. Although the perfection of Love to the level of
Unconditional Love at calibrati on 540 is reached by only 0.4 percent of
today’ s overall world population, it is nonetheless comprehended as a real,
experiential possibility, and exceptional individuals who continue to evolvein consc iousness to the high 50 0s are termed “saints,” thereby serving as
models for humanity as a practical goal. The spiritual ecstasy of the very
high 500s is a lso recorded (for example, documented exp eriences of
Ramakrishna, the Baal Shem T ov, St. Francis of Assisi, and others) and
thereby given credence and acceptance as a possible reality fo r those who
are exceptionally motivated or gifted.
At consc iousness level 500, there is a major shift of paradigm. Mentation
gives way to i ntuition, linear causality to nonlinear synchro nicity, and
external ef fort to subjective rea lization. From consciousness level 600 and
up, the spiritual reality is desc ribed as inef fable or mystical. Its nondual
quality ( that is, “no mind,” or “ Mind”) makes such a condition dif ficult to
language or conceptualize and therefore is seemingly limited as an actual
experiential pos sibility. Advance d students are familiar with the  writing s of
the great sages w hose work is c haracterized by the Sanskrit terms Advaita
and V edanta, about which there is considerable information available
through the writings of recent well-known teachers, such as Ramana
Maharshi or Nisar gadatta Maharaj. On a similar level are the teachings of
great, w ell-known mystics of all religions, such as the Sufis, the Kabbalists,
or the Zohar. Of major importance, and also well known, are the teachings
of the Buddha, the Hindu sages, and the Zen adepts. Credenc e as to the
actuality and reality of Enlightenment is supported by the rather extensive
literature about such states by w ell-known scholars, such as W illiam James,
and later scholars of the Zen tradition, such as D. T. Suzuki and Alan W atts.
The dif ficulty in describing or explaining such states is simply  that the
consciousness le vel of the intel lect is limited to the 400s and includes the
presumption of cause and ef fect. Though the descriptions are linear, the
states themselves are nonlinear and thus can be alluded to but not accurately
described in familiar language. D espite the limitation of accurate depiction,
the r eality of such states is universally recognized, and most r ecently, we
have confirmed the Reality of enlightened states with consciousness
calibration research. Though statistically rare, such advanced states are
inspirational and  give recognition to the potential of human consciousness
to evolve.
The fact  that the enlightened condition is not comprehensible, ex plicable,
or possib le of “acquisition” by the mind/intellect dismays spiritual seekers;
thus, su ch states may seem unreachable and therefore not pr actical as a
goal. On the contrary, in ac tuality, advanced states are powerfullyexperiential bec ause the Reality that they confirm and reflect is already a
fact consequent to the very obvious actuality that you already exist. Thus,
every sp iritual s tudent already has met the first requirement, an d it is only
necessary to add motivation and  commitment. Thus, the only r equirements
are, first, to exis t, then to have heard of Enlightenment, and the n to seek it
as a  rea lizable goal. What makes it seem dif ficult is the deart h of simple
information and clarification, fo r experientially the way is innately simple,
although at times seemingly ard uous. This book contains information that
clarifies the essential steps.
Another reason that reaching the state of Enlightenment seems
impractical is because the mind conceptualizes in terms of cause  and ef fect,
and stud ents con ceive of themselves as being driven (that is, implying inner
willpower and so forth) instead  of the reality that they are ac tually being
attracted by their future destiny, like an iron filing to the magnet.
Comfort and confidence can be  derived from a verifiable realit y that the
rare individuals who are actuall y attracted to Enlightenment as a life goal
are s o because th at is already th eir destiny (calibrates as true). For the same
reason, only future golfers would be taking golf lessons.
Q&A
Q: Wher e does one begin the sear ch for spiritual truth, Self-r ealization,
and Enlightenment?
A:  It is sim ple. Begin with who and what you are. All truth is found
within. Use verified teachings as a guide.
Q: How does the inner path differ fr om traditional r eligious
observance?
A:  The  emphasis is on the inner experiential subjective realization and
internal validation of spiritual truth. In contrast, religions often require
memorizing ecc lesiastical doctrines, learning about their historical or
mythological origins and sources, along with the citation of authority,
precedent, and illustrious figure s and contributors. There tend to be variousregulations, such as those regarding lifestyle, dress, and hairstyles, as well
as rules  of conduct pertaining to marriage, procreation, and social and
sexual activities, based on ecclesiastical doctrine, correlated with specified
ethnic or tribal cultures limited in time and geography. In addition, there are
explicit or implied requirements, such as attendance, membership, and
group commitments. These often result in social/group inclusions and
exclusions (for example, believers versus nonbelievers). W ithin the domain
of religion, it is  the mystics who calibrate the highest, by virtue of their
direct, inner realization of T ruth.
Q: What personality characteristics ar e favorable?
A:  C haracteristica lly, devotees tend to be introspective, thou ghtful,
reflective, curious, responsible, and attentive. There is usually an aversion
to v iolence, cruelty, nonintegrity, and the fanfare and drama of glamour or
vulgarity. There are the attraction to learning for its own sake and the
pleasure of discovery of basic premises, and a capacity for rigorous self-
honesty.
Q: What about daily life?
A:  Spi ritual devotion is a contin uous inner lifestyle that incorporates
constant watchful awareness. The process is self-rewarding and,
paradoxically, this results in greater benefit and enjoyment  of formal
religious partici pation or practices as well. The reflections of truth are
everywhere to be seen and recognized in multitudinous expressions. By
internal observation, you develop an inner wisdom that facilitates
compassion and spiritual comprehension rather than an “ought to”
discipline. W ith inner awareness, religious guilt and preoccupation with sin
diminish, and instead, you ch oose positive options, rather than being
controlled by negative program s resulting in shame, fear, and guilt. (It is
well to note that the level of Gu ilt is at the bottom of the Map, while Joy is
at th e top.) Fulf illment of potential is rewarding and gratifyin g, which in
turn progressive ly reinforces motivation. Self-honesty brings g reater inner
freedom as well as adaptational expertise and flexibility. It is not necessary
to w ithdraw from the world b ut instead to recontextualize it. Spiritualevolution resul ts in greater capability due to the advan cement of
consciousness that ensues. It is a matter of motivation. It is not necessary to
go into monastic retreat, although there may be such periods that are
beneficial.
Q: Inner spiritual work seems to r equir e discipline and endeavor.
A:  These requirem ents are activated by intention. Inner work be comes
powered by an unexpected mom entum as each positive step in creases the
likelihood and ease of many m ore, like rolling a snowball downhill. T o
for give one person makes it easier and more likely to for give another and
another.
Q: How do you transcend the ego?
A:  Y ou begin by letting go of wanting to control aversions and
attractions. Y ou let go of all wa ntingness. In this way, you eve ntually will
transcend the experiencer, which is the core of the ego. Ev erything is
happening spon taneously by virtue of the field of infinite power, that is
Divinity, but you will see that within one ten-thousandth of a second, the
ego jum ps in and claims to be the author of experience. T o tra nscend that
one ten-thousandth of a second is what happens when you finally transcend
the limitations and identification with a personal ego. Then you’ll see that
nothing happens in linear, causal sequence. Nothing causes anything;
everything arises spontaneously as potentiality becomes actuality by virtue
of the power of the field. There is no “this” causing a “that.” That is merely
the ego, the perceiver ’ s, projection.
Y ou bec ome the  witness to life’ s  emer gence in each moment. Y o u are not
the c ause. Y ou a re not the doer. Y ou


 amounts already to nearly2,000, and that every one of these deaths  after treatment has been taken
from the official returns of Pasteur Institutes.
In regard to the statistical returns of these institutes, we will quote
1.Rabies and Hydrophobia, Thomas M. Dolan, pp.188–89.
2.Anti-Rabic Inoculations: Their Deadly Effects, Dr. H. Boucher.
Published by The Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Society, London.Dr. George Wilson’s summary in his Reservation Memorandum of the
Royal Commission on Vivisection:
“Pasteur carefully screened his statistics, after some untoward
deaths had occurred during treatment or immediately after,by ruling that all deaths should be excluded from the statisticalreturns which occurred either during treatment or withinfifteen days of the last injection.
It is in accordance with this most extraordinary rule that
the percentage of deaths in all Pasteur Institutes works outat such a low figure. Thus, in the Report on the KasauliInstitute for 1910, Major Harvey commences his commentson the statistics of the year as follows:
‘In this year, 2,073 persons, bitten or licked by rabid or
suspected rabid animals, were treated,’
...yielding a percentage of failures of 0.19. This percentage
Major Harvey explains in these words:
‘There were 26 deaths from hydrophobia. Of these, 14
died during the treatment, eight within 15 days of
completion of treatment, and four later than 15 days
after completion of treatment. Only the last four are
counted as failures of the treatment according to Pasteur’s
definition of a failure, and it is on this number that the
percentage failure rate is calculated.’ ”
This screening of statistics prevents the inclusion of the death of
the late King Alexander of Greece among the list of Pasteurian failures.
The announcement was made, after a monkey had bitten the King,that expert advice had been summoned from Paris. Had the King lived,
no doubt a paean of victory would have proclaimed his rescue through
Pasteurian methods. As the King instead, unhappily, grew worse, adiscreet silence was, for the most part, observed as to his treatment.
The truth, however, we learn in a bulletin received by the Greek
Legation in London and reported in the Daily Mail :
“Athens, Saturday. The King passed a critical night. His fever
attained 105.6 deg. Fahr., and was preceded by severeshivering and accompanied by a fit of delirium, which lastedone hour and a half. This morning he was again vaccinated.His heart has weakened. His breathing is irregular.”
1
As the King thus died during the course of treatment, we must
apparently not only blame the monkey rather than the vaccination for
1. Daily Mail, 18th October, 1920.
Hydrophobia   299300   Béchamp or Pasteur?his death, but must also not even count the latter as a failure of
Pasteurian treatment.
Another more recent case cannot be thus excluded from this
category. The Daily Mail of the 14th January, 1921, reports:
“A rare case of hydrophobia was revealed in Paris yesterday
when Mme. Gisseler, a Dutch woman, died as the result ofhaving been bitten by a mad dog eight months ago. After thebite Mme. Gisseler was immediately treated at the PasteurInstitute and altogether received 25 injections of serum.”
The excuse then follows that ‘such cases of death after treatment
are extremely rare’; this announcement loses its force when we consider
that many deaths, like that of the late King of Greece, are excluded by
an arbitrary time limit from being considered as failures.
Apart from the so-called ‘accidents’ of treatment and apart also
from deaths after treatment (from whatever cause), an additional
argument against Pasteur’s method is its introduction of a new disease– paralytic hydrophobia, entirely different from the many forms of
pseudo-rabies. That this complaint is often wrongly attributed to other
causes – syphilis, alcoholism, or even influenza – and in other casesglossed over altogether, is disclosed in a report entitled Paralysis of
Anti-Rabies Treatment, by Dr. P. Remlinger, Director of the Pasteur
Institute, Morocco, to the International Rabies Conference held at thePasteur Institute, Paris, April, 1927.
1 He writes:
“We were impressed with the discrepancy between the number
of observations published by directors of institutes and thenumber of cases orally acknowledged by them to haveoccurred. Such occurrences were commonly kept secret, asif they were a reflection on the Pasteur method or a reflectionon the doctor who applied it. Such a policy appeared to us tobe clumsy, and the reverse of scientific.”
And again (p.85):
“We have come to the conclusion that certain institutes
conceal their cases. On various occasions we have found inmedical literature observations concerning paralysis oftreatment, and we have afterwards failed to find in thereport and statistics of the institutes concerned any mentionof these unfortunate cases.”
1. Publications of the League of Nations. 111. Health. 1927. 111. 14.As far back as the 1st January, 1920, Pasteurian statistics were
criticised in The Times  by no less an authority than the eminent
statistician Professor Karl Pearson, well known as the Galton Professorof Eugenics and Director of the Laboratory for National Eugenics at
the London University. Questioning the boast of Pasteur’s ‘conquest of
hydrophobia’, he wrote:
“Full statistical data for the Pasteur treatment both in Europe
and Asia are not available. What data are published permitno prudent statistical judgment.
If the Indian Government is in possession of information
on this point, why is it withheld? If it does not possess it, why
does it not obtain it and issue it? Is there any cause fordissatisfaction with the results obtained, and have anychanges been made in the treatment on the basis of suchdissatisfaction with the results obtained, and have anychanges been made in the treatment on the basis of suchdissatisfaction or for any other reason?
These are the questions for which answers should be
demanded in the House of Commons. No Government is tobe blamed for adopting a course recommended by its scientificadvisers. But it sins not only against science and humanity,but against the world as well, if it does not provide thematerial it must possess for a judgment of the success orfailure of its efforts.
Given our present state of knowledge, I venture to assert
that it is not wise to speak yet of the ‘conquest of rabies’.”
Such is the expert statistical commentary that after all these years
answers Pasteur’s request to await the verdict of time and experience.
Even the information obtainable from the Pasteur Institutes can
hardly be encouraging to believers in Pasteur’s treatment. For instance,
if we turn to the reports of the Pasteur Institute at Kasauli in India, wefind a big increase from ten deaths from hydrophobia in 1900 to 72
deaths in 1915. Against this we can scarcely set the corresponding
increase in cases, because so many of the latter cannot be described asgenuine; it is frankly acknowledged in the Sixteenth Annual Report
1
that many of the Europeans have undergone no risk whatever.
We can well believe this when we recall the example of Lord and
Lady Minto, who went through the course of inoculations merely
because their pet dog had been bitten by another dog supposed to
have been mad! A large proportion of the Indians can run no risk either,
Hydrophobia   3011. p.21.302   Béchamp or Pasteur?except from the treatment, seeing that the patients, according to the
report’s own showing, have not all been bitten, but many merely
‘scratched’, or ‘licked’, and not all by rabid, but many by merely‘suspected’ animals. Moreover, these animals included human beings,
cows, calves, pigs, deer, donkeys, elephants and many other species!
Between the years 1912 and 1916, there were 114 patients who hadbeen bitten by horses and 80 who had been the victims of human
bites! Thus we see that in a considerable number of so-called ‘cures’
there is no pretension to the patients ever having run any risk fromactual mad-dog bites.
In an interesting note, this Sixteenth Annual Report
1 recommends
“the use of atropine2 in cases which have developed symptoms
of rabies.”
It goes on to say:
“The use of this drug was suggested to us by Major F. Norman
White, to whom we acknowledge our thanks. Its effect is torelieve throat spasm, and if it is given at suitable intervals,this distressing symptom can be entirely obliterated, withthe result that the patient is able to eat and drink.
Apart from this beneficent effect, there is always in the
background the hope that in certain cases throat spasm(which is the proximate cause of death) might be held incheck until the phase of recovery had set in… Clearly the
most hopeful cases would be those of the untreated, in which
the incubation period was naturally a long one…”
So here we find Pasteurian workers themselves acknowledging a
possible cure which has no connection with Pasteur and further, on
their own admission, that it is quite possibly more profitable withoutthe addition of his treatment.
For that matter, hydrophobia has never been a complaint without a
rem


, with the temperament of a hippopotamus and a very strong nervous
system - I think if he was approached by a bear, he would invite
him to drink tea and smoke a cigarette.
We have settled, have spent two nights and we were taken to chelushmanskuyu
valley about 400 miles from our base - ochchchen beautiful place, but
and down there, I assure you, scary - the length of the saddle 3,5 km
and at an angle of 30-40 degrees. We stood there day, then we
taken to the lake, not far from the valley - three lakes, one blue
and extraordinary purity - water directly turquoise - my mother talked
I swim there - something she was bathing in all the lakes and rivers that we
come across, despite the envious looks hungry (remark:
dry starvation in its pure form - no contact with the water - even
can not wash their hands and brush their teeth, but since we have no problems with
health, we had a few indulgences such as brushing teeth
with water and permission to swim).
We spent 2 days - the second was particularly noteworthy,
because both were marked by the release of starvation. The technique
This doctor went compote of dried fruit - my God, in life
seen such a fuss over cooking compote! at the end
ends of all took into his hands the businessman from St. Petersburg. a result, instead of
6 am people crept up to compote at midnight. Then returned
to the base, and began a vegetarian gluttony - we have 7-day,
the people - 5. It was just an incredible amount eaten watermelons
and melons - especially watermelons. At the exit we were again taken to the trip,
for rafting - I really did not go, because well, I do not like the cold
in any form.
And then began the second stage. It the weather is slightly marred
- 3 days have been rainy and cold - mostly house stoked
stove and all the people going there - a small one and half
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324sofa housed 5 people - 3 povdol and 2 feet. Sex
distinctions blurred - we held hands. So it was easier
to spend time - on hunger as it would slow down as well - so far
waiting for their turn to massage until it is done - that evening
pass, and in the morning somewhere drove... in reserve, for example, where
bred guinea fowl, rabbits, chickens, turkeys, ducks - it's nice
was to feed livestock warm bread (from the smell of which
just giddy), and just chat with brazen goats
Lisa and Masha, but still there was a red deer - deer, quite simply, a
still a huge owl - an impressive birdie two feet in height,
girth with a decent wood yardstick claws and completely
zingy yellow-orange, his enormous eyes - feed the bird
live pigeons and rats. And there lives a wild goose, which
1964! Very family-style by the way - it there a separate
"Premises", where he lives only with his family.
When the weather is established, we were taken to the camp next to Teletsk
Lake: something about 80 km from thereof. The base was called "the devil
Lake and apparently was organized by former military - big
double-layer canvas tents with wooden beds,
wooden floor in a tent, wooden sidewalks - all very clearly
thought out down to the mat at the entrance and urns with trash bags.
Lake there is a small, pretty murky with silt bottoms (that
did not stop the mother from swimming). But there were pedal boats
and the people enjoyed this, even though very remote, contact
with water. We sunbathed, but since there was no sweat at all, I am personally
long lacked.
Stayed there for 2 nights, went to second on Teletskoe lake - it
very large, 80 km in length, in the form of a comma - the widest
position in width - 5 km, the deepest place - 365 meters Madly
beautiful water - is black, but transparent. it flows into rivers in 1975
and rivulets, and follows only one - Biya. We take a walk
katerke on the lake to the waterfall (carbonate, in my opinion) 2,5 hours the road
at one end - a waterfall is very beautiful and powerful energy there.
In the evening the same day my mother came out of dry fasting - we
given herbal tea with honey - it was a thrill (compote in the first
time for some reason has not made such an impression on me), mom
me a laugh, because after the first cup
I was kind of like an alcoholic - a red nose, face osolovevshee
and ears are almost on their shoulders.
Returned to base, where our people have suffered a further 2 days. at one
women in their second fasting resorbed tumor in his chest. someone
then bled from the nose at someone - from the gums, the heat was almost everyone,
but in general people are caught stable and almost no one is whining.
The main problem - the almost complete lack of sleep, 2 hours
a day, and some do not sleep. And then there was a second output,
and again vegetarian gluttony.
My personal feeling - a feeling of lightness, energy, purity,
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325force. All the troubles during the famine were as strong
heart rate during a sharp rise in the mountain, feeling weak and very
the slow passage of time. Did not want to drink, although water dreaming
severe dry mouth appeared only when I started
rinse your mouth with water. The dream was nice.
During the exit - the feeling of fullness in the stomach, a headache for 1-e
day - that's all trouble. Chair recovering from their own
and very fast, at the very first day out. Mama younger,
prettier, has blossomed. In general, the unpleasant memories of the famine,
how about something terrible there - apparently, after all, for an organism is
natural process of purification. More subjective impressions: not
was "a marble grid" after a bath, and the famine was breathing for some reason
breast, although usually breathe stomach.
Filonov Sergey - a doctor with a very rich clinical
experience, a true professional, I think some did not survive
to starvation, if not for him and his support.
For those who want to talk, my e-mail: mailto: mariam-g@list.ru
Mariya Zhukova
My dry starvation in the Altai.
Of course, I wanted to write a diary for myself, but when after two
month has passed inspection, I have not found a cyst and I am now
pregnant. I sent my diary Sergei Ivanovich - let
he publishes it online. in our town a lot of young, yes
and in general women with similar diagnoses, they have absolutely no
know what to do and so many are afraid of starvation, not to mention
of dry. I took it all herself, has achieved its goal. Yes were
moments when he wanted to quit, but I knew that no way back.
Operation, of course, is not so terrible they make thousands, but most
the main reason remains. Just change something in your life
and attaching the will and patience we can achieve success
in his recovery.
Here is my story.
From his childhood as I can remember, I was constantly treated. Colds,
colitis, stomach, liver, spine, etc. After another cold
and treatment with antibiotics, earned more, and chronic bronchitis
with asthmatic component. Autumn in cold weather
begin to worry asthma. A year ago, I began
pain in the right abdomen, irregular menstruation. Asked
in a local clinic, it became clear that I still have a cyst and the right
ovary. The doctor prescribed me medication. I'm pierced, but the pain
disappeared for a while and resumed again.
The doctor said that it makes no sense to treat further, you need to do
laparoscopy. I am 27 years old, married five years, no children, then
age remain without hope of becoming a mother.
Decided, all sufficient, it is necessary to do thorough with their health.
I read many books and articles. Talking with people who have achieved
improve their health without drugs. Went on different courses,
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326seminars. Accidentally found on the Internet site of Sergei Ivanovich
Intuition prompted - it's mine. Called Sergei Ivanovich
In April, he told me that you can help me and the chances I have,
but to go dry starvation and get good results
need to prepare well and come in June. He explained to me
that with my sores I had better go and dry fractional
starvation. Its meaning is that at first I'm going through the first dry
hunger as much as I can, the first hunger like soap
coaching. Then we make a good quality output,
and the second a hunger for the maximum, it is already healing. Here is how to hunger
overrides hunger and obtained performance as if
if we were just eleven days, but go directly to a
term for an untrained person is very, very difficult, so
physiological and easier to pass SFG. I sat on a vegetarian
diet, cleaned intestines, liver. It is very hard for me dalas cleaning
Liver: me nauseous, and vomiting was good although my husband supported.
But after cleaning I was the first time in his short life
felt that such health.


 many other disorders. "
Reuter Report
August 14, 1990
"Four Sri Lankan commandos who drifted in a boat more than 1,000 miles to
Thailand after they had been ambushed and given up for dead were given a
rapturous welcome when they returned home. 'They managed to survive on the
boat by catching turtles and drinking urine,'a military officer said.
Kyodo News Service, Tokyo
July 30, 1990
"A male cook was pulled out of the rubble of the Hyatt Hotel early Monday
morning, 14 days after a powerful earthquake devastated the northern
Philippines, officials said. Dry, with only minor bruises on his body, he told
reporters he survived by drinking his own urine. "
At a time when new viruses and bacteria are outwitting even the best efforts
of space-age medicine, and increasingly frequent natural disasters put basic
necessities out of reach, the facts about the one medical and survival tool that
the FDA can't regulate and that's always there when you need it most, may
well become the greatest survival lesson any of us will ever learn.
Soeda, University of Tokyo, 1968).
These remarkable findings were published in medical journals -
but did you ever hear about them?
What about the immunologist who, after extensive clinical and laboratory
research stated: "It was rapidly appreciated that undiluted urine
administered orally was therapeutically effective for Immune Therapy and
was initiated when it became obvious that an allergic condition had become
uncontrollable." (Dr. C.W. Wilson, 1983, Law Hospital, Scotland). Or the
Harvard medical researchers who discovered that active "antibodies to
cholera, typhoid, diphtheria, pneumonia, polio, leptospira and salmonella
33 have been found in the unconcentrated urine of infected individuals."
(Lerner, Remington & Finland, Harvard Medical School, 1962). What abut
the Scandinavian researcher who, in 1951, conclusively proved that human
urine can completely destroy tuberculosis? It's a deadly disease, and is now
resistant to antibiotics. Isn't it time someone told us that our own urine is
medically proven to be anti-tubercule?
Then there's the research into wounds and burns using urea (the primary
solid component of urine). As only one research study among many reported:
"In America, urea has been used for the treatment of various infected
wounds and it has been found to be extremely efficient... even the deepest
wound can be treated effectively.... Urea treatment has been successful where
other treatments have failed. For external staph infections we found urea
preferable to any other dressing..• there are no contra-indications to its use."
(Dr. L. Muldavis, 1938, Royal Free Hospital, London).
ClcarittS Vp tl1c Misco11ceptiotts
If you asked a person on the street what uric acid is,
he or she would invariably answer that it's a toxic body waste.
No so, say medical researchers at the University of California at
Berkeley who in 1982 reported they had discovered that
"uric acid destroys body-damaging, cancer-causing free radicals and
is considered to be one of the physiological factors that enable
human beings to live so much longer than other mammals."
But what about urea? Urea is in urine and isn't that the toxic stuff
that causes uremic poisoning? Actually, medical researchers
discovered many decades ago that urea, far from being a toxic body
waste, is an incredibly versatile, far-reaching and effective medicinal
agent. In numerous medical studies, it was shown that urea is one of
the most potent non-toxic virucidal agents ever discovered.
In one particular study, the rabies and polio virus [sic] were killed so
quickly and efficiently by concentrated urea, that even the laconic
researchers themselves were surprised: "Urea is such a relatively
inactive substance and certainly not a protoplasmic poison such as
are most virucidal agents, that it is in a way surprising that rabies
and poliomyelitis are killed so easily by urea solutions"
(McKay & Schroeder, Society of Experimental Biology, 1936).
In reality, Urea is an FDA-approved medicinal agent that doctors and
researchers utilize in an amazing variety of therapeutic modalities.
Because of its remarkable and comprehensive anti-neoplastic
(anti-tumor) properties, it's presently being used in anti-cancer drugs
and is extensively studied for use in cancer treatments.
34 Urine Therapy Before Birth The urea compound drug, gficazide, is used successfully
by the medical establishment in treating both insulin-dependent and
non-insulin-dependent diabetics.
As a natural diuretic, urea is unparalleled, and is a proven and accepted
treatment in cases of edema or swelling such as excess cerebral and spinal
pressure, glaucoma, epilepsy, meningitis, even premenstrual edema and
many other disorders in which excess fluid is a problem.
As one American neurosurgeon reported regarding a patient who nearly
died form complications following brain surgery:
"Urea was administered intravenously as an emergency measure.
Within 20 minutes from the start of injection, her blood pressure had
returned to normal....from this time on her recovery was uneventful.
In this case, urea was definitely life-saving, because prior to its
. administration, the patient's survival was unlikely. In many similar
instances urea was found to be life-saving"
{Dr. M. Javid, University of Wisconsin}
{4}
Scie11tific H\ivotl1esis
1. Re-absorption and re-use of nutrients.
This hypothesis is based on the idea that urine can cure illnesses
because it contains minerals, vitamins and other nutrients that are
essential for one's health. Actually, we obtain these substances in
sufficient quantities from the food we eat, assuming that we follow a
healthy, well-balanced diet. By drinking or massaging with urine, we
possibly re-use and re-absorb a number of vitamins, amino acids, salts,
hormones, etc. as nutrients. Though, this can be especially important
during illness, when diseased body tissue enters the blood and must
therefore be excreted. The filtering process in the kidneys should break
down this tissue to its original materials, after which it can be re-used by
the body to build up new tissue.
2. Re-absorption of hormones.
The basis for this hypothesis is that we can re-introduce these
into the body by drinking or massaging with urine.
Certain hormones have a very specific effect during a healing process.
For example, corticosteroids secreted by the adrenal cortex inhibit
infections and have a positive effect in the treatment of allergies such as
asthma and hay fever, skin disorders such as eczema and psoriasis,
and inflammatory illnesses such as rheumatism.
35 Re-absorption can be a means for the body to generally conserve energy:
re-ingestion of hormones gives the body the chance to re-use
at least a number of these, so that it is not necessary to expend energy
on manufacturing new hormones.
Since proteins are harmed by the acids, pepsins and enzymes in the
digestive tract, the hormones re-absorbed into the body if one drinks urine
will mainly be the small ones which are not proteins (protein-complexes).
The sex hormones, adrenal gland hormones and thyroid hormones will
almost certainly be re-absorbed, the effects of which need to be more
closely researched. The external application of urine to the skin allows
hormones to be re-absorbed by the body without being destroyed.
Massaging with urine is therefore an important complementary component
of urine therapy, as urine is directly absorbed into the tissue.
Enemas are also a good way to prevent destruction of certain hormones by
gastric juices, which is why this method often helps cure allergic disorders
better than when urine is orally ingested.
The same applies for urine injections.
3. Re-absorption of enzymes.
Urine contains many enzymes, which might explain why urine therapy is
effective against arteriosclerosis, heart attack, pulmonary embolism, etc.
Based on research conducted on the enzyme Urokinase, positive results
can be expected from the effects of enzymes in urine as a 'total entity'.
Urokinase causes vasodilation and resembles nitroglycerine in its ability to
strengthen the bloodstream from the coronary artery to the cardiac muscle.
Urokinase is extracted from urine and brought on the market as medicine
on a large scale. Other enzymes are probably active in urine,
but more specific information is not yet available.
. 4. Re-absorption of urea.
Scientists estimate that 25% of the urea in an adult finds its way into the
intestines, where it is decomposed into ammonia by intestinal bacteria.
Some of this ammonia ends up in the liver, where part of it is converted
into urea, and another part is converted into glutamine, an extremely useful
amino acid. According with a report presented by John Wynhausen at the
First All India Conference on Urine Therapy, it is quite possible that urea is
indeed converted into glutamine by ammonia.
Research demonstrates the


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XIXPART I •
THE FUNDAMENTAL PREMISE: I
Sex Energy Can Be Transformed into SpiritCHAPTER I
MALE SEX ENERGY IS STORED IN ITS SEED
"There is no medicine, or food, and no spiritual salvation that can
prolong a man's life if he fails to understand or practice the har-
mony of sexual energy."
—P'eng Tsu, physician to the Emperor
For more than 8,000 years of Chinese history, the "Sexual Kung
Fu Method" of retaining the seminal fluid during the act of love
remained a deep secret. At first it was practiced exclusively by the
Emperor and his innermost circle, who learned it from the Taoist
sages that advised the court. These wise men claimed in earlier
times it was a natural gift of all mankind. The Emperor needed the
method to prevent impotence and illness; improperly educated
monarchs were exhausted at an early age by the sexual demands of
their wives and concubines. In aristocratic families it passed from
father to chosen son alone, excluding wives, daughters and other
family members.
Sexual Kung Fu is an internal practice that permits men to
retain certain bodily secretions which are a source of incomparable
energy when stored and recirculated to higher vital centers. One
prevents loss of this biochemical energy by not ejaculating. Stop-
ping ejaculation is not to be confused with stopping orgasm. The2 Taoist Secrets Of Love
Sexual Kung Fu Method provides an altogether unique and supe-
rior type of orgasm repeated over lengthy periods of love making.
Its secret is simply, there is no loss of seminal fluid during orgasm.
By practicing control of certain muscles, tendons, and fascia
of the lower trunk and by allowing the genital pressure to spread
over the entire body, the seminal fluid is withheld. At the same
time one thrills to pleasures of infinite variety. Indeed, the joys of
this kind of love must be considered quite different from ordinary
physical pleasure; the intensity is so great that it often leads to a
spiritual awakening.
A man who masters this method will find his sexuality so
enhanced that he will feel a revolution has occurred in his life. The
pair of lovers becomes a dynamo, generating great quantities of
electromagnetic energy. With this method one can make love more
often than before, with tremendous benefits to one's health. Sexual
Kung Fu stimulates production of precious hormonal secretions
instead of depleting them, as is ordinarily the case with ejaculation.
Every vital function is invigorated because one no longer dis-
charges life energy through the genitals. Real sexual fulfillment lies
not in feeling the life going out of you, but in increasing awareness
of the vital current that flows through the loins. The body is further
replenished by a method of "steaming" the vital energy up from
the sexual centers to the brain and higher organs such as the heart
and crown of head. The life-enhancing energy process is completed
by exchanging energy with one's lover during a relaxed meditation
following the creation of this supercharged sexual energy.
This powerful release and sharing of life's vital force is the
fundamental bond in human love. To awaken this dynamic energy
is also to experience the force behind man's biological and spiritual
evolution, also known as the Rising Kundalini.
EXTRAORDINARY POWER OF
THE SEXUAL ELIXIR
Wise men of the Orient have from time immemorial sought means
of preventing discharge of the seminal fluid. Without exception
they have realized the tremendous implications of the sexual act:
when performed with love and discipline, it may awaken dormant
powers in the mind and body. The nervous and endocrine systems
are particularly open to improvement. The act of love has longMale Sex Energy Is Stored In Its Seed 3
been recognized as healing, but the Taoist masters sought to go
beyond this and find the principles of physical immortality within
it. Many schools arose proposing various ways of tapping the se-
cret elixir of sexuality.
Those who fully understand conventional ejaculatory sex,
know it grossly exploits every gland and organ. With ejaculation,
the internal pressure of life is expelled from the body, leaving
behind in some sex-obsessed men only enough life force to fold the
newspaper, squeeze food through the bowels and make for the
psychiatrists's couch.
The sages considered one drop of semen equal in vital power
to one hundred drops of blood. The Hindu holy men refer repeat-
edly to Amrita, the elixir of life, a rejuvenation substance that may
be produced during prolonged sexual activity without ejaculation.
The production of this elixir, which westerners might call a higher
hormonal secretion, requires a sexual technique that prevents
ejaculation and thereby allows the body to enter higher and higher
states of energy.
Extraordinary powers, including healing and clairvoyant per-
ception, may evolve when one retains the semen and drives its
power back up into the body. Many gifted minds have held that if
one could retain these fluids for one's entire life, the body would
not decay after death. The Saints—Christian, Buddhist, Moslem,
or Taoist—all used the power dwelling in the vital seed to perform
"miracles."
DIAGRAM 1
THE SECRET OF SECRETS
Many esoteric sects have urged the eating of the seminal fluid
to increase sexual ability and bodily fitness. This practice is at least
as rational as buying vitamins. Scientific analysis has found it to4 Taoist Secrets Of Love
contain a treasure house of vitamins, minerals, trace elements,
hormones, proteins, ions, enzymes, and other vital nutritional sub-
stances.
But there is an additional property in the sperm seed which
present-day science cannot analyze and is far more important than
any vitamin. This may be called the Life-Force. Though it registers
on no scientific instruments, it is far from imaginary since it sepa-
rates the living from the dead. Ginseng root is an example of an-
other natural substance which shows no special properties under
chemical analysis, yet its life restoring powers are now widely
acknowledged. Love making is a powerful healing tonic because it
involves sharing the human life force, which is far more potent than
any herb or medicine.
Chinese aristocrats and adepts seeking the deepest level of
fulfillment have long had the capacity to return the energy of the
seminal fluid to the brain and vital bodily centers. But ordinary
people in our society have, until now, had no technique for recy-
cling this great life power to the body. Most men have found the
sexual lure irresistibly attractive and have happily lost their seed
when succumbing to it, unaware of the consequences to their
health or that there was even an alternative available to them.
With frequent ejaculation of sperm vitality ultimately plum-
mets. The big spender loses stamina, his vision begins to weaken,
hair tumbles from his skull: he grows old before his time. At first he
will not feel drained, but after years of abuse his capacities will
begin to drop alarmingly. When the hormonal secretions of the
sexual glands are regularly leached out, the body is sapped at its
root. Within a period of time that will range from months to de-
cades depending on the endowment of the individual, creative and
sexual abilities are halved, and the ability to withstand disease and
the frailties of old age is diminished.
To regain failing powers, the desperate big spender of vital
seed sometimes tries to borrow well-being from hormone injec-
tions, "uppers," "downers," intoxicants, megavitamins, hallu-
cinogens, and aphrodisiacs. These substances frantically stuffed
into the body may appear to help temporarily. He may seek to
regain his dwindling sexual powers with personal power purchased
with money or political influence. If he is on a spiritual path, or is
surrounded by a loving community of family and friends, this feel-
ing of a failing life power will be slowed. But so long as the pro-Male Sex Energy Is Stored In Its Seed 5
digious energy waste continues, decline is inevitable. The organs of
digestion will be unable to assimilate sufficient nutritional energies
to replace those irrecoverable life energies lost by ejaculation.
The Taoist method of cultivating sexual energy recirculates to
the body the hormones, proteins, vitamins, enzymes, minerals and
electrical energies of the semen. When they are conserved and
transformed, one enjoys a marvelous sexual life, improved health,
deep inner balance, and rising spiritual consciousness.
The Taoist method of love actually stimulates the production
of hormonal substances of unusually high quality. One can learn to
focus energy on the endocrine glands during the act of love. When
the glands are bathed in energy, the quantity of their secretions
increases; more importantly, their quality improves. At higher
stages in the practice the hormones develop extraordinary proper-
ties.
The Sexual Kung Fu method allows one to generate and con-
serve more nervous and hormonal energy than are necessary for
ordinary functioning. This excess vitality may be channeled to
strengthen the body and to raise mental and spiritual abilities.
When lovers are in close embrace subtle Yin and Yang energies are
concentrated into vortexes from the sexual region to the head and
eventually remain in the head at all times.
WHY HAS THE SPIRITUAL POWER OF SEX
BEEN KEPT A SECRET?
Our race has finally grown aware of the need to conserve natural
resources, lest we consume ourselves to


use to participate in violent actions in any way.
Create distance between any form of violence and yourself. This includes
listening to TV or radio reports  or even perusing newspaper articles about
the uses of force taking place all over the planet. See if you’re justifying
hearing or reading about hostile activities as a need to be “fully informed.”
Once you know that force is being applied anywhere in the name of
subjugating others, you’ll realize that the constant repetition of that news
makes you a participant in the violence. By refusing to allow such energy
into your life, even as a passive observer, you keep yourself attuned to the
Way.
Eventually, when enough of us are unwilling to tolerate such behavior in
any form, we’ll be closer to bringing an end to the use of force on our
planet. Rememb er that every use of force, even the smallest, creates a
counterforce.
Here’ s what a great 16th-century poet, Saint John of the Cross, advises:
You might quiet the whole world for a second
if you pray.

And if you love, if you
really love,

our guns willwilt.
Do the T ao Now
In line with altering the way you look at the world, today change every
television chann el and radio station that presents an image or audio of the
use of force or violence. Then increase that “no tolerance” policy to include
movies, videos, and games that have beatings, homic ides, and chase scenes.
OceanofPDF.comOceanofPDF.com31st Verse
Weapons ar e the tools of violence;
all decent men detest them.
Therefore, followers of the T ao never use them.

Arms serve evil.
They ar e the tools of those who oppose wise rule.
Use them only as a last r esort.
For peace and quiet ar e dear est to the decent man’ s
heart, and to him even a victory is no cause for r ejoicing.

He who thinks triumph beautiful
is one with a will to kill,
and one with a will to kill
shall never pr evail upon the world.

It is a good sign when man’ s higher natur e
comes forwar d.
A bad sign when his lower natur e comes forwar d.

With the slaughter of multitudes,
we have grief and sorr ow.
Every victory is a funeral;
when you win a war,
you celebrate by mourning.OceanofPDF.comLiving
Without Weapons
The 31st verse of the Tao Te Ching unequivocally states that implements
of violence serve evil. Lao-tzu clearly knew that weapons design ed to kill
are tools of futility and should be avoided if you choose to live according to
the principles of the Tao. This includes the design, production, marketing,
distribution, and of course, the use of weapons in the business of killing.
The Tao is about life; weapons are about death. The Tao is a creative force;
weapons are about destruction. Humanity has failed to learn this profound
teaching of the Tao Te Ching, which was written when weapons consisted
mainly of bows and arrows, spears, hatchets, and the like.
From his positio n as an observe r and a being of Divine wisdom, Lao-tzu
recognized that there’ s no victory in any activity where killing takes place.
Why? Because all people, regardless of their geographic location or belief
system, are connected to each other by their originating spirit. We all come
from, retain, and return to the Tao. When we destroy each other, we’re
destroying our opportunity to allow the Tao to inform us, to flow freely in
and through the form we’re in. What appears to our ego to be a victory to
celebrate is really a funeral, a time to mourn. Lao-tzu reminds us that taking
pleasure in winning a battle is aligne d with an ego will to kill. The Tao has
only a creative, nurturing, and loving will. On this physical plane, our
highest nature expresses itself through the precepts of the Tao, while our
lowest nature expresses itself by engaging in the business of killing.
The written history of humankin d involves wars as far back as it can go,
and we measure our supposed march toward civilization by the
sophistication of our weapons. We’ve advanced from simple spears used in
close individual combat to bows and arrows that kill from a short distance,
rifles and explos ive devices that execute from farther away, and bombs that
decimate when dropped from the air. We’ve reached the level where we
have to invent terms like mega-death and weapons of mass destruction to
describe our current ability to annihilate millions of people and other life-
forms with one nuclear blast.The current level of presumably enlightened sophistication means that we
have the capacity to destroy all life on our planet with the weapon s we’ve
amassed. This perilous state has emer ged because we’ve ignored the basic
tenet of the Tao Te Ching, particularly as stressed in the infinite wisdom of
this verse: “Arm s serve evil. They are the tools of those who oppose wise
rule.”
I believe  that Lao-tzu was not only speaking about physical weapons, but
also nonphysical behaviors that are just as destructive. These include
violent words, gestures, and threats that aren’ t a part of humankind’ s higher
nature. If you change the way you look at your world, you must include
noticing your language and your demeanor. Do you demonstrate that you’re
a person who values life in all of its costumes? Are you someone who
wouldn’ t take up any type of arms—be they physical or not—against
another, unless alternative mean s had been exhausted? And then, if forced
to injure  another, are you able to feel compassion for your so-called enemy?
Weapons designed to kill are inconsistent with the very essence of the Tao.
Thus, you must make every effort to be peaceful and harmo nious with its
life-giving ener gy.
The massive proliferation of guns in our modern society is a giant step
away from humankind’ s highest nature. So replace defending the right to
own and use weapons with the Tao consciousness. Seek instead  to aspire to
a time when our collective human energy is elevated to such a high status
that even the contemplation of killing is impossible. You can begin to do so
by changing the way you look at the necessity for weapons. It begins with
each and every one 31st Verse of us, and we can start by taking heed of
what the Tao Te Ching teaches us. By making this verse your personal
calling, you have the ability to save our planet from becoming a lifeless
one.
This is what I believe Lao-tzu is saying to you personally from his 2,500-
year-old perspective:
Begin to see the use of physical or verbal weapons as unwanted
responses.
Change your need to defend yourself to a stance of realizing that this is
evidence you’re ignoring the teachings of your Source of being. Refuse toconsider using weapons of violence in any form by noticing your language
and abolishing hatred from your vocabulary. Replace defending your right
to possess and use arms with an attitude that all deaths from such
instruments are signals of detachment from the wisdom of the Tao. When
enough of us reach a critical mass in our thinking so that it disallows the
existence of weapons, we’ll be moving the direction of our world. No
longer will we be able to evaluate the planet’ s level of civili zation by the
sophistication of our weapons; instead, the measurement will be on the Tao
scale of how well we’re able to feed and love each other. Then being civil
will authenticate the root word found in civilization.
Discontinue celebrating death or violence in any form.
Distance yourse lf from as many images of death as possible,  including
watching movies or TV shows that depict killing as a form of
entertainment, along with news reports that emphasize the extinguishing of
life. Teach your kids, and any children you can, to sanctify life. Encour age
them not to take pleasure in the demise of so-called enemies, terrorists, or
insur gents—all of these kinds of death, be they on a battlefield or an urban
street, are evidence of our collective will to kill. And don’t demonstrate
hatred and outrage; rather, teach yourself and others that every victory
accomplished with weapons is a funeral that should be mourned.
Here are some sensitive lines from Saint Thomas Aquinas, a holy man
who attempted to teach us what  Lao-tzu offered in this verse of the Tao Te
Ching:
How is it they live for eons in such harmony—
the billions of stars—

when most men can bar ely go a minute
without declaring war in their mind against someone they know.

There are wars wher e no one mar ches with a flag,
though that does not keep casualties
from mounting.
Our hearts irrigate this earth.
We are fields befor e
each other.

How can we live in harmony?
First we need to
know

we ar e all madly in love
with the same
God.
Do the T ao Now
Say a private prayer today for every person you read or hear about who’ s
a victim of killing by a weapon, no matter how distant.
OceanofPDF.comOceanofPDF.com32nd Verse
The eternal T ao has no name.
Although simple and subtle,
no one in the world can master it.

If kings and lor ds could harness them,


	gift.
It	is	ever	fresh,	ever	flowing,	like	water	in	a	fountain.	This	attitude	is	also	the
key	to	giving.	When	you	can	truly	say	to	yourself,	‘Everything	I	have	came
from	God	and	goes	back	to	God,’	then	you	can	give	to	others	in	the	same
spirit	that	life	was	given	to	you.”
H
EART	AWARENESS
Today,	decide	to	see	the	world	with	your	heart	and	not	your	head.	To	imagine
what	that’s	like,	think	about	how	a	mother	feels	toward	her	child.	No	matter
how	many	ways	the	child	may	decide	to	be	bad,	its	mother	doesn’t	change	her
love.	She	sees	her	child	with	heart	awareness.	You	can	do	that	for	anyone	you
happen	to	pick.	Overlook	their	faults	for	just	ten	minutes,	seeing	them	as
totally	good.	Baba	was	very	clear	that	we	all	need	to	practice	this	because	we
use	our	minds	far	too	much.
“Your	head	isn’t	shy	about	ruling	your	heart.	It	will	remind	you	every	day
why	you	should	look	down	on	person	A,	resent	person	B,	never	forgive
person	C.	It	will	show	you	faults	and	imperfections	everywhere	you	look.	The
heart	doesn’t	do	that.	It	asks	one	simple	question:
Am	I	feeling	love?
	If	the
answer	is	yes,	then	you	have	true	heart	awareness.	If	the	answer	is	no,	you
must	get	back	to	heart	awareness.	Most	of	spiritual	life	comes	down	to	letting
love	have	its	rightful	place	at	the	center	of	life.”
I
NSPIRATION
Today,	let	something	inspire	you.	Allow	yourself	a	moment	when	you	go,
“Aha!”	If	possible,	look	at	a	work	of	genius,	like	a	great	painting,	or	listen	to
music	that	takes	your	breath	away	Baba	put	a	high	value	on	inspiration
because	he	traced	it	back	to	the	soul.
“Inspiration	shouldn’t	be	mechanical;	it’s	not	like	throwing	a	switch,”	he	said.
“Your	soul	knows	when	you	need	to	be	inspired.	The	word	itself	means
‘bringing	in	spirit.’	When	do	you	need	to	bring	in	spirit?	Who	can	say?	It
might	be	five	seconds	from	now,	it	might	be	this	evening	when	you	see	thesunset	or	tomorrow	when	your	eye	is	charmed	by	a	baby	in	the	park.
“But	always	know	this:	Inspiration	isn’t	optional.	Your	soul	uses	it	to	get
through,	to	send	you	a	message.	That	sunset	is	about	you,	and	so	is	that	baby
in	the	park.	Inspiration	isn’t	reserved	only	for	great	deeds	and	great	works	of
art.	Be	attentive,	appreciate	your	life	and	all	who	are	in	it,	set	yourself	a
vision.	With	these	things	in	place	the	door	to	inspiration	is	always	open.”
J
USTICE
Today,	be	fair	to	somebody	who	needs	it.	Justice	is	fairness,	and	the	opposite
of	justice	is	unfairness	in	all	its	forms.	Unjust	treatment	turns	people	into
victims,	and	that	is	not	what	the	soul	wants.	It’s	fair	to	be	told	the	truth.	It’s
fair	to	be	seen	as	equal.	It’s	fair	to	share	in	the	good	things	of	this	world.
If	you	know	someone	who	is	on	the	wrong	end	of	fairness,	do	something	to
make	it	right.	Share	your	time,	money,	food,	or	simply	your	respect	with
someone	who	lacks	these	things.	You’ll	be	doing	exactly	what	you	think	God
should	do	for	you.
Baba	once	asked	me,	“Have	you	heard	people	say	that	life	is	unfair?”
“All	the	time,”	I	said.
“But	they	also	say	that	God	is	just.	So	which	is	it?	Some	spiritual	questions
make	a	huge	difference,	and	this	is	one.	Either	life	is	unfair	or	God	is	just.”
“I	guess	people
hope
	that	God	is	just,	but	no	one	can	prove	it.	Anyone	can	see
that	life	isn’t	fair,”	I	said.
“I	can’t,”	said	Baba.	“Nobody	ever	handed	me	a	set	of	rules.	For	all	I	know,
God	may	be	handing	out	cosmic
	justice,	but	I	don’t	have	cosmic	eyes;
therefore,	I	will	never	know.	But	I	do	know	one	thing:	Sometimes	life	says
yes	to	me,	and	sometimes	life	says	no.	If	you	really	look	at	it,	most	people
think	life	is	unfair	because	they	hit	a	no	when	they	wanted	a	yes.
“If	you	could	get	life	to	say	yes	more	often,	you’d	think	there	was	justice	in
the	universe.	Wanting	a	yes	is	natural.	It’s	the	very	thing	your	soul	is	trying	to
achieve.	I’ve	shown	you	many	ways	to	live	from	the	level	of	the	soul.	Once
you	do	that,	life	will	begin	to	feel	much	more	fair.”“But	I	will	still	see	terrible	things	happening	to	other	people,”	I	said.
“Everything	you	see	in	the	world	reflects	the	power	for	good	and	evil	that	is
inside	you,”	said	Baba.	“Solve	the	question	of	whether	life	is	fair.	Go	as	deep
as	you	can.	Never	stop	asking	what	the	divine	plan	is.	You’ll	never	find	a
complete	answer,	but	layer	by	layer	you	will	come	to	see	that	God	did	not
create	an	unjust	world.	He	created	a	world	where	all	possibilities,	including
triumph	and	tragedy,	play	themselves	out,	exactly	as	they	do	in	our	hearts.”
K
INDNESS
Today,	take	a	moment	to	show	some	kindness.	Treat	someone	better	than	you
are	used	to;	understand	the	feelings	of	someone	who	has	been	hurt;	spend
time	with	a	sick	patient	or	a	loner	at	school	who	is	dying	for	a	kind	word	and
rarely	gets	one.	Baba	knew	that	kindness	can	be	difficult,	even	with	people
we	love.
“Have	you	ever	been	mean	to	your	little	brother?”	he	asked	me.
“He	thinks	so,”	I	replied,	hoping	to	dodge	the	question.
“It’s	strange	how	mean	we	can	be	to	our	own	kind,”	he	said.	“Did	you	ever
notice	that
kind
	has	this	second	meaning?	Those	who	are	most	like	you,	your
people,	are	called	your	kind.
“Let’s	say	you	didn’t	have	a	little	brother,	but	a	twin	instead,	and	let’s	say
your	twin	was	so	perfect	that	he	did	everything	you	do.	Would	you	always	be
kind	to	him?”	asked	Baba.
“We’d	still	fight	sometimes,”	I	said.
“Yes,	the	closer	people	are,	the	more	flaws	they	see	in	one	another,”	Baba
said.	“But	if	you	can’t	be	kind	to	your	perfect	twin,	then	why	be	kind	to
anybody?”
“Because	you	just	feel	like	it,”	I	said.
“Feelings	are	tricky.	They	tend	to	turn	bad	when	you	aren’t	looking,”	said
Baba.	“Your	soul	has	a	better	reason.	Stop	looking	for	flaws,	and	kindness
comes	much	more	easily.	You	always	have	that


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cellular Ca2+ influx into cells, glutamate excitotoxicity, loss of cell ion homeostasis,
free radical–mediated cell damage, cytokine-induced cytotoxicity, complement activation, reactive gliosis, energy failure, and infiltration of leukocytes through an impaired blood–brain barrier.
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toration of CBF to the ischemic core and surrounding region as a principal goal that can prevent further tissue damage and possibly reverse some or all lost hemispheric function.
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The region bordering the stroke core is called the ischemic penumbra, an area
encompassing as much as half of the total lesion volume during the initial stages of stroke.
147 The penumbral region therefore represents a neuronal population of dys -
functional but structurally undamaged brain cells, which may be salvaged via post -
stroke therapy.148 Unfortunately, no such therapy has yet been approved for rescuing
penumbral neurons although studies in rhesus monkeys have shown the feasibility of neuronal rescue after experimental stroke using DMSO.
149–151
The rationale for using combined DMSO–FDP on ischemic stroke patients
is based on clinical and experimental data indicating the beneficial properties of DMSO or FDP monotherapy following brain and cardiac ischemia.
152–154 Because
neither DMSO nor FDP alone is able to target the multifactorial metabolic and physi -
ological abnormalities seen experimentally in animals or clinically in humans, it was considered that their combined use might provide improved neuroprotection follow -
ing ischemic stroke. Neither drug had been used for human ischemic stroke before.228 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
In previous studies, DMSO has shown a number of biological activities that
could be useful in embolic stroke therapy. These include acting as a powerful
free radical scavenger,155–158 blocking glutamate excitotoxicity,101 suppressing tis -
sue factor activity,98 preventing vascular smooth muscle migration during cardiac
ischemia,98 inhibiting the formation of thrombin,98 blocking sodium channel acti -
vation,99,100 deaggregating platelets in brain microvessels,158–160 and stabilizing cell
membranes.161–163
Additionally, DMSO has the ability to increase CBF when given for a variety of
vascular insults.75–78,113,164 DMSO has also been reported to improve neurologic and
functional outcome after stroke in animals, including nonhuman primates.155,157,159
Unlike FDP, however, DMSO does not act as a substrate for aerobic glycolysis, nor does it reduce ischemic-induced cellular acidosis, or directly increases the synthesis of the energy-carrying molecule ATP, during tissue ischemia.
These are biological activities that FDP is able to carry out as an energy substrate
glycolytic intermediate. During anaerobic glycolysis, FDP is capable of boosting the yield of net ATP twice as much as glucose on a per mole basis.
165 FDP has been
shown to reduce the harmful effects of cellular acidosis promoted by lactic acid production following cerebral ischemia
166 and to diminish the effects of brain isch -
emic hypoxia.167 These activities shown by FDP are highly desirable in combating
ischemic stroke.
Because previous experimental findings using a combination of DMSO and FDP
showed marked beneficial results when this treatment was applied for blunt head injury and for induced cerebral hypoperfusion in rodents,
87,88,168,169 this dual drug
combination was selected as a treatment for human stroke by Karaça et al.170
A total of 16 patients suffering from acute and subacute cerebral infarction was
selected to receive DMSO–FDP or standard therapy.170 The patients ranged in age
from 45 to 92 with a median age of 65.170 Eleven patients were given IV DMSO–FDP
(DMSO 560 mg/kg in a 28% solution, FDP 200 mg/kg) mixed in 5% dextrose twice daily for an average of 12 days. Five patients were given standard treatment consist -
ing of fluids, oxygen, and osmotic agents when indicated.
170
Safety and tolerability to DMSO–FDP were evaluated by recording any clinical
adverse effects to drug therapy, by MRI and by laboratory data. DMSO–FDP drug efficacy was assessed by a reduction in infarct size using MRI, as well as by any mass effect, midline shift or extent of edema, and by magnetic resonance angio -
graphic evidence of improved perfusion in affected vessels.
170
A neurologic and medical evaluation was performed on every patient immediately
before, during, and after treatments and continued after 7, 30, and 90 days following DMSO–FDP and standard treatments.
170 All but 1 of the 11 DMSO–FDP-treated
patients was followed up for 3 months after discharge from the hospital. Neurologic assessment included patients’ sensory-motor function and level of consciousness. A modified Rankin scale was used to predict outcome, and a five-point rating scale adapted from Tazaki et al.
171 was used to assess neurologic recovery.
All patients were rated as to their daily living condition as follows: (1) markedly
improved, (2) improved, (3) slightly improved, (4) no change, and (5) deteriorated or died. There were no deaths that could be attributed to any therapy in this series of patients.229 DMSO in Clinical Neuroprotection
Figure 9.6 shows the  MRI of a 63-year-old patient who had sustained a large infarct
of the left posterior cerebral artery territory 8 h before treatment. After 11 days of
twice daily DMSO–FDP infusions, MRI showed a dramatic reduction of edema and apparent reduction of thalamic involvement and lower signal intensity in gray matter.
170
A magnetic resonance angiogram is shown in Figure 9.7 of an 80-year-old patient
who was diagnosed with a right MCA infarct that resulted in a mild mass effect and large hematoma affecting the basal ganglia territory. This patient was treated with DMSO–FDP twice daily after 48 h poststroke and showed improved perfusion in the MCA territory and reduced basal ganglia involvement.
(a) (b)
FIGURE 9.6  (a) T2-weighted coronal view MRI of posterior cerebral artery (PCA) territory
infarct before treatment. White matter changes are seen with lateral mass effect on lateral ventricle, left thalamus involvement, and widespread edema involving the brainstem (arrows). (b) After 11 days of daily DMSO–FDP IV administration, dramatic reduction of edema and lower signal intensity are seen with an apparent improvement  of gray matter and thalamic involvement (arrow). (From Karaça, M. et al., Neurol. Res., 24(1), 73, 2002.)
(a) (b)
FIGURE 9.7  Sagittal view of magnetic resonance angiograph of internal carotid artery ter -
ritory. A right MCA infarction with mild mass effect, large hematoma, and midline shift involving basal ganglia before treatment is seen (a) in an 80-year-old patient 48  h before DMSO–FDP treatment. (b) Eight days of twice daily DMSO–FDP infusions revealed no change in hematoma size, but there appeared an increased perfusion of the MCA ischemic territory, increased blood flow of MCA (arrow), and lessened basal ganglia involvement. (From Karaça, M. et al., Neurol. Res., 24(1), 73, 2002.)230 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
Neurologic evaluation of the 11 patients treated with DMSO–FDP showed that
7 of 11 patients had moderate or negligible disability (neurologic score, 1–2) after a
3-month follow-up. In the standard-treated patients at 3 months poststroke, one of five treated showed moderate disability (neurologic score, 3) and the others showed poor outcomes (neurologic score, 3–4).
Neurologic reduction of deficits in the DMSO–FDP-treated patients included signif -
icant improvement of sensation, motor strength, higher cortical function (speech, alert -
ness, and comprehension), and ambulation in follow-ups conducted at 30 and 90 days after discharge from the hospital.
170 Significant motor improvement was recorded in
54% of the patients 1 month after receiving DMSO–FDP. This was especially evident in the three subjects treated within 12 h after their stroke symptoms appeared.
170
In comparison, only 20% of patients showed minor motor improvement at 1 month
poststroke when the standard treatment was given. The fact that 5 of 11 patients treated with DMSO–FDP improved their neurologic status even when treatment was admin -
istered 12 h after their stroke symptoms first appeared suggests that DMSO–FDP therapy may provide neuroprotective action to dysfunctional but surviving penumbral neurons by increasing CBF. This conclusion is supported by experimental findings that show CBF restoration after 2 weeks of chronic brain ischemia in rodents can rescue dysfunctional neurons from progressive damage and, at the same time, reverse reactive astrocytosis and preserve cognitive function from deteriorating, presumably by


 and smoothly. You can
plainly see that it is possible to suffer from water
starvation. Here is a simple way that you can help
yourself to better health – the Natural Pur e Water W ay!
The specific reason we wrote this book was to give
you the knowledge to select the right kind and amount
of water your body so desperately needs! Here is your
invitation to enjoy the gift of Super Health, Longevity
and Freedom from bodily miseries through following
Mother Nature’ s and God’ s Eternal Laws combined with
the powerful self-health knowledge you are reading.
Shocking Mutations &  Death from Polluted Water Must Stop!
Deadly chemical pollution is not only mutating but killing millions of wildlife,
fish, etc. worldwide. One USA example: Children in Minnesota discovered and
caught frogs displaying horrible mutations, including eyes growing on their
knees, four hind legs, etc. Scientists have now determined that unidentified
toxic chemicals in the pond and ground water caused these terrible mutations! Chapter 2
HOSPITAL POLLUTED DEADLY WATERS
The “Black Death” that spread throughout Europe in the 1300s killed one-third of
the entire population. This plague was caused by polluted water. Even today in
many parts of Europe, the water is unfit to drink. People use bottled water for
drinking purposes. Experienced world travelers drink purified bottled water.
the most abundant and widely distributed substances
on the surface of the earth. It occurs naturally in solid,
liquid and gaseous states, generally known as ice, snow,
water and steam vapor. Water, composed of hydr ogen
and oxygen, is contained in var ying amounts in all
natural foods. It’ s an indispensable solvent needed
in all physiological functions in ever y form of life.
The body requires water that is 100% pure hydrogen
and oxygen, free of toxins and inorganic minerals. This
water comes fr om thr ee sour ces: first, from fresh,
organically-grown vegetables and fruits and their juices,
which Mother Nature purifies; second, from water
distilled and purified by steam; third, from rain water
that comes down distilled thr ough unpolluted, clean air.
The power of pure water is the vital chemistry of life!
11 “Water! W ater! Ever ywhere –
But Not a Safe Drop to Drink!”
Yes, with all the billions of gallons of fr esh, sweet
water there is on earth, only a fraction of it is fit to drink.
A chemical compound known as H2O, water is one of
All is born of water, all is sustained by pure water – Goethe
Most Americans’ bodies thirst for pure distilled water! Their bodies
become sick, prematurely aged, crippled and stiff due to inorganic
minerals and chemicalized water and lack of sufficient pure water!
– Paul C. Bragg, N.D., Ph.D., Pioneer World Health Crusader Sad fact – m uch of the world’ s water today is polluted.
It is difficult to find sour ces of water from rivers, ponds,
lakes, streams and even wells and springs which are not
polluted or which do not contain traces of toxic industrial
chemicals t o some degree. Therefore, a great deal of
toxic chlorine  is added  to make this water fit to drink.
But is it really “fit to drink”? W ater processing plants
use chemical chlorine to destroy the bacteria in polluted
water. Alum and many other inorganic chemicals ar e
also used to cleanse polluted water of dirt and filth. See
page 124 for some facts about deadly chlorinated water.
In addition to these inorganic chemicals, a dangerous
and misunderstood inorganic substance has been added
to drinking water – sodium fluoride. It’ s the worst
chemical ever added knowingly to our drinking water;
a terrible crime against public health! Please reread inside
front cover for startling facts about fluoridation.
12 Inorganic V ersus Organic Materials
Now, let us give you a shor t lesson in chemistr y. There
are two kinds of chemicals, inorganic and organic.
The inorganic chemicals like
chlorine, alum and sodium fluoride
cannot be utilized in a healthy way
by the living tissues of the body and
can only cause harm!
Our body chemistr y is composed of
19 organic minerals, which must come from a living sour ce
or one that was once alive. When we eat an apple or any
other fruit or vegetable, that substance is composed of
living organic minerals. It has a certain length of life
after being gathered from the earth, vine or tree. The
same goes for animal foods, fish, milk, cheese and eggs.
To 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 Dictionaries
Health in a human being is the perfection of bodily
organization, intellectual energy and moral power.
– T.L. Nichols, M.D. Organic minerals are vitally
important in keeping us alive and
healthy! If we were cast away on a
barren, uninhabited island where
nothing was growing, we would
slowly star ve to death. Even though
the soil beneath our feet contains
16 inorganic minerals, our bodies cannot absorb them
efficiently enough to sustain life. Only a living plant’ s
roots has the power to extract inorganic minerals from
the earth and to transform them into useful organic
foods to nourish our miracle working bodies.
When my father was on an expedition to China
many years ago, one part of the countr y was suffering
from drought and famine. W ith his own eyes he saw
poor, star ving people heating and eating earth because
of the lack of food! They died horrible deaths from
starvation, because they could not get the needed
nourishment from the inorganic minerals in the dirt.
For years we’ve heard people say that certain waters
were “rich in all the minerals.” What kind of minerals
are they talking about? Inorganic or organic?
Humans do not have the same chemistry as plants.
Only living plants can convert an inorganic mineral into
an organic mineral. As you read here, you will learn what
harm inorganic minerals can do to your body and brain.
Because of dietar y deficiencies, some children and
young animals tr y eating dirt. They can become deathly
ill, not from the germs in the dirt, but from the inorganic
minerals which can cause sickness and even death!
13
Premature old age is a highly toxic condition caused by
nutritional and water deficiencies and living an unhealthy lifestyle.
DRINK, DRINK, DRINK. You can easily sweat away more than a quart of water
during an hour of strenuous exercise. Sweat rates of nearly a gallon an hour
have been reported in some athletes. For optimal hydration during strenuous
endurance exercise, drink at least 16 to 20 ounces of fluid 2 hours before
exercising and another 8 ounces 15 to 30 minutes before. While exercising,
sip 4 to 6 ounces every 15 to 20 minutes. Afterwards, drink enough to
replace the fluid you’ve sweated off; drink one pint for each pound lost. Cows Refused Inorganic Minerals
During my father’ s boyhood on a V irginia farm, his
family raised dair y cattle. Salesmen would come to the
farm to sell various kinds of feed. Dad remembers when
his father pur chased cattle food labeled “The Mighty
Mineral Cattle Food”. It was supposed to have lots of
calcium, magnesium and other important minerals to
help build strong cows that would produce extra milk.
However, all of the minerals in this “mighty” cattle food
were derived from powdered limestone and other
inorganic sour ces:  calcium carbonate and magnesium
carbonate, etc. When this inorganic mineral formula was
mixed with organic food, the cattle absolutely refused
to eat the feed. Their innate dietar y instincts pr evented
them from eating powdered limestone. All local farmers
had the same experience. This worthless, inorganic
mineral feed was taken of f the market. see www.mad-cow.org
14 Beware of Dangerous Inorganic Minerals
And T oxins in Our Drinking W ater
As previously noted, chlorine, alum and other
inorganic minerals such as calcium carbonate,
magnesium carbonate and potassium carbonate are used
to “purify” our drinking water.  Keep in mind the human
body needs hydrogen and oxygen as a natural solvent
in its inter nal chemistr y. Therefore our bodies need a
constant supply of clean water. Where to get it? Even
untreated, so-called “pure” water from springs, wells,
etc. often contains some traces of inorganic minerals
and toxic pollutants fr om industr y, farms, fertilizers, etc.
This is the irony of Mother Nature: that this fluid –
without which man can barely exist more than 72 hours
before lapsing into a semi-comatose state – contains in
most of its forms the exact inorganic chemicals which
bring about the ultimate premature ageing of man and
animals. Major aluminum companies want to pollute
all our water with sodium fluoride, their deadly waste
product they produce through aluminum processing.
Kids exposed to high levels of fluoride have lower IQs. – Fluoride Magazine Fluorine is a Deadly Poison
Millions upon millions of innocent people have been


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Appetizers  209
Dressings  213
Salads  217
Soups  234
Vegetables and Potatoes  242
Desserts  282
Recommended Reading............................................................................................ 286
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www.thegersonway.comABOUT THIS BOOK
There is a split right down the middle of modern medicine. One half, boosted by dazzling high
technology, shows brilliant results in handling acute diseases and emergencies. The other
half, dealing with chronic degenerative conditions is lagging behind, unable to offer more than
symptomatic treatment for the most widespread distressing conditions, ranging from cancer, heart
disease and hypertension to diabetes, arthritis, morbid obesity and many more. It is assumed that
these and other “diseases of modern civilization” are both inevitable and incurable.
This book contradicts all such assumptions. As a complete guide to the theory and practice
of the Gerson Therapy, developed over eighty years ago by Dr. Max Gerson, M.D., (1881-1959),
it shows that the increasingly denatured, nutritionally empty, toxic modern diet is the main cause
of today’s worsening health crisis. “ Healing the Gerson Way”  offers the solution, in the form of
a brilliant, precision-built nutritional program that eliminates the underlying causes  of disease,
leading to lasting cures. This program is best known for its success in curing many types of cancer,
but it also has an excellent track record with a large number of other degenerative conditions.
These days cancer researchers all over the world produce results that mirror one or another
of Dr. Gerson’s discoveries, developed over many years of clinical practice. Unfortunately such
partial insights are of little use. The Gerson Therapy, as a proven method of healing contains
them all—and more. It is up to the individual, who wants to improve or regain his or her health,
to explore and make use of it.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The group photo on the cover page of this ebook was taken by Neil Montanus at Charlotte
Gerson’s 85th Birthday Party, in San Diego, California. Neil Montanus, a former professional
photographer at Eastman Kodak Co., is a renowned for his portraits of famous people such as
President Gerald Ford, Walt Disney, and Sybil Sheppard. Neil Momtanus can be reached at mon
tanus@rochester.rr.com. The people in the photo were Gerson patients and friends of Charolotte
Gerson who flew in from all over the world to celebrate.
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www.thegersonway.comAN IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO THE READER
The book you are holding in your hand can be your most precious tool to maintain and improve
your health if you are fit and well, or to regain it if you are ill.
You find here all the guidance you need for either purpose. But there are a few points that
need emphasizing, should you choose the Gerson Therapy for healing yourself. In your own
interest please take them to heart and bear them in mind.
The Gerson Therapy is a finely tuned precision instrument, whose every component plays an
important role and affects all other parts. It must be practiced in its entirety, without omitting a
single detail. To do otherwise not only undermines the healing power of the therapy, but can also
cause you further health problems.
Do not embark on the Gerson Therapy on an experimental basis, thinking that you can
always drop it if you find the program too demanding. The program is demanding, intensive and
extended, a far cry from the pill-popping instant ways of conventional medicine. But unlike the
latter, instead of suppressing symptoms, it can truly heal and offer a healthy future. The choice is
yours. Study this book and find out exactly what it means to undertake the therapy, and please, in
your own best interest, only embark on it if you are committed to staying on it until you are fully
and truly healed.
All over the world there are people who did just that, and who returned from life-threatening
diseases to radiant health and a life more abundant. You are more than welcome to join them.
As you read this book, you will find many references to Dr. Max Gerson’s epoch-making work,
“A Cancer Therapy—Results of Fifty Cases,”  which first appeared in 1958, one year before the
author’s death. It is now in its sixth edition and has been translated into four languages. Needless
to say, in the years since its inception medical technology and research have made enormous
progress, offering possibilities that in Dr. Gerson’s day would have been hard to imagine. For
that reason today’s reader may find parts of “A Cancer Therapy” dated or no longer relevant.
However, what has remained topical and more relevant than ever is Dr. Gerson’s startlingly
original approach to the causation, treatment and healing of cancer, which is totally different from
current oncological practice. The organism’s breakdown of law and order on the cellular level,
resulting in cancer, is the same today as it has ever been, and the Gerson Therapy’s ability to deal
with that breakdown also remains unchanged.
It should also be remembered that besides being a practicing physician, Dr. Gerson was also
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www.thegersonway.coman eminent scientist, closely involved in the debate in the US Congress on policies for cancer
treatment, and was acknowledged for his brilliance by Nobel Laureate Dr. Albert Schweitzer.
His papers met all the traditional requirements for evidence-based medicine; today’s modern
scientific approaches have started to shed some light onto why and how his therapy worked.
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www.thegersonway.comCHAPTER 1
The Story Begins
“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”

-  Albert Einstein
Some of the greatest scientific discoveries resulted from a sudden insight or inspiration that
came unexpectedly, like a bolt from the blue. Others were made after long years of patient,
painstaking effort. But the most fascinating achievements are the ones that grew out of a series of
apparent coincidences, leading to an astonishing outcome. The Gerson Therapy belongs to this
last category. It came into being because one exceptional man, the German-born physician Dr.
Max Gerson, possessed the ability to ask the right questions at the right time, and seek for the
answers with the utmost scientific rigor. His story helps us to understand how the life-saving
therapy that bears his name came into being.
Already as a small boy Max Gerson showed some scientific curiosity. He liked to play in
the garden of his grandmother, who grew flowers as well as fruits and vegetables for her table.
On one occasion, when she decided to try out some new artificial fertilizer, which was supposed
to produce bigger and better crops, Max watched with consternation that the earthworms were
leaving the beds treated with the new chemicals and migrated to the beds treated with the old,
time-honored natural substances. Young Max concluded that there must have been something
harmful and disturbing in the new chemicals, which the earthworms couldn’t stand, and which
made them flee to the natural environment. He never forgot this early experience.
Upon graduating from high school, Max decided to become a physician and went on to study
at the universities of Breslau, Wuerzburg, Berlin, and Freiburg. Throughout his studies and for
the rest of his life he remained eternally curious, always playing with possibilities, wondering
‘What would happen if…’ As a young doctor, working as assistant to Professor Ottfried Foerster
in Breslau, he ordered the finest rose bushes from Holland, planted them and changed their
fertilizer, their food, and—by installing light filters—even the amount of sunshine they received.
With these methods he succeeded in changing the colors of the roses.
This taught him that nutrients and light could change the metabolism of a living plant. But he
had no idea how to apply this discovery to human beings, let alone to healing them.  It took his
own serious health problem, his recurring severe cluster migraines, to show him the way ahead.
The migraines were so devastating and recurred so frequently, that he was desperate to do
something about them.  His teachers and professors, whom he had consulted, had been unable
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www.thegersonway.comto suggest a treatment.


 lieve in looking for solutio ns, never problems. So when the plane
landed a nd they gave us that negative message, I knew they weren’ t ta lking
to me. I saw myself in Chicago. I had a speech to give the next morning,
and there were a lot of people depending on me to be there. I knew I’d be
there, as  oppose d to the 191 other people who didn’ t believe they would be
in Chica go and were acting that way. They were angry, they were upset,
they were yelling at the airline personnel, they were letting their blood
pressure get out of control—but they weren’ t actually doing  anything.
As soon as we deplaned, I called my secretary in Fort Lauderdale and
said, “Please make sure I have a seat on a plane. No matter what it costs or
the inconvenien ce may be, get me a seat.” When I called her back in 15
minutes, she told me that she was able to get me a seat on another airline. It
turned o ut that somebody had canceled right before she called, and I was
able to get that seat. Out of 192 people, I believe I was the only one who
made it to Chicago that day. It didn’ t happen because I’m smarter or better
than everybody else. Instead, I looked for solutions rather than problems
because I refused to be victimized by the ego’ s need to be angry and right.
What th is examp le shows is tha t when you are able to visualize yourself
doing so mething, it becomes automatic for you to act on that v isualization,
or that image. Y ou are then able to make the most incredible things happen.TURNING YOUR VISION INT O REALITY
When yo u get an image in your mind of something you want, an d you act
on that image, i t becomes what you are. An image is nothing more than a
thought, and you know that as you think, so shall you be. The image is
something that you will begin acting on, treating yourself as if you already
are what you’re seeing in your mind.
Think o f it this way: If you go out and hit a thousand forehands and a
thousand serves  in tennis every  day for the next year, you would get to a
point where you’d really know how to serve a tennis ball and hit a forehand.
Y ou may  not be Serena W illiam s or Roger Federer, but you would be very
competent at hitting forehands a nd serving if you did it one tho usand times
a day for 365 st raight days—that’ s a third of a million strokes. It would be
quite a lot of physical practice  that would pay of f in the realm of form.
W ell, imagery, or visualization, is the equivalent of doing this but on the
mental s ide. If you were to practice a thought a thousand times  a day for a
year, that image would become  you and you would become that image.
V isualization works because once you get the image, it gets stored away
inside you exactly the same as a practice or behavior.
Let’ s sa y you want to lose 30 pounds, lower your resting hear t rate, or
quit smoking. Y ou do nothing but have this image of yourself that you
practice one thousand times a day: I am not the po ison. I am health. I am
healing. I am no t sickness. This is the pictur e I have of myself looking the
way I want to look.  Y ou draw that picture in your mind, and perhaps you
even dra w it on paper. Y ou see  this image everywhere, countless times a
day, so you begin to internalize this message: This is the way I look. This is
the way I see m yself. I’m not go ing to try to do anything differ ently. I just
see myself as looking this way. I see myself as the pictur e of health.
Y ou do n’ t think about quitting or losing, because those terms are
negative. Understand that whenever you fight something, you  violate the
principle that holds the universe together. Y ou are always weak er after you
fight—always. Fighting anything is the surest way to set yourself up to fail.
It’ s why  the war on drugs doesn't work, for instance. A war by its very
nature means that there must be winners and losers.
Y ou can reshape your thinking so that you don’ t ever have to think in
negatives again; instead, put things in terms of what you’re for  rather than
what you’re against.  No w, rather th an being against drugs and all theterrible things that they do, wha t if we could raise young people to be for
something? Afte r all, as a society, we’re for an enlightened youth who are
capable of getting themselves a s high as they want to in their mind and in
their consciousn ess. That seems like a much more ef fective m essage than
fighting a war on drugs.
The more you fight, the more dif ficult you make it for yo urself to
understand that you’re a human being and not a human doing. It ’ s the being
that you  are. Let’ s say you wan t to stop eating so much chocolate. Y ou see
yourself as being someone who  easily resists sweets, not telli ng yourself
how dif ficult it will be or dwelling on how much you’ll need t o fight your
cravings. Realis tically, when you think about it, which is easier to do: eat
chocolate or not eat chocolate? Think about what it takes to eat chocolate:
Y ou have to go  to the store. Y ou have to pay for it. Y ou have  to bring it
home. Y ou have to unwrap it. Y ou have to put it in your mouth. Y ou have to
chew it. On the other hand, if you don’ t eat chocolate, all you have to do is
not eat chocolate. That’ s all you have to do. So not eating chocolate is really
a lot easier than eating chocolate, isn’ t it?
If yo u want to improve your tennis game, you don’ t tell yourself that this
is a hard process. Y ou see yourself the way you want to be, and you practice
enough so that w hen you go out  on the court and want to hit your forehand,
you don’ t have to think about it anymore. I don’ t ever think about what I’m
going to  do with my racket. If I were thinking, Wher e d o I hold it? How do
I hit  the ball back? Am I going to step in?  I ’d quic kly lose three sets. I hav e
practiced enoug h that I don’ t have to give my tennis game any thought—it
has become instantaneous, au tomatic. Now I go out on the courts,
somebody serve s me a ball, and I hit a forehand. Somebody hits me a
backhand, and I step into it and hit it back. I don’ t ever give it any thought. I
learned how to do it through imagery, by seeing myself.
Do y ou know th at every great g olfer does the same thing? Jack  Nicklaus
has often  talked about this. Y ou see the shot going the way you want to see
it. Y ou see your swing the way you want to see it, and you practice the
imagery over and over again. Before long, it’ s automatic. Y ou see it, and
then you just do it.
What if I were  to ask you, “Are you a determined person?” Y ou’d
probably think of some obstacle  you encountered and say, “Y ea h, I gave it
my best. I worked really hard. I sure did try, but it didn’ t work out. It wasn’ t
my fate. I wasn’ t supposed to get it. I guess God doesn’ t want that for me.”
Most of us believe we’re persistent even if we try something only once.
W e say, “Y eah, I gave it my best.” For how many days? “Oh, I only did it
this morning, but I gave it a real shot.” A single attempt is not a good test of
determination, n or can it possibly prove whether visualization works. W e
have to try or practice repeatedly, and be willing to do whatever it takes  to
bring our image into form.
In fact, your willingness to do whatever it takes is the most important
thing yo u can bring to the visu alization process. If it takes m oving, you
move. If  it takes leaving a relat ionship, then you do so. If it tak es working
18 h ours a day for 10 years, then  you grind away, knowing that great things
have no sense of time. Y ou must be willing to act on what you imagine for
yourself, understanding that wh at counts isn’ t being persistent but rather
doing w hatever it takes minute by minute, day in and day out. If you are
willing to do that, you’ll make what you’re envisioning a reality. I have
seen this play out in my own life, time and time again.
I’ve fou nd that most of the people I’ve met who don’ t have what