actors,fromtoomuchsun(rememberthat
Pulsatillaswiltinthesun)toeatingtoomuchrichfood.
Indigestion
SymptomsBelches:bitter;empty;tastingoffoodjust
eaten.Bellystomachfeelsempty.Pains:instomach;
pressing.Withheartburn.
Worseatnight;forrich,fattyfoods.
Causesrich,fattyfood(ice-cream,fats,pork,etc.).
Thebellystomachgurglesandrumblesduringthe
evening.
Insomnia
SymptomsAnxiousdreaming.Sleeprestless.With
sleepiness.Waking:fromcold;frequently
Worsebeforemidnight.
Causesover-activemind;repeatingthoughts.
Pulsatillainsomniacsliketosleepontheirbacks,with
theirarmsabovetheirheads,andtheypoketheirfeet
outofbedbecausetheybecomehot.Theysleeprest-
lessly,withtwitchyarmsandlegs,andhaveanxious
dreamsandnightmares.Theywakefrequentlyand
can'tgetbacktosleepbecauseofover-activeminds
and'stuckrecord'thoughts.Childrenkickthecovers
offbecausetheyaretoohotandthentheycooldown
andwakebecausetheyhavebecomecold.
Jointpain
SymptomsPains:inbones;injoints;pulling;sore,
bruised;wandering.
Betterforcoldcompresses; forfreshair;forgentle
movement;forwalking.
Worseaftercommoncold;onbeginningtomove;for
heat;forwarmthofbed;forwetweather.
Labourpains
SymptomsPains:irregular;weak;intheback;stop
altogether;ineffectual.
Withcharacteristicgeneralandemotionalmental
symptoms.
NBSEEALSOPAGES203-26FORGENERALADVICE,DOSANDDON'TS.
138•Pyrogen(Pyr.) INTERNALMATERIAMEDICA
Measles
SymptomsWithcough(seeabove);commoncold
(seeabove);eyeinflammation (seeabove).
Withcharacteristicweepinessandlackofthirst.
Mumps
SymptomsGlands:swollen/painful. Pains:spreadto
breasts,ovariesortesticles.Withfever(seeabove).
Thecharacteristic Pulsatillageneralandemotional/
mentalsymptomswillbepresent.
Nausea
Worseafterdrinking/eating;duringcough;duringthe
morning;forhotdrinks.
Causesrichfood;ice-cream.
Periodproblems
SymptomsPeriod:late;painful.Bleedingduringthe
dayonly.Pains:aching;dull;wandering.
Betterfordoublingup.
Worsebeforeduringtheperiod.
Thepainscausethepersontocryoutandbend
double.Theperiodmayflowonlyduringtheday,and
beconsistently late.
Sciatica
Betterforfreshair.
Worseinawarmroom.
Sorethroat
SymptomsThroatdry.Larynx:irritated;tickling.
Pains:raw;scraping;stitching.
Worseforheat.
Thelarynxfeelsasthoughthereisdustinit;itfeels
rough,andrawfromcoughing.Thepatientchokes
whenswallowingsolidfood.
Styes
SymptomsStyes.
Worseonuppereyelids.
Teething
SymptomsPainfulinchildren.
Bettertorcoldwater;awalkinfreshair.
Worseforheatofbed,warmfood/drinks.
Toothache
SymptomsPains:gnawing;pulling;stitching.
Bettertorcoldwater;forfreshair.
Worseinastuffyroom;forheat;forwarmthofbed.
Causesteething.
Holdingcoldwaterinthemouthgreatlyrelievesthe
pains.Thenervesfeelstretched.Varicoseveins
SymptomsVaricoseveinspainful.
Worseduringpregnancy.
Limbslainonbecomenumbandcold;thisisan
indicationofpoorcirculation.
Pyrogen(Pyr.)
Othernames:pyrexin;sepsin;pyrogenium
ThehomeopathicremedyPyrogenisaproductofde-
composedbeef.Itisdefinedas'achemicalnon-living
substanceformedbylivingbacteria,butalsobyliving
pus-corpuscles, orthelivingblood-ortissue-
protoplasmsfromwhichthesecorpusclesspring.'
Thoughusedinitiallyfortreatingtyphoidfeverand
diphtheria, itbecameanindispensabletreatmentfor
bloodpoisoning,especiallypoisoningfrombacterial
products.Itwaslaterfoundtobeeffectiveinvarious
differentconditionssuchasulcersandflus.
Theremedyispreparedbymixingchoppedlean
beefwithwaterandleavingitinthesuntodecompose
fortwoweeks.Itisthenpotentisedbysuccussion.
GENERALSYMPTOMS
Discharges(breath,pus,sweat)smellyPains:in
partslainon;sore,bruised.Pulse:rapid.Thirsty.
Betterformovement.
Worseforcold;forcold,wetweather.
Pyrogenismainlyforchroniccomplaintsorforvery
severeacutecomplaintssuchasbloodpoisoning,both
ofwhichneedthecareofaprofessionalhomeopath. It
is,however,usefulforaparticulartypeoffluandI
havethereforeincluded ithere.Ihavealsogiventhe
indicationsforbloodpoisoninginthe(Ihopeunlikely)
eventthatyouneedthisemergencytreatment. If
indicated itwillworkquicklyandmaketheneedof
antibiotictreatmentunnecessary.
EMOTIONAL/MENTALSYMPTOMS
Thisisasmallremedywithfewstrongemotional/men-
talsvmptoms,althoughintheacutefeveryoumay
seeanxietyandanunusualdegreeoftalkativeness.
PHYSICALCOMPLAINTS
Bloodpoisoning
SymptomsWithfever(seebelow);extremechilli-
ness.
Worseforcold.
INTERNALMATERIAMEDICA Rheum(Rhe.)•139
Causesafterchildbirth;aftersurgery;frominfected
wounds.
GivePyrogeneveryfiveminutesandseekemergency
help.AkeynotefortheuseofPyrogenistherotten-
smellingdischargesofthebody(Pyrogenitselfisof
courseaproductofrottenmeat).Theurinemaybe
clear.
Fever
SymptomsHeat.Withchilliness:internal;extreme;
sweating;shaking.
Worseforbeinguncovered.
Duringafeverpartslainonfeelsoreandbruised(like
Arnica)andthebedmaythereforefeelhard.Alow
feverisusuallyaccompaniedbyafastpulseandisnot
acauseforimmediateconcern.Ifhoweverthefeveris
highandthepulseslowthismayindicateacuteblood
poisoning. IfPyrogeniscalledforthepulseisfastout
ofallproportiontothefever,orthereverse-unusu-
allyslow.Thepatientwillbeextremelychilly,andwill
beunabletogetwarm.
Flu
SymptomsPains:aching;inbonesoflegs.Withfever
(seeabove);extremethirst;chillsinback/smvER-
ING.
Betterformovement;forwalking;forwarmthofbed.
Worseduringchillystage;forsitting.Greekrheomeaning'toflow',alluding,apparently,to
thepurgativepropertiesoftheroot!
Thehomeopathic tinctureispreparedfromthe
driedroot.
Rheum(Rhe.)
Familyname:Polygonaceae
Othernames:rhubarbarum;Chinarhubarb;EastIndia
rhubarb;Turkeyrhubarb;palmatedrhubarb;rheum
palmatum
Thisisaperennialherbaceousplantthatflowersfrom
JunetoJulyandisindigenoustonorth-westChinaand
north-eastTibet.IthasbeencultivatedinEuropean
gardensasanornamentalplantsincethemid-
eighteenthcentury,andisdistinguishablefromour
familiargardenrhubarbbyitsmuchlargersize,its
heightofupto11feet,anditsdistinctivelyshaped
leaves.Itsdifferentnamesreflectitsoriginsandthe
routesithastakentoreachtheEuropeanmarket.
ItwasusedmedicinallybytheArabianphysicians
fordropsy,obstructionsofthespleen,andforjaun-
dice.Ithasalwaysbeenrecognisedforitspurgative
qualities;inhumanssmalldosesactasanastringent
tonictothedigestiveorgansandlargerdosesactasa
mildlaxative.ThenameissaidtohavecomefromtheGENERALSYMPTOMS
Discharges(stools,sweat,etc.)sour.
Thesearepalechildrenwhohaveahardtimeassimi-
latingtheirfoodwhentheyareproducing(ortrying
toproduce)teeth.Sournessisthekeynoteofthis
remedy.Thewholechildmaysmellsour,despite
frequentwashing.Eventhescalpsmellsofsoursweat


doesn’t even like to have a wood splinter in it, let alone toxic chemicals.
Sometimes we need to change our attitudes about things. Our attitudes
are our roadblocks in life. They are similar to belief systems; both can limit
your ability to experience truth. If you want to be healthy you must eat
healthy, live healthy, breathe healthy, think healthy and know yourself as
healthy. (You may want to think about that one.) “Knowing” is far more
powerful than thinking. To know is simply to see truth for what it is.
Knowing does not require thought. Thought is a process of interaction that
leaves room for limitation and failure. When one is critically ill, a knowing of
Wellness is the most powerful force he or she can grab to start healing.
Have fun on your journey into health and spirituality. These are the
greatest adventures you can pursue.
Summary

I spent the first three years in my naturopathic clinic using science via
chemistry to seek a homeostasis, or chemical and biochemical balance, for the
human body. I used tissue (cell) salts, vitamins, minerals and glandulars to try
to achieve this. It wasn’t until I studied the work of Dr. Royal Lee, of
Standard Process Laboratories, that I realized the importance of synergistic
elements and molecules. I realized that nature works together and in harmony
with itself. It doesn’t oppose itself.I understood that the tremendous vitality I felt from my years of eating
raw food was due to the
totality
 of a food and its electromagnetic energies,
not its separated chemistry. This is when I switched to botanicals (herbs). I
have been using them now for over twenty-five years. I use them as
detoxifiers, not for “treatment.” Together with an organic, live food diet,
herbs are the simple answers to robust health and vitality.
We explored in Chapter One the difference between detoxification and
treatment, explaining that treatment deals with symptom-alleviation but not
necessarily with the underlying cause of disease. It is time for us to break out
of our treatment mentality and open up to the world of detoxification.
Detoxification does not “treat” the symptoms (of the problem), nor does it
treat from “deficiency” concepts; if it treats or addresses anything, it treats the
root cause of the symptom(s). Detoxification takes into consideration
alkalization, homeostasis, enhancement, revitalization, regeneration and
cleansing. Eating your foods whole, fresh and raw, whereby the chemistry
and energy is unchanged by human intervention, is the golden key that
unlocks the door to health and vitality.
When you heat your foods you radically change their chemistry, creating
acrylamides and other carcinogenic substances. This is especially true when
using higher temperatures (frying, pasteurizing, canning, processing). The
energy and nature of the foods you eat can make you vital or sick. The nature
or vibration of a particular food creates reflex energy waves throughout your
body. This can have a positive or negative effect upon your body’s system
and cells. The healthier you become, you will experience this. Simply by
putting a food in your mouth, or even just touching or smelling a food, you
can feel your body’s response. I’ve seen the lymph system produce excessive
mucus (or go into shock), just from smelling a harmful food or substance.
Rather than choosing foods that you
think
 your body needs, your body itself
will
indicate
 what it needs by what it is attracted to eat from among the many
fresh raw foods that are available.
Detoxification is a system, not a treatment. It is a science that
encompasses chemistry and how chemistry interacts with itself. It also
encompasses physics and the energies of the universe and how your body is a
part of the whole. It also encompasses God and how your spirituality, your
mind and your emotions play an instrumental role in the functioning of your
physical body.
Detoxification is the simple answer to curing disease and unhappiness. It
cleans you out, and uplifts and reconnects you to God and
nature. It rids yourbody of acidosis, toxins, chemicals, mucus and harmful parasites. It rids the
mind of unwanted thoughts and cleans the angers and emotions from your
being.
With all our scientific sophistication we have not even come close to
making a supplement that replaces food. Chemistry, physics and physiology
prove over and over again that fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds are perfect
foods for humans. They carry and support life in every way. Ninety-nine
percent of the vertebrate species require and feed on these food sources. Why
should we be any different? You can see in reviewing this chapter that there
are literally hundreds of different constituents found in your foods. They
have an incredibly broad range of effects that are most essential to life and the
function of cells within your body.
If you wish to supplement your diet because your food is devitalized,
then take a superfood complex. (The food industry has literally ruined many
foods by picking them before they are ripe; and has compromised the soil,
and thus the nutritional value of the food grown in that soil, in order to raise
animals for slaughter.) A superfood complex is a supplement that is made
from the whole food itself—generally the best that nature offers, nutritionally
speaking. This means that you are getting the complete list of constituents
needed for life to grow and maintain itself. Supplementing with manufactured
supplements can throw your body’s chemistry out of balance and affect
proper utilization and ionization factors needed for proper metabolism.
Keep your life simple. If you relax and truly investigate and experiment
on yourself, you will discover the truth. Detoxification is the golden key. Use
it to open the door to the kingdom of true vitality and God, and to experience
a disease-free life. us
no medicine, but will interest his frame, in diet and in
the cause and
The doctor of the future will give us no medicine, but will interest his
patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and
prevention of disease.
— Thomas Edison

CHAPTER FOUR
Toxic Habits
M
any concepts related to health and well being are erroneous. They have been
passed down through our families and taught in our schools out of ignorance,
or programmed into us deliberately via television and other media to sell
products. The “Drink Milk for Calcium” myth is one of the biggest. The
Protein Myth is equally huge. We have become a society of high-protein
eaters mainly through the efforts of the industries that sell animal and grain
products.
It is natural for anyone in business to develop slogans about their
products to help sell them. However, when these industries cross the line and
start advertising half-truths or untruths, then we have fraud and
misrepresentation. These “untruths” damage the health of millions of people
every year. This misleading advertising is abundantly true of pharmaceutical
companies as well. Over-the-counter and prescription drugs kill hundreds of
thousands of people each year according to
The Washington Post,
 and many
other sources.
This chapter will examine several deadly myths that relate to food, the
myth of vaccinations against disease, and the myth of reliance on chemical
poisons. It will conclude with information that will help you to protect
yourself from some of the negative influences in your environment, including
a reference list of Poison Control Centers in the United States.
When we make choices based on habit rather than from our alignment
with the forces of nature, these habits can create toxic conditions within our
bodies that result in serious illness or death. When we choose a level of
imagined health or hygiene over environmental balance, we create farther-
reaching toxic habits—patterns that can affect the health of our planet and all
its inhabitants.
MODULE 4.1
The Problem with Milk and Other Dairy Food
 Cow’s Milk is for
 Cows. There is nothing bad about drinking milk from the
time you first open your eyes at birth until you are two years of age. That is,
provided the milk is from your mother, and is therefore fresh, raw and
natural. Ideally, mother would be on a high-energy and highly-nutritional,
raw food diet, before and during pregnancy. However, in our culture we tend
not to breast-feed our children. Most of us were weaned on cow’s milk or
synthetic formulas, which are almost twenty times more concentrated than
cow’s milk.
Cow’s milk tends to be high in proteins, minerals and fats—a necessity
for baby cows that will grow to 300-500 pounds in one year. Needless to say,
human babies do not grow that fast. Cow’s milk has at least four times as
much protein and over six times as much mineral content as human milk.
Such heavily concentrated milk is extremely hard for infants to digest.
Human enzyme production for handling milk products is much less than a
cow’s enzyme production. Without proper enzymes in the right quantity,
human babies suffer digestive problems and mucus congestion in the sinus
cavities, lungs, brain and ears. Many types of allergies are also created from
the excessive congestion that started with cow-milk consumption.
Adults cannot digest milk at all and develop deeper congestive problems
as they get older. Cow’s milk is also low in essential fatty acids, which are
vital to humans in the production of systemic cholesterol, steroids, brain and
nerve tissue, etc. Raw cow’s milk is more for skeletal/ muscular growth,
where human milk feeds brain and nerve growth. This is


 That  is the Reason  for This  Knowledge  being  re-
leased  ; and  for the Great  Golden  Age  coming  in quickly, 63 THE  "I AM"  DISCOURSES
producing  Its Perfection  for mankind.  The  people  can  co-
operate  and  help  bring  It in; or they  can go on and  refuse
acceptance  of It; and  go down  in the discord  of their  own
destruction!  The  choice  is widi  mankind  today!  The  Great
Cyclic  Law  will  not wait!
Mankind  has been  given  opportunity,  embodiment  after
embodiment;  and  now  the Great  Cosmic  Light,  a Great
Wave  of which  is sweeping  into  the Earth  on the seventh
of this  month,  says  no longer  will  That  Light  wait  for the
choice  of mankind!  It is sweeping  into  action!  If mankind
insists  on allowing  the destruction  of the world  of appear-
ances  to act in This  Incoming  Activity,  then  hundreds  of
thousands  of mankind  will  have  lost their  opportunity.
I trust  there  is not one  of the Beloved  "I AM"  Students
in New  York,  who  wants  to take  that  chance!  Now  re-
member,  We  are  speaking  Heart  to Heart  tonight.  Be-
cause  Our  Love  is so great  for you,  who  have  made  earnest
sincere  effort—in  the Acknowledgment  of your  Presence;
We insist  if you  will  stand  with  Us, you  shall  not fail—not
one!  That  is how  Great  Our  Love  and  how  great  the Love
of the Messengers  is for you;  who  were  willing  to go forth,
when  they  could  have  been  Free!
It seems  incredible,  Beloved  Ones,  there  could  exist
among  your  wonderful  civilization  today,  such  viciousness
in the  feeling  of mankind.  I speak  plainly  to you,  Dear
Hearts;  for I want  you  to feel your  Authority,  your  Ability,
your  Power,  to stand  so firmly  with  your  "Mighty  I AM
Presence,"  no longer  can discord  touch  you  or your  world. DISCOURSE  VIII  41
We want  you  to be Free,  but We cannot  do this  for you!
We can  help  you  tremendously!  That  is what  I am  en-
deavoring  to do tonight;  and  I do say in all humbleness,
since  I began  This  Activity  in San  Francisco,  the western
part of your  United  States  has  made  enormous  advance-
ment.  Won't  you  accept  My Humble  Efforts  here  thruout
New  York;  and  never  let a moment's  discord  touch  you  or
your  world  again ? Pour  out Love  and  Blessings  to all man-
kind—Oh,  no matter  what  their  mistakes  have  been!  Man-
kind  is full of mistakes.  Who  isn't?  Who  shall  judge  what
mistake  is greater  than  another?  All  is a falling  short  of
Perfection!  Won't  you  take  that  attitude  and  just  let the
Power  of the Presence  pour  forth  Its Mighty  Activity  of the
Ascended  Masters'  Divine  Love?  As This  Good  Brother
called  to your  attention  tonight,  let us take  that  up in the
Activity  of the  Release  of the  Love  from  your  Presence.
How  can  it be? Only  by your  attention  held  to your  Pres-
ence  and  the call thru  your  Power  of Qualification;  for the
Power  of the Ascended  Masters'  Divine  Love;  to flow  forth
thru you  and  out into  your  world,  thru  those  Mighty  Light
Rays  going  forth  from  the Presence.  Call  them  into  action
without  limit!  The  Presence  does  not limit  you,  don't  you
see that?
You can call  the Presence  to project  a thousand  or thou-
sands  of Its Rays  everywhere  to carry  out Its Harmonious
Activity  in the bodies  of mankind;  into  conditions  every-
where;  into  your  city,  to give  the Protection  which  it needs
so much.  You  will  never  know  how  much,  I tell  you 42 THE  "I AM"  DISCOURSES
frankly.  Remember,  Beloved  Ones,  and  I say this  with  all
earnestness,  you  now  become  the Guardians  of the Light  in
New  York!  The  Messengers  have  fulfilled  their  part  in
the United  States.  The  students,  as We  told  them  in the
West,  are now  the Guardians  of This  Light;  and  those  who
turn aside  from  This  Stream  of Light,  will  regret  it thru
the time  that  is to come.
This  Light  is True!  The  Instruction  which  Beloved  Saint
Germain  has brought  forth  is True!  The  Experiences  of this
Good  Brother  are True!  and  there  is not a single  discrep-
ancy  in those  books—not  one!  If mankind  would  clear
away  all viciousness  in the feeling,  the people  would  see the
Truth  which  is there;  BUT  NO  ONE  CAN  SEE  THE
TRUTH  WHOSE  FEELING  WORLD  IS FILLED
WITH  VICIOUSNESS  AND  UNKINDESS!  Love,  the
Ascended  Masters'  Divine  Love,  is the Open  Door  to the
Fulness  of This  Truth!  Each  one  must  call  forth  the As-
cended  Masters'  Love  from  the Presence,  to take  command
of his or her mind  and  body  and  hold  Its Dominion!
So tonight,  My  Joy is Boundless,  Oh Beloved  Ones,  for
having  the Privilege  of rendering  This  Service  to you.  Dear
Ones,  do you  think  a thing  is not tangible,  because  you  do
not see it? Don't  make  that  mistake,  I plead  with  you!  The
most  Tangible  Things  on the face  of This  Earth  or any-
where  else today,  are Those  Rays  of Light  going  forth  from
My Heart  into  yours!  Don't  make  any  mistake!  I am not
speaking  of this  form  standing  before  you  (Mr.  Ballard's).
I am speaking  of My Form  which  stands  here  by this Good DISCOURSE  VIII  43
Messenger.  My Form  and  Light  are Limitless  and  I am not
a dis-embodied  spirit,  don't  make  any  mistake  about
THAT  either!
Now  Dear  Ones,  tonight,  it is My  Privilege  to anchor
These  Streams  of Light  within  your  Hearts;  and  give  you
the Courage,  Strength  and  Feeling  of your  Ability  to call
the Release  of the Powers  of your  Presence  into  action;  to
set you  and  your  world  Free  and  into  Divine  Order.  This
Service  is being  rendered  for every  SINCERE  STUDENT
in New  York  tonight;  and  all who  will  accept  It, will  have
Its Blessing  and  Benefit!  One  day,  you  will  know  We  are
more  Tangible  than  you  are.  Our  Bodies  are  Eternal,
Wholly  Perfect,  and  We have  come  from  Those  Great  Oc-
taves  of Light,  to render  This  Service  to the Earth!  Beloved
Saint  Germain,  Jesus  and  Kuthumie  were  trained  by My-
self, in this  Identical  Understanding  of the "Mighty  I AM
Presence,"  which  Beloved  Saint  Germain  has given  to you,
even  to the exact


 the progesterone. It became more radiant, which isa great thing to have happen at my age. I used to have all of theseskin tags on my neck, and about a month after I started theprogesterone they all disappeared.54 THE MIRACLE OF BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES  Ultimately, it took me ten months to lose about 60 pounds
and get down to a size 4. I must have gained a lot of muscle mass,because I don’t weigh 105 pounds like most size 4 women. I weigh137 pounds. Of course, with more muscle mass my metabolismis much higher than it used to be, so it is that much easier tomaintain my weight while still eating the foods I love to eat.
A LIFETIME OF BATTLING OBESITY
Susan B. is typical of the many people who have fought obesity
their entire life not because of an eating problem but because ofa hormone problem.
I believe the only cause for postpartum depression
is low progesterone.
Susan had the classic history of someone with a low
progesterone level who becomes estrogen dominant anddepressed. I believe the only cause for postpartum depressionis low progesterone. In the second and third trimesters theplacenta pours out progesterone, which is why women feel sogood during this time of their pregnancy. But after the baby isdelivered, progesterone levels go down.
For most women, once they start ovulating again, their
bodies begin producing progesterone and their moods lift. ButSusan was low in progesterone to begin with, and she was in her40s, when hormone levels are on the decline anyway. So she hadno source of progesterone.
Her low progesterone caused high insulin levels—the  num-
ber one cause of obesity. Low progesterone also led to an increasein estrogen—another hormone that creates fat. Low proges-terone leads to depression and other psychological problems.55 POSTP ARTUM DEPRESSION AND SUSAN B.  She also had the standard symptoms of an under-active
thyroid: her skin was dry, her nails didn’t grow well, she waseasily fatigued, and so on. Her blood tests bore out thisdeficiency. Her low thyroid contributed to her depression, too.The thyroid has a tremendous influence on the metabolism ofevery cell of the body, including the brain cells.
Helping Susan was a very simple matter. As soon as her
hormones were balanced she regained a zest for living. Theweight loss made her feel even better—it was a particularlysweet reward for a woman who had spent half a lifetimestruggling with obesity.
I hope you, the reader, are beginning to understand the
importance of hormones when it comes to health. Susan’s caseis another example of a deficiency of hormones creating havocwith one’s health and illustrates the importance of beingpro-active with your own health care. For the most part, youcannot expect the medical community to come up withanswers it is ill-equipped to find.
EVEN MOVIE STARS GET THE BLUES
As many of you are aware, actress/model Brooke Shields wrote
a book detailing her experience with severe postpartum depression.Her advice to women with this problem is to avail themselvesof anti-depressant medications. She has been on multiple talkshows reiterating this advice.
What she is proposing is the classic, standard medical care
approach: take a Band-Aid (drug) for your problem.
It is my understanding that Ms. Shields utilized in vitro
fertilization to get pregnant. The number one reason why awoman cannot get pregnant is a low progesterone level. Myunderstanding is that she did not have morning sickness, theoccurrence of which I would have expected. After her delivery,56 THE MIRACLE OF BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES  her progesterone level might have dropped to non-existent
levels, which could have precipitated her severe postpartumdepression.
Using natural, bio-identical progesterone might have
eliminated the need for in vitro fertilization and preventedpostpartum depression. In fact, giving her progesterone wouldhave eliminated her depression almost immediately.
There is an ironic twist to this situation. Many of you
might be aware that actor T om Cruise, who I understand is apracticing Scientologist, advised Ms. Shields to take a morenatural approach for her depression—healing with prayer, andso on.
Interestingly, T om Cruise has said that he has a problem
with ADHD—a condition I feel is also caused by a lowprogesterone level. So both of these well-known actors havethe same hormone deficiency, in my view, yet neither of themis aware of it.57 POSTP ARTUM DEPRESSION AND SUSAN B.  FIBROMYALGIA AND
JANET L.
chapter SEVEN
Fibromyalgia is a rheumatism of the muscles, ligaments, and
tendons that can cause crippling pain and can make normalactivity excruciating. It is far more common than most peoplerealize and seems to occur with great frequency among over-weight people. Fibromyalgia can be healed using a natural,drugless approach, a fact that should bring joy to the hearts ofmany sufferers. I hope Janet’s story will inspire others to “say no”to this debilitating condition and begin living a pain-free,joyous life.
I’ve had fibromyalgia for 20 years, although it wasn’t diagnosed
until recently. Most people who have fibromyalgia do not getproperly diagnosed until they have had it for at least seven years.That’s because it is a progressive disease, and when it starts out itmight only manifest as a stiff neck or isolated pain and generalfatigue. The symptoms, in other words, are so general they can beinterpreted as the flu, tired muscles, a sleep disorder, or anynumber of less serious problems.
When I first started experiencing the pain of fibromyalgia I
was living in the mountains in Washington State. In that oftencold, usually moist climate my body behaved like a barometer—
59whenever the weather changed my body would feel it. Whether it
was dampness, cold, a change in the wind—any change wouldregister in my body as pain. I went to rheumatologists, chiropractors,all kinds of doctors about my pain, but none of them had asolution for me.
One doctor started me on cortisone shots. We reached a point
where he was shooting cortisone into 42 muscles in my back everyday. He finally said, “Janet, I can’t do this any more. You’vebecome a human pincushion.”
I would have good days and bad days. On my good days I was
energetic and took part in family activities with great zest. Onbad days I wouldn’t be able to get dressed without stopping a fewtimes to lie down and rest and get my energy back.
In the days before the fibromyalgia was advanced, my husband
and I decided to build our dream house up in the mountains inCardiff. I took a very active part in designing it, a house on threelevels. It was a project that went on for several years. By the timewe were close to finishing it, the major symptoms of my fibromyalgiahad set in. At that point, I found it unbearable to climb stairs. Ihad to wonder who that person was who had thought to design athree-story house. But no one had diagnosed me or told me myproblem would get worse every year.
I was given various medications for pain, Neurontin being the
one I ended up taking long-term. It dulled the pain withoutgetting at the source of the problem.
The way I dealt with the pain in the early days was to be very
active. Inactivity seemed to exacerbate the stiffness and pain, so Ithrew myself into family activities. We have a large extendedfamily up north and I loved making dinners and entertaining. Icould forget about my pain if I had a goal like cooking for 40people. However, the activity took a lot out of me and after thesedinners were over I would have to recuperate for a week.60 THE MIRACLE OF BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES  Part of the fibromyalgia was a sleeping problem—the pain
kept me awake. Often I would get only three hours of sleep atnight. I would toss and turn and then finally go to my husband’srecliner to get some sleep. It was easier to find a comfortableposition there. I also started getting migraine headaches.
Gradually I reached the point where I was quite debilitated.
If it were snowing outside I could only walk a half a block or sobefore exhaustion would set in. My knees would get so swollen theywould be like footballs. I couldn’t bend them.
A rheumatologist finally diagnosed me. He checked my
pressure points and told me all 18 of them were inflamed. He saidI had both osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia.
I finally had a diagnosis, but the rheumatologist didn’t have a
solution for my pain. He just prescribed more Neurontin. Myhusband and I arrived at the point where we were ready tosacrifice our dream house so we could live in a warm, dry climatewhere I could be in less pain. We sold our house in Cardiff andbought a house in the desert. As soon as we’d moved in I contacteda rheumatologist—I needed a local source for my Neurontin. Thisdoctor checked my pressure points, and they were, as usual,inflamed.
Meanwhile, I happened to see Dr. Platt on television


 forces: a fantasy of ideal romance and a fear that we will
miss out and never be loved at all. Both these drives are self-defeating,
although in different ways. If you carry around an idealized fantasy of what
love should be like, you will miss the real thing when it crosses your path.
Real love begin s with everyday interactions that hold the seed of promise,
not with full-blown ecstasy. The seed is easy to overlook, and nothing
blinds us to it more than fixed mental images.
In much  the same way, if you go around in a state of anxiety about
whether someone will pick you out to love, you will never make yourself
attractive to anyone, for nothing kills romance quicker than fear. To strive to
be attractive is just another form of desperation, which others see no matter
how hard you struggle to disguise it. So strong is our social conditioning,
however, that billions more dollars are spent on cosmetics, fashion, and
plastic surgery than on psychotherapy, for example, despite the fact that
working on their neuroses would make most people much more attractive
than a svelte figure or designer clothes.
Despite their self-defeating nature, these two motivations—fan tasy and
fear—are what most of us fall back on when we search for love. Prompted
by them, men and women approach romance with behaviors that can never
bring about what they hope to achieve. These tactics all grow out of
listening to an inner voice that obsesses about love and directs our search
even though the voice itself is quite loveless. Most of these futile behaviors
will sound extremely familiar:
We constantly compare ourselves with an ideal that we can never live
up to. The loveless inner voice drives us by saying, “Y ou aren’ t good
enough—thin enough, pretty enough, happy enough, secure enough.”
We look for approval in others. This behavior basically projects our
inner dissatisfaction with ourselves in the hope that some outside
authority will lift it from our souls. Here the loveless inner voice issaying, “Don’ t make a move until the right person comes along.” (The
right person in this case is some fairy-tale character who will tap the
ugly duckling and turn it into a swan.) Being an impossible fiction,
that right person never arrives.
We assume that falling in love is totally magical, a stroke from the blue
that will come at random, usually when least expected. Many people
wait passively for this magic to appear. Although masked as hope, this
passivity is really a form of hopelessness, for the inner loveless voice
is saying, “There’ s nothing you can do but wait to see if someone loves
you.” The underlying belief here is that we cannot possibly deserve
love—not the passionate, fulfilling love of our dreams. The hope that
someone will reach out to us and bestow love is a surrender of our
ability to create our own lives.
Finally, we rely on love to remove the obstacles that keep it away. All
sorts of unloving behaviors are allowed to persist with the attitude that
we will become af fectionate, open, trusting, and intimate only by a
touch of love’ s magic wand. The inner loveless voice keeps us in total
inertia by saying, “It doesn’ t matter how you treat all these people.
After all, they don’ t love you, and when the ideal person comes along,
these people will matter even less.” The underlying belief in this case
is that we can pick and choose whom to love, leaving the rejected in a
limbo of indif ference.
Can we find another way to approach romance, without fantasy and fear,
without listening to the fearful voice inside ourselves that finds a way to
keep love at a distance?
“TO LOVE, BE LOVABLE”
To begin with, we can’t keep confining romance to an emotional state; we
must redefine it as a surrender to the mystery of our own spirit—sat chit
ananda—for beneath the turbulence of emotion that is what romance is. It is
a state in which your primary relationship is not with your beloved but with
your Self. Romance therefore begins when you can show your soul to
another person.
The secret to being attractive, if one consults the past record of human
experience, is remarkably simpl e. It is summarized in an aphorism from theLatin poet Ovid, who said, “To love, be lovable.” A lovable person is
someone who is natural, easy with himself or herself, radiating the simple,
unaffected humanity that makes anyone truly attractive.
Sometimes, however, the simplest solutions are the most difficult to
achieve. People find themselve s caught up in the anxious search for love
precisely because they don’t feel lovable. The very condition that would
make for romance is absent. It is sad to say, but many of us have never felt
lovable, even in childhood, when we had the fewest defenses against love
and therefore could approach it with the most spontaneous innocence. A
child who does not easily ask for affection and attention, who does not
blossom when these are suppl ied, or who lives with her or his appeals
unanswered, has been deprived of the very essence of childhoo d. Even for
those of us who were loved adequately as children and therefore are in
touch with our lovableness, bringing it forth is incredibly difficult in the
current social climate.
Being lovable isn’t a superficial quality; it is a quality of spirit. Ananda
cannot be destro yed, only covered over. In the end, if you can see yourself
as spirit, it won’ t matter what conditioning has occurred in the past, whether
you were fortun ate enough to be raised with loving values or so unfortunate
that you were discouraged and made to feel ugly and worthless. Remember,
in our inmost being, we are all completely lovable because spirit is love.
Beyond what anyone can make you think or feel about yourself, your
unconditioned spirit stands, shining with a love nothing can tarnish.
If being lovable really is the secret to attraction, then there is no need for
anxious searchi ng, because your own being, which can never be lost,
doesn’ t have to be found. The whole futile process of making yourself
attractive to others, of constantly waiting for someone else’s response, of
desperately comparing yourself with an ideal image can come to an end.
The only requirement is a shift in perception, for those who cannot find
love perceive themselves as not being lovable. This is not true, but they
make it seem true by linking their perception to a powerful system of
beliefs.
What cr eates r omance is the ability to see yourself as lovable.This shift in perception happen s not by changing who you are but by
seeing who you are and then shining it forth. If you were able to exhibit the
full grandeur of your being, your whole life would be a romance, one long
love story dedic ated to ecstasy and joy. Rumi puts it elegantly when he
declares,
By God, when you see your beauty
You’ll be the idol of yourself.
Nothing is more beautiful than naturalness. It alone contains the mystery
and allure that spark romance. Trying to be cosmetically attractive is beside
the point, for we are talking here about authenticity.
We all covet images of intensely desirable people, generally actors and
models who make their living by appearing to be desirable. In reality,
however, they are likely to be extremely insecure about their desirability,
since their value is subject to the whims of a public they have  never met.
Aspiring to these images is aspiring to be something that you are not.
The farther you are from the desired image, the harder you must try to
suppress who you really are. The tendency is to make yourse lf more and
more inauthentic, until, if you “succeed” in becoming as desira ble as your
image, you will have thrown away what is most desirable in yourself—your
unique, multifaceted being. This being doesn’ t live up to any single image,
ugly or beautiful, desirable or undesirable, because it expresses the shifting,
changing light of life. This light is nothing if not ambiguous. Your being
contains shadows and hints of meaning; it is mysterious to the core.
To be authentic, you have to be everything that you are, omitting nothing.
Within everyone there is light and shadow, good and evil, love and hate.
The play of these opposites is what constantly moves life forward; the river
of life expresses itself in all its changes from one opposite to another. If you
can truly embrace these opposites within yourself, you will be authentic,
and as your self-acceptance expa nds until there is nothing to be ashamed of,
nothing to hide, your life will take on the generosity and warmth  that marks
every great lover.
Being desirable means being comfortable with your own ambiguity.The ultimate ambiguity that each of us expresses is not that we can be
both good and bad, loving and unloving, but that we are spirit and flesh at
the same time. Nothing could be more ambiguous than this, or more
alluring.
OceanofPDF.comLOVING  PRACTICE
Accepting Ambiguity
MOST OF US waste our time trying to become more attractive, particularly by
concentrating on the most superficial level of attraction, the physical. Not
only is physical beauty temporary, which means that fixating on it will pay
decreasing dividends over time, its ideals are never met either.
If you are imprisoned by phys ical images, you


 so.” Your feeling about the work to be done is “the boss.”
Harmony is yours. Know that health is yours. Be-come intelligent  by
becoming a vehicle for the infinite healing power of the s ubconscious
mind. Pass on the idea of health Jo your subconscious mind to the
point of conviction; then relax. Get yourself off your hands. Say to t he
condition and circum-stance, “This, too, shall pass.” Through
relaxation you impress your subconscious mind enabling the ki netic
energy behind the idea to take over and bring it into concrete
realization.

 97  • The law of reversed effort and why you get the opposite o f what
you pray for
Coué, the famous psychologist from France who visited America
about forty years ago, defined the law of reversed effort as follows:
“When your desires and imagination are in conflict your imaginat ion
invariably gains the day.”
If, for example, you were asked to walk a plank on the floor, you
would do so without question. Now suppose the same plank were
placed twenty feet up in the air between two walls, would you walk it?
Your desire to walk it would be counter-acted by your imaginati on or
fear of falling. Your dominant idea, which would be the picture  of
falling, would conquer. Your desire, will, or effort to walk on the
plank would be reversed, and the dominant idea of failure would be
reinforced.
Mental effort is invariably self-defeated, eventuating alw ays in the
opposite of what is desired. The suggestions of powerless-ness to
overcome the condition dominate the mind; your sub-conscious is
always controlled by the dominant idea. Your subconscious will
accept the stronger of two contradictory propositions. The e ffortless
way is the better.
If you say, “I want a healing, but I can’t get it;” “I try s o hard;” “I
force myself to pray;” “I use all the will power I have,” you must
realize that your error lies in your effort. Never try to compel the
subconscious mind to accept your idea by exercising will power. Such
attempts are doomed to failure, and you get the opposite of what  you
prayed for.
The following is a rather common experience. Students, when
taking examinations and reading through their papers, find that all
their knowledge has suddenly deserted them. Their minds become
appalling blanks, and they are unable to recall one relevant thought.
The more they grit their teeth and sum-mon the powers of the wi ll, the
further the answers seem to flee. But, when they have left the
 98  examination room and the mental pressure relaxes, the answers the y
were seeking flow tantalizingly back into their minds.
Trying to force themselves to remember was the cause of  their
failure. This is an example of the law of reversed effort wher eby you
get the opposite of what you asked or prayed for.
• The conflict of desire and imagination must be reconciled
To use mental force is to presuppose that there is opposi-t ion. When
your mind is concentrated on the means to overcome a problem, it is
no longer concerned with the obstacle. MATT. 18:19 says, If two of
you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it
shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. Who are these
two?
It means the harmonious union or agreement between your
conscious and subconscious on any idea, desire, or mental imag e.
When there is no longer any quarrel in either part of your m ind, your
prayer will be answered. The two agreeing may also be rep resented as
you and your de-sire, your thought and feeling, your idea and emotion,
your desire and imagination.
You avoid all conflict between your desires and imagina-tion by
entering into a drowsy, sleepy state which brings all effort to a
minimum.
The conscious mind is submerged to a great extent when in a sl eepy
state.
The best time to impregnate your subconscious is prior to sle ep. The
reason for this is that the highest degree of outcropping of th e
subconscious occurs prior to sleep and just after we awaken. I n this
state the nega-tive thoughts and imagery, which tend to neutrali ze
your desire and so prevent acceptance by your subconscious mi nd no
longer present themselves. When you imagine the reality of th e ful-
filled desire and feel the thrill of accomplishment, your subcon -scious
brings about the realization of your desire.
 99  A great many people solve all their dilemmas and prob-l ems by the
play of their controlled, directed, and disciplined imagination,
knowing that whatever they imagine and feel as true will and must
come to pass.
The following will clearly illustrate how a young girl over-c ame the
conflict between her desire and her imagination. She desired a
harmonious solution to her legal problem, yet her mental imager y was
constantly on failure, loss, bankruptcy, and poverty. It was a
complicated lawsuit and there was one post-ponement after anoth er
with no solution in sight.
At my suggestion, she got into a sleepy, drowsy state each night
prior to sleep, and she began to imagine the happy ending, feel ing it to
the best of her ability. She knew that the image in her mind had to
agree with her heart’s desire. Prior to sleep she began to dra matize as
vividly as possible her lawyer having an animated discussion with her
regarding the outcome. She would ask him questions, and he would
answer her appropriately. He would say to her over and over agai n,
“There has been a per-fect, harmonious solution. The case has bee n
settled out of court.” During the day when fear thoughts came into  her
mind, she would run her mental movie with gestures, voice, and sound
equipment. She could easily imagine the sound of his voice, smile,
and mannerism. She ran this mental picture so often; it became  a
subjective pattern, a regular train track. At the end of a  few weeks her
attorney called her and confirmed objec-tively what she had been
imagining and feeling as true sub-jectively.
This is really what the Psalmist meant when he wrote, Let the words
of my mouth [your thoughts, mental images, good] and the meditations
of my heart [your feeling, nature, emotion] be acceptable in thy sight,
O Lord [the law of your subconscious mind], my strength, and my
redeemer [the power and wisdom of your subconscious mind can
redeem you from sickness, bond-age, and misery]. PSALM 19:14.

 100  • Ideas worth recalling
1. Mental coercion or too much effort shows anxiety and fear, which
block your answer. Easy does it.
2. When your mind is relaxed and you accept an idea, your
subconscious goes to work to execute the idea.
3. Think and plan independently of traditional methods. Know that
there is always an answer and a solution to every prob-lem.
4. Do not be overly concerned with the beating of your heart, wi th
the breathing of your lungs, or the functions of any part of your
anatomy. Lean heavily upon your subconscious and proclaim
frequently that Divine right action is taking place.
5. The feeling of health produces health; the feeling of wealth
produces wealth. How do you feel?
6. Imagination is your most powerful faculty. Imagine what is
lovely and of good report. You are what you imagine yourself to be.
7. You avoid conflict between your conscious and subconscious in
the sleepy state. Imagine the fulfillment of your desire over and over
again prior to sleep. Sleep in peace and wake in joy.

 101  9
How to Use the Power of Your
Subconscious for Wealth
If you are having financial difficulties, if you are trying to make
ends meet, it means you have not convinced your subcon-scious mind
that you will always have plenty and some to spare. You know me n
and women who work a few hours a week and make fabulous sums of
money. They do not strive or slave hard. Do not believe the story t hat
the only way you can become wealthy is by the sweat of your brow
and hard labor. It is not so; the effortless way of life is the best. Do the
thing you love to do, and do it for the joy and thrill of it.
I know an executive in Los Angeles who receives a salary of
$75,000 yearly. Last year he went on a nine-month cruise seeing th e
world and its beauty spots. He said to me that he had succeeded i n
convincing his subconscious mind that he is worth that much money.
He told me that many men in his organiza-tion getting about one
hundred dollars a week knew more about the business than he did, and
could manage it better, but they had no ambition, no creative ide as,
and were not interested in the wonders of their subconscious mind.
• Wealth is of the mind
Wealth is simply a subconscious conviction on the part of the
individual.
You will not become a millionaire by saying, “I am a milli


 and treatment process can be shut down due to a power failure. The works themselves are O.K. but the energy
that feeds all the machinery is shut off or is on ly partially available. We can liken this to what happens in our bodies when food is
nutritionally deficient and fails to give us energy. All the above conditions are being experienced in our bowels today. Why?  The
full explanation would fill volumes and v olumes. We can distill the main causes for brevity and still get the message however.
Basically, modern civilization, especially the industrialized nations, have the greatest bowel disturbances. We find that nat ive
peoples living close to the land and natu re do not experience these problems and such diseases as diverticulitis and colitis are
virtually unknown. So what is it that makes these bowel disturbances in our culture? It’s hard to point a finger at any one a spect in
particular because they are all co ntributing in varying degrees. Individuals suffer from one aspect more intensely than another due
to environmental factors and personal living habits.

In general, the overall major contributing factor is our straying away from a simple, natural lifestyle,  wherein all the preconditions
for happy, healthy living are found. We find that the further we stray from natural processes and the more we depend upon
unnatural and artificial processes our disease and illness increase in frequency and intensity. In part icular, we find that the food
situation has contributed most heavily to imbalances in people’s bodies today. The way we grow, harvest, process and market o ur
food is at the root of much disharmony in our population. Economic factors have totally overruled all other considerations in food
marketing and distribution. Vital, nourishing, life -giving food simply cannot be had when it is treated as it is today.
Unfortunately our foods are hybridized to promote high yields, follow specific climatic conditions, mee t harvesting and processing
requirements, and have economically advantageous marketing and shelf life characteristics. Nutrient quality, freshness, taste  and
vitality as it becomes part of the human body is totally neglected. Processed, cooked, dried, roas ted, burned, chemicalized,
embalmed, preserved foods do not react well in the human body. In fact, they produce very unpleasant things, as you will witn ess
later in this book. Anyone who is aware of health conditions as they exist today is familiar with th e case against the present system
of food production. Therefore, let us go on to the other considerations that are responsible for bowel troubles today. As a r esult of
our poor food conditions, the body is not able to get the proper nutrition. Food grown o n poor soil does not have all the vitamins,
minerals and enzymes necessary for good health. Our people are growing up with shortages in their nutritional balance. These
shortages produce abberations in body chemistry which reflect in disease, illness and u nbalanced mental states.
Additionally, processed, devitalized foods are notoriously lacking in fiber and bulk. They tend to be dry, goopy, sticky and pasty.
They do not do well in making the transit in the bowel. They have a tendency to stick to the inside s like glue and are difficult to
move out. A constant diet of this kind of food puts one upon the path to all the things we are going to discuss in this book.
Unfortunately this process gets started early in life.

Other factors we should consider in auto intoxication are the stresses and tensions put on the members of modern society. When the
body is under stress and strain, as is so often en -countered today, it needs an extra amount of nutrition to cope with the increased
needs caused by this stress. Sadl y, the food eaten is so deficient that the body is always in a state of “catching up!” Never getting
what is required, a vicious cycle is set up where starvation of vital tissues begins to occur. This situation is in itself st ress
producing and vitality re ducing. Symptoms such as lack of energy, tiredness, irritability, restlessness, intolerance, quarrel -
someness, fatigue, lack of endurance and increasing frequency of illness are all products of the things I’ve been discussing.
Now let’s combine these condi tions and see what happens. First of all, the sewer lines are beginning to get plugged up because of
all the glue in the pipes. This causes a backing up of all systems. Waste material is staying around longer than it used to. There
hasn’t been a reduction in the need to eliminate those materials and therefore the machinery has not had a break, but must instead
labor even harder to move the same amount of materials. We find that more electricity is required to do this extra work and a ll
equipment is now oper ating at a higher wear rate and will require additional maintenance to keep it all going. The possibility of
equipment failure has increased due to the overload. Now imagine a brown out or worse yet, a complete failure in the energy
supply. All systems com e to a very sticky halt. When the bowel becomes encrusted with unexpelled fecal material due to poor
dietary habits, the absorption of vital nutrients slows down to the degree of encrustation. This is equivalent to a brown out. The
energy cycle is short ci rcuited and a downward spiral of tissue integrity ensues. In addition, the accumulations on the bowel wall
become a breeding ground for unhealthy bacterial life forms. They begin to multiply on this putrid, decaying material and the  stage
is set for seriou s consequences. The heavy mucus coating in the colon thickens and becomes a host for putrefaction. The blood
capillaries to the colon begin to pick up the toxins, poisons and noxious debris as it seeps through the bowel wall. All tiss ues and
organs of the body are now taking on toxic substances. Here is the beginning of true autointoxication on a physiological level.
By this time, there is little to no existent friendly bacteria in the bowel. The colon has been completely overrun by harmful, toxin -
producing  virus and bacteria. The sewer is backed up and the power has been turned off. Call the doctor! It is an indisputable fact
that not only illness and old age, but even death are due to the accumulation of waste products of body chemistry and, on the  other
hand, to the inability of the body to replenish its cellular structures and organs with fresh vital nutrients. Therefore, immu nity and
freedom from disease can be had and old age and death can be deferred only as long as body wastes are kept at a minimum an d
fresh, vital material of the first order is supplied for growth and repair of the body. Colonic cleanliness is of tremendous
importance to general health. When the colon be -comes polluted with stagnating waste and its tissue becomes damaged by
abrasions and infective ulcerations, the end products of poor digestion, lowered metabolism and putrefactive fermentation waste
find easy entrance into the blood, lymph and other body fluids. Beside the morbid conditions already mentioned, one must
consider the comm on and in -creasing prevalence of diseases of the colon, sigmoid flexure, rectum and anus; diverticulitis, colitis,
hemorrhoids, fistulae, fissures and malignancies. These diseases are so serious and are becoming so prevalent that they have
created an army of rectal surgeons, colonic irrigators, etc.

COLONIC EXPERIENCE
The benefits of colonic therapy were introduced to me by Dr. George E. Crowie of Los Angeles, California. He believes that th e
colon is the most important organ of the human body. The sanitar y and active conditions of the colon predispose the body to good
health. It was years ago that I went to New York and took up special work with a colonic specialist who had written a book
showing that he had put the colon tube completely up the descending colon across the transverse colon, down the ascending colon
and had it touching the appendix. I saw this in X -rays and felt as though I would like to study with this man in some of the colonic
work he was giving. He had me do a good deal of this colonic wo rk over a period of a month in his office and I noticed that people
who ate certain kinds of food always had a certain kind of a bowel movement. Those who had the natural fiber foods in the bow el
always had a well -formed stool and it seemed to pass along f airly well. However, there were very few well or healthy people who
came in for these colonics. These people were living on “civilized” foods. One of the things we noticed most was that those p eople
who had a lot of bread were the ones who really had the p oorest colon conditions. They were the ones who, when X -rayed, had the
most diverticula. We came to the conclusion that anyone taking bread or any of the refined floured products must use a fiber as
found from vegetables along with it. To this day, we have  followed that program because we saw so many great changes in the
elimination of toxic material by colonics when people used vegetable fillings and plenty of them along with their sandwiches.
Today, I believe that no one should eat sandwiches or have any refined carbohydrates of any kind unless they have plenty of fiber
material to move it along. Now in many cases I think if we took the natural cereals and natural materials in the very beginni ng, we
wouldn’t develop many of these colon troubles


van der Kroon  CANCER IN BLOOD (LEUKEMIA)  Edelmira Maniquez { Michoacan Mexico } "My name is Edelmira Manriquez. I live Santoyo and in the street Cuautla, Juarez Colony in Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico. My telephone is-------. I want to make public my 32 testimony. My Celestial Father again gave the opportunity for me to live. I am a Leucemia patient (Cancer in the Blood). In March of 1999 the last of the my three children" Lucia" I gave her birth. I noticed that a muscle grew of considerable form in my abdomen. I returned to the doctor. He began to examine and between analysis, ultrasounds, x-rays, studies of bone marrow and others; they finished diagnosing " LEUKEMIA" to me. According to the doctor, my problem took but of a year. As it is logical, the tears came and other thousand questions.  I initiated fasting and I dealt to face my disease with vengeance. That disease was mine and it would be with me all the way that I had left of life. One night I woke up contents. I deduced that during my dream my Celestial Father close remembered that he was part of me. I put myself in his hands and I entrusted much to my family above. That night I found half of my strength and other half I obtained it when I finished reading the book of Urine Chemistry by Sonia Rodriguez. Two friends of mine also read her book.   After reading the book, the 19 of September of 1999, at 9 in the morning, I did the first taking of my Urine promising to my Celestial Father that I will take it by everything what I had left of life. I also chose to leave all medicines. I did not doubt at any moment, what I had to do. I mean to them that my hemoglobin was very low (6 mg/ml) and that the number of 270.000 leukocytes was above of pox milliliter (normal level: 5.000 to 10.000 leukocytes by milliliter.) In addition I received very high doses of oral chemotherapy and other medicines like the interferon and many others. At the moment my leukocytes are normal and I am alive happy with my family. Everything was a slow process relatively (5 months), during which little by little I was feeling better. Every time with force my appetite and desires to live grew.  Urine is the first wonder of the world. Like medicine for the health it is a gift that God the Father donated to us because he does not want disease with us. He wants always to be happy. With Edelmira affection."  Edelmira Manriquez Santoyo Morelia, Michoacan Mexico Thursday, February 01, 2001   World-wide Case Histories of Urine Therapy by Gary Ward  CANCER OF BREAST  “A lady of forty-two years old was diagnosed to have cancer of the breast. Excision was advised, to be followed by a strict regime, but only a faint hope of a cure was offered by 33 the profession. The patient refused the operation. A complete cure was facilitated by the fasting-urine method.”  The Water of Life by John Armstrong  CANCER OF BREAST  Mrs. Graciela P. Solis {Mexico} "In August of 1995, they detected a tumor in my left breast, they operated on me and it was cancerous of which 13 ganglia were malignant and 7 benign. They applied chemotherapy and radiation later. In January of 1996 new cancer extended to the bones of pelvis. I began to take Urine and at the moment I am better. Thanks to God and Mrs. Sonia who put it in my path."  World-wide Case Histories of Urine Therapy by Gary Ward  CANCER  OF CHEST (Adenocarcinoma)  "I was officially diagnosed with Adenocarcinoma (cancer) of the chest with possible infiltration of the left lung two years ago. Soon after I was diagnosed, I was hospitalized because my lung had filled with fluid and collapsed. I was in a desperate struggle to stop the production of the fluid, in addition to which I was terribly constipated and uncomfortable.  Then I came across information on this particular natural therapy. As soon as I had ingested the [fluid] it was miraculous. My bowels immediately began to move again. The relief was incredible and the fluid production in my lung also subsequently soon died down to the doctors' amazement. They had no recourse but to remove my chest tube. They wanted me to consider chemotherapy, radiation or surgery but I refused and signed myself out of the hospital.  Needless to say I am still here after two years even though my parents were informed I had only four months to live after the diagnosis. I had used a number of holistic approaches (colonies, herbs, etc.) but to be perfectly honest I know it was the internal and external use of [this fluid] which has saved my life."  — Mr. R., New York, Your Own Perfect Medicine by Martha M. Christy  CANCER OF GALLBLADDER  34 "52-year-old woman with jaundice (serum bilirubin 11 mg.%). Melon-sized tumor in the right epi- and mesogastrium; exploratory laparotomy revealed advanced cancer of the gallbladder with metastases to the liver, cecum and transverse colon.   After 5 injections of the urine extract, there was shrinkage of the tumor, reduction in size of the liver, bilirubin dropped to 1.6 mg%. Within 10 months of follow-up examinations, the patient exhibited no symptoms; on rare occasions, stomach upset occurred after dietary irregularities."  Therapeutic Results of the Use of an Auto-Urine Extract on Malignant Tumors, 1961, by Dr. Novak  CANCER IN KIDNEYS  Mr. Gustavo L. { Mexico } "Always I have been very ill. I have taken many medicines and never have I felt so good as now. They said me that my problem did not have remedy. I went to the hospital in Guadalajara and they said to me that my kidneys and urethras are not seen in the x-ray. I had only a few days of life left because the problem of Cancer was very advanced. I felt very sad, depressed and then somebody gave me a book from Dr. of Chemistry Sonia Rodriguez and I started with the therapy.  Thanks to God I did start and for two years of taking the therapy every month and for surprise of the doctors that took care of to me. I am very ready for work and I made my life normal and productive."  World-wide Case Histories of Urine Therapy by Gary Ward  CANCER OF LIVER  “Mrs. Champa Devi is a widow of Jeera. She is 57. She came to me on 11-5-1974, suffering from tumour of the liver, diabetes and blood pressure. A thorough check-up-revealed that her liver was assailed by cancer. She had undergone treatment at the Rajendra Hospital, Patiala for five months. She was discharged by the doctors as a case beyond medical cure.   She was relieved of all her complaints after a couple of months of regular auto-urine treatment. Her eyes that were yellowish and swollen due to the disease came to their normal state by washing with urine. She is now completely cured.”  from Manav Mootra by R. M. Patel 35  CANCER OF LIVER  "Friends. Had I not stumbled upon U. T. eleven years before, my family members and friends would have been mourning my 11th death anniversary!  In the year 1984 when I was 42 years old the doctors of the prestigious Tata Memorial Hospital, Bombay diagnosed that I was suffering from liver cancer of last stage. Prior to getting admitted in Tata Hospital I was treated by several well known Allopaths, Homeopaths and even Ayurvedic physicians for several months, but my health went on deteriorating day by day as I couldn't eat any thing; as a result of which my body was reduced to a mere skeleton weighing 40 kg. against my original weight of 62 kg. Doctors of Tata Hospital had advised me to go for Chemotherapy and thereafter Radiation therapy as a last resort. I shuddered at the very thought of those dangerous treatments as I had seen with my own eyes the miserable and painful conditions of my few relatives and friends who had undergone those horrible treatments. I prayed God to save·m.e from this dangerous predicament.  And, as if God heard my prayer and sent his messenger in the form of one Mr. Nanubhai Chitalia whose incredible recovery story of terminal liver cancer had been published by numerous news-papers and magazines. He had miraculously recovered from liver cancer by U. T. and had healthily survived for more than ten years against the physicians' prognosis of few days!  He came to meet me in Tata Hospital to inspire and guide me to do U. T. instead of opting for harmful dangerous treatments. I gathered courage and: took voluntary discharge from Tata Hospital against medical advice and doctors' warning that I won't survive for more than ten days if I didn't undergo. the proposed treatment.   Being a book-seller by profession I had read few books on U. T. but I had never thought of practising it. I made up my mind to follow U. T. as a last resort. I started drinking 1 1/2 to 2 glasses of Shivambu in the morning and within few days my mouth ulcers were cured and


 you use the mind alone, without the collaboration of the soul, to
respond to daily events, you will cut the Line of Causality in half, severely limiting your
ability to respond in a way that reveals to you Who You Really Are —to say nothing of your
ability to step into who you next wish to be.
You will remember I’ve said that the mind has a very limited perspective. This is, I have
hoped to make clear, quite by design. It is not a “handicap,” but an elegant schematic,
allowing a limited physical device (the brain) to comprehend the unlimited m etaphysical
expression that is Ultimate Reality.
Your limited mind does this one piece of data at a time. If it took in all the data about all
of life all of the time, it would not process the data accurately, and you would no doubt be
judged to be, in the  clinical sense, out of your mind. Thus, in order to render the mind a
useful tool, the Total Being That Is You has made sure that all that the Total Being knows
and understands is fed to the mind in bits.
Okay, that’s a lot to absorb. Before you are given  any more “bits” of data right now,
perhaps we might stop here, if only for a moment, and
Take a breath
Good. Now, when you’re ready, let’s go on to...  ENLARGING THE LINE OF CAUSALITY
I have been referring here to a new identity, and I wonder if you’ve caught that. I have
referred a number of times to the Total Being That Is You as if it were an entity unto
itself —and, in a sense, it is. And this is something that you should know, because this
awareness is at the core  of how to change everything when eve rything changes.
The Total Being That Is You is both  the mind and the soul —as well as your body. It is the
three -part being that you are now, have always been, and always will be. Body, Mind, and
Spirit is the triumvirate. It is the Holy Trinity. It is You, with a capital Y.
Now here is another bit of data about how to change everything: The process of life has
nothing to do with learning.
I know, I know... everyone says that “life is a school.” Well, maybe it is, but it is not a
school where you are try ing to learn something you do not know. It is a school where you
are given an opportunity to remember what you already  know.
In the strictest sense you cannot learn anything at all, because you came here (to
physical life) already knowing everything you ne eded to know to do what you came here to
do. So your mind is about the task of creating experiences that allow you to “remember”
what you came here to remember, so that you can experience what you came here to
experience —and the part of your Total Being th at I am naming your soul is co -creating this
experience with your mind and your body by joining the mind in calling forth the perfect
people, places, and conditions that will allow you to do what you came to physical life to do:
namely, evolve.
You soul al so works in conjunction with the body and the mind to let you know that it is
doing this, and how. It serves as guide, direction giver, helper, assistant, and as your
Connector with the Divine.
Your soul is your connection with God.
God is your soul, writ large. Thus, your soul is a Small Part of God connected with the
Totality of God. It knows exactly where your mind needs to go next in order to next
remember what it needs to remember as your Total Being continues on the path that we
have called evolution.
Why do you suppose you’re reading this book?
Earlier I said that I would explore with you how the limited perspective of the mind
impacts your reality, and why it is therefore so very wise to spend some time each day  in
communion with your soul, so that the soul and the mind may make the journey of d aily life
together.
Now you know. Now you understand. It is vital to spend some time each day connecting
with your soul in some way in order to use the System of the Soul, for the soul brings to the
mind a Larger Perspective, and perspective has great powe r. It is, in fact, the most powerful
element in the process of reality creation.
I wonder if you really heard that; if it had any impact on you. We’ve been saying so
much, so fast, that sometimes it’s easy to miss the nuance of things. Let me say it again.
Perspective is the most powerful element in the process of reality creation.  Yes, yes, I’ve already made that point a number of times now. I am reminded of that old,
old song that contained the lyric line: Kiss me once and kiss me twice, then kiss me once
again.  It’s been a long, long time. I want to change that to the Song of the Soul:
Tell me once and tell me twice, then tell me once again. It’s been a long, long time.
It’s been a long time since you were fully aware of Who and Why you are. It’s been a l ong
time since you were in that place of Absolute Knowing. Years and years of Earth time have
passed. And so I am telling you things here once, and twice, and then once again. For the
time has come for you to fully remember. That is, for you to become a me mber once again  of
the Body of God. This is a process of re -membering.
You do this by raising your consciousness, thus expanding your awareness and waking
up your mind, one bit of data at a time. How? Keep reading. I’m going to tell you. But first,
here is  that last bit of data, being presented to you for the third time:
Perspective is everything.
Now since the mind has a very limited  perspective, it will not benefit you to insist on
using the mind and only the mind  to understand life. Nevertheless, that is  what most people
do. Very, very few people commune daily with their soul. When thinking deeply about life,
they leave their soul out of it. Yet it is the soul, not the mind, that holds the Larger
Perspective you need to fully comprehend life and, thus, to  change it.
The soul tells us that it is perspective that creates perception, perception that creates
belief, belief that creates behavior, behavior that creates events, events that create data,
data that create truth, truth that creates thought, thought that creates emotion, emotion
that creates experience, and experience that creates reality.
Remember earlier when I referred to the Line of Causality? I presented it as this:
event+data+truth+thought+emotion=experience=reality
Now I want to tell yo u that I was presenting to you then only part of the line. I did not
want to dump into the space too much data at once. I know that when I received this data, I
could not have received it all in one download. I mean, I wouldn’t have “gotten” it. I would
have said, “Too much, too much! Too much too soon. I’m outta here.”
The One Soul knew that, and so I came to full awareness about the Line of Causality in
two parts, and I thought I’d offer it to you in the same way. I hope that’s all right....
So... h ere is more of the data about that Line of Causality. The line is larger, and looks
like this:
perspective+perception+belief+behavior+event+
data+truth+thought+emotion=experience=reality
I trust you can read that. What this longer, complete Line of Causali ty shows us is what
comes before the event.
What causes events  in our lives are the behaviors  of our lives. And what causes the
behaviors of our lives are the beliefs  of our lives. And what causes the beliefs of our lives are the perceptions  of our lives. And what causes the perceptions of our lives are the
perspectives  of our lives.
And this is where the soul comes in.
It is the soul  that can enlarge the perspective of the mind beyond the limitations of
currently held data. The soul is able to do this beca use of the soul’s level of awareness. The
soul’s awareness emerges from the soul’s level of consciousness. The soul’s consciousness
emerges from the soul’s State of Being. That is, One with Everything, across all time and in
every place. This is the Actual  Truth and the Ultimate Reality.
You can experience this State of Being even while in your body, by any process you may
wish to use (there are many) that allows you to sidestep your mind temporarily, placing
you in immediate contact with your soul.
Now we are going to present the Line of Causality as a vertical  line—for that is what it
really is. When you finish with this exploration you will understand everything about
causality... from top to bottom.
Here is how it all works, here is the flow...
BEING
CONSCIOUSNESS
AWARENESS
PERSPECTIVE
PER


, though it isn't absolutely
necessary to eat them in these forms. In keeping with the use of as much raw food as
possible, a good procedure is to eat the eggs raw in a blended drink of some kind,
flavored to suit one's taste.
There was a group of research doctors and dentists who, for at least a dozen years,
had eaten two eggs daily (properly prepared as above), as part of a well-balanced
nutritional program. Tests conducted on these people showed no increase in
cholesterol. In fact, there was a significant decrease in the blood serum cholesterol
level of each individual.
Misconceived beliefs of the orthodox medical world about eating cholesterol-
containing foods have caused countless people to be unduly alarmed about
cholesterol levels and the associated possibility of heart attacks. These
misconceptions, carried on from the early 1950's, have been proven false.
Liver
Liver is a wonderful energy food and cannot be surpassed as a blood builder. It is
especially crucial for leukemia and lymphoma patients, as their blood is unusually
weak. However, all cancer patients can benefit from the intake of raw liver before
noon each day. In the mid 1960s, when Dr. Kelley was told he was in the final stages
of pancreatic and liver cancer, he found that raw liver blended into carrot juice gave
him strength when everything else he ate made him feel ill.
Raw organic, antibiotic-free and hormone-free liver contains a multitude of live
enzymes, amino acids and other intrinsic factors that science has not yet identified,
which are destroyed when the liver is cooked. (References to "intrinsic" or
"unidentified" food factors are fairly common in nutritional literature. They result
from clinical reactions, which cannot be linked to known nutrients. Raw liver for
cancer patients is an excellent example of powerful therapeutic, but unexplained,
effects.) There are no supplements or drugs that can take the place of raw liver; none
are in any way comparable in their effects. Eating raw liver ensures thorough
digestion and the replacement of expended nutrients, promoting excellent health.
Raw liver is best if it is organic, antibiotic-free, hormone-free and not irradiated.
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However, if this type of raw liver is unavailable, 3 to 6 TBS of fresh muscle meat,
steaks and ground, may be eaten, raw also, are acceptable even if you buy them at
regular markets. Organically grown and not irradiated is always more nutritious and
preferable. But if organic isn't available, commercial is healthier than none. At least 3
and no more than 6 heaping tablespoons of raw liver should be taken daily.
Chewing the liver is best for proper digestion. However, if masticating it is too
objectionable, it w ill digest well even swallowed whole, if it is sliced into small
enough cubes, and if adequate hydrochloric acid and enzymes are taken.
There are two methods which people find suitable for preparing liver:
1. The liver can be sliced about 1/4 inch thick x 3" long. One can then use
plastic sandwich bags, putting 3 to 6 tablespoons of frozen cubed liver in each
bag and storing them in the freezer for daily eating. This frozen liver may be
chewed or swallowed whole, followed by a sip of juice if desired. Some prefer
to allow the liver to thaw and then to place a spoonful at a time in the mouth
and chew it or swallow it whole with a sip of juice.
2. Liver may be placed in the blender with carrot, pineapple, or tomato juice
(and seasoning of one's preference if desired), blended, strained to remove the
fiber if preferred, and used as a morning "pep-up" drink.
Meat
(cooked and commercially produced)
The cancer patient w ill want to give up cooked and commercially produced meat
such as beef, pork, lamb and fowl immediately (except for raw liver — see above).
Cooked meat is harmful for the cancer patient, as the very same enzymes used in its
digestion are needed for fighting and digesting the cancer. All natural, self-made
enzymes your body can produce should be used to fight the cancer. Commercial
meat should be avoided for another reason; it has a high female sex hormone
content. For commercial reasons most animals, especially beef and fowl produced in
the United States have been fed large quantities of hormones. Since an
overabundance of female sex hormones initiate cancer, meat of this type should be
excluded from the cancer patient's diet.
After being on Metabolic Medicine's Cancer Cure Diet for 9 to 12 months, when
the tumors are under control, one may gradually resume consumption of meat as long
as one's metabolic type requires it. Adequate enzymes and hydrochloric acid are
taken to digest the meat. (see Dr. Kelley's Self Test for the Different Metabolic Types
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— Discovering Your Personal Nutritional Needs ~ available from Crystal @
1.620.221.0370 -  Cost: $25.00) If and when one does go back to eating meat, it will
be extremely wise to make every effort to find a source that can provide meat, which
has been produced without chemical feed, hormones, antibiotics, and pesticide
residues.
P ro te in  A fte r  6 M o n th s  O n  C a n c e r D ie t
After the first six months on Metabolic Medicine's Cancer Cure Diet the cancer
patient must increase the quantity of protein in his diet. At this time not less than sixty
grams of protein daily should be included in the diet. You should, of course, continue
all the above approved protein, but now you may include (or increase) such proteins
as those found in deep sea fish, all forms of seeds, nuts (except peanuts), nut butters,
whole grains, whole grain breads, and homemade, raw (unpasturized) goats' milk
yogurt and/or buttermilk.
Seeds and Sprouts
Raw seeds and sprouts are good foods for cancer patients, and may be eaten after
1:00 p.m. We freely use brown sesame, sunflower and pumpkinseeds. Many people
enjoy sprouted seeds, such as alfalfa and mung beans, buckwheat, wheat and
soybeans.
The most "living foods" are sprouted seeds. When seeds are soaked in water, their
protective enzyme inhibitors are removed and the enzymes, which have been
"asleep," become active, and in three days the nutritional values of the seeds are
increased tremendously. The seeds also become much easier to digest. For the best in
nutrition, be sure to eat your sprouts raw. Eat as many as you desire.
Beans
Dry beans of all types are a good source of food for the cancer patient, and may be
used two or three times a week at anytime of the day. The best way we've found to
prepare them is to cook them at a temperature of 200° F. We place two cups of dried
beans (washed) in a bean pot to which we add five cups of RO filtered or distilled
water, five garlic cloves, two tablespoons of olive oil, 1  teaspoon of sea salt or kelp,
and 1/8 teaspoon of cayenne pepper. We place the pot, (covered), in an oven
overnight at 200° F.
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Phase II
Vegetable Juice and Fruit Juice
(Fresh and Raw)
The second most important phase of our cancer diet is that of fresh raw juices: THE
BODY OF THE CANCER VICTIM MUST B E REBUILT:
The most scientific procedure is based upon the Krebs' Cycle of Human Metabolism.
This SCIENTIFIC procedure was developed by
Dr. Larry Rawdon, D.Ph., N.D.,
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Dr. Rawdon's Metabolic Body Repair and Rebuilding Metabolic Vegetable Juice
Formula:
Daily take 100 oz. raw freshly extracted vegetable juice.
32 oz carrot juice
16 oz celery juice
16 oz apple juice
16 oz tomato juice
8 oz romaine lettuce
4 oz beet juice
4 oz cabbage juice
4 oz green bean juice
Vegetable juices are the builders of the body. Juice is better than the whole
vegetable because so much energy is used to digest the whole vegetable. Juice has a
proper balance of vitamins and minerals in a concentrated solution. We recommend
that the juice be made fresh and used immediately. Fresh raw fruit and fruit juices are
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the cleansers of the body. The cancer patient may eat as much as desired of fresh raw
fruit or fresh fruit juices. Small amounts of dried unsulfered fruit may also be taken.
At least one quart of carrot and one pint of celery juice should be taken each day. As
much other fresh raw vegetable juice in volume may be taken as desired. One should
consider alfalfa, beet, cabbage, cucumber, dandelion, endive, lettuce, parsley, potato,
spinach, and turnip juice. Vegetable juices are the builders of the body. Juice is better
than the whole vegetable because so much energy is used to digest the whole
vegetable. Juice has a proper balance of vitamins and minerals in a concentrated
solution. We recommend that the juice be made fresh and used immediately. Fresh
raw fruit and fruit juices are the cleansers of the body. The cancer


 for you. We don’t have time to wait,” or “You’re too
little.” That spark of independence, that desire to be your own per-
son, which was so alive in you as a child, was often dampened with
rely on Mommy or Daddy. If you don’t, we’ll disapprove and when
we disapprove of you, you must disapprove of yourself. The family
unit nurtures, in the form of good intentions, dependence and the
need for approval. Parents who don’t want any harm to come to
their children resolve to protect them from danger. The result,
however, is the opposite of that intended, for without the ammuni-
tion of knowing how to rely on the self in times of strife (solving
one’s own disputes, dealing with insults, fighting for honor, earning
one’s own way), it is impossible to build an arsenal of independent
behavior for a lifetime.YOU DON’T NEED THEIR APPROVAL  / 55While you may not recall all of the approval-seeking messages
that were telegraphed to you as a child, many of them most likely
came at an early age. And while many of the check-it-out-with-
Mommy-or-Daddy messages were important for your own safety
and health, others were sent to teach you a critical concept—proper
behavior, behavior that will win approval. That approval, which
should have been a given, became contingent upon your pleasing
someone else. The important point here is not that approval isn’t
important, but rather that it should be given to a child freely, not
bestowed as a reward for proper conduct. A child should never be
encouraged to confuse his own self-esteem with anyone else’s ap-
proval.
Approval-Seeking Messages from School
When you left home and arrived in school, you entered an institu-
tion that is designed expressly to instill approval-seeking thinking
and behavior. Ask permission to do everything. Never bank on your
own judgment. Ask the teacher to go to the bathroom. Sit in a partic-
ular seat. Don’t leave it under penalty of a demerit. Everything was
geared toward other-control. Instead of learning to think you were
being taught not to think for yourself. Fold your paper into sixteen
squares, and don’t write on the folds. Study chapters one and two
tonight. Practice these words in spelling. Draw like this. Read that.
You were taught to be obedient. And if in doubt, check it out with
the teacher. If you should incur the teacher’s, or worse yet, the
principal’s wrath, you were expected to feel guilty for months. Your
report card was a message to your parents telling them how much
approval you had won.
If you look at the philosophy of your school, which was quite
likely written down under the pressure of an accreditation team
visit, you will very likely see a statement worded something like
this:56 / Your Erroneous ZonesWe, at Anywhere High School, believe in the full educational
development of each student. The curriculum is arranged so
as to meet the individual needs of every student in our school.
We strive for, and promote the self-actualization and individual
development of our student body…etc., etc., etc.
How many schools or teachers dare to put these words into action.
Any student who begins to show signs of self-actualization and
personal mastery is quickly put in his place. Students who are inde-
pendent, full of self-love, not susceptible to guilt and worry, are
systematically labeled troublemakers.
Schools are not good at dealing with kids who show signs of inde-
pendent thinking. In too many schools approval-seeking is the way
to success. The old clichés of teacher’s pet and apple polishing are
clichés for a reason. They exist—and work. If you gain the acclama-
tion of the staff, behave in the ways that they dictate, study the cur-
riculum that is laid out in front of you, you’ll emerge successful.
Albeit with a strong need for approval, since self-reliance has been
discouraged at virtually every turn.
By the time a student reaches intermediate school he has usually
learned the approval lesson. Asked by his counselor what he would
like to take in high school, he responds with “I dunno, you tell me
what I need.” In high school he may have a difficult time making
decisions about what to take, and will feel much more comfortable
with the decisions that are made for him. In the classroom he’ll learn
not to question what he is told. He’ll learn to write a theme properly
and the correct interpretations of Hamlet.  He will learn to write pa-
pers based not on his own judgment and opinions, but on quotes
and references that will substantiate everything he says. If he doesn’t
learn these things he’ll be punished with low grades—and the
teacher’s disapproval. And by the time he is ready to graduate, he’ll
find it difficult to make a decision for himself, because for twelveYOU DON’T NEED THEIR APPROVAL  / 57straight years he has been told how to think and what to think. He
has been fed on a solid diet of check it out with the teacher, and now,
on graduation day, he is unable to think for himself. So he covets
approval, and learns that gaining the sanction of others is tantamount
to being successful and happy.
At college the same pattern of indoctrination continues. Write two
term papers, use the correct format, set your margins at 16 and 84,
make sure it is typed, have an introduction—body—and conclusion,
study these chapters…. The big assembly line. Conform, please your
professors and you’ll make it. When a student finally gets into a
seminar where the professor says: “This semester you can study
whatever you want in your field of interest. I will help you in your
selection and the pursuit of your interest, but it’s your education,
and you can do with it as you please. I will help you all that I can.”
Panic sets in. “But how many papers do we have to do?”, “When
are they due?”, “Do you want it typed?”, “What books should we
read?”, “How many examinations?”, “What kind of questions?”,
“How long do our papers have to be?”, “Where do we set the mar-
gins?”, “Do I have to come to class every day?”
These are the questions of an approval-seeker and it’s not the least
bit surprising in view of the educational methods we’ve examined.
The student has been trained to do it for someone else, to please the
professor, and to measure up to someone else’s standards. His
queries are the end product of a system that demands approval-
seeking for survival. He is terrified of thinking for himself. It is just
easier and safer to do what someone else expects.
Approval-Seeking Messages from other Institutions
We acquire approval-seeking symptoms from other sources as
well. Certainly the church has been a big influence in this area.58 / Your Erroneous ZonesYou must please Jehovah, or Jesus, or someone external to yourself.
The leaders of the church have misconstrued the teachings of the
great religious leaders and attempted to teach conformity by using
fear of retribution as a weapon. Thus, a man behaves morally not
because he believes it to be appropriate for him, but because God
wants him to behave that way. If in doubt, consult the command-
ments rather than yourself and what you believe. Behave because
someone has told you to and because you will be punished if you
don’t, not because you know it to be the right behavior for you. Or-
ganized religion appeals to your approval-seeking needs. It may
produce the same behavior that you would have chosen, but you
haven’t chosen it freely.
Using yourself as a guide and not needing the approval of an
outside force is the most religious experience you can have. It is a
veritable religion of the self in which an individual determines his
own behavior based upon his own conscience and the laws of his
culture that work for him, rather than because someone has dictated
how he should  behave. A careful look at Jesus Christ will reveal an
extremely self-actualized person, an individual who preached
self-reliance, and was not afraid to incur disapproval. Yet many of
his followers have twisted his teachings into a catechism of fear and
self-hate. (See Chapter XII for a complete description of a self-actu-
alized individual.)
The government is another example of an institution that uses
approval-seeking as a motivator for conformity. “Don’t trust yourself.
You haven’t got the skills and wherewithal to function alone. We’ll
take care of you. We’ll withhold your taxes because you would spend
them before your tax bill came due. We’ll force you to join Social
Security because you wouldn’t be able to decide for yourself—or
save for yourself. You don’t have to think for yourself, we’ll regulate
your life for you.” And so you see many examples of the government
going beyond their responsibility of providing essential services and
governing society.YOU DON’T NEED THEIR APPROVAL  / 59There are more rules on the books than there are people to disobey
them. If someone decided to enforce every rule that exists, you would
find yourself in violation of the law hundreds of times a day.
Someone has decided when you can shop, and that you shouldn’t
drink alcohol on certain