 publisher, their agents, or employees. The author and publisher disclaim all liability in connection with the use of
the information presented herein.CONTENTS
Preface........................................................................................................................……..........xi
Introduction: Don't Treat Thirst With Medication............................................................…….......1
Chapter 1
Why "Medicine" Doesn't Cure Disease........................................................................…….........3
The Basics.........................…….................................................................................……...........5
The Paradigm That Needs To Be Changed.........................……..........................................…...   8
The Source of Error in Medicine.........................……..........................................…… …………...8
Chapter 2
The New Paradigm.......................................................................................................…….........13
Water Regulation at Different Stages of Life................................................................…….........15
It Should Be Thoroughly Understood...........................................................................…….........17
Water Has Ot her Important Properties.........................................................................…….........18
Chapter 3
Dyspeptic Pa in......................................................................................................................….…25
Colitis Pain.........................................................................................................................……....   34
False Appendicitis Pa in.................................................................................................................35
Hiatus Hernia.........................................................................................................................….…35
Chapter 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis Pa in..............................................................................................................  41
Low Back Pain..........................................................................................................................……48
Neck Pain............................................................................................................................…..….50
Anginal Pain.........................................................................................................................……..51
Headaches.........................................................................................................................……....51
Chapters
Stress and Depression..................................................................................................…….........55
The Initially Silent Compensation Mechanisms Associated with Dehydration ..............…….........57
Endorphins, Co rtisone, Prolactin, and Vasopressin.......................................................……........59
Alcohol.........................................................................................................................……...…....63
Renin-Angiotensin Activity........................................................................................................….65
Chapter 6
High Blood....................................................................................................................…….........71
Water Shortage: Potentials for Hypertension...............................................................…….........72
Chapter 7
Higher Blood Cholesterol .............................................................................................................83
Testimonials Th at Make You Ponder............................................................................…….........88
Chapter 8
Excess Bo dy Weight.....................................................................................................................   99
Overeating Further Explained.......................................................................................................100
Diet Sodas Can Cause Weight Gain.................................................................................…….....104
Chapter 9
Asthma and Allergies.....................................................................................................................115
Chapter 10
Insulin-Independent Diabetes........................................................................................…….........123
Trypt ophan and Diabetes...............................................................................................…….........125
Insulin-Dependent Diabetes...........................................................................................................130
Chapter 11
New Ideas on AIDS........................................................................................................................133
The Unfolding of Events in AIDS Re search...................................................................…….........143
Chapter 12
The Simplest of Tre atments in Med icine........................................................................................151
Ease of Sleeping.........................................................................................................................…157
Prevent Fainting.......................................................................................................................…..157
Prevent Heart Attacks....................................................................................................................157
Color of Urine.........................................................................................................................…….158
Hopes for Curing Already Esta blished Disease.............................................................…….........158
Salt Free Diet Is Utt erly Stu pid......................................................................................……......…. 160
The Health Care System and Our Resp onsibilities........................................................…….........163
Cost Savings to the Nation.............................................................................................…….........163
Finally.........................................................................................................................……......…… 165Chronic cellular dehydration painfully and prematurely kills. Its initial outward man ifestations have until
now been labeled as diseases of unknown origin. PREF ACE
One of the more obvious reasons why medicine has become so complicated and costly is the fact that the research
and production of pharmaceutical products—and eventually their patient evaluation—has become monumentally
expensive. To boost the sale of regularly and heavily advertised products, not only do highly paid medical
representatives present their sales pitch, but doctors are also enticed into promoting the drugs by the "perks"
offered. Patients continue to use them because they are not cured. They are not supposed to be cured! They are
only treated! This is the ideal way that commercialism in medicine can thrive. This is not the only sha meful loose
end in medicine. Techniques-oriented advancements in medicine are made possible as a result of "gadgets" production. This, too,
adds to the cost of medicine. Teaching hospitals and research institutions depend heavily on funding from the
industrial side of the health care system. Thus, research in medicine has traditionally been directed accor ding to the
wishe s of health care industrialists w ho release funds for their own profit-generating projects. Now comes a moment of great rejoicing. It has been discov ered that the human body possesses a variety of
sophisticated indicators whe n it runs short of water—emergency indicators of dehydration and thirst. The body has
many more than the one "dry mouth" indicator of water shortage. Equally obvious, the greatest tragedy in medical
history is the fact that medical professio nals have not understood the human body's v ariety of cal ls for water. They
have traditionally resorted to using chemicals and "procedures" to deal with chronic dehydration of the body. A
monumental mistake, but a blatant fact! The unkindest cut of all is the way the mainstream medical community still prefers to adhere to business as usual
and ignores the good news. Fundamentally, this basic ig norance of the manifestations of the water needs of the
human body is the primary reason for the high cost of health care in our society, without a hope of Improvement in
the way it is presently designed—a very bad design that only serves its operators and not the health-care-needing
public. If you will look at the letters exchanged with the American Medical Association (AMA), printed at the end of the
book, you will realize that well before the publication of this book, the AMA was invited to become the harbinger of
the good news, "you are not sick, you are thirsty," to the public. Their ultimate silence clearly exposes their flagrant
violation of public trust. The National Institute of Health (NIH),  the most advanced center of medical research in the world, has fai led society
even more miserably. Firstly, why has it not studied the medicinal effects of water? Why has it not separated the
possible positive impact of water taken to swallow a  pill from the "medication" itself? Why has it not studied what
happens to a person who does not regularly drink water? These are their initial mistakes. Why do you think the NIH
converted these mistakes into a sting operation? In May of 1989,1 wrote to Dr. James Mason, Assistant Secre tary of Health and Human Services, explaining that a
paradigm change that looked at water needs of the body would expose many solutions to the health problems of our
society. I sent him much supportive material which he referred to Dr. John T. Kalberer, NIH Coordinator for Health
Promotion and Disease Prevention, to review and discuss w ith me; obviously the right Office for the evaluation of
my physiology-based revolutionary views. Not so! I was invited to visit with Dr. Kalberer. After one hour's discussio n, Dr. Kalberer informed me that the NIH
was n ot in a position to handle my "broad" medical views. He explained that the NIH could not fund research in
other than university settings. I indicated that the reason for my contact with Dr. Mason and himself was to explain
dehydration as the cause of so many degenerative diseases of the human body, so  that the NIH could begin its
study and take the result to the public. He then told me that the NIH was only interested in molecular aspects o f
biological and pharmaceutical research. He indicated my views wer e so broad based that they did not fit into the
way th e research institution functioned. When he realized I was unhappy with his pronouncement, he advised me to
continue my work and publish my v iews. He told me this would be the only way they would get heard. I did not give up. Every time a health article appeared in the newspapers based on pronouncements from someone
at the NIH, I wro te a letter and explained the basic problem. I even wrote to the Office of Scientific Integrity at the
NIH and com plained about some pieces of misinformation that would have established only a particular product on
the medical market. I did not hear from them, but the issue  appears to have died and the photogenic spo kesman
seems n ot to hold court as often as before. For a while, I became excited when Dr. Bernadine Healy became the director of the NIH. She appeared to be the
right type of person who wou ld change the NIH. As a n MD/sc ientist, she obviously understood what I was saying. She referred me to Stephen Groft, Ph.D., who had just become a temporary director of the newly established Office
of Alternative Medicine until a permanent MD director could be found. He seemed a very sincere person. After a long meeting and having provided him with some of my published
materials, he invited me to make a short presentation at the first Al ternative Medicine Conference to be convened bythe NIH. His t emporary position was too temporary to do any good. Dr. Joseph Jacobs took over. He is a doctor of
medicine with Native Indian culture and influence. I am positive that Dr. Groft had passed my information and
materials to him. The next Alternative Med icine Conference was con vened by Dr.  Jacobs and his second in command, and I was at
that time to be introduced to


 a gourmet enjoying a
delicacy not only inhales its aroma and savors its flavor, but de
lights in its presentation, luxuriates in its texture, and notices the
crunch and snap as he chews, we enjoy sex best with all our senses. The art of such enjoyment, which must be learned-and even
more precisely, cultivated-elevates mere 1nechanical groping to
erotic love-play. Visual images are very powerful for human se xuality. They
can act as a sophisticated shorthand in arousing us, for what we
see suggests what we may get. Touch, the basic language of sexuality, is far n1ore developed
in human beings than in other animals. Our fing ertips tell us
whether something is firm or soft, rigid or pliable, cold or warn1,
dry or moist, rough or smooth or slippery. In fact, our skin is our
largest sensory organ, with varying degrees and types of sen
sitivity. The slightest touch on an erotically sensitive area by a
sexual partner can cause an inuncdiate response, whether it be
ticklishness or sexual flush or phallic or clitoral erection. Caressing, lt)tlliling, and kissing arc t3vorite pastin1es bct\veen
lovers. A well-know n ltllk son g fron1 south west China entitled'
"Eigh tl·en Fondlings" is a favoritt' of cultural anthropologists,
who have enshrint·d it in the scholarly archives of Bl'ijing Univ er
sity. Lyrically. hut in ratht·r uncouth graphic tl'rnls, the song de
scribes ont' aftt'r anothl'r thl· l'ighteen fen1ak· anat otnical terrains a
null- pt·asant exp lores on his \Votnan. The tilth fondling, for ex
antpk, involves "a triangular ticld," "a shuttle pointed at both
ends," and.. a n1ustacht· that points in t\VO directions." Whether in
the fonn of boorish pl'tting, or subtll' tactile flirtation between sophisticated lovers, touching is certainly the most direct and in
stinctive forn1 of love-play. The sense of smell is vital to most animals, which are power
fully influenced by pheromones, the chemical messengers secreted
by anin1als to signal creatures of the same species. A principal
means of communication for them, pheromones also contain an
attractant for the opposite sex. Our distant ancestors developed an
acute sense of smell in order to survive in their hazardous world,
but because of disuse our olfactory sense has degenerated. We
have mastered speech, so we no longer need rely on smell as a ma
jor means of communication. In close personal relations, however, we are influenced very
strongly by our sense of smell, though in great part subliminally. When we say we "instinctively" like or dislike someone we meet,
our judgment may well reflect how that person's scent fits with
our own olfactory preferences. There is no question that smell
plays a significant though often unconscious part in sexual rela
tions. Whether we realize it or not, we are attracted or repelled by
the body odor of a member of the opposite sex. Some men are
able to detect the particular scent that may be emitted by men
struating women. Because of genetic and dietary factors, different races emit
distinct types and degrees of body odor. The body scents of most
Orientals, for instance, are much subtler than those of Cauca
sians. In general, Orientals have a very faint musky odor, while
that of Caucasians resembles ambergris. (Both of these scents,
musk and ambergris, it should be noted, arc animal scents, and
both have been used in aphrodisiacs and perfumes. Musk, which
comes from a sac within the abdomen of the male musk deer, in
its concentrated form has a persistent, penetrating odor. Amber
gris, a sccn..:tion from the intestines of the spenn whale, is soft and
black and has a disagreeable odor when fresh, but is hard and
lighter-colored and emits a pleasant scent when it has been ex
posed to sun and seawater. It is known as "dragon saliva" in China;
the ancient Chinese believed it to be the saliva left by these crea
tures-w hich they consider ed benign and auspicious-while sun
ning them� clve s at the seashore. When used in perfumes, musk or
ambergris i� �omct irnes blended with floral. woody, mossy, and
herbal seen Ls.) A look at several thousand years of ( :hincsc history.md litera-The Alchemy of Desire ANCIENl. SEC RETS fOR MOi lf.NN 10\'f:RS
188 tun: rcvea]s how signif icant was the ro]e of the olfactory. When
the first-century B.c. Han emperor Cheng beca me enan 1ored of
two sisters, for example, his infatuation was due partly to their
natural body fragrance. He once remarked that he was drawn more
to the younger one because she was even mor e fragrant than her sis
ter. And then there was the story, also related earlier, of the Ching
emperor Chien Lung and his tragic Fragrant Imperial Concubine. Female body aroma has been a favorite subject in erotic writing
and in other literature as well-in fiction, essay, drama, poetry, and
song. The most famous Chinese literary gem about female scents is
an eleventh-century poem entitled "Ten Fragrances." In delicate
and tasteful classical verse, it enumerates and describes the scents
of a woman: the fragrance of her hair, her bosom, her cheeks, her
neck, her tongue, her lips, her fingers, her feet, her vulva, her en
tire body. The fragrance of the vulva is introduced thus:
Loosen ing her tr ou ser-cor d, she shiver s in shame. His hand touche s her body, and her heart beats so,
Not realizing that within her skir ts
Comes a soul-meltingfragrance. This poem is famous for causing the tragic death of an em
press of the Liao dynasty in the late eleventh century. A top impe
rial aide deviously tricked the empress into copying the poem in
her own hand; he then planted it as evidence of adultery between
her and a palace composer. The emperor, Tao Tsung, fooled into
believing his wife's infidelity, ordered her to commit suicide. Although less prominent than visual, tactile, and olfactory
senses, the sense of taste often has an important role in foreplay. The gustatory sense is not just an empty image for poets when
they sing of drinking nectar from a loved one's lips. There is a
physiological basis for such poetry. The taste buds sensitive to
sweetness are near the tip of the tongue, which acts as the van
guard in erotic kissing. Fortunately for lovers, taste buds for bit
terness and sourness arc far back on the tongue. The Taoist Art of
the Three Peaks, which involved savoring three bodily fluids, is
mainly taste-oriented. For many, the taste of love juices is a potent
aphrodisiac. The sense of hearing, like the sense of sight, is largely cere
bral. Some individuals blessed with a sexy voice might excite n1en1bers of the opposite sex tnercly by speaking. Music, frotn ro
ntantic strings to hard rock, often has erotic overtones for those
attuned to it. Unabashed erotic whispers, nuunu1rs, n1oans, or
aerobic breathing arc strong aphrodisiacs during lovetnaking. Won1en from two places in China-Tatung in Shansi province,
and the Tientsin suburb of Yangliuching-werc f<unous for their
love calls in bed. Lovemaking -like eating-can be enjoyed as a feast when we
employ fully our tive senses, and satisfies an instinctive need in
lite. When the tnood or circuntstance calls for it, we can enjoy an
occasional quickie or an itnpron1ptu snack. To forestall bedroom
problen1s, to hannonize Yin and Yang, erotic wooing by both
partners before, during, and after coitus is not just desirable but
essential. The most erotic stimulus in love-play, the most power
ful aphrodisiac for all the senses, is the human mind: the brain, for
all else it is, may be called a sex organ. A Two-WAY GAME
A lover who is good in bed knows which are the body's erogenous
zones and where the love points are, and understands how to de
code the sexual responses of a partner and how to excite, seduce,
and satisfy that partner. Love-play is an erotic language for lovers
who enjoy sex and all its sensual ramifications as natural pleasur e.
It is played in privacy by a couple as a reciprocal game


 involved, John wondered how Bobby
had managed to pull her into his world. Randy told me that these large, white-collar
investigations were measured in years, not months. Hesaid there wasn’t much for us to do until the government
investigators h ad worked through what they had seized
and were prepared to discuss their case. He did say that
we could contact the prosecutor to inquire about my
status o n the list. I was shock ed to learn I was one of the
chief targets of the investigation. This did not surprise
Randy. The government was head-hunting, and because
I ha d been the  CEO, that pu t me on the top of the list. Regardless, I continued to believe that since they weren’t
going to  find anything, I had  nothing to worry about. I
believed that in the end, truth would triumph. In the meantime, the company moved forward
aggressively w ith its defense. A firm was hired to finish
off the internal investigation of Bobby’s kickback
schemes. Just because he had somehow managed to get
the government on his side didn’t mean that he hadn’t
stolen from the company. In addition, the company set
out to show th at it was not true that there was rampant
accounting fraud going on in the company. The board
hired a forensic accounting firm to perform a detailed
audit of revenue and earnings of the Medical Manager
Practice Servic es Division for the entire year of 2001. As
a public company, it was very important to protect
WebMD from getting pulled into this mess. Fortunately,
they were successful. As part of isolating the company from the investigation
of the individual Medical Manager executives, in July
2004, I stepped down as CEO of the division. Later that
year, as  the investigation heated up, I also stepped down
from WebMD’ s board of directors. I saw this as another
act of surrender of the perso nal in order to serve what
life was doing. I just relaxe d and let go of whatever
resistance cam e up inside of me. That is how I had been
handling this entire ordeal, and it made that period of
my life  a profound and powerful part of my spiritual
journey.January 2005 brought the next major step in the
process. The government accepted plea agreements from
Bobby Davids and two of his collaborators in the
kickback schemes. These people agreed to pay
restitutions to the company, and Bobby agreed to serve a
year and a day  in prison. Not bad, considering when it
was all said a nd done he admitted to stealing $5.4
million in fifty-three kickbac k schemes over a five-year
period. The only charge Bobby Davids and the others
faced was one count of mail fraud. The rest of us were pretty much beside ourselves. It
didn’t b ode we ll for us that the government was willing
to l et these pe ople off so lightly in exchange for their
testimony against us. We had also found that Bobby had
been ha ving a n affair with a  woman in the accounting
department. She was a CPA and the comptroller for the
dealer acquisitions program. To a large part, it was her
cooperation that allowed Bobby to get his schemes past
accounting, the auditors, and the executives. Yet she was
not charged at all. It was at that point that I started to
realize just how much the cards were stacked against us. The gov ernment was letting admittedly guilty people go
in order to get  their testimony. These people were just
pointing up the ladder to get the spotlight off themselves. Regardless, the story in the papers read that some
Medical Manag er executives had pleaded guilty to being
involved in accounting fraud, and more people were
likely to be charged. The whole thing was a PR nightmare
for WebMD and the Medical Manager Practice Services
Division. The last thing in the world I wanted to do was
hurt the  comp any. After twenty-five years of committed
service, it was time to resign. On February 9, 2005, I sent
my resignation letter to WebMD’s CEO. It may well be
the only resignation letter written under these
circumstances that was ever signed, “With great love and
respect.” I meant every word of it.I w as amazed that after all th ose years my inner state
was not affected by leaving the company. I woke up the
next morning, went to the T emple as I always did, then
walked up to the old Personalized Programming office
building on Temple grounds. That building had been
converted into  a house, but no one was living there. My
old office had been used as a study, and it still had the
same d esk and furniture as fifteen years earlier. I found
that I was just  as comfortable with this office as I was
with th e executive suite down the road. In fact, I was
more c omfortable. I had always liked simplicity; that’s
why I had moved out to the woods in the first place. Sitting quietly in that office, I could see that this terrible
situation was bringing about amazing changes—both
inside and out. Life had alw ays done that to me, and
accepting those changes was my great experiment. I
knew that this attack by the government was no
exception. I just had to be willing to go wherever it took
me. In t he meantime, I had been  given the space to begin
writing the books I always knew I was going to write. There were two of them: The first would impart what I
had learned since first noticing my mental voice talking
while I was sit ting on that c ouch so many years ago. It
would b e a journey back to th e seat of Self that could be
taken b y anyone in the world. It was to be called The
Untethered Soul. The second book would be the stories
of th e m iraculous flow of events that happened over the
years as  I let g o and let life unfold naturally. It would be
called The Surrender Experiment. I couldn’t start that
book yet, because I had no idea how this latest chapter
would play out. So in the midst of all this change and
uncertainty, I began working on The Untethered Soul. Karen E ntner had lived at the Temple for more than
fifteen years. She had grown into a management position
at M edical Manager where  she was a phenomenally
productive em ployee. As head of the documentation andcomputer-based training departments, she had been
writing under my supervision for years. Shortly after I
left the company, she expressed an interest in helping
with my book. So now I ha d a book to write and the
perfect person to assist with the process. The Temple, the
book, and periodic conversa tions with Randy and his
team kept me plenty busy for the rest of the year. By November 2005, a full two years after the raid,
Randy was hearing that an indictment was imminent. He
and some of the other attorneys demanded to see
evidence tying their clients to a crime. The result was
that Randy sent me a one-inch-thick stack of documents
that the government intend ed to use to prove I was
behind Bobby’s activities. I w as very inte rested in getting to study this material,
yet a t the same time I was som ewhat apprehensive. After
only a few ho urs, I was flabbergasted. I did not see
anything in these documents that incriminated me. There were some accounting reports on a few
acquisitions Bobby had done, but most of the rest were
handwritten no tes my assistant, Sandy, had taken during
our twice weekly executive calls. On these notes, the FBI
had circled pretty much every reference to any
discussions we  had about meeting our quarterly revenue
and earnings projections. San dy had scribbled my name
next to some o f the comments or suggestions. That was
about it. I w as both relieved and concerned. I was
relieved because, as I suspected, they didn’t find
anything indicating I had done anything wrong. I felt
concerned because they were obviously considering these
circled documents as evidence against me. I didn’t know
what to think, so I called Randy. Randy told me that everyone who had looked at the
documents had the same reaction—there was nothing in
them that tied me to any wrongdoing. Randy explained
that it didn’t m atter. Bobby had said that the accounting
fraud h e had been involved in was for the purpose ofmeeting Wall Street’s numbers. These documents would
be used to show motive. The government prosecutors
would argue that since I wanted to meet Wall Street’s
expectations, I  allowed Bobby to do things improperly. Motive was one of the pieces the government needed in
order to  try to build a case against me. But this wasn’t
just hap pening to me. Randy told me that every one of
the other executives, and their attorneys, had the same
reaction to the materials they were given. Just one month later, on December 19, 2005, Randy
received notification from the U.S. Marshals Office in
Columbia, South Carolina, th at a federal indictment had
been is sued—I was under arrest. Along with nine other
prior ex ecutives of Medical Manager Corporation, I was
to turn


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National	Geographic	Kids,
	a	magazine	published
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wholesome	reading	for	youngsters. The	pages,	however,	are	filled	with	ads
for	Twinkies,	M&Ms,	Frosted	Flakes,	Froot	Loops,	Hostess	Cup	Cakes	and
Xtreme	Jell-O	Pudding	Sticks. This	is	what	scientists	and	food	activists	at	Yale	University	call	a	toxic
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life. —John	Robbins,	author	of
Diet	for	a	New	America,	Reclaiming	Our
Health
	and
The	Food	RevolutionIntroduction
T
HE	PUBLIC’S	HUNGER
	for	nutrition	information	never	ceases	to	amaze	me,
even	after	devoting	my	entire	working	life	to	conducting	experimental
research	into	nutrition	and	health. Diet	books	are	perennial	best-sellers. Almost	every	popular	magazine	features	nutrition	advice,	newspapers
regularly	run	articles	and	TV	and	radio	programs	constantly	discuss	diet	and
health. Given	the	barrage	of	information,	are	you	confident	that	you	know	what
you	should	be	doing	to	improve	your	health? Should	you	buy	food	that	is	labeled	organic	to	avoid	pesticide	exposure? Are	environmental	chemicals	a	primary	cause	of	cancer? Or	is	your	health
“predetermined”	by	the	genes	you	inherited	when	you	were	born? Do
carbohydrates	really	make	you	fat? Should	you	be	more	concerned	about	the
total	amount	of	fat	you	eat,	or	just	saturated	fats	and	trans-fats? What
vitamins,	if	any,	should	you	be	taking? Do	you	buy	foods	that	are	fortified
with	extra	fiber? Should	you	eat	fish,	and,	if	so,	how	often? Will	eating	soy
foods	prevent	heart	disease? My	guess	is	that	you’re	not	really	sure	of	the	answers	to	these	questions. If
this	is	the	case,	then	you	aren’t	alone. Even	though	information	and	opinions
are	plentiful,
very	few	people	truly	know	what	they	should	be	doing	to
improve	their	health. This	isn’t	because	the	research	hasn’t	been	done. It	has. We	know	an
enormous	amount	about	the	links	between	nutrition	and	health. But	the	real
science	has	been	buried	beneath	a	clutter	of	irrelevant	or	even	harmful
information—junk	science,	fad	diets	and	food	industry	propaganda. I	want	to	change	that. I	want	to	give	you	a	new	framework	for
understanding	nutrition	and	health,	a	framework	that	eliminates	confusion,
prevents	and	treats	disease	and	allows	you	to	live	a	more	fulfilling	life. I	have	been	“in	the	system”	for	almost	fifty	years,	at	the	very	highest
levels,	designing	and	directing	large	research	projects,	deciding	which
research	gets	funded	and	translating	massive	amounts	of	scientific	researchinto	national	expert	panel	reports. After	a	long	career	in	research	and	policy	making,	I	now	understand	why
Americans	are	so	confused. As	a	taxpayer	who	foots	the	bill	for	research	and
health	policy	in	America,	you	deserve	to	know	that	many	of	the	common
notions	you	have	been	told	about	food,	health	and	disease	are	wrong:
Synthetic	chemicals	in	the	environment	and	in	your	food,	as	problematic
as	they	may	be,	are	not	the	main	cause	of	cancer. The	genes	that	you	inherit	from	your	parents	are	not	the	most	important
factors	in	determining	whether	you	fall	prey	to	any	of	the	ten	leading
causes	of	death. The	hope	that	genetic	research	will	eventually	lead	to	drug	cures	for
dise


	AICR,
might	get	the	credit.MISINFORMATION
It	may	seem	that	I	am	coming	down	a	tad	harshly	on	an	organization	that
most	people	regard	as	purely	benevolent,	but	the	American	Cancer	Society
acted	differently	behind	the	scenes	than	it	did	in	public. On	one	occasion,	I	traveled	to	an	upstate	New	York	town	where	I	had	been
invited	to	give	a	lecture	to	the	local	chapter	of	the	American	Cancer	Society,
as	I	had	done	elsewhere. During	my	lecture,	I	showed	a	slide	that	made
reference	to	the	new	AICR	organization. I	did	not	mention	my	personal
association,	so	the	audience	was	not	aware	that	I	was	their	senior	science
advisor. After	the	lecture,	I	took	questions	and	my	host	asked	me,	“Do	you	know
that	AICR	is	an	organization	of	quacks?”
“No,”	I	said,	“I	don’t.”	I’m	afraid	I	didn’t	do	such	a	good	job	of	hiding	my
skepticism	of	her	comment,	because	she	felt	obliged	to	explain,	“That
organization	is	being	run	by	a	group	of	quacks	and	discredited	doctors. Some
of	them	have	even	served	time	in	prison.”
Prison	time? This	was	news	to	me! Again,	without	revealing	my	association	with	the	AICR,	I	asked,	“How	do
you	know	that?”	She	said	she	saw	a	memo	that	had	been	circulated	to	local
American	Cancer	Society	offices	around	the	country. Before	leaving,	I
arranged	for	her	to	send	me	a	copy	of	the	memo	she	was	referring	to,	and,	in	a
day	or	so,	she	did. The	memo	had	been	sent	from	the	office	of	the	national	president	of	the
American	Cancer	Society,	who	also	was	a	senior	executive	of	the	prestigious
Roswell	Park	Memorial	Institute	for	Cancer	Research	in	Buffalo. This	memo
alleged	that	the	scientific	“chair”	of	the	organization,	without	naming	me,	was
heading	up	a	group	of	“eight	or	nine”	discredited	physicians,	several	of	whom
had	spent	time	in	prison. It	was	total	fabrication. I	didn’t	even	recognize	the
names	of	these	discredited	physicians	and	had	no	idea	how	something	so
vicious	could	have	gotten	started. After	snooping	around	a	little	more,	I	discovered	the	person	in	the
American	Cancer	Society	office	in	Buffalo	who	was	responsible	for	the
memo. I	phoned	him. Not	surprisingly,	he	was	evasive	and	only	said	that	he
had	gotten	this	information	from	an	unnamed	reporter. It	was	impossible	to
trace	the	original	source. The	one	thing	I	do	know	for	sure	was	that	this	memo
was	distributed	by	the	office	of	the	American	Cancer	Society’s	president. I	also	learned	that	the	National	Dairy	Council,	a	powerful	industry
lobbying	group,	had	obtained	a	copy	of	the	same	memo	and	proceeded	to
distribute	a	notice	of	its	own	to	its	local	offices	around	the	country. The	smearcampaign	against	the	AICR	was	widespread. The	food,	pharmaceutical	and
medical	industries	through	and/or	parallel	to	the	American	Cancer	Society
and	the	National	Dairy	Council	were	showing	their	true	colors. Prevention	of
cancer	with	low-cost,	low-profit	plant	foods	was	not	welcomed	by	the	food
and	pharmaco-medical	industries. With	support	from	a	trusting	media,	their
combined	power	to	influence	the	public	was	overwhelming.PERSONAL	CONSEQUENCES
The	ending	of	this	story,	however,	is	a	happy	one. Although	the	AICR’s	first
couple	of	years	were	turbulent	and	difficult	for	me	both	personally	and
professionally,	the	smear	campaigns	finally	started	to	wane. No	longer
considered	“on	the	fringe,”	the	AICR	has	now	expanded	to	England	(the
World	Cancer	Research	Fund,	WCRF,	in	London)	and	elsewhere. For	over
twenty	years	now,	the	AICR	has	run	a	program	that	funds	research	and
education	projects	on	the	link	between	diet	and	cancer. I	initially	organized
and	chaired	that	grant	program,	and	then	continued	as	the	AICR’s	senior
science	advisor	for	several	years,	in	a	few	different	stints,	after	its	initial
founding. One	more	unfortunate	affair,	however,	bears	mention. I	was	informed	by
my	nutrition	society’s	Board	of	Directors	that	two	society	members	(Bob
Olson	and	Alf	Harper)	had	proposed	to	have	me	expelled	from	the	society,
supposedly	because	of	my	association	with	the	AICR. It	would	have	been	the
first	expulsion	in	the	history	of	the	society. I	had	to	go	to	Washington	to	be
“interviewed”	by	the	president	of	the	society	and	the	director	of	nutrition	at
the	FDA. Most	of	their	questions	concerned	the	AICR. The	whole	ordeal	proved	stranger	than	fiction. Expel	a	prominent	society
member—shortly	after	I	was	nominated	to	be	the	organization’s	president—
for	being	involved	with	a	cancer	research	organization? Later,	I	found	myself
reflecting	on	the	whole	ordeal	with	a	colleague	who	knew	the	inner	workings
of	our	society,	Professor	Sam	Tove	of	North	Carolina	State	University. He,	of
course,	knew	all	about	the	investigation,	as	well	as	other	shenanigans. In	our
discussion,	I	told	him	about	AICR	being	a	worthy	organization	with	good
intentions. His	response	has	resonated	with	me	ever	since. “It’s	not	about
AICR,”	he	said. “It’s	about	what	you	did	on	the	National	Academy	of
Sciences	report	on	diet,	nutrition	and	cancer.”
When	the	NAS’s	report	concluded	in	June	1982	that	a	lower	intake	of	fat
and	a	higher	intake	of	fruits,	vegetables	and	whole	grain	products	would	make
for	a	healthier	diet,	I	had	betrayed,	in	the	eyes	of	some,	the	nutrition	research
community. Supposedly,	as	one	of	the	two	diet	and	cancer	experimental
researchers	on	the	panel,	it	was	my	job	to	protect	the	reputation	of	the
American	diet	as	it	was. After	my	failure	to	do	so,	my	subsequent
involvement	with	the	AICR	and	its	promotion	of	the	NAS	report	only	made
matters	worse. Luckily,	reason	prevailed	in	this	whole	farcical	encounter. A	board
meeting	was	held	to	vote	on	whether	I	should	be	expelled	from	my	society,
and	I	handily	survived	the	vote	(6-0,	with	two	abstentions).It	was	hard	not	to	take	all	of	this	personally,	but	there’s	a	larger	point	here,
and	it’s	not	personal. In	the	world	of	nutrition	and	health,	scientists	are	not
free	to	pursue	their	research	wherever	it	leads. Coming	to	the	“wrong”
conclusions,	even	through	first-rate	science,	can	damage	your	career. Trying
to	disseminate	these	“wrong”	conclusions	to	the	public,	for	the	sake	of	public
health,	can	destroy	your	career. Mine	was	not	destroyed—I	was	lucky,	and
some	good	people	stood	up	for	me. But	it	could	have	gone	much	worse. After	all	of	these	numerous	ordeals,	I	have	a	better	understanding	of
why
my	society	did	the	things	it	did. The	awards	funded	by	Mead	Johnson
Nutritionals,	Lederle	Laboratories,	BioServe


 the Research
Fund Association in India, the celebrated British scientist, Sir
Robert McCarrison, followed with the first large scale
experiments with white rats which revealed the effects of
cooking. One thousand pedigreed albino rats were placed on
a diet of raw cabbage, raw carrots, raw milk, raw meat, unleavened bread, and sprouted legumes. Two thousand rats
were then placed on a diet of white bread, margarine, tinned
meat, tinned jam, boiled tea, boiled potatoes, boiled cabbage,
and a small amount of milk. All animals were given the same
general care. The laborator y was ke pt perfectl y clean ; the tiled floor and walls were freque ntly washed. The cages were
large and spacious, so each rat could run about and exercise
as it pleased. The rats given primarily uncooked foods were remarkably
healthy in all respects. From all appearances they suffered
from no diseases whatsoever, and all mothers reared their young. At the end of two and a quarter years, corresponding
to 55 years in man, all rats were autopsied. The only trace of
disease found was an occasional cyst in the liver, which was
assumed due to the straw bedding which the rats often nibbled. The 2, 000 rats eating mostly cooked foods soon began
developing a wide assortment of diseases—practically every ailment that one might find listed in any medical textbook. Foremost among these, as revealed in the post-mortem
examinations, were: tuberculosis, arthritis, Bright's disease,
gastric ulcers, duodenal ulcers, glandular enlargements,
inflammation of the eyes, anemia, loss of hair, infected teeth, infected tonsils, middle-ear disease, corneal ulceration, and
skin diseases of various types. In addition the rats seemed to
be affected mentally. In contrast to the raw food rats, which
were gentle and affectionate, these animals became ill-
tempered and vicious. They would bite the attendant, kill each other, and generally display a state of continuous
nervous irritability. Following the rat experiments, McCarrison used twenty
monkeys in a new series of tests. All animals except one were
in perfect condition when the experiment began—the
exception being the result of a slight injury sustained by one
monkey during capture. Nine of the monkeys were placed on a diet consisting chiefly of raw foods, including wheaten
bread, milk, ground nuts, fresh onions, fresh butter, plantains,
and water. Six were given wheaten bread, cooked rice, cooked ground nuts, boiled milk, fresh butter, and water. The
other five were given a similar assortment of cooked foods,
fresh onions and water, plus a little fresh butter. All animals
were provided with the same amount of exercise, sunshine,
fresh air, etc. The only difference in their mode of life was their diet, involving the condition (cooked or uncooked) in
which the food was given. Regarding the monkeys fed primarily uncooked foods,
McCarrison stated: "They remained in good health, with the
exception of an attack of jaundice in some of them; this was
thought to be due to the sudden lack of exercise, as well as to
the too generous provision of monkey-nuts which in the earlier sta
ges of the ex periment were not limited to 10 grams. The jaundice was corrected by reducing the diet to milk and
bananas for a few days, and adding magnesium sulphate to
the drinking water. After recovery, which occurred in all
cases, the diet, as above detailed, was used without recurrence of jaundice or any untoward symptoms
whatsoever. " The monkeys given cooked foods developed troubles from
the very start. Diseases were common and every animal died
within 43 to 100 days. Average length of life of those given
the cooked foods plus onions was 60 days. Those allowed a
little butter each day lived an average of 69 days. The postmortems of these monkeys indicated the presence of
dozens of physical abnormalities and ailments. These
included: dilation of the stomach, gastric catarrh, stomach
ulcers, duodenal catarrh, degeneration of the mucous
membrane, congestive changes in the jejunum and ileum, ballooning of the small bowel, atrophy and thinning of the
walls of the small intestine, colitis, ballooning of the colon, atrophy of the omentus, and cancer of the pylorus. Experiments with guinea pigs, to determine the effects of
cooked foods, were conducted by Dr. O. Stiner, an
investigator for the Swiss Board of Health in Berne,
Switzerland.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the "Elixir of Life" defined as in the book?,
A: An aromatic, sweetened substance containing great medical properties, which embodies the quintessence or inmost principle of life, and can quell the pains of disease, preserve the characteristics of youth, and prolong life indefinitely.
Q: According to the text, what is the primary cause of the destruction of enzymes in food?,
A: Heat, which destroys enzymes at temperatures as low as 118 degrees F.
Q: What is the importance of cellulose in the diet, according to the text?,
A: It is essential for maintaining normal peristaltic action in the intestinal tract and preventing putrefaction and fermentation.
Q: What is the conclusion of the Pottenger experiments, as mentioned in the text?,
A: The results show that, almost without exception, animals thrive well on an exclusive diet of raw foods, while those given cooked foods suffer from various forms of deterioration and disease.
Q: What is the primary difference in the health of animals fed raw and cooked foods, as observed in the text?,
A: The animals fed cooked foods died rapidly, developed various diseases, and showed signs of degeneration, whereas those fed raw foods remained healthy and reproduced successfully.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Some great
Danes have such weak hindquarters they can hardly stand up,
while the Boston terrier has such narrow hips that normal
birth is often impossible. The dogs are also developing
human-like neuroses and cease to be dependable. Shepherds are easily upset and often become fear biters. The great Dane
was bred to hunt wild boars, but modern specimens
frequently quiver at the approach of a poodle. The cocker
spaniel is losing its reputation for being alert, friendly, and
dependable, and is now described as a shy neurotic. Poor behavior is associated with low resistance to physical
diseases, and indeed the modern dog is in need of the care of
the veterinarian as frequently as man needs the care of his
physician. Many dogs die young, and those that do reach an
advanced state of life are affected by senility in its most
advanced forms. The sad degeneration of our dogs is usually ascribed to
selective breeding practices, which build up undesirable
strains, or to careless breeding practices, which are not
selective enough. While selective breeding can bring out gradual physical deformation in dogs, as well as other
animals, it is extremely doubtful that this is responsible for
most signs of degeneration seen in the canine world. The fact
is that all types of experimental animals in laboratory work
suffer from basically the same physical and neurological defects as do dogs when they are placed upon a diet of heat-
processed foods. The modern dog is usually fed upon cooked
table-scraps or specialized canned pet foods and dog biscuits,
all of which have been thoroughly heat-processed. The stray
mongrel, living upon hand-cuts and garbage, actually has a better chance to secure ade quate nourishment than does the
finest and most expensive show-dog. All evidence points to
the fact that the degeneration seen in the modern canine
world is due, in great measure, to the almost exclusive use of heat-processed foods in feeding practices. Physical deterioration in domestic cats usually manifests
itself in the form of abnormal bone development, impaired
reproductive efficiency, together with bronchitis, distemper,
and other diseases. The cats are so under-developed in the area of the head and neck that few people even know what a
perfectly healthy raw meat-fed cat looks like. The British lay-
scientist, Anthony Ludovici, in making observations of
ordinary house cats, quite accidentally discovered that raw
foods were essential in providing rapid and painless parturition. When he fed the animals exclusively raw meat,
the mother cats actually seemed to enjoy the process of birth
and would purr as the kittens were being born. The cats
which consumed cooked meat and other heat-processed foods
had painful parturition in all cases. They groaned and appeared to undergo great pain throughout the entire period
of labor. Such observations remind us of controlled
laboratory experiments with cats. Certainly this animal is no
more able to attain good health on a heat-processed diet in the home than it is in the laboratory. F
ARM ANIMALS
   Domestic farm animals, including cattle, horses, swine, and
poultry, have at various times been fed cooked foodstuffs, with a noticeable deterioration in physical condition. Reproductive efficiency is severely impaired in these cases. After his observations of cats, Ludovici made a study of the
feeding habits of sheep, cows, and horses. He found that these
animals reproduced without apparent pain or difficulty when they lived upon fresh green feeds during gestation. But when
cows and mares were given heat-processed cottonseed cake


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surgery. Six months later, this boy had recovered entirely from the disease. Another case involved a woman with a goiter. Whe n a
specific section of the bowel was re moved in surgery, there ensued a definite remission of the goiter within six months. These and
similar experiences impressed him so much because he saw the relationship between the toxic bowel and the functioning of
various organs in the body. After much t hought about this relationship, he became very interested in changing the bowel through
dietetic methods and spent the last 25 years of his life teaching people how to care for the bowel through nutrition and not surgery. Sir Lane has said, “All maladies a re due to the tack of certain food principles, such as mineral salts or vitamins, or to the absence
of the normal defenses of the body, such as the natural protective flora. When this occurs, toxic bacteria invade the lower
alimentary canal, and the poison s thus generated pollute the bloodstream and gradually deteriorate and destroy every tissue, gland
and organ of the body.”

I am absolutely sure that what Dr. Lane discovered through his surgical explorations is in -deed an accurate description of how the
bowel functions in relation to the other organs in the body. We know that every organ and tissue is dependent upon the healthy
well-being of every other organ and tissue in order for there to be a total well -being. When one tissue or organ fails, it affects  the
whole body. If there is faulty functioning in the bowel, this deficiency is passed along to the rest of the body. We could ca ll this the
intestinal domino effect. The frequency or quantity of fecal elimination is not an indication of the lack of cons tipation in the bowel. I know of cases that had
three and four movements a day and yet the bowel was quite encrusted and very constipated. Most people don’t know the
condition of their bowel. Unfortunately those who are not aware of their bowel function or  condition are sometimes the ones who
are developing the worst cases of bowel troubles. I find that constipation is usually going along with those bowels that have
diverticulosis. Very few people eat in an organized way, and for this reason, they have loos e bowels one day, stiff bowels the next
day, a smelly bowel one day, and so on. When regularity is absent in the diet, there is chaos in the bowel. In most cases, si mply
changing the diet and eating habits will alleviate many bowel problems without surgery. WHAT GOES IN DOESN’T ALWAYS COME OUT
I am convinced that the bowel holds onto waste materials longer than anyone realizes. When we clean out the bowel and release  all
this old, rotting material, there will be a lessening of the gas, pain and autointoxic ation taking place. I believe that this toxic
material decaying away in the sigmoid colon is a good place for degenerative diseases to get started. Starches that haven’t b een
digested properly by the pancreatic secretions are not readily taken up by the bo dy and made into good tissue. These, in turn, can
come back to the colon and keep the body from having the proper colonic tone because of a lack of proper chemical development. In addition, drugs can settle in the tissues of the body and it is the colon th at catches a good deal of these. By way of the mucus
membrane, the colon is used as an eliminative channel. When the membrane does not function properly, these drug deposits
accumulate in the bowel indefinitely and can produce a time -bomb effect; irritatio ns, inflammations and ulcerations. Here again,
food is very, very important to recognize because this is the one thing that brings back a chemical reserve and gives the pow er and
chemical structure to have good healthy tissue. The dietary program that I h ave developed is probably one of the most important things I can give to you. It has proven itself well
in 30 years of sanitarium experience and has helped many people to regain their health. It takes care of the bulk, it takes c are of the
fiber, it takes care of the natural mucus membrane through proper chemical replacements. This program, coupled with an exercise
routine, will produce very good results for those afflicted with bowel disturbances. THE FUNCTIONING OF THE BOWEL
We have to stop and think tha t when we eat there is peristaltic action in the bowel which moves the food down to the last part of
our elimination system, the large colon. Whenever we have three meals a day and a bowel movement once in five days, we’re
fifteen meals behind. Normally it  takes eighteen hours for food to go through the body and be eliminated. What is required to
move it along on time? Good bowel tone gives the power to the intestinal tract to move waste materials properly through the
system. If we don’t have good bowel ton e, we have to have an inciting measure, and one way of doing this is by using laxatives. But we find that 95% of all laxatives are irritating to the bowel, and this is what forces the peristaltic action. It is caus ed by
irritation. Wouldn’t it be better to  have a bowel that could move along because you have the right power and bowel tone? Wouldn’t it be nice to have a bowel wall that has all the potassium and all the right chemical elements to work normally? We find there are other factors involved here, s uch as the liver activity. We have to have enough bile coming from the gall bladder
and the liver to give the bowel its natural incentive to produce bowel movements. The bowel is dependent upon other organs to o. There is also the thyroid gland which is imp ortant to the body’s metabolism. The thyroid regulates a number of organ functions
and keeps them normal by releasing thyroxin into the body. The adrenal glands may be underactive. A person can feel so tired and
fatigued that he won’t exercise. You have to  feel lively to move and get going. An underactive thyroid can bring on low blood
pressure and anemia can keep us from a healthy level of physical activity. If the blood is anemic, the body tissue is anemic and
cannot do its job. We are tired “all over,” s o to speak. CLEANING UP THE PAST
Above all, we now have to make amends for some of the things that happened in the past. I think accumulations in the bowel ha ve
to be looked after. The bowel is underactive. It hasn’t been fed properly. The bowel itself is  probably the most abused organ in the
human body. The reason I say this is if you ever go through a cleansing program, you will see things you’ll find hard to beli eve. You don’t realize what can come out of the bowel. After just one cleansing treatment, I ’ve seen as much as three gallons of hard
toxic material come from a person. How is it possible? I know, for instance, of one woman who said she had five bowel
movements a day; but after she passed away, it was found that there was only room enough for a p encil to pass through
parts of her bowel. Her bowel was 9 inches across. We found that it had an extreme accumulation of hard toxic material encrus ted
on the bowel lining. Constipation is a serious menace to health and vitality as I have discussed with yo u. The consequences of this
common but subtle malady are becoming more and more prevalent in our society. It is a root cause for many troubles in the bod y. It is also a symptom of a larger picture that many doctors haven’t taken into consideration as yet. The following illustrations show
how food moves through the gastrointestinal tract in a 24 -hour period and what happens when the bowel doesn’t eliminate on time:

CHAPTER 5
IMBALANCES OF THE LARGE INTESTINE
Structural, functional and metabolic imbalances of the colon are manifested in various forms. We will mention a few of the more
common abnormalities of the colon to illustrate the effects of autointoxication and constipation. These are: adhesions, ballo oning,
colitis, diverticulitis, mucosal dysfunction, spastic bowel, strictures and ulceration. Adhesions in the colon are caused by
inflammations and irritations to the bowel wall. When the mucus membrane breaks down, tissue becomes exposed, open and
irritated. The raw surfaces begin to stick to gether as the result of glue -like substance secreted from the tissue. This is a serious
condition and requires delicate treatment to correct. Ballooning of the colon occurs as a consequence of backed up feces. For
various reasons, feces can accumulate and stretch the bowel wall into enormous proportions. This often occurs in the sigmoid
colon as the result of a narrowing of the bowel lumen below the ballooning. This narrowing can be caused by adhesions, spasm or
colic conditions. When this occurs, constipat ion can become quite severe and painful and has a damaging effect upon the bowel
structure and function. Colitis is an irritable bowel condition that is highly associated with Psychological distress. Few pe ople truly
realize the benefits of a calm and peac eful lifestyle. They are often unaware of the mind’s ability to sink into the body’s
functioning ability and upset normal tissue activities. Fear, anger, depression, stress, tension, worries and obsessions can all upset
delicate processes in the body, and in particular, those of digestion and elimination. Sometimes what we need is a good cerebral
laxative to rid


look to the future for salvation, you are
unconsciously looking to your own mind for salvation. Y ou are trapped
in form, and that is ego. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, writes the biblical prophet. the
foundation for a new earth is a new heaven the awakened consciousness. The earth external reality is only its outer reflection. The arising of a new
heaven and by implication a new earth are not future events that are
going to make us free. Nothing is going to make us free because only the
present moment can make us free. That realization is the awakening. A wakening as a future event has no meaning because awakening is the
realization of Presence. So the new heaven, the awakened
consciousness, is not a future state to be achieved. A new heaven and a
new earth are arising within you at this moment, and if they are not
arising at this moment, they are no more than a thought in your head and
therefore not arising at all. What did Jesus tell his disciples. Heaven is
right here in the midst of you. In the Sermon on th Mount, Jesus makes a prediction that to this day few
people have understood. He says, Blessed are the meek, for they shall
inherit the earth. In modern versions of the Bible, meek is translated as
humble. Who are the meek or the humble, and what does it mean that
they shall inherit the earth. The meek are the egoless. They are those who have awakened to their
essential true nature as consciousness and recognize that essence in all
others, all life. forms. They live in the surrendered state and so feel their
oneness with the whole and the Source. They embody the awakened
consciousness that is changing all aspects of life on our planet, including
nature, because life on earth is inseparable from the human
consciousness that perceives and interacts with it. That is the sense in
which the meek will inherit the earth. A new species is arising on the planet. It is arising now, and you are it. Section summary:

This passage discusses two movements - "return" &amp;"moving forward". One refers to   returning back to oneself/being vs leaving ones' attachments/wants.

Summary:
**Return Movement:** Discusses various scenarios leading individuals towards **Spiritual Awakening**, highlighting opportunities arise due to aging/disease/disability/tragic incidents. 1-2% chance probability

* Old Age/Loss/Pain leads ppl unaware/unpreprared
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Since spirituality plays minor roles today, many miss valuable chances [for transcendental realignment]. People underestimate dying/near-death states’ capacities since societal norms suppress essential insights. It highlights instances wherein pre-mature disruptions occur (**loss/death/personnel struggles**) triggering abrupt transitions, ultimately fostering transformative moments. In contrast, civilizations once honored elders/respectably treated aged folks owing respect gratitude. Today, society devalues seniors, linking “usefulness” directly tied to productivity/service contributions. ''

These words reveal misunderstandings linked egotistical tendencies emphasizing performance-based validation. We explore multiple paths to enlightenment via different modes ('modularities'): *Accept*, *Enjoy*. Additionally discussing failure expectations amid uncertainty/failure/turbulence. Moreover,, introducing spontaneous transformation among youngsters., making progress amidst chaos/stress/empathetic connections;

•      Forcing desires/goals doesn’t serve effectively ; conversant dialogue helps resolve issues /fears.
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Q: What is the potential for spiritual awakening that can arise from the dissolution of form, such as old age or personal tragedy?,
A: This potential is often missed, as people are not prepared to accept the dissolution of their ego and the identification with the return movement, which can lead to a deeper sense of purpose and meaning.
Q: What is the ego's primary goal in the outward movement of life?,
A: The ego's primary goal is to enhance itself by accumulating, succeeding, and identifying with the outward movement, which leads to a sense of separation and fragmentation.
Q: What is the key to manifesting one's goals and desires, according to the text?,
A: It is not through egoic wanting or attachment to the outcome, but rather by aligning with the creative power of the universe and allowing the universe to flow through you.
Q: What is the purpose of the "frequency holders" mentioned in the text?,
A: The frequency holders, or those who embody the awakened consciousness, are meant to anchor this new consciousness in the world by being present in their daily activities and interactions with others, and by recognizing the essence of all life forms.
Q: What is the primary difference between stress and enthusiasm, according to the text?,
A: Stress is a sign of egoic dysfunction, whereas enthusiasm is a sign of alignment with the creative power of the universe and is not based on attachment or desire.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>How To Manifest
Your Desires
By
Neville Goddard
Rare Lectures by Neville Goddard
More Free Books Law of Attraction Haven“If there is something tonight that you really want in this world, than ex -
perience in imagination what you would experience in the flesh were you
to realize your goal, and then deafen your ears, and blind your eyes to all
that denies the reality of your assumption.”  - Neville, 1948
More Free Books Law of Attraction HavenFor More  Free PDF Books  on the Law of Attraction and Metaphysics Visit
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More Free Books Law of Attraction HavenContents
Lesson I: Consciousness Is The Only Reality
Lesson II: Assumptions Harden Into Fact
Lesson III: Thinking Fourth-Dimensionally
Lesson IV: No One To Change But Self
Lesson V: Remain Faithful to Your Idea
Questions & Answers
Brazen Impudence
Radio Lecture: Be What You Wish; Be What You Believe
Radio Lecture: By Imagination We Become
Radio Lecture: Answered Prayer
Radio Lecture: Meditation
Radio Lecture: The Law of Assumption
Radio Lecture: Truth
Radio Lecture: Feeling is the Secret
Radio Lecture: Affirm the Reality of Our Own Greatness
That Which Already Has Been
Yours for the Taking
The Foundation Stone – Imagination
Imagination Creates Reality
Fundamentals
More Free Books Law of Attraction HavenLesson I: Consciousness Is The Only Reality
This is going to be a very practical course. Therefore, I hope that every -
one in this class has a very clear picture of what he desires, for I am con -
vinced that you can realize your desires by the technique you will receive
here this week in these five lessons. That you may receive the full benefit of these instructions, let me state
now that the Bible has no reference at all to any persons who ever existed
or to any event that ever occurred upon earth. The ancient story tellers were not writing history but an allegorical picture
lesson of certain basic principles which they clothed in the garb of history,
and they adapted these stories to the limited capacity of a most uncritical
and credulous people. The difference between the form of the Bible and its substance is as great
as the difference between a grain of corn and the life germ without that
grain. As our assimilative organs discriminate between food that can be
built into our system and food that must be discarded, so do our awak -
ened intuitive faculties discover beneath allegory and parable, the psycho -
logical life-germ of the Bible; and, feeding on this, we too, cast off the
form which conveyed the message. The argument against the historicity of the Bible is too lengthy; conse -
quently, it is not suitable for inclusion in this practical psychological inter -
pretation of its stories. Therefore, I will waste no time in trying to con -
vince you that the Bible is not an historical fact. Tonight I will take four stories and show you what the ancient story-tellers
intended that you and I should see in these stories. The ancient teachers
attached psychological truths to phallic and solar allegories. They did not
know as much of the physical structure of man as do modern scientists,
neither did they know as much about the heavens as do our modern as -
tronomers. But the little they did know they used wisely and they built
phallic and solar frames to which they tied the great psychological truths
that they had discovered. In the Old Testament you will find much of the Phallic worship. Because it
is not helpful, I am not going to emphasize it. I shall only show you how
to interpret it. Before


 well as other organs. Recent statistics given the
Northwest Mutual Life Insurance Company listed the death
rate of "regular spirit drinkers" as 83 per cent higher than that
of "total abstainers:'
It may be added that alcohol accounts for only part of the
ill-effects produced by most alcoholic beverages. Some of the
wine, cider, and other spiritous drinks produced in past centuries
in all countries, and still produced today under more or less
primitive conditions, were little more than fermented fruit juice. These drinks did contain alcohol, but they also retained nutritive
qualities which compensated at least in part for the content of
alcohol. Some of the wines were still rich in vitamin C, and they
were considered a valuable food when the supply of fresh fruits
and vegetables was severely limited. Modern liquors are not only
much higher in alcohol content, but they are so highly processed
and chemically treated that practically all of the mineral and
vitamin content is lost. Some of the old fashioned drinks could
be considered both food and poison. The alcoholic beverages of
the modern world are strictly poison. If alcoholic beverages are used, they should be made without
[451 DANGERS IN MODERN FOODS
heat-processing and without added sugar. The natural fermenta-
tion of raw grape juice produces a highly nutritious wine, far
superior in flavor to highly-processed wines. This does not con-
stitute a recommendation of such wine as normal source of
human food. Fresh grape juice is unquestionably superior to
fermented juice. However, for those who do demand some kind
of alcoholic beverage in modern life, the use of simple fermented
juices will afford the least harmful method of meeting this
demand. XII. Coffee, Tea, and Cocoa
A MERICANS DRINK A MILLION TONS OF
coffee each year, together with vast quantities of tea and cocoa. Each of these foods is a rich source of caffeine, which is known
to have harmful effects upon the human body. Coffee and cocoa
contain about the same amount of caffeine; tea leaves contain
twice as much, but as a smaller quantity of tea per cup is used,
these sources of caffeine are about the same in terms of everyday
use. Many of the ill-effects of caffeine are already well known, b'ut
certain facts may be given mention. At the University of Minne-
sota, Dr. Edward Judd studied dogs and found that half of the
animals developed ulcers after they had been repeatedly dosed
with caffeine. Roth and Ivy, of the Northwestern University
School of Medicine, gave experimental animals intra-muscular
injections of caffeine, and ulcers were produced in 40 to 50 per
cent of all cases. With a gastroscope, the physicians observed
what happened in the stomach of an anaesthetized dog. Imme-
diately after the injection of caffeine, "the inner lining of the
dog's stomach became engorged, and then turned to a sickly
duslcy purple - obviously an unhealthy condition17 In humans
Roth and Ivy found that caffeine caused a considerable rise in
stomach acid, which is known to be one of the immediate causes
of ulcers. The relationship of coffee, tea, and cocoa to ulcers is only part
of the story. Caffeine is so stimulating to the heart that doctors
generally forbid coffee to patients with heart disease. In some DANGERS IN MODERN FOODS
cases heart pains disappear when caffeine-containing drinks are
omitted from the diet. Blood pressure has been known to drop
as much as twenty points when the use of coffee was stopped. Nervousness, skin disorders, headaches, sight impairment, and
other diseases have also been attributed to the use of caffeine
beverages. In addition to caffeine, tea and cocoa contain other poisons. Tea contains poisonous tannin, which is used externally in medi-
cine as an astringent, styptic and hemostatic, and internally as
an antidote for other poisons. Its habitual use in food is dan-
gerous. Tannin is said to interfere with the action of digestive
juices, and it tends to produce constipation in some cases
because of its astringent action. Cocoa contains theobromine,
also a medical drug, which produces effects similar to those of
caffeine, except that it is fatal to experimental animals in smaller
doses. While coffee, tea, and cocoa must be rejected, this is not true
of all warm beverages. More than a hundred varieties of herb
teas are available for human use, and most of these can be
depended upon to supply valuable nutritive values without the
presence of harmful poisons. Peppermint tea is one of the finest
for general use, while fenugreek, rose hip, sassafras, chamomile,
strawberry leaf, squaw tea, and many other varieties offer pleasant
additions to the human diet. s OFT DRINKS ARE AMONG THE MOST
widely used of all beverages. Their great popularity makes them
exert a great influence upon the health of people of all ages, but
in particular upon young growing children who use them in
unusually large amounts. While the harmful effects of some bev-
erages are well known, those of soft drinks are frequently ignored. As a result we see many people drinking several bottles of carbo-
nated beverages each day, scarcely aware of the serious dangers
of these products. Soft drinks cannot justly be called food. They do supply the
body with calories, which, however, are already in excess in the
average diet. The basic nutritional qualities of minerals and vita-
mins are entirely lacking. The beverages are largely an artificial
product, composed of refined sugar, mineral acids, coal-tar dyes,
artificial flavors, and water. The carbonated beverages contain
carbon dioxide, which is broken down with water into carbonic
acid. Cola drinks derive part of their flavor from an extract of
the Kola nut, which contains about the same quantity of caffeine
as does coffee or cocoa. Cola drinks contain about two-thirds of
a grain of caffeine for each six ounces of beverage and thus yield
the usual ill-effects of caffeine poisoning. Nutritionists accuse soft drinks of contributing to the cause of
a wide variety of diseases. Of particular interest is their very detri-
mental effect upon the teeth. McCay and Will, of Cornell Uni-
versity, gave a group of white rats a solution of phosphoric acid
and sucrose in exactly the same percentages as they are found DANGERS IN MODERN FOODS
in the common cola drinks. Though the rats were eating a good
diet, the simple addition of this cola mixture to the diet brought
about such severe dental erosion that by the end of six months
erosion could no longer be measured, for the teeth had eroded I
right down to the gum line. These two experimenters then placed
human teeth in the cola solution. Within three hours, measure-
able quantities of calcium had been dissolved from the teeth, and
within two weeks, the teeth were practically decalcified. Later
experiments conducted at the laboratory of Consumer's Reports,
confirmed the acidity of soft drinks, particularly those of the cola
variety. More recently Carey D. Miller tested the many carbo-
nated and non-carbonated synthetic beverages upon the teeth of
129 rats. The results again showed that dental erosion followed
ingestion of the beverages; indeed, even the non-carbonated
drinks of relatively low acid content produced some destruction
of tooth enamel. 4
We need not speak of substitutes for soft drinks, for it is the
soft drinks which are substitutes for real foods. And they are a
very poor substitute indeed. Not only are the real foods incom-
parably more nutritious than soft drinks; they are more flavorful
as well. Who would not select fresh strawberry juice before arti-
ficial strawberry beverage, or genuine cherry juice before artificial
cherry beverage, or any one of dozens of other freshly-extracted
fruit juices before inferior imitations? If we were obtaining spe-
cial flavors in soft drinks that we could not possibly duplicate or
improve in natural beverages, we might have some excuse for
their use. But we are gaining nothing and losing everything in
our selection of soft drinks. And on the other hand, we have
everything to gain and nothing to lose by our selection of natural
beverages. XIV Drinking Water
E VEN SO COMMON A DRINK AS O'RDINARY
water often undergoes so much treatment with chemicals that it
can have toxic effects. Due to the unnecessary and careless dis-
posal of industrial and sewage waste products into rivers, the
danger of polluted drinking water is believed to necessitate the
use of caustic chemicals to destroy such micro-organisms as may
be present. Nearly all city water is chemicalized water. It may
provide a limited degree of bacteriological purity, but is com-
pletely lacking in chemical purity. As an example of the chemi-
cals which go into the water supply of the average city, the
following figures cover the addition of chemicals to the drinking
water of Columbus, Ohio each year: 8,000 tons of lime, 3,000
tons of soda ash, 1,200 tons of sulphuric acid, 500 tons of alumi-
num ore, 500 tons of coke, and 8 tons of liquid chlorine. Iodine
has also been added to the drinking water of cities. The addition
of sodium fluoride to water is a more recent


 north to the Rhone River. Here again7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 26/250we had the remarkable experience of finding communities near to each other, one blessed with
high immunity to tooth decay, and the other afflicted with rampant tooth decay. The village of Ayer lies in a beautiful valley well up toward the glaciers. It is still largely primitive,
although a government road has recently been developed, which, like many of the new arteries,
has made it possible to dispatch military protection when and if necessary to any community. In
this beautiful hamlet, until recently isolated, we found a high immunity to dental caries. Only 2.3
teeth out of each hundred examined were found to have been attacked by tooth decay. Here again
the people were living on rye and dairy products. We wonder if history will repeat itself in the next
few years and if there, too, this enviable immunity will be lost with the advent of the highway. Usually it is not long after tunnels and roads are built that automobiles and wagons enter with
modern foods, which begin their destructive work. This fact has been tragically demonstrated in
this valley since a roadway was extended as far as Vissoie several years ago. In this village modern
foods have been available for some time. One could probably walk the distance from Ayer to
Vissoie in an hour. The number of teeth found to be attacked with caries for each one hundred
children's teeth examined at Vissoie was 20.2 as compared with 2.3 at Ayer. We had here a
splendid opportunity to study the changes that had occurred in the nutritional programs. With the
coming of transportation and new markets there had been shipped in modern white flour;
equipment for a bakery to make white-flour goods; highly sweetened fruit, such as jams,
marmalades, jellies, sugar and syrups--all to be traded for the locally produced high-vitamin dairy
products and high-mineral cheese and rye; and with the exchange there was enough money as
premium to permit buying machine-made clothing and various novelties that would soon be
translated into necessities. Each valley or village has its own special feast days of which athletic contests are the principal
events. The feasting in the past has been largely on dairy products. The athletes were provided
with large bowls of cream as constituting one of the most popular and healthful beverages, and
special cheese was always available. Practically no wine was used because no grapes grew in that
valley, and for centuries the isolation of the people prevented access to much material that would
provide wine. In the Visperterminen community, however, the special vineyards owned by these
people on the lower level of the mountain side provided grape juice in various stages of
fermentation, and their feasts in the past have been celebrated by the use of wines of rare vintage
as well as by the use of cream and other dairy products. Their cream products took the place of
our modern ice cream. It was a matter of deep interest to have the President of Visperterminen
show us the tankards that had been in use in that community for nine or ten centuries. The care of
these was one of the many responsibilities of the chief executive of the hamlet. It is reported that practically all skulls that are exhumed in the Rhone valley, and, indeed,
practically throughout all of Switzerland where graves have existed for more than a hundred years,
show relatively perfect teeth; whereas the teeth of people recently buried have been riddled with
caries or lost through this disease. It is of interest that each church usually has associated with it a
cemetery in which the graves are kept decorated, often with beautiful designs of fresh or artificial
flowers. Members of succeeding generations of families are said to be buried one above the other
to a depth of many feet. Then, after a sufficient number of generations have been so honored, their
bodies are exhumed to make a place for present and coming generations. These skeletons are
usually preserved with honor and deference. The bones are stacked in basements of certain
buildings of the church edifice with the skulls facing outward. These often constitute a solid wall of
considerable extent. In Naters there is such a group said to contain 20,000 skeletons and skulls. These were studied with great interest as was also a smaller collection in connection with the
cathedral at Visp. While many of the single straight-rooted teeth had been lost in the handling,
many were present. It was a matter of importance to find that only a small percentage of teeth had
had caries. Teeth that had been attacked with deep caries had developed apical abscesses with
consequent destruction of the alveolar processes. Evidence of this bone change was readily visible. Sockets of missing teeth still had continuous walls, indicating that the teeth had been vital at death. The reader will scarcely believe it possible that such marked differences in facial form, in the7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 27/250shape of the dental arches, and in the health condition of the teeth as are to be noted when passing
from the highly modernized lower valleys and plains country in Switzerland to the isolated high
valleys can exist. Fig. 3 shows four girls with typically broad dental arches and regular arrangement
of the teeth. They have been born and raised in the Loetschental Valley or other isolated valleys of
Switzerland which provide the excellent nutrition that we have been reviewing. They have been
taught little regarding the use of tooth brushes. Their teeth have typical deposits of unscrubbed
mouths; yet they are almost completely free from dental caries, as are the other individuals of the
group they represent. In a study of 4,280 teeth of the children of these high valleys, only 3.4 per
cent were found to have been attacked by tooth decay. This is in striking contrast to conditions
found in the modernized sections using the modern foods. FIG. 3. Normal design of face and dental arches when adequate
nutrition is provided for both the parents and the children. Note the well developed nostrils. In Loetschental, Grachen, Visperterminen and Ayer, we have found communities of native
Swiss living almost exclusively on locally produced foods consisting of the cereal, rye, and the
animal product, milk, in its various forms. At Vissoie, with its available modern nutrition, there has
been a complete change in the level of immunity to dental caries. It is important that studies be
made in other communities which correspond in altitude with the first four places studied in which
there was a high immunity to dental caries. Modern foods should be available in the new
communities selected for comparative study. To find such places one would naturally think of those
that are world-famed as health resorts providing the best things that modern science and industry
can assemble. Surely St. Moritz would be such a place. It is situated in the southeastern part of the
Republic of Switzerland near the headwaters of the Danube in the upper Engadin. This world-
famous watering place attracts people of all continents for both summer and winter health building
and for the enjoyment of the mountain lakes, snow-capped peaks, forested mountain sides, and
crystal clear atmosphere with abundance of sunshine. The journey from the Canton of Wallis (Valais) to the upper Engadin takes one up the Rhone
valley, climbing continually to get above cascades and beautiful waterfalls until one comes to the
great Rhone glacier which blocks the end of the valley. The water gushes from beneath the7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 28/250mountain of ice to become the parent stream of the Rhone river which passes westward through
the Rhone valley receiving tributaries from snow-fed streams from both north and south
watersheds, as it rolls westward to the beautiful Lake Geneva and then onward west and south to
the Mediterranean. It is of significance that a study of the child life in the Rhone valley, as made by Swiss officials
and reported by Dr. Adolf Roos and his associates, shows that practically every child had tooth
decay and the majority of the children had decay in an aggravated form. People of this valley are
provided with adequate railroad transportation for bringing them the luxuries of the world. As we
pass eastward over the pass through Andermatt, we are reminded that the trains of the St.
Gotthard tunnel go thundering through the mountain a mile below our feet en route to Italy. To
reach our goal, the beautiful modern city and summer resort of St. Moritz, we enter the Engadin
country famed for its beauty and crystal-clear atmosphere. We already know something of the
beauty that awaits us which has attracted pleasure seekers and beauty lovers of the world to St.
Moritz. One would scarcely expect to see so modern a city as St. Mortiz at an altitude of a little
over a mile, with little else to attract people than its climate in winter and summer, the magnificent
scenery, and the clear atmosphere. We have passed from the communities where almost everyone
wears homespuns to one of English walking coats and the most elegant of feminine attire. Everyone
shows the effect of contact with culture. The hotels in their appointments and design are
reminiscent of Atlantic City. Immediately one sees something is different here than in the primitive


 little or no differentiation grossly except the
difference between the animal and vegital pole. But there is no
differentiation, so far as can be observed, in the quadrants of
the sphere. Measurements were made, therefore, in the unfertil
ized egg between the north, or animal pole, and four points on
the equator. It was found from these measurements that there was one point
on the equator which showed a marked increase in the voltage
drop between the reference electrode and the point. The latter
was marked with a spot of Nile blue sulphate so that it could be
followed through the subsequent period of development. It was
found-as our theory had suggested-that the point on the
equator which marked the greatest voltage drop from the animal
pole marked the head end of the developing salamander. A longitudinal axis of the developing nervous system was then
established in the unfertilized egg. This maintained itself
throughout the succeeding growth period and, surprisingly
enough, there was no significant change in the electro-metrics of
the unfertilized egg after fert ilization. This is astonishing, because fertilization is supposed to be a
critical point in development. But apparently-in the sala
mander, at least-the electric field properties of the egg are
established quite independently not only of the fact of fertiliza
tion but also of the plane of ingress of the sperm head into the
egg. This suggests, at once, that the design of the living embryo
is an electro-metric correlate which can be recorded objectively
during the process of growth and development and turns out to
be one of the constant factors during this whole process of
developme nt. One of the strange things about developmrnt that has always
been known is the extraordinary constancy in which the direc
tion of development moves. As a distinguished friend of mine
once said, 'The growth and developm ent of an embryo would
seem to be the result of the fact that some kind of a factor sits
on the embryo during its �ntire development and gives direction
63 THE UBIQUI TOUS FIELD
to it.'From the evidence at hand, up to date, it would seem
fairly obvious that the one constant factor in growth and develop
ment-which include not only the increase in the numbers of
cells, but also their differentia tion-is the field of the organism. All these measurement s were made using silver-silver chloride
electrodes immersed in micropipettes and connected to the high
input impedance of a suitable amplifier with a galvanometer or
a recording galvanometer in the output. At the suggestion of
one of my early colleagues, Dr. Leslie F. Nims, now at Brook
haven Laboratories, on Long Island, it was noticed that as the
micropipette electrodes were pulled away from the surface of the
embryo, a voltage gradient could still be recorded. In fact, drop
off of voltage gradient carried on as far as one or one and a half
millimetres from the embryo. This is truly extraordinary, for it makes it clear that the field
properties of the embryo radiate through the medium of the
liquid environment in which the embryo lives. Now this could occur only if the source of these potential
gradients was the result of field activity. As a matter of fact, if
one stops to think about it, if one puts a battery of any kind in a
conducting medium, the battery very soon is exhausted, since
the external medium acts as a low resistance shunt across the
positive and negative poles of the battery. But in the embryo,
although we have the same kind of voltage gradient as is present
in the battery-at least so far as the measurable characteristics
are concerned-nevertheless the field properties of the embryo
do not short out in the liquid. These experiment s led to a further analysis of the field proper
ties. It was suggested that if an embryo were rotated mechanic
ally underneath two micropipette electrodes, there should be a
constant rise and fall in voltage gradient as the head and tail axis
of the embryo passed underneath the micropipette electrode. This experiment was set up with a mechanic ally revolving stage
on which was placed a half-grown salamander embryo and the
recorded output of the high input impedance amplifier trans
mitted to a G-E photoelectric recording galvanometer. The result was extraordinary, for there was a sine wave out
put from the revolving embryo, the frequenc y of which, of
64 THE UBIQUITOUS FIELD
course, was a function of the speed with which the embryo
revolved. Moreover, it was clear that the field axis was a constant
to the whole procedure and resulted in a very interesting sine
wave output from the embryo itself. This meant, too, that the
micropipette electrodes were recording voltage gradients well
away from the embryo itself. As a control, an inert glass rod was revolved under the same
experimental conditions and produced a straight line on the
recording galvanometer. To make a further check, a 'robot' was
made of a piece of copper rod with a blob of solder at one end. Such a rod, under normal conditions, prod uces a voltage gradient,
because of the bi-metallic components. This also was revolved in
the same way as the embryo and produced the same kind of sine
wave, the only difference being that, in time, the bi-metallic
chemical voltage gradient decreased. Similar experiments were made with a full-grown salamander
floated in a circular dish of salt solution in which, at opposite
ends of a diameter, were immersed the electrodes, connected to a
recording galvanometer. The dish was then slowly rotated and, since the salamander
possessed a field with a positive and negative pole, it acted like
the armature of an electrical generator. In consequence, as it
rotated between the electrodes, it set up a tiny alternating
cnrrent of very low frequency, which was recorded as a true sine
wave. One day, perhaps, some enterprising experimenter will float a
man or a woman in a rotating swimming-pool to demonstrate
that there really is such a thing as a 'human dynamo'. But the
author's laboratory offered neither space nor facilities for such
an experiment. 3
The experiments described above made it clear that, using proper
electro-m etric techniques, recorded voltage gradients without
current drain from the system measured are a valid expression
of the basic, primary electro-dynamic field. Since the experiments
65 THE UBI QU ITOUS FIELD
also indicated that direct contact with the living organism was
not necessary to measure a volt-age gradient, a rigorously-con
trolled experiment was set up, using the sciatic nerve of a frog,
with the help of another colieague, Dr. Alexander Mauro, now
at the Rockefeller Institute in New York. This experiment was
designed to explore the field properties of a small part of a living
system. The beaut ifully-precise formulation by Lorente de N6 of fields
in an infinite-volume conductor accompanying the neural im
pulse, travelling along the sciatic nerve of the frog, demanded
that a search be made for experimental evidence of the existence
of a quasi-elec trostatic field in the air surrounding a nerve
trunk. A preliminary report of such a study is here presented. The
existence of an electro-static field has been demonstrated. How
ever, an analysis of the nature of this field is far from complete
and much further study will be required. By an ingenious technique developed by Dr. Mauro, the re
sults of the activity of the sciatic nerve of the frog were studied,
using a thousand-megohm input-impedance preamplifier, fol
lowed by suitable amplifiers with an output to a cathode-ray tube. It was possible to study the transmission of a single stimulus
throughout the substance of the segment of the nerve under
study, not only when the electrcdes were in direct contact, but
also when they were at a measurable distance outside the nerve. The evidence resulting from these experiments gives further
enlightenment as to the nature of the field irrliving systems. It is
becoming increasingly clear that these fields are in fact quasi
electro-static fields. Originally, the term 'electro-dyn amic field'
was used to describe, in the most general way, the nature of the
fields in living organisms, but it is now possible to give a more pre
cise definition. Measurement of such fields indicates that forces
exist not only in but also otltside of the nerve dmill g exci tatio n. Thus, to the study of steady state parameters of these fields
that have been recorded in amphibia and-as we shall see
plants, must be added these records of the changing properties
of electrical fields in association with biologic activity. To be sure,
the EEG and the EKG are instances of the same phenomenon
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and in a sense the observations recorded here are no more than
might be expected. All of them are the direct consequenc es of
field properties of living systems. None of this implies that the field is conceived of as some
mysterious property of living things. It is not another name for
elan vital or entelechy. It is a definable concept capable of pre
cise measurement and is to be thought of in the same terms as
fields in the non-living Universe