theirdischargesareprofuseandwatery(oftenlike
eggwhite)orthickandwhite.Theywillsweatalot
whenillandfeelbetterfordoingso.
PeopleneedingNatrummuriaticummayfeelchillyin
theirbodiesbuttheydislikehotweatherandalways
feelworsefortheheatofthesunorforbeingincarcer-
atedinstuffyrooms.Theymaysufferfromexhaustion
andheadaches iftheysitinthesunwithoutahat.In
thewintertheymaywellhavecoldhandsandfeet,but
theydonotmindfeelingcold.
Theirsymptomsandgeneralconditionareoften
worseinthemorningaround10or11a.m.Theyalso
feelworseforexerciseandbetterforlyingdown.
Womenwithpre-menstrual tensionmayneed
Natrummuriaticum iftherestofthesymptompicture
agrees.Anuncommonsymptomthatwillleadyoutopre-
scribeNatrummuriaticum isthatthesepeoplearecom-
pletelyunabletopassurineinthepresenceofothers.
Childrenwillwantthetoiletdoorclosed.Adult
Natrummursfinditdifficulttourinateinapublictoilet.
EMOTIONAL/MENTALSYMPTOMS
Absent-minded. Angry.Complaintsfrom:
disappointedlove;grief;humiliation;suppressionof
emotions.Confused.Depressed:butcannotcry;
fromsuppressedgrief.Desirestobealone.
Discontented.Dislikesconsolation.Introverted.
Irritable.Sensitivegenerally.Tearful:withdifficulty
crying;criesonown.
Worseforconsolation;beforeamenstrualperiod.
Despitebeingemotionaltypes,Natrummuriaticum
charactersappearverycoolastheyfinditdiff


 are one and the
same.
This oneness has no judgments about anyone being more enti-
tled to abundance than anyone else. It is everywhere and in all
things, and it shows up when you, as a localized particle of that
divine source, recognize your connection and are open to it work-
ing in your life.
While gratitude is such an important part of this consciousness
that it represents the ninth and final principle of spiritual manifest-
ing, it is not appreciation for a special favor. The ego thrives on
making you special and distinct from others and, therefore, more
deserving of its multitude of demands. The ego would love you to
think of these manifestations as special favors, because in doing so,
you would reinforce your separation from that source.
Your desires manifest because you are in perfect alignment with
your source of creation, and because you are not placing any limita-
tions on what can come into your life. Ignore your ego’s efforts to
make you think that you are receiving God’s richest blessings in the
form of having your desires materialize because you are special.
Instead, be thankful and use these blessings in the service of oth-
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ers and in deep gratitude for your own spiritual essence. Your iden-
tification is no longer exclusively with the physical body, and your
infinite soul is recognized as your true essence. It is this recognition
that is responsible for your manifestation results, not that you have
been singled out. Remember again, the universal intelligence called
God cannot possibly be singled out, since it is everywhere in every-
thing.
View any and all obstacles as lessons, not indications of failure.
Keep in mind that you are practicing patience and detachment from
outcome. When anything appears to be an obstacle, do not use that
material fact to deny the existence of the universal energy that is
your essence.
Once again, this is the work of the ego, which wants you to
believe that it, rather than God, is in charge. If the ego can convince
you that this stuff is all nonsense, and that these obstacles are proof
positive that God is ignoring you, then you will be back in its influ-
yACNGe.
Everything that shows up in your life is supposed to. This
includes the falls in your life, which provide you with the energy to
propel yourself to a higher state of awareness.
Manifesting is a higher state of awareness than merely feeling as
if you are being pushed around by the whims of the environment
and a boss who is in charge of everything. Each obstacle, however
difficult, however imposing, is a test for you to keep your faith and
stay with the inner knowing that has banished all doubt.
When things do not appear to be materializing the way you had
planned, remind yourself that you are infinitely patient and unat-
tached to any particular schedule. Most of the blessings in your life,
and in mine, too, were preceded by some falls that we were not
sure we could manage when they happened. But you did, and I did,
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and I know in my heart that all spiritual advances are generally pre-
ceded by a fall of some kind. I tend to view those falls with gratitude
rather than dismay.
My knowing about my ability to manifest the essence of my
desires is so strong that I can maintain my patience and detachment
from how the details show up, even in the face of what might look
like insurmountable odds. Remember, there is no timetable when
you have infinite patience. There is no failure when you are
detached from how it shows up. It works. Know it, and let the uni-
verse handle all of the details.
Release all judgment from your manifestation practice. The univer-
sal law is not a dual energy. It does not operate on the same dualism
that works here on the earth plane. It does not discriminate or
work on a good/bad, right/wrong basis. There is just one energy
that permeates all things, and everything is a part of that power. By
its very nature, the universal law is in balance, therefore whatever
you desire must also be in harmony with the recognition of this
divine universal source from which all things receive their life
energy.
This requires you to be willing to suspend your inclination to
judge that which shows up in your life as right or wrong, good or
bad, attractive or unattractive and so on. Your judgments halt the
flow of universal energy into your life and put you at odds with that
divine power. It is not that you will be punished, it is that your
recognition will alter the natural flow of that energy into your life.
Your ability to manifest depends in large part on your own will-
ingness to leave behind the collective unconscious—the collective
judgments that make up the totality of human beliefs. The numer-
ous judgments of world belief patterns that you are attached to
inhibit your ability to manifest the desires of your heart. Detaching
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from these beliefs is one of the greatest challenges of your life.
You have to leave this collective unconsciousness by suspending
your judgments and all of those beliefs that the collective conscious-
ness holds, and step unflinchingly into the world of the unknown.
You will probably experience a sense of loss and perhaps a feeling of
loneliness as you make this step out of judgment. The reward is that
you will begin to expand your own perceptions and to accept that
what others believe are their perceptions. They are not necessarily
the facts as you know them. What the collective consciousness
believes to be the limits to their abilities you will know as a misper-
ception.
You will not need to be in conflict with this consciousness
because you will have stepped into a higher vibration wherein there
are no limits. The physical earth plane has its limits. You, however,
are now a resident in the universal intelligence that is responsible
for the existence of that physical earth plane. Make this leap by leav-
ing behind all judgments and by becoming totally accepting of all |
that arrives from that unlimited supply of energy.
It could be a business card that you find while walking on the
beach, or it could take the form of a book or a tape recording, or a
message that was intended for another but is in your mailbox.
These can all be cues. Send away all judgments about how anything
arrives in your life and refuse to assume the collective judgments
that permeate the beliefs of most of the people you encounter.
Harness this universal intelligence by noticing it manifesting regu-
larly, which is, essentially, in every single event in your life.
As you node what arrives and disappears, try to do it without
judgment and with a feeling of total acceptance, leaving your
thoughts out of the picture completely. Your mind will want to play
the judgment game. Remember, here you are feeling as if what you
want to manifest is already in your life. Your mind will not agree
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with you, and you must learn to suspend your judgments. You
might say to yourself, “I am wealthy and happy,” and your mind
counters with, “You are not.” Thus, you ‘have a clash of opposing
energies: your desire versus your mind, with all of its judgments and
negativity.
This clash is your warning that you are not going to enter the
kingdom of manifestation. You do not get to become a manifester
until you have thoroughly discarded the: negativity that you have
inherited from the collective unconscious. You have to enter a new
dimension. This is not accomplished by leaving the earth plane, it is
an inward journey.
In that inner world, anything that you can imagine is actually a
part of you right now. Your proclamation of being wealthy and
happy, if taken to that inner nonjudgmental world, will lead you to
feel wealthy and happy. This, in turn, will lead you to begin acting in
new ways. You will begin to create a new concrete reality of wealth
and happiness within yourself as you generate a positive attitude
toward all that you encounter. No judgments, simply maintaining
an inner feeling of having already manifested whatever it is you
desire.
Remember, the universal law is neutral and everywhere, and is
unconcerned about whether you receive your heart’s desire.
Therefore, you must take to the path of manifestation with enthusi-
asm and a total absence of judgment. You are going to collect that
which is already here and belonging to you, with no doubt and only
a fierce private determination to receive what you are now totally
aligned with in your inner world of nonjudgmental energy. This law
does not discriminate. It receives your energy and delivers whatever
you put into it. You must trust in this energy and be totally free of
judgment about the method and timing of the delivery.
Your mind will attempt to use logic, but manifestation is not log-
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ical. Your mind will try to employ negativity by insisting that you are
too old, too stupid or too undeserving; that you never win anything;
that you have wished for things in the past and been disappointed
and there is no reason for you to expect things to change now. This
is the attachment of the mind and the ego to results and past his-
tory. It is thinking by using a logical set of


stituents  All parts of the plant contain the
sesquiterpene lactone cynaropicrin (which is strongly
bitter) and much inulin. The leaves also contain
cynarin, which has liver-protective properties.
History & Folklore  Artichokes were
greatly valued by the ancient Greeks and Romans.
Dioscorides (1st century ce) recommended
applying the mashed roots to the armpit or
elsewhere on the body to sweeten offensive odors.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Artichoke is a
valuable medicinal plant. Like milk thistle ( Silybum
marianus, p. 137), it benefits the liver, protecting
against toxins and infection. Though the leaves are
particularly effective, all parts of the plant are
bitter and stimulate digestive secretions, especially
bile. This makes artichoke useful for the treatment
of gallbladder problems, nausea, indigestion, and
abdominal distension, with the added benefit that
it lowers blood cholesterol levels. A home recipe
from the Mediterranean region uses fresh artichoke
leaf juice mixed with wine or water as a liver tonic.
Artichoke is also taken during the early stages of
type 2 diabetes. It is a good food for diabetics,
as it significantly lowers blood sugar. It is also a
useful diuretic, and in France it has been used to
treat rheumatic conditions.
Research  Research with laboratory animals
in the late 1990s has shown that artichoke has
a powerful positive effect on the liver. Artichoke
extracts, and cynaroside in particular, appear to
reduce cholesterol synthesis in the liver, while leaf
extracts are strongly antioxidant and liver protective.Cyperus esculentus  (Cyperaceae)
Chufa,
Tiger Nut
Description  Erect, grass-like plant growing to
20 in (50 cm). Has cylindrical brown tubers, lance-
shaped leaves, and rays of small spikes of green-
brown flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to the
Mediterranean region, chufa was first introduced to
Spain and North Africa by the Arabs. It now grows
worldwide, including in India. The tubers (called
“nuts”) are unearthed in winter and summer.
Parts Used  Tubers.
Constituents  Chufa contains 20–36% fixed oil,
known as chufa or tiger nut oil.
History & Folklore  Chufa nuts have been
found in the excavations of the earliest settlements
in the Nile Valley, and since ancient times they have
remained a popular food in the region. The Greek
physician Dioscorides, writing in the 1st century ce,
mentions their ability to comfort the stomach.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Chufa is regarded
as a digestive tonic, having a heating and drying effect
on the digestive system and alleviating flatulence. It
also promotes urine production and menstruation.
The juice is taken to heal ulcers of the mouth and
gums. Ayurvedic medicine classifies the nuts as
digestive, tonic, and aphrodisiac.
Related Species  Many other species of
Cyperus are used as foods or medicines. For
example, in Chinese herbal medicine C. rotundus
is used as a liver tonic, to counter indigestion and
to promote menstruation. C. stolonifera, native to
tropical regions of Asia and Australia, is thought
to ease stomach pain and act as a heart stimulant.
Perhaps the most famous Cyperus species of all
is papyrus ( C. papyrus ). This plant provided fiber
for the first writing paper, invented by the ancient
Egyptians. Papyrus was also chewed like sugar cane,
and used medicinally in eye compresses and to
bandage wounds.Lemon grass  makes
a soothing tea.
Artichoke  flower heads are nourishing and beneficial for the
liver and digestion. Cypripedium pubescens
(Orchidaceae)
Lady’s Slipper,
American Valerian
Description  Perennial orchid with several
stems sheathed by broad lance-shaped leaves.
Has beautiful, complex golden-yellow and purple
flowers in late summer.
Habitat & Cultivation  This herb is native to
eastern North America. Its natural habitat is woods
and pastures, but due to overharvesting, it is rarely
found in the wild. It is cultivated to a limited degree.
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200Cytisus s Copariusother medicinal plantsPart Used  Rootstock.
Constituents  Lady’s slipper is poorly
researched, but it is known to contain a volatile oil,
resins, glucosides, and tannins.
History & Folklore  Lady’s slipper was held in
high regard by Native Americans, who used it as a sedative and antispasmodic. It was commonly taken to ease menstrual and labor pains, and to counter insomnia and nervous conditions. The Cherokee used one variety to treat worms in children. In the Anglo-American Physiomedicalist tradition, lady’s slipper had many uses. Swinburne Clymer (in Nature’s Healing Agents, 1905) considered the plant “of special value in reflex functional disorders, or chorea, hysteria, nervous headache, insomnia, low fevers, nervous unrest, hypochondria, and nervous depression accompanying stomach disorders.”
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Due to its scarcity
and cost, lady’s slipper is now rarely used. A sedative and relaxing herb, it treats anxiety, stress-related disorders such as palpitations, headaches, muscular tension, panic attacks, and neurotic conditions generally. Like valerian (Valeriana officinalis, p. 148), lady’s slipper is an effective tranquilizer. It reduces emotional tension and often calms the mind sufficiently to allow sleep. Indeed, its restorative effect appears to be more positive than that
of valerian.
Caution  In view of its rarity, lady’s slipper should
no longer be used medicinally. Myddfai recommend broom as a means to treat
suppressed urine: “seek broom seed, and grind into fine powder, mix with drink and let it be drank. Do this till you are quite well.” Broom tops have been pickled and used as a condiment similar to capers (Capparis spinosa, p. 182).
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Broom is used
mainly as a remedy for an irregular, fast heartbeat. The plant acts on the electrical conductivity of the heart, slowing and regulating the transmission
of the impulses. Broom is also strongly diuretic, stimulating urine production and thus countering fluid retention. Since broom causes the muscles of the uterus to contract, it has been used to prevent blood loss after childbirth.
 QCautions  T ake broom internally only under
professional supervision. Do not take during pregnancy, or if suffering from high blood pressure. The plant is subject to legal restrictions in
some countries.History & Folklore  Mezereon was formerly
well used in northern Europe, both internally as  a purgative and externally as an ointment for cancerous sores and skin ulcers. The Swedish naturalist Carolus Linnaeus (1707–1778) recorded that the bark was applied to the bites of poisonous reptiles and rabid dogs. People have reportedly died simply from eating birds that have eaten the highly poisonous berries.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Today, mezereon
is considered too poisonous to be ingested. Mezereon is used occasionally as an external counterirritant and is effective on rheumatic  joints, increasing blood flow to the affected area.
 RCautions  Under no circumstances should
mezereon be taken internally. It should only be used externally under professional supervision,  and never on open wounds.
Mezereon was once
used as a remedy
for rheumatic joints.Broom, taken under professional guidance, helps to
regulate an overly rapid heartbeat.
Cytisus scoparius syn. sarothamnus
scoparius (Fabaceae)
Broom
Description  T all deciduous shrub growing
to 61⁄2 ft (2 m). Has narrow ridged stems, small
trefoil leaves, and bright yellow flowers in leafy
terminal spikes.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to Europe,
broom is commonly found on heaths and verges,
and in open woodland. It is naturalized in many
temperate regions, including in the U.S. The flowering tops are picked from spring to autumn.
Parts Used  Flowering tops.
Constituents  Broom contains quinolizidine
alkaloids (particularly sparteine and lupanine), phenethylamines (including tyramine), isoflavones (such as genistein), flavonoids, a volatile oil, caffeic and p-coumaric acids, tannins, and pigments. Sparteine reduces the heart rate and the isoflavones are estrogenic.
History & Folklore  Both the common and
species names of this plant indicate its usefulness  as a sweeper (“scopa” means “broom” in Latin). Broom’s medicinal value is not mentioned in classical writings, but it does appear in medieval herbals. The 12th-century Welsh Physicians of D


 Trust in October 1997 at the
conference "A Voice for the Guinea Pig?" organised by Consumers for Ethics Research (CERES, P.O.Box 1365, London N16 0BW).
It shows the downside of genetically engineered insulin.
MY INVOL VEMENT IN DIABETES is because my daughter, now 27, has had insulin dependent diabetes since she was ﬁve years
old and had insulin injections for 22 years. People with diabetes do not produce insulin and so it has to be injected and because it is
injected in boluses, it has to balance with food and exercise. Sometimes the blood sugar can go too high or too low. It is these low
blood sugars, hypoglycaemia or" hypos", that are of constant concern to those living with diabetes, because if the lows remain
untreated by an intake of sugary food, then there are physical changes, behavioural changes and eventual seizure or coma. Usually
there are warning signs of hypos: pallor, hunger, sweating, trembling. Sometimes these symptoms are reduced or not present at all.
INTRODUCING 'HUMAN' INSULIN
From the discovery of insulin in the 1920s until the early 1980s. natural animal-derived insulins had been used, but in 1982,
genetically produced so-called 'hum an’ insulin became available and by the late 1980s, 84 per cent of the diabetic community (in
Britain) had been transferred to ‘human’  insulin and nearly all the newly diagnosed were put straight on it.
However, in 1985/96, patients started to complain of problems, mainly of low blood sugar without the necessary safeguard of warning
signs. This meant they could not handle the hypos themselves, required outside assistance from family or friends, or went rapidly into
seizure or coma. Additional complaints appeared from family carers -extreme lethargy, behavioural changes (aggression and
violence), memory loss, confusion, depression, joint pains, weight increase and changes in the menstrual cycle.
All this happened to my daughter over a period of four of the ten years she was taking so-called ‘human’  insulin. She had tests for all
sorts of possible causes, but was told by her doctor there was nothing wrong. By this time, her weight had increased from nine and a
half stone (133 lbs/60 kg) to 13 stone (182 lbs/83 kg) in spite of eating very little; she spent all her time, when not at work, asleep and
could hardly walk to the nearest bus stop. In sheer desperation she insisted on changing back to animal insulin and within three days
showed an unbelievable improvement: her hypo warnings returned, she was no longer confused, the pains disappeared, and over a
longer period her memory largely returned, she went back to nine stone and for the ﬁrst time had regular periods.
One could say this is an isolated adverse reaction. But I was a trustee of the British Diabetic Association, and I knew that between
1986 and 1989 they received up to 3000 letters from people with diabetes or their carers. These were desperate letters, angry letters,
but all describing similar problems to those of my daughter after changing to ‘human’  insulin.
But there is more - the changeover took place often without the patient knowing or without discussion, a letter in the post or the
pharmacist just gave them different insulin with no warnings. Our doctors assumed that 'human’  insulin would be cheaper and better -
assumptions with no evidence except drug company sales patter.
The anger that grew was because, when reporting problems to their consultants, patients were not believed, nor were they believed
by the BDA (British Diabetic Associa tion). People were sent to psychiat rists and psychologists, including my daughter and for some
life was unbearable. People were told they could not change back to animal insulin.
I resigned from the BDA and a few months later formed the IDDT  (Insulin Dependent Diabetes Trust) with Dr Matt Kiln, a GP with
diabetes who had experienced very real problems himself.
We gathered information with which to do battle. We gathered information from people with diabetes and we looked at insulin
manufacturers, the research and the systems, which are in place for our protection.
TALKING T O THE DRUG COMP ANIES
We made contact with patients in Switzerland who already had formed an organisation for the preservation of natural animal insulins.
The drug companies and BDA said the problems only existed in the UK and Switzerland, but our investigation showed that in many
countries ‘human’  insulin was introduced gradually, unlike the UK and Switzerland where over a relatively short time huge numbers of
people were transferred and hence the problems all started to appear at the same time. In the States, for instance, transfer was
gradual and is still going on with 300,000 people still using animal insulins, but patients are now starting to complain. In other
countries, such as Australia, animal insulins were simply withdrawn, leaving patients with no alternative but to use ‘human’  insulin.
So what did we discover about the insulin manufacturers? We wrote to them but always received the same reply - no scientiﬁc
evidence of problems and guarantees of animal insulin supplies to the year 2000.
But let's look at the real situation, always bearing in mind that ‘human’  insulin is cheaper and easier to produce than animal but in the
UK sells for 50 per cent more than animal. In real terms, the NHS (publicly-funded National Health Service) has been spending £19
million per year more on ‘human’  than if everyone had remained on pork insulin, which was causing no problems.
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Lilly and Novo, and pork insulin is supplied by one company only - Novo. We are at the whim of commercial decisions, so that insulin
producers are able to dictate to consumers and prescribing doctors, which again makes us ask why the doctors have not supported
patients on this issue.
But the reality is that the insulin manufacturers...
1. pay for research in diabetes
2. pay salaries of diabetes specialist nurses
3. pay for conferences and all that
4. donate to the British Diabetes Association
We looked at the research and what did we ﬁnd? In 1980, the ﬁrst study  was published, carried out under Professor Harry Keen with
17 non-diabetic men. By 1982, ‘human’  insulin was licensed and on the market. Remarkably short time considering it was the ﬁrst
genetically produced drug ever to be used on mankind. Was two years really long enough to carry out studies in the whole spectrum
of people with diabetes: the young, the old, the pregnant, those with complications? Were these trials carried out and within two
years? Nor was there any formal post marketing surveillance.
No large-scale trials have ever been carried out and bearing in mind that there are 350,000 people with diabetes who are insulin
dependent in the UK alone, problems are not going to be detected in small studies with 20, 30 or 50 participants. Very few studies of
any size have been carried out looking at people in their normal living situation.
We know that there is scientiﬁc evidence to show differences between ‘human’  and animal insulins, but this evidence is ignored.
There is no evidence to show that" human' insulin has any clinical advantages for patients. We also know that there is very little
effective protection for us, the patients or consumers, and that our voices and experiences count for very little. We know that the
pharmaceutical industry has power beyond most people's dreams and that the medical profession and researchers are being sucked
into this power game. They have lost or are losing control and it is not in the consumers' interests that this should happen.
Vast sums of money are spent on research; only a fraction of which is published and certainly in diabetes, much of it is funded by
industry, so we are receiving a biased picture.
I have a daughter, only 27, whose future health and life is no longer in the hands of the medical profession but in the hands of the
powerful pharmaceutical industry. Government cannot force them to produce an insulin which they consider to be not commercially
viable, but surely the consumers, the medical profession and government could, if they united, insist on obtaining the answer to one
very simple question: where is the evidence to show that genetically produced ‘human’  insulin has any beneﬁts for patients to justify
the actions that have taken place and the use of ‘human’  insulin as ﬁrs t line treatment?
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 digestive system and
eventually create Ama.
Meat is better c ombined with green vegetables; yogurt is better consumed
without fruits or, even better, taken as a drink with meals (for lassi, mix 2
tablespoons of yogurt with one cup of water). Y ogurt is better left out of the
meal at dinner time as our dig estion slows down in the eve nings; milk
should a lways b e boiled and dr unk away from food, and neve r with salty
meals (i t curdles the milk and produces Ama in the body); milk should not
be whipped into your eggs to make them fluf fy.As I write this, cheese and mea t lover ’ s pizza comes to mind.  How about
hambur gers, sandwiches made with cold cuts and cheese, and milk with
meals? I f you are consuming those foods and reading this, don’ t worry. As
horrendous and impossible as i t may seem, it is not a big undertaking to
take che ese or meat out of your  sandwiches or take meat out of your pizza.
Start wit h the idea in your mind and it may not be as dif ficult as you feel it
might be  in this moment. Let the idea take seed in your mind. There is a
reason why you are still readin g about it. Give yourself a chance to shift;
your own power may amaze you.
F O O D  N E E D S  T O  B E  B A L A N C I N G.
Using the principle of balance will go a long way towards stopping us from
yo-yoing between diets and fad foods. Balancing meals are created by
paying attention to your imbalance, the seasons, the time of day, and eating
enough, not too much or too little. It is important to take the time to eat but
also not  to make it a long, drawn-out af fair. Including variou s tastes and
textures will go a long way in satisfying your nutritional needs.
Optimally, 50%  of our meal should be comprised of fres hly cooked
vegetables, including leafy green vegetables. This is easier accomplished if
we p lan our meals around the vegetables, rather than thinking o f vegetables
as the side dish. About 25% or  1/4 of the plate, should be w hole grains.
Many grains are a great source of protein and fiber, they are easy to cook,
and very  versatile. For non-vegetarians, if you’d rather add animal based
protein, then just keeping it to 2 5% of your meal will reduce the quantity.
Adding something sour, e.g. lemon, on your vegetables or soup, or pickles,
olives, s auerkraut or a digestive chutney such as mint chutne y (recipe in
Chapter 19 ), to a dish is a good way to complete the meal.
F O O D  N E E D S  T O  B E  E A T E N  W H E N  Y O U
F E E L  H U N G R Y.
Food sh ould be  eaten on an empty stomach after the last meal has been
digested and not before. Snackin g between meals should be min imized and
you should only do this if you are really hungry. If you a re prone tosnacking, it is always better to add a little more to your meals (unless you
have blood sugar or other medical issues).
Constant snacking often leads to overconsumption and it gets in the way of
fully digesting the previous meal. It is important to mark the end of a meal
by washing the dishes and putting them away, cleaning the table, and
putting t he food away. Leaving food on the kitchen table not on ly tempts us
to snack on it, but it also makes eating a drawn out af fair.
F O O D  S H O U L D  B E  E A T E N  I N  P L E A S A N T
S U R R O U N D I N G S,  W I T H O U T  D I S T R A C T I O N S
O R  S T I M U L A T I O N.
As m entioned earlier in this book, it’ s important to delay eating if you are
upset. This allows complete satisfaction with the meal a nd curtails
overeating.
F O O D  N E E D S  T O  B E  B A L A N C I N G  F O R
Y O U R  P A R T I C U L A R  C O N S T I T U T I O N.
Food is a big way to change yo ur health. What goes into your body af fects
your life. An understanding of your constitution and current imbalances
provides a deeper understanding of your food choices. This is w here it pays
to work  with an expert instead  of risking the errors that may come from
using fragmented information or becoming overwhelmed.
Ama res ults fro m the poor dige stion of food or experiences an d it blocks
our conn ection w ith our body’ s underlying intelligence in the same way our
negative emotions may get in the way of our happiness. When digestion is
not working ef ficiently, food is not properly digested. What is not digested
becomes Ama that builds up in our body and our tissues,  eventually
blocking the channels through which nutrients are delivered.
What is the on e thing you ca n do to move in the dir ection of eating
A yurvedic meals?C H A P T E R  1 3I t  T a k e s  a  V i l l a g e
D own the  str eet fr om the house I gr ew up in lived a family whose little hut
was mad e of mud and straw. M y mom knew the family and often talked to
the moth er when  she was out walking. One day my mom came home fr om
her walk and to ld us that the woman was in labor and neede d help. She
went into the ki tchen to make s ome special foods for her. I r emember my
mom ma king ma ny trips back an d forth to this lady’ s house, delivering food
that would help her r ecover and heal fr om childbirth. Thi s was very
common wher e I gr ew up. I r e member many other times when my mom
would take food to anyone she had hear d needed help. Ther e was always a
community ar ound us, someone  was always coming or going, sharing, and
checking up on one another. Neighbors would often shar e th e food they
cooked, and we looked out for o ne another. No appointments wer e needed;
we fr ee ly went into each ot her ’ s homes and kitchens. This type of
envir onment holds the power to heal in a way that no herb or drug can.
I am  hopeful t hat these types of practices are present today in many
communities ar ound the world, regardless of how advanced we have
become. The need for connectio n is as basic as the need for air. Love is our
true nature and, ultimately, it is love that heals. It is the subtlest yet the most
potent fo rce that  drives our most  desirable behaviour, actions and life, and it
needs to  be upheld and rememb ered as if our life depended on it. The truth
is, o ur li fe and our liveliness does depend on the love in our h earts and in
our live s, henc e the need to  cultivate and foster it in our homes,
neighborhoods a nd communitie s. Regardless of how much w e evolve or
prosper, the deep desire for the human heart to connect with another
remains.
Many of  us struggle with our ch allenges silently for the fear of shame, or to
maintain an image that we have  constructed about ourselves. W e hesitate to
speak up  and reach out, especial ly in the case of mental illness. The truth is
that the physical  illness only pro vides a mask for what’ s going on internally
within u s. Ther e really isn’ t a physical illness that is not rooted in our
mental a nd emo tional health. W e need to be able to converse about ouremotional challenges as easily as we talk about our blood pressure or a knee
pain. Giving words to what we feel is the first step in getting clear on
what’ s h appening internally. Sh aring our challenges lessens them; we feel
we can breathe again, and find a way to a solution.
W e are not our challenges, our illnesses or our struggles. Our human life is
the caus e of these struggles; they are here to heal us, if we let them. The
human l ife does  not dif ferentiate between rich and poor, fat and thin, high
or low status. These are man-made concepts or beliefs that have no bearing
on our T ruth. W e must understand that. There isn’ t anything to  hide, as we
are all the same in our experiences and challenges.
T H E  C R Y  F O R  C O N N E C T I O N
Our stories may be dif ferent but our struggles aren’ t really


 shallows to lay their
eggs. A  female lays between 60,000 and 120,000 eggs in one
spawning. Dat ing back 450 million years, or 200 millio n years
before dinosaurs, horseshoe crabs look like hard, rounded turtleshells with spiky tails (they are not actually crabs but are closely
related to spiders and scorpions).
Within two weeks the eggs will hatch, so the opening for the red
knots to  feast on them is very brief. Yet every year, the stirring to
migrate is felt 9,300 miles aw ay near the Antarctic. The full moon
in May can fall  on any of the month’s thirty-one days, and the red
knot m ust start its journey from Tierra del Fuego in F ebruary.
How di d Nature synchroniz e the Moon, the mating cycle of a
living fossil in the sea, and a tiny bird that has the  longest
migratory path  on earth? In the red knot’s case, the timing is
somehow rooted in its DNA, and it comes with s weeping
physiological changes. Prior to migrating, the bird’s wing muscles
expand while its leg muscles shrink. Because horseshoe crab eggs
are soft and easily digested, the red knot’s stomach shrinks prior
to ta king off. Its crop, which has grit in it to grind up the hard food
that the bird eats in winter, also shrinks.
In o ther words, the red kno t’s DNA knows in advance every
detail of the f uture. Since their Arctic breeding ground is bare,
exposed tundra with no food source, the birds double their weight
by adding fat during the Delaware feeding frenzy on horseshoe
crab eggs, which lasts from ten to fourteen days. If any element in
this synchronized cycle falters, survival is threatened.
(Unfortunately, this has happened. Red knots are endangered for
various reason s, a major one being the drastic de cline in
horseshoe crabs as coastal waters are damaged.)
Human beings are not tied t o instinct when it comes to time,
although our DNA somehow knows how to time puberty and
menstrual cycl es, for example. Cells are programmed to die at a
certain time, a process known  as apoptosis. A  typical cell can only
divide around fifty times before dying (the so-called Hayflick
limit), and the process can  be scientifically measured  in the
laboratory. But at bottom it is totally mysterious. Cells are
chemical facto ries enclosed in a soft, permeable me mbrane.
Chemical reactions happen instantly when two molecules meet;
there is  no hesitation, delay,  postponement, or going back. How,
then, does a collection of chemical reactions, each tied to the
present instant, acquire the  ability to time future events? The
question is so basic that almost no one asks it.Imagine a game of pool, with  the balls representing atoms and
molecules set to collide inside a heart or liver cell. After you break
the pac k with your first shot, the rest is mechanical. When pool
balls collide, they must bounce off each other instantly, and where
they tra vel nex t is determined by Newton’s laws of motion. As one
of New ton’s laws dictates, once a ball is hit or collides with
another ball, it must travel in a straight line until something stops
it. Nothing abnormal seems to happen as the game unfolds. Yet
when y ou return to the pool room the next day at noon, the balls
have alr eady ar ranged thems elves in a pack, ready for the first hit.
Such be havior would be remarkable enough in pool balls, but your
DNA anticipates countless events, controlling the timed release of
hormones, for example, anticipating the need to refresh the
chemical triggers that fire in a brain cell with every thought, and
organizing hun dreds of synchronized biorhythms with absolute
precision unless we interfere (by staying up all night, for example,
or taking hormone supplements).
We cannot enter into the experience of time that other species
have. But since time is so variable and malleable, we can say that it
is constructed differently by the DNA of each living thing.
Therefore, it takes no leap of imagination to say that time is a
construct to begin with. Since DNA consists of atoms that interact
instantly, something outside the atom must be doing all this
precision timing and synchronization. The only viable candidate is
consciousness. After all, you cannot manipulate time unless you
know that time exists.
L i v i n g  i n  a  C r e a t i v e  U n i v e r s e
If time is a construct, the same is true for the other things we
consider essen tial to the universe. Our experience of matter and
energy is quite species-specific. Does a termite steadily gnawing its
way through a house’s woo den frame experience the wood as
hard? D oes a mole confined underground for its entire lifetime in
a tunnel barely wide enough to crawl through experience space as
tight?For our species of consciousness, time, space, matter, and
energy are malleable experie nces, tied to our creativity. That is,
they ca n expand and contract in various ways, as Einstein
explained with  a quip: “Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute,
and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it
seems like a minute. That’s relativity.” But he was actually
sidestepping t he core issue of time: Is it relative just because
humans say so? Sitting in a  dentist’s chair dislocates time for
people who fear the experience; they cannot say how much time
has pas sed, exc ept that every minute was unpleasant. This doesn’t
alter the hands on the clock in the dentist’s office, s o which
version, the personal experience or the mechanical device, is real?
It w ill seem biz arre, but human experience is what makes time
real, not clocks. To get at how we create the experience of time—
along w ith sp ace, matter, and energy—you must opt  out of
accepting that  these are fixed things. The current theory of the
universe helps us out here, because after Einstein proved that
matter can turn into energy ( E  = mc2), th e door wa s opened for
other t ransformations. A later physicist, the American Richard
Feynman, could even show mathematically how an electron’s
position can be expressed as moving backward in time. This is like
being a sked w here you live, and you answer, “I live at 6 3 Maple
Street, although sometimes I live in last February. Take your
pick.” Our stable notion of c ause and effect has been dis mantled
by expe riments in “reverse causation,” where an even t in the
future affects what is happening now.
The ultimate transformation, however, occurs when the field of
virtual particles morphs into physical particles. This is commonly
known as “something from nothing.” Virtual particles are invisible
and have no location in time and space, but they are  totally
necessary for the physical universe. It’s like reversing ghost
stories, where the ghost com es first and the living person  second.
If you look at your hand and  begin to reduce it to finer a nd finer
levels of physicality, it qu ickly becomes a shivering web of
molecules. These molecules are not as solid as your hand, and at
the next level down, you arrive at a congregation of atoms that are
barely p hysical, being over 99.9999 percent empty space. This is
the last  level at which physical existence clings by a thread. At thelevel of subatomic particles, there is a winking in and out of
existence as quarks, gluons, and other exotica of the quantum
domain shift from being vir tual to being intact in our physical
universe. Goin g from nothing to something is happening in your
hand and in every other physical object all the time.
So t he pivotal i ssue isn’t that solid physicality is an illusio n. No
one can  dispute this—we couldn’t exist without buying into the
psychological security blanket that the world won’t vanish
tomorrow in a puff of subatomic mist. The pivotal issue is whether
consciousness, and particularly human consciousness,  is the
creative force behind “something from nothing.”
Being human unfolds in time and space. Your birth certificate
attests t o the date of your birt h and the town you were born in. No
one’s birth certificate says, D ate of Birth: Eternity; Place o f Birth:
Everywhere. The commonsense assumption is that time and space
simply exist “out there” as part of the natural world. To e volve to
metahuman, h owever, we need to stop thinking of creation in
fixed te rms. Reality must be rebuilt to account for the role
consciousness plays. There ar e only two levels of reality. One level
is unbounded pure consciousness, which is a field of potential. The
other le vel is consciousness in  its excited state (to borrow a phrase
from particle physics), which we call the universe.
All excited states vibrate with  energy. Matter is vibrating with
physical energy, the mind with


ually	leading	to	breakage.	Certain	nonvolatile	or	fatty	alcohols,
however,	such	as	cetyl	alcohol,	are	okay,	as	they	have	a	higher	carbon	count	so
they	are	oily	and	actually	condition	hair.	Be	sure	to	check	labels	for	specific
names.
FORMALDEHYDE
Commonly	used	as	a	preservative	(you	might	recall	the	lab	rat	you	dissected	in
high	school	biology	was	embalmed	in	this),	it	irritates	the	skin	and	can	cause
inflammation,	joint	pain,	allergies,	chronic	fatigue,	and	dizziness.
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	It	is	also
considered	a	potential	carcinogen.	Stay	away!	(Be	sure	to	avoid	nail	polishes
that	contain	formaldehyde,	too.)
RADICAL	BEAUTY	TIP:	HAIR	CARE	IN	THE
SUNJust	like	your	skin,	your	hair	needs	adequate	sun	protection	to	prevent	it	from
drying	out	and	becoming	brittle,	damaged,	and	discolored	from	overexposure	to
the	sun.	There	are	some
sunscreens	made	for	the	hair,	but	the	easiest	and	most
effective	way	to	prevent	sun	damage	to	your	hair	is	to	wear	hats!	This	is	especially
important	when	you	are	out	in	the	sun	for	extended	periods	of	time.	From	sun	hats
to	boleros	and	beyond,	you’ll	be	able	to	express	your	personal	style
and
	protect
your	precious	hair,	all	at	the	same	time.
IMIDAZOLIDINYL	UREA	AND
DMDM	HYDANTOIN
On	that	note,	these	two	ingredients	are	preservatives	that	release	formaldehyde,
so	look	for	them	as	well	on	ingredient	lists.
PROPYLENE	GLYCOL	(PG)
PG	is	a	form	of	mineral	oil.	This	is	a	controversial	ingredient	that	some	believe
has	some	immunotoxicity	concerns.
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	It	comes	in	different	grades,	including	an
industrial	grade	that	is	part	of	commercial	products	such	as	engine	coolants,
antifreeze,	and	various	enamels	and	varnishes.	For	beauty	products,	it	helps	to
drive	ingredients	down	into	the	hair	(or	skin)	for	deeper	penetration.	It
may
break	down	the	proteins	that	make	up	your	hair	in	the	process	(obviously	the
opposite	of	what	you	want!),	and	also	may	create	allergic	reactions	or
irritations.
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POLYETHYLENE	GLYCOL	(PEG)
PEG	is	included	in	shampoos	to	help	dissolve	oils,	but	it	can	overstrip	your
hair,	leaving	it	vulnerable	and	weak.
DIETHANOLAMINE	(DEA),
MONOETHANOLAMINE	(MEA),	AND
TRIETHANOLAMINE	(TEA)
Does	this	remind	you	of	the	song	“Do-Re-Mi”	from
The	Sound	of	Music
?	These
rhyming	ingredients	are	not	happy	like	the	song.	They	are,	in	fact,	potential
hormone	disruptors	and	irritants
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	and	can	be	absorbed	into	your	hair	follicles
and	enter	your	body.	These	ingredients	are	“foamers,”	so	they’re	not	necessarily
even	great	for	your	hair,	per	se,	but	are	included	solely	for	the	experience	of
using	them.	But	really,	you	should	never	have	to	choose	between	foaming
shampoo	and	your	health.	Got	a	shampoo	with	any	of	these	three-letter
acronyms?	Into	the	trash	it	goes!
FRAGRANCE
This	is	a	tough	one	because	we	understand	that	you	want	your	hair	to	smellawesome.	But	fragrance	is	a	generic	term	for	up	to	3,100	stock	chemical
ingredients,
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	many	of	which	are	synthetic	and	toxic.	You	really	don’t	know
exactly	what	is	in	your	shampoo	or	conditioner	with	just	“fragrance”	on	the
ingredient	list,	so	you	risk	getting	headaches,	dizziness,	rashes,	and	a	number	of
allergic	reactions.	Tests	of	fragrance	ingredients	have	found	an	average	of
fourteen	hidden	compounds	per	formulation,	including	ingredients	linked	to
hormone	disruption	and	sperm	damage.
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	Exposure	to	these	types	of	chemicals
can	adversely	affect	your	central	nervous	system	and	even	affect	your	mood,
making	you	more	irritable.	No	good-smelling	shampoo	is	worth	being	moody!
Check	out	products	with	essential	oils,	which	smell	great	and	are	nontoxic.
NATURALLY	BEAUTIFUL
TEETH	AND	GUMS
A	beautiful	smile	stemming	from	authentic	joy	is	one	of	the	most	compelling
features	you	can	possess.	Feeling	confident	about	your	teeth	can	help	you	smile
more	naturally.
Oil	pulling,	or	swishing	sesame	or	another	oil	around	your	mouth	for
a	few	minutes	in	the	morning	before	spitting	it	out,	is	something	you	can
incorporate	into	your	morning	routine	to	help	keep	your	mouth	beautiful.	It	is
another	increasingly	popular	ancient
Ayurvedic	practice	that	benefits	your	mouth,
teeth,	and	gum	health.
Oil	pulling	is	believed	to	encourage	detoxification	by	attracting,	binding,	and
removing	bacteria,	toxins,	and	parasites	from	your	mouth	(where	a	lot	of	bacteria
tend	to	accumulate)	and	lymph	system,	while	helping	to	clear	out	mucus	and
congestion	from	your	throat	and	sinuses.	Some	even	believe	that	oil	pulling	can
help	activate	the	vagus	nerve,	which	sends	information	between	your	brain	and
the	enteric	nervous	system	in	your	gut,	which	controls	digestion.	Stimulating	the
vagus	nerve	is	said	to	activate	anti-inflammatory	pathways	in	the	digestive	tract.
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Directions	for	oil	pulling	are	simple:
1.
Warm	1	to	2	teaspoons	(or	a	bit	less,	if	you	have	a	tiny	mouth!)	of	pure,	cold-
pressed	sesame	oil.	(You	can	do	this	by	parceling	the	sesame	oil	you	are	using
into	a	small	vial,	and	then	holding	the	vial	under	hot	water	for	a	few	seconds.)
2.
Swish	the	warmed	oil	vigorously	around	all	parts	of	your	mouth	and	back	and
forth	across	your	gums	for	2	to	6	minutes.	Don’t	move	it	into	your	throat,	and
resist	the	temptation	to	gargle!	Although	sometimes	you	hear
recommendations	to	swish	the	oil	for	far	longer,	traditional	Ayurvedic
teachings	believe	that	is	unnecessary.	When	you	are	done,	spit	out	the	oil	into
the	garbage.
In	addition	to	oil	pulling,	another	component	of	the	Ayurvedic	morning	routine	is
chewing	2	or	3	teaspoons	of	black	sesame	seeds,	moving	them	around	the	entire
span	of	your	teeth,	for	1	to	3	minutes	before	spitting	them	out.	This	is	believed	to
help	polish,	strengthen,	and	mineralize	the	teeth;	remove	stains;	and	also	keep	your
gums	healthy.	The	black	sesame	seeds	are	extremely	high	in	calcium,	as	well	as
phosphorus,	iron,	and	magnesium.Radical	Beauty
Nail	Care
It’s	important	to	take	care	of	your	hands	and	nails,	which	are	an	extension	of
your	beauty.	They	undergo	a	great	deal	of	daily	wear	and	tear,	from	relentless
exposure	to	heat	and	cold	to	abrasive	soaps	and	excessive	water	from


connectedness.”

THE EASIEST  CONNECT ORS TO BELIEVE IN

Obviously, the easiest things for us to believe in are those that we can see.
Hence the notion “I’ll believe it when I see it” permeates our linear, form-
only culture. If you see a child pulling a toy with a long string, you have
very little difficulty in seeing and believing in the connection between that
moving toy and the child’ s actions. There is the string—I see the
connection! When something is connected, and we can see, hear, touch,
taste, or smell that connection, we have no difficulty in believing in its
connectedness. Thus, when we put gasoline in a car, and start the engine
and begin to burn the fuel, we see the connection between our actions andour ability to move about via an automobile. We are not in a state of
confusion or disbelief about how automobiles move from one point to
another. So the easiest connectors that make things hang togeth er are those
that you see with your own eyes, those that allow you to say to yourself, “I
see how that works, and I believe it.”

MORE DIFFICUL T CONNECTIONS: FORM TO HIDDEN
FORM

When you turn on the light from a wall switch, you cannot see the
connection betw een that switch and the room suddenly alive with light, but
you know that a connection exists, know the connectors are hidden inside
the walls. We do not have to see the connectors, we simply have to believe
that they are present, even though they are hidden, and we then have a
knowing about  how this process works. This category of “hidden
connectors” is a bit more difficult to comprehend, but not terribly so, since
we place  tremen dous faith in the fact that the connectors are still in form.
Even though they are out of view, we can find them if we really want to.

EVEN MORE DIFFICUL T CONNECTIONS: FORM TO
INVISIBLE FORM

You are sitting in your living room watching a television program. Rather
than getting up to change the channel, you take in your hand the remote
control, which is in no way conn ected to the television set. You press one of
its butto ns, and the channel changes. The television set is responding to
some sort of invisible signal. How does this work? You cannot see any
connectors. You cannot smell or hear anything. You can even place a piece
of paper in front of the remote control and the connection still exists. What
is going on here?
This category of connectors is something that all of us have grown
accustomed to. We buy our children toy automobiles which run by remote
control. A left turn for the toy car twenty feet away is accomplished by
pressing a left-turn button. Something travels through the air and instructs
the car to turn left. No wires, no strings, no visible connections, and yet we
believe in these connectors, even though most of us know almost nothing
about how they work. We believe that invisible signals fly through the airbecause that is what we are told, yet we have never seen those signals. So
now we are becoming more aware that a connection betwe en any two
objects does not require form,  as we perceive it with our senses, to be
present. We believe in and live with, connections that defy our senses. We
believe in them, and they work. After a few years of living with these kinds
of connectors, we even begin to take them for granted, despite the fact that
they are a complete mystery to us.

INVISIBLE CONNECTIONS: HUMAN FORM TO HUMAN
FORM

The next time someone is talking to you across a room and you are
listening, stop and ask yourself, “How is this happening? That person is ten
feet away, moving his mouth, there is nothing but air between us, and yet I
instantaneously hear and process everything that he is saying. How can this
be?” When you stop to consi der this everyday, ordinary occurrence, it
becomes mind-bending. Invisible things called sound waves travel between
a mouth and an ear, and you are able to process it all with your brain.
Where are the connectors? I see his mouth moving. Is he sending them out
of his mouth? I do not try to make my ears pick up these invisible signals,
yet they appear to do just that. We unquestioningly believe in a whole
classification of connections between people that our rational mind simply
cannot fathom.
We know that these invisible waves connect us from one person to
another, or even from an object such as a radio, or a door slamming, to a
person. We do not bother to make an attempt to figure it all out. We simply
accept a principl e called “sound” as something that exists, something that is
part and parcel of our humanity. We never say, “It simply cannot be. If I
cannot see it and touch it, then it must not exist.” Our belief in this principle
allows us to function as human beings. There are invisible connectors
between people, and you participate in them every day.

OUR OWN CONNECTIONS: OUR THOUGHT  TO OUR FORM

You are dancing with your partner, effortlessly gliding acros s the dance
floor. Your feet are doing exactly what they are supposed to do. There is
some kind of mysterious connection that exists between your thoughts andthe neuromuscul ar activity of your feet. Why do your feet move perfectly in
response to a thought which tells them to move? What is the connection?
How can this be?
Every single time you move the limbs and appendages of your form, they
are responding to a thought. But a thought is invisible and formless, and
that form lessness is somehow commanding those actions. You cannot see
the connection. You cannot explain it. But nevertheless, the fact that you
scratch your nose, or walk to the kitchen, or move your head, or move
toward a fly ball hit from a baseball bat and put your gloved hand up to
catch it, or make any other of the myriad movements that you engage in
every day, gives evidence that invisible connectors exist which allow you to
move about ef fortlessly in your everyday life.
Mental energy directs muscular energy. Mental energy is thought.
Therefore thought is some kind of a connection between a desire and a
physical outcom e. You believe very strongly in this connection even though
you cannot explain it. You accept this automatic stimulus response
connection as a way of life. You believe in it. You function within it. You
never question whether such a connection exists, for millions of daily
movements give you absolute proof that there is a connection between the
formless and the world of form. Keep this in mind as we move into the final
areas where those connections exist.

INCOMPREHENSIBLE CONNECTIONS: HUMAN THOUGHT
TO ANOTHER HUMAN FORM

My wife is sittin g in one part of the house and our baby is in another part of
the hous e, out of hearing range. My wife suddenly says to me, “The baby is
crying—will you go check on him?” Sure enough, he is crying ; yet it was
impossible for her to have heard the sound. Every mother who reads these
words will nod her head in agree ment, knowing that an invisible connection
does exist between her thoughts and the actions of her baby.
We have now gone beyond the comprehensible. There can be a
connection between the though t of one person and the actions of another,
without the benefit of any of the five senses. We all know that such an
invisible connection can exist. My wife will be ten miles away from the
baby and say to me, “We have to go home now—the baby is ready to eat.” I
say, “How can you know that he is hungry? Do you just know his schedulethat well?” She responds, “My milk just came in, and it alway s comes in
when it is time for him to eat.” What is this connection betwe en her body
and that of an infant ten miles away? Her body knows precisely when to
produce the milk based upon the thought of hunger in her infant, and it
works perfectly every time. The connection is invisible, but it is definitely
there for us to observe.
If such an invisi ble connection can exist between a baby and mother, can
it be tapped and utilized between any two humans? Can we refine this
relationship between our thoughts and the world of someone else’ s form?
While I was giving a speech recently, in Sacramento, California, a father
in the audience  was holding his baby, who started crying. The father
became nervous  and upset about disturbing the rest of the audience and
started walking  out, obviously still trying to hear my presentation. I
suggested that he relax about his own discomfort and communicate that
serenity to his infant. He smiled at me from the audience, relieved that I
was not going to judge him for having his baby there, and he noticeably
relaxed. The baby stopped fussing and for the next three hours never made a
peep. There was an invisible connection between his thoug hts and the
baby’ s behavior—a connection which defies description.

YOUR OWN CONNECTIONS: THOUGHT  TO THOUGHT

We do not even know what one thought is, and yet we all know  and believe
that a thought exists and that a connection also exists between any one
thought and another thought. For example, I sit


 as before. As
water was to be eliminated from her body, she was not given any
water to drink. The treatment had already been continued for long
and the patient was unwilling to prolong it. Her attendant informed
me that she was taking water secretly because she could not control
herself.
I felt this would not do. It would give the treatment an ill name. I
instructed Ranjitbhai to give up the treatment. The blood-pressure
had come down from 240 to 150 and we could consider our
tre.ttment as successful. After that the lady was treated by a Vaidya
for five weeks and she unfortunately expired. In my view the urine
experiment was successful. I do not claim that urine can avoid even
death. The doctors held that he patient could be cured if
blood-pressure came down even to 170-175. For this purpose they
had cut out the nerves by two operations but he pressure did not
abate. They had, therefor, lost all hope. With the treatment of unine,
blood-pressure was brought down from 240 to 150 and many of her
pains disappeared. This is no ordinary success. It is unfortunate that
she coLld not control hereself. The urine cure is not to be blamed for HIGH BlOOD-PRESSURE : 87
this. Thank God, (had the intuition to stop the treatment in time so
as to save the urine treatment from getting a bad name. Such cases
can. enlighten the path of any person engaged in research work on
urine therapy.
Low Blood-pressure : Shri Devdas Pandya of Nadiad (of Kala
Mandir) suffered from low blood-pressure and was feeling
discomfort and weakness due to it. He had a relative who was a
Vaidya and wanted him to undertake urine treatment. He devised a
trick for this. He used to collect urine of Shri Pandya on the pretext
of its examination and returned the same telling him to be cowls
urine! Shri Pandya used to drink it thinking it to be so. As a result,
his blood-pressure went up from 11 0 to 122 and weakness
diminished.
Had the Vaidya asked him in the beginning to drink auto-urine,
he would not have done so. So he was compelled to give it in the
name of cow1s urine. Now he has overcome nause and can
participate in a number of activities without feeling any exer;ion.
AFTERMATH OF CASES
1. Shri Ratilal Mody (7, Triveni Plot No. 62, Sion, Bombay) had
tried this therapy in full faith. He was fuffering from blood-pressure
for the last 30 years and had diabetes and eczema too! He could
bring under control blood-pressure· and diabetes and could. cure
eczema. This is a case of three-in-one-cure treatment. It IS no
wounder urine thrapy is really an ali-in-one-cure treatment.
2. Shrimati Saralaben R. Desai, (Vadifalis, Store Sheri, Surat) aged
thirty years,'had. high blood-pressure during pregnancy.
Blood-pressure durJng pregnancy is certainly a serious sy.mpt?m.
Doctors could not'bring it down. She began to take auto-unne 1n 4
oz. dose. She could not fast nor did she rub urine. Even then
blooil:pressure became normal and delivery was quite easy. She
recommended all pregnant women to take auto-urine to keep free
from big or small ailments during pregnancy. CHAPTER IV
TUBERCULOSIS
T. B. of Lungs : On the 12th and 13th March 1960, we held a
seminar on urine therapy in Harijan Ashram, Ahmedabad. The chair
was occupied by Dr. Pranjivandas Mehta,.M.D.M.s., the Director of
Ayurvedic Research Institute, Jamnagar (Saurashtra). A number of
doctors and Vaidyas participated in it. About 40 people related their
ideas and experiences about urine therapy. Shri Rambhai Himabhai
Patel, a farmer from Navagam (Ahmedabad), gave his account of
recovery from T.B. of lungs by the application of urine. The
chairman was surprised to hear his account and asked him to send a
written statement. It is as follows:
"I had been suffering from T.B. of lungs for the last four years. It
was preceded by cough and fever. I had been reduced to a bare
skeleton. I took the treatment of doctors and had some relief. In the
next winter, there was a relapse and cough and fever attacked me
·again. Another doctor advised me to undergo an operation and get
rid of the affected ribs.
"But God willed otherwise. I happened to go to a relative. He
asked me to try urine treatment before undergoing operation and I
agreed..
"I started with rubbing of urine on the 7th auspicious day of the
dark half Chaitra. After a week, drinking of urine was also begun.
After two weeks, I saw Shri Raojibhai and related to him my
experience. He listened to me with much interest and gave further
instructions. After that there was considerable improvement. Eleven
months have passed since then but I have never been obliged to see
any doctor or take any medicin. There is considerable improvement
in my appetite and power of digestion. Motions are regular. While
working in the field on two or three occasions, I got drenched in the
rains but there was no adverse effect on my healtp. The experiment
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has been continued for cough were experienced but they
disappeared after three or four days. Neither had I to take doctor's
medicine, not to keep in bed. Really this experiment is very
effective and encouraging."
Dr. Gunanidhi Bhatt, a homoeopath, has his dispensary near
Fernandiz Bridge, Gandhi Road, Ahmedabad. He has successfully
cured two T. B. patients with urine, though they were declared
as incurable. He has given me a report of the cases is writing,
on 13th November 1948.
Case No. I : "Shri K. D. Mehta, twenty-five years of age,
Suakadi Sheri, Ahmedabad, was an unmarried youth. About a
dozen doctors had diagnosed him a T. B. patient and had given
treatment. They had given up the case as incurable.
;'Occasionally he had attacks of blood-vomiting and dysentery.
The temperature continued from 100° along with cough. He could
not relish or digest any food. His body was reduced to have
skeleton. Even the slightes exertion caused gasping.
, "I gave him homoeopathic treatment for abou~ four months and
he felt some relief. After two months, the patient again sent for
me and after examination. I found that the disease was still there.
I advised him to drink an ounce of his own urine in the morning
and it was gradually increased to 3 oz and thrice a day. He was
also advised to rub urine before going to bed and wash the body
with warm water the next morning. The improvement began with
the first day ·of the treatment and a gradual relief was felt in
dysentery, fever digestion, vomiting, weakness and anemia. Due
to dysentery, the weight had been reduced to 80 lb. but it
increased to 1 00 lb. by two month's treatment. There was an
astonishing improvement in his appearance, nature, colour and
vigour in the body. Nobody could say Shri Mehta had suffered
from a fatal disease. I had permitted him· from the very beginning
to take a simple and digestible diet as it was dangerous to keep
such a week patient on fast."
Case No. II : "Miss K. R. Shah of Ahmedabad, aged seventeen, 90 : AUTO-URINE THERAJ>Y
suffered from bone-T. B. She was so weak that she could not get up
from the bed, nor was she able to t-urn on one ~ide or the other. She
could not even take a cup of tea. She had a boil of the ::lze of a
guava on her left thigh. Dqctors forwarded the -:ase to me. I gave her
one dose of homoeopathic medicine and opened the boil and about
a pound of pus was discharged from it. This. discharge gave her
some relief ailld she had some sleep after a long period· of
sleeplessness. I gave her homoeopathic medicine for some time but
there was no desired result; the disease could not be rooted out.
T~1ere was no change in cough, fever andweakness. The pus also
ccntinued. It appeared that she would not survive even for a week I
had to take recourse to the urine treatment.
"She was given to drink one ounce of auto-urine thrice a day. She
was permitted to take simple and easily digestible diet. She applied
the pads of urine on the boil. On the third day, the discharge of pus
ceased and the patient