 rop of food-
safe soap has been added. Pat dry and cut a 1-inch (2.5 cm) slice of f the stem end.Set the melon, cut side down, on a clean cutting board or pie plate. Cut in half using a clean knife. Remove the seeds using a lar ge spoon. Clean the knife and cut halves into slices or wedges; remove the rind using a paring knife.Slice or chop the wedges to the size recommended in the recipe. If melon balls are required, scoop
the round shapes out of each seeded half and reserve the remaining flesh for use in Brandied Melon
Jam. Canning Melons
Due to their low acidic value, melons are not recommended for water bath
canning. Y ou can preserve them using the Pressure Canner Method, but
since they are available throughout the year, I do not recom mend this. Melons preserved following rec ipes that include acid in the form of vinegar
or lemon juice and high amounts of sugar are safely processed using a water
bath canner. b r a n d i e d  m e l o n  j a m
The bra ndy and nutmeg in t his r ecipe take the combination fr om a
delicately flavou r ed and rather plain jam to one with a rich, complex
flavour. Cantaloupe melons ho ld their shape in this jam and lend their
sunset orange colour. Of course, if you use honeydew melon, the colour of
the jam will be light minty gr een, and I would be tempted to r eplace the
nutmeg and brandy with 1/2 cup (125 mL) chopped fr esh peppermint,
stirr ed into the jam in step 3 and boiled for 1 minute. MAKES 6 CUPS (1.5 L)6 cups (1.5 L) melon chunks (r oughly 1 inch/2.5 cm), see above
2 cups (500 mL) sliver ed dried apricots or
2 cups (500 mL) chopped fr esh apricots
2 cups (500 mL) water
3 tbsp (45 mL) grated lemon rind juice of 4 lemons
5 cups (1.25 L) granulated sugar 1/2 cup (125 mL) brandy
1 pouch (3 oz/85 mL) liquid pectin 1/2 tsp (2 mL) gr ound nutmeg
6 tiny hot chile peppers (cayenne or other hot chile), optional

1. Heat six 1-cup (250 mL) jars  in boiling water, and scald the lids, lifter,
funnel and tongs ( Boiling W ater Method, Step by Step ). 2. In  a Maslin p an or saucepan, combine melon, apricots, water, lemon rind
and juice. Bring to a boil ove r medium heat, stirring occasionally. Boil
gently, stirring occasionally, fo r 30 minutes or until melon is tender and
transparent. Using a potato masher, crush to a soft, spreadable consistency. 3. Add sugar, 1 cup (250 mL) a t a time, stirring to dissolve before adding
the n ext cup. Bring to a rolling boil, stirring often. Add brandy, pectin and
nutmeg; stir and return to a full rolling boil. Boil for 1 min ute, stirring
constantly. 4. Remove pan from heat and skim of f foam. Half-fill hot jar s with jam. Slide a chile pepper down the si de of the jar, if desired. Finish fi lling the jar
with jam, leaving a 1/4-inch (5 mm) headspace. Run a thin n on-metallic
utensil around the inside of the jar to allow air to escape. Add more jam, if
necessary, to leave a 1/4-inch (5 mm) headspace. W ipe rims, top with flat
lids and screw o n metal rings. R eturn jars to the hot water bath, topping up
with hot  water if necessary. Brin g to a full rolling boil and process jars for 5
minutes ( Boiling W ater Method, Step by Step ). 5. Remo ve cann er lid and wait 5 minutes before removing jars t o a towel or
rack to cool com pletely. Check seals, label and store in a cool place for up
to 1 year.Use: T ea m this bright orange ja m with summer fruit sorbets and use it in
bread pu ddings, thumbprint co okies and other recipes in which a lighter-
colour jam works best. f r u i t  c h o c o l a t e  m o u s s e
The year -r ound availability of avocados and cantaloupe melons  makes this
easy and healthy (it’ s non-dair y and lower in sugar) dessert  one of my
favourites. On its own, the m ousse is a bit chalky and begs for mor e
sweetening, so I like to team it with fr esh fruit and a dollop of the same fruit
jam, which acts as the perfect foil for the rich chocolate flavour. Her e, Ihave tea med it with melon wedges and Brandied Melon Jam. In winter, it
tops a pound cake or citrus frui t, along with a spoonful of Classic Dundee
Marmalade  or Rhubarb Raspberry Jam  or … well, you get the pictur e.
MAKES 4 SER VINGS
3 ripe avocados
2/3 cup (150 mL) unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup (125 mL) maple syrup or corn syrup
1/4 cup (50 mL) apple juice
1/2 tsp (2 mL) pur e vanilla extract
1 cantaloupe, seeded and quarter ed (rind on)
1/4 cup (50 mL) Brandied Melon Jam

1. C ut avocados in half lengthw ise. T wist halves open. Remove and discard
the pit. Using a spoon, separate the flesh from the peel of each half. Discard
peel. In  a blender or food processor, combine avocados, co coa, maple
syrup, apple juice and vanilla. Process until smooth. 2. T o serve, spo on Chocolate Mousse evenly on top of cantaloupe quarters. T op each serving with 1 tbsp (15 mL) Brandied Melon Jam. Fr eezing Melons
Muskmelon type s are best for freezing, but keep them separate from other
frozen fruit and do not freeze as long as other fruits and berries. If you grow
your ow n melon s, this is an excellent method of preserving thei r flesh until
you have time to use it in jam and other preserves. 1. Select Equipment:  Se lect suitable-size freezer c ontainers, bags or
Mason jars ( Freezing ). 2. Fr eeze Individual Slices (or  balls or cubes):  Lin e a baking sheet with
waxed paper. Arrange melon sl ices, closely packed in single l ayer, on the
sheet. C over wit h waxed paper a nd arrange another layer of mel on slices. If
the b aking sheet will hold another layer, add more waxed paper and melon
slices. Freeze the melon slices in the coldest part of the freezer. T ransfer to
freezer b ags or containers; label and seal. Use within 6 to 8 weeks and serve
slightly frozen. OR
Pack in Syrup:  In a saucepan, combine 2-1/2 cups (625 mL) granulated
sugar and 4 cups (1 L) water. Bring to a gentle boil over high heat, stirring
frequently. Redu ce heat and gen tly boil for 3 minutes. Let cool. Fill pint (2-
cup/500 mL) or quart (1 L) free zer containers with melon chunks or slices
to w ithin 3 to 4 inches (7 to 10 cm) of the top. Pour syrup over top; use 1
cup (250 mL) syrup per quart (1 L) of prepared fruit. Squeeze out air; leave
1-inch (2.5 cm) headspace. Seal, label and freeze. OR
Dry Pack:  F ill pint (2-cup /500 mL) or qu art (1 L) freezer containers with
melon c hunks or  slices to within 3 to 4 inches (7 to 10 cm) of th e top. Pour
dry granulated sugar over top; use 1/2 cup (125 mL) sugar per quart (1 L) of
prepared fruit. Squeeze out air; l eave 1-inch (2.5 cm) headspace. Seal, label
and freeze. Keep for up to 3 months.N e c t a r i n e s
BELONGING T O THE SAME SPECIES AS PEACHES, nectarines are
actually peaches  with a recessive, non-fuzzy skin gene. Just li ke peaches,
nectarines can be clingstone or freestone, and have white or y ellow flesh. Nectarines tend  to be moister, sweeter and more easily b ruised than
peaches. Good Pr eserving V arieties
Of


 guilt-producing attitude. “I went through
eighteen hours of labor just to bring you94 / Your Erroneous Zonesinto the world.” Another effective statement is, “I stayed married
to your father because of you.” This one is designed to make you
feel guilty for Mama’s bad marriage. Guilt is an effective method for parental manipulation of a child’s
actions. “That’s okay. We’ll stay here by ourselves. You just enjoy
yourself the way you’ve always done. Don’t worry about us.”
Statements like this are effective in getting you to telephone or visit
on a regular basis. With a slight twist you hear: “Whatsamatter; you
got a broken finger and you can’t dial a telephone?” The parent
switches the guilt machine on and you behave accordingly, albeit
resentfully. The “You disgraced us” tactic is also useful. Or “What will the
neighbors think?” External forces are martialed to make you feel
bad about what you’ve done, and to keep you from thinking for
yourself. The “If you ever fail at anything you’ll disgrace us” guilt
excursion can make living with yourself after a shabby performance
almost impossible. Parental illness is a super guilt manufacturer. “You’ve made my
blood pressure go up.” References to “killing me” or “giving me a
heart attack” are effective guilt prodders, as well as blaming you for
virtually all of the normal ailments associated with growing older. You need big shoulders to carry this guilt around, since it can literally
last a lifetime, and if you are particularly vulnerable, you can even
carry the guilt of a parent’s death. Sexual guilt imposed by parents is quite common. All sexual
thought or behavior is fertile soil for the cultivation of guilt. “God
forbid you should masturbate. It’s bad.” Through guilt you can be
manipulated into the right sexual stance. “You should be ashamed
for reading such magazines. You shouldn’t even have such
thoughts.”
Socially appropriate behavior can be fostered with guilt. “How
could you embarrass me by picking your nose in front of Grandma.”
“You forgot to say thank you. Shame on you, do you want our
friends to think I didn’t teach you anything?” ATHE USELESS EMOTIONS—GUILT AND WORRY  / 95child can be helped to learn socially acceptable behavior without
the accompanying guilt. A simple reminder which follows an explan-
ation of why the behavior is undesirable is much more effective. For
example, if Donny is told that his constant interruptions are discon-
certing and make conversation impossible, he will have the first seed
planted without having the guilt that goes with a statement such as,
“You’re always interrupting, you should be ashamed of yourself,
it’s impossible to talk with you around.”
Merely reaching adulthood does not put an end to parental ma-
nipulation by guilt. I have a friend who is fifty-two years old. He is
a pediatrician of Jewish extraction married to a non-Jewish woman. He keeps his marriage a secret from his mother, because he is afraid
it might “kill her” or more aptly, he might kill her. He maintains a
separate apartment with all of the household trimmings for the sole
purpose of meeting with his eighty-five-year-old mother every
Sunday. She does not know that he is married and owns his own
home where he lives six days a week. He plays this little game out
of fear and guilt about being married to a “Shiksa.” Although he is
a fully grown man who is highly successful in his own professional
world, he is still controlled by his mother. Each day he talks to her
from his office and lives out his bachelor fantasy. Parental-and family-associated guilt is the most common strategy
for keeping a rebellious person in tow. The examples above are only
a small sample of the multitude of statements and techniques for
helping a son/daughter to choose guilt (present-moment immobility
over a past event) as the price of genealogy. Lover- and Spouse-Related Guilt
The “If you loved me” guilt is one way to manipulate a lover. This
tactic is particularly useful when one wants to pun-96 / Your Erroneous Zonesish a partner for some particular behavior. As if love were contingent
upon the right kind of behavior. Whenever one person doesn’t
measure up, guilt can be used to get him back into the fold. He must
feel guilty for not having loved the other. Grudges, long silences and hurtful looks are useful methods of
engendering guilt. “I’m not talking to you, that’ll fix you” or “Don’t
come near me, how do you expect me to be loving after what you’ve
done?” This is a commonly employed tactic in the case of straying
behavior on the part of one partner. Often, years after an incident, an action is recalled to help the
other person to choose present-moment guilt. “But don’t forget what
you did in 1951” or “How could I ever trust you again, when you
let me down before?” In this way one partner can manipulate the
other’s present with references to the past. If one partner has finally
forgotten it, the other can periodically bring it up to keep the guilt
feelings about the past behavior current. Guilt is useful in making a love partner conform to the other’s
demands and standards of behavior. “If you were responsible, you
would have called me” or “That’s the third time I had to empty the
garbage, I guess you just refuse to do your share.” The goal? Getting
one partner to do what the other wants him to. The method? Guilt. Children-Inspired Guilt
The parental guilt game can be reversed. Guilt can be a two-way
street and children are just as apt to use it in manipulating their
parents as the reverse. If a child realizes that his parent cannot cope with his being un-
happy and will feel guilty for being a bad parent, the child will often
try to use that guilt to manipulate the parent. A tantrum in the su-
permarket may produce the desired candy. “Sally’s father lets her
do it.” Therefore Sally’s father is a good father and you’re not. “You
don’t love me. If you didTHE USELESS EMOTIONS—GUILT AND WORRY  / 97you wouldn’t treat me this way.” And the ultimate, “I must be ad-
opted. My real parents wouldn’t treat me like this.” All these state-
ments carry the same message. You as a parent ought to feel guilty
for treating me, your child, in this way. Of course, children learn this guilt-producing behavior by
watching the adults in their world use them to get the things that
they want. Guilt is not a natural behavior. It is a learned emotional
response that can only be used if the victim teaches the exploiter
that he is vulnerable. Children know when you are susceptible. If
they constantly remind you of things that you’ve done, or haven’t
done, for the purpose of getting what they want, then they have
learned the guilt trick. If your children use these tactics, they picked
them up somewhere. Very likely, from you. School-Inspired Guilt
Teachers are superlative guilt originators, and children, since they
are most suggestible, are excellent subjects for manipulation. These
are some of the guilt messages that produce present-moment unhap-
piness for young people:
“Your mother is really going to be disappointed in you.”
“You should be ashamed of yourself for getting a C—a
smart boy like you.”
“How could you hurt your parents like that, after all
they’ve done for you? Don’t you know how badly they
want you to go to Harvard?”
“You failed the test because you didn’t study, now you’ll
have to live with yourself.”
Guilt is often used in schools to make children learn certain things
or behave in certain ways. And remember that even as an adult you
are a product of those schools.98 / Your Erroneous ZonesChurch-Related Guilt
Religion is often used to produce guilt and therefore manipulate
behavior. Here God is generally the one you have let down. In some
cases the message is that you will be kept out of heaven for having
behaved badly. “If you loved God, you wouldn’t behave that way.”
“You won’t get into heaven unless you repent for your
sins.”
“You should feel bad because you haven’t gone to church
every week, and if you feel bad enough, perhaps you’ll be
forgiven.”
“You’ve disobeyed one of God’s rules and you should feel
ashamed of yourself.”
Other Institutional Guilt Producers
Most prisons operate on the guilt theory. That is, if a person sits
long enough thinking how bad he’s been, he will be better for the
guilt. Jail sentences for nonviolent crimes such as tax evasion, traffic
citations, civil infractions and the like are examples of this mind-set. The fact that a strikingly large percentage of inmates return to law-
breaking behavior has done nothing to challenge this belief. Sit in a jail and feel bad for what you’ve done. This policy is so
expensive and useless that it defies logical explanation. The illogical
explanation, of course, is that guilt  is such an integral part of our
culture, that it is the backbone of our criminal justice system. Rather
than have civil law breakers help


 healing. Healing teeth is similar to healing bones. When your diet reaches a certain threshold of
minerals and fat-soluble vitamins, your soft teeth will turn hard and even glassy. Cracks can seal
together, and your tooth ligaments will strengthen. Inside the tooth your body will build new
secondary dentin to protect the inner tooth pulp. As with a bone, if there is a hole in your tooth, the
hole will not usually fill in. The areas all around the hole will get strong and extremely hard. The lost
tooth structure is not usually replaceable. Holes in your teeth usually cannot be completely filled in
and restored to their original condition, even with special nutrition. However, the holes can be
sealed, and the enamel will become hard and protect your tooth pulp from infection.How to Treat Your Decayed Tooth
I frequently am asked about what to do in specific instances of decayed teeth. My answer is very
simple. Do the best you can with nutrition. And then evaluate with your dentist if your tooth needs
further cosmetic or surgical treatments. It never hurts to improve your diet in any case. What to do about your tooth decay depends on how severe it is. The severity is determined by how
much pain you experience, if there is a large visible cavity in the tooth, and if the tooth has been
drilled or traumatized in the past. Understanding the past condition of the tooth will guide you to what
type of treatments your tooth needs under a diet that promotes tooth remineralization such as
described in this book. The advice here is meaningless for those who neglect to carefully ensure that
they have enough fat-soluble vitamins in their diet while avoiding many of the tooth-decay-promoting
foods. Dental problems in teeth that have been drilled by dentists usually need to be repaired in some way
by a good dentist. The model of drilling large holes guided by the “extension for prevention” premise
traumatizes teeth. The tooth with a moderate to large mercury filling has lost its structural strength
from the large hole drilled in it. Some older composite fillings may also exhibit this loss of structural
integrity if they are weakly bonded to the tooth. An analogy for these sorts of teeth is a house without
a roof. Without a sound roof, any kind of foul weather will be able to enter the house. The house will
be hard to clean, and likely will be damaged from the weather. Likewise, your tooth that has been
drilled is like a house without a roof. Your body has to work tremendously hard to clean, repair, and
maintain the damaged tooth because it has little protection from the environment of your mouth. If your
house did not have a roof, would it make sense to continue to try to clean it up after every rain or
snow? No. It would make sense to fix the roof to prevent the problem in the first place. Likewise, bad
dentistry needs to be fixed with good dentistry. Teeth that have mercury fillings, toxic crowns, or
conventional root canals are like houses without roofs. With teeth that have already been subject to the dentist’s drill, no matter what the condition of the
tooth, be it painful, temperature sensitive, cracked, or infected your treatment path will require the
work of the tooth handyman, the dentist. Great dentists can bond teeth, save inflamed nerves, and
restore the structural integrity of your tooth with carefully bonded ceramics or composites. Once the
tooth is safe and not being traumatized it can heal faster. The tricky part is that if you go to a dentist
with a large amount of tooth decay, then he usually will want to remove all of the decayed part of the
tooth, even part of the tooth that can remineralize. How long you wait to remineralize the tooth, how
much the dentist needs to drill, if at all, and if you should have a temporary or permanent filling
placed while the tooth heals is all entirely up to you to decide along with, one hopes, the supportive
advice from your dentist. Teeth that have never been drilled usually respond very well to dietary intervention. You should
notice significant improvement in tooth pain or sensitivity within a few days. Once the tooth has
hardened then you can decide with your dentist if the tooth needs extra structural support from a
filling. In this case you could do a no-drill filling if there was a large hole that needed to be sealed
up. I do not recommend leaving large holes untreated, although some people make this choice for
personal reasons. Tiny cavities, the kind most people have, do not really need any type of drilling orfilling once they remineralize. All that is there will usually be a tiny but very hard discolored or black
spot on the tooth. Sometimes even the discoloration of a cavity disappears completely on an excellent
diet. With your excellent diet your tooth will now be constantly trying to heal itself. If your dental
condition has been going on for years and years, it could take many weeks or even many months to
fully remineralize the damaged tooth. If your tooth is constantly getting aggravated such as from night
time tooth clenching, tooth grinding, a poor bite, or dental work that is falling apart then the healing
process is going to be very slow if it progresses at all. Meanwhile if your tooth is in a lot of pain, it
may be difficult or impossible to wait for weeks and months for your body to heal the tooth
nutritionally to the point where it stops hurting. The only way to know is to implement as much as you
can of the tooth infection program explained earlier in this chapter. If your painful, inflamed tooth
does not radically improve in 24-48 hours, then this tooth likely needs a dental treatment. Specific Examples of How to Treat Tooth Decay
Assuming you have changed your diet for the better, your teeth will be getting hard and strong. There
may still be holes and these will become covered over with hard new enamel, but will not usually fill
in. The general treatment theory on teeth is that less is more. You want to do the least traumatizing and
least invasive treatment as is reasonable for your tooth. The best holistically oriented dentists will be
able to support this process. What the least invasive treatment looks like exactly in your case you will
need to decide for yourself. When people ask me what they should do with their tooth condition, I
always simply ask them what they want to do. Beyond the structure of health I provide in this book, I
cannot tell you or advise you what to do with your teeth. I cannot replace your own wisdom and inner
knowing of what is right for you. Here I will try to give you some guidelines to help you make a good
decision. Soft leathery decay probably cannot be remineralized, but all of the other types of tooth decay can be
remineralized. Your dentist will advise a specific filling or treatment for your tooth based upon his
observation of how damaged the tooth is. If the decay is very hard, then the dentist should not need to
drill much or at all. All cavity treatments and outcomes will be enhanced when you make steps to
correct your bite and to relieve pressure on the central cranial nerve in your jaw, the trigeminal
nerve. This will be discussed in the next chapter. Healing teeth nutritionally is enhanced by topical
treatments including herbs, homeopathy, sea salt rinses, gum cleaning and oil pulling (see the gum
disease chapter). Side Cavities and Regular Cavities
. These respond well to nutritional adjustments. After the small
cavity has healed, you will need to decide if you want or need any additional drill-free dental
treatments to restore the structure or look of the particular tooth. Large cavity
. Make dietary changes and then get the cavity filled with a no-drill filling, or a filling
that requires only a small amount of drilling. This can only be done when the cavity is remineralized. Alternatively, the cavity can be scraped carefully without using a drill and then a temporary or
permanent filling can be placed while you improve your diet. Teeth can remineralize under the
fillings. Parts of the teeth that are drilled are a far larger obstacle to tooth remineralization than a
filling sitting in a tooth.Cavities under fillings. Sometimes these respond well to nutrition, and other times they do not. It
depends on how stressed the tooth is, and how severe the decay. First you need to determine if your
current filling is allowing food and saliva to enter deeply into the tooth. If so, you want to get the
filling cleaned, and then sealed with either a temporary or a permanent filling. If the filling on the
tooth is already sound, then the first thing to consider is if this is a misdiagnosis. If it is not a
misdiagnosis, many of these teeth will respond well to nutritional treatments. Make sure to avoid
biting on the tooth as best as you can for 1-14 days depending on your desires, and perhaps even wear
a night guard to relieve the nighttime stress on the tooth. Expect significant improvement in these deep
cavities in 1-2 weeks. If the filling is damaged, once the interior of the tooth heals, then consider
getting a new non-toxic filling to strengthen the structure of your tooth. Cracked or chipped teeth
. Cracking teeth is almost always a sign of a significant dietary sin or
health imbalance. Teeth are not supposed to crack, even in the elderly. Whole grains and high
intensity sweeteners top the list of dietary mistakes that cause cracking or chipping. Cracked teeth can
usually be bonded by a good


	designed	for	calves,	not	for	humans.”	This
claim	is	not	what	your	mother	told	you	(because	she	herself	was	misled),	and	itis	not	what	the	dairy	industry	would	have	you	believe,	but	it	is	true. The	idea	that
milk	is	a	necessary	and	healthy	part	of	the	human	diet	is	a	myth. As	I	lecture
across	the	country,	recommending	(among	other	things)	that	people	not	drink
milk,	I	am	always	amazed	at	how	many	times	people	will	call	me	months	later	to
say	that	they	took	my	advice,	stopped	consuming	dairy	products,	and	their	health
problems	disappeared. Most	of	the	world’s	population	(about	70	percent)	does	not	drink	milk	or
consume	other	dairy	products	(including	cheese,	yogurt,	ice	cream	and	sour
cream),	for	good	reasons. Mother’s	milk	is	a	perfect	food—for	infants,	not	for
adults. In	nature,	no	animal	drinks	milk	after	weaning,	nor	does	any	species
drink	the	milk	of	another	species. Granted,	we	humans	have	managed	to
domesticate	our	livestock,	but	this	accomplishment	does	not	change	the	fact	that
each	species	(and	their	milk)	is	unique. Feeding	elephant	milk	to	cats,	mouse
milk	to	giraffes	or	cow	milk	to	humans	is	not	a	good	idea. Cow	milk,	especially	in	the	forms	found	in	your	supermarket,	is	not	a	good
food. Cow	milk	contains	proteins	and	fats	that	are	difficult	for	humans	to	digest,
and	cow	milk	does	not	supply	nearly	the	amount	of	calcium	that	its	reputation
suggests. Also,	statistics	from	the	World	Health	Organization	show	that	the
countries	consuming	the	most	milk	products	also	have	the	highest	rates	of
osteoporosis,	breast	cancer,	allergies	and	diabetes. Actually	milk	can	deplete	nutrients	from	our	bodies—acting	as	an
antinutrient,	just	like	sugar	and	white	flour. Metabolizing	some	of	the	fats	in
milk	(particularly	when	the	milk	is	pasteurized,	and	virtually	all	of	it	is)	uses	up
essential	fatty	acids,	one	of	our	most	serious	nutritional	deficiencies. For	all
these	reasons,	foods	containing	pasteurized	milkfats	are	at	the	top	of	the	list	of
“foods	to	be	avoided.”	Additionally,	if	pasteurized	milkfats	are	not	properly
metabolized	(because	of	an	essential	fatty	acid	deficiency,	which	most
Americans	have),	then	the	fat	may	be	deposited	in	arteries,	contributing	to
cardiovascular	diseases. A	prime	factor	contributing	to	the	health	problems	caused	by	milk	is
pasteurization	(heating),	which	both	destroys	nutrients	and	creates	toxins,
thereby	contributing	to	each	of	the	two	causes	of	disease. Animals	fed
pasteurized	milk	exhibit	poor	skeletal	development,	weak	bones,	osteoporosis
and	tooth	decay. Calves	fed	raw	milk	remain	healthy,	but	calves	fed	pasteurized
milk	typically	die	within	eight	weeks! If	a	calf	cannot	benefit	from	pasteurized
milk,	how	can	a	human? The	Rest	of	the	StoryUpon	hearing	that	they	should	not	drink	milk,	people	invariably	ask,	“How
will	I	be	able	to	get	enough	calcium	if	I	don’t	drink	milk?”	My	response	is,
“Where	does	a	cow,	a	horse,	or	an	elephant	get	its	calcium?”	They	get	it	from
plants,	which	are	rich	in	all	kinds	of	minerals—including	calcium. Dark	green
vegetables	such	as	broccoli,	chard	and	kale	are	rich	sources	of	absorbable
calcium. Cow	milk	is	also	rich	in	calcium,	containing	about	1,200	mg	of	calcium	per
quart	while	human	milk	contains	about	300	mg. However,	an	infant	absorbs	far
more	calcium	from	a	quart	of	human	milk	than	from	a	quart	of	cow	milk,	even
though	human	milk	contains	less	calcium. Cow	milk	contains	a	lot	of
phosphorous,	which	prevents	calcium	absorption. Also,	cow	milk	is	low	in
magnesium,	which	humans	need	in	order	to	utilize	calcium. In	short,	your	body
is	not	able	to	use	the	large	amount	of	calcium	present	in	cow	milk. You	do	not
use	the	calcium,	so	instead	it	can	build	up	and	form	kidney	stones,	bone	spurs,
gout	and	atherosclerotic	plaque. Milk	robs	calcium	from	bones. The	protein	in	cow	milk	metabolizes	to	strong
acids,	which	can	be	harmful,	so	instead	the	body	uses	the	calcium	to	neutralize
those	acids—thereby	robbing	your	bones	and	other	tissues	in	the	process. The
United	States,	with	only	4	percent	of	the	world’s	population,	consumes	more
dairy	foods	than	the	other	96	percent	combined. If	milk	is	really	good	for	our
bones,	then	we	should	have	the	strongest	bones	in	the	world. Instead,	we	have
one	of	the	highest	osteoporosis	rates	in	the	world. We	are	not	alone;	all	other
countries	with	high	dairy	consumption	also	have	high	levels	of	osteoporosis. A	large	percentage	of	the	population	is	allergic	to	milk	and	dairy	products,
regardless	of	whether	they	realize	it. Allergic	reactions	tax	the	immune	system
and	lower	resistance	to	infections	and	diseases. Milk	allergies	are	the	primary
cause	of	ear	infections	in	children. Given	that	constant	allergic	responses	shorten
your	life	(and	constant	use	of	allergy	medications	will,	too),	the	answer	is	to
avoid	things	you	are	allergic	to	in	the	first	place. For	most	people,	this	means
avoiding	milk	products. According	to	Dr.	Oski,	“At	least	50	percent	of	all
children	are	allergic	to	dairy.”
Milk	is	harmful	to	young	children	for	another	reason:	It	may	trigger	childhood
diabetes	in	genetically	susceptible	children. More	recently,	milk	has	been	linked
to	multiple	sclerosis. Milk	also	causes	localized	inflammations	in	an	infant’s
intestines	and	can	result	in	low-level	bleeding	and	iron-deficiency	anemia. Because	of	the	problems	with	allergies,	anemia	and	diabetes,	in	1992	the
American	Academy	of	Pediatrics	recommended	that	cow	milk	not	be	given	to
babies	during	their	first	year	of	life	because	it	damages	health. Yet	manymothers	are	not	heeding	this	advice	and	still	feed	their	children	milk,	thinking	it
is	healthy. In	September	1992,	Benjamin	Spock,	M.D.,	(the	famous	“baby
doctor”)	lent	his	voice	to	the	growing	chorus	warning	against	the	dangers	of
cow’s	milk,	urging	parents	to	use	breast	milk	exclusively. Breast	milk,	yes;
cow’s	milk,	no. Infants	should	be	breast-fed	for	at	least	one,	and	preferably	for
two	to	three	years. After	that,	no	milk	should	be	consumed. Our	hunter-gatherer	ancestors	nursed	their	young	for	an	average	of	three
years,	as	compared	to	modern	Americans,	who	nurse	for	an	average	of	only
three	months. Introduction	of	infant	feeding	formulas	has	had	a	negative	effect
on	children’s	health. Breast-fed	infants	are	less	likely	to	develop	inflammatory
bowel


 in practice, it means anything and everything be -
sides animal products. The word v egetable der
ives from the Latin vegetus, meaning lively, exciting or animated. It does not mean specific types of foods other than those which enliven or sustain us in
an energetic mode. Necessarily, by this definition, fruits are high-energy foods whereas vegetables are either low-energy foods or have drawbacks. Typical present-day vegetari -
an fare includes grains, tubers, root, stalks, stems, leaves, nuts, seeds, fruits, legumes and about ev erything else that does not mo v
e, bleed, cry or resist acquisition. Even though those who eat all fruits or a preponderance of them can correctly be called fruitarians, they may also be correctly called vegetarians. Personally, my intake is mostly fruit. I prefer to be called a fruitarian, though I do not object to being called a vegetar -
ian. Do you agree that, naturally, we are fruit-eaters? Are W e Nut and S
eed Eaters? In nature there is no doubt but that humans did consume some nuts. Even so, our ability
to derive nuts from their hard shells is limited. We do not have razor sharp teeth and tons of pressure per bite or jaw-power as have squirrels. Humans can crack certain nuts with their teeth. Very few of today’s degenerated version of humans can do it, but most nuts
can be cracked with strong jaws and good teeth. Even strong hands can crush nuts if at least two are taken and pressed against each other. Most nuts are delicious to us in their raw state. Unfortunately, our ability to handle nuts is rather poor—we’d need pointed, durable teeth, as rodents have, to gnaw through nut shells. Nuts that we savor are in a storage form,
62
Fruiticulturethat is, as fats, proteins and invert sugars or starches. Digestion of nuts into fatty acids,
amino acids, and glucose is a long drawn out process, most often taking hours. Whether we did or did not consume nuts in nature makes little difference to us today. Most of us do consume nuts but disadvantageously as cooked fare. Heated fats and proteins are quite pathogenic, yes, even carcinogenic. Nuts should be eaten raw or not at all. Technically and botanically nuts are fruits. I do not buy that because the word fruit re -
ally means product or result. Fruits are really the mesocarps of seed packages which
plants creat ed specifically as a pr
oduct to be consumed by a biological symbiont who
would incidentally discard and distribute the seeds. Nuts and seeds were created by plants for broadcast and reproduction by other methods. All nuts are seeds. Most seeds are in a storage form to survive the vagaries of climatic and consuming elements so that they may be instrumental in reproducing and perpetuating their kind. Nuts, however, have extra protection in that they have hard woody shells. Seeds usually have only fi -
brous coatings as their protection. Both seeds and nuts are heavily endowed with nutri-ents sufficient to initiate and sustain a certain minimum growth of their plants. We can benefit from these nutrients. But if w
e eat more than two or three ounces, we’re likely to
get more protein and fats than we can readily handle. Certainly nuts and seeds were not created by plants for consumption but, rather, for
reproduction. That some animals have adapted to their consumption has not been a two-sided affair as it has been with fruits where the love affair has been and still is mu -
tual. There are many types of seeds: legumes, grains, weeds, nuts, and fruit seeds being among the most prominent. I n their na
tural state humans can handle very few of these
seeds. Nuts can be digested and used in very small amounts. Likewise, sesame, pump -
kin, squash, sunflower, pignolias, and some other seeds can be used. We are primar ily car
bohydrate eaters, not fat and protein eaters. I dare say you agree
with my assessment of nuts and seeds as human fare.Are We Fat Eaters?In nature there are very few fats we can get in any quantity without violating our biolog -
ical disposition. Avocados, durians, olives, coconuts, nuts and seeds are heavy on fats. Avocados and durians fur nish fa
ts in a predigested state when ripe. Coconuts furnish
fats as monoglycerides/glycerols before they set their fats as triglycerides in a storage 63
Fruiticultureform. Coconuts are, therefore, in the jelly-like state, easily digested. When matured and
hardened, it is almost impossible to digest them. Broccoli and cauliflower have con -
siderable fatty acids in an easily us-
able state when eaten in the raw fresh condition. How ev
er, they give
some unwanted toxic sulfur com -
pounds. We get predigested fats ad-equate to meet our fatty acid needs from fruits. An oc casional a
vocado or
seeds and nuts are quite satisfying. Those who subsist substantially on fats do not do well. Eskimos are very short-lived. They consume about 200 grams, about 1,800 calories, dai -
ly. Their short-lived condition is probably more attributable to their heavy protein con-sumption than fats. They consume about 200 grams of protein daily incidental to their fat-ea ting and this plac
es a great burden upon their organs, especially liver and kidneys. Because of the acid-forming properties of metabolized proteins, Eskimos lose their teeth at an early age and suffer severe osteoporosis. Eskimos are eaters of animal fats and pro -
teins, primarily as derived from fish. Be it noted that, during the berry-picking season, Eskimos are said to ea t only ber
ries during the short season they are ripening. Biologically we are not a species of fat eaters, but incidental eaters of fats. We do not need to store great quanties of fat, as do bears and sea lions. Ripe fruits contain ad -
equate quantities of predigested fats in the form of fatty acids that are easily handled. Other forms of fa t r
equire hours for their digestion, quite atypical of fruits to which we
are most favorably disposed. Fats may lie in the small intestine several hours before bile is secreted into it with which to emulsify them, thus exposing them to lipases which re -
duce them to monoglycerides (fatty acids) and glycerols. I adjudge tha t we are not a species of fa t ea
ters except incidental to our fruitarian
disposition. 64
FruiticultureAre We Protein Eaters? To hear the exponents of the meat trust, you’d think we’re in imminent danger of disease
and death if we fail to eat meat three times a day. The truth is that eating meat three times daily will cause the very conditions we’re taught to fear. We’re in no danger of pro -
tein deficiency unless we’re eating a 100% cooked food diet. On the other hand, there are gra v
e dangers in eating cooked proteins. At normal cooking temperatures, proteins
are coagulated, deaminated and largely oxidized. The nitrogenous materials are soil for putrefactive bacteria. The carbohydrate portions of cooked proteins are usable for ca -
loric values but still present the problems that cooked carbohydrates pose. If we must eat pr ot
eins, we must eat them raw to
derive their full benefit. But proteins, per se, are
not created as food. They are created by plant and animal life as components of organisms, seeds, en -
zymes, ova, etc. Most proteins of this nature have toxic prot ec
tive compounds. The bean family have
anti-enzyme factors. Eggs have avidin. Nuts also have anti-enzyme factors. Seeds of peaches, apples and many other fruits have hydrocyanide. Humans do not secrete the enzymes to ne -
gate or break down these toxic substances. From fruits we der iv
e as much protein as is present in mother’s milk for a growing baby! Moreover, fruit proteins come to us predigested as do other ripened fruit components. There are many alarmists who warn us about protein deficiencies of fruits and many other presumed deficiencies. If we developed in nature on fruits to our high state as an -
thropologists have found, then the real deficiencies are in the thinking of those who pro -
claim deficiencies. Their evidence is usually based on researches with pathological spec -
imens, especially those whose metabolic and assimilative faculties are very impaired. They base their thinking from a standpoin
t of disease rather than health, from a modality
and curing mentality rather than a correction of pathogenic practices. In saying that our natural foods are deficient, they are simultaneously proclaiming improvidence in nature. Or, in effect, saying: “God, you made a terrible mistake in providing for us and especially in giving us a sweet tooth. ” Advocating the consumption of proteins and yet more pro -
teins when those so advising know by their own researches and knowledge that the pro -
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Fruiticultureteins will be cooked and contribute to heavy pathology is nothing less than criminal. One more consideration: If we ate only proteins in their raw state we’d quickly become
diseased and perhaps even suffer death! Why? Because various amino acids require from about 60% to 137% of their carbohydrate energy potential for their deamination and utilization. The net result would be starvation. That’s one reason so much weight is lost by the obese on protein diets


 bliss sheath (Anandamaya Kosha) cannot develop. It
serves as the door that links the outer world of the mind-
body complex with the senses and the inner world of con-
sciousness, which transcends the senses. Intelligence is
knowledge predominant29 and allows us to understand
things. Intelligence adds the power of fire to the basic ether
and air elements of consciousness (Chitta). Like fire, it is
penetrating, luminous and transformative in action. Intel-
ligence corresponds to Pitta, or fire, among the biological
humors. Pitta people are usually rational, discriminating,
good speakers, and usually have more perceptive minds
than others, for good or ill. Similarly, intelligence relates
to Tejas, the vital fire essence which provides courage, fear-
lessness and determination. Without Tejas, we lack the
independence and clarity necessary to develop our intelli-
gence properly. Energy/Awakened Prana
By its sattvic nature, intelligence transcends outward
vital and sensory activity and works as the conscious guide
of all the Pranas. It creates sattvic Prana or conscious use
of our life-energy. Intelligence has the power to control the
mind, senses and vital force, according to its experiential
knowledge. For example, once we have really learned that
walking across the street without looking puts us in dan-
ger of being run over, we will not fail to look when we
cross the street, even if we are in a hurry. The problem is
that if our intelligence is not developed properly, it is
dominated by the mind, senses and vital force and we do
things on impulse that later we must regret. This inabili-
ty of intelligence to control our impulses is one of the main
causes of disease. 30 Intelligence: The Power of Perception 101
True intelligence relates to what we have learned not
merely theoretically but in our own life-experience and
behavior. It is the wisdom of life. On the other hand, what
we know merely conceptually has no real vitality. It
reflects life on the outside, imitating the ideas and opin-
ions of others, and cannot change us fundamentally. The
energy of intelligence is the power that we place in knowl-
edge — the Prana we direct toward discovering the truth. The Prana of intelligence is ever awake and attuned to the
eternal, developing the aspirations of our soul. In yogic practice, Prana begins to awaken. We experi-
ence expanded energy through the breath, or feel various
currents of energy moving through the body, awakening
our subtle faculties. We gain more energy, enthusiasm and
creativity. This Prana has an intelligence that can teach
and guide us. Prana has become the teacher of many yogis
and has taught them asana, mantra and meditation. Sur-
rendering to that awakened Prana becomes their disci-
pline. Yet we must be careful not to surrender to an infe-
rior Prana, or inferior vital urge, which is what we do when
we are pursuing outer enjoyment, but to discover the
Prana of intelligence (Buddhi-Prana). The awakened Prana and the awakened intelligence
(Buddhi) are related. As Buddhi awakens, so does Prana. As our Prana awakens, so does Buddhi. The awakened life
and awakened intelligence move together. Intelligence
purifies and clarifies our life. On the other hand, without
vitality our intelligence remains superficial and theoreti-
cal. The wisdom of life is this unity of Buddhi and Prana. Will — The Doer
Intelligence is the agent or doer that decides what we
must do. Only when we really know are we capable of Ayurveda and the Mind
making a decision and doing something. Intelligence is
the executive part of consciousness, the commander who is
responsible for determining our line of action. The mind
and body are its instruments. Intelligence establishes last-
ing goals and provides the knowledge to achieve them; the
mind executes its orders through the body and senses. Intelligence is will in the higher sense — the will to
truth, the will to realize our ideals or achieve our goals/1
It is the basis of spiritual aspiration, the desire to know
God. Our intelligence determines what we should and
should not do, providing the ethical standard for our
behavior. As intelligence develops, we move away from
lower actions and embrace those that are higher. Intelli-
gence holds the striving of our soul toward enlightenment. True intelligence leads us to selfless service, in which
we act for the good of all and renounce the fruits of our
deeds. Through it we are dedicated to excellence and strive
to do the best, whatever the consequences. Intelligence
acts with clarity and decisiveness to achieve a higher aim
and ceases from action once it achieves its purpose. In this
regard it is the clear action that leads to inaction or peace. From it come proficiency and mastery in all fields of life,
including spiritual accomplishments and occult powers. Through it we can master our destiny and transcend the
world. At the time of death, the senses merge into the mind
and the mind, in turn, merges into intelligence, which, as
our inner flame, takes us to whatever subtle world our
karma merits. According to the values and goals of the
intelligence, the soul moves on to various after-death
states, and then returns for another physical birth. As is
our intelligence, so is our will, so is our karma and the evo-
lution of our soul. Our higher intelligence alone can Intelligence: The Power of Perception
endure consciously from life to life. Whatever power-of-
truth intelligence we develop can never leave us. Develop-
ing it should be the main goal of all that we do. For this
reason, the soul and intelligence are closely related. True
intelligence is the mind of soul, its awakened perception. Functions
The main function of intelligence is determination of
truth, which occurs in three ways: 1) perception; 2) reason;
and 3) testimony. Perception
Direct perception is the main way that we determine
the nature of objects. It allows us to identify the enduring
realities behind various shifting sensory impressions. The
capacity of the sense organs to perceive comes from the
working of intelligence. Right functioning of the senses
depends upon their alignment with intelligence, which
frees them from emotional distortion and brings into them
the clarity of awareness. Intelligence allows us to differentiate what objects are
from what we would like them to be, the Real from the
imaginary. Through it we can perceive sensations, emo-
tions, thoughts, and the ego itself, just as we can perceive
objects in the external world. Functioning wrongly, how-
ever, intelligence results in distorted or erroneous percep-
tion. We mistake one thing for another, like confusing a
rope in the dark for a snake. This creates all the errors, mis-
conceptions and wrong judgments that trouble us. 104 Ayurveda and the Mind
Reason
Intelligence governs all reasoning methods, inductive
and deductive. It allows us to compare our impressions and
arrive at a greater truth, like deducing fire from the pres-
ence of smoke. From it come the principles, ideals and sys-
tems of measurement that shape our perceptions and guide
our actions. In its wrong function, intelligence causes false
reasoning or rationalization, through which we try to jus-
tify what is false or illusory. This egoistic intelligence is
perhaps the greatest danger for human beings, because it
turns the instrument of truth into one of self-justification
that shuts off any real learning process. Testimony
Intelligence governs our ability to listen, to heed the
advice of others. It gives the ability to learn, which comes
from right listening. A good intelligence makes a good
student, disciple or patient. Wrongly functioning, intelli-
gence makes us deaf to advice or words of good counsel. True intelligence is the guru, adviser, and teacher. It is the
speaker, the one who speaks not merely casually or gives
his impressions, but who declares what he knows to be the
truth. From Cosmic Intelligence comes the scripture or
Word of Truth that sets forth the truth and how to realize
it. All spiritual teachings come from the higher levels of
intelligence. Sound has the ability to convey knowledge of the invis-
ible and transcendent. On the ordinary level, it can convey
knowledge of other times and places. On a higher level, it
reminds us of the knowledge inherent in our soul. While
higher realities like God or the Self are not known to the
outer mind, their knowledge is inherent in our hearts and
can be awakened by the right words aligned with the love Intelligence: The Power of Perception 105
and wisdom of the speaker. In this regard, sound and
speech are more important means of knowledge than are
sensory perception and reason, but for this to occur our
minds and hearts must be open to the inner truth. Intelligence relates to the organ of speech among the
vocal organs, and the organ of hearing among the sense
organs. These are the most rational and spiritual of the
organs, the most free from the limitations of form, through
which we can contact our inner intelligence. Sound itself
is a means of direct and internal knowledge, while other
sensory knowledge remains limited to the outer. Additional Functions
Wakefulness


 and done, is
accomplished with the introduction of spirit, which cannot live in the same
space as fear. You cannot have God and have fear too. Every fear represents a disbelief in
God at that moment. Keep uppermost in mind these two observations. One
from the scriptures, “I will fear no evil, for thou art with me,” and one from
the Sufis, “Y our greatest gift lies beyond the door named fear.”
Don’t Feel Spiritual—Be It! You don’ t wander around all day feeling moral or honest. Y ou simply are a
moral person. If you consciously felt moral you would be broadcasting it all
day, explaining each act of honesty as a reflection of your feelings of
morality. Instead, you simply are honest and moral and your behavior
comes from within you. The same is true of your spirituality. Being spiritual
is not an emotional accomplishment to praise yourself for. It is your way of
being with God that is as natural as your health, morality, or even your
artistic sense. T rying to feel spiritual is not the same as being it. When you attempt to feel spiritual you erect a barrier, because you are then
introducing your ego into the picture. Ego wants to praise you for being
more spiritual than those around you, and condemn you when others are
more spiritual than you. Ego wants to explain and defend your spirituality,
and monitor how spiritual you are feeling at various times and in many
circumstances.By simply recognizing your connection to God, and inviting that part of
yourself to consciousness, you are raising your ener gy level to the level of
spirit. But if you make yourself a pawn in a game of “How mystical can I
feel?,” you invite ego to assess how superior you are to others. Ego thinks
that feeling more spiritual is equivalent to being in an elite classification
and will begin to try to get more spiritual points than your opponents. It is
that very elitist world of the lower vibrations that you want to leave behind. Don’ t try to feel spiritual, just be it. God Cannot Be Divided Against God
God is an omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent infinite power that cannot
be fragmented or divided. That is, God cannot be available for some people
and unavailable for others. He cannot be here one day and gone the next. He cannot be in anything that is evil and also be in that which is good. In
defining God, all discussion disappears and you have only the one, all
knowing, all good, all loving presence. When you find yourself in duality you are in the physical world where your
senses perceive opposites such as: good/bad, healthy/sick, alive/dead,
right/wrong, and so on. This is where you perceive yourself as laden with
problems and you seek solutions. So, your ego insists the solution to being
sick is to find health; the solution for scarcity is abundance; and the solution
to pain is pleasure. In your ego-dominated world you perceive all these
opposites. But if disease or evil were to exist, God would have to be responsible for
them and therefore their nature would be good. Since God created
everything, and everything that God created is good, the things we call
problems are constructs of our thoughts and senses. Recognize that the
nothingness, appearing as a problem, is what frightens us. It is not God that
is divided into problems or solutions, good versus bad, disease versus
health, it is you. The absolute way to health, prosperity, and love is in knowing that disease,
scarcity, or evil never can be acknowledged as having power. If you ask
God to heal you, you are acknowledging that God made you sick. When
you ask God for special favors you acknowledge a God power that keptthose favors from you. When you ask God for health, it is like saying, “God
you’ve got this thing called health, but you won’ t give it to me, please
reconsider.” You are asking God to be divided into having health and not
having health, or abundance, or anything else. Instead of seeking benefits or favors from God, remind yourself to
commune with this eternal presence that is in you. Bring this presence to
the illusions that are in your mind called problems. See that in the presence
of this unconditional, nonjudgmental love duality based problems disappear
and only loving presence remains. As Joel Goldsmith put it, describing the infinite way in Foundations of
Mysticism :
All you have to do is face the impersonal source of all worldly evil and
recognize its nothingness, its lawlessness. Then be still, be quiet, be
calm, and watch—watch the hypnotism and its pictures pass away
from you. That’ s how it’ s done. Harmony Is Y our Normal, Natural State of Being
While God represents the one power and does not recognize any other
power, your mind is something quite dif ferent. Y our mind has both the
power of evil and the power of good. As long as you use this power for the
purpose of creating harmony in yourself and others you are consistent with
the one power of spirit. Spirit is the one unifying force in the universe. It is possible for you to use this power of the mind to bring about
disharmony, and when you go in this direction you are lowering the
frequency at which you vibrate ener getically. Your body cannot be
independent of itself, it needs an “I” to direct it. If your mind says overeat,
your body conforms to the mind’ s instructions. If your mind says imbibe
poisons, your hand will obey and pour the toxins into your body. A mind
imbued with ignorance or error will keep the body in a constant state of
disrepair and problems. This same error -plagued mind will create a
multitude of problems for your body and all its attendant circumstances. Harmony is your normal, natural state of being, because when you are
natural you are in the hands of the one loving presence called God. It isyour mind that generates disharmony and creates havoc or problems for
you. Now, of course you do not want to get rid of the mind or the body to bring
about a spiritual solution to your problems! The body is a glorious
instrument through which you function as a human being. Y ou need it to
enjoy this incarnation and go for a swim, drive an automobile, and make
love. Y ou do not want to get rid of it. Y our mind, which is the captain of
this ship called your body, has the power to steer you through this lifetime
and make it a marvelous voyage. When you reach the spiritual peace that is
what this book is about, your mind and your body are the instruments
through which God ener gy flows. Y ou are no longer limited by the
boundaries of the body and mind. At this consciousness there is no limit to what can be revealed to you. Y ou
will taste the fruits of synchronicity wherein you are in collaboration with
fate to manage the coincidences of your life. Y ou will have a knowing that
transcends the mind and the body. As you become more aware of your
divinity you will discover your abilities to remove illusions of illness,
scarcity, and evil in the ways that Patanjali alluded to in the second chapter
of this book. This harmonious relationship with spirit is your natural state of
being. Our Lacks Come from Failure to Understand God’ s Law
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        Its presence
in higher amounts indicates a level of calmness. The higher the serotonin
level the more at peace you are. After several hours of intense group
meditation, the serotonin was measured again and there was a significant
increase in serotonin levels in virtually all the participants. As predicted, the
participants in this long group session of meditation were more peaceful
and calm, as measured by their increased serotonin levels. The second part of this experiment involved measuring the serotonin levels
of people in the immediate vicinity of the lar ge meditation group, who werenot doing the group meditation. Their serotonin levels were measured both
before a long group meditation and immediately following the meditation
of the entire group of several thousand people. It was discovered that
serotonin levels were significantly increased by simply being in the
immediate neighborhood of a lar ge group of people who were radiating
tranquil ener gy. The implications of this kind of scientific research are
astounding to contemplate. Just imagine, when you become more peaceful
and you practice sending out this kind of serenity silently, you have an
impact on everyone in your physical environment. On several occasions I have had the pleasure of being in the presence of
those who do this. I consider these people to be divine masters. In a little
village in Germany, I sat with 199 others in the presence of Mother Meera,
an enlightened soul, whose lifetime has been devoted to spreading peace
and love to devotees from around the world. As she held my head in her
hand, and looked into my eyes, I felt as if I was in the presence of God in an
egoless human form. I have never had such a feeling of bliss merely by
being in the same room with someone. When Mother Meera entered


 diet while being free from heart disease, arteriosclerosis and
other health problems, which fats are commonly blamed for. Native people
in Mongolia largely live on lamb and lamb fat and yet they are not known
for being afflicted with any of the diseases of the western world. We forget
that the fatty tissue of animals is not just made of fat, it has got many other
substances in its structure, which our bodies need. We do not know every
thing about these fats yet by a long way. What we do know, however, is that
if we try to separate meat from the fat, we get sick. Nature put fat into meat
for a purpose and that is how meat should be consumed, together with the
fat, collagen and cartilage in it; that is the form our bodies have been
designed to take up dietary meat - as a whole. It has been shown in many
clinical studies that the protein from meats has to come with the fat to be
properly digested and used by the body, when the two are separated vari
ous health problems develop. Animal fats contain mainly saturated fatty
acids which do not change their chemical structure when heated and are
the best fats to cook with. A rich source of saturated fats is coconut. Coconut and products made
out of it (coconut oil and butter, coconut milk, coconut cream, etc.) have been out of favour in the last decades. Based on ill-founded research and
commercial interests coconut and other tropical fats have been blamed for
raising blood cholesterol and the risk of atherosclerosis, which made them
very unpopular. And yet tropical fats have been used by indigenous people
for thousands of years. These people generally are known for very low
incidence of atherosclerosis and heart disease. About 50% of fatty acids in coconut is lauric acid. Recent research shows
that in the body lauric acid gets converted into a highly potent anti-viral,
anti-bacterial and anti-fungal substance, called monolaurin. Such
pathogens as Candida Albicans, Helicobacter Pylori, HIV virus, measles
virus, herpes virus, cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, influenza and
many others are susceptible to monolaurin. Lauric acid is also one of
the natural ingredients of human breast milk, protecting the baby from
infections. Other fatty acids, found in coconut, are caprylic and myristic acids,
which also have a pronounced anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal
properties. For example, caprylic acid has been in use as an anti-fungal,
anti-candida supplement for decades in the form of capsules and tablets. It is a good idea for GAPS patients to have coconut on a regular basis. Coconut can provide a natural source of anti-fungal, anti-bacterial and
anti-viral substances for these patients as well as many other nutritional
factors. The question is - in what form? People in the tropics use coconut in its natural state. The nut and juice
inside are very rich in saturated fats, fibre, vitamins, minerals, vitamin E,
tocotrienols, carotene and many other micro-nutrients. Fresh virgin
coconut oil, full of flavour, contains most of these useful substances and is
used extensively in the tropical countries for cooking, and because it con
tains saturated fats, it virtually does not change its chemical structure
when heated. Unfortunately, coconut oil available in the West is very differ
ent from its natural virgin tropical counterpart. It has been hydrogenated
to make it harder and to increase its shelf-life. In the process of hydrogena
tion trans-fatty acids are formed, which are well known to cause
atherosclerosis and heart problems. The hydrogenation process requires
the use of aluminium and nickel, traces of which would stay in the hydro
genated coconut oil. At the same time the process of hydrogenation
destroys vitamins, including vitamin E, carotene, tocotrienols and many
other useful nutrients. And as if that is not enough many brands of coconut
oil and coconut butter in the West go through a refining process which uses heat and solvent chemicals; Not surprisingly, studies with this sort of
coconut oil show that it does increase blood cholesterol. As usual, the best thing is to follow nature and have coconut in its natu
ral form. You can get fresh coconuts in most supermarkets. Please, look in
the recipe section for different ways of serving it. In conclusion
The important point is that we should consume natural fats in their
natural state without processing them. It is processed foods, which con
tain masses of unnatural adulterated fats, that should be blamed for our
modern health problems: the crisps and chips, margarines and butter
replacements, breads and pastries, biscuits and cakes, sweets and choco
lates, our TV dinners and other pre-prepared lazy meals, our cooking oils
and spreads, our salad dressings and mayonnaise, our sauces and condi
ments, etc. Eat fats in the form that Nature provided and you will not go
wrong! For example, butter is much healthier than any so-called "healthy"
synthetic substitutes. I would like to emphasise, that GAPS children and
adults need plenty of natural fats. Let them eat the fat on the meat, the skin
on the poultry, pour plenty of cold pressed virgin olive oil on their served
meals, give them good cod liver oil and fish oil on a daily basis. Supplement
their diet with good quality blends of nut/seed oils with 2:1 ratio of omega-
3:omega-6 fatty acids (LNA, LA, GLA). As well as olive oil, you can use these
oils as a dressing on their salads and ready served meals. Contrary to pop
ular belief, fat is the preferred source of energy in the human body and
remember, the brain and the rest of the nervous system are largely made
up of fats. There are some added benefits of supplying your GAPS patient with gen
erous amounts of natural unprocessed fats. The more natural fats the GAPS
person has with his/her meals the less he/she will crave sweet and pro
cessed carbohydrates, which will make it easier to remove these harmful
foods from the diet. And as you get processed foods out of the diet, you will
automatically get the bulk of harmful hydrogenated fats and trans-fats out
as well. A good supply of natural dietary fats has another benefit, important for
GAPS patients, it stimulates bile production. Secreting bile is the natural
way for the liver to rid itself of toxins. GAPS children and adults are very
toxic people. The bulk of detoxification in the body happens in the liver. Allowing the liver to drain itself on a regular basis will help the patient to
detoxify quicker. We live in a world of fat phobia, created by commercial interests and
funded by them research Fats constitute a large part of our bodily struc
ture and functions. That is why every health problem can be linked to
abnormalities in fat consumption: too much unnatural fats and deficien
cies in natural fats. Stick to the natural fats and make sure that your GAPS
patient gets plenty of them. You will see the results for yourself. 3. VITAMIN A
Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin, which means that it comes as a part of
dietary fats. It exists in many biochemical forms. The parent vitamin A is
called retinol. Common dietary sources are organ meats like liver and
kidneys, dairy products, eggs and oily fish, like herring, sardines and tuna. However, the richest sources are liver oils from marine fish, such as cod,
halibut and shark and from some mammals, such as the polar bear. The
most accessible liver oil available to us is cod liver oil. Cod liver oil has been around for a very long time. Our parents remem
ber how their parents gave them a spoon of this oil every day to build up
their immune system. Cod liver oil contains omega-3 essential fatty acids
and vitamin D, but its most important asset is probably the vitamin A in its
natural pre-formed biochemical shape. Unfortunately, due to digestive
problems, GAPS children and adults usually cannot absorb or use other
forms of vitamin A, commonly found in supplements: retinyl palmitate,
retinyl acetate and others, A natural form of vitamin A found in cod liver oil
appears to be the best form for these patients. But why do GAPS patients need supplementation of vitamin A? Vitamin A deficiency is a big problem in the less developed world. Approximately 350,000 pre-school children become blind each year
because of vitamin A deficiency and the majority do not survive (WHO
1996). But in western countries deficiency in this vitamin is considered to
be rare because of the wide consumption of dairy products, eggs and forti
fied foods. Also the body has the ability to store enough vitamin A, mainly
in the liver, to last at least for three months. On top of that vitamin A can be
manufactured in the body from a large group of plant-based substances,
called carotenoids. There are approximately 600 different carotenoids in
nature (in green leafy and brightly coloured vegetables and fruit), 50 of
which can be converted to vitamin A. Based on all this knowledge western
populations generally are not advised to supplement vitamin A. However, all this applies to people with healthy digestive systems


field. That is why I sought you out. And, not surprisingly, during that first consultation with you I realized that all
of the medications with their respective side effects were
actually poisoning me and making me worse. When you asked me to wean myself off the medications |   65 ExCESS  ADRENALINE: THE  BAD
and begin taking bio-identical hormones and change
my meal plan, along with an entire program of natural
nutritional supplements tailored for my specific needs, I
was ready—not only because I was desperate to feel better
and felt literally like I was dying—but because you really
took the time during that first consultation to explain to
me the biochemical mechanisms within my body which
were causing, for example, the fibromyalgia and related
disorders. You helped me to understand my body from a
holistic approach, and therefore be open to treatment that
was natural instead of chemical and would actually help my body heal itself. Your nutritional counseling, as well,
helped me immensely to develop healthier eating habits
that have supported my healing process and continue to
make a huge difference in my overall well-being. So, as you can imagine, I am happy to say that your
approach has worked! Since I have been off the medications
for the last approximately 3 months and using the
bio-identical hormones and changing the way I eat along with the supplements, my whole life is different. In fact,
I really feel that your first consultation and subsequent
discussions we have had, as well as your medical literature,
have been a real wake-up call for me, and have actually
saved my life! Before I came in to see you for the first time,
I truly was feeling progressively worse and worse all of the
time while on all of those medications, like I had constant
flu-like symptoms. I was losing hope for any chance at
living a normal, healthy life again. I would look at myself,
a former model, and it appeared as though I was aging
almost before my eyes…. But now, after only 3 months, not
only have my life and health turned around, but I also feel ADRENALINE DOMINANCE 66  |
and look more vibrant and alive than I have in years! My
energy is back better than ever, and everyone from family
to friends I have not seen in years keep asking me “What happened?” “What have you done to yourself?” They keep telling me I “look younger,” which of course I love! I am so happy that I took that first step to come in
to see you and allow you to convince me to “think out of
the box” (my term, not yours, but I feel it is appropriate)! Coming from a family of doctors and medical professionals,
that was a big step to take, but again I want to thank
you for taking the time and having the compassion and
commitment to do what you do for your patients every
day. I only wish more doctors would take your approach
of not just treating the symptoms, but rather treating and
healing the true underlying illness. As your patient, I am
a living testimony to the fact that your approach not only
works, but also is profoundly successful! Every condition
I mentioned is now gone—including the depression, fibromyalgia, interstitial cystitis, stress incontinence,
sleep problems, anxiety, irritable bowel syndrome, etc. I am so convinced of this that I have already referred and
will continue to refer many beloved friends and family
members, and even clients, to you from all over the world
that are desperately in need of an alternative and more
natural, holistic approach to the traditional medical model
of using drugs to treat the symptoms (which is not working
for them, either!). It is an honor and privilege to do so,
because I feel that you have helped me to get my life back,
and for that I am eternally grateful!67
CHAPTER 7EXCESS
ADRENALINE: THE UGLY
What I refer to as the “ugly” conditions caused by excess
adrenaline represent hyperadrenalism’s more devastating
effects. These are the illnesses that I feel have the most significant
impact on a person’s quality of life. Like the conditions already
discussed, all these maladies are generally considered incurable. Yet every one of them can be “cured” by addressing its root
cause, which in every case has to do with too much adrenaline. There is an art to helping a patient get well. It starts with
having a basic knowledge of hormones, since they control
every system in the body. It also involves sitting down with
the patient and listening to what he or she is saying. Ninety
percent of a diagnosis should be based on this conversation. There is an art to helping a patient get well. It
starts with a basic knowledge of hormones and also
involves sitting down with the patient and listening
to what he or she is saying. FIBROMYALGIA
Fibromyalgia has had a singularly unimpressive history from
a clinical standpoint. For a long time, half the doctors in ADRENALINE DOMINANCE 68  |
America did not believe this condition existed; the other half
believed it was a real condition, yet it sometimes took 20 years
to diagnose, and even then doctors could only say, “There’s
nothing we can do for it.”
Although conventional medicine considers it incurable,
fibromyalgia can often be eliminated in anywhere from three
days to three weeks by reducing the patient’s level of adrenaline. Most people with this condition have other adrenaline-induced
problems as well. These, too, can be eliminated along with
the fibromyalgia. Even though millions of people suffer in various degrees
from this condition, and tremendous research has been done
on its etiology, modern medicine still cannot pinpoint its
causation, although several theories have been proposed. For
example, the latest research theorizes that fibromyalgia has a
neurogenic origin having to do with the amplification of pain
signals. Researchers have noticed disturbances in the levels
of neurotransmitters that either facilitate pain awareness or
prevent it—which, of course,  suggests that drugs that affect these neurotransmitters can help. (Notably, researchers have
made similar findings in a number of chronic pain conditions,
such as irritable bowel syndrome, TMJ, and interstitial
cystitis—all of which are discussed in this book.) A television
advertisement for the drug Lyrica, for example, states that
fibromyalgia is caused by stimulation of overactive nerve tissue. These are classic examples of how drug companies control how
medicine is practiced. One of the problems with evidence-based medicine is
that one never knows what’s real. Pharmaceutical companies sponsor many of the studies, and it is well known that their
financial support often influences the researchers and their |   69 ExCESS  ADRENALINE: THE  UgLy
results. This is why I feel more comfortable with observation-
based medicine. To me it seems logical that if a medical
practitioner treating patients with a particular approach can
successfully predict the outcome in almost 100 percent of cases,
this should fulfill the criteria for evidence-based medicine. In
this regard, the fact that I have eliminated fibromyalgia in the
vast majority of my patients who were suffering from it should
give credibility to my approach. If a medical practitioner treating patients with a
particular approach can successfully predict the
outcome in almost 100 percent of cases, this should
fulfill the criteria for evidence-based medicine. Fibromyalgia is indicated by two major symptoms: pain
and fatigue. The pain of fibromyalgia, I believe, is due to a
buildup of lactic acid in muscles and tendon sheaths. This
pain is similar to “muscle burn” experienced by athletes from
working out. Muscle burn is caused by the buildup of lactic
acid. The difference between muscle burn and fibromyalgia
is that after athletes work out, their muscles usually relax,
possibly because they have burned up a lot of adrenaline. As those muscles relax, circulation moving through them clears
out the excess lactic acid, thereby eliminating the pain. But
people who have fibromyalgia often find it hard to relax. Their
muscles remain tense, which compresses the venules of the
blood circulation system and the small vessels of the lymphatic
circulation system, both of which normally carry lactic acid
out of the muscles. As a result, the acid stays in the muscles and in tendon sheaths, and the pain persists. This constant tensing of muscles, even through the night, ADRENALINE DOMINANCE 70  |
causes fatigue, and at times, severe fatigue. Patients often
awaken with low back pain, upper back pain, or pain on the
side of one hip. At night they may also tense their jaw, causing
TMJ (temporomandibular joint dysfunction), or grind their
teeth. The persistent tensing of muscles uses up nutrients that
support muscle function ( AT P, CoQ10, carnitine, magnesium,
etc. ), so the recovery from using certain muscle groups may
be very slow. The diagnosis of fibromyalgia is not difficult, even though
it so often goes unrecognized. Eighteen pressure points on the
body have been identified, the compression of which elicits
pain in patients with fibromyalgia. It is not unusual for medical
practitioners to conclude that what they are seeing is an
autoimmune condition (


 impertinent cab driver, are suf ficient to ruin the day for many
of us. Why is our happiness so fragile that commonplace occurrences can
“ruin” the whole day. In the section on the anatomy of emotions, we have already looked at
the reasons for this. As a result of negative feelings, thoughts, and attitudes,
together with the constant judgment and criticism of other people, we often
feel separated from others. Because of this feeling of inner aloneness and
separation, relationships take on the form of attachments, with all the fear,
anger, and jealousy that accompany any threat to those attachments. The
inner negativity results in such commonly held beliefs as, “Y ou are born
alone and you die alone. ” Nothing, in fact, is farther from the truth. As
recent books on near -death experiences reveal, it is during life that one
often feels alone and, at the moment of death, there is an absolute feeling of
oneness and connectedness (Eadie, 1992; Neal, 2011). Because of attachments, dependencies, and inner smallness, we may
feel weak and limited. The guilty intolerance of our inner thoughts and
feelings are projected onto the world, making the world look like a fearful
place. Because these fears are held in mind, fearful events and experiences
are literally brought into our life experience. Fear results in chronic anger
and makes us prone to attack and to inner emotional chaos. Pain and
suf fering occur, with periodic despair and proneness to emotional upset. The ego-mind, which sees everyone as separate, is envious of anyone else
who appears happier, more successful, or with a better relationship, a better
body, or better connections. Soon, because of a lack of inner clarity about
goals, there is confusion leading to self-pity, envy, and further resentment. Self-condemnation gets endlessly projected onto the world, taking the form
of condemnation from others, which increases further the guilt and feeling
of smallness. For some of us, the only escape is through grandiosity, intolerance,
bigotry, arrogance, and anger, which take the form of cruelty, over -bearingness, brutality, and insensitivity to the feelings of others. Often the
insensitivity comes with self-excuses, such as: “I am an upfront person who
speaks my mind,” or “I am the frank type; you always know where you
stand with me. ” These comments are a cover -up for insensitivity, which
might be better described as gauche. The low self-esteem results in
criticism of self and others, constant competition and comparison,
analyzing, contempt, intellectualization, doubt, and fantasies of revenge. When all of those mechanisms fail, there is the recurrence of apathy and
feelings of hopelessness and victimization. In such a state, we become
progressively alienated because there is so much of ourselves that we must
hide. Our behavior leads to isolation from others and an imbalance due to
over -valuation of the areas of life that do seem to work. Because of this inner chaos, the average person must of necessity stay
unconscious at all times. It is interesting to watch the means that the mind
has invented to accomplish this end. W e watch as a person gets up in the
morning and flips on the radio or the television to immediately get the mind
of f the self and its mental chatter. Despite the extra amusement, thoughts
and feelings tend to arise until the mind becomes preoccupied with the
projects of the day, work, and various schemes of accomplishment or
pleasure. It starts the preoccupation with the body—all of the brushing,
washing, perfuming, powdering, deodorizing and carefully selecting the
clothes for the day. The choosing of clothes brings up all the schedules of
the day, its busyness with activities that have all been crowded into the day:
the endless appointments, phone calls, errands, social engagements, home
responsibilities, and emails. On the way to work or the day’ s activities,
there is the chatting with companions, listening to the car radio, making the
cell phone calls, sending text-messages, and reading the morning newspaper
on the subway. Once at the destination, there follows the preoccupation
with the external events of the day: the business, the deals, the bar gains, the
arrangements, the worries, the manipulations, the endless search for power,
the quest for “strokes,” and the ever -present fear of survival. All of this is
motivated by the desire to somehow derive meaning and security, and to
increase our self-esteem and ensure our self-worth by whatever means. The franticness of the struggle is not really realized until we are
suddenly forced to discontinue it by some external event. Then, we are
confronted with the internal emptiness. This calls for the incessant ingestion
of novels, magazines, television, and websites. Or, the emptiness is avoidedby the constant going to parties, escaping through drugs, numbing out with
a few drinks, watching movies, and pursuing other amusements. W e tend to
do just about anything to avoid facing that feeling of inner emptiness. There is nothing wrong with any of these activities, in and of
themselves. What we want to examine is only the state of consciousness,
the state of awareness, and the manner in which the activities are perceived,
pursued, and experienced. In a state of inner freedom, these same events
and experiences take on a totally dif ferent significance. The identical activities can stem from an inner sense of happiness, self-
worth, and completeness. The same goals can be fulfilled through the
realization of our inner achievement rather than competition with others. Relationships become sharing and loving rather than jealous, competitive,
and driven by the seeking of “strokes” and approval. When we are free of
negative drives, we enjoy gratifying relationships because we love people,
not because we are attached to them. W e can allow the other person to be
free, not subject to jealousy and threat. W e are not the victims of
manipulation by others because we have already found an inner fulfillment. As negative thoughts, feelings, and attitudes are relinquished, we re-
own the power that we had given over to the world. Much of the attraction
of the world is due to the glamorization that we have projected onto it. Questions arise for self-reflection: “Is it really all that money that I want, or
is it the glamour that I have attached to it. What is it that I want from that
job title or from that designation of “Dr. ” and “Esq. ” and “Rev. ”. Is it the
responsibility and activities that go along with it, or is it the glamour and
esteem associated with it. Do I really love that person, or am I in love with
the glamour I have projected onto him or her. ”
The more we let go, the more we de-glamorize the world. The more it
is de-glamorized, the less it runs us. W e are not at the ef fect of glamour and
can no longer be manipulated by it. W e are no longer vulnerable to the
professional programmers of the media and the political and social arenas. W e are no longer at the ef fect of an inner need for approval from others. W e begin to love people for what they are, not for what they can do for
us. W e no longer need to exploit others or try to win them over. As our own
level of guilt decreases, our self-esteem expands. Relationships are now
based on integrity, and we are no longer subject to emotional blackmail. As
a corollary, we stop trying to blackmail others with emotional pressure. Because relationships are based on honesty, and they exist and function on ahigher plane, there is no longer a fear of alienation or feeling of aloneness. The surrendered person no longer needs others for personal fulfillment but
is with them out of choice because of love and enjoyment. Compassion for
others and for their humanness transforms life and all relationships. The State of Inner Fr eedom
What does life become when one continuously surrenders. What is
possible. In the surrendered state, we are independent of the outer world as a
source of satisfaction because the source of happiness has been found
within us. Happiness is shared with others so that, in relationships, the
surrendered person is supportive, sympathetic, encouraging, patient, and
tolerant. There is an ef fortless appreciation of the worth and values of
others and a consideration for their feelings. Power struggles, being “right,”
and proving our point have been relinquished. There is an automatic
nonjudgmental attitude and the supporting of others to grow, learn,
experience, and fulfill their own potentialities. There is an easy-going,
nurturing acceptance of others. W e feel relaxed, vibrant, and full of ener gy. Life events flow automatically and ef fortlessly. W e no longer respond from
a motive of sacrifice or “giving up” something for others; instead, we see
ourselves as being of loving service to others and the world. Life events are
seen as opportunities rather than challenges. The personality is gentle and
open with a willingness to let go and surrender nonstop because of the
unfolding and ongoing inner process of continuous revelation. As the process unfolds, we feel an inner transformation. This leads to a
consistent feeling of gratitude, pleasure, and certainty about our goals. There is a living in the present rather than a preoccupation with the past or
the future. There


 a gr ateful person, but I didn't know what
gratitude really was until I practiced it. If I am drivi ng or walking I use the time  to give thanks for eve rything in
life. Even wa lking fr om my kitchen to my bedroom I will give thanks. W ith
my heart I say, 'Thank you for my life. Thank you for the harmony. Thank
you for the joy. Thank you for my health. Thank you for the fun and
excitement. Thank you for the wonder of life. Thank you for everything
wonderful and good in my life." Be grate full Gratitude costs you nothing, but it is worth more than all the
riches in the w orld. Gratitude  enriches you with all the riches in life,
because whatever you're grateful for multiplies! The Key of Play

There is one ce rtajn way you can make yourself feel better about any
subject in your life, and th at is to create games with your imagination, and
play. Play is fun, and so when you play, you feel really good. At some  point, we stopped playing and having fun like we did as children,
with the  result that as we beca me adults, we became more se rious about
life. But seriousness brings serio us circumstances into your life. When you
play and have fun, you fee l really good, and - voila really good
circumstances come into your life. Life is supposed to be fun. Play with the law of attraction, in vent games
with your imagination, because the law of attraction doesn't know or care if
you're imaginin g and playing, or if it is real. Wha tever you give in
imagination and feeling, will become real. How to Play

"The law of lo ve could be best understood and learned th r ough little
childr en." (Gandhi 1869 1948)

How do you play? Y ou do the same thing as you did when you were a child,
and you use your imagination to create make-believe games. Let's imagine you're a cyclist and you want to become the best cyclist in the
world and win th e T our de Franc e. Y our training is going well and you have
your dream in y our sights, but y ou are diagnosed with a disease and given a40 percent chance to survive. W hile having treatment, you imagine you are
riding in the T our de France and it is the race of your life. Y ou imagine the
medical staf f is your training team giving you feedback at every checkpoint. Each day you im agine you're racing in a time trial, and your time is getting
better and better! Y ou win the race with your medical team and you
overcome the disease. One year after y ou win back yo ur health, you win the T our de France, and
you continue to win it seven years in a row, becom ing the only cy clist in
history to achieve that! This is what Lance Armstrong did. He used the
most di f ficult circumstances as  props to create an imaginary game and
realize his dream. Let's say you want to have the best built body in the world, a nd you also
want to become a famous actor in America. Y ou live in a tiny village in
Europe and come from a f amily  that has struggled financially, but still you
imagine your dreams. Y ou use a pic ture of a hero to sculpt you r body, and
you imagine winning the European title for the best built body. Y ou win the
title seven times, and then it is time to become a famous actor. Y ou travel to
America, but no one believes you are actor material, and they give you all
the reaso ns why you will never ac hieve yo ur dream. But y ou have imagined
being a famous a ctor, and you ca n feel the success, you can taste it, and you
know it will happen. This is w hat Arnold Schwarzenegger did when he won
Mr. Oly mpia se ven times and then became one of the biggest names in
Hollywood. Imagine you want to be a grea t inventor. In your childhood your mind is
challenged to the extreme; you  are overwhelmed with hallucinations and
blinding flashes of light. Y ou fai l to finish university and leave your job due
to a nervous breakdown. T o gain relief from the crippling hallucinations,
you take control of your mind by creating your own imaginary world. Inspired by the idea of a brighter future, you direct your imagina tion to new
inventions. Y ou build an invention completely in your imagination; you
change t he construction, make improvements, and even operate  the device,
without ever drawing a sketch. Y ou create a  laborato ry in your min d and
you use  your imagination to check the new invention for wear and tear,
before turning your idea into a physical device.. This is what Nikola T esla
did t o be come o ne of the greate st inventors. Whether it was the  alternatingcurrent motor, radio, amplifier, wireless communication, fluorescent light,
laser bea m, rem ote control, or a ny of his other three hundred plus patented
inventions, all of them had been  developed in exactly this way - through the
power of his imagination. "Logic will get you fr om A to B. Imagination will take you everywher e."
(Albert Einstein 1879-1955)

Whatever it is you want, use your imagination, create games, and play. Use
every prop you can find to help you. If you want to lose  weight or have a
better body, then create games so you feel as thoug h you have that body
now. Y o u can surround yourself  with pictures of great bodies, but the trick
is this. Y ou must imagine those bodies are yours! Y ou must imagine and
feel that yo u are looking at your body, not somebody else's body. If you are overweight or underweight, and you had the perfect weight right
now, how would you feel? Y ou would fee l dif ferent from how you feel
now. Everythi ng about you would ch ange. Y ou would walk dif ferently, talk
dif ferently, and you would do t hings dif ferently. W alk like that now! T alk
like that  now!Act as if you have it now! It doesn't matter what it is that you
want; imagine how you would feel with it, and act like that now in your
imagination. Whatever you imagine with feeling, you are giving to the law
of attraction, and you must receive it. Lance Armstron g, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nikola T esla all these people
played with their imaginations and felt their dreams with all their heart. Their imaginings became so real to them, they could feel their dreams and
know th ey woul d happen. It doe sn't matter how far away your dream seems
to you. It is clos er to you than anything in your life, because all the po wer
to bring your dream to you is inside you! "Everything is possible for the person who believes." ( Jesus - Cir ca 5 BC
AD 30 in Mark 9 :23)
In the future we will see more and more discoveries about the power of our
imagination. Already scientists have discovered special mirror cells thatactivate the same areas p in the b rain when you imagine doing s omething as
when YOlll physically perform the action. In other words, simply by your
playing and imagining what  you want to experience, your brain
immediately responds as if it is real. If yo u're talking about somethin g in the past or the future,you're imagining
those things now, you're feeling  those things now, you're on that frequency
now, and that's what the law of.' attraction is receiving. W hen you're
imagining your dream, the law of attraction  is receiving it now. Remember,
there is no time for the law of attraction. There is only this moment of now. If you experience a time delay in  receiving what you want, it's only because
of the time it takes you to get onto the same feeling frequenc y that your
desire is on. A nd to get onto the same fre quency as your desire, you have to
feel the love of having your desire now! When you get yourself onto the
same feeling frequency and stay there, what you desire appears. "All you  can possibly need or desir e is alr eady yours. Call your  desir es into
being by  imagin ing and feeling your wish fulfilled." (NevilleGoddar d 1905-
1972)

When you are really excited about anything that has happened, and you feel
amazing, captur e that ener gy and imagine your dream. Quick flashes of
imagining and feeling y our dream are all you need to harness the power of
your excited feelings for w hat you wa nt! This is playing. This is fun. This is
the joy of creating your life. Points of Power

The Key of Love
• T o use love a s the ultimate p ower in your life, Y ou must love like you
have never loved before. Fall in love w ith life! • See only  love, hear only love, sp eak only love, and feel love with all your
heart. • There is no limit, no ceiling