ly drew the assumption that all factors of nature are
responsible for the superb animal health. It has been thought
that, to duplicate the health of the wild animal, we must
duplicate in every respect its living habits. This necessarily
  leads to a "back to nature" philosophy, opposing civilization
as such, which modern man does not accept.
   Animal health in nature is due to a number of different
factors. Pure air, adequate exercise, and rest, sufficient
exposure to sunlight, consumption of unsprayed foods from
fertile soils—all these are compatible with a high level of vigor and strength in animal life. They are insufficient in
themselves, however, to sustain animal health. Only when
combined with fully adequate nutrition, including the
consumption of raw foods, are they associated with freedom from pathology.
   Some have attributed the deterioration of modern man to
the fear and nervous tension in civilization. In wild nature these are thought to be absent, allowing the animals to live
thereby in good health. Actually, there is more reason for fear
and nervous tension on the part of the wild animal than there
is with either domestic animal s or civilized man. Carnivora,
accidents, and food scarcity represent enemies to which the captive or domestic animal need give little thought. Wild
nature is a constant battle for survival, a fact apparent to
every biologist, and this precludes any possible psychological
advantage which wild animal life would have over civilized
man. It compensates at least in part for the restraints placed
upon animal life in captivity and under domestication.
   The health and vigor in wild nature is, judging from the
evidence at hand, due in the main to the consumption of
completely natural foods. The exclusive raw food diet is the
norm of all wildlife. When man's interference does not place
into existence compensatory factors, it is associated with a
relatively high level of physical excellence. When an animal is placed in captivity or domestication, with the continued use
of raw foods, it continues to maintain this physical excellence
in spite of limited compensatory factors as may be present. If the animal is given heat-processed foods, it fails to maintain
its normal forms of immunity, and often fails to survive, even
though all other factors—exercise, rest, sunshine, pure air,
freedom, etc.—are most favorable.
   It is apparent that food exerts an important biological
influence upon animal life in general. Captive animals,
domestic animals, and farm animals fail to maintain a high immunity to disease, and their life span is materially
shortened, when cooked foods are consumed in large
amounts. Given raw foods, the respective animals live in
good health, retain strength and vitality throughout life, and
attain a normal life span. Wild animals, living exclusively u
pon raw foods, thus exem plify the o ptimum physical condition of the animal world. Their comparative freedom
from dental decay, parodontal disease, and sexual pathology,
as well as other degenerative processes, and even senility, is
the biological norm of all life in a state of nature. The existence of this fact is perh aps the most important reality
which nutrition and medicine have come to face.

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RAW FOOD IN HUMAN
EXPERIENCE
RECOGNIZING the important chemical and physical changes
which heat produces in foods, as well as the close relationship existing between animal health and nutrition, the question
arises: Can the results of animal experience be successfully
applied to humans? Upon this question hinges the basic importance of the entire matter of food cookery. If the
application is not possible, all of the experiments and
observations that have been made on this entire subject will
seem of little importance to us. If it is possible, food will be
seen to be the most important single factor in determining the state of human health. It will offer hope to the human race
and optimism to a philosophy of medicine which up to now
has been groping in the dark in a desperate effort to control
human disease and physical degeneration.
   Nutritionists and biologists believe that the greater part of
animal experience in the use of foods can be applied to
humans. They point out that man is governed by the same basic biological and physiological laws that exist throughout
the animal kingdom. Man is listed as the animal species,
Homo sapiens, and as such he is a part of the animal
kingdom. Whether or not he is placed on a different mental or
spiritual level than other forms of animal life, no scientist
would attempt to place him on a different physical level.
   When experimental animals are given a diet similar to that
of various human racial groups, their physical condition and
rate of disease often corresponds almost exactly with that of
humans using the same foods. This was best demonstrated by Sir Robert McCarrison in India. This scientist placed groups
of white rats on diets which corresponded to those of racial
groups in India and other parts of the world. He found that
rats given the diets of the relatively healthy people of India—
Hunzas, Sikhs, and Pathans—attained the same good health the people attained. Those fed the diets of the less healthy
races failed to maintain their physical vigor and suffered from
disease at the same rate the respective people did. For
instance the rats fed a cooked and refined diet similar to that
used in the Indian province of Madrasi developed ulcers in 10 per cent of all cases, which corresponds exactly with the
percenta ge of ulcers amon g the inhabitants of the province. For those given the cooked foods of the Travancorian area the
percentage of ulcers was 25 per cent, just as it is among the
Travancorian people. Fifty per cent of the rats on the Sind
diet developed stones in the bladder, and half of the people in
the Sind province suffer from the same ailment.
   Such striking similarity in the reaction of man and other
animals to various foods applies in the main to the forms of
processing the food undergoes, not to the specific kind of
food itself. All animals, including man, do not react exactly
the same way to a strictly carnivorous, insectivorous,
omnivorous, herbivorous, or frugivorous diet. Each animal has certain dietary limitations, determined by physiology and
anatomical structure, which must be met. Members of the cat
family, for instance, would not get along on a diet of grass
with the same efficiency as the hoofed mammals; nor could
the latter animals secure adequate nutrition by using animal flesh exclusively. However, with each animal group,
including the higher primates, adhering to its normal dietary
customs, but having the same percentage of foods cooked and
refined, there is remarkable resemblance in the kind of
disease developed, its intensity, and the general physical
development as a whole.
   This does not mean that every animal experiment can be
applied, in all particulars, to man. A general application is
almost always possible, but not a complete application of
each specific point. As an animal lives in part upon cooked
foods for many generations, it develops an increased
tolerance for their deficiencies and may eventually achieve a higher survival rate than did the first generation. Man, living
largely upon cooked foods for hundreds of generations, does
not always experience the violent reactions common to the wild animal or experimental animal that is given cooked
foods for the first time. He finds that reproduction and
survival are rendered more difficult, though not impossible.
He finds the bone and dental development to be impaired,
though not to the extreme degree that is observed in the cat. If only the less destructive methods of cooking are employed,
and much of the diet remains raw, he even finds that a
relatively high immunity to some diseases is obtained, as may
be seen by the experience of various primitive racial groups.
Yet optimum health is not reached, and the difference is only one of degree; the ill-effects require more time to develop in
man and their total intensity is lessened in some cases.
   Applying the general animal experience with raw food to
man, we may expect, therefore, to observe a great increase in
the average duration of life and a notable improvement in the
state of health. On the former
point we must s peculate, though with good biological foundation, as a completely raw
diet has not yet been used throughout life, under scientific
observation, by any member of the human species. In nature
an uncooked diet affords a normal life span of five to eight times the growth period for most forms of mammalian life.
The same may be possible for man, though more than one
generation might be required and other hygienic factors also
enter the picture. What, one may ask, would the optimum
length of human life be under such conditions, as nutrition became adequate and all biological requirements were
successfully met?
   Using the coefficient given the length of animal life, it
might approximate 100 to 150 years. Haller, the great
physiologist of the eighteenth century, gave an even higher
estimate and considered man's normal span of life to be no
less than 200 years. Hufeland agreed and claimed that man's organism "is capable of living and functioning to the age of
200 years." The scientist, Elie Metchnikoff, was more
conservative, though his estimate of more than a century as
the normal limit of human life indicated a great increase over
the present-day life expectancy.


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Get specific instructions from your doctor with regard to f uture supplements.
It is advised to go through the 7 -day program again after 7 weeks.

CONCLUDING THE TISSUE CLEANSING TREATMENT
In order to reintroduce the bowel to regular meals, it is suggested that the following program be implemented. This mini diet  will
prepare the digestive organs for normal functioning and make the transition from the cleansing treatment to regular meals ver y
smooth.
MAINTENANCE PROGRAM AND ONGOING REJUVENATION SCHEDULE
FIRST DAY: Breakfast: Shredded carrots, slightly wilted.
Dinner : Large salad; one steamed vegetable.
SECOND DAY: Breakfast: Fresh fruit or dried fruit, revived; cereal
or soft -boiled egg.
Lunch: Large salad; yogurt or cottage cheese or nut milk drink.
Dinner: Large salad; one steamed vegetable: a protein.
Eat lightly,  slowly and chew well. Teas and juices are allowed
between meals, as desired.
THIRD DAY: Start regular diet
MAINTENANCE PROGRAM AND ONGOING REJUVENATION SCHEDULE
This maintenance program is designed to be followed after the 7 -Day Cleansing Pro -gram.
You wi ll stay on this maintenance program for seven (7) weeks, then go back on the 7 -
Day Cleansing Program, then back again on the maintenance program, which you will now
continue for six to eight months. ഊ84
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM
Daily Skin b rush, 3 -5 minutes.
CLEANSING DRINK Twice a day, morning and night.
Part One: 2 oz apple juice
8 oz water
1 tablespoon clay water
1 teaspoon intestinal cleanser
SHAKE WELL AND DRINK.
Part Two: 10 oz water
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon honey
SUPPLEMENTS Three times a day, with meals:
Green Life Six
Wheat Germ Oil One
Vitamin C 100 mg two times a day
Niacin 50 mg two times a day
Pancreatin Two
Beet Tablets One
Dulse Tablets One
Calphonite Two times a day, 1 tablespoon, morning and night.
Cod Li ver Oil Once daily, 1 tablespoon at night.
COLEMA ONE daily. You may alternate with the following two:
Coffee and Vinegar: 1 cup of coffee per colema
with 2 tablespoons vinegar; or Clay Water —1/2 to
1 cup per 5 gallon water.
(If you feel as if you need mor e than one colema a day during this maintenance, it is alright to have another. If you miss a colema
during the 6 -8 month period, it is alright too.)
REST Lots of rest during the day. To bed by 9 or 9:30 pm.
POST COLEMA SUPPLEMENTS AND MAINTENANCE FOODS
Here is a list of supplements that will greatly aid in the body rebuilding itself after the tissue cleansing treatment has been
completed. Zinc, vitamin E (800 ID) daily, vitamin C (up to 10,000 mg daily), vitamin A (50,000 ID daily - not artificial,
Norwegi an fish liver oil is best), Brewer’s Yeast, Blackstrap Molasses (unsulfured), Lecithin capsules (2 to 4 daily).
Vitamin A is especially good in all bowel disturbances, ulcerations, colitis and getting rid of infections. Combined with vit amin F,
the two are  the greatest supplements for all mucus linings.
Use brewer’s yeast to obtain a supplementation of the B vitamins.
For a little extra energy use a teaspoonful of honey in a glass of water.
A good way to start the day is with two tablespoons of natural apple cider vinegar to one glass of warm water every morning
before breakfast. It is also good for those who are trying to reduce weight because it is a fat reducer. Also it is very high  in
potassium which supports the heart, cleans up bladder infections a nd aids in changing the bowel flora toward the friendly side.
Another good idea is to use one teaspoon of liquid chlorophyll in a glass of water before breakfast.
Here is a list of the most powerful building foods. Sunflower seed butter, sesame seed butter, almond butter, raw goat’s cheese,
cheese that breaks (aged), baked yams, whole brown rice, yellow cornmeal, rye, millet, sardines, tofu, avocado, cottage chees e,
clabber milk, eggs, beans and legumes.
Here are the most cleansing and infection -fighting fo ods. Green peppers, tomatoes, fresh peas, watercress, all squashes, all kinds of
berries, melons, greens (parsley especially), vegetable juices and fruit juices, turnips (juice of) and raw foods.
After the treatment, you can use sauerkraut (saltless prefer red) for a natural laxative. Use it also for any signs of constipation.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE COLEMA TREATMENT
QUESTION For what particular reason is a flaxseed enema taken?
ANSWER It can be taken at any time, but in particular if you have a blee ding bowel, because flaxseed is very healing. Also for a
bleeding bowel, add a couple of teaspoons of liquid chlorophyll to the flaxseed enema. This will help any in -flammation of the
bowel.
QUESTION How many dairy products should we have?
ANSWER Too many dairy products produce mucus, catarrh and bronchial troubles. One or two glasses of milk a day will not
cause much damage however. There are milk substitutes such as a nut milk drink that will not produce catarrh. You can also ge t a
natural cheese made fro m raw whole milk.
QUESTION You told us to have white fish with fins. What particular fish is that?
ANSWER Sea trout, cod, sole, salmon, halibut —any fish with scales and fins. Frozen fish can be used, but fresh is preferred.
QUESTION In taking the niacin, I  get such a flush and I itch and bleed, but this doesn’t happen when I take the time -release
niacin.
ANSWER The program calls for 100 mg of niacin 3 times a day, so you can cut it down to 25 mg 3 times a day. Theflush is
needed to force the blood into part s of your intestinal tract where there are infections. Just as you get a flush on the out -side,
you will also get a flush on the inside.
QUESTION Should we take 1 teaspoon or1 tablespoon of cod liver oil, and should it be taken with the Calphonite to bypas s the
liver and go directly to the blood -stream?
ANSWER Take 1 tablespoon before the Calphonite. Don’t worry about bypassing anything. Follow directions explicitly and don’t
worry about it.
QUESTION Why is it necessary to take the Calphonite first?
ANSWER You don’t take Calphonite first. Take the cod liver oil first; it seems to sit better without gagging. Take the cod liver oil
at night before retiring, so it will travel through the gall bladder and liver without much stirring up.
QUESTION How do you get o ff this fast?
ANSWER First, let it be known that it is not a true fast. A fast means complete abstinence from nutrients. This is a cleansin g
program and the way to end it is with soft fruits like peaches or soft apricots. Shredded, wilted carrots can be ta ken and also
slightly wilted apples. You should also have a cooked vegetable, carrots or beets. Between meals, you can have celery juice, carrot
juice or vegetable broth. The day following, you may have cereal with revived fruits or a banana for breakfast.  Shredded carrots,
millet cereal and a small salad at lunch. In the evening, you may have another salad and a cooked vegetable. The next day, yo u can
start on my regular diet.
QUESTION How should I conduct myself during the day while on this elimination?
ANSWER The more rest you give your body, the better. Take a short walk. Take your colemas and afterward rest at least half an
hour. But rest is most important.
QUESTION What about eating shrimp and crab?
ANSWER Do not include these in your diet.
QUESTION Is  it alright to have a coffee substitute with no grain?
ANSWER All coffee substitutes are poor; but if you must use it, try Pero or Sanocaf, both are made in Switzerland.
QUESTION How long are we on this elimination?
ANSWER I recommend the 7 -day cleansing b ut the length of time is determined on an individual case basis.
QUESTION Is it better to use the colema in the morning or evening?
ANSWER I prefer morning —but do it once a day. After 2 -3 months, you can even skip a day if necessary. Take the bulk and clay
water twice a day, morning and night.
QUESTION Should we alternate between the coffee and clay water colema?
ANSWER Coffee is the best to take every day and just once a day.
QUESTION What other supplements should be taken?
ANSWER The supplements stated fo r this cleansing program should be taken because they are slanted toward cleansing.
Supplements for building should be determined by your doctor, according


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appear  in your world. Your imagination will draw  all that it needs to make
your dream an actual reality. It if takes others to play a  part in order  to
accomplish your end, your imagination will draw  that person into your
drama  to play his or her  part in the  sequence of events. Your only  respon -
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your outer world. You  can repeat your imaginal act each night before  fall-
ing asleep. In fact, you  may wish to enact this drama  over and over again
until it feels normal and  natural to you  as you drop  off to sleep. Your
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Bring  your five  senses into play as you  perform your imaginal activity. Ac -
tually hear a  friend’s voice congratulating  you or feel yourself hugging
that person. If you  wanted  a new piano, run your hand  over the smooth
wood, touch the  keys, and  listen to the  sound. If you  wanted  to receive a
dozen roses, actually smell the  fragrance and  touch their velvety petals.
Finally, you  must be  persistent in attaining  your desire. Continue  to imag -
ine what you  want until you  have actually obtained  it. You  do nothing else
to obtain your desire. If it is necessary to take some  action, you  will be
led to do so in a  normal, natural manner. You do not have  to do anything
to “help”  bring it about. Remember  that it is God, Himself, who is doing
the work and He knows exactly how  to accomplish it. If you  think of your
desire  during  the day, give  thanks that it is already an accomplished  fact
– because  it is!
Dream better  than the  best you  know.
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Nothing  is impossible! There  are two ways to interpret this statement -
both of which are   correct. The  obvious meaning  is that it is possible  to
achieve  anything  you want. It can  also be  interpreted  to mean that it is
impossible  for nothing  to exist. Everything  we are aware  of or perceive  in
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nothing  or that something  can become  nothing. It is a  fact that nature  ab-
hors a  vacuum and  always rushes in to fill it with something. Some  force
or power  created  all that is. According  to the  Bible,  creation is finished.
Not only is creation finished, but God  said it was good.
Have you ever considered  what God  could  have used to create  all there
is? If creation is finished, how  is it possible  to pray to God  to create  some -
thing in your life  that did  not exist yesterday or today? Is it difficult to be -
lieve that God  said His creation was good? If all of creation is good, why
do people  experience problems and  how can wars, crime, starvation and
other  undesirable  conditions exist?
The answers to these  questions are  contained  within the  following  pages.
Your understanding  of these  answers will enable  you to see that it is im -
possible  for nothing  to exist. You  will also see that you  can obtain any -
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resides within you. You  can be  and you can have  all that you  desire  to be
and to have.  There  is no limit to what you  can accomplish for yourself and
others. It doesn’t matter  what your present circumstances are. The  princi -
ple you have unconsciously used  to bring  about the  undesirable  conditions
in your life  can be  consciously applied  to make your every dream come
true.
Creation is finished  and it is good! God  created  the earth and  all that is in
it and  God said it was good. Man has puzzled  over these  statements for
centuries. If man really understood  the meanings, he  would  not be  con-
fused  nor would  he feel anxious about his past, present or future.  The un-
derstanding  of these  two statements would  enable  man to   realize that
he, alone,  controls his actions and  the circumstances of his life.
Let us take the  first statement. God  created  the earth and  all that is in it.
God is infinite; therefore, God  must have  been before  any form came  into
being. What substance could  He have used to create  all that exists?
There  can be  only one  answer. God  created  everything  that exists from
the only substance available  – Himself. God  (thought/consciousness)
spoke  the Word and brought everything  into being  out of himself. Every -
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stance back  of everything  is energy and  that energy is God  or the “Word.”
Although scientists and  medical men can analyze the  various chemicals of
which the  body is made, none  can combine  these  chemicals to form a  liv-
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knowledges that God  is infinite, omnipotent, omnipresent, and omni -
scient. These  qualities of God  must include  all forms, all events, and  all
situations. If it were  possible  to remove  all that is discordant or inharmo -
nious from the world, it would  not be  possible  to experience the  reverse
of that condition.
Perhaps this statement can be  understood  more easily if you  will think  of
the principle  of mathematics. In adding  the sum of five  and six, it is possi -
ble to obtain the  incorrect answer  of twelve. To eliminate  that possibility,
the number  twelve  would  need to be removed  from the  whole  of num -
bers. It would, therefore,  be impossible  to add  six and  six and  reach the
correct answer of twelve.  You can see that by eliminating  the possibility of
a potential  wrong  answer, all numbers would  eventually be eliminated and
mathematics would  not be  possible. However, just as mathematics exists
and can be  used by anyone  who has gained  an understanding  of how  to
use the principle  to obtain correct answers, so the  principle  of creation
can be  understood  to obtain desired  results.
Because  God has given all of us free will, you  can choose  the states you
wish to occupy. God  does not pre determine  your fate  nor does God  punish
you for mistakes or misdeeds. Because  a man may not understand the
law of mathematics, he  may be  adversely affected  when he  makes a  mis-
take in subtracting  an amount in his check  register. The  law of mathemat -
ics is not punishing  him. The  law simply is and  can be  used correctly or
incorrectly. God  has allowed  you complete  freedom to choose  that which
you will encounter. When you  come  to the  realization that you  are God in
form and  expression, you  will seek  to experience greater  good and nobler
purposes for yourself and  others.
“In the  beginning  was the  Word and the Word was with God and the Word
was God.”  The Word is thought or imagination. God  imagined the world
into being  and became  that which He conceived.  This is the  principle  on
which all creation rests. Since God  became  man to give  man life,  man
must contain that same  creative  principle  within himself. “The   Kingdom
of Heaven is within you.”  We have created  our personal world  through
thought. If you  are experiencing  lack, limitation, illness, disharmony or
any other  unwanted condition, you  have either  consciously or uncon -
sciously brought these  conditions into your experience. The  majority of
people  do not realize that thought, belief, and  imagination has created
their individual worlds. There  is no other  cause  for the  conditions of your
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beginning of the third generation... the nearsightedness, the hydroceles, and the abnormalities." "What
caused all this? - The excessive fruit eating and B12 deficiency"

The following excerpts from a booklet with 1962 and 1976 interviews with Dr. Gian -Cursio by Dr. Bass, "With Three
Generations of Vegetarian Hygieni sts", illustrate the difficulties early Hygienists had of putting together a vegetarian/vegan diet
that was optimal and sufficient in all nutrients, as well as being as raw as possible.
This text is still extremely important, since similar mistakes are sti ll being made today, typically by aspiring vegans and vegan
raw-foodists. Deficiencies that sometimes hardly are noticed in the first generation, will show in children and grand -children.
Free download of the complete text is now possible from the books -page www.drbass.com/books.html.

Dr. Bass' later research concentrated on finding the ultimate vegetarian diet. The result can be found in "In Search of the
Ultimate (Vegetarian) Diet", Volumes I and II ["Discovery of the Ultimate (Vegetarian) Diet"], downlo ad possible at
www.drbass.com/books.html, and in articles at this website.
-- Note: Newer research (e.g. see these articles …..) has made Dr. Bass now concentrate on a more comprehensive ultimate
diet, which includes non -vegetarian and vegetarian foods - more will come later on this website... --
Also, read the follow -up article “New Concepts in Nutrition” webpage, where Dr. Bass explains the energy concepts in more
detail - giving a summary of nutritional knowledge accumulated over a lifetime.   webmaster
Excerpt from
“With Three Generations of Vegetarian Hygienists”
by Stanley S. Bass
.....
Note: The following is taken from a recording which I made on October 10, 1976, of the dialogue between myself and Dr. Cursio  for the
purpose of supplying the informat ion that Dr. Shelton requested of me regarding the "With Three Generations of Hygienists" article, as well
as to present the changes which evolved in Dr. Cursio's dietetic views over the years from September 2, 1962, to the present time, October
10, 1976. Dr. Cursio called the Penepent family in Batavia, N.Y., and connected with Anthony Penepent.]

Dr. Cursio: Anthony, twelve years ago Dr. Bass wrote an article about the Penepent family of three generations of Hygienists.  He sent it to
Dr. Shelton and Shelton liked it, but it was 12 years too late. He wants to update it. He wants to know how many members there are – and
the general psychological qualities of the family. Are they calm? The schooling, how many in college, how many graduated, the  business,
and all that to give an idea of how they increased in productivity and social orientation? Here's Dr. Bass.
[Note: Anthony Penepent was 30 years old and of the third generation when I talked to him in 1976. I asked him about the fami ly and he replied:]
Anthony: Dr. Cursio first took care of my mother and father in 1935. They were Hygienists before I was born. [This is an import ant point.] My
brothers were all youngsters when they became Natural Hygienists under Dr. Cursio's care. My brother Phil, he was the oldest, and about
ten years old then and 25 years older than me. He had a heart condition. There were eight girls in the family. As a rule you could say that
they kept away from drugs and all that and they've lived pretty good. And they're usually pret ty calm. They're not argumentative which they
ascribe to our lifestyle. One of the members of the second generation, in his middle 20's, has a bachelor's degree and a doct orate, and he's
halfway through his medical basic sciences and he intends to be a med ical doctor, but to practice Natural Hygiene. He was born after his
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mother had been in Hygiene about 10 years. [Note: all his brothers now have offsprings from which t hese thirty people came]. One had a
serious cardiac condition in the early teens, who is now still a vital, healthy human being.
Dr. Bass: Are the children being raised the same way?

Anthony: Yes, they all are. Dr. Cursio sees them every time he comes her e. Now from the father who was very ill, one of the sons is
finishing medical school. He's in Italy. One girl is graduating from college in education.
Dr. Bass: You don't have the names? It may be confusing. [Note: At this point, Anthony suggested I get th e names from Dr. Cursio. We said
goodbye here, and I continued the conversation with Dr. Cursio, who was present during the phone conversation.]

Dr. Cursio: He's raised four children Hygienically: Phil Jr., the oldest; Mike, a college graduate; and David and Mary Ann. That's in this one
family now where the father, Phil Sr., was seriously ill with heart trouble, rheumatic heart at age 12. Now, I noticed in the  beginning of the
third generation, some of them that were born –this is where I noticed the nearsi ghtedness, the hydroceles, and the abnormalities. Then I
made my shift into more green stuff, blended salads early, cut out the orange juice – like I'd give the child the milk and I'd use the vegetable
juice. Then I saw the difference.
The children were better – were more sturdy. Instead of pigeon -chested or chicken -chested, they were fine -chested.
Dr. Bass: In other words, you kept the blended salads going?

Dr. Cursio: Oh yeah! That was the change. I don't think there's a dental carie in the whole group.
Dr. Bass: That's a permanent change then, increased salads and blended salads?
Dr. Cursio: Yeah! They subsist 90%, I'd say 95%, on unfired food –and the other percentage they'd have some steamed vegetables like rice
or potato or legumes. Basically, it's u nfired. That's it! You've got it all. They are representative. This family is representative of many families
in the area and elsewhere, where they've been raised this way. But this is like a sample, a sampling.

The following represents the changes which have evolved in Dr. Cursio's dietetic views over the years leading up to the present time [ie, 1976].
Dr. Cursio: I observed many cases of pregnant women who had difficulties, women who were physically inadequate to have childr en and
hence after pregnancy they accepted Natural Hygiene in order to have children that were healthy and also to make it possible for them to
survive. In other words, sick women came to me. They were pregnant. They were having all they could to survive on their own, without
pregnanc y.

Dr. Bass: Talking about you [and your patients]?
Dr. Cursio: Yeah. I'm speaking now of the women who came to me. I'm speaking now how these changes took place – especially in the care
of children –so that we have here problems that came up in the childr en when I followed the strict fruit program with nuts, and minimal
amounts, compared to what I use now, of green stuff (salads). These children, the skeletal development wasn't right, the dent al arches were
not well -formed, teeth came in crowded because of  it. I noticed a great deal of boys that were born who were herniated – who had what we
call hydroceles. So, with the noticing of these conditions and other miscellaneous...
Dr. Bass: Can you state specifically what diet they were on?

Dr. Cursio: Their di et would be predominantly fruit, nut proteins, and a relatively small amount of salad compared to what they get now –
they used to get one salad a day. They'd have a fruit meal in the morning, a fruit meal at noon, and a salad at night. In the  morning, the y'd
have just fruit; at noon they'd have the fruit and nuts, and at night they'd have the salad, sometimes with nuts and sometime s with
vegetables – but on this kind of a setup, I've been noticing the inadequacies in these children. Then I made the drastic  changes! First I
noticed the hydroceles, nearsightedness, the skeletal development. And the musculature was not developed in these children. B ut, at any
rate, I started to think. In line with this of course were other things that I noticed with other indi viduals – people who had been living this way
and living, I know, 100%. One of them – I don't think he's [Dr. Shelton] going to publish this – with Miss Natural Hygiene. There were two
Miss Natural Hygienes. One of them came to me with multiple sclerosis. And gum recessions, dental caries I


 in first and last children than in other ordinal
positions. There is, however, ample evidence that Mongolian imbeciles have a significantly later
birth rank than normal children.
    G. Ordahl (6)  has reported on a study of ninety-one cases in which he found that fifty-six or 60
per cent were the last born. The families averaged five children. He states that "uterine exhaustion
is the most commonly advanced reason for Mongolism." Madge T. Macklin (7) says, "It is usually
stated that it (Mongolism) occurs more frequently in the later pregnancies owing either to
reproductive exhaustion or to too advanced age of the mother." We are concerned at this point for
evidence that will throw light on the relationship between the functioning of the pituitary body in the
base of the brain and the development of this type of facial and mental deformity.
    A striking case is that of a boy sixteen years of age who was a typical Mongolian idiot. He had
two sisters who were much older than he. His mother was a partial invalid when he was born late
in her life. We have no data relative to the details of the children who may have been lost. His
father was living and well except for a railroad injury. This boy at the age of sixteen was infantile in
many of his characteristics and developments. The genitals were those of a boy eight years old.
The facial expression was that of the typical Mongolian idiot. By the Binet test he had a mentality
of about four years. Roentgenograms of his hands showed that the epiphyseal bones had not
united. He played on the floor with blocks and with rattles like a child. His interest was in children's
activities. (Fig. 125.) The outstanding physical characteristic was his maxillary arch which was so
much smaller than the mandibular arch that it went entirely inside it. In order to give him a
masticating surface, and with the hope of helping him both physically and mentally, since several
cases had greatly benefited by such an operation, I determined to widen his arch by moving the
maxillary bones apart about one-half inch. The position of his teeth before the moving of the bones
is shown in Fig. 126. Roentgenograms showing the opening of the median suture with increase of
pressure are also shown in Fig. 126. An important phase of this case was that the left nostril was
entirely occluded, and probably had been all his life. A rhinologist spent half an hour trying to
shrink the tissue with adrenalin and cocain sufficiently to get air or water through, and was not able
to do so. The quantity of air that he was able to inhale through his right nostril was so scant that he
continually breathed with his mouth open. At night he was forced to lie with something like his coat
rolled into a hard ridge and placed under the back of his neck and his head pushed far back to a
position that would open his mouth and retain it so, or he would awaken, strangling because of the
closing of his mouth.7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 221/250FIG. 125. These views show physical changes in the
mongoloid type due to movement of maxillary bones to
stimulate the pituitary gland in base of brain. Left, front and
side view before, center, front and side view in thirty days.
Right, front and side view six months after. Aged sixteen,
infantile before, adolescent after operation. While he
improved mentally he was harmless before and a sex pervert
after operation and had to be placed in an institution.
FIG. 126. These x-ray pictures show the position of the teeth
7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 222/250FIG. 126. These x-ray pictures show the position of the teeth
before operation to move maxillary bones; and progessively,
by the dates shown, the widening of the upper arch. In
twelve weeks' time the boy passed through adolescence.
New bone rapidly filled in the space between the separated
bones. The space was retained with a fixed bridge carrying
two additional teeth. His mother was nearly fifty when he
was born.
    With the movement of the maxillary bones laterally, as shown progressively in Fig. 126, there
was a very great change in his physical development and mentality. He grew three inches in about
four months. His moustache started to grow immediately; and in twelve weeks' time the genitals
developed from those of a child to those of a man, and with it a sense of modesty. His mental
change was even more marked. The space between the maxillary bones was widened about one-
half inch in about thirty days. This lateral pressure on the maxillary bones was accomplished by
rigid attachments to the teeth of the two sides of the upper arch. The outward movement of the
maxillary bones (which form the roof of the mouth and sides of the nose) by pressure on the
temporal bones produced a tension downward on the floor of the anterior part of the brain, thus
stimulating the pituitary gland in the base of the brain. In a few weeks' time he passed through
stages that usually take several years. At first, he got behind the door to frighten us; later, he put
bent pins on chairs to see us jump when we sat down, and finally he became the cause of a
policeman's coming to the office from where he was conducting traffic on the corner below to find
who it was squirting water on him when his back was turned. He developed a great fondness for
calling people over the telephone, wanted to borrow my automobile to take his mother for a drive,
and with his arm caressingly about the shoulders of one of the secretaries, invited her to go with
him to a dance. All this change developed in about twelve weeks.
    A most remarkable event happened in connection with this procedure. He lived in another city,
and so, while with me, stayed in a boarding house at a little distance from my office in order that he
might have frequent, and almost constant attention. On his return to his home town, his efficiency
had increased to such an extent that his mother could send him with the money to the grocery store
with the order for the day's groceries, and he could bring back the right change and could tell when
it was correct. He could also come alone to me ninety miles by railroad and make two changes of
trains and the various transfers on the street cars of the city with accuracy and safety.
    He wore an appliance in his mouth to keep the bones in position. This appliance became
dislodged; the maxillary bones settled together; immediately, or in a day or two, he lapsed into his
old condition of lethargy accompanied by an old trouble, which had frequently been distressing,
namely, nausea, this sometimes lasting for twenty-four hours. With the readaptation of the
separating appliance and the reconstruction of the retaining appliance, he returned rapidly to his
improved condition.
    But a new problem had developed. We had changed an infant to a potential man with the
impulses of a man, but with the mind of a child. With the change in his physical condition he
became a menace in his community as a sex pervert. His mother died and his sister married. It
became necessary to have him placed in a state institution for defectives. During the period he was
in my care, he had learned to read child stories and newspaper headings, and had spent much time
doing so. The changes in his physical appearance are shown in Fig. 125, above, front view, and
below, side view. The first picture at the left shows his appearance before the operation; the
second, thirty days after; and the last, six months later. The opening produced in the upper arch in
front of half an inch was filled by supplying two teeth on a restoration, which at the same time held
the maxillary bones in their new position. In six months he had developed whiskers and moustache.
The progressive changes in the position of the maxillary bones with the opening of the median
suture are shown in Fig. 126, together with the mechanical appliance. In the last view, the
restoration carrying the porcelain teeth to fill the space is shown.
    A very important contribution to our knowledge of the cause of Mongolism has recently been
published by Dr. Clemens E. Benda, (8) Clinical Director of the Wrentham State School,7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 223/250Wrentham, Massachusetts, in association with the Harvard Medical School of Boston. He and his
group have approached the problem of Mongolism from two different angles; first, as to determine
whether it is accidental, and second, whether it is a unit of symptoms which can be related to more
essential alteration. Their studies including careful anatomical studies have been made on the basis
of an examination of 125 Mongoloids. He states:
    Summarizing our investigations, the pituitary in mongoloids reveals a peculiar and definite
pathology. On the basis of fourteen cases we feel justified in emphasizing that in mongolism
definite failure of the pituitary development is to be found. Mongol


 what seems to be the highest
decision, that which is most beneficial and loving, et cetera. We all try to
make a decision which is, in our view of it, the least selfish. We try to
choose “win-win” over “win-lose.” At the same time, we try to clarify our
perception of the conditions about which we feel we have to make a
decision—whether we’re seeing it in terms of “either/or–ness.” We try to
clarify in our inner mind, so it’ s very complex what our motivations are. Asimple thing like, “Should I pick up a new kitty at the animal shelter?” can
already be quite complex. On the other hand, it can be quite simple because
each and everything, if examined to the full elaboration of which the ego is
capable, becomes extremely complex. There’ s a much easier way to do it.
“It’s a good thing to get a nice kitty at the pound: resist” (T rue).
We know that having a pet increases longevity. It decreases heart attacks,
drops people’ s blood pressure. I see a lot of depressed people in the of fice,
and I always ask them, “Do you have a pet at home?” “No.” Hmm. Well,
we know that the presence of a pet increases longevity. We know that
they’re therapeutic. We know that they’re very useful in nursing homes. The
nursing homes I liked the best were ones that had dogs running around. If
the nursing home didn’ t have a dog running around, it had a lower
vibration. It did, really. And those which had Christian denominations
running them seemed to have a higher ener gy and vibration. And there were
always friendly dogs running around. So again, it isn’ t that this caused that,
but a higher level of spiritual awareness, whatever, resulted in greater
kindness on the part of the staf f, a higher healing rate. And the presence of
the dog—you can’ t say the dog caused the higher healing rate, but that
which chose to have a dog there saw the importance of love to healing. And
any health-field people who see the importance of love to healing are very
likely to be more capable of bringing about healing in their patients. So
every decision, then, can be seen, of course, from multiple viewpoints. And
that which is most loving is undoubtedly probably what dominates most of
the people on the field of spiritual inquiry. Of course, nowadays we can
calibrate a thing too, but that doesn’ t mean it has to rule you.
You know, calibrating things is just verification; it’ s just verification. It’ s
extremely useful. It’ s extremely useful as a research tool. The strangeness
of this particular consciousness here was that it went through a whole great
variety of experiences within the levels of consciousness, and it happened
in a person with a scientific, medical, psychiatric, and psychoanalytic
background. So that the curiosity of the intellect then was—the physician
looked at it and said, “What in the world is that physiologically going on
with the body?” The psychoanalyst wanted to look at it. So, the self-
examination that went on was from the viewpoint which is not exactly
traditional. And the description of the state then was expressed in a form
that expressed the background of the entity. So Power vs. For ce, then, was
coming from the awareness that the scientific world, the world of theNewtonian paradigm, is ruled by logic and reason and science. So, how to
present it, then—first as a Ph.D. dissertation to a university faculty where it
would meet all the strict requirements of a Ph.D. doctoral dissertation—so,
it was first presented there, to the most skeptical academic community to
pass muster there before it went on and began to express itself in the
nonlinear domain. So what I tried to do was create a crossover for that great
block at 499. The great majority of spiritual seekers are in the 400s and
cannot seem to break through that 499 into the 500s. How to make that
bridge comprehensible was really the purpose of the work and the purpose
of the lectures. Certain spiritual information is transformative because it has
within it, innately, such powerful ener gy that merely to hear it already
transforms consciousness. So there is the commitment on the part of this
entity to state all these statements that should be made, knowing that to
merely hear that statement is itself of significance. And we’ll stop very
shortly. “The consciousness level of this community here sitting is over
435” (T rue); “440” (T rue); “442” (T rue); “444” (T rue); “445” (Not true).
Four hundred and forty-four—what were we at, 431? We went from 431
to 444. That’ s what we did as a community today. We went from 431 to 444
as a result of just recontextualization of your own spiritual understanding—
just from the material itself, you understand? 431 to 444. The average
lifetime consciousness advances five points. So to go from 431 to 444—13
points—so, that’ s a quite enormous jump. We did that collectively. We did
that collectively. On a certain level, we all own each other. We all own each
other ’s consciousness. We’re all responsible for each other ’s consciousness
—not in a codependent way, but in understanding of the unity of the
consciousness of mankind. Every endeavor that each one of us makes to get
what was just said, it is helping everybody to get what was just said. My
endeavor as a teacher is to try to make it as comprehensible as possible and
defend the good name of God in the process, who has been much maligned
by religion and other people and needs a friend. God needs a friend. God
needs a friend in all of us. Every kind word is the glory of thanking God for
our existence.
Your Intention Is the Most Profound Instrument
Any of those things which follow structure and form tend to be in the 400s.
Don’ t forget, you are talking about a tool; you’re not talking about theultimate truth that may be revealed as the use of that tool. So many spiritual
practices may calibrate in the 200s, but it would be like calibrating the level
of a shovel, you know. With a shovel you can build the Taj Mahal, so you
can’t say a shovel is a weak instrument. You can build a Taj Mahal or you
can dig your grave, so the shovel is not the whole answer. So, the
consciousness of the person—let’ s say, any particular technique that you’ve
learned—and almost everybody in this room has been around the block a
little bit with dif ferent techniques, dif ferent teachings, dif ferent schools,
different consciousness teachers. The intention, the commitment, the
intention of the seeker is the most profound instrument. So, a person who is
profoundly committed to God and digs with a small shovel will get further
than a person with a small commitment but a major capacity for intellectual
curiosity. Don’ t forget, the intellect itself is greedy, and many people have
many books and have not moved much in their level of consciousness, so
you have to begin to suspect that one is suf fering from intellectual greed.
The idea of having read everything and met everybody and known
everybody, and met every guru on the planet, and all, in itself becomes an
addiction. All you have to do is understand the absolute truth of one
sentence, and that’ s sufficient. All you need is one sentence. And so, I say
all spiritual work can start anywhere. You can pick out any place, because
you can unravel the whole sweater from any place on the sweater, isn’ t that
correct? And if you’re willing to be for giving—that alone—all you have to
do is be willing to be for giving everything and anybody, including yourself
and everybody else, no matter where in time or space, including all of
history, and you are already there. So, you don’ t need anything complicated.
OceanofPDF.comCONCLUSION
We hope you’ve been enthused and inspired by this book, which was
transcribed from Dr. Hawkins’ s lectures presented in January and February
2002. This book set the stage for Dr. Hawkins’ s evolving and life-changing
work, that encourages, educates, and invites every spiritual aspirant along
the path to Enlightenment. Trust the Truthfulness in what you have read, put
the ideas into practice, and with intention you can realize the Divinity that
is within you and that is the Power of who you truly ar e.
Here are some of the main Truths for you to contemplate and understand
as you go through your day:
On the calibrated Map of Consciousness®, from 1 to 1,000, level 200
is the critical level.
Above 200 is that which is pro-life, supports life, and that which is
true. Below 200 is that which is not true, does not support life;
everything that is venomous, hateful, selfish, greedy, and destructive to
others.
The Map of Consciousness®, is not showing a duality of good and evil.
There are gradations of Love. What we call evil is merely totally
unloving.
There is only one variable. The only variable between light and
dark


 do is look at what is going on in the body
and observe its behavior, which tells us what we
believe. Ifwe look back into our memory, we often will
not be able to recall that we had any such belief sys
tem, or that we thought it applied to us.The fact that it
is in our life tells us that it must have been there some
where in the personal or collective unconscious.
The most common example of this occurs in peo
ple who are allergic and say, "Well, I didn't have any
belief in allergies. I didn't bring this into my life con
sciously:' Yet, if we go back into their childhoods,
almost invariably we find that the belief system and
allergies occurred very early in life, usually at ages two
or three.The little child picks up a remark by someone
in the family such as, "Allergies run in our family." The
minute the child's mind hears this, buys it, and, of
course, believes it, it becomes an operative program.
A lot of the phenomena we see expressing in the
body ofthe adult were picked up very early in life from
a chance remark heard on television, or something mis
understood in a book, or a remark that a teacher made.
These things constitute suggestive programming and
common belief systems and become conscious when
we begin to work on them.
We are subject to what we hold in mind, so what
does that mean? What is the nature of illness itself? We
see, ftrst of all, it is that of pain and suffering.
Consequently, it is obvious and merely common sense
that illness is an expression of pain and suffering. When 48 HEALING AND RECOVERY
we look at the Map of Consciousness, pain and suffer~
ing are located at the lower energy levels, with the
energy field in a negative direction, meaning that it has
an adverse effect on our life.Then we have to look into
the nature of guilt, the unconscious guilt, and how it
expresses itself.
The thought patterns in the mind are belief sys
tems. Guilt stems from judgmentalism and negative
opinions. Negative feelings tend to go together, so all
the negative feelings then contribute to illriess, includ
ing pride, anger, desire, fear, grief, apathy, and guilt. We
know that when we test a person's muscle strength, if
they hold anything in mind below the energy level of
Courage, such as prideful or angry thoughts, wanting
ness or cravingness, a fearful thought, some grief, apa
thy, or a guilty thought, the muscle goes weak. Other
feelings, such as regret, loss, hopelessness, despair, self
hatred, worry, anxiety, grievances, and any kind of arro
gance or contempt also result in a person's instantly
going weak with muscle-strength testing. (The pupils
also dilate.)
The muscle weakness and pupil dilation represent
. desynchronization of the cerebral hemispheres and an
instant weakening of the body's energy field. It also
indicates something that is deleterious to life.Through
this method, we can prove to anyone that any negative
thought or feeling desynchronizes the body's acupunc
ture energy system, which is more responsive than the
central nervous system and far more rapid than the
autonomic sympathetic nervous system.
The body's acupuncture energy system, via the
twelve main meridians of the body, instantly responds 49 ASSISTING HEALING
to anything that is negative because all the energy
fields below the level of Courage at 200 represent that
which is not the truth. That then brings in the whole
energy field and thought system of being a victim.As a
sick person, we view ourself as a victim of the disease.
Therefore, it is important to realize that there is the ill
ness, and there is the person who has the illness. We
then understand that the person who has that illness
needs to change in order for it to disappear.We are going
to learn about recovering from a specific illness, including
how to handle the actual event on the physical, psycho
logical, emotional, and mental levels, and how we must
change as a being so that healing becomes automatic.
The Map of Consciousness shows that all the nega
tive emotions facilitate illness, and all the positive emo
tions tend to cure illness. Once we get above the level
of Courage, a level that we cross by telling the truth
about things, we become detached, which opens a
space for us to become a willing, accepting, and loving
person. On the calibrated scale, Love occurs at 500 and
Healing appears at 540.What kind of lovingness brings
about an almost automatic healing within the body? It
is unconditional love, that which is nonjudgmental, for
giving, and aligned with understanding and compassion.
Love sees, nurtures and supports all of life and honors its
sacredness, andofitselfcreatesahealingenergyfield that
calibrates at 540.
How do we become the kind of person in whom
healing begins to occur automatically because of the
level and general nature of our consciousness? At
the same time, how do we facilitate the healing of a
specific illness? 50=-- -=.H::...:E=-:..:Ac.:: L:...::I-=.N.:-G=-----.:A::..::...:...N:....:D=---R::..::...=E--=C:....:O=---V--=E:....:R::..::...:...Y _
In viewing the specifics of an illness, we will talk
about certain mechanics of consciousness and how to
use some of the techniques presented here and in later
chapters.We have to begin by letting go of resisting the
sensations that we are experiencing and stop labeling
them. For example, we cannot experience a 'duodenal
ulcer' or 'asthma'. They are labels, mental constructs,
elaborate programs, and belief systems. We cannot
experience 'asthma', but what do we experience? This
is where the technique of radical truth comes up.
We go into the inner experience of the exact sensa
tions and let go of resisting them. In effect, we will
eventually disappear them through aligning with them
by welcoming the inner experiences of the sensations.
At the same time, within mind we cancel any labels.We
stop calling it an 'ulcer' and instead go into the inner
sensation of it. The inner sensation may be a pressure
or a burning. Even the words 'burning' and 'pressure'
are labels and names.We cancel those and again go into
the core, the absolute essential, of what we are physi
cally experiencing, and then let go of resisting that
experience.
The actual healing ofthe physicality ofthe illness is
letting go of resisting the inner physical experience of
it without any mentallabe1.At the same time, in fact, we
begin to cancel the mental label and replace it with the
truth. We cancel by afftrming, "I no longer believe in
that. I am an inftnite being, and I am not subject to that.
I am only subject to what I hold in mind."
What does it mean to be "an inftnite being and not
subject to that"? It means we are only limited by our
belief systems, and ifwe let them go, what takes their 51 ASSISTING HEALING
place? Ifform is removed from consciousness, what is
left? The formless is left, and the inner experience of it
is infInite, without boundaries, without beginning or
end. The formless is the essential nature of conscious
ness itself and is unlimited. Ifwe place a limitation or
introject form, then we subject ourself to what we are
holding in mind.To replace it,we consciously cancel it
by saying, "I cancel any belief in duodenal ulcers," or
asthma, or whatever the illness might be.We then say,
"I'm subject only to that which 1 hold in mind. 1 am an
infinite being, andin truth,1amnot subjectto that.And
that is a fact."
When we muscle test that statement, we ftnd it to
be true. Ifwe test a person and they say, "Cancel. 1 am
not subject to that. 1 am an infInite being and subject
only to what 1 hold in mind," we will see that they
instantly go strong, indicating that this is a statement of
the truth. Consequently, when we replace that which is
false with that which is true, healing occurs.
What is the ~ffect on our energy field in conscious
ness? Falsity by its nature puts us below the level of
200 and throws us into a negative energy field, Which,
in and of itself, brings about illness.The minute we tell
the truth, the energy field at the level of Courage
(meaning to tell the truth that we are an 'infmite being
and subject only to what is held in mind') instantly
puts us above the line at level 200).
The willingness to accept this truth lifts us up to a
position to choose appreciation of the body instead of
the '


 of her family members developed cancer, they would embark on the Gerson Therapy.
S.T. stayed on the strict Therapy for two years. She was cured and remains fit and well,
leading a busy life.
Morbid Obesity
This condition is defined in Taber’ s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary 3 as “Obesity of such
degree as to interfere with normal activities, including respiration.” Weight in excess of 100
pounds above normal average for the individual’s age, sex and build is considered ‘morbid.’
Not so long ago, excessively fat people drew curious or critical glances in the street. These days
there are too many of them to receive attention.  The rapid worldwide spread of fast food outlets
and the exponentially growing sales of convenience foods have sparked off a global epidemic of
dangerous obesity in all age groups.
On March 10, 2004, it was repeatedly announced on the radio (KNX-1070 AM Los Angeles),
that the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta has upgraded obesity in the U.S. as the No.1
preventable cause of disease, displacing smoking from that position.
The word ‘morbid’ means ‘of the nature of or indicative of disease,’ and indeed the Medical
Dictionary quotes obesity as a contributing factor to the following diseases: Diabetes Mellitus
(Type 2), hypertension, and some types of cancer. This edition of the Dictionary was published
in 1993. At that time it was estimated that 34 million adults in the U.S. were overweight. A more
recent statement (2001) by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) declared that
almost two-thirds of American adults are overweight. The 1980 figures for obesity have doubled
by 2001; Diabetes Mellitus has increased ninefold since 1958, and heart disease remains the No.1
cause of death.
Worst of all, obesity has become widespread among children. Fat kids are referred to as
“Small Fries—the Offspring of Couch Potatoes.” Between 1980 and 1994, obesity in American
children increased by 100%; currently one in four children is obese, as reported by Frank Booth,
Ph.D. and Donna Krupa 4. Lack of exercise is an important contributory factor to this tragic state
of affairs, since—according to the above authors—the average child spends 900 hours a year
in school, and 1,023 hours watching TV. Childhood obesity is particularly dangerous, since the
child’s developing organism is less able to deal with the many complications of gross overweight
than that of an adult. Several British researchers have stated that for the first time in human history
it will be normal for parents to outlive their offspring.
A hugely successful recent movie produced by Morgan Spurlock, “Super Size Me,” unveiled
the truth about the destructive effects of fast food. Spurlock, a healthy 33-year-old man undertook Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007.  All rights reserved.
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www.thegersonway.comto eat all his meals at McDonald’s for 30 days, to find out what this exclusive diet would do to
him. Throughout the experiment he was regularly examined by gastro-enterologist Dr. Daryl
Isaacs, who declared that Spurlock was “an extremely healthy person who got very sick eating
this McDonald’s diet.” At one stage the doctor even told Morgan Spurlock that his liver had turned
into pat é and asked him to stop his experiment. But the moviemaker persisted. At the end of the
month he reported, “I got desperately ill. My face was splotchy and I had this huge gut. { He gained
25 pounds in 30 days.}  My knees started to hurt from the extra weight coming on so quickly. It
was amazing and frightening.” On top of it all, his liver became toxic, his cholesterol shot up from
a low 165 to 230, his libido flagged and he suffered from headaches and depression. Within a few
days of beginning his ‘drive-through diet,’ Spurlock was vomiting out the window of his car, and
doctors who examined him were shocked by how rapidly his entire body deteriorated.
Mothers cannot be solely blamed for their children’s faulty nutrition and inactivity. Very few
mothers receive any nutritional guidance from their pediatrician. The problem is that he doesn’t
know much about nutrition, either. All he has learned in medical school boils down to the usual
“protein, carbohydrates and fats” doctrine. And so he is unable to recognize the harm done by
the children’s favorite foods; for instance, that the animal products used in fast foods are heat-
damaged, poorly assimilated, too high in cholesterol and salt, but deficient in true nutrients—
vitamins, minerals and enzymes. As a result they don’t satisfy hunger, and so a vicious circle
is created, leading to overfed but undernourished children. If a child asks for more food after a
complete meal, the mother’s instinctive reaction is to dish out an extra portion; she doesn’t realize
that no additional amount of food will make up for the missing essential nutrients.
The average American diet leaves children not only hungry but also with low energy, so they
spend a lot of their free time lounging around, doing nothing. Yet they would also like to play, win
at games, run, and eventually ‘show off to the girls.’ To make up for their low energy, they start
to ‘look for something,’ and unfortunately find it, too. What they find are cola drinks containing
caffeine and sugar stimulants, cigarettes full of toxic substances, and eventually alcohol and street
drugs, giving a brief ‘high’ and leading to addiction.
The same vicious circle affects adults, too. Since the conventional American diet is devoid
of live nutrients, the body remains unsatisfied and craves more—not quantity but quality, proper
nutrition that it needs to function smoothly and well. Sadly, people don’t know or understand this,
and so they try to satisfy their craving with rich desserts, ice cream, cakes and cookies. These
don’t satisfy, either, but they do create weight gain, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and
eventually diabetes and worse. Obesity is a morbid condition indeed, and can only be overcome
by changing to a junk-free, nutrient-rich wholesome diet.
One doesn’t need a degree in nutrition to know that all kinds of sugar are fattening, and that
the modern Western diet with its vast range of convenience foods is over-rich in sugar. However,
when it comes to official policy concerning nutrition, such basic facts are often swept aside for Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007.  All rights reserved.
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www.thegersonway.comcommercial reasons, which frequently clash with the interests of public health. One such recent
clash concerned the upper safe limit of sugar added to food, as recommended by the WHO (World
Health Organization). Professor Colin Campbell reported on this event in his book, The China
Study,  and with his permission we quote his account:
“The recommendation on added sugar is as outrageous as the one for protein. When this FNB
(Food and Nutrition Board) report was being released, an expert panel put together by the WHO
(World Health Organization) and the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) was completing
a new report on diet, nutrition and the prevention of chronic diseases. Professor Philip James
was a member of this panel and a panel spokesperson on the added sugar recommendation. Early
rumors of the report’s findings indicated that the WHO/FAO was on the verge of recommending
an upper safe limit of 10% for added sugar, far lower than the 25% established by the American
FNB group.
“Politics, however, had early entered the discussion, as it had done in earlier reports on added
sugars. According to a news release from the director-general’s office at the WHO, the US-based
Sugar Association and the World Sugar Research Organization, who ‘represent the interests of the
sugar growers and refiners, had mounted a strong lobbying campaign in an attempt to discredit
the WHO report and suppress its release.’ According to The Guardian newspaper of London,
the US sugar industry was threatening to ‘bring the WHO to its knees’ unless it abandoned these
guidelines on added sugar. WHO people were describing the threat as ‘tantamount to blackmail.’
The US-based group even publicly threatened to lobby the US Congress to reduce the $406
million US funding of the WHO if it persisted in keeping the upper limit so low at 10%. There
were reports that the Bush administration was inclined to side with the sugar industry.
“So, for added sugars, we now have two different upper ‘safe’ limits: a 10% limit for the
international community and a 25% limit for the US,” is Professor Campbell’s wry conclusion.
Clearly, despite official claims, the obesity epidemic hitting the American people is not solely the
result of insufficient exercise!”
Osteoporosis
Also known as ‘brittle bones,’ this progressive loss of bone mass is unfortunately becoming
very common. It causes fractures or breaks at the slightest impact, such as a fall or other
accident. Fractures are immensely painful and heal slowly—or, in old people, not at all. A serious
break, necess


 body is like an engine that requires
a fuel source, but it needs to be cleaned and rebuilt as time goes on. If you
use bad fuels, your car won’t run properly and will eventually stop running.
The same is true of your body. Since men and women have chosen to filltheir bodies with bad fuels—foods that leave a lot of residues in their tissues
—they must clean the body out, or suffer the consequences. Diseases are
nothing more than signs and symptoms that reflect the body’s need to clean
and rebuild itself. Fresh, uncooked foods, especially fruits, are self-cleansing.
They not only feed the body, they keep it clean internally as well.
Detoxification is truly a science and an art unto itself; a necessary
response to the consumption of toxic and congestive foods that have clogged
and obstructed the human body. In nature, detoxification is a continual
process that all of life goes through, at one level or another. The process of
cleaning your body of toxins, mucus and acidosis can create symptoms that
are seen as diseases by some doctors, and so we have been taught to fear this
natural process.
All life in the physical world takes in energy, metabolizes it, and then
excretes the remains and by-products. Most of the time this is done
automatically. However, the human is the only species on this planet that
chooses
 to eat foods that are not harmonious with its species. Humans also
choose
 to alter the chemistry and energy of the foods they eat by processing
and cooking them. This changes the nature of these foods and the way they
are metabolized. Many of these foods then become irritating, mucus-forming,
and inflammatory to the body. Some foods, like processed grains and dairy
products, act like glue in your tissues; and others, like meat and processed
foods, contain deadly chemicals and heavy metals. Added to this destructive
situation is the chemicalized air we breathe and the products we use on our
bodies and in our homes. The external environment also exerts its influence.
“Acid rain” has resulted from so much acidic air pollution from factories.
Now, almost every breath we take is acid-forming.
All these toxic and mucus-forming substances will change the way the
body eliminates. In other words, cooked and processed foods slow down
body elimination and, in most cases, the toxic by-products of these foods are
stored or plaqued in the tissues. This blocks proper cellular respiration,
causing a cell to become hypo-active, slowly losing its ability to function.
Many disease symptoms are nothing more than the body’s effort to
eliminate these stored
toxins and mucus, some of which we began storing
in
utero.
 Most pregnant women consume milk, meat and other toxic foods,
thinking that they are building bones and muscle tissue in the fetus. This,
however, just adds to her toxicity and acidosis, thus increasing tissue
weakness. The same is happening in her fetus.The body is always trying to keep itself clean and strong by means of
detoxification. This is done through sweating caused by fevers, by vomiting,
diarrhea, frequent urination, colds, flus, and by simple daily elimination. The
more toxic a person becomes, the stronger the purging will be. Take simple
bronchitis, for example. If the first time your body had symptoms of
bronchitis you went to your doctor and he or she gave you antibiotics, or
even extremely high doses of vitamin C, the symptoms of bronchitis would
stop. These remedies did not cure the inflammation and congestion, they
merely stopped the elimination process or symptoms. Results like these give
the illusion that the condition was cured. However, the next time your body
tries to clean itself out, it could have symptoms of pneumonia. This is because
bronchitis and pneumonia are not diseases but are merely inflammatory/
congestive conditions trying to be eliminated by the body. Your symptoms
can become worse and penetrate deeper because you did not allow the lungs
and bronchi to clean themselves out properly the first time.
Throughout your life no one told you that many of the foods you were
eating caused this congestion in the first place. So you continued eating foods
that created additional accumulations of mucus and congestion. After a while,
the body again reached the point where it needed to clean these congestions,
and this caused you to experience an even deeper level of cleansing.
If you always stop your body from eliminating the congestion and toxins
that you put into it, eventually you can create lymph node swelling, and then
tumors, from holding all these toxins and mucus too long.
Your whole body comes into play during these cleansing cycles—or
what we call a “healing crisis,” which may include fevers, sweats, coughing,
mucus discharge, diarrhea, skin rashes and much more (See
Module 6.6
,
The
Healing Crisis).
 During these healing crises the functioning of your immune
system is enhanced, as well as your eliminative organs, including the skin.
This is why it is important never to treat, but to detoxify and regenerate. In
the detoxification process the body will clean itself out. Many people,
including healthcare practitioners, do not understand this process as they
should.
True Naturopathy includes the science of detoxification and cellular
regeneration. Because of the status-quo “treatment” mentality, many people
use natural products, such as vitamins, minerals and herbs to treat symptoms.
I use only herbs to assist the body in its detoxification efforts and to enhance
the function of cells in related or weakened tissues, organs and glands. Herbs
are also highly nutritious, as they are non-hybrid vegetables.Common sense is, in medicine, the master workman.
— Anonymous

MODULE 6.2
Obstructions and Detoxification

In reviewing acidosis it is important to learn its effects not only on the cells,
but also on the nutrients and constituents you consume by eating, drinking
and breathing. The word associated with acidosis is “anionic,” which means
basically a state or condition of coagulation. In other words, when the body
becomes acidic from what you eat, drink and/or breathe, this sets up a chain
reaction causing inflammation and a clustering of the nutrients that are in the
blood and tissues of your body.
The reason for digestion is simply to break down and separate food
compounds (like proteins or complex sugars) into their simplest forms
(amino acids, simple sugars, etc.) so the cells can use them (catabolic
processes). With this understanding, you can see that by “clustering” these
simple elements or compounds, the cells can’t use them. They become
“obstructions,” which are now called “free radicals.” These free radicals are
like terrorists to the body and can damage your cells.
Added to the above is the accumulated mucus and congestion from the
reaction of your mucosa to stimulants, foreign proteins and abrasive foods.
This mucus, of course, becomes highly obstructive. Most of us know this
well from sinus blockages, sore throats, blurred vision, and other congestive
conditions.
Pain is a sign of obstructions or blockages. Pain is a reflex condition
wherein the energy that is constantly flowing through the pathways of the
body becomes blocked and bottled up. The body will also send additional
energy to areas that need healing, since energy is the healer. However, this
can create even greater energy blockages. As previously stated, acidosis from
acid-forming elements creates inflammation, which in turn can create energy
obstructions. Acupuncture, acupressure and therapeutic touch are modalities
that “unblock” the “dammed-up” energy and allow it to start flowing again.This unblocking will relieve the pain in most cases, and also increase blood
and lymph flow to the related areas.
You must remove the obstructions and acidosis. If you don’t, the cause
remains, as you’ve only treated the effect, which can be swelling, pain, or
other symptoms. These are nothing more than the natural defenses of the
body in response to the cause. Detoxification is the only logical answer that
will yield a lasting cure. Alkalization is the method by which detoxification
starts. Alkalization neutralizes acidosis. Detoxification not only alkalizes the
body, but also gives the body the added energy it needs to clean itself out.
MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL DETOXIFICATION

True detoxification must take place from all levels within you. We have been
talking throughout this book about the power that your mind and emotions
have upon your health. If you want to be successful in attaining true health
and vitality, you must detox your thoughts, emotions
and
 your physical
body.
All matter is comprised of atoms, which are the basic building blocks of
the universe. The movement of these atoms creates electromagnetic energy,
which creates magnetism. Movement creates, and is a reflection of, two
opposite poles or forces—positive and negative. Energy simply fluxes
between these two opposites. These twins are called the
yin
 (negative) and
yang
 (positive) in Chinese Medicine. These positive and negative energies,
although being of the same essence, have different effects upon you and your
body.
For example, the emotional states of anger and love will affect your
thoughts and your physical body in different ways. Anger creates stress and
constricts the blood and lymphatic flow within the body. It shuts down the
liver and pancreas, affecting digestion. It overst


 to palpation. X-rays were negative
for fracture. Diagnosis was fibrohematoma of the subcutaneous tissues.
Treatment sugge sted was use of a castor oil pack to that area for forty-
five minutes daily, to be used for a period of two weeks. The family
cooperated very well and repor ted that the tenderness subsided in the first
few days. The size of the nodu le gradually became smaller. When he was
examined in two weeks, the tumor was difficult to find because of its size,
which was then perhaps two mm. in diameter and its consistency was softer.
Treatment was stopped, and the nodule disappeared over a period of time.
Response was rated as excellent to single therapy.
Case No. 15. A thirty-seven-year -old male, married grocer, developed a
urinary infection  three days before being seen in our office on July 1, 1965.Symptoms were low back pain and urinary difficulty. His past history
revealed two episodes of renal calculus in 1959 and 1963 and occasional
upper respiratory infections. Examination showed tenderness over both
costovertebral angles. Urinalysis showed albumen and the centrifuged
specimen to be loaded with white blood cells. The patient was given a sulfa-
azo dye medication and the infection cleared within a week, when the
medication was stopped. Infection recurred two days later, but ten days’
treatment did not now do the job, and the patient was seen on July 19, 1965,
with original presenting symptoms. Diagnosis was cystitis and
pyelonephritis.
Treatment with castor oil pack s was begun on July 19, 1965, while
continuing the other therapy. The packs were used over the renal areas of
the low back all night for five nights. The aching subsided after the first
night, recurred briefly on the third day, and then disappeared again.
Examination on the fifth day showed absence of tenderness over the left
costovertebral angle and only minimal tenderness over the right. The
medication was cut to half dosage and the packs were continued to
complete clearing of signs, symptoms, and laboratory evidence of infection.
Response was rated as excellent to combined therapy.
Case No. 16. A fifty-one-yea r-old housewife was in the midst of marital
difficulties, which had progressed to divorce proceedings, when she was
seen in our office with specif ic complaints of depression, nervousness,
episodes of numbness, anorexia, nausea, abdominal cramps, and distention
associated with much mucus in her stools that were loose in character.
These had existed over a period of about two months, although she gave the
history of having had symptoms of colitis over the past five-year period.
Her physical examination show ed a normal blood pressure of 100/70 and
local findings of generalized abdominal tenderness, most marked in the
epigastrium. There was hyperperistalsis present. Diagnosis for this survey
purpose was mucous colitis. It is evident that there was a great deal of
stress, tension, and depression present, but this was not evaluated as was the
colitis, so was not used as a diagnosis.
Treatment was already being used: a colitis diet and two types of
tranquilizers plus an antispasmodic for smooth muscles. These were
continued and castor oil packs were added to the regimen, used three times
a week for one-and-a-half hours daily over a period of four weeks. Duringthis period of time, the cramps subsided, mucus no longer appeared in her
stools, and the bowel movements became more normal. Peristalsis
decreased. The packs were discontinued and sometime later most of the
symptoms recurred.
Response was rated as good to combined therapy.
Case No. 18. An eleven-year -old schoolboy  experienced the onset of
abdominal pain with low-grade fever and vomiting while visiting relatives
in California. The physician consulted stated that he had symptoms of
appendicitis, gave him an injection of penicillin, and advised the parents to
go home immediately to seek further care. He was brought to my office the
next day with the history that he had continued to have nausea, anorexia,
and abdominal pain. His tempe rature at that point was 98.6 degrees, and
examination revealed tenderness in the right lower quadrant with positive
rebound tenderness. There was no rigidity, no masses palpable, and
peristalsis was present. Diagnosis was acute appendicitis.
The mother did not want surgery unless necessary. Since a critical point
requiring surgical intervention had not arrived, I elected to watc h and wait,
instituting the use of castor oil packs without the use of the heating pad. The
patient was put at bed rest, given only ice chips by mouth, and, with the
pack on continuously, he remai ned comfortable the remainder of that day.
He spent a good  night, feeling much better in the morning. At that point, his
nausea disappeared. On examination, his tenderness was only minimal and
the rebound phenomenon was gone. He was given a full liquid diet, bed rest
was continued, and the packs were kept on continuously. On the second
morning of this therapy, the patient was completely asymptomatic. The
packs were used two to four hours that day and a light diet was prescribed.
Although there were no symptoms and the boy was impatient to be
completely active, he was given the packs twice on the third day for one
hour each. At that point, his diet was normal and he resumed full activity
with no further therapy.
Response was rated as excellent to single therapy.
Case No. 22. A young sixteen-year -old housewife was seen in the office
complaining of a low back pain of one week’ s duration. There was no
history of injury or infection anywhere in the body. Urinalysi s and blood
count were both normal. Ther e was a past history of irregular menses
associated with mild obesity, but no serious illnesses. Her last menstrualperiod had been two-and-a-half months prior to her visit. Examination
showed no abnormal physical findings. There was no sign of pregnancy or
abnormality of the uterus. Diag nosis was low back pain of undetermined
etiology.
Treatment was simple castor oil packs applied over the low back from the
low sacral to the high lumbar area for one hour each day for ten days. When
the patient was checked, she had no further symptoms.
Response was rated as excellent to single therapy.
Case No. 30. This was a forty-year -old marr ied secretary who was seen
with common warts on her right index finger which had been  present for
several months. The largest was eight mm. in diameter. Diagnosis was
verruca vulgaris, right index finger.
These were treated by applying a Band-Aid® to the warts on the finger,
the bandage portion being first soaked in castor oil. This was worn
continuously, being changed once or twice a day for a period of two
months. At the end of that time, the warts had completely disappeared.
Response was rated as excellent to single therapy.
Case No. 31. This was a nineteen-year -old mother of two children, the
youngest of whom was eighteen months old. She had been on a
contraceptive medication since her last pregnancy. Her complai nt was pain
and discomfort in the lower abdomen for two weeks, and for the past
twenty-four hours she had been experiencing nausea and diarrhea with
increased abdom inal discomfort. She had started to menstruate  three days
prior to her visit. Examination showed a temperature elevation to 99.6
degrees. There was tenderness over the pelvic area, partic ularly with
associated generalized abdominal tenderness. There were no masses, no
rebound tenderness, and the peristalsis was active. Pelvic exam was
deferred because  of menses. Diagnosis was hemoperitoneum (blood in the
peritoneum), due either to hemo rrhagic cyst of the ovary which was leaking
or to reflux of menstrual blood through one of the tubes.
The patient was placed on a liquid diet and at bed rest. She was instructed
to apply castor oil packs to her lower abdomen for one hour twice during
the rema inder of that day and three times the next day. She was seen two
days after her initial visit. All pain, discomfort, nausea, and diarrhea hadstopped and patient felt fine. Only minimal tenderness remained
suprapubically on examination. She did not return for further examination.
Response was rated as excellent to single therapy.
Case No. 36. This patient was a forty-two-year -old housewife and
registered nurse. This is perhaps the most unusual case in the series, and I
refer to it fondly as “the case of the curly hair.” This very interesting
woman presented herself with the request that I check her blood pressure.
She stated she had hypertension, and she believed it was due to taking a
contraceptive medication for a period of time and to much tension. Her
blood pressure had been discovered first to be elevated less than six months
before her visit to our office. Her chronological story began, however, some
sixteen months before this first visit. At that point she started taking
contraceptive pills, which she continued for a total of thirteen months.
After being on the medication two months,


)"  world  of
theorctical  objccts  is, apparendr,  just as much  a
unily  as che "interna!''  world  of expcrience.  From
expcricnce  I infcr that  it exists.  And  bccause cxpcri -
encc is a unity -I am mr sensations -1 must  likcwisc
infcr that this thcorctical univcrsc  is a unity, that  mr
body  ancl  the worlcl  fonn  a single  proccss.
Now  thcre  havc  bccn  manr  theorics  abom  the
unity  o( thc uniYcrse.  But che)'  have  not delivercd
human  beings  from  the isolinion  oí cgotism.  from
conílict, and  from  thc fear of lifc. bccausc  thcrc  is a
world of diITcrcncc bctwccn an  infercncc anda fccl-
ing. You can rcason that thc 11nivcrsc is a unity with -
out fccling it  w be so. You  can cstablish  thc thcory
that your body is a movcrncnt  in an unbrokcn  proc -
ess which  includcs  al! suns  ancl  stars,  and yet con-
tinuc  to (ce! scparatc  and loncly.  For thc fccling  will
!Ofj TIIE  WISDOM  OF INSECURITY
not correspond  to Lhe theory  umil  you have  also
discovered the unity of inner experience. Despite
all theories, you will fcel that you are isolated
from life  so long  as you are divided  within.
Bue you will ceasc to fecl isolated when you
rccog - nize,  for example,  thaL you do not have a
sensation  of che  sky: you are that sensation. For all
purposcs of  feeling, your scnsation of the sky is
che sky, and there  is no "you"  apart  from  what  you
sense,  fcel,  and know. This is why the myslics and
many of the pocts  givc frequent uttcrance to thc
fecling that they  are "onc wilh the Ali," or "unitcd
with  God," or, as Sir Edwin  Arnold  cxprcssed  it-
Foregoing  sel{,  the universc  grows  l.
Sometimes,  indeed,  this feeling  is purcly  senti -
mental,  the poet  being  "onc  with  ature"  just so
long as  she is on her best  behavior.
J live 1 1 o t i 1 1 myself,  but I  l 1 l'C o 1 1 1 e
Porlio11  o/ thal a r o 1 1 1 1 d  me; and to
me
I-Iigh niotwtains  are II f eeling,  but the hum
Of huma11  cities  torlllrc:  I can see
Nothing to loalhe  i11 nature,  saue  to
be A /inh  reluctant  i11 a (leshly  chai11,
Classcd  amo11g  creat11rcs,  when  t11e  soul ca11
fice, And with  thc sky, the peah,  thc heaui11g  plain
0/ occan,  or thc stars,  mi11gle  1 a 1 1 d nol in v a i 1 1.
This rural rapturc  from  Byron  is quite bcsidc  the
point. He has only come to tcrms with nature to
the extent  that  he has bcfricnded  his own  human
nature.
110  THE  TRANSFORMATION  OF LIFE
The fly likes  thc sweecness  of the honey,  but not its
stickiness,  which  makes  him
A link reluclanl in a fleshly chain,
Classed  amo11g  crealures.
The  sentimentalist  does  not look  into  the depths  of
nature  and sec
Sluggish  existences  grm:ing  lhere,  suspended,  or
slowly  crawling  clase  lo the botlom: ...
The leaden -eyed  shark,  the walrus,  lhe turtle,  the
hairy  sea-leopard,  an(l  the stíng -ray,
Passio11s  there,  wars, p11rsuits,  lribes -sight  in lhose
ocea11  depths -breathing  thal  thick  breathing  air.
Man has to discover that everything which he be -
holds in naturc -the clammy foreign -feeling world of
the ocean's depths, che  wastes of ice, the reptiles of
the s,vamp, thc spiders and scorpions, the deserts of
lifeless  plancts -has its countcrpart within  himself.
He is not, then, at onc with himsclf until he realizes
that th is "undcr  sidc"  of nature  and thc fcel ings  of
horror  which  it gives  hirn  are also  "I."
For ali the qualities which we admire or loathe in
che world aronnd us are reflections from within -
though from a within that is also a beyond, uncon -
scious, vast, unknown. Our fcclings abouL the crawl -
ing world of thc wasps' nest and thc snakc pit are
fcclings about hiddcn aspccts of our own bodics and
brains, and of ali thcir potcntialities for unfamiliar
crceps and shivers, for unsightly diseases, and un -
imaginable  pains.
1 1 1 TIIE  WISDUl \l OF JNSECURITY
1 do not  know,rhether it is true,  but it is said  that
sorne of the great sages and "holy men" havc an ap•
parently supernatural power over beasts ancl reptiles
which  are always  dangerous  Lo ordinary  monals.  lf
this is true.  it is ccrtainly because they are able  to livc
at pcace with thc "beasts and reptiles" in themselves.
They need  not call the wild  elcphant  Ilehcmoth  or
the sca-monster  Leviathan;  they  address  them  fa-
miliarly  as "Long -Nose"  and "Slimy."
Thc sense of unity with  the "J \11" is not,  however,
a ncbulous  state  oí mind, a son  of trance,  in which
all íorm and dis1 inction  is abolishecl, as  if man ancl
the universe  merged  into  a luminous  mist  of pale
mam·e. Justas process ancl  form, energy and mattcr,
myself ancl  experience,  are names  for, an<l  ways  of
looking at. the same  thing -so one and many,  unity
and multiplicity,  idcntity  and differencc,  are not
mutually  exclusive  opposites:  they  are ench  othcr,
much as  thc body  is its vnrious organs.  To discover
that  the mnny are  the one, and  that  1he one  is thc
many,  is to realize  that  both  are words  and noises
repn:scnting  what  is al once  obvious  to sense  and
fecling.  ancl  an enigma  10 logic  and description.
,\ young  man  in search  of spiritual  wisdom  pul
hirnscl f  u nder  thc instruction  o( a cclcbrated  holy
man. Thc sage madc him his personal auendant, ancl
aftcr sorne  months  the young man  co,nplained  that
thus  far he had received  no instruction.  •·,vhat  do
you mean!"  exclaimcd  the holy  man.  "Whcn  you
11!!   THE  TRANSFORMATION  OF LIFE
brought  me my rice,  didn't  I eat it? When  you
brought me my tea, didn't 1drink it? Whcn you made
salutations to me, didn't l return  them? vVhen  havc
I ever ncglected to give you instruction?" "I'm afrai<l
1 don't  unclerstand,"  said  thc young  man,  totally
mystified


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Shaw,S.,218,299
Sheppard,S.,267,303
Sherry,S.,87,286
Shute,EvanV.,140,154-57,158,159,160,
256
Shute,JamesR.,154-56,158,159,160
Shute,WilfridE.,154-56,157,158,159,160,
256,302
Sisley,E.L,50,208
Skaug.O.E.,183,285
Smith,G.G.,216,217,303
Smith,Wilson,124-25
Smithells,R.W.,267,303
Smythies,JohnH.,193
Sokoloff,B,169,303
Spero,L.M,121,121n.,263,303
Spillane,J.H,128,279
Sprince,H.,216,217,303
Stare,FredrickJ.,21,22,87,111,227,303
NAMEINDEX 317
Stefansson,Vilhjalmur,34,35,303
Stone,Irwin,20,58,76,104,116,127,130,
139,164,196,216,260,303
Strauss,L.H.,216,303
Stubbs,S.W.,77,301
Subramanian,N.,197,282,296,303
Sydenstricker, V.P.,183,283
Szent-Gyorgi, Albert,6-7,18,53
Tatum,E.L.,56
Taub,HaroldJ.,140,156,256,302
Taylor,T.V.,140,304
Thomas,Lewis,101,220
Thomson,S.,112,120,228,230,287
Torry,J.C,35,304
Trout,D.L.,150,287
Truswell,A.S.,230,284
Tuke,BattyJ.,182,304
Turkel,Henry,188-89,190,304
Turley,S.D.,149,304
Tyrrell,D.A.J.,117,304
Valic,F.,200,304
Vallance,S.,101,304
Vane,JohnR.,106,239,305
Varma,S.D.,208
VascodaGama.SeeGama,Vascoda
Virno,M.,209,258,305
Vitry,bishopJacquesde,210
Vogelsang,A.,155,305Walker,M.,162,304
Warren,H.A.,139,290
Wassef,S.,263,293
Waterman,R.R.,54
Watne,A.L.,169,292,305
Waugh,W.A.,53,304
West,C.E.,149,304
Weyers,E.,103,290
Whelan,E.,87,304
White,PaulDudley,35,304
White,Philip,231
Wilkinson,J.F.,139,299
Williams,Robert,54
Williams,RogerJ.,11,12,54,82-83,
187,255
Willis,G.C,169,304
Willoughby,R.,167,299
Wilson,C.W.,121n.,240,306
Winitz,Milton,42-43,306
Wittes,R.E.,174,306
Wynder,ErnstL.,21,249,306
Yandell,H.R.,140,307
Yew,M.S.,77,307
Yonemoto,R.H.,103,307
Young,F.G.,49,292
Yudkin,John,39-41,43,44,149,194,307
Zamenhof,S.,57,307
Zuckerkandl, E.,58,182,299,307
Zuskin,E.,200,304
SubjectIndex
Abortion,spontaneous,266
Acquiredimmunedeficiencysyndrome(AIDS),
132-3
Aged,vitaminsfor,271
Alcohol,intakeof,9,16,31,38,39,271
Allergies,196-201,198(chart)
AmericanCancerSociety,122,234
AmericanMedicalAssociation,155-6,234
AmericanOrthomolecularMedicalAssociation,
225-6
Aminoacids,26-28,93,134,143,182
Amytrophiclateralsclerosis(LouGehrig's
disease),98
AnatomyofanIllness(Cousins),206
Anemia,47,182-4,255
Anginapectoris,41,160
Ankylosingspondylitis(NormanCousins's
disease),206
Anorexianervosa,38
Antibiotics,123,127
Antibodies,101
Antihistamines, 197
Arthritis,130
drugsfor,242-3
vitaminsfor,8,204-5,244
Ascorbicacid.SeeVitaminC
Aspirin,106,238-9
andulcers,260
toxicityof,243,251Asthma,200-201
Atherosclerosis,169
Autism,190-1,217
Auto-immune diseases,101,132-3
Backpain,143-4
Bacterialdiseases,104
Bedsores,139-40
Beriberi,47,51-52,54,93,250
Bioflavonoids,117
Biotin,20
Birthcontrolpills,205
Blood,redcellsof,27
Bloodtypes,26
Bones,25
777*BookofHealth(Wynder),21,249
Breath,bad,259
Bronchitis,135
Bulimia,38
Burns
vitaminCfor,140
vitaminEfor,157
Calcium,andheartdiseases,151
Cancer
bladder,168
childrenwith,167-8
essentialfattyacidsand,29
incidenceof,166
SUBJECTINDEX 319
metastasisof,171,177,178
smokingand,214-6,215
survivaltimefor,171-2,172,175
vitaminCfor,12,102-3,163-80,240,246-7
CancerandVitaminC(Paulingan/1Cameron),
164,180,245,266
Carbohydrates,19-30,73-74
SeealsoFructose;Glucose;Starch
Cardiovascular diseases.SeeHeartdiseases
Carnitine(Leibovitz),12
Carpaltunnelsyndrome,15,204-5,206-7
Cataracts,208
Chediak-Higashi Disease,134,135
Chelationtherapy
andcoronaryby-passsurgery,162
harassmentofpractitioners of,162
andheavy-metaldetoxification, 161
Chemotherapy, vitaminCand,180,245-6
Childbedfever,17-18
Children
andantihistamines,241
cancerin,168-9
anddrugtoxicity,168-9
Chirality,defined,73
Cholesterol,28,145,161,273
ineggs,148
andheartdiseases,35,39-43
popularmisconceptions about,148
andsucrose,42-44,43
andvitaminC,44,149-50
Choline,65
Cigarettes.SeeSmoking
Citrusfruits,11,14,50,66,184
Cocaine,193
Codeine,241
Coenzymes,95
Colds,12,15
causesof,108
conventionaltreatmentof,108-9,122,240-2
defined,107-8
vitaminCfor,15-16,20-22,96, 110-22,120
(chart),220,226-35,240-2
Collagen,25,67-68,69-73,130-1,136,
161,170
TheCommonCold(Andrewes),107
CommonColdResearchUnit,118
Commoncolds.SeeColds
TheCommonFormofJointDysfunction
(Kaufman),204
Conjunctivitis,209
ConsumerReports(periodical),157-8,159
Deathrates
exerciseand,219
maleandfemale,213
Deoxyribonucleic acid(DNA),27,217
Depression,19
Diabetes,94,157,158,208
Diet,suggested,9,33(table)
Dieting,14,36-38Discover(Stefansson),35