 being included in the
dietaries of all income groups. In the usual vegetarian
analysis of food selection, it is customary to rate the value of foods in part upon their moral cost of production, determined
by the death or survival of animals. Neither of these patterns
will be followed here. It is important to approach the subject
of food selection on a strictly biological basis, determining
thereby the value of uncooked foodstuffs entirely in relation to their effect upon human health. This does not mean that the
suggestions given will not be adaptable to the dietaries of all
income groups. It does mean that some adjustments will have
to be made in certain cases. Many raw foods are no more
expensive than their heat-processed counterparts, and anyone who can afford to purchase foods at all can afford to use
them. On the other hand, achieving a completely ideal
balance in the diet may involve the use of certain accessory foods which would not normally be found in the most
inexpensive diet. The very best nutrition may be restricted to
nations, states, families, and individuals who can afford to
use a wide selection of the very best of foods. Greatly
improved nutrition, however, can be achieved by every
human
group which is willin g to make certain inex pensive, though important, changes in the dietary. As to the moral
issue of vegetarianism, this too can find compatability with
good nutrition under certain conditions, but it cannot be the
determining factor in deciding what constitutes good nutrition. It is important that we approach this subject on a
scientific plane first, and then let the economic, moral, and
other issues fit into the total picture as best they can. With
these thoughts in mind, the following analysis covering the selection of uncooked foodstuffs is being presented.

F
RUITS
   In terms of historical dietary experience, man is an
omnivorous animal. In terms of comparative anatomy and physiology he is a frugivorous animal. We can ignore neither
of these facts. Man's long experience with both plant and
animal foods indicates that the omnivorous principle cannot
satisfactorily be broken all at once. His anatomical structure
and physiological function are adapted ideally to the digestion of fruits. This means that man's best diet may be
omnivorous, with a decided inclination to the frugivorous with respect to the selection of staple foods.
   Most fruits are rich in the vitamins which are usually
seriously deficient in the modern diet. They are our very best source of vitamin C, which is probably more important than any other single dietary factor for maintaining high resistance to infectious disease. In the conventional diet, the use of fruit
is restricted to an insignificant fraction of the total food
intake, and such fruits as are used are usually canned or
otherwise heat-processed. In some of the better primitive
diets, fruit was a basic food staple; in a balanced diet composed of uncooked foods, it may be regarded as the most
important single food type used.
   The variety of fruits suitable for human nutrition is very
large. Scores of basic fruit types, and hundreds of fruit
varieties, are developed in nature and have been developed
by
man. These permit the preparation of meals which have no
equal for flavor and palatability. The fruits of the temperate
zone are useful, and most kinds are readily available, although the wild varieties are not commonly marketed. Such tropical and subtropical fruits as bananas, oranges, grapefruit, lemons, limes, dates, figs, and avocados are imported or
grown for public consumption. Guavas, mangos, papayas,
cherimoyas, and cactus fruits have been available in limited
quantities in restricted areas. Other tropical fruits have not
commonly been imported to the temperate regions, but they are of
great value for those who live in re gions where the y can be obtained. These include: breadfruit, cashew-apples,
imbus, ambarellas, red mombins, yellow mombins, soursops,
ilamas, soncoyas, sweet granadillas, purple granadillas, giant
granadillas, capulins, loquats, manzanillas, icacos, pitangas, feijoas, jaboticabas, grumichamas, litchies, longans,
rambutans, sapodillas, sapotes, canistels, kakis, mangosteens,
jackfruits, durians, tunas, carissas, and carambolas.

NUTS
   Next to fruits, nuts are the most neglected of food types in
the conventional diet. Butternuts, pecans, filberts, Brazil nuts,
English walnuts, black walnuts, chestnuts, almonds, and other
kinds are often available and should be used at every opportunity. The researches of Cajori, Van Slyke, and Osborn
have shown that most nuts contain all of the essential amino
acids and thus may be used effectively as a basic source of
protein in the diet. Nuts are also good sources of fat,
minerals, and other nutrients, and they represent a more valuable supplementary food than hitherto suspected. Other
seeds, such as sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, squash seeds,
and watermelon seeds, are also valuable for nutritive
purposes.
   Most nuts undergo a decided loss of flavor after they are
shelled, and some are fumigated to prevent infestation with vermin. For this reason it is usually best to purchase your nuts in the shell, which gives you a fresh and flavorful food from a
sanitary container that requires no fumigation. Sunflower
seeds and related seed products may be shelled by hand
methods, but they keep fairly well outside the shell and can
also be purchased that way. When desired, nuts and other seeds may be transformed into delicious butter by running
them through a special kitchen appliance designed for this
purpose. To save time you can also purchase ready-made nut butters. All of these nuts and other seeds, as well as the
butters made therefrom, are fully palatable in their raw state,
and they should not be salted, roasted, fried in oil, or prepared
in any other unwholesome way.
   Of special importance among the nut and seed foods is
coconut. This remarkable food is composed of one of the
most adequate nutritional balances of all plant foods. It is rich in first-class proteins, carbohydrates, and fat, and is an
excellent source of minera ls, especially phosphorus,
potassium, and chlorine. Nearly everyone is familiar with the
sugared shreds and colored coconut oil which civilized man
has manufactured from the coconut seed. But this food may
be found at its finest, both for palatabilit y and nutritional value, in its fresh, unprocessed state. The immature jelly
coconut contains the delightful, smooth, snow-white coconut
of custard-like or jelly-like texture, together with much
coconut water. The mature coconut, which is shipped to many regions of the temperate zone, is juicy and sweet and contains
a smaller amount of delicious water. Both the immature and
mature coconuts are extremely valuable in human nutrition
and can be used in a multitude of ways. Hard coconut may be
eaten exactly as it comes from the shell; it may be ground up with other ingredients into raw cakes and confections, and it
may be run through an electric juicer and converted into a
rich coconut cream, which is unsurpassed in making fine
dressings, sauces, and beverages.  Like other nuts and seeds,
coconut may also be converted into a fine butter, used for the same purposes as ordinary dairy butter, and also applied in
the preparation of confections and beverages.

V
EGETABLES
   The green leaf is the storehouse of minerals in the plant.
Animal experiments indicate that the addition of the green
leaf to a deficient diet has maximum supplementary value in
correcting deficiencies. Green leafy vegetables should
therefore be used in the diet, while the tubers and roots of
vegetables are also important, though perhaps less so.
   It has been a common practice to divide vegetables into
types which can be eaten raw and types which must be
cooked. In reality, almost all types can be eaten raw, and this
particularly applies to the root vegetables which are always
cooked in conventional methods of food preparation. Among
the vegetables which are appropriate in their raw state are: white potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams, turnips, parsnips,
summer squash, zucchini squash, crookneck squash, string
beans, lima beans, peas, kale, spinach, rhubarb, celery root, cucumbers, bell peppers, kohlrabi, beets, asparagus,
Jerusalem artichokes, sweet corn, Brussels sprouts, broccoli,
rutabaga, and cauliflower. These can all be "salad"
vegetables, and when combined with those vegetables such as
have already found acceptance in their raw state, they will do
much to improve nutritional balance and pleasure of any diet.

F
LOWERS
   While the number of raw vegetables may be thus increased,
it should not be thought that this is as far as man can go in the
utilization of salad plants. Another step is the utilization of
salad flowers, which thus f ar have been almost totall y neglected in conventional meal preparation. Actually, many
common flowers found in


sleepbecauseofthem.
•makesureyouarewarmenough(butnottoohot)
andthatyourroomiswellventilated.
•takeahot,caffeine-freedrinktobed:hotmilkwith
honey,oracupofchamomileteaifyoufeeltense.
•seekcounsellingorpsychotherapy ifyour
sleeplessness isduetoemotionaldistresssuchas
anxiety,depressionorbereavement.
DON'T
•worry!Thisalwaysmakesitworse.
•readthrillers,ghoststoriesormaterialconnected
withyourwork.
•havealargemealclosetobedtime.
•drinktea,hotchocolate,coffeeorCocaColaor
smoketoomuchduringtheevening.
•watchtoomuchtelevision,workorreadanything
upsetting.
•getintothehabitofafternoonnapsorsleeping
verylateinthemorningasthiscanmakeitmore
difficulttogetbacktonormalsleepingpatterns.
•takesleepingpills.Thesecanaffectyourdreamlife
sothatyouwakefeelingunrefreshed,andmany
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•drinkalcoholsteadilythroughouttheevening.
Jointpain
Althoughchronicrheumatismorarthritisneedspro-
fessionalcare,Ihaveincludedsomeremediesthatwill
providerelieffrompainaswellasfromthoseacute
painswhichcomeonafterinjuryorafteranacute
illnesssuchasGermanmeasles.SeeSprainsand
Strainsforgeneraladviceforsorejoints.
DO
•keepyourweightdowntoavoidstressinghipand
legjoints.
220•Keloids DISEASESYOUCANTREATUSINGTHISBOOK
DON'T
•over-useapainfuljointmorethanisabsolutely
necessary.
Keloids
Thesearescarsthatbecomehardandlumpyafter
healing.Homeopathic self-prescribing canbeeffec-
tive,butdoseekhelpassoonaspossibleifithasno
effectafterfourweeks,aspromptprofessional treat-
mentwillbeneeded.
Labourpains
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themselvesbutthevcanspeedupalabourthatis
losingmomentumandhelpwithbasicproblemssuch
asexhaustionorbackacheduringlabour.Theyalso
helpawomantocopebetteremotionallv,andare
wonderfulforhealingafterchildbirth. Ih?veincluded
afewbasicremediesforlabourandafterbutwould
advisethatvouseekthehelpofaprofessional
homeopathwhileyouarepregnant,whowillalso
supportvouduringvourbirthandforthetimeafter-
wards.Manyhomeopaths willattendabirthorbe
availablebvphonetogiveadvice(havingprepareda
selectionofremediesforvoutohavetohand).
LaryngitisseeSorethroat
Lumbago
Ihaveincludedafewremediesforthetreatmentof
acutelowerbackpain,whichissometimescalled
lumbago.Followtheguidelinesgivenunder
Backache.DO
•changenappiesfrequently.
•leaveyourbabywithnothingonforaslongas
possible.
•washandrinsethoroughly,preferablywithwater.
•drytheareathoroughly;ahairdryeronaverygentle
heatisidealforthisasnofurthermoisturewill
remainontheskin,buttesttheheatonyourown
skinfirst,andrememberthatababy'sskinismuch
moredelicatethananadult's.Smearacoatingof
raweggwhiteafterwashinganddryingasthis
makesaneffectivewaterproofskin.
•cutoutallfruitjuiceandgiveplainwaterinstead.
•usealmondoroliveoilasapreventive, i.e.to
protecttheskin.
•useexternalointments(seeExternalMateria
Medica)ifarashstarts.
DON'T
•usezincandcastoroilcreamorpetroleum-based
products-thevareabsorbedthroughtheskinand
cancauseminorproblems.
Nausea
SeealsoVomiting,Gastricflu,Travelsicknessand
Indigestion ifappropriate.Homeopathicremediesare
especiallyusefulfornauseaduringpregnancy,when
thevarebothhighlyeffectiveandperfectlysafe.
DO
•eatlittleandoften.
•takefrequentsipsofwaterorahotdrinkifthatis
better.
•getasmuchrestandsleepasyouneed.
•avoidemotionalstress.
SEEKHELPIF
•nauseaissevereandisaccompaniedbyvomiting.
MastitisseeBreastfeedingproblems
MeaslesseeChildhoodillnesses
Mouthulcers
Youcantreatoccasionalmouthulcersyourselfwith
internalandexternalremedies,especially iftheyoccur
afterdentaltreatmentorduringtemporarystress,but
doseekhelpiftheyarearecurringproblem.
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Nappyrash
Ihaveincludedsomeexternalremediesforthisbutifit
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Nosebleeds
Nosebleedscanoccurfornoapparentreasonorcan
accompanyacold,violentnose-blowingorsneezing,
orinjurytothenoseorhead;theycanalsofollowa
changeinpressureoroccurasaresultofhighblood
pressure.
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DISEASESYOUCANTREATUSINGTHISBOOK Periodproblems •221
Pain
Itisusefultorememberthatpainhasaverypositive
functionasawarningofdiseaseorinjury.People
unabletofeelpaincandothemselvesrealharm.Weall
haveverydifferentpainthresholds-limitsbeyond
whichwefindpainunbearable-andpainitselfis
experienced inmanydifferentforms.Homeopathy
usesthesevariationstodifferentiateandfindthe
appropriateremedy:Chamomilla,forexample, isa
remedyforthoseextremelysensitivetopain,and
Opiumforthosewhofeelnothingwhentheyshould.
Painactslikearedtrafficlightatabusyjunction,
warningustostoporriskacrash.Wecanstopand
listentothepainandtrytounderstandwhatitis
tellingus,whatweneedtodotoheal.Orwecan
ignorethepain-atourperil-andcrash!
Palpitations
Thepalpitationsincludedinthisbookaretheminor,
occasionalonesthatresultfromanxietyandstress,so
takecaretorestandrecharge(seeStresspage201).
DO
•sitquietlyandpractiserelaxationexercisesand
deepbreathing.
SEEKHELPIF
•thepalpitationspersistoverseveralhours.
•theyareaccompaniedbychestpain.
Periodproblems
Inallcasesofpersistentperiodproblemsyouwillneed
toseekprofessionaladvice,butIhaveincludedafew
remediesforoccasionalminorcomplaints.
Absenceofperiods(Amenorrhea)
Theobviouscausesofthisarepregnancyandmeno-
pause,butperiodscanalsostopasaresultofshockor
anxiety,achangeinlifestyle(forexamplewhenteen-
agegirlsgoawaytocollege),asaconsequenceof
anorexia,anaemia,orasaresultoftakingthePill.
DO
•haveapregnancytestifyoucouldpossiblybe
pregnant.
•checkforanaemia.
•seekcounsellinghelpifanorexiaisthecause.
•stoptakingthePillifitdoesn'tsuityouandseek
adviceonotherformsofcontraception.
SEEKHELPIF
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menstruate.Excessive,prolongedorirregularperiods
Manywomenexperienceirregularperiodsorperiods
thatvaryintheamountofflowbutthisisrarely
indicativeofanymajorhealthproblem.Itisespecially
commonduringthemenopause,butfibroidsorIUDs
canalsocauseexcessivebleedingandanaemia.
SEEKHELPIF
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persistsformorethantwoperiods.
Painfulperiods
Ihaveincludedsomeremediesforthetreatmentof
periodpains,butyoushouldseekprofessionalhelpif
thesedon'twork.
DO
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thepains.
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” A FAST

It is very important how you break a fast, and depends on how long you’ve
fasted and what type of fast you did. A general rule of thumb would be:
Break most fasts with a day or two of eating fresh, raw fruit, only, for every
three days of fasting you have done.
This is especially true after juice or water fasting. The longer you fast, the
more days you should spend eating just fruits before you start with heavy
vegetables. I have known of a case or two through the years where an
individual died from breaking a fast incorrectly. One man died from breaking
an extended fast with boiled potatoes. Being a sticky, gluey starch, I can
understand how it locked his bowels up.
Always try to keep your bowels moving. When you’re on a juice or
water fast, this is not always possible. In
Module 6.9
 we will discuss bowel
health and management.
Please Buy a JuicerN.W Walker lived to be a healthy 107 from juicing. What more proof do you
need? Try a glass of carrot, spinach and celery juice today.
Raw fruit and vegetable juices are a powerhouse of nutrition. A glass of
carrot juice contains 6–8 carrots, giving 6 times the nutrition of a simple
carrot. This is what I call a “High Electrical” Drink, a powerhouse of energy
and amino acids.
Drink 2–4 glasses each day of your favorite vegetables or fruits.
Read
Vegetable and Fruit Juices
 by N.W Walker.

MODULE 6.8
Two Great Fruit Juice Fasts

LEMONADE FAST

HOW TO MAKE LEMONADE:
2 tbsp. lemon or lime juice (approx. 1/2 lemon)
1/2 to 3/4 tbsp. genuine Maple Syrup (not maple-flavored sugar syrup)
pinch of Cayenne Pepper (optional)
Combine the juice, maple syrup, and cayenne pepper in a 10-ounce glass and
fill with medium/ hot distilled or R/O water. (Cold water may be used if
preferred.) Use fresh lemons or limes only; never use canned lemon or lime
juice, or frozen lemonade or lime juice.
Cayenne Pepper may be used with this formula as it adds extra vitamin C
and B-complex. It also increases warmth for an additional lift. For those not
used to hot peppers, start with a dash and increase it as you are able. You
may eliminate the pepper if you wish. Pure sorghum, black strap molasses or
honey may be used as a lesser replacement when maple syrup is not available.
You might wish to make a quart of lemonade for the whole day.
FOR A FULL QUART OF LEMONADE:10 cups distilled water
1 1/2 cup of fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup of pure maple syrup
Shake well and refrigerate

HOW TO TAKE THE LEMONADE:
Drink this lemonade as much and as often as you want, but drink only this
lemonade, no other foods or drinks. This fruit juice fast can be done for 1, 2,
3 or up to 10 days easily.
GRAPE JUICE FAST

HOW TO MAKE GRAPE JUICE:
A juice extractor or juicer is necessary.
Juice a quart of grapes (seeds and small stems as well).
Any type of grape is okay; however the dark, seeded ones are the best.
And always try to use organic grapes.
HOW TO TAKE THE JUICE:
Drink this grape juice as often and as much as you want. Grapes are high
in antioxidant and astringent properties, which help remove toxins from the
body. Eating grapes and drinking Grape Juice only makes for an excellent
fast. I have “fasted” people for over twenty days on just grapes. A 5- or 10-
day grape or grape juice fast is superb and extremely beneficial.
Grapes and lemons are two of nature’s greatest lymphatic cleansers and
“tumor busters.” I have seen lymphomas gone in forty-five days and stomach
cancer gone in fifty-nine days using these fruit juice fasts in combination withherbal therapy and a raw food diet.
MODULE 6.9
Healthy Bowel Management

Poor bowel management lies at the root of most people’s health problems. I
have been teaching colon health for the last thirty-five years. My friend, the
late Dr. Bernard Jensen, was teaching this for well over sixty years. Having
worked with over
300,000
 clients, Dr. Jensen’s research has concluded: “It is
the bowels that invariably have to be cared for first before any effective
healing can take place.” As a matter of fact, the natural health field mainly got
started
 around matters of the gastrointestinal tract.
Bowel wisdom is generally a topic that few people desire to discuss. Yet,
keeping the bowels (intestinal tract) healthy and in good shape is one of the
best ways to keep out of the grip of toxicity and cell enervation.
Your gastrointestinal tract is the center or hub of your body, just as the
hub of a wheel is the supporting part of a wheel. It is one of the main organ
systems of your body. Now the real question should be, “How do we save
and regenerate the GI tract, which is as important as the heart?” Without
digestion, absorption
and
 elimination we die. This canal—mouth through
anus—is how you introduce energy and chemistry from foods into your
body. From the colon on is where and how we eliminate our wastes, which is
vital to the survival of your body. The proper elimination of wastes from
food digestion and cellular metabolism is as important as the ingestion of
your foods.
As we learned in
Chapter 2
, the small bowel is divided up into three
parts: the duodenum, where digestion takes place, which is about 10 inches
long; the jejunum, for both digestion and absorption, which is approximately
9 feet long; and the ileum, for absorption, which is approximately 13 feet
long. The large intestine is called the colon, which is 5 feet long and divided
up into the cecum, ascending, transverse, descending, sigmoid and rectal
sections. Each section of the colon has been linked to different organs and
glands of the body and has an effect upon these tissues, good or bad. When
you were in the embryo stages of life, this colon plus the spinal cord were the
first two areas of the body that were formed. You will find all your geneticweaknesses in the colon first, then reflected to organ, gland, nerve, or other
tissues within the body.
Your bowels take the brunt of abuse from acidic-toxic foods and drinks.
Many of these foods inflame and weaken their structure. Some foods act like
glue and actually adhere to its walls. Many other foods are so abrasive that
they cause excessive mucus to be produced from the intestinal walls to protect
itself. This mucus is stored along the bowel walls and interstitially in its
structure. All of the above affect your GI tract’s ability to digest food and
absorb nutrition.
Your GI tract also plays a valuable role with the lymphatic system. The
lymphatic system is your sewer system. It must have a way to eliminate
wastes from the body. The kidneys, GI tract and the skin are its main avenues
for this purpose. When the skin, kidneys, and especially the colon become
impacted or obstructed, the lymphatic system becomes backed up. You can
imagine what would happen in your home if your septic tank became
blocked. The wastes from your toilet would back up and spill over. Most
people would leave their house at this point.
The sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves of the autonomic nervous
system control your digestive tract through the neurotransmitters produced
from the adrenal glands. Weak adrenal glands can cause nerve weakness,
causing constipation. Many overlook this relationship that the adrenal glands
have to both nerve weakness
(which can cause constipation) and their steroid
production in response to inflammation. It always pays to strengthen your
adrenal glands at the same time that you are regenerating your GI tract.
The importance of keeping your intestinal tract clean and healthy cannot
be overstated. Remember that this is your main canal of digestion, which is
where the breakdown of your foods into fuels and building materials takes
place. After your food is digested, it is then absorbed through the lining of
the intestines through the villa. Absorption of the nutrients from the foods
you eat is just as essential as the digestive process. The billions of cells that
comprise the body depend upon the absorption from the bowels for their
nutrition. As previously stated, proper nutrition can be blocked from the cells
by retained waste in the colon. This leads to a toxic buildup and the
accumulation of a gluey substance throughout the intestines called “mucoid
plaque.” This plaque causes inflammation and the breakdown of the tissues of
the intestinal walls.
Mucoid plaque is mostly a by-product of refined starches, sugars anddairy products. When the walls of the intestines are coated with layers of
sticky plaque, the nutrients the body needs to properly function and perform
to its highest potential cannot be absorbed. In addition, the sticky mucoid
plaque is a breeding ground for parasitic infestation. These destructive
parasites consume any remaining nutrients left in the GI tract.
We require certain intestinal parasites (known as intestinal flora) for
positive and beneficial breakdown of various by-products of digestion. A
great example


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When  you  take  that  positive  firm  attitude,  there  is no
human  vibratory  action  in the outer  world  in which  you
move,  that  can touch  or delay  the Release  of this  which  you
require.
For anyone  who  wants  a position  say:  "Beloved  'Mighty
I AM  Presence'  take  command  of my  mind  and  body!
Place  me in Your  position,  where  You  wish  me to be; and
cause  me to feel  and  know  that  no human  Being  nor  crea-
tion has any  power  to prevent  it. Therefore,  take  me Be-
loved  'Mighty  I AM  Presence'  into  My Own  Right  Activity
—My  Own  Right  Service  and  do it right  now"!  If you  will DISCOURSE  VIII  139
take the Firm  Determined  Attitude  and  know  your  Pres-
ence  is the Governing  Power  of your  world;  and  of all else
where  It wishes  to place  you,  your  Victory  will  come!  Do
you see no one  can  be deprived  of the Service  he or she
requires;  or the money  which  such  Individuals  require  for
their  comfort,  shelter  and  clothing?
Oh for that  time,  which  once  before  existed  in your  Be-
loved  America,  when  everything  came  forth  from  the
Octave  above,  precipitated  into  the use of mankind;  cloth-
ing, food  and  everything  which  was  required.  Does  it seem
far off today?  Not  nearly  so far, as you  might  think!
Remember,  the Great  Cosmic  Light  of which  the Mes-
sengers  speak  so often,  is the Mightiest  Power  in the Uni-
verse!  That  Cosmic  Light  as It comes  more  and  more  into
the Governing  Activity  of the Earth,  just  like  the Light
from  your  "I AM  Presence"—knows  no obstruction;  knows
no interference;  and  the  Cosmic  Light  is steadily  and
surely  flooding  into  the Earth  everywhere!  It is why  I men-
tion these  things  for  your  encouragement,  Dear  Ones.
FEEL  IT!  OH  FEEL  IT!  as never  before!
If you  knew,  what  your  feeling  could  do, you  would  be
Free  within  a few  hours.  Your  feeling  world  is the govern-
ing activity;  and  when  you  are still enough,  your  Call  to the
Presence  begins  to release  Its Mighty  Energy,  flowing  forth
like a Mighty  River  into  your  world—carrying  with  It,
every  good  thing  which  you  desire  for use.  There  could  be
no failure  to a Mighty  Activity  of this  kind!
As you  are listening  to These  Words,  I am charging  into 163 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
your  feeling  world  Our  Conviction!  I am sure  every  one
of you  will  feel  It definitely  active  in your  world;  to give
you Courage,  Confidence  and  Strength;  because  It all must
come  from  your  Presence.  The  human  does  not have  the
Courage,  Power  and  Strength  which  sustains  Individuals
thru  all conditions;  but the Presence  does.  It will  release  It
into your  use,  and  does  do it, as is being  proven  in hundreds
of thousands  of cases.
Won't  you  take  the attitude,  tonight  and  henceforth,  as
the Messenger  has so often  urged  the students  to do; when
anything  shows  an appearance  in your  world  of activity
which  is distressing  or limiting—in  the  first  thought  you
have  and  the first  feeling  which  operates,  before  anything
else has a chance,  just say:  "No  you  don't  have  any power"!
or use the word  STOP!  As you  utter  That  Word,  the Power
from  your  Presence  goes  forth  and  holds  it, as it were,  from
your  world.  Then  say:  "'Mighty  I AM  Presence'  Take
charge  here!  Project  Your  Mighty  Presence  and  Energy
into this  condition!  Bring  Perfection  and  Divine  Justice
out of it"! If you  will  do this,  you  will  find  no difficulty
in releasing  the Power  of the Presence  into  action  in your
world,  to perform  any  given  service  which  you  require!
So far as your  health  is concerned,  Dear  Ones,  don't  let
your  human  make  you  feel,  you  must  yield  longer  to the
appearance  of distress  or ill health.  It has no power!  What
produces  pain,  distress  and  ill health  in the body ? Discord
in the feeling  and  the belief  of the mass  of mankind,  they
are subject  to such  a condition,  which  they  really  are not! DISCOURSE  VIII  141
This  is where  you  students  of the "Mighty  I AM  Presence,"
can be a Magnificent  Example  to the rest  of mankind.  So
many  of the Beloved  Students,  are the Standing,  Living
Wondrous  Proof  of Health  established  in the body!  It is
magnificent!
Now  let Us for a moment,  step  forth  and  see what  We
may  do in This  Magnificent  Service  to be rendered  for Our
Beloved  America  today!  Don't  question  Its great  need!  If
you saw  as We do, the need,  you  would  give  your  utmost
to make  your  Call  to the "I AM  Presence"  with  such  De-
termination,  that  all required  would  be released  into  action!
into the  mental  and  feeling  world  of mankind  and  the
Earth;  for America's  Protection  and  the Blessing  of man-
kind.
On the other  hand,  for your  encouragement,  I want  to
say, since  the Messengers  came  to San  Francisco,  A Service
has been  rendered  which  would  to the human,  seem  abso-
lutely  incredible  in every  way.  Not  only  in America,  but in
Europe,  the great  accumulated  war  entity,  is rapidly  being
dissolved  over  Europe.  I tell  you,  Beloved  Ones,  after  so
many  centuries  of the lethargy  of mankind,  it is wonderful
to see the Awakening,  sufficiently  within  three  short  years,
less than  three  years!  The  people  are beginning  to call with
such  earnestness;  and  release  these  things  from  the Presence
today.  Beloved  Ones,  it is Unparalleled  in the History  of
Earth!
These  things  which  are invisible  to you,  are as Tangible
to Us as your  physical  bodies  are.  Therefore,  We  do not 142 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
say these  things  just  for your  encouragement.  We  do it to
give you  Strength  and  Power  to go on, and  on, and  on, in
This  Mighty  Call  which  is doing  so much  more,  than  any
one could  imagine.
Again,  I say to you:  DON'T  give  Power  nor attention  to
the appearance  world!  When  only  such  a short  time  ago,
I was  able  to render  the Service  for Bob,  Rex,  Nada  and
Pearl  and  those  who  were  there;  and  then  I see the Service
which  those  Children  render  today,  it is Marvelous.  Their
Service  is again  to be in America.  They  are standing  guard
and watching  over.  Today,  a frightfully  destructive  activity


 Mother Nature’s Miracle Cleansers ... 35Perfect Balancer – Apple Cider Vinegar ......................38To preserve health is a moral and
religious duty, for health is the basis
for all social virtues.  We can no
longer be as useful when not well.
– Dr. Samuel Johnson,
Father of DictionariesTHE MIRACLE OF
FASTINGvi
Chapter 4: Fasting Fights Deadly Acid Crystals ........ 39
Toxic Acid Crystals Can Cement Your Joints to Make You Stiff ....39
How Toxic Acid Crystals Build in Your Body ..................40
Back Pains – The Curse of Mankind .........................42Fasting for Purification ...................................43Victory Won By Fasting, Diet and Exercise ....................44
Mother Nature Works Slowly, But Surely .....................45
Chapter 5: Scientific Fasting Explained ............... 47
Fasting is as Old as Man ..................................48Fasting Awakens the Mind and Soul ........................49The Biblical Patriarchs Fasted ..............................50Fasting – The Safe, Perfect Cleanser .........................51Don’t be a Slave to Food ..................................51Plan Your Fasting Program Today...........................52Your Mind Must Rule Your Body to Fast Successfully ............53
No Heavy Breakfast Plan is Best ............................53Healthy Eating Habits Keep You Youthful ....................55Americans Love Social Eating! .............................56Keeping Internally Clean is Critical .........................56Are You Ready to Fast, Detox and Get Healthy? ...............57Juice Fast – an Introduction to Water Fast .................... 58
Some Powerful Juice Combinations .........................59The 70% Watery Human..................................60
Chapter 6: Why I Drink Only Distilled Water!.......... 61
Hard Inorganic Minerals Cause Problems! ....................62Millions Drink Rain (Distilled) Water ........................63Distilled Water is Best for Your Health .......................64Ten Reasons to Drink Distilled Water  (list) ....................66
Chapter 7: How Long Should One Fast? ............... 67
Shorter Fasts Are Better and Safer ...........................68Why Should You Fast? ....................................69Great Benefits From Short and Long Fasts ....................70Fasting Appreciated Worldwide ............................71Pre-Cleanse Brings Better Fasting Results .....................72Here is My Fasting Program – Which I Recommend ............ 73
Breaking Health Laws – You Pay the Price! ...................74Sickness is Costly Big Business in America ....................74
Chapter 8: How to Break a 24 Hour Fast .............. 75
Follow These Instructions Carefully! .........................75Your Kidneys – The Miracle Organs .........................75
Keep Your Meals Healthy and Simple ........................78The Vegetarian Diet is Healthiest! ...........................79Contents
It is never too late to be what you might have been. – George ElliotviiChapter 9: I Fast 7 to 10 Days, 4 Times a Year .......... 81
Here’s the Path to Perfect Health! ...........................81
Fasting Balances Your Thermostat Naturally ..................82Mother Nature Intended the Body and Breath to Be Sweet .......83Unhealthy Lifestyle Causes Unhealthy Life ...................84Fasting Pulls Out Toxins and Poisons ........................85Fasting Promotes Healthy Elimination .......................87How to Conduct a 3 Day, 7 Day & 10 Day Fast ................ 88
Chapter 10: How to Break Long Fasts................. 89
How to Break a 7 Day Fast ................................ 89
How to Break a 10 Day Fast ............................... 90
The Ideal Elimination Program ............................91Vegetarianism Versus Meat Eating ..........................92
Eliminating Meat is Safer and Healthier .....................94My Beloved Health Teachers and Mentors ....................95
Chapter 11: Your Tongue Never Lies .................. 97
The Body Can


armic terms this can’t be true—all that
happens when anything is lost is that its energy has been rearranged. The
falling apple disintegrates to provide fertilizer for the new growth of the
apple tree. The gazelle killed by the lion returns to life in the cells of its
predator. The cycle of life and death, the rhythm of the seasons, the coming
and going of species is happ ening on a karmic scale, shuffling the
ingredients of life from one place to another without disturbing the
exquisite balance of the whole.
“Do you still have Mary Patrick with you?” I asked Connor.
“Yes, but not the way you might be thinking,” he replied. “I know it’s
very common for the bereaved to feel that the one they’ve lost is still in the
room, watching them, offering reassurance. Mary Patrick isn’t there like
that for me. She simply isn’ t gone. Does that make any sense? Am I crazy?”
“No. What you are perceiving is true,” I said. “Does this percept ion come
and go?” Connor shook his head. “Do you see your wife’ s face or hear her
voice?”
“That’ s just it, I don’t. Whatever I’m sensing,” Connor replied, a look of
bafflement on his face, “it’ s not the woman I married but something else.”
I said, “The woman you marrie d is not here, but what you loved in her
has no here or there. It just is. Its reality is part of something whole. I think
your marriage fostered the kind of love that has this endurance, because you
found a way to love beyond personality—that is a very rare achievement.”
Connor nodded  slowly, taking my words in with recognition and
appreciation. “I was taught by the priests in Cork that when we die, our
souls go to heaven. Perhaps that is how it is, I don’t know. But Mary Patrick
hasn’ t gone, that I do know. I’ll spend a long time trying to figure it out. If
that’s what you mean by ‘dying unto death,’ then that’ s what it will take.”OceanofPDF.com6
WHY WE NEED PASSION
UP TO THIS point I have spoken of the cosmic dimension of your self as a
Self that lives beyond three-dim ensional reality. But we have not yet fully
addressed the cosmic dimension of your relationship. What is your marriage
in terms of Self and Self, two spirits being joined? Since you lack for
nothing in your higher Self, it might seem at first blush that there is no need
for your Self and that of your beloved to relate. But in truth the very fact
that you can love each other in flesh and blood has its origins in spirit.
Your marriage is a play of the divine. T wo spirits pr etend to be separate for the sheer joy of
coming together in love.
The difference between a cosmic love affair and an earthly one is the
difference betwe en play and need. Some amount of need enter s into every
relationship in the material world—survival is too pressing an issue for us
to feel that our life is pure play. But in spirit you only play. Your purpose is
not to survive but to express every grain of passion that love arouses in you.
In Vedic terms only one marriage has ever taken place. It is the union of
God as male with God as female. When these two poles meet passion flies
between them. But this passion must be playful, since God knows in reality
that male and female are One. There was only one divine purpose in
dividing into two sexes, and that was the joy of sexual union.
Sexual union imitates divine cr eation. What you expr ess thr ough your passion is God’ s love for
God.
What we need to explore next, then, is how a marriage can deepen in
spirit to justify its cosmic purpose. If we could remember what it felt like tofall in love, we wouldn’ t ask why we need passion. The immediacy of
romantic love doesn’ t raise questions—the experience is all-enveloping.
Passion puts two lovers in a world of their own, as Whitman exalted in
one of his most erotically char ged poems, “From Pent-up Aching Rivers”:
O you and I! what is it to us what the rest do or think?
What is all else to us? only that we enjoy each other and exhaust each other if it must be so....
From sex, from the warp and from the woof,...
From the soft sliding of hands over me and thrusting of fingers through my hair and beard,
From the long sustained kiss upon the mouth or bosom,
From the close pressure that makes me or any man drunk, fainting with excess.
This poem brings the immediacy of sexual connection as close as words
can. However thrilling words may be, passion itself cannot be captured
outside the moment. In this it is like happiness. Anyone who is happy has
no reason to doubt what happin ess is. But once it has slipped away, even
ever so slightly, asking questions about happiness won’ t bring it back. The
mechanism of desire is even more delicate. As soon as erotic passion gets
eclipsed by niggling doubts or fears, spontaneity vanishes.
In our culture, because we define passion so exclusively in sexual terms,
people find themselves bewildered when sexual interest fades in their
relationships. Sometimes a more mellow love ensues, akin to the love
between friends, or we may be left with just indifference. Rekindling
passion in nonsexual terms isn’t something our culture knows much about.
Therefore the secret in many marriages, once a decade or more has passed,
is that both partn ers are struggling with ennui. The fading of passion has led
to boredom, and neither person knows what to do about it besides dwell in
nostalgia. As hard as it is to admit, relationships that begin in passion’ s
raging fire often end in the coldest ashes. Yet relationship should be about
uniting yourself with your beloved in a passion for life, not just for sex.
Real, lasting passion must come from a deeper level.
The intensity of human sexual desire is a pale reflection of the pent-up
longing that sends each of us on the quest for our ultimate lover, the Self.
Passion isn’t personal, even though another person triggers it; passion is
universal. When  Rumi declares that “all the particles of the world are in
love and looking for lovers,” he has conferred passion even on the force of
gravity. At the same time he gives back to spirit one of its most important
qualities—power.Without power spirit might be loving and inspiring, but it would n’t make
a difference in the way things  turn out; it would be an abstraction far
removed from daily events. Of course that is exactly how many people
regard spirit, but the soul is endowed with its own unique kind of power,
which in Sanskrit is called Shakti. In Indian cosmology Shakti is the female
principle of creation, the wife of Shiva, who stands as the male principle.
Shiva does not act in the world; he is unmanifest and invisible. Shakti is the
visible creation; she is like the mother tending her child, aware of every
movement, however minute, in the manifest universe. In our sexual love we
reenact the union of these two forces, and whenever we feel loved, we are
actually feeling the attention of the cosmic mother, consort, seductress, and
lover.
Shakti is portrayed in all these  forms and countless more. The tender
cosmic mother is Shakti, but so is the fanged destroyer Kali with her
necklace of skulls. Many of Shakti’ s forms are sexual—it is Shiva’ s passion
for Shakti that inspires her to perform her cosmic dance of creation to
delight him. The whole universe is thus a gesture of erotic love, and every
dancing molecule is moving in longing for an unseen lover. Rumi echoes
this notion when he says,
There is someone who looks after us
From behind the curtain.
In truth, we are not here.
This is our shadow.
The divine love of Shiva and Shakti is the only thing that is real; all else is
appearance—the costume of the dancer rather than the dancer herself.
But what is Shakti outside mythology? Shakti has no simple equivalent in
English—she includes the infinite energy of the physical universe as well as
the spiritual energy our moder n physics doesn’ t yet recognize. Galaxies
spin through space propelled by Shakti, but she also carries silent prayers to
God’ s ear. Shakti flows through  creation as the evolutionary impulse that
keeps order from  flying apart into chaos, but her existence is so intimate
that no instrument yet devised can detect it.
When the Bible  speaks of “the light” emanating from God to create the
world, Shakti is being described, though stripped of her gender. But Shaktididn’ t appear only at the moment of inception. Creation contin ues as long
as the universe exists; it is the spirit’ s unending expression of love for life.
Shakti is cosmic passion, and whenever you feel passion for anything you ar e expr essing Shakti
through yourself.
Although most of us consider ourselves fortunate if we can still feel
passion about anything as we grow older


 to the
nature of your thought.
• Banishing stage fright
A young lady was invited to an audition. She had been looking
forward to the interview. However, on three previous occasions, s he
had failed miserably due to stage fright.
She possessed a very good voice, but she was certain that when the
time came for her to sing, she would be seized with stage frig ht. The
subconscious mind takes your fears as a re-quest, proceeds to manife st
them, and brings them into your experience. On three previous
auditions she sang wrong notes, and she finally broke down and cried.
The cause, as previously outlined, was an involuntary autosuggestion,
i.e., a silent fear thought emotionalized and subjectified.
She overcame it by the following technique: Three times a day s he
isolated herself in a room. She sat down comfortably in an arm chair,
relaxed her body, and closed her eyes. She stilled her mind and body
to the best of her ability. Physical inertia favors pass ivity and renders
the mind more receptive to sug-gestion. She counteracted the fe ar
suggestion by its converse, saying to herself, “I sing beautif ully. I am
poised, serene, con-fident, and calm.”
She repeated the words slowly, quietly, and with feeling from five to
ten times at each sitting. She had three such “sittings” ever y day and
one immediately prior to sleep at night. At the end of a we ek she was
 200  completely poised and confident, and gave a definitely outstand ing
audition. Carry out the above procedure, and the death of fear is
certain.
• Fear of failure
Occasionally young men from the local university come to see me,
as well as schoolteachers, who often seem to suffer from suggest ive
amnesia at examinations. The complaint is always the same: “ I know
the answers after the examination is over, but I can’t reme mber the
answers during the examination.”
The idea, which realizes itself, is the one to which we in-var iably
give concentrated attention. I find that each one is obsessed w ith the
idea of failure. Fear is behind the temporary amnesia, and it is the
cause of the whole experience.
One young medical student was the most brilliant person in his
class, yet he found himself failing to answer simple ques-t ions at the
time of written or oral examinations. I explained to him that the reason
was he had been worrying and was fear-ful for several days p revious
to the examination. These negative thoughts became charged with
fear.
Thoughts enveloped in the powerful emotion of fear are realized in
the subconscious mind. In other words, this young man was requesting
his subconscious mind to see to it that he failed, and that is  exactly
what it did.
On the day of the examina-tion he found himself stricken with what
is called, in psycho-logical circles, suggestive amnesia.
• How he overcame the fear
He learned that his subconscious mind was the storehouse of
memory, and that it had a perfect record of all he had heard and read
during his medical training. Moreover, he learned that the
subconscious mind  was responsive and reciprocal. The way to be en
rapport with it was to be relaxed, peaceful, and confident. Every night
and morning he began to imagine his mother congratulating him on
 201  his wonderful record. He would hold an imaginary letter from her in
his hand. As he began to contem-plate the happy result, he called fort h
a corresponding or re-ciprocal response or reaction in himself. The all -
wise and omnipotent power of the subconscious took over, dictate d,
and directed his conscious mind accordingly. He imagined the end,
thereby willing the means to the realization of the end. Follow-ing th is
procedure, he had no trouble passing subsequent exami-nations. In
other words, the subjective wisdom took over, compelling him to giv e
an excellent account of himself.
• Fear of water, mountains, closed places, etc.
There are many people who are afraid to go into an ele-vator, climb
mountains, or even swim in the water. It may well be that the
individual had unpleasant experiences in the water in his y outh, such
as having been thrown forcibly into the water without being a ble to
swim. He might have been forcibly detained in an elevator, which
failed to function properly, causing resultant fear of closed plac es.
I had an experience when I was about ten years of age. I
accidentally fell into a pool and went down three times. I can s till
remember the dark water engulfing my head, and my gasping for air
until another boy pulled me out at the last moment. This experie nce
sank into my subconscious mind, and for years I feared the water.
An elderly psychologist said to me, “Go down to the swimming
pool, look at the water, and say out loud in strong tones, ‘I am going
to master you. I can dominate you.’ Then go into the water, take
lessons, and overcome it.” This I did, and I mastered the water. Do not
permit water to master you. Remember, you are the master of the
water.
When I assumed a new attitude of mind, the omnipotent power of
the subconscious responded, giving me strength, faith, and confidence,
and enabling me to overcome my fear.

 202  • Master technique for overcoming any particular fear
The following is a process and technique for overcoming fear,
which I teach from the platform. It works like a charm. Try it!
Suppose you are afraid of the water, a mountain, an inter-view, an
audition, or you fear closed places. If you are afraid of swimmi ng,
begin now to sit still for five or ten minutes three or four  times a day,
and imagine you are swimming. Actually, you are swimming in your
mind. It is a subjective experience. Mentally you have pr ojected
yourself into the water.
You feel the chill of the water and the movement of your arms a nd
legs. It is all real, vivid, and a joyous activity of the mind. It is not idle
daydreaming, for you know that what you are experiencing in your
imagination will be developed in your subconscious mind. Then you
will be compelled to express the image and likeness of t he picture you
impressed on your deeper mind. This is the law of the subconscious.
You could apply the same technique if you are afraid of mountains
or high places. Imagine you are climbing the moun-tain, feel the
reality of it all, enjoy the scenery, knowing that as you continue  to do
this mentally, you will do it physically with ease and comfort.
•He blessed the elevator
I knew an executive of a large corporation who was terri-fied t o ride
in an elevator. He would walk up five flights of stairs t o his office
every morning. He said that he began to bless the elevator ev ery night
and several times a day. He finally overcame his fear. Thi s was how
he blessed the elevator: “The elevator in our building is a w onderful
idea. It came out of the universal mind. It is a boon and a ble ssing to
all our employees. It gives wonderful service. It operates in divine
order. I ride in it in peace and joy. I remain silent now while the
currents of life, love, and understanding flow through the patterns  of
my thought. In my imagination I am now in the elevator, and I step
out into my office. The elevator is full of our employees. I talk  to
them, and they are friendly, joyous, and free. It is a wonderful ex -
perience of freedom, faith, and confidence. I give thanks.”
 203  He continued this prayer for about ten days, and on the eleventh
day, he walked into the elevator with other members of the
organization and felt completely free.
• Normal and abnormal fear
Man is born only with two fears, the fear of falling and th e fear of
noise. These are an alarm system given you by nature as a m eans of
selfpreservation. Normal fear is good. You hear an automobile coming
down the road, and you step aside to survive. The momentary fear of
being run over is overcome by your action. All other fears we re given
to you by parents, relatives, teachers, and all those who influe nced
your early years.
• Abnormal fear
Abnormal fear takes place when man lets his imagination run ri ot. I
knew a woman who was invited to go on a trip around the world by
plane.
She began to cut out of the newspapers all reports of airpla ne
catastrophes. She pictured herself going down in the ocean, bei ng
drowned, etc. This is abnormal fear. Had she persisted in this, sh e
would undoubtedly have attracted what she feared most.
Another example of abnormal fear is that of a business-man in Ne w
York, who was very prosperous and successful. He had his own
private mental motion picture of which he was the directo r. He would
run this mental movie of failure, bank-ruptcy, empty shelves, and no
bank balance until he sank into a deep depression. He


 the key to preventing much  disease and needless surgery. Over -
consumption of refined carbohydrates, it is believed, is responsible for arteriosclerosis and diabetes, while absence of suff icient
fiber content allows increased pressure changes in the bowel which lead to colon disease s. Excessive refined carbohydrates
favor the growth of putrefactive bacteria in the bowel, alter bowel chemistry and invite ulcerative colitis, polyps and colon  cancer.

Dr. Burkitt apparently believes that low bulk in the diet and the excess intake of whi te sugar and white flour products contributes
to or causes many of civilization’s diseases. Bowel transit time for a Bantu native is more than twice as fast as that of the  average
Englishman, according to Dr. Burkitt’s research. The length of time food was tes remain in the bowel determines how putrefactive
they get, how much the undesirable bacteria multiply, how much fat is absorbed through the bowel wall and what sort of chemic al
toxins develop in and pass through the bowel. Dr. Burkitt pointed out that A frican natives who move to cities for work tend to
change their diets and get more diseases. They eat more white sugar and flour, less fiber -food, and the effects soon show up in the
bowel and elsewhere.

Sir Arbuthnot Lane, physician to the Royal Family in England earlier this century, also believed bowel conditions were related to
diseases elsewhere in the body. Lane was impressed by research he observed in the laboratory of Nobel prize winner Dr. Alexis
Carrel at the Rockefeller Institute in 1911. Carre ll was growing “live” tissue cultures on microscope slides, and as long as the
living tissue was fed every day and the wastes were washed away, the tissue thrived. If the cell wastes were not washed away,  the
cells gradually deteriorated and eventually die d within four days. Lane became convinced that much disease is caused by the
body’s response to its own toxic waste product particularly in the bowel. It is significant that surgeons and physicians are
beginning to understand the importance of bowel care i n the prevention of disease. We cannot have a healthy body without clean
blood, and we cannot have clean blood unless we have a clean bowel with good tone to move wastes along promptly. A toxic
bowel is the source of many health problems.

TESTIMONIES
NOTE : We have not treated nor do we claim to treat any disease in our tissue cleansing program. We claim only that it is an
effective means of cleansing the bowel. The following testimonies have been voluntarily submitted by persons who have taken t he
7-day cl eansing program.
Patient Donald Bodeen, DC, Poughkeepsie, NY
All my life I have been plagued with a sluggish colon and the constipation which attends it. On occasion, severe pain would o ccur
as spasms would come and go. I can’t begin to relate to anyone t he myriad of problems this has caused in my life. I feel it has
directly, and perhaps even greater, indirectly, been associated with more mental and physical anguish than I care to recall.
Not until the colon cleansing program, as taught by Dr. Jensen in h is book, TISSUE CLEANSING THROUGH BOWEL
MANAGEMENT, was accomplished was relief and healing made possible for me. I could not have hoped or dreamed for anything
better. It is now a part of my life, and has been incorporated into my daily practice in my chi ropractic office.

Patient Gerona Alderin, Breast Lumps
For years, I have been cleansing by various methods. I’ve spent thousands of dollars on colonies, medications, vitamins, seei ng a
lot of doctors and nutritionists with very little results. It wasn’t until I took my own health care into my own hands that recovery
started to happen. I had gallstones and kidney stones and got rid of them without surgery. Last summer I discovered lumps on my
breasts. January 13, 1982, was the most traumatic day in my enti re life when my entire body broke out in an extremely itchy rash.
Nothing alleviated it. I trembled inside and out, felt hot and cold, couldn’t concentrate or meditate and had no energy. I kn ew I had
to do more than I was already doing, which was a lot. Ea ch “expert” I spoke to advised another vitamin or supplement or
something to “try.” I had heard about Dr. Jensen’s books, Tissue Cleansing Through Bowel Management and The Doctor -Patient
Handbook, and was doing a lot of reading on self -healing. During the January 13 trauma, the only thing I could think to use was
the lemon juice, cayenne pepper, maple syrup and water cleanse which I did for one week while I was scurrying around getting a
colema board and making numerous phone calls to find out where to get the supplements for the cleanse. I had no one to advise me
on anything as no one in my home area knew anything about it. Needless to say, I learned the hard way. That 7 -day fast was
followed by a 7 -day intensive cleanse, than the usual maintenance program advised by Dr. Jensen. I couldn’t remember feeling so
terrific for a long time. My energy was great, the color came back to my skin and my eyes started to turn blue again. Rest is
advised during the cleanse but as I was self employed, I found those weeks t o be the busiest weeks of my entire career. I had so
much energy I just did not want to rest. I do Latin -American and ballroom dancing and on those three Saturday evenings during
the cleanse, I danced from 8 pm to 1 am non -stop. After the first week, I was  asked if I had been to Florida as people said I looked
so rested and had such good color. When I told my friends what I was doing, most panicked and were full of good advice as to
what I should or should not do. They said it wasn’t good for me to go witho ut food; I would get too weak; I would get too thin;
and I was even told I would die. They had to admit that I looked terrific, but still the pressure came forward. I had to be r eally
strong and know that I was doing the right thing. I have done six intens e cleanses (Jensen’s method) since January 1982. When I
start to feel lethargic and ache all over, I know I have another build up of toxins. I get bored of doing the cleanse (taking  the
supplements mostly) after the 6th day and want to stop, but when I see  what I am expelling, I am motivated to continue. If I can
get rid of lumps on my breasts, restore the color of my eyes to blue, have great skin color and tone, abundant energy and gen erally
feel great, anyone can.

Patient M.T., Male, Degenerative Bowel Condition
I began the tissue cleansing treatments on September 8, 1982, and have continued with one colema every day since that time. I
have had a degenerative bowel condition for some time, and the most spectacular result of the tissue cleansing has been the
unbelievable material I have passed from my bowel.

Patient R.D., Male, Psoriasis
Since 1971, I had has psoriasis of the head area. On the fourth day of my tissue cleansing program, about 80% of the scales c ame
off. This has never happened to me before. I was happy to have a small healing crisis during the 7 -day tissue cleansing program at
Dr. Jensen’s Ranch. When the fever, headache and eye aches began, I took a colema and passed much mucus and rubbery material.
I felt much better, but later it returne d. Another colema was taken, and this time about one or two quarts of rubbery fecal material
passed out, leaving me free of symptoms. That night I passed mucus from my eyes, with a slight eye ache, but no fever or
headache.

Patient A.M.B., Female, Rheumat oid Arthritis
When I began the tissue cleansing program, I could hardly use my hands. My left knee was so swollen I couldn’t move it. Durin g
the program, my hands became more flexible, and the swelling and soreness in the palm of my right hand improved. Th e swelling
in my knee decreased until I could walk without pain. My back is not aching all the time now and seems stronger. My feet aren ’t
so tender on the bottoms.

Patient V.P., Male, Heart Condition
Before I took the tissue cleansing program, I had had a stroke, and my left arm was paralyzed. I arrived at the Ranch in a car
driven by my wife. I was sitting in a reclining position from which I couldn’t get up without severe stomach pain, and my fac e was
pulling on one side as if stretching my mouth up. On ly a few days before, I would wake up in the morning upset because life just
didn’t seem worth facing. In four days I was able to climb into the shower by myself, put myself on the colema board and get off
unassisted. I was able to get around without my ca ne. I began to wake up happy in the mornings, able to get up from a reclining
position without pain. My legs seemed smaller, not as much swelling. It was hard for me to believe the stuff that was coming out


ew days, I started drinking urine. I also drink some of my last urine before going to bed, and this seems to make my morning urine lighter in colour and milder in taste. After five days I started to have bad breath, and I sometimes had a grey film on my tongue. I had the   feeling that my body was being cleansed (apparently through the breathing process). This was inconvenient when I was in the company of other people: I constantly had to use breath fresheners or mouthwash. After a week, my lymph glands were swollen, especially in my right underarm. For years, I had a small, hard lump under my arm. This had become a soft bump half the size qf a hard-boiled egg. It was painful and frightening.       I felt uneasy about the swollen areas under my arms and slept poorly. Two nights later, however, I felt much better. The bump under my right arm was still swollen, but it had decreased in size. On the other hand, I had severe pain under both of my arms, and from time to time in my groin. I started a urine fast. Two days later, I still had a grey film in my mouth and probably still had bad breath. I took a break from urine therapy: for one day, I did not drink urine or massage with it. Strange - it seemed like I was more tired, as if a kind of clarity disappeared. The swelling under my arm had almost completely disappeared! I felt a bump the size of a pin-head instead of a large bean. Fantastic! A day later, the small bump had completely disappeared. I fasted the entire day on urine and a few glasses of water. Another nard bump in my underarm was becoming softer. The hard bump suddenly shrank to one third its size and it was as if I had a marble under my arm. Ten days later, I started drinking a cup of urine every morning and used it to wash my face and underarms. My skin was still grainy, my pores clearly undergoing a cleansing process. Sometimes when I looked in the mirror, I really noticed how good my skin looked. The rest of the day I also regularly drank my urine, particularly before going to bed. My urine is now almost always light in colour (also in the morning) and smells and tastes milder. The large lump is practically gone, and the small bump has not even left a trace. I believe that my body has found a balance and has got used to my daily dose of urine."   The Golden Fountain by Coen van der Kroon 139   ************************************ M ************************************  MALARIA  “M.Q. (athletic type, very temperate and a small eater) contracted malaria out East and had it for three years. During the year before treatment, he had suffered from thirty six attacks. He dosed himself regularly with quinine. He finally cured himself completely with a urine fast lasting ten days. Hence, no more quinine. He has never had another attack, and has kept in fme health by adhering to his temperate habits and freely partaking of urine.”  Urine Therapy by Dr. John O'Quinn  MALARIA  I myself got malaria 4 years back. By that time I had used urine-treatment in many cases with success and was fully convinced of its power. I fasted with urine for only three days and got cured completely. One of my relative who too was down with malaria almost on the same dates did not follow my suggestion and took quinine. Just after five weeks he was again down with malaria. This time, however, he agreed to fast with urine and continue for three days. He was cured but continued to drink urine every morning in a month as a precaution.  Miracles of Urine Therapy by Morarji Desai  MENOPAUSE  Marisol Manges { Mexico } "I am 45 years old and when beginning to take my Urine-therapy. I suffered from menopause. At 28 years old I had my tubes tied. I had shame, insomnia, nerves and smoked heavily. Today, after 6 months I can say to everyone, I now do not smoke and I feel perfectly well."  World-wide Case Histories of Urine Therapy by Gary Ward   MENOPAUSE  140 Light of the Carmen D. Sierra { Mexico } "I attended a conference that a friend invited me to go. I went to learn to practice the fasts with much love in Christ. In fifteen days I have alleviated myself of many things. I diminished the menopause, lost 10 kilos (23lbs), and on the 2nd fast, the pains in my chest and arms disappeared. My vaginal infections that stained my undergarments disappeared in one month. After the 4th fast, I built my blood and my skin recovered the elasticity in the ankles like when I was young.   I have always liked to study and to read a lot. Now I feel that I understand more, which makes me feel closer to love God and myself. The value of knowledge is more to fellowman and to love of life. Thanks to God for the form in which it has made me arrive my healing."  World-wide Case Histories of Urine Therapy by Gary Ward  MENORRHAGIA  “I was for several years a victim of menorrhagia (heavy menstrual bleeding). I was operated for that at the Dungargarh Government Hospital. But it gave no relief. On the contrary it created hysteria in me and I began to get its attack. Alternatively doctors and Vaidyas tried their skills on me but without any effect. I was daily growing weak. I was kept in the Ratangarh hospital also for one-month and I was operated upon for a second time. But the complaint would not leave me. At last with the consent of the family members, I began Urine therapy. For some days, I was on urine fast. About two hours' urine massage and thrice urine drinking every day for a month drove away both menorrhagia as also hysteria. By Shri Sancheti's grace I had almost a new life. I, therefore, request all brothers and sisters to give up recourse to Western medicines and benefit with this remedy.”  from Manav Mootra by R. M. Patel  MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY  A young woman who incurred an internal injury due to a sudden fall was suffering from irregularity of menses. Her digestion also was affected and she got constipated. As a result poisons got accumulated in her body. First allopathic and then Ayurvedic treatment were tried. But neither her constipation nor her menses improved. Then some of the relatives of the woman advised her to come to Nature Cure Hospital Malad. She was brought to the experienced doctor of that hospital Dr. Krishna Verma.  the condition of the woman was very serious at that time and it looked as if she is not going to live for a day or two. Dr. Krishna Verma first refused to tackle this case. But 141 the case was brought to hospital by a Vaidya who was a chromo-therapist. He said that if the patient was allowed to make use of the facilities of the hospital along with chromotherapy then he will be responsible for the life and death of the woman. The husband of the woman also agreed to take the responsibility. At last she was admitted to the hospital.  the Vaidya who was instrumental in getting her admitted went to Bombay to bring his equipments but never returned. Dr. Krishna Verma then took the responsibility of treating her himself.  At the time of admission, her menses were stopped. She was fully constipated and her urine was scanty, deeply colored and foul smelling. her hands, legs, chest, and eyelids were swollen.  It was decided to give her urine treatment. She was given urine and hot water to drink and her body was anointed with urine. After few days, she was given coconut water to drink in place of plain water. Slowly her urine increased from 5-6 ounces to 70-80 ounces per day. Swelling of the body diminished and other complaints subsided. At some parts of her body there were black spots due to deposits of impure blood. This was taken out by leeching the patient. Thus the woman was cured and lived a normal life.  Miracles of Urine Therapy by Morarji Desai  MENSTRUAL PROBLEMS  “Shri Amrit N. Wadia, B.A., aged fifty-two, wrote that his wife Prabhavati aged 45 oozed mu& blood by bleeding during menstruation and there was sickness at the same time. She used to put cotton soaked with urine in vagina along with the usual urine treatment. She was completely cured of her trouble by this treatment.”  Manav Mootra by R.M. Patel  MENSTRUAL PROBLEMS  A woman named Prabhawati aged 45 was suffering from bloody leucorrhea. At the time of menses she used to bleed too much and it then continued for a long time. She was made to fast for eight days. Anointment with urine and urine drinking was continued for a month. At the same time urine soaked cotton was put into her vagina daily four times a day. In one month woman got rid of her disease completely. She was treated under the guidance of Dr. Paragji D. Desai.  Miracles of Urine Therapy by Morarji Desai  142 MENSTRUAL PROBLEMS  Another young girl, recently married was suffering from irregularity and acute pains during menses. Advice of urine therapy came through her mother worked and the next menses was in time and painless.  Miracles of Urine Therapy by Morarji Desai  MENSTRUAL PROBLEMS  Without name. { Mexico } "I am a home


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of roads is inadequate.
What do we do then? Tax cars severely until few can afford them? Legislate opening and closing hours of businesses to stagger
to'ing and fro'ing? Hire a smarter municipal highway engineer to synchronize the traffic lights? Bui ld larger and more efficient
streets? Demand that auto companies make cars smaller so more can fit the existing roads? Tax gasoline prohibitively, pass ou t
and give away free bicycles in virtually unlimited quantities while simultaneously building mass rai l systems? What? Which?
When we settle on a solution we have simultaneously chosen what we consider the real, underlying cause of the problem. If our
chosen reason was the real reason. then our solution results in a real cure. If we picked wrongly, our att empt at solution may result
in no cure, or create a worse situation than we had before.
The American Medical Association style of medicine (a philosophy I will henceforth call allopathic) has a model that explains  the
causes of illness. It suggests that an yone who is sick is a victim. Either they were attacked by a "bad" organism --virus, bacteria,
yeast, pollen, cancer cell, etc. --or they have a "bad" organ --liver, kidney, gall bladder, even brain. Or, the victim may also have
been cursed by bad genes. In a ny case, the cause of the disease is not the person and the person is neither responsible for creating
their own complaint nor is the victim capable of making it go away. This institutionalized irresponsibility seems useful for both
parties to the illness,  doctor and patient. The patient is not required to do anything about their complaint except pay (a lot) and
obediently follow the instructions of the doctor, submitting unquestioningly to their drugs and surgeries. The physician then
acquires a role of be ing considered vital to the survival of others and thus obtains great status, prestige, authority, and financial
remuneration.
Perhaps because the sick person is seen to have been victimized, and it is logically impossible to consider a victimizer as a nything
but something evil, the physician's cure is often violent, confrontational. Powerful poisons are used to rejigger body chemis try or
to arrest the multiplication of disease bacteria or to suppress symptoms; if it is possible to sustain life without them, "bad," poorly -
functioning organs are cut out.
I've had a lot of trouble with the medical profession. Over the years doctors have made attempts to put me in jail and keep m e in
fear. But they never stopped me. When I've had a client die there has been an almost inevitable coroner's investigation, complete
with detectives and the sheriff. Fortunately, I practice in rural Oregon, where the local people have a deeply -held belief in
individual liberty and where the authorities know they would have had a very h ard time finding a jury to convict me. Had I chosen
to practice with a high profile and had I located Great Oaks School of Health in a major market area where the physicians wer e
able to charge top dollar, I probably would have spent years behind bars as d id other heroes of my profession such as Linda
Hazzard and Royal Lee.
So I have acquired an uncomplimentary attitude about medical doctors, a viewpoint I am going to share with you ungently, desp ite
the fact that doing so will alienate some of my readers. But I do so because most Americans are entirely enthralled by doctors, and
this doctor -god worship kills a lot of them.
However, before I get started on the medicos, let me state that one area exists where I do have fundamental admiration for
allopathic m edicine. This is its handling of trauma. I agree that a body can become the genuine victim of fast moving bullets. It can
be innocently cut, smashed, burned, crushed and broken. Trauma are not diseases and modern medicine has become quite skilled
at puttin g traumatized bodies back together. Genetic abnormality may be another undesirable physical condition that is beyond the
purview of natural medicine. However, the expression of contra -survival genetics can often be controlled by nutrition. And the
expressi on of poor genetics often results from poor nutrition, and thus is similar to a degenerative disease condition, and thus is
well within the scope of natural medicine.
Today's suffering American public is firmly in the AMA's grip. People have been effective ly prevented from learning much about
medical alternatives, have been virtually brainwashed by clever media management that portrays other medical models as
dangerous and/or ineffective. Legislation influenced by the allopathic doctors' union, the American  Medical Association, severely
limits or prohibits the practice of holistic health. People are repeatedly directed by those with authority to an allopathic doctor
whenever they have a health problem, question or confusion. Other types of healers are consid ered to be at best harmless as long as
they confine themselves to minor complaints; at worst, when naturopaths, hygienists, or homeopaths seek to treat serious dise ase
conditions they are called quacks, accused of unlicensed practice of medicine and if the y persist or develop a broad, successful,
high-profile and (this is the very worst) profitable practice, they are frequently jailed.
Even licensed MDs are crushed by the authorities if they offer non -standard treatments. So when anyone seeks an alternativ e
health approach it is usually because their complaint has already failed to vanish after consulting a whole series of allopat hic
doctors. This highly unfortunate kind of sufferer not only has a degenerative condition to rectify, they may have been furthe r
damaged by harsh medical treatments and additionally, they have a considerable amount of brainwashing to overcome.
The AMA has succeeded at making their influence over information and media so pervasive that most people do not even realize
that the doct ors' union is the source of their medical outlook. Whenever an American complains of some malady, a concerned and
honestly caring friend will demand to know have they yet consulted a medical doctor. Failure to do so on one's own behalf is
considered highly  irresponsible. Concerned relatives of seriously ill adults who decline standard medical therapy may, with a great
show of self -righteousness, have the sick person judged mentally incompetent so that treatment can be forced upon them. When a
parent fails t o seek standard medical treatment for their child, the adult may well be found guilty of criminal negligence, raising
the interesting issue of who "owns" the child, the parents or the State.
It is perfectly acceptable to die while under conventional medica l care. Happens all the time, in fact. But holistic alternatives are
represented as stupidly risky, especially for serious conditions such as cancer. People with cancer see no choice but to do
chemotherapy, radiation, and radical surgery because this is th e current allopathic medical approach. On some level people may
know that these remedies are highly dangerous but they have been told by their attending oncologist that violent therapies ar e their
only hope of survival, however poor that may be. If a cance r victim doesn't proceed immediately with such treatment their official
prognosis becomes worse by the hour. Such scare tactics are common amongst the medical profession, and they leave the recipie nt
so terrified that they meekly and obediently give up all  self-determinism, sign the liability waiver, and submit, no questions asked.
Many then die after suffering intensely from the therapy, long before the so -called disease could have actually caused their demise.
I will later offer alternative and frequently  successful (but not guaranteed) approaches to treating cancer that do not require the
earliest -possible detection, surgery or poisons.
If holistic practitioners were to apply painful treatments like allopaths use, ones with such poor statistical outcomes like allopaths
use, there would most certainly be witch hunts and all such irresponsible, greedy quacks would be safely imprisoned. I find i t
highly ironic that for at least the past twenty five hundred years the basic principle of good medicine has been t hat the treatment
must first do no harm. This is such an obvious truism that even the AMA doctors pledge to do the same thing when they take th e
Hippocratic Oath. Yet virtually every action taken by the allopath is a conscious compromise between the potent ial harm of the
therapy and its potential benefit.
In absolute contrast, if a person dies while on a natural hygiene program, they died because their end was inevitable no matt er what
therapy was attempted. Almost certainly receiving hygienic therapy contr ibuted to making their last days far more comfortable and
relatively freer of pain without using opiates. I have personally taken on clients sent home to die after they had suffered e verything
the doctors could do to them, told they had only a few days, we eks, or months to live. Some of these clients survived as a result of
hygienic programs even at that late date. And some didn't. The amazing thing was that any of them survived at all, because th e best
time to begin a hygienic program is as early in the de generative process as possible, not after the body has been drastically
weakened by invasive and toxic treatments. Later on, I'll tell you about some of these cases.
Something I consider especially ironic is that when the patient of a medical doctor dies, it is inevitably thought that the blessed
doctor did all that could be done; rarely is any blame laid. If the physician was especially careless or stupid, their fault can only
result in a civil suit,


 happening. Whenever we had doubts, we
kept remembering that Dr. Kelley had this and he knows what to do. This was our
confidence.
I  bought a juicer and made carrot and celery juice several times a day. That took a
lot of time. Preparing all of the fresh vegetables takes time. But, I  had my own garden
for years so I  knew how much work it is to raise and prepare vegetables for the table.
Now we were eating everything raw possible. Even my family cooperated.
Within two weeks, my digestive disturbances were better. At first I'd go out and
work awhile and come in to fix carrot juice and lay down to rest. Then get up and go
out again to finish the jobs. My family helped carry the water and feed for the
chickens, but I  still raised and dressed 150 chickens that first summer. In six weeks, I
felt really good. I  didn't have any of the things that Dr. Kelley had written in the book
that I  might have. My body responded quickly and I  began to regain my strength that I
hadn't had for months. I  Never Ate One Thing I  was not supposed to eat. I  took my
nutrition exactly as he told me. I  have always been a determined person. I  did
everything as near right as I  could or knew to do. This helped me in my diet. If I  had
even once eaten sweets or anything that was on the list of "no-no's," I  wouldn't have
been able to win the game. That's what you need — determination to follow the
rules.
In six months the lumps in my breasts were gone. I  felt much better than I  had before. I
had not had surgery and the awful ordeal of that, or intravenous feeding, and I  still had a
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whole body. I  was telling everyone to eat right. But I  did not tell anyone (outside of my
family) that I  had cancer. People knew I  had been really sick, but not what was really
wrong with me. I  guess I  wanted to be sure myself that I  could do it before I  would tell
anyone you could lick cancer with proper lifestyle and nutrition. I  continued chiropractic
treatment for years, and still do. Mostly when I  talk to people about eating properly — not
eating food with preservatives, eating raw foods instead of cooked ones — they make light
of it and never really listen. Yet, many call me with all of their ills and ask me what they
should do. Some I  can advise and some don't believe what you say anyway.
Three years later in March, I  applied for another insurance policy with another
company. I  told him I  had been refused a policy because of the lumps in my breast. He
sent me for another health examination with another doctor. I  told this doctor also about
the lumps — that I  did not go to a doctor but I  started taking nutrition and eating raw foods,
etc. and the lumps went away. He couldn't find any lumps. They X-rayed my chest and
found nothing. Yet he would not believe the nutrition had anything to do with it. He told
me I  was in excellent health and I  got the insurance policy. It was a much larger policy
than the one I  had been refused because of the lumps in my breast.
In July after the X-rays, I  noticed the lumps in my breast again. I  had just read an article
in the paper that they were finding "hard evidence that X-rays are actually causing cancer."
On July 20, 1976, when I  discovered the lumps back again, I  immediately went back on
my original schedule and diet and within 6 months my lumps were gone again. My advice
to others would be — don't get X-rays taken. The radiation exposure is too dangerous.
After 5 years with Dr. Kelley, I  do not need tests as often as I  did. I  follow his diet list and
my own home grown foods when possible. I  continue to take all kinds of nutrition as he
recommends. I  am not as strict with my diet as I  was the first three years but when I  don't
eat right, or stop the nutrition, I  don't feel good and I  know what to do to get better again.
Dr. Kelley has answered personally all my letters to him about health problems that come
up. He takes my telephone calls when I  need to know something right away. Good health
is something you need to work at daily. Dr. Kelley's advice works. My illness has given my
husband and me a better, closer relationship than we have ever known. I  know Metabolic
Medicine works. It did for me.
Dr. Kelley: "It's hard to appreciate the sorts of obstacles patients had to overcome
to see me as a clinician. First of all, I  am not a medical doctor, I  am a dentist. Second,
my office was unbelievably unacceptable when compared to where a lot of these
people had gone — to the great clinics and hospitals of our world. They really had to
lower themselves to come into my meager surroundings. While adequately appointed
and kept immaculately clean by my receptionist, there certainly was no pretension in
any respect. On many occasions, people would drive up in their Cadillac or Rolls
Royce and drive away because they thought that they couldn't possibly find anything
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of worth in such an unpretentious office."
Stomach Cancer Testimonial
Elizabeth W ojt
Mrs. Wojt is a 47-year old woman from New Jersey alive 10 years since her diagnosis of
stomach carcinoma. Before her bout with cancer, Mrs. Wojt had a long history of general
poor health and chronic digestive problems. In 1974, she first experienced episodes of
severe abdominal pain that usually occurred between meals, and were relieved by eating.
Over the following three years, her symptoms gradually worsened, although she was not
normally evaluated until spring of 1977. At that time, a barium swallow revealed a tumor,
described in an official report as "suspicious lesion in the fundus and cardiac of the
stomach."
Mrs. Wojt was referred to a gastroenterologist, who biopsied the suspect tissue during
endoscopy (examination of the stomach with a flexible tube inserted down the esophagus).
After review, the specimen was identified as a carcinoma. She was admitted to Patterson
General Hospital on April 17, the following day, she went to surgery (for a radical subtotal
gastrectomy, which is resection of most of the stomach). The tumor had already metastasized
into the surrounding tissues and lymph nodes; the final pathology report describes:
"Adenocarcinoma of the stomach with metastases to the gastrocolic nodes and omentum."
Mrs. Wojt was told she most likely would not live a year. Nevertheless, after leaving
Patterson hospital in late April, she was referred to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center in New York for possible experimental treatment. But Mrs. Wojt, who already knew
of Dr. Kelley's work, decided to refuse all orthodox therapy. Instead, that same month she
consulted Dr. Kelley and began the full Kelley program. Mrs. Wojt followed her nutritional
regimen for five years. At present, ten years after her diagnosis, she is in excellent health
apparently cured of her once metastatic disease. According to Mrs. Wojt, her doctors are
"dumbfounded" by her prolonged survival.
Mrs. Wojt is indeed a remarkable case. The five-year survival rate for patients with
metastatic stomach cancer is close to zero — even with aggressive therapy. Mrs. Wojt
received neither chemotherapy nor radiation after her surgery, and chose to follow only the
Kelley program.
Leukemia Testimonial
Thomas M., Alexandria, LA
5-Year Victory Over Leukemia
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At age 61, this lawyer, blessed with a lovely wife and eight children, was
diagnosed at Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, as having acute myelogenous leukemia.
My friends at Ochsner Clinic opined that the condition was terminal and that I  had at
best a few months and at worst a few days to live.
Following three courses of Cytosar and Thiogunine at the Clinic (from October 7,
1977 through about mid-December 1977), I  fortunately had a remission. I  was to
continue with maintenance therapy, which the medics told me would, at best,
improve the quality of life. There was slim, if any, hope for recovery.
Dr. Kelley's book miraculously came to my wife's attention. We visited him in
Washington in December 1977. We were enthusiastic and got on the program and
experienced dramatic improvement. The idea that you treat the body, or host, and not
the symptoms was so intellectually stimulating and sensible, I  wondered why my
medical friends and my doctor son could not understand and why they discouraged
and belittled my efforts. I  very shortly resumed my practice, golf and a normal but
different lifestyle.
About midsummer of 1978, it became apparent that to continue the chemotherapy
would destroy any hope I  had of bodybuilding. These shots would


 means being devoid of the need for
an external support system.BREAKING THE BARRIER OF CONVENTION  / 149Blind Obedience to Rules and Laws
Some of the most despicable human behavior ever recorded was
done under the guise of following orders. The Nazis executed six
million Jews and murdered and mistreated countless millions of
others because it was the “Law.” Later, after the war, responsibility
for these acts of barbarism was shifted rapidly up the hierarchy of
Nazi power until throughout Germany the only people who could
be held accountable for these heinous crimes were Hitler and his
chief henchmen. Everyone else was merely following orders and
the law of the Third Reich.
In Suffolk County, New York, a county spokesman recently ex-
plained why people who had been inadvertently overcharged on
their real estate taxes could not be reimbursed. “The law says that
past tax bills cannot be reevaluated once they are paid. It’s the law,
I can’t help it. My job is to enforce it, not to interpret it.” Indeed, in
another time and another place, he’d have made an excellent execu-
tioner. But you know this refrain. You hear it every day. Don’t think,
just obey the rules, even if they are absurd.
At swimming pools, tennis courts and other public places, about
half of the rules make no sense. Recently one hot evening I asked a
group of young people sitting around a pool, obviously thirsting to
get in, why they were lounging near the edge, when the pool was
empty. They responded that it was for adults between 6:00 and 8:00
P.M. This was the rule, and despite the fact that no adults wanted to
use it, the rule was still being enforced. No flexibility, no ability to
alter the rule when circumstances so warrant, simply blind obedience
to a rule that had no logical reason at that moment. When I encour-
aged them to see about shifting the rules, I received a phone call
from the management telling me that I was promoting insurrection.
One of the best examples of blind adherence to the rules—no
matter how silly they may be—can be found in the military. A col-
league of mine tells of an excellent example of this obe-150 / Your Erroneous Zonesdience mentality. When stationed on Guam, in the South Pacific, he
was struck by the willingness of many enlisted men to enforce rules
that were obviously absurd. Officers were permitted to sit on the
red benches which were sheltered and watch the outdoor movies.
At the midnight showing of the movie, which officers never attended,
there was an enlisted man assigned to ensure that no one sat on the
red benches. Thus, each evening you would see a group of enlisted
sailors sitting in the rain, with one of their own ranks guarding a
section of empty red benches, to ensure that the rule was followed.
When my colleague inquired why such an absurd policy was being
enforced, he was given the standard answer, “I don’t make the rules,
I just enforce them.”
Hermann Hesse said in Demian,
Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves
and be their own judges obey the laws. Others sense their own
laws within them; things are forbidden to them that every
honorable man will do any day in the year and other things are
allowed to them that are generally despised. Each person must
stand on his own feet.*
If you must comply with all the rules all the time, you are destined
to a life of emotional servitude. But our culture teaches that it is
naughty to disobey, that you shouldn’t do anything that is against
the rules. The important thing is to determine for yourself which
rules work, and are necessary to preserve order in our culture and
which can be broken without harm to yourself or others. There is
no percentage in rebelling just for the sake of rebelling, but there are
great rewards in being your own person and living your life accord-
ing to your own standards.
*Hermann Hesse, Demian  (New York: Bantam Books, 1974), p. 53.BREAKING THE BARRIER OF CONVENTION  / 151Resisting Enculturation and Traditions When They Affect You
Negatively
Progress, yours personally and the world’s, depends on unreason-
able men, rather than people who adapt to their society and accept
whatever comes along. Progress depends on individuals who are
innovators, who reject convention and fashion their own worlds. In
order to shift from coping to doing, you’ll have to learn to resist
enculturation and the many pressures to conform. To function fully,
a resistance to enculturation is almost a given. You may be viewed
by some as insubordinate, which is the price you’ll pay for thinking
for yourself. You may be seen as different, be labeled selfish or rebel-
lious, incur disapproval from many “normal” people, and at times
be ostracized. Some people will not take kindly to your resistance
to norms they’ve adopted for themselves. You’ll hear the old argu-
ment of, “What if everybody decided to obey only the rules they
wanted to? What kind of a society would we have then?” The simple
answer to this, of course, is that everybody won’t! Most people’s
addiction to external supports and shoulds prohibits such a stand.
What we’re talking about here has nothing to do with anarchy.
No one wants to destroy society, but many of us would like to give
the individual more freedom within it, freedom from meaningless
musts and silly shoulds.
Even sensible laws and rules will not apply under every set of
circumstances. What we are striving for is choice, that is, the ability
to be free from the servant mentality of constant adherence to the
shoulds. You do not have to be always as your culture expects you
to be. If you are, and feel an inability to be otherwise; you are indeed
a follower, one of a flock who allows others to determine his course.
Leading your own life involves flexibility and repeated personal
assessments of how well the rule works at a particular present mo-
ment. True, it’s often easier to follow, to blindly do as you’re told,
but once you recognize152 / Your Erroneous Zonesthat the law is there to serve you, not to make you a servant, you
can begin to eliminate that musterbation behavior.
If you’re going to learn to resist enculturation, you’ll have to be-
come a shrugger. Others will still choose to obey even if it hurts
them, and you will have to learn to allow them their choice. No an-
ger, only your own convictions. A colleague of mine was in the
Navy, stationed aboard an aircraft carrier home ported in San
Francisco at the time President Eisenhower was visiting northern
California on a political swing. They were commanded to spell out
in human formation the words, HI IKE, so that the President could
look down from his helicopter and view the message. My friend
decided the idea was insane, and decided not to do it, because it
conflicted with everything he stood for. But rather than stage a revolt,
he simply slipped away for the afternoon, and allowed everyone
else to participate in this demeaning ritual. He passed up his one
chance to dot the i in Hi. No put-down of those who chose otherwise,
no useless fighting, simply shrugging and letting others go their
own way.
Resisting enculturation means making decisions for yourself and
carrying them out as efficiently and quietly as possible. No bandwag-
ons or hostile demonstrations where they will do no good. The
foolish rules, traditions and policies will never go away, but you
don’t have to be a part of them. Just shrug as others go through their
sheep motions. If they want to behave that way, fine for them but
that’s not for you. To make a big fuss is almost always the surest
way to incur wrath and create more obstacles for yourself. You’ll
find scores of everyday occurrences where it is easier to circumvent
the rules quietly than to start a protest movement. You can decide
to be the person you want to be, or the one others want you to be.
It’s up to you.
Virtually all new ideas which have resulted in change in our soci-
ety were at one time scorned, and many of them were illegal as well.
All progress involves flying in the face of old rules that no longer
apply. People ridiculed the Edisons, Henry Fords, Einsteins, and
Wright Brothers—until they were successful.BREAKING THE BARRIER OF CONVENTION  / 153You will meet with contempt too as you begin to resist meaningless
policies.
Some Typical Should Behaviors
The roll call of “have-to” behaviors could fill an entire book. Here
is a sampling of the more common examples of these actions as they
surface in our culture.
• Believing that there is a place for everything and everything
must be in its place. The organization syndrome means you are un-
comfortable if things aren’t in their designated locations.
• Asking “What should I wear” on a regular basis, as if there were
only one acceptable mode of dressing and it is determined by other
people. White pants and pastel colors are only worn in the summer.
Wool is always  a winter fabric, and other similar “being controlled
by the seasons” musts  that infiltrate your life. (