Horseradish
Lemon  juice
Ketchup
Mayonnaise,  commercial
Mustard,  commercial Minor
Lime  juice
Mayonnaise,  noncommercial
Olives,  black
Pickles,  ginger  or  lime
Rock  salt
Rose  water
Regressive
Preservatives  and
additives,  chemical Sea  salt
Tamari
Vinegars,  brown  rice  or
herbal
Wasabi
Yogurt,  spiced
Salt,  iodized
Vinegar,  commercial
SEAWEEDS
Agar-agar
Arame
Blue-green  algae
Dulse Use  mostly  in  fall  (September  to  end  of  November).
Soak  and  rinse  seaweeds  thoroughly  before  use.
Minor
Hijiki  Riverweeds
Kelp  Seaware
Kombu  VVakame
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PITTA-VATA
BREWS  AND  BEVERAGES
Major
Apricot  juice Date  and  fig  shakes Lassi  (sweet  yogurt  drir
Berry  juice,  sweet Fruit  juices,  sweet
Coconut  milk (cherry,  grape,  mango,  peach,
Cow's  milk  or  drinks, sweet pomegranate,  sweet  orange,
prune)
Minor
Aloe  vera  juice  or  drinks Carrot  juice Mixed  vegetable  juice
Apple  juice Cow's  milk  or  drinks,  hot  spiced Papaya  juice
Chicory  blends Grapefruit  juice Pear  juice
Carob  drinks Mildly  salted  or  sour  brews
Regressive
Alcohol Carbonated  drinks Pungent  beverages
Caffeinated  drinks Chocolate  drinks Tomato  juice
TEAS
Do  not  use  chamomile  if  you  are  allergic  to  ragweed.
Bancha  (twig)
Birch
Cardamom
Chamomile
Elder  flowers
Ajwan Barley
Blackberry
Borage
Burdock
Chrysanthemum Major
Fennel Hops
Lavender
Lemon  balm
Lemon  grass
Minor
Cinnamon
Cloves
Comfrey
Eucalyptus
Ginger
Hibiscus Peppermint
Raspberry  leaves
Rose  flowers
Spearmint Wild  cherry  bark
Jasmine Mexican  bark  tea
Passionflower
Red  clover
Strawberry
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PITTA-KAPHA
PITTA-KAPHA
VEGETABLES
Use  fresh  and  seasonal  vegetables.
Major
Artichokes Endive Onion,  cooked
Arugula Green  beans Parsley
Asparagus Jerusalem  artichoke Parsnips
Bell  peppers Jicama Plantain
Broccoli Kale Potatoes,  white
Broccoli  rabe Karela Pumpkin
Burdock  root Lambsquarter
Sprouts Cabbage Landcress Summer  squash
Carrot  tops Leeks,  cooked (yellow  crookneck)
Cauliflower Lettuce Turnip  greens
Celery Lotus  root Winter  squash
Collards Mustard  greens (acorn,  buttercup,
Corn,  fresh Okra butternut,  spaghetti)
Dandelion
Minor
Bamboo  shoots Daikon Rutabaga
Brussels  sprouts
Eggplant Spinach Carrots Escarole Sweet  potatoes
Cassava Kohlrabi Watercress
Chili  peppers,  mild Pokeroot Zucchini
Cucumber
Regressive
Beets Horseradish Radishes,  raw
Beet  greens Mushrooms Taro  root
Chili  peppers,  hot Onion,  raw Tomatoes
FRUITS
Apples
Apricots
Berries
Cherries
Coconut Use  seasonal  fruits.
Major
Dried  fruits Mango
Pears
Pomegranate
Prunes Quince Raisins
Strawberries
Watermelon
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PITTA- KAPHA
Minor
Avocado Lemons
Dates Limes
Figs,  fresh Melons
Grapes Oranges
Kiwi Papaya
Regressive
Bananas Rhubarb
Cranberries Soursop
Grapefruit
GRAINS Peaches
Persimmon Pineapple
Plums
Tamarind
Sour  fruits,  in  excess
Sweet  fruits,  in  excess
Since  most  dry  goods  are  available  throughout  the  year,  grains
are  categorized  by  season  for  the  dual  types.
Winter/Spring  (December  to  end  of  April)
Major                                           Minor Regressive
Barley                                                   Millet Amaranth
Basmati  rice,  brown                            Quinoa Brown  rice,  medium
Oats,  whole                                          Wild  rice or  short-grain
Wheat Buckwheat
Corn Rye
Spring/Summer  (May  to  end  of  August)
Major                                            Minor Regressive
Barley                                                   Brown  rice,  medium-grain Amaranth
Basmati  rice,  brown  or  white                or  sweet Buckwheat
Wheat                                                   Millet
Quinoa Wild  rice Rye
Major
Barley
Basmati  rice,  brown  or  white
Brown  rice,  sweet
Wheat Fall  (September  to  end  of  November)
Minor
Brown  rice,  all  grains
Millet
Oats,  whole
Quinoa Wild  rice Regressive Amaranth
Buckwheal
Corn
Rye
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PITTA -KAPHA
PROCESSED  GRAINS  (ALL  YEAR)
Minor
Barley  cereals Oats,  rolled  or  steel-cut Udon  noodles
Barley  flour Pasta,  whole  wheat Wheat  bran
Bulgur Rice  cereals Whole  wheat  flour
Couscous
LEGUMES, BEANS,  PEAS,  AND  SOYBEAN  DERIVATIVES
Major
Aduki  beans Chickpeas Urad  dhal
Black  beans Lima White  beans
Black-eyed  peas Muth  beans
Minor
Kidney
Navy  beans Tempeh
Lentils,  brown  or red Pinto  beans Tofu
Mung  dhal,  split  or  whole Soybeans Toor  dhal
NUTS  AND  SEEDS
Coconut
Poppy  seeds Minor
Pumpkin  seeds,  roasted
Sesame  seeds,  roasted
Regressive
AH  nuts  may  be  used  occasionally  in  cooking Sunflower  seeds,  roasted
DAIRY
Major
Ghee
Butter,  unsalted
Cottage  cheese
Buttermilk
Cheese Minor
Cow's  milk,  certified  raw
Goat's  milk
Regressive
Dairy  products,  commercial
or  powdered Yogurt,  mildly  spiced
Ice  cream
Sour  cream
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EATING   ACCORDING   TO  YOUR    BODY  TYPE
PITTA-KAPH  A
Canola
Avocado
Coconut OILS
Major Soy
Minor
Corn
Olive Sunflower
Safflower Walnut
Almond
Apricot Regressive
Mustard Sesame,  dark  or  light
Amasake  (rice  milk) SWEETENERS
Major
Dried  sweet  fruits  (apples,
apricots,  figs,  mango,  raisins) Fruit  juice  concentrates
Minor
Barley  malt Dates Sucanat
Brown  rice  syrup Honey,  raw  and  uncooked Sugarcane  juice
Brown  sugar,  unrefined Maple  syrup
Regressive
Fructose Sugar  substitutes  (saccharin, White  sugar
Honey,  cooked Sweet  'n  Low,  and  NutraSweet)
Molasses
HERBS, SPICES,  AND  FLAVORINGS 1
Major
Black  cumin Fennel
Peppermint Black  pepper Garam  masala Rose  water
Coriander Kudzu Saffron
Cumin Mint
Spearmint Curry  leaves Orange  peel Turmeric
Dill  leaves Parsley
Wintergreen
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THE    PRACTICE    OF    AYURVEDA
PITT A-K  APH A
Minor
Allspice Curry  powder Pippali Anise Dill  seed Rosemary
Basil Garlic,  cooked Sage
Bay  leaf Ginger,  fresh  or  dried Salsify
Caraway Horseradish Star  anise
Cardamom Marjoram Tamarind
Chives Mustard


 Aspic,  291
Yellow  Squash  and  Baby  Onions,  232
orange
RECIPES  USING
Orange  and  Cherry  Chutney,  309
Orange  Raita,  310
Soy  and  Orange  Peel  Brew,  324 Orange  and  Cherry  Chutney,  309
Orange  Fennel  Dressing,  280
Orange  Raita,  310
Orange  Rasam,  249
osha,  342
Othappam,  202
ovum  and  sperm  dhatus,  health  of,  26,
61
ovum  and  sperm  srotas,  29
Pal  Payasam,  320
panchakarma,  27
panchakosha,  16
Panch  Puran:  Bengali  Masala,  303
Pan-Fried  Tofu,  263
panir  (Curd  Cheese),  184
paprika,  299 parboiled  rice,  161
Pasta  Sauces,  258-60
Payasam,  319-20
payasvini  nadi,  3 1
pea(s) tastes  and  energy  of,  67
dried.  See  dhal
RECIPES  USING
Barley  and  Pea  Salad,  275
Buckwheat  and  Pea  Salad,  273
Buckwheat  and  Peas,  2 1 1
Bulgur  and  Peas,  209
Millet  and  Snow  Pea  Salad,  275
Snow  Peas  and  Onions,  233
Steamed  Snow  Peas  and  Acorn  Squash,
232
pear RECIPES  USING
Clay  Pot  Baked  Pears,  314
Pear  Lassi,  325
Pear  Lassi,  325
peera,  342
pepper(s) anchochili,  295
cayenne,  296
Chili,  297,  341
pippali,  342 RECIPES  USING
Brussels  Sprouts  and  Pepper  Rings,  226
Corn  and  Red  Pepper  Aspic,  290
Corn  Balls  and  Red  Peppers,  237
Hot  Pepper  Chutney,  309
Red  Cabbage  and  Pepper  Aspic,  291
Roasted  Peppers,  242
peppercorn,  299 Peppered  Barley  Idli,  205
Peppered  Corn  on  the  Cob,  230
Peppered  Oil,  279
Peppermint  and  Walnut  Mousse,  317
personality
Kapha,  52-56 Pitta,  48-52
Vata,  44^18 Pesto  for  K  Types,  259
Pesto  for  V  Types,  258
physical  body ama,  27
dhatus,  26
doshas,  23-26
malas,  26-27
srotas,  27-29
Pickles,  305-7
Pie  Dough,  311-12
Pies,  312-13 Pineapple  Kanten,  315
pingala  nadi,  30 Pitta,  16,  19-20.  See  also  doshas;  Fire
beneficial  tastes,  58
body  type,  36-37,  38-39,  39,  40,  42
daily  sadhana,  188
eating  utensils,  157
features  of  foods  that  nourish,  60
five  fires  of,  25
menus,  140-43 natural  tastes,  58
nature  and  tastes  of,  57-58
personality,  48-52 prevalent  seasons  and  times,  131-32, 132
recommended  foods  for,  92-97 Pitta-Kapha
prevalent  seasons  and  times,  133
recommended  foods  for,  104-10
Pitta-Vata
prevalent  seasons  and  times,  133
recommended  foods  for,  98-103
Plain  Dhal,  244
Plain  Dosa,  203
plantain,  342 Plantain  Kuttu,  251
plasma  srotas,  28
Plum  Chutney  (Aloo  Bukhara),  308
pokeroot,  342
pomegranate,  301 Popcorn  Crunch  Crustless  Pic,  3 1 3
poppy  seed,  300
potato RECIPES  USING
Cauliflower  and  Potato  Masala,  225
Cauliflower  and  Potato  Soutllo,  22  -
Dill  and  Parsley  Potatoes,  224
Eggplant  and  Potato  Curry,  224
k.uikai  (Eggplant  and  Potatoes),  226 Leek  and  Potato  Soup,  284
Ix-ck,  Potato,  and  Barley  Soup,  285 Masala  Dosa  (Filling),  204
l'otato  and  BrOCCOll  Soup,  288
Potato  Roti,  208
Shepherd's  Pie,  228 l'otato ,un\  Broccoli  Soup,  288
Potato  Roti, .'US pots  anil  pans,  indent,  157
prabhava,  60  61
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pi  Ami.  9, : ;
prana  body,  18  19
pranamaya,  18
pranavaha  nadi,  30
prayer,  151,334
precepts  for  eating,  151-52 Pressed  Bibb  1  ettuce  Salad,  271
Pressed  Cabbage  and  Radish  Salad,  272
Pressed  Cucumber  and  Dill  Salad,  272
Pressed  Endive  and  Cucumber  Salad,  271
Pressed  dinger  Salad,  271
Ptessed  Onion  Salad,  271
Pressed  Red  Radish  Salad,  271
Pressed  Salads,  270-72
Pressed  Sprouted  Mung  and  Cabbage
Salad,  270
Pressed  Watercress  and  Tamarind  Salad,
272
pressure  cooking
dhal,  173
grains,  169
proper  conduct.  See  dharma(s)
proper  foods,  introducing,  74
psychological  nature
Kapha  types,  52-53
Pitta  types,  48^19
Vata  types,  44  46
pudina,  342
Pudina  (Mint)  Masala,  304
pungent  taste,  59
Puranas,  11
pusha  and  yashasvini  nadis,  30
quinoa,  166
RECIPES  USING
Cumin  Quinoa,  212
Millet  and  Quinoa  Salad,  274
Quinoa  and  Carrots,  213
Quinoa  and  Carrots,  213
radicchio,  342
radish
RECIPES  USING
Karikai  (Daikon  and  Sweet  Potatoes),
227
Mula  Achar  (Daikon  Pickle),  306
Pressed  Cabbage  and  Radish  Salad,  272
Pressed  Red  Radish  Salad,  271
Seitan,  Daikon,  and  Carrot  Stew,  269
Raitas  (Yogurt  Salads),  310
rajma  dhal,  172
Ramps  and  Tofu  Stew,  262
rasa,  59-61,  62
Rasam  and  Sambar,  247—49
Rasam  Masala,  304
raspberry
RECIPES  USING
Raspberry  Gel  Pie,  312
Raspberry  Tart,  314
spberry  Gel  Pie,  312 Raspberry  Tart,  314
Ratatouille,  229


 I had been taking these hormones for several
years, and very subtle changes, dangerous changes, were taking place in my body.
Weight gain was one of them. I had dropped down to about 155 pounds, but now I was noticing an increase. I thought perhaps I was on the road to health. That made me
quite happy and optimistic. With this weig ht gain I experienced alteration in heart
rhythm and severe muscle spasms and cramps in my arms and particularly my legs.
This was beginning to occur with greater regularity and often with such intensity as to
cause my legs to contract and double up. I could not straighten them and I could not
tolerate the pain. It would happen. anytime and anywhere.    The longer one takes these steroids or hormones, the greater is the threat to life and
risk of death, under certain conditions. I was becoming a victim of steroid poisoning. The weight gain was an unhealthy gain due to sodium retention, and we know that
sodium holds water. There was also a potas sium depletion which was responsible for
the severe muscle spasms and irregular heart rhythm. For this I was given potassium
chloride pills to try to replenish my potassium reserves.
   Other signs of this poisoning were moon-face, buffalo hump, and general bloating.
The moon-face is a severe rounding and puffiness, which changed my appearance to
the degree that many people I knew could not recognize me. The buffalo hump was deposits of water and fat along the back of the neck. This made me look even more
distorted, as did the general body puffiness and swelling. Eventually I reached a
weight of 190 pounds. My maximum weight had never been over 170 pounds. I
dreaded shaving in the morning because I knew I had to face that monster in the mirror.
   This situation continued for a number of months. Right along with it was the
continual indigestion which many times kept me awake all night. But it was not just the stomach or colon that was involved. It was the entire body that was now sick; the
small intestine, the liver, and other genera l bodily functions were suffering. What is
sometimes overlooked is the fact that the body is one unit. One cannot isolate a part
and say this is the sick portion. When a part is diseased or ails in some way, the body is sick and suffers as a unit, even though it is always trying to maintain a balance.
   The liver gave me quite a problem. There was always much tenderness in that area.
After all, this organ was being taxed beyond its call of duty. One of its many functions
is to detoxify poisons in the body. I was loaded with poisons and there was a constant
level of these drugs in the blood over the six years of medical treatment. I feel damn
lucky I didn't develop cirrhosis of the liver just as an alcoholic might. Just to make
sure, Dr. Kale sent me to the hospital for liver function and gall bladder tests. That meant more castor oil, enemas, and drugs--an additional burden to an already
enervated, depleted body.
   After a number of months, Dr. Kale became quite concerned of potentially
dangerous changes occurring and decided to gradually, but very gradually, reduce my
steroid dosage. When one has been on steroids as long as I had, and at my dose level,
it becomes critically important that this reduction in dose be accomplished over a fairly long period of time. Why? So that the possibility of my dying from shock can
be prevented. After all, I've come so far, why expire now!
   I feel it important to briefly explain the rationale of this most delicate phase of
steroid reduction. One of the secretions of the pituitary gland in the brain is ACTH
(adrenocorticotropic hormone). This mobilizes cortisone from the adrenal cortex (a
gland lying on each kidney) which is important in carbohydrate and protein
metabolism and also in inhibiting ACTH, where each acts as a check and balance system. Another important function of the cortisone is in stress or emergency
situations, as I mentioned above. The adre nal cortex also secretes sex hormones.
   Now, when this steroid is taken into the body from an outside source over a period
of time, the adrenal cortex does not have to produce it, so it becomes smaller and we have what is known as adrenal cortex atrophy. Obliteration of this adrenal cortex can
result in death. If at this point of atrophy the exogenous source of the steroid is abruptly stopped, then a most critical situation exists. If a stress or emergency
situation should arise--surgery is considered  a stress situation--then death can occur
from the resultant shock and low blood pressure unless the body receives the hormone
from an outside source, giving the body what it cannot obtain from the adrenal cortex.
   This was not meant to be a treatise on the subject, but just an awakening for you; to
make you aware of the tremendous importanc e of gradual reduction of steroid dosage
so that the gland will "come back" and again begin to produce on its own until it can function normally again when the exogenous source is completely stopped. You see,
there are thousands of people like myself who have been in this situation and it
behooves us to understand what happens to our precious bodies. I'll tie this in, later
on, with an incident that happened to me while I had adrenal cortex atrophy.
   My daily intake of prednisolone had reached a peak of 40 milligrams--eight five-
milligram tablets--which is quite high. The tapering down was something like one-
half tablet every five days to a week. It was a very slow process, but my grotesque size and weight were gradually returning to normal. But as the drug dosage was
reduced to several tablets a day, the intestinal spasms increased as did the diarrhea.
   I was "running" up to twenty times a day. The other drugs I was taking were not
doing much good regardless of how the dosages were manipulated. Dr. Kale did not
want to increase the steroid dosage, so he added another drug to my collection called hydeltrasol--a liquid steroid that I was to dilute in water, suck up into a bulb syringe,
and administer by rectum. In this way only the colon area was exposed to the steroid,
and we would not have to worry too much about systemic effects. Anyway, I couldn't
hold it in long enough to do much good or bad. With so much back-end involvement,
some of my friends began calling me the "rear admiral." Not much was funny to me at that time, though.
   This method did seem to help to a degree, but it was only symptomatic treatment
which was not lasting. The double vision from the other drugs was getting worse,
making it extremely difficult for me to perf orm foot surgery and other intricacies of
my profession of podiatry. In fact, it was becoming more difficult to participate in the
normal activities of day-to-day living. My life now was completely revolving around
my problems almost to the exclusion of anything else. Whenever my wife and I would go anywhere, my first objective was to locate the lavatory and stay within close range.
I was living in constant fear and under heavy stress because of never knowing when
or where or how fast the "urge" would strike. I didn't live from week to week, day to
day, hour to hour or even minute to minute. I lived from second to second.
Chapter 3 -- The Agony
   The months slipped away into late 1962 and early 1963, but I was no better. My
weight came down to about 150 pounds. Here I was, 33 years old in February of 1963
and never had I felt so weak and debilitated. The point had been reached now where
the diarrhea would go as high as 30 times a day, accompanied by much colon spasm
and continual but varying degrees of bleeding--a classic example of ulcerative colitis.
   There were days when I could not go in to work. There were days when I was in my
office and did not have the strength to stay more than a few hours before I found it
necessary to go home and drop into bed. There were also days where I awoke in the morning and could not get out of bed. But some of the most taxing problems occurred
in my office, in the car, and at public functions. These problems would have driven
any weak-willed or average-willed person to the brink of insanity, and when I look
back I wonder how close I did come to joining the "club." Yet as pathetic and mind-blowing as were these incidents, they did have an almost morbidly humorous side.
   These things didn't just come and go, but were regular and continual happenings in
my life for many months. For example, in my office, I would walk into the treatment room and greet my patient. I would no sooner sit down when the "urge" would strike
and I would have to give some excuse for leaving. I'd return, begin to work on the
patient and then I'd have to "go" again. So  I'd render another excuse and fly out. This
would happen with almost every patient. I' ve always wondered what some of them
thought as they saw me dashing about like a wild man. I don't believe many knew just how ill I was. It was this type of episode which caused me the most


 in life. I am offering you general
guidelines to navigate your way through this work. T rust your judgment and
you’ll do fine. And please note, this way of chunking down problems takes
time—no one expects you to get it right away. Tap, tap, tap … if you’re a
perfectionist who needs to get things right!
Exercise: Creating Specific EFT Setup Statements
Take out your EFT journal or open your EFT file. We’ll target three general
or global issues you want to address. You might title this section “Global
Versus Specific EFT Setups.” We are now going to create three global EFT
setups and then see how to get specific with each one of them.
As you start working on this exercise, consider tapping as you read.
Doing so will help ease any intensity that arises as you begin delving into
areas of your life that bring discomfort. Consider the Tarzan tap, the finger
points, or the tap-down points from the EFT sequence while reading. See
Chapter 2  for illustrations if you need a refresher.
Step 1. List one or more global problems in your life you’d like to see
change or you’d  like to feel better about, areas in which you’ve struggled.
Examples include: my overeating, my anxiety, my “mom” stuff, I’m a
horrible parent, my feeling of hopelessness, my consistent relationship
sabotage, my performance anxiety, my low self-esteem, my chronic pain,
my grief, or my feeling of being overwhelmed.
Create an EFT setup, one at a time. “Even though I have this (insert your
problem), I deeply and completely accept myself.”
Step 2. Now answer one or more of these questions about each global
tapping target. Remember, even one question and answer will do as a goodstart. You can only work with one thing at a time.  Examples: How  do I
know I have this problem? What does this “today” problem remind me of
from the past? What situations  bring this problem up for me? What else
happens when I am having this problem? Can I name these situations as if
they were scenes in a movie and list them one at a time? Whe n does this
problem happen  most often? Who am I around when this happens? How
long have I had this problem? What happens inside my body when I
experience this problem? What thoughts and beliefs do I have when I think
about this problem? What other events does this problem remind me of?
What is happen ing around me or just before I start having this problem?
When was the earliest time I can remember having this problem?
Step 3. Now that you have a good amount of information about your
global topic, see how many specific events you can find relating to the
global topic. Ask yourself if your tapping target has a beginni ng, middle,
and end. Is it two minutes or less in length? Give a short title to each of
your tapping targets. Is there at least one emotional spike you feel when you
think of the tapping tar get?
Step 4. List as many tapping targets as you wish under each of your
global setup statements. Remember, you will be working on them one at a
time. Now that you have a pile of specific events, do you see how you can
create much more specific EFT setup statements? These will be far more
sharp-edged than the global EFT setups or setups you already  created in
Step 1. Asking curious questions  can help you travel into the specific events
and stories holding a global problem in place. Keep these handy: you can
use them  as tapping examples throughout the book as well as for your own
tapping later on.
Getting Even More Specific with Aspects
We just covered  global problems versus specific tapping targets. With Gold
Standard EFT, we also emphasize getting specific within each tapping
target.7 Each tapping target can have multiple components or details that areupsetting. These components are called “aspects,” briefly introduced in
Chapter 2. Whether you tap on an upsetting event that happened, a
performance issue, or a physical issue, there will be aspects of intensity.
Clear the aspects and you’ll experience relief. It may take one tapping
round; it may take twenty. For example, “So-and-so looked at me the wron g
way just now” probably has way fewer aspects than “the mugging.” But
even if it takes one or more hours to clear the intensity around “the
mugging,” isn’t that better than living a life in fear of going out on your
own again? How much has being scared to walk on the street cost you? A
little perspective helps. And remember that one tapping round takes about a
minute or less.
Ideally, you tap on one aspect at a time until the intensity of that bit of the
story subsides, to a 2 or below on the intensity scale of 0 to 10. Then move
onto the next aspect that’s troubling you and so on until nothin g about the
tapping target bothers you anym ore. If you’re wondering how you find such
aspects, wonder no longer: As you tap one down to zero, anoth er one will
generally poke its head up for you to tap down to zero.
You mig ht be surprised to see how quickly your emotions shift after even
one tapping round. Perhaps you uncover a big anger aspect after tapping a
grief aspect down to zero. Or you find that after you cleared rage to zero,
big tears of hurt poured out but then quickly faded after a round and now
you are experiencing an aspect of deep understanding. Maybe after tapping
on the feeling of not being able to figure out that all-importa nt problem,
you’re now laughing at how silly it all seems. Laughter like this may
happen even though the aspect you just tapped on is how your life feels like
it’s ending because you couldn ’t figure out the problem. Don’ t trouble
yourself to go looking for aspects—they will find you.
Once you believe you have cleared all intensity of your tapping target,
you will want to test yourself by running through the issue in your mind
purposely testing for any remaining points of intensity to tap on. Poke
around in that memory, try to make yourself upset. You will know you are
done if you feel neutral about what had heretofore been a bad memoryreplete with negative feelings, thoughts, and sensations. You have cleared
the energy disruption and restored your system to balance. You might even
laugh at what happened, wonder what the bother was all abou t in the first
place, or forget you had the problem altogether! Remember the story of
Scott’ s snorting from Chapter 2? It’s the Apex Ef fect at play.
On occasion, you might uncover something more to tap on even though
you thought you were clear on that tapping target. For example,  maybe you
chose to tap on your fear of spiders and thought you covered everything
because you aren’ t afraid of them any longer. But then a couple months
later in the basem ent, you see one swinging from a strand of its web and get
scared again. The fear won’ t be as strong, and you won’ t need to tap on the
whole thing again, just on that one aspect that didn’ t come up when you
were tapping the first time.
When T apping on Aspects Leads
to More Core Specifics
Here’ s an example of how effective tapping can be when you tap on the
various aspects of a specific issue. Anita, a 16-year -old, feels anxious about
her SAT coming up on Saturday. She names the issue, with plenty of events
and aspects under it, “My SA T Fear.” She easily uncovers plenty of aspects,
including beliefs, feelings, sensations, and thoughts about the original
concern. For example: “I’m scared about failing,” “I need to do well to get
into a good college,” “I never do well on tests,” “my stomach is all tight and
I feel like throw ing up,” “I feel dread,” “I know I’ll freeze,” “I try so hard
but it doesn’ t pay off,” “the SAT practice test I took was humili ating,” “my
parents are expe cting more of me,” “my sister is so much better  at this than
I am,” “I’m just not smart enough,” “why can’t it be easier,” “I feel so
stupid, like I’ll never make it in the real world,” “I don’t understand how it
can be so hard,” and so on.
Addressing these details with the EFT basic recipe, one round  at a time
—“Even though I’m scared about failing” … “Even though I need to do
well to get into a good colleg e”—puts you right into the heart of theexperience again, which is surprisingly exactly where you want to go. Not
because you’re a glutton for punishment; rather, you are tapping into the
energy disruption for the purpose of restoring your system to balance
around this issue.
In this test-anxiety case, Anita taps on these various aspects, one EFT
round at a time. As she does so, three different specific even ts come to
mind: In first grade, she had to take a test and didn’ t understand the
instructions. The teacher wouldn’ t answer her questions, and she got a bad
grade. Another time, she remembered her mother trying to teach her math,
getting angrier and


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T h a n k  y o u  f o r  m y  f a m i l y  a n d  f r i e n d s,  t h a n k  y o u  f o r  m y
h o m e,  t h a n k  y o u  f o r  m y  m a n y  b l e s s i n g s.  T h a n k  y o u  f o r
Y o u r  h e a l i n g  p o w e r,  n o w  p o u r i n g  f o r t h  u p o n  m e.  I  c l a i m  i t
n o w,  a n d  p r a y  f o r  m i r a c l e s.  P l e a s e  b l e s s  t h i s  d a y,  f o r  m e  a n d
e v e r y o n e.  A m e n.
M e d i t a t i o n

I n  a d d i t i o n  t o  p r a y e r,  w e  n e e d  q u i e t  t i m e  w i t h  G o d.  A n d
t h a t  i s  t h e  p u r p o s e  o f  m e d i t a t i o n.  M e d i t a t i o n  i s  l i k e  s o a k i n g
a  d i r t y  p o t  i n  s o a p y  w a t e r.  S o m e t i m e s  f o o d  g e t s  s t u c k  o n  t h e
s u r f a c e  o f  a  p o t  a n d  t h e  o n l y  w a y  t o  c l e a n  i t  i s  t o  l e t  i t  s o a k
o v e r n i g h t.  T h r o u g h  s o a k i n g,  t h e  d r i e d  f o o d  s o f t e n s  a n d
f i n a l l y  r i s e s  t o  t h e  s u r f a c e.  Q u i e t  t i m e  w i t h  G o d  i s  l i k e  a
s p i r i t u a l  s o a k  i n  w h i c h  f e a r f u l  t h o u g h t s  t h a t  a r e  c l i n g i n g  t o
t h e  s u r f a c e  o f  t h e  m i n d  a r e  l o o s e n e d  a n d  t h e n  f i n a l l y  r i s e
a n d  d e p a r t.
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t h e  w a t e r  g e t s  d i r t i e r,  n o t  c l e a n e r.  S o  i t  i s  t h a t  d u r i n g
m e d i t a t i o n  w e  m i g h t  f e e l  m o r e  a g i t a t e d  b e f o r e  w e  f e e l  m o r e
p e a c e f u l.  B u t  f e e l i n g  a g i t a t e d  i s  j u s t  a  p o i n t  i n  t h e  p r o c e s s,
t o  b e  e n d u r e d  u n t i l  i t  p a s s e s.
U n l e s s  w e  t a k e  t h e  t i m e  t o  m e d i t a t e — t o  a l l o w  t h e
a l c h e m y  o f  t h e  H o l y  S p i r i t  t o  t r a n s f o r m  t h e  d e e p e s t  r e g i o n s
o f  o u r  m i n d —  w e  c a r r y  f e a r - b a s e d,  g u i l t - r i d d e n  t h o u g h t s
a r o u n d  l i k e  a  s p i r i t u a l  w e i g h t  a r o u n d  o u r  n e c k s.  W e  u s u a l l y
e x p e r i e n c e  t h e  e f f e c t s  o f  t h e s e  t h o u g h t s  a s  f r e e - f l o a t i n g
a n x i e t y,  n o t  e v e n  s u r e  w h a t  i t  i s  t h a t ’ s  c a u s i n g  u s  t o  b e
n e r v o u s  a n d  d e p r e s s e d.  G u i l t  a n d  b l a m e  h a v e  p e r m e a t e d  o u r
t h i n k i n g,  c a u s i n g  c o n s t a n t  d i s c o m f o r t  a n d  e m o t i o n a l  c h a o s.M e d i t a t i o n  i s  t h e  o n l y  w a y  t o  a d d r e s s,  a n d  e r a d i c a t e,  t h e
d e e p e r  l a y e r s  o f  o u r  a n g s t.
W e  m i g h t  b e  w a l k i n g  d o w n  t h e  m o s t  b e a u t i f u l  s t r e e t  o n  a
g o r g e o u s  s p r i n g  d a y,  e n j o y i n g  a  d a y  o u t  w i t h  s o m e o n e  w e
l o v e.  B u t  w e  w o n ’ t  b e  h a p p y  i f  u p s e t t i n g  t h o u g h t s  c o n t i n u e
t o  d i s t r a c t  u s.  L i f e  i s n ’ t  a  t e l e v i s i o n  c o m m e r c i a l  w h e r e  i f
e v e r y t h i n g  l o o k s  g o o d  t h e n  i t  m u s t  b e  g o o d.  Y o u  c a n  b u y
t h e  p r o d u c t  t h e y ’ r e  s e l l i n g  a n d  t r y  t o  c h a n g e  t h e  p i c t u r e.  B u t
y o u  c a n  a l s o  m e d i t a t e  f o r  f r e e  a n d  c h a n g e  y o u r  l i f e.
O n e  h u r r i e d  d a y,  I  h a d  j u s t  e n o u g h  t i m e  t o  t a k e  a  q u i c k
g l a n c e  i n t o  t h e  C o u r s e  i n  M i r a c l e s  w o r k


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

M i n i s t r y  I s  N o t  J u s t  f o r  M i n i s t e r s

W h e n  I  w a s  a  y o u n g  w o m a n,  I  r e m e m b e r  b e i n g
o v e r w h e l m e d  w i t h  t h e  t h o u g h t  t h a t  I  d i d n ’ t  k n o w  w h a t  I
s h o u l d  d o  w i t h  m y  l i f e.  I  h a d  n o  i n k l i n g  t h a t  t h e r e  m i g h t
a l r e a d y  b e  a  d i v i n e l y  o r d a i n e d  p l a n,  s o m e  t r a c k  I  s i m p l y
h a d  t o  r i d e  m y  t r a i n  a l o n g.  I  t h o u g h t  I  w a s  r e s p o n s i b l e  f o r
t h e  t r a i n  a n d  t h e  t r a c k.  N o  w o n d e r  t h e y  w e r e  b o t h  s o  p o o r l y
b u i l t  a t  t i m e s.
F o l l o w i n g  G o d ’ s  w a y  i s  n o t  s o  d i f f i c u l t  a s  i t  i s  d i f f e r e n t. *
W h a t ’ s  d i f f i c u l t  i s  r e t r a i n i n g  o u r  m i n d s,  g e t t i n g  o v e r  o u rr e s i s t a n c e  t o  t h i n k i n g  i n  s u c h  a  d i f f e r e n t  w a y  t h a n  w e ’ v e
b e e n  t a u g h t.  I f  i n  f a c t  o u r  o n l y  f u n c t i o n  i s  l o v e  a n d
f o r g i v e n e s s,  t h e n  t h e  e n t i r e  w o r l d  a s  w e  k n o w  i t  i s  w r o n g.
A n d  i t  i s.  T h e  t h i n k i n g  o f  t h e  w o r l d  i s  1 8 0  d e g r e e s  a w a y
f r o m  t h e  t h i n k i n g  o f  G o d. *
I t  t a k e s  a  c e r t a i n  h u m i l i t y  t o  p r e s e n t  o u r s e l v e s  t r u l y
e m p t y  a n d  a v a i l a b l e  t o  G o d.  B u t  w h e n  w e  d o,  w e  b e c o m e
f i l l e d  w i t h  i n f o r m a t i o n  w e  d o n ’ t  o t h e r w i s e  p o s s e s s.  L i k e
w h a t  t o  d o  w i t h  o u r  l i v e s — w h i c h  i s  s i g n i f i c a n t  i n f o r m a t i o n
t o  b e  l a c k i n g.
W e ’ r e  a l w a y s  w o n d e r i n g  w h e t h e r  w e  s h o u l d  d o  t h i s  o r
t h a t  w h e n  f r o m  a  s p i r i t u a l  p e r s p e c t i v e  w h a t ’ s  m o s t
i m p o r t a n t  i s  n o t  w h a t  w e  d o  s o  m u c h  a s  w h o  w e  b e c o m e.
S o m e  t h i n g s  G o d  i n d e e d  w o u l d  h a v e  u s  d o,  b u t  f i r s t  w e
m u s t  b e c o m e  d i f f e r e n t  p e o p l e  i n  o r d e r  t o  k n o w  h o w  t o  o r  t o
b e  a b l e  t o.  G o d  c a n ’ t  w o r k  f o r  u s  u n t i l  H e  c a n  w o r k  t h r o u g h
u s.
O n c e  I  w a s  t a k i n g  a  v a c a t i o n  a n d  h a d  b e e n  w o r k i n g  w i t h
a  t r a v e l  a g e n t  n a m e d  C o n n i e.  A t  t h e  l a s t  m i n u t e,  b e c a u s e  o f
a  w o r k  c o m m i t m e n t,  I  n e e d e d  t o  c h a n g e  m y  d a t e  o f
d e p a r t u r e.  W h e n  C o n n i e  l o o k e d  i n t o  i t,  h o w e v e r,  s h e  f o u n d
t h a t  s h e  h a d  s o l d  m e  a  c o m p l e t e l y  n o n r e f u n d a b l e  a n d
u n c h a n g e a b l e  t i c k e t.
I  w a s  u p s e t  b e c a u s e  I  w o u l d  n o t  h a v e  b o u g h t  t h e  t i c k e t
h a d  I  k n o w n  t h a t.  B u t  I  a l s o  k n e w  t h a t  t h i s  w a s  a  g r e a t
o p p o r t u n i t y  f o r  m e  t o  s t r i k e  t h e  b a l a n c e  b e t w e e n  a s s e r t i n g
a p p r o p r i a t e  d i s p l e a


 of departure to rise
Descartes, Newton, Einstein, dozens whatever is subjectively convincing
at great coaches are sought after because
from the influence of a lower ener gy
more. It is a sticking point, an enormous
one's current level of perception. At the
their influence inspires maximum ef fort.
field into a higher.
barrier; the fight to overcome it is the
lower levels of consciousness,
A devotee can abet his own progress by
Physicians who have risen to ener gy
most common, and frequently the propositions are accepted as true even
merely focusing on an advanced teacher
fields at 500 and above have become
lengthiest, of spiritual struggles.
when they are illogical, unfounded, and
and thereby aligning with that teacher's
powerful healers, accomplishing strikingIt is not unheard-of for very advanced
express tenets neither intellectually
ener gy field; in our testing it was shown
(223) successes with treatments with which
scientists, thoroughly entrained by the
provable nor practically demonstrable.
repeatedly that holding in mind the image
others are unable to achieve similar
influences of the level of Reason, to have
This is not a phenomenon restricted to
of an advanced spiritual teacher made
results (and thereby producing
sudden breakthroughs and emer ge into a
the lunatic fringe. Locally, far more often
every subject go strong, irrespective of
paradoxical data in many double-blind
realm of global wholeness.13 The world
than we would like to admit, innocent
his personal beliefs.
studies). Such inexplicable variances
of spirituality is coincident with the
persons are convicted and jailed on theThe agency of change in spiritual show the intervention of power
world of non-deterministic science and
testimony of clearly irrational or biased
struggles of personal metamorphosis is
unaccountable by the routine causal
nonlinear systems, as (224) we have witnesses. Globally, the basis for
always beyond the power of the seeker.
explanation that predominates in
attempted to show. Our research and this
perennial wars like those of Slavic
Great saints such as Francis of Assisi
medicine. In a holographic world any
presentation, in fact, are designed to
Europe or the Middle East is an insane
have typically asserted that they were
"single" event is the result of all events in
facilitate rational recognition of spiritual
belief in the justice of revenge, which
mere channels of a higher power from
the universe; "events" as such have no
phenomena by those who are virtually guarantees endless conflict.
without, taking no credit for personalself-existent reality. The universe is
predominantly linear and habituated to
W ith few exceptions, even religions
initiative in achieving their state, which
man's consciousness. It requires a
the "left-brain" mode. Perhaps the which ostensibly represent the
teachings they attributed to Grace.1 1 This is comprehension beyond
intellect.
construct of our map of the anatomy of
of the "Prince of Peace" have never
illustrative of the instrumentation The achievements of pure reason are
the consciousness can illuminate somewhat
forbidden war or the killing of other
whereby the newcomer from a lesser
great landmarks of cultural history. They
the nature of ultimate causality by
human beings under "justifiable"
level of awareness who places himself in
have made man the master of his external
illustrating that the power of creation
circumstances-justifiable, of course, to
the influence of a higher awareness is
environment, and to some degree, on theproceeds from the top down, rather than
those do-  (226) ing the killing; their
transformed "by osmosis," (i.e., physical plane, of his internal from the
bottom up.
victims will likely fail to appr eciate the
entrainment). Even casual observers environment. But reason has its
limits, in It is our hope, though, not to dogmatize,
justification. Such self contradictory
frequently note this conspicuous absence
more ways than one. The intellectual
but to assist the reader in a process of self
behavior, diametrically opposed to the
of agency on the part of the person so
brilliance of the 400 level, so dazzling
revelation, as it is our desire to address
underlying principles of a faith, will
clearly transmuted by an invisible force.
and enviable to those in the 300s, quickly
not merely that figment designated as the
appear less surprising if we apply critical
When someone suddenly goes from the
palls for those who have transcended it.
reader's rational self, but his entirefactor analysis to calibrate the evolution,
influence of a lower attractor field to that
From a higher perspective it is all too
consciousness. In our study it is the total
or devolution, of spiritual teachings over
of a higher, therefore, it is often clear how tedious and trivial reason's
person that reacts to the test stimuli.
time.
acclaimed as a miracle. The unfortunate
infatuation with itself can become.
Although the subject's mind may not be
W e can look at the world's foremost
verdict of human experience is that few
Reason is the mirror of the mind's vanity;
aware of what is going on, his total being
religious teachings thus:
109
1 10
Christianity
in practice had dropped to an average of
most "yin" have remained relatively pure
per ception and their consequentThe level of truth originally expounded
900. These teachings have deteriorated
through the ages, whereas those that are
indiffer ence to moral violence. W ithin
by Jesus Christ calibrates at 1000, the
less than any other religion: Hinyana
more "yang" (involved in worldly af fairs)
any religion, fundamentalist sects always
highest attained on this plane. By the
Buddhism (the lesser vehicle) still
have degraded markedly, until the calibrate lowest, often operating at the
second century, though, the level of truth
calibrates at 850; Mahayana Buddhism
militant extremist faction of the most
same level of consciousness as
of the practice of his teachings had
(the greater vehicle) calibrates at 950.
aggressive religion has actually sunk
criminality; their hallmark is egocentric
dropped to 930, and by the sixth century,
Current Zen Buddhism is in the 600s.
below the critical level of integrity atextremism and irrationality. But with
to 540. By the time of the crusades, at the
200. The more dualistic the creed, the
eighty-five percent (229) of the human
Hinduism
beginning of the eleventh century, it had
greater seems to be its vulnerability to
population below the critical level of
fallen to its current 498. A major decline
The teachings of Lord Krishna calibrated
misinterpretation. Dualism promotes a
200, error is easily disseminated and
in the year 325 A.D. was appar ently
at 1,000 and have deteriorated slowly
split between belief and action and the
readily accepted around the world.
due to the spr ead of misinterpr etations
over time but the truth of the current
disorientation of levels of truth. When
Cults proliferate because the general
of the teachings originating fr om the
practice still calibrates at 850.this occurs, the spiritual essence can be
public has no objective criterion with
Council of Nicaea. Students of religious
confused in translation into physical
which to distinguish truth from
Judaism
history will find it interesting to calibrate
expression. Thus, the conceptual falsehood. Using the tools of this study,
the level of truth of Christianity as
The teachings of Abraham calibrated at
Christian Soldier (of the spirit) becomes,
we may identify as a cult any purportedly
practiced before and after Paul, 985; the practice current at the time of
through a distorted "literal" translation, a
spiritual movement that calibrates below
Constantine, Augustine, etc.1
Moses, at 770, which is the level of truth
self-justified battlefield killer.
the level of 200. As we have seen above,
of the T almud. Modern Judaism
It should be noted that the Lamsa
The Hindus did not fall into the error of
cults are not just isolated, renegadecalibrates at 499. The Old T estament
translation, from the Aramaic, of the
confusing levels of interpretation; the
phenomena; they also thrive as tolerated
calibrates at 475.
New T estament calibrates at 750, and the
battle described in the opening of the
subgroups within the world's great
King James V ersion, from the Greek, at
Bhagavad-Gita was never misinterpreted
religions, distorting teachings and
Islam
500. Just as there is a wide range in the
to suggest Lord Krishna teaches that
subverting their intent.
level of truth of various translations, so
The level of consciousness of
believers are to engage in actual warfare.
Cults need not be formally religious at
Mohammed was 540. The Koran
there is a wide variation between
The Buddha's view-that the cause ofall. The ultimate cult, of course


ure in Sichuan (Szech
uan) province who took a herb powder at age seventy-and sired
three sons. As he continued to take it, the old man's persistent sex
ual exertions caused pain in his wife's moon grotto. One day the
distressed woman intercepted a new supply of herbs for his rec
ipe; she angrily threw them into the courtyard of their house. A
rooster ate the herbs and becan1e so aroused that it mounted a hen
and copulated for several days without letup. In its throes of pas
sion the cock kept pecking at the hen's head until it was bald. Thus
the recipe earned the unlikely name Bald Hen Mix.
The Mystic Master gives the recipe as follows: Combine three
parts each of jou-tsun_R-ywzg (broom rape, or Orobatzche ammophyla),
wu-wei-tzu (five-flavor seeds, or Schizandra chiuensis), tu-szu-tzu
(dodder seeds, or Cuscuta chiuensis), yuan-chih (Siberian milkwort,
or Polr.�ata tetmuifolia); and four parts of shao-chuat zg-tzu (the seeds
of an aromatic biannual grass, Cnidium monnieri). In a mortar,
pound the five ingredients into a powder. Take a square-inch mea
sure (a heaping tablespoon) of the powder with warm rice wine
on an empty stomach three times a day. The Mystic Master warns:
"Do not take it if you arc without a [sexual] adversary. After tak
ing it for sixty days, you can tame forty women. F(lllds mul Her/Is j�r LoPe
[ 3 5 I To A1ix
This recipe is found in the dynastic records of the Sui emperor
Yang, the seventh-century canal-builder and tyrant whose toys
included a defloration couch. A noblewoman who had been con
victed of murdering one of her servants addressed a petition for
clctnency to the emperor. She explained that her eighty-year-old
husband, Hua Fou, had found himself incapable of bedchamb er
activity. A close friend gave hin1 a recipe for a marvelous herb
powder, but Hua died before he was able to usc it. So out of pity,
his widow gave it to a fa1nily retainer nan1ed I To. The seventy
five-year-old servant was sickly and arthritic, white-haired and
bent with age. After twenty-odd days of taking the powder, the
old man's body straightened, his hair turned black, and his face
took on the ruddy glow of a n1an in his thirties.
The widow gave her two tnaidservants to the rejuvenated I To
as wives. They bore hin1 four children. I To took to visiting the cor
ncr wine house and often returned home inebriated. It happened
that one of the maids nonnally slept in an alcove off the wido\v's
bedchamber, and when I To came hon1c, he sometin1es crept into
this maid's bed. The widow, pretending to sleep, watched and lis
tened to their lovemaking. This old n1an, she found, was full of
energy, different from others.
"Although I was already fifty, I suffered fro In tny unfulfilled
desires," the widow confessed in her petition to the en1peror.
"Soon I also began a relationship with I To and bore hin1 two chil
dren. Although I To had us three won1cn, he was still full of en
ergy." Eventually she felt such shan1c tor carrying on an affair
with a lowly serv ant that she killed hin 1. She then discovered that
his shinb ones were full of ycllo\vish nurro\v, which the ancient
Chin ese believed was a sign of superior heal th. Evidently trying
to trade her recipe tor the en1peror's pardon, the noblc\ vonun con
cluded hL·r petition: "If Your Majesty wants to tan1e nun y won1en,
this rnix will give you yellow rnarrow throughout your bones. I
humb ly offer it to Your Majesty."
History docs not record the t:ne of the won1 an, but here is her
rL·cipc, known to posterity as I To Mix: Con1bin e three p�uts slrt'tl.._\!
ti-hu,mg (Rfi,,,,,;l, g/utiriMcJ, a fresh plant sitnilar to foxglove),
soaked in rice wine for a week; two parts kut>i-llsiu (deba rked cin-nan1on twigs. or Citmamo mum cass ia); tivc: parts kan-ts,w (licorice:
root. or Glycyrrhiza.l!labr,l); two parts pai-slm (the: root of the: pe
rennial grass Atr,utylis a/b,l); and tivc: parts kan-chi (dried lacquer,
or Rhus l'l'rnicUt.'ra). Pulverize: the: tnixturc: and take: a tablespoon of
the powder three tin1es a day. after each tncal.
Tht' Plaut (�fLusU i1/ Shee p
Ancient Chinese: herbal encyclopedias record that in northern
Sichuan province, after eating leaves fr01n a certain plant, some
sheep fell into a lustful frenzy, copulating a hundred titnes a day.
For nuny centuries the Chinese have used this "plant of lustful
sheep:' or yiu-yaug-luw, in various concoctions. (In the plant's name,
yiu n1cans "lustful"; yaug tneans "sheep." While the Chinese char
acters are different from yin n1eaning "female," and yang meaning
"nule," their transliterations into English are identical.) The dried
leaves of this plant are soaked in wine or liquor in various propor
tions for two months. and then filtered. About a jigger of this is
taken every night.
The "plant of lustful sheep" is mentioned in Shen Nung's Med
ical Herb Classic (c. 550) and in Li Shih-chen's Materia Medica
(1 578), the two most prestigious Chinese herbal medicine ency
clopedias. Modern medical scientists in Japan, China, and Korea
are analyzing and experimenting with this mysterious herb,
which is known botanically as Epimedium sagittatum or Aceranthus
sagittatus. A perennial found in many parts of China, it grows to
more than a foot tall and has egg-shaped leaves with serrated
edges. Scientists have determined that the plant contains a num
ber of unidentified alkaloids and flav onols, and is rich in man
ganese, an antioxidant essential for sexual potency. Chinese
physicians have used the plant to treat nervous disorders, chronic
bronchitis, and menopausa l ailments.
As a sexual nutrient, its key ingredient is epimedin (or icarin,
in plants found in Japan and Korea), which has an aphrodisiac ef
fect. Laboratory dogs fed epimedin exhibited increased sexual ac
tivity, and male dogs injected with a solution of this ingredient
began to secrete semen five minutes after the injection; the secre
tion continued for ninety minutes. A Japanese scientist theorized
that increased setncn production indirectly stimulated the central
137 THE ART OF THE BEDCH AMBER
nervous systen1, and thus the aphrodisiac effects. The lustful sheep
of Sichuan were the inadvertent victitns-or happy beneficia
ries-of what they ate.
A RECENT DISCOVE RY
The Chinese seem to find aphrodisiac health ingredients or sexual
nutrients everywhere. One of the latest discoveries was n1ade in
mainland China only a few years ago. Near his field a farmer had a
pond in which he hatched carp, as is often done in China. One day
he turned the carp-feeding chore over to his son, who unknow
ingly gave the fish the wrong feed: green oats (Ave11a satil'a). After
some time the error was discovered, but the farmer was stunned
to sec hundreds of young carp-double the expected number
and livelier old carp in his pond. Carp arc slow breeders; but after
this farmer's fish had eaten the "wrong" feed, they became very
sexually active.· Something in the green oats must have had an
aphrodisiac effect.
Soon the news attracted agriculture and aquacultur e scientists
in China. After studying the fish and the feed, they confirmed
that the green oats had raised the carp's sexual honnonc level and
caused thcn1 to mate n1ore often. Understandably, the scientists
began to cat the stuff, and after a few n1onths they \Vere ecstatic to
find themselves as lively as the carp.
The news touched off


	not	real	at	all.	Thoughts
are	stale.	They	are	based	on	past	conditioning	and	programs.	But	life	is	fluid
and	ever	changing.	You	cannot	get	answers	for	something	that	is	fluid	by
delving	into	old	thoughts.

Feel	your	inner	body.	Reduce	your	breathing!

I	cannot	stop	thinking
Y
ou	might	say	that	this	all	makes	sense	but	it	is	impossible	to	stop	thinking
when	things	go	wrong.	Yes,	I	agree	that	doing	it	is	more	difficult.	But	at	the
same	time,	it	is	a	lot	easier	than	allowing	the	mind	to	run	off	on	a	worrying
stream	of	thought.	Of	any	24	hour	day,	negative	events	generally	account	for
a	very	small	amount	of	time.	It	is	our	thinkaholic	nature	which	prolongs	the
situation	in	our	mind.

It	is	easier	to	build	up	your	awareness	by	stilling	the	mind	when	things	are
GOING	RIGHT	FOR	YOU.	When	life	is	running	smoothly,	make	it	a
continued	practice	to	observe	your	thoughts	and	bring	COMPLETE	attentionto	the	present	moment,	or	feel	your	inner	body	or	follow	your	breath.	The
more	you	do	this,	the	easier	it	is	when	things	are	not	running	so	smoothly.Old	tensions	dissolve
P
ast	events	and	old	thoughts	that	are	buried	well	beneath	the	surface	of	the
conscious	mind	will	begin	to	appear	as	you	calm	your	mind.	By	living	in
presence,	watching	your	breath,	feeling	your	inner	body,	the	mind	clears	and
past	memories	arise.	Both	good	and	not	so	good	memories	arise.	From	thirty
years	ago,	you	might	remember	a	schoolteacher,	childhood	friends,	an
experience	that	happened	while	you	were	on	holiday,	or	something	somebody
said	to	you.

Deeply	rooted	traumas	might	surface.	As	the	old	memories	arise,	just
acknowledge	them	and	let	them	pass,	even	stuff	that	has	caused	a	lot	of	pain,
such	as	emotional,	physical	or	sexual	abuse.

Just	view	these	past	traumas	as	thoughts.	Observe	them	without	attachment
and	let	them	pass.	A	mood	change,	emotional	charge	and	short-term
depression	can	be	part	of	the	process.	If	you	feel	down,	accept	it	as	part	of	the
healing	process.	Feeling	down	is	okay,	as	it	is	for	the	short	term	and	will	soon
pass.	Bringing	acceptance	to	this	helps	speed	the	process.	Deal	with	the	past
by	living	in	the	present.	Doing	this	enables	the	old	thought	patterns	that	have
shaped	your	life	to	dissolve.

The	good	news	is	that	you	don’t	have	to	analyze	the	past	to	address	the	past.
You	don’t	even	need	to	understand	it.	Just	live	in	the	now	and	allow	the	past
to	surface	and	dilute.We	all	need	help	from	life
N
o	matter	how	intelligent	we	are,	we	depend	on	life	to	help	us	along	the
way.	We	cannot	do	it	alone,	nor	should	we.	All	species	with	the	exception	of
most	humans	allow	life	to	assist	them,	care	for	them	and	provide	for	them.
Birds,	tigers,	elephants,	snakes,	cats,	dogs,	seals,	dolphins	and	whales	are	not
worried	about	tomorrow,	nor	are	they	dwelling	in	the	past.	They	have	little
fear	except	for	brief	moments	when	confronted	by	an	animal	of	prey.	Why	are
humans	the	exception?	Why	would	life	let	humans	down	and	look	after	every
other	living	being?

You	are	not	one	with	life	if	all	of	your	attention	is	in	your	head.	You	are
missing	out	on	life	and	all	that	it	is	has	to	offer.	Look	at	the	state	of	the	people
around	you.	You	will	see	how	caught	up	they	are	in	their	heads	thinking	about
the	past	or	future	and	seldom	having	their	attention	in	the	now.

Life	is	not	a	collection	of	thoughts.	Life	has	an	immense	intelligence	that	we
seldom	consider.	Allow	life	to	help	you	through	life.	Don’t	be	constantly
worried	and	afraid	of	whatever	situation	or	event	may	unfold.	Have	trust	in
life	and	life	will	look	after	you.

Your	job	is	to	let	life	live	through	you.	You	enable	this	when	you	merge	with
your	inner	body	or	follow	your	breath.	Your	job	is	to	live	life,	not	to	live	in	a
collection	of	thoughts	in	your	head.	Living	in	your	thoughts	is	living	a	life
divorced	from	life.Let	go	of	the	wheel	of	life
I
n	a	sense,	when	we	first	let	go	of	thought,	we	feel	as	if	we	are	abandoning
control.	Society,	education	and	other	factors	have	conditioned	us	into
believing	that	we	always	need	to	be	thinking.	The	belief	is	that	if	we	stop
thinking,	everything	that	we	have	ever	accumulated	or	strived	for	will	come
tumbling	down	around	us.	The	belief	is	that	our	relationships	will	fall	apart,
our	kids	will	go	wild,	our	finances	will	dwindle.

Deep	down,	we	believe	that	we	must	be	thinking	all	the	time.	If	this	wasn’t
the	case,	why	would	we	continue	to	do	it?	Here,	I	am	asking	you	to	take	a
chance	on	life	and	see	how	life	looks	after	you.	Forget	about	thought	and	join
with	life.

Let	go	of	constant	control	and	see	what	life	brings	you.	It	is	the	understanding
that	you	literally	have	to	do	nothing	and	let	life	do	it	for	you.

You	are	in	this	world	to	discover	life.	Have	fun	with	it.	Test	it	out.	See	if	life
is	real.	See	if	it	is	true.	But	you	have	to	be	willing	to	test	it.	Make	the	decision
to	change.	You	might	have	to	start	with	very	small	areas.

If	you	are	bored	in	your	job,	can	you	view	it	differently?	Can	you	approach	it
without	feeling	that	it	is	boring?	Can	you	look	at	your	wife	or	husband
without	seeing	the	negativity	that	you	have	run	through	your	mind	over	the
past	few	months?

Gently	take	back	control	of	your	mind.	Watch	your	breath,	feel	your	inner
body,	reduce	your	breathing.	Do	this	for	pockets	of	a	few	minutes	many	times
throughout	the	day.

Especially	do	it	while	you	are	watching	TV,	driving	your	car,	waiting	in	line
at	the	post	office,	walking	down	the	street,	exercising,	in	bed	at	night.	The
more	often	you	incorporate	it	into	your	life,	the	more	you	will	continue	with
it.

It	is	you	that	stops	yourself.	See	what	life	really	provides	you,	as	this	will	be
far	better	than	what	is	developed	through	a	collection	of	thought.	If	you	made
a	decision	to	choose	life,	then	you	would	not	choose	thought.

How	will	you	know	if	it	is	working?	Quite	simply,	you	will	know	by	how	youfeel.	You	will	feel	alive	and	feel	no	tension.	Your	life	will	be	softer	and	will
unfold	a	lot	easier.Chapter	14
	The	resultNo	more	anger?
F
irst


without	destroying	them,	to
prepare	our	soldier	cells	to	repulse	the	invading	antigens.	It	is	one	more
example
1
	of	the	exceptional	elegance	of	nature’s	ability	to	regulate	itself.
The	immune	system	uses	a	very	delicate	process	to	decide	which	proteins
should	be	attacked	and	which	should	be	left	alone.
11
	The	way	this	process,
which	is	incredibly	complex,	breaks	down	with	autoimmune	diseases	is	not
yet	understood.	We	just	know	that	the	immune	system	loses	its	ability	todifferentiate	between	the	body’s	cells	and	the	invading	antigen,	and	instead	of
using	the	body’s	cells	for	“training,”	it	destroys	them	along	with	the	invaders.TYPE	1	DIABETES
In	the	case	of	Type	1	diabetes,	the	immune	system	attacks	the	pancreas	cells
responsible	for	producing	insulin.	This	devastating,	incurable	disease	strikes
children,	creating	a	painful	and	difficult	experience	for	young	families.	What
most	people	don’t	know,	though,	is	that	there	is	strong	evidence	that	this
disease	is	linked	to	diet	and,	more	specifically,	to	dairy	products.	The	ability
of	cow’s	milk	protein	to	initiate	Type	1	diabetes
12–14
	is	well	documented.	The
possible	initiation	of	this	disease	goes	like	this:
A	baby	is	not	nursed	long	enough	and	is	fed	cow’s	milk	protein,	perhaps
in	an	infant	formula.
The	milk	reaches	the	small	intestine,	where	it	is	digested	down	to	its
amino	acid	parts.
For	some	infants,	cow’s	milk	is	not	fully	digested,	and	small	amino	acid
chains	or	fragments	of	the	original	protein	remain	in	the	intestine.
These	incompletely	digested	protein	fragments	may	be	absorbed	into	the
blood.
The	immune	system	recognizes	these	fragments	as	foreign	invaders	and
goes	about	destroying	them.
Unfortunately,	some	of	the	fragments	look	exactly	the	same	as	the	cells
of	the	pancreas	that	are	responsible	for	making	insulin.
The	immune	system	loses	its	ability	to	distinguish	between	the	cow’s
milk	protein	fragments	and	the	pancreatic	cells,	and	destroys	them	both,
thereby	eliminating	the	child’s	ability	to	produce	insulin.
The	infant	becomes	a	Type	1	diabetic,	and	remains	so	for	the	rest	of	his
or	her	life.
This	process	boils	down	to	a	truly	remarkable	statement:	cow’s
milk	may
cause	one	of	the	most	devastating	diseases	that	can	befall	a	child
.	For
obvious	reasons,	this	is	one	of	the	most	contentious	issues	in	nutrition	today.
One	of	the	more	remarkable	reports	on	this	cow’s	milk	effect	was
published	over	a	decade	ago,	in	1992,	in	the	New
England	Journal	of
Medicine
.
12
	The	researchers,	from	Finland,	obtained	blood	from	Type	1
diabetic	children,	aged	four	to	twelve	years.	Then	they	measured	the	levels	of
antibodies	that	had	formed	in	the	blood	against	an	incompletely	digested
protein	of	cow’s	milk	called	bovine	serum	albumin	(BSA).	They	did	the	same
process	with	non-diabetic	children	and	compared	the	two	groups	(remember,
an	antibody	is	the	mirror	image,	or	“mold,”	of	a	foreign	antigen).	Children
who	had	antibodies	to	cow’s	milk	protein	must	have	previously	consumedcow’s	milk.	It	also	means	that	undigested	protein	fragments	of	the	cow’s	milk
proteins	had	to	have	entered	the	infant’s	circulation	in	order	to	cause	the
formation	of	antibodies	in	the	first	place.
The	researchers	discovered	something	truly	remarkable.	Of	the	142
diabetic	children	measured,
every	single	one	had	antibody	levels	higher	than
3.55
.	Of	the	seventy-nine	normal	children	measured,
every	single	one	had
antibody	levels	less	than	3.55
.
There	is	absolutely	no	overlap	between	antibodies	of	healthy	and	diabetic
children.	All	of	the	diabetic	children	had	levels	of	cow’s	milk	antibodies	that
were	higher	than	those	of	all	of	the	non-diabetic	children.	This	implies	two
things:	children	with	more	antibodies	consumed	more	cow’s	milk,	and
second,	increased	antibodies	may	cause	Type	1	diabetes.
These	results	sent	shock	waves	through	the	research	community.	It	was	the
complete	separation	of	antibody	responses	that	made	this	study	so
remarkable.	This	study,
12
	and	others	even	earlier,
15–17
	initiated	an	avalanche
of	additional	studies	over	the	next	several	years	that	continue	to	this	day.
13,	18,
19
Several	studies	have	since	investigated	this	effect	of	cow’s	milk	on	BSA
antibody	levels.	All	but	one	showed	that	cow’s	milk	increases	BSA	antibodies
in	Type	1	diabetic	children,
18
	although	the	responses	were	quite	variable	in
their	magnitude.
Over	the	past	decade,	scientists	have	investigated	far	more	than	just	the
BSA	antibodies,	and	a	more	complete	picture	is	coming	into	view.	Very
briefly,	it	goes	something	like	this
13,	19
:	infants	or	very	young	children	of	a
certain	genetic	background,
20,	21
	who	are	weaned	from	the	breast	too	early
22
onto	cow’s	milk	and	who,	perhaps,	become	infected
with	a	virus	that	may
corrupt	the	gut	immune	system,
19
	are	likely	to	have	a	high	risk	for	Type	1
diabetes.	A	study	in	Chile
23
	considered	the	first	two	factors,	cow’s	milk	and
genes.	Genetically	susceptible	children	weaned	too	early	onto	cow’s	milk-
based	formula	had	a	risk	of	Type	1	diabetes	that	was	13.1	times	greater	than
children	who	did	not	have	these	genes	and	who	were	breast-fed	for	at	least
three	months	(thus	minimizing	their	exposure	to	cow’s	milk).	Another	study
in	the	U.S.	showed	that	genetically	susceptible	children	fed	cow’s	milk	as
infants	had	a	risk	of	disease	that	was	11.3	times	greater	than	children	who	did
not	have	these	genes	and	who	were	breast-fed	for	at	least	three	months.
24
	This
eleven	to	thirteen	times	greater	risk	is	incredibly	large	(1,000–1,200%!);
anything	over	three	to	four	times	is	usually	considered	very	important.	To	put
this	in	perspective,	smokers	have	approximately	ten	times	greater	risk	of
getting	lung	cancer	(still	less	than	the	eleven	to	thirteen	times	risk	here)	andpeople	with	high	blood	pressure	and	cholesterol	have	a	2.5–3.0	times	greater
risk	of	heart	disease	(
Chart	9.2
).
18
So	how	much	of	the	eleven	to	thirteen	times	increased	risk	of	Type	1
diabetes	is	due	to	early	exposure	to	cow’s	milk,	and	how	much	is	due	to
genes?	These	days,	there	is	a	popular	opinion	that	Type	1	diabetes	is	due	to
genetics,	an	opinion	often	shared	by	doctors	as	well.	But	genetics	alone
cannot	account	for	more


 vegetables—was fed to rats at the
Research Institute at Izzatnager, and animals of the third
generation became blind.
   Scientists of the Western world have also tested heat-
processed vegetable fats, as well as heat-processed animal
fats, and found these to be instrumental in producing cancer
and other diseases. British scientists injected 12 mice with
cottonseed oil pre-heated at te mperatures of 340-360 degrees
C. Two of the mice developed cancerous lesions at the site of the injection, whereas no animals of a control group injected
in the same manner with oil heated at much lower
temperatures developed cancer. Yet cottonseed oil has been
found to produce cancer even when heated at comparatively
low temperatures, providing the cooking temperature is maintained for sufficient time. When white rats were fed a 15
to 21 per cent ration of cottonseed oil heated at only 95
degrees C. over a long period, the animals rapidly lost weight,
developed diarrhea, and were affected with enlarged liver,
kidneys, and adrenals. All animals died within three weeks. In another set of experiments, a group of white rats was fed
liberally upon heated, hydrogenated fats, and the control
group was given a similar amount of unprocessed fats. All rats were then given butter-yellow, a known cancer-
producing substance. Every rat on the hydrogenated fat diet
developed tumors or cancer, whereas not one receiving the
uncooked fats was so affected. Dr. Lane has reported
experiments in which 54 rats were given rations of brown lard heated to 350 degrees C. for thirty minutes. Thirty-seven
per cent of these animals developed papillomas tumors of the
forestomach and malignant tumors of the glandular stomach.
Of rats given a similar ration of unheated lard, only 5.7 per
cent of the animals developed tumors. Even this small percentage might be attributed to the fact that the so-called
unheated lard had been heat-processed to some degree during
manufacture. And last but not least are the celebrated
experiments of the late Dr. Angel Roffo of Argentina. Dr.
Roffo found that all fats heated to "browning" temperatures
increased the tendency of experimental animals to develop
cancer. The most damaging of fats were found to be those fried at high temperatures.

 THE POTTENGER EXPERIMENTS
   Perhaps the most important of all the animal experiments
with raw and cooked foods are those of Dr. Francis Pottenger, Jr., one of the world's great physicians and food scientists.
These were conducted at the long established Pottenger
Sanitarium in Monrovia, California, and covered a ten-year period. Both white rats and cats were employed. Rats given
heated milk suffered from many kinds of deterioration, and
the change in trabeculation of the bones was particularly
noticeable. With the cats the experiments were reported in
great detail and covered a large number of animals. A total of 900 cats were studied, and complete records were kept of
nearly 600 of them. Through generation after generation the
animals were studied, and Dr. Pottenger has issued the
detailed results of the experiments as they apply to growth, reproduction, and all phases of the animals' health.
   In these tests the animals were fed upon meat-scraps
(including the muscle, bone, and viscera), milk, and cod liver oil. The animals were divided into various groups, depending
upon the condition, whether heated or unheated, in which
their foods were given. Some of the cats were fed entirely
upon raw meat and raw milk; others were given two-thirds
cooked meat and one-third raw milk. In some cases raw meat and pasteurized milk were used. A number of cats were also
fed sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, or raw
metabolized vitamin D milk with raw meat. Cod liver oil was
used by all animal groups.
   The cats fed entirely upon raw meat and raw milk remained
in excellent health in all cases. Physical development was
virtually perfect and the cats reproduced in homogeneity from one generation to the next, maintaining large skulls and
thoraxes, broad faces with prominent malar and orbital
arches, broad and well-formed dental arches, adequate nasal cavities, and large and long bodies. The cats were quite free
from vermin, infections, and pa rasites. The membranes were
firm and of good pink color. All evidence of degeneration
was absent. Abortion occurred very seldom; the size of the
average litter was five, and all of the mother cats nursed their young in a normal manner. The cats possessed excellent
equilibrium. Organic development was complete and normal
physical and mental function was the general rule. Death
resulted only from old age or injuries sustained in fighting. None of the cats died from disease.
   Cats which were fed the cooke d-meat scraps were defective
in many respects. They were smaller in build and the bones were smaller in diameter. In some cases the bones would grow out of proportion, with the hind legs being much longer
than the forelegs. The animals did not reproduce in
homogeneity, each kitten being of a different skeletal pattern.
There were variations of facial structure similar to those of human beings. Configuration of the skulls was different in
each individual cat. Often there would be marked failure in
the development of the upper lip and in some cases a
mandibular protrusion.
   Dental conditions would usually remain fairly good in the
first generation, though gingiv itis occasionally developed.
Second generation animals usually had much smaller primary teeth than normal and there was irregular spacing of teeth.
Bleeding of gums would increase considerably. Some teeth
would be lost. In the third generation loss of most of the teeth
through decalcification and pyorrhea would be common.
Dental development was generally so irregular that the
development of the whole face was interfered with.
   There was severe impairment of bone composition in all
cases. The calcium content would fall from the normal 12 to
18 per cent of bone weight in healthy animals to 8 to 12 per
cent in the first generation, 3½  to 7 per cent in the second
generation, and finally 1½  to 3 per cent in the third
generation. The phosphorus content also became progressively less, and by the third generation the bones
would be very porous and similar to rubber. This resulted in bowlegs, distorted spines, and other deformities.
   Reproductive efficiency was greatly lowered. Abortion ran
from 25 per cent in the first generation to as high as 70 per
cent in the second generation. Deliveries were very difficult
and many cats died in labor. Often the mother was unable to lactate. The mortality rate of the kittens was very high, many
of them being even too frail to nurse. In a number of cases the
mother would steadily decline in health following birth of the kittens and die about three months later. Others had
increasing difficulty with subsequent pregnancies and some
failed to become pregnant. In the males there was disturbance
of genital development and descent of the testes. Sterility was
so common that raw-food males had to be used for all
breeding purposes.
   Development of the secondary sexual characteristics was
incomplete. The degree of masculinity and femininity was
lessened and cats of both sexes tended to become more
neutral in appearance. For instance, X-ray pictures showed
that skulls of third generation cooked-fed animals had neutral
profiles for both sexes, as contrasted to the difference in raw-fed animals. At the same time sex interest was ver
y slack ; in many cases it was perverted, with some cats developing into
true homosexuals.
   Most of the cats fed cooked meat were very irritable and
would occasionally viciously bite the keeper. Intestinal
parasites and vermin were very common. Skin lesions and
allergies became worse from one generation to the next. Pneumonia and empyema were the most common causes of
death in the adult stock; a great number died from diarrhea
followed by pneumonia. No cats survived the sixth month of
life in the third generation. Among the diseased conditions
that were found upon autopsy were: osteomyelitis, cardiac lesions, hyperopia, thyroid disease, hepatitis, nephritis,
paralysis, meningitis, cystitis, arthritis, rickets, enlarged
colon, bronchitis, fatty infiltration of the muscles, rachitic
rosary of the ribs, and enlarged bladder.
   Cats fed upon a combination of two-thirds pasteurized milk
and one-third raw meat presented much of the same
deterioration as the other animals. Reproductive efficiency was lowered; skeletal structur es were severely impaired;
dental irregularity and gingivitis were common, and all
kittens showed some form of deficiency in development. Cats
fed evaporated milk were damaged even more, and sweetened
condensed milk produced the most marked deficiencies of all. Even the raw metabolized vitamin D milk (from cattle fed
irradiated yeast) proved harmful. The males showed osseous
disturbances following its use, and the adult males died
within 10 months, with the young males failing to live beyond even the second month.
   In some instances cats which had been fed either cooked
meat or one of the forms of heated or vitamin D milk would be placed upon a completely raw diet, which would be
continued in subsequent generations. Improvement in


 must work with it, support it and encourage the process. We work with less food, more broths, more
rest. The body responds  with revitalization and regeneration in all the tissues of the organism. This is why we call it a tissue
cleansing treatment. It gets after every tissue in the body, not just the bowel. We realize by now that every tissue in the b ody is as
clean as the bo wel. This is due to the fact that every tissue is fed by the blood which is nourished by the bowel. When the bowel is
dirty, the blood is dirty and so on to the organs and tissues.

When diarrhea comes along, don’t stop it. Let it go, it is a cleansing pr ocess. Drink plenty of liquids to avoid being dehydrated.
During the healing crisis, do not eat very much; nothing at all is best. Overeating during this time will possibly shut down the
process and thereby delay that which you have worked so hard to make occur. Go instead to the vegetable juices, vegetable broths
and light liquids. If there is any fever, do not use any fruit juices, especially citrus juices. Potato peeling broth is the best thing to
use at this time. A fever indicates that the body is hard  at work burning up toxic substances. Let’s not interfere with it by forcing
the body to divert needed cleansing energy into having to process food.

The bowel is like a vacuum cleaner bag. It filters and filters until it is all clogged up and doesn’t do i ts job anymore. In fact, a
clogged up bag causes damage to the motor by allowing debris to pass by where it finds its way into the delicate machinery. I t also
places a very heavy load upon the motor, which is trying to draw air through the dirty bag. The c olema treatment unplugs the filter,
so to speak. This treatment will be relatively new to a lot of people. It can be used by young and old alike, as well as so -called
healthy people. Practically any disease, discharging, infection, catarrhal or bowel distu rbance and lowered hormone balance due to
toxins can benefit from this treatment.

WHERE CAUTION IS NECESSARY
In diverticulitis we find that there can be severe reactions resulting from the painful condition that already exists in the patient.
There may b e abscesses forming. We might have a perforation of the bowel and we must be very careful in taking care of this. It
will always be best to have a doctor’s counsel and to see just what is going on. We find that if we can cleanse the bowel wit hout
any diste ntion, even though using large amounts of water in the enema, we will be helping these sensitive problems. We feel that
the colema, which is one of the most natural ways of putting water into the bowel and eliminating it without any heavy disten tion,
is probably the best way to take care of these things. However, we must make sure that we don’t have any symptoms that are really
grievous to the patient, mentally or physically. We must also watch that the white cell count does not become very high becau se
we find that this will be a sign of infection and possibly conditions developing other than the diverticulitis that couir be of a serious
nature. Further, we have to consider that there could be obstructions in that bowel from a growth and that to expect anyt hing to
happen immediately from the colema and from the tissue cleansing treatment may be unrealistic. It is always best to have a do ctor
check over these conditions to make sure this treatment can be used in combination with his suggestions and with his d iag-nosis.

WARNING AND ADVICE
Due to the fact that this can be considered the most powerful tissue cleansing treatment available today, some skill must be
attended to persons given this treatment. It is well to have the cooperation of a doctor to handle t he most severe cases. It is also
advisable to have a complete clinical examination so that all and any tests can be monitored as patient makes progress. This is not
to be considered a “cure -all,” but an adjunctive treatment. It is a foundation for thorough  tissue detoxification by way of colon
cleansing. It is well to have complete regulatory and competent advisory consultation with those giving and administering thi s
treatment. A doctor knowing the “reversal process of cure” is to be desired. A disease in its reversal system will bring about
different symptoms and can be responsible for elimination processes. Chemical, mechanical or nutritional assistance is also
desirable and can be used with any other form of treatment favoring elimination and detoxificat ion. A clinical examination should
basically include: urinalysis, a complete blood count, PBI, SMA -24, acid -alkaline fecal test, test for acidophilus bacteria, X -rays
when needed, and any other test(s) that can be used to show tissue or functional changes taking place during this treatment. Any
particular weakness of any organ or system that is underactive should be tested often, or as deemed appropriate by doctor in order
to monitor the patient closely.

WARNING. Diabetic, tubercular, cancer and extreme de generative diseases must have guidance, sanction and assistance by the
most capable minds and doctor. Diabetic cases must be handled with particular care in regard to the fasting aspect of the
cleanse. Also all cases are not alike in their response to the detoxification program. Results may vary considerably according to
individual constitutions. Frequent colonic irrigation will have an adverse effect upon the electrolyte balance of the colon.
Electrolyte leaching is not a good process and must be avoided. The best way to prevent this occurrence is to be absolutely certain
that adequate amounts of lactobacillus organisms are re -established in the colon. To accomplish this task, refer to pages 51 through
55 in this book.

When the body is properly fed with go od quality foods containing organic sodium, potassium and magnesium, the electrolyte level
of the colon will be replenished as part of the diet. We must eat properly along with colon treatments. DO NOT OVERLOOK
THIS VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF COLON HEALTH.

SUPPLEMENTS
A DEFINITION OF PROPERTIES
The following ingredients are used in the treatment for specific reasons. So that you may more fully appreciate the usefulnes s of
these items, a brief explanation of their properties is included.
Alfalfa —The differe nce between alfalfa tablets, Green Life and Sun Chlorella is that alfalfa has all the fiber material left in it from
the stems and fiber structure of the leaves. These act as a bulk and a material for a ballooned or weakened bowel to work aga inst
the tone of the tissues of the bowel. This also allows a faster transit time for the bowel. This is one of the supplements I use for
practically every patient who needs to overcome bowel disturbances. Alfalfa offers the proper bulk, but sometimes produces mo re
gas as we stir up this lazy bowel to act, and, for this reason, we use a couple of digestive enzymes to get rid of the gas.
Apple Juice —Very good for the bowel because it is high in pectin, which is a moisture -holding substance.
Apple Cider Vinegar —Very high i n potassium and is good to relieve any mucus or catarrhal conditions. It helps provide needed
nutrients to muscle tissue.
Beet Tablets —A slight laxative that works well with the liver, promoting the cleansing of that organ.
Bentonite —A clay suspended in wa ter. It is very useful in absorbing toxic substances. It can absorb 40 times its own weight in
toxic substances. It acts like a sponge, mopping up undesirable debris.
Mucilaginous Bulk —This material holds moisture well and attaches itself to the mucus lini ng making it soft and loose so it will
move away from the bowel wall. This is a very important ingredient to the success of the treatment.
Cod Liver Oil —Provides lubrication and helps work with the liver in cleansing. It provides vitamins A and D which are  needed for
good elimination.
Coffee —Stimulates peristaltic action in the bowel —driving down feces and stimulating bile production in the liver.
Dulse —Quickens the thyroid gland and speeds up the metabolism while bringing heat to the body causing the blood  to circulate
deeper.
Spring Green and Green Life Tablets —Brand names for very potent biogenic plant substances. They provide rich sources of
vitamins, minerals and enzymes that help in the cleansing process. We believe that Green Life is the finest supple ments to be used
with this colema program; however, if it is not available, you may use Sun Chlorella, in the same amount. Be sure to crush th e
tablets into powder form before taking.
Flaxseed —Excellent bulk maker, and in extreme cases of ulcerated colitis, provides a soothing and healing tea to be put into the
colema water. It also is a bowel lubricant. For one of the colema solutions to be used when any serious cases are confronted,  such
as colitis, always use flaxseed tea. You can also add a teaspoon or more of liquid chlorophyll to this flaxseed tea for the colema
water. This can be taken by mouth as well. When taken orally, use one cup tea and one teaspoon liquid chlorophyll three times  a
day. This can be used in cases


 years I have  found  those  who really opposed  me
those  who were  so moved  and disturbed  they were  determined  to dis -
prove  my words. But since they couldn't do it, they  too have  found  God to
be their own wonderful human imagination. The  Bible is addressed  only to
the human imagination. In Blake's famous letter  to the  Rev. Dr. Trusler he
makes this comment:  "Why is the  Bible more entertaining  and instructive
than any other  book? Is it not because  it is addressed  to the  imagination,
which is spiritual sensation, and  only immediately to the  understanding,
or reason?"
The Bible is imaginative  instruction. When it unfolds in you  it is more  real
than anything here, yet it is all imagined,  for God  is all imagination and  so
is man. The  eternal body of man is the  imagination, and  that is God  Him-
self. There  is nothing  but this one  body called Jesus, who is the Lord God
Jehovah.
I tell you, God  became  as we  are that we  may become  as He  is. No one
took God's life. He laid  it down himself saying:  "I have  the power  to lay it
down and  the power  to lift it up  again. The  fall into fragmented  space was
deliberate. And  He who fell has the  power  to gather  us all together, one
by one,  into that single  body who is all love. His body is above the  organi -
zation of sex. In it there  is no Greek, no Jew, no bond, no free, no
male,  no female. When you  wear it you understand  Paul's statement:  "I
consider  the sufferings of this present time  not worth comparing  to the
glory that has been revealed  in me." In that body you  know  yourself to
be the real Man, and  this fleshly body as nothing. You  will realize that
you were never  male or female,  but have  always been God.
Remember, everything  is yours for the  taking. If you  want it, take it. If
you cannot claim it  for yourself, ask  a friend  for help. If you  want to be
happily married, do what my friends did. You  want to pay off all of your
debts? Whatever  you desire  is yours. All you  have to do is imagine you
have it, for everything  in life  is yours for the  taking!
Now let us go into the  silence.
More Free Books Law of Attraction HavenThe Foundation Stone – Imagination
1st December, 1959.
We believe  that man can create  anything  he desires. We  believe  the Uni-
verse is infinite  response  and the one who causes it is the  individual per -
ceiver. Nothing  is independent of your perception of it. We  are so interwo -
ven we  are part of the  machine, but as we awake  we detach ourselves
from this machine  and make life  as we  wish it to be. "For man is all Imag -
ination and  God is man and  exists in us and  we in him." "The  eternal
body of man is the  Imagination:  that is God  himself."
You can imagine  and I can imagine,  and if we can be  faithful to the state
imagined  it must appear  in our world. This is not new.  This was given cen -
turies ago, for we  have it in the   Bible; but people  do not know  how to
read the Bible, so they got together  and organized  it into an "ism." It is
not an  "ism," but it is the  great plan to free man. The  Bible shows this
plan in detail. We  will turn  to a few passages and  show you what those
who wrote  it intended  we should  see.
Isaiah 28:16:  "Thus says the  Lord God, 'Behold, I am laying  in Zion for a
foundation stone, a  tested  stone,  a precious cornerstone,  of a sure foun-
dation:  He who believes will  not be  in haste.'" Now, we  are told in the
Book of Psalms that the  world  rejected  the stone. "The  stone  which the
builders rejected  has become  the head of the  corner." "You  cannot lay any
other  stone."   "On this stone  you may build  gold, silver, hay, or stubble…
and the day will reveal it."
I tell you  that this stone  is your Imagination, and  it is called  in the Bible:
Christ Jesus, or God, or the  Lord. It is your Imagination, which is one  with
the Divine  Imagination which  created, sustains, changes, and  even de -
stroys parts of the  creation. This is the  stone  that is tested  and it is a sure
foundation, and  he who believes in it will not be  in haste. If I can but
imagine  and know  that imagining  creates reality I will not be  impatient or
lead a superficial  life. When a  man does not live  in his Imagination he  will
become  impatient of the  outcome  of what he  desires, and  finally he  will
become  violent in his effort to get things.
Here is one  who asks the  question:  "Who do men say that the  Son of Man
is?" Some  said this and  some  that, but again he  asked:  "But who do you
say that I am?" (Matthew  16:13) "And  Simon Peter replied, 'You are the
Christ, the  Son of the  Living  God.' And  Jesus answered  him, 'Blessed are
you, Simon Bar Jona! For flesh and  blood  has not revealed  this to you, but
my Father  who is in Heaven. And  I tell you, you  are Peter, and  on this
rock I will build  my church."
The churches tell you  that it means a  man called  Peter. It is not an indi -
More Free Books Law of Attraction Havenvidual. The  whole thing  takes place  in the  mind of you  the individual. You
imagine  a certain state  and it is called  Peter. If it were  a man called  Peter,
you would  not find  what you  find six verses later. For there  he turns to the
same  character, Peter, and  says to him:  "Get behind  me Satan: You are a
hindrance to me; for you  are not on the  side of God, but of men." That is
what every man in the  world  does. He  gets a  revelation and  he realizes
the foundation stone  is Imagining. He sees a  friend  who needs help and
he imagines he  has what he  wants. If he  believes it, he  is not in haste. He
is imagining  what he  wants and  he is not violent, and  he is not concerned,
and he does not give  suggestions to the  friend  as to what to do physically
to bring  his desire  to pass. If the  foundation stone  is true, there  is only
one power  to support it. If he  knows that, he  will not allow  himself to  be
turned; he  will remain faithful to his assumption. But we  are told in the
Bible story that  the one who had  been commended, Peter, turned  and be-
came  violent, and  then Jesus said  to him, "Get behind  me, Satan." You
turn back  to the  ways of men to get things to go as you  want them to go.
You pull all the  wires and  therefore  you have turned  from the  only founda -
tion in the  world, and  that is Christ Jesus, which is human Imagination. If
you believe  this you  will not reject the  stone.
"Stone" is "even" [in Hebrew]  and it means to create, or build, or beget
children. Here  is a stone  in "Zion" (which means a  high pinnacle  or a bar-
ren place). That is man, before  the stone  is sunk  in him. He is the waste,
the desert. Sunk  in man as his Imagination is the  only foundation stone,
for [there  is] no other  foundation of the  living  God and he has sunk   him-
self in me.  Therefore,  I am the  son of the  living  God, for there  is only one
and I Am he. If I believe  this, I will not be  impatient. "He  who believes it
will not be  in haste." This is the  Lord's way. I ask  you to test it. Bring  be-
fore your mind's eye  what you  want to see in this world. It may be


 any longer than the run -of-the-mill specimens of humanity. Many explanations for this have been
devised. Actually, there is very little excuse for  these mental meanderings. Athletes and strong men are often toxemic to the
point of collapse.
They are so vulnerable from the effects of self -poisoning that all they need to bring them down with a "fatal malady" is some
slight unusual enervating influence, or some slightly unusual amount of an accustomed influence. As unreasonable as it may
appear, the average medical man as well as the average layman, recognizes those - who are on the verge of apoplexy, "heart
failure," kidney disease, or other diseases r esulting from the degeneration brought on from chronic toxemia, arterial tension and
fat pressure - as ideal types of health.
They are commonly referred to as "pictures of health." In the early days of the recent war a young man was called before his
local  board for examination. The physicians found him fit and told him to go home and await his call for induction. He dropped
dead on the way out.

IGNORANCE AND COMMERCIALISM CAUSE DEATH
Many bankers and big business men die of operations for prostatic diseas e. These deaths are wholly unnecessary. Only the
worst type of ignorance and commercialism causes physicians to resort to operations for prostatic enlargement and prostatic
"infection." Cutting out prostate gland is as non -sensical as cutting out uterine fibroids and breast tumors. This senseless
desexing and mutilating of women goes on regularly, country -wide.

CANDY CAN KILL
Chronic candy drunkenness kills many with coma brought on from acidosis; others develop rheumatism, hard arteries, organic
heart di sease, obesity and other symptom -complexes and the urge of the candy manufacturers is for us to consume more and
more candy. Private profits are always paramount to human welfare.
Headaches are often blamed upon eye -strain, and the symptom is palliated wit h glasses. Eye -strain cause headaches! The
animal body physiologically adjusts itself to all kinds of anatomical deformities and, when in full health, free from toxemia,
functions smoothly in spite of such defects. In caring for "eye strain," it is signifi cant that when toxemia is removed, the
headache ceases.
Anemia is frequently blamed upon food deficiency. But it is never recognized that the deficiency is secondary to the impairme nt
of nutrition and will end when nutrition is restored to normal. Restorat ion of normal nutrition depends upon the removal of the
impairing causes and not upon overcrowding an already impaired nutritive system with more food or with more food of a given
kind. When once toxemia and its parent, enervation, are recognized as the re al cause of anemia, we will direct our attention to
the removal of these things and to the correction of their causes, and cease the present foolish effort to usurp nature's
prerogative of a cure.
Operations for appendicitis are rendered necessary by the officious gouging, boring and digging examinations made by
physicians who have much more interest in the surgical fee than in the welfare of their patients. A surgeon who understands
what appendicular inflammation is and then makes the regular examination,  is a criminal protected by law. Such surgeons with
their heavy -handed examinations are responsible for most of the ruptured appendices against which they so glibly warn us.
They create most of the dangers in appendicitis and produce the apparent need for operation.

LIGHTEN NATURE'S BURDEN
For those victims of their own and the physician's ignorance who have developed truly irreparable organic conditions, the fut ure
is not as dark as it may seem, if they can be taught how to live. Nature tolerates a certain degree of irremediable pathology and
permits us to live for an extended period - providing we lighten her burden. She cannot carry the double load of impaired
function and bad habits. She cannot be expected to hold an impaired nervous system at par  and at the same time take care of
three times as much food as is needed to replace the ordinary wear and tear. Efficient metabolic activity cannot be maintaine d
when enervating habits are regularly indulged. The hopelessness of chronic sufferers is not wh olly due to the fact that
physicians regularly commence their care of such patients at the wrong end of their diseases, but also to the fact that cause s
are ignored and mere palliation, this of a very doubtful character, is exclusively employed.

CHRONIC S UFFERERS - LIVE WITHIN LIMITATIONS
The man with a crippled pancreas must learn to live within his limitations. The same is true of the heart cripple, the renal
(kidney) cripple and all other types of physiological cripples. A one -legged man would not think  of trying to run, but a man
whose heart is crippled does not hesitate to overtax it. The man with an impaired pancreas demands to be permitted to eat to
his belly's content of carbohydrates and then be given a shot of insulin.
"Science" is ever on the ale rt in its search for new crutches to be employed by the physiological cripples, who never seem to
realize that - while the crutch may seem to give them impunity, they must pay for their bad mental and physical conduct with

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increased impairment of other organs, of the whole organism in fact. Neither insulin nor penicillin will ever enable man to l ive
imprudently with impunity.

HEALTH EDUCATION
The greatest need of this world today is health education. Knowledge of Natural Hygiene is needed by everybody.
   Dr. Herbert Shelton
The universal belief in dualism has evolved a chaotic medical state that is well named a "foo l's paradise"
instead of medical science. Our very thinking on the subjects of health and disease is dualistic. -----
Disease is an "attack" from without. Treatment is to go after the attacking force with shot and shell - a
practice that all too often crip ples or kills the patient.

You can read the following books By Dr. Shelton at the Soil and Health Library http://soilandhealth.org - (choose Health Library/Alternative
Medical Therapies).
•   Shelton, Herbert M. The Hygienic Care of Children. 1931.
   Not reprinted by the American Natural Hygiene Society! Shelton at his most aggressive, a vigorous defence of innocent children. P UBLIC DOMAIN.
•   Shelton, Herbert M. The Hygienic System, Vol. II, Orthotrophy. 1935.
   Shelton's thorough examination of eating  and foodstuffs. Includes the complete data on food combining, feeding of infant and children, the digestive
system, etc. PUBLIC DOMAIN.
•   Shelton, Herbet M. The Hygienic System, Vol. III, Fasting and Sun Bathing. 1934.
   In his exhaustive study of ther epeutic fasting, Shelton claimed: " In more than thirty years of conducting fasts, I have conducted over twenty -five
thousand fasts - likely no one else has ever equalled his experience with fasting for the purpose of healing disease. PUBLIC DOMAIN.
•   Shelton, Herbert M. Natural Hygiene: Man's Pristine Way Of Life. 1968.
        This rather long polemic painstakingly, passionately and rather aggressively examines certain key concepts of Shelton's versi on of Natural Hygiene.
There is also an excellent hi story of the development of the Hygienic movement. PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Read Introduction by Herbert M. Shelton to Cornaro's Discourses on a Sober and Temperate Life here.
www.drbass.com/recovery -time.html
Dr. Herbert Shelton:
THE TIME FACTOR IN RECOVERY

"If one who has a cold is treated, he gets well in two weeks, and if he is not treated, he gets well in
fourteen days." --- "Why do we expect to get well in a hurry of a condition that requires a life -time for its
development?"

One of the most trying problems  of the Hygienist, in dealing with the sick, and this is particularly true of chronic sufferers, is the
demand for speedy results. Everybody wants to get well in a hurry. It is not unusual for sufferers to demand recovery in a we ek
to two weeks.
Why not? H ave they not been led to believe that if there is anything wrong, the removal of an organ or part, an operation that
requires but a few minutes to an hour or more, and a few days in the hospital, and they will he as good as new? Have they not
been taught to be content with mere palliation of symptoms, a thing that may be achieved in many instances in a few minutes?
Will not an Alka -Seltzer relieve stomach distress in a very short time; or will not an aspirin relieve a headache in a few minutes?

QUICK RELI EF WORSE THAN ILLNESS
Quick relief, even if only temporary, is what is so generally demanded. It is generally true that these means of providing th e
speedy results produce an aftermath of troubles of their own that are often worse than the troubles they ar e given to relieve.
Certainly they never, not in