mediately. I had quite a time telling him I could  not do this immediately; that I had to take
care of business and personal matters first. It was  difficult but I finally convinced him it wasn’t
necessary for me to quickly hop into the chemo-surg ery program. I promised to call him soon
and let him know when I would start the chemo-surge ry program. I never did call him, but his
nurse and even he called my husband, urging him to reason with me "for my own good." Right after receiving the "black news," I called my  husband at work and told him I wouldn’t be
back at our place of business or home until I found  another way to combat cancer. Don’t laugh at
me. I knew there must be a way to fight cancer with out being cut, burned or poisoned any more. In the summer of 1971, my husband was tutoring in C onnecticut. While he was out working one
sunny afternoon and I was alone in our hotel room, for the first time in my life I prayed to God for help. I cried and prayed at the same time. I cr ied because I was in so much pain I let it all out
because I was alone and no one could hear me. I pra yed out loud; I prayed silently. I kept
repeating, "If there’s a God, then help me find the  person who can help me get well." I fell asleep
crying and when I woke I thought, "Soon I’ll find a  way to fight cancer." While I was talking to my husband, it came to me th at my prayers for help would be answered by
visiting a health store in my neighborhood that car ried a varied selection of books on the subject
of health, including cancer. Also, this health stor e posted notices of health meetings which I
noted from time to time, but never attended because  I was working when the meetings were held. After talking with my husband, I took a subway to t he health store and read the first four pages
of the Kelley book, One Answer to Cancer  and got very excited because the symptoms Dr.
Kelley describes in a cancer patient have matched m ine except for the hernia. That condition I
didn’t have. I begged and pleaded with the owner of  the health store to help me get to Dr. Kelley. She listened but did not answer. I told her I was s ure she knew how to help me get the Kelley
Test. I broke down and cried and told her I had can cer. Then she gave me the name of a person
to contact. I had my first Kelley Test in late January of 1972. The Kelley Test disclosed that I had only one
tumor and that it was in the jaw area of my face. I magine dear reader; Dr. Kelley told me the
location of my cancer sight unseen; he told me the location without subjecting me to painful
surgery or biopsies. I say shame on the medical pro fession for ignoring Dr. Kelley. The first day I began the Kelley regime I took the Epsom salt "cocktail" and collapsed on my
kitchen floor. Yes, I was that full of garbage. I k now that today. All my life, until I started the
Kelley program, I did not eat food to nourish my bo dy; I ate American Junk Food — French
fries, pizza, soft drinks, potato chips, etc. The Kelley program is not at all similar to any pro gram devised today by the Medical
Establishment. You don’t take a pill or a few pills ; you don’t get a shot or a few shots. By golly,
you have to WORK to get well. I experienced many un pleasant, unusual conditions I had never
experienced before. I had migraine headaches, and a ll too often, because I went overly "gung-ho"
on the program. I developed "Flu-like body aches." The Kelley program of purges, enemas and
colonics, cleaning the liver, kidneys and lungs, ch anging one’s diet — shook up my body —
literally. At times I could feel my insides turn up side down. Often I felt so "goopy" ill I would
complain, "Ooh, how can Dr. Kelley do this to me?" When really what I was saying was, "Ooh,
how did I ever get this sick?" I eliminated parasit es and even live worms. Our apartment
acquired a putrid odor. But then I started having d ays without passing gas! I also had days when
I felt as young as a 12 year old. Then I would have  some rotten, rotten days of feeling just plain
punky. I started the Kelley program set up for me in Febru ary of 1972, I think it’s important to note that
the cancer I had changed from cancer to a sebaceous  cyst and then to a mydiox or mucus cyst. When my body was ready, according to the Kelley Tes t, I had the mydiox cyst cut out by yet
another surgeon, Dr. W., in 1974 — "The Blue Blob" which one Dr. told me I would have to
learn to live with was removed. And, yes, my face i s no longer a mass of scars. The family physician, Dr. H.H., who was preparing m y husband to accept my coming demise
just couldn’t believe the change in my face. When h e saw the cancer was no longer there, he
said, "My diagnosis and the biopsies were wrong; we  were all mistaken. You never had cancer." I just couldn’t believe his attitude; I can only gu ess that because of his medical training he
couldn’t see beyond "The Establishment." It is also  my guess that if he were to recognize a non-
toxic therapy, it would negate his schooling and wo rk and further, it would be mentally painful
because he has lost many patients from the dreaded disease of cancer. Three years ago, in 1975, my husband and I left New  York City. We now reside in Spokane,
Washington. We left the tall canyons of the buildin g in New York City for the tall Evergreens of
Washington State. I’m lucky; I no longer have to combat the pollution  that exists in New York City. I find living in
a smaller city compatible to my health. I enjoy the  beauty of nature — birds nesting in an
Evergreen in our backyard, cats meowing, dogs barki ng, crickets chirping. It’s lots better music
to my ear and soul than the honking of cabs and car s, the sirens of police and fire trucks. I work full time. I clean my own house, do the laun dry, cooking and gardening. I enjoy my
grandchildren. I’m happy to be alive. I am grateful  and say thanks in my prayers every day for
Dr. and Mrs. William Donald Kelley and the Kelley p rogram. Dr. Kelley:  "Betty brings to mind one of the important feature s of the current cancer situation;
many people prefer to do nothing than to go through  being tortured by chemotherapy and
radiation and mutilated by surgery. They just ask f or pain medication and leave. Interestingly,
studies have proven that you last longer if you do nothing, rather than take a lot of the treatments
that go on at this time. "We are coming to a time, particularly in our count ry, where there is hardly a family that has not
lost a close friend or relative to cancer. And the family has watched this person go from fairly
robust good health to a skeleton and be tortured by  the treatments. When you have had one or
two friends or relatives go that way and the doctor  tells you that you have cancer, you don’t jump
right into the next operating room or in front of t he next X-ray machine that rolls by. You think
about it, you consider it, you remember your friend s’ or relatives’ story and give it a lot of
serious thought." Bone Cancer
Ina S., West, FL
9-Year Victory Over Bone Cancer. I would like to tell others what Dr. Kelley’s book,  One Answer to Cancer, did for a number of us
but more especially just how it began with me. Doctors had tenderly, but emphatically, told me tha t they could do nothing for my condition. It
was apparently cancer of the bone — and as lovingly  as a father, with tears in his eyes, one doctor said: "You’ll get worse until —?" He left m e immediately. Somehow I didn’t feel shaken
at all. I felt so secure in God’s hands. I knew the  doctor in the clinic had told my son that it was a
matter of 3 to 6 months. This doctor said the spine  was hopelessly deteriorating. Nine vertebrae
were collapsed. This caused cramps across the shoul ders and chest. When the attacks came upon
me I was in such pain as to have to have pain-killi ng relief by medication. These tablets had such
severe side effects that I could not endure them. My bones were brittle and, as the doctors told my s on, they were like chalk. So small a pressure
as a bump of my elbow against the ribs would crack a rib. Faith in God as my greatest physician
helped me to hold steady until one day I was touche d by His healing power. The healing was
instantaneous as to the pain and spine. Doctor’s


 a new place. Yet here is a new challenge. There is no clean starting point. No fresh perspective. Someone once  said, “Within human life no fresh perspective is possible after Day One. ”
That may be a bit of an exaggeration, but the point is clear. We are almost always coming
from Prior Data when considering any given moment. How else could it be. We have
nothing to  go on  except what’s been going on. Or do we. What creates your thought is the “truth” you buy into. And what determines the truth
you buy into —Apparent Truth or Imagined Truth —is which past data you look at. Here we go, deeper and deeper down the r abbit hole. Soon the Mad Hatter will appear,
swearing to us that what is so is not so, and that what is not so is so. Here we go, deeper
and deeper into the Matrix. Soon the Man in the White Suit will take us to the White Room
with all the television scree ns and explain it all to us. What we will learn is not only that it is from your Past Data that your innermost truth
emerges, but from the choice you make  of the Past Data you select to look at. During the truth -creation process (yes, your mind creat es the truth, it does not observe
it) the mind travels backward in time to retrieve every piece of data from all previous
moments that look, feel, taste, sound, or smell like this moment. If the mind finds a match, it
compares the two data to see just how close the match is, then adds to the present moment
all information from the past that it considers relevant, thereby creating a whole new set of
data not at all resembling the data that was originally observed. This revised and supplemented data is enormo usly influential in producing what you
call your “experience. ” Your “reality” is not what you are seeing, but what you think  you are
seeing after you have added past data. It is based on the “truth” that your mind has
extracted from your Past Data and expo rted to the Present Moment. It is “reality” as you
have experienced it. Ten other people may have experienced it in ten other ways. This is
important to always keep in mind. To always  keep in mind. Now comes the tricky part. The fact is that you hold in yo ur mind two kinds  of Past Data. I’m going to call this Judged Past Data  and Factual Past Data. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if things just came in ones. But no, we have to have the Triune
Reality and the Three Brands of Truth, and now we get down to the two ki nds of Past Data. But at least this is the bottom of it. This is the real culprit. If there were only one kind of Past Data we would have only one brand of Truth and only
one version of Reality. So at least now we know what the problem is. Now. Judged  Past Data can contain what you call Good Memories or Bad Memories,
the labels depending upon how you judged the events that originally produced those
memories. which, of course, was a judgment based on prior  events viewed within the
context of prior  Judged Past Data. which, in turn, was based on even more prior events. and so on, right back to your birth —and beyond. (Yes, you began taking in data about
what was going on around you in the womb. ) An example of Judged Past Data: the breakup of a romantic relationship is painful. An example of Factual Past Data: the breakup of a relationship is the end of the time that
two people will spend together in intimate living arrangements. This can be either “bad” or
“good”. or neither, but just wha t’s so. All of this stuff is rolling around in your mind all of the time. It resides there, and it
cannot be deleted. There is no delete button on this computer. Your mind will “bring to
front” this Past Data the moment any Present Data looks even a little like it. You will then
make an assessment of the Present Data based on prior data that you, and only you,
possess. Nobody else is walking around with your past. Nobody else has your history. This means that no one else in the universe can encounter, understand, or experience
anything at all in precisely the way you do. Not so long as you stay in your mind. In strictly
literal terms, it is impossible to have a “meeting of minds. ” You can, howev er, have a
blending of souls. This is the blessed relationship for which every human yearns. This is
where the truth is known. Humans yearn for this blessed relationship because they have a
cellular awareness that not only is it possible, not only has it h appened, but it is happening
right now. The only thing standing in the way of our experiencing  this relationship is the
Emotion that is based on the Thought that is based on the Truth that is based on Judged
Past Data. How is it possible for the soul to si destep this Line of Causality when the mind
apparently cannot. Simple. In Ultimate Reality (where the soul resides) there is no such
thing as Past Data. It is always Right Here, Right Now. Ah, but that is a whole different discussion, saved for part 2. Returning to the human experience of what is happening in most people’s lives, we see
that our minds are constantly rolling around in Judged Past Data or Factual Past Data,
producing, at the end of the Line of Causality, what psyc hiatrists and psychologists label
Objective Reality and Subjective Reality. Subjective Reality emerges from Judged  Past Data. (Not all of this is negative, by the way,
and that should not be inferred. Often we judge prior events as having been quite
wonder ful. ) Objective Reality emerges from Factual  Past Data. (What you might call “raw
data” as opposed to “analyzed data. ”)  In my own model I call Objective Reality “Observed Reality,” and I label Subjective
Reality “Distorted Reality. ” Why don’t I use the sam e terms that the therapeutic community
uses. Why have I created my own model. Because my terminology is more descriptive and, more important, because the
traditional therapeutic model does not recognize the existence of a third reality. Everything came tog ether for me when I started looking at life using a model that
showed something above  Distorted Reality and Observed Reality —something that I labeled
Ultimate Reality. The existence of this third reality is what makes it possible for all people to dramatic ally
change their lives. Not merely alter their lives, but transform  them. Paying attention to the second reality —what you objectively observe, as opposed to
what you subjectively experience —can certainly alter one’s experience for the better, and
good psy chologists have helped people do that. But paying attention to the third reality —
what is ultimately  happening as opposed to what we observe  to be happening —can so
affect your life that you may never have to endure emotional turmoil again. Ever. This is whe re Buddha lived. This is where Christ resided. This is where all true Masters
live. It was the home of Paramahansa Yogananda. It is the home of the Dalai Lama. It is
where you will find Thich Nhat Hanh. And Western masters too, such as Stephen Levine,
Eckh art Tolle, Byron Katie, and Mary O’Malley. These are people who understand, and who
some say have mastered life. I have put this understanding in my own words. To me it seems clear that to really
utilize the mind at optimal levels (and, hence, experience life itself  at those levels) we must
move beyond the standard therapeutic model. Modern psychological constructs hold very little space (if any) for spirituality. That is to
say, for God and for the soul. This is a supreme irony  since the original idea was exactly the
opposite. The very word “psychology” gives us our clue. “Psyche” comes from the Greek word
meaning “soul. ” “Logy” is also Greek, and means “knowledge. ” We see that “psycho+logy”=
“soul knowledge” —which is what the ancient Greeks knew that all h ealthy behavior was
anchored in. The constructs that I employ (including those in this book) know the same thing. The
model I use to study and affect behaviors is based  in spirituality; it has its foundation  in
theo+logy —that is, knowledge of God. Does thi s make it therapeutically more effective. What do you think. In my observation the third reality, Ultimate Reality, emerging as it does from Actual
Truth, finally offers an explanation (that neither of the first two realities does) for not only
what  is goi ng on, but why. And once we know why  something is happening (sudden change,
for instance), we can employ the immense power of the mind, combined with the eternal
clarity of the soul, to not only alter our experience of what has happened, but to create our
experience of what will happen. This is the next evolutionary step for humankind. And humans do not have to wait years
to take it. You, yourself, can take this step in minutes. Indeed, in the time required to finish
this book. And here’s the best thing. Yo u don’t


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modest attainment actually makes. The leap from human to m etahuman, the shift from virtual
reality to the “ real” reality, is all contained in the simple act of
noticing the self. Not the eg o, which wants to hog the l imelight
and cla im that  it and it alone is the self. The ego-personality can’t
help but contain the sense o f self—every experience contains it. But the  ego blocks our view. It is tied to virtual reality an d keeps
luring our attention everywhere but  the sense of self. As we’ll see in Part Three, once you rid yourself of all the t hings
you don ’t actually need, your ego can be discarded, too,  but not
your sense of s elf. As the unnecessary burdens and rubbis h of the
spell/dream/illusion are tossed out, the sense of self doe sn’t hog
the limelight. Being the only thing about you that is timeless and
eternal, it doesn’t have to do anything. It simply is, a be acon of
pure aw areness that shines constantly in every second of your
existence. Ironically, everything else in your life has a much
harder time passing the “So what. ” test. A10

F R E E I N G  Y O U R  B O D Y
s we saw, co nsciousness i s everywhere, always, and
everything. If that’s true, then you are everywhere, always, and
everything. But in your daily life, even if you were totally
convinced abo ut this, you a re guided in the opposite d irection. You’ve endured  a lifetime of training and conditioning telling you
that you  are a s olitary person  sitting by yourself in a room. Instead
of always, your life span is ve ry limited, bookended by two events
—birth and death. Instead of  everything, you are a bundle of very
specific things, beginning with your name, gender, marital status,
work, and so on. The vir tual reality we want to dismantle is made up of many
moving parts that occupy the ir own compartments. One part is the
body, another the mind, the world, and other people. These parts
were se t up so that life can be  managed one piece at a time. You go
to colle ge for your mind, to the gym for your body, on a  date to
establish a relationship, to work to bring home money. From a metahuman standpoint, any  d ivisio n of life into bits
and pieces only supports the illusion. Wholeness is wholeness, not
a co llection of parts. To put it another way, life happens all at
once, h ere and  now. The rea son we cling to virtual realit y is that
the prospect of “all at once, here and now” is too overwhelming. After ponderin g how to bring this truth home in a way that’s
practical and relatable, I co ncluded that the direct path should
start with the b ody, not the m ind. My reasoning is that the body is
what holds most people back. They experience themselves encased
in a  body. The y accept the reality of birth, sickness, ag ing, and
death. They seek physical pleasure and shrink from physical pain. As l ong as thes e are the prec onditions of your daily life, y ou can’t
be meta human. Your body won’t accept it. A liver, heart, or skin
cell can’t scream, “Are you crazy. ” But it does seem crazy to
abandon the body as a physic al object—this act of craziness makes
your bo dy the perfect place to  start. If you can get past the  body as
a package of flesh and bone, transforming it into a m ode of
consciousness, everything else naturally falls into place. T h e  A n a t o m y  o f  A w a r e n e s s
If we have trap ped ourselves  inside an illusion, the body must
be part and pa rcel of that—and it is. Your body is your story in
physical form. As your story  grew over the years, the things you
thought, said, and did requ ired a huge array of brain activity. Learning to walk was a trium ph of balance, eyesight, and motor
coordination, but once you  as a little child put together this
complex puzzle, your brain remembered everything you learned
and sto red it for life, so you c an move on to something new. Your
brain has stored a host of skills, from speaking and wr iting to
riding a bike, doing arithmetic, and dancing the waltz. These
mental attainments are embodied in you physically. But as soon a s this is point ed out, we risk falling back  into
dividing “mental” from “physical,” which sends us straight back
into the illusion. As babies learn to walk, they are under no such
illusion. As they totter, fall, get up again, and keep on try ing, the
experience fits the holistic description given above: the whole
thing h appens all at once, here and now. The same is true of any
skill yo u can name—learning it wasn’t mental and/or physical. It
was happening in only one dimension: awareness. There are so many ways t hat we put mind and body in
opposition tha t going into all of them would be impossi ble. The
direct path doesn’t even req uire the small amount of discussion
we’ve just passed through. Instead, it experiences the body in
awareness. O nce you do  that, the division between mental and
physical return s to the authen ticity of a baby learning to walk. You
return to the self as the ag ent of the whole experience, fusing
thought and action. In this case, any action is returned to
wholeness, which is where it occurs. To begin, just b e open to the idea that your body isn’t a physical
object in which you reside. Such a viewpoint is just a habit of
thinking, even though a stubb orn one. I will guide you through an
exercise that will give you the direct experience of living, not in a
physical body, but in awaren ess. (This exercise and the o nes that
follow are much easier to do if someone reads them aloud to you. If yo u c an find a partner who will join you, switching the  roles of
reader and participant, all the better. ) E x e r c i s e :  T h e  B o d y  i n  A w a r e n e s s
This first exercise involves the following steps:
STEP 1:  Being aware of your body. STEP 2:  Being aware of some bodily processes. STEP 3:  Being aware of the body as inner space. STEP 4:  Expanding inner space beyond the skin. STEP 5:  Resting in wholeness. Each step is a  natural progression from the one before, and
each st ep is a simple, dir ect experience. You don’t have to
memorize the instructions, just go through the exercise as an
experience. STEP 1: BEING A WARE OF YOUR BODY. Sit quie tly with your eyes clo sed. Let bodily sensations be your
focus of  attenti on, so that you  can feel your body. There’s no need
to tr y to stop your thoughts; they are irrelevant. It doesn’ t matter
what sensations you happen to feel. Just be with your body. STEP 2: BEING A WARE OF SOME BODIL Y
PROCESSES. Be aware of yo ur breath as it goes in and out. Slow your breath
down a bit, the n make it go a bit faster. Move your attentio n to the
center of your chest and be aware of your heartbeat. Ta ke some
easy, de ep breaths and sense your heartbeat slowing down as you
relax. See if yo u can feel your pulse elsewhere—many people can
feel it in their fingertips or forehead or inside their ears, for
example. STEP 3: BEING A WARE OF THE BODY AS INNER
SPACE. Now m ove you r attention to the inside of your body. Feel your
head as  empty space, and start going down your body to th e chest,
stomach, abdo men, legs, and feet, pausing at each place to
experience your internal organs as a space in which your
awareness freely moves. If you want, you can also experience your
breath as the e xpansion and relaxation of the space in you r chest,
your heartbeat as a constant pulsation in the space of the chest. STEP 4: EXP ANDING INNER SP ACE BEYOND THE
SKIN. Once you have felt the inside of your body as empty space in
which b odily processes are taking place, run your attention across
your skin. Roam over the sensations in your head, feeling the
outlines of face, scalp, and ears. Move downward, letting yourawareness go to every other place—throat, arms, hands, feet—as
sensations reach you. Now lif t your awareness slightly above your skin and gently let
it expand beyond the contou rs of your body. Some people  can do
this easily, but others need t o conjure up an image—you


	clear,	healthy
stream. Your	skin	is	radiant	and	glowing,	and	you	finish	eating	feeling	great. When	you	decide	what	to	eat,	it’s	inevitable	that	sometimes	you’ll	make	a
less-than-ideal	choice. This	is	perfectly	fine. You	are	not	meant	to	be	perfect. But	try	to	keep	this	imagery	stored	somewhere	in	your	mind	so	the	next	time
you	are	struggling	with	a	food	option	on	a	menu	or	on	the	brink	of	going	from
a	little	treat	to	a	full	binge,	you	can	pull	this	imagery	back	into	the	forefront	of
your	mind. Hopefully	this	consciousness-building	exercise	(which	can	be	done
in	as	little	as	a	few	seconds)	will	pull	you	back	to	this	side	of	whole,	beauty-
nourishing	foods	so	that	you	can	make	the	better	choice	more	often. Nourish	Yourself	As	No	One	Else	Can
Most	people	feel	healthier	and	more	connected	to	their	food	and	energy	when
they	cook	most	of	their	meals	themselves. It’s	also	great	from	a	beauty
perspective,	because	cooking	your	own	meals	puts	you	in	control	of	the	oils	and
other	ingredients	that	you	consume. You	can	be	sure	to	use	beauty-building
organic	produce	and	cook	with	coconut	oil,	non-irradiated	spices,	and	fresh
herbs. No	matter	what	you	choose,	you	always	know	the	source	of	your	food
when	you	cook	for	yourself. This	certainly	does	not	have	to	be	elaborate	or	take	up	copious	amounts	of
time. Home-cooked	meals	can	be	simple,	and	it’s	easy	to	rotate	certain	dishes
you	feel	comfortable	with	over	and	over	again,	mixing	and	matching	different
vegetables	and	ingredients. Eating	out	can	be	social,	celebratory,	and	a	lot	of
fun,	but	it	doesn’t	have	to	be	your	norm. Save	it	for	special	occasions,	or	at	least
try	to
shift	into	eating	out	less	and	having	more	meals	at	home,	and	you	will
feel	more	grounded	and	empowered	not	only	with	your	diet	but	perhaps	your
whole	life. Radical	Beauty	Healthy	Cooking
Time-SaversAt	this	point,	you	may	be	feeling	really	inspired	by	all	this	information	about
how	to	make	big	shifts	in	your	life. There	truly	is	so	much	you	can	do	to	eat
your	way	to	a	fuller	expression	of	your	natural	beauty. And	it’s	understandably
thrilling,	but	then	a	passing	dark	thought	may	cloud	your	excitement:	how	are
you	actually	going	to	have	time	to	eat	healthfully. You	might	feel	as	if	you
already	don’t	have	enough	time	to	jam	all	your	professional	and	personal	duties
into	your	schedule,	so	how	are	you	going	to	possibly	add	the	further	element	of
eating	for	Radical	Beauty	into	the	mix. Don’t	worry. You	will	not	have	to	spend	much	more	time	preparing	food	to
make	these	dietary	shifts,	but	you	will	have	to	be	a	little	bit	strategic	and	take
some	time	to	plan	ahead. Actually,	the	time	you	use	to	buy	or	make	things	in
bulk	and	prep	more	at	home	instead	of	always	running	out	to	restaurants	and
take-out	joints	may	actually	help	you	save	more	time	overall. This	is	especially
true	as	you	get	more	comfortable	with	simpler	staple	dishes	and	strategies. Here	are	some	great	time-saving	tricks	to	get	you	on	your	way	to	eating	for
Radical	Beauty. BAKE
ROOT	VEGETABLES
As	soon	as	you	get	home	from	work,	turn	on	the	oven	and	throw	some	whole
winter	squash	or	sweet	potatoes	on	a	pan. Yes,	that’s	right—whole. You	can	prick
some	slits	in	them	with	a	knife,	but	don’t	struggle	with	breaking	down	a	super-
tough	raw	squash;	it	simply	takes	too	much	energy. Throwing	these	rock-hard
root	veggies	into	the	oven	whole	is	going	to	save	you	a	lot	of	precious	time	that
you	would	otherwise	spend	trying	to	cut	them	up. Let	them	soften	up	while	you
change,	relax,	and	catch	up	with	your	spouse	and	your	kids,	or	simply	chill	out. After	45	minutes	or	so,	take	them	out	of	the	oven,	cube	or	slice	them,	and
either	sauté	them	with	a	little	coconut	oil	or	let	them	bake	a	bit	longer. Sprinkle
them
with	simple	seasonings	like	paprika,	turmeric,	and	a	pinch	of	sea	salt,	and
eat	them	over	a	salad	or	with	some	other	veggies	or	greens. Super	easy	and
delicious. The	key	is	to	let	your	oven	work	for	you	while	you	are	getting	your
post-work	relaxation	in. KEEP	ORGANIC
TEMPEH	ON	HAND
This	is	the	equivalent	of	a	fast-food	health	meal. It’s	hearty,	protein	dense,	and
fermented	so	it	tends	to	digest	better	than	other
soy	products. Plus,	the
fermentation	is	believed	to	deactivate	some	of	the	potentially	less-than-great
features	of	soy	products,	including	digestive	difficulties. And	the	key	feature:
speed. Open	up	a	package	of	tempeh,	cut	it	into	squares	or	strips,	heat	it	up	in	a
pan,	and	you’re	good	to	go. Eat	it	either	with	some	lightly	cooked	veggies,	likezucchini	or	broccoli,	or	on	top	of	a	leafy,	green	salad. Play	around	with	spices
and	flavorings. Tempeh	goes	well	with	everything	from	tamari	to	cayenne	and
paprika,	cumin,	or	even	marinara	sauce. You	can	literally	make	this	meal	in	less
than	5	minutes. TRY	AN	EVENING	SMOOTHIE
If	you	get	home	late	and	are	exhausted,	you	can	always	make	a	simple	smoothie
for	dinner	that’s	loaded	with	beauty	nutrition. It	doesn’t	get	much	easier	than
that,	and	if	you	have	a
Vitamix,	cleanup	only	takes	a	few	minutes. Eating	late	at
night,	especially	when	you’re	exhausted,	isn’t	great	for	digesting	heavier	foods,
anyway. Smoothies	are	great	for	these	times	because	they	are	blended	and	easy
to	digest. With	the	ingredients	already	broken	down,	it’s	brilliantly	simple	for
your	system	to	absorb	the	nutrition. You	can	bulk	up	a	smoothie	to	make	it	feel
satisfying	in	the	evening	by	using	almond	milk	as	the	base. Other	great
smoothie	ingredients	to	stock	at	home	include	bananas,	coconut	water,	maca,
spirulina,	bee	pollen,	stevia,	vanilla	extract,	sprouted	plant-based	protein
powder,	cinnamon,	raw	cacao,	and	acai. MAKE	A
ONE-POT	MEAL
One-pot	cooking	is	popular	in	many	parts	of	the	world,	and	with	good	reason. If	you	make	a	soup	or	a	stew,	you	can	throw	everything	into	the	pot	(you	can
even	get	your	kids	to	help	you. ) and	go	do	other	things	(change	after	a	long	day,
help	your	kids	with	their	homework,	talk	with	a	friend	on	the	phone,	and	so
on). Secondly,	cooking	this	way	instead	of	boiling	ingredients	and	then
throwing	out	the	water	means	that	the	liquid	in	your	soup	or	stew	will	retain
the	nut


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 maxim “What goes around, comes around. ”
You know that there are certain  principles working within you to keep
you alive and functioning, such as salivation, digestion, elimination, and the
like. Know also that the principles of abundance, synchronicity,
detachment, and oneness are operative in the universe. All you have to do is
tune in to them and let them work through you exactly as do the principles
that maintain your physical perfection. When you are in harmony yourself,
you want to give that internal bliss away, and that is the focus of your life. Since you are energy, and every thing else in the universe is also energy, all
you want to do is keep it flowing. No blockages, only flow. When you send
it out, it will keep coming back. Remember to give for the sake of giving,
and to keep it circulating as it flows back, and you will soon see it working
in your life. If you doubt this principle it will not work in your life. Your doubt is the
blockage. But everyone that I know who has truly put it to the test finds that
it works beautifully. For me, I am beyond believing. I simply know it to be
true. Thus I seldom encounter those who might cheat me. Whe n I do, I act
from love rather than anger, with the realization that they canno t experience
what I am talking about while they are fixated on getting rather than giving. The quality of their lives is affected by their thoughts of scarcity and trying
to get from others, and they believe they will never have enough. I believe I
will always have enough, no matter my circumstances. Consequently, I can
give, and it keeps coming back almost magically. I keep it all circulating,
since I do not want to be attached to any of it. People simply do not steal
from me. This realization about giving hit me strongly a few years ago when I
began giving away large numbers of my book Gifts from Eykis. The more I
gave, the better I felt and the more abundance kept coming back into my
life. I realized that giving and receiving were the exact same thing. Nodifference. Ever y gift I gave gave me something back. I found a profound
shift taking place as I practiced giving. This was not a conscious choice to be more philanthropic. I still resist
when someone tells me what to give. It was an automatic response to the
shifts that were taking place in my consciousness. The givin g was truly
enriching my life in ways that I had not anticipated. In a meditation one
night, I saw that we are truly here only to give, and that love is the most
important thing to be giving, regardless of the circumstances. I still, however, have great difficulty in suspending anger when I see
evidence of man’ s inhumanity to man. The newspaper picture of the angry
young man who has just murder ed two innocent people is a very tough test. I someti mes stare at that photo, which we all have seen, and ask myself,
“Am I capable of giving him love too. ” I try to see that person as a tiny
baby. To see his innocence and the fact that he too, regardless of his crimes,
is deserv ing of love. This is admittedly a tough place to get to, particularly
when you or a loved one has been the victim. Our judgment of him does not
define him, he is already defined by his own thoughts and actions. Joel
Goldsmith, writing in Parenthesis in Eternity, says:
Loving our neighbor as ourselv es, then, is giving our neighb or
that same recognition of the godliness that we give ourselve s,
regardless of the appearance of the moment. That neighbor may
be the woman taken in adultery or the thief on the cross, but we
have nothing to do with that. What we have to do with is to love
all our neighbors by knowing their true nature, just as we would
be loved by having them know our true nature, in spite of what
outward appearance may temporarily be evident. We can begin by sending love and compassion to the part of ourselves
who is struggling with pain and sorrow and anger. When we can truly be
there for ourselves, we are able to be a part of that universal energy, that
higher consciousness, that godliness that is in each and every one of us, and
we are able to give it even to those who harm us, because it is what we have
inside of ourselves. It truly is in every one of us, to be love, if we allow it. Giving, in any capacity that you can muster, without any expectations of
return for your efforts, is the biggest step that you can take to bring
abundance into your life and to eliminate the need to forgive. Paradoxically,as long as you do not expect it, you will find yourself receivin g more and
more as well. Ultimately, you will discover that giving and receiving are
one and the same. FORGIVING YOURSELF: AND WHY  NOT. When you are living the principles discussed in this book, you will find
yourself being gentler to yourse lf. This is the act of self-for giveness, which
shows that you are living the awakened life. I have a beautiful pillow in my
office that says, “I’m allowed. ” It was made by my sister -in-law many years
ago. For me it is a reminder that I am allowed to live my life as I please, to
make mistakes, to learn from those mistakes, and on and on. Many live
their lives believing they are not allowed. Judgmental adults succeeded in
convincing them that there are irrevocable rules which state what you can
say or not say, which order you never to be late, not to drink or smoke, to
hate the enemies assigned to you, never to masturbate, to disregard all
religions except the one you were born into, to dismiss those who appear
different from you, never to get divorced, and so on. At some point in your
life you adopted  these rules for yourself and made them a lifetime code of
conduct. Yet you also found that it was impossible to live up to all of them
all of the time. Consequently you filled yourself with guilt for not having
lived up to the judgmental code that was imposed upon you. This guilty feeling is something that inhibits your own awakening, and
the only way to escape it is to forgive yourself for everything that you have
done. Once again, the absurdity of the need to forgive surfaces. You really
have nothing to forgive yoursel f for, and yet if you don’t, you still wallow
around in your own guilt. The more you learn the lessons of higher
consciousness and live your life from this perspective, the less inclined you
will be even to think about needing to for give yourself. Look at any and all beliefs that you carry around with you in terms of
how well they serve you in living a life of harmony and purpose. If you
behave in a way that is in violation of those supposedly irrevocable rules,
you have not really done something wrong. You have merely done
something. And it is done. If you are, however, plagued with remorse and
guilt, then judging the action as wrong seems appropriate to prevent its
recurrence. Does it. Probably not. So, instead, learn from it by deciding if it
is something that you want to repeat based upon your values, and thenmove past it. It takes effort to determine if you are still opera ting on the
controls impose d by others. The effort is well worth it if you are not taking
responsibility for your own mind. You are allowed, plain and simple. You
do not need to be forgiven by anyone else, only yourself, and even that is
truly unnecessary once you accept yourself completely. You will know
when you have mastered the art of self-for giveness. When you are no
longer judgmental toward others, you will have forgiven yourself and be on
your path of enlightenment. Releasing judgm ent of another is actually releasing judgment of yourself. Your need to put others into categories defines you, not them. When you
stop doing this, you have forgiven yourself for whatever aspect of yourself
you see in them. The more at ease you are with the behavior of others, even
if you would not act that way yourself, the more you are at ease with
yourself. The more you continue to react with intellectually violent
responses to the conduct of others, the more you know that you have work
to do on self-for giveness. Say to yourself, “I’m allowed. ” Not because I tell you you are, or
because your parents are no longer in charge of you, or because some
authority figure granted you permission, but simply becau se you are
lovingly there for yourself. No guilt, no anger, no self-flagellation over
things that you consider mistakes. A simple understanding that you do not
fail in life, you only produce results, and you have the right to learn and
grow from any results that you produce. The word “failure”  is itself a
judgment, and if you label yourself a failure in any context, you are judging
rather than accepting yourself. Self-acceptance will turn into self-love, and
when you are filled with self-love, that is what you will have to give away. Consequently, the willingness to forgive yourself is the necessary step to
being in harmony with all of the universal principles. It gives you


 On 2_6_•sa my condition
am confined to bed for the last~lve w~~:·doctor has diagnosed the
became serious but God s~ve m~heumatic aetiology, congestive
disease as •Mitral heart dlseasde: d 'tt as •Rheumatic Mitral. f.1 • 8 t another 1 agnose
card1ac a1 ure. u. d' f.1 e• while in your case it had Stenosis with congestive car lac al ur'82 : AUTO-URINE THERAPY
been diagnosed as asthma. "I am writing this because I, too, want to begin a similar
experiment on urine. The physicians have declared my disease as
incurable and I am tired of it. "My dqctors are not permitting me to begin this experiment. I
shall be"highly obliged if you advise me whether I can adopt urine
treatment. I shall not hold you in any way responsible for the
consequences." In reply to this letter, I wrote to him about my experience along
with some instructions. He began the treatment and he felt a gradual
improvement. At the end of August, he had recovered and felt
himself strong and vigorous enough to attend his office daily. It can be said on the basis of a good number of experience that
this treatment can root out the disease completely if followed with
care and confidence. We have formed a habit of passing a lingering
life. Even in disease 1 we are enslaved to the same old harmful habits. The modern doctors and even some Vaidyas allow permissivensess
to the patients in food, drink and other habits during illness and that
encourages loss of self control. Nearly all the ·patients taKmg to this
treatment of some of my instructions. In spite old clear
contra-indications they continued smoking and behaved carelessly
during the urine.tre~tment. Even then, they have benefited to a great
extent. This is the proof of the curing power of urine. I remembered
the words of the Holy Gita -"Fulfilling the duty even to a small
extent, saves one from great danger.i• How much more benefit cou.ld
one obtain if the path of duty is followed in toto? So is the case with
urine therapy. AFTERMATH OF CASES
After Shri Raojibhai's death, the work of urine therapy is well
carried on by Bharat Sevak Samaj (Gujarati Branch). But how his
mantle fell on Dr. Paragjibhai D. Desai of Bulsar is shown in the 4th
Part of this book. Many an individual sought advice on urine therapy
from Bharat Sevak Samaj and from Dr. Paragjibhai. So naturally WEAKNESS OF HEART : 83
there accumulated a number of successf!JI cases. The patients so
treated were sufferers of different diseases. They are classified
disease-wise and are given under each disease at the end under the
caption "Aftermath of Cases". Here are given such few cases of
heart-weakness treated successfully. ·
1. Shri N.C. Chashmawala of Surat was suffering from weakness
of heart for the last six years. His age was forty-three. Upto the age
of thirty, he had experienced no disease. At the age?f t~irty-six, he
suddently felt severe pain starting in the back and bnngmg pressure
on the heart. That made him quite uneasy and weak. He could not
walk a few steps ·without taking rest on the way! Friends and
relatives told him that the pain was due to cold. Doctors could not
cure il. By chance he took brandy for its cure and got some relief for
a while. But after a month, the pain recurred and he had to take
recourseto Euopean doctor. From cardiogram it was found o_ut that
he was really suffering from heart-disease. He ~as ad~i.sed.,a
month's rest. Meanwhile his father's friend showed him RaOJibhai s
book on urine therapy. He started urine therapy by drinking and
rubbing urine. He took only boiled food without condiments and
fruits and milk at night. He used to take sun-bath after rubbing urine. After one month,. he got relief from pain. Even for six months he had
continued drinking urine and stopped its rubbing. He could tak_e
normal food. His digestion has much improved. The members of his
family also began to use urine! His baby of 3 years of age fell down
and became unconscious. By using urine, she was brought to
consciousness and in five minutes began to play! His friend could
get rid of high blood-pressure by urine treatment. 2. Shri Dhir~bhai H. Vakharia, aged fo(ty, is a businessman of
Bulsar. He was suffering from coronary thrombosis for two years and
was not cured by doctors. He took to urine therapy in 1963. He
used to take 8 to 1 0 ounces of urine three times without fast or
rubbing and rested for two months. He has no trouble of heart any
more for the last six years. · 3. Shri Sampatkumar. Sheth, Barri~ter, High Court, Bombay, 84 : AUTO-URINE THERAPY
(Anand Mahal, Babulnath Road, Bombay-7) was suffering from. coronary thrombosis. He slowly took to urine therapy and sought
advice from Dr. Paragjibhai personally by inviting him to his place. Not only could he cure himself by four days' urine fast but became
quite healthy by urinemassage afterwards. He could cure cough and
cold of his son and daughter and two other patients ~y this therapy. 4. Shri Prajna Bhatta of Navagam (Dist. Kheda) had a dilated
heart and suffered from Mitral Stenosis. She used urine living on
simple food. She took urine as well rubMd it. She could cure herself
of the heart trouble and at the same time.got rid of cold and liver
trouble. 5. Shri Ramanlal from Nadiad was suffering from heart trouble for
7 years. He took to urine therapy and cured himself completely. He
has regained so much vigour that he rides a cycle without any strain. He. qecame a firm believer in urine therapy and cured Shri
Gurudatta Shastri of his deafness only by urine! 6. Shri Jethalal Shah from Bombay had the same good experience
of this therapy. He cured himself of his weakness of heart and his
heart now has become strong enough to allow him to work with full
vigour. CHAPTER Ill
HIGH BLOOD-PRESSURE
By the end of May 1958, Shri Anubhai Shah of Ahmedabad,
came to me. He reported about his wife's suffering from· high
blood-pressure. He related : "She is forty-five and has constant
headache with throbbing. She has not been able to sleep well for the
last six months because of agony and is unable to take any food. She
was suffering from simple cold and some times from fever also. The
doctor gave her strong injections against cold. She completed a
course of Streptomycin and other injections also but cold persisted. Her condition went on deteriorating day by day and so I took her to HIGH BLOOD-PRESSURE : 85
an experienced and a highly qualified doctor. He examined her and
was suprised to find out her high blood-pressure. He scolded the
former dodor for not caring to her pressure. Her blood-pressure was
270! And the fight against it started. "They tried their level best to lower the pressure but with ~~
success. so they suggested an operation which wa~ perf?rmed m
vadilal Hospital and some nerves from left and nght s1de were
removed. But blood-pressure could not be brought below 240~ an~
that too was maintained with the aid of medicine, otherw1se 1t
would rise to 260! Other troubles continued as before. "Now 1 come to you after utter disappointment as the dodor
declared the case as hopeless. "Urine therapy gives IT.le a ray of hope that (t may succeed in
bringing down her blood-pressure." Seeing his firm decision, I advised him to see Dr. Pushpen~ra
Bhatta who is taking keen interest in this treatment and_ to acquamt
himSelf with the method of this treatment and asked h1m to foll?w
his instructions and to see that no other medicine, during the penod
of this treatment, was given to t~e patient. By misunderstanding rubbin&4Jf urine on the patinet was started
only on soles. Even this limited application worked wonderfully. After three days' of rubbing,, the tablet.s of medi:ine were_ s~opped. The blood-pressure did not go higher and Shn Anubha1 JO~ful!y
informed about it on the phone. He expressed his new-born fa1th m
the urine treatment and asked for further instructions. Though blood-pressure is a common malady, such a high degree
of blood-pressure is still a rate case. I asked Shri Ranjit~hai, w~o


elief,	fear,	and	prejudice. Blake’s	“mind-forgedmanacles”	create	separation	and	repression	where	none	need	exist. Mind	is	more	collective	than	individual. I	may	say	“my	mind,”	meaning
my	unique	thoughts	and	memories,	but	90%	of	our	thoughts	are	picked	up
from	society	and	its	many	outlets. A	great	many	memories	are	shared,	and	the
very	stuff	of	thought—language—is	a	collective	creation. Therefore	the	rishis
say	that	mind	is	the	first	Kosha	where	wholeness	dominates	over	separation. This	Kosha
brings	us	closer	to	wholeness
	through	shared	beliefs,	social
conditioning,	religion,	received	opinions,	and	common	values. This	Kosha
keeps	us	in	separation
	through	divisive	beliefs	in	politics	and
religion,	prejudice,	“us	versus	them”	thinking,	nationalism,	and	arbitrary
mental	boundaries	made	of	fear	and	hatred. Vigyanmaya	Kosha
	(
ego	and	intellect
)
:
	This	is	the	level	of	identity
dominated	by	“I,	me,	and	mine.”	Society	places	positive	value	on	someone
with	high	ego	drive	and	will	to	succeed,	but	in	spiritual	circles	the	ego’s
reputation	is	low. Spiritual	seekers	often	feel	it	is	their	duty	to	“kill	the	ego”
and	control	its	impulses. However,	if	we	look	at	“I-ness”	without	prejudice
against	the	ego,	this	level	of	the	self	brings	identity	into	being,	not	all	the
external	things	that	ego	drive	makes	us	pursue. Identity	isn’t	a	blank	slate	for	long. It	becomes	filled	with	attachments	and
associations	depending	on	what	we	choose	to	identify	with. Vigyanmaya
Kosha	is	that	level	where	myth	and	archetypes	operate,	giving	us	stories	and
models	to	identify	with. The	gods	play	out	our	primal	desires,	quests,	wars,
and	loves. Ego	also	gives	us	knowledge	about	identity	itself,	what	it	means	to
be	human:	I	cannot	know	who	I	am	without	family	and	society. At	this	level
	consciousness	is	self-centered,	brought	to	a	focus	upon	“I.”
Nothing	is	more	universal,	yet	ego	drives	separate	us	when	one	person’s
desires	clash	with	another’s. To	be	fair,	this	clash	develops	in	the	mind,	not	in
the	ego	itself. When	we	say	ego,	we	usually	mean	the	ego-personality,	which
is	full	of	individual	desires,	dreams,	beliefs,	likes,	and	dislikes. Vigyan	is
closer	to	unity	than	that. At	this	level	wholeness	dominates	over	separation,	as
can	be	seen	from	the	world’s	shared	archetypes	and	myths. This	Kosha
brings	us	closer	to	wholeness
	through	a	sense	of	one
humanity,	heroic	quests	and	mythic	exploits,	and	the	need	for	self-respect,
dignity,	and	inner	worth. This	Kosha
keeps	us	in	separation
	through	personal	alienation,	separation
anxiety,	loneliness,	and	repressed	emotions	that	give	rise	to	shame	and	guilt. Anandamaya	Kosha
	(
body	of	bliss
)
:
	To	the	rishis	bliss	was	more	than	a
feeling	of	ecstasy. It	was	the	basic	vibration,	or	hum,	of	the	universe,	the
ground	state	from	which	all	diversity	springs. It’s	possible	to
imagine
	an
afterlife	where	one	no	longer	has	a	body,	where	there	is	no	need	for	breath,where	the	mind	doesn’t	process	data	anymore. But	there	must	be	a	faint	sense
of	both	ego	and	bliss. Ego	says,	“This	is	happening	to	me.”	Bliss	says,	“I	feel
the	spark	of	creation.”	Ananda	is	the	possibility	for	creation	to	manifest,	and
as	long	as	you	inhabit	the	body	of	bliss,	bliss	is	an	intense,	dynamic
experience	and	not	just	a	potential. At	this	level
	consciousness	is	the	joy	of	being. Instead	of	focusing	on
anything	in	the	external	world,	our	attention	comes	to	rest	on	the	numinous
presence	that	has	been	described	as	a	golden	light	suffusing	every	particle	of
Nature. In	bliss	you	perceive	that	separation	is	only	a	thin	veil. Behind	the
veil	shines	the	light	of	pure	consciousness. Devotional	practices	that	increase
a	person’s	sense	of	joy	can	reach	as	deep	as	the	level	of	ecstasy. But	bliss
itself	is	far	from	the	feeling	of	happiness	or	even	joy,	though	in	diluted	form	it
can	be	experienced	as	both. It	is	the	vibratory	connection	that	allows	pure
consciousness	to	enter	into	creation. This	Kosha
reveals	wholeness	so	entirely
—through	love,	joy,	and	ecstasy
—that	separation	no	longer	holds	any	attraction. One	could	say	that
Anandamaya	Kosha	is	pure	Being	mixed	with	just	a	touch	of	individuality,
just	enough	to	allow	someone	to	live	in	physical	form,	and	whatever	form	the
afterlife	takes. Without	this	gossamer	sheath	you	would	dissolve	into	Being
and	become	bliss	itself,	without	an	experiencer. It’s	not	difficult	to	see	yourself	in	multidimensions	once	the	Koshas	are
described. The
physical	dimension
	contains	action. You	live	here	whenever	you	see
yourself	as	a	body	separate	in	time	and	space. The
Pranic	dimension
	connects	you	to	other	living	things. You	live	here
when	you	see	yourself	as	part	of	the	web	of	life,	a	creature	of	Nature. The
mental	dimension
	organizes	reality	through	thought. You	live	here
when	you	see	yourself	as	the	sum	of	your	thoughts,	desires,	wishes,	dreams,
and	fears. The
ego	dimension
	defines	your	unique	identity. You	live	here	when	you
see	yourself	in	terms	of	“I,	me,	and	mine.”
The
dimension	of	bliss
	holds	out	ultimate	fulfillment	through	love	and
joy. You	live	here	when	you	see	yourself	blending	into	everything	through	the
power	of	love,	or	when	you	have	no	other	sensation	than	ecstasy. Making	these	dimensions	more	familiar	doesn’t	automatically	bring	them
together,	however. Each	Kosha,	as	we	saw,	can	pull	you	closer	to	wholeness
or	increase	your	tendency	to	remain	separate	and	isolated. The	rishis
considered	wholeness	to	be	the	only	reality,	compared	to	which	every
experience	in	separation	is	a	dream. The	goal	of	life	is	to	find	unity,	or	Yoga,
and	this	can	be	accomplished,	they	said,	by	focusing	on	each	Kosha. Physical	body:
	Yoga	uses	physical	postures	(called
Asanas
)	that	combinebalance,	strength,	and	body	awareness	to	bring	us	to	physical	consciousness. Pranic	body:
	Yoga	uses	exercises	in	soft,	self-aware	breathing
(
Pranayama
)	to	bring	us	to	consciousness	of	the	flow	of	Prana. Mental	body:
	Yoga	uses	the	whole	field	of	discrimination	(
Viveka
)	to
bring	us	to	consciousness	of	how	the	mind	works. Manomaya	Kosha	is
therefore	the	level	of	evolution	in	consciousness,	both	for	you	and	me	and	for
human	beings	as	a	whole. We	carve	out	individual	niches	in	collective
consciousness,	and	as	a	wave	of	evolution	passes	through	humanity,	each	of
us	can	decide	to


 these are toxic, because they’ll prove themselves right. They’ll
have every possible side ef fect and then say, “Look what this has done to
me. I shouldn’ t have listened to you.” Or they’ll resist more directly by
simply flushing their medicine down the toilet. One ECaP  member ’s
oncologist gave her a certain drug regimen with instructions to take one pill
each day for a week, but without telling her there were only five pills in the
package. She later called her oncologist to say that she was vomiting and
didn’ t have enough pills for the full seven days. He told her, “We’ll adjust
the dose, but in two years you’re the first patient who has ever called to
complain about not having enough pills.” Apparently many of the others
had just thrown them away when they started vomiting. Dr. Alexandra
Levine found that 60 percent of patients in a survey she conducted had no
trace of medication in their blood samples. Yet chemotherapy statistics are
based on the assumption that all patients take their drugs. Many oncologists
now insist that patients take the pills under supervision, but an open,
trusting relationship would be better. In my opinion, about three-fourths of the side ef fects of radiation and
chemotherapy result from patients’  negative beliefs, fostered by a
destructive kind of hypnosis on the part of the physician. Most doctors say
something like “All these bad things can happen to you, and if you’re lucky
something good might happen.” No good hypnotherapist would ever write a
protocol like those usually given to cancer patients. All the things that are
going to go wrong are listed first, so everybody is put into a “no” mode. By
the time you get to the bottom of the page, where it suggests that good
things may happen, you continue to say, “No, no, no.”
Nobody’ s going to sue a doctor for accenting the positive, and the
physician doesn’ t have to make any guarantees. All that’ s necessary is to
change the emphasis: “A  lot of good things can happen because of this
treatment. It is possible the following adverse ef fects may occur, but I don’ t
expect them.” That way, patients will be saying, “Y es, yes, yes,” and then at
the bottom of the page they’ll be convinced they’re unlikely to have any of
the following side ef fects. Patients should also be reminded that normal
cells can recover from the strong medicines better than weak, sensitive
cancer cells. The experience of one of our group members, a physician named
Martin, illustrates this point perfectly. Before he went for chemotherapy, wetalked about the power of expectation in determining one’ s reactions. Martin’ s oncologist’ s nurse told him to take his antinausea pill at 8 P.M., the
chemotherapy pills at 9 P.M., and another antinausea pill at 10 P.M. Then the
patient was directed to spread newspapers across his bedroom rug in case
he couldn’ t make it to the bathroom in time, and have a bucket near the bed
with some water in it so the vomit wouldn’ t stick to the pail. The
instructions so unnerved him that it took him an extra two hours to start
taking the pills. Then, remembering our talk, Martin kept reminding himself
to think of the good things that could happen instead of the bad. Finally he
took all the medication, fell asleep, and woke up the next morning without
any problems. He said, “If we had not talked I couldn’ t have done it.”
Negative programming is one reason why a fourth of all chemotherapy
patients start throwing up befor e they get to their next treatment. In England
a group of men were given saline and told it was chemotherapy, 30 percent
had their hair fall out. Behavioral scientists have shown that the techniques
used to conquer phobias can eliminate this anticipatory nausea, but they are
usually not needed when chemotherapy is given in a sharing doctor -patient
relationship, along with imagery training and attention to the patient’ s
emotional problems. Patients can also take a portable tape recorder to bring
music or positive messages with them to the doctor ’s office, creating a
controlled environment to help themselves through the therapy. A woman
named Estelle was sent to me because of the incredible side ef fects she was
having. When I asked her to draw her treatment, she drew the devil giving
her poison. She had been hiding the way she really felt about her doctor and
treatment, but we were able to clarify the problem, restore control to her,
not the family, and alter her relationship with her doctor, allowing her to go
back to treatment. When I can see patients before therapy and help them with the decision,
they have far fewer problems with treatment than other patients. Then
marijuana or anti-emetic drugs are unnecessary. Marie, one of our patients,
was told that she would have nausea. She said she wouldn’ t but the doctor
and staf f insisted she take some Compazine home with her. She said, “I
went home, and about an hour or two later I belched and thought, ‘Oops,
it’s probably going to start.’” So she went to the drawer, took out a pill,
swallowed it, and immediately felt better. A few hours later she belched
again and yelled to her daughter, “Would you please get me my Compazine
pill from the dresser?”After about fifteen minutes, her daughter said, “Mom, I can’t find any
Compazine pills here. There’ s Coumadin.” Marie had seen a pill with a
large C on it, presumed it was a Compazine, swallowed it, and immediately
felt well anyway. Coumadin is an anticoagulant but worked for Marie as a
wonderful placebo. Then she realized she’d been doing a mind job on
herself. They’d been talking her into nausea, but she didn’ t need either the
side ef fect or the pill. I remember a woman named Lillian, who at first couldn’ t even sit in our
group’ s circle. “I’m not used to sharing these kinds of things with people,”
she said. Eventually she not only joined the circle but went on TV with me
and several other patients. One of Lillian’ s biggest problems had been
chemotherapy side ef fects. She got sick on the way to the doctor and used
marijuana to partially counteract the nausea. After our counseling, she
talked over the problem with her doctor. Then one day in the group she
asked, “Who knows when I received my chemotherapy?” No one did. “I got
it forty-five minutes ago,” she exulted, “and here I am feeling fine.”
Another patient, Maxine, came to me after a recurrence of breast cancer. After excising a nodule in her armpit, I suggested radiation and
chemotherapy. Maxine ran a health-food store and had not taken a pill in
seventeen years, so she didn’ t think she could accept my suggestion. She’d
heard of all the side ef fects and all her friends told her what a terrible time
she would have. I explained that these treatments can help, with tolerable or nonexistent
side ef fects, if one believes in them and sees treatment as ener gy. I told her
about a similar patient who, when her oncologist started to outline all the
adverse reactions, interrupted, “Oh, I won’ t have any. You for get who my
surgeon is.” One week of constipation was the sum total of her
chemotherapy side ef fects, and during treatment she worked her normal
schedule as a teacher. I tried to get Maxine to think of both forms of therapy as ener gy that the
body could use to heal itself. She said she could visualize x-ray treatment
that way, and she had an excellent response to it. Later she came to see
chemotherapy as ener gy, too, with further positive results. She continued to
run her store and take care of her children. Her dreams during therapy
reflected her conflict. She dreamed of a gardener and cleaning woman, who
worked with natural materials but also used chemical fertilizers and caustic
cleaning agents. By confronting her fears in discussion, however, she wasable to accept the therapy and let it work for her. All her friends warned her
about the poisons she was using, but her improving health surprised them
and changed their beliefs. Sometimes a surprisingly simple act can change the conditioning. One
ECaP  member always used to throw up immediately after her
chemotherapy. Her husband would always have a bag ready for her to throw
up in as she got into the car. But one day she opened the bag and found a
dozen roses. She never threw up after chemotherapy again. EFFECTIVE BELIEFS
Beliefs shape the power of the treatment as well as the seriousness of its
side ef fects. Radiation can be a killer ray or a golden beam of healing
energy. Since chemotherapy attacks primarily cells with a fast metabolic
rate, such as those in tumors and hair follicles, loss of hair can and should
be interpreted as evidence that the medicine is working. For those who
don’t want to lose their hair an ice cap or similar visualization technique
can work. They have to remember that they will not have this sign as a
therapeutic ef fect. One nurse believed so strongly in her treatments that she
called herself


�e rhizome (root part) – 100 grams is cooked well by adding 50 grams of
jaggery. en it is made into ne paste. To this paste, a teaspoon of ghee is added and constantly stirred in mild
intensity of heat till we get semisolid consistency (paste). Later it is taken out
of the re and on self cooling little honey is added and mixed thoroughly. is can be kept for 2–3 months.5–10 Grams of this linctus is taken along with food daily (similar to a fruit
jam). is is a very good nutritive and rejuvenator and anti ageing. is is
eﬀective in non specic leucorrhoea cases. Banana Leaf Remedy for Morning Sickness
e mature leaf is taken and burnt in open air to obtain the ash. is ash is mixed with honey in equal proportions. Half a teaspoon of this is
given to lick to the pregnant mother. is reduces morning sickness and
hiccup caused in old age. Banana Tender Leaf Remedy for Gastritis
Ghee is smeared over the tender leaf and warm food is served over this. Before
completely cooling down, the served food is consumed. is helps to pacify
the gastric irrita tion caused in the patients of gastric and duodenal ulcer. Feel the pleasure of tradition, age old practices and its health benets. Science and rationality exists among all these traditional practices. Only
thing lacking is, appreciation and nding the mode of action with modern
pharmacological methods.149. Buttermilk Home
Remedy for Hemorrhoids
Y
Hemorrhoids being a recurrent problem, Ayurvedic home remedies are often
supplemented along with oral medicines in Ayurvedic treatment. Buttermilk is
used with herbs to prepare home remedy for hemorrhoids. Buttermilk is
advised as a regular diet ingredient for people with piles. Let us learn an
Ayurveda home remedy for this painful condition. Buttermilk for Piles
As per Charaka Samhita text book, for haemorrhoids with Vata and Shleshma
(=Kapha) dominance, where there is pain, itching and mucous discharge, there
is no other better medicine than buttermilk. Home Remedy for Hemorrhoids
For this home remedy, we are using buttermilk – 100 ml and an herb called as
Chitraka (leadwort – Plumbago zeylanica). Original home remedy states – take a paste of chitraka and smear it over the
inner surface of a mud pot. Keep buttermilk in this pot, overnight and next
day, use such buttermilk. We are tweaking this home remedy a little. We are taking 2–3 pinches of
coarse powder of chitraka and add it to 100 ml of buttermilk, keep it for 2–3
hours, then ltered. Alternately, curds can be used in place of buttermilk in this home remedy. How to Take?10 ml of this buttermilk can be taken one or two times a day, after food. is can be used in place of normal buttermilk in diet. Contra – Indication
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        is can be practiced  for 2–3 months period, daily or else after one
month it can be taken once in two days or three days. Even the people who are on anti epileptic treatment can also
consume this for added benets; it helps to overcome the untoward
eﬀects of such drugs also. Burning Chest – roat and in Extremities –
Ash gourd is cooked well and on maceration, juice (decoction) is
obtained. To this 5 grams of organic jaggery (or sugar candy) and a
pinch of cardamom are added and mixed thoroughly. is is consumed
(100 ml) twice daily, preferably during day time. Urinary Calculi and Burning Urination (Seed Recipe) –
50–60 ash gourd seeds are obtained and dehusked (it is not mandatory
to dehusk). To this sweet butter milk (200 ml) is added and churned
well. Equal amount of water is added and given to drink. is can be
given twice daily. 5–6 days medication with this home remedy shows signicant
benets in the above said complaints. Also good appetite, taste in the
food are achieved and pre-existing bloating of abdomen if any also
relieved. Mastitis and Lymphadenitis (Flower Recipe) –In this condition, 5–6 owers of ash gourd are collected and ne paste
is made. To this turmeric and tamarind leaves (say 5 grams each) are
added and pounded well (some add fried asafoetida also, which I
usually do not advice as it may cause burning sensation in few of the
individuals). Hence obtained ne paste is applied over the aﬀected area. 3–4 days medication gives good result. 124. Barley Home
Remedies: Bloating, Joint
Pain, Diarrhoea
By Dr. M. S. Krishnamurthy MD (Ayu), Ph. D. Y
Barley has cooling eﬀect. Its Sanskrit name is Yava. Whole plant is used as
cattle feed as well. Botanical name Hordeum vulgare Linn
It is usually cultivated in Uttar Pradesh. In Punjab, Odisha and Bihar also
this is found in large amounts. e barley has a major contribution in food Industries; especially for the
preparation of malt and starch it is used. It is used to prepare the Roti and
Chapati by mixing with wheat our. In specic parts of the Indian states like Punjab and Odisha its husk is
removed and pearl barley is prepared. is is believed to be royal food in some
of the families. e millets of Barley contains approximately 70% of carbohydrates, 10%
protein and 1–2% of minerals. e barley grains are easy for digestion and are good to retain the urine in
the urinary bladder. 1. 2. 3. 4. Barley is sweet mixed astringent in taste, cold in potency, soft-dry and
lipolysing (liquefaction of the fat) in nature. Hence it is useful in obesity, ulcers
and vatic disorders. e drug in its raw form is considered to be good for skin
and throat disorders. In rhinitis, cold, cough, stiﬀness of the body etc also it is
equally benecial. Few of its simple and eﬀective recipes are explained here below –
Fried Barley Gruel for Indigestion and Diarrhoea
Good variety of barley is taken and fried a little. is is cooked well
and gruel is made. In cases of severe diarrhoea, mere supernatant part
of the gruel is administered by adding little salt. Or else whole gruel is
given after macerating it well. is serves as a nutrient and coolant. Barley Water for Distension of Abdomen and Gastric Regurgitation
and Bloating of Abdomen
De-husked barley is taken and cooked well with water. To this little salt
or soda carb and lemon juice (or ginger powder) are added and mixed
well. is is administered in the dose of 50–80 twice daily. is relieves
gastric disturbances and distension of abdomen. Butter Milk or Curd Cooked Barley for Repeated Gastric
Disturbances and Regurgitation
A stful oﬀ barley, 200 ml of buttermilk or 100 ml of curd and 200 ml
of water are taken and cooked well or else cooked barley is added to the
butter milk or curd and boiled a little. As per ones taste and need, salt
or pepper powder can be added. is is served along with food. It helps
to relieve the gastric disturbances and regurgitation. Fine Paste of Barley for Muscular Pain and Joint Pain:
De-husked barley powder is taken and dough is made by mixing with
lemon juice or sour butter milk. is is warmed a little and appliedover the area of the muscular pains (deep) and joints. is reduces the
pain in 3–4 days’ duration. Barley water is considered to be a common man’s cheap and
delicious gruel. It gives strength and keeps him cool. Also, as it is easily
digestible it is indicated in most of the ill-health conditions. ere is a
need to popularize such millets and grains with its appropriate health
benets. In future, organically cultivated barley will have big market
worldwide.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the recommended frequency of consumption for the ash gourd remedy?,
A: It is recommended


 vitamins and minerals it has need of. Organically grown food, if obtainable, is normally of superior
quality, unfortunately it is all too often unobtainable. It would be a
mistake to become a fanatic about the quality of food we are obliged
to purchase at markets. To those whose awareness on this subject run
too deeply, it would seem to me that perhaps it would be wise to
move to the country where you can grow your own food. It is primarily
with this thought in mind that I wrote the book BACK TO THE LAND
For Self-Preservation. Generally speaking, if you are not able to buy exactly the food
you want, then as long as it is necessary to do so, take the best of what
IS available. Just be sure that you pick the freshest and best quality you see,
and this applies to whether you are buying your vegetables for Salads
or making your Juices. 2 WHAT'S MISSING IN YOUR BODY? I know that if I do not drink a sufficient quantity of fresh-raw
vegetable juices, then as likely as not, my full quota of nourishment-
ENZYMES is missing from my body. How about you? You, and you alone are responsible for the result of how you
nourish your body. The LIFE in your food is what counts. Your body is composed of billions of microscopic cells. Your very
existence depends on them. They need nourishment, live, active
nourishment. It depends on you, and on you alone, whether the food
you eat results in nutrition or malnutrition! ENZYMES
The basic key to the efficacy of nourishing your body is the life
which is present in your food and of those intangible elements, known
as enzymes. In other words, the element which enables the body to be nourished
and live, that element which is hidden within the seeds of plants and
in the sprouting and growth of plants is a life principle known as
enzymes. Enzymes have been described as complex substances which
enable us to digest food and to absorb it into our blood. It has also
been claimed that Enzymes digest cancers. In order to perform such
classified operations, Enzymes would require a body of some kind, a
physical or material organism. This they do not have, any more than
electricity with its multitude of phases, such as voltage, amperage,
wattage, etc., does not have substance, but it activates substances of
which it is not an integral part. Thus enzymes are not "substances." Enzymes are an intangible magnetic Cosmic Energy of Life Principle
(not a substance) which is intimately involved in the action and activity
of every atom in the human body, in vegetation, and in every form of
life. Once we get this clearly into our consciousness, we will know
definitely why our food should be intelligently and properly selected,
and why it should be raw, uncooked and unprocessed. We cannot have life and death at the same time, either in
connection with our body, or with vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds. Where there is life, there are enzymes. Enzymes are sensitive to temperatures above 118°F. Above 120°F
enzymes become sluggish, just as the human body becomes languid
3 and relaxed in a hot bath. At 130°F the life of enzymes is extinct. They are dead. Within seeds, enzymes are in a dormant state, and under proper
conditions will remain in a state of suspended animation for hundreds
and thousands of years. As a matter of fact, carcasses of prehistoric animals found in the
northernmost regions of the earth, in Siberia and other glacial regions
where they were instantly frozen by cataclysmic ice formations some
50,000 years ago, have been found to contain enzymes in abundance,
which became active when the flesh was thawed to body temperature. Thus, enzymes can be preserved at any desired low temperature
without loss. Life as LIFE cannot be explained, so we describe enzymes as a
Cosmic Energy Principle or vibration which promotes a chemical
action or change in atoms and molecules, causing a reaction, without
changing, destroying or using up the enzymes themselves in the
process. In other words, enzymes are catalysts and as such they promote
action or change without altering or changing their own status. With this brief explanation, you are better able to appreciate the
value, reason, logic and intelligence of choosing the food with which
you intend to nourish your body, not only food in the raw state, but
also food used and prepared so that it will nourish the cells and tissues
of your body in the most speedy and efficient manner possible. The great Law of Life is replenishment. If we do not eat, we die. Just as surely, if we do not eat the kind of food which will nourish the
body constructively, we not only die prematurely but we suffer along
the way. Our body needs to be supplied daily with the same elements with
which it is composed. Due thought, attention and consideration to
the other two parts of our being, namely our mind and spirit, provides
our total life with complete health. We can eat the finest and most constructive food in creation, but
this will not prevent the disintegration of the body if resentments,
fear, worry, frustration and negative states of mind are permitted to
obsess us. Health is the indisputable foundation for the satisfaction of life. Everything of domestic joy or occupational success must be built
of body wholesomeness and vitality. Nutrition must be vital or organic. Salts and mineral matter must
4 be vitally organic in order that they may be assimilated by the human
body for the rebuilding and regeneration of the body cells and tissues. The rays of the sun send billions of atoms into plant life, activating
the enzymes and by this force they change inorganic elements into
organic or life-containing elements for food. Thanks to Scientific Research, we are now able to analyze and
know exactly the elements which foods carry, and to harmonize them
in the body according to its needs. Our body is made up of many atomic elements. The principal
ones are:
Oxygen Calcium Sodium Chlorine
Carbon Phosphorus Magnesium Fluorine
Hydrogen Potassium Iron Silicon
Nitrogen Sulphur Iodine Manganese
Except for accidents, all the repair and regeneration of our body
must come from within. The body is out of balance when the blood
stream, cells, tissues, organs, glands and the rest of the body do not
contain these elements in proper proportion or are deficient. The result
is a condition that is just plain poisonous. It is called toxemia. In order to regain and maintain the proper balance of health, most
of the food we eat must contain live, vital, organic elements. These
elements are found in fresh-raw vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds. Oxygen is one of the most essential elements. As soon as food is
cooked, its oxygen is lost. The enzymes are destroyed at 130°F, and
most of the vital force needed for nourishment is dissipated. The fact that for generations, millions upon millions of people
have lived and are living, who have rarely if ever eaten anything but
cooked foods, does not prove that their being alive is the result of
eating cooked foods. As a matter of fact, they are in a state of decadent
existence which is confirmed by the toxic condition of their bodies. Else, why the overcrowding of inadequate hospital facilities? Why
the millions upon millions of pounds of painkillers sold annually? Why such a high rate of incidence of heart trouble, diabetes, cancer,
emphysema, premature senility and premature deaths? Our Creator developed the human body with an inherent colossal
amount of tolerance. When we eat anything that is "not good" for us
or that is incompatible with our nutritional requirements and balance,
we suffer. We are warned and punished by pain or by cramps, leading
eventually to disease and perhaps to any one or more of the infinite
number of ailments which afflict humanity. *For more complete and instrueiive detai Is regarding these elements, read DIET & SALAD SUGGESTIONS,
by N.W. Walker, D.Sc, Ph.D.. Published by Norwalk Press. 5 Such punishment may not manifest immediately, nor be
immediately apparent, but because of the body's miraculous tolerance
we will be kept waiting for days, perhaps months or maybe years,
before the long-range retribution called for by Nature for the infraction
of her laws, catches up with us. Once we discover the Natural means to regain and to maintain
our Health at a high rate of vibration, we experience the bliss which
results from putting that discovery into daily practice. It seems both
strange and pitiful that so many people will not consider the matter,
but will deliberately continue into inevitable toxemic decadence. Mental and intestinal fortitude coupled with a little study could help
them avoid premature and often painful disintegration. WHY NOT EAT THE VEGETABLES? Without the knowledge of the principles involved in the use of
fresh-raw vegetable and fruit juices, one would naturally ask: "Why
not eat the whole vegetable and fruit instead of extracting the juice
and discarding the fibers?" The answer is simple: solid food requires many hours of digestive
activity before its nourishment is finally available to the cells and
tissues of the body. While the fibers in solid food have virtually no
nourishing value, they do act as an intestinal broom during the
peristaltic activity of the intestines, hence the need to eat raw foods


 foot-roller technique 164
 foot self-help sequences 121
 foot sequences 90, 91
 golf-ball technique 171, 173, 177, 256
 hand self-help sequences 161
 hand sequences 132, 133
 high cholesterol 255
 maps 26, 27, 31, 264, 337
 low arches 312
low blood pressure 260, 263
low blood sugar 251, 271
lower back reflex areas children 212
 fibromyalgia 257
 fluid retention 239
 foot maps 26, 27, 28, 29, 272, 340
 foot-roller technique 165
 foot self-help sequences 114, 115, 116,
  117, 120
 foot sequences 95, 98, 99, 105, 106
 golf-ball technique 167, 173, 177
 hand maps 30, 31, 32, 33, 272, 340
 hand self-help sequences 156, 157, 160
 hand sequences 136, 137, 140
 lower backache 240
 musculoskeletal system 272, 274, 275
 swollen feet 301
lower backache, pregnant women 240
lung-press children 209 foot relaxer workouts 300
 foot sequences 85, 87, 89, 91, 99, 101,
  102, 103, 105, 106, 107
 mini-sessions 195, 199
 stress 224
 technique 81
lung reflex areas angina pectoris 263
 asthma 250, 280, 283
 babies 203, 206
 bronchitis 250, 280, 283
 children 211
 foot maps 26, 27, 28, 29, 280, 335
 foot-roller technique 163
 foot self-help sequences 111, 116, 117, 120
 foot sequences 88, 89, 98, 99, 104, 107
 golf-ball technique 172, 177, 283
 hand maps 30, 31, 32, 33, 280, 335
 hand self-help sequences 150, 151, 156,
  157, 159, 160
 hand sequences 130, 131, 136, 137, 139,
  140, 141
 respiratory system 250, 280, 281, 282
lymph glands reflex areas arthritis 223
 children 213
 fluid retention 239
 foot self-help sequences 116, 117, 120
 foot sequences 98, 99, 106
 hand self-help sequences 157, 161
 hand sequences 136, 137, 140
 maps 28, 29, 32, 33, 343
 swollen feet 301
lymphatic drainage 232, 239, 301, 308
lymphatic system 193
Maps & charts 18, 20
 body system charts see specific body
  systems (eg cardiovascular system)
 feet 23, 26-9, 35
 hands 24, 30-3
 zones & referral areas 22-4
men 55, 242-7, 284
menopause 55, 184, 237menstrual problems & PMS 51, 55, 221,
 236, 285
mid-back reflex areas 28, 105, 114, 115,   121, 164, 167, 212
mid-foot-mover 82, 93, 95, 97, 105, 107
migraine 54, 252, 253
mini-sessions 183-5
 see also  specific mini-sessions (eg
 comforting mini-sessions)
multiple finger grip 281, 308
multiple sclerosis 54, 279
musculoskeletal system 272-5
Nail-buffing
 golf-ball self-help sequence 177
 hand relaxer workouts 325
 self-help sequences 146, 155, 159, 161
 stimulating hair growth 247 technique 144
nails 69, 175, 177
 see also  nail-buffing
neck
 base of neck lateral marker 22, 23, 24
 neck pain 189
 neck strain 64
neck reflex areas Bell’s palsy 278
 bunions 46
 depression 219
 foot maps 26, 27, 28, 29, 272, 334
 foot self-help sequences 108, 109, 114,
  115, 116, 117, 121
 foot sequences 84, 85, 95, 96, 97, 102,
  103, 106, 107
 golf-ball technique 166, 170, 174, 176, 177
 hand maps 30, 31, 32, 33, 272, 334
 hand self-help sequences 146, 147, 154,
  155, 159, 161
 hand sequences 126, 127, 134, 135, 138,
  139, 140
 headaches & head pain 189, 252, 253
 musculoskeletal system 272, 274, 275
 skeletal reflex areas 35
 sore throat 259
texting thumb 220
nervous system 193, 276-9
Ovary/testicle reflex areas
 children 213
 endocrine system 268, 269, 270
 foot maps 29, 268, 284, 340
 foot-roller technique 165
 foot self-help sequences 118, 119, 121
 foot sequences 100, 101, 107
 hand maps 32, 33, 268, 284, 340
 hand self-help sequences 156, 157, 161
 hand sequences 136, 137, 140
 impotence 246
 infertility 234, 235
 menopause 237
 pregnant women 241
 puberty 217
 reproductive system 284, 285
 Pain 34, 64, 65, 188-9
 see also  specific pains (eg headaches)
palm-counter-mover
 golf-ball self-help sequence 176
 hand relaxer workouts 324
 hand self-help sequences 146, 151, 158,
  160, 161
 relaxation mini-sessions 197
 techniques 125, 145
palm-mover
 golf-ball self-help sequence 176
 hand relaxer workouts 319, 324
 hand self-help sequences 146, 151, 158,
  160, 161
 hand sequences 129, 131, 133, 135, 137,
  139, 141350 INDex relaxation mini-sessions 197
 techniques 124, 145
palm-rocker 125, 131, 135, 140, 141, 318
palms, golf-ball technique 172-3, 176, 177
palsy see Bell’s palsy; cerebral palsy
pancreas reflex areas
 anxiety & depression 191, 219, 254
 babies 204, 206
 children 211, 215
 diabetes & hypoglycemia 251, 271
 digestive system 264
 endocrine system 268, 269, 270
 environmental sensitivity 256
 foot maps 26, 27, 264, 268, 338
 foot self-help sequences 112, 113, 120
 foot sequences 90, 91, 105
 golf-ball technique 171, 176, 256
 hand maps 30, 31, 264, 268, 338
 hand self-help sequences 148, 149, 159
 hand sequences 128, 129, 139
 high cholesterol 255
 pregnant women 241
paraffin baths 69, 233, 308, 326
parathyroid see thyroid/parathyroid glands
reflex areas
parent-child relationships 38, 40-1
Parkinson’s disease 279
pelvis base of pelvis lateral marker 22, 23, 24
 skeletal reflex areas 35
percussion foot problems 311, 312, 313
 foot rejuvenation 291, 293, 307
 foot relaxer workouts 296, 300
 hand rejuvenation 315, 321
 hand relaxer workout 317
 men’s foot flexibility 243
physical awareness 44-5
pinching webbing 227, 254, 262
pituitary gland reflex areas
 babies 203, 205, 207
 children 210, 214
 depression 219
 dizziness 255
 endocrine system 268, 269, 270
 fainting 191
 fever 207
 foot maps 26, 27, 268, 276, 333
 foot self-help sequences 108, 109, 120
 foot sequences 84, 85, 102
 hand maps 30, 31, 268, 276, 333
 hand self-help sequences 146, 147, 159
 hand sequences 126, 127, 138
 heart attack 263
 nervous system 276
 pregnant women 241
 pressure receptors 19
 puberty 217
 revival reflex 10
plantar fascitis 311
PMS & menstrual problems 51, 55,


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free will to come and go as you please. He will love you if you seek arelationship with him, and he’ll love you if you don’ t. Y ou have  been given
a choice. But he’ll love you all the same. T oo ofte n we set limits on love. W e say things such as “I’ve opened my
heart too  much”  or “I’ve given too much, and look where it’ s gotten me.”
Remember, every time you think of reasons not to open your h eart to love,
that is your ego getting in the way again. P RACTICING  C OMP ASSION
Merriam-W ebster defines compassion  as a “sympathetic consciousness of
others’ d istress t ogether with a d esire to alleviate it.” While the third chakra
ego is much concerned with “me,” “mine,” and “Where am I going?” the
fourth chakra spiritual essence revolves around the suf fering o f the world
and how to end it. When your heart is moved by a touching story and you
feel empathy for another, you’re  practicing compassion. When you reach in
your poc ket to give a dollar to a homeless person, you’re allowi ng the spirit
of com passion to enter your heart. Some people are naturally
compassionate, while others aren’ t. I believe that compassio n can be a
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        W e were a fiery people who stood up
against the status quo. Our ancestors rebelled against oppressive
governments and monarchies an d religious persecution. Many immigrants
today were strong enough to es cape the strongholds of political corruption
or chaos and sought freedom in a better land. As a society, we are driven. The United States was built on the gifts, talents, and inner drive of all
who came here to create a bett er life. Y et this burning desire didn’ t come
without cost. The decimation of the American Indian population, their
culture, and their land has created a karmic debt that needs to be repaid. If
you look today at the greed th at is driving the depletion of the earth’ s
natural resourc es, and the rewards given for more competition and
accumulation of material items, you can see how the fire element’ s
transformative ef fects can consume us. This driv e has taken its toll. Am erican people are among the sic kest and
most addicted in the world. U nless we rebalance the scales, the United
States ca nnot mo ve forward with positive power to make the world a better
place. Other modern societies are certainly suf fering similar consequences of
inner fir e power  gone wild. They too will need to face the fact that shifting
toward more balance is the only way to survive. Men W orking the Third Chakra
Mother Nature gave men natural yang and third chakra ener gy. T raditionally throughout time, men were hunters, gatherers, protectors of
family, warriors, and leaders. W omen, with natural yin ener gy, were
nurturers, caretakers, homemakers, healers, and creators. Men were admiredin tr ibes and anc ient societies as protectors and heroes. This gave their egos
the much-needed boost to continue the job of going out into the wilderness,
putting their lives in danger, and fighting to protect what was theirs. Modern society, for the most part, has taken away this role, leaving men
lost and confuse d. I’ve talked to many young men and even old er men who
say they can’ t figure out their role in family life and in romantic
partnership. Their inner drive says to be the head of the house, the
breadwinner, the protector, and the chivalrous knight. But the women in
their lives seem to be domi neering, headstrong, and inconsistent in
articulating their desires. W ith two-income households, the gift men
traditionally pro vided through monetary contribution is no longer seen as
special. As women become physically stronger through kickboxing, weight
training, or other intense workouts, men have lost their role as protector. Artificial insemination has even made men insignificant in parenthood. Indeterminate guidelines have diminished men’ s roles in society. Like
women who have moved into a more masculine role, men have to figure out
how to honor their true nature while keeping in mind the expectations of
modern life. Balanced third chakra ener gy is about honoring who you truly a re. Men,
as w ell as women, can’ t be afraid to express who they are insid e. Denial is
dangerous. As a forty-six-year -old woman who has raised two boys while
living married, unmarried, and dating, I want to encourage my male
readers: be proud of your masculinity and what that means to you. People
will respect you more when you  stand in your personal power. If you want
to pay for dates, open doors, an d carry groceries, do it. If you want to stay
at home with the kids while your spouse goes to work, own it. And if you’re
happy being the breadwinner and protector, find a partner who honors that. In o ther words, don’ t change who you are because society has c hanged. W e
need mo re men who are willing  to stand in their truth and be the men they
want to be. Living Life in the Manipura Chakra
People who are stuck in the th ird chakra may be accused of being ego-
centered. A child who passes through this stage is absorbed with “me” and
“mine. ” If you try to take her toy, she will grab it back and s ay, “Mine. ”The child is try ing to define herself as separate from her parents and
caretakers. Adults with this mind-set believe they’re the center of the
universe. They’re the sun and everyone else revolves around them. For
better an d for worse, they take everything personally. They sh ine brightly
because they attempt to impres s others. However, if you get on their bad
side, the y will burn you, like the heat of the sun. They begin and end their
conversations with the word I, as they like to talk about themselves. Another subgroup that naturally  seems to embody third chakra ener gy is
adolescents. They’re absorbed with fashion and physical appearance and
fascinated with pop icons and T V celebrities. They become self-conscious
if th ey don’ t have the right clothes, and they can feel judged b y peers for
not fitting in. Those who live from this state of consciousness base their happ iness on
others’ r eactions and their own p opularity. They crave ap proval f rom others
and go to great lengths to get it. However, if you don’ t approve  of them or
give them accolades, they will e ither fall into depression or become critical
of you for not seeing them as great. Third c hakra people may be labeled as workaholics or type A
personalities because they alway s seem to be chasing an unattainable goal. The goa l may be status, money, recognition, or fame. Y et when they attain
it, d issatisfaction arises because  they always seem to want more to quench
the thirst for approval and acknowledgment. Recognizing Third Chakra Imbalances
The ego  is a par t of us. It represents our sense of self in this world. In many
Eastern philosophies and even in W estern psychology, the ego is seen as
something bad. A yurveda, however, sees the ego as an integral part of who
we a re. I subscr ibe to the A yurv edic theory, and it’ s something I’ve taught
in my meditation courses for many years. Y oga ph ilosophy teaches that we have layers to our existence. W e have
three macro layers: the physical body, the subtle body, and the causal body. Each of these m acro layers is ma de up of micro layers. The physical body is
composed of the environment, the body, and the ener gy body, which
includes the chakras. The subtle body is composed of the mind, the
intellect, and the ego. The causal body includes the individu al soul, thecollective soul, and the universal soul. All these layers are absolutely
necessary to make up who we are as people. No one layer is more important
than another. If th ese somewhat esoteric layer s are dif ficult for you to grasp, think of
your life  and the roles you play. As a woman, you might play the roles of
daughter, sister, mother, or wife. Y ou might play the role of som eone who
works, goes shopping, gives adv ice to a friend, and has hobbies. As a man,
you mig ht be a s on, father, brother, or husband. Y ou might be so meone who
programs computers, plays spor ts, volunteers for a charity, or plays video
games. A ll these  roles are integral parts of who you are as a pe rson. While
one role  might take precedence  over another at any given moment in your
life, no single role can eclipse all the others. Many pe ople co me to a spiritua l practice, such as yoga