though you learned that it is best to tuck away the other more “ugly,”
needy, big ones. So you end up rejecting parts of yourself, parts of your
own experience, and therefore reject that same part of your child. If you are
unable to hold that calm, loving space for your child, it is because their
innocent actions touched a part of you that needs to heal. And until that part
of yourself is given the attention and acceptance that is needed, you will be
unable to feel calm in the midst of their chaos. To see your little one as a
whole human  in a tiny body—fully deserving of respect—and to respond
based on your values  rather than from the emotions that arise from your
conditioned worldview  is what it means to mother consciously.
You can improve your ability to pause in the moment, take a deep
breath, and practice acting from a nontriggered place by better
understanding your own triggers. Reflect on the following:
How did your parents discipline you? What were their patterns?
Did they react to you based on their emotional experience rather
than respond from a centered and loving place?
What beliefs and patterns of reaction have you taken on because of
your parents’  behavior?
How is the energy behind  your words and your actions shaping your
child’ s views of themselves?
Does the way that you show up for your child teach them that they
are welcome to communicate with you?
What beliefs are you imprinting upon them that were imprinted upon
you from your parents? Do these beliefs serve?
The real work of a mama is the inner work.
Especially in the moments that you feel depleted, undernourished, or
disconnected from yourself, it will be easy to get triggered by the monotony
(or unpredictability!) of your days. As with all close and conscious
relationships, the relationship between you and your little one refines you. It
will stretch you to become patient by giving you opportunities to practice
patience; to become more loving not because you want to be, but because
any other response will leave you more frustrated; to see all the patterns of
reaction that you have learned throughout your life and to exercise your
ability to respond with more kindness, more awareness, and more love.
It is important to mother purposefully, with intention and love, rather
than acting and reacting from an unconscious place. Your actions in the first
years are being soaked up by your little one’ s psyche and forming their
views of themselves and the world around them. They are learning in every
interaction: Am I worthy of love? Can I give love freely? Is it okay to ask
for what I need? Will my needs be met? Am I safe? Is the world safe?
According to Ayurveda, the element of ether is heightened in a baby.
They are connected, tuned in; they feel everything. They can feel subtle
energy, and if you pay close attention, you will notice that they behave and
act dif ferently based on the subtleties of their environment. They feel if
there is hostility. They feel when your actions are coming from a place of
love or when they are coming from a place of anger, resentment, or
frustration. The underlying ener gy of all your actions instills foundational
beliefs within your little one, and therefore how they learn to interact with
the world.
I remember when my little guy kept biting me when he first got his two
bottom teeth. Every few minutes while nursing he would chomp down on
my nipple. I started to feel frustrated, feeling like he was doing it on
purpose. From this frustrated place, I put him down on the bed, moved to
the other side of the bed, and turned my back to him.
Suddenly, I realized what I was doing.
Oh my God.I turned and looked at his little face and he looked stunned, studying my
own face to know how he should feel. My pattern throughout my life was to
close down and withdraw my love when I was hurt so that the other person
would know that they did something wrong. I probably did this with my
dad when I was young; I have done it with my husband; and now, there I
was, doing it to my little son. I learned it from my own mama, who I am
sure learned it from hers.
I thought I had healed that pattern years ago through the work I had
done in my relationship with my husband. But here I was, being refined by
my little one, seeing the parts of me that still had not healed; the parts of me
that were still unable to love; the parts of me that were still triggered, and
thus attached to a story from my past; the part of me that needed to prove
something in order to love or be loved. And now I was unconsciously acting
out the same drama that would instill the same beliefs, and thus the same
patterns, into my little one. Wow.
I noticed.
I became aware.
And that is the first step of all healing and transformation.
First, check your ener gy.
If I am frustrated with my baby when he is biting me and I put him
down to “teach him a lesson,” then tell him (from that frustrated place) that
what he did was not okay, he feels the frustration and also the guilt of doing
something “wrong.” An infant not only feels guilt, but they connect all their
experiences to their value and worthiness as a person.
Next, take a deep breath.
I dropped into the boundless reservoir of love and compassion that God
has gifted mamas with. I looked at my little angel in that mood, and
immediately he softened and smiled. From a loving place, I let him know
that biting hurts mama, that it does not feel good.As I’m sure you have heard, it’ s not necessarily what  you do or what
you say, but more the ener gy that you do or say it with, that has the most
effect. It is not about not expressing what you need, or not putting him
down, but more importantly, how did you express your needs? How  did you
put him down? What was the ener gy behind  your actions? As that is what is
felt the most. Responding from a place of love and care creates a
completely dif ferent experience for your babe.
Beneath every behavior is a feeling, and beneath every
feeling is a need. Rather than responding to a baby’ s
behavior, respond to their needs. What needs are they
expressing through  their actions? Do they need more
attention? More presence? Do they need to feel more
comfortable? When you meet their needs, you are
addressing the cause of their behavior, rather than
temporarily pacifying the symptoms.
What are other, more ef fective ways to communicate with your little one
without making them feel ashamed about who they are, or guilty for what
they did? Again, your little one does not know that what they are doing is
causing harm. They do not know “right” from “wrong,” “good” from “bad.”
They are simply experiencing the world from a deep state of being.  Our
task at this time is to respond in such a way that allows them to feel safe
and to let them know, through our ener gy and actions, that they are
fundamentally cared for, valued, and worthy of love, no matter what.
How then, do you create clear boundaries without limiting their self-
expression? What can you do instead of responding to your teething baby’ spain with more pain? Speaking practically, you can recognize their need to
bite on something and of fer your finger or a teething toy instead of nursing,
and then you can return to the nursing session later when they are not
hurting as much. Perhaps you can voice to them with a loving yet firm and
serious tone that “that hurts” and that you will not let them bite, and that
you will not give them milk when they bite.
Your boundaries are important, and by no means do you have to suf fer
the pain of a biting baby while nursing. But instead of using punishment as
a form of teaching, there are constructive ways to create the boundaries that
you need while simultaneously letting the baby know that they can express
their  needs without being punished. The definition of discipline that Magda
Gerber, a renowned early childhood educator, shares in Dear Par ent:
Caring for Infants with Respect  is “training that develops self-control,
character.” This is in line with the actual source of the word, the Latin root
disciplina,  which means “instruction” or “knowledge.” So, discipline is
educating  our children so that they understand appropriate behavior, values,
and how to control their impulses—rather than punishment that makes the
child feel ashamed or “bad.” By cultivating the perspective that your little
one is never trying to cause you stress, pain, or suf fering, you can respond
to them in a way that is respectful and clear, and in a way that models the
behavior you want them to learn. By expressing to them that it hurts when
they bite, they may learn how to express themselves when they are hurt in a
respectful way; when you provide them with an alternative relief for
teething, they may learn that they can count on you for support when they
need you. By being clear in your ener gy and intentional with your responses
—rather than becoming triggered and then responding unconsciously—you
support them in learning how to regulate their own emotions and create the
boundaries necessary for them (and you!) to feel safe.
You will feel


 reached 50. Many suffer from gum disease
causing them to lose their teeth. Many have suffered their whole life with
some nagging ailment, such as bronchitis, asthma, skin problem s and other
diseases.
Continue down into the tropics and you will find people who don’t know
how to eat the natural Garden of Eden way! They eat lots of pork, fowl,
eggs, sugars, sugared drinks and white rice. Although they live in the
tropics, they lost the natural instinct of healthy living. As countries
worldwide watch U.S. TV they then eat like Americans and have more
diseases, cancer, diabetes, obesity, etc.
People in the world’ s industrialized countries eat lots of fresh meat and
also all kinds of smoked, salted and preserved meats. Today people
worldwide eat many products made with refined white sugar and now the
toxic sugar substitute – aspart ame (page 40; diet colas and soft drinks,
candy, desserts,  pastries, etc.), refined white flour (breads, doughnuts,
pizza, etc. ), white rice and processed cheeses, etc. There are over 2,800 toxic
chemical additives to color, preserve and stabilize refined, processed foods!
Men do not die, they kill themselves. – Seneca, Roman Philosopher  4 B.C.
Our habits, good or bad, ar e something we can contr ol. – Dr. E. J. StieglitzWidespread Use of Toxic Preservatives, Harmful
Insecticides & Deadly, Toxic Chemicals Are
Crimes Against Our Health!
When they see their teeth and those of their children with cavities,
people, in utter despair, start to put deadly fluorides in their drinking water,
falsely believing that this will keep their teeth perfect and health y. Read the
Bragg Book Water – The Shocking Truth. See back pages for booklist, (also
read page 125). We want to share with you the importance of drinking 8
glasses of distilled or purified water daily  – nature’ s great cleanser and
purifier that helps operate all your internal machinery! (See web:
www.water cure.com.)
And oh, what a sick, broken-down creature civilized man has become! He
has Hospitals, Clinics, Doctors, Nurses, Bacteriologists, Pharmaceutical
Researchers, Scientists and Chemists trying to do something to help him in
his misery. In the United States, which is highly representative of these so-
called civilized countries, 47 times every second a prescription is filled by a
white-coated chemist at one of over 250,000 pharmacies in the United States!
The staggering cost of these drugs and chemicals that come in many
colored tablets, capsules and powders amounts to over a shocking $307
billion a year!
CIVILIZED MAN IS SICK, has been for a long time, and is getting
sicker! He has almost reached a point of total helplessness. Not only are the
adults sick in body, but they are sick in mind. 30% of the hospital beds in our
civilized countries are occupied by people suffering from some mental
condition. Nearly 1 out of 10 children are now born either crippled or
developmentally disabled. The insane asylums and mental wards of the
civilized world are packed to overflowing. If the truth be told – there are
many more thousands of extrem ely ill and mentally unstable people (some
dangerous to themselves and others) who should be institutionalized as
well! Civilized man has strayed from the humble Garden of Eden, where he
lived enjoying long years of perfect health and happiness on healthy
purifying foods.You Can Create Your Own Garden of Eden
My father and I want you to know we have no illusions that there is any
place left in the world that could be called the 100% perfect Garden of Eden.
But if you want to be well and live long, you must work to create your
own Garden of Eden to the best of your ability wher ever you live! You
should strive to live in the most environmentally pure and safe surroundings
as possi ble! Drink only distilled or reverse osmosis-purified  water. Eat
organic fruits and vegetables. Buy and use air purifiers for your home,
office and even your car. This is what we do wherever we have lived. When
possible we put in organic vegetable gardens, fruit trees and flowers to best
create our own Garden of Eden!
This is what The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle is going to do for you. It will
inspire and help you establish – wherever you are – your own Garden of
Eden! We can’t expect to have the exact health, vitality and long life that
our brothers and sisters enjoyed  in the original Garden of Eden. But we can
strive through careful control of our diet, and the purifying and flushing out
and eliminating  altogether the vicious toxic poisons that are causing us
illness, sufferin g and premature ageing. Naturally there will be some
compromises to make. America has had many generations of eating a S.A.D.
diet of processed, highly refin ed and unhealthy foods! It’s important to
begin the trip back to the Gard en of Eden slowly, wisely and cautiously.
You can do it – start now!
You can’t beat Mother  Natur e. Proctor & Gamble’ s synthetic fat, Olestra  and BakeLean  promises fat-
laden public the taste we love without calories. FDA has approved its use, but thousands of
consumers have already suffer ed many forms of gastric distress that the manufactur er placed a legal
warning label on their packages (warning  on cigar ettes, fluoridated toothpaste and drug products
don’t stop users). Harvar d School of Public Health found this synthetic fat also blocks carotenoids
that are important in fighting heart diseas e, cancer, stroke, and macular degenerati on. Scientist Dr.
Walter C. Willett assigned to study this synthetic fat stated “ther e will be no benefit from Olestra in
terms of weight r eduction.” Visit web: cspinet.or g/olestra
Who is str ong? He that can conquer his bad habits. – Benjamin Franklin
Step 1: Rid Yourself of Toxic Foods – DetoxThe beginning of this program must start with your avoiding the foods
and drinks that dangerously clog, obstruct and throw waste into the human
pipe system, the organs of the body and the cells. Study the Foods to Avoid
List on the next page. Play it safe and healthy – never again let these foods
pass through your body! They work slowly, but very effective ly and quite
fatally! The first 40 years of life most people willfully or ignorantly attempt
to break  the laws of human biochemistry. Some people have stronger
constitutions than others. People often make the statement to us that “My
Grandfather is 88 and smokes, drinks alcohol and eats any food he wants to,
and he is still living!” We have to listen to this occasionally because there
are the lucky few who inherit a body that has wide arteries and wide veins.
They are born with a capacity to burn poisons three times faster than most!
Remember this: when a person who is now 88 years old was born, 86,000
others were also and he is the lone survivor. One out of 86,000  is not a good
percentage!
Now, if that man had known about The Toxicless Diet, Body Purification
and Healing System and had kept toxic materials down to a minimum, he
might have lived to be 150! We have met many healthy men and women
over 100 years of age. Start now to discard forever the so-called foods that
are highly refined and potentiall y harmful to your health! See list next page
what uninformed humans put into their bodies.
Step 2: Analyze Your Own Health
The next thing to do before you go on The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle is to
sit down  and carefully analyze yourself! You know how you feel. No one in
the world could diagnose in detail your problems. Therefore you must do
some wise  self-diagnosing, keep a daily journal – page 133. Now  read list of
clogging, toxic-forming foods. Only you know within your heart how many
unhealthy, dietetic indiscretions you have made and over how many years.
There is only one corner of the universe that you can be certain of impr oving and that’ s your own
self. – Aldous HuxleyBe a Bragg Health Crusader! Copy page and shar e with family, friends, clubs, etc.
Avoid These Processed, Refined, Harmful Foods
Once you realize the harm caused to your body by unhealthy refined, chemicalized, deficient foods,
you’ll want to eliminate these “killer” foods. Also avoid microwaved foods! Follow The Bragg
Healthy Lifestyle to provide the basic, healthy nourishment to maintain your health.
Refined sugar, artificial sweeteners (toxic aspartame) or their products such as jams, jellies,
preserves, marmalades, yogurts, ice cream, sherbets, Jello, cake, candy, cookies, all chewing
gum, colas & diet drinks, pies, pastries, & all sugared fruit juices & fruits canned in sugar
syrup. ( Health Stor es have delicious healthy r eplacements, such as Stevia, raw honey,
100%  maple syrup, & agave nectar, so seek & buy the best.


.
I began to experience mysel f as a little tao, a galaxy of internal
planets spinning through time and space. These planets became
named as ve transformativ e phases: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and
Water. Each one functioned as an energetic eld linked with the
visceral organs of Liver, Heart, Spleen, Lung, and Kidney, whose lines
of force coursed through channels in my body like a lattice of
waterways crosses the earth. Physiological functions, personality
characteristics, even single impulses could be classied within this
new language.
We came to recognize that each class member could be
characterized by the attributes of one Organ  and Phase. For example,
an enthusiastic cardiologist became easily excited, had a nervous
laugh, and liked to give running commentary about his experience
as he lived it. We identied him as expressing the inuence of Fire.
A methodical and serious graduate student who dressed fastidiously
and set high standards for herself and others reected the inuence
of Metal  A dynamic, impatient psychologist who took the initiative
to set up the school’s rst training clinic exhibited typical Wood
characteristics. A socially reticent, intense nonconformist who
plunged into the learning, absorbing all he could in his fertile mind,
manifested a strong Water  aspect. And an internist able to heal with
his compassion ate touch and smile, who assumed care of us when
the stress of our studies took its toll, had the phase of Earth  speaking
through his personality.
Just as I could see myself as a little tao, our class too became a
projection of a single body. We each performed our own function, a
distinct role appropriate to our individual nature. Our physical
shape, the quality of our movement and manner, our symptoms, the
tastes and avors we preferred, the odor of our esh, the color of
our tongue, the sound of our voice, the feeling of our pulse, revealedways our persona organized and expressed itself within the context
of these new categories.
THE REALITY OF  MEDICINE  SHIFTS
We experienced a radical shift of focus from what we’d known. We
learned to feel the pulse in six positions on the radial artery of both
wrists, each position corresponding to a channel associated with an
Organ Network. This was particularly dramatic for the doctors. Since
medical school they had accepted as an article of faith and an
assumption of science the existence of only one pulse, which
reected the function of the heart alone. The notion that the shape,
force, and rhythm of the blood pulsing through the radial artery was
not merely determined by the activity of the heart, but was the
outcome of the interaction of all forces coalescing in the human
body at any given time, diverged sharply from their medical
education.
Alongside our training, we were experiencing acupuncture for our
own maladies. In the midst of a particularly intense week of
uninterrupted study, Efrem felt ushed, agitated, and had the
unpleasant sensation of his pulse pounding throughout his body. His
blood pressure was abnormally high, 140/90. Our teacher inserted
one needle along the outer edge of his hand and another  along the
front border of his neck muscle. The change was striking—within
minutes his blood pressure normalized, the pounding ceased, and he
felt an expansive calm. What had been a pervasive mood of anxiety
and melancholy became one of exhilaration and repose. He
experienced acupuncture as simultaneously alleviating the distress
in his body and restoring his good humor. This imprinted  upon him
that within this medical system, mental discomforts need not be
ignored nor invalidated as being “only in your mind.”
CHANGING  DEFINITIONSAlthough I had always consid ered myself to be in perfect health, my
self-image was chipped away  by the chisel of this new perspective.
As a child, whenever I had a snie my father gave me a powerful
pill to squelch it, and as a result, I never got sick. Later, even though
my stamina was capricious and I had low blood pressure,  my father
considered this a blessing—no need to worry about high blood
pressure. In my family, as long as you weren’t sick, you were
healthy. But bothersome aspects of my physical and emotional life
that I’d previously dismissed  as idiosyncratic began to appear as
lifelong signs of a pattern that betrayed less than optimal function.
It dawned on me that although I was not sick, I could feel better.
For years my hands and feet were ice blocks under the covers at
night and my lower back ached periodically. Cuts became easily
infected, and frequent canker sores burned in my mouth, aggravated
by the sweets that I craved. Sometimes a lingering hunge r persisted
after meals, and in the evenings when I was tired, my hearing
diminished to the hum of a dim tuner. Restful sleep eluded me if I
remained awake past eleven P.M., and rising the next morning could
seem an Olympian feat. Yet more limiting than any of these minor
body aictions was a nagging sense of fatigue. There was
constantly more on my agenda than I had energy to accomplish. In
the early afternoon I could be easily overcome by a mudd led feeling
that left me sluggish, unable to focus, and unproductive for several
hours of prime time during the work day. I felt hopeful and
optimistic but lacked the steady strength to fulll my ambitions.
I had never assembled these  vague complaints. My father would
have dismissed  them since they didn’t make particular sense within
his framework, and besides, there was nothing in his repertoire to
“x” any of them. From his point of view I was normal. But within
the context of Chinese medi cine, each sign and symptom assumed
new meaning.
Although Western lab tests would have indicated normal kidney
function, the coldness, tiredness, and hearing loss represented a
weakness of Water, the Kidney Network. The sores in my mouth and
surge of energy late at night  were characteristic of an imbalance ofWood, the Liver Network  Sleeping problems were associated with a
deciency of Fire, the Heart Network. Overall, my character was
most dominated by Earth, the Spleen Network. A sunny disposition,
an eagerness to help other people, and constant reection upon how
to generally improve the human condition are traits of Earth. A
xation with details, a somet imes obsessive need to get things done,
and that sudden soggy, muddled feeling are associated with
disharmonies of Earth.
As I received acupuncture treatment, and later herbal medicine,
my resources increased and steadied; in addition, I could relieve my
monthly irritability, water retention, and insomnia. As my
complaints receded, I experienced myself as a more eective captain
of my vessel, guiding fate by altering the givens, assuming control
over tendencie s and reactions that I had presumed came with my
territory.
All of us established relationships between physical and emotional
patterns, connecting what had otherwise seemed unrelated. In
Western medicine, cold extremities, back pain, hearing loss, and
fatigue are not associated with each other or with the kidney.
Troubled sleep, excitability, and laughter are not associated with the
heart. Menstru al problems are unrelated to the liver. But in Chinese
medicine, a weak Kidney  may mean not only having a backache,
poor hearing, and fatigue, but also being fearful, stingy, withdrawn,
and apathetic. The Organ Networks  of Chinese medicine were not
equivalent to the anatomical organs of Western medicine. Organ
Networks  were dened functionally, not structurally. As such, they
included emotional and mental function as well as physiological
performance, and even their physiology was dened dierently.
Furthermore, within this logic, problems are not isolated from the
context in which they occur, so a single symptom is understood in
relation to the entire body environment. The strategy is to adjust the
eld, reorganizing the process out of which symptoms grow,
coercing them into retreat by eliminating the milieu in which they
thrive.
Stimulated and unsettled, many of us underwent personal as well
as professional transformation. The sun still rose each morning andtraded places with the moon at night, but our perception of
ourselves and the world around us altered.
After reading these chapters, you will also learn how to interpret
yourself within  the context of these concepts so that you can say, “I
am an Earth  type who has conict with Wood  and weakness in
Water. My primary therapeutic focus will be in these areas.” That is
a purpose of this book.
THE CROSS-FERTILIZATION OF  MEDICINE:  EAST GOES WEST AND  WEST
GOES EAST
From the late Middle Ages on, traditional Chinese medicine trickled
into foreign lands. A compre hensive Chinese herbal text written in
1587 found its way into the hands of German physicians around
1605. In 1810 a French physician named Louis Berlioz reported
successfully treating neurogenic diseases with acupuncture. In 1929,
after serving as French consul in China, Dr. Soulie de Mourant
translated a Chinese


 the greatest
variety of foods, the result of which is that the table is held
responsible for over ninety per cent. of all human ills.
This result is not sufficiently creditable to cause thinking
people to clamor for its continuation. It reminds me of the
consolation that I received once from a gentleman with whom
I was playing a game of billia rds. It was my off-day. The
balls would neither "hit" nor "hurdle," while his plays were
all graceful and effective; and I was enjoying the supreme
pleasure of seeing him make all the points beside paying for
the games. In answer to my complaint upon missing a simple
shot, he said, "Oh, this is noth ing. I have seen luck run this
way for three or four hours, and all of a sudden get worse."
The best foods need the least preparation. Geographic
and climatic conditio ns, under which most of us live, of
course, make harvesting and garnering necessary; and in
order to store certain foods for winter use, certain
preparations become necessary; but when we come to prepare
them for the table, the effort should be to bring them back as
nearly as possible to their original condition.
All fruits from which the mois ture has been evaporated,
so that they will keep from season to season, only need to
have the moisture again restored to them by being soaked in
pure water at about the temperature of the blood. This is the
most healthful and delicious way evaporated or dried fruits
ran be prepared.
That food is most healthful and will give to animal life
its highest form that can be taken most nearly in its natural
condition. There Is nothing mo re obvious and certain than
this. This course of reasoning leads us to the inevitable
conclusion that fruits, nuts, gr een plants,—that is, plants
containing much chlorophyll, co mprise an absolutely perfect
diet.
Nearly every step in civili zation has been taken in the
direction of lightening human labor, except in the art of
preparing foods. This has been doubled and trebled a
thousand times, and laid upon the delicate shoulders of
woman. The railroad train would never have been invented
had it not been that man objected to toting burdens on his
back. The telephone and telegr aph were the outgrowth of man's protest against the courier system. The inventions of all
the marvelous machines to which we point as evidences and
marks of our great civilization, originated in the one thought,
the saving of human labor. But the stomach is a veritable
gehenna, and the appetite its grizzly gorgon that holds
millions of women in a worse bondage than the negro
suffered in the South before the war.
EFFECTS OF COOKING FOOD.

IN all nature there are two great forces working, as it were,
against each other; namely, construction and destruction. That
is to say, nature is, on the one hand, assembling together
certain elements and building them into forms we call life,
and on the other it is breaking down, changing and dissipating
these elements, which process we call death or destruction.
In the process of construction, the vegetable or plant
takes up from the mineral kingdom inorganic matter, and
converts it into organic or living matter, such as is found in
fruits, nuts, cereals,—the natural foods of man. It is only
through this process that mineral elements can build or
become a part of animal life.
One of the most potent and effective agencies known to
change and demolish materials is fire. When we apply it to
our food in the process of cooking, it results in such a change
as destroys the elementary plant form, and the mineral
elements return to their inorganic condition. It cannot be
otherwise, insomuch as it possess es absolutely no element of
construction.
At about 145° F. certain properties in plant life are
destroyed. For instance, a leaf of cabbage, if emersed in water
that can easily be endured by the bare hand, will wilt,
showing that part of its cellular life is destroyed at that
temperature.
The heat can be increased until all plant life is destroyed.
This becomes important when we remember that animal life
is supported and entirely constructed from plant life. The
living plant possesses all the elements from which animal life
is made. Therefore, the question would naturally arise in the
mind of any thinking person, "Why destroy in part the plant
life before feeding it to the an imal? In what possible way can
the application of heat improve it?" Our education, our
science and learning, are of small value, if they do not teach
us how to build the highest form of animal life from the
material used.
Many articles of our food are subjected to an intense dry
heat, ranging from 300° to 400° F., in the vain hope that in
some way they may be improved. Bread browned in an oven
is partly changed to ashes. It is half destroyed. Were it kept
there twice as long it would be wholly destroyed.
Yet millions of people insist on eating those supercooked
foods. They insist on wheat being made into Zwieback, which
might be described as a bit of ashes held together by a little
gluten, without ever spending one moment in thinking of the
real difference in food value, between this stuff and the grain
in its original state.
Of all the curious customs into which people have
evolved, cooking seems to be the strangest and to possess the
least excuse for existence. It has made of woman a slave. It
has made of the stomach a potpourri for everything living or
dead. It so changes the proper ties of foods that no chemist living can analyze them. It is the chief cause of mixing food
products, which is the principal cause of overeating, which, in
its turn, is the genesis of nearly all stomach and intestinal
disorders. It has changed man into an omnivorous, and in
some cases into a carnivorous animal.
COOKING MILK.

THE custom of cooking or sterilizing milk, due to ignorance,
is little less than criminal.
Cooking milk is recommended by certain alleged dietetic
authorities on the ground that it kills bacteria. They probably
forget, maybe do not know, that all the five digestive fluids
are strongly germicidal. The bacteria that may exist in milk,
of which so much fear is entertained, could not live an instant
after coming in contact with the gastric juice which is
strongly aciduous, to say nothing of contact with the saliva,
bile, and pancreatic and intestinal juices.
Milk, however, should be taken with some intelligence.
A valuable lesson in its proper use can be learned from the
calf, or nursing infant, which draw and swallow it in small
quantities and which keep up a c ontinuous motion of the jaws
as if in chewing, thus pumping into the mouth enough saliva
to aid nature in the first process of digestion.
Milk can be thoroughly insalivated by taking it into the
mouth and mixing it with other foods which have been
thoroughly masticated and are ready for swallowing.
The too free use of boiled or sterilized milk will produce
scurvy in children, and when scurvy exists both sterilized and
raw milk must be discontinued. It is certainly, therefore,
much better to commence at on ce the use of milk in its
natural condition than to risk the development of scurvy and
then be compelled to entirel y do without such a valuable
food.
Sterilized milk lacks freshness. It tastes dead, and to a
very great extent it is dead. Milk is rich in albuminoids,
derived, as it is, from tissues that contain them, and are
present in a vitalized form as pr oteids. The change that takes
place in boiling is the coagulation of the proteid molecules,
which sets free the inorganic molecules, thus rendering them
as to the iron and fluorine unabsorbable, and as to the
phosphates unassimilable. It is this most vital change that
takes place when milk is cooked.
The use of sterilized milk becomes especially serious
when it is remembered that children require both phosphatic
and ferric proteids in a living form which are contained only
in the natural or uncooked milk.
When adults have long violated the dietetic laws by
overfeeding,—consuming large quantities of food and drink
that have been devitalized by fire and fermentation,—milk is,
in many cases, the one food that will restore a normal
condition; especially is this tr ue in advancing old age when
the organs of digestion become weak, and the requirements of
the body are more like those of the infant. Milk is then of
more and more importance as an article of food.
FLESH FOODS.

THERE  is no disputing the fact that many thousands of people
appear to attain a very fine physical development and seem to
maintain good health who subsist upon a mixed diet,
including meat. It is unquestionably true that meat will
sustain life, and it is equally tr ue that life can be sustained
without it.
The objections to meat are: First, it is laden with the
poisons that come from the torn-down tissue and urea of the
animal, all of


iscient	is	incapable	of	injustice	or	caprice.	Thus	it	is	that
‘every	hair	on	one’s	head	is	counted’	by	virtue	of	the	infinite	knowingness
of	the	field.	Nothing	escapes	detection	or	consequence.
Q:	Whither	science?
A:	The	understanding	of	the	basic	structure	of	the	material	world	has	reached
a	major	state	of	advancement	with	the	demonstration	and	discovery	of	the
last	remaining	elusive	‘tau	neutrino’.	Science	will	probably	move	its
interest	to	epistemology	since	a	continuation	of	the	function	of	science
would	be	the	study	of	consciousness	itself.	In	order	to	proceed,	it	will	be
necessary	to	be	very	clear	on	how	does	one	know	and	how	does	one	know
that	one	knows.
					The	universe	will	be	discovered	to	be	an	extrapolation	of	man’s
categories	of	concept	formation	and	processing.	Eventually,	the	limits	of
the	Newtonian	paradigm	of	reality	(a	consciousness	level	of	499)	will	be
transcended,	which	opens	for	study	the	processes	of	Nature	and	life	itself,
which	are	beyond	logic,	form,	perception,	and	duality.
					Spiritual	inquiry	will	become	legitimate	and	investigation	will	look
within	instead	of	without.	The	search	for	objective	reality	will	be
discovered	to	be	purely	subjective,	which	discovery	is	in	itself	the	road	to
Enlightenment.	Mankind	will	be	lifted	to	greater	and	greater	heights	and
eventually	to	a	unity	in	which	each	lives	for	the	All.
					This	evolution	has	only	become	an	actual	possibility	in	very	recent
years.	The	total	field	of	consciousness	of	humanity	is	rising.	Of	major
importance	is	that	it	finally	crossed	over	the	critical	consciousness	level	of
Integrity	(Truth)	at	200,	and	rose	to	the	present	level	of	207.	Every	act	of
kindness,	consideration,	forgiveness,	or	love	affects	everyone.	Even	in	thephysical	world,	there	are	yet	more	dimensions	to	be	discovered,	e.g.,	the
speed	of	light	can	be	exceeded	(as	reported	by	Lijun	Wang	in
Nature
,	July
20,	2000).The	universe	is	expanding	at	an	ever-increasing	rate.	To	know
the	nature	of	consciousness	catapults	understanding	to	ever-expanding
capacities	and	discoveries.	The	journey	is	from	knowing	to	Knowing,	from
perception	to	omniscience.	The	true	scientist	sees	everything	as	equally
important.	As	a	result,	today’s	real	scientists	will	become	the	mystics	of
the	future.	The	dedication	to	truth	is	the	only	requirement.
					Developments	in	genetics	and	bionics	will	make	ethics	and
consciousness	increasingly	important.	We	will	indeed	need	to	know	what
it	is	that	makes	a	human	being	a	human	being.
Q:	How	does	transcending	these	apparent	opposites	relate	to	self-
realization	or	enlightenment?
A:	Simply	put,	realization	or	enlightenment	is	the	condition	where	the	sense
of	self	moves	from	the	limited	linear	material	to	the	nonlinear	infinite	and
formless.	The	‘me’	moves	from	the	visible	to	the	invisible.	This	occurs	as
a	shift	of	awareness	and	identification	from	perception	of	form	as
objective	and	real	to	the	realization	of	the	purely	subjective	as	the	ultimate
reality.
					That	which	is	the	ultimate	and	eternal	transcends	both	objectivity	and
subjectivity	and	is	beyond	awareness.	It	is	referred	to	in	the	ancient
spiritual	literature	as	the	Supreme	Spirit.	Out	of	the	Supreme	arises	all	that
is	manifest	and	unmanifest;	all	consciousness	and	awareness;	all	existence;
All	That	Is,	either	form	or	nonform;	all	that	is	linear	and	all	that	is
nonlinear;	all	that	arises	out	of	creation;	all	possibility	and	actuality.	The
Supreme	is	beyond	existence	or	nonexistence;	beyond	beingness	or	is-
ness;	beyond	all	gods,	heavens,	and	spiritual	forms;	beyond	all	names	or
definitions;	beyond	all	divinities	and	spiritual	denotations.	It	is	out	of	the
Godhead	that	Divinity	arises,	and	out	of	the	Supreme	arises	the	Godhead.CHAPTER	21
Genesis:	Creation	and	Evolution
Q:	How	does	life	itself	originate	as	we	know	it?
A:	It	is	obvious	that	life	originates	from	the	Infinite	Potentiality	of	the
Unmanifest,	which	alone	has	sufficient	power	to	create	life.	The	material
world	of	form	is	an	effect	and	without	intrinsic	power,	much	less	the
power	of	Creation.	Power	emanates	from	the	Supreme	Reality	that	is	itself
without	form	yet	intrinsic	to	it.
					When	the	Radiance	of	the	Infinite	Spirit/	God/Light	falls	upon	inert
matter,	there	originates	within	that	substance	an	organizational	influence,	a
potentiality,	that	is	an	effect	of	the	attractor	field	of	life	within
consciousness.	Thus,	life	is	spawned	by	the	light	of	Divinity,	which	is	the
Ultimate	Source	of	all	existence.	In	this	unfoldment,	consciousness	is	the
agent.
					Form	arises	in	appearance	as	the	‘this’	and	the	‘that’	of
substance/matter.	Life,	however,	is	not	dyadic	but	triadic	because	between
the	‘this’	and	the	‘that’,	an	agent	is	necessary	for	growth	and	action.	This
third	aspect	arises	as	an	attractor	pattern	in	Consciousness	and	manifests
as	basic,	alive	protoplasm.
					It	is	because	of	the	requirement	of	the	presence	of	the	Radiance	of
Divinity	that	life	cannot	arise	from	substance	alone.	For	life	to	continue,
propagation	and	sustenance	are	necessary.	The	attractor	patterns	of
Creation	are	triune	in	that	the	presence	of	God	activates	the	potentialities
wherever	conditions	are	favorable	(i.e.,‘	the	Breath	of	God’).
					In	the	beginning,	there	was	God	as	Light,	which	is	the	energy	of
Creation	and	all	life.	In	the	beginning,	there	were	only	infinite	energy	and
potential,	and	this	energy	then	manifested	as	materiality	and	substance.
Activation	of	the	basic	dyadic	of	structure	of	matter	was	enabled	by	the
addition	of	an	agent	that	enlivened	them	so	that	life	could	unfold.
					The	first	life	forms	were	extremely	simple	and	basic,	and	their	first	task
was	that	of	survival	and	duplication.	Consciousness	was	the	activating
agent	of	evolution,	and	within	it,	attractor	fields	gave	pattern	to	form;	thus,
feedback	and	learning	were	made	possible.	Evolution	occurred	within	the
attractor	fields	of	consciousness	that	manifested	as	more	complex	life
forms	with	basic	intrinsic	intelligence	and	the	capacity	for	data	storage.
Motility	arose	along	with	other	adaptive	learning.	The	requirement	fordata	storage	and	communication	resulted	in	the	creation	of	the	nervous
system	and	eventually	the	brain.
					Creation	includes	the	esthetics	of	intelligence	and	the	emergence	of	life
into	endless	displays	of	beauty	and	grace.	Evolution	is	therefore	the	Grace
of	God	made	manifest	as	continuous	creation	that	is	patterned	by	the
intelligence	of	consciousness	itself.
					Life	is	the	radiance	of	God	made	manifest	as	the	universe	expressed
through	evolution.	We	are	both	the	product	and	the	witness	of	Creation	as
a	continuous,	eternal	process.
					Science	addresses	solely	the	mechanisms	of	form,	but	life	is
comprehensible	only	from	the	viewpoint	of	the	nonlinear	domain	of
consciousness.	This	is	why	there	is	now	such	interest	by	science	in
conscious


 It is not nece ssary to even know specifically what the new job is
to be. If one is able to correctly perfonn the meditation and experience the
golden light throughout one's body, a new job will be awaiting one's
acceptance. In a similar manner, one may fill oneself with money, intelli
gence, happiness, love, or any other need that one may have. One may also
achieve success through the practice of the Concentra tion Exercise, which
strengthens and trains one's mind to overcome weaknesses that may keep
success at bay.
As with all of the Internal Exercises, and the b reathing and meditation
techniques, one must experience them to understand and appreciate their
simple, yet profound, effects. The ancient Taoists were very practical
people. If something worked well, they used it. If it did not, they discarded
it. And this system of Internal Exercise has been in use for over 6,000
years!
North Star Meditation
The North Star is the guide star of the heavens and has been used for
centuries by travelers to pinpoint their location and ensure that their routes
of travel were correct. It has been called "The King", "The Emperor", or
the "Highest Place", and it has been given the special name "Purple
Rose" because of its beautiful purple aura. Further, it is forever constant,
forever hovering over the earth and therefore forever dependa ble. So it is
fitting that the Taoists have used it for thousands of years in a meditative
exercise they use for healing and other beneficial purposes.
The best time to practice this meditation is in the evening when you are
able to see the North Star clearly. However, it may be perfonned during the
daytime by simply imagining that the star is there above you. However,
always face the North Star when you are practicing this exercise. It will
182 Taoist Meditative, Contem plative, and Breathing Exercises
then be easy for your body to accept and receive the electromagnetic energy
coming from the star.
I. Begin by sitting facing the North Star, which may be located by
frrst finding the Big Dipper.
2. Use your imagination and feel the light of the North Star come
down and meet you on the top of your head at a place called ''The
Meeting of All Points''. This point lies at the crown of the head at a
point equidistant between the ears.
Figure 96.
The ''Meeting of All Points''. _,,,
-- '"...
,,.,,,,.......
"'
'
3. Feel the energy from the ''Purple Rose'' meet your energy at this
point, and imagine that this area of your head produces a golden fire.
The meridians of your body will begin to look transparent and golden.
Feel the golden light penetrate throughout your entire body and down
to the toes.
NOTE: If is often extremely difficult to practice this exercise, as you
need complet e attention on what you are doing for it to be success ful.
If your attention wanders or you are interrupted, start again. How
ever, never force yourself to perfonn the meditation. If you are unable
to complete it successfully, stop and come back to it another time.
Eventually you will meet with success. Once you are able to complete
the meditation and feel the golden light enter your body, you may
discover that some places within your body will appear dark, while all
the rest remains a golden color. The dark area within your body is a
disease. Allow the light from the North Star to soak into this dark area
until this place also becomes transparent and golden. Then you will be
charged with energy and your diseases will be healed.
183 Taoist Medit ative, Contempl ative, and Breathing Exercises
Whenever you have a disease, you may use this exercise to literally wash
it away. It works. ''As you think, so you will be.'' You will also find that it
helps to refresh, heal, and strengthen your body.
Candle light, Sunlight, and Moonlight Contemplations
If you are unable to locate the North Star, you may practice the exercise
using a candle. You may also use the sun or the moon as the source of the
golden light which you wish to absorb into your body. But you should take
into consideration the facts that the sun may be too hot and the moon may be
too cold. You can start using the Candlelight, Sunlight, and Moonlight
Contemplations to heal your self today, whereas the Meridian Meditation
may take several months to learn.
The contemplations may be done in the early mornings, just before
sunset, or on a cold day.
I. Look at a candle or the source of light.
2. Close you eyes and bring the light into your head. Feel your head
fill with golden light.
3. Then, feel the light gradually fill your neck, shoulders, trunk, and
entire body.
NOTE A: When performing the Candlelight or Moonlight Contem
plations, face north and sit in a comfortable position. Do not face
north when you do the Sunlight Contemplation and do not sit in the
sun for longer than 10 minutes, as sunlight is strong and the earth's
magnetic force flows from north to south.
NOTE B: The candle is the best source of light. It is best not to
substitute a candle with an electric light bulb.
NOTE C: If some blockage comes in when you do the contemplation,
open your eyes, gaze at the candle, and start over again. Do so until
you can fill your entire body with transparent light. If someone sees
you, he or she will think light is projecting out from your body. When
you get proficient at filling your body with light, you may see some
dark places which are not filled by light. These are diseased areas
which can be healed if you work on them by filling them with light.
Concentration Exercise
To make one's way through life successfully, one must train one's mind
184 Tao ist Medit ative, Contem plative, and Breathing Exercises
to make proper use of its powers. How often have you heard or read that
concentration is the main reason why some people are able to do everything
well? The ancient Taoists were very aware of the connection between
concentration and betterment, so they created the Concentration Exercise
to strengthen the powers of concentration.
The exercise is done by concentrating on one of three points of focus: the
point called Ying Tang (located on the forehead between the eyebrow s, or
at the level of the third eye), the point called Shan Chung (located at the
thymus gland), and the point called Chi Hai (located I 1/2 inches below the
navel). You may use the figure below to find the points, or you may locate
the points on an acupuncture chart. (If you choose the latter alternati ve,
look for points #17 and #6 on the Jen-Mo meridian. However, you will
not find the equivalent of point Ying Tang on the chart because that point is
an extra point on the Jen-Mo meridian.) Sometimes the three points are
called, from top to bottom, the upper Tan Tien, middle Tan Tien, and lower
Tan Tien.
Figure 97. The Ying Tang, Shan Chung, and Chi Hai points.
185 Taoist Medit ative, Contem plative, and Breathing Exe rcises
This exercise may be done in the prone, sitting, or standing position
whenever you have a quiet period of time to yourself.
1. You may begin by sitting with your legs crossed on a flat surface.
2. Now concentr ate on one of the three points illustrated in figure 97.
The point most often selected for this purpose is point Chi Hai.
Concentrate by thinking only of this point and by removing any extra
thoughts. Concent rate until heat is felt at that point.
3. Once you are able to feel the heat, discontinue and forget the
exercise. You have succeeded in accomplishing this difficult exer
cise, and you may apply your concentrative abilities to other areas of
your life:
NOTE: Do not be discouraged if the first few trials yield no results.
This is a difficult exercise, and it may take several weeks before heat
can be felt by some people. But once you feel the heat, you should
forget about the exercise. Continuing to do the exercise to experience
the sensations can cause serious damages.
The difficulty of this exercise is shown by the many mental aids people
use to help themselves concentr ate. Some recommend combining the
exercise with breathing exercises-then air may be visualized to travel to
the point of focus to heat the area. Others recommend manipulating the
point or visualizing frres burning at the point. But once they have surpassed
the difficulty and experienced the heat, their hearts will be filled with
elation.
Unfortunately, this feeling of elation buries some people, especially the
superstitious and uneducated, in self-conceit and encoura ges them to abuse
the exercise. What is just a simple metabolic reaction in the body (concen
trating on a point brings more circulation to the point of focus, and
heightened activity in that area causes the sensations of warmth) is thought
to be a working of the gods or a generation of godlike powers. Being able to
achieve such


line	locator	map	to	find	a	practitioner	in	your	area.

AltMedZine

www.altmedzine.com
An	excellent	free	weekly	newsletter	(online	only)	about	the	latest	information	on
alternative	or	complementary	forms	of	medicine.
The	Annapurna	Center	for	Self-Healing

538	Adams	Street
Port	Townsend,	WA	98368
Toll-free:	800-868-2662
Tel:	360-385-2909
E-mail:	info@theannapurna.com
www.theannapurna.com
To	do	the	liver	and	gallbladder	cleanse	under	supervision	in	a	healing	center.Notes
	CHAPTER	1

1
	For	more	details	on	the	treatments	of	stomach	ulcers	and	their	consequences,	see	the
author’s	book
Timeless	Secrets	of	Health	and	Rejuvenation.

2
	Also	see	“Overeating	Protein”	in	Chapter	3,	and	the	chapters	on	diabetes	in
Timeless
Secrets	of	Health	and	Rejuvenation
	or	in	the	author’s	book
Diabetes—No	More!

3
	Right	from	a	baby’s	first	breath,	the	body	produces	amino	acids	and	proteins	from	the
nitrogen,	carbon,	oxygen,	and	hydrogen	molecules	contained	in	the	air.

4
	Conjugation	is	a	biochemical	process	to	bind	a	substance	to	an	acid,	thereby	deactivating
its	biological	activity,	making	it	water-soluble,	and	facilitating	its	excretion.

5
	The	only	truly	safe	way	to	get	enough	vitamin	D	is	from	exposure	to	sunlight	and	certain
foods.	See	more	details	in	the	chapter	“Sunlight—Medicine	of	Nature”	in
Timeless	Secrets
of	Health	and	Rejuvenation
.

6
	See	details	on	the	vitamin	issue	in
Timeless	Secrets	of	Health	and	Rejuvenation
.

7
	See	details	of	this	study	in
Timeless	Secrets	of	Health	and	Rejuvenation.

8
	Prescribed	by	doctors	in	Germany	as	a	highly	successful	alternative	to	surgery	for
varicose	veins,	the	herbal	remedy
horse	chestnut	seed
,	or
conkers,
	is	very	effective	in	the
treatment	of	“heavy	legs,”	hemorrhoids,	and	cramps.	In	combination	with	cleansing	of	the
liver,	colon,	and	kidneys,	conkers	can	lead	to	complete	recovery.

9
	Also	see	“The	Kidney	Cleanse”	in	the	book
Timeless	Secrets	of	Health	and
Rejuvenation
.
	CHAPTER	3

1
	See	more	details	about	biological	rhythms	in	the	author’s	book
Timeless	Secrets	of
Health	and	Rejuvenation.

2

Timeless	Secrets	of	Health	and	Rejuvenation
	explains	in	great	detail	how
overconsumption	of	protein	foods	(of	any	origin)	affects	the	circulatory	system,	and	how
reducing	proteins	in	our	diet	clears	the	arterial	plaque	obstructing	blood	flow	to	the	heart.

3
	According	to	the	latest	results	(Nov.	2006)	of	The	Nurses’	Health	Study,	which	is	among
the	largest	prospective	investigations	into	the	risk	factors	for	major	chronic	diseases	in
women,	women	double	their	risk	of	hormone-receptor-positive	breast	cancer	by	eating
more	than	1½	servings	a	day	of	beef,	lamb,	or	pork.	A	serving	is	roughly	equivalent	to	a
single	hamburger	or	hot	dog.	If	such	a	small	amount	of	meat	can	cause	cancer,	it	can
surely	cause	a	lot	of	other	health	problems	as	well,	including	gallstones.

4
	Note	that	poultry	contains	the	highest	concentration	of	parasites	and	parasite	eggs
among	animal	products.	For	example,	more	than	80	percent	of	all	poultry	in	the	United
States	is	infested	with	salmonella.	Cadavers	like	meat,	poultry,	and	fish	are	naturally
subject	to	parasitic	infestation.

5
	The	author	has	not	eaten	any	concentrated	protein	food	in	any	form	for	over	35	years
and	has	never	suffered	from	protein	deficiency.

6
	To	learn	more	about	vegetarianism	and	a	wholesome	vegetarian	diet	according	to	body
type	(Ayurvedic),	refer	to
Timeless	Secrets	of	Health	and	Rejuvenation.

7
	For	further	details	about	diets	according	to	body	types,	also	refer	to
Timeless	Secrets	of
Health	and	Rejuvenation
.

8
	For	in-depth	details,	see
Timeless	Secrets	of	Health	and	Rejuvenation.

9
	Such	congestion	is	also	seen	in	women	who	are	told	they	need	to	drink	milk	to	keep
their	bones	strong.

10
	For	further	details	about	the	dangers	involved	in	eating	lowfat	or	“light”	foods,	as	well
as	milk,	see
Timeless	Secrets	of	Health	and	Rejuvenation.
11
	See
Timeless	Secrets	of	Health	and	Rejuvenation
	for	details	on	determining	your	body
type	and	choosing	the	corresponding	foods.

12
	In	his	book
It’s	Time	to	Come	Alive,
	the	author	offers	profound,	effortless	methods	of
relaxation.

13
	To	fully	understand	emotions	and	their	root	causes	and	to	free	yourself	from	their
limitations,	refer	to	the	author’s	book
Lifting	the	Veil	of	Duality—Your	Guide	to	Living
Without	Judgment
.
	CHAPTER	4

1
	For	a	detailed	explanation	of	lunar	influences	on	the	body,	see
Timeless	Secrets	of
Health	and	Rejuvenation
.

2
	For	more	details	on	enemas,	refer	to
Timeless	Secrets	of	Health	and	Rejuvenation
.
	CHAPTER	5

1
	The	author	recommends	Eniva	minerals	to	his	clients	as	a	method	of	prevention	of
illness	and	to	promote	good	health.	(
Note:
	To	order	any	products	from	Eniva,	you	require
a	sponsor	name	and	ID.	You	may	use	the	name	and	ID	of	the	author,	Andreas	Moritz,
#13462.)

2
	The	Framingham	study	is	the	longest,	most	expensive,	and	largest	sample-size	heart
disease	study	in	history.

3
	To	determine	your	Ayurvedic	body	type,	refer	to
Timeless	Secrets	of	Health	and
Rejuvenation.

4
	To	learn	more	about	the	beneficial	effects	of	sunlight	and	the	harmful	effects	of
sunscreens,	see
Timeless	Secrets	of	Health	and	Rejuvenation.

5
	For	details	on	composite	fillings,	see
Timeless	Secrets	of	Health	and	Rejuvenation.
	CHAPTER	6

1
	To	learn	more	about	the	four	major	causes	of	disease;	how	disease	develops;	and	the	true
reasons	for	cancer,	heart	disease,	diabetes,	and	AIDS,	refer	to
Timeless	Secrets	of	Health
and	Rejuvenation.
	CHAPTER	7

1
	For	more	information	on	Lipitor	and	high	cholesterol,	see	Chapter	1.

2
	Colosan	is	an	effective	colon	cleanser,	described	in
Timeless	Secrets	of	Health	and
Rejuvenation
.

3
	Iridology,	or	the	science	of	eye	interpretation,	is	a	medically	accepted,	diagnostic
method	in	Germany	and	several	other	countries.	It	can	quickly	reveal	the	existence	and
causes	of	physical	ailments	through	careful	study	of	the	iris.
	CHAPTER	8

1
	There	are	many	books	and	videotapes	available	that	can	teach


 create no more pain for yourself, then you create no more
pain for others. Y ou also no long er contaminate the beautiful Earth, your
inner space, and the collective  human psyche with the nega tivity of
problem-making.

If you have ever been in a life-or -death emer gency situation, you will
know that it was n’ t a problem. The mind didn’ t have time  t o fool around
and mak e it into a problem. In a true emer gency, the mind stops; you
become totally present in the Now, and something infinitely more
powerful takes over. This is why there are many reports of ordinary
people suddenly becoming capable of incredibly courageous deeds. Inany emer gency, either you survive or you don’ t. Either way, it is not a
problem.
Some people get angry when they hear me say that problems are
illusions. I am threatening to tak e away their sense of who they a re. They
have invested much time in a f alse sense of self. For many years, they
have unconscio usly defined their whole identity in terms of their
problems or their suf fering. Who would they be without it?
A great deal of what people sa y, think, or do is actually motivated by
fear, wh ich of course is always linked with having your focus on the
future and being out of touch w ith the Now. As there are no problems in
the Now, there is no fear either.
Should a situation arise that you need to deal with now, your action will
be clear  and incisive if it arises  out of present-moment awareness. It is
also mor e likely  to be ef fective. It will not be a reaction coming from the
past conditionin g of your mind but an intuitive response to the situation.
In other instances, when the time-bound mind would have reacted, you
will find it more ef fective to do nothing — just stay centered in the Now.
A QUANTUM LEAP IN THE EV OLUTION OF
CONSCIOUSNESS
I have had glimpses of this state  of fr eedom fr om mind and time that you
describe, but past and futur e ar e  so overwhelmingly str ong that I cannot
keep them out for long.

The time-bound  mode of consciousness is deeply embedded in the
human psyche. But what we are doing here is part of a profound
transformation that is taking place in the collective consciousness of the
planet and beyond: the awaken ing of consciousness from the dream of
matter, form, and separation. Th e ending of time. W e are breaking mind
patterns that have dominated h uman life for eons. Mind patt erns that
have created unimaginable suf fering on a vast scale. I am not using the
word evil. It is more helpful to call it unconsciousness or insanity.
 This br eaking up of the ol d mode of consciousness or rather
unconsciousness: is it something we have to  do or w ill it happen
anyway? I mean, is this change inevitable?

That’ s a question of perspective.  The doing and the happening is in fact a
single process; because you are  one with the totality of consciousness,
you cannot separate the two. But there is no absolute guara ntee that
humans will make it. The process isn’ t inevitable or automatic. Y our
cooperation is an essential part of it. However you look at i t, it is a
quantum leap in the evolution of consciousness, as well as our only
chance of survival as a race.
THE JOY OF BEING
T o alert you that you have allowed yourself to be taken over by
psychological tim e, you can use  a simple criterion. Ask yourself : Is there
joy, ease, and li ghtness in what I am doing? If there isn’ t, then time is
covering up the present moment, and life is perceived as a burden or a
struggle.
If th ere is no joy, ease, or lightness in what you are doing, it does not
necessarily mea n that you need to change what  you are doing. It may be
suf ficient to change the how. “H ow” is alw ays more important than
“what.” See if you can give much more attention to the doing  t han  to the
result that you want to achieve through it. Give your fullest attention to
whatever the moment presents. This implies that you also completely
accept what is, because you cannot give your full attention to something
and at the same time resist it.
As soon as you honor the present moment, all unhappiness and struggle
dissolve, and life begins to flow with joy and ease. When you act out of
present-moment awareness, whatever you do becomes imbued with a
sense of quality, care, and love — even the most simple action.

So do not be concerned with the fruit of your action — just give attention
to th e action itself. The fruit will come of its own accord. T his is a
powerful spiritu al practice. In the Bhagavad Gita, o ne of the olde st and
most beautiful spiritual teaching s in existence, nonattachment to the fruit
of your action is called Karma Y oga. It is described as the  path of
“consecrated action.”
When th e compulsive striving away from the Now ceases, the joy of
Being fl ows into everything you do. The moment your attention  turns to
the Now, you feel a presence, a stillness, a peace. Y ou no longe r depend
on the future fo r fulfillment and satisfaction — you don’ t look  to it for
salvation. Therefore, you are not attached to the results. Neither failure
nor succ ess has the power to change your inner state of Being. Y ou have
found the life underneath your life situation.
In th e ab sence o f psychological  time, your sense of self is deri ved from
Being, not from your personal p ast. Therefore, the psychologica l need to
become anythin g other than wh o you are already is no longer there. In
the worl d, on the level of your  life situation, you may indeed  become
wealthy, knowledgeable, successful, free of this or that, but in th e deeper
dimension of Being you are complete and whole now.

In that state of wholeness, wou ld we still be able or willing to pursue
external goals?

Of cour se, but you will not have illusory expectations that any thing or
anybody in the future will save you or make you happy. As far as your
life s ituation is c oncerned, there  may be things to be attained or acquired.
That’ s th e world of form, of gain and loss. Y et on a deeper leve l you are
already complete, and when you realize that, there is a playful, joyous
ener gy behind what you do. Being free of psychological time, you nolonger pursue your goals with grim determination, driven by fear, anger,
discontent, or the need to become someone. Nor will you remain inactive
through fear of failure, which to the ego is loss of self. When your deeper
sense of  self is d erived from Being, when you are free of “beco ming” as
a ps ychological  need, neither your happiness nor your sense of self
depends on the outcome, and so there is freedom from fear. Y ou don’ t
seek permanenc y where it canno t be found: in the world of form, of gain
and loss, birth and death. Y ou don’ t demand that situations, conditions,
places, or people should make  you happy, and then suf fer when they
don’ t live up to your expectations.
Everything is honored, but noth ing matters. Forms are born and  die, yet
you are aware of the eternal underneath the forms. Y ou k now that
“nothing real can be threatened.”3
When th is is your state of Bein g, how can you not succeed? Y ou have
succeeded already.
 CHAPTER FOUR
M I N D  S T R A T E G I E S  F O R
 A V O I D I N G  T H E  N O W
LOSS OF NOW : THE CORE DELUSION
Even if I comp letely accept that ultimately time is an illusi on, what
differ ence is that going to make in my life? I still have to live in a world
that is completely dominated by time.

Intellectual agreement is just another belief and won’ t make much
dif ference to your life. T o reali ze this truth, you need to live it. When
every ce ll of your body is so p resent that it feels vibrant with  life, and
when yo u can feel that life every  moment as the joy of Being, th en it can
be said that you are free of time.

But I still have to pay the bills tomorr ow, and I am still going to gr ow old
and die just like everybody else. So how can I ever say that I am fr ee of
time?

T omorrow’ s bills are not the p roblem. The dissolution of the physical
body is not a problem. Loss of Now is the problem, or rather:  the core
delusion that turns a mere situation, event, or


 how I enjoye d the “Hippocrates soup.” I had to state
that the soup we were eating was not Hippocrates soup as Dr. Gerson
describes it in his book. The combination of ingredients that are supposed
to be in that soup are clearly described in A Cancer Therapy  as well as
the Gerson Therapy Handbook  (former ly, the Gerson Therapy Primer ),
and the ingredients listed are very specific.
Hippocrates (referred to by the medical profession as “the father of
medicine”) understood that this special combination of ingredie nts in the
soup has a beneficial, detoxifyin g effect on the kidneys. For this reason,
Dr. Gerson had made use of them. He concluded that the soup ingredients
were so important he wanted patients to eat the “special soup” twice
daily to benefit the kidneys and help them clear toxins from the body.
Occasionally, one can add extra tomatoes to give the soup a different
flavor; or one can cut up and roast some onions on a dry cookie sheet (no
fat, butter, or oil) in the oven. Then these extras can be added to the same
basic soup recipe for a tasty treat. However, the basic recip e should
remain unchanged.
4. Phillip’ s wife also thoughtfully offered me some enema coffee, which I
gladly accepted. When I picked it up for use, however, I seriously
wondered whether it was the proper strength. I have used enemas for
many years and know pretty well what the coffee should look like. The
solution being provided seemed too weak to be considered “concentrate”
for a usual dilution of 4 to 1. The lady “thought” that she used the recipe
in the Handbook  and that it was right, but again she was wrong. My
suggestion is that the caregiver must be sure each enema contains theequivalent of three rounded tablespoons of coffee (see A Cancer
Therapy, p. 247). If a concentrate is prepared, each portion must  contain
the three tablespoonfuls of coffee. The coffee enema, too, is so very
important that it is imperative the mixture or solution be correct. Please
check and recheck the preparation of the coffee concentrate created for
internal cleansing.
5. Somew hat less important than the above four points is another one.
Phillip does enjoy eating some bread with his meals—quite acceptable.
But it is also important to understand that the main requirem ents for
nutrition are the salads, soup, potato, vegetables, and fruit. If all those
foods have been consumed, it is all right for the patient to also have one
slice of unsalted rye bread. Even  so, be aware that bread should never be
the main part of a meal.
I have discussed Phillip’ s type of problem with the most experienced
Gerson Therapy  medical doctors whom I know. They affirmed that subtle
aspects of patient noncomplian ce cause them difficulties. Aside from the
above, there are other problems we have run across. The Gerson doctors as
well as myself (when I talk to patients) meet some serious obstacles to
healing. When we ask various  patients about their compliance with the
Gerson Therapy directives (such as the above patient who made serious
errors), for instance, they will assure us that they’re doing everything
“perfectly.” Such patients don’t seem to realize what is wrong with their
version of the therapy. Phillip, too, thought he was “perfect.”
When Gerson therapists try to help, heal, and direct patient s on the
Gerson Therapy, we are relying on the various tools that we have specially
created to give patients and families every possible help and guidance: the
food preparation  videotape (Tape III); the recipes in the Handbook;  the
other four-hour, two-part workshop tapes (Tape II) discussing in detail as
much of the treatment as we can; and, most important, Dr. Gerso n’s original
book. At this point, I need to stress again that the patient must familiarize
himself very thoroughly with this material and review it over and over
again. As Sandra  Whitwell pointed out in her suggestions, you always learn
something new when restudying the Gerson Therapy information.
One problem area that keeps coming up is the food preparation. Just
boiling the vegetables and putting them on a plate is not good enough. The
Gerson Therapy Video: vol. 3: Food Preparation initiates the cook into
various ways to make foods tasty. For example, cooked beets when peeledand sliced can be reheated a little with some freshly made applesauce and
stirred. The vege table then resembles Harvard beets. Or the sliced beets can
be dressed with onions, some green pepper strips, and vinegar with flaxseed
oil dressing for a beet salad. During the summer months, these salads (also
potato salad, string bean or butter bean salad, etc.) are very welcome,
refreshing, and stimulating to the appetite.
There are many suggested recipes in the back of the Gerson Therapy
Handbook  that have unfortunately been disregarded by some patients. As a
result, the Gerson Institute occasionally receives reports from caregivers
that the patients are weak, losin g weight, and doing poorly. Almost always,
it turns out that they have “crav ings” for pizza, enchiladas, or some other
greasy, salty, forbidden food. They are simply hungry because they are not
eating well-prepared healing and nutritious Gerson meals.
Gerson meals offer a distinct advantage: if the patient (or family  member
for that matter) eats fresh, organic food, it is truly satisfying. Frequently we
hear further reports that patients ’ companions who participate in the Gerson
program lose their personal cravings for sweets or heavy desserts. But the
key to success is eating tasty food that is prepared with imagination and
inspiration from the recipes provided.
I must remind patients frequently that when they are on a nutritional
therapy such as this one, they are on nothing if they don’t eat! If patients eat
properly, most will gain weight  if they are emaciated. Those who are too
heavy will lose weight on the same regimen.
Fruits that are in season in the summer, such as cherries, apricots,
peaches, nectarines, plums, pears, and grapes, are especially valuable—they
are high in the best nutrients: vitamins, potassium, and enzym es. Not far
behind are apples, which are available virtually all year round. Patients
(unless they are diabetic or suffer from candidiasis) should always eat much
fruit at night, first thing in the morning, and anytime between meals.
Yet one summer food presents a problem: corn. It is perfectly fine to eat
fresh corn. The difficulty arisin g with corn is that nearly everyone loves it
and during the season is likely to eat it to the exclusion of other  vegetables.
That is a very bad idea. The vegetables should provide variety and a large
selection of special healing plant chemicals (phytochemicals) and trace
minerals. Eating  mostly one vegetable is not acceptable and does not fulfill
the purpose. Let the guiding spirit of the patient be: “I’ll do the bestpossible to help my sick body heal” rather than “I’ll see how little I can do
and still get away with it.”
References for Chapter T wenty-One
1
Batchelder, T. “Qualitative research on patient experien ces and
implications for long-term care facilities.” Townsend Letter  for Doctors
& Patients  196:56-61, November 1999.
2
Diamond, W.J.; Cowden, W.L.; Goldber g, B. An Alternative Medicine
Definitive Guide to Cancer. Tiburon, Calif.: Future Medicine Publishing,
1997, p. 212.
3
Kleinman, A.; Eisenber g, L.; Good, B. “Culture, illness and care: clinical
lessons from anthropologic and cross-cultural research.” Annals of
Internal Medicine  88:251–258, 1978.
4
Margolis, L.W; Meyler, T.S. “What happens in radiation therapy.” In
Everyone’ s Guide to Cancer Therapy: How Cancer Is Diagnosed,
Treated, and Managed Day to Day, rev. 3rd ed. by M. Dollinger, E.H.
Rosenbaum, and G. Cable. Kansas City, Mo.: Andrews McMeel
Publishing, 1997, pp. 49-56.
5
Ibid.
6
Ibid.
7
Stern, J.L. “Ovary.” In Everyone’ s Guide to Cancer Therapy: How
Cancer Is Diagnosed, Treated, and Managed Day to Day, rev. 3rd ed. by
M. Dollinger, E.H. Rosenbaum, and G. Cable. Kansas City, Mo.:
Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1997, pp. 600-610.
8
Welburn, L. “Alternative medicine.” Nanaimo T imes.  April 21, 1992.
9Rosenbaum, E.H.; Dollinger, M. “Pancreas.” In Everyone’ s Guide to
Cancer Therapy : How Cancer Is Diagnosed, Treated, and Managed Day
to Day, rev. 3rd ed. by M. Dollinger, E.H. Rosenbaum, and G. Cabl e.
Kansas City, Mo.: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1997, pp.


 oxytocin-producing bonding.
The Coolidge-Effect
In experiments with rats it has been observed that after vigorous copulation with a new
partner, male rats soon completely ignore this partner, but when a new female is
introduced, they immediately are revitalized - at least sufﬁciently to become sexually
active once more. This can be repeated again and again until the male rat is completely
exhausted.
This phenomenon has been called the “Coolidge Effect” after an Americ an president. On
a visit to a farm his wife had been shown a rooster who could copulate  with his hens all
day-long day after day. She liked that idea and asked the farmer to let the president know
about this. After hearing it, President Coolidge thought for a moment and asked: ”Does
he do that with the same hen?” “No, Sir” answered the farmer. “Please tell that to Mrs.
Coolidge” said the president ( http://www.reuniting.info/science/coolidge_ef fect).
Not only has the Coolidge effect been observed in all tested male animals, but also in females. Female rodents for instance ﬂirt more
and present themselves more attractively when observed by new males  than in the presence of males with whom they had already
sex.
President and Mrs. Coolidge
Another experiment indicates that the cause of this effect may be a rush of dopamine. When rats were taught to pull a lever to
stimulate their own reward center, they would forgo eating and copulatin g, and just continue to stimulate themselves until they were
totally exhausted.
The Cuddle Hormone
The dopamine system is obviously designed to produce genetic variety by inducing us to mate with as many different partners as
possible. There is, however, a horm one that counteracts the emotional rollercoaster effects of dopamine, and that is oxytocin, the
cuddle-hormone. Oxytocin also counteracts fear, which is associated with high cortisol levels and stress, see chart below.
Oxytocin leads to strong pair-bonding. In pair-bonded animals mating, and with this the dopamine rollercoaster, stops with the rise of
prolactin after successful fertilization, and now oxytocin ensures that both parents cooperate for the survival of their offspring.
Humans could do the same, mate only to produce offspring and then abstain from sex. This might produce an emotionally stable
relationship for life, but most of us would also ﬁnd it utterly boring. Param ahansa Yogananda wrote this is exactly what his parents did
(Autobiography of a Yogi).
The Beneﬁts of Oxytocin
FEAR - COR TISOL LOVE - OXYT OCIN
Aggression Anti-stress hormone10/30/24, 2:56 PM Health-Science-Spirit - The Neurochemistry of Sex
https://health-science-spirit.com/Healing_with_Sexual_Energy/The-Neurochemistry-of-Sex.html 2/3Arousal, Anxiety, Feeling stressed-out Feeling calm and connected, Increased curiosity
Activates addictions Lessens cravings & addictions
Suppresses libido Increases sexual receptivity
Associated with depression Positive feelings
Can be toxic to brain cells Facilitates learning
Breaks down muscles, bones and joints Repairs, heals and restores
Weakens immune system Faster wound healing
Increases pain Diminishes sense of pain
Clogs arteries, Promotes heart disease & high blood
pressureLowers blood pressure, Protects against heart
disease
Obesity, Diabetes, Osteoporosis
(From: http://www.reuniting.info/science/sex_and_addiction )
The time-honored solution to this problem is loving sex without orgasm. This greatly helps to sustain oxytocin levels without
producing emotionally disruptive high-low neurochemical cycles of orgasm, and it has been practiced in Indian Tantra, by the Chinese
Taoists, and apparently by early Christians. In modern times it has been  resurrected as Karezza, White Tantra and various forms of
spiritual sex. It heals and holds relationships together rather than driving them apart as frequent orgasmic sex seems to do although,
as we will see later, it is also possible to have bonding orgasmic sex.
For a wealth of articles on the hormonal aspects of our sexuality see: http://www.reuniting.info/science.
Disclaimer: The aim of this web site is to provide information on using natural healing methods to aid in the treatment of illness and health improvement.
The author cannot accept any legal responsibility for any problem arising from experimenting with these methods. For any serious disease,
or if you are unsure about a particular course of action, seek the help of a competent health professional.
© Copyright W alter Last & Austpac Productions. All Rights Reserved. | W eb Design by Austpac.10/30/24, 2:56 PM Health-Science-Spirit - The Neurochemistry of Sex
https://health-science-spirit.com/Healing_with_Sexual_Energy/The-Neurochemistry-of-Sex.html 3/3<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>OceanofPDF.comThis edition ﬁrst published in 2016 by W eiser Books
an imprint of Red Wheel/W eiser, LLC
With oﬀices at:
65 Parker Street, Suite 7
Newburyport, MA 01950
www.redwheelweiser.com
Copyright © 2016 by J. C. Cooper
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be
reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means,
electronic or mechanical, including photocopying,
recording, or by any information storage and retrieval
system, without permission in writing from Red
Wheel/W eiser, LLC. Reviewers may quote brief passages.
Originally published in 1984 by Aquarian Press, a part of
the Thorsons Publishing Group, ISBN : 1-85030-327-3.
ISBN : 978-1-57863-577-1
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Cooper, J. C. (Jean C.) author.
Title: Chinese alchemy : T aoism, the power of gold, and
the quest for immortality / J.C. Cooper.
Description: San Francisco : W eiser Books, 2016. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identiﬁers: LCCN 2015042587 | ISBN 9781578635771 (5
× 7.75 pbk. : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: T aoism--China. | Alchemy.
Classiﬁcation: LCC BL1923.C66 2016 | DDC 299.5/14--
dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015042587Cover design by Graham Lester
Text design by Jane Hagaman
Printed in the United States of America
M&G
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
www.redwheelweiser.com
www.redwheelweiser.com/newsletter
OceanofPDF.comC O N T E N T S
Acknowledgments
1. Origins
2. Alchemy East and W est
3. Hsien
4. Longevity and Immortality
5. The Elixir
6. Medicines
7. Minerals and Plants
8. The Alchemist as Midwife
9. Astrology
10. The Five Elements
11. Ch'i
12. Y oga
13. Magic
14. Allied Symbolism
15. The Esoteric and Exoteric
16. The T wo Great P owers
17. The Real Alchemy
Notes
Bibliography
Index
OceanofPDF.comA C K N O W L E D G M E N T S
I am greatly indebted to Professor Needh am for
permission to quote, and use illustrations, from his
monumental work Science and Civilization in China.  My
thanks also to Mr. W. Greenhalgh for reproducing
photographs from old slides taken in China.
OceanofPDF.comIn memoriam
Francis Clive-Ross
OceanofPDF.com– 1 –
O R I G I N S
There is little in Chinese alchemy that cannot be
associated with Taoism and although the exact origins of
that alchemy  may still be in dispute in the light of present
incomplete evidence, it is not questioned that it grew and
was nourished in the soil of popular and religious Taoism.
It is also recognized that there are two distinct branches
of Taoism: the classical Tao Chia, the mystical,
metaphysical aspect, stemming from Lao Tzu and Chuang
Tzu, and the popular, religious, magical, alchemical side,
the Tao Chiao, which arose traditionally with the Yellow
Emperor and his Three Immortal Ladies, or Maids, who
taught him magic, mysticism and love. Lao Tzu and
Chuang Tzu probably represented a movement against
these earlier  animistic-m agico practices and founded the
Tao Chia as a protes t, or rather a correction, at a time
when such practices had lost their original meaning and
become loaded with superstition.
Yet another viewpoint is that classical Taoism  was
original but was too austere and rareﬁed for the general
populace and later, meeting the shamanism which
ﬂourished in the tribes of the regions north and west of
China proper, absorbed shamanistic-animistic lore and
degenerated into the religious,


 r whether you’re in the mood to be gracious t o the
bank teller today; do it anyway—and watch how it begins to af fect your
mood. Just push the button of the self you wish to be, and the synapses
that mak e up that personality begin to form. Y our best self alrea dy exists
in the ethers, jus t waiting to be downloaded. W e become gracio us when
we d ecide to be gracious. W e have the power to generate as wel l as react
to feelin gs; to hone our personalities as we travel through life. In the
words of Geor ge Eliot, “It is never too late to be what you might have
been.” It is never too late to become who we really are.DA Y 136
I  s u r r e n d e r  m y  f i n a n c i a l  f e a r s  t o d a y.
I n Go d, there is no lack; there i s only abundance. In God, ther e is no
meaningless pursuit; there is only endless creativity. In God, the re are no
endings but only the start of new beginnings.
I d well in God, that I might be delivered—from the realm of lack,
from the  pain of meaninglessness, and from the sorrow of p erceived
failure. I am lifte d above the limits of the world to the endless abundance
of the Mind of God. And thus I need not fear.
Dear God,
I place in Y our hands
My financial concerns.
As I abundantly give of myself,
May abundance be given me.
May I gift the universe
And the universe gift me
In an endless cycle of love.
Amen.DA Y 137
I  h e a r  t h e  c a l l i n g  o f  t h e  a g e s  t o d a y.
I  hea r the calling of the ages to day, to make of this world a glorious
place. I pray to be used in the precious task of perfecting an i mperfect
age. May all that I am and all that I do be a harbinger of good.
May I not be deceived by temporal appearances, but live instead in
the r ealm of the eternal. May I thus be a conduit for greater po ssibility,
for mys elf and others, now a nd always. Surely the future will be
abundantly blessed if we envision it now as a beautiful thing.
Dear God,
I surr ender the futur e to Y ou
And pray to be in service to its most
Beautiful manifestation.
May my ears be filled with the call of the ages
And my actions be guided to serve it well.
Amen.DA Y 138
I  f i n d  m y  o w n  s e l f - e s t e e m  b y  e s t e e m i n g  G o d.
I n ex alting God, I myself am exalted. As I live in service to a higher
truth, I am delivered to a higher  place. Only in seeking to give praise to
God, do I find that I am praised.
My smaller self is not the light  of the world. Rather, it is the spirit
within m e that lights up the uni verse. It is to God that all prais e is due,
for who and what I am in my light-filled place.
Dear God,
All praise and thanksgiving
T o the light Y ou ar e,
And the light in me,
Which is the light we shar e.
May I identify
Only with Y ou,
That I might know who I truly am.
Amen.DA Y 139
I  a m  n o t  a  b o d y.  I  a m  a  c h i l d  o f  G o d.
N ot my body, but my spirit, is who I truly am. My mortal self is not my
total self, but rather a fraction of my being. I accept today that I am part
of God, therefore a part of the immortal world.
My body is but a temple space. May it serve me well in extending
light fro m my spirit into the world. My body is blessed as  I see it
correctly, as a device for giving love.
Dear God,
May my body serve Y our purposes
As a conduit of love.
Deliver my cells
Fr om darkness
T o light
And my being
Fr om false to true.
Amen.DA Y 140
FOR REFLECTION
O n  t h e  K e y  t o  H a p p i n e s s
I t see ms to me that the key to happiness lies in getting over y ourself.
The hap piest tim es of my life have been when I was more involved in
something I was doing for others than in something I was doing for
myself. For any perception that focuses only on our separate needs will
ultimately breed  fear, and any perception that focuses on our  oneness
with oth ers breeds peace. Many people struggle and fail to find peace
within th emselves, because they  don’ t really realize who their “self” is.
That is why the ego is so dangerous: it would have us believe th at we are
separate, when in fact we’re not. W e can’ t have inner peace u nless we
feel com plete within ourselves,  and we can’ t feel complete outside our
connection with other people.
Y ou can not find yourself by o nly looking to yourself, because in
essence that is not where you are. The real you is an expan ded self,
literally one with the entire world. And so we find ourselves in unity
with oth ers. W e cannot be hap py unless we are wishing everyone the
same.DA Y 141
M y  w o r k  f o r  G o d  i s  e f f o r t l e s s.
E go s truggles, but spirit creates w ith ef fortlessness and joy. I rise above
the burden of work, as I give what I do to God. It doesn’ t feel like work
to work for love.
Angels push me from behind today, and guide my thoughts and
actions. I relax into the flow of love, allowing myself to float upon the
waves o f a cosmic sea. I releas e all resistance that I might experience
accomplishment and joy.
Dear God,
I surr ender to Y ou
My worldly efforts.
May I know not tension
But joy,
As I am carried by the flow
Of love.
Amen.DA Y 142
I  a l l o w  m y  d r e a m s  t o  l i v e  t o d a y.
I  will not deflect, diminish, or invalidate my dreams today, or concoct
excuses for why they can’ t hap pen. However outrageous they seem to
be, I allow them to live within me. T oday I will not limit my dreams.
I honor the images of my deeper  self, and invite them to reveal to me
the mea ning of their message. I  make a space within the temple of my
mind for God, the Dreamer of All of Life, to dream His dreams through
me.
Dear God,
May I not be r estricted by my mortal mind,
For in Y ou all things ar e possible.
May I not be limited by the thinking of the world,
Or by the illusions of time and space.
May the dr eams
That Y ou would dr eam thr ough me
Be not blocked by thoughts of fear.
Amen.DA Y 143
T h e  p u r p o s e  o f  m y  l i f e  i s  t o  g r o w  i n t o  m y
p e r f e c t i o n.
T he embryo needn’ t struggle to become a baby, and the acorn n eedn’ t
struggle to become an oak tree. Nor do I need to struggle to become the
person I am created to be.
I am supported by nature in the process of my self-actualization. As I
show up in glor y, my life will be glorious. As I celebrate the b eauty of
life, life itself w ill celebrate my beauty. As I relax into the flow of the
miraculous, then miracles will find me. I will embody in time the
perfection of my true self.
Dear God,
I surr ender to the thoughts of love,
That I might find my way to Y ou.
In finding Y ou, I will find myself,
And then I will know joy.
Amen.DA Y 144
I  t r u s t  t h a t  i t  i s  s a f e  t o  l o v e.
K nowing my defenses merely brin g to me that which I defend aga inst, I
release my barriers to love today. It is my defenselessness that ensures
my safe ty. I need not fear love, for God’ s wisdom guides my  thinking
about everyone and everything.
W ithin the space of love, I own my “yes” and my “no,” bot h my
gentleness and my firmness. I trust God’ s guidance to reveal to me where
I should and should


 inflammation (Silicea). Chronic swelling ofthe tongue.
Throat – Relaxed condition of the throat.
Elongation of the uvula (fleshy mass of tissuesuspended from the center of the soft palate),causing tickling cough as it drops into the throat(Nat Phos). Diphtheria, when the disease hasentered the windpipe (Calc Phos). Enlargementof the throat (Nat Mur). Relaxation of the bloodvessels of the throat.
Gastric symptoms – Vomiting of undigested
food. Ferrum Phos is the principle remedy forthis condition, but when this fails, use Calc Fluor.
Abdomen and stool – Hemorrhoids, when
bleeding. Protruding and itching hemorrhoids,blind hemorrhoids, accompanied with pain inback and constipation. Alternate with remediesindicated by color of stools or blood (see page 2,for topical applications). Also apply remedy local-ly. Hemorrhoids with rush of blood to the head(also requires Ferrum Phos); confined bowels;inability to expel the feces due to a relaxed con-dition of the rectum, allowing too much fecalmatter to accumulate. This condition occurs fre-quently in the 4–6 weeks after childbirth, whenall the pelvic muscles are relaxed. Anal fissure,sore crack near end of bowel; should also applyremedy locally in this case.Urinary organs – Increased quantity of urine,
when traced to a relaxed condition of the muscu-lar fibers in the urinary organs.
Male sexual organs – Swelling or hardening
of the testicles. In cases of syphilis, when othersymptoms indicate this remedy.
Female sexual organs – All displacements of
the uterus (uterine prolapse) require this remedy(Calc Phos, Kali Phos). Falling of the womb.Anteversion (tipped uterus), retroversion (bend-ing backwards of the uterus), and flexions of theuterus require this salt to tone up the contractilemuscles. Dragging pains in the groin and in thelower part of the back; pains extend to the thighs.Menses excessive, hemorrhaging, with bearing-down pains. Uterus very relaxed and flabby, orvery hard like stone, due to the disorganization ofthe fluoride of lime molecules.
Pregnancy – After-pains, when too weak.
Hemorrhage, if the uterus does not contract. Hardknots and lumps in the breast (Kali Mur).
Respiratory organs – Uvula (fleshy mass of
tissue suspended from the center of the softpalate) elongated, causing tickling in larynx, withcough. Cough, when tiny lumps of tough, yellowmucus are expectorated (Silicea). In asthma,when the expectoration is difficult and consists ofsmall, yellow lumps (Kali Phos). Improvementwhen patient is relaxed and lying down.
Circulatory organs – Varicose veins, with a
tendency for this condition. Veins seem as if theymight burst; apply lotion containing the salt aswell. Dilation of the blood vessels when the elas-tic fibers of the walls of the vessels have becomerelaxed; Calc Fluor is the chief remedy to restoretheir contractility (Calc Phos). First stage ofaneurysm (Ferrum Phos). Hypertrophy, orenlargement of the heart (Kali Mur). Irregularitiesof the heart’s action, when due to prolapse ofuterus and other diseases related to excessiverelaxation.
Back and extremities – Pain in lower part of
the back, weak, with dragging pains. Burning
CHAPTER 3: C ALCFLUOR 19pains in the sacrum, with confined bowels. Hard
growths or excrescences on the bone surface (sco-liosis). Relaxed conditions of the muscles, allow-ing discoloration of the fingers and toes. Hardswellings. Gouty enlargement of the joints (MagPhos). Varicose ulceration of the veins of thelimbs; apply lotion containing the salt using cot-ton. Cover legs with a poultice of Calc Fluor,Silicea, and Calc Sulph.
Skin – Hangnails. Hands or lips chapped
from cold (Ferrum Phos). Skin hard or horny;also use plenty of soap and water. Cracks in thepalms of the hands; mix a quantity of the cell saltin Vaseline, and after washing the hands, rub theointment in thoroughly. Anal fissures, fistulousulcers, when secreting thick, yellow pus (Silicea,Calc Sulph).
Tissues – Pus or infections of the bones and
periosteum (bone covering), ulcers, felons(infected hangnails). “When a fibrinous [offibrous protein] discharge is not dissolved by sup-puration [discharge of pus from infection], buthas become hardened, Calc Fluor must be given”(Schuessler). Encysted tumors, swellings, hard-ened enlargements, hardened glands, etc. (KaliMur, Silicea). Relaxed elastic tissues. Bone bruis-es, with uneven hard lumps. Swelling or waterretention from heart disease.
Febrile conditions – Fevers, when arising
from relaxed conditions. To address the cause ofthese fevers, alternate Calc Fluor usage with theseremedies: Ferrum Phos, first; Kali Mur, second;Kali Sulph, third.
Modalities – Heat will generally give relief,
especially for hardened conditions; cold is some-times beneficial when contraction is required.
FACIAL SIGNS OF CALCFLUOR
DEFICIENCY
Cubic-shaped raised lines appear in a cross-
hatched pattern, starting from the inner corner ofthe eye and expanding outward across the loweror upper eyelid. Note: The finer the lines, the
greater the cell salt deficiency.
Diamond-shaped raised lines start on the
inner corner of the eye and proceed in a slopingor curving fashion across the lower or upper eye-lid. They look like parallelograms or rhombuses.Within these, one can see small raised points. Inacute cases the lines have a fine or stretchedappearance, and in chronic cases the wrinkleslook deeper, appearing like a hanging sack. Note:It is easier to examine these patterns when thepatient’s eyes are closed.
Fan-shaped wrinkles start at the inner corner
of the lower part of the eye. Have the person closetheir eyes tightly in order to see these.
Brownish-black coloring, though it is often
hard to perceive. This is a brown with blackundertones. The more intense the color, thegreater deficiency.
Blue lips show there is a strong Calc Fluor
deficiency, as the muscle and artery strength hasbeen compromised and the heart is having towork harder. (We also see blue lips with a com-bined deficiency in Nat Sulph and Ferrum Phos.)
Reflective shine, one of three shines that
appear when there are cell salt deficiencies. Inthis case the skin is as clear as glass or water, witha very thin lacquered appearance. This comes notfrom the stretched skin, but from a fine layer ofkeratin on the skin which reflects light.
Small white scales can be a sign of significant
Calc Fluor deficiency; in this case the keratinlayer is flaking off. Referred to as the fish-scaledisease, this often appears on the upper eyelid.Note: This is an indirect sign of a Calc Fluor defi-ciency, so use other signs to verify.
Cracked lips, especially in cold weather.
Note: This is an indirect sign of Calc Fluor defi-ciency, so use other signs to verify.
Translucent tips of teeth can be a sign of a
Calc Fluor, as well as a Calc Phos, deficiency.With a deficiency in Calc Fluor, a patient mayalso lack enamel on the teeth.
20 FACIAL DIAGNOSIS OF CELLSALTDEFICIENCIESCHAPTER 3: C ALCFLUOR 21
Calc Fluor (a)
The close-up of this eye shows a typical Calc Fluor raised wrinkle in the corner of the eye, and the brown-
ish-black circle under the eye. The eye has the deep-set Silicea look. The waxy coloring around the eyesshows a Calc Phos deficiency. This waxiness covers an underlying red layer of skin; the red layer showsa Mag Phos deficiency. The half eyebrow is a possible indication of a hypothyroid condition.22 FACIAL DIAGNOSIS OF CELLSALTDEFICIENCIES
Calc Fluor (b)
This man’s teeth are very translucent, characteristic of a Calc Fluor deficiency. The tongue pimples are a
sign of a Nat Phos deficiency and possible overgrowth of candida in the body.CHAPTER 3: C ALCFLUOR 23
Calc Fluor (c)
This picture shows a severe Calc Fluor deficiency with the fan-shaped crow’s feet. There is a waxy Calc
Phos deficiency noticeable above the eyes. The bag under the lower eye indicates a Nat Sulph deficiencyand can be a sign of a kidney or liver problem.24 FACIAL DIAGNOSIS OF CELLSALTDEFICIENCIES
Calc Fluor (d)
The brownish-black circle under this eye exemplifies a Calc Fluor deficiency. This man also has a Silicea
deficiency, indicated by his deep-set eyes. He also has a liver problem, and this yellowish-brown liver signcan be addressed by using Kali Sulph. CHAPTER 3: C ALCFLUOR 25T