 bread quality is growing. One excellent new U.S. business,
called Great Harvest Bakery is a fast-growing national franchise chain. They bakeand sell only whole grain breads; all their wheat flour is freshly ground daily on thepremises in the back. Unfortunately, as of the writing of this book, they do notgrind their rye flour but bring it in sacks. I can’t recommend their rye breads. The
founder of Great Harvest is a knowledgeable buyer who fully understands my
next topic, which is that wheat is not wheat.
There are great differences between hard bread wheats; being organically
grown is no cure all for making good or nutritious bread. Great Harvestunderstands this and uses top quality grain that is also Organic.
When I first stated making my own bread from my own at-home-ground flour
I was puzzled by variations in the dough. Sometimes the bread rose well and wasspongy after baking like I wanted it to be. Sometimes it kneaded stickily andended up flat and crumbly like a cake. Since I had done everything the same wayexcept that I may have bought my wheat berries from different healthfood stores,I began to investigate the subject of wheat quality.
The element in the cereal that forms the rubbery sponge in risen bread so it
doesn’t crumble and rises high without collapsing, is gluten. The word glue derivesfrom gluten. The gluten content of various wheats varies. Bread bakers use “hardwheat” because of its high gluten content. Gluten is a protein and gluten comprisesmost of the protein in bread wheat; the protein content and the gluten content arealmost identical.
Try this. Ask your healthfood store buyer or owner what the protein content is
of the hard red wheat seeds they’re selling. You’ll almost certainly get a puzzledlook and your answer will almost certainly be, “we have Organic andconventional.” Demand that the store buyer ask this question of their distributor/wholesaler and then report back to you. If the distributor deigns to answer, theanswer will be the same—I sell Organic or conventional hard red wheat. Period.When I got these non-answers I looked further and discovered that hard breadwheats run from about 12 percent protein to about 19 percent and this differencehas everything to do with the soil fertility (and to an extent the amount of rainfallduring the season), and almost nothing to do with Organic or conventional.
This difference also has everything to do with how your dough behaves and
how your bread comes out. And how well your bread nourishes you. Thirteen
percent wheat will not make a decent loaf—fourteen percent is generally
considered #2 quality and comprises the bulk of cheap bread grain. When youhear in the financial news that a bushel of wheat is selling for a certain price, theymean #2. Bakers compete for higher protein lots and pay far higher prices formore protein.
We prefer our bread about 25% rye, but rye contains no gluten at all. Mix any
rye flour into fourteen percent wheat flour and the dough becomes very heavy,won’t rise, and after baking, crumbles. So I kept looking for better grain andfinally discovered a knowledgeable lady that sold flour mills and who also was aserious baker herself. She had located a source of quality wheat with an assayedprotein content and sold it by the 50 pound sack. When I asked her if her wheatwas Organic she said it was either sixteen or seventeen percent protein dependingon whether you wanted hard red spring wheat or hard white spring wheat.Organic or conventional? I persisted. No, she said. High protein!
So, I said to myself, since protein content is a function of soil fertility and since
my body needs protein, I figured I am better off eating the best quality wheat,pesticide/herbicide residues (if there are any) be damned. Think about it! Thedifference between seventeen percent and fourteen percent protein is about 25percent. That percentage difference is the key threshold of nutritional deficiencythat makes teeth fall out. We can’t afford to accept 25% degradations in ournutritional quality in something that we eat every day and that forms the very basisof our dietary.
Please understand here that I am not saying that high protein wheats can’t be
grown organically. They certainly can be. The founder of Great Harvest Bakeryperforms a valuable service locating and securing high-protein lots of organicallygrown wheats for his outlets. But often as not Organic products are no morenourishing than those grown with chemicals. Until the buyers at Organic wholefood wholesalers get better educated about grain, obtaining one’s personal millingstock from them will be a dicey proposition.
Sometimes Organic cereal can be far worse than conventional. To make a
cereal Organic is a negative definition; if it hasn’t had chemicals, then its Organic.Grain is one of the few foods that will still produce economic yields of low qualityseed on extremely infertile soil or when half-smothered in weeds becauseherbicides weren’t used for reasons of ideological purity. V egetables will hardlyproduce anything under those conditions; carelessly grown fruits and vegetablesare inevitably small, misshapen, unmarketable. But seed cleaning equipment canremove the contamination of weed seeds in cereal grains (at a cost.)
The price the farmer receives for Organic cereal grain is much higher, so it is
possible to accept rather low yields or expend more money for cleaning out highlevels of weed seeds from the field-run harvest, and still make a good profit. Alousy Organic cereal crop like this might even make a higher profit because thefarmer has been spared the expense of fertilization, of rotation, of weed control. Iremember once I bought a sack of Organic whole oats that were the smallest,most shriveled, bitterest oats I’ve ever tried to eat. We ended up throwing outthat tiny, light (lacking density) seed in favor of using the “conventional” wholeoats that were plump, heavy and sweet.
Wheat is not the only cereal that is damaged by industrial milling. So are oats.
Most consumers have never seen whole oats; they look very much like wheatberries. But rolled oats become rancid and stale on the shelf much like wheat flouron the shelf.
Another pitfall about using whole grains is that to be nutritious they must still be
fresh enough to sprout vigorously. A seed is a package of food surrounding anembryo. The living embryo is waiting for the right conditions (temperature andmoisture) to begin sprouting. Sprouting means the embryo begins eating up storedfood and making a plant out of it. All foods are damaged by exposure to oxygen,so to protect the embryo’s food supply, the seed is surrounded by a virtuallyairtight seed coat that permits only enough oxygen to enter for the embryo’srespiration (yes, seed breaths slowly). Often the embryo is located at the edge of
the seed and has its own air intake port. When the seed coat is removed or
damaged, the innards are exposed to air and begin deteriorating rapidly. In thecase of oats, especially rapidly, because oats are the only grass-based cereal thatcontains large quantities of oil—five percent oil, more or less. That’s why oats“stick to your ribs.” Rolled oats become stale and lose their flavor (and nutritionalcontent) and perhaps become rancid very rapidly. So we make porridge fromwhole oat groats that we coarsely grind to grits (steel-cut oats) in an electric seed/spice mill just before cooking.
It is not easy to cook oat grits. They take a lot longer than rolled oats and if
not done exactly to the recipe I’m about to give you, will almost inevitably stick tothe pot badly and may also froth over and mess the stove. Here’s how to cookthem. Coarsely grind (like corn meal) your whole oats until you have one cup ofoat grits. Bring exactly four cups of water (no salt) to a very hard boil at yourhighest heat. You may add a handful of raisins. Light or turn on a second, small-sized burner on the stove and set it as low as possible. Into the fast boiling water,slowly pour the ground oats, stirring continuously. Take about 30 seconds toslowly pour the grits into the boiling water or you’ll make clumps. Keep on thehigh heat until the water again boils vigorously. Suddenly, the mixture will beginrising in the pot and will try to pour all over the stove. This means it is all at boilingtemperature again. Quickly move the pot to the low burner; that instantly stopsthe frothing. Then cover. Let the porridge cook for 30 minutes, stirring once ortwice to prevent sticking. Then, keeping it covered, turn off the heat. They can beeaten at this point but I think it is better to let the oats finish soaking on the stovefor at least two to four hours. Then reheat in a double boiler, or warm in amicrowave.
We usually start a pot of oats at bedtime for the next morning. See why people
prefer the convenience of using rolled oats? But once you’ve eaten oats maderight, you’ll never prefer the flavor of rolled oats again. And if the human body hasany natural method of assaying nutritional content, it is flavor.
Nutritionally, millet is almost the same story as oats. Millet seed is protected by
a very hard hull. Cooking unhulled millet is almost impossible. After hours ofboiling the small round seeds will still be hard and the hulls remain entirelyindigestible. Worse, the half-round hulls (they split eventually) stick in your teeth.But prehulled millet, sitting in the sack for weeks and months, loses a lot ofnutrition and tastes very second-rate compared to freshly-hulled millet.


 oses that the child is
basically an animal and w ould have seemed like an
open invitation to blackmail to any sensible 19th-
century parent.
What was the purpose of education, according to
Thorndike?
Education is inte rested primarily in the general
interrelation of man and his environment, in all
the changes which make possible a better
adjustment of human nature to its
surroundings.6
This is also the view of Dewey and other Wundt-
ians—that man is a social animal who must learn to
adapt to his environment, instead of learning how to
ethically adapt the environment to suit his needs and
those of society. Individualism and the developing of
individual abilities give way to social conformity and
adaptation; the product of education becomes "well-
adjusted" (conditioned) children.
Thorndike also had specific views about education
in the basics—the 3R's:
Studies of the capacitie s and interests of young
children indicate the advisability of placing
little emphasis before the age of six
6.   Ibid., 3. 36 THE LEIPZIG CONNECTION
upon either the acquisition of those intellectual
resources known as the formal tools—reading,
spelling, arithmetic, writing, etc.—or upon
abstract intellectual analysis.7
Despite rapid progress in the right direction,
the program of the average elementary school
is too narrow and acade mic in character.
Traditionally the elemen tary school has been
primarily devoted to teaching the fundamental
subjects, the three R' s, and closely related
disciplines.. Artificial exercises, like drills on
phonetics, multiplicatio n tables, and formal
writing movements, are used to a wasteful
degree. Subjects such as  arithmetic, language,
and history include conten t that is intrinsi-
cally of little value. Nearly every subject is
enlarged unwisely to satisfy the academic
ideal of thoroughness. That the typical school
overemphasizes instruc tion in these formal,
academic skills as a means  of fostering intell-
ectual resources...is a justifiable criticism...
Elimination of unessentials  by scientif ic study,
then, is one step in improving the curriculum.8
Thorndike was joining and furthering the de-
7. Thorndike,  Edward L., and Arthur I. Gates, Elementary Principles
of Education (New York: Macmillan, 1929), 308.
8. Ibid., 311-12. Mice and Monkeys 37
mands of other psychologists that the traditional
curricula be radically chan ged in accord with the
principles of psycholog y. Besides de-emphasizing
the study of the educational basics, he outlined
what he considered to be the three main functions of
the elementary school:
(1) to provide for each child six years of ex-
perience designed to enable him to make at
each step in the period adjustments to the most
essential phases of life... To adjust this general
education to each child requires a considerable
degree of specialization in accordance with
individual difference s. Consequently the
elementary school has a second function,
namely (2) to determine as accurately as
possible the native intellectual capacities, the
physical, emotional, temperamental,
recreational, aesthetic,  and other aptitudes of
children. Since some pupils will find it
necessary or advisable to enter a vocation in
the middle teens, a third function is essential in
some degree, namely, (3) to explore the
vocational interests and aptitudes of pupils and
to provide some measure of vocational
adjustment for those who will leave school at
the earliest legal age.9
9.   Ibid., 310. 38 THE LEIPZIG CONNECTION
Let's look at each of thes e three main functions.
We have spoken about T horndike's views on ad-
justment, on education as experience rather than as
the development of skills that access abilities and
individuality. The child, much like the animal, is
what he has experienced, tempered by the type and
condition of his brain and nervous system. If his
nervous system is in good order, then the child will
be able to respond properly to the stimuli to which
he is exposed. It is, of c ourse, in the child's earliest
years that the nature of the stimuli is most important,
as these will most influence his character and
personality.
Despite the careful cont rol of stimuli and the
conditioning of behavior, however, something
might still go wrong. With all stimuli theoretically
the same for a group of children, the continued
difference in indi vidual learning ra tes and abilities
would indicate something physiologically different
between youngsters. Hence, Thorndike's second
point; psychological testing is used to determine
just what the differences are. Testing each child
regularly and thoroughly, in this view, allows one to
determine individual l earning disabilities or
deficiencies. Thorndike's pr emise here is that intel-
ligence is permanently set before the student enters
school.10 It is an easy conclusion, and it absolves
10.   Ibid., chapters X, XIII, passim.  Mice and Monkeys 39
educators from the responsibility for any of their
students not learning, for if half the students in a
classroom learn, that is  proof enough that the
teacher is teaching correctly. That the other half
doesn't learn is obviously not the teacher's fault, as
this half heard what the first half he ard, and exper-
ienced the same stimuli. There must be something
wrong with the second half, and psychological tests
will determine what it is. Before 1900, the way to
identify a good teacher was to determine that his
students, at the end of their studies, knew a subject.
With the emergence of psychological testing,
however, teaching standards became dependent
upon variables inherent in the nervous systems of the
children, and thus out of the control of the teacher.
The failure of many children to learn brings us to
Thorndike's third point. He concluded that some
students just won't make it, and that it's better to
determine through educational testing who they
will be, early enough so that  they can be shunted into
useful vocational training.11 Here, Thorndike
reflects, once again, a synthesis of the
11. Thorndike's rationale for voca tional discrimination and selection
through testing, as expressed in his many writings on the subject, was to
provide the theoretical basis for yet another kind of disc rimination. From
1913 on, psychologist H.H. Goddard (inventor of the term "moron") used
psychological testing to "prove" the f eeble-mindedness of great numbers of
Jews, Italians, Hungarians, Russians a nd other Eastern Europeans attempting
to immigrate to  40 THE LEIPZIG CONNECTION
revised psychology of Wundt a nd the soft socialism of
Dewey:
When all facts are taken into account, we be-
lieve it will be found that the best interests of the
individual and society will be served by
providing a certain numbe r of the pupils least
gifted in intell igence with the equipment needed
to begin their vocational career by the
completion of the junior high school period or
even earlier in a few cases. Other individuals will
advance their own welfare and that of society
by securing but one more year, others by two,
others by three additional years. Thus although
the great majority of children should spend
some time in the junior high school, not all of
them should be expected to continue to the
completion of the senior-high-school course.
Each child should have as much high-school
work as the comm on good requires.12
America through New York's Ellis Island,  thereby forcing them to leave the
country they had sacrificed so much to reach and return to Europe in time for
the devastation of World War I. In the years before America shut its doors to
vast numbers of immigrants in 1921, a new xenophobia was fueled by
psychologists Louis Terman and Robert Yerkes, among others, who used
psychological testing to "prove" the "racial dullness" of the Spanish-Indians
and Mexican families of the Southwest and the general "feeblemindedness"
of the "colored race." The social eff ects of the false racial ideas, massive
sterilization campaigns, and other brutal eugenics measures spawned by the
psychological testing movement are still with us.
12.   Thorndike and Gates, op. cit., 320. Mice and Monkeys 41
In summary, a German expe rimental psychologist
was convinced that men are animals who can be
understood bv analyzing what they experience. His
conclusions and methods were imported into an
expanding American ed ucational system and
disseminated throughout that system to teachers,
counselors, and administrato rs. Within half a century
juvenile delinquency would run rampant, illiterates
would pour out of the sc hools, teachers would no
longer learn how to teach, and generation after
generation of adults, themse lves cheated out of the
fruits of a good education,  would despair of any
solution to the morass of "modern" education.  5. A Gift From God
IT took


 she wanted to know.
“No,” I replied. “W orry doesn’ t stop anything from changing. People
have just learned to do it.
“Why would they use up their precious moments for living by worrying
about something they can’ t do anything about? It seems so pointless.” She
was clearly perplexed.“So what are these worry-wares you’ve mentioned? Are they some kind
of invisible bacteria, like anxiety, that force people on Uranus to worry?” I
asked.
“Oh, no,” she replied, almost startled at the absurdity of my conclusion.
“Worry-wares are a technological advance on Uranus. If something is going
to happen in the near future, such as an airplane trip, or a sickness, worry-
wares can give you an exact forecast of what will happen if you follow a
particular course.”
“You mean they can actually change the future, these worry-wares?”
“Not at all.” There was a tone of exasperation in her voice. “They work
like this. Let’ s assume that I will spend a few minutes worrying about my
plane trip next week. I will write down the worrisome thoughts and
program them into the worry-ware computer terminal. The computer will
tell me how the flight will turn out. If I’m told that it will crash, I can alter
my plans and avoid that particular flight.”
“But why doesn’ t everyone simply use the worry-ware computer
terminal? If they did they would never have anything to worry about.”
“Of course almost everyone does use the information in the worry-ware
computer, but it still doesn’ t eliminate the need to worry.”
“How so? Please explain,” I implored her to continue with this odd
explanation.
“I’ve just told you. Y ou must first worry in order to get the information
you need. Thus on Uranus we all have an absolute need to worry in order to
avoid having catastrophes befall us. Doesn’ t it work like that on Earth?”
“Not exactly,” I replied, knowing that this was the highest level of
understatement one could ever achieve on any planet.
“You did say that almost everyone on Earth worries, didn’ t you?”
“Yes, that’ s correct, but on Earth worrying can never aid anyone in
looking into the future. That is quite impossible in our reality system,” I
said.
“Then why do you worry?” she asked again, with that all too familiar
tone of befuddlement in her voice.
“Perhaps we had better wait for your visit to Earth,” I stalled again in my
cleverly evasive way, so as to avoid appearing outright stupid by stating the
real answer that was turning over and over in my mind: I just don’ t know.
“So worry actually serves a great purpose on Uranus,” I of fered in my
superfluous way of summing up.“Tell me about those guilt-prodders you mentioned earlier,” I suggested. I
was hoping that I might find something there that I could use with my own
family, since they were almost all veritable guilt machines themselves,
either dispensing it on the one hand or unabashedly embracing it on the
other. As usual, Eykis first asked me if we had such a thing as guilt on
Earth.
“In enormous amounts,” I replied. I assured her that few people on Earth
had escaped the clutches of guilt and that it ran the full gamut, from feeling
horrible about having disappointed members of one’ s family to feeling
awful about getting a free ride by failing to push when going through a
revolving door.
“Well, guilt on Uranus is very common also, and without it I can’ t
imagine how we would survive. It is a most useful and sought-after
commodity indeed,” she answered, leaving me sitting there with my mouth
wide open, trying to predict what she would say next about the virtues of
guilt on Uranus.
“How can guilt be useful?” I asked, wondering what she would throw at
me this time.
“Without guilt, we would never be able to go into rewind, and hence
we’d be forever stuck with our behavior as it occurred the very first time.”
“Rewind!” I exploded. “How can you accomplish rewind?” I almost
shouted, drawing the attention of other diners to our table.
“You can’ t tell me you don’ t know about rewind. I’ve seen you use it
repeatedly with your tape recorder. Whenever you want to go backward and
replay something, you go into rewind,” she ar gued.
“Yes, but that’ s on a tape recorder. People can’ t do that!”
“Not exactly as you do, since your rewind button restricts you to
replaying whatever transpired exactly as it was done originally. A guilt-
prodder is not a limited one-dimensional machine like your tape recorder. It
enables you to go into rewind when you feel bad about something, and you
can correct your error.”
“Do you mean that people on Uranus can rewind their life experiences
and correct them at will?”
“Not without guilt they can’ t,” she replied.
“So that feeling guilty can actually put you into this position called
rewind and then you do something over?” I asked, hardly believing what
was coming out of my mouth.“Of course,” she answered almost laughing at my incredulity. “If you
couldn’ t do it over, what good would it do to feel guilty about it in the first
place?”
“Hold it right there,” I insisted. “Where does one get one of those guilt-
prodders?”
“You don’ t have to ‘get one,’ as you put it. All Urantians are given one
on their third birthday. I just don’ t see how we could survive without them.”
“How do they work exactly?” I demanded, becoming impatient with her
cool, almost superior tone.
“If you do something that you dislike, such as use abusive language to
your parents, you close your eyes and just feel guilty for forty-five seconds,
then—”
“Hold it,” I interrupted. “Y ou just feel guilty, what does that mean
precisely?”
“You know, you think guilty thoughts. That’ s all guilt really is, thoughts
that give rise to particular feelings and behaviors.”
“What kind of thoughts, for example,” I asked.
“Thoughts such as…I wish I hadn’ t said that…I feel terrible about having
been short-tempered…I’m really a bad person, and soon. Y ou know, guilty
thoughts,” she said.
“Then what happens?” I wanted to know.
“Your guilt-prodder activates your rewind button and you can go back to
the initial encounter with your parents.”
“And you mean to tell me you get to re-do the abusive conversation?” I
had almost shouted again. I would have to control the volume of my voice
or risk having the meeting ended by a maître d’.
“Certainly, only this time you speak as you feel you should have the first
time, and then it’ s all behind you.”
“And what purpose does the guilt fulfill?” I asked, wanting to make sure
that I was hearing correctly.
“That’ s quite evident,” she said, “without guilt you can’ t activate the
guilt-prodder, and without the guilt-prodder you can’ t go into rewind.
Consequently, we all need guilt in order to correct our behaviors.”
“But what if you do something really terrible, like steal, or even hurt
someone?” I asked.
“Same principle applies,” said Eykis. “Y ou use your guilt-prodder, go
into rewind, and re-do it. Then you learn from your behavior and programyourself not to do it again. But people do not hurt each other on Uranus in
the sense of causing them what you call harm. Y ou see, with the small
exception of rewind, our reality dictates that we live only in the present
moment. When people are living fully in this moment, there is no need to
cause hurt or pain to others. There are times when we say or do things that
we’d like to correct, hence we have guilt and rewind. But actual harm is not
possible, since there is absolutely nothing to gain from it. W e have only this
moment, no more, no less.”
“That’ s incredible. On Uranus you actually need guilt in order to learn
from your past,” I said.
“Of course,” she of fered. “And don’ t you have rewind for people, just
like you do for your tape recorders?”
“No,” I said solemnly.
“But you do have guilt,” she asked with emphasis.
“Yes, we do,” I said even more solemnly.
“And guilt is painful, just like it is here on Uranus?” she asked,
apparently wanting to be certain that we were talking about the same
commodity.
“Very much so,” I replied. “People on Earth are often obsessed with guilt
over what they’ve done.”
“But if they can’ t go backward and correct the behavior, what’ s the use of
feeling guilty?” she wondered.
“Well, the guilt helps to remind them how bad they feel, which in turn
teaches them to avoid repeating that behavior,” I of fered feebly.
“But,” she countered quickly, “if the guilt is painful and it doesn’ t help
you re-do what you did, why don’ t you simply learn from your mistakes,
bypass the guilt, vow to avoid that behavior in the future, and have no guilt
as a bonus?” she asked.


When the exploring electrode was retracted from the lung
behind the tumour, small elecuocardiographic (ecg) tluctu·
ations can be seen superimposed on the left in the lower trac·
ing. Upon en1ering me rumour surface (!),the electrode re·
vealed a positive electric potential. Compared to the leve-ls of
64 Electric powntials Oul do sometimes (8 patients) show an e.lectric potential
difference in relation to mrrounding lung pare.nchy·
rna. This potential difference is sometimes electroposi ·
tive, sometimes electronegative in relation to a ground·
ed subcutaneous reference electrode.
A poorly differentiated myosarcomatous metastasis
in the lung is seen in Fig. VI: 20. The rumour was
surrounded by an "A" zone, 2 em broad. Two trac·
ings of electric potential were simultaneously obtained
from the tumour (Fig. VI: 21). Filters of differe.nt
frequency were used. The tracings show from left to
right the electric potential difference in lung behind
the tumour, then differences of about 5 mV of poten·
tial in three portions of the tumour, a region of in·
creased amplitudes of ecg fluctuations in the "A" zone
and lowered ecg amplitudes in the "B" zone, an elec·
tropositive "pleural spike" and finally the potential of
the chest wall. It should also be noted that in at least
one part of the tumour the electric potential was nega·
tive in relation to that of the surrounding lung.
The appearance of a higher amplirude of the super·
imposed ecg in the "A" zone compared with the "B"
zone is of certain interest. As will be seen later (Chap·
ter XVI), it is possible to produce "A" and "B" zones
experimentally. A tracing of the electric potential
across such zones during the production of superim·
posed pulses simulating an ecg can also produce the
sudden change of amplitude between the "A" and
"Bu zones.
This phenomenon can be explained as a change of
conductivity depending, for instance, on differences in
ionic composition or concentration between the "A"
and "B" zones. The uA" and.. 8" zones seem in this
way to be characterized by bioelectrical eorrespon·
dences tO their radiographi c appearances.
Fig. VI: 22 illustrates a squamous cell carcinoma
Lung
Pleura
Chest wall
potential in the surrounding pulmonary parenchyma, are·
gion of relatively negative po1emial can be seen inside the ru
mour. When the elecuode entered the "A'• zone of the lung,
increased ecg fluctuations are seen until the "8" zone ( J)
was entered, where the magnitude of ecg fluctuations is ap
proximatel y halved until the pleura was reached. After the
exploring electrode uaversed the pleura ( J ), the ecg Ouctu·
ations from the chest wall are relatively very small. Fig. VI: 22. Squamous cell carcinoma, right upper lobe of a
64·ycaro()ld woman. (a) Posteroanterior projection. The tu·
mour is surrounded by a trad.iolucent ''A" zone. Irregular
structures are at the surface of the rumour. An arcade (ar·
rows) is suggested at the edge of the "B" zone. (b) Shallow
surrounded by a radiolucent "A" zone. Arrows in Fig.
VI: 22 a indicate a row of small arches at the interface
between an "A" and "B" zone. Fig. Vl:22b shows
the tumour and the surrounding parenchyma after the
development of a pneumothorax 1.5 em broad. The
electric potential difference was measured berween the
inserted exploring electrode and the grounded refer
ence electrode in the subcutis. The exploring electrode
Fig. VI: 23. Electric potentials in the tumour shown in Fig.
VI: 22. (a) Posteroanterior view of tumour and electrode.
(b-J) Lateral views of tumour and electrode with corrc·
spooding parts of the rcoordings of electrical potential. Elc·
a
2 mv]
6-824586 NOfdnu.rriim right anterior oblique projection after needle biopsy. A 1.5
em pneumothorax is prese-nt. The pleura is thin and the
pleural space open. The "B" zone has :partly disappeared.
See also Fig. VI: 23.
was then slowly pulled out. During this retraction of
the electrode, the exact position of the electrode tip
was determined by cineradiogr aphy (Fig. VI: 23). At
the posterior and anterior partS of the tumour the
tracing reveals an electropositive deflection of poten
tial in relation to the surrounding lung. The interior of
the tumour, on the other hand, shows a relatively
electronegative potential.
vation of elemical potential is seen in the posterior and an·
terior parts of the tumour in relation to both surrounding
lung and the interior of the tumour. Grounded reference
electrode in subcutis.
Elect.-ic potentials 65 smv]
Fig. VJ: Z4. Two inflammatory granulomas (arrows) in a 56-
year-old man. The electric potential of the upper lesion
shows a IS mV negative deflection in relation to the sur
rounding lung.
Fig. VI: 24 shows two pulmonary nodules in the
right lung of a patient who was referred for diagnostic
needle biopsy. The exploring needle electrode was
inserted through the upper of the two lesions ( diame
ter 1.5 em). Tracings of potential were obtained, re
vealing a I 5 m V negative potential difference in rela
tion to the surrounding lung. Two samplings of cells
were taken from the upper and three from the lower
lesion. Histologically the material from aU samplings
showed macrophages, some inflammatory cells and
tissue debris, but no neoplastic cells. The cytologic
results indicated that the lesions were inJJammatory
granulomas.
Electric potential differences also were found in
nonneoplastic pulmonary masses (30 of 36 patients,
84 %) (see Section A. 3).
F. Summary and conclusions
These studies of electric potentials, especially in differ
ent pulmonary lesions in relation to a grounded refer
ence electrode in the subcutis of the chest wall, have
revealed:
66 Electric potentials I) Repeated insertion and retraction of the exploring
electrode usually produced reproducible differences of
potential between t~e lesion and the surrounding lung.
This has been the case with polarizable metal elec
trodes as well as with nonpolarizable electrodes.
2) In certain neoplasms and inflammatory lesions,
the potential of the periphery of the lesion was elevat
ed or lowered in relation either to the surrounding
lung or to the centre of the tumour. In other lesions no
potential difference was present between the lesion
and the surrounding lung in comparison with the ref
erence electrode. These findings have shown no corre
lation to the cellular type or bacteriologic nature of the
lesion.
3) The cause for this seeming disparity has been
suspected to depend on the presence or absence of
local tissue injury. When regions in a lesion showed
potential differences (positive or negative) in relation
to the surrounding lung, sampled cytologic material
was often necrotic and therefore unsuitable for specific
diagnosis. Statistical proof of such a correlation is
hampered by many predictable and unpredictable
variables and would therefore require a very large ma
terial, which is yet not available.
4) The complex but reproducible appearances of the
electric potentials in different lung lesions allow only
preliminary assumptions about their possible origin.
Neoplasms and granulomas frequently develop sponta
neous bleeding or necrosis, a finding common in any
case material. Such local injuries should have electro
physiological correspondence in an electric injury po
tential (a well established concept). The occasional
finding of polarized lesions in the lung appears to
support this assumed correlation. Discussion in subse
quent chapters of physicochemical polarization of in
jured tissue will provide explanations for variations of
electric polarity of the lesions and their relation to
structural modifications inside and outside lesions.
The idea is advanced that different regions in cells
and tissues can be regarded as conglomerations of
galvanic cells of different capacity and charge.
Thus, short circuiting of different parts of normal
subcutis in the dog produced marked local decrease of
electronegative potential. The application of an exter
nal direct current between two subcutaneous elec
trodes produced marked local accumulation of charges
in the tissues, which discharged relatively slowly after
a short circuit was established. This finding led to
studies of


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Patient tumour (mm) cathode diameter time (days)...,
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0... 17. U.K. 9 Adenocarcinoma M. Ia 10110 1979 10 zoo Aorta 67 287 Progression Prophylactic pleural drain. Pleur;al n " " 56 of uterus ZOxlOx 17 (Type: Z) 35><30X33 drain during trtatment. Nephrostomy.
n Resection 1971 Stenoses o( ureters after radiation ".,
+radiation I b 2317 1980 10 270 Pulmonary 77 78 Progression treaunent. Death from multiple meta·
tre11tmen1 35x30xH a ncr)' 40X28X32 stases.
(Type: 2)
I c 9110 1980 3.4 665 Pulmonary 166 330 Progression
40x28x 32 parenchyma 65x50x70
(Type J)
M. II a 1-118 1980 10 160 Pulmonary 46 90 Progn:ssion
3JxJ5xJ5 artery 40x35X35
(Type: l)
II b 11111 1980 1.5-3.5 400 Pulmonary 100 300 Progression
40XJ5xJ5 parenc-hyma 75x75x70
(l"ype 3)
18. o.s. (f Squamous ce!J P. I 251') 1979 10 400 Aorta 89 l ndetcrmin.a te Arteriosc lerosis. Clinically well
64 bronchogcn.ic 45X42X43 (Type 2) after treatment. 3 w~k$ later
carcinoma sudden death, acute myocardial
infarctjon.
19. s.s. Cf Ade·nocarcinoma M. Ia 1617 1980 10 200 Pulmonary 71 185 Indeterminate Diabetes meJlitus. Pleural
58 of rectum 28X22Xll artery 28x20x25 thickening post pulmonary tubercu-
Resection 1977 (Type 3) los is.
I b 21/1 1981 3.4 710 Rjghl subda-263 400 Progressio n
28X20X25 \·ian vein 80x60x75
(Type 4)
II 28110 1981 10 200 Pulmonary 91 105 Regression
2ZXI9X 18 parenchyma 18x 12x II
(Type Z)
20. A.N. 9 Cardnoma of M.l 3113 1981 5 I HO Left subcla;• 333 m Regression Anode displaced from tumour for an
61 uterus stage I 40X5lX45 via.n vein J0X42X35 indeterminate period of time.
gnde II (Type: 4) Actualwmour dose therefore unccnain.
Skeletal metastases. Pleural thickening. of the smaJJ matcrisJ, several observations indicate thut
different biologic ~pes of cancers may respond differ·
ently to DC treatment. Two tumours in patient no. 17
were treated vigorously in comparison with the rela·
tively small dose given to patient no. 2. In the evalua·
tion of the present material, it must be kept in mind
that tbe technique of treatment is still far from opti·
mized. It can be improved and also combined with
different other techniques. An electrophoretic attrac·
tion of cytostatic agents of suitable charge may be
possible, as was shown in principle with Evans blue
dye (Chapter XIV, pp. 191-192).
5. Complications
The patients, despite often poor general condition,
have usually tolerated direct current treatments very
well. Fourteen of the patients have reported moderate
pain, which was caused either by loeation of the anode
close to the pleura or by tbe pleural drainage tube.
Local anaesthesia or the pleura and chest wall succeed
ed in managing these pains. In one patient an irritant
cough was probably produced by electrolytic com·
pounds at the surfaces of an electrode, e.g., chlorine at
tbe anode.
Spontaneous interruption of current by gas formed
at the electrodes causes intense pain and muscular
contractions. The treatment must then be interrupted
and the gas allowed to resorb before treatment can be
restarted. In this respect electrode Types 3 and 4 are
favourable because they contain channels, which allow
suction of gas and the injection of solutions, e.g.,
saline. These aspects are important in attempts to tre-dt
large tumours (e.g., over 3 em in diameter ).
Pneumothorax \\ith dyspnoea occurred in some of
the patients first treated. Thereafter, a pleural drain
was applied before each treatment. In one patient a
slowly developing and asymptomatic pneumothorax
resulted in displacement of the electrode rrom the
tumour (patient no. 8). In one patient the anode was
positioned incorrectly because thickened pleura made
its position difficult to determine. Minimal hacmopty ·
sis occurred in four patienrs in connection with the
transthoracic positioning of the electrodes. These
slight bleediogs did not prevent tbe treatments from
being carried out as planned. In actuality, the anode
should be kept away from direct contact with large
vessels. In tbe anodic region the tissue dehydrates and
vessels thrombose. In the cathodic region a massive
collection of interstitial, electroosmotically transferred
fluid compresses the vessels. These bioelectric effects
all contribute to decreasing the risks of bleeding dur·
ing treatment.
In one patient with ventilatory insufficiency after
poliomyelitis (patient no. I6), major haemoptysis de
veloped when the tumour electrode (one hooked, 0.2 mm thick, platinum electrode, Type 2) was pulled out
from a rather centrally loeated primary carcinoma.
Massive bleeding into the bronchus produced tran·
sient hypoxaemia and cardiac standstill. Rapid bron·
chial draining and artificial respiratory assistance
quickly restored cardiopulmonary function. The
bleeding stopped. The patient recovered and subse·
quently returned to his work. He died of local recur·
renee and widespread metastases I year, 10 months
arter the treatment. This episode of local arterial
bleeding has been the only serious complication in the
present series of patients. How the bleeding happened
is difficult to prove, but the following explanation may
be offered: the hooked platinum string probably
caught a branch of 3 bronchiaJ artery in the anodic
tumour cavity as the electrode was pulled out. The
electrode definitely resisted being pulled out. Its distal
end was 2.0 em long, sharply bent as a hook in the
tumour. This long length appeared to prevent the
hooked end from straightening out during the retrac·
tion. Instead, it probably tore a partly injured bronchi·
al artery in the tumour cavity. After this episode the
bent part of string-shaped electrodes has been limited
to a length of 10 mm. This length permits the string
electrode to straighten out rather easily during retrac·
tion from a tissue.
In three patients small pieces of a 0.2 mm thick
platinum string electrode have broken off, presumably
by respiratory movements stressing the material, and
then been left behind in the tumour tissue or chest
l"all. No untoward effects have subsequent ly devel·
oped in any of these patients.
E. DC treatment
of lung tumours:
discussion and conclusion
Possibilities for treatment of patients with metastatic
cancer in the lungs are often very limited (12). In
certain cases surgical removal of a solitary metastasis,
e.g., hypernephrom2, h:.1s proven beneficiaL When
metastases are multiple in a lung or bilateral, surger-y
is often rejected. Surgery also is commonly rejected in
patients with limited cardiopulmonary function or oth·
er serious complicating conditions (77).
Radiation therapy is not very effective in most com·
mon primary lung cancers, e.g., squamous cell carci·
nomas, and is generally ineffective for most metastatic
tumours (65 ). A rapid decrease in size of a poorly
differentia ted tumour after radiation treatment is all
too often accompanied by regrowth of the tumour after
a short time. Then the tumour is often more insensi·
tive than previously to any attempts at a repeat course
of radiation treatment.
Treatment of


 any  financial  limitation
any longer!  I positively  refuse  it! Take  command  of me
and my feeling  world!  Release  thru  Your  Power  of Divine
Love,  the supply  of money  I require  now!"
There  is not one  of you  who  could  not have  it released
in forty-eight  hours,  if you  would  only  realize  it. Try  to
feel that,  with  renewed  enthusiasm  and  a Tremendous  Re-
lease  of energy.  It will  bring  about  your  Freedom  in this
respect,  so It gives  you  rest  and  Peace  in your  feeling,  that
your  Application  does  tremendously  more  in all you  re-
quire.
I am  determined,  if you  will  allow  Me,  to assist  every
sincere  "I AM"  Student  in America  to be Free,  from  all
feeling  of financial  limitation.  Such  a thing  is not possible
in the Understanding  of your  "I AM  Presence."  If there
has been  a great  momentum  built,  by the human  sense  of
limitation;  then  call your  Presence  to dissolve  and  consume
every  vestige  of it in your  feeling  world;  because  your  feel-
ing world  is your  Power-house,  and  there  is where  the
things  act.
There  cannot  one thing  Out-picture  in your  physical  body
which  does  not have  its cause  in your  feeling  world,  and DISCOURSE  XVIII  277
just remember  that.  I call  into  action  today,  the Mighty
Love,  Wisdom  and  Power  of your  "Mighty  I AM  Pres-
ence,"  to take  command  of your  mind,  body,  your  feeling
and your  world  of activity;  produce  Its Perfection  and  hold
Its Dominion,  and  bring  to everyone  his or her complete
financial  release  from  all limitations.  Take  out of each  one's
feeling  world  every  feeling,  which  has  accepted  financial
limitation,  because  of the appearance  world!  Set all Free,
Great  Presence  of Life,  and  give  them  such  Courage  and
Strength,  Joy and  Enthusiasm  in their  Application;  the re-
sults  become  so instantaneous,  that  all doubts  and  fears  van-
ish from  their  world  forever.
In the Power  of Our  Great  Light;  Goddess  of Liberty,
Victory  and  Goddess  of Light!  in Thy  Trinity  of Action,
clothe  these  Beloved  Ones  in Thy  Garments  of Light;
which  hold  Thy  Radiance  in constant  action  about  them;
fills and  charges  their  worlds  with  Thy  Dynamic  Action  of
Courage,  Strength  and  Victory  of the Light!
I thank  you. DISCOURSE  XVIII
April  24,  /93S
DETROIT,  MICHIGAN.
Beloved  Students  of Detroit,  I am grateful  for this  op-
portunity  to render  a Service  to you  today,  in preparation
for the coming  Class,  which  I trust  will  be acceptable  to
all of you.  The  need  of mankind  today,  is warding  off the
destructive  conditions  which  exist,  where  destructive  In-
dividuals  are trying  to impose  themselves  upon  mankind.
We firmly  believe  with  your  co-operation,  that  ninety  per-
cent of the destructive  intent  which  it was  thought  would
be released  upon  mankind,  may  be avoided.
I am saying  this  for the first  time  in Our  Experience,  or
the Messenger's  experience,  in conveying  it to mankind.
So much  has  been  accomplished  by the Mighty  Decrees
of the students,  thruout  America  and  the World.  We Our-
selves  could  not have  believed,  We could  find  such  response
from  mankind.  I say to you  Beloved  Ones,  you  will  never
know  until  you  are Ascended  Beings,  the Service  you  have
rendered.  So many  times,  you  have  thought  you  were  not
rendering  much  Service,  yet you  were  earnest  and  sincere
in releasing  These  Mighty  Decrees.  It is very  wonderful  and
it has  made  possible  so much,  which  We  could  scarcely
have  hoped  for,  that  Our  Rejoicing  I think,  is far greater
than  yours.
278 DISCOURSE  XVIII  279
On the opening  day  of This  Class,  there  will  be a Greater
Release  and  Action  of the Cosmic  Light  into  the human
octave,  than  has  been  thus  far.  It means  everything.  The
Messengers  even  do not know  it; but why  do you  suppose
it happened  that  you  have  a twelve  day  Class  here ? The
Messengers  started  in to have  a ten day  Class  as usual,  but
it so happened  it became  a twelve  day  Class.  There  must
have  been  a far Greater  Reason  for It than  the outer  human
knows.  Will  you  please  give  attention  and  comprehend
these  things  which  seem  just  ordinary?  From  the  Inner
Standpoint,  they  are most  extraordinary;  because  It is the
Action  of the Divine  Law  of your  Being,  or shall  We  say
the Being  of Life.
Because  of what  will  be released,  not only  for your  blessed
selves  here  and  the people  of Detroit,  who  may  not even
be interested,  Its far reaching  Activity  will  pour  out into  the
World.  That  is the reason  why  this has become  a twelve  day
Class.  Even  the blessed  ones  who  are in charge  of the Ca-
thedral,  thought  those  two  days  were  taken;  yet  it was
found  they  were  not.  There  is a Governing  Power  and  In-
telligence,  Precious  People  which  once  you  comprehend
It makes  you  stand  firm.  The  Understanding  and  Ac-
knowledgment  of your  Power  to use  these  Inner  Laws,
frees  you  from  human  conditions.  You  bring  these  Laws
into action  in the human  octave.  Then  you  will  understand,
you are no longer  subject  to the conditions  which  exist  here.
Believe  Me when  I say,  you  can move  in the world  un-
touched  by the conditions  about  you;  if you  are firm  enough 305 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
in the Acknowledgment  of your  Presence.  It will  release  Its
Tube  of Light  about  your  human  body  and  your  feeling
world;  to make  you  Invincible  to the impact  of human  cre-
ation  around  you.  (Wave  of hand  which  repels.)  Beloved
Ones,  if you  saw  from  Our  Standpoint,  as you move  among
the creations  of mankind,  you  would  see a sudden  action,
constantly  sending  its impact  against  the human  form.
If you  do not believe  in, understand  or call  your  "I AM
Presence"  into  action,  to hold  Its Tube  of Light  about  you,
discordant  conditions  constantly  affect  you  just  like  that—
(waving  motion  of hand)  everywhere  you  move.  When
discord  reaches  into  your  physical  body  and  affects  you
physically,  it has first  acted  in your  feeling  world.  Most  of
the time,  you  are wholly  unaware  of it, except  when  you
are conscious  of some  disturbance.
As you  come  to comprehend  these  Simple  Laws,  every-
thing  is just  the Natural  Practical  Law  of Life;  which  it
is your  Right  and  Privilege  to use in the Fuller  Understand-


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integrated appro ach of yoga therapy has been found to be effective in the
management of many of these diseases. At its core, yoga involves a deep
integration of mind and body, without which it is difficult to enjoy a
fulfilling sex life. This study examines yoga in relation to breath control and
pelvic floor muscle strength, which we know are vital to mental and
physical health and to functional movement, something many other papers
have touched on concerning sexual dysfunction.
There are many forms of yoga. Of the better -known types, Tantra yoga
is gener ally perceived to focus on sex, although, in fact, Tantra is more
accurately abou t connection, either with the self, a partner, or the divine.
Scientists have supported the potential applications of Tantric practices as a
holistic, accessible way to treat aspects of sexual dysfunction, such as
mental blocks, premature ejaculation, erectile dysfunction, and intimacy
issues.84 Anothe r branch  of yoga called Kundalini can be used to inten sify
sexual pleasure85 and to produce orgasms without ejaculation in men,
resulting in sex that can last longer and involve multiple orgasms. A
specific concept for conservation of semen, known as Bindu Samrakshana,
was described in a fifteenth-century yogic treatise, Hatha Yoga
Pradeepika.86
Unfortunately, modern perceptions concerning these practices have
limited their therapeutic use. For instance, you may have heard of Tantric
sex in associatio n with the musician Sting. If you mention his name, the
question of marathon sex is likely to come up. It turns out that claims he
enjoyed seven-hour lovemaking sessions with his wife Trudie Styler were
originally a joke. However, in an interview for Inside the Actor ’s Studio, he
told host James Lipton that the concept of Tantric sex has its roots in a very
serious belief system:The idea of tantric sex is a spiritual act. I don’t know any purer and
better way of expressing a love for another individual than sharing
that wonderful, I call it, “sacram ent.” I would stand by it. Not seven
hours, but the idea.87
A 2011 article in the South African information website, Independent
Online  describ ed the prevailing male attitude to yoga as akin to “declaring
yourself a New Age hippy and wearing crystals.”88 Nevertheless, between
2012 and 2016, the number of men practicing yoga in the United States rose
from 4 million to 10 million.89 Yoga was long believed to be a traditionally
male-only pract ice, although historians now argue that women played a
central role in its development.90 Now, in W estern society, yoga for men is a
rapidly growing trend with some classes being marketed as “Broga.”91
Yoga has many benefits for everyone. Most yoga practices focus on the
breath and have some element of pelvic floor muscle activation. Yoga
improves nervous system functi on and hormonal balance and reduces age-
related decreases in testosterone. It eases stress, suppresses the sympathetic
nervous system,  and promotes parasympathetic activation. Stimulation of
the parasympathetic nervous system through yoga practice is believed to
improve ejacula tory control, providing a nonpharmacological alternative to
treatments such as fluoxetine for premature ejaculation.92
Yoga builds strength, stamina, flexibility, and muscle tone. It increases
stability in the core muscles, improves control of pelvic and perineal
muscles, and requires a focused interaction of breathing and movement. It is
thought that the deep breathing, better cardiopulmonary efficiency, and
mindfulness that develop through regular yoga practice may also improve
ejaculation control due to better awareness that ejaculation is about to
occur.
The 2019 study from The World Journal of Men’ s Health also reports
that focused attention on abdominal breathing is associated with a marked
increase in whole blood serotonin. A heightened level of serotonin is
believed to improve ejaculatory control—SSRI antidepressant s can cause
delayed ejaculation in some men.93
The researchers suggest that yoga can provide the following benefits for
men who experience premature ejaculation:• Seated postures, in particular, relax the muscles of the pelvic region. Poor control of
the pelvic floor muscles is implicated in premature ejaculation, urinary incontinence,
and erectile dysfunction.
• Inverted postures improve the circulation to veins in the pelvis and perineum,
enhancing the flow of blood to the sexual organs. (Recall that one value of nitric
oxide is in increasing blood flow to the erectile tissues. This is the function that is
enhanced by sexual performance drugs like V iagra.)
• Controlled breathing practice ( Pranayama ) is very ef fective in reducing heart rate
and improving cardiovascular health. Specifically, diaphragmatic breathing reduces
sympathetic activation and stimulates the vagus nerve, reducing anxiety. The study
observed that after a five-minute practice of a Pranayama  breathing technique,
involving a respiratory rate of six breaths per minute, systolic and diastolic blood
pressure markedly decreased.
• A yogic cleansing practice called a Kriya, which is done by exhaling forcefully and
inhaling passively, both through the nose, may help delay ejaculation. A similar
Tantric breathing technique, involving rapid exhalations through the mouth, can be
practiced as orgasm approaches to trigger changes in blood chemistry that are
believed to delay ejaculation.
• Meditation and mindfulness improve sexual well-being by increasing relaxation, body
awareness, and autonomic nervous system balance.
Many treatment options are available for men who are confident enough
to approach their doctor about premature ejaculation. Unfortunately, those
treatments can cause side effects and affect sexual satisfaction. However, a
lot of men never seek help at all due to the perceived stigmas around sexual
dysfunction.83 Yoga, as a nonpharmacological intervention or as a
compliment to standard medical treatments, has been established in
empirical studies as effective, although there is scant research into which
techniques or postures may be most helpful. Even so, it is widely
recognized that alternative methods, such as functional breath training and
yoga, provide low cost, accessi ble alternatives that may benefit men who
are uncomfortable discussing sexual problems with a healthcare
professional. Breathing techniques also help bring focus onto the mind-
body connection—an aspect missing in standard sex therapy—enriching the
sex life. The 2019 study concludes that integration of these techniques into
contemporary sex therapy could have a positive influence on different
facets of human sexuality.83
REACHING YOUR PEAKOrgasm is characterized by certain physiological features  including
hyperventilation up to 40 breaths a minute, tachycardia (a very fast heart
rate), and high blood pressure. A faster heart rate was found to be indicative
of “real ” (as opposed to fake) orgasm in men during heterosexual
intercourse.3 Orgasm also produces powerful, highly pleasurable
contractions of the pelvic muscle s. Intense sexual pleasure has been equated
with trance states94 and can even result in synesthesia—a light show akin to
your very own fireworks.95
It is possible to train the breath to experience powerful orgasm s. While
orgasm is often associated with losing control, ancient practices  like Tantra
emphasize that control is of the utmost importance. If your goal is sexual
ecstasy, you must first learn to master your sexual desire. For men, this
involves a practice of forceful exhalation called Kapalbhati  as orgasm
approaches,96 changing the blood biochemistry, and delaying ejaculation by
reducing blood flow to the genitals. But there’ s more to it than prolonging
sex. These techniques are part of a spiritual practice that may seem at odds
with the Western idea of sex. In discussions of spirituality, some writers
avoid the topic of sex altogether, but across a number of spiritual traditions,
the concept of sexual ener gy is considered fundamental to spiritual growth.
In Tantra and Taoism, sexual energy is no less than the manifes tation of
our vital life force. The erotic sculptures in ancient Hindu temples display
rapture rather than lust in the upturned faces of the lovers.97 Descriptions of
spiritualized sex involve extended intercourse and a sense of timelessness
that makes them very different from everyday sex. Normally, we follow an
automatic series  of behaviors, movements, and fast breath patterns in which
the desire to express love becomes sidelined in the search for physical
pleasure.97 These ancient practices teach us to take time and to reach new
peaks.
In his book Natur e, Man and W oman, Alan Watts describes how sex can
give rise to extraordinary spiritual experiences.98 He explains that, at its
height, sexual love is one of the most complete experience s of which
humans are capable, but that “prejudice and insensitivity have prevented us
from seeing that in any other circumstances such delight would be called
mystical ecstas y.” The whole purpose of Tantra is to generate a
transcendental state. In a 1981 edition of Yoga Journal, Dio Urmila Neffconcludes that “Generating spiritual ecstasy may have been... [along with
procreation]... the original purpose for sexual delight. It may indeed be
our most precious grace.”97
Whether you are interested in exploring the more esoteric concepts at


 results in an unstable intermediate condition. As the astral
ﬁeld continues to manifest, the press ure on the core of the embryonic ﬁeld gradually increases until ﬁnally it is expelled together with
the embryo itself. In particle physics a similar process leads either to the disintegration of a neutron into a proton, an electron and a
neutrino or, under suitable conditions, to the formation of a hydrogen atom. In astronomy the equivalent is the formation of a planet
around a star or of a moon around a planet. It all involves the same energetic processes at dif ferent space-densities.
An atom is equivalent in its energy structure to a young animal or child, while a sexually mature adult has a sexual charge like an ion
has an electric charge. Promiscuous relationships are equivalent to ionic bonds between molecules and monogamous relationships
like covalent bonds, group relationships and, at lower density levels, companies and corporations are equivalent to complex
molecules and cells. These are all governed by the same basic rules. What I want to show here is that the same basic laws exist on
all levels, from the highest to the lowest, or 'as above, so below'.
While primary bodies manifest and materialize more or less as sphere s, biological bodies as we know can adopt a wide range of
shapes speciﬁc to different species. The reason for this is due to the etheric blueprint. An etheric blueprint ﬁeld surrounds even viable
plant seeds. The polarity patterns within this ﬁeld direct the development and shape of the growing plant.
Many psychics can see these ﬁelds but they can also be objectively demonstrated with Kirlian photography and measurements of the
electric potential in and around a fertilized egg. Some simple multi-celled organisms can even be ground up to individual cells and
then quickly move together again to reform the original body. This is reminiscent of a magnet attracting iron ﬁlings and is due to
polarity charges. Therefore, the molecules and cells of a growing body just ﬁll in a pre-existing etheric form.
Male – Female Pattern
Males and females have opposite core and shell polarities similar to those for matter and antimatter as shown in Fig. 7. Genuine
homosexuality might be due to the wrong polarity of the etheric ﬁeld, although more often it may be the result of a misdirected
emotional development during childhood. Right or left-handed individuals may have reversed vortex structures.
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atomic level; LA  : low pressure ﬁeld at atomic level; + : positive charge; - : negative charge
In humans we can observe four main density levels, the etheric, emotional, mental and spiritual. The physical is a condensation of
the etheric and not a separate major level. The alternating polarities of these four density levels can be seen in the typical male and
female. The male energies are most strongly manifested or positive at the etheric and mental levels but less expressed at the
emotional and the spiritual levels. The opposite applies to female energies, which are more strongly manifested or positive at the
emotional and spiritual levels than at the mental and etheric levels.
In the terminology of the Pulson Theory we may say that we are manifested within the LP super-ﬁeld of the planet. This causes the
mental and etheric male HP ﬁelds as well as the emotional and spiritual female HP ﬁelds to expand, while the male emotional and
spiritual levels as well as the female etheric and mental levels are LP  ﬁelds and contract.
This model also shows why most spiritual masters use a male body. To become a high initiate it is essential to develop a higher
mental body and that is easier with a male rather than a female polarity distribution. In addition, it is much more difﬁcult for females to
control their stronger emotional body with a weaker mental body.
While this led to the present situation of advanced teachers using more often a male body, the naturally stronger spiritual level in
females can be seen in the predominance of females in spiritual worksho ps or classes. However, on the spiritual path the polarization
of all ﬁelds gradually decreases as the different energy levels become  more androgynic or equalized between male and female
qualities. This means, for instance, men become more emotionally receptive and expressive and women ﬁnd it easier to develop a
higher or stronger mental body.
THINKING AND DESTINY
A thought is a manifested twin-pulson at the mental density level. Some psychics describe a thought-form as having a shape that
reﬂects the content of the thought and a color that indicates its emotional involvement. The vortices of the mental ﬁeld produce
thought pulsons between the two hemispheres of the brain. This is the same process as described earlier for sunspot activity. Any
unused thought pulsons are quickly reabsorbed into the primary mental vortices.
When we think about something, then thought pulsons combine to twin-pulsons and express a speciﬁc content by the shape of their
ﬁeld, their density and pulsation frequency. If the thought is sufﬁciently strong, it may affect the electrical properties of nerve cells and
either induce a biological action or become imprinted as a memory.
Within a polar mental environment, that is when a decision between opposite ideas or possibilities is involved, the twin-pulson of a
thought may be split into its opposite components, similar to the split of a photon into an electron and a positron. These then
compensate their polarity towards higher space-densities by clothing themselves with emotional substance. Alternatively, a strong
feeling may arise from the emotional  body and attract a compensating thought ﬁeld. Furthermore, a strong memory may be stored as
a combined emotional and thought ﬁeld.
Karma
Karma is the principle ‘as you sow so you will reap’. In the framework of the Pulson Theory we may understand the mechanism
behind it in the following way.
If a thought is sufﬁciently powerful, it may deform not only the emotional level but also the etheric level and lead to verbal or physical
action. It may also remain on the mental-emotional level where it can be directed like a missile to a recipient. These emotional
thought-forms may be friendly or hostile. If the emotional-mental ﬁeld of the recipient has a polarity that can attract and bind the
incoming ﬁeld, then it may incorporate it into its own ﬁeld, otherwise it may bounce off and go somewhere else or return back to the
sender. Emotional energies of large population groups with strongly negative qualities such as hatred may also accumulate like
clouds in the atmosphere of the planet. By forming etheric vortices they may cause violent weather patterns.
In the case of a complex idea with a longer gestation period, the energy process will be as described for the development and birth of
a biological embryo. In order to become manifest at the physical level, an idea, just like a thought, must be sufﬁciently powerful to
polarize the emotional and etheric levels. In any case, the manifested or expelled mental-emotional charge leaves a polarity deﬁcit in
the corresponding ﬁelds of the sende r. In time, this uncompensated charge will attract an opposite charge of the same space-density10/30/24, 4:57 PM Health-Science-Spirit - The Science of Spirituality - Part 2
https://health-science-spirit.com/Science_%26_Spirituality/The-Science-of-Spirituality-Part2.html 2/5from the outside. With this, we attract to us the karma that we created, good or bad, according to the polarity distributions in our
mental and emotional bodies.
Reincarnation
An incarnating soul carries in its emotional and mental ﬁelds the uncompensated deformations and polarities left behind from
previous incarnations. By distorting the etheric ﬁeld, they become built into the body structure as physical abnormalities or
weaknesses. However, these abnormalities seem to be mainly a feature of the etheric body as a reported case of multiple
personalities shows.
In this case the body had diabetes with one personality but not with another. I interpret this to mean that an entity can attach itself to a
biological body similar to ‘plugging in’ and when it unplugs itself, another entity can plug in with a different etheric body. Any functional
disabilities in the dif ferent etheric bodies will be transmitted to the biological body.
Major karmic memories may remain dormant until speciﬁc density levels become polarized during a lifetime and then attract a
compensating karmic event. For those who can perceive these density levels, this provides an objective basis for predictions about
the future. While mental polarity pattern permit to foresee the nature of a future event, the timing of it is commonly much less clear.
SPIRITUAL  EVOLUTION
There is a stream of creation and a stream of evolution. The stream of creation or involution


 permillion ofits
drinking water.Perhaps there isnoworse example ofpoor teeth inAmerica than
there. About 50% ofAmerica’ sdrinking water hasbeen fluoridated forsome 30
years. Forallthat, America’ scollective mouth isstillthebiggest disaster area of
thebody! Nearly 99% ofAmericans have badteeth. One inevery seven have no
teeth atall.Inasmuch asalmost allofthese areadults, thatmeans oneinevery five
adults have no natural teeth.
Article #1: The Importance Of Pure Water by John H. Tilden, M.D
Water Is Actually a Food
Water Should Be Pure
Minerals in W ater Clog Up Body
Waterisnotlooked upon asfood bylaymen, butitshould beclassed with food.
Itcertainly isfully asimportant. Anindividual may live40to100days without food
whereas survival beyond seven days without water is unlikely.
Watershould beobtained from normal food sources asmuch aspossible. Itiseasy
enough togetourwater needs from fresh fruits andvegetables, asmost ofthese foods
carry about 90% water.
Theamount ofwater taken intothesystem bytheaverage person amounts tofrom
three tofour pints daily.This canvary under different circumstances. Inthesummer
more fluid isused than inthewinter.Water isutilized bythebody asarefrigerant
through evaporation and, consequently,werequire more inthesummer.Ontheother
hand wearemore inclined toconsume higher water content foods inthesummer such
as melons, peaches, grapes, tomatoes, etc.
Laborers consume more water,ofcourse, because physical labor generates internal
heat that must be reduced through evaporating water from the lungs and skin.
Water Is Actually a Food
Waterenters intothecomposition ofevery tissue andforms about 65% oftheweight
ofthebody.Itisobvious thatthispercentage must vary indifferent individuals formany
reasons.
Watershould berecognized asoneofthemost important foods, foritisessential to
the body.
Water Should Be Pure
Rainwater issoftandsupposed tobethepurest ofnatural water,though thisisdoubt-
fulduetowidespread airpollution. Few people relish thetaste ofrainwater,forithasa
peculiar taste. Thefactofthematter isthatmost people areaccustomed towater with
some mineral content thatgives italittle taste; but,ontheother hand, they will shun
waters ofheavy mineral content, especially ifthose minerals begypsum, sulphur,iron,
etc.Minerals in Water Clog Up Body
What iscalled “hard water” isinfactwater thatisheavily laden with minerals. Wells
inlimy sections oftheworld furnish water heavily chargedwith lime. Such water isnot
good todrink. People insuch locales willbetroubled with limy deposits inthebody if
they drink such water.
Itisnecessary tosecure aspure water aspossible. Itisjustasnecessary assecuring
pure food. Nothing should betaken intothebody thatisnotaspure ascanbehad. Im-
pure water is the source of many diseases and general body degeneration.
Article #2: Are Humans Drinking Creatures? by Dr. Herbert M. Shelton
Drinking Not Natural to Humans
Evidence Indicates Drinking as Perversion
Historic Attitudes T oward W ater
Impure W aters Pathogenic
Many Animal Species Do Not Drink W ater
Humans Have No Natural Drinking Equipment
Observations Upon Humans’ W ater Needs
Juices Are Food
“What astupid question!” exclaims thereader,“Everybody knows thathumans are
drinking creatures and always have been.”
Itisquite true thatuniversally,throughout history,inallcountries, inallclimates,
atallseasons oftheyear andatallages oflife, humans have been drinking animals. It
isequally truethatalltheevidence afforded usbyprotohistory reveals thatthroughout
theprotohistoric period, humans were universally drinking animals. Existing so-called
savage cultures arecommonly looked upon assurvivals ofprehistory.Ifthisposition is
avalid one, then theevidence thatisafforded usofthepractices ofprehistoric humans
would reveal that they were universally drinking creatures.
Drinking Not Natural to Humans
Ifweview theanimal kingdom, wediscover thatthere areanimals thatdrink and
animals thatdonotdrink. Even many desert animals donotdrink water.There arealso
animals thatdonotinhabit thedeserts thatdonotdrink. Ithasbeen seriously suggested
thatbyhisconstitutional nature man belongs tothenon-drinking section oftheanimal
kingdom. This istosay,water drinking byman isanacquired andnotanative practice.
Many have taken thissuggestion seriously andhave refrained from drinking water for
periods of years and have advocated the non-drinking practice for all.
Dehydrated protoplasm islifeless dust. Itseems tobetruethatwhere there isnowa-
ter,there isnolifeforplants andanimals andmicroscopic beings require Waterinorder
tocarry onthefunctions oflife, thatthey may live. Nobody denies this. The question
inissue isnotthereed forwater,butthesource from which itistobederived andthe
manner in which it is to be taken.
Evidence Indicates Drinking as Perversion
In1815 abook byWilliam Lambe, M.D. ofLondon was published under thetitle
Water andVegetable Diet.Inthisbook Dr.Lambe attempted toshow theadvantages of
avegetable dietover aflesh dietoramixed dietandtheadvantages ofpure softwater
over hard water.Atthesame time andinthissame book heraised thequestion: Isman
a drinking animal?
Perhaps noonehadasked thisquestion before. Butthequestion hasbeen argued
both proandconbynumerous intelligent men andwomen since Dr.Lambe propoundedit,anditisstillbeing argued, sometimes rather heatedly.Letus,atthistime, consider
some ofthereasons putforth byDr.Lambe forconsidering water drinking anacquired
practice.
Historic Attitudes Toward Water
Aswasthecustom ofhistime, Lambe begins hisconsideration byquotations from
theancient works attributed tothelegendary Hippocrates andreveals thefearofwater
inacute disease which gripped theprofession forsolong haditsorigin atthevery be-
ginning ofthemedical system. Hequotes “Hippocrates” assaying: “Ihave nothing to
sayinfavor ofwater drinking inacute diseases: Itneither eases thecough, norpromotes
expectoration ininflammation ofthelungs; and, least ofall,inthose who areused toit.
Itdoes notquench thirst, butincreases it.Inbilious habits itincreases bileandoppresses
thestomach; andisthemost pernicious, sickening anddebilitating, inastate ofinani-
tion. Itincreases inflammations oftheliver andspleen. Itpasses slowly,byreason of
itscoldness andcrudeness; anddoes notreadily find apassage either bythebowels or
kidney.”
Following thequotation from Hippocrates, hequotes VanSwieten assaying: “While
girls aredaily sipping tepid water liquors, how weak andhow flaccid dothey become!”
Lambe says: “And thesame writer positively affirms that, bytheabuse oftea,coffeeand
similar liquors, hehadseen many soenervate their bodies thatthey could scarcely drag
their limbs; and many had from this cause been seized with apoplexies and palsies.”
Thus itwillbeseen thattheevils thatflow from drinking teaandcoffeeareattribut-
ed,nottothepoisons contained inthese brews, buttothewater which composes most
ofthebrew.Waterandnotcaffeine andtheine andtheother poisons ofteaandcoffee is
the evil.
Impure Waters Pathogenic
Lambe next considers popular prejudices andtastes concerning water anditssalubri-
tyorlack ofitasitisderived from various sources andcontains, according toitssource,
different mineral ororganic matter.Hepoints outthatmany people inmany parts ofthe
world arevery fastidious intheir selection ofthewater which they drink, preferring wa-
terfrom onewell oronestream oronespring andrejecting water from other sources.
Lambe examines thedrinking ofmineral laden waters from marshes andswamps and
thedrinking ofstagnant water andascribes many evils tothishabit. Many ofthethings
heattributes tosuch water drinking arenow known tobeduetoother causes; buteven
ifhehadbeen correct inallofhisguesses, these facts could notproperly beused tocon-
demn water drinking. They condemn, notwater,butimpurities sometimes contained in
water and form a basis for the condemnation of drinking, not water, but impure water.
Lambe suggests thattheevileffects ofwater drinking have been thechief cause that
hasinduced man toturntoalcoholic liquors. Toescape from theevils ofwater drinking
man plunged into thegreater evils ofalcoholism. It


 to these problems.
15.9. Sleep Problems In Infants And Children With Suggested Solutions
Sleep problems inchildren areextensive inoursociety.These include extended wake-
fulness, crying, abnormal demands forfood, apnea, head-banging, nightmares andsoon.
Almost allofthese manifestations spring from anabnormal body condition begotten
of,today’ scriminal treatment ofchildren. Tofeed babies anything other than mother ’s
milk isatragedy.Freshly expressed fruit juices might besubstituted forafeeding of
mother ’smilk here andthere, buteven thatisnotadvisable before sixmonths ofage.All
other feeding isadisaster fortheinfant. Inoculating anddrugging infants iscriminal in
every sense oftheword. Feeding them starches, cooked foods, caffeine andother such
fare wrecks their delicate but vital faculties.
Formula-fed babies who arestarted oncereals within twomonths ofbirth, who are
given cooked andcondimented meats andother unfit foods andaredrugged develop
many pathologies. These manifest asthe“usual childhood diseases” andassleep prob-
lems.
Aninfant thatdoes notfeelright willnotact“right.” Abnormal behavior comes from
abnormal conditions. Usually,ashort fastwillenable thechild’ sbody tocleanse itself.
Aproper regime ofliving thatincludes exercise (yes, even foraninfant!), correct foods
fortheage, fresh airandsunshine, ample sleep, etc., will further improve thechild’ s
conditions.15.10. Nostrums, Medications And Drugs Adminstered For Sleep
Problems
Almost everyone hasadvice forinsomniacs, including other insomniacs—but usually
their advice justdoesn’ thappen towork intheir particular case! One ofthelatest fads is
totake aheavy dose oftheamino acid L-tryptophan before retiring. This fadcame about
astheresult ofaninquiry astowhy drinking aglass ofmilk seemed tocause sleepiness
inthose who hadsleep difficulties. However,milk isnotheavy inthisamino acid, hence
there must besome other explanation astowhy people become sleepy after drinking
milk.
Anything thatrequires extra blood andnerve energymakes usdrowsy,especially if
taken atornear ourregular sleep hour.Tryptophan itself isafractionated product and
asmuch ashalf anounce will cause vomiting anddiarrhea. The mechanism whereby
sleep ishastened byaheavy dosage oftryptophan isprobably from adrug effect, despite
medical protestations thatthere arenosideeffects. Thefactthatasmall amount oftryp-
tophan will cause vomiting is indication enough that it does indeed cause drug effects.
The listofsleeping pills, tranquilizers, barbituates, aspirin compounds, antihista-
mines, antipsychotic andantidepressant compounds, chemicals andherbs supposed to
induce sleep makes fearful reading. Perhaps weshould addalcohol tothislist,since it
also seems to make people sleepy.
Thetruth isthatdrugs donotmake ussleepy somuch asthey induce coma oraco-
matose state. Drugs bring usnearer todeath, andthere islittle difference between the
amount ofthese drugs needed toputusintoacomatose state andtheamount needed to
produce death! Sleeping pills areallharmful. Natural sleep istheonly sleep weshould
seek and we should pursue this by entering upon an /entirely natural regime of living.
Everything done tocause ustoloseconsciousness isunnatural. Unnatural responses
toneeds merely intensify problems instead ofsolving them. The treating professions
prescribe drugs thatultimately make matters worse forthesufferer.Those who advise
theuseofherbs orspecial foods make thesame mistake. Instead ofadvising thesufferer
todiscontinue those practices which cause insomnia, those who would “treat” thesymp-
toms leave causes intact and tinker with modalities that cause drowsiness or coma.
There areover 50million Americans with sleep problems, almost oneinfour.People
who sufferinsomnia usually have anumber ofother complaints aswell. Sleeplessness
isbutonesymptom ofbody toxicity.Remove thetoxicity andallcomplaints disappear
simultaneously.Fasting enables thebody tofreeitself oftoxic materials andahealthful
regime will not impose toxin buildup.
15.11. Our Biological Clock And Sleep
Humans arediurnal creatures, thatis,they conduct their conscious activities during the
day.Weareinstinctively sleepers bynight. Thepattern ofnight/ daysleeping continues
even insubjects who arecontinuously kept inthedark forweeks atatime. Thecircadi-
anrhythm isnotdisturbed byunceasing darkness. Experiments with subjects Ikept in
rooms without lighting foruptotwoweeks didnotshake therhythm, though subjects
have hadtheir rhythms lengthened andshortened while staying incaves litwith artifi-
cialdaylight. Thechange inrhythm they experienced corresponded with theshortened
or extended “days.”
Our sleep patterns gradually change when wechange time zones, orwhen normal
activities are changed by advancing or regressing the clock.
15.12. Improving The IQ Through Sleep
Yourintelligence quotient depends upon how efficiently andintensely thebrain oper-
ates. Itiswell-known thatcaffeine will temporarily intensify andexcite thinking untiltheletdown comes. Many stimulants will intensify mental activities. Good health will
naturally intensify andenhance mental activities without providing a“letdown.” Noth-
ingintheworld willsharpen mental acuity aswillafewdays toafewweeks offasting.
Mental acuity arises from two primary conditions:
1.Thelesstoxins intheblood thatflows through thebrain, thebetter thebrain isable to
function.
2.Themore nerve energythere isavailable, themore ofitthere isavailable tothebrain for
thought processes.
Hence, themore adequate oursleep, themore nerve energywe’ll have forthebrain
andformore intense thought processes. When “you’re sharper than atack” your body is
purer and your nerve ener gy greater than at other, mentally duller times.
Have a rejuvenating sleep!
15.13. Questions & Answers
Isoversleeping really badforyou? Ihear alotlately that toomuch sleep canmake
you sick.
There isnosuch thing asoversleep. Thebody willnotsleep beyond need. Con-
sciousness returns when need hasbeen met. Wecan’tcontrol that. However,wecan
by many devices shorten our sleep and simply refuse to get enough.
Sleep isarestorative agency,notapathogenic practice, Medical men have said
thatfresh airisbadforyoubecause ithasbeen proven thatcitydwellers moving
from polluted cities tovacation areas infresh pure airgetsick. Calling oversleeping
pathogenic is similar to calling fresh air bad for you.
This attitude comes about because medical opinion regards disease asawar
against thebody byinvading forces such asbacteria orviruses orboth. Disease and
sickness arenotrecognized asabody-instituted cleansing andrepair process. When
thebody’ svitality isincreased byfresh airorbyheightened nerve energyderived
from sleep extraordinary tonormal, thebody uses theopportunity tostart ahealing
crisis.
Rather than regarding sleep asanenemy ofwell-being, youshould regard itas
oneway inwhich tomore quickly help reestablish physiological normalcy.When
intherelaxing andreassuring atmosphere ofafasting institution, many fasters start
offbysleeping most ofthetime, sometimes foruptoaweek. When their bodies
aresufficiently cleansed, they cannot sleep asmuch asisregarded normal. Note
thatinthecase ofheavy sleeping they could dosoonly because thebody needed it
toregenerate theincreased nerve energytorestore normalcy.When normalcy has
been reestablished, they finditimpossible togettheamount ofsleep they regard as
normal. Thus wecanseethatoversleeping ismyth, thatthebody willnot,indeed,
conduct the sleep process beyond need.
What’s so great about napping?
Icandonobetter than quote from theillustrious longtime Hygienic profession-
al,Dr.V.Virginia Vetrano. Here areherobservations ontheimmense value ofnap-
ping and of getting additional sleep when it is needed.
Napping isextremely important toevery individual from birth to140years old.
Taking asiesta after lunch improves digestion, absorption andassimilation andpro-
motes better health through better nutrition. Taking naps prevents excessive fatigue
andpromotes better andmore efficient work. Resting andnapping actually increase
ourproductivity.Taking aten-minute restbreak every hour helps ustogetmore
done inlesstime. When oneisfatigued, mental acuity andphysical powers aregreatly diminished. Resting, including napping, sharpens themind andbody.By
napping andpreventing excessive fatigue, wearelessnervous andirritable atnight
andwecanfallasleep more quickly.Ithasbeen shown thatthere arefewer marital
problems inthose people who restafter lunch than inthose who must putinlong
days without an afternoon nap or rest period.
If


 sprouts will also beready inabout four days, with sprouts ofabout twoto
three inches and green leaves.
Seeds andlegumes forsprouting areavailable inhealth food stores, alsoinsome su-
permarkets. Don’ tsprout mixed varieties, because different seeds, legumes andgrains
require dif ferent treatment.
26.4.3 Sprouting Instructions
This isthesimplest andeasiest sprouting method: Washseeds thoroughly.Putone
totwotablespoons ofalfalfa seeds (orthree tosixtablespoons ofbeans, orone-half cup
ofwheat, ryeorother grain) inaquart jarwith thepurest possible water (preferably
distilled) about three times thevolume oftheseeds. Soak overnight, orsixtotenhour
(alfalfa, lentils andwheat orother grains about sixhours; mung, garbanzo orsoybeans
tenhours orlonger). Soak longer incool weather,lessinwarm weather.Thesoak wa-
tershould notbecold. One source advises changing thewater should notbecold. One
source advises changing the water halfway through the soak period.
Cover thejarwith astainless steel mesh andjarring, orcheesecloth ornylon mesh
held onwith rubber bands orajarring. (The jarringhasatendency torustbefore long,
so the rubber band is somewhat better in that respect).
Next morning (orattheendofthesoaking period) drain andrinse thesprouts (with-
outremoving themesh covering). Setatanangle todrain (prop upbottom endofthejar
about aninch). Then rinse twotofour times daily through themesh; fillthejarwith wa-
terfrom thetap,empty andshake very gently todisperse theseeds around thejar.Iwill
repeat: sprouts require more frequent rinsing inwarm weather,lessfrequent incooler
weather.Cover thejarwith asmall towel sothattheseeds willhave airandwarmth, but
not light, as they put out their first roots.
26.4.4 AIfalfa Sprouts and Mung Bean Sprouts
After three days (orwhen leafappears), remove towel solight (not direct sunlight)
willgreen uptheleaves (chlorophyll). This may take eight totwelve hours ormore, after
which they may beeaten orstored intherefrigerator toeatatalater time. Actually,they
may beeaten atanystage inthesprouting process, butthey areattheir best when the
twin leaves aredark green. Only alfalfa andmung bean sprouts aresprouted tothegreen
leafstage. Other sprouts areused sooner,without green leaves, perprevious instructions.
When sprouts areready forharvesting, hulls may befloated off,ifdesired. Inany
event, thesprouts should begiven afinal rinse, andthen allowed todrain onapaper
towel before storing. They will keep longer if stored only slightly moist, not wet.
26.4.5 Use of Soak Water
Youwill note thatIhave recommended using thesoak water foryour plants. Al-
though thesoak water hasbeen found toberich inminerals, vitamins, enzymes and
amino acids, itisfoul-tasting. Some people advocate drinking thissoak water,orusing
it by combining with other foods.
Dr.Alec Burton (Australian Hygienic Professional) believes that thissoak water
should beregarded asawaste product anddiscarded, butthere iscertainly noreason not
tomake useofitsnutrient content foryour garden, which willthen return thenutrients
to you when you harvest your vegetables.
Although thenutrients inthesoak water have been leached from theseeds, the
tremendous multiplication ofnutrients occurring intheseeds asthey aresprouted more
than compensates for this loss.Another option istoavoid theloss ofnutrients byosmosis into thesoak water by
utilizing only enough water inpresoaking theseeds sothatallthewater isabsorbed into
the seeds.
However,wedousethesoak water when dried beans aresoaked prior tocooking,
which may seem inconsistent. Some authorities doadvocate discarding thiswater also.
Butthesoak water from thebeans, ifused, would beused inthepreparation ofthe
cooked beans.
There may besome validity tothesuggestions tousethesoak water by-product of
thesprouting operation bymixing with other foods, especially ifyouareusing cooked
foods, such as soups or casseroles.
However,itseems tomethatthere isabasic difference inthese twosituations. Ifthe
bean soak water isdiscarded, there goaplethora ofvitamins andminerals which have
leached into thewater! But, inthecase ofthesoak water from thesprouts, theloss is
adequately replaced and multiplied during the sprouting process.
Aspreviously indicated, there issome disagreement astowhether ornottodiscard
thewater inwhich beans aresoaked (usually overnight). Advocates ofdiscarding the
bean soak water saythatalthough youwillbediscarding some nutrients, youwillalso
be discarding many of the oligosaccharides that cause flatulence.
Those who advocate cooking thebeans inthesoak water believe thatthemarked and
complex chemical changes incomposition which occur inthebeans asaresult ofhydra-
tionandsoaking (theprocess described byDrs. Mayer andPoljakof f-Mayber—referred
topreviously) arealso accompanied byalteration ofthenature ofthebreakdown prod-
ucts, from which new materials are synthesized.
Ihave experimented with using anddiscarding thesoak water,andhave noticed no
problem with flatulence when thesoak water isused incooking thebeans; infact, there
doesn’ t seem to be any dif ference at all.
Iamagood subject forthisexperiment, because formany years Iwasunable totol-
erate legumes, either cooked orsprouted, because alllegumes, even lentils, caused me
distress. Ieliminated legumes from mydietcompletely forabout sixmonths, andthen
restored them slowly andcarefully.Now Iuselegumes (cooked orsprouted) occasion-
ally, in moderate amounts, with no problem of flatulence.
Youmay decide toexperiment with both methods—that is,using ordiscarding the
soak water.Idon’tbelieve either method willaffectyour health andwell-being. Infact,
Idoubt thatyouwillnotice anydifference. Iwillwelcome comments andreports asto
the results of your experiments.
26.4.6 Avoiding Sprouting Problems
1.Start with theeasiest tosprout: alfalfa, sunflower seeds, mung beans, azuki beans and
lentils.
2.Ihave found itbest tousesunflower seeds assoon aspossible after avery short sprout
appears; they tend to deteriorate rapidly.
3.Soybean sprouts arehighest infood value, sotrytoeventually progress tosprouting
them. Some people enjoy rawsprouted soybeans; others reject their taste intheraw
state, buyenjoy them cooked. Soybeans require farlesscooking after they aresprouted.
Itisdifficult tosuccessfully sprout soybeans orgrains inajar;more sophisticated equip-
ment is advisable, such as described later in this lesson.
4.Besure tousenew seeds with high germination values; oldseeds orbeans willbecome
moldy or even rot during the sprouting.
5.Usedistilled water forsoaking. Usually,tapwater may beused forrinsing, butifyour
tapwater ishigh inchemicals, itmay cause problems with sprouting, inwhich case, use
distilled water for rinsing.
6.Spoilage may becaused bysoaking toolong. Usually sixhours islong enough forseeds.
Ifyouarehaving problems, trysprouting seeds (such asalfalfa andsunflower) withoutthepre-soaking, oravery short (two orthree hours) pre-soaking period. Dried beans
(soy, mung, azuki) usually require pre-soaking, as much as eight to ten hours.
7.Ifyouarehaving problems, trymore frequent rinsing—in cool weather,twoorthree
times daily should beenough, butfour times daily may berequired inwarm weather Be
sure thedrainage isgood. Ifsprouting inajar,besure tomaintain inaslanting position.
26.4.7 Sprouters
There aremany other types ofsprouters—some, makeshift butefficient (abowl with
aplate tocover anddrain—instructions later) andsome more sophisticated. Ihave an
excellent sprouter which wasmade outofaclear plastic shoe boxwith anopaque cover.
Fordraining, six3/16”holes were drilled along onebottom end, ascreen wascement-
edover them (inside thebox); andtenlargerholes (1/4”diameter) were drilled inthe
lid,along thesides. Asmall piece ofwood isused inpropping uptheendwithout the
holes andscreen, when draining. The alfalfa andmung bean sprouts grow straight up
and beautiful, instead of tangling inside a jar.
Health food