2
	is	exhaled	or	washed	from	our	lungs. A	loss	of	CO
2
	from
lungs	results	in	a	reduction	of	CO
2
	in	the	blood,	tissues	and	cells. The	release	of	oxygen	from	red	blood	cells	depends	on	the	partial	pressure	or
quantity	of	carbon	dioxide	in	your	lungs/arterial	blood. When	one	is	over
breathing,	carbon	dioxide	is	removed	from	the	body,	causing	the	oxygen	to
“stick”	to	hemoglobin	within	the	red	blood	cells. This	prevents	its	release	into
tissues	and	organs. This	bond,	discovered	in	1904,	is	known	as	the	Bohr
Effect. It	is	worth	noting	that	during	normal	conditions,	75%	of	your	intake	of
oxygen	is	exhaled	while	breathing	a	healthy	volume	of	four	to	six	litres	per
minute. Even	during	intense	exercise,	it	is	estimated	that	25%	of	our	oxygen
intake	is	exhaled. Breathing	a	volume	greater	than	normal	does	not	increase
the	amount	of	oxygen	in	your	blood,	as	it	is	already	97–98%	saturated.The	Bohr	Effect
simply	explained

Healthy	people	have	quiet	and	unnoticeable	breathing. While	they	are	resting,
you	cannot	see	or	hear	their	breathing. Quiet	breathing	ensures	optimum	partial	pressure	of	carbon	dioxide	within
your	lungs,	blood,	tissues	and	cells. The	release	of	oxygen	from	your	blood
depends	on	the	presence	of	carbon	dioxide. Over	breathing	causes	a	loss	of	carbon	dioxide	from	your	lungs,	blood,	tissues
and	cells. This	results	in	less	oxygen	being	released	from	your	blood	into	your	tissues
and	organs. The	more	you	breathe,	the	more	your	body	is	being	starved	of
oxygen. Breathing	through	your	mouth,	sighs,	sniffing,	noticeable	breathing,	hearing
your	breathing	during	rest	or	having	a	low	Control	Pause	(explained	later)
indicates	that	you	are	starving	your	body	of	oxygen. Your	brain	is	being
starved,	resulting	in	anxiety,	depression	and	stress. The	calmer	and	quieter	you	breathe,	the	larger	your	blood	vessels	open,
enabling	better	circulation	and	distribution	of	oxygen	throughout	the
body,	including	the	brain. Oxygenate	your	brain—breathe	less. Dilation	of	blood	vessels	and	airways
C
arbon	dioxide	relaxes	the	smooth	muscles	that	surround	the	airways,
arteries	and	capillaries. With	a	normal	breathing	volume	of	5	litres	of	air	per	minute,	the	partial
pressure	of	carbon	dioxide	amounts	to	40mmHg. Each	1	mmHg	drop	of
arterial	CO
2
	reduces	blood	flow	to	the	brain	by	2%. (2)	In	other	words,oxygenation	of	your	brain	significantly	decreases	when	you	breathe	heavily. The	heavier	you	breathe,	the	more	you	feed	your	hyperventilation	or
overbreathing	related	problems. Have	you	ever	noticed	that	you	get	light-
headed	after	taking	a	number	of	big	breaths? Have	you	ever	noticed	being
very	tired	in	the	morning	after	a	night’s	breathing	through	the	mouth? How
tired	are	you	after	a	day’s	talking? Do	you	notice	that,	as	you	get	stressed,
your	breathing	gets	faster,	resulting	in	a	mental	block	and	difficulty	in	making
worthwhile	decisions? Heavy	breathing	feeds	anxiety	and	stress.Overbreathing	causes	depression,	stress	and	anxiety
L
ower	carbon	dioxide	within	the	blood	causes	a	constriction	of	the	carotid
artery,	the	main	blood	vessel	going	to	the	brain. The	extent	of	constriction
depends	on	genetic	predisposition	but	has	been	estimated	by	Gibbs	(1992)	to
be	as	much	as	50%	for	those	with	anxiety	and	panic	attacks. (3)	This	finding	is
also	supported	by
Ball	&	Shekhar	(1997). (4)

Other	researchers,	including	Balestrino	and	Somjen	(1988)(5)	and	Huttunen
et	al. (1999),(6)	have	demonstrated	that	CO
2
	reduces	cortical	excitability. Cited	in	Normal	Breathing:	the	key	to	vital	health,	“breathing	too	much
makes	the	human	brain	abnormally	excited	due	to	reduced	CO
2
concentrations. As	a	result,	the	brain	gets	literally	out	of	control	due	to
appearance	of	spontaneous	and	asynchronous	(‘self-generated’)	thoughts.”
Balestrino	and	Somjen	(1988)	in	their	summary	directly	claimed	that,	“The
brain,	by	regulating	breathing,	controls	its	own	excitability.”(7)

Dr	Robert	Fried,	professor	of	psychology,	states	that	“the	first	stage	of
chronic	graded	hypoxia	(insufficient	oxygen),	which	has	repeatedly	been
shown	in	the	case	of	chronic	hyperventilation,	is	depression	of	mood	and
activity.”(8)

Cardiologist	Claude	Lum	comments	that	“Hyperventilation	presents	a
collection	of	bizarre	and	often	apparently	unrelated	symptoms,	which	may
affect	any	part	of	the	body,	and	any	organ	or	any	system.”(9)	He	further	labels
hyperventilation	syndrome	as	the	fat	file	syndrome,	noting	that	patients	go
from	doctor	to	doctor	in	an	attempt	to	get	help	for	their	symptoms. However,
because	chronic	hyperventilation	is	overlooked	in	most	instances,	the	patient
might	be	told	after	a	series	of	tests	that	there	is	nothing	wrong	with	him	or
her,	thus	increasing	the	size	of	the	patients’	file	and	further	adding	to	his	or
her	anxiety. In	the	late	Professor	Buteyko’s	words,	“Exhaling	Carbon	Dioxide	from	the
organism	brings	about	spasms	in	bronchi,	vessels	and	intestines,	etc. This
reduces	oxygen	supply,	leading	to	oxygen	deficiency,	making	one’s	breath
heavier,	thus	completing	the	vicious	circle.”What	is	the	fat	file	syndrome? Louise’s	personal	account:

“For	example,	because	I	am	prone	to	worry	and	overthink	things,	I	get
myself	worked	up	into	a	right	state	about	my	symptoms. At	different	times,
I	was	convinced	that	I	had	a	brain	tumor,	MS,	a	heart	problem,	bowel
cancer,	etc. I	had	blood	test	after	blood	test,	an	ECG	test,	a	scan,	and
nothing	was	found	to	be	wrong. My	whole	family	and	my	doctor,	and
probably	most	of	my	friends,	think	I’m	a	hypochondriac...	but	I	knew	that
something	was	not	right. I	just	didn’t	make	the	connection	to	my	breathing,
so	my	symptoms	went	on	and	on	and	I	felt	like	I	was	going	mad. For	lots	of
people,	reading	your	book	will	be	a	real	epiphany...	and	they	might	need
some	reassurance	early	on	that	they’re	not	alone	and	not	mad	after	all,	and
that	a	lot	of	their	symptoms	will	go	away. Not	worrying	about	the
symptoms	immediately	reduces	stress	levels	and	hence	breathing.”
	Stress,	anxiety	and	anger	causes	overbreathing
A
ccording	to	the	famous	physiologist	Walter	Cannon,	stress	activates	the
fight	or	flight	response. Meeting	deadlines,	financial	pressures,	time	urgency,
marital	issues,	the	pressure	of	rearing	children


	much	NSAR	did	the	rats	get? Both	groups	of	rats	were	given	an
incredible	amount. Let	me	translate	the	“low”	dose	by	giving	you	a	little
scenario. Let’s	say	you	go	over	to	your	friend’s	house	to	eat	every	meal. This
friend	is	sick	of	you	and	wants	to	give	you	throat	cancer	by	exposing	you	to
NSAR. So	he	gives	you	the	equivalent	of	the	“low”	level	given	to	the	rats. You	go	to	his	house,	and	your	friend	offers	you	a	bologna	sandwich	that	has	a
whole	pound	of	bologna	on	it! You	eat	it. He	offers	you	another,	and	another,
and	another	…. You’ll	have	to	eat	270,000	bologna	sandwiches	before	yourfriend	lets	you	leave. 9,	12
	You	better	like	bologna,	because	your	friend	is	going
to	have	to	feed	you	this	way	every	day	for	over	thirty	years! If	he	does	this,
you	will	have	had	about	as	much	exposure	to	NSAR	(per	body	weight)	as	the
rats	in	the	“low”-dose	group. Because	higher	cancer	rates	were	also	seen	in	mice	as	well	as	rats,	using	a
variety	of	methods	of	exposure,	NSAR	is	“reasonably	anticipated”	to	be	a
human	carcinogen. Although	no	human	studies	were	used	to	make	this
evaluation,	it	is	likely	that	a	chemical	such	as	this,	which	consistently	causes
cancer	in	both	mice	and	rats,	can	cause	cancer	in	humans	at	some	level. It	is
impossible	to	know,	however,	what	this	level	of	exposure	might	be,	especially
because	the	animal	dosages	are	so	astronomical. Nonetheless,	animal
experiments	alone	are	considered	enough	to	conclude	that	NSAR	is
“reasonably	anticipated”	to	be	a	human	carcinogen. 9
So,	in	1970,	when	an	article	in	the	prestigious	journal
Nature
	concluded
that	nitrites	help	to	form	nitrosamines	in	the	body,	thereby	implying	that	they
help	to	cause	cancer,	people	became	alarmed. Here	was	the	official	line:
“Reduction	of	human	exposure	to	nitrites	and	certain	secondary	amines,
particularly	in	foods,	may	result	in	a	decrease	in	the	incidence	of	human
cancer.”
7
	Suddenly	nitrites	became	a	potential	killer. Because	we	humans	get
exposed	to	nitrites	through	consumption	of	processed	meat	such	as	hot	dogs
and	bacon,	some	products	came	under	fire. Hot	dogs	were	an	easy	target. Besides	containing	additives	like	nitrites,	hot	dogs	can	be	made	out	of
ground-up	lips,	snouts,	spleens,	tongues,	throats	and	other	“variety	meats.”
13
So	as	the	nitrite/nitrosamine	issue	heated	up,	hot	dogs	weren’t	looking	so	hot. Ralph	Nader	had	called	hot	dogs	“among	America’s	deadliest	missiles.”
14
Some	consumer	advocacy	groups	were	calling	for	a	nitrite	additive	ban,	and
government	officials	began	a	serious	review	of	nitrite’s	potential	health
problems. 3
The	issue	jolted	forward	again	in	1978,	when	a	study	at	the	Massachusetts
Institute	of	Technology	(MIT)	found	that	nitrite	increased	lymphatic	cancer	in
rats. The	study,	as	reported	in	a	1979	issue	of
Science
,
15
	found	that,	on
average,	rats	led	nitrite	got	lymphatic	cancer	10.2%	of	the	time,	while	animals
not	led	nitrite	got	cancer	only	5.4%	of	the	time. This	finding	was	enough	to
create	a	public	uproar. Fierce	debate	ensued	in	the	government,	industry	and
research	communities. When	the	dust	settled,	expert	panels	made
recommendations,	industry	cut	back	on	nitrite	usage	and	the	issue	fell	out	of
the	spotlight. To	summarize	the	story:	marginal	scientific	results	can	make	very	big
waves	in	the	public	when	it	comes	to	cancer-causing	chemicals. A	rise	incancer	incidence	from	5%	to	10%	in	rats	fed	large	quantities	of	nitrite	caused
an	explosive	controversy. Undoubtedly	millions	of	dollars	were	spent
following	the	MIT	study	to	investigate	and	discuss	the	findings. And	NSAR,
a	nitrosamine	possibly	formed	from	nitrite,	was	“reasonably	anticipated	to	be
a	human	carcinogen”	after	several	animal	experiments	where	exceptionally
high	levels	of	chemical	were	fed	to	animals	for	almost	half	their	lifespan.BACK	TO	PROTEIN
The	point	isn’t	that	nitrite	is	safe. It	is	the	mere	possibility,	however	unlikely
it	may	be,	that	it	could	cause	cancer	that	alarms	the	public. But	what	if
researchers	produced	considerably	more	impressive	scientific
results	that
were	far	more	substantial? What	if	there	was	a	chemical	that	experimentally
turned	on	cancer	in	100%	of	the	test	animals	and	its	relative	absence	limited
cancer	to	0%	of	the	animals? Furthermore,	what	if	this	chemical	were	capable
of	acting	in	this	way	at	routine	levels	of	intake	and	not	the	extraordinary
levels	used	in	the	NSAR	experiments? Finding	such	a	chemical	would	be	the
holy	grail	of	cancer	research. The	implications	for	human	health	would	be
enormous. One	would	assume	that	this	chemical	would	be	of	considerably
more	concern	than	nitrite	and	Alar,	and	even	more	significant	than	aflatoxin,	a
highly	ranked	carcinogen. This	is	exactly	what	I	saw	in	the	Indian	research	paper
16
	when	I	was	in	the
Philippines. The	chemical	was	protein,	fed	to	rats	at	levels	that	are	well	within
the	range	of	normal	consumption. Protein! These	results	were	more	than
startling. In	the	Indian	study,	when	all	the	rats	had	been	predisposed	to	get
liver	cancer	after	being	given	aflatoxin,	only	the	animals	fed	20%	protein	got
the	cancer	while	those	fed	5%	got	none. Scientists,	myself	included,	tend	to	be	a	skeptical	bunch,	especially	when
confronted	with	eye-popping	results. In	fact,	it	is	our	responsibility	as
researchers	to	question	and	explore	such	provocative	findings. We	might
suspect	that	this	finding	was	unique	to	rats	exposed	to	aflatoxin	and	for	no
other	species,	including	humans. Maybe	there	were	other	unknown	nutrients
that	were	affecting	the	data. Maybe	my	friend,	the	distinguished	MIT
professor,	was	right;	maybe	the	animal	identities	in	the	Indian	study	got
mixed	up. The	questions	begged	for	answers. To	further	study	this	question,	I	sought
and	received	the	two	National	Institutes	of	Health	(NIH)	research	grants	that	I
mentioned	earlier. One	was	for	a	human	study,	the	other	for	an	experimental
animal	study. I	did	not	“cry	wolf”	in	either	application	by	suggesting	that
protein	might	promote	cancer. I	had	everything	to	lose	and	nothing	to	gain	by
acting	like	a	heretic. Besides,	I	wasn’t	convinced	that	protein	actually	might
be	harmful. In	the	experimental	animal	study,	I	proposed	to	investigate	the
“effect	of
various	factors
	[my	italics]	on	aflatoxin	metabolism.”	The	human
study,	mostly


in	breast	cancer	risk	with	increased	meat	intake
and	17%	increase	with
increased	milk	intake. 46
	The	Harvard	researchers	therefore	summarized	in
2002	a	more	recent	group	of	studies,	this	time	including	eight	large
prospective	studies	where	dietary	information	was	thought	to	be	more	reliable
and	where	a	much	larger	group	of	women	was	included. The	researchers
concluded:
We	found	no	significant	association	between	intake	of	meat	or	dairy
products	and	risk	of	breast	cancer. 26
Most	people	would	say	“Well,	that’s	it. There	is	no	convincing	evidence
that	meat	and	dairy	foods	are	associated	with	breast	cancer	risk.”	But	let’s
take	another	look	at	this	supposedly	more	sophisticated	analysis. All	eight	of	these	studies	represented	diets	that	had	a	high	proportion	of
animal-based	foods. In	effect,	each	study	in	this	pool	was	subject	to	the	same
flaw	from	which	the	Nurses’	Health	Study	suffered. It	makes	no	sense,	and
does	no	good,	to	combine	them. In	spite	of	there	being	351,041	women	and
7,379	breast	cancer	cases	in	this	mega-database,	these	results	cannot	detect
the	true	effect	of	diets	rich	in	meat	and	dairy	on	breast	cancer	risk. This	would
be	true	even	if	there	were	a	few	million	subjects	in	the	study. Like	the	Nurses’
Health	Study,	these	studies	all	involved	typical	Western	diets	highly	skewed
toward	the	consumption	of	animal-based	foods,	where	people	are	tinkering
with	the	intake	of	only	one	nutrient	or	one	food	at	a	time. Every	study	failed
to	take	into	account	a	broader	range	of	dietary	choices—including	those
which	demonstrated	positive	effects	on	breast	cancer	risk	in	the	past.IGNORING	MY	CRITIQUE
Once,	after	reading	a	publication	on	animal	protein	and	heart	disease	in	the
Nurses’	Health	Study,
9
	I	published	a	critique
47
	summarizing	some	of	the	same
points	that	I	am	making	in	this	chapter,	including	the	inability	of	the	Nurses’
Health	Study	to	advance	our	understanding	of	the	original	international
correlation	studies. They	responded,	and	our	exchange	is	as	follows. First,	my	comment:
Within	a	dietary	range	[so	rich	in	animal-based	foods],	it	makes	no
sense	to	me	that	it	is	possible	to	reliably	detect	the	so-called
independent	associations	of	the	individual	constituents	of	this	group
when	it	can	be	expected	that	they	share	the	same	disease	outcomes
and
when	there	are	so	many	difficult-to-measure	and	interacting	risk	factor
exposures. When	will	it	be	understood	that	it	is	the	total	diet	and	the
aggregate	and	comprehensive	effects	of	large	food	groups	that	make
the	greatest	contribution	to	the	maintenance	of	health	and	prevention	of
disease? The	sort	of	reductionism	embodied	in	the	interpretation	of
data	from	this	[Nurses’	Health	Study]	cohort	runs	the	risk	of	severely
misleading	discourse	on	meaningful	public	health	and	public	policy
programs. 47
Then	the	response	from	Dr.	Hu	and	Professor	Willett:
Although	we	agree	that	overall	dietary	patterns	are	also	important	in
determining	disease	risk	(ref. cited),	we	believe	that	identification	of
associations	with	individual	nutrients	should	be	the	first	step	because	it
is	the	specific	compounds	or	groups	of	compounds	that	are
fundamentally	related	to	the	[disease	process]. Specific	components	of
diet	can	be	modified,	and	individuals	and	the	food	industry	are	actively
doing	so. Understanding	the	health	effects	of	specific	dietary	changes,
which	Campbell	refers	to	as	“reductionism,”	is	therefore	an	important
undertaking. 48
I	agree	that	studying	the	independent	effects	of	individual	food	substances
(their	identities,	functions,	mechanisms)	is	worthwhile,	but	Willett	and	I
sharply	disagree	with	how	to	interpret	and	use	these	findings. I	strongly	reject	the	implications	in	Willett’s	argument	that	“specific
components	of	the	diet	can	be	modified”	to	the	benefit	of	one’s	health. This	is
precisely	what	is	wrong	with	this	area	of	research. In	fact,	if	the	Nurses’Health	Study	shows	nothing	else,	it	demonstrates	that	modifying	the	intake	of
one	nutrient	at	a	time,	without	questioning	whole	dietary	patterns,	does	not
confer	significant	health	benefits. Women	who	tinker	with	fat,	while
maintaining	a	near-carnivorous	diet,	do	not	have	a	lower	breast	cancer	risk. This	gets	to	the	heart	of	reductionism	in	science. As	long	as	scientists
study	highly	isolated	chemicals	and	food	components,	and	take	the
information	out	of	context	to	make	sweeping	assumptions	about	complex	diet
and	disease	relationships,	confusion	will	result. Misleading	news	headlines
about	this	or	that	food	chemical	and	this	or	that	disease	will	be	the	norm. The
more	impressive	message	about	the	benefits	of	broad	dietary	change	will	be
muted	as	long	as	we	focus	on	relatively	trivial	details. On	occasions,	when	our	paths	have	crossed,	Professor	Willett	and	I	have
had	discussions	about	the	findings	on	fat	as	they	relate	to	the	China	Study	and
the	Nurses’	Health	Study. I	have	always	made	the	same	point:	whole	foods,
plant-based	diets,	naturally	low	in	fat,	are	not	included	in	the	Nurses’	Health
Study	cohort,	and	that	it	is	these	types	of	diets	that	are	the	most	beneficial	for
our	health. Professor	Willett	has	said	to	me,	in	response,	on	more	than	one
occasion,	“You	may	be	right,	Colin,	but	people	don’t	want	to	go	there.”	This
comment	has	disturbing	implications. Scientists	should	not	be	ignoring	ideas	just	because	we	perceive	that	the
public	does	not	want	to	hear	them. Too	often	during	my	career,	I	have	heard
comments	that	seem	to	be	more	of	an	attempt	to	please	the	public	than	to
engage	in	an	open,	honest	debate,	wherever	it	may	take	us. This	is	wrong. The
role	of	science	in	a	society	is	to	observe,	to	ask	questions,	to	form	and	test
hypotheses	and	to	interpret	the	findings	without	bias—not	to	kowtow	to
people’s	perceived	desires. Consumers	have	the	ultimate	choice	of	whether	to
integrate	our	findings	into	their	lifestyles,	but	we	owe	it	to	them	to	give	them
the	best	information	possible	with	which	to	make	that	decision	and	not	decide
for	them. It	is	they	who	paid	for	this	research	and	it	is	only	they	who	have	the
right	to	decide	what	to	do	with	it. The	perception	in	the	scientific	community	that	the	public	only	wants
magic	bullets	and	simple	dietary	tinkering	is	overrated. I	have	learned	in	my
public	lectures	that	there	is	more	interest	in	diet/lifestyle	change	than	the
academic	community	is	willing	to	admit. This	method	of	investigating	details	out	of	context,	what	I	call	reduction-
ism,	and	trying	to	judge	complex	relationships	from	the	results	is	deadly. It	is
even	more	damaging	than	the	misbehavior	of	the	small	minority	of	scientists	I
discussed	in	chapter	thirteen. Unfortunately,	this	flawed	way	of	investigating
nutrition	has	become	the	norm. As	a	consequence,	h


, by
Prof. Medsger, and Edible Wild Plants of Eastern North
America, by Fernald and Kinsey. These works, along with
others, may effectively guide those in carrying out future
investigations. The time may come when nature-lovers, botanists,
nutritionists, and physicians will unite to become "hunters" in
nature—not hunters for animals, but hunters for many
hundreds of wild plants which may hold a potential key to man's physical destiny. We know that a high level of physical
development is possible with a varied selection of domestic
foods, but it is quite possible that this can still be improved by
utilizing many of the wild foods which are now going to
waste and becoming ever more confined in their habitats. On a national basis, it is clear that large-scale investigations and
work in this field are called for. On an individual basis, you
can learn more of nature's abundant produce, and with
fortunate circumstances, you may be able to include at least a few wild fruits or plants in your dietary program. H
ONEY
   Honey is one of the finest foods in the uncooked diet. It is
unique as a sweetening agent in the sense that it can be used in quantity without harming the teeth. C. W. Eddy has
reported an experiment in which a dessert spoon of raw
honey was taken each evening after cleaning the teeth. The
honey was chewed well, coated over the teeth, and worked in
between the teeth, with the object of testing the food for its effect upon dental decay. "During these years" declares Eddy,
"no new cavities have appeared. In fact, two cavities in quite
painful teeth, which one of us had, have completely
disappeared. The other one of us, who previously suffered
with several sensitive teeth, has had no more trouble with them." Other experiences with honey have also been
associated with high immunity to dental caries. Whether this
is due to the fact that bacteria cannot live in honey, or to the peculiar chemical combination found in honey, or to the fact
that honey needs neither chemical treatment nor extensive
heat-processing, remains to be seen. Perhaps all three reasons
are important. Some commercial honey is derived from bees fed large
amounts of refined sugar and is removed before the cells are
completely sealed. Carbolic acid fumes are used to drive the bees from the hives before removing the honey, and the
honey is then heated to 150 degrees E and higher. Such honey
lacks the purity, flavor, and nutritional qualities of raw honey
produced by natural methods. As a rule, good honey may be
obtained from natural food outlets and private beekeepers. In its raw state you can appreciate the food at its best. Honey
may be obtained in many types, each of which has a flavor
and aroma distinctive of it alone, so it is well to include, not
one
, but man y kinds of hone y in your diet. The hone y may be taken in its liquid or crystallized state. When crystallized
honey is ground in a fine mill, it becomes creamed honey,
which is also a satisfactory food. Surprising as it may seem, U. S. "Grade A" honey is
inferior honey which should be avoided on all purchases. U.S.D.A. Regulations state that honey may be labeled "Grade A" only if it will pass through an 80 mesh strainer. As raw
honey possesses too much viscosity to pass through such a
fine strainer, it cannot pass under the top classification. On
the other hand, "Grade B" honey need only pass through 48
mesh strainers, which can be accomplished without the use of heat. A further point to remember is that "uncooked" honey,
as it is commonly labeled in the honey trade, is simply honey
which has not been heated over a specified high temperature. Such honey can be raw, but it can also be heated to such an
extent that it will not crystallize. In purchasing honey, it is important to obtain raw honey, and if the honey has
crystallized you may be sure it is raw. The crystallized honey
returns to liquid consistency when the honey container is
placed in a pan of mildly heated water. D
AIRY PRODUCTS
   Raw dairy products are among our finest sources of
unheated protein and fat-soluble vitamins. Whether used to
supplement the conventional diet, or as a basic portion of the raw diet, they are of exceptional value. The milk is best
obtained from a "certified" source of supply. Cottage cheese
can easily be made in the home, and it is an excellent product
for general use. Raw cream can be utilized in many ways for
ice cream and other desserts, and it may be soured for salad dressing recipes. Due to the unavailability of raw butter on
the general market, it is best to churn your own butter from
raw cream. Such butter is unexcelled, either for flavor or
nutritional qualities. Most commercial sour milk products are distinctly inferior
to the simple sour milk which can be made right in your own
home. The well known yogurt, long advertised for its
supposed healthful qualities, must be made from pasteurized,
scalded, or boiled milk in order to enable the special bacterial
cultures to work satisfactorily. It is distinctly inferior to ordinary sour milk and has lost many nutritional qualities. Commercial buttermilk is usually made from pasteurized
skim milk. It is to be distinguished from real buttermilk,
which is the liquid left when butter is churned from cream. Sour milk may be prepared simply by placing fresh milk in an o
pen container in a warm place. It will transform into clabber and whey, which may be taken as is or beaten into a smooth
consistency through the use of an egg beater or liquefier. It may be pointed out that, for some people, these sour milk
products represent a superior source of food to sweet milk
products. Sweet cow's milk forms a much harder curd in the
stomach than does human milk, and a number of people find that this is difficult to digest. Others may digest the milk with
ease, but later complain of sensitive reactions in different
parts of the body. For a large percentage of these people, sour
milk and sour milk products offer a solution to their
difficulties. In sour milk the casein is furnished in a precipitated and finely divided condition, which does not tend
to the formation of such hard curds as are formed by sweet
milk. For this reason, it can be of greater value. It may be
significant that sour milk products, rather than sweet milk,
have been utilized as staple foods by certain racial groups
who were known for their good health and great longevity. While cow's milk and its products represent an important
source of food in human nutrition, it should not be thought
that they need represent the only source of dairy food. Actually, goat milk is superior, in certain respects, to cow's
milk, and it certainly deserves more widespread use. Goat
milk does not have to be soured to improve digestibility, for the fresh, sweet goat milk is already found in easily digestible
form. The fat globules of goat milk are only about one-fourth
the size of those found in Jersey cow milk, and they are more
readily broken down and dissolved in the human stomach. In
addition, the curds of goat milk are formed into very light flakes, which are soft and friable, and easily digested like the
curds of human milk. Many people who tend to be sensitive
to cow's milk thus handle goat milk with ease. Goat milk may be used to replace cow's milk in some diets, and to
supplement cow's milk in others. There are eighteen distinct types of cheese, and 400 minor
variations of these cheese types, in world use. Most of these
cheeses can be made without cooking the ingredients, and if
the cheeses are found in their unprocessed state, they are
suitable for good human nutrition. It is still possible to buy imported cheeses made from unpasteurized goat, cow's, or
sheep milk, and it is also possible to buy certain local cheeses
made from unpasteurized cow's milk. Such delicious cheeses,
made by natural aging processes, have a more highly prized
flavor than do pasteurized cheeses, and they are nutritionally
superior in every respect. EGGS
   Raw eggs are a satisfactory animal food when properly
used. Avoid the use of raw egg whites in their pure state, as the presence of biotin in the egg yolk is necessary to
compensate for the avadin in the egg white. If any allergy to
egg white is noticed, the white may be discontinued and the yolks used alone. Fertile eggs are considered nutritionally
superior to infertile eggs, and they should be selected
whenever possible. The eggs may be eaten right from the
shell—a practice enjoyed by many—or they may be beaten
with a liquefier or egg beater. Whole eggs or egg yolks may also be used in egg nogs, fruit juices, and liquefied drinks of
all types, as well as being included in ice cream and many other food products. M
EAT
   There is a strong precedent for using raw meats in human
nutrition. The people in parts of northern Europe have long
been known to serve raw ground steak in various ways. Some
of the


condition and requires delicate treatment to correct. Ballooning of the colon occurs as a consequence of backed up feces. For
various reasons, feces can accumulate and stretch the bowel wall into enormous proportions. This often occurs in the sigmoid
colon as the result of a narrowing of the bowel lumen below the ballooning. This narrowing can be caused by adhesions, spasm or
colic conditions. When this occurs, constipat ion can become quite severe and painful and has a damaging effect upon the bowel
structure and function. Colitis is an irritable bowel condition that is highly associated with Psychological distress. Few pe ople truly
realize the benefits of a calm and peac eful lifestyle. They are often unaware of the mind’s ability to sink into the body’s
functioning ability and upset normal tissue activities. Fear, anger, depression, stress, tension, worries and obsessions can all upset
delicate processes in the body, and in particular, those of digestion and elimination. Sometimes what we need is a good cerebral
laxative to rid the mind of emotional autointoxication and constipation. Diverticular disease of the colon is occurring at an  ever-
increasing rate. It is a serious  bowel disturbance leading to many difficulties and must be avoided. When the diet is lacking in bulk
or fiber, the colonic muscle must work extremely hard to force feces through the organ. Where there is weakness in muscle fib ers a
hernia occurs, producin g a small pouch or sac -like protrudence in the tissue. It looks like a blister on the side of a tire where the air
is forcing its way to the surface through a weak spot in the tire wall. These sacs, or diverticula, are blind in one end. The refore
feces acc umulate within them and hold morbid matter in which a variety of very unfavorable organisms can begin to breed. They become sources of infection, inflammation and degenerative conditions. They are also the host for the production of
powerful toxins, adding  to an already over -burdened and toxic body. I have seen X -rays of the colon in which there were 142 of
these little sacs on one bowel. When these diverticula become inflamed and irritated, we have a case of diverticulitis. Shoul d any
one of these festerin g sacs produce a rupture, then we have a grave situation in which life is threatened by the release of these very
poisonous substances into the abdominal cavity of the body where infection can spread quite rapidly. Mucosal dysfunction occurs when the inte stinal mucus lining becomes stagnant and putrefactive. It begins to develop many
unfavorable conditions. No longer does it serve the function of facilitating elimination of fecal material. Instead it degene rates in
several ways. It can become abcessed, in which case irritations, abrasions, ulcerations and bleeding can occur. Food passage
can be very painful. Mucus can dehydrate and accumulate due to increased viscid consistency. This causes layer upon layer to be
built up until extreme constipation occurs. This old material becomes a source of infection and toxic absorption, holding many
otherwise excreted products. It also greatly inhibits the absorption of nutrients and water, adding to nutritional crisis. A spastic
bowel is often associated with colitis. The point I want to stress is that when bowel muscle or any muscle is overworked, tense and
not given an opportunity to rest, it will go into a spasm. Muscle spasm is a chronic tightening of the fibers due to hyperact ivity in
the nerve impulses controlling  muscle action. The symptoms frequently manifest as constipation, alternating with diarrhea. Mental
and emotional stresses are high on the list of contributing factors, coupled with chronic toxemia and poor diet. A stricture of the bowel usually occurs af ter an inflammatory disease such as colitis has damaged the tissue. It is a chronic
narrowing of the passageway that often results in a backup of feces that are unable to pass through. The feces accumulate in front
of the stricture, causing ballooning, whi le the segment just past the stricture collapses. Ulceration of the bowel occurs due to
irritations, abrasions, infections and toxic concentrations settling in or on muscle tissue. This results in open sores, blee ding and
much pain as is common in hemorrho ids, etc. The sigmoid and rectum are the sites for most of these troubles. Again,
autointoxication and constipation are the root causes. THE FOLLOWING DRAWINGS ILLUSTRATE THE VARIOUS ABNORMAL SHAPES OF THE BOWEL IN COMPARISON
TO A NORMAL BOWEL. There should be no doubt about the relation between health of the intestinal tract and health in the rest of the body. Intest inal
management probably is the most important thing a person can learn in a health -building routine. Some of the most important
functions of life take place in the intestines. Through it worn out cells are eliminated and new cell structures have their be ginning. At the Battle Creek Sanitarium I heard Dr. John Harvey Kellogg say he knew of many cases in which operations were prevent ed
by cleansing and revitalizing the bowel. He maintained that 90% of the diseases of civilization are due to improper functioni ng of
the colon. Sir Arbuthnot Lane (M. D. ) of London has shown the relation between bowel stasis and disease. He left no doubt a s to
how seriously he regarded the effects of intestinal intoxication when he said, “The lower end of the intestine is of the size  that
requires emptying every six hours, but by habit we retain its contents twenty -four hours. The result is ulcers and cance r. ”
Besides these world -renowned exponents of intestinal sanitation, other authorities have given recognition to the belief that
cleanliness of the colon is necessary to good health. It is believed that disorders such as appendicitis, infected tonsils, l iver and
gall-bladder infections, dysfunction of the heart and blood vessels, sinusitis, arthritis and rheumatism, etc., no doubt have thei r
origin in a sluggish colon. There is also an increasing number of morbid conditions in the various parts of the colon, involving the
flexures, the rectum and the anus. Consider the amount of surgery and various therapies of hemorrhoids, fistulas, prostate
disturbances and malignancies. While I attended the National College in Chicago  many years ago, autopsies were performed on 300 persons. According to the
history of these persons, 285 had claimed they were not constipated and had normal movements, and only 15 had admitted they
were constipated. The autopsies showed the opposite to be  the case, however, and only 15 were found not to have been
constipated, while 285 were found to have been constipated. Some of the histories of these 285 persons stated they had had as
many as 5 or 6 bowel movements daily, yet autopsies revealed that in s ome of them the bowels were 12 inches in diameter. The
bowel walls were encrusted with material (in one case peanuts) which had been lodged there for a very long time. Thus we see that
the average patient coming to a doctor’s office does not know whether o r not he is constipated. Some of my patients believe that if
they have three bowel movements a day they have diarrhea, and that a couple of movements a week is normal. An example of the
latter was a lady patient I had who assured me that she had normal mov ements; that her bowels moved regularly, every Tuesday
and Friday morning. Most people have not been properly educated in their childhood to realize the importance of adequate dail y
elimination and to heed nature’s call to evacuate the rectum. This indiffe rence to the natural urge to evacuate the bowels may be
the beginning of constipation. Doctor John Harvey Kellogg, who gave us so much of his philosophy and practical experience, lived to the age of 91. Since he did
more work in connection with intestinal  sanitation than anyone in this country, his advice should be worth listening to. It was his
opinion that we should eliminate the residue of each meal 15 to 18 hours after eating it. Babies, savages, birds and animals
evacuate a short time after each meal. Observe from the following statistics published by the Register General of England that no
group has contributed more to the death rate from intestinal diseases than doctors. “Comparative Mortality from Diseases of the Digestive System. ”
Physicians, sur geons 50
Inn-keepers 45
Barristers, solicitors 44
Seamen 43
Clergymen, priests, ministers 34
Butchers 30
Car men, carriers 28
Farmers 25
Gardeners 22
Railway guards, porters 20
Agricultural labourers 19
Average among all workers 28

As shown by the above s tatistics, the death rate of doctors is 31 points higher than that of agricultural laborers, and 22 points
higher than that of the average death rate of all workers who die of diseases of the digestive system. Is there a way that th ese
troubles can be avoi ded. Yes there is. Early detection will help in many cases, but the real remedy is found in changing the diet
and ways of living. In the meantime, there is only one way that we can do this and that is by


 NOW. The difference between
FEELING yourself in action, here and now, and visualizing yourself in ac -
tion, as though you were on a motion-picture screen, is the difference be -
tween success and failure. The difference will be appreciated if you will not visualize yourself climbing
a ladder. Then, with eyelids closed imagine that a ladder is right in front
of you and FEEL YOURSELF ACTUALLY CLIMBING IT. Experience has taught me to restrict the imaginary action which implies
fulfillment of the desire, to condense the idea into a single act, and to re-
enact it over and over again until it has the feeling of reality. Otherwise,
your attention will wander off along an associational track, and hosts of
associated images will be presented to your attention, and in a few sec -
onds they will lead you hundreds of miles away from your objective in
point of space and years away in point of time. If you decide to climb a particular flight of stairs, because that is the likely
event to follow the fulfillment of your desire, then you must restrict the
action to climbing that particular flight of stairs. Should your attention
wander off, bring it back to climbing that flight of stairs, and keep on do -
ing so until the imaginary action has all the solidity and distinctness of re -
ality. The idea must be maintained in the mind without any sensible effort on
your part. You must, with the minimum of effort permeate the mind with
the feeling of the wish fulfilled. Drowsiness facilitates change because it favors attention without effort,
but it must not be pushed to the state of sleep in which you no longer are
able to control the movements of your attention. But a moderate degree
More Free Books Law of Attraction Havenof drowsiness in which you are still able to direct your thoughts. A most effective way to embody a desire is to assume the feeling of the
wish fulfilled and then, in a relaxed and drowsy state, repeat over and
over again like a lullaby, any short phrase which implies fulfillment of your
desire, such as, “Thank you, thank you, thank you” as though you ad -
dressed a higher power for having given you that which you desired. I know that when this course comes to an end on Friday many of you
here will be able to tell me you have realized your objectives. Two weeks
ago I left the platform and went to the door to shake hands with the audi -
ence. I am safe in saying at least 35 out of a class of 135 told me that
which they desired when they joined this class they had already realized. This happened only two weeks ago. I did nothing to bring it to pass save
to give them this technique of prayer. You need do nothing to bring it to
pass – save apply this technique of prayer. With your eyes closed and your physical body immobilized induce a state
akin to sleep and enter into the action as though you were an actor play -
ing the part. Experience in imagination what you would experience in the
flesh were you now in possession of your objective. Make elsewhere HERE
and then NOW. And the greater you, using a larger focus will use all
means, and call them good, which tend toward the production of that
which you have assumed. You are relieved of all responsibility to make it so, because as you imagine
and feel that it is so your dimensionally larger self determines the means. Do not think for one moment that someone is going to be injured in order
to make it so, or that someone is going to be disappointed. It is still not
your concern. I must drive this home. Too many of us, schooled in differ -
ent walks of life, are so concerned about the other. You ask, “If I get what I want will it not imply injury to another?” There
are ways you know not of, so do not be concerned. Close your eyes now because we are going to be in a long silence. Soon
you will become so lost in contemplation, feeling that you are what you
want to be, that you will be totally unconscious of the fact that you are in
this room with others. You will receive a shock when you open your eyes and discover we are
here. It should be a shock when you open your eyes and discover that
you are not actually that which, a moment before, you felt you were, or
felt you possessed. Now we will go into the deep. Silence period. More Free Books Law of Attraction Haven*****
I need not remind you that you are now that which you have assumed
that you are. Do not discuss it with anyone, not even self. You cannot take
thought as to the HOW, when you know that you ARE already. Your three-dimensional reasoning, which is a very limited reasoning in -
deed should not be brought into this drama. It does not know. What you
have just felt to be true is true. Let no man tell you that you should not have it. What you feel that you
have, you will have. And I promise you this much, after you have realized
your objective, on reflection you will have to admit that this conscious
reasoning mind of yours could never have devised the way. You are that and have that which this very moment you appropriated. Do
not discuss it. Do not look to someone for encouragement because the
thing might not come. It has come. Go about your Father's business doing
everything normally and let these things happen in your world. More Free Books Law of Attraction HavenLesson II: Assumptions Harden Into Fact
The Bible of ours has nothing to do with history. Some of you may yet be
inclined tonight to believe that, although we can give it a psychological in -
terpretation, it still could be left in its present form and be interpreted lit -
erally. You cannot do it. The Bible has no reference at all to people or to
events as you have been taught to believe. The sooner you begin to rub
out that picture the better. We are going to take a few stories tonight, and again I am going to re -
mind you that you must re-enact all of these stories within your own
mind. Bear in mind that although they seem to be stories of people fully awake,
the drama is really between you, the sleeping one, the deeper you, and
the conscious waking you. They are personified as people, but when you
come to the point of application you must remember the importance of
the drowsy state. All creation, as we told you last night, takes place in the state of sleep, or
that state which is akin to sleep – the sleepy, drowsy state. We told you last night the first man is not yet awakened. You are Adam,
the first man, still in the profound sleep. The creative you is the fourth-di -
mensional you whose home is simply the state you enter when men call
you asleep. *****
Our first story for tonight is found in the Gospel of John. As you hear it
unfold before you, I want you to compare it in your mind's eye to the sto -
ry you heard last night from the book of Genesis. The first book of the
Bible, the book of Genesis, historians claim is the record of events which
occurred on earth some 3000 years before the events recorded in the
book of John. I ask you to be rational about it and see if you do not think
the same writer could have written both stories. You be the judge as to
whether the same inspired man could not have told the same story and
told it differently. This is a very familiar story, the story of the trial of Jesus. In this Gospel
of John it is recorded that Jesus was brought before Pontius Pilate, and
the crowd clamored for his life, they wanted Jesus. Pilate turned to them
and said:
“But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the
Passover; will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews? Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barab -
More Free Books Law of Attraction Havenbas was a robber.” (John 18:39, 40). You are told that Pilate had no choice in the matter, he was only a judge
interpreting law, and this was the law. The people had to be given that
which they requested. Pilate could not release Jesus against the wishes of
the crowd, and so he released Barabbas and gave unto them Jesus to be
crucified. Now bear in mind that your consciousnesses is God. There is no other
God. And you are told that God has a son whose name is Jesus. If you will
take the trouble to look up the word Barabbas in your concordance, you
will see that it is a contraction of two Hebraic words: BAR, which means a
daughter, son or child, and ABBA, which means father. Barabbas is the
son of the great father. And Jesus in the story is called the Savior, the Son
of the Father. We have two sons in this story. And we have two sons in the story of Esau
and Jacob. Bear in mind that Isaac was blind, and justice to be true must
be blind folded. Although in this case Pilate is not physically blind, the
part given to Pilate implies that he is blind because he is a judge. On all
the great law buildings of the world we see the lady or the man who rep -
resents justice as being blindfolded. “Judge not according to the appearance, but


Trichina in pork.......... 34
................... Ulcers 47
Vitamin D in cod liver oil.. 36
............ Whole grains 15
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        The so-called
"caponettes" and "hormonized fryers" should always be avoided
when purchasing poultry. In addition to the hormonization of meat, there are other
dangerous practices employed by the meat industry. Some forms
of meat are treated with injurious chemicals, both for purposes
of preservation and color. Inspection methods are not adequate
for full consumer protection. Most meat is "well hung" and thus DANGERS IN MODERN FOODS
aged until putrefaction has already set in and certain nutritive
qualities are lost. Certain meats are smoked, pickled, soaked in
smoke solutions, and injected with brine, fat, and gelatin. Some
of these processes are done to disguise stringly meat from mal-
nourished animals and all tend to render the meat less suitable
for consumption. Many tinned meats contain the poisonous
drug, sodium nitrate. Due in part to present methods of feeding
hogs, some pork is infested with trichina and the quality of the
meat is rarely as good as that of other animals. Local health
department inspectors in various cities have occasionally found
sulphite powder on some meats, which is used to give a nice red
color to old meat. Some meats sold in restaurants have even been
"embalmed" with formaldehyde in order to assure preservation
over a long period of time. It is difficult, if not impossible, to purchase any meat on the
regular commercial market with complete assurance that it is
completely fresh and free from synthetic hormones and all chem-
ical additives. But, if there is not complete safety, there is
relative safety. The most dangerous meats are those which are
tinned and processed into sausage. The safest meats are fresh
beef, lamb, and sea fish. However, unless you know the direct
source of your beef cuts, you will have to take your chances on
the hormone problem. This is not a completely happy solution,
but it is the best that can be suggested under current circum-
stances. VI. Fish Liver Oil
A N ANIMAL FOOD WHICH HAS RECEIVED
widespread use among children is cod liver oil. Adults frequently
I take other forms of fish liver oil (usually from the shark liver)
as a supplementary source of vitamins A and D in the diet. Though fish liver oils are a rich source of the vitamins, and
though certain animals, in particular dogs and cats, appear to
take the oils without harmful reactions, there are serious doubts
regarding the value of such foods in the diet of other animals and
human beings. Dr. Weston Price has found that large doses of
fish liver oil give some patients "definite symptoms of depression:'
and has further observed paralysis and structural damage to
hearts and kidneys of animals when overdoses were given. Agduhr,
using the oils on rabbits, and Malnlberg using chickens, both
found damage to the heart as one of the effects. P. Hendricksen
concluded from his experiments that the oils produced degenera-
tion throughout the body. Herlitz, Jundell, and Wahlgre con-
ducted experiments which showed degeneration of the heart
muscle when normal doses of cod liver oil were given.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What are some of the most dangerous practices in the meat industry?,
A: The text does not specify the exact practices, but it mentions that some meats are treated with chemicals, such as sodium nitrate, and that some are smoked, pickled, or injected with brine, fat, and gelatin.
Q: What is wrong with using fish liver oil as a source of vitamins?,
A: The text states that fish liver oil is not a reliable source of vitamins, as it can cause depression, paralysis, and damage to organs in some cases.
Q: What is the issue with the production of cheese?,
A: The text highlights that some cheese is made with artificial additives, such as yellow dye, benzoyl peroxide, and alginic acid, which can be harmful to human health.
Q: What is the issue with the use of fluoride in drinking water?,
A: The text states that sodium fluoride is added to water to prevent tooth decay, but this can have negative effects on human health, such as fluorosis, and is not a suitable substitute for natural sources of fluoride.
Q: What is the recommended way to make ice cream at home?,
A: The text suggests making ice cream at home using raw cream, milk, eggs, and fresh fruit, as this will provide a healthier and more natural alternative to commercial ice cream.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>HAY	HOUSE,	INC.
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localities: the children have not the splendidly developed features, and the people give no evidence
of the great physical reserve that is present in the smaller communities. Through the kindness of Dr. William Barry, a local dentist, and through that of the
superintendent of the public schools, we were invited to use one of the school buildings for our
studies of the children. The summer classes were dismissed with instructions that the children be
retained so that we could have them for study. Several factors were immediately apparent. The
teeth were shining and clean, giving eloquent testimony of the thoroughness of the instructions in the
use of the modern dentifrices for efficient oral prophylaxis. The gums looked better and the teeth
more beautiful for having the debris and deposits removed. Surely this superb climate, this
magnificent setting, combined with the best of the findings of modern prophylactic science, should
provide a 100-per-cent immunity to tooth decay. But in a study of the children from eight to fifteen
years of age, 29.8 per cent of the teeth had already been attacked by dental caries. Our study of
each case included careful examining of the mouth; photographing of the face and teeth; obtaining
of samples of saliva for chemical analysis; and a study of the program of nutrition followed by the
given case. In most cases, the diet was strikingly modern, and the only children found who did not
have tooth decay proved to be children who were eating the natural foods, whole rye bread and
plenty of milk. In Chapter 15, a detailed discussion of the chemical differences in the food constituents is
presented for both the districts subject to immunity, and for those subject to susceptibility. I was told by a former resident of this upper Engadin country that in one of the isolated valleys
only a few decades ago the children were still carrying their luncheons to school in the form of
roasted rye carried dry in their pockets. Their ancestors had eaten cereal in this dry form for
centuries. St. Moritz is a typical Alpine community with a physical setting lar to that in the Cantons of Bern
and Wallis (Valais). It is, however, provided with modern nutrition consisting of an abundance of
white-flour products, marmalades, jams, canned vegetables, confections, and fruits--all of which
are transported to the district. Only a limited supply of vegetables is grown locally. We studied
some children here whose parents retained their primitive methods of food selection, and without
exception those who were immune to dental caries were eating a distinctly different food from
those with high susceptibility to dental caries. Few countries of the world have had officials so untiring in their efforts to study and tabulate the
incidence of dental caries in various geographic localities as has Switzerland. In the section lying to7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 29/250the north and east, and near Lake Constance, there is a considerable district where it is reported
that 100 per cent of the people are suffering from dental caries. In almost all the other parts of
Switzerland in which the population is large 95 to 98 per cent of the people suffer from dental
caries. Of the two remaining districts, in one there is from 90 to 95 per cent and in the other from
85 to 90 per cent individual susceptibility to dental caries. Since in the district in the vicinity of
Lake Constance the incidence of dental caries is so high that it is recorded as 100 per cent, it
seemed especially desirable to make a similar critical study there and to obtain samples of saliva
and detailed information regarding the food, and to make detailed physical examinations of
growing children in this community, and through the great kindness of Dr. Hans Eggenberger,
Director of Public Health for this general district, we were given an opportunity to do so. Arrangements were made by Dr. Eggenberger so that typical groups of children, some in
institutions, could be studied. He is located at Herisau in the Canton of St. Gall. We found work
well organized for building up the health of these children in so far as outdoor treatment, fresh air,
and sunshine were concerned. As dental caries is a major problem, and probably nutritional, it is
treated by sunshine. The boys' group and girls' group are both given suitable athletic sports under
skillfully trained directors. These groups are located in different parts of the city. Their recreation
grounds are open lawns adjoining wooded knolls which give the children protection and isolation in
which to play in their sunsuits and build vigorous appetites, and thus to prepare for their institutional
foods which were largely from a modern menu. Critical dental examinations were made and an
analysis of the data obtained revealed that one-fourth of all teeth of these growing boys and girls
had already been attacked by dental caries, and that only 4 per cent of the children had escaped
from the ravages of tooth decay, which disease many of them had in an aggravated form. In the Herisau group 25.5 per cent of the 2,065 teeth examined had been attacked by dental
caries and many teeth were abscessed. The upper photographs in Fig. 4 are of two girls with
typically rampant tooth decay. The one to the left is sixteen years of age and several of her
permanent teeth are decayed to the gum line. Her appearance is seriously marred, as is also that of
the girl to the right. Another change that is seen in passing from the isolated groups with their more nearly normal
facial developments, to the groups of the lower valleys, is the marked irregularity of the teeth with
narrowing of the arches and other facial features. In the lower half of Fig. 4 may be seen two such
cases. While in the isolated groups not a single case of a typical mouth breather was found, many
were seen among the children of the lower-plains group. The children studied were from ten to
sixteen years of age.7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 30/250Fig. 4. In the modernized districts of Switzerland tooth decay is
rampant. The girl, upper left, is sixteen and the one to the right is
younger. They use white bread and sweets liberally. The two children
below have very badly formed dental arches with crowding of the
teeth. this deformity is not due to heredity. Many individuals in the modernized districts bore on their faces scars which indicated that the
abscess of an infected tooth had broken through to the external surface where it had developed a
fistula with resultant scar tissue, thus producing permanent deformity. Bad as these conditions were, we were told that they were better than the average for the
community. The ravages of dental caries had been strikingly evident as we came in contact with the
local and traveling public. As we had at St. Moritz, we found an occasional child with much better
teeth than the average. Usually the answer was not far to seek. For example, in one of the St.
Moritz groups, in a class of sixteen boys, there were 158 cavities, or an average of 9.8 cavities per
person (fillings are counted as cavities). In the cases of three other children in the same group,
there were only three cavities, and one case was without dental caries. Two of these three had
been eating dark bread or entire-grain bread, and one was eating dark bread and oatmeal
porridge. All three drank milk liberally. When looking here for the source of dairy products one is impressed by the absence of cows at
pasture in the plains of Switzerland, areas in which a large percentage of the entire population
resides. True, one frequently sees large laiteries or creameries, but the cows are not in sight. On
asking the explanation for this, I found that a larger quantity of milk could be obtained from the
cows if they were kept in the stables during the period of high production. Indeed, this was a
necessity in most of these communities since there were so few fences, and during the time of the
growth of the crops, including the stock feed for the winter's use, it was necessary that the cows
be kept enclosed. About the only time that cows were allowed out on pasture was in the fall after
the crops had been harvested and while the stubble was being plowed. Among the children in St. Moritz and Herisau, those groups with the lower number of cavities
per person were using milk more or less liberally. Of the total number of children examined in both
places only 11 per cent were using milk in their diets, whereas 100 per cent of the children in the
other districts that provided immunity were using milk. Nearly every child in St. Moritz was eating
white bread. In Herisau, all but one of the children examined were eating white bread in whole or7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 31/250in principal part. Since so many cattle were stall-fed in the thickly populated part of Switzerland, and since so
low a proportion of the children used milk even sparingly, I was concerned to know what use was
made of the milk. Numerous road signs announcing the brand of sweetened milk chocolate made
in the several districts suggested one use.


pigs, one group of which were fed a controlled diet. Another
group were fed a form of laboratory diet. In both sets of studies
an area of skin was bared and measurem ents taken between the
cephalic end of the bare area, and another at the caudal end of
the area. Wherever incision was to be made between the two, a
control point was taken. After the preliminary measurements were mad,:, the skin and
subcutaneous fascia were incised and suturerJ, following which
another set of examinations were made. These were continued
daily for the next two weeks or until the wound was healed. In
some in��ances, the healing was so complete as to make it difficult
to determine the site of the wound. 82 THE FIEL D AS A SIGNPOST
The data showed a marked change of potential gradient be
tween the normal skin and the area of injury. Perhaps the most
astonishing finding was that the site of injury was not consist
ently negative to the normal tissue, as would be expected by the
theory of injury potentiaL On the contrary, for the first twenty
four or twenty-eight hours after the injury, the wound area was
positive to the cephalic point in the normal skin. The potential
gradient between these two points tended to rise for twenty-four
or twenty-ei ght hours and then rapidly to decline until the third
or fourth day when the wound became negative to the normal
skin. This negativity increased until the maximum was reached
on the eighth or ninth day. Following this, and lasting for
twenty-four to forty-eigh t hours, the potential gradient dropped,
to be followed on the tenth or twelfth day by another rise in
potential. This was repeated on the twelfth and fourteenth day. On the fifteenth or sixteenth day the gradients returned to
approxima tely normal limits. The comparison of the curves obtained by Harvey and Taffel
shows an interesting parallelism. The tensile strength measure
ments show a rapidly rising curve during the first eight days. The
bioelectric measurements show a similar change. After the eighth
day, the tensile strength seems to approach a plateau. The bio
electric determinations show alternating growth and differentia
tion after the eighth day. While examinations show rather slow
changes in the potential gradients, nevertheless, they are statistic
ally reliable. In order to investigate this matter further, a second series of
animals was studied under somewh at different conditions. Thirty
guinea pigs from the laboratory stock were taken, ten of which
were placed on a controlled laboratory diet. It is to be noted that
this diet was differen t from that of the first series. These animals
received an incision on the right flank as described, and were
read daily. The rise and fall of potential differences during this period
would seem to be correlated with the growth of fibroblasts. Then
followed a period of differentiation represent ed by a clear-cut
increase in potential differences. However, once started, the alternation of growth and differ-
83 THE FIEL D AS A SIGNPOST
entiation was strikingly parallel in both groups of animals. TV.Tcnty of the animals were put on a vitamin C deficien t diet
ten with no wounds in the skin and ten with wounds. The poten
tial gradients in the operated and unoperat ed scorbutic animals,
ana in the norrnals on a controlled diet, showed interesting
parallelisms. In the case of unopera ted scorbutics a reasonably constant
baseline appeared through the period of the experiment. The
operated scorbutics, however, showed changes in the potential
differences which closely paralleled the normal animals, save that
the magnitude of the potential difference was less. In addition,
they showed the same delay in the onset of potential rise as was
seen in the operated animals on the normal diet. These observa
tions indicated that it is possible to measure with some certainty
bioelectric concomitant s of growth and differentiation in the heal
ing of wounds in the guinea pig. They suggested that the growth
process is not a continuous one, except in the early stages, but
rather that, after the eighth day, it alternates with periods of
differentiation. Bioelectric correlates of growth in the animals on
a control diet seem to rise faster and reach a greater magnitude
than in the case of the scorbutic animals. 3
In cooperation with the above-mentioned surgeons, a further
experiment was made on wound healing in the human. Some
twenty-five instances of operative procedures, with uncompli
cated healing of the wounds, were selected for study. All these
healed without any evidence of infection. Determinat ions of the
potential gradient between two points-one in the immediate
vicinity of the wound, and another at some distance from it
were made daily, beginning on the day following the operation
and continuing until the patient was discharged from the hos
pital, usually after fourteen days. In each observa tion, sufficient
readings were taken to insure valid measurements. It was at once apparent that there was, on the whole, a
definite trend. Comparison of individual cases revealed in many
84 THE FIELD AS A SIGNP OST
instances wide discrepancies. Such variations have been found
to be consistently present in animals studied by the tensile
strength method. Similar variations were particularly character
istic of electro-metric technique and therefore many detennina
tiOIlS are necessary. The results show that there is a phase of positive potential of
some four days' duration corresponding to the so-called lag in
the tensile strength method. This same phenomenon was ob
served in the guinea pigs and also in mice as an accompaniment
of a carcinogenic irritation. Following this, the wound passes into
a proliferated phase during which a negative potential is en
countered which reaches its height between the seventh and
ninth days. Here the maximum negative voltage is reached at
approxima tely the same time as the maximum tensile strength. The increasing negativity suggests an homology with the rising
negativity observed in other animals and in cancer. At the end of the tenth day the wound is usually healed and
from then to the end of the determinations the voltage gradient s
gradually fall to the normal base-line. These observations of
electro-metric studies of the healing wound in man parallel those
made in experimental animals and give weight to the concept that
the process of healing in man is a phenomenon of growth. 4
Since these wound healing experiments on man seem to indi
("ate a modification of the normal picture after surgery, it be
hooved us to find out what went on from day to day in normal
human beings with a reasonably normal existence. To this end, a
group of ten medical students were found to agree to do the
necessary examination to see what happened in the ordinary
day-to-day existence of such apparently normal subjects. These were studied for a considerable period of time and it was
found, in general, that the students could be separated into three
groups as was mentioned in Chapter 3 : one, a group that showed
consistently high potential differences between the index fingers
of the two hands, another with a low potential difference, and a
85 THE FIELD AS A SIGNP OST
third, an intermediate point. There was, however, one particular student in the group who
consistently showed a higher potential difference than all the
rest of the subjects. On investigation, it was found that this boy
had a history of emotional instability and. at the time he was
admitted, was admitted as an experiment. Before the end of the
year, however, the boy became definitely psychotic and had to
be remanded to an institution. These findings suggested at once that deviations from a normal
behaviour, such as might appear in a psychotic, were worth in
vestigating further. With the cooperation of the late Dr. Eugen
Kahn in the Department of Psychiatry, a number of patients
who had been studied carefully by the psychiatric staff-were
selected and measuremen ts made on them daily for a considerable
period of time. The psychiatrists were asked to divide the patients into three
groups-obvious deviates from normal behaviour, those that were
reasonably normal, and an intermediate group. The electro-metric
experiments were carried out in the services of the psychiatric
hospital without the electro-metric investigator knowing any
thing about the status of the individual. At the conclusion of the electro-m etrics the patients were
divided into three groups; those with markedly changed electro
metrics, those with relatively little change, and an intermediate
group. Subsequently, the intermediate group was subdivided into
a high-low group and a low-high group. At the conclusion of the experiment, the groups selected by
the psychiatrists were compared with the groups selected by the
electro-metric investigator, who-it should be emphasized
knew nothing about the psychiatric diagnosis. Results of the
study showed clearly enough that the group consisting of those
markedly deviated from normal behaviour by psych ;atric ex
amination also showed a similar deviation in electro-metric ex
amination. The low group, likewise, paralleled each other perfectly. But
in the intermediate group, as might be expected. there was con
siderable vuiation in both the psychiatric reports and in the
electro-metric readings. This, of course, is very interesting and it
86 J.' J
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more than a "Placenta or a False Placenta". Cancer then is nothing more than a
stimulated normal Trophoblast cell growing normally in the wrong place trying to
form a placenta in preparation for a new baby. Remember, this happens in every one
every day. Allow me to give you a patient example to emphasize this truth and
fundamental concept. All malignant tumors, whether they are in the brain or the little toe, are either
Placentas, or False Placentas (a placenta without a baby attached. 26
Winning The Cancer War
There Are No Exceptions! A Bonnie Scottish Lassie
For well over a century, it was common talk among the peasant girls of Scotland,
should one find a lump (cancer growth) in the breast she should get pregnant as soon
as possible? When these girls lived beyond their reproductive age their cancer
returned and they died. Girls then, as well as now have a multitude of tricks in their
bag to become pregnant, everything from baking a cake to tripping a boy in the
meadow. This 'old wife's tale intrigued the eminent Embryologist, John Beard, D.SC.,
professor of Edinburgh University. Beard was a true scientist. It was he who
determined what cancer is, how it is formed, why it is formed and how to properly
treat it. Some 50 years later Dr. W illiam D. Kelley, D.D.S., having never heard of
Professor Beard came to the same Scientific Paradigm. The medical community
refuses to accept Dr. Kelley's Paradigm. This is unfortunate for the thousands who
could be properly treated and cured. Dr. Kelley often states, 'that's the way it is'. God
may bring this truth to the attention of another scientist, years after his death. The Direct Cause of Cancer
The direct cause of cancer, according to our research, is the changing of an Ectopic
Primary germ cell into an Ectopic Trophoblast cell. An excess of female sex hormones
brings about this change. Both men and women have male and female sex hormones. When this delicate male-female sex hormone balance is upset, cancer may start. Let us explain this a little further. In the human life cycle, the male sperm unites
with the female egg. Now if this fertilized egg would grow directly into a new baby,
we would have no cancer or cancer problems, but nature does not act so simply and
directly, for if she did, the newly formed embryo (baby) would fall out of the uterus. Therefore, nature had to develop some way to attach the new embryo to the wall of
the uterus and some way to nourish (feed) it. After the sperm in the fallopian tube of the mother fertilizes the egg the fertilized
egg gives rise to three basic kinds of cells:
4. Trophoblast cells, which form:
5. Primitive germ cells, which form:
6. Primary germ cells, one of which forms the embryo, which form:
7. Normal body or somatic cells; and the
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Winning The Cancer War
8. Many Primary germ cells migrate to the Testes or Ovaries waiting to form the next
generation. Many are trapped within the normal body cells come to occupy all
sorts of abnormal positions within the new embryo's body and upon stimulation
by female hormones produce;
9. Trophoblast cells, which can form a placenta in any place of the embryo's body
as it grows to a child or adult. 10. These out of place placentas are in error, called by the medical community
CANCER. By the third day, the fertilized egg has fallen into the uterus. During those three
days and for many days thereafter, the Trophoblast cells (cancer cells) are growing
very rapidly and surround the other two types of cells (primitive germ cells, and
normal body or somatic cells). The new baby will fall out of the uterus unless something happens fast, and happen
it does. The Trophoblast cells metastasize (as cancer does) to the wall of the uterus. Now the baby cannot fall out of the mother's uterus, but needs nourishment. The
Trophoblast cells (cancer cells) continue to grow rapidly and form the placenta. Now
with a good food supply and no danger of falling out of the mother, the baby
(embryo) can continue to grow, safe and sound, until birth. The placental Trophoblast tissue (cancer mass) continues to grow until about the
seventh week when the baby's pancreas develops. The baby's pancreatic enzyme production along with the mother's pancreatic
enzyme production stops the growth of the placental Trophoblastic tissue (cancer
mass). As the new embryo (baby) is being formed from the normal body or somatic cells,
the primary germ cells (pre-placenta cells) are multiplying. In a few days, when the
embryo (baby) develops to the proper stage, the primary germ cells stop multiplying
and begin to migrate to the gonads (ovaries or testes). There are about three billion of these primary germ cells that fatigue and never
have the vital force necessary to reach the gonads. This means that there are two
germ cells for every area the size of a pinhead dispersed throughout your body. Any
one of these germ cells is a potential malignant tumor mass (cancer). That is why a
malignant tumor mass (cancer) can form in any part of the body. All that is needed to
create a malignant tumor mass in our body is a deficiency of pancreatic enzymes, an
imbalance of sex hormones and the embryonic destiny of these primary germ cells to
form Trophoblast cells, which then forms a false placenta (a malignant tumor) in
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Winning The Cancer War
preparation for the creation of a baby. The imbalance of sex hormones can take place
at any time, but usually it occurs between 45 and 60 years of age. When all is said and done, a malignant tumor mass (cancer) is a normal growth of
tissue (a placenta) due to the development of a basic (primary) germ cell in the wrong
place (outside of the uterus). Sometimes this placenta also has a "baby" or begins a
tumor inside of it much like a normal pregnancy — only it is in the wrong place. (When dissecting tumors Pathologists often find partially formed teeth, toenails and
other types of tissue, such as lung tissue, within the malignant tumor masses. Malignancy therefore is never normal (somatic) tissue gone into wild proliferation,
but a normal primary germ cell growing normally in the wrong place. Physiology of Cancer
We would like to share with you our concepts of the physiology of cancer. In order
for you to comprehend our concept let us give you a little background by reviewing
with you Pellagra and Diabetes. Pellagra can be controlled with a diet containing B vitamins
For years patients were placed in insane asylums because they had the simple
deficiency disease called Pellagra. In 1916 Dr. Joseph Goldberger found that diet
could prevent this condition, but it was not until the B  vitamin deficiencies were
discovered that the condition was understood. Now no knowledgeable physician
would commit such a patient, but rather give him B  vitamins
What is Pellagra? It is a symptom of a general systemic condition. For centuries
only the symptoms were treated — now we know better. Diabetes can be controlled by diet, insulin, or a combination o f both
What is diabetes? It is nothing more than a symptom. It is a symptom that tells us
that our systemic carbohydrate (sugar) metabolism is not functioning properly. Before
the discovery of insulin the great physicians stood by and wrung their hands
helplessly. The pancreas produces insulin, which delivers glucose to every cell in the body. In
Type I, or child onset, diabetes the pancreas fails to produce enough insulin for
glucose metabolism and insulin supplementation is required. In Type II or adult onset
diabetes the pancreas is overproducing insulin to compensate for failure of glucose to
be metabolized within the cells. Our research indicates some individuals have Type I
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Winning The Cancer War
and Type II Diabetes. Before the discovery of insulin by professor Ernest L. Scott in 1911 and until the
early 1930's, when a person was diagnosed as having diabetes, they would often ask
the doctor if their condition could be helped or made worse by what they were eating
and should they change their diet in any way? The doctor would tell them: "Oh no,
diet doesn't make any difference — eat anything you want, you aren't going to live
much longer anyway, so live it up and eat whatever you want." Doctors couldn't
connect the diet and diabetes. Even lay people in those days figured out that if you
ate a lot of leafy green vegetables and reduced the amount of sugar you took in, you
survived longer and did well — at least better than the person who didn't watch his
diet. And so it was that after the development of insulin, doctors figured out that there is
a factor in diet. In the early 1920s there weren't very good analytical facilities
available. But the doctors empirically found that the people who ate green leafy
vegetables, and a few other foods, survived diabetes much better and the sugar count
in their urine was much better. They had a saying in the medical community at that
time that leafy, green vegetables contained "natural insulin." It


through	us,	the	entire	world. No
one	who	prays	and	meditates	consistently	doesn’t	give	a	damn	what	happens. The	first	reason	we	pray	and	meditate	is	to	handle	the	darkness	of	the
world,	strengthening	our	resistance	to	rampant	chaos	and	negativity. In	this
time	of	historical	phase	transition,	many	people	are	experiencing	a	low-grade
panic	they’re	not	even	aware	of. All	of	us	should	surround	ourselves	with	a
shield	of	light,	and	prayer	and	meditation	provide	it. Interestingly,	however,	we	don’t	just	pray	and	meditate	so	we	can	handle
the	darkness. We	do	it	also	so	we	can	handle	the	light. Our	nervous	systems
are	being	bombarded	today	by	forces	of	light	streaming	down	in	response	to
humanity’s	prayers	for	help,	but	a	nervous	system	unprepared	for	such	an
onrush	can	become	overloaded. It	does	us	little	good	if	we	succeed	at	calling
forth	miracles,	yet	are	psychologically	and	emotionally	unprepared	to	receive
them	when	they	arrive. Prayer	not	only	calls	forth	our	good,	but	prepares	us	to
handle	it	once	it	comes. As	Martin	Luther	King,	Jr.,	said,	“[We	need]	a	qualitative	change	in	our
souls	as	well	as	a	quantitative	change	in	our	lives.”	Many	people	say	we’re
being	called	by	the	dictates	of	sustainability	to	live	materially	smaller	lives,and	perhaps	this	is	true. But	spiritually,	we’re	being	called	to	live
bigger
	lives,
to	which	our	resistance	is	at	least	as	strong. I	once	heard	author	Stedman	Graham	suggest	that	even	the	most
accomplished	among	us	aren’t	yet	living	at	100	percent. His	point	lingered
with	me. I	wondered	where	the	other	20	percent	is	if	we	feel	that	we’re	only
living	at	80. Does	it	exist	on	a	shelf	somewhere	as	pure	potentiality,	waiting
to	be	brought	down	when	we’re	ready	to	make	it	manifest? Was	it	put	in	a
corner	of	God’s	Mind	for	safekeeping? And	if	we	open	the	flood	gates	to	our
full	potential	now,	do	we	get	to	retrieve	whatever	possibilities	we	failed	to
manifest	over	the	last	30	years? When	we	don’t	grow	in	certain	areas,	we	can	experience	a	kind	of	“flat
line”	while	those	around	us	gradually	climb	as	in	a	diagonal	line	on	a	graph. Yet	once	we	awaken	to	whatever	awareness	returns	us	to	the	natural	arc	of	our
soul	growth,	we	make	a	direct	vertical	ascent	to	the	place	we	were	supposed
to	be—where	we
would
	have	been,	had	we	not	tarried. This	often	happens
when	people	get	sober;	all	of	a	sudden,	positive	energy	springs	forth	that
they’d	suppressed	during	the	years	they	were	using. Even	if	you’re	not	an	addict,	just	by	living	in	this	society	you’ve	been	privy
to	an	addictive	system. President	Bush	was	right	when	he	pronounced
America	to	be	“addicted	to	oil”	(and	probably	a	few	other	things	as	well),	and
the	dysfunctional	patterns	spawned	by	that	addiction	extend	like	tentacles	into
all	our	lives. If	a	parent	is	an	alcoholic,	his	or	her	children	carry	the
psychological	weight	of	the	addict’s	unprocessed	issues. If	someone	steals	a
presidential	election,	the	citizens	of	the	country	carry	the	psychological
weight	of	that	guilty	secret. If	a	nation	invades	another	country	for	control	of
its	oil,	then	its	citizens	bear	the	collective	karma	and	resulting	guilt	of	being
involuntary	accomplices	to	what’s	now	euphemistically	called	“regime
change”	but	in	ancient	times	would	have	been	more	aptly	referred	to	as
“pillage	and	plunder.”	These	forces	and	many	others	have	played	on	our
psyches,	suppressing	the	emergence	of	our	better	selves. No	wonder	so	many
of	us	have	gotten	depressed	or	emotionally	checked	out. These	are	very,	very
critical	times. It’s	time	to	get	emotionally	and	psychologically	sober	now	…	to	awaken
from	the	stupor	of	the	last	few	decades. To	claim	the	percentage	of	our
potential	that	we	haven’t	yet	manifested	and	go	for	that	100	percent. The	race
is	on. This	is	it. Let’s	pray. Let’s	go. O
UR	PROBLEM	ISN’T	THAT	WE	DON’T	THINK	LOVE
	is	an	important	thing;	our	problem	isthat	we	don’t	think	it’s	the
most
	important	thing. There	are	lots	and	lots	of
distractions	out	there. But	something	happens	when	you’ve	lived	through	enough. Children
suffering	needlessly	…	kids	going	off	to	war	…	people	dying	of	hunger	in	a
world	of	plenty—lesser	issues	begin	to	pale	in	comparison. A	day	comes
when	you	look	at	the	news	and	say,
What	the	hell	are	we	doing?! It’s	horrible	to	contemplate,	but	terrorists	know	what
they’re
	doing. I	can’t
imagine	a	kind-of,	sort-of,	when-it’s-convenient,	casually	committed	terrorist. Terrorists	have	an	agenda,	that’s	for	sure,	and	they’ll	do	whatever	it	takes	to
further	it. Yet	our	biggest	problem	isn’t	just	that	a	relatively	few	people	hate
with	conviction;	it’s	that	not	enough	of	us
love
	with	conviction. With	every	thought	of	love,	we	participate	in	the	creation	of	a	unified	field
of	exponentially	greater	possibility	for	everyone. When	a	butterfly	flaps	its
wings	near	the	tip	of	South	America,	it	affects	the	wind	patterns	near	the
North	Pole. And	the	same	is	true	in	the	realm	of	consciousness:	Every	miracle
you	work	in	your	life	is	a	blessing	on	life	itself. A	couple	of	years	ago	the	Amish	of	Pennsylvania,	who	eschew	all	worldly
power,	showed	us	all	what	love	really	is. If	the	world	survives,	I	credit	them. When	some	of	their	little	girls	were	bound	and	shot	dead	by	a	crazed	gunman,
they	forgave	him. Let	me	repeat	that:	They
forgave
	him. On	that	day	our
entire	country	knew,	without	a	doubt,	that	we	were	in	the	presence	of	the	real
thing. Hard-boiled	newscasters	and	commentators,	who	don’t	get	humble	and
authentic	and	sincere	for	anybody,	got	humble	and	sincere	and	authentic	as
they	reported	this	story. According	to
A	Course	in	Miracles,
	all	minds	are	joined. No	mind	could	be
apprised	of	the	Amish	reaction	to	their	enormous	tragedy	and	not	be
transformed. By	their	own	demonstration	of	grace,	the	Amish	graced	us	all. Our	souls	were	touched	not	only	by	their	grief	but	by	their	spirituality	as	well. By	holding	to	the	light,	they	transcended	darkness	…	and	not	just	for
themselves. A	truer	crucifixion	of	the	Christ	could	not	occur,	nor	a	truer
resurrection	either. And	in	the	case	of	Jesus,	as	well	as	his	true	disciples	the
Amish,	millions	more	were	lifted	up


 to own ourself as a source of our
own power. We are the creator of the happiness in
our own life now, and that transformation in con
sciousness brings a feeling of adequacy and confiWORRY, FEAR, AND ANXIETY 295
dence; the view of the world now is harmonious. When we walk down the street, we see the subtle,
beautiful naturalness of how everything interacts,
how everything is really where it should be, and that
everybody wants to be what they are.The bag lady is
there because she wants to be a bag lady; nobody has
forced her to be that. She has chosen to be that which
she is.We stop blaming things, and we begin to expe
rience that the world is expressing harmony to the
degree to which we are willing to own the truth
about ourself and express it.The whole movie is har
monious, and God now begins to look like a merciful
and forgiving God of a harmonious world. With the quieting of emotionality that is conse
quent to acceptance, the way is now clear to facilitate
the use of reason, discernment, and the intellect
without interference from stressful feelings, such as
fear of survival, anger, and the rest. Free of the distor
tions and distractions, the mind becomes clear enough
to utilize logic and the benefits of education and higher
learning, including academic study and abstract
thought, which is the level of mind that includes the
calibration range of the 400s. This is also the realm
of science, which is based on the Newtonian para
digm of proof, evidence, and the laws of cause and
effect. The 400s include the Great Books of the
Western World, as well as celebrated geniuses, such as
Newton, Einstein, and Freud. In the 400s, personal power increases markedly by
maximal use ofthe prefrontal cortex ofthe brain with
which fear, worry, and anxiety can be handled with
the tools of logic and reason rather than just raw emo296 HEALING AND RECOVERY
tion.The world therefore looks less fearful because its
risks are comprehended from a higher, more mature
level rather than from the raw emotionality of the
child. The mind thus discovers safeguards and limits
in order to arrive at a balance and the capacity for
rational judgment and reality testing. Via good will and a rational worldview, inner anxiety
diminishes, and the shift in brain physiology, plus
intention, allows for the emergence of Love as a dom
inant life principle at consciousness calibration level
500.At this level, the nurturance of relationships and
the welfare of others become predominant in con
trast to lower levels of consciousness that are the con
sequence of domination by the narcissistic core of
the ego. With further evolution, the level of Love becomes
unconditional at 540, and the way is paved for con
sciousness to evolve to the higher spiritual levels that
calibrate at approximately 600, which is the level of
spiritual Bliss and Peace. As we move up in our willingness to be of service
to this world, our lovingness emerges as
Unconditional Love to nurture and support life. We
are willing to forgive, and beginning revelation
occurs. Due to the release of endorphins, we begin to
see the lovingness that is everywhere. We see it in
nature and in the animal world.We see the naturallov
ingness of the child within everybody. The loving
heart of the child is still alive in everyone. Ifa person
does not experience that, it is beCause they do not
know how to tune in to it, but the innocent, loving
heart of the child is in everyone. It can be appealed W0 RR Y, FEAR, AND AN X lETY 297
to, and that is why the merciless killer in the presence
of a loving person can become harmless. In contrast,
in the presence of a fearful person, it creates the
space for him to attack, and he does attack.The loving
person then experiences a safe world, and God must,
of necessity, be at least at the same level of conscious
ness as he is and therefore be unconditionally loving. The experience of the truth of this brings the
person into a joyfulness. Joyfulness brings about a
transfiguration in consciousness. It brings one into
compassion. The inner serenity of the compassionate
person begins to see the perfection of creation. The
unconditional love of the Creator creates a oneness. The person begins to experience the oneness of all
beings. Therefore, all of life in all its expressions is
sacred.There is a beginning awareness of the sacred
ness of life and a merging into an illumined and
enlightened state of blissfulness and infmite peace in
which the total oneness of Creation brings an aware
ness of God as the essence of beingness itself. As I stood on top of the mountain in the presence
of the rattlesnake, what was it that entranced and
flXed both of us into a state of infmite peace and one
ness? I could not really say in that state of aliveness
that the life of the snake and my life were two differ
ent lives because it seemed as though they were one. The two were being controlled by the nature of the
One-that which brought what seemed to be the two
of us together as one experience. There was really
only one experience occurring. One might say that
the one experience was being experienced through
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Therefore, no thought of attack arose because the
energy field of that experience had already arisen. The feeling of infmite peace is often called the Peace
of God. There are certain teachings that say there are really
only two emotions-love and fear-and all the nega
tive feelings below Love are nothing but variations of
fear. We can see all of these expressions of fear-fear
of moral wrong, fear of the inability to survive and
exist, fear over the loss of the source of one's hap
piness, and anger over the intrinsic fear that 'not
getting' brings to· a person. Therdore, we could say
that these are forms of fear. There are really only two expression ofemotion
love, which starts at 500 and becomes infinite in its
expression, and fear, which begins at 100 and goes
ever downward in its expression. Therefore, the
handling of all the negative feelings arises out of the
willingness to accept that we have the power within
us to handle this inner fearfulness, to recognize that
we are the source of it, and to stop projecting it onto
the world or God. No one created a fearful world;
there is no such thing.The fearful world is within us. We carry it with us and thus we can let it go. We can
let the fear of the fear go, as well as fear itself, and
move into the presence of Love. CHAPTER 10
Pain and Suffering
This chapter will cover the subject ofthe alleviation of
pain and suffering. The world thinks that they are the
same thing, but we will show how suffering and pain
are actually different from each other. We will look at
the relationship between the physical, mental, and spir
itual aspects of the experience of the body. It is said that all diseases, illnesses, and human
problems are physical, mental, and spiritual, but what
does that really mean? As a physician for more than
fIfty years, I have learned about the physical aspects;
as a psychiatrist, I have learned about the mental
components; and in consciousness and spiritual
research and experience, I have learned about the
spiritual dimension. What is meant by spirit? Is it a fantasy, or is it some
thing real that we can work with? Is it something that
is only useful for religious people?What do we need to
know about'spirit' in order to experience the truth of
it for ourselves, and how can we utilize this knowledge
for the alleviation of our personal problems and those
of the people we love? We will learn how to handle acute and chronic
pain, and even more importantly, how to be with that
pain. There are two problems to address: The frrst is
how to handle the symptoms specifIcally and discover
what part hypnosis, acupuncture, and other modalities
play in the alleviation of pain.The second is to look at
the levels of consciousness and how they relate to the
experience. of pain. Again, we will be referring to the
Map of Consciousness, which shows the calibrated
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levels of energy, their relative power and direction, the
emotional component of each level, the process going
on in consciousness at each level and how that influ
ences our view of the world and of God, and how the
problem is resolved ifwe do not have a belief in a God. There will be clinical examples of problems I have
personally experienced and worked through using
these techniques, along with examples that have
worked for others.With these clinical experiences, we
can demonstrate certain principles of consciousness
that offer a benefit for our lives as a whole. What we
learn in studying one specific example then has other
applications, so we will be turning lemons into lemon