 of me. His voice sounds kind in an
unforced way, and he has a very accepting manner with people; it is
easy to believe that he has experienced his heart very deeply. Seventeen years ago, when Chris began meditating, he had a
conventional, though deep-felt regard for relationships. “I was just
testing the water as a comm unity organizer then, trying to bring
together people who would normally take no notice of each other. All around me I saw so much hatred that had no real basis—people
simply had never crossed color barriers or social lines to meet each
other. “I helped organize a large food cooperative in a poor
neighborhood; anyone could join, regardless of class or income. We
would purchase food and sell it at cost, but each member had to put
in some time, usually about an hour a week, to go to the wholesale
market at Faneuil Hall or sweep the oor at the co-op or something. The idea was that if people helped out, they could not avoid seeingthe results of their actions. The store wouldn’t open if they didn’t
buy the food. It would open late if they didn’t sweep the oor. Prices would go up if the cash register was shortchanged. “I had never been more hopeful than the day the co-op  opened,
but a month later I was pract ically in despair. People didn’t seem to
care—they shirked their work, they didn’t sweep the oor, they
stole money from the cash register, and they found it very easy to
live with the consequences of their actions. This experience
convinced me that institutions cannot bring about a fundamental
change in human nature. And yet it seemed unbearable not to do
something.”
As he became more disillusi oned with the social crusade, Chris’s
commitment to meditating deepened. “I desperately wanted to
foster cooperation and love among other people, but it was never
possible to make intimate enough contact with them, not in the long
run. There were always  barriers and personal hangups;
disappointment was inevitable, whatever my ideals said. “Seeing no way out of this painful dilemma, I let it continue. I
decided to work on myself, since after all I was a crucial part of
every relationship I wanted to improve. Gradually a profound
change came about. I felt less anxiety about situations and warmer
feelings towards people who had been stereotyped in my eyes as
‘bad’ or ‘uncaring.’ As a result, people began to emerge from their
stereotypes. For a long time I found it hard to believe that I was the
focus of this change. But how could I account for the love that
people directed at me, whether I knew them or not?”
At this point Chris was far along into the change of awareness
produced by unconditional love. In conventional psychology, a
person is told that altering his own attitudes is the best way to
improve the behavior of others. Chris now found that he could walk
into a bank and soon everyone in it would be smiling. When he
presided over community meetings, where the clash of opinions was
usually very tense, the atmosphere seemed to be softer, as if
troubled waters were mysteriously stilled. “I could  not come to terms with this inexplicable pheno menon,”
Chris recalls, “until I radica lly changed my sense of myself. Myworld view had always been centered on individual ego and eort. The eect you might have on the world depended on doing
something, or at least thinkin g. I wasn’t doing anything, other than
existing. So I had to conclude that what I am was having this eect.”
I asked him to t in his experience on the highway, when he felt
waves of love engulng him. “That experience, I think, brought a
certain part of the whole process to a climax. After believing for so
long that I could not expect or receive love without relating to
another person, suddenly it was all happening inside me. I was
shocked at rst, because it meant that in some way the failings of
other people, their selshnes s and hatred, was somehow centered in
me as well. And yet these experiences were undeniable: as I
changed, everything around me changed. “In time, I quit wrestling with this thing intellectually. I became
used to it. No longer did I nd myself depending on other people for
my basic sense of loving or being loved. By connecting with myself I
started connecting with others better than I ever had before. “When it came, the exper ience of my unfolding heart was
overwhelming, but only for about forty-ve minutes. The most
fortunate thing is that the breakthrough lasted. It has been two
years now, and I am still that loving person inside. I don’t  mean that
I always exude  kindness no matter what other people do to me. I
can get angry and criticize others when I think they’re wrong, but
there is no destructiveness in it.”
I was thinking of how hard we try to protect ourselves from being
hurt emotionally, not realizing the intensity of life we have walled
out in the process. It is necessary to defend the heart when it is too
weak and frightened to love, yet at some point all that changed for
Chris. It became possible for him to let love ow when and where it
wanted. He was able to welcome others, without defenses, without
fear, into the expanded space of his own being. Somethi ng he said
particularly sticks with me: “I used to try so hard to love, and now
it’s the one thing I can’t prevent, no matter how hard I try.” He
smiled, and I felt the tender aection of someone who has not torn
down the walls of pain but own over them.OceanofPDF.comPart Three
Unconditional
Life
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“Why Aren’t I Real
Anymore?”
The day after I rst met Karin, I was driving home when I felt a
sudden urge to hear her voice again. I found the tape of our
interview and slipped it into the machine. There it was, the soft,
melodious soprano of a woman who kept reminding me, hauntingly,
of a child. I don’t mean that she sounded childish. She spoke like an
adult, talking about serious adult problems, yet blended into that I
could hear a precocious eight-year-old who was very puzzled by the
grown-up world. “Why am I punished for telling a lie when Mommy lies about her
age? Why do I have to clean my plate when Daddy leaves his
Brussels sprou ts?” All children go through some stage like this. By
challenging the ready-made values handed down by adults, they
begin to formulate their own values, which is a necessary step
toward gaining  a real identi ty. Karin, however, continu es to issue
challenges right and left. I once went to a clinic where they treat obsessiv e-
compulsive disorder. I didn’t think I was obsess ive-
compulsive, but it had me worried. The rst thing the doctor
did was to hand me a test. “I’m sorry, but I don’t want to ll
this out,” I said. “Why not?” he asked. “Well, the rst question wants to know if I read things
more than once. I didn’t read very much in school, and now Isometimes do reread books to make sure that I am getting
everything out of them. But if I say yes to your question, you
will interpret it as an obsessive-compulsive trait, like hand
washing.”
He still wanted me to take the test. “I’m not a test score,”  I
protested. “I’m a human being. I need to be dealt with for
what’s going on with me.”
He said, “That’s a sign right there of obsessiveness.”
“Has it ever occurred to you,” I said, “that because you run
a clinic for obsessive-comp ulsive disorder, you may be
obsessed with making a diagnosis of obsessiveness?”
“No,” he said, “that has never occurred to me.”
I laughed out loud listening to the tape, just as I had when Karin
rst told me about this run-in. Like many children, she has a sixth
sense for when she is being manipulated. Okay, so I went to another doctor, a well-known
psychologist. It took me a while to get hold of him, and when
I nally did, he said, “I think you didn’t want to meet me,
anyway.”
“What makes you think that?” I asked. “Because you got my answering machine three times.”
“Oh really?” I said, “but what about the fact that you got
my answering machine three times?”
Karin sounds rather feisty set down on the page. In person she is
actually much less that way. She talks excitably about herself and
likes to drama tize her story. Underneath the drama, however, one
senses that she is a gentle person—I nd it easy to believe her when
she says that she has never deliberately hurt anyone. She has soft,
pleasing featur es and lively eyes. Still unmarried at thirty-ve, she
successfully runs a small catering business with two women


 work things out with her, and
finally confessed that under it all he still loved her. At that point Marge died in peace. She had accomplished the last thing she wanted to take  care of and her will to live did not
extend beyond that point. Had she died several months earlier as predicted by the medical profession, Marge would have been
unable to resolve this relationship. This was what Marge's life was pivoting on at the end. I was glad to assist her in doing what she
needed to do. Her husband and other family members found it difficult to understand, and they were hurt that Marge did not wi sh
to continue her life with them. Diet For The Chronically Ill. The chronically ill  person has a long -term degenerative condition that is not immediately life threatening. This condition usually
causes more -or-less continuous symptoms that are painful, perhaps unsightly, and ultimately will be disabling or eventually
capable of causing d eath. To qualify as "chronic" the symptoms must have been present a minimum of six months, with no relief
in sight. People with these conditions have usually sought medical assistance, frequently have had surgery, and have taken an d
probably are taking num erous prescription drugs. Some examples of chronic conditions are: arthritis, rheumatism, diabetes, early onset of cancer and aids, asthma, colitis,
diverticulitis, irritable bowel syndrome, some mental disorders, arterial deposit diseases, most of the  itises (inflammations). Before fasting, the chronically ill often do have time to prepare the way with limited dietary reform, and frequently begin t o feel
relief quite quickly. Before actually fasting they should limit their diet to raw foods and eli minate all toxic foods like alcohol,
coffee, tea, salt, sugar and recreational drugs for two months if they have been following a typical American diet. If the chronically ill had been following a vegetarian diet, perhaps a diet including with eggs an d dairy, if they had been using
no addicting substances, then one month on raw foods is sufficient preparation for fasting. If the person had water or juice fasted
for at least a week or two within the last two years, and followed a healthy diet since that  time, one or two weeks on raw foods
should be a sufficient runway. During preparation for a fast, I never recommend that a chronically ill person quit taking prescription medicines because doi ng
so can seriously disrupt their homeostasis. However, if their symptoms lessen or vanish during the pre -fasting clean up, the person
might try tapering off medications. The length and type of fast chosen to resolve a chronic illness depends largely on available time, finances, availability of support
people, work responsibilities, and mental toughness. If you are one of those fortunate people 'rich' enough to give the ir health first
priority, long water fasting is ideal. If on the other hand you can't afford to stop working, have no one to take care of you  and assist
with some household chores, and/or you are not mentally tough enough to deal with self -denial, compromi se is necessary. Ideally the chronically ill person would fast for an extended period under supervision until their symptoms were gone or grea tly
improved, with a fall -back plan to repeat the whole process again in three to six months if necessary. If  you are not able to do that,
the next best program is to fast for a short period, like one or two weeks, with a plan to repeat the process as often as pos sible until
you are healed. I have had clients with potentially life -threatening conditions such as obesity with incipient heart failure, or who came to me
with cancer, that were unable to stop work for financial reasons, or who could not afford a residential fasting program, or w ho felt
confident in their own ability to deal with detoxification in th eir own home. These people have fasted successfully at home,
coming to see me once a week. Almost inevitably, successful at -home fasters had already done a lot of research on self healing,
believed in it, and had the personal discipline to carry it out pro perly, including breaking the fast properly without overeating. Foods To Heal Chronic Illness
 Sprouts  Baby Greens  Salad  Juices  Fruit
alfalfa  sunflower  lettuce  beet grapefruit
radish  buckwheat  celery  celery  lemon
bean  zucchini  zucchini  lime lime
clover  kale kale orange  orange
fenugreek  endive  radish  parsley  apple
wheat   tomato  tomato  raspberries
cabbage   cabbage  cabbage  blueberries
  carrot  carrot  grapes
  spinach  apple  peaches
  parsley  grapefruit  apricots
  sweet pepper  lemon  strawberry

Fruits should be watery and lower in sugar. Some examples of poor fruit choices would be pineapple, ripe mango, bananas, date s,
raisins, figs. Fruits should not be combined with vegetables. Vegetables should not be starchy, packed -full of energy. Poor vegetable choices would be potato, parsnip, turnip, corn, sweet
potato, yam, beet, winter squash. Sprouts and baby greens are vegetables and may be included in salads. Juices should not be extremely sweet. Apple, orange, beet and carrot ju ice should be diluted with 50% water. Fruit juices should
not be mixed with vegetable juices or with vegetables at the same meal. Salads should include no fruit. Salad dressings should be lemon or lime juice, very small quantities of olive oil, and herbs. No
salt, soy sauce nor black pepper. Cayenne can be okay for some. I have also helped chronically ill people that were no t mentally prepared to water fast, but were able to face the long -term self -
control and deprivation of a raw food cleansing diet that included careful food combining. These people also regained their h ealth,
but it took them a year at minimum, and once wel l they had to remain on a diet tailor -made to their digestive capacity for the rest
of their life, usually along with food supplements. Jim was such a case. He was 55 years old, very obese, had dangerously high blood pressure poorly controlled with med ication,
and was going into congestive heart failure. He was on digitalis and several other heart medications plus diuretics, but in n o way
was his condition under control. He had severe edema in the feet and legs with pitting, and fluid retention in the a bdominal region
caused a huge paunch that was solid to the touch not soft and squishy like fatty tissue. Jim had dreamed of having his own homestead with an Organic garden, now he had these things but was too sick to enjoy them
or work in his garden wi thout severe heart pain and shortness of breath. Jim had retired early in order to enjoy many years without
the stresses of work, and he was alarmed to realize that he was unlikely to survive a year. The day Jim came to see me the first time I would h ave classified his condition as critically ill because his life was in immediate
danger; but he responded so quickly to his detox program that he was very soon out of danger and would be more accurately
described as a chronically ill person. Jim was not pr epared to water fast. He was attached to having his food and he was aware that
at his extreme weight he was going to have stay on a dietary program for a long, long time. He also wanted to choose a gradie nt
that he could manage by himself at home with litt le assistance from his wife. He had been on a typical American diet with meat,
coffee, etc., so that in spite of his dangerous condition it did not seem wise to me to add the heavy eliminatory burden of a  water
fast to a body that was already overwhelmed w ith fluids and waste products. Jim immediately went on a raw food cleansing diet, with no concentrated foods like nuts, seeds, or avocados, and with one day
each week fasting on vegetable juice and broth. He did enemas daily even though it wasn't his favorite thing. In one month he had
lost 30 pounds, his eyes had started to sparkle, and his complexion was rosy. The swelling had disappeared from his feet and legs,
and he had to buy new pants. Starting the second month he gradually withdrew from pr escription medications. From the beginning I had put Jim on a program
of nutritional supplements including protomorphogens (see chapter on vitamins and food supplements) to help the body repair i t's
heart and the kidneys. In only four months he had returne d his body to glowing health, and looked great for his age, though he was
still overweight. At the end of one year he had returned to a normal weight for his height, and only cheated on the diet a co uple of
times when attending a social event, and then it was only a baked potato with no dressing. He was probably going to have many qualitative years working his garden and living out his dreams. The local intensive care
ward lost a lot of money when they failed to get Jim. Diet For The Acutely Ill
    The acutely ill person experiences occasional attacks of distressing symptoms, usually after indiscretions in living or emotio nal
upsets. They have a cold, or a flu, or sinusitis, or a first bout of pneumonia, or a spring allergy attack. The intense sympt oms knock
them flat and force them to bed for a few days or a week. If they are sick more often than that, they are moving


 retention increases, the bladder becomes more sensitive
and the difficulty of urination increases. Cystitis, inflammation of the lining membrane of the
bladder due to residual urine, caused in turn by retention from prostatic enlargement, is quite
123common in elderly men. Urethritis—inflammation of the lining membrance of the urethra—also
results from the irritation. The membranes, these inner skins that line the bladder and urethra, are mucous membranes and
resemble the membranes lining the nose, mouth and throat. Hence, when these membranes become
inflamed, we have a profuse flow of mucus or what is commonly known as a catarrhal condition. Long and continuous inflammation of the neck of the bladder ends in ulceration with slight
hemorrhage, so that bleeding is sometimes seen, although this is not a common development. Cancer rarely occurs in this condition. When the irritated tissue has hardened it has taken the first
step along the road to cancer. Cancer of the prostate is not an uncommon condition, but it is rare
compared with the number of cases of enlarged prostate that develop. Physicians say that the cause of prostatitis is unknown. We see in it another development out of
wrong life. Excesses in eating and drinking and in sex seem to be the most common causes. Because no attention is given to these phases of the living habits of the sufferer, the condition tends
to grow progressively worse. I recall a conversation I had with a man who suffered with prostatic enlargement but three years
ago. Describing his symptoms to me and the medical treatment he was getting, he added, “I eat like
a horse.” His physician had not instructed him about his eating, but was content to try to palliate
his discomforts with drugs and X-rays. No satisfactory palliation for prostatic disease had been evolved. Operations to remove the
gland or part of it, injections to shrink the gland, and all other treatments that have been tried, have
proved to be highly unsatisfactory. Why? Because there are no treatments that antidote wrong life. The
manner of living that results
in engorgement and enlargement—also called hypertrophy—of the prostate gland cannot be
counteracted by drugs and surgery. It will be necessary to correct the way of life. When enlargement of the prostate and strangury (drop urine) have evolved, with their pain and
regrets, a good surgeon can end the patient’s misery—permanently. Thousands have died as a
result of prostatic operations. Perfect drainage is required for a successful operation on the
prostate gland and this is not possible. For this reason, when a surgeon assures you. “The operation does not amount to anything; you’ll
be up and out in three days,” it would be well to ask him: “Out where?” All too often it is out in
the cemetery. At present the better surgeons do not like to remove the prostate. Walter C. Alvarez, M.D., says
of this: “For myself I would have only one type of operation performed, and that would be the
transurethral, which is perfomed through a ligated tube which is passed down through the urethra. “The only difficulty with this operation is that it requires much skill, and when much prostatic
tissue has been removed, the urologist must be able to operate with speed.”
With all the skill and speed the urologist may be able to exercise, the operation is still mere
palliation. It removes no cause, it restores no health. When cause is untouched it continues to build
more trouble. At one time operations on the prostate gland were more popular than they are now. The loss of
popularity was due to the high death rate which seems to have been about twenty-five percent, and
to the great aftermath of trouble. The man who has an operation for enlargement of the prostate and
survives the operation has not settled his account with nature. Indeed, the resort to surgery almost
guarantees that he shall not be restored to health. A troublesome prostate is the result of continued practice of habits that no self-respecting man
124will continue after he has learned the truth. From the systemic and not merely local effects of these
bad habits, surgery can provide but temporary relief. Prostatic surgery is intended to enable ignorant old men to side-step the results of breaking the
laws of biology in their mental and physical habits. To give up the physical and mental bad habits
that build prostatitis will enable these patients to get well, providing the change of habits takes
place early enough. Advanced prostatitis is a condition that can be completely remedied only in a small percentage
of cases, but those so afflicted can be taught how to live to make their lives more comfortable and
to greatly prolong life. Once the prostate gland has enlarged, there seems to be a strong tendency
for it to enlarge again on slight provocation. Even after it has been brought down to normal size, it
re-enlarges with ease and speed if the patient does not rigidly adhere to a healthful way of life. I have seen prostate glands that were as large as baseballs and nearly as
hard—cases in which a
catheter (an instrument used to draw off urine) had been inserted and used because the passing of
urine was a painful process. The enlargement was reduced to nearly normal size in a week, the
hardness was entirely dissolved, so that urination was normal after proper care was given. Commonly, however, more time than this is required to reduce the prostate. In some cases it does not seem possible to reduce all of the enlargement, but it may be reduced
so that the urine flows freely, all discomforture in the back, hips and legs (and sometimes lumbago
and sciatica, which are not present all the time) are relieved. This is all accomplished by stopping
enervating habits, putting the patient to bed and stopping all food. Men who have prostatic enlargement are forced to get up frequently at night to pass urine. The
irritated bladder will not retain urine in a normal manner. The nightly promenading interferes with
sleep and this results in further eneveration. I have seen these patients who were forced to be up as many as fifteen to twenty times a night. I
have seen them, after a few days of fasting, sleep thirteen hours in a stretch without having to void
urine. Men who had great difficulty in passing urine were able to do so as freely as when they
were boys. In only a small percentage of these cases is this improvement permanent. I have seen numerous
instances in which the enlargement recurred within two or three weeks. Overeating will result in a
speedy re-enlargment of the prostate. Nervous excitement, over-work, sexual excesses, and a
variety of other enervating indulgences will do the same. Tea, coffee, tobacco, alcohol and other
stimulants quickly cause the enlargement to recur. The fast in these cases provides only temporary relief if the way of life is not changed. The
engorgement and enlargement of the prostate gland may be reduced by a fast, but this is not all that
is necessary to the restoration of health. A short fast is certainly inadequate to reduce the prostate
more than a small amount. It will make urination easier and relieve some of the distress, but a few
days afterward the trouble will be as severe as ever, unless radical, sweeping changes in the ways
of life are made. The fast may be used as a means of controlling the enlargement in those cases where it cannot be
permanently eliminated. If indiscretions in eating or in other facets of living have resulted in re-
enlargement of the gland, a fast of one to two days is commonly enough to restore a free urine flow
and relieve the discomfort and difficulty. This may be repeated at intervals as need arises. But no amount of fasting will compensate for
the failure to correct completely the mode of life. If the way of life is not changed, fasting becomes
a mere palliative and, though far less harmful than other forms of palliation, leads the individual to
125depend upon palliation rather than a radical correction of cause. 12631
Gonorrhea
“I have gonorrhea; what shall I do?” The voice came over the telephone from a near-by city. The
caller was advised to fast at once, with rest. “But I have to work, my business requires my attention. I cannot fast. Would it not be better to
take penicillin?”
Penicillin would suppress the symptoms he was told, but they would recur in a brief time. After
a short discussion, he decided to take penicillin. A few days later he called again and triumphantly
announced that he had taken penicillin, this being administered by a local physician, and that his
symptoms had all speedily cleared up. It was an old story, but one that he did not understand. Several more days passed and he called again. “The symptoms have returned,” he said. “What do I do now?”
Again he was advised to fast. Again he said that he could not fast. A fruit diet was urged. He
said he would try it. Eventually, after repeated failures by other methods, he went on a fast and
was soon free of his symptoms with no recurrence. “Failure Against Gonorrhea.” was the significant title of a press release made in December,
1962, by the World Health Organization. The experts on gonorrheal infection of WHO reported
that “in spite” of the widespread employment of penicillin and other “powerful anti-biotics”
complete failure


 dental work and thought myself pretty good at it. On the sly, as I had no license to practice dentistry,  I found patients
who were game to let me fix their teeth. By that means I earned and
put away a little stake for my second year at Nashville. Too, after I
had used up the $300 that Tom Johnson had for me, he would borrow
some money, on his credit and mine, to help me over a tight spot. When you are struggling to get an education, you learn to value a friend who believes in you as strongly as Tom believed in me. One day I visited the Hermitage, that already in the 1890s was a
public shrine. While there I picked up some souvenirs which I thought
Tom, who admired old Andrew Jackson, would like. Along with the
gift went a letter informing my old friend that I was broke again. When I revisited Marlin in 1946, I went to see the Widow Johnson,
who lived there. She dug into he r cedar chest and brought out the
trinkets from Andrew Jackson's farm  and the letter which she had kept
for 50 years. During the middle of my last term at Vanderbilt, I suddenly
decided that I could spend a month at home in Alabama cheaper than I
could stay in Nashville. "Aren't you afraid you will get busted?" Catlett asked me. "When the faculty busts me," I told him, "the whole class will be
busted with me." Again when most students were cramming for their final exams I
kept pretty busy making plates and bridges for fellow students to turn
in for required credits on their finals. Thereby, at the expense of a few
moral qualms, I earned badly needed expense money. After the finals
were all in, the dental school manager came to see me:
"Heard, you are on the honor roll. You stand fifth in the class. But you can't graduate while you are in debt to the school for tuition." "What can I do that will ta ke the place of money?" "Give me a note endorsed by two financially responsible
persons." My father and an old neighbor signed the note for me, and
so I was allowed to graduate. But when I began to practice, I quickly
discovered there was little money in circulation. One time Vanderbilt
sent me a notice that my note was overdue. For the answer, I stated the
generally known facts concerning the frozen money market, and
added: "The note you hold against me is worth the money. When you
can wait no longer, there is a way to collect it." After that, I received no more duns from the college. Not long after I entered dental school I earned the nickname,
"What For." It stuck with me to gra duating day. I was never content to
take the textbook answers to a problem on trust. On final examination
Dr. Stubblefield, professor of metallu rgy, asked me to explain the play
of colors when steel is being tempered. "The colors are given off by molecules as, driven by the heat,
they rearrange themselves in a different pattern." On that answer, Dr. Stubblefield graded me 100 per cent. The
other members of the board protested: "It is not the book answer." "It
is more sensible than the book answer," Dr. Stubblefield retorted. He won his point. A zero on that one question would have knocked me
off the honor roll. On the night I received my diploma, Dr. Stubblefield gave me a
parting word which I never forgot:
"I hope, Doctor, that the Lord will take as great a liking to you as
I have." The professors "Doctore d" no student till he received his
diploma. Among all those friends of my college days, I have nothing left
today but the memory of them. So far as I can learn, I am the last one
or two survivors of the Class of '98. Yet nearly all those students were
younger than myself. After 50-odd years, I feel as young as I felt the
day I walked out of Vanderbilt. CHAPTER 7. I TAKE UP THE PRACTICE OF
DENTISTRY

Soon after I got my diploma I took out Alabama license and
opened up an office in Albertvi lle. The town was small and the
country roundabout was newly settled, but for a dentist, the outlook was bright. In that country even baby teeth decayed rapidly. Before he
was 20-years old many a youth had more fillings than natural teeth in
his mouth. Nobody, even in the dental profession, knew then that
anything could be done about it. For that matter, even today,
profession and laity are mostly uninformed as to means of preventing tooth decay. On the other hand, in those parts, pyorrhea—a disease which
attacks the gums and tooth sockets—was almost an unknown malady. It was dental decay that did the mischief. I knew a 16-year-old girl
who, on that account, wore an upper plate. As my experience was limited, I did not then know that dental
conditions were different in different regions. Indeed, the dental
profession itself did not recognize that principle until about 40 years
later. When some years earlier I suggested the idea to my fellow
practitioners, they scoffed at it. It did not occur to me until after I began practice to link up the
food that people ate, the milk and water they drank or the soil which
produced their food with the prevailing bad teeth. In that Alabama hill country, the soil was thin and sandy. It was
deficient in lime and phosphorus. Mostly the people drank water from
shallow wells. Once I thought minerals in water was valuable but not so any more. The cattle feed also was deficient in lime. My observations have convinced me  that the minerals in drinking
water do not nourish the living body. As those minerals being
inorganic are not assimilated as food, they have nothing to do with
making the food good or bad. That is my theory, but food requires
water to make it assimilable, just as  a railway car must have a track to
run on. Anyway, after several years prac tice in Albertville, the idea
occurred to me that food might have something to do with building
sound teeth along with sound bodies generally—but the idea was slow
to register with me. As I recall, I got the idea first when a batch of hen's eggs at the place where I lived turned up with soft shells. In that country, the farmers would feed their hens with limestone grit or
crushed oyster shell, to produce eggshells. If the lime in grit or oyster shells will produce eggshells, I
reasoned, sufficient lime and other body-building elements in the
children's food and milk will produce sound teeth. One day a patient of mine, Mr s. Brown, harassed over her
children's bad teeth, talked a bit short to me:
"Doctor, if you dentists knew your business, you could stop teeth
from decaying so fast." With those soft eggshells in mind, I had an answer for her:
"Mrs. Brown, if you fed your hens the same food that you feed
your children, you would not have a hard-shelled egg on your farm." As long as I practiced dentistry, I kept telling my patients that to
have sound teeth they must eat foods that contain tooth-building
elements. I told them that milk contained calcium (lime) in the form
easiest assimilated for building both bones and teeth. As calcium is
prominent in teeth, we too easily  forget without other essential
elements calcium is no good. It requires every mineral and vitamin to
create strong teeth and bodies. Our popular foods do not have these. Often as not, my patient would resent that good advice: "I say, doctor, I'm paying you to fix my teeth, not to tell me what
to eat." Just the same I kept on, day after day, trying to drill this truth
into my patients' heads: "You are what you eat." Long before I ever heard of Professor Einstein, I had worked my
own special law of relativity:
All life is interdependent: There is a harmony running through all
the forms of life, from amoeba to man. If that harmony is upset, trouble results. For its well-being and proper functioning, the human body must
constantly replace all the elements of which it is made. The little
noticed trace elements are as important as the others. They are the
catalysts which set off the body's spark plugs. That's why it takes a
balanced diet of food grown in co mpletely fertile soil to keep the
bodily machine running smoothly. The way to keep healthy (I would tell my patients) is to live upon
foodstuff out of soil which contains all the bodily elements in soluble
form. But that food should be eaten as it comes from the earth. When
the flour mill takes the hulls, bran and shorts out of wheat, to produce
white flour, it has robbed the grain of essential vitamins and minerals. Naturally incurable diseases develop. Likewise, as • chemical analysis
shows, three-fourth of the white po tato's mineral content is in the
peeling. The way to get the potato's full food value is to bake it with
the jacket on and eat it peeling and all. That identical principle holds with everything that grows in the
garden. For example, the outer lettuce leaves that the housewife


( Please do not practice this exe r cise if your BOL T scor e is less than 10
seconds, or if yo u ar e pr egnant or have high blood pr essur e, car diovascular
issues, diabetes, or any serious health concerns. ) T o unblock the nose, perform the following:
1. T ake a small, silent breath in  and a small, silent breath out
through your nose. 2. Pinch your nose with your fingers to hold your breath.3. W alk as many paces as possible with your breath held. T ry to
build up a strong air shortage, without overdoing it, of course! 4. When you resume breathing, do so only through your nose;
your breathing must be calmed immediately. 5. After resumin g your breathing, your first breath will usually
be bigg er than  normal. Make sure that you calm your
breathing as soon as possible by  suppressing your second and
third breaths. 6. Y ou should be able to reco ver your breath within 2 to 3
breaths. If you cannot, you have held your breath for too long. 7. W ait for about a minute or so and then repeat. 8. Repeat this exercise 5 or 6 times until the nose is decongested. 2. Br eathe Light to Br eathe Right
1. P lace one han d on your ches t and the other just above your
navel to help you to follow your breathing. 2. Breathe in and gently guide your abdomen outward.3. Breathe out and gently guide your abdomen inward. 4. Observe your  breathing pattern, noting the size and depth of
each breath. 5. Apply gentle pressure with yo ur hands to slightly reduce your
breathing movements. It should feel as if you are breathing
against your hands. 6. Encourage the depth of each breath to reduce. 7. T ake in a smaller or shorter breath than you would like. 8. A llow a relaxed breath out, exhaling gently, slowly, and
easily. 9. Bring a feeling of relaxation to your breathing. 10. Do  not tense your body, hold your breath, or pause your
breathing. Continue to breathe smoothly but take in less air
than before. 11. The obje ctive of this exercise i s to create a tolerable hunger
for a ir. T ry to sustain this for 3 to 5 minutes at a time. If your
breathing rhythm becomes chaotic or if your breathing
muscles contrac t, then the air shortage you have created is too
much. If these s igns occur, stop the exercise and return to it
when breathing is back to normal. 3. Br ea the Light to Br eathe Right— Jogging, Run ning, or Any
Other Activity
No matt er what  type of exercis e you prefer, make sure that you observe
your breath and become awar e of your inner body. Bring your entire
attention from your mind into your body. Move with every cell of your
body, from the top of your head to the tips of your toes.Allow your body to find its perfect work rate by breathing through your
nose in a steady and regular fas hion. Continue to increase your pace to the
point wh ere you can maintain s teady and regular nasal breathing. If your
breathing rhythm becomes chaotic and it is necessary to open your mouth to
breathe, you will know that the intensity is too much. If nece ssary, slow
your pace to a walk for 2 to 3 minutes before resuming your jog. As you run, fe el each gentle connection between your feet and the
ground as you p ropel yourself forward. A void pounding the pavement as
this will  lead to sore hips and joints and other possible injuries. Instead,
bring a feeling of lightness to  your body and visualize yourself barely
touching the ground as your run. Imagine yourself running over thin twigs,
treading so softly that they do n ot break. The mantra to follow is: light foot
strikes, a relaxed body, and regular, steady breathing. If you keep your  mouth closed t hroughout your exercise, your breathing
will recover quickly. 4. Br eathing Recovery, Impr oved Concentration
T o recover from physical exercise and to help calm your breathing or mind,
practice the following exercise for 3 to 5 minutes:
1. Exhale as normal through the nose. 2. Pinch your nose with your fingers to hold the breath for 2 to 5
seconds. 3. Breathe normally through the nose for 10 seconds. 4. Repeat the first three steps. Important Note Regarding the “Simulate High-Altitude
T raining” Exer cises That Follow
Please do not practice any exer cise that simulates high-
altitude training if your BOL T scor e is less than 20 seconds (or
less than 30 seconds for advanced simulation of high-altitude
training) or if you ar e pr egnan t, have high blood pr essur e or
other car diovascular issues, have diabetes, or have any serious
health c oncerns. While these exer cises involve the cr eation of a
medium to str ong air hunger, th er e is no point in over doing it. Upon co mpletion of each br eath hold, you should be able to
r ecover your br eathing within 2 to 3 br eaths. If while practicing
these exer cises, you experience dizziness or any other negative
side effect, then please stop immediately. 5. Simulate High-Altitude T raining—W alking
If you have a p ulse oximeter, you might find it motivating to observe the
decrease to your oxygen saturation as you do this. Continue walking
throughout the exercise and hold your breath only until you feel a medium
hunger for air for the first 2 to  3 breath holds. For the remaining breathholds, it is bene ficial to hold the breath until you feel a relat ively strong
hunger for air. 1. W alk for 1 minute or so while breathing through your nose. 2. Gently exhale and hold your br eath, followed by minimal
br eathing for 15 seconds:  G ently exhale,  pinch your nos e,
and walk while holding the bre ath until you feel a medium
hunger f or air, then release you r nose, inhale through it, and
minimize your breathing for 15 seconds by taking short
breaths. After 30 seconds of continued walking and nose
breathing, repeat the breath hold until you feel a medium
hunger f or air. Minimize your breathing for 15 seconds, then
allow your breathing to return to normal and through the nose. 3. Continue walk ing for 30 seco nds and r epeat:  Continue
walking for around 30 seconds while breathing through your
nose, then gently exhale and pinch your nose with your
fingers. W alk while holding your breath until you feel amedium to strong hunger for air. Release your nose and
minimize your breathing by tak ing short breaths for about 15
seconds. Then resume breathing through your nose. 4. Repeat br eath holds 8 to 10 times:  While continuing to
walk, perform a breath hold ev ery minute or so in order to
create a medium to strong n eed for air. Minimize your
breathing for 15 seconds following each breath hold. Repeat
for a total of 8 to 10 breath holds during your walk. A typical increase in the number of paces per breath hold might look
like this: 20, 20, 30, 35, 42, 47, 53, 60, 60, 55. 6. Simulate High-Altitude T raining—Running, Cycling,
Swimming
Br eath Holding During RunningBreath holding can also be incorporated into more intense exercise, such
as running:
1. 10 to 15 minute s into your run,  gently exhale and hold your
breath until a str ong air shortage is reached. The length of the
breath hold may range from 10  to 40 paces and will depend
on your running speed and BOL T score. 2. Following the breath hold, continue to jog with nose breathing
for about 1 minute, until your breathing has partially
recovered. 3. Repeat the bre ath hold 8 to 10 times for the duration of your
run. The breath hold should be a challenge and, at the same
time, should allow breathing to  recover to normal within a
couple of breaths. Br eath Holding During Cycling
A similar practice can be employed during cycling:
•   A fter your bo dy has warmed up, exhale and hold your breath
for 5 to 15 pedal rotations. •   Resume nose breathing while continuing to cycle for about 1
minute. •  Repeat this exercise 8 to 10 times throughout your ride. Br eath Holding During Swimming
During s wimming, increase the number of strokes between breaths. Y ou
can do this in gradual increment s, increasing the number of stro kes between
breaths from 3 to 5 to 7 over a series of lengths. 7. Advanced Simulation of High-Altitude T rainingFor this


 threatened and has not permitted this. If some productwere included in a mix and that product were prohibited, the entire mixed, bottledand labeled batch that remained unsold at that time would be wasted, atenormous cost. Were I manufacturing my own life extension supplement I would include the list
shortly following. By the way, to get this all in one day, it is necessary to take 6 to12 large tablets daily, usually spread throughout the day, taken a few at a timewith each meal. If you compare my suggested formulation to another one, keep inmind that variations of 25 percent one way or another won’t make a significantdifference, and adding other beneficial substances to my recommendations
probably is only helpful. However, I would not want to eliminate anything in the
list below, it is the minimum:
Beta-Carotene 25,000 iu Selenium 100 mcg
Vitamin A 5,000 iu T aurine 500 mg
B1 250 mg Cyctine 200 mg
B2 50 mg Gluthaianone 15 mg
B3 niacinamid 850 mg Choline 650 mg
B5 750 mg Inositol 250 mg
B6 200 mg Flavanoids 500 mg
B12 100 mcg Zinc 35 mg
PABA 50 mg Chromium 100 mcg
Folic Acid 500 mcg Molybdenum 123 mg
Biotin 200 mcg Manganese 5 mg
Vitamin C 3,000mg Iodine (as kelp) 10 mg
Vitamin E 600 iu Co-Enzyme Q 10 60 mg
Magnesium 1,000 mg DMAE 100 mg
Potassium 100 mg Ginko biloba 120 mg
Calcium 1,000 mg V itamin D 3 200 iu
Please also keep in mind that there are many other useful substances not listed
above. For example, every day I have a “green drink,” an herbal preparationcontaining numerous tonic substances like ginseng and also various forms of algaeand chlorophyll extracts. My green drink makes my body feel very peppy all day,so it certainly enhances my life and may extend it. It costs about $25.00 a monthto enjoy that. I also use various pure amino acids at times. Phenylalanine willmake me feel more aggressive whenever I am feeling lackluster; this nutrient hasalso been used as an effective therapy against depression. Melatonin taken atbedtime really does help me get to sleep and may have remarkable life-extending
properties. Other amino acids help my body manufacture growth hormones and I
use them from the time I begin training seriously in spring through the end of thesummer triathlon competition season. Pearson and Shaw’s book (seeBibliography) is a good starting point to begin learning about this remarkablyuseful subject. The Future Of Life Extension
I beg the readers indulgence for a bit of futurology about what things may look
like if the life extension movement continues to develop. Right now, a full vitamin and vitamin-like substance life extension program
costs between $50 and $100 dollars per month. However, pharmaceuticalresearchers occasionally notice that drugs meant to treat and cure diseases, whentested on lab animals for safety, make these animals live quite a bit longer andfunction better. Though the FDA doesn’t allow any word of this to be printed inofficial prescribing data, the word does get around to other researchers, togerontologists and eventually to that part of the public that is eagerly looking forlonger life. Today there are numerous people who routinely take prescriptionmedicines meant to cure a disease they do not have and plan to take thosemedicines for the rest of their long, long life. These drugs being patented, the tariff gets a lot steeper compared to taking
vitamins. (Since they are naturally-occurring substances, vitamins can’t bepatented and therefore, aren’t big-profit items. Perhaps that’s one reason theFDA is so covertly opposed to vitamins.) Right now it would be quite possible tospend many hundred dollars per month on a life extension program that includedmost of these potentially beneficent prescription drugs. As more of life-extending substances are discovered, the cost of participating
in a maximally effective life extension program will escalate. However, those whocan afford chemically enhanced functioning will enjoy certain side-benefits. Theirproductive, enjoyable life spans may measure well over a century, perhaps
approaching two centuries or more. Some of these substances greatly improve
intelligence so they will become brighter and have faster reaction times. With moretime to accumulate more wisdom and experience than “short livers” these folkswill become wiser, too. They will have more time to compound their investmentassets and thus will become far more wealthy. They will become an obvious andrecognizable aristocracy. This new upper class will immediately recognize eachother on the street because they will look entirely different than the short-livedpoorer folk and will probably run the political economic system. And this new aristocratic society I see coming may be far more pleasant than
the one dominated by the oligarchy we now have covertly running things. For withgreater age and experience does really come greater wisdom. I have long felt thatthe biggest problem with Earth is that we did not live long enough. As GeorgeBernard Shaw quipped when he was 90 (he lived to 96), “here I am, 90 yearsold, just getting out of my adolescence and getting some sense, and my body isfalling apart as fast as it can.”
Vitamin Program For The Sick
No matter which way you look at it or how well insured you may be against it,
being sick is expensive (not to mention what it does to one’s quality of life), andby far the best thing to do is to prevent it from happening in the first place.However, most people do not do anything about their health until forced to bysome painful condition. If you are already sick there are a number of supplementsyou can take which have the potential to shorten the duration and severity of theillness, and hopefully prevent a recurrence. The sicker you are, the more supplements you will require; as health is
regained, the dosage and variety of substances can be reduced. In chronic illness,megadoses of many nutrients are usually beneficial. Any sick adult should begin alife extension vitamin program unless they are highly allergic to so many thingsalready that they can not tolerate many kinds of vitamins as well. In addition to the
life extension program, vitamin C should be taken by the chronically ill at a dose
from 10 to 25 grams daily, depending on the severity of the condition. Many people want to know whether or not they should take their regular food
supplements during a fast. On a water fast most supplements in a hard tablet formwill not be broken down at all, and often can be seen floating by in the colonicviewing tube looking exactly like it did when you swallowed it. This waste can beavoided by crushing or chewing (yuck) the tablets, before swallowing.Encapsulated vitamins usually are absorbed, but if you want to make sure, openthe capsule and dump it in the back of your mouth before swallowing with water.Powdered vitamins (Life Extension Foundation sells them) are well absorbed. On a water fast the body is much more sensitive to any substance introduced,
so as a general rule it is not a good idea to take more than one half your regulardose of food supplements. Most fasters do fine without any supplements. Manypeople get an upset stomach from supplements on an empty stomach, and thesepeople should not take any during a water fast unless they develop symptoms ofmineral deficiencies (usually a pre-existing condition) such as leg cramps andtremors, these symptoms necessitate powdered or well-chewed-up mineralsupplement. Minerals don’t taste too bad to chew, just chalky. The same suggestions regarding dosage of supplements for a water fast are
also true for a juice fast or vegetable broth fast. On a raw food cleansing diet thefull dose of supplements should be taken with meals. There exists an enormous body of data about vitamins; books and magazine
articles are always touting some new product or explaining the uses of an old one.If you want to know more about using ordinary vitamins you’ll find leads in thebibliography to guide your reading. However, there is one “old” vitamin and a fewnewer and relatively unknown life extending substances that are so useful andimportant to handling illness that I would like to tell you more about them. Vitamin C  is one of the first ones ever identified. If you are one of those
people that just hate taking vitamins, and you were for some reason willing to take
only one, vitamin C would be your best choice because it helps enormously with
any infection and in invaluable in tissue healing and rebuilding collagen. If I wasgoing on a long trip and didn’t want to pack a lot of weight, my first choice wouldbe to insure three to six grams of vitamin C for daily use when I was healthy (I’dtake the optimum dose—ten grams a day—if weight were no limitation). I’d alsocarry enough extra C to really beef up my intake when dealing with anunexpected acute illness or accident. When traveling to far away places, exposed to a whole new batch of
organisms, frequently having difficulty finding healthy foods, going through timezones, losing nights of sleep, it is easy to become enervated enough to catch alocal cold or flu. If I have brought lots of extra vitamin C with me I know that myimmune system will be able to conquer just about anything—as long as I also stopeating and can take an enema. I also like to have vitamin C as


 precise kinesiological testing for
truth versus falsehood, he’s calibrated the approximate number of people
whose energy is at or below the level that weakens. I’d like you to consider
his findings and conclusions relative to your impact on civilization. Dr. Hawkins suggests that it’s crucial for each of us to be aware of the
significance of raising our frequency of vibration to the level where we
begin to match up with the energy of the universal Source, or in other
words, make our connection to the power of intention. One of the most fascinating aspects of this line of research is the idea of
counterbalancing. High-energy people counterbalance the negative effect of
low-energy people. But it doesn’t happen on a one-to-one basis because of
that 87 percent of humanity that’s in the lower weakening frequencies. One
person connected to intention, as I’ve described it here in this book, can
have an enormous impact on many people in the lower energy patterns. The
higher up the scale you move toward actually being the light of
enlightenment and knowing God consciousness, the more negatively
vibrating energies you can counterbalance. Here are some fascinating
figures from Dr. Hawkins’s research for you to contemplate as you review
the impact you can have on humanity simply by being on the higher rungs
of the ladder to intention:
• One individual who lives and vibrates to the energy
of optimism and a willingness to be nonjudgmental of others
will counterbalance the negativity of 90,000 individuals who
calibrate at the lower weakening levels. • One individual who lives and vibrates to the energy
of pure love and reverence for all of life will counterbalancethe negativity of 750,000 individuals who calibrate at the lower
weakening levels. • One individual who lives and vibrates to the energy
of illumination, bliss, and infinite peace will counterbalance
the negativity of 10 million people who calibrate at the lower
weakening levels (approximately 22 such sages are alive
today). • One individual who lives and vibrates to the energy
of grace, pure spirit beyond the body, in a world of nonduality
or complete oneness, will counterbalance the negativity of 70
million people who calibrate at the lower weakening levels
(approximately 10 such sages are alive today). Here are two compelling statistics offered by Dr. Hawkins in his 29-year
study on the hidden determinants of human behavior:
1. One single avatar living at the highest level of
consciousness in this period of history to whom the title Lord
is appropriate, such as Lord Krishna, Lord Buddha, and Lord
Jesus Christ, would counterbalance the collective negativity of
all of mankind in today’s world. 2. The negativity of the entire human population
would self-destruct were it not for the counteracting effects of
these higher energy fields. The implications of these figures are immense for discovering ways of
improving human consciousness and raising ourselves to the place where
we match up with the same energy of intention from which we were
intended. By raising your own frequency of vibration only slightly to a
place where you regularly practice kindness, love, and receptivity, and
where you see beauty and the endless potential of good in others as well as
yourself, you counterbalance 90,000 people somewhere on this planet who
are living in the low-energy levels of shame, anger, hatred, guilt, despair,
depression, and so on. I can’t help thinking of John F. Kennedy’s handling of the Cuban missile
crisis in the 1960s. He was surrounded by advisors urging the use of nuclearbombs if necessary. Yet his own energy and that of a few trusted colleagues
who were steeped in the potential for a peaceful resolution served to
counterbalance the vast majority of those who pushed for attack and
bellicosity. One person with very high spiritual energy can put the
possibility of war into a last-resort category. This is true in your own life. Bring the energy of intention to the presence of conflict even in family
matters, and you can nullify and convert the lower antagonistic energy with
your presence. I’ve done this in a hostile setting where young people influenced by
alcohol and drugs were squaring off to fight while a crowd urged them on. On one occasion, I simply walked between two potential combatants
humming the song, “Surely the Presence of God Is in This Place,” and that
energy alone softened the atmosphere, raising the level of energy to peace. In another instance, I approached a woman who was immersed in having
an angry fit with her toddler in a grocery store and screaming hateful
epithets at the two-year-old. I quietly moved into the energy field, said
nothing, but radiated my desire for a higher energy of love, and it nullified
the low energy of hatred. Consider the importance of becoming aware of the
impact you have on others, and remind yourself that by raising your own
energy level to a place where you’re in harmony with intention, you become
an instrument, or a channel, of peace. This works everywhere, so be a part
of the counterbalance to the human negativity you encounter in your life. Five Suggestions for Implementing the Ideas
in This Chapter
1. Become aware of the importance of making all of
your relationships divine. The holy relationship isn’t based on
any religion. The holy relationship emphasizes the unfolding of
Spirit in everyone. Your children are spiritual beings who come
through you, not for you. Your love relationship can focus on
wanting for your partner what you want for yourself. If you
want freedom, want it for everyone you love. If you want
abundance, want it first for others. If you want happiness, want
it more for others, and let them know it. The more you haveholiness as the centerpiece of your relationships, the more
you’ll merge with intention.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the impact of one individual who resonates at a high energy level?,
A: According to the text, one individual who resonates at a high energy level can counterbalance the negativity of 90,000 individuals who calibrate at lower weakening levels.
Q: What is the difference between the active and inactive sides of infinity?,
A: The active side of infinity inspires a sense of destiny, belonging, awe, and humility, while the inactive side fosters a sense of fear, separation, and low self-worth.
Q: What is the key to manifesting one's intentions?,
A: The key to manifesting one's intentions is to respect oneself and have self-respect, which is a natural state for one's being.
Q: What is the consequence of not respecting oneself?,
A: The consequence of not respecting oneself is that it will attract disrespect, low self-worth, and a lack of connection to the power of intention.
Q: What is the importance of staying on the active side of infinity?,
A: Staying on the active side of infinity is crucial, as it allows one to feel a sense of belonging, respect, and self-love, which is essential to manifesting one's intentions and connecting to the power of intention.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Now, be
aware that saying these words may be difficult at first because of the
conditions you’ve been exposed to over a lifetime, and because the words
may bring to the surface remnants of disrespect that your ego wants you to
hold on to. Your immediate impulse might be to see this as an expression of your
ego’s desire to be superior to everyone else. But this is not an ego statement
at all—it’s an affirmation of self-respect. Transcend that ego mind and
affirm your love for yourself and your connection to the Spirit of God. This
doesn’t make you superior to anyone; it makes you equal to all and
celebrates that you’re a piece of God. Affirm it for your own self-respect. Affirm it in order to be respectful of that which intended you here. Affirm it
because it’s the way you’ll stay connected to your Source and regain the
power of intention. I love me. Say it without embarrassment. Say it proudly,
and be that image of love and self-respect. Step 2: Write the following affirmation and repeat it over and over
again to yourself: I am whole and perfect as I was created! Carry this
thought with you wherever you go. Have it laminated, and place it in your
pocket, on your dashboard, on your refrigerator, or next to your bed—allow
the words to become a source of high energy and self-respect. By simply
carrying these words with you and being in the same space with them, their
energy will flow directly to you. Self-respect emerges from the fact that you respect the Source from
which you came and you’ve made a decision to reconnect to that Source,
regardless of what anyone else might think. It’s very important to keep
reminding yourself at the beginning that you’re worthy of infinite respect
from the one Source you can always count on, the piece of God energy that
defines you. This reminder will do wonders for your self-respect, and
consequently your ability to use the power of intention in your life. Over
and over, remind yourself: I’m not my body. I’m not my accumulations. I’m
not my achievements. I’m not my reputation. I am whole and perfect as I
was created! Step 3: Extend more respect to others and to all of life. Perhaps the
greatest secret of self-esteem is to appreciate other people more. The easiest
way to do this is to see the unfolding of God in them.


 determined this is the cause, try whipping up this soothing drink.Rice Water
-Water
-White rice
-A pot1. Cook the rice in twice the amount of recommended water, and just as
it starts to become tender, remove it from the heat. Drain the water and
drink warm, or let it come to room temperature. Save the rice for a bland
meal later on. 120Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com NauseaY ou will need… DirectionsThis may seem like a cop out on a natural remedy, but it is the farthest thing from it. I used to have an intense
fear of getting sick to my stomach in a place where I had nowhere to go-think on an airplane, on a bus, in a
lecture-pretty much any place very public. So intense was this fear that I would make myself feel quite sick over
the thought of it alone, and a viscous cycle began. With the use of deep breathing and meditation, I trained
myself to be able to let go of the gripping fear that made me sick. At the onset of nausea, a tingle of fear that
you may throw up can exacerbate it terribly, but being able to use your mind to work around it is one of the most
effective, and safe, ways to help yourself.Mind Control & Lying Face Down
-A cool, quiet, place
-Patience1. Practice meditation once a day, nauseous or not, and deep breathing. Focus on being able to let go of a thought when it pops into your head-
this is key in being able to let go of nervous thoughts that can make you
feel even sicker. 121Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com NauseaY ou will need… DirectionsMaking a blend of essential oils is an invaluable way to fend off nausea, and this blend of soothing aromas will
help clear your mind and settle your tummy. Just keep a little bottle on hand to use when you may need it.Tummy Time Blend
-6 drops of peppermint oil
-5 drops of lavender
-3 drops of pine needle oil
-6 drops of lemon oil
-1 tablespoon of any liquid oil
-A small, dark bottle1. Mix up your blend and store in a dark glass bottle to preserve it. When
needed, rub a dab behind each ear, above the navel, and on each
temple. Breathe deeply. 122Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com NauseaY ou will need… DirectionsPlaque Psoriasis, although it’s a common skin disease (and the most
common of all types of Psoriasis,) isn’t fully understood. It is thought
to be related to a flaw in the immune system, where a white blood cell
called a T lymphocyte (T-cell) behaves abnormally. T cells usually float
throughout the body detecting and fighting off infection. With psoriasis,
the T cells mistakenly attack healthy skin cells, like they are fighting
off infection or trying to heal something. The result is skin cells that go
through their life cycle over the course of several days, rather than a
month, building up quickly on the surface of the skin and forming itchy,
red, dry patches and silvery “scales.” There is no cure, but there are
natural remedies you can try at home to relieve the discomfort and
reduce the appearance of it.Psoriasis
-Try keeping a humidifier in the
house to prevent your skin from
drying out. -Avoid dyes, fragrances, and
anything else along those lines in
your shampoo, lotion, etc. -Take a warm soak with Epsom
salts daily, pat skin gently dry, and
moisturize. -Drink lots of water to keep skin
hydrated from the inside out. -Keep a little log book of your
outbreaks, and see if you can
track your triggers. 123Copyright 2014 everydayroots.comTips & TroubleshootingAloe vera gel has long been associated with relief from various skin conditions from dry skin to sunburns. Those with psoriasis have also found it helps relieves discomfort, and provides some much needed moisture to
irritated patches of skin. * Combine this with the healing, wholesome, properties of omega-3 fatty acids found in
fish oil, and you have a pleasant rub that can help clear up plaques. While it may not sound all that pleasant to
apply fish oil topically, the smell of the aloe helps it dissipate. Using free form fish oil (that is, not in capsules) also
has less of an odor. If the smell offends you, mix in 1 or 2 drops of orange essential oil.Aloe Vera Fish Oil Body Rub
-1/2 cup of aloe vera gel
-1 teaspoon fish oil
-Glass container1. Combine aloe vera gel and fish oil, blend thoroughly. 2. Apply several times throughout the day as needed. If possible, take
a warm bath free of any sort of soap before bed. Pat your skin dry, and
apply the mixture. It should keep refrigerated up to 3 months in a glass
container. 124Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com PsoriasisY ou will need… DirectionsThis can be used on the body as well as scalp. Avocado oil is rich and penetrating, providing moisture for the
dry skin. Tea tree oil, while typically used for fungal or bacterial based conditions, has been reported to help
some affected by psoriasis (particularly psoriasis of the scalp. )Avocado Oil & Tea Tree Oil Rinse
-2 tablespoons of avocado oil
-20 drops of tea tree oil
-1 cup of water1. Mix avocado oil with the tea tree oil, and then combine with water. 2. Pour over your hair using an old cleaned out shampoo bottle, or spray
on with a spray bottle to ensure you get most of it on your head. 3. Massage in well, gently but firmly rubbing in circular motions with your
fingertips. Let it sit for 2-5 minutes, then rinse. Y ou can also apply just
the oils to patches on your body, diluting the tea tree with 1 tablespoon
of avocado oil first. Y ou can stick to just the avocado oil if you prefer. 125Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com PsoriasisY ou will need… DirectionsHoney, when combined with olive oil and beeswax, has been shown to help reduce inflammation and help the
itching and irritation that comes along with plaque psoriasis. While the studies have been somewhat limited,
anecdotal evidence is strong. This balm will have a wonderful aroma-mildly sweet and warm with a hint of floral
honey.Honey & Olive Oil ‘Balm’
-1/2 cup of raw, organic, honey
-4 tablespoons of grated
beeswax
-1/2 cup of jojoba oil or any
liquid oil1. In a double boiler, melt beeswax and olive oil together. 2. Remove from the heat and let it cool, gently “whipping” it with a fork
or a whisk to keep the beeswax from totally freezing up. After it’s cooled
some, about 3 minutes or so, beat in the honey. 3. Apply as needed. This will keep in an airtight container in a cool dark
place for up to a month. 126Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com PsoriasisY ou will need… DirectionsSeasonal rhinitis is a fancy way of saying seasonal allergies-rhinitis
referring to the inflammation or irritation of the mucous membranes
inside the nose. While many people often call their allergies “hay fever”
that technically means that only grass or hay pollen is responsible. The
proper term for allergies caused by pollens from any plant is “pollinosis.”
When a person who has a sensitized immune system breathes in certain
allergens, such as pollen, it triggers the production of an antibody, also
known as immunoglobulin. The antibody is a protein that counteracts
a foreign substance upsetting the immune system. In this case, the
immunoglobulin released is known as immunoglobulin E, or IgE. The
IgE binds to certain cells that then release histamine, triggering an
inflammatory response and causing sneezing, itching, watery eyes,
swelling of the nasal passages, and a boost in mucous production. Though you may be miserable, your body really has good intentions
when all of this is going on. It is, after all, attacking what it perceives as
something harmful. Well intended or not though, this often leaves you in
need of some relief. I myself didn’t suffer from seasonal allergies until later in my teenage
years, and then I finally understood why everybody made such a big
deal out of them. They’re awful. When the warm weather rolls around
all you want to do is frolic in the outdoors, but the stuffy nose, itching,
watery eyes, and constant sneezing make it very hard to enjoy being
outside. This is especially heinous in Minnesota, because the majority of
the year we’re locked in a freezing ice-land and have a very limited time
frame in which we can enjoy warm weather anyways. I have to say that
with consistent use natural allergy remedies seem to work quite well. I’ll
take my honey and leave the stuffy nose to wintertime!Seasonal Allergies
-Avoid using window fans, which
can pull allergens into the house
and circulate them through the air. -Boost your vitamin C intake,
which has been shown to ward off
allergy symptoms
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A: Corona structures
Q: What is the term for a type of primary cancer of the kidney?,
A: Hypernephroma
Q: What is the term for a type of cancer of the breast?,
A: Fibroadenoma
Q: What is the term for a type of fungal tumour?,
A: Mucosa
Q: What is the term for a type of cancer of the lung?,
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Q: What is the term for a type of cancer of the breast?,
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 then  do not hesitate  to con-
tinue,  until  the Results  are there. Your  Application  to your  Presence  cannot  fail. It is Self-
Luminous,  Intelligent  Substance  which  goes  forth  at your
Call;  there  is nothing  to resist  and  there  is nothing  can  in-
terfere  with  That  Light  which  goes  forth. It will  dissolve
all unlike  Itself  as It goes  forth. It is the Power  of the
Universe. Therefore,  as you understand  It, and  as you make
your  Call  and  realize  why  It is not just  a Principle  of Life,
energy  and  action,  you  will  know  why  That  Light  cannot
be resisted. It is because  the Light  is Self-Conscious  Intelli-
gence—Self-Luminous  Intelligent  Substance. It is why,  Dear  People,  the most  terrific  viciousness  ever
focused  at two  human  beings,  has  been  focused  at these
Messengers,  for no reason  at all; but it does  not touch  them
nor interfere  with  This  Activity. This  is why  We sometimes
take up these  points  with  the Blessed  Students;  because  for
the people  who  try to injure  them,  it is a pitiful  thing. In-
dividuals  who  send  out  destructive  thoughts  and  feeling
will reap  them—every  one. The Messengers  never  wished  harm  to any  human  Be-
ing in their  lives  and  never  shall. They  love  and  bless  every
human  Being—even  those  who  criticize  and  condemn  them
and send  vicious  projections  at them. They  know  the Law
and they  are living  It; but  the unfortunate  human  Beings
who  will  not  believe  that,  will  have  to reap  their  vicious-
ness sent  out. They  are most  unfortunate  indeed,  for one DISCOURSE  VIII  205
day, they  will  understand  how  great  has been  their  mistake. This  is why  We take  these  things  up concerning  your  ac-
tivities  definitely  and  clearly,  so all may  understand,  if they
will. You  are soon  going  to have  to choose  whether  you  will
control  your  feeling  or not. That  is why  I say this,  so pos-
itively. Do not ever  look  around  and  blame  any  one else  for
anything. You  are the only  person  who  is concerned. If a
mistake  seems  to be made,  call  the Presence  into  action  to
correct  it and  take  your  mind  off it. Then  you  will  be Free.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: Why does the body lay helpless?,
A: Because the Life Stream has withdrawn, and the human form is dependent on the outer world.
Q: What is the source of life and energy for human beings?,
A: The "I AM" Presence, the Source of Life, is the only  place to anchor your attention.
Q: What is the key to having a successful and fulfilling life?,
A: It is not the intellect, but the feeling and the Presence of God.
Q: What is the importance of not blaming others?,
A: You are the only one responsible for your life, and blaming others will only lead to more harm and limitation.
Q: What is the key to achieving the fulfillment of one's call?,
A: It is not the intellect, but the Presence of God, and the need to take control of one's own feeling and attention.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>So, tonight,  this  Wondrous  Release  is going  forth  and
is enfolding  you. Remember,  It is Self-luminous,  Intelligent
Substance. It is why  in the beginning,  I asked  you  to try
to feel  yourself  in the  Great  Focus  of Light  from  Your
Presence  in your  Heart,  so you might  bring  Its Great  Focus
here. Thru  your  attention,  It brings  the Focal  Power  of Our
Great  Light  and  Energy,  to your  point  right  here  in the
Universe. Oh, that  you  might  understand  in its Fulness,  what  the
simple  Power  of your  attention  means. In one's  fondest
imagination  yet,  there  is none  who  grasps  the Fulness  of
this One  Great  Activity. Remember,  there  is no mistake
about  it—where  your  attention  is, there  you  are;  and  what
your  attention  is on, you  become! Will  you  allow  Me  to prompt  you  tonight? Don't,  I 226 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
plead  with  you,  ever  let your  mind  revert  to a single  thing
which  has  passed. If you  would  do that,  Beloved  Ones,
what  Release  would  come  in a few  hours. The  reminder  of
the undesirable  things  which  have  passed,  constantly  bring-
ing them  back  to the activity  of your  world  today  is useless
—absolutely  useless;  and  to so many,  so very  detrimental! Don't  do it! What  is passed  is gone,  if you  let it be gone
forever. What  you  are today  is what  matters;  for what  you
are today,  you  make  for tomorrow. If you  bring  the past
into it, then  the past  will  become  tomorrow! Think! Oh,  Beloved  Ones! think  of what  mankind  has
been  doing  so long! Stop  forever  the bringing  of the past,
into the conditions  of tomorrow,  thru  the power  of your
feeling. Oh,  draw  a powerful  line  behind  you  and  do not
ever look  back! If something  undesirable  occurs  in your
Life,  don't  begin  to wonder;  why  did  that  act? why  did
that occur? Just  say:  "Thank  God  it was  not worse! Thank
God,  I had  the Blessing! Thank  God  I had  the Protection! What  a Wonderful,  Wonderful  Freedom  and  Blessing  is
bound  to come  out of it." Tonight,  determine  as never  before  in your  Life,  to wipe
completely  out  of your  memory,  everything  which  has
passed;  and  if you  have  made  mistakes,  don't,  I plead  with
you,  condemn  yourself. Call  on the Law  of Forgiveness  and
forget  the thing  forever! Oh,  Blessed  Ones,  when  you  sud-
denly  begin  to be aware  of the mistakes  of the past,  don't
make  a greater  mistake  by revolving  your  attention  upon
them. Simply  with  joy and  thanksgiving  call  on the Law DISCOURSE  XVIII  227
of Forgiveness  and  say:  "Thank  God,  I don't  have  that  any
more." Then  say:  "'Mighty  I AM  Presence!' take  com-
mand  of me and  see I don't  make  it occur  again  today  or
in the future." How  I rejoice  with  you,  in the Great  Victory  which  you
are gaining  over  these  simple  things. It is the simple  things,
which  you  pass  over  daily,  that  make  for the building  of
your  Foundation  which  cannot  be interrupted  or inter-
fered  with;  and  all you  use with  which  to do it are those
three  faculties. Think  of it! The  Simplicity  and  Power  of
those  three  faculties—your  attention,  your  vision  and  your
power  of qualification. They  are the Moulding  Power  of
your  Whole  Life. Control  them! Call  your  Presence  to
control  them;  because  they  are the Power  of the Universe. If you  have  difficulty  in your  outer  environment,  then
know  your  Presence  is the Fulness  of all Power  required
for any  accomplishment;  for Self-control  or whatever  it
may  be. Therefore,  in Its Glory  you  see—you  must  see
with  me—your  Victory  now! Beloved  Ones,  in the Fulness  of My Great  Love,


 Later, in 1921,
the Nobel Prize winning physio logist Otto Loewi determined its functional
significance. Loewi found that activating the vagus nerve reduced heart
rate.1 He did this by isolating the heart of a frog and stimulating the vagus
nerve to release something he called “Vagusstuf f.” This substance, later
identified as acetylcholine, caused the frog’ s heart to slow, replicating
relaxation, the reaction to a nonthreatening environment—or the rest-and-
digest state. The implications of this are huge. It means that stimulating the
vagus nerve can activate the PNS, subduing or balancing out the fight-or -
flight reaction of the SNS. This “Vagusstuf f” (ACh) released by the vagus nerve is a
neurotransmitter—a chemical messenger released by nerve cells to send
messages to other cells. This neurotransmitter is found in all motor neurons,
where it stimulates smooth muscles to contract, slows the heart rate, and
dilates the blood vessels. It is also present in many brain neuro ns where it
has a role in vital mental processes such as cognition and mem ory. Severe
depletion of acetylcholine has been associated with conditions such as
Alzheimer ’s.12
STRESS, INFLAMMA TION, AND ILLNESS
From a health perspective, if we define stress as a disruption of
homeostasis, inflammation often begins as the body’ s natural response to
stress. What’s more, chronic, low-grade inflammation has been proven to
indicate an overactive fight-or -flight response.10 It makes sense, therefore,
to deduce that inhibiting the fight-or-flight reaction (as the ACh released by
the vagus nerve does) could reduce inflammation. Inflammation is a defense mechanism triggered by injury or infection. It
is at the extreme  end of the spectrum that ranges from homeosta sis to stress
response to inflammatory response.10 It combines different immune
mechanisms that work to neutr alize invading pathogens such as bacteria
and viruses, repair injured tissues, and heal wounds. However, when out of
balance, inflamm ation plays a key role in the development and persistence
of many diseases. It can be triggered by extreme internal imbalances or byexternal challen ges that disturb homeostasis. After a stressor occurs, the
inflammatory response kicks in. While modern life has its benefits, including a much longer life span,13
advanced technology, and home  grocery deliveries, the nature of stress has
changed dramat ically. When stress is severe and prolonged, it causes the
body to compensate, physiologically and behaviorally, to maintain
homeostasis. Long term, this can put an unsustainable load on the body’ s
systems. There is increasing evidence that chronic stress increases the risk of
both physical and mental health disorders. It can play a critical role in the
onset and progress of stress-rela ted illness, including diseases of the heart,
digestive system, brain, and many forms of cancer. Chronic stressors are
known to suppress immune function. In fact, while not yet fully understood,
studies show that stress is a common risk factor in 75% to 90% of human
diseases.13 That’ s nearly all of them. Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University discovered a direct
relationship betw een chronic mental stress, the body’ s inability to regulate
inflammation, and the progression of disease.14 Their study, which used the
common cold as a model, found that prolonged stress decrease s the body’ s
sensitivity to the stress hormon e cortisol in such a way that the immune
cells become insensitive to it. This negatively affects the ability of cortisol
to regulate inflammation. Inflam mation gets out of control, and disease sets
in. The research demonstrated that the symptoms of a cold are not actually
caused by the virus. They are a side effect of the body’ s inflammatory
response, which is designed to fight infection. People who suf fer most when
they have a cold don’t have “Man Flu”—they are actually experiencing a
more extreme inflammatory reaction. The study also confirmed that stress led to the immune cells being less
able to respond to signals that normally regulate inflammation. Participants
who were stressed were much more likely to develop colds when exposed
to the virus than those who weren’ t stressed, and those people also
produced more cytokines —the chemical messengers that trigger
inflammation. Because inflamm ation is pivotal in so many illnesses, this
offers a valuable  window into the impact that psychological stress can have
on health.VAGAL STIMULA TION AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
A clear connection between the nervous system and the immune system
was discovered by neurosur geon Kevin Tracey in 1998. In an experiment
on a rat, he investigated the idea that stimulating the vagus nerve could
alleviate harmful inflammation.4 He found that the nervous system could be
used almost like a computer to trigger commands that stop a problem in its
tracks. The results of his expe riment were so unexpected that Tracey’ s
colleagues were apparently in the corridor outside his lab, running bets
against his theor y even as he was in the middle of testing it!4 Further trials
confirmed Tracey’ s findings. Using electronic implants to stimulate the
vagus nerve in humans, he produced a dramatic reduction and even
remission in rheumatoid arthriti s, a condition with no known cure.15 This
helped illuminate the vagal system’ s close interrelationship with the
inflammatory system. The first steps of an inflammatory reaction involve the release of those
pro-inflammatory chemicals called cytokines.8 When the body produces too
many cytokines,  they can cause more damage than the invading  pathogens. For exam ple, in sepsis, the body’s own immune reaction can cause tissue
injury, dangerously low blood pressure, and even death. Chronic
inflammation can also feature in many diseases where no infection or injury
is present. In obesity, for examp le, an overload of storage in fat cells leads
to a stress response that causes the release of inflammatory cytokines.10
The conversatio n between the immune system and the brain that
moderates this inflammatory response relies, in part, on the vagus nerve,
which, in turn, is important due to the anti-inflammatory role of
Vagusstuf f/ACh. Crucially, ACh, the neurotransmitter secreted by the vagus
nerve, blocks the release of many of the pro-inflammatory cytokines. In
studies of diseases characterized by an excessive immune reaction,
including sepsis and pancreatiti s, vagus nerve stimulation was found to be
sufficient to block cytokine activity. When the vagus nerve is stimulated
electronically, the body’ s level of inflammatory cytokines decreases.16
As it turns out, the breath also provides a (natural) gateway to influence
the vagu s nerve and the ANS— through the role of carbon dioxide (CO 2)
levels in mainta ining the body’ s acid-base balance.17 One of the functionsof breath ing is to regulate the level of blood CO2 to maintain the blood’ s
acid balance (or pH). When levels of CO2 in the blood are too high, over
time, CO2 diffuses  into the red blood cells as carbonic acid, making the
blood too acidic, a condition called acidosis. When CO2 levels are too low,
respiratory alkalosis  occurs. Both acidosis and alkalosis are serious,
potentially life-t hreatening in their acute forms and damaging to health if
they persist long term. Therefore, the proper management of CO2 through
the breath is crucial. When blood pH changes even subtly, respiration will automatically
decrease or increase to compensate. One example of this is ketoacidosis, a
serious complication which can occur in diabetes. Ketoacidosis increases
acidity in the blood, stimulating corrective overbreathing. This fast, upper
chest breathing  is also commonly seen after the acidosis following
prolonged diarrhea and as a response to increased progesterone levels in
women. Conversely, alkalosis can be induced by vomiting or the use of
steroids or diuretics. The respiratory drive is then suppressed as the body
works to restore homeostasis.17 Information about blood CO2 is sent to the
respiratory center so that breathing can adjust via pathways involving the
vagus nerve. Therefore, breathing exercises to increase CO2 have a “vagotropic
effect.”18 CO 2 directly influences the sensitivit y of the vagus nerve’ s nuclei. This slows the pulse and improves the blood-filling of the heart.19 Increased
blood CO2 is the most likely mechanism  to enhance the vagus nerve’ s
slowing effect on the heart during exhalation. Increased CO2 (hypercapnia)
and exhalation are both vital in stimulating the vagus nerve.18
What’ s particularly exciting is that the effects of vagu s nerve
stimulation don’t stop when treatment is finished. They are ongoing. Over
time, the vagus system develops and maintains much greater resilience to
stressors. This long-term condit ioning of the vagus nerve, its functionality,
and ability to react to maintain homeostasis is known as vagal tone. This
vagal tone is key not just to reducing inflammatory responses but also to a
healthy and resilient functioning of the heart. VAGAL T ONE AND HE