 to show the value of raw foods in the treatment of this disease.
   Other physicians and scientists who have studied the raw
diet in relation to therapeutic uses are D. C. Hare, J. F.
Kinderheilk, W. Heupe, I. Kanai, and M. Kuratsune. Dr.
Hare, of the Royal Free Hospita l in England, placed arthritic
patients on an exclusive raw diet for two weeks followed by a
predominantly raw diet for several weeks. Most of the
patients began to feel better within one to four weeks, with marked im
provement continuin g thereafter. Kinderheilk found the raw diet to be of value in avitaminosis, nephritis,
diabetes, and chronic constipation. In cases of cardiac disease
he noted that it promoted the excretion of superfluous water
and was thus helpful to the patients. Dr. Heupe, working at the University Medical Polyclinic in Frankfurt, reported the
diet to aid in the treatment of  diarrhea of children, in heart
and kidney diseases, and in obesity and diabetes. Kanai, of
the University of Berlin, studied the effect of raw and cooked
vegetarian diets on the oxidation of the body. He noted that oxidation was impaired by cooked vegetarian foods. On the
raw diet the urinary output of nitrogen was greater, indicating
better absorption, and the weight increase was better. Dr.
Kuratsune, of Kyushu University, Japan, also tested raw and
cooked vegetarian diets, and reported results were decidedly better on the raw regime. Heated vegetables tended to
produce anemia, which was cured when raw vegetables were
eaten. Other diseases, which had failed to yield to
conventional medical care, responded favorably to the raw diet.
   The sum total of all human experience with raw foods has
thus been remarkably successful. As in the case with animals, the efficiency of physiological function within the body, as
well as the proportion of both infectious and degenerative
diseases, appears to correspond to a large degree with the
relative quantity of raw and cooked foods in the diet. In the
case of raw and heated milk the evidence is especially conclusive, particularly with reference to the growth and bone
and dental development of children. In the clinics and
sanitariums of the world, where a raw food diet has been employed, evidence of the value of all types of raw foods has
been obtained, and the raw diet is found to be of definite
therapeutic value in the treatment of many common diseases.
Its value in this capacity is most pronounced, as it is
associated with no adverse side-effects, which so frequently follow the use of conventional medical treatments.

        7
RAW FOOD IN LIMITATING
CIRCUMSTANCES
AFTER ALL that has been said, it may seem that raw food
constitutes the perfect nutriment of man. But in spite of the very great advantages of raw food, there is the question of
possible disadvantages. Seldom in science is there a principle
or practice which is never contra-indicated under any circumstances. The use of raw food, valuable as it is, does
have its limiting qualifications. It is important that these be
recognized if we are to view  this subject on a strictly
scientific basis.

F
OOD PRESERVATION
   Among other things, cooking is a method of preserving
foods. As such it has played an important and necessary role
in human history. Until recently, the public food supply was often seasonal and uncertain. When food was available, it
could not all be consumed at once in its raw state. Much of
the food had to be preserved for a later day. Drying and salting were two methods of accomplishing this. Cooking was
another. Often all three methods were combined, particularly
as applied to the preservation of meat. Canning, which was
associated with a long cooking process, developed later and
permitted people to keep fruits, vegetables, and meats indefinitely. Cooking was important in helping to preserve
certain foods because it destroyed the enzymes which
otherwise would bring about rapid biological change.
Cooking has thus played an essential role in human history by
stabilizing the food supply, though in the modern world,
where more practical methods  of food preservation are
available, it ceases to be of importance for this purpose.

H
EAT- LABILE POISONS
   Nature is a storehouse of  plant poisons. Through thousands
of years of trial and error, man has identified and avoided
these, selecting the non-poisonous products of nature for use
as human food. Wild animals, in their own way, have done
the same. However, in rare cases the poisons of plant or animal tissue are heat-labile
, and the process of cookin g can render the food available for human nourishment by
destroying such poisons as may be present.
   A number of foods of this type may be given mention. First
is the acorn. This food is found in both sweet and bitter
varieties. The former are satisfactory in their raw state, but
the bitter acorns contain tannin, which is removed by washing acorn meal in hot water or boiling water. Likewise with the
cassava root, the sweet varieties are perfectly innocuous and
may be eaten raw as a table vegetable, but the bitter cassava
root contains poisonous hydrocyanic acid, which must be
dissipated by heat before the root can be used as food. Cottonseed meal contains a toxic pigment, gossypol, which is
destroyed by heat treatment. The little known cynad nuts of
Australia are toxic in their raw state, but through prolonged
soaking and cooking, the poison is removed from the flour of
the nut. Young brakefern shoots are poisonous when raw, but safe for human consumption when cooked. The raw cashew
nut is surrounded by two shells, between which is found a
strong and blistering brown oil which must be dissipated by
heat before the nut can be safely extracted. Untreated raw soy
beans contain a toxic anti-enzyme which tends to block protein digestion and cause some impairment in the growth of
experimental animals. This substance is destroyed by heat or
it can be removed by soaking raw soybeans 24 to 48 hours in
an ice box or refrigerator with three or four changes of water.
The anti-enzyme is washed out into the water, which is then
discarded.
   Animal food can also contain heat-labile poisons. Certain
uncooked fish, including clams, mussels, cockles, shrimp,
lobster, suckers, catfish, bullhead, carp, herring, and
whitefish, contain the enzyme, thiaminase, which destroys part of the B complex vitamin, thiamine, in the gastro-
intestinal tract. For this reason foxes in captivity which are
fed large amount of such fish in the raw state eventually
develop symptoms of thiamine deficiency, and trout have
been observed to suffer when feeding primarily upon carp, which are particularly rich in this enzyme. People in different
parts of the world have consumed clams, mussels, shrimp,
and herring in the raw state, but no obvious signs of
deficiency disease have appeared. Apparently humans can
tolerate some thiaminase in the diet, though as with foxes and trout, excesses are doubtless possible. The troublesome
thiaminase is destroyed by heat, and thus in conditions where
very large quantities of fish containing thiaminase are
consumed, there is some reason for cooking.
   Raw egg white contains the heat-labile substance, avidin,
which tends to destro
y the B com plex vitamin, biotin, in the body. The consumption of very large quantities of pure raw
egg white can lead to symptoms of biotin deficiency, whereas
cooked egg white may be taken without difficulty. The yolk
of the raw egg is rich in biotin, which may counterbalance the effects of avidin and account for the fact that many people
have used whole raw eggs in the diet without experiencing
difficulty. In fact, there have been reports of definite physical
benefit from using whole raw eggs, and the food has been
used successfully in the treatment of tuberculosis, rheumatism, and other diseases. H. T. Parsons found that egg
white injury in rats could be prevented by including brewers
yeast or liver (which are rich in biotin) in the diet, and other
investigators have reported its prevention when the vitamin C
intake was adequate. The presence of avidin in raw egg white does not then indicate that raw eggs can never be used, but it
does indicate that the raw white should not be used alone,
particularly in diets which are rather low in biotin and
vitamin C intake.
   The removal of heat-labile poisons from food through the
application of heat is attended by removal or destruction of
essential nutritive factors. Though cooking may dissipate the poisonous principle, it does not render the foods completely
suitable for human nourishment. The foods become non-
poisonous, it is true, but they are as defective as other cooked
products. If we must use large quantities of foods containing
strong heat-labile poisons which cannot be removed by the water-soaking process, let us apply cooking by all means. But
as long as we already have an adequate supply of healthful
non-poisonous foods, there is no necessity for using those containing the more powerful heat-labile poisons. And the
mild anti-v


recuron
subsequentevenings.Adropintemperature inthe
morningdoesnotmeanthatthefeverispastitspeak.
Itcanriseandfallseveraltimesoverseveraldays
beforefinallyreturningtonormal.
Hallucinations.ndtantrumsinchildrensome-
timesaccompanyhighfevers.Thesearedistressing
butnotdangerous.Keepacloseeyeonyourchildand
seekprofessionalhelpifthesesymptomsdon'tclear
upquicklvwithself-prescribing.
DO
•takethetemperaturewithathermometer foran
accuratereading.Afeverstrip(fortheforehead)is
aroughguideonlyandahandheldonthe
foreheadisnexttouseless.Atemperaturetakenby
tuckingthethermometer tightlyunderthearmpit
willreadafractionlowerthanthattakenunderthe
tongue.Thethermometershouldbeleftunderthe
armpitforatleastfiveminutesratherthanthree
minutesunderthetongue.
•provideacalmenvironment foryourfeverish
patientandbeguidedbytheirneeds.Many
childrenwithahighfeverwillnotwishtoeat.This
isagoodsign:fastingencouragesthebodyfurther
toeliminatetoxicwastesandhelpsitfocuson
recovery.Encourageahungrypatienttotakelight
dishessuchasvegetablesoup,raworstewedfruit
withhoney.Water,lemonandhoneyordiluted
freshfruitjuices,warmedorcoldasdesired,are
besttodrink.Breastmilkisfineforanursingbaby
andisprobablyallthatwillbewanted.
•avoidtea,coffee,chocolate,alcoholandsugaras
theystimulatethesystemwhenitneedstorest.
•encourageafeverishpatienttodrink,atleastsips
ofwateratfrequentintervals.Childrenwhoare
reluctanttodrinkwilloftensuckonawetsponge
orflannel,especially ifthewateriswarm.Ortry
anicecubeorfrozenfruitjuice.
•immerseafeverishbutnotdesperately illchildin
thebathfromtimetotimetobringdownthefever.
Thirstlesschildrenwilloftendrinkthebathwater
asanaddedbonus!
•spongedownifthefevergoesabove103°F/104°F
(40GC)andyourpatientfeelsuncomfortable (hot
andsweaty).Exposeandspongeonelimbatatime
untilitfeelscooltothetouch.Dryandreplaceit
underthecoversbeforegoingontothenextlimb.
Thiswillhelpthetemperaturetodropbyoneor
twodegreesFahrenheitandcanberepeatedas
oftenasnecessary.Spongingthefaceandforehead
alonecanalsogiverelief.
•prescribehomeopathicremedieswherethefeveris
oneofanumberofsymptoms, i.e.wherethe
patientisclearlysufferingfromsay,earacheora
sorethroatandafever.Ifthefirstsymptomtoariseisafeverthenwaitforothersymptomstosurface
beforeprescribing.Containthefever,againif
necessary,byspongingdown(seeabove).
•respondtoyourpatient'sindividualneeds-some
peoplefeelchillywithafeverandcannotbeartobe
uncovered, letalonespongeddown-evenwitha
hightemperature.
•makesurethatyourpatienthasadayortwoon
foodsnutritiousandeasilydigestedoncethefever
hasabatedandtheappetitereturned.
DON'T
•giveahomeopathicremedy,sayAconite,Belladonna
orChamoinilla,atthefirstsignofarisein
temperatureasthiscanconfusetheremedy
picture.Anyattempttointerruptthebody's
self-healingprocessisunwise.
SEEKHELPIF
•ababyundersixmonthsoldhasafever.
•anolderbabyhasafeverofover103.5°F/40°Cthat
doesn'trespondtospongingandhomeopathic
treatmentwithintwenty-fourhours.
•apersonofanyagehasafeverof105°F/40.5°Cor
over.
•thereishistoryofconvulsionsaccompanying
fevers.
•anyonewithafeverisalsorefusingtodrink(is
thirstless)asdehydrationcanoccur,especially if
thefevercontinuesforseveraldayswiththe
patienttakinginorkeepingdown(ifthereisalso
vomiting)onlysmallamountsofliquids.
•thereisalackofreaction(listlessnessand
limpness),whichcanimplythataseriousillness
suchaspneumoniaormeningitishasdeveloped-
seeCauseforConcernpage203.
IFYOUAREWORRIEDGETINTOUCHWITH
YOURDOCTORAND/ORYOURHOMEOPATH
IMMEDIATELY.
Nci'ersuppressafeverinchildrenwithaspirin(or
Disprin)asthishasbeenknowntoleadtodangerous
althoughrare,complications, inparticularReye'sSyn-
drome,whichaffectsthebrainandliver.Symptoms
includesuddenvomitingsometimeaftertheonsetofa
viralinfection,sleepiness,confusion,diarrhoea,and
rapid,shallowbreathing.Calpol(paracetamol)maybe
usedinanemergencybuttherecommendeddose
shouldneverbeexceeded.
Flatulence
Windisoftencausedbyeatingtoomuchofsomething
thatisnottoleratedwell-meat,refinedfoods,alcohol
(especiallybeer),beansorwholegrainsareknown
tocauseflatulence-orbyeatingtoohurriedly.Emo-
tionalstress,especiallyanxiety,andconstipationcan
bothalsocausewind.
DISEASESYOUCANTREATUSINGTHISBOOK Headache •217
DO
•sitdownandrelaxwheneatingandchew
thoroughly;boltingyourfoodontheruncanstress
yourdigestivesystem.
•trytoreduceyourintakeofliquidswithmeals
(drinkmorebetweenmeals).
•avoidfizzydrinkswithmeals.
•cookbeanscarefully(soakovernight,boilfor
twentyminutes,rinsewellandthensimmertill
cooked).
•experimentwithyourdiettoseeifyoucanfindthe
culpritifthereisoneandthencutitoutoreatless
ofit.
•tryaherbteasuchaspeppermintorfenneltoaid
digestion.
Flu
LooktotheappropriatesectionssuchasSorethroat,
CoughandFever,etc.,dependingonwhichparticular
symptomsyouaresufferingfrom.Ifyourfluis
'gastric',i.e.accompaniedbydiarrhoea,colicand/or
vomitingthenyouwillneedtolookupthese(relevant)
sectionsalso.
Usecommonsensemeasurestolookafteryourself
duringaflu.Treatitasabadcoldandtakesometime
offworktosleepandrecharge.
DO
•gotobed.
•drinkextrafluids,hotorcoldasdesired.
DON'T
•gotowork.
FoodpoisoningseeVomitingand
Diarrhoea
Foodpoisoning iscausedbyeatingcontaminated
meat,fishorotherfoodsandIhaveincludedseveral
appropriateremedies.Certainchemicalsandplants
cancausevomitinganddiarrhoea(includingthegreen
partofpotatoes),andpoisoningfromtheserequires
urgentmedicalhelp.Stomach'bugs'whichlookand
feellikefoodpoisoningcanbejustasunpleasant
andwillusuallybeaccompaniedbyafever(food
poisoningfromcontaminationhasnofever).
SEEKHELPIF
•thereiscontinuedabdominalpainandbloodinthe
stools.
•thereisdifficultyfocusing,doublevision,
convulsionsorparalysis.
GermanMeaslesseeChildhood
illnesses
GumBoilseeAbscessesGumsbleeding
Ihaveincludedafewremediesthathavesensitive,
bleedinggumsaspartoftheirpicture.However,a
gooddiethighinfibre(fruit,vegetables,saladand
wholewheatbread)andgooddentalhygieneare
essentialtomaintaininghealthygums.
DO
•seeyourdentistforregularcheck-ups.
•askyourdentistorthehygienisttoshowyouthe
correctwaytobrushyourteeth.
•usedentalflossandbrushregularlyand
conscientiously.
•useamouthwash(seepage28)andmassagethe
gumsgentlyafterbrushing.
•cutoutsugarifpossibleforatime,atleastuntilthe
gumsimprove.
SEEKHELPIF
•yourgumsstillbleedinspiteoftakingtheabove
measuresandyoualsofeelunwellgenerally(pale,
exhausted,poorappetite,swollenglands).
Hairloss
Ihaveincludedsomeremediesforthefirst-aidtreat-
mentofhairlossthatoccurs,mainlyinwomen,after
anacuteillnessorchildbirth. Iftheconditionpersists
thenseekhelpfromaprofessionalhomeopath.
Hayfever
Thepresenceof


.
TWO CASES OF CLEANSING

Let’s examine two cases that exemplify the healing crisis.
Case #1
A thirty-six-year-old female with pancreatic cancer. This was the
degenerative type of cancer that shut her pancreas down. Very little of any
digestive activity was left. When she ate any food, it came out in her stoolsthe same way it was eaten. Her gastrin levels were extremely high. During her
program she had at least forty golf-ball-size tumors “pop” out all over both
legs. The medical doctor told her that her cancer had spread throughout her
body. However, I kept her on a fruit diet and within three weeks or so the leg
tumors were all gone.
A month later she went to the dentist because one of her teeth became
loose. The dentist
told her it was abscessed and pulled it. When she found a
second loose tooth, the dentist again recommended pulling it. Luckily, her
monthly appointment to see me took place before the second tooth extraction.
I told her it was just a symptom of her healing crisis and to be patient.
By the following week her mouth was full of abscesses and most of her
teeth were loose. But a week or so later, all the abscesses were gone. All her
teeth were tight and her mouth felt “clean” and healthier than ever. Her sense
of taste improved dramatically as well. After eleven months there was no
cancer left, and she is alive and well today.
Case #2
A thirty-two-year-old female who had a C3-C4 cervical spine severation from
a head-on collision. She had been immobile for twelve years. Besides the
standard healing (cleansing) processes, she went through some tough
emotional releasing. One night she might call me crying deeply. The next
night she would call me laughing uncontrollably. This emotional release went
on for almost two months. Her caregiver wanted to hang me! However, I
assured him that this was her emotional body cleaning itself out. The car
crash that left her paralyzed in her late teens had also resulted in the death of
the other driver. For twelve years she had held in all the feelings that you can
imagine would be associated with such a situation. To make a long story
short, in eleven months she had total neurological reconnec-tion, with free
and conscious movement of any part of her body, with total feeling. Because
the cleansing had assisted her in removing this deep grief, she also became
more emotionally stable and her healing process was accelerated.
These two cases are among thousands that I have witnessed in my thirty
years as a healer, yet they represent extremes. Some healing crises deserve the
“Wow” factor, as these two did, but most are the “Oh, that was nothing …”
type. Most of you will probably have mild to moderate symptoms at most.
SPECIAL NOTEFor those taking multiple chemical medications, have your healthcare
practitioner help you to wean (or titrate) off of these. The advantages of
leaving these medications behind will become self-evident as your blood
sugars normalize, and your blood pressure drops back to normal. High blood
pressure is obviously a reflection of obstructions in the body and acidosis.
Most people with high blood pressure actually have low blood pressure.
When their bodies are detoxified, their blood pressure will reflect this. Your
systolic rate can drop into the low 100s, 90s or even 80s, depending upon
how weak your adrenal glands are.

No matter what your healing crisis looks like, never lose sight of your
goal: total health. Achieving your goal will be worth the discomfort of any
symptoms.
Never fear a healing crisis or cleansing, as these are as natural as the
sunrise every morning. Look forward to these cleansings. With each one you
will feel better, and you’ll be much healthier for your efforts.
END RESULTS OF A CLEANSING PROCESS

Increased energy—many times more dynamic and dramatic
Deeper breathing (greater lung capacity)
Increased sense of smell, taste, and hearing
Tumor reduction or elimination
Loss of lymphatic swelling
Greater strength in previously weak areas
Increased circulation
Gray hair begins to disappear (goes back to natural color)
The skin begins to tighten and become softer
Clarity in thinking
Improved memory
Disease symptoms disappear
Blood sugars normalize
Blood pressure will normalize
Deeper relationship with God and Nature
Higher sense of happiness, joy and well-being
Skin blemishes (like pimples, rashes, etc.) disappearBowels move better
Improved kidney function
Voice strengthens
Heart arrhythmias disappear
Improved eyesight
Overall sense of well-being and vibrancy comes back
Reversal of the “aging” process
Never get “sick” or “catch” what’s going around
And much, much more.
WHAT TO AVOID DURING A HEALING CRISIS

DEHYDRATION
 — Keep yourself hydrated with fresh mineral water or
freshly juiced fruit and vegetable juices.
OVEREXERTION
 — During a healing crisis try to conserve your energy.
TOO MANY PESTICIDES
 — Pesticides can cause shortness of breath and
“hypo” conditions of the endocrine gland system and nervous system.
PUSHING IT TOO FAR
 — If you need to slow down or stop the cleansing
process temporarily, start eating some cooked foods. Try to make do with the
minimal amount, if possible, like some steamed vegetables or whole grain
rice. This will lower the body’s systemic energy for a time and it will stop the
intense cleansing. As soon as you can, resume the cleansing program.
FEVERS ABOVE
 103° FAHRENHEIT — In adults and children such
fevers should be controlled by cool baths and the like. Children can naturally
have high fevers, especially around 104° and 105°. Keep the child cooled
down with cold washcloths and cool baths. There’s a fine line between
interfering with the body’s effort to clean and heal itself and simply allowing
your body freedom to do as it chooses. However, a slight fever would be no
cause for concern, and require no control. But with higher fevers we want to
carefully monitor the body and control those situations that could cause more
severe side effects. Remember, always keep the body hydrated by drinking
plenty of water or fresh fruit juices. But don’t over-hydrate yourself either.
Balance is key.
IMPATIENCE
 — When you start energizing and alkalizing your body, it
will start to clean itself out. Always remember that the body is doing this
cleansing. You can use herbal formulas to increase the cleaning action ofcongested lymphatic systems, to kill parasites, and to enhance the function of
your organs and glands. However, your body has its own rhythm of healing
and cleansing itself. Be patient.
DON’T OVEREAT
 — Animals generally don’t eat at all when they’re sick.
Your body was designed to heal itself and clean itself out, as God is at work
in all its mechanisms. All you have to do is feed the body properly.
SMART CLEANSING

It is important to be smart in helping your body to detoxify itself. Again,
there can be a fine line between helping or hindering it. Have some common
sense about this whole process of detoxification. Each person is unique. What
an asthmatic goes through may be totally different than a case of uterine
cancer.
The healing process is truly magnificent. It’s part of a “Letting Go” that
frees you on so many levels, yet few understand that. Embrace Life, Health
and God!
If as you cleanse you experience side effects such that you feel you need
to go to an Emergency Room—GO! I spent many years working in them.
They are there to help in a crisis. It’s just too bad that most ER personnel
don’t understand about the detoxification process and the “healing crisis.”
During these times, which are generally rare, review
Module 6.5
,
What to
Expect During Detox.

ITEMS FOR YOUR HOME FIRST AID KIT
Below is a list of First Aid items to have in your home to aid your
comfort level during a detoxification process.CASTOR OIL PACKS
See
Chapter 10
 for what is needed to prepare these.

OLIVE OIL
Used like or instead of castor oil.

CAYENNE PEPPER
Used to dilate the skin and/or vascular system; for high blood pressure or
castor oil packs.

PLEURISY ROOT, MULLEIN LEAF AND/OR FENUGREEK SEED
Lung expectorant

A HEAT SOURCE
Hot water bottle or heating pad, etc. Used to dilate or “drive” herbs
through the skin.

AN ANTI-SPASMODIC (AN HERBAL TINCTURE)
Spasms, convulsions, cramping and pain

HERBAL PAIN FORMULA
Tincture, preferably

SLIPPERY ELM AND/OR MARSHMALLOW ROOT HERBAL TEAS
For acid reflux

ARNICA OIL
Use externally for sprains, pulls, stiff or sore muscles, etc.

HERBAL HEALING SALVE
Should contain a variety of healing herbs likecomfrey, horsetail, lobelia,marigold, etc. Used for sprains, muscle pulls, pain in joints, wounds, etc.

PLANTAIN


the Light  ADVANCING,  going  forward  into  Greater
Achievement  and  Freedom.  Therefore,  We may  ask you  to
do many  things  in the  future;  but  remember  when  you
have  entered  the Steps  into  the Doorway  of Light,  you  do
not pull  the Steps  in with  you.  You  leave  the Steps  there,  for
the others  who  are to follow  on. As you  are advancing  and
more  is naturally  required  of you,  then  rejoice  in it.
I say to the Group  Leaders  concerning  this:  Dear  Hearts,
don't  let your  human  quibble  over  following  Directions.
Joyously,  Happily  and  Willingly  just  do what  We Request!
You don't  see and  know,  but We do; and  We ask nothing
in the world  except  what  you  can do, and  that  which  We DISCOURSE  VIII  127
know  is of the  Greatest  Service.  You  could  not  in your
limited  state  know;  but We can in Our  State!
When  We  request  something,  It is for your  good!  Just
as yet remember,  Beloved  Ones,  you  are the Vanguard  of
the Light!  For  a little  time,  your  Responsibility  is Greater;
because  thru  the Power  of your  Radiation  your  Call  is mak-
ing possible  the Wider  Expansion  of This  "I AM"  Activity.
Thru  the Transcriptions  and  the Radio  Work,  which  We
are opening,  you  will  find  the Open  Doorway  to the Ex-
pansion  of the Light  and  the reaching  of people  which  is
necessary.  It is imperative  that  These  Books  flood  forth  to
mankind  as much  as possible;  for They  contain  and  hold
the Explanation  and  the Application,  by which  every  hu-
man  Being  can set himself  or herself  Free.  It is imperative
the people  have  them  for Constant  Use;  because  the intel-
lect does  not retain  enough  from  just  hearing  the Instruc-
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I ask  all, please  do not keep  reaching  out for more  Ex-
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tion is all there,  if you  really  understand  It! Don't  let your
intellect  keep  reaching  out  for various  things;  and  guard
your  human  self,  so it does  not  run  away  and  feel  itself
wiser  than  We.
Dear  Ones,  in the  Service  which  you  are rendering,  I
say again  to you:  "The  Present  Students  of the 'I AM'  under
Saint  Germain's  Radiation,  are the Vanguard  of the Light;
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"I AM  Presence,"  strong  enough  to carry  This  Light;  until
more  of humanity  can be brought  into  the Clearness  of This
Understanding.  Then,  they  will  share  the  responsibility
with  you;  but today,  the outer  world  does  not understand
how  to call forth  its Protection.  Therefore,  the people  are as
helpless  as infants"!
I am telling  you  tonight,  unless  Individuals  understand
their  own  God-Presence,  the "Mighty  I AM,"  they  can give
but fragmentary  assistance.  THEY  CANNOT  GIVE  THE
SUSTAINED  ACTIVITY;  because  they  must  know  their
Presence  is above  them,  from  which  they  can  call  Its
Powers  into  action.  Until  Individuals  understand  this,  they
are constantly  wavering  like  the pendulum  of a clock  and
soon  the Presence  is forgotten!
No longer  will  people  waver,  but stand  in the Light  and
draw  to themselves  their  own!  Oh,  that  you  understood
those  Simple  Words!  Those  Words  are  the  Majesty  of
Creation!—"Stand  in the  Light  and  draw  to yourselves
your  own"!  Shall  I put  it just  a little  more  definitely  to
you? From  the Octaves  of the Ascended  Masters  there  are
being  lowered  into  the atmosphere  of Earth,  Certain  Ac-
tivities,  which  mean  Assistance  in Precipitation;  which
mean  Assistance  in the Use  of the Light  Rays;  which  mean
Assistance  in the Power  of Self-control  of the Individual!
All This  is Assistance  independent  of your  Call!  The  World
is once  again  being  set Free,  altho  its mistakes  have  been
great.  The  Cosmic  Light  says  once  again:  "Mankind  is to
be set Free  from  the sweat  of its brow,  for its livelihood; DISCOURSE  VIII  129
and as the Light  intensifies  within  the Earth,  will  many  of
you come  to understand  the import  of My Words  tonight"!
We have  in the Etheric  Belt,  within  certain  parts  of the
Earth,  discoveries  of which  We  have  known  for a long
time;  and  to Those  in the Retreats  for more  than  one  hun-
dred  years,  which  will  give  your  America  Its Perfect  Free-
dom!  The  labor  problem  which  has  caused  so much  un-
happiness  and  destruction,  how  quickly  We  could  solve  it.
The people  have  been  wanting  shorter  hours.  We  could
show  you,  how  to produce  all you  require  in two  hours
service  a day.  Then  in the balance  of that  time,  you  could
study  for your  own  Perfection.  How  many  of you  can tell
Me tonight,  if you  had  or were  required  to render  just  two
hours  service  a day—would  you  actually  give  the remainder
of the eight  hours,  to study  and  make  Application  for your
Freedom?  I leave  that  to you!
Now  then  remember,  you  are entering  a New  Kingdom,
the Kingdom  of Light—which  is Its Own  Supply  to the
Children  of Earth!  This  is not idle  talk!  We  have  no time
for such  things;  but  I am drawing  your  attention  tonight,
to Certain  Things  for a Very  Definite  Purpose;  because  It
not only  means  your  advancement,  but It means  the Assist-
ance  which  you  require.
You,  in your  great  city  tonight,  are sitting  within  This
Sanctuary  of Light,  as though  the  outer  world  did  not
exist,  for these  two  hours  while  you  are here!  It is the
Rarest  Privilege  and  Activity  on Earth,  Beloved  Ones.  You
are in This  Charged  Sacred  Chamber  of Light,  very  much 130 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
as if you  were  in the  Cave  of Light  in India;  only  this
building  is not charged  for centuries  with  the Light  where
only  Perfection  exists,  as it is there.  Yet,  We  are drawing
and have  drawn  thruout  the classes,  These  Mighty  Light
Rays  into  the  room,  which  are  fulfilling  a very  Similar
Purpose  for you!  That  is why,  as your  attention  is called
from  one  point  to another,  the opening  is there  for Us, to
fill your  world  with  whatever  you  desire.  It is Light  and
Happiness!
I say again  tonight,  do not allow  one  single  feeling  to live
in you  of criticism  or condemnation  of another;  even
though  such  a one  might  have  made  mistakes.  Pour


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ser, however, the couple discover that they feel increasingly distant, for
the one with the power becomes guilty or domineering, while the one
without power feels resentment and eventually rebels. Control is no solution
to the problem of fear.
HOW FEAR IS REALL Y SOLVED
False solutions point toward real problems. Most of us go into relationships
to find security; we want to be with someone who makes us feel safe. Two
people form a better unit of defense against potential hazards and tragedies
than one. But being with anoth er person, even on equal footing, doesn’ t
resolve fear. Spiritually the answer to fear is simple: you are already safe. If
you felt truly safe, fear wouldn’ t arise. From the perspective of spirit all fear
is a projection from the past, and as long as these projections continue, you
will keep generating fearful situations to accommodate them. Whatever you
most fear—abandonment, rejection, failur e, loss, humiliation—has alreadyoccurr ed to you. The threats you perceive around you now, or coming at
you in the future, are the long shadow being cast by your past.
The reason romantic love makes you feel so safe is not that another
person is there to guard you but that love is there  to guard you. Most people
feel that love has such power only in early childhood. As infan ts we fused
love with the presence of a loving father and mother. As long as they were
there watching over us, we felt both loved and protected. Once we grew up,
however, we learned that our parents had their own frailties and fears, that
they were not as totally secure  in the world as we thought. This lesson
usually came home in a way that brought some shock and disappointment.
The day came when your father couldn’ t keep away a bully because he
wasn’ t there, or when your mother could not take you into her arms to
soothe a hurt. Faced with aloneness, the young child is thrown out of love
and safety at the same time.
But that is where a mistake crept in, for the one lesson—pare nts can’t
always protect you—is true, whereas the other—love can’t protect you—is
not. Unlearning the second lesson is how you stop having to control other
people, for it was in early childhood, almost exactly at the time you were
first left to your own devices, that you started feeling the urge to establish
control.
Despite its appearance of normality, then, control is based on a mistake,
and that mistake is rooted in separation. To be able to relinquish control the
mistake has to be corrected. Learning that the world is safe doesn’ t happen
overnight. The world as a whole  is far too overwhelming, given all the fear
and distrust each of us has inherited. But the love you have for one person
is a safe zone and thus a good place to begin. The beloved is like a harbor in
which your heart takes refuge. In an indif ferent and hostile universe, there is
at least one person who understands, sympathizes, and provides for you.
Somehow, miraculously, this one person is enough to cancel out the hostile
world.
Every day brings many opportunities to replace controlling with
allowing. If you can extend allow ing to your beloved, the effect is to release
you from attachment—both of you are spiritually served by the same act.
The key stances in letting go of control are all forms of allowing:
acceptance, tolerance, nonresistance. Needing to control life, either yours or
anyone else’s, is based on spiritual desperation. Look at your interactionwith your beloved and honestly  confront any fear-based behavior you are
exhibiting. When control is ready to loosen its grip, a definite relaxation
takes place. The facade of the demanding, critical partner who is so quick to
blame begins to melt. You start to feel love once more, not as an idea but as
a sensation in your heart. And at last you find it possible to allow.
When this stage  is reached with the beloved, the healing process begins
to branc h out into other aspects of your life. The following changes will
often be in evidence:
You stop measuring people by whether they live up to your
expectations. Y ou begin to resist the ur ge to correct their mistakes and
give unwanted advice.
You lessen your habit of taking care of others without really caring for
them.
You become tired of trying to keep track of every detail of your life
and bored with people who have always given in to you.
You begin to listen to objections and disagreements instead of using
them to trigger your own opinion.
Unexpected emotions come to the surface. This usually arouses self-
criticism because you can’ t control your feelings anymore as you once
did. At another level, however, this eruption of emotions comes as a
great relief.
Your impatience begins to lessen. Y ou stop living according to the
clock.
You take stress seriously, no longer believing that you thrive on it.
You begin to listen to your body, which has all along been giving you
signals of tightness, fatigue, contraction, and overstimulation.
Your mind gives up calculating every move in advance. Some room is
made for spontaneity.
You stop holding grudges and remembering slights. Resentment begins
to be replaced by tolerance.
You quit setting external goals for yourself and believing that
achieving these goals faster, better, and more tirelessly makes you a
good person.
The most loving  thing you can do for your beloved, if he or she is dealing
with control, is to encourage these shifts, but this is something no one whois still in a state of need can do. In the mind of a needy person, any loss of
attachment equals loss of love. In fact, however, exactly the opposite is true.
The craving to possess and cling is what smothers love. Attachment is that
condition in which your needs overshadow your spirit. So how can you love
without need?
Know the difference between ego and spirit. Ego is needy, but spirit is
not. It exists to give and not to take. It wants to bring joy; it has no hunger
for approval. It does not crave the obedience or agreement of another
person and lives  beyond all demands. When you see yourself in this way,
your relationship will become sacred. Without nonattachment this can’t
happen. The choice between the mundane and the sacred has always been
with us, and it will always be true that to choose the sacred is to choose
love.
OceanofPDF.comLOVING  PRACTICE
Healing Our Inner Needs
ALL OF US bring needs to relationships, but they don’t have to turn into
attachment. Attachment is created when needs aren’ t understood and faced.
Needs you place  on your partner  never really get resolved; there fore even if
your partner bends over backward to satisfy every need you have, the final
outcome will be the same as if none of your needs was met: you will be left
to confront why you have such needs. This “why” is answered by
examining how you feel about being in separation, for the underlying
anxiety of separation from God, spirit, and Self is what created need in the
first place.
When you heal separation, your needs will not r eflect fear and insecurity.
Relationship is meant to heal separation; therefore the proper attitude
toward need is that you want to heal. However, in many relatio nships there
is a confusing mismatch betwee n what two people actually consider most
important. How can neediness be healed when there is constant jockeying
over what two people want? We have to make a distinction between
external needs, like food and shelter, and inner needs. Inner needs come
down to what makes you feel secure, as tested in this questionnaire.
PART ONE
Look at the following statements—preferably with your beloved—and
check the conclusion, right or left, that applies best to you. Answer each
item even if both alternatives seem remote or improbable.
1. I would be mortified if my friends found out that I
lost all my money.    or     had plastic sur gery.2. I would rather
be pr omoted at work.    or     be at my ideal weight.
3. I’d be a lot better of f if I spent more time
getting back into shape.    or     improving my diet.
4. I would rather be
respected.    or     accepted.
5. I’d keep it a secret if I was
looking for a new job.    or     planning to have an affair.
6. I’d like to have my children look back on me as a parent who taught
them
right fr om wr ong.    or     not to hurt others.
7. In a flood I’d like to be the one who
rescued the victims.    or     shelter ed the homeless.
8. My problems would be solved if only I had
more money.    or     more self-understanding.
9. You’re my friend if you
back me up.    or     listen to me.
10. If I failed a test at school, it meant that I was
not pr epared.    or     not in the mood.
11. The worst thing my enemies could say about me is that I’m
weak and incompetent.    or     selfish and uncaring.
12. In my nightmare the whole world thinks I’m
stupid.     or     ugly.
13. I’d rather be
productive.


 corrective. She proceeded immediately to supplement
her deficiencies in her speech by enrolling in a course in pub lic
 181  speaking at City College. She wrote and thanked the writer of  the note
for her  interest, ex-pressing appreciation for her conclusi ons and
findings,  which enabled the teacher to correct the matter at once.
• How to be compassionate
Suppose none of the things mentioned in the letter had been true o f
the teacher. The latter would have realized that her class material had
upset the prejudices, superstitions, or narrow sectarian beli efs of the
writer of the note, and that a psychologically ill person wa s simply
pouring forth her resentment because a psychological boil had be en
hurt.
To understand this fact is to be compassionate. The next logical  step
would be to pray for the other person’s peace, har-mony, and
understanding.
You cannot be hurt when you know that you are master of your
thoughts, reactions, and emotions. Emotions follow thoughts, and you
have the power to reject all thoughts, which may disturb or upset you.
• Left at the altar
Some years ago I visited a church to perform a marriage c eremony.
The young man did not appear, and at the end of two hours, the bride-
to-be shed a few tears, and then said to me, “I prayed for di vine
guidance. This might be the answer for He never faileth.”
That was her reaction—faith in God and all things good. She had no
bitterness in her heart because as she said, “It must not have been right
action because my prayer was for right action for both of u s.”
Someone else having a similar experience would have gone into a
tantrum, have had an emotional fit, re-quired sedation, and perhaps
needed hospitalization.
Tune in with the infinite intelligence within your subcon-scious
depths, trusting the answer in the same way that you trusted your
mother when she held you in her arms. This is how you can acquire
poise and mental and emotional health.
 182  • It is wrong to marry. Sex is evil and I am evil
Some time ago, I talked to a young lady aged twenty-two. She was
taught that it was a sin to dance, to play cards, to swim, and t o go out
with men. She was threatened by her mother who told her she wou ld
burn eternally in hell-fire if she disobeyed her will and her  religious
teachings.
This girl wore a black dress and black stockings. She wore no rouge,
lipstick, or any form of make-up because her mother said t hat these
things were sinful. Her mother told her that all men were evil, and that
sex was of the devil and simply diabolic debauchery.
This girl had to learn how to forgive herself, as she was f ull of guilt.
To forgive means to give for. She had to give up all these f alse beliefs
for the truths of life and a new estimate of herself. Whe n she went out
with young men in the office where she worked, she had a deep sense
of guilt and thought that God would punish her. Several eligible young
men proposed to her, but she said to me, “It is wrong to marry. S ex is
evil and I am evil.” This was her conscience or early c onditioning
speaking.
She came to me once weekly for about ten weeks, and I taught her
the workings of the conscious and subconscious mind as set forth i n
this book.
This young girl gradually came to see that she had been complet ely
brainwashed, mesmerized, and conditioned by an ignorant,
superstitious, bigoted, and frus-trated mother. She broke awa y
completely from her family and started to live a wonderful life.
At my suggestion she dressed up and had her hair at-tended to. She
took lessons in dancing from a man, and she also took driving lessons.
She learned to swim, play cards, and had a number of dates. She
began to love He. She prayed for a divine companion by claimi ng that
Infinite Spirit would at-tract to her a man who harmonized with he r
thoroughly. Eventu-ally this came to pass. As she left my off ice one
evening, there was a man waiting to see me and I casually i ntroduced
them. They are now married and harmonize with each other perfectly.
 183  • Forgiveness is necessary for healing
And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any ...
MARK 11:25.
Forgiveness of others is essential to mental peace and radian t health.
You must forgive everyone who has ever hurt you if you want perfec t
health and happiness. Forgive your-self by getting your thoughts i n
harmony with divine law and order. You cannot really forgive
yourself completely until you have forgiven others first. To ref use to
forgive yourself is nothing more or less than spiritual pride  or
ignorance.
In the psychosomatic field of medicine today, it is being consta ntly
stressed that resentment, condemnation of others, re-morse, and
hostility are behind a host of maladies ranging from arthritis t o cardiac
disease. They point out that these sick people, who were hur t,
mistreated, deceived, or injured, were full of resentment and hatred for
those who hurt them. This caused inflamed and festering wounds in
their subconscious minds. There is only one remedy. They have to cut
out and discard their hurts, and the one and only sure way is by
forgiveness.
• Forgiveness is love in action
The essential ingredient in the art of forgiveness is the willing ness to
forgive. If you sincerely desire to forgive the other, you are f ifty-one
percent over the hurdle. I feel sure you know that to forgive the  other
does not necessarily mean that you like him or want to associat e with
him. You cannot be compelled to like someone, neither can a
government legislate good will, love, peace, or tolerance. It is quite
impossible to like people because someone in Washington iss ues an
edict to that effect. We can, however, love people without liking them.
The Bible says, Love ye one another. This, anyone can do who
really wants to do it. Love means that you wish for the other he alth,
happiness, peace, joy, and all the blessings of life. There i s only one
prerequisite, and that is sincerity. You are not being magnani mous
when you forgive, you are really being selfish, because what you wish
 184  for the other, you are actually wishing for yourself. The reason i s that
you are thinking it and you are feeling it. As you think and fee l, so are
you. Could anything be simpler than that?
• Technique of forgiveness
The following is a simple method, which works wonders in your life
as you practice it: Quiet your mind, relax, and let go. Think o f God
and His love for you, and then affirm, “I fully and freely for give
(mention the name of the offender); I release him mentally and
spiritually. I completely forgive everything connected wit h the matter
in question. I am free, and he/she is free. It is a marvelous fe eling. It is
my day of general amnesty. I release anybody and everybody who has
ever hurt me, and I wish for each and everyone health, happiness,
peace, and all the blessings of life. I do this freely, joyous ly, and
lovingly, and whenever I think of the person or persons who hurt me, I
say, ‘I have released you, and all the blessings of life are yours.’ I am
free and you are free. It is wonderful!”
The great secret of true forgiveness is that once you have  forgiven
the person, it is unnecessary to repeat the prayer. Whenever the person
comes to your mind, or the particular hurt happens to enter your mind,
wish the delinquent well, and say, “Peace be to you.” Do this as  often
as the thought enters your mind. You will find that after a few d ays
the thought of the person or experience will return less and  less often,
until it fades into nothingness.
•The acid test for forgiveness
There is an acid test for gold. There is also an acid test for
forgiveness. If I should tell you something wonderful about someone
who has wronged you, cheated you, or defrauded you, and you sizzled
at hearing the good news about this person, the roots of hatred woul d
still be in your subconscious mind, playing havoc with you.
Let us suppose you had a painful abscess on your jaw a year ag o,
and you told me about it. I would casually ask you if you had any pai n
now. You would automatically say, “Of course not, I have a memory
of it but no pain.” That is the whole story. You may have a memory  of
 185  the incident but no sting or hurt any more. This is the acid test, and
you must meet it psychologically and spiritually, otherwise,  you are
simply deceiving yourself and not practicing the true art o


. Nothing was found wrong except kidney stones, for which patient came in. Patient stat ed
he had always had circulation problems.
IRIDOLOGY ANALYSIS. Black in intestinal area indicated underactive bowel with heavy toxic settlement there. Inherent
weakness in kidney areas of irides. Adrenal glands underactive, showing that kidneys and adrenals were overworked due to toxi c
condition of blood from underactive bowel. Leg areas  underactive. Poor circulation and enervation, together with underactivity
in legs, indicated toxic settlements in leg tissues.
PROGRAM. Initially, Patient eliminated fried foods from his diet, reduced meat intake, increased raw salads and added several
nutritional supplements. He reported, “The bowel has improved considerably...with bowel movements reduced from seven or eight
per day down to twice a day. The feet, unfortunately, got worse.” Patient was then placed on a seven -day tissue cleansing program
which included two colemas per day, morning and night. (Colemas are not as strenuous as colonies but are more effective than
enemas.) Fasting diet included broth, herb teas, vitamins, nutritional supplements and juice mixed with bulk and clay water. Clay
packs and aloe vera were applied externally to the legs. On the fourth day, Patient reported, “The swelling in my right ankle is
gone. It is now normal. The sealing or encrustations on my feet, ankles, insteps and heels, began to fall away. I would say t here is a
60-70 percent improvement. I am elated over the results.” Examination at this time showed strong improvement of ulcerated areas
around feet. Patient is usinq skin brushing and cold water packs on body. Goal was to increase circulation and life force. Dulse was
used to quicken the thryoid, and Dren -C was used to improve circulation. Pancreas substance was taken to dissolve the heavy
mucus lining in the bowel. The elimination of mucus from the bowel was an important step toward improved assimilation of
nutrients from food after end of tissue cleansing program.

When the seven -day program had ended, Patient’s feet had cleared up almost entirely. Ulcers no longer draining. Skin healing,
becoming clear. Patient had worked very hard, co -operating with the pr ogram entirely. When asked for his response to the results
of the seven -day tissue -cleansing program, Patient reported, “It is almost miraculous! My wife and family are going to find it
difficult to believe what they see when they arrive.” Patient was advi sed concerning the necessity of changing former food and
other life habits to an improved nutritional and exercise regimen, to bring about general upgrading of health and to avoid
recurrence of ulcerated leg problem. He was told that he had a year’s work a head of him. Although the ankles were now normal at
the beginning of each day, swelling continued to occur around 11 a.m. or noon, particularly in the right foot. On the day pat ient
returned home, he was able to wear shoes comfortably for the first time in  over a year!
PATIENT 2
Patient’s complaints were psoriasis, diabetes and arthritis.
HISTORY. Patient developed psoriasis 7 years ago. First symptoms were scaling of scalp and of facial skin under beard.
Condition became progressively worse until 3 years a go, when fingernails began showing pits and creases. A year later, Patient
developed diabetes and began taking insulin. Six months after the appearance of the diabetes, arthritis set in. First symptom s
were fluid in the knee and inflammation of the elbow, A physician diagnosed the condition as psoriatric arthritis. Patient found that
Western medicine could do nothing for his condition. He was taking 20 aspirin per day for relief from arthritic pain, insulin  shots
for the diabetes and the psoriasis was growi ng worse. He began to experience depression and hopelessness.
IRIS ANALYSIS. Inherent weaknesses in bowel and bronchials. Catarrhal congestion in lungs. Lymphatic rosary. Kidney
weakness. Nerve rings. Pancreas weakness. Toxic thyroid. Scurf rim. Drug depos its - iron, sulfur and iodine.
PROGRAM. Patient was placed on a seven -day tissue -cleansing program. From monitoring blood sugar level, Patient found it
necessary to reduce insulin requirement gradually from 18 units down to nothing by the fifth day when blood sugar level remained
within normal limits (70 -110) without insulin.
RESULTS. Arthritis improved dramatically. Patient had difficulty putting on socks before but can now do that without problems.
Walking was painful and is now normal. The severity of the diabetes is reduced. Psoriasis has improved but will take time to get
skin back to normal. Skin is moister than before. Psoriasis peels in larger areas; peelings come off easier and there is litt le
bleeding. Patient is in excellent spirits, looking for ward to bicycling when he returns home.
PATIENT 3
Subject has had cancer for the last eight years. This is a cancer of the breast. Surgery removed a lump and it was found to b e very
malignant. Mastectomy was advised. Patient refused any further surgery and  searched for alternative treatments and cures. She
first went to laetrile therapy. Soon afterwards was under the care of a natural hygienist for 5 years. She followed a very st rict
program during this time. Breast became harder and harder. At one point a lump appeared near the surface and ruptured leaving an
open, bleeding unhealing sore. Patient had taken Dr. Jensen’s lectures and courses in the past and at these times was advised  to
control a calcium deficiency and metabolic imbalance. Her doctor back ho me consistently refused the calcium control stating that
it would be fatal for her to do so. She was afraid to not follow his advice and did not adjust the calcium as recommended. Pa tient
has had over 300 colonic treatments during this time. She was advise d by Broda Barnes to stabilize her thyroid activity as he felt it
was out of balance. This could cause a calcium upset. At one point, X -rays were taken of the back, revealing it to be like that of an
18 year old.
Patient’s health deteriorated rapidly.
She was advised at this point of advanced bone cancer. Her pelvic bone looked like Swiss cheese. She was told that she had 2
weeks to live and to go to Hawaii for her last days. Patient immediately started calcium treatments and looking after her cal cium
needs. By now the tumor had broken through causing unbearable pain. She was taken to a hospital and given morphine. Her
condition warranted being put on a terminal list during this visit. She left the hospital and went to New Mexico and underwen t heat
treatment s. During her visit there she broke her leg. By now the cancer was a large, oozing, bloody, open sore and was beyond a
surgical remedy. During this period she gave her life over to the Lord and experienced a major turning point. She advises tha t
holding an y negative thought patterns or resentments is absolutely lethal to well -being. These things will cause death to approach
and cannot be indulged in if recovery or healing is to take place.
She started to take Dr. Jensen’s advice wholeheartedly at this time.  Combined with new attitude and nutritional improvement, the
tide was turned and the tumor started to recede and heal. She has since taken the 3 -day cleansing treatment. The tumor is gone and
all signs of the cancer are gone also. Laboratory tests are nega tive. This woman is a very good patient in that she did not give up
and was willing to work hard and change her attitudes about life.
PATIENT 4
Phone call came today from a colema patient telling me that approximately the first part of November 1980, she s tarted wheezing
and coughing; also experienced aching all over the body. These were some of the past problems coming back. In August 1979, sh e
had a bad cold with wheezing. October of the same year, had to go into hospital in New York with a chest cold; ag ain in
November, had to be hospitalized for the same trouble; got to the point she could not take care of child. She came here in Fe bruary
1980 for a cleansing treatment, has had second treatment and has followed the maintenance program. When the past prob lem
recurred, she stopped her solid foods and used only potato peeling broth and soup; during this time, she took two colemas a d ay.
Within two days, she was feeling much better and is doing fine now. “Tell the Doctor thank God for the Colema!”
PATIENT 5
The following is a letter received from patient B.F., who received colema treatment in April 1980. Here is her report: “I am
dropping this note to let you know that the Tissue Cleansing Regimen which I took the first week in April cleared up the cyst s in
the breast which had troubled me. I hope to see Dr. Jensen at the Nutrition Workshop that he is going to teach in New Lebanon,
New York this summer from July 21 -28. I plan to drive over for the day and, if possible, have Dr. Jensen examine me. He had
wanted to do so and he will be able to see the changes in me since I have been following the colema regimen.
PATIENT 6
I had a call the other day from a man - a personal friend of mine who has been


urine several times and massaged with it for 30 minutes every day. Took meals only once every day. Within a week I had some relief; by a month's time I was halfway to recovery and by about ten weeks' time I was free from all ailments.  For the last 20-25 years I used glasses. But I had to take medicines for blurred vision. But since initiation into urine therapy, I have stopped taking medicines. I apply urine to 130 eyes also. I also persuade others to have course to this invaluable remedy and be profited by it."  from Manav Mootra by R. M. Patel  KNEE PAIN  Jesus Solorzano R. { Mexico } "I healed pain in knees and feet (putting Urine compresses on the affected areas). It also improved my vision. The irritation of the eye went away. I now can see better. Also, I wash my hair in urine and it is now growing, after being bald. I have taken it for 8 months."  World-wide Case Histories of Urine Therapy by Gary Ward  ******************************** L ********************************  LARYNGITIS  Ma. Conception R. Rodriguez { Mexico } "I began the 16th of July 1996 and with one fast of two days, thanks God I am alleviated of an acute laryngitis which I had for 25 suffering years. Now with the blessed Urine and God, it has been already eliminated completely."  World-wide Case Histories of Urine Therapy by Gary Ward  LEARNING DISABILITY  Martha L Lopez { Mexico } "In the second week of my Urine-therapy, my vomiting along with chronic difficulties disappeared in the morning.   My daughter of 9 years with learning problems, improved her grades. She knows the tables and already she multiplies with ease."  World-wide Case Histories of Urine Therapy by Gary Ward  LEPROSY  131 “Recently a gentleman was attacked by leprosy. He started this experiment and the pain was checked. Besides that other troubles of the body, i.e. cold, constipation, indigestion, etc. have also been totally removed.”  Manav Mootra by R. M. Patel  LEPROSY  Mr. J. W, United States "At the International Conference on Complementary Medicine in Madras, I was sitting next to a physician from Israel who had come to India with an interest in working with lepers. Literature on urine therapy was passed to us which mentioned that urine had been used successfully in the treatment of leprosy. Naturally, he was interested in learning more about it. And of course there is really only one way a person can know about something like urine therapy. We both laughed... It just so happened that I was coming down with travellers diarrhoea. So I thought I would put the unmentionable therapy to the test. I did and I have to admit that first cupful is etched in my memory. Needless to say, I didn't die, I got over my problem very quickly and will never know for sure if it was the urine that did it. After that first shot, the rest was downhill. I can testify with absolute confidence that the practice of drinking my morning overflow has benefited me greatly not only physically but in mind and spirit. It has made a steady and profound improvement in my health. I am not as moody as I used to be and this has been corroborated by my friends. I've been without any viral conditions since I began, but more importantly I am confident that this practice will help keep me healthy." (From: Widening Circle; A Newsletter from John M. Wynhausen, Doctor of Chiropractic, 1992)  The Golden Fountain by Coen van der Kroon  LEPROSY   Letter from D. Satyamurthy Employee Bethany Colony Bapatla, India 27 December 1992   I am a paramedic worker at Bethany Colony where people with leprosy are treated. I was told of this treatment by a woman from England, Sister Margaret Deleney. Together, we treated several leprosy topical ulcers and some chronic asthma cases and skin disorders. We achieved good results with this treatment. Since then, I have treated many cases, and the treatment has never failed. Also, hip baths and drinking urine daily 132 is the best treatment for chronic and painful piles. The problem is that the patient is often unwilling to drink his or her own water. Therefore we mix it with some juice and serve it at breakfast. I can honestly say it is the best treatment for leprosy ulcers, asthma and several skin disorders. I am extremely grateful for this therapy and plan to start a small clinic for urine therapy.   D. Satyamurthy, The Golden Fountain by Coen van der Kroon  LEPROSY  “Once, while on evening walks, Kaviraj met a person named Kehra suffering from leprosy. He requested Kaviraj to treat him and started weeping. Kaviraj consoled him and told him that the disease can be treated provided Kehra was ready to follow his advice strictly. Kehra agreed to do anything to get cured. Kaviraj advised him to drink all the urine and anoint the body with it. After three weeks of his treatment Kehra's body started oozing a foul smelling water. Condition worsened so acutely that the patient wanted to leave the treatment. After much persuasion he agreed to continue it. Kaviraj used to go to him daily and encourage him. One day Kehra had a strong fever and remained restless throughout the night. Next day morning a miracle happened. Kehra's skin came off his body like snake's slough. He was made to lie on ashes of cow-dung cake. He remained deeply asleep.by evening ashes were changed four times to soak the offensive secretions. After two days he became conscious and was given cows milk with honey. His body was cleaned with a piece of cloth. He was then made to lie on a cot. The patient felt well and painless. He continued urine drinking for few days and got cured completely.”  Miracles of Urine Therapy by Morarji Desai  LEPROSY DEGENERATIVE  “Kanajibhai Wolanial, age 32, is an inhabitant of Ahmedabad. A skin expert had taken him for a patient of degenerative leprosy and treated him as such for a long time but failed to cure him. His hands and fingers now bore the wounds, and he always felt a piercing and burning sensation in his fingers. He was unable to lift anything with his hands. The nerves of his hands were strained and had contracted. He had already begun rubbing with urine on his hands for a week and felt considerable relief from the burning and piercing sensation. He was advised to continue rubbing regularly and also start drinking urine the next day and to fast on urine and water after a couple of days.  133 Next week, he reported an improvement in his condition. He fasted for three days and continued the rubbings for three months. He was extremely happy with the results. Here is a short account: ‘Before the treatment, I was unable to move my hands up and down, but it is possible to do so now. Moreover, I was unable to do work with them but now it is possible to do so. On the whole I have been considerably benefited by urine treatment, and the wounds of leprosy on my hands and feet have disappeared. The piercing sensation in the fingers has also vanished.’ "  Urine Therapy by Dr. John O'Quinn  LEUCODERMA  This case was of a girl sixteen years of age. There was only one white spot on her back. The spot was of nearly one inch diameter and two months old. As the girl and her parents were much worried and ready to follow any schedule however difficult, I asked them to let her daughter fast with urine and water for three days and keep on anointing the body with urine for at least two weeks. The girl was advised to take no spices and unnatural food during the treatment. I am happy to record that the girl and her parents followed the instructions religiously. The white spot started changing its colour just after five days of treatment and vanished in another five days. However they continued the treatment for five days more. Not only the girl got rid of her white spot, her skin became exceptionally clean and transparent.  Miracles of Urine Therapy by Morarji Desai  LEUCODERMA  Shri Ranjitbhai Parikh, aged thirty two was having white spots in all parts of his body for the last fifteen years. Even his hair became white due to leucoderma. Ranjitbhai used to go in search of saints and talk to them about yoga and other spiritual matters. In due course he became intensely interested in yoga and read 'Hath Yoga-Pradipika'. In this book 'Shivambu Kalpa' was referred in connection with 'Amrauli Mudra'. After much effort he could find the 'Shivambu Kalpa' in Sanskrit. He experimented on himself many formulae of urine therapy described in this book. He got his eyesight improved by drinking urine through nose. But his major success was treatment of leucoderma which is described below.  Proper urine drinking and anointing with urine started affecting his leucoderma in stages. White spots started decreasing in size and then vanished gradually from many parts of the body. Spots of head vanished and hairs became black. Face, neck, stomach and hip became spotless and skin changed to natural whitish colour. 134  When Raojibhai saw him after the treatment, he could not recognize him. Young sadhu of Arvindashrama, his long black hair and long beard were magnificent


 didn't know there was such a thing as fasting, it just happened
that way.
    After Elizabeth went on her way, I decided to experimentally fast myself. I consumed only water for two weeks. But I must
have had counter intentions to this fast because I found myself frequently having dreams about sugared plums, and egg omelets,
etc. And I didn't end up feeling much better after this fast was over (although I didn't feel any worse either), because I fo olishly
broke the fast with one of my dream omelets. And I knew better! Every book I'd ever read on fasting stated how important it is to
break a fast gradually, eating only easy -to-digest foods for days or weeks before resuming one's regular diet.
    From this experiment I painfully learned how important it is to break a fast properly. Those eggs just didn't feel right, like I had
an indigestible stone in my belly. I felt very tired after the omelet, not energized one bit by the food. I immediately cut b ack my
intake to raw fruits and vegetables while the eggs cleared out of my system. After a few days on raw food I felt okay, but I never
did regain the shine I had achieved just before I resumed eating.
    This is one of the many fine things about fasting, it allows you to get in much better communication  with your own body, so that
you can hear it when it objects to something you're putting in it or doing to it. It is not easy to acquire this degree of se nsitivity to
your body unless you remove all food for a sufficiently long period; this allows the body  to get a word in edgewise that we are
willing and able to listen to. Even when we do hear the body protesting, we frequently decide to turn a deaf ear, at least un til the
body starts producing severe pain or some other symptom that we can't ignore.
    Within a few years after Elizabeth's cure I had handily repaired quite a few mentally ill people in a harmless way no one had
heard of; many new people were knocking at my door wanting to be admitted to my drug free, home -based treatment program. So
many in fact that my ability to accommodate them was overwhelmed. I decided that it was necessary to move to a larger facility
and we bought an old, somewhat run -down estate that I called Great Oaks School of Health because of the magnificent oak trees
growing in the front yard.
    At Great Oaks initially I continued working with psychotics, employing fasting as a tool, especially in those cases with obvi ous
food allergies as identified by Coca's Pulse Test, because it only takes five days for a fasting body to e liminate all traces of an
allergic food substance and return to normal functioning. If the person was so severely hypoglycemic that they were unable to
tolerate a water fast, an elimination diet (to be described in detail later) was employed, while stringe ntly avoiding all foods usually
found to be allergy producing.
    I also decided that if I was going to employ fasting as my primary medicine, it was important for me to have a more intense
personal experience with it, because in the process of reviewing the literature on fasting I saw that there were many different
approaches, each one staunchly defended by highly partisan advocates. For example, the capital "N" Natural, capital "H"
Hygienists, such a Herbert Shelton, aggressively assert that only a pure water fast can be called a fast. Sheltonites contend that
juice fasting as advocated by Paavo Airola, for example, is not a fast but rather a modified diet without the benefits of rea l fasting.
Colon cleansing was another area of profound disagreement amon g the authorities. Shelton strongly insisted that enemas and
colonics should not be employed; the juice advocates tend to strongly recommend intestinal cleansing.
    To be able to intelligently take a position in this maze of conflict I decided to first t ry every system on myself. It seems to me
that if I can be said to really own anything in this life it is my own body, and I have the absolute right to experiment with  it as long
as I'm not irresponsible about important things such as care of my kids. I al so feel strongly that it was unethical to ask anyone to do
anything that I was not willing or able to do myself. Just imagine what would happen if all medical doctors applied this prin cipal in
their practice of medicine, if all surgeons did it too!
    I set out to do a complete and fully rigorous water fast according to the Natural Hygiene model --only pure water and bed rest
(with no colon cleansing) until hunger returns, something the hygienists all assured me would happen when the body had
completed its detoxification process. The only aspect of a hygienic fast I could not fulfill properly was the bed rest part;
unfortunately I was in sole charge of a busy holistic treatment center (and two little girls); there were things I had to do,  though I
did my cho res and duties at a very slow pace with many rest periods.
    I water fasted for 42 days dropping from 135 pounds to 85 pounds on a 5' 7" frame. At the end I looked like a Nazi
concentration camp victim. I tended to hide when people came to the door, bec ause the sight of all my bones scared them to death.
Despite my assurances visitors assumed I was trying to commit suicide. In any case I persevered, watching my body change,
observing my emotions, my mental functioning, and my spiritual awareness. I thoug ht, if Moses could fast for 42 days so can I,
even though the average length of a full water fast to skeletal weight for a person that is not overweight is more in the ord er of 30
days. I broke the fast with small amounts of carrot juice diluted 50/50 with  water and stayed on that regimen for two more weeks.
    After I resumed eating solid food it took six weeks to regain enough strength to be able to run the same distance in the same
time I had before fasting, and it took me about six months to regain my  previous weight. My eyes and skin had become
exceptionally clear, and some damaged areas of my body such as my twice -broken shoulder had undergone considerable healing. I
ate far smaller meals after the fast, but food was so much more efficiently absorbed  that I got a lot more miles to the gallon from
what I did eat. I also became more aware when my body did not want me to eat something. After the fast, if I ignored my body' s
protest and persisted, it would immediately create some unpleasant sensation that  quickly persuaded me to curb my appetite.
    I later experimented with other approaches to fasting, with juice fasts, with colon cleansing, and began to establish my own
eclectic approach to fasting and detoxification, using different types of programs f or different conditions and adjusting for
psychological tolerances. I'll have a lot more to say about fasting.
    After my own rigorous fasting experience I felt capable of supervising extended fasts on very ill or very overweight people.
Great Oaks was g radually shifting from being a place that mentally ill people came to regain their sanity to being a spa where
anyone who wanted to improve their health could come for a few days, some weeks or even a few months. It had been my
observation from the beginni ng that the mentally ill people in my program also improved remarkably in physical health; it was
obvious that my method was good for anyone. Even people with good health could feel better.
    By this time I'd also had enough of psychotic people anyway, and longed for sane, responsible company.
    So people started to come to Great Oaks School of Health to rest up from a demanding job, to drop some excess weight, and
generally to eliminate the adverse effects of destructive living and eating habits. I also began to get cancer patients, rang ing from
those who had just been diagnosed and did not wish to go the AMA -approved medical route of surgery, chemotherapy, and
radiation, to those with well -advanced cancer who had been sent home to die after receiving all of the above treatments and were
now r eady to give alternative therapies a try since they expected to die anyway. I also had a few people who were beyond help
because their vital organs had been so badly damaged that they knew they were dying, and they wanted to die in peace without
medical in tervention, in a supportive hospice cared for by people who could confront death.
    Great Oaks School was intentionally named a "school" of health partially to deflect the attentions of the AMA. It is, after a ll,
entirely legal to teach about how to main tain health, about how to prevent illness, and how to go about making yourself well once
you were sick. Education could not be called "practicing medicine without a license." Great Oaks was also structured as a sch ool
because I wanted to both learn and tea ch. Toward this end we started putting out a holistic health newsletter and offering classes
and seminars to the public on various aspects of holistic health. From the early 1970s through the early 1980s I invited a
succession of holistic specialists to re side at GOSH, or to teach at Great Oaks while living elsewhere. These teachers not only
provided a service to the community, but they all became my teachers as well. I apprenticed myself to each one in turn.
    There came and went a steady parade of


pletely circumferential measuring 10 by 6 by 2 cm. Tumor infiltrates directly into
the contiguous mesentery (the tissues adjacent to the large intestine)" — Mr. Beesley
was told he might live three to six months, at most.
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The attending physicians, believing him beyond cure, recommended neither
chemotherapy nor radiation.
After leaving the hospital on July 21, 1975, Mr. Beesley decided to investigate
unorthodox approaches to cancer. Later that summer, he learned of Dr. Kelley,
consulted with him and began the Kelley program. Mr. Beesley continued the full
Kelley regimen for seven years before tapering down to a maintenance program,
which he still follows. Today, despite the initial terminal prognosis, he is in excellent
health and cancer-free. Although he has not been formally evaluated since his
original surgery 12 years ago, Mr. Beesley believes his continued survival is proof
enough of his cure. Colon cancer, when metastatic to the liver, is invariably rapidly
fatal.
Pestana and colleagues at the Mayo Clinic report a mean survival of only 9.0
months in 353 patients presented with liver involvement.(1) In similar studies,
Bengmark describes an average survival of only 7.8 months(2), and Morris a median
survival of 11.4 months.(3)
Obviously, Mr. Beesley's progress represents a most unusual outcome for this
disease.
As a footnote to this case, the author was surprised to learn that supporters of
Lawrence Burton, an unconventional therapist with a clinic in the Bahamas, had been
advertising Mr. Beesley as a "Burton Success." When I  mentioned these reports to Mr.
Beesley, he explained that he received several weeks of Burton Therapy in the fall of
1975 — after he had already improved significantly on the Kelley program.
Furthermore, Mr. Beesley claims he never finished the prescribed Burton protocol,
and never received any further treatment from Burton. Mr. Beesley himself attributes
his recovery to his many years on the Kelley regimen and not to Burton.
Unfortunately, I  have found over the years that many unorthodox therapists
repeatedly claim Dr. Kelley's long-term patients as their own; misrepresentation
obviously does not help cancer patients.
References:
1. Pestana, C., et al. "The Natural History of Carcinoma of the Colon and Rectum."
American Journal of Surgery 108:826-829, 1964
2. Bengmark, S. and Hafstrom, L. "The Natural History of Primary and Secondary
Malignant Tumors of the Liver." Cancer 23:198-202, 1969
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3. Morris, M.J. et al. "Hepatic Metastases from Colorectal Carcinoma." Aust. & New
Zealand Journal of Surgery 47:365-368, 1977.
Breast Cancer Testimonials
Sonia Nemethy
Mrs. Sonia Nemethy is a 53-year old woman alive more than 17 years since
diagnosed with breast carcinoma. She first noticed a painless mass in her right breast
in 1970. After biopsy studies confirmed infiltrating carcinoma, she went to surgery for
a right radical mastectomy at St. Anthony's hospital in Florida.
Mrs. Nemethy was believed cured, and received no further treatment at that time.
In 1973, after a second tumor developed in the left breast, Mrs. Namethy returned to
St. Anthony's and underwent a left radical mastectomy for what proved to be
infiltrating carcinoma. Mrs. Nemethy was again assumed to be cured, but over the
following year, her health gradually deteriorated. She suffered fatigue, lethargy and
bouts of depression persisting for months at a time.
In mid-1974, Mrs. Nemethy also developed pain along the length of the vertebral
column and into the right shoulder. By late 1  974, the pain was so severe at times she
was unable to dress or walk. Although Mrs. Nemethy consulted her physicians
repeatedly, an evaluation was not pursued. Finally, in May of 1975, at Mrs.
Nemethy's insistence, her doctor arranged for a series of spinal X-rays. These studies
revealed an obvious abnormality in the fifth lumbar segment, described as "indicative
of osteolytic metastasis disease."
On May 28, 1975, Mrs. Nemethy returned to surgery for a bilateral oophorectomy
(removal of both ovaries), a procedure doctors hoped would slow the growth of the
tumor and ease her bone pain. Despite the surgery, Mrs. Nemethy was told she
probably would not live out the year.
In desperation, after leaving the hospital on May 31, Mrs. Nemethy decided to
investigate alternative cancer therapies. She quickly learned of Dr. Kelley, consulted
with him and began the Kelley Program in the summer of 1975.
Within six months, the persistent pain and depression completely resolved.
Furthermore, a bone scan performed at the end 1975 showed some improvement,
and a third bone scan from mid-1976, was completely normal.
Today, 12 years after her last episode with cancer, Mrs. Nemethy still follows the
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Kelley program and is in excellent condition.
As discussed previously, the five-year survival rate (at that time) for patients with
metastatic breast cancer approaches 0% regardless of therapy. And ophorectomy,
which may lead to symptomatic improvement in this group, is not curative. As
Hellman writes, "In patients whose tumors are estrogen dependent the procedure can
be expected to induce a regression lasting 9 months to 12 months. In unselected
series (of patients) almost 30% to 40% of patients w ill respond. Prophylactic
castration (ovary removal) following mastectomy does not decrease the potential
relapse rate or prolong the survival of those who relapse."(1)
In summary, this patient developed evidence of metastases after successive
mastectomies for recurring breast carcinoma. Although she did undergo
oophorectomy, Mrs. Nemethy continued to deteriorate after the procedure. Her
extensive disease and many symptoms resolved only after she began the Kelley
Program.
Judy S. ~ Glendale, CA
9-Year Victory Over Breast Cancer
In January of 1973, I  had another checkup from my breast doctor in Beverly Hills (a
breast surgeon, tops in this field). I  had been going to him every six months for two
years, then every four months for one year, then every two months until January of
1973, at which time he told me the lump in my left breast had gotten very large and I
would have to go to surgery. His nurse told me he was an expert and that he could
tell by feeling the lump if it was malignant or benign and that a mammogram gave a
96% account of the tumor whether it was malignant or benign. The doctor explained
how nicely he would remove the breast, etc., and about bras for women whose
breasts have been removed. He also was going to Europe for two months; my surgery
would be scheduled when he returned.
I  had read Dr. Kelley's book some months before and I  decided to go to one of our
local health food stores where I  had bought the book to talk to the owner, who was
always well informed on natural foods and vitamins. She told me to call some people
in town who had gone to Dr. Kelley and that I  should by all means go to him. I  was
very encouraged when I  talked to the people who had gone to Dr. Kelley. All had
cancer at one time, and one person in particular was most helpful to me.
I  was just starting a new job at this time as a singer in a famous Italian restaurant
singing opera and musical comedy. This was several times around for me to "start"
my career again after having three children and being a housewife for a few years. I
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was very excited but was not feeling good.
I  flew to see Dr. Kelley, then in Texas, and my cancer count was 600. I  took Dr.
Kelley's advice, went home and started on his program of diet, enemas and
supplements. I  was weak at first but in a few months I  really started feeling so much
better. My husband was totally against the program, my friends at church thought I
was crazy and I  found it was difficult to pay for all the supplements, but I  was
determined to stay on the entire program.
I  kept my appointment with the breast surgeon but had been on Dr. Kelley's
program for two months when I  returned for my examination. I  was told the lump had
gone down and no surgery was needed. I  left his office in early March of 1973 and
have not been back since. The following year I  was not only singing four nights per
week but was working at a very busy TV station eight hours per day.
I  continued to see Dr. Kelley once a year and my cancer count continued to
decrease until my last checkup in August of 1977 when my cancer count was 60,
which Dr. Kelley says is normal.