 small organ compared to the total body mass, the brain uses up
some two-fifths of the body’s intake of oxygen and a fifth of its blood supply. We may safely
assume that it also requires a large amount of nutrients—vitamins, minerals and enzymes—to
perform its incredibly complex tasks. Since the so-called “normal” American diet is chronically
short of such nutrients, obviously the brain’s needs are not fulfilled. Yet as part of the Central
Nervous System (CNS), the brain’s tissues are so specialized that, unlike the tissues of other
organs, most of them are unable to re-grow, i.e., reproduce themselves.
From this it follows that if the brain cells are inadequately nourished, they cannot function
properly, their fragile balance is disturbed and certain mental disturbances occur, including bi-
polar disorder, schizophrenia, insomnia, chronic anxiety, and, above all, depression. Most of
these conditions have been alleviated by up to 90% by vitamin (inositol) treatment (see Carl C.
Pfeiffer, Ph.D., M.D., Mental and Elemental Nutrients,  Keats Publishing, Inc.,1975. P.g145).
Double Nobel Prize Laureate Linus Pauling has also stated that 60% of schizophrenics treated
with megavitamins either improved or had complete relief of symptoms (ibid., Pg.12). Dr. Abram
Hoffer, M.D., Ph.D. first discovered that niacin (Vitamin B3) lowered cholesterol, and that
excess cholesterol was a contributory factor in schizophrenia. He was able to restore thousands
of schizophrenics to normalcy by treating them with megadoses of niacin and ascorbic acid
(Vitamin C.)
Under normal circumstances the brain is protected from the penetration of toxins (poisons)
by the Blood Brain Barrier (BBB), a membrane that controls the passage of substances from
the blood into the brain. The BBB can be damaged and broken down by microwaves, radiation,
hypertension ( high blood pressure),  infection, and most importantly by severe toxicity of the
organism, which stops the barrier from blocking the penetration of poisons into the brain.. Hence
the vicious circle of inadequate nutrition and toxicity spins on, and depression and other kinds of
mental ill-health set in.
Almost as bad as the proliferation of clinical depression is the recent development of drugs to
relieve the condition. These highly toxic drugs are prescribed even for young children, although
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www.thegersonway.comhomicide. By way of contrast, the standard Gerson treatment is able to alleviate the depression
fairly quickly, even in patients who have already undergone drug treatment and are suffering
from its side effects. The therapy’s detoxifying coffee enemas, and the flooding of all body
tissues, including the brain, with the needed nutrients, is the quickest and safest way to relieve
depression.
Case History: Some eight years ago, as Charlotte Gerson was traveling far and wide all over
the USA, giving lectures to numerous groups, she stayed at a charming little motel. The manager,
P.B., was interested in her work, and in the course of their conversation he told her that he was
suffering from severe clinical depression, controlling the condition with prescription drugs. He
also admitted that he had been in Viet Nam and had been exposed to “Agent Orange.”
When Charlotte told him more about the nutritional approach to healing, P.B., aged around
50, purchased the Gerson publications and began to follow the therapy on his own at home as
best he could. In December of 2006 he reported that he had recovered, was able to discontinue all
medical drugs, felt very well, since he no longer suffered the side effects of those drugs, and led
a normal active life.
Crohn’s Disease
The medical term for this condition is regional ileitis.  It is a chronic inflammation of the
lower two-thirds of the small intestine, the ileum,  and as a rule alternates between periods of
aggravation and remission. The patient suffers from diarrhea, abdominal pain, weight loss,
anemia, and eventually, often after several years, intestinal obstruction. According to Taber’ s
Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, “The cause is unknown.” As orthodox medicine has no cure for
this condition, the final outcome is usually surgery, removing a large portion—or even the entire
length—of the colon, and installing a colostomy bag.
Case History : M.G.  was only 15 when she was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. She spent
much of that year commuting between her home and the General Hospital in Sault Ste.Marie,
Ont., Canada, missing much of her schooling. Several times when visiting the hospital she was
on the verge of developing bowel obstruction; being unable to absorb her food, she weighed only
78 lbs. Her physicians suggested surgery, but this was refused. Just in time her family discovered
the Gerson Therapy and the young girl started on it at home. Although her bowel was nearly
obstructed, the coffee enemas brought immediate relief and she no longer needed to visit the
hospital. After three months the pain was gone, her energy had returned; within one year she
gained 26 lbs and was able to attend school regularly. She remains well and at present is studying
medicine.
Migraine
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www.thegersonway.comattacks of headache. The sharp, throbbing pain is normally accompanied by hypersensitivity to
light and sounds, nausea and/or vomiting; attacks are recurring and can last from 4 to 72 hours.
Migraines are extremely common: over 10 million Americans are regular sufferers. Medical
treatment is limited to pain relieving drugs, sometimes as powerful as morphine, with various
undesirable side effects. For instance, one of the most commonly prescribed American drugs
was recently found to boost the risk of excessive acidity in the blood, leading to the formation of
kidney stones.
Migraines can be caused by a number of factors. Some are due to dental problems, such as
a poorly aligned bite or muscle imbalance in the jaw. In other cases the cause is a blockage or a
minute dislocation in the spine or the neck, which needs to be corrected by expert chiropractic
treatment. But the overwhelming majority of migraines is caused by allergies or intolerance to
certain foods. The most frequently identified “usual suspects” are cheese, chocolate and citrus
fruits.
As a young doctor, Dr. Gerson often suffered from severe debilitating migraines. After
experimenting with various diets, he discovered that his problem was caused by toxic foodstuffs,
mostly salty and heavily spiced meats. In order to heal himself, he developed a salt-free, low fat
vegetarian diet that became the basis of his nutritional protocol; after further refinements and
improvements this gave birth to the Gerson Therapy, used to this day world-wide to heal the vast
majority of chronic degenerative diseases.
Many patients who embark on the Gerson program rapidly recover from their long-standing
migraines, and remain pain-free unless they revert to the foods that sparked off their attacks in
the past.
Endometriosis
The endometrium is the mucous membrane lining the uterus. During the fertile years of a
woman this lining is shed every month, if the secreted ovum is not fertilized and implanted in
the tissue. When the organism or the hormone system is malfunctioning, the endometrium can
spread to various sites throughout the pelvic area, including the abdominal wall. As the condition
worsens and the menstrual cycle does not get regulated, endometrial tissue may spread throughout
the body, becoming a malignancy “resembling metastatic pelvic carcinoma” ( Taber’ s Cyclopedic
Medical Dictionary).
Case History : The experience of S.T. illustrates this progression perfectly. This patient had
gynecological problems at the very start of her menstrual periods. Thirty-five years later she was
diagnosed with endometriosis and had a number of D & C’s ( scraping of the uterus)  to remove
endometrial plaque. In the end she had a partial hysterectomy, yet her problems continued, and
finally in 1979 a Pap smear showed cancer of the cervix with ‘atypical’ ( irregular, not conforming
to the normal) cells in her blood. She also noticed lumps in her breast, but these were not further Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007.  All rights reserved.
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www.thegersonway.cominvestigated. A hysterectomy was arranged for her, but she declined the operation and changed her
diet. Some time before she had heard a lecture by Charlotte Gerson and had decided at the time
that if any


following are some of the symptoms the body will manifest when these heart
and circulation tissues are affected:
Poor circulation leads to cellular death (which leads to a multitude of
problems)
Gray hair
Memory loss
Chest pain or angina
Feeling of “heaviness” or “weight” on top of your chest
Petechiae (bruising easily)
Blood Regurgitation (back flow) from weak valves (causing chest pain)
High or low systolic blood pressure (adrenal gland relationship)
High diastolic (bottom number)
Tired feeling (especially during exercise)
S.O.B. (shortness of breath) from water buildup, congestive heart failure
(CHF), and myocardial edema (fluids around the heart). Water build-up
is an inflammatory issue from acidosis.
Low endurance (also adrenal gland relationship)
Cramping or spasms upon exercise
Contributes to lymphatic blockages, causing sluggish lymphatic issues
All types of heart arrhythmias (however, thyroid and adrenal gland
weakness is mostly to blame.)
Skin (Integumentary and Eliminative System)
Your skin is the largest eliminative organ you have. It’s supposed to eliminate
as much waste each day as your kidneys and bowels. However, when the
liver, bowels and lymphatic system is backed up, this overburdens the skin
and it becomes sluggish and impacted. This causes many of the skin
conditions that exist. On top of this, when the thyroid is weak it becomes
more difficult to sweat. This inhibits proper elimination through the skin even
more. A breakdown of the skin’s normal functions will result in:
Skin rashes
Dry skin
Eczema
Boils, pimples, etc. (related to lymphatic system)
Dermatitis
PsoriasisSplitting of the skin
Lungs (Respiratory System)
Breathing and the lungs are how we bring the biggest factors of energy and
oxidation into our body. Without oxygen, of course, you would die. Oxygen
helps elements to transmute into other elements or compounds.
Transmutation is the true process of nature. The following body language
obviously indicates lung congestion, toxicity and acidosis:
Bronchitis and pneumonia
Asthma
S.O.B. (shortness of breath)
Chronic coughing
Emphysema
C.O.P.D. (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
Pain in lung areas
Fatigue (also thyroid and adrenal gland weakness)
Low endurance (also caused from adrenal gland weakness)
Sore throat (begins here)
High carbon dioxide levels
Toxemia
MODULE 5.12
The Health Questionnaire

Now that we have looked at body language in
Module 5.11
, this Health
Questionnaire will enhance that understanding of your body by highlighting
what organs, glands, or systems are failing to perform properly for you. After
you discover your body’s areas of weakness then you can use the diet
recommended in this book, as well as herbal formulas designed for these
specific areas. See
Chapter 8
,
Module 8.3
 for
Herbal Formulas
 applied to
each system, and see the Resource Guide for recommended companies that
supply herbs and herbal formulas.
This Questionnaire would also be invaluable to share with your
healthcare practitioner, as it details many things that are not always covered insimple medical history questionnaires, and may reveal topics that you haven’t
discussed. Use it as a way to work together to find the best possible approach
to your program of detoxification and regeneration.
        CHAPTER SIX
Eliminating Disease
Through Cleansing and Rebuilding Tissue
M
ost healthcare systems today, especially the allopathic, focus on treating
symptoms. These include fevers, infections, sugar imbalances, neurological
failure, and skin rashes, just to name a few. Statistics now tell us that cancer is
in every other male and in every third female. With diseases just about to
eliminate us as a race, it is obvious that this treatment concept isn’t working.
With the treatment method, symptoms are only controlled or temporarily
eliminated, only to return when treatment is stopped. Oftentimes, the
symptoms come back with a vengeance, as in cancer. You cannot “treat”
chronic or degenerative conditions, as treatment just worsens the condition.
Regeneration and detoxification, on the other hand, mean the complete
elimination of the cause of the symptoms. If you correct the cause of the
problem, the symptoms will automatically go away. Regeneration means
rebuilding tissue that is failing; and detoxification is the method used to
remove the inflammation and toxins that have caused these tissues to fail in
the first place. Always ask yourself what the cause of your symptoms may
be, and focus on that. People are too busy chasing effects.
As we learned in detail in the previous chapter, there are only three basic
causes of disease symptoms: 1. acidosis, which causes inflammation, leading
to congestion, ulceration and atrophy (tissue failure); 2. toxicity, which
causes congestion, inflammation and cellular damage, thus leading to tissue
failure; and 3. tissue weakness or tissue failure itself caused by genetics,
acidosis, and/or toxicity. Acidosis (over-acidity or inflammation) and toxicity
are the main causes of tissue failure, which can cause innumerable effects or
symptoms. This is true especially when this “tissue failure” affects the
endocrine gland system. These three causes are behind 99.9 percent of all
diseases.
In thirty years of clinical work I have never seen a condition that could
not tremendously improve, or in most cases completely disappear, with these
methods of regeneration and detoxification. These two concepts are
interdependent, as you cannot regenerate the body without detoxification.
They are the twin pillars of health and vitality.I have seen bones and backs straighten and strengthen themselves—from
curvatures (scoliosis), old fractures, and similar conditions. I have also seen
complete spinal cord severations reconnect after more than ten years. I have
seen glands and all types of tissue rebuild themselves.
Your body is a living, conscious machine. It can rebuild itself after
surgeries, major cuts and wounds, so why not after nerve damage or atrophy?
The truth is, it can! But not on a diet of dead animals and other cooked, dead
foods.
Regeneration has three main components to it: Alkalize, Detoxify and
Energize. All three work together and are inseparable. Alkalization is vital to
tissue regeneration because it is anti-inflammatory It builds electrolytes for
proper ionizacion, oxidation and neutralization. It allows for proper cellular
respiration and for disbursement of nutrients throughout the body.
Detoxifying, of course, cleans all the obstructions, irritants and
stimulants, like mucus, heavy metals, chemicals and pesticides out of your
body. This allows for proper digestion, absorption, utilization and
elimination.
Energizing your cells with energy from living foods is also vital to robust
health. Without the power of
live
 foods, which are full of nutrition and
electricity, you cannot accomplish alkalization and detoxification.
Detoxification is the only way to establish a true homeostasis within the
body. This homeo-stasis can then be elevated to unlimited heights.
Vitality and vibrancy should always be one’s goal. Life then becomes
exciting, joyful, and bubbling with energy.
Take the time for yourself and don’t settle for anything less than total
health—free of disease. The road to regeneration is not the easy way. It can
be filled with ups and downs depending upon your toxicity levels and
weaknesses. However, regeneration is the only way to lasting health, vitality
and longevity.
Up to this point we have covered a lot of information about you—the
type of species your physical body belongs to, and the types of food that are
best suited for your body. We’ve examined how your physical, emotional
and mental bodies work. We’ve discussed foods and their chemical make-up,
and we’ve covered those foods and chemicals that are toxic to you. We’ve
also covered various disease symptoms, what they are, and what causes them.
Now let’s get to the heart of the matter: What do we do about our healthissues? How do we start this journey into health? This chapter will begin with
Naturopathy and the Science of Detoxification,
 and then cover the
detoxification process in detail. You may want to tag this chapter for ongoing
reference, as it will supply you with step-by-step guidelines, warnings, and
hints to take you through this vital process.

MODULE 6.1
Naturopathy and the Science of Detoxification

Naturopathy is one of the greatest sciences, for it is the study and practice of
nature. Its basic foundation is health and vitality, and it encompasses all
aspects of nature that influence regeneration.
In nature, all forms of life consume some sort of food to sustain health.
Most of nature eats intuitively. Human beings have lost a great deal of this
intuitiveness, and therefore they primarily consume what society teaches them
to eat. Since money is one of the major motivating factors in today’s world,
many products and foods are sold for financial gain at the expense of
personal health. As our species has become the sickest and most disease-
ridden on this planet, Naturopathy was born out of a desire to regain this lost
intuition for what truly are the appropriate foods to sustain human life.
As we’ve discussed previously, your


 made clear in the study reported on here nor were
those which bring together the efficacy of the castor oil packs in pelvic
diseases and the sacral parasympathetic supply to these or gans.
Much in the way of psychologic function, as seen by the Cayce  readings,
becomes more understandable as serious study is given portions of the
readings. The rationale of castor oil pack therapy begins to become
apparent. Few, if any, contradictions show up in the startling  number ofwords which flowed in such a strange manner from these lips of a dedicated
man and the reaches of an unconscious mind.
We begin to see that it is not so strange that a castor oil pack can be
applied to the abdomen and, in one person, a vaginitis is cleared up; in a
second case, a fecal impaction causing intestinal obstruction is relieved; in a
third, a threatened abortion is rendered into a normal pregnancy; in a fourth,
a cholecystitis is cured; and in a fifth, after ten long months, the hair is
made to suds and curl once more. Unless physiological factors that we do
not wholly understand were at work, these things could not have occurred.
Cayce, whose work on these readings ceased in 1944 just prior to his
death, would undoubtedly agree  that this last readings extract would speak
to these strange results from a strange therapy:
For, what is the source of all healing for human ills? From whence
doth the body receive life, light, or immortality? That the body as an
active force is the result of spirit and mind, these coordinating and
cooperating, enables the entity to bring forth in the experien ce that
which may be used—or the using of the abilities of whatever  nature.
Each soul has within its power that to use which may make it at one
with Creative Forces or God. These are the sources from which life,
light, and the activity of body, mind and soul may manifest in whatever
may be the active source or principle in the mind of the individual
entity...
There are, then,  as given those influences in the nature of man that
may supply that needed. For, man in his nature—physical, mental and
spiritual—is a replica, is a part of whole universal reaction in
materiality.
Hence there are those elements which if applied in a material way, if
there is the activity with same of the spirit and mind, may bring into the
experience of each atom of the body force or cell itself the awar eness of
the Creative Force or God. It may only rise as high as the ideal held by
the body-mind.
Hence there is the one way, the source. For in Him is all life, all
health, all mind, all knowledge and immortality to the soul-mind itself.
(3492-1)A PARTIAL  LIST  OF RESEARCH CASES
Case No. 2. A forty-six-yea r-old housewife  was seen with symptoms of
pelvic dischar ge, urinary irritation, and low abdominal pain, which had
persisted chronically for a period of at least three years. She was constantly
under much strain as the resul t of marital tension. Examination showed
tenderness over the uterus and in the area of the tubes and ovaries, and a
heavy, yellowis h vaginal dischar ge. She had been given a course of ten
days’  treatment using specific oral trichomonicidal tablets and vaginal
suppositories with no adequate clearing of the condition. Her diagnosis was
trichomoniasis.
She was instructed to again use the tablets, but no suppositories. She was
started on castor oil packs placed on her lower abdomen for a one-hour
period three times a week. She used the tablets for ten days and the packs
for abou t two weeks. Her symptoms disappeared. She did not return for
examination. Eight months later, the symptoms recurred. She medicated
herself and took the packs once  again. Her symptoms again subsided. The
dischar ge did not recur. When she was examined eight months after that, the
cervix was clean, there was no tenderness of the uterus (which was normal
in size), and no dischar ge was found. She stated at that time that she had
had occasional recurrence of mild lower abdominal soreness, for which she
used the packs and relieved the soreness.
This case was evaluated as excellent response to combined therapy.
Case No. 3. A forty -four -year -old mechani cal engineer was first seen
with a two-week  history of epigastric distress. He had a four-year history of
bleeding peptic ulcer, but the last episode was treated with no bleeding
being experienced. He had been medicating himself with an antacid. His
examination showed a blood pressure of 135/80 and tenderness over the
epigastric region and transverse  colon area. Other findings were normal.
His diagnosis was recurrent acute peptic ulcer.
He was started on specific antispasmodic and antacid therapy
concurrently with the use of castor oil packs, which were given daily for
one hour. Within twenty-four hours after being seen the first time and after
one application of the packs, he started bleeding severely from the ulcer and
was hospitalized. Bleeding was controlled in the hospital, diagnosis was
confirmed by x-ray, and after dischar ge he was given a course of packs athome. These produced no appreciable response objectively or subjectively,
so were discontinued.
Rating in this case was poor with combined therapy.
Case No. 7. A thirteen-year -old schoolgirl had fallen and injured her left
knee the day before being seen in our office. The patella had been
dislocated laterally, but had been reduced later. Examination showed much
tenderness and subpatellar swelling. There were no fractures. Diagnosis was
left subpatellar traumatic bursitis.
Treatment consi sted only of castor oil packs, administered for a half hour
four times daily  for the next five days. The cooperation was excellent, the
pain and swelling subsided rapidly, ambulation was encourag ed from the
beginning, and when the patient was seen five days after beginning of
therapy, the swelling and tenderness were gone and the patient
asymptomatic.
Response rated excellent, using packs only.
Case No. 8. A thirty-three-year -old male accountant presented himself
with the chief complaint of severe constipation for one month associated
with generalized abdominal distention. He gave a history of having had
some degree of chronic constipation with distention since childhood.
During the month just past, he noted that laxatives caused cramping and
gave him no real relief. Examination showed all findings to be within
normal limits except for abdominal tenderness, most marked over both
lower quadrants. There was no tenderness noted over the gall bladder area
or the pancreas. He had been treated in the past with contact evacuants,
peristaltic stimu lants, and cholagogue-pancreatic enzyme mixture. The
diagnosis used here is constipat ion. The history is suspicious of pancreatic
or liver-gall bladder malfunction. A full work-up with x-ray and laboratory
tests was not performed.
Treatment consisted only of castor oil packs in association with a low-fat
diet. The patient  cooperated well in apply ing the packs three days in a row
each week for one hour each time for a total of seven weeks. Results were
very satisfactory. The bowel movements became regular, the cramps
disappeared, and the abdominal pain ceased. Examination show ed a normal
abdomen with no tenderness elicited.
Response rated as excellent to single therapy.Case No. 13. This seventy-fi ve-year -old widow was a resident of a rest
home and was seen because of a boil which had developed in the left axilla.
She complained of much pain associated with the furuncle, which was not
draining. She had been hospitalized many times, once within the year
earlier for surgical drainage of a furuncle in the right axilla. General health
was poor and she had been an arthritic for many years. Examin ation of the
local area showed much inflammation and swelling in the tissues of the boil
and surrounding it. The patient complained of the pain and was unable to
move her arm without much difficulty. No fluctuation could be found at that
point. Diagnosis was furuncle of the left axilla.
No treatment was used except the castor oil packs twice daily for one-
and-a-half hours  for a period of seventeen days. The tenderne ss and pain
subsided within the next two to three days and the furuncle gradually
cleared until it disappeared completely. There was no evidence of
fluctuation having occurred at any time, although the degree of tissue
inflammation may have masked  some of the signs which might otherwise
have been observed. Thus there  was no external drainage of material from
this lesion at any time.
Response was rated as excellent to single therapy.
Case No. 14. This was an eleven-year -old boy who liked to play baseball.
He was struck by a batted ball over the right maxilla (upper jawbone) two
weeks before being seen in my office. The lump which developed in that
area persisted and was gradually growing larger. Examination revealed an
eight mm. fibrous tumor of the subcutaneous tissue overlying the right
maxillary prominence, which was tender


 unpredictablc,
and dangerous.  Witqout  passport,  birth
cenificate,  or membership  in sorne  nation,  onc's
existence  is not recognized.  If you do not agree
with  Lhc capicalists,  they  call you a com - munist,
and vice versa.  A person  who  agrees  with  neither
point of vicw  is fast becoming  unintelligible.  That
thcre  is a way  of looking  at life.apart  from  all
conceptions,  beliefs,  opinions,  and theories  is the
re- motest  of ali possibilities  from  che modern
mind.  If such  a point  of view  exists,  it can only
be in the vacant brain of a moron. We suffer from
che delusion  that  the entire  universe  is held  in
order  by the cate - gories  of human  thought,
feari n g that  if we do not
1A. N. Whitehead,  Science  and the Modem  World.  (Cambridge,
1933) p. R19•
100  THE  MARVELOUS  MOMENT
hold  Lo thcm with  lhc utmost tenaciLy, cvcrything
will vanish  into  chaos.
We musl  repeat:  memory,  lhought,  languagc,
and
logic are csscntial  lo human  lifc.  They are one
half  of sanity. But a person, a socicly, which is only
half  sane is  insane. To look at  life without words
is  not  to lose the ability to form  words -lo think,
remem - ber, and plan. To be silent is not to lose
your tongue.  On lhe contrary, Íl is only through
silence that one can discover somelhing new lo
talk about. One who  lalked  inccssantly,  without
stopping  LO look  and  listen,  woul<l  repcal  himsclf
ad nrmseam.
Il is the same with thinking, which is really
silcnt  talking.  It is not, by itself, open  LO thc
discovery of  anything new, for its only noveltics
are simply rear - rangements o( old words ami
ideas. There was a time  when language was
constantly being cnrich cd by new  words -a time
when men, like Adam, saw things bc - forc lhey
named them. Today, almost ali 11cw words  are
rearrangements of old words, for we are no longer
thinking creatively.  By chis I do not mean that we
ought ali to be popping wiLh  inventions and
revolu - tionary  discoveries.  This  is  the -always
rarc -powcr  o{ those who can boLh see lhe
unknown and inlerpret  it. For most o( us,  the other
half o( sanil y lies simply  in seeing and enjoying thc
unknown, jusL as we can enjoy music wiLhout
knowing eicher how it is writ - ten or how  the
body  hears  it.
Certainly  the revolutionary  thinker  must  go be-
101 THE  WISOOM  OF INSECURITY
yond thought. He knows that almost all his best
ideas  come  to him when  thinking has stopped.  He
may  have strugglcd and struggled to understand a
prob - lem in terms of old ways of thinking, only to
find it  impossible.  But when  thought  stops  from
exhaus - tion, the mind is open to see the problem
as it is-not as it is verbalized -and at once  it is
understood.
But going beyond  thought is not reserved  to
men  of genius. lt is open to ali of us in so far as "the
mys - tery of life is not a problem  to be solved,  but
a real - ity to be expcrienced."  lt is given  to many
to be secrs, but to fcw to be prophets. Many can
listen to  music, but fcw can perform and composc.
Bm you  cannot even listen if you can  hear only  in
terms  of the past. What should we make of one of
Mozart's  symphonies  if our cars  were  attuned  only
to the music of tom -toms? Wc might gct the
rhythms, but  aJmost nothing of the harmony and
mclody. In other  words, we should fail to discovcr
an essential elcmem  of the music. To be able  to
hcar,  much less write,  such a symphony men  had
to discover  new  noises - the vibrations of catgut,
the sound  of air  in a tube,  and che hum of a
plucked wire. They had to discover  the whole
world of tone, as something entircly dificr - ent
from  pulse.
If I can only conccivc pulse,  I cannot appreciate
tone. J f I can think of painting only as a way of mak -
ing colorc<l photographs without a camera, I can
see nothing  but incptitude  in a Chinese
landscape.  We
102 THE  MARVELOUS  MOMENT
learn nothing of very much importance when  it
can be explained entirely in terms of past
experience. If  it were possible to understand ali
things in terms of  what we know already, we
could convey the sense of color to a blind man
with nothing but sound, taste,  touch,  and  smell.
If this is true  in the various  arts and sciences,  it
is a
thousand times more true when we come to the
un- derstanding  of life in a larger  sense  and want
to have  sorne knowledge of the ultimate Reality,
or God. lt  is surely absurd to seek God in terms
of a precon - ccived  idea of what God is. To seek
thus is only to find what we know already, which
is why it is so easy  to deceivc oneself into ali
manner oE "supernatural"  experiences and
visions. To believe in God and to  look  for the God
you believe  in is simply  to seek  c o n- firmation of
an opinion. To ask for a revelation of  God's will,
and then to "test" it by rcference to your
preconceived moral standards is to make a
mockery  of asking. You kncw the answer alrcady.
Sceking for  "God" in this way is no more than
asking for the  stamp of absolute authority and
certainty on what  you believe  in any case,  for a
guarantee  that the un- known  and the future  will
be a continuation  of what  you want to rctain from
thc past -a biggcr  and better  fortress  for "l." Ein
/este  Burg.1
If we are open  only  to discoverics  which  will
ac-
cord with what we know already, we may as
well  stay shut.  This  is why  the marvelous
achievcments  of
103  TIIE  WISDOM  OF INSECURITY
scicnce and 1echnology are of so little real  use to
us. It is in vain  that  we can predict  and control  the
course of evcms in chef uture, unlcss we know how
to live in the present. It is in vain that doc1ors
prolong  life if we spend Lhe cxLra  time being
anxious Lo livc  still longer. 1t is in vain that
engineers devise faster  and casier mcans of travcl
if thc new sights  that wc  scc are mercly soned and
undcrstood in tcrms of old  prejudices. lt is in vain
that we get the powcr of thc  atom if wc are just to
continue in thc rnt of blowing  peoplc  up.
Tools such as these, as well as the too Is of
languagc  ami thought, are of real use to men only if
they are  awake -not lost in the dreamland of past
and future,  but in the closest touch with that point
of expericnce  where rcality can alone be
discovered: this moment.  Hcre life  is alive, vibrant,
vivid, and  prcscnt,  con- taining depLl1s which we
have hardly begun to ex - plore. But to scc ami
understand it at ali, the mind  must not be dividcd
into "I" and "this experience."  Thc moment must
be what it always is-ali that you  are and ali that
you know. In this house there is no  room  Cor thee
and me!

104

VI 1. T HE


,R.B.,267,288
Greenwood,James,144,288
Greer,Edward,164-65
Grijns,Gerrit,52
Gulewitsch,V.S.,142,288
Gullrandsen,C.L.,150,300
Guyer,K.E.,263,280
NAMEINDEX 315
Haeger,Knut,159,160,288
Halstead,BruceW.,Jr.,162,288
Hamilton,J.C,139
Hammond,E.C,214,216,218,219,288
Harrell,RuthF.,187,189,288
Harris,A.,85,263,289
Harris,L.J.,88,289
Hawkins,D.,217,254,289
Hawkins,John,48,50,88,96
Haworth,W.M.,53
Herbert,V.,232,262,263,289
Herjanic,M.,79,88,289
Heyl,H.L.,121n.,286
Hippocrates,124
Hodgkin,Dorothy,54
Hoefel.O.S.,216,289
Hoffer,Abram,19,96,183,193-94,204,217,
231,258,267,289,297
Holmes,H.N.,196,201,289
Holmes,OliverWendell,18
Holten,K.,183,285
Hopkins,GowlandF.,52,53
Horrobin,D.F.,106,240,290
Horton,B.J.,149,304
Hough,L.,39,307
Hughes,W.T.,168,290
Hume,R.,103,290
Huxley,HE,141
Ingalls,T.H.,139,290
Irvin,T.T.,139,290
Jack,T.,170
Jacob,E.,232,262,263,289
Jacob,Francois,264
Jaffe,RussellM.,263
Jarike,L.N.,200
Johnson,G.E.,150,290
Johnson,G.T.,20,290
Jones,H.B.,137,216,290
Jones,Hardin,220
Joule,JamesPrescott,33
Jungenblut,ClausW.,60,127,233,291
Kagan,A.,150,300
Kalokerinos,A.,131,291
Karlowski,T.R.,121n.,231,291
Karr,G.W.,194,294
Katz,M.M.,184,185,292
Kaufman,W.,203-204,242,291
Keys,Ancel,39,291
King,C.G.,53,305
Klasson,D.H.,140,291
Klenner,FredB.,79,127-28,131,199,
257,291
Knox,E.G.,151,292
Kodicek,E.H.,49,292
Kogan,BenjaminA.,20,292
Koh,E.,150,287
Konner,Melvin,62-63Korbsch,Roger,112,196,292
Kordowsky,D.W,201,292
Krebs,H.A.,115,279
Krimberg,R.,142,288
Kubala,A.L.,184,292
Kulber,W.,85,292
Kumar,S.,208,304
Kurzrok,R.,239,292
Kutsky,R.J.,252,292
Lahann,H.,267,292
Lai,H.-Y.L.,169,292
Lai,M.-M.,208,293
Laidlaw,Patrick,124-25
Lamden,M.P.,261,293
Landsteiner,Karl,26
Lane,B.C,209,292
Leake,CD.,196,293
Lebailly,C.,124,296
Lee,P.F.,208,293
Leibovitz,Brian,11,12,37,143,164,247,282
Lewis,A.E.,200,283
Lieb,C.C,239,293
Lieb,C.W.,34,293
Lind,JamesA.,50,166,293
Lindstedt,S.,143,282
Loh,H.S.,121n.,304
Lundbeck,H.,128,286
Lunin,N.,52,293
Lwoff,Andrew,264
McCollum,E.V,52
McCormick,WilliamJ.,128,165,216,294
McCoy,E.E.,194,294
McGinn,F.P.,139,294
McGovern,George,148,188
McLeod.J.J.R,17
Macon,W.L.,115,293
Madison,R.R.,199,300
Mandal,A.R.,150
Manku,M.S.,240,290
Mann,GeorgeV.,148,293
Marckwell,N.W.,115,293
Marcus,M.,262,263,293,296
Martin,H.M.,210,287
Martin,N.G.,114,294
Masek,J.,119,121n.,294
Mayer,Jean,156,294
Mayer,JuliusRobert,33
Mastrovacovo, P.,150,286
Meier,P.,231,284
Mendel,G.,19
Miller,J.Z.,115,121n.,294,295
Miller,T.E.,128,150,295
Mills,C.A.,103,283
Moertel,CharlesG.,173,174,176,179,234,
245-46,295
Mohrenin,V.,200,295
Monjukowa,N.K.,208,295
Monod,Jacques,264
316 NAMEINDEX
Montu,E.,35,303
Moore,Austin,129
Morgan,ThomasHunt,19
Morishige,Fukumi,128-29,164,173,176,295
Moss-Herjanic, B.L.,79,88,289
Mukherjee,D.,139,295
Murad,S.,73,136,295
Murata,A.,127,129,173,176,295,296
Myasnikova, I.A.,150,296
Myllyla,R.,73,296
Nandi,B.K.,198,282,296
Neradilova,M.,121n.,294
Newmark,H.L.,262,296
Nicolle,C,124,296
Nishimura,R.,168,302
Norman,P.S.,201,292
Norum,K.R.,183,185
Obenshein,S. S.,150,290
O'Brien,JR.P.,115,279
Ochsner,Alton,158-59,296
Ogilvy,C.S.,200,296
Oka,M.,106,240,290
Omura,H.,265,297
Osmond,Humphry,19,96,183,193-94,
204,297
Page,IrvineH,232-33
Palmer,CraigA.,229
Panush,R.S.,103,297
Pappenheimer,A.M.,160,297
Parker,G.M,217,303
Passmore,R.,230,284,297
Patrone,R,133,297
Paul,J.H.,108,297
Pauling,LinusC,58,85,86,88,93,96,102,
105,110,111,114,121n.,128,129,133,
134,151,164,166-67,169-80,182,194,
214,215,225-26,229-32,233-36,245,
250-52,254,258,260,263,297-99
Pearson,D.,218,299
Peerless,Julius,187,288
Pelletier,O.,216,299
Pence,Gregory,99
Perry,T.,49
Pfeiffer,C.C.,124,299
Pfister,RoswellR.,209,299
Pipkin,G.E.,168,302
Pitt,H.A.,120,121n,299
PlinytheElder,28
Portman,O.W.,77,299
Portnoy,B.,139,299
Prabhudesai,M.,262,263,293,296
Prinz,W.,101,300
Pritikin,Nathan,37,247,300
Pugh,D.M.,240,300
Rabach,JoshuaM.,211,300
Radomski,N.W.,114,120,231,301RafTel,S.,199,300
Rajan,K.T.,139,280
Ravitz,LeonardR.,187,288
Ray,S.N.,88,289
Regnier,Edme,15,116-18,300
Rhoads,G.C.,150,300
Richards,R.D.,208,305
Rimland,Bernard,93,190-91,300
Rinehart,J.F.,77,301
Ringsdorf,W.M.,Jr.,50,97,137,209,211,
218,282,301
Ritzel,G.,113-14,119,216,227,228,229,
230-31,301
Robin,EugeneD.,5,237,301
Robinson,A.B.,85,263,289
Rosenthal,R.R.,201,292
Ross,W.S.,231,301
Roy,P.B.,139,301
Ruskin,S.L.,116,201,280,301
Russ,E.M.,149
Sabiston,B.H.,114,120,231,301
Sal


 tritionists perpetuate this misconception, admonishing us to
avoid simple sugars like the plague.
Complex carbohydrates, found in grains and other starchy foods, do not taste swe et, even though they are made from chains
of sugars. Complex carbohydrates are more difficult to digest than simple  carbohydrates. They require substantial amounts of energy
in the conversion to sugar, and eating them cooked generates toxic byproduct s.
Later in this chapter, I discuss each of these broad categories—com plex carbohydrates, whole-food simple carbohydrates,
and refined simple carbohydrates—in some detail.

Two Carbohydrate Camps
Although there are a tremendous number of variations on the theme, two ba sic schools of thought exist regarding what to eat.
There are the low-carbohydrate/high-fat proponents, and then there ar e the supporters of the high-carbohydrate/low-fat approach
to food.

The Low-Carb/High-Fat Faction
In recent decades, high-fat (disguised as low-carb) diets have taken t he country by storm. In response, grocery stores, restaurants,
fast-food chains, airlines, and even doughnut shops have begun marke ting their “low-carbohydrate” options with pride. If the trend
continues, I predict that fat consumption will show a concerted rise by th e next time national statistics are released.
Why? It’s a simple proposition: If your daily caloric “pie” is made  of only three slices (carbohydrate, protein, and fat), and you
decrease one of them, one or both of the other two must increase.
People generally believe that the decrease in carbohydrates i n their “low-carb” meals is offset by an increase in protein. Th is is
incorrect.
As I describe in the protein chapter, only exceedingly rarely does anyone  eat even a quarter of daily calories as protein. The
vast majority of Americans eat about 16% protein each day, and only a very s mall fraction of the population consumes 20% protein
or more.
The balance of our daily calories, at least 80%, must come from some combination of carbohydrates and fat. Essentially, any
decrease in carbohydrates must be accompanied by an increase in fat, ass uming we continue to consume the same number of
calories.
Unfortunately, each gram of fat contains more than twice the calori es of a gram of carbohydrate. So if you eat the same
general quantity of food on a “low-carb” program, you will increase not on ly your percentage of calories from fat but also your total
calories for the day.
So how do people lose weight on low-carbohydrate diets? In brief, research shows  that these people invariably consume
fewer total calories. Dr. Michael Greger’s superbly comprehensi ve and condemning eBook, Atkins Facts, sums it up well:
In 2001, the medical journal Obesity Research published “Popular D iets: A Scientific Review.” Claiming to have reviewed
every study ever done on low carb diets, they concluded, “In all cases, indiv iduals on high-fat, low carbohydrate diets lose weight because they consume fewer calories.” (Obesity Research 9(2001):1S.)
 I urge anyone who is considering destroying their health with any low -carbohydrate diet to read this riveting 47-page
document in its entirety. 29  The following information is excerpted with Dr. Greger’s permiss ion from that publication.

The Deadly Low-Carb Craze
When one is eating enough carbohydrates, fat can be completely br oken down as well. But when one’s body runs out of carb fuel
to burn, its only choice is to burn fat inefficiently using a pathway th at produces toxic byproducts like acetone and other so-called
“ketones.”
The kidney uses minerals such as potassium and calcium to help rid on e’s body of toxins like ketones. People on the Atkins
Diet are urinating these minerals away. And critically low lev els in the blood of these electrolytes can lead to fatal cardiac
arrhythmias—lethal heart rhythms.

The current director of nutrition at Harvard advises that all physic ians should produce a handout warning about all of the
adverse effects of the Atkins Diet. The symptoms of ketosis [a metabol ic state where the body “switches” from primarily using
glucose for energy to primarily using fat for energy] include gener al tiredness, abrupt or gradually increasing weakness, dizziness,
headaches, confusion, abdominal pain, irritability, nausea and vomiting, s leep problems, and bad breath.
After running through the adverse effects associated with ketosis, the American institute for Cancer Research wrote, “Those
are the short-term effects. The long-term effects are even more di re.”

Dr. Greger’s full document details literally dozens of additional disea ses and problems brought on by this deadly diet,
including:

Malnutrition (compromised vitamin and mineral intake).
Cancer, stroke, gout, osteoporosis, and diabetes.
Potential kidney, bone, liver, and cholesterol abnormalities.
Cardiac disease, arrhythmias, contractile function impairment.
Impairment of physical activity.
A rise in blood pressure with age.
Rapid falling blood pressure upon standing (orthostatic hypotension).
Sudden death.

Dr. James W. Anderson, professor of medicine and clinical nutrition at th e University of Kentucky School of Medicine, said of
the Atkins plan, “This is absolutely the worst diet you could imagin e for long-term obesity, heart disease, and some forms of cancer.
If you wanted to ruin your health, you couldn’t find one worse than Atkins’.”
Having bought into the health-destroying mythology of low-carbohydrate  plans, some dieters avoid all  forms of carbohydrate,
including grains, starchy vegetables, and fruit, attempting to deriv e their fuel instead from dangerously high proportions of fat and
protein. Although we were designed with survival/backup mechanisms  that allow us to transform noncarbohydrate foods into sugar
in case of starvation or other extreme conditions, this capability was i ntended to be invoked only on rare occasion.
We pay a huge price in terms of health and optimum functioning wheneve r we force our bodies to resort to fat (or worse, to
protein) to fuel our cells, as these conversions are chemically inef ficient compared with using carbohydrate for fuel. The body can
only do so by expending substantial amounts of vital energy and producing toxi c waste products along the way.
Proper body weight is an effortless, natural outcome of optimum health, but opt imum health is unlikely to result from a diet
designed solely for weight loss. The followers of low-carbohydrate diets ma y achieve their weight-loss goals, but they imperil their
long-term health in doing so. The admonition to consume tremendous amounts  of animal fat and protein is creating millions of cases
of deadly disease that will become ever more apparent in the years to come.

Starch-Based Diets: The Other Camp
The vast majority of diet/nutrition experts whose patients and clien ts consistently experience reversal of degenerative disease,
however—including renowned medical doctors like Dean Ornish, John McDou gall, Michael Klaper, Caldwell Esselstyn, Neal
Barnard, Joel Fuhrman, Matthew Lederman and his wife Alona Pulde, and M ichael Greger, as well as professionals at the world-
renowned Pritikin Longevity center—recommend that we base our diet s instead around starchy complex carbohydrates. These
experts emphasize the importance of consuming starches (beans, legu mes, tubers, roots, starchy vegetables, whole grains, and
whole-grain products). This advice could be seen as a step in the right direction, because, as I dis cussed in the introduction to this book, whole foods
are always more nutritious than fractional foods. Yet due to the nutri ent losses incurred during the cooking process, no cooked food
can be viewed as a true whole food. In fact, the cooking process itself actual ly removes the water from food (with the exception of
certain dehydrated foods that are actually rehydrated as they are cooked i n water). No food whose water has been removed can
realistically be viewed as a whole food.
Agreeing that we are designed to run on simple sugars from carbohydrate, these highly respected professionals perceive that
there is no other substantial whole-food source than complex carbohydrate s. Coming from a cooked food perspective, although
they often acknowledge the nutritional superiority of raw fruits and v egetables, they do not consider basing the human diet on the
sugars in fruit to be a feasible option, primarily for three reasons.

First, when most people talk about eating fruits and vegetables, they ten d to think of the vegetables being predominant. Yet
nutritionists are very familiar with the studies that have conc luded that a diet predominated by vegetables simply cannot supply
sufficient caloric density to support human health. On a diet of just ve getables, I agree, it is highly unlikely that any human
beings could maintain their health. They would lose weight at a steady  rate that would eventually become unsustainable, and
they would suffer unyielding health decline.
Second, in all likelihood, they simply don’t conceive of consuming fruit in  sufficient quantity to meet our caloric needs, even
though doing so is quite pleasant and not difficult. They dismiss this possi bility wholesale, as it is entirely outside of their
framework of reference. After all, who knows anyone who lives primarily  (but not  entirely) on fruit? I must admit that


 of popular best-selling supposedly spiritual books are actually
fictional, and their average leve l of truth is at calibration level 190, as are
slick-appearing “spiritual” magazines that glamorize fallacious fantasies of
“other d imensions,” and so on. T he paradox is that the appeal is to the naïve
seeker who has not yet mastered this dimension, much less other fanciful
ones.
Mystical “powe rs” that are g enuine are not exhibited, much less
promoted or sold for a price. Im itations of the real are a diversion that have
sidetracked and deceived many naïve spiritual students and even branches
of m ajor religions (T antric sex  and so forth). Artificial means are ego
inflating, as is denoted by the mere fact that one is attracted to th em by their
specialness and  the glamour of the unique and unusual. Even when
cultivated by training, such phenomena are merely acquired skills that have
been sought for their own sake and reflect spiritual vanity, as evidenced by
display and promotion.
While th e gifts of God can be imitated, the for gery is not the genuine.
This can be ascertained by consciousness calibration. The genuine siddhis
(for example, clairvoyance, clairaudience, psychometry, telepa thy, and the
like) sta rt to emer ge at calibration level 540 and become predominant in the
range of  level 570. The promoted imitations calibrate from 155 to the lower
400s. No table al so is that no avatar or great teacher has ever re commended
the seek ing of the supernatural, as it arises of itself according to Divine
W ill.
Miraculous healings and other phenomena emer ge spontaneously and
nonvolitionally i n the fields of 540-plus. It is important to note that there is
no “healer” or “doer ” of such miracles; they emer ge spontaneously from the
impersonal fiel d as a conseq uence of karmic propensities  and localconditions. Imitations of the miraculous are easy to spot, a s they put
emphasis on the personhood of the so-called healer.
The innocent child within the seeker gets easily glamorized by imitations
of the real. It is wise to bewar e of linear methods that promise access to
nonlinear states,  such as artificially induced altered states of consciousness,
special garments, strange diets, and other stringent practices; ener gy-
manipulation techniques; programs and workshops for instant
enlightenment o r psychic powers (usually for a price); hold ing strange
poses for long periods of time ; blood and other body cleansers, exotic
pur ges, o r breathing exercises; and so on. Altered states are not the same as
divine s tates. Alpha-wave train ing, for example, is therapeutic but not a
spiritual state.
There are astral realms and universes without number, each with its own
teachers, master s, spiritual hierarchy, and belief systems. Many are quite
intriguing. The unwary can be easily entrapped by these fascinating and
esoteric doctrines; however, the seeker of Enlightenment will remember
that the ultimate state is not reachable via the levels of form. All truth is
found w ithin and is available b y ordinary means, without needing to be
accessed through a healer, medium, or psychic; numerology; or a channeled
entity.
SELF-REALIZA TION AND ENLIGHTENMENT OF THE
MYSTIC
The truly great teachers and teachings ef fulge from s tates of
consciousness a t 600 and highe r. In religious history, the myst ic has been
both rev ered and persecuted. The mystic’ s authority stem s from the
Presence, the Divine “I” of the Self. This has been viewed as sacrilege by
authoritarian rel igions whose beliefs are limited to a transcendent God only;
mystics have thus been tried as heretics, imprisoned, excommunicated,
burned at the st ake, beheaded, or even crucified by religious authorities.
Most my stics re tire from society. Some, by virtue of great ef fort, return to
the w orld but are silent about their inner state. A few mystics a re given the
capacity to write and teach about the rare state that lies beyond the dualities
of the ego and its identification with form.The state of the mystic is not an  “achievement.” It is not even a person,
though we commonly refer to  the mystic as a person. It is a state of
consciousness b eyond personho od, for in that state, there is no longer a
“me.” T he myst ic seldom uses f irst-person pronouns and then only to assist
others who cannot grasp langu aging that lacks personal pronouns. The
average person says, “It was raining on me yesterday.” The mystic says, “It
was raining yesterday.”
There is a detachment, because one is describing phenomena from the
viewpoint of the witness. The w itness observes and then reports back the
observations wit hout making judgments or evaluations of what is observed.
By analogy, the space in a room  has no opinion about where the furniture
goes or what occurs within it. The witness silently observes all things
within a state of stillness and peace.
In that state, walking through th e woods, one is aware that the trees are
aware. All life is shimmering fo rth, worshipful of the presence of Divinity
and very conscious and aware o f it. The universe is conscious. The tree is
vibrantly aware that it is in the presence of Divinity. Because o f its nature,
because of the s ource of its creation, which is the same source a s one’ s own
creation, the tree knows its own, for life reverences life.
T echnically, this state begins at level 600, a state of infinite Peace. In
Sanskrit, it is called Satchitananda. T he preceding states are those of Love,
Joy, and Ecstasy. When one lets go of any attachment to those states, which
are exquisite, there is a state of infinite, timeless peace, i llumination,
stillness, and completion. Peace (cal. 600) is a state of revelation, all-
inclusive and totally intrinsic, as it stems from within. It is motio nless as the
essence of Divinity unfolding an all-encompassing eme r gence and
ef fluence. It is also silent and wordless. T ransfigured, the mystic realizes
that this stillness of Peace is one’ s true identity, which is nonlinear and
harmonious with all life. It has no location, for it is totality. Unifying
beyond descript ion, there is no “me” that is separate from “you,” and
separateness disappears in the Revelation of the Radiance of Oneness.
What th e world calls “Enlightenment,” then, is a state in which the
former p ersonal identity and all that had been believed about it have been
erased, removed, transcended, and dissolved. The particular has been
replaced by the universal, qualities have been replaced by essence, the
linear ha s been replaced by the n onlinear, and the discrete has be en replaced
by th e u nlimited. T ime has become Allness and F oreverness. Intention hasbeen replaced by spontaneity, and the limiting perception of duality has
been rem oved as the Radiance of Oneness illuminates the Rea lity and the
T ruth of nonduality. The esse nce of Divinity stands forth in its Self-
revelation. Mentation has ceased, and in the Silence, the Knowingness of
Omniscience radiates forth unasked. Emotion has been replaced by Peace.
The ord inary mind is the thinking mind, and it thinks in per ceptions,
judgments, and definitions. It ha s pronouns, my  and mine, part and parcel of
its dualistic standpoint of separateness. Religious education involves the
thinking mind with its learning and mastery of information. The
information then becomes inte grated, and a person can spend a whole
lifetime studying religious history and theology. In the mystic state, the
understanding comes about in a totally dif ferent, nonlinear way. It does not
come ab out as a result of reason. Rather, the understanding is an  ef fulgence,
a rev elation that requires no thinkingness at all and not even a ny religious
knowledge.
The Mystical Experience
Previous books, I: Realit y and Subjectivity  and The Eye of the I: Fr om
Which Nothing Is Hidden, describe the unusual states of consciousness
experienced in this lifetime. Certain occurrences are noted here because
they exh ibit cha racteristics of the mystic. One major event for  me was an
experience in a snowbank as a teenager. As a child, I was qui te religious,
but the religion had nothing to do with the mystical phenomena I
experienced. One can memorize all the spiritual literature in the world, and
when the mystical experience occurs, it has nothing at all to do with
anything ever learned in a lifetime of study.
It occurred in a blizzard in northern W isconsin when I was caught far
away from home during my 17- mile bicycle route to deliver newspapers. It


anus – of which complaint hydrophobia
appears to be a variety.
1. Études sur la Rage, Dr. Lutaud, p.262.
2. ibid, p.269.
Hydrophobia   291292   Béchamp or Pasteur?According to Sir Victor Horsley’s evidence before the Lords’
Committee on Rabies, the probability of hydrophobia after dog bite
among the untreated has been variously calculated to be from 5% to15%. A French researcher named Bouley has stated that of 100 persons
bitten by rabid animals and entirely untreated in any way whatever,
not more than five would develop symptoms of hydrophobia.
Thus, happily, the victim of a supposed mad dog stands a very good
chance of escaping any trouble, if he can only be left alone. To begin
with, it has to be remembered that there is considerable doubt of therebeing any such specific disease as rabies, and a ‘mad dog’, in the popular
sense, may possibly be relegated to the same category as the ‘witch’ of
the Middle Ages! The neglected lives of the pariah dogs of the East aresufficient to account for many finally suffering from the paroxysms
and other symptoms that go by the name of rabies; and when we
contemplate the chained existences of numbers of dogs in Europe ouronly wonder is that more do not develop madness.
It may safely be said that a healthy, happy life is the best safeguard
against trouble. For an animal to be in a savage state or to foam at themouth is no real indication of rabies. For instance, in A System of Surgery,
we read:
“Some idea may be gained of the frequency of mistakes of
diagnosis in connection with canine rabies by the statementof Faber, who says that of 892 dogs brought into the VeterinaryInstitute of Vienna under suspicion of rabies, only 31 proved
to be really affected.”
1
During a scare in England, according to the Field of the 19th April,
1919, Mr. Robert Vicary, a well-known kennel owner, believed that
“many of the experts called in to diagnose the supposed cases
of rabies were quite wrong in their reports.”
It seems likely that many animals were merely suffering from dietary
problems due to wartime conditions; as wrong feeding has been knownto produce symptoms like those of so-called rabies, as evidenced in the
scare in the Klondyke in 1896, an account of which has been given in
the Journal of Zoophily, by Arnold George.
2
It is clear that more fear than intelligence is shown in regard to
rabies, particularly as animals suspected of it are almost invariably put
to death summarily, instead of being kept alive under kind and careful
1. T. Holmes and J. Hulke, p.329 (note).
2. See also article Rabies and Hydrophobia, L. Loat, in the Bombay Humanitarian, April 1920.observation. Moreover, once they are dead, the complaint cannot be
traced by a post-mortem examination. The test applied is the one
introduced by Pasteur, and this brings us to his commencement of workon the subject.
It was in the year 1880 that two mad dogs were presented to him
for investigation by an army veterinary surgeon named Bourrel. Thenbegan the series of observations, very cruel for the most part, that
resulted in the proud announcement to the Academy of Science at
Paris of a process that would, so Pasteur maintained, infallibly preventrabies from developing in persons who had undergone the misfortune
to have been bitten by rabid animals.
The date of this communication (26th October, 1885) was
‘memorable in the history of medicine and glorious for French science’,
according to the enthusiastic praise of the chairman of the Academy,
M. Bouley. The day was also memorable for the inauguration of a systemof intolerance – the antithesis of all that is scientific – which has, sadly,
continued with regard to the fetish worship of Pasteurian orthodoxy.
On this eventful date this intolerance was carried to the length of
refusing to hear a word from M. Jules Guérin, Dr. Colin and others
who dared to offer any criticism of Pasteur’s conclusions. The great
man had spoken. He dared to claim infallibility – ‘ I call my method
perfect.’ It was demanded that others either offer praise or else hold
their peace.
Yet how much there was to criticise! The very inoculation test for
proving madness was quite uncertain. This test, introduced by Pasteur,
involved taking some matter – saliva, blood, part of the brain or spinal
cord, usually the cerebral-spinal fluid – from the suspected animal andinjecting it into a living rabbit.
It is obvious common sense, apart from Béchamp’s illuminating
explanation
1, that matter from one creature introduced into another is
likely to be injurious. Vulpian, a French doctor and physiologist and a
supporter of Pasteur, himself found that the saliva of healthy human
beings killed off rabbits as quickly as the saliva of a child who had diedof hydrophobia.
The condition of a rabbit after inoculation proves nothing except
the strength or weakness of its powers of resistance; and yet theparalysation of the hindquarters of a rabbit is made the test of rabies
in the dog from which it received the injection. True that nowadays
rabid dogs are said to have negri  bodies in the nerve-cells, or their
1. Les Microzymas, p. 690.
Hydrophobia   293294   Béchamp or Pasteur?branches, and these are claimed to be not causal, but diagnostic agents;
but considering the contradictions and mistakes in regard to bacteria
and disease, we may well question a diagnosis that depends upon thesenegri  bodies, especially as it does not seem to have been proved that
they are always absent in other diseases.
So much for the test: now as to the prophylactic – what changes
Pasteur made from the start in his nostrum!
In 1884, at a Medical Congress at Copenhagen, he announced that
by weakening the virus from dogs (supposedly mad) by transmissionthrough monkeys and by fortifying it again through rabbits, he had
obtained something protective to dogs and which would eradicate rabies
from the world. Considering that nothing then was, or now is, knownof the cause of rabies, if regarded as a specific malady, as it was in
Pasteur’s opinion, surely such a boast savours very much of the
‘cure-alls’ of quackery.
Pasteur himself had to admit that he had not succeeded in rendering
‘refractory’ more than 15 or 16 out of 20 dogs. Afterwards he abandoned
the monkey as a transmission agent, having originally chosen it, hesaid, because of its physical resemblance to man. In a pamphlet
Hydrophobia and Pasteur, by Vincent Richards, the author asks:
“Does the result that 15 or 16 out of the 20 dogs inoculated
remained unaffected in any way warrant the assumption thatthe method adopted by Pasteur was protective?”
1
On the 26th October, 1885, Pasteur described his later method of
treatment, which was to take the spinal cords of rabbits that had
received injections of virus, keep these for varying lengths of time,then beat them up, each with twice its own weight of sterilised bouillon;
finally, commencing with the weakest, inoculate the patient for ten
days successively. Moreover, he triumphantly pointed to a successfulcase, that of Joseph Meister, a little Alsatian boy, nine years old, who
had been badly bitten by a dog on the preceding 4th July, 1885, and
two days later was taken to Pasteur for treatment.
This being the crucial case upon which Pasteur inaugurated his
claim to success, let us now review it.
The worst of the many severe bites received by the child were
cauterised the same day with carbolic acid. At 8 p.m. on July 6th Pasteur,
by means of a Pravaz syringe, inoculated the boy with some drops of
his broth of spinal cords, taken from rabbits that had died of the paralytic
1. Leaflet published by Thacker, Spink & Co., Calcutta (1886).complaint induced by injections into the brains of these poor little
animals. The actual operation was probably undertaken by Dr. Grancher,
who was present on the occasion. For the following ten days, JosephMeister was regularly inoculated, receiving in all about a dozen
injections of the spinal cord broth.
Now, in considering this case, we must ask what proof Pasteur had
of either the madness of the dog or the probability of hydrophobia
ensuing in the victim?
The rabid state of the animal was inferred by its savagery and the
fact that a post-mortem examination disclosed ‘hay, straw and pieces
of wood’ in the stomach.
1 The presence of the latter would seem far
more likely to indicate that the dog had been ravenous, probablystarving, a condition that in itself would have accounted for its savage
behaviour. As to the boy, the number and severity of the bites he had
received caused the doctors Vulpian and Grancher, who were calledin, to decide that he was almost inevitably exposed to contract


 products of bees: honey, pollen. Food should
be diverse and well saturated with vitamins and micro-
macrocells. during the first five days after the start of output
of LFG use only fresh and clean high-quality
products. You can not eat sugar and sacchariferous,
canned foods.
- During the exit, especially in the early days, you need to take care of oneself
from drafts and cold. in the first days of release immune system
reconstructed on the disposal of food and water, so the body
weakened, then the body will be reconstructed and immunity will be even
stronger than before fasting.
Exit from the daily fasting
8.00 - drink good quality water, in the first glass to
necessarily add bifidum or lactobacterin (1 sachet per
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317glass of water), or now, a new drug "Linex".
11.00 - compote of dried apricots, prunes, raisins.
14.00 - yogurt, Bifidok or serum Bolotov.
18.00 - vegetable soup (cabbage, carrots, beets, onions, potatoes,
dill, parsley).
22.00 - stewed fruit, herbal tea, honey.
The yield of the 36-hour fasting: the same is just beginning
in the evening.
The yield of the 48-hour fasting: 1-day, both from the daily.
Second day: 8.00 - herbal tea with honey or fruit or yogurt,
buckwheat groats in water, you can add a little vegetable
oil (can be other cereals), always on the second day of fasting
need to drink one quail egg 3 times a day
(Do not worry - quail do not get sick with salmonellosis) on an empty stomach. This
necessary, as quail eggs - this whole periodic table,
and most importantly - natural natural stem cells, which
as required by the body after the dry fasting. Women
You can make masks to the face: quail eggs mixed with cedar
oil, applied at night for 20 minutes.
14.00 - fish soup (the best of the rasp, salmon, pink salmon), can be a bit
sunflower. Salad, any cereal. Tea, juice, yogurt, honey.
18.00 - boiled beets, cereals, tea, juice, yogurt.
22.00 - herbal tea, honey.
The yield of the 3 daily fasting: the first two days are already written.
The third day of the output:
8.00 - Freshly squeezed juices, salads, cereals
14.00 - soup or ear, cereals, salads, tea
18.00 - salad, fish baked in foil, juice, fresh
Fourth day:
9.00 - decoction of dried fruit (raisins, apricots, prunes) - 200,0
12.00 - buckwheat groats - nincompoop - 200,0
15.00 - cabbage salad with 100.0, and fish ear, dairy
Drink - 100,0
18.00 - vegetable broth - 200,0
21.00 - fermented beverage 200.0
Fifth day:
9.00 - porridge "Hercules" with dried apricots - 150,0
Green Tea - 100,0
13.00 - stewed vegetables (carrots, beets, cabbage) - 150,0
Juice - 100,0
17.00 - soup (carrot, beet, cabbage, croutons of bread, or gray
bran sticks), apple - 1 pc.
21.00 - sour milk drink - 200,0
Then you can proceed to the usual food, but perfect -
preferably 2 weeks of feeding with a predominance of fresh vegetables
and fruits.
After exiting the fast food must be perfect.
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318Nutrition Program for good digestion (at the outlet of
starvation)
Most people are constantly sick or almost sick because
that are trying to recycle a huge amount of excess food
they absorb. After the famine, you can easily and quickly establish
proper digestion. Make it a rule - is not after 16
hours. If you follow this, you will have a good night's sleep. Morning
you'll feel rested. you will naturally be
be self-cleansing of the body and normalizes fat
stratum. Eat breakfast from 9 to 10 am (you can even earlier). Eat
salad of fresh vegetables on the basis of carrots, cabbage and greens (winter
steamed vegetables). The second dish you will have bread from sprouted
grains with honey or sea cabbage, or whole mess with a little
amount of oil. Along with cabbage, carrots and greens, they
will be a good stimulant for the digestive tract,
cultivation of proper microflora, restore the expense of the inverse
links the endocrine system of the body.
First, eat a salad. This will lead to the fact that activated
a number of processes that underlie normal functioning
organism. For example, stimulates the secretion of digestive
juice, because raw vegetables are rich in natural stimulants.
After several years of such food if you feel that your
organism does not perceive a beginning food. as a result you will be able to
to increase consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables to 60 percent
their diet. Fresh vegetables, fruits and juices are based on them - is
foods rich in vitality. Their fabrics are rich in energy,
supporting structure of the body tissues, the skin elasticity.
The ideal diet is 50 per cent consists of raw fruits
and vegetables. Cellulose and pectin, contained in most
products of plant origin, called ballast
substances, since they are not absorbed by the body. These substances
necessary, they serve an important role in the process of digestion:
adjust the intestinal hormonal system, and through it - the whole
organism, as regulators of motor function of the intestine;
create a favorable microflora in the gastrointestinal tract,
which is partly used by the body as a full
living protein, 10 per cent is protein foods. Protein
may be in the form of meat, fish, eggs, natural cheese, or grow-
the tangent form, such as nuts and seeds. Brewer's yeast,
bread and soup made from sprouted wheat are also an important part of
protein diet. Especially, they are indispensable as suppliers
vitamins B, E and D.
The remaining products are divided into three parts. One third (30%) - is
natural starch obtained from cereals and legumes. Another third
(Not less than 5%) - natural sugar-containing in dried fruits,
honey, freshly squeezed juices. Last third (no more than 5%) consists of
natural fats such as sunflower, corn, olive
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319oil, natural bacon, butter and ghee. People who are prone
to obesity, should avoid eating sugar, bread,
cereals. Or have them in minimum quantities, and
cereals should be freshly brewed. Chew their
absolutely necessary. While fast food a person consumes oatmeal
3-5 times more than you need. This leads to obesity. If
to use its small quantity, chewing up the status of milk
then it disappears constipation, improves intestinal peristalsis (in
moment of peristalsis chewing speeds up to four times), eliminated
congestion in the gastrointestinal tract.
The recovery period should be two times greater than
lasted starvation. Try at least at this time to eat
correctly. The daily routine in the recovery period remains
approximately the same (walking, physiotherapy,
occupational therapy, recreation), but lean people can add
Special procedures - the oil body massage (especially
loin), hot baths. Persons who are overweight - a sauna,
body massage evaporated urine. Following such a reasonable program
starvation, you'll be filled with vitality, and starvation
become a necessary part of your life. Day after day, watching
the miracle of renovation taking place in your mind and body, you
will enjoy the fact that they had come to the right of life, which
every day makes you a more perfect and healthy.
For a very good rasshlakovki and cleanse the body necessarily
must be taken during the exit mixed turpentine baths
by Zalmanov. Total number of bathrooms 10.
How to prepare serum Bolotov
In a clean 3-liter jar pour cold boiled
wells or spring water.
Dissolve in water 1 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon of the market
sour cream. Half a cup of herb celandine (all the same - dry or fresh,
but be sure to clean, mold) be placed in a gauze bag
and sink to the bottom of the cans by weight.
Bottle opening tie cheesecloth into 3 layers.
Insist kvass two weeks at room temperature in the dark
place. We must follow - to remove the surface mold and strain,
If you see the sediment.
After 2 weeks of 3 - liter jars pours a liter of kvass
a quart glass bottle with a lid. This portion for the reception
about 3 days.
A 3-liter jar topped up with 1 liter of water and add 1 / 3 cup
sugar.
3 days kvass will again be ready. So you can continue without changing the
celandine, up to 2 - months, adding water and sugar.
Take from 1 tbsp. spoon to 0,5 cups for 20-30 minutes. before meals 3 times
a day for 2 - weeks. Then, to secure the effect of taking


itis, menopause, menstruation problems, migraine,
mitral valve problems,myopia, mononucleosis, moods, morning sickness,
muscle pain, neuritis, muscular dystrophy, necrosis, nervous dermatitis,
neurodermitis, nose blocked, obesity, osteoporosis, ovarian tumors,
pancreatic tumors, paradontose, Parkinson's, paralysis, parasites,
peptic ulcer, piles, pimples, pyorrhea, plague, pneumonia, polio,
possession, prostrate disorders, prostrate tumors, psoriasis, rash,
retinal hemorrhage, rheumatism, salmonella, scars, sciatica, scurvy,
sexual potency {decreased}, shock, sickle cell anemia, sinusitis,
skin disorders, smallpox, smoking addiction, snake bite, spasms,
stomach problems, stomach ulcer, stress, sunburn, sweaty feet,
swellings, syphilis, T -cell count {low}, tinnitus, sore throat,
tongue disorder, toothache, trembling tuberculosis, typhoid, ulcer,
urinating problems, vaginal problems, varicose veins, venereal diseases,
vertigo, warts, worms, wounds.
25 The Product of Your Own Metabolism
I came across a book for which I realize is one of the most read books on
urine therapy of someone who truly had serious problems.
She became a practitioner and had the most impressive good health return
to her.
The book is entitled, "Your Own Perfect Medicine" by Martha Christy.
She has an interesting story to tell.
Ms. Christy was very sick for a very long time. Pelvic inflammatory disease,
ulcerative colitis, Chron's disease, chronic fatigue syndrome,
Hashimoto's disease, mononucleosis.
She had severe kidney infections, two miscarriages, chronic cystitis,
severe candida, endometriosis, adrenal insufficiency, serious chronic ear
and sinus infections and food and chemical allergies.
She had every possible medical test, many surgeries, and a deluge of
drugs.
Then she tried all forms of alternative therapy such as Homeopathy, herbs,
mega-vitamins, juicing and liv-cell treatments in Mexico.
After traditional medicine failed to work, she and her husband spent more
than $100,000.00 trying to get her well with alternative approaches. Nothing
worked.
her husband found and brought home a small book that told of how many
people throughout the world had been cured of even the worst diseases
with a seemingly strange and secretive natural therapy.
Soon afterwards, she began the therapy herself.
From the first day she began, she received almost instantaneous relief
from her incurable constipation and fluid retention.
Within a week, her severe abdominal and pelvic pain vanished.
Her chronic cystitis an~ yeast infections (internal and external)
soon disappeared.
Her food allergies, exhaustion, and digestive problems all began to heal.
In only a few months, her colds, flu, sore throats and viral symptoms
disappeared.
26 Her hair had fallen out in clumps after her fifth surgery now became thick
and lustrous while her weight normalized, and her energy and strength
came back.
After nearly 30 years of non-stop illness, Martha Christy was whole again.
What was the therapy and methods that she had discovered?
What was this therapy that can help seriously ill patients gain complete
remissions from their afflictions? What was it that she actually did?
Well, she orally, topically and medicinally re-consumed her own urine.
You must understand and recompile what society has taught us and now
realize that urine is not the substance we think it is.
In Christy's book she explains...
Urine is not, the excess water from food and liquids that goes through the
intestines and is released from the body as "waste".
When you eat, the food is eventually broken down in the stomach and
intestines into molecules.
The molecules are then absorbed into tiny tubules in the intestinal wall and
finally passed through the tubes into the blood stream.
The blood circulation of your body carries these food molecules and other
nutrients, along with critical immune defense and regulating elements, red
and white blood cells, antibodies, plasma, microscopic proteins,
hormones, enzymes, etc., which are all manufactured at different locations
in the body.
The circulating blood then passes through the liver where toxins are
removed and later excreted from the body in the form of solid waste.
Eventually, this now purified blood continues on to the kidneys.
Blood enters the kidneys and is filtered through a complex and intricate
system of minute tubules called nephron through which the blood is
literally "squeezed" at high pressure.
This filtering process removes excess amounts of water, salts and other
elements in the blood that your body does not need at the time.
These excess elements are collected within the kidney in the form of a
purified, sterile, watery solution called urine. Many of the constituents of
this filtered watery solution, or urine, are then reabsorbed by the nephrons
and delivered back into the bloodstream while the remainder of the urine
passes out of the kidneys into the bladder & then excreted from the body.
The function of the kidneys is to keep the complexity of your blood
balanced.
When your body doesn't have need for a specific vitamin, mineral and
enzyme that you have taken through alternative measures, food product or
you're body creating at a particular time, they are released through the
bladder. They are released not because they are toxic, poisonous,
27 waste or bad for the body,
but simply because the body does not need those elements at the time.
Medical researchers have discovered that many of the elements of blood
that are found in urine have enormous medicinal value. When reintroduced
to the body, they boost the body's immune defenses and stimulate healing
in a way that nothing can possible do. Drugs included.
In 1975, one of the founders of Miles Laboratories, Dr. A. H. Free, published
his book Urinalysis in Clinical Laboratory Practice. He remarked that not
only is urine a sterile body compound (purer than distilled water), but that it
is now recognized that urine contains literally thousands of compounds.
Among the urine constituents mentioned in Dr. Free's writings is a list of
nutrients that will start you to consider truly the possibilities of a whole
pharmacy available at our call.
Hcr~'s a small list to cottsibcr.
Adrenaline, Alanine, Alpha-amylase, Albumin,lpha-amylase, Arabinose,
Arginine, Ascorbic acid, Aldosterone, Allantoin, Amino acids, Beta-N
acetyglucosiminidase, Bicarbonate, Billrebin, 8iopterin, Biotin, Vitamin 86,
Vitamin 812, Vitamin C, Calcium, Carnosine, Carnitine, Cathecholamin,
Cloride, Copper, Corticosteroides, Corticosterone, Corticotropin,
Cortisone, Creatinine, Cystine, DHEA, Dopamine, Epinephrine, Estrogen,
Folic acid, Fructose, Fucosyglucose, Gamma-glutamyltransferase,
Glucose, Glutamic acid, Glycine, Gonadotropin, Haptoglobin, Histidine,
Inositol, lgA, lgM, lgG, Iodine, Iron, Lactatdehygrogenase, Lactogenia
hormones, Lactose, Leucine, Lysine, Lysozyme, Magnesium, Manganese,
Melatonin, Methionine, Nicotinic Acid, Nitrogen, Ornithane, Oxytoxin,
Thyroxine, Pantothenic acid, Phenylalaline, Phosphorus, Potassium,
Progesterone, Prolactin, Protease, Proteins, Rafinninose, Riboflavin 82,
Ribonase, Saccharose, Serine, Sulfur, Selenium, Testosterone, Thiamine
81, Transfurerrin, Tryptophan, Tyrosine, Urea, Urokinase, Uropepsinnogen,
Vasopressin, Vitamin 86, Vitamin 812, Xylose, Zinc/
And others as each Human makeup is personal.
If you have been told that by taking those vitamins, minerals and
alternative care products have the most expensive urine,
they may have been right.
Now however, if you become a urine therapy practitioner,
you will reuse and get every dollars worth.
It wont go down the toilet and you will get 100% of every
mg. taken and never get sick, from colds to incurable disease.
I knew I could save you the cost of this course right for the get-go.
28 News reports have been told of individuals who have both lived and died
by being trapped in places without food and water for days.
Those that survived have survived because they drank their own urine,
those that perished did not.
Those that died could not overcome societies educational thoughts
that urine is a waste product of the body. It's dirty. It's unclean.
It smells and has ammonia that would be toxic to the system


, films, TV, magazines, rather than from a
patient understanding of our deepest gut feelings or intuitions.
The power of these cultural influences can be understood by
carefully noting the cyclical and often contradictory scientific and
psychological theories about sexuality found in the popular media.
We can easily conclude that consistent valid and practical guide-
lines for the physical, psychological, and spiritual health of men
women are few and far between. This conclusion applies to most of
our difficult social and interpersonal problems, but is especially
true in the sexual arena. The fact is that we really don't know much
from our scientific or popular media sources about the function of
sex beyond the obvious reproductive and "pleasure principle" ar-
guments that have influenced all of our thinkers from Freud up to
the more recent sociobiologists.Unfortunately, our lives are powerfully affected by this loss of
personal sexual self-knowledge. As a society we have chosen to
ignore what the great spiritual traditions once understood about
sexual energy and its role in personal transformation and spiritual
evolution. What knowledge we once had has been fragmented or
distorted by the institutionalized Judeo-Christian religions and re-
made to serve the lesser gods of social, political and personal con-
trol. Our Western institutional religious tradition has essentially
repressed and distorted the sexual instinct and thereby created a
variety of personal and social pathologies. In so doing, it has also
effectively removed sexuality from its spiritual foundations.
In this respect, Western psychoanalysis correctly perceived
the role of repressed sexuality in individual neurosis. Whatever
limitations the psychoanalytic view may have as a full representa-
tion of human potential, this much can be granted to Freud's in-
sights. Wilhelm Reich and Carl Jung understood quite well the
enormous power of liberated sex energy and its connection to a
larger universe of spiritual meaning. Jung rightly protested Freud's
emphasis on disease as a model for health as well as the nar-
rowness of his understanding of the range and purpose of the un-
conscious. He correctly emphasized instead the creative and tran-
scendental function of sexual energy within a spiritually attuned
and evolving individual.
But all of these psychologists and their legacies have missed
the point in one way or another. It is true that the sexual instinct
can both liberate and enslave, but in order to be truly liberating, the
sexual instinct must be channeled in the direction of another pur-
pose. Only in conjunction with the drive for spiritual transforma-
tion can sex become truly liberating.
Because of his lack of knowledge of the great spiritual tradi-
tions, Freud was completely unable to see this point. Wilhelm
Reich, whose work has influenced so much of the Human Potential
Movement's body centered therapies, was bold enough to bring
Freud's insights to their logical conclusion. Reich clearly recog-
nized that the ultimate result of repression was individual dis-ease
and political fascism.
But in his zeal to emphasize the destructive effects of sexual
repression, he also ignored the spiritually transforming functions of
sex energy. Carl Jung had just the opposite problem. He clearly
emphasized a spiritual and transcendental perspective on the sex-
ual instinct, but he left out the central role of the physical body in
this development. This omission made it next to impossible to
XIapply Jung's elaborate intellectual models to daily problems of
sexuality.
So we search in vain within Western psychology to find the
practical disciplines and principles we need in order to reconcile
the conflicts which face us in the sexual realm. This is a simple and
ordinary dilemma. But when we want to harmonize our sexual and
love relationships with our spiritual goals, our situation seems es-
pecially poignant. Time and time again the sexual function proves
to be a disruptive influence, generating conflict and division in our
lives. It should not be too surprising therefore that celibacy has
become an appealing alternative to so many who wish to follow a
spiritual path while remaining worldly men and women.
These facts become even more obvious when we observe the
behavior of the gurus, swamis and other teachers in "New Age"
spiritual circles. The numerous examples of apparently celibate
spiritual teachers born and raised in the puritanical context of tradi-
tional oriental cultures and suddenly set loose in the American
"new morality" is simultaneously sad and funny. We frequently
hear of this guru or that master who has fallen into the temptation
of sexual relations which their disciples. Scandals have now be-
come almost commonplace in the ashram and dojo. One does not
need to become cynical about this in order to recognize that the
sexual instinct is bound to find its expression in rather prosaic and
predictable ways no matter what the official spiritual dogma may
condone or prohibit. This has been true one way or another
throughout the history of the institutionalized Judeo-Christian
churches, as well as in the New Age spiritual scene, embracing as it
does so much of the Buddhist and Hindu life-styles. In regard to
sex, institutional religion, old or new, has little to offer us.
Turning to examples of the teachers of sexual tantra, the gap
between theory and practical knowledge becomes rather obvious.
We hear of the marvelous and ecstatic rewards of tantric inspired
relationships. Our New Age spiritual bookshelves and periodicals
lend themselves increasingly to the interest and fascination with
esoteric sexual practices.
But what is the real purpose of esoteric sexuality and where
can one find real knowledge and practical instruction in these pub-
lications? How is it possible for someone to actually apply these
rituals in a form that is applicable to ordinary life and relationships?
And how much do we really understand of the actual esoteric
teachings when they are removed from the larger religious and
ritualistic context of the Hindu and Buddhist traditions?
XIIIn order to answer these questions we need to accurately
understand esoteric sexuality as the study and control of sex en-
ergy within ourselves having little or no connection with outer
rituals of culture. Beyond this, we need practical methods that can
be understood by the Western mind and applied in contemporary
life.
One way to discover these methods is to identify the essential,
fife-affirming aspects of sexuality found in mankind's cultural and
spiritual traditions and determine which work today. We must
carefully separate what we need to guide ourselves in the sexual
realm without getting bogged down in outmoded ways of thinking
and living.
The tradition of Taoism, the core of Chinese culture, presents
an interesting and practical perspective on this question. The an-
cient Chinese masters observed that the sexual function is closely
related to physical and mental health and is also the basis for the
cultivation of higher spiritual faculties. The position that effective
conservation of the life force energy and its gradual transformation
into a kind of spiritual/material substance is both the birthright and
responsibility of mankind. When practiced within the monastic tra-
dition of religious Taoism, the conservation and cultivation of sex
energy was largely a matter of celibacy.
But in its wisdom the Taoist tradition also provided another or
practical way: The path of Sexual Kung Fu (sometimes called
"Seminal and Ovarian Kung Fu"). This practice indicated a way
by which a married monk or ordinary man and women could culti-
vate the Tao ("The Way") while remaining in worldly life. Because
of its eminently practical orientation in matters of health and living,
the Taoist tradition addressed sexual relationships in a straightfor-
ward and realistic manner.
The Taoist Sexual Kung Fu was and is today a method of
increasing longevity and health, harmonizing the relationship be-
tween the sexes, and a means of spiritual transformation.
Aside from some historical distortions in which the basic
egalitarian nature of the practice were subverted by emperors and
aristocrats in the direction of a kind of male exploitation of the
female, the basic premise of the method of Sexual Kung Fu is that
of spiritual development and the harmony of the male and female
energies.
Accustomed as we are in our Western traditions to consider
the field of sexology from within the limits of our religious, scien-
tific and cultural conditioning, it is difficult for us to grasp the
XIIIessential meaning of the metaphor of Sexual Kung Fu. We have a
vague understanding of some kind of relationship to the martial
arts, but beyond this, the concept of a sexual kung-fu seems com-
ical if not downright ridiculous.
In fact, the literal meaning of "Kung-Fu" is method, practice
or discipline. The concept of sexual Kung-Fu implies a specific
method or practical discipline of having sex without ejaculation. At
the same time the Taoist tradition recognizes a certain form of
conflict between the sexes: a form that is universally represented
by the lawful opposition and dynamic interplay of the forces of Yin
and Yang. This lawful opposition plays itself out on the "battle-
field" of sexual relations and is expressed as the playful conflict
between sexual adversaries. A conflict, by the way, in which man
is weaker than his "strong enemy," and where the Kung-Fu of
ejaculation control is developed as a way of remedying this im-
balance of sexual force.
In the western world we also have a related notion of a battle
between the sexes. But we easily make a major error by assuming
that this expression connotes the same meaning as the Taoist meta-
phor in anything other than the most superficial sense of conflict.
Our Western concept of the battle between the sexes conveys the
morbidity and frustration of the ponderously serious


 lop a trust in the Tao, you’ll change the way you look at life.
You’ll marvel at the brilliance and clarity of what you begin to see: Fear,
anxiety, stress, and unrest will simply become facets of yourself  seen in the
glow of the Tao, like candles marking  your way and helping you love
everyone as a piece of yourself.Lao-tzu advises you to “be wise and help all beings impartially,
abandoning none”—that is, you don’t need anyone else’s rules in order to
reach out to others. Giving of yourself becomes your natural response
because you’re following the inner light of the Tao. You and giving are one;
you and receiving are one. In such an arrangement, there is no one who is
not you.
The most reveal ing lines of this verse remind you that a good man is but a
bad man’s teacher, and a bad man is but a good man’ s job. This is an
extremely empowering way to see life and eliminate stress and anger: If
you perceive yourself to be a “good” person, then those whom you call
“bad”—including convicted felons or enemies on the other side of the
world—are your job! Try on the view that you’re here to teach yourself and
others in some way, and that the work is to raise the collective energy of our
entire universe. Cultivate your awareness of the inner light that’s within all.
Be the T ao!
Virtually every translation of the Tao Te Ching I’ve examined refers to all
of us being one, and all of us needing to be there for each other. The great
secret is this: Waste no opportunity, abandon no one, respect the teachers,
and care for the student. Twenty-five hundred years later, the Tao remains
elusive to most of us because it’s so infrequently practiced. Nevertheless, it
must be instilled  within us if we’re to ever truly walk in the luminosity of
the Great W ay.
Become “a knower of the truth,” as Lao-tzu advises, by forgetting the
locks, chains, maps, and plans. Travel without leaving a trace, trust in the
goodness that is the root of all, and rather than curse the darkness that
seems so rampant, reach out with that inner light and let it shine on those
who aren’ t seeing their own legacy in the T ao.
From his ancient spiritual throne, Lao-tzu is telling you to practice in
these new ways:
Trust in yourself.
Develop an inner code of conduct that’s based exclusively  on your
irreversible conn ection to the Tao. When you trust this wisdom that created
you, you’re trusting yourself. Know that nothing could ever dissuade you
from your internal code of honesty, and live by this standard. If youencounter an easy opportunity to cheat, perhaps because you’ve been
handed too much change by a hurried cashier, make the decision to be
down-to-the-penny honest. Furthermore, have faith in yourself to go on a
trip with a minimal amount of planning. Allow yourself to trust in the
energy of the Tao to guide you, rather than relying upon fixed plans
arranged by someone else.
Don’t judge yourself or others.
Don’ t criticize the behavior or appearance of those you’ve assessed to be
“bad people.” Instead, switch your thoughts to something along these lines:
I am my own student and have this opportunity to learn that I’m instructing
rather than judging. I will now cease critiquing myself or any other, and
teach by being the Tao. If the entire world of the 10,00 0 things knew the
simple truth that we are all one, then in my opinion war, hostilities,
confusion, and even illness would cease to exist.
Why not be one individual who chooses to respect yourself and all others
as teachers and as students? When you see the world as full of opportunities
to help, one thought and one action at a time, you’ll be living by your inner
light.
The great Sufi poet Hafiz speaks of this in his poem “No More Leaving”:
At
Some point
Your r elationship
With God
Will
Become like this:
Next time you meet Him in the for est
Or on a cr owded city str eet

There won’ t be anymor e
 “Leaving.”

That is,

God will climb into
Your pocket.
You will simply just take

Yourself

Along!
Do the T ao Now
Find one person  labeled “bad,” and use that opportunity to do your job.
Be a teacher by reaching out and sending a loving message to him or her—
perhaps you could pass along a book, write an e-mail or letter, or make a
phone call. Just do one thing as a “good” person today, even if it’s for a
stranger living in a prison cell. He or she is your assignment right now.
OceanofPDF.comOceanofPDF.com28th Verse
Know the str ength of man,
but keep a woman’ s car e!
Be a valley under heaven;
if you do, the constant virtue
will not fade away.
One will become like a child again.

Know the white,
keep to the black,
and be the pattern of the world.
To be the pattern of the world is
to move constantly in the path of virtue
without erring a single step,
and to r eturn again to the infinite.

One who understands splendor
while holding to humility
acts in accor d with eternal power.
To be the fountain of the world is
to live the abundant life of virtue.

When the unformed is formed into objects,
its original qualities ar e lost.
If you pr eserve your original qualities,
you can govern anything.Truly, the best governor governs least.
OceanofPDF.comLiving Virtuously
In this verse, the word virtue is synonymous with “nature” or “the Tao.”
By being one with nature, the sage is in concert with the Tao and is a
virtuous person in daily life. Here, Lao-tzu speaks about your personal path,
and also a Tao-oriented way of governing others. These others could be
your family members, fellow employees, business associates, friends, and
even the entire process of government if you’re in a political position. In
fact, much of the Tao Te Ching is focused on teaching all of us how to
create an administration that is in accord with these highest principles of the
Tao. It is my most fervent intention to spread these teachings throughout the
world in such a way as to facilitate a transformation of all those who call
themselves “leaders” and are destined for, or presently in, positions of
power.
Every person has the inherent capacity to spark massive changes that can
lead to the tranquility, harmony, and peace that are our heritage. Lao-tzu
calls this preserving our “original qualities.” Such qualities require the least
amount of government, so it seems natural to see that we rule best by
allowing our T ao nature, which rules the least, to flourish!
Living virtuously is what you do when you’re permitting the Tao to guide
you. The advice Lao-tzu gives for doing this is contained in four distinct
images in this verse:
1. “Be a valley under heaven” is number one. Let the river of life flow
through you. As a valley bene ath heaven, you’re a fertile place of grace
where everything is received and allowed. You might see it as the lowest
area in the spectrum of the 10,000 things, or as the point where you can see
all thing s flowing above you. In this place of humility, the constant virtue of
the Tao will never fade away. For me, this means living from radical
humility. So get down (if you can) to the eye level of a small child. Looking
up, see if “original qualities” are more visible. Be like the valley under
heaven, ready to embrace and tend the seeds that blow your way.
2. “Be the pattern of the world ” is the second image that invites you to
live virtuously. See nature unspoiled by culture, as in the perfect ion of the
uncarved block of wood. The pattern of the world, untouched by humans, isa design  of the Tao. So rather than insisting on changing or resisting, you’re
encouraged to row your boat, and your life, gently down the stream. Trust
the perfection of the Tao to take you merrily back to your perfect place of
origination. Lao-tzu is basically saying to let go and let the Tao. Dismiss
ego, which you’ve created, and allow yourself to be in the world by
changing how you look at the world.
3. “[Act] in accord with eternal power” is the third image for living
virtuously. Just contemplate for a moment the idea of a fountain of the
world, which never fades, never ends, and is there beyond the comings and
goings of the 10,000 things. This kind of power is the one to create and then
retreat, to form and then to render formless. It is always there, an endless
geyser gushing forth the abundant life of virtue.
You are in accord with eternal power when you suspend your ego and
become conscio us of the Tao flowing in this fountain of you. Picture
yourself pouring  forth, not from your ideas of self-importance and your
need for externa l power over others, but from  a ceaseless Source