 the time he had finished telling me
this fantastic story I, too, was convinced of its truth, and was
half-tempted to join him, but finally decided against it. Soon he departed, and I consoled myself for not going with
the thought that perhaps one should be satisfied to grow old
gracefully; that perhaps the Colonel was wrong in trying to
get more out of life than was vouchsafed to other men. And
yet—a Fountain of Youth!!! What a thrilling idea it was! For
his own sake I hoped that the old Colonel might find it. Months passed. In the press of every-day affairs Colonel
Bradford and his “Shangri-La” had grown dim in my memory,
when one evening on returning to my apartment, there was a
letter in the Colonel’s own hand-writing. He was still alive! The letter seemed to have been written in joyous desperation. In it he said that in spite of maddening delays and set-backs
he actually was on the verge of finding the “Fountain.” He
gave no address. It was more months before I heard from him again. This
time he had good news. He had found the “Fountain of
Youth”! Not only that but he was bringing it back to the
States with him, and would arrive within the next two months. Practically four years had elapsed since I had last seen the old
man. Would he have changed any, I wondered? He was older,of course, but perhaps no balder, although his stoop might
have increased a little. Then the startling idea came to me
that perhaps this “Fountain of Youth’ might really have
helped him. But in my mind’s eye I could not picture him dif-
ferently than ] had seen him last, except perhaps a little older. One evening I decided to stay at home by myself and catch
up on my reading, maybe write a few letters. I had just set-
tled down to comfortable reading when the telephone rang. “A Colonel Bradford to see you, sir,” said the desk clerk. “Send him up,” I shouted, and casting the book aside I
hastened to the door. For a moment I stared, and then with
dismay I saw that this was not Colonel Bradford but a much
younger person. Noting my surprise the man said, “Weren’t you expecting
me?”
“No,” I confessed. “I thought it would be an old friend of
mine, a Colonel Bradford.”
“I came to see you about Colonel Bradford, the man you
were expecting,” he answered. “Come in,” I invited. “Allow me to introduce myself,” said the stranger, entering. “My name is Bradford.”
“Oh, you are Colonel Bradford's son,” I exclaimed. “I have
often heard him speak of you. You resemble him somewhat.”
“No, I am not my son,” he returned. “I am none other than
your old friend, Colonel Bradford, the old man who went away
to the Himalayas.”
1 stood in incredulous amazement at his statement. Then it
slowly dawned upon me that this really was the Colonel Brad-
ford whom I had known; but what a change had taken place
in his appearance. Instead of the stooped, limping, sallow old
gentleman with a cane, he was a tall, straight, ruddy-com-
plexioned man in the prime of life. Even his hair, which had
grown back, held no trace of gray. My enthusiasm and curiosity knew no bounds. Soon I was
plying him with questions in rapid-fire order until he threw up
his hands. “Wait, wait,” he protested, laughingly. “I shall start at the
beginning and tell you al] that has happened.” And this he
proceeded to do. Upon arriving in India the Colonel started directly for the
district in which lived the natives who had told of “The
Fountain of Youth.” Fortunately, he knew quite a bit of their
—s5—language. He spent several months there, making friends
with the people and picking up all the information he could
about the Lamasery he sought. It was a long, slow process,
but his shrewdness and persistence finally brought him to the
coveted place he had heard about so often but only half-
believed existed. Colonel Bradford’s account of what transpired after being
admitted to the Lamasery sounded like a fairy tale. I only
wish that time and space permitted me to set down here all of
his experiences; the interesting practices of the Lamas, their
culture, and their utter indifference to the work-a-day world. There were no real old men there. To his surprise the Lamas
considered Colonel Bradford a quite novel sight, for it had been
a long time since they had seen anyone who looked as old as he. The Lamas good-naturedly referred to the Colonel as “The
Ancient One.”
“For the first two weeks after I arrived,” said the Colonel, “I
was like a fish out of water. I marveled at everything I saw,
and at times could hardly believe what my eyes beheld. I soon
felt much better, was sleeping like a top every night, and only
used my cane when hiking in the mountains. “A month after I arrived I received the biggest surprise of
my life. In fact, I was quite startled. It was the day I entered
for the first time, a large, well-ordered room which was used
as a kind of library for ancient manuscripts. At one end of
the room was a full-length mirror. It had been over two years
since I had last seen my reflection so with great curiosity I
stepped in front of the glass. “] stared in amazement, so changed was my appearance. It
seemed that J had dropped 15 years from my age. It was my
first intimation that I was growing younger; but from then on
I changed so rapidly that it was apparent to all who knew me. Soon the honorary title of “The Ancient One” was heard no
more.”
A knock at the door interrupted the Colonel. I opened it to
admit a couple of friends from out of town who had picked this
most inauspicious time to spend a sociable evening with me. 1 hid my disappointment and chagrin as best I could and intro-
duced them to Colonel Bradford. We all chatted together for a
while and then the Colonel said, rising:
“I am sorry that I must leave so early, but I have an appoint-
ment with an old friend who is leaving the city tonight. 1 hope
I shall see you all again shortly.”
—6—At the door he turned to me and said, softly,
“Could you have lunch with me tomorrow? I promise, if
you can do so you shall hear all about ‘The Fountain of
Youth.’”
We agreed as to the time and place to meet and the Colonel
departed. As I returned to the living room, one of my friends
remarked,
“That is certainly a most interesting man, but he looks
awfully young to be retired from army service.”
“How old do you suppose he is?” I asked. “Well, he doesn’t look forty,” answered my friend, “but from
the experiences he has had I suppose he must be that old.”
“Yes, he’s all of that,” I said evasively, and deftly turned
the conversation into another channel. I thought it best to
arouse no wonderment regarding the Colonel until I knew what
his plans were. The next day, after having lunch together, we repaired to
the Colonel’s room in a nearby hotel, and there at last he told
me about “The Fountain of Youth.”
“The first important thing I was taught after entering the
Lamasery,” he began, “was this. The body has seven centers,
which, in English, could be called Vortexes. These are kind of
magnetic centers. They revolve at great speed in the healthy
body, but when slowed down—well that is just another name
for old age, ill-health, and senility. There are two of these
Vortexes in the brain; one at the base of the throat; another
in the right side of the body in the region of the liver; one in
the sexual center; and one in each knee. “These spinning centers of activity extend beyond the flesh
in the healthy individual, but in the old, weak, senile person
they hardly reach the surface, except in the knees. The
quickest way to regain health, youth, and vitality is to start
these magnetic centers spinning again. There are but five
practices that will do this. Any one of them will be helpful, but
all five are required to get glowing results. These five exercises
are really not exercises at all, in the physical culture sense. The Lamas think of them as ‘Rites,’ and so instead of calling
them exercises or practices, we too, shall call them Rites.”

  Rite No. |
There are SEVEN Psychic Vortexes in the body. Vortex is located
within the forehead; Vortex “B” is located in the posterior part of the
brain; Vortex “C" is in the region of the throat at the base of the neck;
Vortex “D" is located in the right side of the body above the waist line;
Vortex “E” is located in the reproductive


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. Inhale and lift your hips, shift them over to the right a couple of
inches, and lower them back down. Lift your feet off the ﬂoor and
drop them over to the left so that you make a right angle with your
hips, knees, and ankles. Take hold of the top right thigh with your
left hand to keep the legs stacked and either keep your gaze
toward the ceiling or over your right arm. Benefits:  Physically, this pose stretches the outer hips, the
illiotibial (IT) band, the hamstrings, the lower back, the chest, andthe shoulders. It aids in the digestive process by massaging the
digestive organs. Energetically, Reclined Twist pose works on the third chakra to
help stoke the digestive ﬁre. A relatively passive pose, it connects
us to our more lunar, feminine energy. Engage slight jalandhara bandha. Stimulates samana vayu. Therapeutic applications:  Relieves scoliosis, lower back pain,
fatigue, and constipation, and eases the pain of osteoporosis. Helpful tips: Place a blanket in between the knees if your hips
are tight. Place a blanket underneath the extended arm if your
shoulders are tight. For a deeper stretch in the hamstrings and
outer hips, keep the legs straight. OceanofPDF.comSEATED HIP OPENERS
This category of poses stimulates the second chakra,
which is governed by the element of water. Water gives
rise to taste, feeling, creativity, sensuality, and sexuality. Because the hips are the energetic storehouse of our
unprocessed emotions, deep hip openers can release
suppressed feelings when we hold them for an extended
period of time. By freeing up this region of the body, we
allow ourselves to experience our feelings more fully,
which helps us to show up more wholly. OceanofPDF.comRECLINED PIGEON POSE: SUPTA KAPOTASANA
Overview:  This profound stretch releases our hips and lower
back, leading to greater overall ease and mobility. By locating our
awareness on one single point of sensation, we enter the stage of
dharana, relaxed concentration. How-to:  From Constructive Rest pose (see this page), cross your
right ankle on top of your left thigh. Flex the right foot to engage
the muscles around the knee joint. Interlace your ﬁngers behind
the left thigh and lift the left foot off the ﬂoor, gently drawing your
left thigh closer toward you as you consciously move your right
thigh away from your body. Stay here and breathe, resting your
awareness in the area where you feel sensation in the body. Benefits:  Physically, Supta Kapotasana stretches the hamstrings,
the outer hips, and the piriformis muscle. Energetically, this pose calms the nervous system and relaxes
the mind. It stimulates the second chakra, freeing up unprocessedemotions, which prompts creativity, sensuality, and sexuality. Engage slight jalandhara bandha. Stimulates apana and vyana
vayu. Therapeutic applications:  Relieves lower back pain and sciatica;
suitable for pregnant practitioners in their ﬁrst and second
trimesters. Helpful tips: If you cannot reach the back of the leg with the
hands, use a strap, or lower the foot to the ﬂoor or rest it against a
chair. OceanofPDF.comBOUND ANGULAR POSE: BADDHA KONASANA
Overview:  This pose, often referred to as “Cobbler’s pose,” is
commonly assumed by the shoemakers and other artisans of India. Because the Western population is used to sitting in chairs, ﬁnding
comfort in Bound Angular pose may be challenging. In addition to
providing a deep stretch in the hips, it teaches us how to ﬁnd grace
in awkward and uncomfortable situations. How-to:  From Staff pose (see this page), bring the soles of your
feet together and spread your knees wide apart. Adjust the ﬂesh of
your buttocks so that you are sitting on your sit bones and not on
your tailbone. Inhale and lengthen your spine. As you exhale,
begin to hinge forward at your hips, keeping your spine long and
your shoulders away from your ears. Continue to breathe your way
into the pose: Inhale, lengthen; exhale, deepen.Benefits:  Physically, this pose stretches the knees, the inner
thighs, the outer hips, the lower back. Through the lengthening of the inhale and the deepening of
the exhale, we learn how to be guided by the breath and not the
ego. Energetically, Bound Angular pose teaches the qualities of
deep reﬂection and contemplation. This pose stimulates the
second chakra, cultivating the qualities of ﬂuidity, ﬂexibility,
sexuality, and sensuality. Engage mula bandha, uddiyana bandha, and jalandhara
bandha. Engage ashvini mudra. Stimulates apana and vyana vayu. Therapeutic applications:  This pose soothes menstrual
discomfort and sciatica. It relieves lower back pain and symptoms
of menopause, stimulates the reproductive organs, and increases
sexual energy. Helpful tips:  If your hips or lower back are tight, place a blanket
underneath your sit bones. If you have any knee sensitivity, place a
block underneath each knee. OceanofPDF.comEASY SEAT: SUKHASANA
Overview:  Easy Seat is most often used for meditation and
contemplation. The Sanskrit word sukha is translated as
“sweetness” or “ease.” Although this pose may not be inherently
easy for all bodies, it is in our approach to the posture that the
most signiﬁcant beneﬁts are reaped. Easy Seat reminds us that the
path to joy is joy itself. How-to:  From Staff pose (see this page), rotate your right thigh
open and place your right foot in toward your groin. Rotate your
left thigh open and put your left foot in front of the right foot,
sitting in a cross-legged position. Adjust the ﬂesh of your buttocks
so that you are sitting on your sit bones and not your tailbone. Now
allow the torso to naturally lengthen away from the pelvis, using
the abdominal muscles to support the lower back and the muscles
along the spine to support the upper back. Relax the tops of theshoulders and feel the head and neck naturally ﬂoating atop the
spine. Rest your hands on your knees and relax your facial muscles. Benefits:  Physically, Easy Seat stretches the hips and the knees,
strengthens the muscles along the spine, tones the abdominal
muscles, and supports good posture. Energetically, Easy Seat helps us to feel grounded, steady, and
at ease, all at the same time. This is an excellent pose to assume for
breathwork and other contemplative practices. It opens the second
and sixth chakras and the central channel that connects the lower
and upper consciousness, known as sushumna nadi. Engage mula bandha. Stimulates apana and vyana vayu. Therapeutic applications:  Alleviates lower back pain, helps with
perimenopause and menopause, reduces tension in the mind. Helpful tips:  If your hips or lower back are tight, place a blanket
or a cushion underneath your sit bones. If your knees are sensitive,
place a block underneath each knee. OceanofPDF.comONE-LEGGED PIGEON POSE: EKA PADA KAPOTASANA
Overview:  One-Legged Pigeon pose deeply releases the layers
of tension that accumulate in the physical and subtle body. It
targets the outer hips and the psoas muscle, both of which carry
the responsibilities of stabilizing and connecting the upper and
lower body. When we allow ourselves to surrender into this pose,
we create a sense of unburdening from within, freeing ourselves to
feel, breathe, and be. How-to:  From Downward-Facing Dog pose, inhale and lift your
right leg up and back behind you. As you exhale, bend your right
knee toward your chest. Flex your right foot and lower your ankle,
shin, and knee down in between your hands. Keep the back toes
curled under and press your hands into the ﬂoor to lift your hips off
the mat, drawing your right hip back and your left hip forward. Uncurl the back toes and inhale as you engage your lower belly,
lifting your chest and your gaze toward the ceiling. As you exhale,
lower your torso down toward the ﬂoor, lowering your head either
to the mat or onto a block.Benefits:  Physically, One-Legged Pigeon pose stretches the
ankles, the quadriceps, the psoas, the inner thighs, the outer hips,
and the back. Energetically, this pose helps to reduce tension in the mind. It
works on the second chakra, freeing both emotional and sexual
energy to help increase creativity and our sensory connection to
the world. It also helps free the breath by stretching the psoas
muscle. Engage slight jalandhara bandha. Stimulates apana and vyana
vayu. Therapeutic applications


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bacterial agents in the pharmacopoeia to control bacteria, viruses, molds, protozoa, and parasites. At the end of 1945, no one could have predicted that the miracle cure that was
penicillin would lose some or all of its effectiveness against evolving germs it had easily defeated in the past. The new post-antibiotic era of drug resistance where organisms are able to resist the effects of antibiotics to which they were previously sensitive was now in progress, not only for penicillin but also for many other newer antimicrobials developed after penicillin. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria reveal the amount of sophistication and high adapt -
ability these germs have been able to develop to changing environments. This reaction by disease-producing pathogens poses one of the most serious medical concerns of the twenty-first century because when it is encountered clinically, first-line antibiotic treatments lose their efficacy and second-line antibiotics that may have less efficacy, greater cost, and more safety concerns become the only line of defense. Bacteria that can resist many antibiotics are called multidrug resistant and are commonly referred to as superbugs. These superbugs are especially dangerous in prolonged hospital stays and in intensive care units where an increasing number of invasive measures
and interventions and inadequate maintenance of hygiene standards pose a high risk
for infection. 4
Any adjuvant therapy or new approach that potentiates the activity of first-
line antibiotics to prevent antibiotic resistance would help postpone the day when 101 DMSO in Basic Microbiology
antibiotics are no longer generally efficacious.5 This topic and the role played by
dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as an adjuvant in drug-resistant microbes is discussed in
the section “How Bacteria Achieve Antibiotic Resistance” in Chapter 6. DMSO AND PATHOGENS
When treating an infection, physicians may face a choice between using a bacteri -
cidal drug, a bacteriostatic drug, and a combination of the two. A bactericidal drug means that it kills bacteria, while a bacteriostatic drug prevents the growth of bac -
teria. The use of one or the other or both is dependent principally on the type of infection being treated and the achievement of a good clinical outcome with the least toxicity. 6
The first observations concerning the bacteriostatic properties of DMSO were
made by Jacob et al.7 They reported that a 20% solution of DMSO showed bacterio -
static properties against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Pseudomonas
bacilli  grown in cultures. Additionally, Jacob’s group also observed that 1% DMSO
solution altered the sensitivity of resistant tubercle bacilli (the cause of tuberculosis) to antibiotics. As will be seen in Chapter 6, hard-to-cure drug-resistant tuberculosis has become a serious and growing problem worldwide. This occurs when bacteria develop the ability to withstand multiple first-line antibiotic attack and relay that resistant ability to subsequent generations of bacterial offspring. Since that entire strain of resistant bacteria inherits this capacity to fend off the effects of various antibiotics, resistant bacteria can spread from one person to another. Even treatable forms of tuberculosis are particularly tricky to cure because drug-sensitive strains must be treated with a 6-month course of antibiotics. Tougher cases require costly long-term hospitalization and a regimen of multiple drugs that can last years. Patients die when this treatment is ineffective. Perhaps one of the unusual properties of DMSO is its ability to penetrate biologi -
cal membranes or act as a penetrant carrier for other even larger molecules. This property implies that enhancing the penetration of an antibiotic into a bacterial cell, for example, may reduce the concentration needed for the antibiotic to be effective and also reduce its potential toxicity. As a bactericidal agent, DMSO’s minimal inhibitory concentration is reported
to be 50% for S. aureus  and from 20% to 40% for beta-hemolytic streptococcus,
Corynebacterium  species, E. coli, and Proteus  species. 8
Pottz et al.9 confirmed Jacob


	problem	is
miraculously	resolved	in	the	nick	of	time. But	what	about	those	other	moments—the	ones	not	so	obviously	calling	for
gratitude? Is	it	possible	to	stay	centered	in	appreciation	when	we	really	don’t
appreciate	what’s	going	on	around	us? So	often,	our	gratitude	skips	beats	like	a	record	with	a	gash	across	its	center. When	situations	seem	to	warrant	it,	our	hearts	swell	with	appreciation. The
other	moments,	though,	we	forget	the	eternal	powers	that	are	constantly
wafting	through	our	lives. We	figure,	“What’s	to	be	grateful	for?”—that	is,
unless	we	are	open	and	aware	of	the	delicate	and	subtle	lessons	and	miracles
backdropped	against	everyday	moments. Because,	in	truth,	there	is
always
something	for	which	to	be	grateful. God’s	awesome	power	is	constantly	at	work,	giving	us	exactly	what	we	need
in
	order	to	learn	and	grow. Universal	law	automatically	and	instantly	gives	us
steady	streams	of	opportunities	to	discover	valuable	truths	about	ourselves.We	always	attract	the	perfect	lesson	that	suits	our	current	blockages,	desires,
or	questions. We	don’t	need	to	do	anything	except	notice	these	lessons	as	they
come	to	us. If	we	don’t	recognize	the	opportunities	inherent	in	these
situations,	we’ll	continually	repeat	them	over	and	over	again	until	we	finally
get	it. Gratitude	is	our	way	of	saying	to	all	situations,	“Welcome! I’ve	been
expecting	you! Thank	you	for	being	here	to	help	me	learn	and	grow.”	We	are
always	stronger,	wiser,	and	filled	more	with	peaceful	power	when	we	face
each	of	life’s	lessons	with	this	sort	of	grace. Gratitude	demonstrates	to	us	and
to	the	universe	that	we	trust	in	Spirit’s	law	of	cause	and	effect. We	fearlessly
face	each	situation	with	the	certain	knowledge	that	it	is	merely	an	effect	of
our	thoughts. No	situation	is	a	punishment	or	a	reward. It	is	simply	an	effect. Therefore,	every	situation	in	which	we	find	ourselves	is	an	opportunity	to
look	in	the	mirror	and	see	a	perfect	reflection	of	our	thought	patterns. All	our
situations—whether	we’d	label	them	negative	or	positive—are	products	of
our	thoughts. It	is	impossible,	in	this	orderly	universe,	to	randomly	attract	a
situation	not	suited	to	your	thoughts. If	we	don’t	care	for	the	pattern	of
situations	we	are	attracting,	we	can	confront	its	source:	our	thought	patterns. Spiritual	growth	comes	from	discovering	thought	patterns	that	don’t	suit	you,
and	then	deciding	to	replace	them	with	healthier	thoughts. It’s	a	little	like
weeding	a	garden. No	matter	what	the	form	or	physical	appearance	of	situations	in	your	life,	see
them	as	teachers	lovingly	sent	to	you	for	your	highest	and	best	good. These
teachers	are	your	guides	to	help	you	identify	and	break	free	of	limiting	and
fear-based	beliefs. Through	these	teachers,	you	learn	to	trust	and	lean	on
God’s	reliability	and	love. And	the	more	you	lean	on	God,	the	more	you	open
the	floodgates	to	your	supply	of	harmony	and	abundance. One	of	my	clients	dramatically	discovered	the	benefits	of	unconditional
gratitude. Immediately	before	our	telephone	counseling	session,	I	had	been
meditating,	and	so	was	very	centered	in	Love. The	first	thing	she	told	me	was
that	her	car	had	suddenly	fallen	into	mechanical	disrepair,	and	that	she	could
not	afford	to	pay	the	several	hundreds	of	dollars	required	to	fix	the	car. Spontaneously,	I	declared,	“Wonderful! God	must	have	something	great
planned	for	you. Let’s	give	thanks	to	Him.”
My	client,	a	woman	of	great	faith,	took	a	deep	breath	and	hesitated	for	maybea	moment. Then	the	spirit	of	my	request	swept	through	her. She	replied,
“Okay,	I	want	to	have	faith	that	this	will	work	out	for	the	best. But	I	have	no
idea	how…”
“The
how
	is	up	to	God,	not	us,”	I	counseled. “Let’s	just	give	thanks	and	know
that	all	your	needs	have	already	been	supplied.”	She	and	I	joined	in	prayerful
thanks	to	our	Creator. We	both	knew	that	this	situation	was	a	doozy	and	that
these	types	of	situations	always	result	in	unforgettable	demonstrations	of
Spirit’s	power. We	talked	until	she	honestly	felt	at	peace	with	the	situation	and	was	truly	able
to	trust	that	her	needs	were	already	supplied. The	basic	principles	of
manifesting	echo	Jesus’s	words	in	the	Bible:
“Whatsoever	ye	shall	ask	in
prayer,	believing,	ye	shall	receive.”
	Successful	manifestation	depends	upon
three	factors:	affirming	that	your	needs	have	already	been	met,	believing	that
this	is	true,	and	being	grateful	for	your	supply. When	my	client	was	able	to
peacefully	hold	these	three	factors	in	her	thoughts,	I	asked	her	to	then	release
the	situation	to	God. At	that	point,	her	manifestation	of	resolving	her	car
situation	was	inevitable	because	she	had	just	demonstrated	unconditional
gratitude. I’m	always	grateful	when	a	client	attracts	something	akin	to	walking	through
a	ring	of	fire. I	know	that	once	a	person	faces	a	frightening	situation	while
holding	Spirit’s	hand,	she’ll	never	again	think	she’s	alone	in	the	Universe. She’ll	know—from	first-hand	experience—that	she	can	always	trust	in	God. Following	the	resolution	of	these	emotionally	wrought	situations,	everyone
always	ends	up	trusting	themselves	and	God	more	than	they	did	previously. My	client	called	me	soon	after	our	session	with	good	news. “You	were	right,
Dr.	Virtue!”	she	practically	screamed	into	my	ear	with	enthusiasm. “Out	of
the	blue,	one	of	my	co-workers	gave	me	her	used	luxury	car	for	a
bargainbasement	price,	and	she	only	wanted	$100	as	a	down	payment!”
Ever	since	my	client’s	demonstration	of	putting	her	trust	in	God,	she’s	never
been	the	same. She	now	recognizes	challenges	as	the	opportunities	for	growth
that	they	truly	are. Her	life	has	zoomed	ahead	at	light	speed	because	she	no
longer	fears	that	she’s	alone	or	in	danger. She	now	knows	the	truth	that	is	true
for	all:
Gratitude	gives	us	altitude	above	all
earthbound	concerns	and	worries.With	unconditional	gratitude,	we	are	assured
of	eternal	abundance	and	growth. Step	to	the	Infinite	Self	Within
Stuart	Wilde
Author	and	lecturer
Stuart	Wilde
	is	one	of	the	real	characters	of	the	self-help,
human	potental	movement. His	style	is	humorous,	controversial,	poignant,
and	transformational. He	has	written	16	books,	including	those	that	make	up
the	very	successful	Taos	Quintet,	which	are	considered	classics	in	their	genre. They	are:	AFFIRMATIONS,	THE	FORCE,	MIRACLES,	THE	QUICKENING,
and	THE	TRICK	TO	MONEY	IS	HAVING	SOME. Stuart’s


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 Index
A
Amino Acids  132-133
Apple Cider Vinegar  53
Arteries 33, 80-81, 116-118,
120, 129, 146
Arthritis 39, 57, 60, 64, 73, 79
145-146, 158
B
Backache 61, 78-79
Beet - Veggie soup  93
Beverages  13, 112, 145
Birth Defects, Miscarriages 141
Bladder 51, 54
Blood 9, 29, 34, 57, 65,
67, 86-87, 92, 117-118, 144
Body temperature 6
Bones 22, 62-63, 74, 82
Bragg Health Books 174-175
Bragg Healthy Lifestyle 1, 27,
34, 47-49, 60, 82, 88, 101,
107-108, 110, 112, 122,130
Brain 34-35, 64, 66-68, 88, 144
Bursitis 60
C
Calcif ication  74-75, 79, 116-119
Calcif ied Nails  77
Calcium 22, 71,76, 82, 103, 130,
146-147
Cancer 111, 124, 140-142
Capillaries 65, 80, 90
Chemicals IV,  12, 141-142
Chlorination 80, 124, 137, 139-143
Circulation 80-81, 87-88, 129
Cirrhosis 30, 100
Clogging 8, 27, 80-81, 101, 126
Constipation 145
D
Dehydr ation  1, 6, 8, 32, 78,
98, 101, 124, 138, 145
Diets 59, 65, 71, 74, 103, 109,
111, 119, 129, 147
Digesti ve System  32, 142
Distilled W ater 43,115-116,125,
145-147, 154-159,170 E
171
Ears 67, 84-85
Ecology 131-135
Endocrine glands 66
Endurance 13, 102, 121, 154
Exercise 6,  13,  62, 83, 118-122, 129
lifting weights 50
Eyes 67, 84-86
F
Fasting 35, 47, 49, 108-110, 148, 158
FDA water standards  137
Feet 63, 74, 79-81, 83, 100
Filtration/Distillation 142
Fluoride 15-26, 119, 142-143
Food  59, 103, 107, 111-114
Foods to Avoid List  107
Food Chart Guide 103
Prayer is the mortor that holds our soul and house together. – Sister Teresa Index
G
Gallstones 51-53
Gout 56-58
Goverments, w ater  17
Grains 56, 103, 105, 111
H
Hard Water  37-38, 43, 73
Head Noises 84
Health Crusaders ii, 42, 44
Health y Habits  47, 127- 129, 162
Heart 29, 34, 76,  91, 96, 100,
111, 118, 121, 138, 141
Heat, for pain, swelling 62
High Blood Pressure 138-139
Hydrologic Cycle 4
I 172
Infections 7
Internal Cleanliness 101
Iron 70-72, 89-92
J
Joints 39, 58-59, 74
Juices 98, 102, 109, 112, 117
K
Kelp  92, 99
Kidne ys  8, 34, 51, 54,  58-59,
        74, 82, 100-101, 144, 159
L
Lactose (milk), Aller gy  148
Life Expectanc y  120
Long evity  88, 92, 110, 121, 127, 143 M
Mattress (Ideas) 62, 79
Meat 56, 104-105, 147
Milk 92, 111, 148-149
Minerals 12-14, 41, 56, 63, 65,
67, 69-73, 84, 92, 101, 119,
126, 129, 132, 144
N
Natur al Foods  100, 103, 158
Nerv ous System 30-31, 45, 65
 68, 73, 88
O
Obesity and Salt 100, 158
Oils, cold/e xpeller -pressed  111
Osteoporosis 21- 22, 40-41, 82
Oxygen 3, 6, 11, 14, 65, 67,
69, 72, 86, 88-90, 115-117,
121, 125
P
Pep Drink 112
Pollution 12, 131
Posture Ex ercises  61- 62
Posture 61-62, 64, 77-78
Premature Ageing  36, 129
Prevention  61, 82, 126-127
Protein 56-57, 104-107, 111
R
Rain and Sno w Water 43, 115, 132
Recipes 93, 113
Rheumatism 60

 Index
S
Salad, dressings 113
Salt (sodium) 7, 94-99, 107, 139
Showers  150-153
Skin 145, 150
Soft w ater  136-137, 139, 145
Spine 45, 61-62, 75, 79
Stomach 29, 32
Stones 51-55
T
Tap water, miscarriages


 to admit patients who had received chemotherapy. There was no mention of it in A Cancer Therapy, which served as their exclusive guide. Later, as
they became more familiar with the treatment and saw its positive effects, they cautiously accepted
two chemo-pre-treated patients who begged for their help. At that time, realizing the additional
damage caused by the highly toxic chemo drugs, the doctors assumed that these patients should
also undergo the regular detoxifying treatment, to remove the accumulated poisons from their
bodies. Accordingly, they administered the strict intensive protocol, including the castor oil treatment,
and were shocked to see that the castor oil began to remove those poisons too rapidly, releasing
them into the blood stream, actually causing the patients to suffer from an overdose of chemo
drugs. They had to be transferred to intensive care; fortunately both survived. This incident
quickly taught the doctors not to give chemo-pre-treated patients any castor oil, moreover to
work out a somewhat reduced treatment program for them, in order not to over-stress the liver or
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www.thegersonway.comrelease toxins too rapidly. Since then we have seen a number of such patients making satisfactory long-term recoveries. But the results are achieved more slowly. Also, since the body is much more toxic owing to its
load of synthetic chemicals, the results are also somewhat less reliable. (see Chapter 27  for the
stories of patients who were unsuccessfully treated with chemo before being sent home to die—
yet recovered on the Gerson program). Chemo-pretreated patients also produce healing reactions (see Chapter 16.) These vary in
intensity during the first few months. However, as a rule a major chemo healing reaction occurs
approximately after six months on the Therapy, which is different from the standard flare-ups
experienced by chemo-free patients. The chemo-burdened patient excretes the toxic drugs still
stored in his or her organism and suffers disturbances that are similar, though less severe, than the
ones caused by the chemotherapy. They include some hair loss, nausea, mouth sores, pain, drop
in red- and white blood corpuscle counts, weakness, and changes in the test results. Some patients
can actually smell the chemicals being excreted through their skin. Often the enema returns also
smell of chemicals. Such a six-month chemo reaction can last up to three weeks, after which time
the patient is much improved. The chemo-caused symptoms clear, the blood picture improves
once again, the tumors regress more rapidly, hair re-grows and energy returns. After this major clear-out, one important procedure, namely the Castor Oil Treatment  can
cautiously be added to the protocol. The patient is started on the castor oil enema only. Instead
of the usual amount, (see Chapter 13, pg. 113 ) only two teaspoonfuls are added to the coffee
enema for 2-3 weeks, up to twice weekly. If the patient does not react too violently, this amount
is increased to four teaspoonfuls for another three weeks. Again, if this addition is well tolerated,
the patient should be given one teaspoonful  of castor oil orally, followed by the usual cup of hot
sweetened coffee; then, 5 hours later, by the castor oil enema—twice a week. After this again
slowly the amounts are gradually increased, together with the number of coffee enemas, until the
patient is able to take the complete regular castor oil treatment and restore the reduced Therapy to
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www.thegersonway.comHere are the details of the modified treatment for chemo-pretreated
and/or severely damaged patients :
A typical hourly schedule*
Enema MealFlax-
seed
OilAcidoll
CapsulesJuicePotassium
CompoundLugol’s
Solution
1/2 strengthThyroid NaicinLiver
Caps.Pan-
creatin
TabletsInjection
Liver &
B12
6:00
am
8:00
am 2Orange 2 tsp. 1 drop 1 gram 50mg2 3
9:00
am Coffee2 tsp. 9:30
am
10:00
amCarrot/
Apple2 tsp. 1 drop 1 gram 50mg
11:00
amCarrot NO21 daily
12
noonGreen 2 tsp. 1:00
pm1 Tbsp. 2Carrot/
Apple2 tsp. 1 drop 1 gram 50mg3
2:00
pmCoffee Green 2 tsp. 3:00
pm
4:00
pm
5:00
pmCarrot/
Apple2 tsp. 1 drop 50mg3
6:00
pmCoffee Green 2 tsp. 7:00
pmDinner 1 Tbsp. 2Carrot/
Apple2 tsp. 1 drop 1 gram 50mg3
10:00
pm
Make a blank schedule to be filled in later as the medications change and the frequency of enemas and liver with B-12
injections is reduced. Castor oil enemas: NO CASTOR OIL TREATMENTS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. *The exact treatment, specifying the number of juices, enemas, medications, etc. needs to be
adjusted by a Gerson trained practitioner. For easy reference, here is a summary of the items contained in the schedule:
10 glasses of 8 oz. each of a variety of juices (apple/carrot, carrot, green, orange) reduced in
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www.thegersonway.comseverely damaged patients to eight glasses; or to 10 containing four to six ounces each. For
such patients up to two ounces of strained oatmeal gruel can be added to each glass of juice to
ease digestion. (see Chapter 16, pg. 127 )
20 teaspoons of potassium compound (2 tsp. in each of 10 glasses)
11⁄2  to 3 grains thyroid
5 drops 1⁄2 strength Lugol’s solution
5 tablets of 50 mg. Niacin (omit if bleeding is present)
6 capsules Acidol Pepsin
6 capsules of Liver Powder
12 tablets Pancreatin
3 cc liver extract with 50 mcg B-12 (1 intramuscular injection daily)
3 coffee enemas
200 to 600 mg CoQ-10 starting cautiously with one tablet of 50 mg daily
The meals are unchanged, and include two tablespoonfuls of organic flax seed oil daily for one
month; then 1 tablespoonful daily for the rest of the treatment. Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 137Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comCHAPTER 19
The Gerson Therapy for
Non-Malignant Diseases
From his long clinical practice Dr. Gerson was able to establish that a patient suffering from a
non-malignant disease had a sick, damaged liver, while the liver of someone with a malignancy
was severely toxic (poisoned). Based on this difference, he adjusted the treatment accordingly,
creating a less intensive therapy for non-malignant conditions. At the same time he specified that
if patients in the latter category followed a stricter protocol, closely resembling the full intensive
therapy, they recovered faster. The less intensive therapy is less demanding and easier to follow, so that patients on this
regime can continue working. This is a great advantage, since most people depend on their earned
income and cannot leave their jobs for any length of time. Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 138Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comThis is a typical hour-by-hour schedule for patients on the less intensive therapy:
Enema MealFlax-
seed
OilAcidoll
CapsulesJuicePotassium
CompoundLugol’s
Solution
1/2 strengthThyroid NaicinLiver
Caps.Pan-
creatin
TabletsInjection
Liver &
B12
6:00
am
8:00
am 2Orange 2 tsp. 1 drop 1 gram 50mg 2 3
9:00
amCoffee 2 tsp. 9:30
am
10:00
amCarrot/
Apple2 tsp. 50mg
11:00
amCarrot2
12
noonGreen 2 tsp. 1:00
pm1 Tbsp. 2Carrot/
Apple2 tsp. 1 drops 1 gram 50mg3
2:00


 e m ost pow erful blessings of the universe. These come via your higher
self, which is the Divine speaking through you. — Y ou exp erience a drastic r eduction in the amount of str ess you
have. Thi s is one of th e most important things that happen. Y ou realize that
being strongly self-centered is actually what brings on stress. The more
stress you have, the more the ego is controlling you. When you’re not
insisting on having what you want, in this particular way, in th is particular
timeline—all the while ur ging others to jump through hoops in order for
you to have it—you are much more peaceful. Anyone with stress is subject to rigid likes and dislikes. Such strict
adherence mean s an absence of freedom for you, which can in tu rn manifest
as countless stress-related illnesses. Why should any part of your life be atthe mercy of the ego? It’ s like turning control over to something outside of
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centered part of yourself to take over—you find that those strong likes and
dislikes turn into mild preferences. After a while they aren’ t even
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what the ego always fears the most. Of c ourse life has its storms, but you are able to keep calm rig ht in the
middle of any turbulence. This isn’ t even something you have to do
deliberately: As you become more serene and reliant on your higher self,
you’ll naturally find yourself less and less irritated. Y our blood pressure
won’ t be af fected by an insult, your heart isn’ t going to have to  race when
you’re contradi cted, and all th e vital parts of your body are going to
function optimally. What a powerful idea that is for you—every single
aspect of your whole body wo rking not because you are healthier, but
because you’re no longer at the  mercy of all of these external stimuli that
are controlling you. Y ou have achieved authentic fr eedom. — Y ou have an ab sence of r esentment. Y ou realize that the ego tries
mightily to keep you focused on yourself and all the things that are
seemingly very important to yo u. When you let go of that an d allow the
Divine within you to rule, when you embrace higher awareness, what
happens is that resentment seems to go out the window. A re sentful person is someone w ho finds occasions for of fense a lmost all
the time, tending to see it jus t about everywhere they go. In this way,
driving o n the freeway can be an  occasion for resentment. Family members
not doin g things how they should is another occasion for resentment. The
cat scrat ching on the furniture in stead of on the post, or the refr igerator nothaving any beer in it at the moment, can be occasions for resentment. Reading the news and finding out that one political party said this, and
another one said that—there’ s another occasion for resentment. On and on it
goes, until pretty soon they become someone who’ s looking for resentment
in v irtually everything they see, which just means that the control of their
life isn’ t theirs. Authentic freedom comes when  you can go through your days and see
such thin gs not as occasions for  resentment, but as the way they are. As for
those thi ngs that you’d like to see changed, you can work at changing them
without being self-absorbed. Th e more you meditate, the more peaceful you
get, and the more you get to kno w the God force that is within all of us. Y ou
discover that the universe is on purpose, and all the things that are
happening are part of God’ s plan, even though you don’ t understand them. I
think one of the greatest insights  you can have is that the Divine plan works
and yours doesn’ t. If it did, you wouldn’ t be having any of the se kinds of
resentments or be so self-absorbed. — Y ou bec ome mo r e pr oductive and have mor e energy. The less you
are attac hed to outcome and self-absorption, the more ener gy y ou have left
over for  what you’re here for in  the first place. The ego says, “Y ou must be
concerned with everything.” Th e higher self says, “If you surrender, serve,
go w ith the flow, have an overri ding spiritual objective, and know that you
are here for a purpose, there will not be time for what of fends you.”
As y ou go throu gh the process of moving from your ego to the higher
part of yourself, you open up an  ener getic gateway. Y ou can then try a very
powerful thing called “recapitulation,” which is a whole process  that I truly
believe i n. I’ve read some work s by people who have done it, a nd they said
that every experience you’ve ever had in your life is there. The process
helps you remove the negative e ner gy from your life, and when you do, you
open up a space for new, positive ener gy. It’ s as if removing something
from this place inside of you opens up an opportunity for God to come in. I did  this recapi tulation process myself through meditation. I went back
to my fourth-grade class and saw Fred there next to me. In front of Fred
was Jani ce, and then there was Earlene, and then Mrs. Engel w as sitting at
the head of the class. I said, “My G od, I was able to get the entire fourth-
grade class! They are all there.”This was the year my mother had taken my brothers and me o ut of the
orphanage. I found that I could move the ener gy of that time—all this stuf f
that I had stored, the anguish I w as feeling, the anticipation that things were
going to get better but then they didn’ t. My mother remarried somebody
who wa s just like my father—she hadn’ t learned her lessons yet, so she
went through another cycle wit h another abusive, alcoholic man until she
got it. Through recapitulation, I was able to let all that ener gy go. Y ou can  go back and send out o f your own life any negative ener gy that
has accumulated, which will also help to open yourself up. Returning to
what we  learned earlier in the book, cultivating the witness doesn’ t only
mean that you watch yourself;  it’ s a process of detaching yourself from
your problems and understandin g that you are not whatever troubles you. Y ou get  to a po int where you can understand that nothing in your life is
going or  has ever gone wrong; everything is and always has be en the way
it’ s supposed to be. When yo u allow  the higher part of yourself to focus on what’ s right with
the world instead of what’ s wrong, you become more productive. Releasing
negativity from your life, and n ot allowing the ego or your sel f-absorption
to ge t in  the way, helps you fee l more powerful, in control, and  at peace. I
know re capitulation changed m y entire outlook, and I had much more
ener gy after experiencing that. — Y ou disc over what your deep, driving desir e is. Pers onally, it se ems
that the reason I showed up on this planet has something to do with
teaching self-reliance. I haven’ t been able to escape it at any time in my life. When I was a l ittle boy living in the orphanage and various f oster homes
and the  new children would come in, the folks in char ge would ask,
“Where’ s W ayne?” Some littl e girl would be crying, and they’d say,
“W ayne, why don’ t you come t alk to her.” I’d take my new fr iend by the
hand and say, “It’ s a great place, and you’re going to have such a good time. There ar e no parents here or anyone telling you what to do all t he time. It’ s
fantastic.” This was when I was six or seven years of age, and I’ve been
doing it ever since. When I was in high school, I wrote essays and even novels ab out these
kinds of issues o f self-reliance. When I


 at least, when
supplemented by butter or margarine to furnishthe fuel supply. Even in this surprisingrevelation no academic prescription wasinfallible. Potatoes differ in nutritive value asmuch as 50 per cent. Fresh-cooked and well-cooked ones alone fill the bill of sufficiency, andfull head-work in assuring easy digestion wasmade the first rule of the test. For four months Iserved as a check test-subject and speak fromexperience. Nothing is ever accomplished except by a
division of labour and on the just division ofresponsibility depends the success of effort. Nature has given to us the head-end of
responsibility. CHAPTER IX
QUESTION PRESCRIPTION AND
PROSCRIPTION
The Protein Enthusiast—Doubting Thomases
THE only completely accurate prescriber of
nutrition for living creatures is Mother Natureherself, and if she does not prescribe anything
by the undoubted approval of appetite sheproscribes it. One of the rules which have governed my
quest for optimum human nutrition in themidst of the twentieth century food supply andother conditions, has always been to go toNature for final advice in the matter. When I say " Question Prescription and
Proscription " I mean that the most positiveprescribers of food have something in the foodline or advice to sell, and they proscribe aspositively anything that competes with theircommercial product. My eyes were opened to this possible snareand delusion by a great doctor of medicine,*
who is also one of the most ardent economists Ihave ever met—not a miser in any sense, but areligiously philosophical economist. He isalmost as righteously indignant against anywho use the trust which is placed in them byclients or patients for the selling of high-pricedfoods as he is at the makers, advertisers,retailers and prescribers of alcohol as abeverage. In his just opinion it is as wicked, oralmost as wicked, to advise unprofitableextravagance of any sort as it is to prescribepoison. To this discriminating philosopher food is the
basis of health-wealth, and sacred to its divineusefulness. The great harm that was done to the world by
the academic prescription of excessive proteinrations
 † was that it started a vicious circle of
extravagances which led as surely to untimelydeath as murder. The perpetrators of thispernicious prescription were innocent ofintention to do harm ; in fact, they were full of
* Dr. M. Hindhede: Copenhagen, Denmark. † Voit, Atwater, etc. the most generous of motives in issuing their
poisonous advice, and one of the mostprominent, at least, paid the penalty by dyingmiserably of his own fatal ignorance. I may also say that it is " presumption,"
advisably, for almost all prescriptions of foodwhich do not have their basis on the naturalbody calls are presumptuous. Nature knows. Ifgiven a chance to show her knowledge Natureprescribes rightly and delivers her message inthe form of appetite and the other instincts. Shewill do this in the midst of the most complicatedof artificial food mixtures, as I have reason to
know from personal experience, confirmed by
many others over and over again. Therefore, I may say more surely than ever,
that whatever
NATURE  PROVIDES  and PERMITS  as
NOURISHMENT  I HAVE  NO RIGHT  TO PRO SCRIBE. THE ONLY PRE SCRIPTION
that Honesty approves is the Optimum
Economic Nutrition; and my great preceptor,Dr. Hindhede, the ideally honest scientist anddoctor, ventures to prescribe only the plainest offoods that are delicious to a true, keen appetite,and cost the least through being in season and
so common and easy to grow as to be cheapest. This good and superlatively honest doctor
does not Proscribe anything that Nature
permits as food and he does not even Proscribe
the transportation of grapes from Madeira tothe North Cape of Norway for the enjoyment ofthose who can afford to pay for them. Would the Proscribers of flesh food have
denied Amundsen and his companions the fleshof their faithful dogs as a last resort in securingnourishment for the completion of their journeyto the South Pole. It was their truly last resortin gaining the victory over the Ice God ; andwould to God that brave Captain Scott and hisband of faithful ones had had such a last butsaving resort to help them accomplish theeleven miles between them and rescue. Butthen, the world would have missed a model ofaltruism that is worth a million lives, and one ofwhich million everybody would like to be, iftheir lives are worth the living. THE PROTEIN  ENTHUSIAST. While writing this chapter I have beenforwarded material for indignation and a text
for condemnation in the form of a book so full offood prescription that it is positively poisonous,as read with the intelligence of my own andcurrent knowledge of the subject, that it oughtto be pilloried as a " Horrible Example" ofpresumptuous prescription and proscription. Itis an advertisement pure and simple, but soprejudicial to the natural facts in the case thatit again raises the question of the advisability ofa Supreme Court of the Physiology of Nutrition,to try such nutrition perverters for high treasonto Mother Nature. I will not name the book or the author, to
further the advertisement. I once stopped acontroversy with the doctor-father of the authorby offering to wager him one hundred poundsthat I could beat him out on a ten mile go-as-you-please tramp, which he had mentioned asone of his stunts to prove his contentions. Ourages were nearly equal, and the difference oftraining consisted of his prescribing for himselfover 100 grams of proteid daily (less by 20 percent. than the vicious Voit* or Koenig
Standards, and less by 30 per cent. than theStandard that killed poor Professor Atwater),while I had subsisted for years on less than halfhis prescription. He warned me that I wascourting death, but that he was providing forhimself longevity by the mile. He got mad withme, and nearly fumed at the mouth, because Iassumed to insist that only Mother Nature wasa competent prescriber, intimating that he wasnot. I could not out-talk him, and so I sent hima challenge. He made the excuse that he wasleaving for the Continent for a rest, but wouldtalk further with me when he returned. Hisreputed forty-thousand-pound office practice ofprescribing his favourite dietaries had wornhim out and he was going for a rest. Later I
* Carl Voit, of Munich, prescribed as Standard daily diet for
a man doing moderate work : 118 grams of Protein, 56 grs. Fat,
500 grs. Carbohydrates, with a total fuel value of 3,055 large
calories; increasing the same to 145 grams Protein, 160 grs. Fat,450 grs. Carbohydrates, with a total fuel value of 3,370 large
calories. This is the celebrated Voit Diet Standard. Professor
Atwater, of Connecticut, went further, prescribing as Daily DietStandard no less than 125 grams of Proteins, with sufficient fat
and carbohydrates to equal a total fuel value of 3,500 large
calories for a man doing a moderate amount of labour;increasing the amount of Protein to 150 grams, with fats and
carbohydrates to a total fuel value of 4,500 large calories per diem. heard of him in a sanatorium—surely
disgraceful to a doctor to be compelled to go tosuch a place for " treatment. " The race, or contest, never took place, but
since then I personally have several timesbroken records established by men one-half, andeven one-third, of my age with progressive easeup to three years ago when last put to a test,and I have noted no letting-up of the progress ofrecuperation as judged by " feelings " orendurance when doing unusual stunts. In this direction I now feel that I have done
enough, and that it is not for age to temptProvidence by competing with the Prime ofMuscularity in feats of strength and endurance. John L. Sullivan and Jefferies and many morewent once too often into the ring, and MotherNature, not Corbett or Jack Johnson, knockedthem out for good and all. Fletcherizing does notinclude either imprudence or bluff. It merelytrusts good Mother Nature for directions toaccompany her nutriment-medicine. Wheneverat any time I feel the impulse to turnsomersaults from the lead platform of a man-of-war into good, clean salt-water—as I did a fewyears ago or so in the Philippines, as a
demonstration to impress the natives—I will" up and do it, or die in the attempt. " What I amdoing now more than ever is keeping my ear tothe mouth of Mother Nature, my finger on herpulse of command, and doing her biddings aswell as I can interpret them. If a thing is notagreeable to do, I take it as a warning not to do
it. There are so many useful things to do thatare pleasant, what is the use of going out of theway to do disagreeable things. There are somethings that are natural and agreeable that weshould do, and which we have got out of thehabit of doing, physical exercise, for instance. We are dealing with cultivated abnormalitiesalways in a cramped and complex civilisation. " We are constantly doing


or
overnight. For
women,
washing
and
spraying
the
genitals
with
fresh
urine
will
be
an
excellent
additional
procedure. After
completing
the
six-month
course,
you
will
be
completely
different
people. If
you
are
sick,
you
must
go
through
cleansing
and
healing
crises
to
finally
gain
health
like
you
have
never
known
before. I
will
give
an
example
of
a
specific
dialogue
with
a
patient:
-
"When
did
you
start
urine
therapy. "-
"Two
summers
ago
and
I've
been
practicing
it
every
day
since
then. " -
"What
made
you
do
that. " -
“Helplessness,
absolute
helplessness,
with
a
whole
range
of
diseases
and
lack
of
medical
care. So
those
diseases:
arachnoencephalitis,
chronic
pancreatitis,
chronic
cholecystitis,
duodenal
ulcer,
chronic
gastritis,
rheumatoid
arthritis. It's
hard
to
say
which
organ
didn't
hurt. I
had
a
terrible
allergy. My
whole
body
itched,
an
allergy
caused
by
an
overdose
of
medication
with
no
hope
of
relief. They
wanted
to
send
me
to
a
madhouse. '' -
"What
exactly
did
you
do
with
urine
therapy. " -
"I
started
drinking
urine
immediately,
as
much
as
I
could,
an
odd
number
of
sips
or
rather
gulps,
from
7
to
15,
so
I
drank
300
grams
at
once. I
drank
only
in
the
morning,
lubricated
several
times
a
day,
depending
on
how
I
had
time,
in
the
morning,
at
noon
and
in
the
evening. However,
I
stopped
in
the
evening,
I
was
very
upset. I
also
started
doing
enemas
right
away. For
the
past
year
I
have
only
been
drinking
evaporated
urine. I
changed
my
eating
habits
and
came
to
the
conclusion
that
urine
became
a
real
medicine
for
me. I
like
it,
it
smells
good,
it
doesn't
cause
any
problems. When
I
cook
it
at
home,
no
one
knows
anything. However,
I
have
a
hood
above
the
stove.'-
"What
are
your
successes
in
healing
the
organism. " -
"I
am
52
years
old
and
I
have
practically
returned
to
the
health
of
a
thirty-year -old
woman. I
run,
jump,
ski,
swim
in
ice
water
and
in
freezing
temperatures. We
enjoy
life. In
the
plexus
solario
area
I
feel
a
fire
that
warms
me. Mainly,
I
got
my
lost
health
back. ”
-
"What
changes
do
you
observe
in
the
spiritual
realm. " -
"In
a
year
I
came
out
of
the
darkness,
I
started
to
understand
the
meaning
of
life. I
converted
to
faith,
I
was
baptized,
I
feel
cosmic
vibrations,
I
have
a
feeling
of
connection
with
the
universe,
which
fills
me
completely. I
try
to
help
people,
that's
what
I
see
as
my
purpose
in
life
now. " -
"What
would
you
like
to
add. " -
"First
of
all,
people
have
to
believe. Clearly. Without
faith,
the
whole
system
cannot
function. ”
-
"What
difficulties
did
you
have
when
taking
urine. " -
“Difficulties,
all
my
illnesses
that
I
had
since
childhood
were
incredibly
difficult
to
get
rid
of. During
the
kidney
treatment,
my
lips
turned
black
and
I
lay
as
if
dead. Pus
was
pouring
from
my
eyes. I
couldn't
open
them
in
the
morning,
they
were
stuck. But
everything
passed
within
a
week. For
example,
my
kidneys
hurt
for
three
days. I
had
high
blood
pressure,
my
bones
and
skin
were
angry,
there
was
no
organ
that
didn't
hurt. And
everything
took
place
in
a
very
sharp
form. Sometimes
I
couldn't
even
get
out
of
bed. But
faith
helped
me
overcome
everything. People
with
great
difficulties,
expecting
a
quick
turnaround
of
recovery,
must
strongly
believe,
not
be
afraid,
not
look
back. If
you
have
decided,
it
is
necessary
to
go
directly,
drink
urine,
rub
it
into
your
skin,
make
enemas
with
it,
all
in
one
complex. Drinking
urine
is
necessary
to
heal
the
stomach
and
intestines. Today,
a
person
is
poisoned
as
many
times
as
he
takes
food
and
medicine.'-
"How
do
you
use
urine
now. " -
"I
drink
evaporated
urine
every
morning,
I
do
mini-enemas
as
needed. When
I
eat
fresh
food
and
few
starches
in
the
summer,
I
hardly
need
enemas. In
the
cold
season,
when
boiled
food
and
porridge
predominate,
I
do
enemas
daily. Life
without
enemas
with
boiled
water
I
can't
imagine
using
urine
anymore,
because
they
give
me
a
charge
of
energy
and
bliss
all
over
the. Otherwise,
I
don't
have
any
problems
with
defecation. " Also,
the
practice
of
ancient
yogis
emphasizes
washing
the
large
intestine
with
an
enema
with
the
help
of
various
infusions
in
order
to
achieve
maximum
purity
and
energy. Theintestine
itself
then
works
in
a
coordinated
manner
and
without
disturbances. It
is
necessary
to
start
urinotherapy
gradually
and
consistently
in
this
way. It
is
better
to
continue
with
evaporated
urine,
it
is
more
effective. Other
variants
can
create
strong
backlashes
that
create
a
negative
experience
and
relationship
with
urine. At
what
age
can
you
start
using
urine
and
who
does
it
help
the
most. Urinotherapy
is
a
treatment
for
j
any
age. There
is
no
need
to
immediately
decide
that
you
will
drink
urine. Urine
works
best
on
the
human
organism
through
the
skin. The
infant
still
urinates
and
washes
his
body
with
urine. Proceed
in
the
same
way,
applying
poultices
and
smearing
your
body
with
urine. If
the
child
falls
behind
in
his
development,
immediately
start
urinotherapy,
massage
him
with
urine,
give
him
to
drink
his
own
urine,
boiled
with
honey,
but
only
once
a
day,
in
the
morning
50
-
100
grams. It
will
be
interesting,
let


adiyah Surakarta, Faculty of Health Science in Indonesia, and
presented at the 3rd International Conference on Science, T echnology, and Humanity (ISETH)
in December 2017, showed a significant VO2  max increase over a control group. Dani Fahrizal
and T otok Budi Santoso, “The Ef fect of Buteyko Breathing T echnique in Improving
Cardiorespiratory Endurance,” 2017 ISETH Pr oceeding Book  (UMS publications),
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.or g/c2ee/b2d1c0230a76fccdad94e7d97b1 1b882d217.pdf ; Several
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Pavlovich Buteyko,” Buteyko Clinic, https://buteykoclinic.com/about-dr -buteyko ; “Doctor
Konstantin Buteyko,” Buteyko.com,
http://www.buteyko.com/method/buteyko/index_buteyko.html ; “The History of Professor K. P. Buteyko,” LearnButeyko.or g, http://www.learnbuteyko.or g/the-history-of-professor -kp-
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locations 570, 572, 617; Buteyko interview, 1988, Y ouT ube, https://www.youtube.com/watch ? v=yv5unZd7okw. h e a d e d  t o  A k a d e m g o r o d o k :  “The Original Silicon V alley,” The Guar dian, Jan. 5, 2016,
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/jan/05/akademgorodok-academy-
town-siberia-science-russia-in-pictures. L a b o r a t o r y  o f  F u n c t i o n a l  D i a g n o s t i c s :  See an amazing photo of the lab here:
https://images.app.goo.gl/gAHupjGqjBtEiKab9. 6. 5  t o  7. 5  p e r c e n t  c a r b o n  d i o x i d e :  A copy of Buteyko’ s carbon dioxide chart can be found here:
https://tinyurl.com/yy3fvrh7. B u t e y k o  d e v e l o p e d  a  p r o t o c o l :  Buteyko’ s papers and musings can be downloaded for free on Patrick
McKeown’ s website: https://tinyurl.com/y3lbfhx2. Z á t o p e k  d e v e l o p e d :  More about hypoventilation training is available on Dr. Xavier W oorons’ s website:
http://www.hypoventilation-training.com/index.html ; “Emil Zatopek Biography,” Biography
Online, May 1, 2010, https://www.biographyonline.net/sport/athletics/emile-zatopek.html ;Adam B. Ellick, “Emil Zatopek,” Runner ’ s W orld, Mar. 1, 2001,
https://www.runnersworld.com/ad  vanced/a20841849/emil-zatopek. For what it’ s worth,
Zátopek’ s height is something of a mystery; some references state he was six feet tall but
others, such as ESPN, have him as five-six. The consensus, according to Runner ’ s W orld, is
that he was about five-eight. w i d e l y  d e r i d e d :  T imothy Noakes, Lor e of Running, 4th ed. (Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 2002),
382.
w o u l d  l a t e r  b e  n a m e d :  “Emil Zátopek,” Running Past, http://www.runningpast.com/emil_zatopek.htm ;
Frank Litsky, “Emil Zatopek, 78, Ungainly Running Star, Dies,” The New Y ork T imes, Nov. 23,
2000, https://www.nytimes.com/2000/1 1/23/sports/emil-zatopek-78-ungainly-running-star -
dies.html. “ h u r t,  p a i n,  a n d  a g o n y ” :  Joe Hunsaker, “Doc Counsilman: As I Knew Him,” SwimSwam, Jan. 12, 2015,
https://swimswam.com/doc-counsilman-knew/. s w i m  f a s t e r :  Some interesting context on the possible dangers of Counsilman’ s approach in training for
younger athletes by swim coach Mike Lewellyn: https://swimisca.or g/coach-mike-lewellyn-on-
breath-holding-shallow-water -blackout/. An alternative view by Dr. Rob Orr can be found at
“Hypoxic W ork in the Pool,” PT ontheNet, Feb. 14, 2006,
https://www.ptonthenet.com/articles/Hypoxic-W ork-in-the-Pool-2577. What I’ve surmised
from these and several other posts is that hypoxia training works, but it should not be employed
as one-size-fits-all training regimen. Physiological, psychological, and numerous anatomical
factors must all be considered, as with most any other, training technique. And like any other
underwater training, hypoxic training must always be under the close supervision of
professionals. C o u n s i l m a n  u s e d  i t :  “ISHOF Honorees,” International Swimming Hall of Fame, https://ishof.or g/dr.-
james-e.--doc--counsilman-(usa).html ; “A Short History: From Zátopek to Now,”
Hypoventilation T raining.com, http://www.hypoventilation-training.com/historical.html. U. S. O l y m p i c  s w i m  t e a m :  Braden Keith, “Which W as the Greatest US Men’ s Olympic T eam Ever?,”
SwimSwam, Sept. 7, 2010, https://swimswam.com/which-was-the-greatest-us-mens-olympic-
team-ever ; Jean-Claude Chatard, ed., Biomechanics and Medicine in Swimming IX  (Saint-
Étienne, France: University of Saint-Étienne Publications, 2003). b o o s t  i n  r e d  b l o o d  c e l l s :  T o be clear, W oorons’ s research is directed at elite athletes looking to get an edge
on the competition. Nobody knows the long-term ef fects of consistently pushing the body into
a highly anaerobic state, and several researchers suggest such constant anaerobic workouts may
break down the body and cause damaging oxidative stress. Meanwhile, with just a few weeks
of Olsson’ s lighter, milder training, several of his clients registered significant gains in red
blood cell counts. More blood means more oxygen delivered to more tissues. Lance
Armstrong, the disgraced cyclist, didn’ t get busted for taking adrenaline or steroids but for
injecting himself with his own blood and increasing his red blood cell count, which would
allow him to carry more oxygen. What Armstrong was essentially doing was a instant fix of
breath restriction training. B r e a t h i n g  way less :  Xavier W oorons et al., “Prolonged Expiration down to Residual V olume Leads to
Severe Arterial Hypoxemia in Athletes during Submaximal Exercise,” Respiratory Physiology
& Neur obiology 158, no. 1 (Aug. 2007): 75–82; Alex Hutchinson, “Holding Y our Breath
during T raining Can Improve Performance,” The Globe and Mail, Feb. 23, 2018,
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/fitness/holding-your -breath-during-
training-can-improve-performance/article38089753/. J u s t  a  f e w  w e e k s :  E. Dudnik et al


asser oles. Ther e ar e mor e than
a few variations for this spice bl end, but most use the five basic spices I list
her e. Some r ecipes use fagar a instead of pepper corns and some add
car damom, ginger or licorice to the basic five. Y ou can dry-r oast the whole
spices b efor e co mbining them or simply crush with a mortar and pestle, or
with a r olling p in. Once the spices ar e crushed and combined, stor e in a
dark glass container in a cool spot.MAKES 1/2 CUP (125 mL)
2 tbsp (25 mL) fennel seeds
2 tbsp (25 mL) crushed star anise
1 tbsp (15 mL) crushed cinnamon
1 tbsp (15 mL) whole cloves
1 tbsp (15 mL) whole black pepper corns

1. I n a bowl, combine fennel seeds, star anise, cinnamon, cloves and
peppercorns. T ransfer to a dark glass jar; cover, label and store in a cool
spot. C u c u m b e r s
COLUMBUS INTRODUCED THE CUCUMBER (CUCUMIS
SA TIVUS)  to North America in 1494 on the island of Haiti. As waves of
Europeans came  to the New W orld—first the Spanish, French and English
—they brought their own seeds and grew them in settlement gardens. Strictly speaking, cucumbers are the fruit of the plant, although we think of
them as vegetables. Good Pr eserving V arieties
There are many varieties of cucumbers, including the lar ge, smooth
greenhouse-grown English cucumber—not for preserving, but a great table
cucumber thanks to its delicate flavour and tender, seedless fles h. For fresh
summer salads, I like the Engli sh cucumber because it fits the  tube of my
food processor and can be sliced into very thin rounds. There are many varieties of cuc umbers: small pickling varieties; Japanese
cucumbers, whi ch may be roun d or pointed, with soft spines; and seedless
types. These are just a few of the many excellent picklin g varieties:
Ballerina, Boston Pickling, Pioneer, Miss Pickler Hybrid, County Fair
Hybrid, Bush Pickle Hybrid  and Eur eka Hybrid. Pur chasing/Storing
1 lb (50 0 g) pickling cucumbers yields 3-1/2 cups (875 mL)
crosswise slices. Y ou wil l need 1 lb (500 g) for e ach quart (1 L) jar of sliced
cucumber, more for spears or lengthwise slices.Fresh pickling cucumbers should not be waxed, but if they are, they must be
peeled s ince wa shing will not r emove the wax. Look for fresh,  firm, well-
shaped cucumbers that are not too lar ge or overmature. Cucumbers are
usually bright green, with white tips. Good W ith
Herbs such as dill, basil, bay, thyme, chervil. Spices s uch as cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, cumin,
coriander, mustard, cardamom. Sour cream; all flavours of vinegar. Other vegetables, such as fennel, peppers, celery, radish,
leeks, daikon, zucchini. Pr eparation
Scrub in cool water to which a drop of food-safe soap has b een added. Rinse and pat dry. b r e a d  a n d  b u t t e r  p i c k l e s
Some pickle r ecipes take seven days; others ar e quick and just need to be
r efrigerated after a quick boil. This r ecipe can be completed in a day, but
start in the morning or at least by early afternoon, and do n’ t skip the
soaking stage. These ar e sweet pickles meant to accompany sandwiches,
light meals and lunches. I always look forwar d to seeing them on picnic
tables, at barbecues and on paper plates all summer. In winter, they bring
back memories of all those alfr esco meals.This recipe is a good example of how having the right tools to do the job can really save time and
ef fort. In the photo above, I used a continuous slicer attachment on the KitchenAid stand mixer to
quickly dispatch 12 cups (3 L) of cucumber slices. I love garlic but never add it to my br ead and butter pickles, pr eferring the
sweetness on its own, with just a hint of the ginger and fennel. If you like
garlic, you can add 4 or mor e cloves, thinly sliced, in step 1. The br own
sugar gives a dark tinge to the brine; if you want a lighter, clea r brine, use
granulated sugar in its place. MAKES 10 CUPS (2.5 L)
3–1/2 lb (1.75 kg) pickling cucumbers, sliced
(1/4 inch/5 mm), about 12 cups (3 L)
4 onions, thinly sliced
1/2 cup (125 mL) pickling salt
3 cups (750 mL) white vinegar
1 tbsp (15 mL) grated fr esh gingerr oot
1 tsp (5 mL) fennel seeds
1 cup (250 mL) granulated sugar
1 cup (250 mL) lightly packed br own sugar

1. Ina non-reactive bowl or crock, combine cucumbers, onions and salt. Mix
well, co ver with cold water and let stand at room temperature for 2 hours.Drain in  a colander over a sink. Rinse with cold running wate r and drain
well. 2. Heat five 1-pint (2-cup/500 mL) jars in boiling water, and scald the lids,
lifter, funnel and tongs ( Boiling W ater Method, Step by Step ). 3. In a Maslin pan or canning kettle, combine vinegar, ginger and fennel
seeds. Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Add granulated and
brown sugars, stirring to dissolve before adding the next cup. Stir in
cucumbers and onions and return to a boil. Boil for 1 minute and remove
from heat. 4. P ack hot jar s with cucumber and onions, leaving a 1/2-inch (1 cm)
headspace. Ladl e hot pickling liquid over vegetables, leaving a 1/2-inch (1
cm) hea dspace. Run a thin non- metallic utensil around the inside of the jar
to allow air to escape. Add more hot brine, if necessary, to leave a 1/2-inch
(1 cm) headspace. W ipe rims, top with flat lids and screw on metal rings. Return jars to th e hot water ba th, topping up with hot water if necessary. Bring to  a full r olling boil and process jars for 10 minutes ( Boiling W ater
Method, Step by Step ). 5. Remo ve cann er lid and wait 5 minutes before removing jars t o a towel or
rack to cool com pletely. Check seals, label and store in a cool place for up
to 1 year.c l a s s i c  d i l l  s p e a r s
Just about the t ime that cucumbers ar e perfect for pickling, a long comes
dill bloo ming an d looming tall in the gar den. The first gar dener or cook
who loo ked out over the plot and thought to marry the cool, c risp, mildly
clear ta ste of “cukes” with that of the warm, pungent, slightly sharp old
Norse herb and its hint of caraway must have been a culinary genius. Note: Th ese amounts fill four 1-pint (2-cup/500 mL) jars. If you wish to fill
four 1-q uart (1 L) jars, you cannot simply double the amounts. For four 1-
quart (1 L) jars, increase the amounts by roughly 2-1/4 times the measures
below, and use lar ge cucumbers, cut into eighths. MAKES 8 CUPS (2 L)
3 lb (1.5 kg) small to medium cucumbers (see note above)
1 head fr esh dill
2 cups (500 mL) white vinegar 1 cup (250 mL) cider vinegar
3 cups (750 mL) water2/3 cup (150 mL) granulated sugar
1/3 cup (75 mL) pickling salt
2 tbsp (25 mL) Classic Pickling Spice Blend  (stor e-bought), tied in a
cheesecloth bag 4 cloves garlic 8 allspice berries

1. W ash and drain cucumbers  following directions. Cut one end of f each
cucumber so that it is 1 inch (2.5 cm) shorter than the jars, and q uarter each
lengthwise, so that you have 4 spears from each length of  cucumber. Reserve cut-of f cucumber ends  for Bread an d Butte r Pickles  o r for Asian
Lime Pickles. 2. Snip the


. But the right thing in this sense is only someone else’s editorial
opinion. Some Strategies for Coming to Grips with the Mysterious and the
Unknown
• Make selective efforts to try new things even if you are tempted
to stay with the familiar. For example, at a restaurant order a new
dish. Why? Because it would be different and you might enjoy it. • Invite a collection of people to your home who represent widely
divergent points of view. Go with the unknown rather than your
typical clique of acquaintances wherein you can predict everything
that will take place. • Give up having to have a reason for everything you do. When
someone asks you why, remember that you don’t have to come up
with a reasonable answer that will satisfy them. You can do what
you decide just because you want to. • Begin to take some risks that will get you out of your rou-EXPLORING THE UNKNOWN  / 133tine. Perhaps an unplanned vacation with no reservations or maps,
where you just trust yourself to handle whatever might come along. Interview for a new job, or talk with someone that you’ve been
avoiding because you were afraid of not knowing what might hap-
pen. Take a new route to work, or have dinner at midnight. Why? Just because it’s different and you want to do it. • Entertain yourself with a fantasy in which you allow yourself
to have anything you want. No holds barred. You have all of the
money to do anything you want for a two-week period. You’ll find
that almost all of your mental meanderings are indeed attainable
for you, that you don’t want the moon or the unreachable, but simply
things that you can achieve if you eliminate the fear of the unknown
and go after them. • Take a risk that might involve some personal upheaval, but
which would be intensely rewarding to you. For several years a
colleague of mine had told his students and clients about the need
for trying the unknown in their lives. But in many ways his advice
was hypocritical since he stayed with the same university, consulting
work and comfortable life-style. He had stated that anyone could
handle new and different situations, but he continued to stay with
the familiar. In 1974 he decided to live in Europe for six months be-
cause it was something he had always wanted to do. He taught two
courses for an overseas graduate program in educational psychology
and learned firsthand (experientially rather than verbally) that he
could handle the doubtful. After three weeks in Germany, because
of his inner security, he had as many opportunities to conduct
workshops, work with clients and give lectures as he had had in
New York where he was comfortable with the familiar surroundings. Even in a remote village in Turkey, where he lived for two months,
he was busier than he had been in New York. At last, out of experi-
ence, he knew that he could go anywhere, at anytime, and be effect-
ive, not because of the external circumstances, but because he could
handle the unknown, exactly as he handled the known, with his
own inner strength and skills.134 / Your Erroneous Zones• Whenever you find yourself avoiding the unknown, ask yourself,
“What’s the worst thing that could happen to me?” You’ll probably
see that the fears of the unknown are out of proportion to the reality
of the consequences. • Try to do something silly like going barefoot in the park, or
skinny-dipping. Try out some of the things that you’ve always
avoided because you “Mustn’t ever do such things.” Open your own
personal horizons to new experiences that you’ve previously avoided
because they were silly or inane. • Remind yourself that the fear of failure is very often the fear of
someone else’s disapproval or ridicule. If you let them have their
own opinions, which have nothing to do with you, you can begin
to evaluate your behavior in your own, rather than their terms. You’ll
come to see your abilities not as better or worse, but as simply dif-
ferent from others. • Make an attempt to do some things that you’ve always avoided,
with the sentence “I’m just not good at that.” You can spend an af-
ternoon painting a picture and have a hell of a time. If the end
product is less than masterful, you haven’t failed, you’ve had a half
day of pleasure. On my living room wall is a painting that is aesthet-
ically horrible. Everyone who visits comments or painfully avoids
commenting on how bad it really is. In the lower left-hand corner
are inscribed the words, “To you, Dr. Dyer, I give you not my best.”
It is from a former student who had avoided painting all of her life
because she’d learned a long time ago that she was bad at it. She
spent a weekend painting just for her own pleasure and it is one of
my most prized gifts. • Remember that the opposites of growth are sameness and death. Thus, you can resolve to live each day in a new way, being spontan-
eous and alive, or you can fear the unknown and remain the
same—psychologically dead. • Have a talk with those people in your life who you feel are most
responsible for your fear of the unknown. State in no uncertain terms
that you intend to do new things, and check out their reactions. You
may find that their incredulity is one of theEXPLORING THE UNKNOWN  / 135things that you’ve always worried about in the past, and as a result
you chose immobilization over those disapproving looks. Now that
you can handle the looks, state your Declaration of Independence
from their control. • Instead of “Do your best in everything” as a credo for you and
your children, try “Select the things that are important to you, and
work hard at them, and in the rest of your life, just do.” It’s O.K. not
to do your best! In fact, the whole “Do your Best,” syndrome is a
myth. You never do your absolute best, nor does anyone else. There
is always room for improvement, since perfection is not a human
attribute. • Don’t let your convictions keep you stagnant. Believing some-
thing out of past experience and hanging onto that belief is an
avoidance of reality. There is only what is now, and the truth of the
present may not be the truth of the past. Assess your behavior not
on what you believe, but in terms of what is and what you experience
in the present. By allowing yourself to experience, rather than color-
ing your reality with beliefs, you’ll find the unknown a fantastic
place to be. • Remember, nothing human is alien to you. You can be anything
you choose. Imprint this on your mind and remind yourself of it
when you fall into your typically safe evasive behavior. • Become aware of avoiding the unknown as you are doing it. At
that moment begin a dialogue with yourself. Tell yourself it’s okay
if you don’t know where you are going at every moment of your
life. Awareness of routine is the first step in changing it. • Deliberately fail at something. Are you really less of a person
for losing a tennis game or painting a bad picture or are you still a
worthwhile individual who just enjoyed some pleasant activity? • Have a conversation with a member of a group that you’ve
avoided in the past. You’ll soon discover that your prejudices, when
challenged by you, are keeping you stagnant and uninter-136 / Your Erroneous Zonesesting. If you prejudge anyone, you prevent yourself from dealing
with them honestly since your viewpoint has already been estab-
lished. The more different kinds of people you encounter, the more
likely you are to remark to yourself how much you’ve been missing,
and how foolish your fears have been. With these insights, the un-
known will become an area for ever-increasing exploration rather
than something to shun. Some Final Thoughts on Fearing the Unknown
The above suggestions represent some constructive means of
fighting fear of the unknown. The whole process begins with new
insights into your avoidance behavior, followed by actively challen-
ging the old behavior and moving in new directions. Just imagine
if the great inventors or explorers of the past had feared the un-
known. The entire population of the world would still reside in the
Tigris-Euphrates Valley. The unknown is where growth resides. Both for civilization and for the individual. Think of a road with a fork in it. In one direction lies security, in
the other the great uncharted unknown. Which road would you
take? Robert Frost answered the question in The Road Not Taken. Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. The choice is yours. Your erroneous zone of fear of the unknown
is waiting to be replaced by new exciting activities that will bring
pleasure to your life. You don’t have to know where you’re going—as
long as you’re on your way.EXPLORING THE UNKNOWN  / 137VII
BREAKING THE BARRIER
OF CONVENTION
There are no rules, laws or traditions that apply universally…includ-
ing this one. The world is full of “shoulds” that people apply to their behavior
without evaluation, and the total of these shoulds makes up a very
large erroneous zone. You may be guided by a set of rules and
principles to