 restful sleep, calm anxiety, strengthen
breast tissue, uncover the root of your depression, release
the worries in your mind, relieve pain and muscle spasms
(such as afterpains and cramping), connect to your
“motherly instincts,” and much more. Blue lotus is traditionally an aphrodisiac, used to support
fertility and conception. But its use is dangerous during
pregnancy; only use it prior to conception, during
postpartum, and throughout motherhood.See the pages that follow for two of my blue lotus milk
tea recipes, along with recipes for two ready-to-use herbal
tea blends to keep on the shelf. —Krsna Jivani, clinical herbalist
Mama’ s Mood T ea 1
You can drink this tea as your daily pick-me-up—it boosts dopamine
levels in the brain and gives sustainable energy. Omit the jasmine
green tea in the early postpartum period or when you are choosing
not to consume caf feine. I find jasmine green tea to have a gentle,
uplifting, energizing ef fect that keeps me in balance while still
providing the daily energy I need! Ingredients
1 teaspoon jasmine green tea
1 teaspoon rose petals
1 teaspoon mucuna powder
1 teaspoon brahmi
1 teaspoon blue lotus (omit during pregnancy)
1–3 tablespoons (to taste) honey
milk or nut milk
Moon Milk T ea
During the postpartum window, drink this tea before bed for a deep,
relaxing sleep. Note:  if you are co-sleeping with your babe, be
cautious of overdoing sleep aids. If you sleep too deeply, sharing abed can be dangerous for your newborn. Use your motherly intuition
to do what is best for you and your babe. Ingredients
1 teaspoon blue lotus (omit this ingredient during pregnancy)
1 teaspoon rose
1 teaspoon chamomile
1 teaspoon passionflower (use sparingly during pregnancy)
1–3 tablespoons (to taste) honey milk or nut milk to taste
Instructions for Both T eas
Bring a pot of water to almost boiling on the stove. Leaving out the rose, honey, and milk, steep all the other ingredients
in the near-boiling water for five to seven minutes. Remove the pot from the stove, add the rose petals, and steep for
three minutes. Strain out the tea leaves and petals. Once the tea is cooled enough to sip, add honey (as honey should
not be heated). Enjoy warm, adding milk to taste if you wish (if you are using cow’ s
milk, boil the milk with a pinch of cardamom before adding it). The following recipes suggest blends you can make to have ready-to-use
herbal elixirs on the shelf. Mama’ s Mood T ea 2
This variation on Mama’ s Mood Tea leaves out the blue lotus but
adds ginger, shatavari, and maca. Like the blue lotus version, itboosts dopamine levels in the brain and gives sustainable energy—it
can be taken as an aphrodisiac during preconception, to boost mood
during pregnancy, and to regulate mama’ s hormones postpartum. Ingredients (makes 7–8 servings)
1 tablespoon rose petals or powder
1 tablespoon mucuna powder
1 teaspoon dried jasmine flowers
1 tablespoon dried ginger or powder
1 tablespoon shatavari
1 tablespoon maca
1 tablespoon vanilla powder
Mood Milk T ea 2
This variation on Moon Milk Tea leaves out the blue lotus but adds
ginger and ashwaganda. It can be taken during pregnancy and
postpartum to ease anxiety and aid with sleep. Ingredients (makes 3–6 servings)
1 tablespoon rose petals or powder
1 tablespoon chamomile
1 tablespoon ginger powder
1 tablespoon passionflower (use sparingly during pregnancy)
1 tablespoon ashwagandha
Instructions (for Both T eas)
Mix the herbs and store these tea blends in a jar in your pantry. Use
1 tablespoon of the desired tea steeped in boiled water or simmeredin hot milk as desired. After steeping or simmering in your water or
milk, let the elixir cool down enough to sip and then add 1
tablespoon of honey, or to taste. (Do not add honey to boiling hot
water or milk, as honey becomes toxic when heated.) Enjoy your
elixir or milk tonic while it’ s warm. These tea blends are made with potent herbs, so take them only one
to three times per week rather than daily. You can also alter the
recipes by omitting various herbs and picking and choosing others to
add, switching it up every time you make it. ESSENTIAL OILS FOR SUPPORT
AND HEALING
Mama earth has given us everything that we need to be healthy and to heal. Our world and our food are laden with chemicals. Over one hundred
thousand children in the United States get sick every year from the
chemicals in house cleaners alone. These are toxins that we consciously
invite into our homes. The smell after cleaning your bathroom that makes it
feel “clean”? Those are the chemical constituents of toxic cleaners entering
into your nose, and thus into your bloodstream, transferring into every
organ of your body within minutes. Essential oils work the same way,
though instead of having negative side ef fects, each and every oil carries
side benefits that will help your body heal. Essential oils can be used to make your own nontoxic house cleaners. They can be used to make your own natural bath salts, as well as hair and
skincare products, and they can treat chronic and acute health conditions. They are scientifically proven to heal tissues and or gans, they have
powerful ef fects on your mind and your mood, and they may even mend
broken hearts. Essential oils always seemed a little “woo-woo” to me. As far as I knew,
they were something you used for relaxation or to make your home smellpleasant. Little did I know, essential oils are mama earth’ s most potent form
of medicine. One drop of peppermint oil is equivalent to the medicinal
compounds found in 28 cups of peppermint tea! They are the volatile
compounds (meaning they evaporate quickly—and are absorbed into the
skin just as quickly) found in the bark, resin, seeds, stems, flowers, roots,
and leaves of plants, as well as in the skin of citrus fruits. Each plant, and thus each oil, has distinctive qualities and healing
properties. They are a secondary metabolite of the plant, meaning they are
not needed for the plant’ s survival but are there to fend of f predators and
other threatening influences. They support the entire plant’ s system,
enabling it to thrive. When humans use them, they support us in the same
way. QUALITY IS EVERYTHING
Because essential oil regulation is limited and standards are minimal, many
botanical oil companies can advertise that their oils are 100 percent pure
but, in fact, they may be full of chemical additives and fillers used in order
to save money and time. Unfortunately, when proper testing measures are
not taken, it is impossible to ensure that an essential oil is truly “pure.” For
effective healing to take place, it is important to only use unprocessed oils
that are sourced directly from mama nature with nothing added— especially
when using these oils as a pregnant mama or for your babe. doTERRA  is a company that I have grown to love and feel completely
comfortable advocating for. They have trusted alliances with honest
growers and distillers. They have searched the world for the plants with the
most therapeutic compounds. They have strict standards that verify the
purity of each batch, along with third-party testing to guarantee
transparency. To ensure that each bottle of essential oil is pure and free from
contaminants or synthetic fillers, doTERRA  created the Certified Pure
Therapeutic Grade protocol. The oils and blends that I suggest below are all
from doTERRA  and can be ordered through the link provided in the
resources section of this book.APPROACHES FOR USING OILS
For acute conditions, essential oils can be used every twenty minutes until
symptoms subside, then used every two to six hours as needed. For ongoing
conditions, use two times per day as preventive medicine, typically in the
morning and the evening. You can access the healing properties of essential oils three main ways:
aromatically, topically, and internally. When essential oils are used
ar omatically, they are inhaled, absorbed through the respiratory tract and
lungs, and then circulated through your bloodstream. Aromatic oils can be
used in a scent dif fuser, or you can inhale the scent from your cupped hands
or directly from the oil bottle. Your nose is the most direct route to your
brain, which makes the aromatic use of oils one of the fastest ways to alter
your mood. The scent travels from your olfactory nerve to your limbic
system, and once in the limbic system it triggers a response in your brain
based on memories and experiences, of fering immediate benefits that can
be uplifting, renewing, soothing, calming, or ener gizing. To use oils topically, you put the oils directly on your skin or diluted in
a carrier oil; the oil gets absorbed into your bloodstream and circulates
around your entire body within minutes. ( Note:  There are some “hot” oils—
such as oregano, cassia, clove, thyme, and cinnamon—that you should
never apply directly onto your skin without a carrier


, its influence cannot be diminished. It is clear that the instinctual origins of the ego mechanisms are based on
satisfaction and gratification of survival needs and desires. The narcissistic core of the ego is aligned with being “right,” whether
being “right” means being in agreement with wisdom or rejecting it as
invalid. With humility, the serious searcher discovers that the mind alone,
despite its educa tion, is unable to resolve the dilemma of how to ascertainand validate truth—which would require confirmation by subjective
experience as well as objective, provable criteria. It is most important to remember that to violate principle for practical
expediency is to relinquish enormous power. The rationalization that the
execution of criminals deters crime, for instance, does not hold up under
study; and the end does not justify the means.... Because  we fail to
differentiate principle from expediency, the average person lacks the
discernment to understand the difference between patriotism and true
Patriotism, between americanism and Americanism, between god and God,
between freedom and Freedom, between liberty and Liberty. Thus,
“americanism” is used as a justification by white supremacy groups
(calibrated at 150) and lynch mobs, just as warmongering throughout
history has been conducted in the name of “God.”... Learning the
difference between principles and their imitators requires experience and
educated judgm ent. The exercise of such discretion is necessary for moral
survival in the modern world in general but is imperative in those gray areas
where ethical ambiguity has been elevated from convention to an art form:
the political arena and the marketplace of daily commerce. Radical truth means what is being experienced, not what one is actually
thinking about it or the concepts that one is projecting onto the experience;
it is not the labeling of it but what one is literally experien cing within
oneself. The brain is the sense organ of the experiencer, and one realizes that it is
destined for physical death. Therefore, the importance of the Self rather
than the self is realized by accepting the inevitability of mortality.Concepts have levels of power that can be calibrated. The higher the
level of truth, the greater its power. The energy of the concept results from
the truth  of the statement plus the level of consciousness of the speaker. Unaided by a higher energy (as from a great teacher), the ego/mind cannot
transcend itself. Opposites do not exist in Reality. They are only concepts of speech and
mentation. Let us take the seem ing opposites of light and dark. Actually,
there is no such thing as darkne ss; there is only light. The conditions then
can be accurately described as light is either present or not, or light is
present at various degrees; therefore, all light or the lack of it can be defined
only in terms of light by its presence or degree, or not. Thus, there is only
one variable : the presence or absence of light. A verbalization helps to set a context that then progressively becomes
nonverbal and more inclusive. Accurate information saves time and speeds
fruitful inquiry by indicating which routes would be fruitlessly time-
consuming and diversionary. If time is nonexistent, then so is the notion of “place.”... “Space” is a
concept. The mind imagines that if something exists in a place, then that
place must be a space. Like time, “space” is an imagination.... In the
nonlinear Reality, there is no time track upon which to position a moment
or an instant denotable as “now.”The study of form is fascinating to the intellect in its expre ssions of
physics, chemistry, astronomy, cosmology, etc. Man then begins to ask
where the universe came from  and where is it going. Actually, this
demonstrates another animal instinct that is very important, that of
curiosity. In order to find food, a mate, or shelter, the animal is always
instinctively searching and seems to have an insatiable curiosity. Exploration is innate to manki nd, and its highest levels lead to spiritual
inquiry. This brings up the questions of who am I, what am I, where did I
come from, what is the origin and destiny of the self, and who and where is
God. All aspects of human life are transient; therefore, to cling to any aspect
eventually bring s grief and loss. Each incident, however, is an opportunity
to search within for the source of life, which is ever present, unchanging,
and not subject to loss or the ravages of time. The body itself is actually not experienced; instead, only the sensations
of the body are experienced. Therefore, awareness of the body is merely a
composite sensation by which the somatic area of the brain records input,
and, by neuronal function, replicates the body image. Ultimately, everything is know able only by virtue of the identity of
“being it.” The conundrums of epistemology can be solved only by the
elimination of thought because all languaging is a paradox. One can take
any word and trace it to its roots. How does the word origi nate? From
where? Is the word the same thing as its meaning? By asking suchquestions, one is eventually confronted with the ultimate paradox of duality. The radical Reality is that to understand the essence of anything is to know
God. One might say that all languaging is a substitute for God. There is no timetable or prescrib ed route to God. Although each person’ s
path is unique, the terrain to be covered is relatively common to all. The
work is to surm ount and transcend the common human failin gs that are
inherent in the structure of the human ego. One would like to think that
these failings are personal; however, the ego itself is not personal. It was
inherited along with becoming a human being. Details differ based on past
karma. That “it” of the ego structure is not unique or individual, and it is
relatively simila r, with karmic variations, in everyone. What really varies
from individual to individual is the degree to which one is enslaved by its
programs. The degree of domina nce is therefore determined by the extent to
which one identifies with it. Inherently, it has no power, and the power to
decline the ego’s programs increases exponentially as one progresses
spiritually. Because of its inherent limita tions, the ego itself cannot know God
experientially. God is the absolute subjectivity that underlies existence and
the capacity for awareness. God is beyond all time, place, or human
characteristics. All the descriptions of the Ultimate Reality by enlightened
beings throughout history have been identical. There is only one Supreme
Reality.... Inasmuch as the Godhead, or God Unmanifest, is beyond all
depiction, the Ultimate Realization is radically and purely subjective and
absent of all content. To acknowledge the absolute divinity of the InfiniteSupreme would  be unacceptable to entities that are deluded into claiming
godship. We can then say that a false deity is an entity that has declined
truth for power, pride, and control over others, and has succum bed to the
Luciferic error which proclaim s that the ego is God (i.e., megalomania). The basis for the error is the unwillingness to surrender sover eignty from
the “I” of the ego to the Allness of God. Pride in the form of the vanity of thought, mentation, conc epts, and
opinions is the basis of ignoran ce. The antidote is radical humility, which
undoes the domination of perception.... To enter the domain of reality is
like going throu gh a fine screen —only clear water can traverse through it,
and all the fish, bugs, and debri s are left outside. Only pure consciousness
devoid of content can pass through the barriers of perception and become
the clear water beyond the screen.... The finite is born of the infinite and
is never actually separated from it except by perception; the infinite
potentiality of the unmanifest becomes the actuality of the manifest by the
will of God as Creation. Traditionally, the readiness for spiritual learning has been termed
“ripeness,” indicating a fortuitous combination of sincere intention plus
maturity, progressive evolution of consciousness, and activation of the
desire for experiential learning.... There develops an enthusiasm and
eventually a dedication, and spiritual goals and values progressively replace
the lesser ones of the worldly ego.... Progress is best described as the
unfolding of realizations and spontaneous revelation that are often ascribed
to intuition and inner guidance.... As spiritual work advances, the self
progressively dissolves and merges into the Self, which has its own learning
capacities that dif fer from those of the ego/mind. The more advanced seeker has heard that there is no “out there” or “in
here” and thus takes responsibility for all that happens. There is the
dawning awaren ess that all which seems to occur really represents what is
being held in what was previously considered as “within.” Thus, the
proclivity to project is undone. The “innocent victim” positiona lity, with all
its spuri ous “innocence,” is unmasked.... Beliefs are the determinant of
what one experiences. There are no external “


 which dominates Western philosophy, postulates
that events occur in a series,  like a line of falling dominoes, one acttriggering another in spatio-temporal sequence. As we have seen,
Western medicine emphasizes the single cause that triggers a
particular pathologic or physiologic process. The linear continuum
of time and space links events, and an occurrence in the past only
inuences a current condition indirectly through the causal chain. Chinese medi cine, on the other hand, presumes that if you
reorganize the existing pattern of disharmony into a harmonic
pattern of relationships, the original cause will disappear because
the conditions  in which it was rooted cease to exist. Chinese
medicine treats conditions, whereas Western medicine treats causes. For the doctor  of Chinese medicine the issue is the same as for the
conductor of a symphony: it is not how the instrument makes sound,
but rather the pattern of sound that the instrument emits. LOSS OF  ADAPTIVE  ABILITY:  DISEASE
In Chinese medicine, health is the ability of an organism to respond
appropriately to a wide variety of challenges in a way that insures
maintaining equilibrium and integrity. Disease represents a failure
to adapt to challenge, a disruption of the overall equilibrium, and a
rent in the fabric of the organism. The source of disease is any challenge to the body with which it is
unable to cope, whether it is a harmful substance or a bad feeling. Disease is a manifestation of an unstable process, a pattern of
disharmonious relationships. When defenses are weakened and
resources exhausted, a multiplicity of factors conspire to permit
illness. The adage “The man is not sick because he has an illness,
but has an illness because he is sick” aptly expresses this view. Lack of sunlight, depletion of the soil, overgrowth of weeds, all
restrict the bounty of the garden. Similarly, deciency or excess of
Qi, inadequate nutrition, or poor circulation of Blood  and Moisture
weaken health. Too much sun burns the plants, too much wind dries
them out, too much water rots their roots. Yet in the absence of
light, water, and air, the plants cannot germinate or grow. Theclimates, emot ions, and activities of life are not intrinsically good or
bad. It is their excess or deciency that distorts the pattern of ow. The Body As Garden
The gardener may occasionally need to apply strong measures like
poison or re to control marauding insects or weeds. But he has to
be careful not to damage the garden irreparably while he is
attacking the pest. Doctors as gardeners protect the Qi at the sametime as they attack the disease. Simultaneous with the struggle to
ght the disease, the doctor  of Chinese medicine strives to restore
the resilience and strength of the body. This adapta bility and
fortitude constitutes the condition of health. If in the process of
attacking the disease the Qi is dissipated, this undermines a person’s
capacity to recover health. The gardener is like the herbalist when he nourishes with compost
or adds minerals to the soil, using material substances to promote
growth. And he is like the acupuncturist when he builds fences, digs
ditches, ponds, and channel s for irrigation, adjusting the ow of
water and wind. OBSERVING THE  SIGNS: DIAGNOSIS
The gardener crumbles the soil between his ngers; he looks, listens,
senses, kneeling among the plants. On the basis of his observations,
he judges the garden’s needs. When the plants look lush and full, he
assumes condi tions are right for proper growth. If the leaves are
yellowed and oppy, he may see this as a sign that the soil is too
damp, so the roots can’t breathe. He can raise the bed and aerate
the soil, permitting better drainage. If the leaves are withered, dry,
and spindly, the gardener should water more frequently. When the
garden grows but does not produce fruit, more nutriment has been
used than has been replenished and the gardener enriches the soil
with compost. Like the gardener, the doctor observes the patient and perceives
signs and symptoms to determine the nature of the proble m at hand. He synthesizes all impressio ns to make a diagnosis. The doctor’s
diagnosis may sound similar to the gardener’s. They use the same
vocabulary. Both are concerned with the balance of heat and cold,
moisture and dryness, and the excess or deciency of these
conditions. A person, like a garden, is subject to external excesses of
Heat, Cold, Wind, Dampness, and Dryness, as well as to deciencies of
Blood, Moisture, and Qi.For example, a lack of Moisture  manife sting as cracked skin or
scanty urine is a symptom of Dryness. This may be caused by a dry
climate or may simply mean that the body is unable to properly
distribute its own uids. In Chinese medicine the diagnosis is Dryness  regardless of whether
it origin ates from an external climate or an internal condition. It is
the relationship between the body and water that keeps the tissues
moisturized. The body must be able to absorb, store, and circulate
moisture in order to adequately hydrate the cells. If any of these
functions breaks down, symptoms of dehydration will appear. A
person with diabetes, for instance, can drink a great deal of water
and still remain very thirsty because the body is unable to retain the
uid. In fact, twice as much uid may be lost through urination
than is consumed. According to Chinese medicine, diabetes is
described as severe Dryness  or deciency of Moisture. The reasoning
is correlative and axiomatic: Dryness  causes Dryness  to manifest,
Dryness  causes deciency of Moisture, a deciency of Moisture  may
cause Dryness. Cause and eect are dicult to distinguish. They
mutually generate each other and arise simultaneously. The logic is one of correspondence: things that correspond to the
same thing correspond with each other. To illustrate, when Fire
burns the skin, it causes redness, swelling, and pain. When these
symptoms arise spontaneously, they are considered to be due to the
presence of internal Fire or Heat. The source of the Fire cannot be
seen, only its eects. Since Heat produc es inammation, symptoms
of inammation are referred to as signs of Heat. Similarly, a person exposed to Cold shivers and becomes lethargic,
dull, and unres ponsive. When  such symptoms arise regardless of the
external temperature, the person is manifesting the condition of
internal Coldness. Coldness  is associated with the signs and
symptoms of lowered metabolic activity: depressed menta l function,
retarded circulation, weakness, and malaise. Again, the cause and
the eect are inseparable. This system of correspondence describes the parallelism and
synchronicity of events in the inner and outer world of the human
organism. All phenomena are ordered according to the Five Phases  ofWood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water, which represent ve
evolutionary stages of transformation and correspond with ve
Organ Networks, ve seasons, ve climates, and ve personality
types. The workings of the body are associated with each of the
seasonal cycles of birth, growth, ripening, harvest, and decay. Each
of the ve Organ Networks  performs a function within  the cycle. Analogous to the ve climates and seasons in nature is the internal
milieu generated by each of the Organ Networks. Disturbance of the
internal milieu  may provoke the Liver to generate Wind, the Heart  to
generate Heat, the Spleen  to generate Dampness, the Lungs  to
generate Dryness, and the Kidneys  to generate Cold. According to this correspondence logic, various conditions of
distress are linked with each Network. The Network  responsible for
digestion is the Spleen. Any problem of indigestion is related to it. This Network  is also associated with the capacity to formulate ideas
and focus attention. Thus, a problem related to foggy thinking and
poor concentration may also be related to excess Dampness  aecting
the Spleen. Similarly, the Liver Network  regulates the smooth ow of
Qi. Excess Wind  aecting the Liver induces erratic behavior, uneven
emotions, or uncoordinated movement. The theory of correspondence describes the parallelism and
synchronicity of events in the inner and outer world of the
human organism. All phenomena are ordered according to Yin
Yang and the Five Phases  of Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water,
which represent ve sorts of fundamental process, each of
which corresponds with ve Organ Networks, ve seasons, ve
climates, and ve personality types. The workings of the body
are associated with each of the seasonal cycles of evolutionary
transformation: birth, growth, ripening, harvest, and decay. Each of the ve Organ Networks  perform s a function within


 by how often and deeply we breathe, you can make an
accurate diagnosis of any ailment and prescribe treatment and in the end to
cure not only the body, but also the head. According to scientists, breathingis closely interconnected not only with a state of health, but also with a state
of consciousness. Maybe breathing not only keeps the soul in the body, but also decides its
fate? Basic instinct

What does it mean to breathe correctly? A strange question at first glance. After all, each of us daily makes nearly 20,000 breaths. And we do not
think at all how to do it. Otherw ise, the same tragedy would have happened
to us as with the hedgehog from the joke. Do you remember? The hedgehog
ran through the forest, for got how to breathe, and died. Breathe! This basic instinct is laid in us by nature. A person is considered
born when he takes his first breath, and dead when he takes his last breath. And between the beginning and the end there is only a series of breaths. The same is true with our younger brothers. But everyone breathes different ly. For example, jellyfish have the simplest
form of breathing. Oxygen dissolved in water is absorbed through their
skin, and dissolv ed carbon dioxide is vented out in the same way. And on
the abdo men of insects there are many small holes. Each of these pores is
the entrance to a tube called the trachea. It acts like a human breathing tube,
or breathing throat! Thus, insects breathe in the same way as we do, with
the only difference being that hundreds of breathing tubes can be located on
their abdomen. And the pace of breathing, that is, how often we breathe air, largely depends
on the size of the creature itself. The larger the animal, the slower it
breathes. For example, an eleph ant inhales about 10 times per minute and a
mouse about 200. And with the respiratory rate, it turns out that life
expectancy is directly related: the elephant lives longer than a mouse. And
turtles breathe very slowly and live very long.On average, a person inhales 16 times per minute, but perhaps less often -
6-8 times per minute, and maybe more often - up to 20 times per minute,
depending on the circumstances. Moreover, young children breathe 20-30
times per minute, and infants - 40-60 times! Doctors have long been thinking about the riddle of uneven breathing in
humans. The first information and tips for proper breathing were  discovered
already in Chinese jade inscripti ons, which date back to the VI century BC. Ancient sayings teach: “When breathing, you must do the following: hold
your breath, it accumulates; if it has accumulated, it spreads further; if it
spreads further, it goes down,  it becomes calm; if it becomes calm, it
strengthens. If released, then it grows; when it grows, you need to squeeze
it again. If you squeeze it, it will reach the crown of the head. There it
presses on the head, presses down. A person who follows this method lives,
and whoever acts the other way round dies.”
Who needs breathing exercises

• The method of shallow breathing is shown to everyone, starting from
infancy, and especially to peopl e with illnesses, because it is harmless and
cures over a hundred diseases, eliminating the cause of the disease - carbon
dioxide deficiency in the blood. • If a healthy person at rest after exhalation can hold his breath  for at least
60 seconds, then the possibilitie s of a sick person are extremely limited: the
holding of his breath does not exceed 5-10 seconds. The deeper the breath,
the shorter the pause after exhalation and the delay after it, the harder the
person is sick and it is necessary to correct his breathing as quickly as
possible. • The instructio ns for using the method of volitional eliminat ion of deep
breathing, devel oped by Buteyko, give indications for the method. First of
all it includes: “asthma, angina pectoris, hypertension, obliterating
endarteritis, spasm of cerebra l vessels, bronchi, heart, atherosclerosis,
pulmonary emphysema, skin itching, neurosis. Normalization of breathing
reduces the amount of cholesterol in the blood and shortnes s of breath,
headache, dizziness, insomnia, normalizes weight, cures gastritis, colitis,
nephritis, other diseases of the stomach and intestines, facilitates
menopause, reduces susceptibility to colds and infectious diseases, relieves
allergies, migraines, reduces the likelihood of a stroke, leg vein expansion
with thromboph lebitis, fragility of blood vessels, enlar gement of the thyroid
gland, possibly even paralysis, cancer and many others.”
Whom this gymnastics is contraindicated to

• people with mental illnesses and mental defects that do not allow the
patient to understand the essence of the method and master it;
• diseases that threaten severe bleeding;
• infectious diseases in the acute period;
• insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus;
• patients with aneurysm with lar ge blood clots;
• those who have foreign transplants in the body, as well as after heart
surgery;
• it is advisable for expectant  mothers to under go a cleansi ng reaction
before pregnancy. Also, the Buteyko method will be difficult to apply to people who have bad
teeth and chroni c tonsillitis. It is necessary to cure them or remove diseased
teeth and glands. If this is not done, then it will be difficult to increase the
pause between inspiration and exit, and sometimes deterioration  may occur
with an increase in pause. Chapter 3. The structure of the respiratory system

Before proceeding to the description of Buteyko respiratory gymnastics,
let's try to under stand what the respiratory system is and how it works, what
types of breathing are and how well you breathe. For any technique it is very important to understand all the nuances. Only in
this case it will work efficiently. Therefore, do not skip this chapter, trying
to immediately begin to practice. Breathing is a physiological process during which natural gas exchange
occurs in the body. During inspiration, oxygen is supplied to all organs and
tissues, and during expiration carbon dioxide is removed. This mechanism
is supported by the work of the whole system of or gans (Fig. 1). Fig. 1
 The beginning of the airways is the nasal cavities, which are connected to
the pharynx. The walls of the nose form bones and cartilages, and the inner
surface of these cavities is lined with mucous membrane. It is breathing through the nose that is physiologically correct. After all, the
atmospheric air, bypassing the nasal cavities, manages to warm up and clear
itself of microsc opic dust particles. Through the nose, purified and warmed
air enters the upper part of the throat - the throat. The soft palate (small
tongue) divides it into the nasopharynx and oropharynx. For the pharynx
follows the larynx, in which the vocal cords are located. The next stage is the trachea. It has the appearance of a dense tube formed
by unclo sed cartilage rings. It accumulates dust and foreign particles that
can enter the body. In addition, the function of the trachea is to humidify the
air. In the cavity of the chest, the trachea is divided into two tubes - the
bronchi. On them purified and heated atmospheric air enters the lungs. The lungs are paired organs that have a conical shape. In the chest they are
located on both sides of the heart, while the right lung has several large
sizes. Inside they are covered with a thin shell - the pleura. The basis of the
lungs is the so-called bronchial  tree – branching bronchi and bronchioles. Small protrusions in the form of bubbles on the walls of the bronchioles are
called alveoli. A network of capillaries permeates them, and it is through
their walls that gas exchange takes place in the human body. The work of the lungs during inhalation and exhalation can be compared
with the work of blacksmiths. Special intercostal muscles and diaphragm
help the chest to shrink and expand. When you inhale the muscles raise the
chest, the diaph ragm is reduced and thickened. As a result of this process,
the volume of the lungs increases and air enters them as if through a pump. When you exhale, the intercosta l muscles relax, the diaphragm rises and theair is pushed out of the body. The brain coordinates this work transmitting
the orders through the peripheral nerves. Chapter 4. Types of breathing

In a healthy person, gas exch ange occurs with the same frequency of
inhalation and exhalation (16–20 breaths per minute). In children,
respiratory rate is higher. It is 20-30 respiratory movements per minute; in
infants, 30–40; in newborns - 40–60. Respiratory rate can vary depending
on physical activity, emotional state, health. Moreover, each person is able
to arbitrarily change the rhythm, depth, structure and level of breathing, to
use different types of breathing in different situations


quality	is	really	one	of	attitude	in	that
one	looks	at	life	not	as	a	place	to	acquire	gain	but	as	an	opportunity	for
learning,	which	abounds	even	in	the	smallest	of	life’s	details. A	spiritual
attitude	leads	one	to	be	friendly,	kind,	and	well	meaning	to	all	life. We	find
ourselves	walking	over	an	ant	carefully	rather	than	squashing	it,	not	as	a
compulsive	‘must’	or	a	religious	rule,	but	out	of	a	greater	awareness	of	thevalue	of	all	life. All	animals	will	be	discovered	to	actually	be	individuals	that
respond	to	respect	and	attention. Even	plants	are	aware	of	it	when	you	love
and	admire	them. Humility
This	again	is	an	attitude,	an	awareness	of	the	limitations	of	the	mind	and
appearance. There	is	an	increasing	awareness	that	life	is	filtered	through
perception,	and	that	what	is	going	on	is	primarily	attitudes	and	perceptions
rather	than	self-existent,	external	realities. Willingness	to	Overlook	and	Forgive;	Kindness
As	a	serious	spiritual	student,	one	has	to	resign	from	the	self-appointed
duties	of	being	the	one	to	judge,	correct,	control,	direct,	change	the	world,	and
express	opinions	about	everything. As	a	serious	spiritual	student,	one	is	no
longer	obligated	to	continue	these	chores	and,	instead,	they	are	turned	over	to
Divine	justice. Inasmuch	as	the	mind	has	no	idea	of	what	Reality	even	is,
relinquishing	these	former	duties	will	be	a	relief	and	also	bring	an	end	to	a	lot
of	guilt. It	is	therefore	quite	helpful	to	give	up	‘causes’	and	rallies	for	the
oppressed,	downtrodden,	other	victims,	and	sentimentalities. Each	person	is
merely	fulfilling	their	own	destiny;	allow	them	to	do	so. With	detachment,	it
will	be	observed	that	most	people	derive	satisfaction	from	the	melodrama	of
their	lives. Observation	of	People
Physical	appearance	is	a	great	deceiver. Most	people	look	like	adults	but
are	not	really	adults	at	all. Emotionally,	most	people	are	still	children. The
emotions	and	attitudes	that	prevail	in	kindergarten	and	on	the	playground
continue	on	into	adult	life	but	are	hidden	in	more	dignified-sounding
terminology. Within	most	people	is	a	child	who	is	merely	imitating	being	an
adult. The	‘inner	child’	we	hear	so	much	about	is	actually	not	inner	at	all;	it	is
actually	quite	‘outer’. As	people	grow	up,	they	take	on	various	identifications	and	copy	what
they	conceive	of	as	adult	behaviors	and	styles;	however,	it	is	not	the	adult
who	is	doing	this	but	the	child. Therefore,	what	we	see	in	daily	life	are	people
acting	out	the	programs	and	scenarios	that	they	identify	with	as	a	child. The
young	child,	as	well	as	most	animals,	already	exhibits	curiosity,	self-pity,
jealousy,	envy,	competitiveness,	temper	tantrums,	emotional	outbursts,
resentments,	hatreds,	rivalries,	competition,	seeking	the	limelight	and
admiration,	willfulness,	petulance,	blaming	others,	disclaiming	responsibility,making	others	wrong,	looking	for	favor,	collecting	‘things’,	showing	off,	and
more. These	are	all	attributes	of	the	child. As	we	watch	the	daily	activities	of	most	adults,	we	realize	that	nothing
has	really	changed. This	realization	is	helpful	for	compassionate
understanding	rather	than	condemnation. Stubbornness	and	opposition,	which
are	characteristic	of	the	two-year-old,	continue	to	dominate	personalities	well
into	old	age. Occasionally,	people	also	manage	to	go	from	childhood	to
adolescence	in	their	personality	and	become	endless	thrill	seekers	and
challengers	of	fate;	they	are	preoccupied	with	the	body,	muscles,	flirtation,
popularity,	and	romantic	and	sexual	conquests. There	is	a	tendency	to	become
cute,	coy,	seductive,	glamorous,	heroic,	tragic,	theatrical,	dramatic,	and
histrionic. Again,	this	is	the	child’s	impression	of	adolescence	being	acted
out. The	inner	child	is	naïve	and	impressionable,	easily	programmed,	and
easily	seduced	and	manipulated. Curiosity	About	The	Nature	of	Consciousness
It	is	easier	to	stop	reacting	to	people	internally	as	well	as	externally	by
becoming	familiar	with	the	nature	of	consciousness. Human	life	is	very
difficult,	even	in	the	best	of	circumstances. Frustrations,	delays,	lapses	of
memory,	impulses,	and	stresses	of	all	shapes	and	forms	beset	any	individual. Demands	often	exceed	capabilities,	and	life	is	pressured	by	time
requirements. It	will	be	noticed	that	everyone’s	ego	is	about	the	same	as	that
of	everyone	else. The	mind	is	inherited	and	has	a	brain	run	by	genes,	chromosomes,	and	a
genetically	determined	personality	‘set’. Research	shows	that	many	of	the
personality’s	major	characteristics	are	already	present	at	birth. Few	people	can
actually	be	different	from	what	they	are. It	is	only	the	minority	of	people	that
seeks	self-improvement	or	spiritual	growth. This	is	because	whatever	one’s
self-criticisms,	one	secretly	really	believes	that	one’s	way	of	being	is	okay
and	probably	the	only	correct	way. They	are	all	right	as	they	are,	and	all
problems	are	caused	by	other	people’s	selfishness,	unfairness,	and	by	the
external	world. Seek	to	Give	Love	Rather	Than	to	Receive	It
Most	humans	believe	that	love	is	something	that	you	get,	that	it	is	an
emotion,	that	it	has	to	be	deserved,	and	that	the	more	they	give	away,	the	less
they	will	have. The	opposite	is	the	truth. Lovingness	is	an	attitude	that
transforms	one’s	experience	of	the	world. We	become	grateful	for	what	we
have	instead	of	prideful. We	express	our	lovingness	when	we	acknowledgeothers	and	their	contributions	to	life	and	to	our	convenience. Love	is	not	an
emotion	but	a	way	of	being	and	relating	to	the	world. Avoid	Creating	‘Enemies’
People	fall	into	the	trap	of	getting	even	or	making	constant	remarks. They
create	enemies	and	animosities. These	preclude	a	peaceful	life. Nobody	needs
enemies. They	can	retaliate	in	ways	unseen	and	so	bring	on	unfortunate
consequences. There	is	no	such	thing	as	winning	a	conflict;	that	results	in
hatred	by	the	loser. The	majority	of	domestic	violence	is	a	physical	response	to	verbal
provocation. However,	in	our	society,	victims	seldom	take	responsibility	for
the	provocation,	temptation,	or	hurled	insult. It	serves	spiritual	progress	to	always	accept	responsibility	for	all	that
befalls	one	and	avoid	the	trap	of	being	a	victim. From	a	higher	view,	there	are
no	victims. Nothing	in	the	world	of	appearances	has	the	power	to	cause
anything. Choose	A	Benign	Role	and	View	of	Life
Harsh	viewpoints	are	not	conducive	to	spiritual	growth. Even	if	they	are
‘right’	or	‘justified’,	a	spiritual	seeker	cannot	afford	them. One	has	to	give	up
the	luxury	of	revenge	or	enjoying	that	‘justice	has	to	be	done’	when	a


 The ego mistak es sur render for death. T o be whole
involves sur render. You give up one way of seeing yourself,
and in its place a new way dawns. “Sur render ” isn’t a
welcome wor d to the ego, because it connotes failur e, loss
of contr ol, passivity, the end of power. When you lose an
argument, ar en’t you sur rendering to the winner? Of course. Any situation couched in ter ms of winning and losing mak es
surrender seem weak, shameful, depr essing, and unworthy. These ar e all feelings at the ego level, however. Seen
without ego, sur render becomes natural and desirable. A
mother who gives her childr en what they need isn’t losing,
even though one could say she’s sur rendering her needs in
favor of her childr en’s. That would be a false perspective. When you give of yourself out of love, you lose nothing. In
fact, loving sur render is lik e a gain. Y our sense of self
expands beyond ego -driven needs and desir es—these can
never lead to love. Surrender is not of the mind. Y ou cannot think your way
there. Instead, you must jour ney into pur e consciousness,
befor e wor ds and thoughts arise. That’s the whole purpose
of meditation, to car ry a person beyond the thinking mind,which means beyond conﬂict. It’s easy to believe these days
that everyone knows how to meditate. If you have tried to
meditate and then abandoned the practice, I’d lik e to
suggest that you r eturn. Not all meditations ar e created
alike. Perhaps you wer e taught meditation as a for m of
relaxation or str ess release or as a r oute to silence. These
are all r eal results, but they aim too far short. The most
profound eﬀect of meditation is to transfor m your
awar eness. If you ar en’t e xpanding in consciousness, the
true purpose of going inwar d has been missed. Which is not to label any kind of meditation as wr ong. But
there has to be an intimate rightness that suits you. I’ve
seen people who evolved very quickly using a simple heart
meditation, in which they sat quietly and dir ected their
attention to their hearts, and others who beneﬁted by
quietly following the in-and out-br eaths as they sat with
eyes closed. Eventually one longs to e xperience the true
self completely. This can be achieved by going into the
mantra meditation that originated in V edic India or the
Vipassana techniques of Buddhism, to mention just two
proven methods. Whatever you do, r emain awak e to your
vision of wholeness. Y ou don’t want to tur n meditation into
another kind of conditioning, wher e your mind convinces
itself that it is peaceful or has found silence when both ar e
just pleasant moods or habits. (In his typically blunt way,
Krishnamurti war ned that the worst thing a spiritual path
can do is deliver what you e xpect. Instead of r eaching the
truth, the path has simply tur ned you into a version of your
old self, but “impr oved” by feeling and looking better.) The shadow is a thing of denial, r esistance, hidden fears,
and r epressed hopes. Ther efore, if meditation is working,
these things will begin to diminish. Y ou should be
experiencing the following on your spiritual path:
Life becomes easier, losing its struggle.You feel and act mor e spontaneous. The world no longer brings negative r eﬂections. Your desir es ar e fulﬁlled mor e easily. You ﬁnd happiness in the simplicity of e xistence. Being
here is enough. You gain in self -awar eness, knowing who you r eally ar e.
You feel included in the wholeness of life. If these sound lik e ideal goals, they ar e also noble ones
and fully attainable. In fact, if months pass and you don’t
feel these things incr easing, you need to stand back and
reexamine your path. I’m not implying that your practice is
wrong or defective. Ther e are lulls and delays in personal
evolution for everyone, because some issues tak e time to
work out. Much of this working out tak es place out of sight,
in the deeper r eaches of the unconscious. Artists ar e well
awar e of this; their muse doesn’t answer on a time
schedule. On the other hand, ther e may be serious r easons
why the true self isn’t unfolding:
Excessive str ess
Emotional pr essur es
Distractions
Depr ession and anxiety
Lack of discipline or commitment
Opposing intentions—seeking mor e than one way of life
The spiritual path delivers everything; it can r esolve all
conﬂicts. But we e xpect too much of it when we ask for a
panacea. Spiritual unfoldment is delicate. It can’t be
reached when your mind is too agitated or your attention
overwhelmed by str ess and other outside pr essur es. In other
words, wholeness is a cur e-all, but not an instant cure-all.You need to pr epare the right conditions for going inwar d. To
that end, each of the obstacles I’ve listed has to be dealt
with. Str ess, depr ession, anxiety, and distractions won’t
suddenly end just because you sit down for half an hour
with your eyes shut. I hope that doesn’t sound too blunt,
because when you tak e even small steps to pr epare the
ground for meditation, it yields r esults that cannot be had
any other way. This is the r oyal r oad to consciousness, and
consciousness is whole. In Summary
I will end as I began, with a physician’s instinct for
diagnosis, tr eatment, and pr ognosis. The shadow has
outwitted and outlasted many appr oaches, yet some people
have succeeded, and not just the gr eat names lik e Jesus and
Buddha. The for ce of evolution is inﬁnitely str onger than the
obstacles that block its way. You only have to gaze ar ound
you at the natural world to see the pr oof that beauty, for m,
order, and gr owth have survived for billions of years. In
dealing with your shadow, you ar e aligning yourself with the
same inﬁnite power. After all is said and done, the
requir ements ar e not comple x:
1. Acknowledge your shadow when it brings
negativity into your life. 2. Embrace and for give your shadow. Turn an
unwanted obstacle into your ally. 3. Ask yourself what conditions ar e giving rise
to the shadow : stress, anonymity,
permission to do har m, peer pr essur e,
passivity, dehumanizing conditions, an “us
versus them” mentality.4. Share your feelings with someone you trust:
a therapist, trusted friend, good listener,
counselor, or conﬁdante. 5. Include a physical component: body work,
energy release, yogic br eathing, hands- on
healing. 6. To change the collective, change yourself—
projecting and judging “them” as evildoers
only incr eases the shadow’s power. 7. Practice meditation in or der to e xperience
pure consciousness, which is beyond the
shadow. I’ve laid out a vision of unity as the solution to the shadow. The instant that life is split into good and evil, the self
follows suit. A divided self cannot mak e itself whole. Ther e
must be another level of life that is whole alr eady. Casting
their eyes over the invisible world, the ancient sages of
India r ealized that it was indescribable. The V edic scriptur es
from thousands of years ago wer e the ﬁrst to declar e,
“Those who know it speak of it not. Those who speak of it
know it not.”
But of course people wer en’t thrilled to hear this teaching. They wanted help with their everyday pr oblems. If a vision
cannot be tur ned into practice, it’s arid and useless. The
ancient sages wer en’t trying to discourage their listeners. Quite the opposite, they wer e trying to give a r eliable map,
and wher e that map leads is to unity consciousness. My aim
in this part of the book has been to draw the same map in
vivid, moder n colors. Now it’s up to you to follow it. The
shadow isn’t a fearsome opponent, but a worthy one. Powerful as it is, the power of wholeness is inﬁnitely gr eater,
and by a miracle of cr eation it is within your grasp. OceanofPDF.comPART II
OceanofPDF.comMaking Peace with Ourselves, Others, and the
World
DEBBIE FORD
The story of the human being and the human psyche has
been e xamined, studied, and written about since the
beginning of our e xistence. Although it’s been r esear ched
and


ly	if	fat	absorption	is	normal. If	vitamin	A	absorption	is	insufficient,	the
epithelial	cells
	become	damaged. These	cells	form	an	essential	part	of	all	the	organs,
blood	vessels,	lymph	vessels,	and	so	on	in	the	body. Vitamin	A	is	also	necessary	to
maintain	healthy	eyes	and	protect	against	or	reduce	microbial	infection. Vitamin	D	is
essential	for	calcification	of	bones	and	teeth. 5
	It	is	of	great	importance	to	realize	that
supplementing	these	vitamins	does	not	resolve	the	problem	of	deficiency. 6
	To	sum	up,	without	normal	bile	secretions,	the	body	cannot	digest	and	absorb	enough	of
these	vitamins,	which,	in	turn,	can	cause	considerable	damage	to	the	circulatory,
lymphatic,	and	urinary	systems. Inadequately	digested	foods	tend	to	ferment	and	putrefy	in	the	small	and	large
intestines. They	attract	a	vast	number	of	bacteria	to	help	speed	up	the	process	of
decomposition. The	breakdown	products	are	often	very	toxic,	and	so	are	the	excretions
produced	by	the	bacteria. All	of	this	strongly	irritates	the	mucus	lining,	which	is	one	of	the
body’s	foremost	defense	lines	against	disease-causing	agents. Regular	exposure	to	these
toxins	impairs	the	body’s	immune	system,	60	percent	of	which	is	located	in	the	intestines. Overburdened	by	a	constant	invasion	of	toxins,	the	small	and	large	intestines	may	be
afflicted	with	a	number	of	disorders,	including
diarrhea,	constipation,	abdominal	gas,
Crohn’s	disease,	ulcerative	colitis,	diverticular	disease,	hernias,	polyps,	dysentery,
appendicitis,	volvulus,
	and
intussusceptions,
	as	well	as	both
benign
	and
malignant
tumors. Ample	bile	flow	maintains	good	digestion	and	absorption	of	food	and	has	a	strong
cleansing	action	throughout	the	intestinal	tract. Every	part	of	the	body	depends	on	the
basic	nutrients	made	available	through	the	digestive	system,	as	well	as	the	efficient
removal	of	waste	products	from	that	system. Gallstones	in	the	liver	and	gallbladder
considerably	disrupt	both	these	vital	processes. Therefore,	they	can	be	held	accountable
for	most,	if	not	all,	of	the	different	kinds	of	ailments	that	can	afflict	the	body. Removal	of
gallstones	helps	to	normalize	the	digestive	and	eliminative	functions,	improve	cell
metabolism,	and	maintain	balance	throughout	the	body. Disorders	of	the	Circulatory	System

For	descriptive	reasons,	I	have	divided	the
circulatory	system
	into	two	main	parts,	the
blood	circulatory	system
	and	the
lymphatic	system
. The	blood	circulatory	system	consists
of	the	heart,	which	acts	as	a	pump,	and	the	blood	vessels,	through	which	the	blood
circulates. The	lymphatic	system	consists	of	lymph	nodes	and	lymph	vessels,	through	which
colorless
lymph
	flows. The	body	contains	three	times	more	lymph	fluid	than	blood. Lymph
takes	up	waste	products	from	the	cells,	as	well	as	cellular	debris,	and	removes	these	from
the	body. The	lymphatic	system	is	the	primary	circulatory	system	used	by	all	immunological
cells:	macrophages,	T-cells,	B-cells,	lymphocytes,	and	so	forth. An	obstruction-free
lymphatic	system	is	necessary	to	maintain	strong	immunity	and	homeostasis. Coronary	Heart	Disease

Heart	attacks	take	more	American	lives	than	any	other	cause. Although	it	occurs	suddenly,
a	heart	attack	is	actually	the	final	stage	of	an	insidious	disorder	that	has	been	years	in	the
making. This	disorder	is	known	as	coronary	heart	disease. Since	the	disease	plunders
mostly	prosperous	nations	and	rarely	killed	anyone	before	1900,	we	have	to	hold	our
modern	lifestyle,	unnatural	foods,	and	unbalanced	eating	habits	responsible	for	today’s
literally	heartsick	society. However,	long	before	the	heart	begins	to	malfunction,	the	liver
loses	much	of	its	major	vitality	and	efficiency. The	liver	influences	the	entire	circulatory	system,	including	the	heart. In	fact,	the	liver
is	the	greatest	protector	of	the	heart. Under	normal	conditions,	the	liver	thoroughly
detoxifies	and	purifies	venous	blood	that	arrives	via	the	portal	vein	from	the	abdominal
part	of	the	digestive	system,	the	spleen,	and	the	pancreas. In	addition	to	breaking	down
alcohol,	the	liver	detoxifies	noxious	substances,	such	as	toxins	produced	by	microbes. It
also	kills	bacteria	and	parasites	and	neutralizes	certain	drug	compounds	with	the	help	of
specific	enzymes. One	of	the	liver’s	most	ingenious	feats	is	to	remove	the	nitrogenous
portion	of	amino	acids,	since	nitrogen	is	not	required	for	the	formation	of	new	protein. It
forms
urea
	from	this	waste	product. The	urea	ends	up	in	the	bloodstream	and	is	excreted
in	the	urine. The	liver	also	breaks	down	the	nucleoprotein	(nucleus)	of	worn-out	cells	of
the	body. The	byproduct	of	this	process	is
uric	acid,
	which	is	excreted	with	the	urine	as
well. The	liver	filters	more	than	one	quart	of	blood	per	minute,	leaving	only	the	acidic	carbon
dioxide	for	elimination	through	the	lungs	(see
Figure	7
). After	it	is	purified	in	the	liver,	the	blood	passes	through	the
hepatic	vein
	into	the
inferior	vena	cava,
	which	takes	it	straight	into	the	right	side	of	the	heart. From	there	the
venous	blood	is	carried	to	the	lungs,	where	the	interchange	of	gases	takes	place:	Carbon
dioxide	is	excreted	and	oxygen	absorbed. After	leaving	the	lungs,	the	oxygenated	blood
passes	into	the	left	side	of	the	heart. From	there	it	is	pumped	into	the
aorta,
	which	supplies
all	body	tissues	with	oxygenated	blood. Figure	7
:	The	way	the	liver	filters	blood

Gallstones	in	the	bile	ducts	of	the	liver	distort	the	basic	framework	of	the	lobules. Consequently,	the	blood	vessels	supplying	these	liver	units	develop	kinks,	which	greatly
reduces	internal	blood	supply. Liver	cells	become	damaged,	and	harmful	cellular	debris
begins	to	enter	the	bloodstream. This	further	weakens	the	liver’s	ability	to	detoxify	the
blood. As	a	result,	more	and	more	harmful	substances	are	retained	both	in	the	liver	and	in
the	blood. A	congested	liver	can	obstruct	the	venous	blood	flow	to	the	heart,	leading	to
heart	palpitations	or	even	heart	attacks. It	is	obvious	that	toxins	that	are	not	neutralized	by
the	liver	end	up	damaging	the	heart	and	blood	vessel	network. Another	consequence	of	this	development	is	that	proteins	from	dead	cells	(about	30
billion	cells	per	day)	and	unused	food	proteins	are	not	sufficiently	broken	down,	which,	in
turn,	raises	protein	concentrations	in	the	blood. As	a	result,	the	body	tries	to	store	these
proteins	in	the	basal	membranes	of	the	blood	vessel	walls	(further	explanation	of	this
scenario	is	provided	below). Once	the	body’s	storage	capacity	for	protein	is	exhausted,
any	new	proteins	t


 Under the ego’s dir ection, we come together to
share desperation. Negativity, however, cannot r eally be
shared because it is an illusion. “ A special r elationship is a
kind of union fr om which union is e xcluded.”
A relationship is not meant to be the joining at the hip of
two emotional invalids. The purpose of a r elationship is not
for two incomplete people to become one, but rather for two
complete people to join together for the gr eater glory of
God. The special r elationship is a device by which the ego
separates rather than joins us. Based on a belief in inter nal
emptiness, it is always asking, “What can I get?”, wher eas
the Holy Spirit asks, “What can I give?” The ego seeks to
use other people to fulﬁll our needs as we deﬁne them. Certain voices go on endlessly these days about whether or
not “ our needs ar e being met” in a r elationship. But when
we try to use a r elationship to serve our own purposes, we
falter because we ar e reinfor cing our illusion of need. Under
the ego’s guidance we’r e always looking for something, yet
always sabotaging what we’ve found. One of my girlfriends called me one day and said she had
had a date with someone she r eally lik ed. The ne xt week,
she called and said he had br oken a date with her in or der
to go out of town. She didn’t lik e him af ter all. “I won’t tak e
that fr om anyone,” she told me. “I’m r eady for a
relationship.”
“No you’r e not r eady for a r elationship,” I told her. “Not if
another person isn’t allowed to mak e a mistak e, you’r e not.”
The ego had told her to r eject the man because she was
ready for a r elationship, but what it was r eally doing was tomake sur e she wouldn’t have one. The ego isn’t looking for
someone to love; it’s looking for someone to attack. Its
dictate in love is “Seek, and do not ﬁnd.” It looks for a
reﬂection of itself, another mask that hides the face of
Christ. In the special r elationship, I’m afraid to show you the
real truth about myself—my fears, my weaknesses—
because I’m afraid that if you see them, you’ll leave. I’m
assuming you’r e as judgmental as I am. And I’m also not
really jumping up and down wanting to see your weak spots
either because it mak es me nervous to think I’m involved
with someone who has them. The whole setup mitigates
against authenticity and ther efore against r eal gr owth. A
special r elationship perpetuates the self -punishing
masquerade in which we all seek desperately to attract love
through being someone we’r e not. Although we’r e seeking
love, we’r e actually fostering our own self -hatr ed and lack of
self-esteem. What’s our miracle her e? It’s a shif t from thoughts of
specialness to thoughts of holiness. Our mental patter ns in
regard to r elationships ar e so fraught with fear—attack and
defensiveness, guilt and selﬁshness, however pr ettily
disguised—that many times we ar e brought to our knees. As
always, that’s a good place to be. W e pray for God to guide
our thoughts and feelings. ‘Y ou can place any r elationship
under the Holy Spirit’s car e and be sur e that it will not r esult
in pain.’
7. THE HOL Y RELA TIONSHIP
“The holy r elationship is the old unholy
relationship transfor med and seen anew.”
If the special r elationship is the ego’s r esponse to the
creation of the Holy Spirit, the holy r elationship is the HolySpirit’s r esponse back. The ‘holy r elationship is the old,
special r elationship transfor med.’ In the special r elationship,
the ego guides our thinking and we meet in fear, mask to
mask. In the holy r elationship, the Holy Spirit has changed
our minds about the purpose of love and we meet heart to
heart. A Course in Miracles  describes the diﬀer ence between an
unholy and a holy alliance:
“For an unholy r elationship is based on
diﬀer ences, wher e each one thinks the other has
what he has not. They come together, each to
complete himself and r ob the other. They stay
until they think that ther e is nothing lef t to steal,
and then move on. And so they wander thr ough
a world of strangers, unlik e themselves, living
with their bodies per haps under a common r oof
that shelters neither; in the same r oom and yet
a world apart. A holy r elationship starts fr om a diﬀer ent
premise. Each one has look ed within and seen
no lack. A ccepting his completion, he would
extend it by joining with another, whole as
himself.”
The purpose of a special r elationship is to teach us to
hate ourselves, while the purpose of a holy r elationship is to
heal us of our self -loathing. In the special r elationship, we
are always trying to hide our weaknesses. In the holy
relationship, it’s understood that we all have unhealed
places, and that healing is the purpose of our being with
another person. W e don’t try to hide our weaknesses, but
rather we understand that the r elationship is a conte xt for
healing thr ough mutual for giveness. A dam and Eve wer enaked in the gar den of Eden but not embar rassed. That
doesn’t mean they wer e physically nak ed. It means they
were emotionally nak ed, totally r eal and honest, yet they
were not embar rassed because they felt accepted
completely for who they wer e.
The Course pr esents an image of the special r elationship
as a pictur e set in a frame. The ego is mor e inter ested in the
frame—the idea of the perfect person who will “ﬁx”
everything—than we ar e in the pictur e, which is the person
himself. The frame is bar oque, and decorated with rubies
and diamonds. But the Course says the rubies ar e our blood
and the diamonds ar e our tears. That is the essence of
specialness. It is not love but e xploitation. What we call love
is often hate or at best, r obbery. Although we may not know
it consciously, our sear ch is of ten for someone who has
what we think we don’t have, and once we get it fr om them
we’ll be r eady to move on. In a holy r elationship, we’r e
interested in the pictur e itself. All we want by way of a
frame is a light support that does just enough to k eep the
pictur e in place. W e’re not inter ested in our br other for what
he can do for us. W e’re inter ested in our br other, period. The holy r elationship is, above all else, a friendship
between two br others. W e are not put her e to audition one
another, put someone on trial, or use other people to gratif y
our own ego needs. W e are not her e to ﬁx, change or belittle
another person. W e are her e to support, for give and heal
one another. I was once counsel ing a couple who wer e in the
process of messily completing their r elationship. The man
had moved on to date someone else and the woman was
angry. During our session she said to him about the new
girlfriend, “Y ou only lik e her because she tells you how
wonderful  you ar e all the time!” He look ed at her very
seriously and quietly said, “Y eah, I think that has something
to do with it.”How do we ﬁnd a holy r elationship? Not by asking God to
change our partners, but by asking God to change our
minds. W e don’t run away fr om someone we’r e attracted to
because we’r e afraid of specialness. Anytime ther e’s a
potential for love, ther e’s a potential for specialness. I of ten
ask audiences, “What’s the ﬁrst thing we should do when
we’re attracted to someone?” and they r eply in pep-rally
fashion, “ pray! ” The prayer goes something lik e this: “ Dear
God, you know, and I know, that I have mor e potential for
neurosis in this ar ea than in any other. Please tak e my
attraction, my thoughts and feelings about this person and
use them for your purposes. L et this r elationship unfold
accor ding to your will, Amen.”
Spiritual pr ogress is lik e a deto xiﬁcation. Things have to
come up in or


 the sounds. Listening to the silence immediately creates stillness inside you. Only
the stillness in you can perceive the silence outside. And what is stillness
other than presence, consciousness freed from thought forms. Here is the
living realization of what we have been talking about. CHRIST : THE REALITY OF YOUR DIVINE PRESENCE
Don’ t get attached to any one  word. Y ou can substitute “Ch rist” for
presence, if that is more meaningful to you. Christ is your God-essence
or the Self, as it is sometimes called in the East. The only d if ference
between Christ and presence is that Christ refers to your in dwelling
divinity regardless of whether you are conscious of it or not, whereas
presence means your awakened  divinity or God-essence. Many misunderstandings and false beliefs about Christ will clear if you
realize that there is no past or future in Christ. T o say that Christ was  orwill be  i s a contradicti on in terms. Jesus was. He was a man who lived
two tho usand years ago and re alized divine presence, his true nature. And so he said: “Before Abraha m was, I am. ” He did not say: “I already
existed b efore A braham was born. ” That would have meant that he was
still with in the dimension of time and form identity. The words I am  used
in a sentence t hat starts in the past tense indicate a radical shift, a
discontinuity in the temporal dimension. It is a Zen-like statement of
great profundity. Jesus attempted to convey directly, not through
discursive thoug ht, the meaning of presence, of self-realization. He had
gone be yond th e consciousness  dimension governed by time, into the
realm o f the timeless. The dim ension of eternity had come into this
world. E ternity, of course, does not mean endless time, but no time. Thus, th e man Jesus became C hrist, a vehicle for pure consciousness. And what is God’ s se lf-definition in the Bible. Did God say, “I have
always been, and I always will be. ” Of course not. That would have
given reality to past and future. God said: “ I AM THA T I AM. ” N o tim e here,
just presence. The “second coming” of Christ is a transformation of  human
consciousness, a shift from time to presence, from thinking to pure
consciousness, n ot the arrival o f some man or woman. If “Christ” were
to return  tomorrow in some externalized form, what could h e or she
possibly say to you other tha n this: “I am the T ruth. I am  divine
presence. I am eternal life. I am within you. I am here. I am Now. ”
Never personal ize Christ. Don’ t make Christ into a form identity. A vatars, divine mothers, enlight ened masters, the very few that are real,
are not special as persons. W ithout a false self to uphold, def end, and
feed, th ey are more simple, m ore ordinary than the ordinary man or
woman. Anyone  with a strong ego would regard them as insignificant or,
more likely, not see them at all. If you are drawn  to an enlightened teacher, it is because there i s already
enough presence in you to recognize presence in another. There were
many pe ople who did not recogn ize Jesus or the Buddha, as there are and
always h ave bee n many people w ho are drawn to false teachers. Egos aredrawn to  bigger egos. Darkness cannot recognize light. Only light can
recognize light. So don’ t believ e that the light is outside you or that it
can only  come through one particular form. If only your ma ster is an
incarnation of God, then who are you. Any kind of exclusivity is
identification with form, and identification with form means ego, no
matter how well disguised. Use the master ’ s presence to ref lect your own identity beyond name and
form ba ck to you and to become more intensely present your self. Y ou
will soo n realize  that there is no “mine” or “yours” in presence. Presence
is one. Group work can also be help ful for intensifying the light of your
presence. A group of people c oming together in a state of presence
generates a collective ener gy fie ld of great intensity. It not only raises the
degree of presence of each member of the group but also helps to free the
collective human consciousness from its current state of mind
dominance. This will make the state of presence increasingly more
accessible to individuals. Howe ver, unless at least one member of the
group is already firmly established in it and thus can hold the ener gy
frequency of that state, the eg oic mind can easily reassert itself and
sabotage the group’ s endeavors. Although group work is invaluable, it is
not e nough, and you must not come to depend on it. Nor must you come
to depend on a teacher or a master, except during the transitional period,
when you are learning the meaning and practice of presence. CHAPTER SIX
T H E  I N N E R  B O D Y
BEING IS YOUR DEEPEST SELF
Y ou spo ke earlier about the im portance of having deep r oots within or
inhabiting the body. Can you explain what you meant by that. The bod y can become a point of access into the realm of Being. Let’ s go
into that more deeply now. I am still not quite sur e if I fully understand what you mean by  Being. “W ater. What do you mean by that. I don’ t understand it. ” This is what
a fish would say if it had a human mind. Please s top trying to understand Being. Y ou have already had significant
glimpses of Being, but the mind will always try to squeeze it into a little
box and  then put a label on it. It cannot be done. It cannot be come an
object of knowledge. In Being, subject and object mer ge into one. Being ca n be felt  as the ever -present I am  t hat  is beyond n ame and form. T o feel and thus to know that you ar e  and to abide in that deeply rooted
state is enlightenment, is the truth that Jesus says will make you free. Fr ee fr om what. Free fro m the illusion  t hat  you  are nothing more than your physical body
and you r mind. This “illusion o f the self,” as the Buddha calls it, is the
core error. Free from fear  in  its countles s disguises as t he inevitable
consequence of that illusion — the fear that is your constant torm entor as
long as you derive your sense of self only from this ephemeral and
vulnerable form. And free from sin, which  is the suf fering you
unconsciously inflict on yoursel f and others as long as this illus ory sense
of self governs what you think, say, and do. LOOK BEYOND THE WORDS
I don’ t like the wor d  sin. It implies that I am being judged and found
guilty. I can understand that. Over the centuries, many erroneous views and
interpretations have accumulated around words such as sin, due to
ignorance, misunderstanding, or a desire to control, but they co ntain an
essential core of truth. If you are unable to look beyond such
interpretations a nd so cannot recognize the reality to which the word
points, t hen don ’ t use it. Don’ t get stuck on the level of words. A word is
no m ore than a  means to an end. It’ s an abstraction. Not unlike a
signpost, it points beyond itself. The word honey  isn’ t honey. Y ou can
study and talk a bout honey for as long as you like, but you won’ t really
know  i t until y ou taste  it. After you have tasted it, the word becomes less
important to you. Y ou won’ t be attached to it anymore. Similarly, you
can talk  or think about God  continuously for the rest of your life, but
does tha t mean you know or have even glimpsed the reality to which the
word points. It really is no more than an obsessive attachment to a
signpost, a mental idol. The reve rse also  applies: If, for  whatever reason, you disliked the word
honey, t hat might prevent you from e ver tasting it. If you had a strong
aversion to the word God, which is a negative form of attachment, youmay be denying not just the wo rd but also the reality to which it points. Y ou would be cutting yourself of f from the possibility of experiencing
that reality. All this is, of cou rse, intrinsically connected wi th being
identified with your mind. So, if a word doesn’ t work for you anymore, then drop it and replace it
with one that does work. If you don’ t like the word sin, the n call it
unconsciousness or insanity. That may get you closer to the truth, the
reality behind the word, than a  long-misused word like sin, and leaves
little room for guilt. I do n’ t l ike


 treatment,  described in Merck’s Manual of Standar d Medical
Procedur es, aids potassium travel through the cell membrane by a transport
mechanism. It is an addition to the Gerson protocol pionee red by Dr.
Demetrio Sodi-Pallares, a noted Mexico City cardiologist and researcher. The basic polarizing solution, GKI, is necessary to provide a transport
mechanism to help potassium (K) travel through the cell membrane for
those patients who are deficient  in K. It is combined with glucose (G) and
insulin (I) together as an intravenous injection. Polarizing treatm ent promotes healing in the diseased heart and in tissues
damaged by cancer and other degenerative diseases. Patients with edema in
the extremities note a rapid reabsorption and release of the fluids from the
body. Oxygen therapies,  including hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and ozone (O3)
therapy, boost serum oxygen levels to revitalize normal cells while
damaging viruses and other pathogens. It may be absorbed throu gh the skin
by bathi ng in it (4 to 5 pints of 3 percent H2O2 in a standard-size bathtub),
applied topically, or insuf flated rectally. Ambient air ozone generators are
used to benefit patients by delivering O3. In addition to the usual intensive Gerson Therapy, some adjuvant
procedures such as those mentioned and several others are being made
available in the Gerson hospita l or other Gerson facilities but at an extra
charge. Live cell therapy, the ingestion by injection or orally of fetal tissue cells
for the strengthening of speci fic organs, is more effective after good
detoxification has taken place. It should not be tried during the initial stages
of Gers on Therapy. It may be available on request from your Gerson
Therapy facility. Pancr eatin, highly  concentrated pancreatic enzymes for dissolving and
digesting tumor tissue, help patients if they carry a heavy tumor load. Theadditional intensive pancreatin has improved the patient’ s ability to
eliminate many kinds of neoplasms. Tahebo tea (pau d’arco or lapacho), has been shown repeatedly to have
anticancer properties. It is used as a tea by native Indians of the Americas. Vitamin C, administered orally and recta lly, works to offset the free
radical pathology connected with chemotherapy and radiation. Hyperthermia/Hydr otherapy, full-body immersion in a bathtub
containing hot water to elevate the body temperature to 104°F for the
induction of a mild fever, tends to deteriorate tumor tissue. It’s best used
after the administration of laetri le. This combination of hot tub fomentation
with laetrile is one of the best remedies for overcoming pain. It dulls and
calms the discom fort and is a great assist to detoxification by improving the
blood flow and lymphatic circulation. Patients with nervous system disease
such as MS should not be subjected to high temperature. Cool compresses
are more beneficial for them. Important: not to be used with fluoridated
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        Kidney problems also
strike diabetics frequently; the risk of kidney disease in some form is 15 to
20 percent in type 2 patients and is double that percentage in type 1
diabetics. 7
Diabetes and the Gerson Therapy
Type 1 diabetic  patients, when treated with the Gerson Therapy, often
notice a great reduction in their insulin requirements, though many will
remain permane ntly dependent on insulin. When islet of Langerhans cells
are destroyed, the body, even in the best of health, cannot regen erate them. If the cells are only damaged, there is some chance that the body, aided by
the Gerson protocol, can heal and restore their function. Additionally, in patients presenting diabetes-associated degenerative
changes such as reduced vision, kidney damage, or circulation problems,
the therapy is often effective in reversing deterioration. Type 1 diabetes
patients do, however, need to indefinitely continue a menu plan very close
to the Gerson diet to maintain the best health. Type 2 diabetes  is far more easily corrected. Patients treated  with the
Gerson protocol are often able to eliminate the need for insulin
management. As mentioned previously, one potential cause of type 2
diabetes is a clogging effect on the insulin receptors due to cholesterol
deposits. Becau se the Gerson diet is very low in fat and contains no
cholesterol, it is highly effectiv e in rapidly reducing cholesterol. We hold
that Dr. Gerson’ s diet is able to quickly reverse this cloggin g problem,
allowing cell receptors to use insulin. Many Gerson Insitute personnel have
observed patients that are able to reduce their insulin dependence almost
immediately when following the Gerson protocol. Diabetic patients pursuing the Gerson Therapy in an inpatient setting will
receive an altered version of the Gerson diet with a reduction in sugar
intake. Patients frequently work  their way back toward the standard Gerson
protocol as their bodies respond to the therapy and begin to heal. After
several weeks, we have observe d cases of type 2 diabetes that are able to
resume the full Gerson protocol, including full amounts of the apple/carrot
juices that would otherwise have caused severe problems in a diabetic. Diabetes can be further complicated by many of the other problems it
brings to the body, most notably kidney damage. While the Gerson Therapy
is able to reverse a good deal of such damage, when the kidneys are past a
certain point—generally 20 percent or less of normal function—this
treatment progra m is no longer  effective. The same holds true for those
people who are under going or about to start dialysis, or for those who have
already under gone kidney transplant sur gery. A Summary of the Gerson Therapy Application for Diabetics
Type 2 diabetes can often be dramatically improved, and in some cases
overcome, using the Gerson Therapy. Type 1 diabetes patients will often see
a stabilizing effect in some cases with reversal of kidney damage and retinal
damage. Hypert ension is often eliminated. Type 1 patients are sometimes
able to discontin ue insulin completely, but this is not a common outcome. Glucose levels in the blood do require careful monitoring. In consuming juices and follow ing the diet, certain modifications are
made to the Gerson program. Apple juice is eliminated; grapefruit juice
replaces orange;  the apple/carrot juice is partly replaced with green juice,
depending on insulin intake. Raw vegetables replace fruits for snacking. All
honey, maple syrup, brown sugar, and other sweeteners are eliminated. If
glucose can be stabilized, one or two pieces of fruit per day may be added
to the diet. Melons are preferred. In takin g the Gerson-recommended medications, thyroid hormone is
reduced to 1 or 1 1/2 grains per day. Lugol is reduced to three drops daily. Potassium (K) is limited to 1 tsp per glass, except in cases of severe edema
where K may be increased to 2 tsp per glass. During healing reactions, the
individual’ s need for insulin may temporarily increase. Over time, the
requirement for insulin supplementation is usually completely eliminated intype 2 diabet es. Type 1 patients often continue to need some
supplementation, but other degenerative processes are usually arrested. GENETIC  DISORDERS
Genetic disorders generally do not respond to the Gerson Therapy, but
symptoms of genetic weakness can be improved. One case of cystic fibrosis
showed significant improvement while the patient followed the Gerson
program. Emphysema
Positive responses by emphysema patients have been observed when they
faithfully adhered to the Gerson protocol. Lung capacity can be increased
and related symptoms controlled. Heart Disease and V ascular Disease
High blood pressure responds exceptionally well to the Gerson Therapy. In fact, improvements are so great that the companions accompanying a
heart patient should be screened for antihypertensive effects, since we have
observed hypo tension in both patients and companions following
administration of the Gerson diet alone. Antihypertensive drugs should be
slowly decreased starting the third to fifth day of treatment. Malignant high
blood pressure can take longer to respond to the treatment. Heart disease does respond well to the Gerson program, and here is an
illustration: In October 1990, a man whom we’ll identify as Frank Winslow
checked into the Gerson Therapy hospital in Tijuana, Mexico, with a
multitude of health problems. He was extremely obese, weighing 303
pounds. Now forty-six years of age, Frank had already suffered a massive
heart attack at age thirty-eight, and it had left him not only with heart
damage, but with high blood pressure. Frank Winslow also suffered from gout and was taking standard antigout
medication. If he stopped taking  it for only one day, he would have a severe
gouty attack. He also had intractable diabetes. Even with his takingmedication and insulin, his blood sugar ran between 240 and 400 mg/dL
(where normal is below 120). So Frank was given the Gerson Therapy, modified somewhat because of
his high blood


 is always easy, but we can at least lean into the changes
that foster our rebirth. Even small changes can have profound results. And
always remember, the mystic Jesus will help you. See yourself taking his
hand as a child would take the hand of an Elder Brother. He will help you. Think of him in order to remove the veil before your eyes, to see beyond
appearances, to penetrate the layers of illusion that otherwise dominate your
mind. As part of your daily spiritual practice, this morning prayer from A
Course in Miracles  is a powerful directive to your subconscious mind to do
the bidding of the Holy Spirit:
Wher e would you have me go? What would you have me do? What would you have me say, and to whom? * (WB-122)Then, as the day winds down, a powerful way to bring the mind to rest
is with an honest appraisal of how we did that day. Whom do I need to for give? Where was I not my most loving? Is there anything I need to correct? What was the part I played in whatever problem plagued me? Is there anyone I owe an apology? Where did I indulge the habit of negativity and blame? Where was I holding on to the past? With each one, simply look at it, forgive yourself and others, place it all
in the hands of God and be at peace. If there’ s something you need to do as
a follow-up, you’ll know. There is something about the word “Jesus” that automatically reminds
the mind of something. It’s not that the name itself carries magical power. It’s that the brain  responds to the name in some way, like a medicine for the
subconscious mind. If a problem seems insurmounta ble, try closing your eyes and see Jesus
walking on water. If you lack faith that a situation can miraculously change,
see him turning water into wine. If you’re acting in service but you lack the
resources you need, see him multiplying the loaves and fishes. If you feel
afraid, reach out for his hand and he will guide you. For mystic  Jesus is the
mind of pure love, and perfect love casts out fear. If you’re having a difficult time in a relationship, see him embracing
you both. Before you go into a meeting, bless everyone in the room. Pray
silently to be a vessel of love, pray that the Holy Spirit pour forth His spirit
on the gathering, and ask Him to use you to help heal the world. Pray to see
and appreciate the value of everyone who is gathered. See Jesus with his
arms around everyone; see him sitting at a conference table where you’re
having an important meeting; see him embracing everyone involved if
you’re having a dif ficult conversation. None of those visions are idle fantasies. If you treat this kind of imagery like a toy, it will have the effect of a toy
in your life. But if you treat it like the power of the universe, so shall it be
for you. There is nothing in the world more powerful than your ability to
use your mind to glorify God. Not by saying His name out loud orproselytizing for your religion, but simply by being the person that you
know He would have you be. “Teach the gospel” means “demonstrate
love.”
Because all minds are joined, everyone subconsciously knows
everything. People you meet today won’ t consciously know they’ve been
blessed by you, but they will feel it. They won’ t know exactly why they like
you so much. They simply will. OceanofPDF.comBeing Saved
The mystic Jesus repudiates and dissolves the power of the ego. He teaches
us how to love in a world where it can often be so hard. The birth of the mystic self is a commitment to becoming who we are
capable of being, a willingness to die to who we used to be in order to
become who we are capable of being. “He that findeth his life shall lose it:
and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it” (Matthew 10:39, KJV). Spiritual rebirth  isn’t an easy way out; it’s more like a difficult  way in. And we often run away from such work. We prefer the dull ache of
unconscious living to the sharp pains of self-discovery. Pulling an entire thought system out by its roots is not an easy thing to
do. We’ve been taught since childhood to see ourselves as separate from
others; we’ve been taught that the world is dangerous, that there  are only so
many pieces of the pie to go around, that no one is good enough,
particularly ourselves, and so forth. We’ve been taught in many ways that
toughness is strength and gentleness is weakness, only to learn the hard way
that controlling behavior can turn people off and humility draws them in. We were taught that self-will is everything and grace is just a fantasy, when
in fact self-will is often self-sabotaging, and the experience of grace nothing
short of miraculous. In a world where we are taught to fear, however, we can train ourselves
to think differen tly. Imagine if you had a kind of internal coach, with you all
the time, a Teacher who would take each thought you gave to him and show
you how to uplift it. Who would show you how to love yourself, and how to
love others. Who would guide you in the ways of forgiveness. That is who
Jesus is. If Shake speare dropped by and said he would teach you how to write
better, would you turn down his offer? If Picasso dropped by and offered to
teach you to paint, would you turn down the offer? That’ s what Jesus does,in a way: he makes us an offer— to teach us how to think more clearly, love
more deeply, live more creatively, and so save humanity from itself. Once
you realize it’s an offer like that—just that simple, really, with no strings
attached—it makes you think a bit before you refuse. The only thing we need to be “saved” from is our own fear-based
thinking. Yet fear often masque rades as something it is not: sophisticated
thought, demanding that we bow down to its authority. Self-hate can
masquerade as self-love, selfishness can masquerade as self-care, and
casting a brother out of our hearts can masquerade as having healthy
boundaries. The last thing fear would want us to do is to see that we
ourselves are the main source of our problems. The Holy Spirit  stands on the fence between the self eternally at peace
with God and the self that is lost in the egoic confusion of the world. He
sees you as you really are, and He sees your worldly personality. Most
significantly, He sees and understands the gap between the two. We turn to our Internal Teacher to transform our thoughts, so that even
in this world we can experience the truth of who we are. We do so by handing Him every thought that comes to mind, asking that
He remove the elements of illusion, of fear, and give our thoughts back to
us transformed. An example would be this: There is someone in your life who treats you
in a way that is unkind, unloving, or disrespectful. In response, you are
triggered in various ways, based on childhood wounds or any other factor. Your temptatio n is then to close your heart to them—judgment,
defensiveness, and so forth—as they have closed their heart to you. The ego would have you see yourself as victim, filled with righteous
anger and totally justified in defending or attacking back in some way. Defense itself is an attack, howe ver, and now both of you have jumped onto
the wheel of suffering. And the initial offense might have been anything. It
could have been  a serious trans gression or even something as simple as an
unkind remark on Twitter. Even small annoyances, accumulated  over time,
have the capacity to leave us anxious, devitalized, and depressed. A rampant
mean-spiritedness begins to express itself collectively, as an entire society
can feel itself subject to often subtle, sometimes dramatic expressions of
lovelessness that begin to fill the air. But there is another way. The journey begins in the realm of personal
transformation, and over time has societal effects. In praying for ourselveswe are praying for the world. Dear God,
I am annoyed and hurt by ________’ s behavior. Their lovelessness has trigger ed me and I am not at peace. I give to you the feelings I feel,
asking that you transform them. I am willing to feel otherwise. I am willing to see this situation differ ently.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        Even the tiniest thought of forgiveness, of mercy, of love, can
change the trajectory of our lives. I learned at a seminar years ago a technique that I’ve passed on to many
others. We were told to look at people and silently say to them, “The love in
me salutes the love in you. ” How often I’ve been in situations where I’ve
done that and seen extraordinary  changes. For all minds are joined. The vast
majority of data we receive is registered subconsciously. We can feel it
when we are being judged, and we can feel it when we are being  loved. Our
greatest


, ‘My  feet
are relaxed, my ankles are relaxed, my legs are relaxed, my a bdominal
muscles are relaxed, my heart and lungs are relaxed, my head is
relaxed, my whole being is completely relaxed. ’ After about f ive
minutes I would be in a sleepy drowsy state, and then I affirme d the
fol-lowing truth, ‘the perfection of God is now being expressed
through me. The idea of perfect health is now filling my sub-
conscious mind. The image God has of me is a perfect image, and  my
subconscious mind recreates my body in perfect accord-ance wi th the
perfect image held in the mind of God. ’” This minister had a
remarkable healing. This is a simple easy way of conveying  the idea
of perfect health to your subconscious mind. 48  Another wonderful way to convey the idea of health to your
subconscious is through disciplined or scientific imagina-tion. I told a
man who was suffering from functional paralysis to make a v ivid
picture of himself walking around in his office, touching the des k,
answering the telephone, and doing all the things he ordinarily woul d
do if he were healed. I explained to him that this idea and mental picture of perfe ct health
would be accepted by his subconscious mind. He lived the role and actually felt himself back in the off ice. He
knew that he was giving his subconscious mind some-thing definite  to
work upon. His subconscious mind was the film upon which the picture was
impressed. One day, after several weeks of frequent conditioning of the m ind
with this mental pic-ture, the telephone rang by prearrangement  and
kept ringing while his wife and nurse were out. The telephone wa s
about twelve feet away, but nevertheless he managed to answer  it. He
was healed at that hour. The healing power of his subconscious mind responded to his
mental imagery, and a healing followed. This man had a mental block, which prevented impulses from the
brain reaching his legs; therefore, he said he could not wal k. When he
shifted his attention to the healing power within him, the powe r
flowed through, his focused attention, enabling him to walk. Whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall recei ve. MATT. 21:22. • Ideas worth remembering
1. Your subconscious mind controls all the vital processes of  your
body and knows the answer to all problems.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the role of the subconscious mind in responding to our thoughts and beliefs?,
A: The subconscious mind does not argue or debate with us, but rather accepts our thoughts and beliefs, and responds accordingly.
Q: What is the key to using the subconscious mind for healing?,
A: The key is to consciously affirm and believe in the desired outcome, and then let go and allow the subconscious mind to work.
Q: What is the importance of affirmations in the subconscious mind?,
A: Affirmations are crucial in shaping our thoughts and beliefs, and the subconscious mind will respond to them, bringing about the desired outcome.
Q: Can the subconscious mind heal physical ailments?,
A: Yes, the subconscious mind has the power to heal, as demonstrated by numerous examples in the text, including the story of Dr. Esdaille's patients and the case of Madame Bire.
Q: How can one convey the idea of perfect health to their subconscious mind?,
A: One can do this by affirming and visualizing the desired outcome, and then letting go and allowing the subconscious mind to respond, as demonstrated in the examples of the minister's healing and the story of the Indian surgeon.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Learn to pray for your loved ones who may be ill. Quiet your
mind, and your thoughts of health, vitality, and per-fection operati ng
through the one universal subjective mind will be felt and re surrected
in the mind of your loved one. 71  6
Practical Techniques in Mental
Healings
An engineer has a technique and a process for building a bridg e or
an engine. Like the engineer, your mind also has a technique for
governing, controlling, and directing your life. You must realize that
methods and techniques are primary. In building the Golden Gate Bridge, the chief engineer understood
mathematical principles, stresses and strains. Sec-ondly, he had  a
picture of the ideal bridge across the bay. The third step was his
application of tried and proven methods by which the principle s were
implemented until the bridge took form and we drive on it. There  also
are techniques and methods by which your prayers are answered. If
your prayer is answered, there is a way in which it is answ ered, and
this is a scientific way. Nothing happens by chance. This is a world of
law and order. In this chapter you will find practical technique s for the
unfolding and nurture of your spiritual life. Your prayers must not
remain up in the air like a balloon. They must go somewhere  and
accomplish something in your life. When we come to analyze prayer we discover there are many
different approaches and methods. We will not consider in this book
the formal, ritual prayers used in religious services. These have
important place in-group worship. We are imme-diately conce rned
with the methods of personal prayer as it is applied in your daily life
and as it is used to help others. Prayer is the formulation of an idea concerning something we wish
to accomplish. Prayer is the soul’s sincere desire. Your  desire is your
prayer. It comes out of your deepest needs and it reveals the  things
you want in life. Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after
righteousness: for they shall be filled. That is really prayer, life’s
 72  hunger and thirst for peace, harmony, health, joy, and all the other
blessings of life. • The passing-over technique for impregnating the subconscious
This consists essentially in inducing the subconscious mind to ta ke
over your request as handed it by the conscious mind. This passing
over is best accomplished in the reverie-like state. Kn ow that in your
deeper mind are Infinite Intelligence and In-finite Power. Ju st calmly
think over what you want; see it com-ing into fuller fruition from  this
moment forward. Be like the little girl who had a very bad coug h and
a sore throat. She de-clared firmly and repeatedly, “It is  passing away
now. It is pass-ing away now.” It passed away in about an hour. Use
this tech-nique with complete simplicity and naïveté. • Your subconscious will accept your blueprint
If you were building a new home for yourself and family, you know
that- you would be intensely interested in regard to the bluepr int for
your home; you would see to it that the builders conformed to the
blueprint. You would watch the material and select only the best
wood, steel, in fact, the best of everything. What about your mental
home and your mental blueprint for happiness and abundance? All
your experiences and everything that enters into your life depend up on
the nature of the mental building blocks, which you use in the
construction of your mental home. If your blueprint is full of mental patterns of fear, worry, anxiety, or
lack, and if you are despondent, doubtful, and cyni-cal, then the
texture of the mental material you are weaving into your mind will
come forth as more toil, care, tension, anxiety, and limitation of a ll
kinds. The most fundamental and the most far-reaching activity in life  is
that which you build into your mentality every waking hour. Your
word is silent and invisible; nevertheless, it is real. You are building your mental home all the time, and your thought
and mental imagery represent your blueprint. Hour by hour, moment
 73  by moment, you can build radiant health, success, and happines s by
the thoughts you think, the ideas which you harbor, the beliefs th at
you accept, and the scenes that you re-hearse in the hidden studio of
your mind. This stately mansion, upon the construction of which y ou
are perpetually engaged, is your personality, your identity in t his
plane, your whole life story on this earth. Get a new blueprint; build silently by realizing peace, h ar-mony,
joy, and good will in the present moment. By dwelling upon these
things and claiming them, your subconscious will accept your
blueprint and bring all these things to pass. By their fruits ye shall
know them. • The science and art of true prayer
The term “science” means knowledge, which is co-ordi-nated,
arranged, and systematized. Let us think of the science and a rt of true
prayer as it deals with the fundamental principles of life and the
techniques and processes by which they can be demonstrated in your
life, as well as in the life of every human being when he appl ies them
faithfully. The art is your technique or process, and the sci ence behind
it is the definite response of creative mind to your mental picture or
thought. Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and  it
shall be opened unto you. MATTHEW 7:7. Here you are told you shall receive that for which you ask. It shall
be opened to you when you knock, and you shall