ausevomiting.Young
babiescommonlypulltheirlegsuptotheirbelliesand
screamiftheyaremoved.Oldersuffererswillalso
doubleupwiththepainandwillpresshardonthe
affectedarea(theymaydigtheirfistsintotheirbellies
orbendoverthebackofachair,twistingandturning
togetsomerelief).Eating,especiallyfruit,will
aggravatethepains.
Cramp
SymptomsCramp:inthighs;legs;calves.
Diarrhoea
SymptomsStools:green;pasty.Withcolic(see
above).
Worseaftereatingfruit;aftereating.
Causesanger;fruit.
Headache
SymptomsPains:onleftsideofface;spreaduptoear;
tearing.
Worsefortouch.
Causesexcitement;vexation.
Sciatica
SymptomsPainstearing.
Worseonrightsideofbody.Theawfultearingpainsareusuallyworseformove-
ment,pressureandtouchandalthoughtheymaybe
betterforwarmthareoftenworseforthewarmthof
bedatnight.
CONIUMMACULATUM (Con.)
Familyname:Umbelliferae
Othernames:commonhemlock;spottedhemlock;
poisonhemlock;herbbennett;poisonparsley
Commoninthiscountryaswellasthroughoutmostof
EuropeandinpartsofAsia,NorthAfricaandAmer-
ica,hemlockisfoundinhedges,meadows,bystreams
andonwasteground.Itbelongstothesamefamilyas
parsleyandinfactitsleaveshavebeenmistakenly
takenforparsley,butunliketherestofitsfamilyevery
singlepartofthisplantisextremelypoisonous.The
nameConiumcomesfromtheGreek'konas',towhirl
about,becausewheneatentheplantcausesgreat
vertigobeforedeath.
Medicinally ithasbeenusedfromasearlyasthe
tenthcenturyforawiderangeofillnessesincluding
tumours,epilepsy,whoopingcoughandmany
others,tocurethebiteofrabiddogsandasanantidote
tostrychninepoisoning.However,thesetreatments
werefraughtwithdangerbecauseofthetoxicnature
oftheherbanditeventually fellintodisuse.
ItwascommonlyusedbytheRomansandthe
INTERNALMATERIAMEDICA Cuprummetallicum(Cupr.)•83
Greeksasapoisonbothlegally(forcriminals)and
illegally.Hemlockwasthepoisonthatthecondemned
Socrateswasmadetodrink.Poisonousdosesproduce
completeparalysiswhichstartsatthefeetandmoves
upthebody,thelegsbecomingcoldatfirstandthen
therestofthebodyfollowing.Therearenoconvul-
sionsandnopain.Theabilitytothinkclearlyremains
rightupuntildeath,whichiscausedbvasphyxia.
Thehomeopathicremedyispreparedfroma
tincturemadefromthefreshplantwheninflower.
GENERALSYMPTOMS
ComplaintsfromaccidentinjuryDizzy.Sweating:
duringsleep;hot;atnight;onclosingeyes.
WorseonKingdown.
Betterforsittingdown.
Thecomplaintsareworseforlyingdown,fromthe
cough,thesweatingandthedizziness.Aslightly
strangesymptom isthattheperson(andthecom-
plaints)arebetterforsittingdownandlettingthe
limbshangdown(notsittingcrosslegged).Thesweat-
ingmaybeprofuseandoccursonclosingtheeyes
(anotherstrangesymptom)aswellasduringsleep.
EMOTIONAL/MENTAL SYMPTOMS
Anxious.Depressed.Memoryweak.Sensitiveto
noise.Slow.
Thesearemelancholicpeoplewhosebrainsseizeup
afteraperiodofmentalstrain.Theycan'tread,and
theymaysitlookingvacant,feelinganxiousandnot
wantingtowork.Theyareeasilystartledbynoise,
andtheireyesaresensitivetolight(althoughnot
inflamed).Womenfeelworse,physicallyandemo-
tionally,beforetheirperiods,whentheyfinditmore
difficulttoconcentrateandwhenthevfeelgenerally
miserable.thepersonhastosituptocough.Heorsheisunableto
coughoutthemucus;itisswallowed,andthenthe
personhastoliedowntorest.Thecoughisexhausting
andisoftenaccompaniedbyafever.
Dizzy
SymptomsWithturningsensation.
Worseformovingorturningtheheadquickly;for
lyingdown.
Thepersonfeelsasifheorsheisturninginacircle,
andcannotwatchmovingobjects.Betterwhenquite
stillwitheyesclosed.
Exhaustion
Withtrembling;numbness.
Betterforfreshair.
Worseforslightestexertion;afterstool;forwalking.
Injuries
SymptomsInjuries:ofbreasts;oftesticles;stonyhard
lumps,sensitive,swollen,cold,inflamed.
Injuredpartsbecomelumpyandpainfulandfeel
stonyhard.Afterabangorabruisethereistingling
withstitchingpains.
Insomnia
SymptomsSleepiessbeforemidnight.Withnight-
mares.
Periodproblems
SymptomsBreasts:lumpy;stitchingpains.With
exhaustion(seeabove).
Worsebeforemenstrualperiod.
Thebreastsfeelheavy,andswellbeforeaperiod.
Thetypicalemotionalmentalsymptomswillalsobe
present.
PHYSICALCOMPLAINTS
Breastfeedingproblems
SymptomsBreastlumpsworseinrightbreast.
Thesebreastlumpsarenotnecessarilypainful.
Cough
SymptomsCough:dry;irritating;tickling;violent;
mustsitupassoonascoughstarts.Expectoration:
difficult;mustswallowwhatcomesup.
Worselyingdowninbed;intheevenings;fordeep
breathing;duringfever.
Thecoughiscausedbyadry,ticklingspotinthe
larynx;itstartsonfirstlyingdown(dayornight)andCuprummetallicum (Cupr.)
Commonname:copper
Copperisareddish-brown metallicelementthatis
minedinmanycountriesthroughouttheworld.Itisa
malleablemetal,andwasthefirstmetalusedtomake
toolsandweapons.Thoughitisverysoftonitsown,it
canbehardenedbybeingmixedwithothermetals
(withtintomakebronzeandwithzinctomakebrass,
forexample).Copperisaverygoodconductorofheat
andelectricity,anditisusedtomakeelectricwiresand
cablesandwaterpipes.Itisalsousedinagreatvariety
ofpigmentsforartists'powders,andwascommonlv
84•Dioscorea(Dios.) INTERNALMATERIAMEDICA
usedbydoctorsandvetsatonetimeinointmentsfor
wounds.
Copper'spoisonousqualitieswerefirstnotedin
coppersmiths,whenworkerssufferedfromchronic
poisoning,withcolic,diarrhoea,cough,anddifficulty
withassimilationoffoodbeingthemainsymptoms.
Acutepoisoning israre,withsymptomsofviolent
stomachcramps,vomiting,paleface,icy-coldextrem-
ities,restlessnessatnightandviolentheadache. Ifthe
sufferersurvivesthenliverdiseasealwaysfollows.
Thehomeopathicpreparation ismadefromthe
trituratedpuremetal.
GENERALSYMPTOMS
Extremitiescold.Face:blue;pale.Lipsblue.Taste:
sweet.Painscramping.
Betterforcolddrinks.
Worsefortouch;forvomiting.
CrampsareanimportantpartoftheCuprumpicture;
themusclesfeelknottedup.Thetirednessisfrom
mentalexhaustionorsometimesfromlossofsleep,
andtheheadachesandcrampsmaywellfollowa
periodofheavywork.Cuprumtypeslookpaleand
drawnandhavebluishlips.
EMOTIONAL/MENTAL SYMPTOMS
Restlessatnightinbed.
Thisremedydoesnothaveastrong'character'; its
generalsymptomsandspecificcomplaintswilllead
youtoprescribe it.
PHYSICALCOMPLAINTS
Colic
SymptomsPains:cramping;violent.Withnausea;
VOMITING.
Thebellyissore,bruised,tenderandhot.
Convulsions
Causesteethingchildren;vexation.
Theseconvulsionsareaccompaniedbybluelipsand
coldhandsandfeet(seecough).
Seekprofessionaladviceimmediately.
Cough
SymptomsBreathing: difficult;fast.Cough:inlong
fitsatirregularintervals;uninterrupted; suffocative;
violent;whooping.
Betterforsipsofcoldwater.
Althoughdrinkingcoldwaterhelpsthecough(likeCausticum)coldaircanaggrav


” one of the main computers of the body. It
releases hormone-like substances that stimulate other endocrine glands and
tissues to produce or release specific hormones, steroids, neurotransmittersand the like. The structure of the pituitary is divided into two parts: the
posterior lobe, which is an outgrowth from part of the brain, and the anterior
lobe, being an outgrowth from the pharynx. The pituitary is attached and
lives under the hypothalamus portion of your brain (behind the eyes in the
middle of the head).
The pituitary, being the master gland, controls some of the functions of
most other glands. When the pituitary becomes weakened it can affect the
whole body, causing a chain reaction, thereby producing multiple symptoms.
The pituitary gland can affect the thyroid or adrenal glands in a positive or
negative way. It is important to understand these reflex possibilities to help
you address your weaknesses properly and to gain more successful results.
Some of the far-reaching effects of a weakened pituitary gland include
neurological weaknesses such as: multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s, and cerebral
palsy (from lack of adrenal cortex stimulation), as well as hypothyroidism,
hypo-function of the ovaries, underactive or overactive tissue or cell growth,
rapid aging, diabetes, and lactation problems.
The middle of the transverse colon (large intestine) has a relationship to
the pituitary
and brain. Oftentimes this part of the bowel becomes impacted,
toxic and weakened, thereby feeding toxins directly to the pituitary gland.
Being one of the first areas of the body formed in the embryo stages of life,
the GI tract is linked to all tissues in the body in ways we do not yet
understand. We do know that in the embryo stages the spinal cord and the gut
tissues are the first manifestation from the head area. As the embryo cell
opens up, this gut tissue now becomes the source of most of our organs and
glands. This gut tissue in the fetus later becomes the GI tract, thus creating a
dynamic relationship between the GI tract and the rest of the body. Because
of this, it is vital that you clean and strengthen the GI tract in your
detoxification program, that is, if you wish to have true success at
regenerating your glands, as well as your whole body.
PINEAL GLAND

The pineal gland is a small, flattened, cone-shaped gland located behind and
just above the eyebrows (connected to the roof of the 3rd ventricle of the
brain). Scientific research hasn’t revealed much about this endocrine gland as
of yet. We know that it synthesizes melatonin, which is a hormone that
relaxes you and aids in the sleep process. Melatonin may affect skin and hairpigmentation. Melatonin is inhibited by light striking the retina. The pineal
gland is regulated by light (internal and external).
In spiritual circles the pineal gland is called the “third eye,” “tisra til,” or
the “10th door.” It is considered the window into the heavens —the eye of
heaven—and is a point focused on in meditation.
THYROID AND PARATHYROID GLANDS

The thyroid consists of two lobes in the anterior portion (front) of the neck.
The parathyroid consists of four or more small glands on the back of the
thyroid.
Since many people choose to consume “cooked” dairy products and
refined sugars (highly mucus-forming), they develop congestion throughout
the sinus cavities, head area, throat, bronchi and lungs. The
thyroid/parathyroid, since it is located in the throat area, also becomes
congested and either becomes hyperactive (overactive) or, as in most cases,
hypoactive (underactive). From clinical observation, blood tests that show
levels of thyroid hormones T4s, T3s and TSHs are very inaccurate at
determining thyroid function. I have included the Basal Temperature Test in
Appendix A
 because it is a better overall indicator of thyroid function.
The job of the thyroid/parathyroid glands includes increasing and/or
decreasing the following: metabolism; the ability of cells to absorb and use
glucose; protein metabolism for growth; the use of fats; rate and strength of
the heart beat; rate and depth of respiration; and the rate of calcium
absorption from blood, intestines, bones and kidneys. The
thyroid/parathyroid also has an interrelationship with other glands, not quite
understood at this time.
The symptoms of hypothyroidism (low thyroid function) include: bone
loss, improper bone growth, brittle and ridged fingernails, hair loss, cold
hands and feet, a dislike of cold weather, heart arrhythmias, heart attacks,
depression, connective tissue weaknesses, scoliosis of the spine, arthritis,
fatigue, slow metabolism, obesity, hot flashes, cramping, spasms, myxedemas
and growth issues.
The symptoms of hyperthyroidism (over-active thyroid) include goiter,
protruding eyes, hyperactivity, thyrotoxicosis, and excessive-growth issues.Since the thyroid/parathyroid affects the body’s ability to utilize calcium,
we find that bone problems, depressive disorders and connective tissue
weaknesses can be eliminated by regenerating the thyroid/parathyroid glands.
Hyperthyroidism is easy to overcome through
detoxification. Never allow
any doctor to destroy or remove the thyroid gland because of hyperactivity
The thyroid/parathyroid gland is vital to your well-being in a multitude of
ways that greatly affect your quality of life.
THYMUS

The thymus gland consists of two pinkish/gray, flat-looking, symmetrical
lobes and is located in the middle of your sternum (mediastinal) in front of
(anterior to) and above your heart. Each lobe of the thymus gland has several
lobules. However, as in many glands, there is a cortex (outer portion) and a
medulla (inner portion). The outer portion is full of lymphoid tissues
containing many cells called thymocytes. The medulla has some thymocytes
but mostly contains large corpuscles (Hassall’s).
The thymus gland is considered the master gland of the immune system.
It is large in children, but becomes much smaller with age. Because of diet
and lifestyle, the thymus can be almost completely atrophied by the time of
old age.
Your thymus gland is essential to the maturation (maturing) of thymic
lymphoid cells called T-cells. T-cells are small-to-medium-sized lymphocytes
(white blood cells) that are a part of a class of immune cells called NK or
natural killer cells. These cells, along with the B-cells (bone marrow cells),
are the Marine and Navy Seals of your body’s police force. These are vital, as
they are the source of cell-mediated immunity, meaning not controlled by
antibodies. Cell-mediated immunity is vital in helping the body fight the
invasion of molds, yeasts, fungus, bacteria, viruses and the like. Keep your
thymus and the rest of your body always healthy. Remember, the strong
survive, the weak perish.
ADRENAL GLANDS

An adrenal gland is located on top of each kidney, and, except for thepituitary gland, the adrenal glands are possibly the most important glands in
the body. The reason for this is twofold. First, they produce
neurotransmitters, which are essential for brain and nerve function. These
neurotransmitters include epinephrine (adrenaline), norepinephrine and
dopamine, which affect the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system,
turning nerve responses on or off. This affects almost all tissues in the body,
including the heart, vascular system, intestines, skin and kidneys. The
sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems comprise the two divisions
of the autonomic nervous system (ANS). This system regulates your
unconscious (involuntary) tissue actions like pupil dilation and constriction,
heartbeat and breathing.
Low blood pressure (systolic under 118) is always an indicator of
adrenal weakness, and at least 50 percent of high blood pressure cases reflect
adrenal (medulla) weakness as well. A healthy blood pressure is 120–130
systolic (top number) over 60–70 diastolic (bottom number). Long-term
effects of adrenal medulla weakness include, but are not limited to: asthma,
multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s, cerebral palsy, panic attacks, shyness and
impatience.
The second reason for the importance of the adrenal glands is the cortex
(or outer portion) that produces cortical-type steroids or hormones. These
hormones include glucocorticoids (cortisol and cortisone for carbohydrate
utilization); aldosterone (regulating our electrolytes, sodium and potassium);
estradiol (an estrogen); and progestins (including progesterone). Many of
these steroids act as anti-inflammatory compounds, which are vital to
combating inflammatory processes within the body. These steroids affect
muscle, nerve, gastrointestinal and cardiovascular tissues.
Cortisol, for example, is a catabolic hormone (steroid) that initiates
change and activates breakdown. Cortisol also aids in the conversion of fat
and protein to glucose. Cortisol is one of the adrenal gland


.

Although the scale of this experiment is too small to be of real significance, I believe it does highlight, in a semi-controlled fashion, the experiences that are repeatedly talked of anecdotally and it reinforces the
need for further investigation on a larger scale.

Professor Edzard Ernst, Director of the Centre for Complementary Health Studies at Exeter University
with whom I have had discussions also feels Aloe should be formally investigated. But, regrettably, clinical trials are expensive and they require willing consultants to undertake them. If a pharmaceutical
company thought there was money to be made out of Aloe, then funding would be forthcoming, but for
them it would be pointless as they could never achieve a patent!

However, I believe the future of Aloe Vera is rosy because there is a definite move in the community towards natural remedies and the medical profession is beginning to recognise this and slowly adapt.

Complementary medicine is undeniably a major growth area. In the UK 15 per cent of non-hospital
consultations are now with complementary therapists whose numbers have mushroomed from 2,900 in
1981, to more than 60,000 at the last count. But the UK still lags behind most European countries and the United States, where visits to complementary therapists exceed those to conventional doctors.

Recently published in the British Medical Journal, the official organ of the British Medical Association,
in a series of articles on this change towards complementary and over the counter medicines were some
most interesting statistics.

Market breakdown for major categories of non-prescription medicines:

Pain £196.4m (16.7%)
Skin 2143.5m (1 1.3%)
Cold £93.9m (7.4%)
 Cough £68.1 m (5.4%)
Sore throat £72.7m (5.7%)
Indigestion £73.9m (5.8%)
Total £1268.5m

Everyday ailments for which people report treating themselves rather than seeking a consultation with a
doctor:

Ailment  Percentage of people reporting ailment  (n=2000)
Headache 80
Athlete's foot 79
Dandruff 73
Heartburn 62
Migraine 62
Period pain 61
Colds 60
Coughs 56
Mouth ulcers 51
Acid stomach 50

The article concluded with a comment that has two implications for doctors.

If the scope of self-medication widens as predicted, doctors, pharmacists, and other health professionals
will need to respond in a more active and constructive way than they have to date.
(BMJ Vol.312, 30/3/1996)
I am encouraged by interest shown in university departments at Oxford, both on the dermatology and
gastroenterology departments, and there is a reasonable chance that proper trials looking at venous leg
ulcers and IBS may be conducted there in the near future; watch out for the next edition!
 Aloe Vera's eponym 'the Medicine Plant' is a fitting one and we must constantly remind ourselves of the
influence that folklore has had on medicine over the ages and the plants that have provided powerful
drugs once isolated - opium from the poppy, digitalis from the foxglove, ergot from rye, and aspirin from
willow bark to name but a few.

"Within the infant rind of this weak flower poison hath residence and medicine power."
Romeo and Juliet.

In fact, 121 prescription drugs in common use owe their origins to plants, being concocted from 95
separate plants.

Eighty-eight per cent of people in developing countries rely on plant extracts for primary health care. In Africa where the AIDS pandemic is most aggressive and from where Aloe Vera originated, GIFTS OF
HEALTH (Global Initiative for Traditional Systems of Health), a charitable organisation, is considering a
project to develop Aloe and educate the people to use it, amongst other things to treat genital herpes. It
has been shown to be effective against this virus whose lesions often form the portal of entry of the HIV
virus and so by reducing the effects of genital herpes one can similarly reduce the incidence of AIDS.
 Most plant species are to be found in rainforests of which 400,000 hectares, or the area of Scotland, are
disappearing every week so by 2000 AD, 10 per cent of the world's 250,000 species of plant could be
extinct.

I will leave you to ponder on this and suggest the following two quotations:

"The Doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest his patients in the care of the
human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease".
Thomas A Edison 1847-1931 American Inventor

"...and above all do no harm."
Hippocrates

FURTHER READING

1. Aloe Vera
Carole Miller Kent. Arlington, Virginia The Print Factory, 1979

2. Aloe Vera Heals - The Scientific Facts K. Gottlieb. Denver, Colorado.
Royal Publications Inc., 1980

3. The Silent Healer Bill Coats. 1984
 4. Remarkable Aloe - Aloe through the Ages Ivan E. Danhof PhD. M.D.
Omnimedicus Press, 1987

5. Aloe - Myth Magic Medicine Odus M. Hennessee
Universal Graphics. Lawston O.K. 73502 1990
6. Aloe Vera The Natural Healer Paul Hornsey-Pennell
Wordsmith Publishing Company, 1994

7. Aloe Vera - The Inside Story Bill Coats 1995.
8. Aloe Vera - The Health and Healing Plant Ed. Maykut and Marc Schweitzer, 1995

 GLOSSARY

Acne
Skin disease characterised by pustules and cysts especially on the face.
Vulgaris - occurring in adolescents and young adults.
Rosacea - occurring in middle age and producing redness of nose and cheeks.

Amino Acids
Group of organic nitrogen containing compounds that form the component molecules of proteins.

Anthraquinones
A complex of phenolic substances which can be found in the sap of Aloe Vera acknowledged to have
both pain killing, antibacterial and viruscidal activity. They also exhibit powerful laxative effects in their
pure form.

Bioflavonoid
Any of a group of biologically active substances found widely in plants. Also called 'Vitamin P'.

Antioxidant
A group of substances including certain Vitamins, Minerals and Micronutrients which counter the activity
of free radicals, inhibiting their ability to oxidise.

Catalyst
A substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without itself suffering any permanent chemical
change.

Carbohydrates
A large group of organic compounds including sugars and starch that contain carbon, hydrogen and
oxygen. They are a source of food and energy for animals.

Candida Albicans
A yeast like parasite fungus that causes the condition known as 'thrush'.

Colitis
An inflammatory condition of the colon or large bowel.

Collagen
A fibrous protein occurring in bone, cartilage and connective tissue.

Crohn's Disease
An inflammatory disease of the small bowel otherwise called regional ileitis.

Dalton
A unit of measurement named after the British chemist John Dalton (1766-1844).

Dermabrasion
Method of treating scarred skin by surgically removing the damaged epidermis.

 Diverticulosis
A condition in which diverticulae in the colon are associated with lower abdominal pain.

Dysmotility
Disorder of movement, causing irregular spasms of the bowel leading to abdominal pain.

Eczema
A non-contagious inflammation of the skin, marked usually by redness, itching and weeping lesions
which become encrusted and scaly. Usually found in dry skin.

Elastin
A protein that is the principal component of elastic tissue found in the walls of arteries, the dermis of the
skin and other elastic structures.

Enzyme
Any of the numerous proteins produced by living organisms and functioning as biochemical catalysts.

Epithelium
A layer of cells that covers the body or lines a cavity that connects with it.

Fibroblast
A cell in connective tissue that is responsible for producing fibres and is most important in the healing
process.
Free Radical
An atom or group of atoms containing at least one unpaired electron, existing for a brief period of time
before reacting to produce a stable molecule.

Immune System
A series of cells found in the blood, tissues and lymphoid system which protects the body from attack by
micro-organisms and altered cells such as cancer cells.

Irritable Bowel Syndrome
A functional bowel disorder in which abdominal pain is associated with defecation or change in bowel
habit or abdominal distension.

Lignin
A complex polymer of cellulose occurring in certain plant cell walls making the plant rigid. When applied
to the skin in a topical cream it bestows an ability to penetrate, carrying accompanying elements with it.

Lymphocyte
A white blood cell, part of the immune system, found in the blood and lymphoid tissue.

Metabolism
The sum of the chemical processes that occur in living organisms resulting in growth, production of
energy and elimination of waste, etc.

NSAID
A group of drugs used in the treatment of arthritis, achieving


  thing  in your  Life; DISCOURSE  XXIII  375
and if you  will  acccpt  every  little  thing,  as a MANIFESTA-
TION  AND  ANSWER  TO  YOUR  CALL  TO  THE
PRESENCE;  then  the Greater  Fulness  will  flow,  flow,  and
flow;  until  like  a great  river  everything  of a discordant  na-
ture will  be swept  from  your  world  at your  Call.  It is your
Application  which  brings  such  tremendous  results.
Had  you  not responded  three  years  ago  to This  Mighty
Application,  these  last two  years  the Messengers  would  not
have  been  here—or  any  of your  cities  in America.  They  beat
down  by their  Mighty  Application  alone,  the  first  year,
every  obstruction  of human  qualities  which  arose  before
them!  Had  the student  body  not responded  by the issuing
of These  Mighty  Decrees,  We would  have  withdrawn  them
from  the service  of mankind.  Therefore,  AS ONE  GREAT
BODY  OF LIGHT,  I CONSIDER  YOU  HAVE  PRAC-
TICALLY  WON  THE  VICTORY!  GO  ON,  AND  ON,
AND  ON,  UNTIL  EVERY  ONE  OF  YOU,  STANDS
FORTH  IN THE  COMPLETE  FREEDOM  OF  YOUR
LIFE!  Any  report  in the future  which  comes  concerning
your  Nation,  concerning  your  political  situation,  concern-
ing your  industrial  activities—upon  which  all of your  physi-
cal Life  depends;  you  must  be ready  instantly  and  firmly  to
say to that  appearance,  if it be limiting  or discordant:  "You
have  no power"!  As the great  body  of students  say that  and
feel it deeply;  you  will  hold  in abeyance  everything,  which
destructively  affects  either  the government,  your  cities,  your
industries  or your  transportation;  until  the Powers  of Light
can dissolve  it! 376 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
I want  you  to feel Our  Absolute  Authority  today,  in your
Calls  to the Presence  of Life!  It is imperative!  Beloved  Ones
of the Capital,  you  have  been  aware  of the battle  you  have
been  waging;  but  you  only  know  a small  part  of it. By
being  able  to stand  and  hold  the Light,  it will  now  bring
a Great  Release  to you—Greater  Freedom  and  a Greater
Rest  in your  Mighty  Service  to the Light!
Therefore,  I want  you  to feel how  We stand  by watching
—ready  to release  to the Individual,  as well  as the great
student  body,  whatever  is required  at your  Call;  to give
you health,  your  limitless  supply,  the Directing  Intelligence
and Invincible  Protection  which  you  require.  We are your
Friends  of Light!  We  see far beyond  that  which  you  do;
and so far as the Activities  of your  Life  Streams  are con-
cerned,  We  know  far ahead  many  times,  what  you  are
going  to confront.  In your  Decrees,  did We show  you  how
much  of that  which  would  otherwise  have  acted,  has been
prevented  from  acting  in your  Life,  you  really  would  re-
joice!
Now  let us join  hands  in the Glory  of This  Greater  Serv-
ice into  which  We are entering;  for from  this  day,  We enter
into a Tremendously  Greater  Service  than  any  thus  far.
Therefore,  as you observe  the changes  which  will  take  place
in all avenues  of Life,  remember  the All-Seeing-Eye  of God
which  you  call  into  action,  is the Revealing  Power  of all
destructive  forces,  which  would  attempt  to destroy  you  and
your  Beloved  America.  As you  call It into  action  and  then
abide  in the Wisdom  of the Presence,  to bring  forth  Its Full DISCOURSE  XXIII  377
Revealing  Power,  not one  thing  of human  creation  can in-
terfere  with  or prevent  it.
Therefore,  you  are moving  like  Charmed  Individuals,  as
it were.  If you  can but realize  it, This  "I AM  Presence,"  Its
Tube  of Light  and  Its Use  of the Violet  Consuming  Flame,
will make  you  a Charmed  Being;  and  I mean  by that,  un-
touched  by any  discordant  destructive  thing.
I am sure  in the pleading  of the Messengers,  since  they
have  been  here,  you  have  all now  become  firmly  enough
anchored  in the demand  for Harmony  maintained  in your
feeling;  to give  Life  Its Full  Opportunity  to flood  your
Being  and  World  with  Love,  Happiness,  Strength,  Supply
and All Good  Things;  which  will  give  you  the ease  and
rest in your  feeling,  that  are needed.
I urge  you—not  all, but some  who  have  been  using  a great
deal of time;  to use less  time  in your  Decrees,  but MORE
DYNAMIC  ENERGY.  MAKE  THEM  SNAPPY  AND
FORCEFUL!  THEN  GO  ON  ABOUT  YOUR  BUSI-
NESS.  WHEN  YOU  RETURN  AGAIN,  MAKE  DY-
NAMIC  POWERFUL  APPLICATION!  Five  minutes  of
that is more  valuable  than  twenty-five  when  you  are not
releasing  the dynamic  energy!  Therefore,  as you  come  into
the Fuller  Activity  of the Light,  you  will  see this;  you  will
understand  it and by experimenting,  you  will  see how  much
more  time  you  have  to do other  things.
REMEMBER,  TO  KEEP  BALANCED  BY  SELF-
CONTROL  IN THE  OUTER,  ALL  THAT  YOU  CALL
FORTH  FROM  THE  PRESENCE.  Remember  again,  Be-378 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
loved  Ones,  wherever  your  attention  goes,  your  Life  is feed-
ing into  that  objective.  If it be Perfection,  it will  produce
Greater  and  Greater  Perfection  for you.  If it be discordant,
limiting  things,  then  you  must  remember,  you  are inviting
them,  into  your  world  of action.  Therefore,  THE  CON-
TROL  OF  YOUR  ATTENTION  MEANS  EVERY-
THING  TO  YOU!  IT IS NOT  A MATTER  OF  A MO-
MENTARY  FIXING  UPON  SOMETHING!  YOU
CAN  WITHDRAW  IT AND  PUT  IT BACK  WHERE
IT BELONGS !THEN  SAY  TO THAT  APPEARANCE
WHERE  IT MOMENTARILY  RESTS:  "YOU  HAVE
NO POWER."  THEN  YOU  STOP  THAT  FORCE
ACTING,  THE  MOMENT  YOUR  ATTENTION
GOES  TO  IT;  AND  SO  PREVENTS  IT COMING
BACK  ON  YOUR  LIFE  STREAM  TO  ENTER  YOUR
WORLD.
My Dear  Ones,  you  cannot  observe  a thing,  you  cannot
turn  your  attention  anywhere;  you  cannot  let your  feeling
go forward,  without  your  own  Life  Stream  of Energy  feed-
ing into  that  objective.  Then,  think  what  a most  unfor-
tunate  thing  it is, when  people  are angered  at each  other  or
really  hate  each  other.  Look  what  you  are doing  to Life!
The Stream  of Light  which  goes  forth—your  Life,  to a
person,  carries  destruction  like  dynamite  into  the  world
of the Individual;  and  for all of that


organisms themselves in areas of the body that are poorly
supplied with blood. These relatively bloodless areas are the thick layers of fasciae on each side of the spinal column between the muscle layers, the dense tissue of tendons
and ligaments around joints, and the heavy, leathery connective tissue around the back of the neck and under the scalp.
   The blood stream of even a person suffering food deficiency will soon cleanse itself.
However, by hiding in the areas poorly supplied with blood, microorganisms may persist, and with each succeeding blood-stream infection they may multiply in number.
This mechanism gives rise to the various  manifestations of the disease known as
arthritis, and when the connective tissue covering of nerves is the place invaded, the disease which occurs is known as neuritis. The disease we describe may select the fasciae of the back. The patient then has spondylitis or lumbago. It may affect the structures in the back of the neck and under the scalp. The resulting disease then is
headache. It may affect the dense ligaments around the knee and ankle, or the sacroiliac joint or other joint. The disease is then known as arthritis.
   The point here is that headache, neuritis, arthritis, lumbago, and other such painful
conditions are not separate entities, but are simply various manifestations of the same
disease, the disease being the invasion of a part by a lowgrade, old chronic infection, the
infection being permitted to occur because the person is carrying a foci or abscess somewhere in the body. The foci or abscesses which give rise to these various
manifestations of disease occur in persons who have been unable to cope with their
microscopic enemies on account of their resistance being lowered because of inadequate
intake of vitamins and minerals. The evil effects of vitamin and mineral deficiencies
here depicted, involving as they do diseases of the digestive organs, lung, heart, brain,
and blood vessels, present a truly depressing picture.
   But this is not the whole story. The gla nds of internal secretion which preside over all
life processes depend for their proper functioning on a continuous supply of good, rich
blood. The pituitary, which has the seat of honor in this chain, situated at the base of the
brain, is like the driver of a 20-mule team. It directs the activities of all the other glands.
It stimulates or depresses according to the ne eds of the individual. It pours out adrenalin
from the adrenal glands when the person is about to engage in a physical struggle, and
pours out insulin from the pancreas when sugars arrive in the stomach which must be
burned.
   It controls the moving of calcium and the building of bones through the activities of
the parathyroid. It controls the functioning of the gonads, the regulatory mechanism of
menstruation, and protects the fetus until time for delivery. The chain of endocrine glands may also be compared to the keys of an organ. The organist is the pituitary. The
growth of hair, the health of skin, the secretion of various glands in the body--digestion, assimilation, metabolism--all are under the c ontrol of this endocrine chain. The very
thoughts that are produced by the brain are also under its control.
   We may see how the accidental interfe rence with circulation may influence some
particular gland activity. For instance, the adrenal, which has to do with keeping up the
normal blood pressure, may have tiny clots devel op in some of its vessels. This may be
due to scurvy of the vessel wall, or to microorganisms causing disease of the vessel
wall. This strangles the cells normally fed by such a blood vessel.
   One such accident may perhaps cause little trouble. However, the tendency is for such
accidents to recur (spontaneously). The piling up of many such accidents will seriously
cripple the function of the organ. After much adrenal tissue has been thus destroyed the person now has Addison's disease. The s upply of adrenal secretion continues to
decrease until death occurs. Due to the specific attraction between certain
microorganisms and certain organs, colonization of germs from the blood stream may
occur in any part of the body, and the process may go on even to the formation of small
abscesses. The effects here described may be mechanical or toxic but are usually a
combination of the two.
   These biological reactions may produce alteration in any organ that decreases the
normal secretion of the organ. The instance  given in the case of the adrenal may be
duplicated in the thyroid (hypothroidism), pancreas (diabetes), ovary (sterility), etc. In
most cases we assume that the effect of the strangulation of cells or the atrophy of cells
has been due to a poisonous, depressing effect on the substance of the gland in question.
In some cases, however, the dose of the toxi c substance is smaller or less potent, and
instead of depressing it may excite the gla nd to increased action instead of having the
depressing effect. In such cases the physiology of the process is reversed. In the case of
the thyroid, the patient becomes afflicted with hyperthyroidism. In the case of the
pancreas, there is an increased secretion and an increased amount of sugar must be
furnished to counteract the increased amount of insulin produced. In the case of the ovary, continuous bleeding may occur instead of normal menstruation. The ultimate
effect in the cases which are stimulated rath er than depressed is to wear out the over-
stimulated cells so that eventually the life of the organ is terminated, and a condition of
atrophy ensues.
   The diseases of this type which produce the hyper effect on the glands of internal
secretion are relatively small in number as comp ared with those that have, from the very
first, a depressing effect. As a rule, the depres sing effect on glands of internal secretion
from toxic material circulating in the blood is not an effect on one gland alone, but is an
effect on all the glands, with special emphasis on the one which gives the predominant
symptoms. For instance, the adrenal may produce outstanding symptoms which calls the attention of the physician to the adrenal, but  all of the other glands are being depressed
in a similar way, but not in the same degree.
   The failure of one of the glands of internal secretion means not only the failure of all
the other glands in a lesser degree, but also means the relative failure of the pituitary.
Failure of the glands of internal secretion has been likened to old age. It is an error to
say that it may be likened to old age. It is old age. This is the mechanism by which old
age occurs. In a person who has existed for many years on a deficiency diet, the signs of old age may appear at the age of thirty to thirty-five. Women who are poorly nourished
cease to menstruate at a relatively early ag e. This is not because the ovaries are exhausted, but because the whole endocrine chain is exhausted. There are plenty of ova
left in the ovaries, but the stimulus from the pituitary necessary to bring the ova into
activity is lacking. Women who are well nourished continue to menstruate well beyond
50 years of age.
   CHAPTER VI
HOW WIDESPREAD ARE DEFICIENCIES
   The author has had much experience in examining young men for service in the Army
and young women for service in the Red Cross. In those exhibiting the symptoms which
go with dietary deficiency, those who have the peculiar symptoms of scurvy and
pellagra so commonly seen, the hair turns gray  at a relatively early age; the teeth are
decayed or lost; the skin becomes wrinkl ed and sallow in appearance; the facial
expression becomes less animated, and the eyes lose their luster. Along with these we
find a failure of acuity. The eyes lose th e power of accommodation; the ears are unable
to distinguish the higher vibrations. The person no longer appreciates the aroma of good
food, not does he get the full flavor of the taste. Memory fails, and fatigue occurs on
lesser physical exertion.
   Of all these signs and symptoms, the most outstanding is the peculiar wrinkling of the
subepithelial tissue. This shows plainly in the face of the person who has begun to take
on old age--fine wrinkles around the eyes, nose, and mouth, with the structures
drooping and the lines sloping downward. This, with the development of the sallow
color of the skin and the distorted shape of  the lips due to loss of teeth, or the
replacement of natural teeth with crude effort s of the dentist, presents a typical picture
of advancing age.
   These signs are to be seen in the pictures  of many of our most news-worthy men. It is
not uncommon in newspaper and magazine pictures and in news reels of the moving
pictures to see men who exhibit these signs, along with tortuous blood vessels in the
temporal region (arterial sclerosis), and in those who smile, decayed, discolored,
irregular teeth and swollen, diseased gums. The persons exhibiting these evidence of old
age are senators, representatives, judges, a nd other persons of importance in the affairs
of the nation. It is not difficult to explain the bungling and muddling that exists in high
places in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of our government. The men
who are at the head of our affairs are old men


, yet without preconceived ideas,
impatience, or wishful thinking. This seems very hard to explain in
human words. It is something you have to feel into. There must be a
positive expectancy that is yet free from preconceived notions of
how and what should happen.
Still another related apparent contradiction: You need to be
specic, yet this specicity must be light and neutral. You must be
specic in one way, but not in another. If this seems confusing now,
ask your inner being to relay the comprehension to your mind,
rather than trying to understand directly with your ego-mind.
The workings of the greater self so far surpass the mind’s
imagination that specicity would be a hindrance. Yet the mind
must know what it wants, be prepared for it, reach for it and claimit, know that it deserves what it wants and will not misuse it. The
outer mind must make const ant changes in order to adapt itself to
the greater scope of the inner God-consciousness. Your outer mind
must become empty and receptive, yet it must hold itself poised for
all possibilities. Thus it will be able to mate with the inner stillness
and what appears at rst as emptiness.
A New Fullness Begins to Manifest
As you do this, in a spirit of patient, persevering, positive
expectancy, yet empty in mind and soul, a new fullness can
manifest. The inner stillness will begin to sing, as it were. From the
energetic point of view, it will convey light and warmth. Strength
you never knew you possessed will arise. From the point  of view of
consciousness, guidance will come for the biggest and smallest
issues in your life.
Receptive, creative emptiness must truly be nurtured. Listen with
an inner ear, and yet you must not do this with urgency but become
receptive to when and how you will be lled. This is the only way,
my friends, to nd your inner sustenance, to nd your divinity, and
become a receptacle for the great universal power that is being
released and will manifest in your life, even more than you have
already experienced.
This is an important time in the history of evolution, and you are
all needed to comprehend and perpetuate a great change in thinking
and perception regarding the laws and values that the Christ
consciousness is spreading. The way must be open from within and
from without to create as many receptacles as possible.
The mind can be a hindrance or an aid to this process. You all
know that your mind is limited only by your own concept of its
limitations. To the degree you limit your mind, you cannot perceive
what is beyond it. The mind is nite and it must aim to spread the
boundaries of its niteness until it measures up with the innite that
is beyond the mind and that is within yourself, right here, right
now. Then the mind merges into the innite consciousne ss of yourinner universe, in which you are one with all that is, and yet
innitely your personal self.
As it is now, you carry your mind with you almost as a burden
because it has become a closed circuit. Inside that circuit  there is a
certain leeway for ideas, opinions, and possibilities you have made
room for in your life as a result of your education and the mores of
your society. That circuit contains what you have chosen to learn
and adopt as knowledge, both as part of the group consciousness
and as your personal experie nce. To the degree you have grown and
expanded, the closed circuit of your mind has widened; however, it
is still a closed circuit. You are still burdened with limiting ideas
about yourself  and your world. It is therefore necessary, in order to
elicit creative emptiness, that you visualize the boundaries of your
mind by questi oning yourself  about all the things that you think are
impossible for you. Where you are hopeless and frightened there
must be an idea of niteness that is simply locked into your mind;
thus you lock out the great power that is here for all those who are
ready to receive it honestly.
Puncturing the Closed Circuit of the Mind
Again we have an apparent contradiction. On the one hand, it is
necessary that this limited mind open itself up to new ideas and
possibilities, as you have already learned to do in your meditation.
You have seen infallibly that where you have made room for a
desirable new possibility, it has indeed come into your life. You
have also seen that when it does not come into your life, you deny
that it can, for whatever reason. It is therefore necessary that you
begin to puncture that closed circuit. You cannot immediately
dissolve it; you live with a mind and you need your mind. But
where you puncture your mind, the ow of new energy and
consciousness can penetrate. Where it is not punctured, you stay
locked within its narrow connes, which your spirit is fast
outgrowing. On the other hand, your mind must rest, not holdopinions, be neutral, in order to be receptive to the great new force
sweeping the inner universe of all consciousness.
But let us return to the process of puncturing the limite d mind.
How do you do that? First tell yourself that you do hold limited
beliefs, instead  of taking them for granted. The next step is to
challenge them. This requires  taking the trouble to walk through, in
the well-practiced attitude of self-observation and self-confrontation,
your limited beliefs and to truly think about them. Sometimes it is
not just that you have a false belief, and possibly a negative
intentionality in holding on to it, but you can also see that you keep
the circuit closed and deprive yourself of the inner plenitude you
yearn for.
Another law of great importance for this purpose is that the
opening to the greater universal consciousness must not be
approached in a spirit of magic that is supposed to eliminate the
growing and learning process. Now, this ultimate power is supposed
to ll and sustain you; however, your outer mind must go through
the steps of acquiring whatever knowledge is necessary. You all see
this in the arts and sciences. You cannot be inspired as a great artist,
no matter how much genius you have, unless you learn the craft and
the technical dexterity. If the childish lower self wants to use the
channel to the greater unive rse in order to avoid the initial tedium
of learning and becoming, the channel will remain closed. For this
amounts to cheating, and God cannot be cheated. When you cheat,
the personality may become seriously doubtful that anything
beyond the mind exists, because no inspirational response comes
forth when using “magic”  to coddle your laziness and self-
indulgence. The same is true of science or any other eld.
Now how about this same law with respect to inspiration for your
personal life and decisions?  Here, too, you must not fail to go
through the work that the outer ego-self has to do in order to
become a proper channel for the God-consciousness. You do this in
pathwork. You need to truly know yourself, your weaknesses, your
lower self, where you are corruptible, where you are dishonest or
tend to be. As you all know, this is hard work, but it needs to be
done. If you avoid it, the channel will never really be reliable andmay contain a lot of wishful  thinking, stemming from your “desire
nature,” or it may reveal “truth” that is based on guilt and fear and
is thus equally unreliable.
Only when you work in this fashion on your development will
you come to a point when you no longer confuse gullibility and
wishful thinking with faith, or doubt with discrimination. As a great
pianist can be a channel for higher inspiration only when he goes
through the nger exercises and the hours of practice that make his
playing nally  eortless, so must God-inspired people work on their
purication process, on deep self-knowledge and self-hon esty. Only
then does the receptacle become commensurate with higher truths
and values, t to be inuen ced and used for higher purposes to
enrich the world and the self.
At the same time you need to cultivate a neutrality. Your devotion
to fullling the will of God must include an attitude that whatever
comes from God is all right, whether you desire it or not. Too much
desire is as much a hindrance as the absence of all desire, which
manifests as resignation and hopelessness. The refusal to endure any
kind of frustration creates an inner tension and defensive structure
that close up the vessel of the mind and maintain the closed circuit.
In other  words, you, as a receptacle, need to be neutral. You need to
give up the strong, tight, selfwilled yes or no to make way for a
exible trust guided by your inner God. You need to be willing,
pliable, exibl e, trusting, and forever ready for another change you
had not contemplated. What is right now may not be right
tomorrow.
There is no xedness when it comes to the divine life that springs
from


 that this is the only way to really become totally pure.   With trust, day by day, I continue.Day 13Yes, another worm.  About 12 inches long, and this one was more white in color again.I’m still having moments of weakness, heat, left arm numbness, muscle twitching and abdominal pain so I know things are still happening.  Patience is of the essence.  I am so happy that I am doing this cleanse!  I cannot think of a better gift to give my body.In all the other cleanses I have done, I always had juices and coconuts.  Clearly that was never enough to starve the worms.  Perhaps the 10-day water fast I did previously was not long enough to see the worms be released, I can’t really say for sure.  Certainly on this fast of pure water, with no food whatsoever for the worms, they are naturally starving and dying on their own. I should make it clear that all worms being released are already dead.  There are no live squiggling worms coming out of me, thankfully!I’ve been discussing the fast daily with my neighbor as she has been designated to ‘check in’ on me.  She is an American woman who comes to Koh Samui every summer to do her colon cleansing and health regime.  She has been so inspired by my transformation and worm stories that she is now thinking of starting her own water fast.  I love it!Personal Story - 40-Day Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!64As far as how much weight I am losing, I am honestly not weighing myself.  Of course I can feel my clothes becoming looser and I can see my face narrowing.  The weight loss is not too rapid or extreme, and the best thing is that I do not look gaunt.  Rather, I seem to be glowing with health.  As each worm is released, imagine the gratitude my body feels!  I am guessing that I have lost about 5 kilos or 10 pounds so far.Day 14Worms again.  This is truly an amazing experience!Once the worms starting coming out, I noticed that my sleep became very restless and unsettled.  This is totally not normal for me.  I usually sleep very soundly.  Last night, for the ﬁrst time in a week, I slept great and didn’t move all night.  It felt wonderful!Of course one might think that doing a water fast is an extreme way to starve and eliminate parasites.  There are, after all, medical drugs that one can take to combat parasites and worms.  In my experience, these drugs only kill the live adults and they do not destroy the eggs.  This leaves a person very susceptible to future outbreaks and often a cycle of getting better and getting worse will occur.  And actually, that happened to me when I got giardia 16 years ago.  That ‘cycle’ led me to do my ﬁrst colon cleanse.  After, the giardia never returned.Also I do wonder, if one has worms in the brain, around the liver, in the lungs and/or other internal organs, will a drug in the stomach and colon have the power to reach all of those outlying areas?  And what happens to Personal Story - 40-Day Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!65the ‘corpses?’  Do they eventually get digested and broken down?  Gross!  I much prefer this natural method of water fasting.Personal Story - 40-Day Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!66The Third Week: More WormsDay 15There were no obvious worms today, although I did see some small larvae or even very small (1/2 inch or less) worms.  They were far too small and delicate to photograph.  I have the very distinct feeling that not all worms are out of me yet.  Yesterday I was feeling better and better, and last night I felt downright amazing.  Later in the night, the next ‘wave’ of cleansing began.  I started to have pain in the kidneys, even sharp pains at times.  It all settled down eventually, but probably lasted 2 or 3 hours.  Interestingly enough, I have had a small lump or mass on the my right side just under the skin above the kidney for years.  It always becomes sore during a colon cleanse, but has never gone away entirely.Day 161 worm about 1.5 inches  in length.  Yes, be gone!   Still more twitching in the leg muscles.Yesterday I felt energetically drained from certain people emailing me and coming by my house.  Especially when fasting, small things can be emotionally overwhelming.  It is always a valuable lesson to learn how to say ‘No!’Personal Story - 40-Day Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!67Day 17There were no worms today, but I did pass a big piece of very hard, round feces.  Who knows what that was about!  17 days of only water, so where did that come from??I’m somewhat disappointed because I know that there are more worms still.I’ve had some cramping in my stomach and colon today; otherwise I was feeling pretty good.  My head feels more clear, although I still have a burning sensation in my left ear.I just need to rest and give the body all the energy it needs to go within and heal.Day 18Last night I was feeling rather frustrated because I really had no improvement in how I felt for over 3 days.  I still had burning in the ears and twitching muscles everywhere and I knew there were more worms, but somehow it seemed that my body was slowing down the pace of release.I also started to realize that I will need to go some follow-up cleansing after the water fast.  I started to look online at different parasite and natural herbal formulas for worms,  and I decided to purchase the www.humaworm.com formula.  Hopefully it will arrive by the time I ﬁnish the fast and I can go directly into a 30-day program to really knock any lingering worms or eggs on the head.Personal Story - 40-Day Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!68While looking at the humaworm formula of herbs, I started to wonder if I should also be taking some natural parasite herbs now.  After all, won’t the herbs be even stronger and more effective when I’ve had nothing but water for 17 days?So, last night I took 3 drops of black walnut/wormwood/clove tincture which I already had at home.  (This tincture does not contain any alcohol).  I mixed it into water and drank it.Wow!  Within 3 minutes, I could feel it immediately.  I felt heat in my brain, popping in the ears and even my vision went a bit blurry for a few minutes.  I was so happy to experience a reaction.I continued to feel ‘die-off’ effects for another 30 minutes and then I took 2 more drops in water, and again, experienced the same.This morning I passed about 15 small worms at least, all very small, about 1-2 inches and all very skinny.   For sure, I will continue with the tincture.Day 19Today I experimented with taking more of the black/walnut/wormwood/clove drops.  I took some every 2 hours throughout the day, and I did not notice a huge difference in how I felt for doing so.  In the future, I think I will simply take some every 12 hours, once in the morning and once at night.I had no worms today, but I did feel some ‘relief’ in the symptoms I’ve been having.  I felt less burning in the left ear and less muscle twitching overall.Personal Story - 40-Day Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!69I know I need to rest more and avoid any stress in my life right now.  As much as I can, I am trying to keep the phone off and avoid having people stop by.  Overall my feeling is very positive and hopeful.I’m thankful to still be keeping my mind engaged in working on my website, creating more material for the blog, reading health books and catching up on a lot of backlog.  For me, it is the one thing that keeps my mind entirely focused away from food.  I don’t even think about it.  Cleaning my body of these worms if my biggest priority right now,  I have the rest of my life to eat, and will certainly enjoy food more when I am the only one digesting it!!My neighbor did ﬁnally start her water fast, and it’s been great having each other to support and discuss our experience.  Day 20I had some worms released today, but they were so thin that it was impossible to get them on paper to photograph.  They would all either break or split.  There were about 5 or 6 worms in total and they measured about 1-3 inches in length.  Of course they are getting skinny now because they have not eaten in 20 days either!!I still have the ever-so annoying twitching of the muscles and an occasional bit of burning and then clogging in the left ear.  I have to remember where I was and how I felt 20 days ago vs. how I feel and where I am today and remember that progress is being made.Personal Story - 40-Day Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!70Funny enough, my neighbor is experiencing almost parallel symptoms as me - popping of the ears and severe headaches especially, in the �


, he had difficult problem of chronic angina.  8 “The information of Urine-therapy came and immediately he began the therapy. Thanks to God, the boy no longer needs the operation."  from Personal Pharmacy, by Gary Ward  ANIMAL DIABETES    “Shri S. N. Shipra is a resident of Madanpura area in Bombay. His grey-coloured racing mare (horse) used to be indisposed. Soon after the purchase she was emaciated and had considerably weakened by the time she arrived at Bombay. Her poor state of health was supposed to be due to underfeeding during the course of train journey. “A week after her arrival at her master's house, an examination of her stools was made. After some treatment, it became apparent that she urinated profusely and at short intervals. After a few days blood appeared in her urine. To check its flow with urine she was made to drink a mixture of Hexamine, Soda Sulphate and a  <<<NOTE>>> what is this word? >Map-sulfthrough a pipe. The bleeding ceased after a couple of days but the quantity of urine could not be checked. An examination of her urine revealed 20% sugar content. I decided to make her drink her own urine through a pipe; She passed nearly 4 lb. of urine every day. The entire urine was collected and was given on the next day. She was given to drink seven pipes full of urine in this way. “Some change was noticed in her condition after drinking four tubes full of urine and she started grazing normally after taking urine for the seventh time. The frequency of urination and the quantity decreased. Sugar content in her urine now was only 0.3/4%. In the meantime some one came to bargain for her. The owner got a good price for the mare and she left Bombay with her new owner hale and hearty."  Manav Mootra by R.M. Patel  ANXIETY  Adriana H. Sanchez {Mexico} "I am very nervous and also suffer from painful cramps. Started to drink the urine in November of '95 and thank God and chemistry, I have not suffered from cramps and I feel more confident about what I do and overall very calm."  Testimonials of Patients Cured by Urine Therapy http://paraisodelasalud.org/testimonios.htm  APOPLEXY <<<NOTE>>> give a short definition of apoplexy?   9 “S. Ashaben (Red Cross, Shandigahi) has a son who suffered from apoplexy. He could not be cured. Once the disease became very grave, Ashaban began to give him Urine Therapy. In a few days the boy began to recover, as he passed out all toxins by way of loose motions, and along with it there was a very big worm, 7 inches long. The boy recovered fully, and the doctors marveled at the speedy and complete recovery of the boy.”  from Urine Therapy, by Dr. John O'Quinn  APOPLEXY  “Vinood K. Motiwala of Bombay, age 26, was suffering from apoplexy for the last 12 years. He tried various methods, but to no avail. At last, he started Urine Therapy and cured this old and dangerous disease. He still continues the urine treatment to protect himself from its sudden attack.”  from Urine Therapy, by Dr. John O'Quinn  APPENDICITIS  “Ramamlal Trivedi is a young man of thirty. For the past years he has been suffering from constipation and other ailments. On the right portion of his stomach, acute pain developed, and there was an attack of fever also. A doctor diagnosed it as a case of appendicitis, and he was advised an operation. Dr. Salaria, being a surgeon, was consulted. The patient was admitted in his hospital on October 5th, 1958. Dr. Salaria did not operate on him but insisted that he adopt Urine Therapy. He was made to take his urine three times daily. An  enema douche with two pints of urine was also given as a result of which much of the excreta passed out. This treatment was repeated on the second and third day, and all the hard and undigested matter, stuck to the intestines passed out. Normal health was restored.”  from Urine Therapy, by Dr. John O'Quinn  APPENDICITIS  “A man, age 45, tells his story: For the last four years I was suffering from appendicitis. I was operated on in the famous Duffrin Hospital of Vadodara. Even after the operation there was no relief. Then I was examined by a number of doctors. All these doctors advised a second operation as the only remedy. Dr. N. N. examined the report carefully and declared that there was nothing wrong with the intestines or with the earlier operation. So he discharged me from his ward. 10 “Finally, when I was fed up with the malady and its allopathic treatment, I read about Urine Therapy. I started taking my own urine three times daily without fast. Within two days I felt some relief. But on the third night there was severe pain. Using common sense, I rubbed urine on the aching spot, and within ten minutes I fell asleep. Next day, I took urine the whole day and had a urine massage at night. Repetition of this treatment for six days completely relieved me of the pain which did not recur up til now. The experiment was continued for the past five weeks. There is no pain at all, and I feel fine. Diet, which I mostly had given up, has been resumed in full. A number of patients in Debhoi have taken this treatment and they report relief from their ailments."  from Urine Therapy, by Dr. John O'Quinn  APPENDICITIS  “The patient had constipation and dysentery for a long time. Later he developed appendicitis and was advised to get operated. He contacted Dr. Salaria who asked him to get admitted in his hospital. Dr. Salaria did no operation but persuaded the patient to go under urine therapy. he was made to drink his own urine three times a day and given urine enema. This cleared his intestines. The process was continued for three days. Even old and dried up stool came out and patient became healthy without operation.”  from Miracles of Urine Therapy, by Morarji Desai  ARTERIOSCLEROSIS  “Andre K. suffered for years with arteriosclerosis. The circulation problems in his arms caused both numbness and pain. A few weeks after he started the recommended oral urine therapy in conjunction with massages, the pain ceased.”  from Drink Your Own Water, by Tony Scazzero  ARTHRITIS    "I was diagnosed as having rheumatoid arthritis at the age of twenty-eight. The pain and swelling in the joints of my hands was unbelievable. I also suffered from migraine headaches since I was eight years old and it was very common for me to take a bottle of Excedrin with me everywhere I went. I never left my house without that bottle. I had also developed a severe weight problem over the years and had gotten up to almost 200 pounds.  11 “Finally, I met someone who told me about this natural miracle therapy, but the best miracle of all is me. I started taking [this fluid] and four and a half months later I weighed 130 pounds. I lost 68 pounds! My arthritis is gone, my headaches are gone and I feel like I'm 20 years old.”  — Mrs B., Florida,  from Your Own Perfect Medicine, by Martha Christy  ARTHRITIS  Jose Guadalupe S. Gonzalez {Mexico} "A year ago for three months, I started with the method of Urine-therapy because I [had] a case of disease. I had pains in the joints, rheumatoid arthritis, dental decays. “Today I can say to them that I am cured completely of the diseases. I also must mention in addition I now have black hair. My age is 70 years old and since I take Urine I feel like 50 years old. I thank God and Chemistry by the knowledge of this method."  from Personal Pharmacy, by Gary Ward  ASTHMA  “I happened to meet Shri Chhaganbhai Solanki at Gramodyog Mandir, Pendak, Rajko on 17-2-1977. He works in the leather workshop, there for the last several years. He is 60. He incidentally disclosed to me that he had been suffering from hereditary asthma from his boyhood. During winter his complaint would take severe turn. He was a chain-smoker and even ate tobacco.  Some ten years ago at my instance he gave up tobacco and started taking his urine daily twice or thrice. Within six or seven months his asthma took his leave.”  from Manav Mootra by R. M. Patel  ASTHMA  “Dr. Natvarlal B. Shah, M.B.B.S., of Thasara, Kaira District, had been suffering from asthma for the last 15 years. He tried urine treatment and was cured.”  from Manav Mootra, by R. M. Patel  ASTHMA  12 “Shri Chaturbhai, an inhabitant of Mogari, Dist. Kaira, has deep faith in urine therapy. By this natural and simple treatment, he successfully cured four members of his family. This success story of urine treatment spread in Anand and adjoining villages. Dr. Prabhudas Patel of Karamsad is my relative. He told me that under his guidance an old man of sixty was relieved of asthma of


 in Ultimate Reality
is looking at everything from an entirely different perspective... from that third  reality
that modern clinical psychology doesn’t even acknowledge exi sts. Do you remember this? The place from which you are looking determines what you see.
Indeed, it does. And so the trick is to live as an integrated whole, with all three  parts of the
Totality of Your Being —Body, Mind, and Spirit —creating, expressing, an d fulfilling your
current notion of Who You Are and Who You Choose To Be —and with you gathering that
notion not from your Imagined Truth, not from the Apparent Truth, but from the third level
of truth: the Actual Truth.
By moving to the Actual Truth as you r Point of Origin, you can use the Mechanics of the
Mind to transform any moment. And you access this Actual Truth by using the System of the
Soul to change your perspective.
Is this real? Can this really happen? Those are fair questions. You may now be as king
those questions yourself. I have come (or, more accurately, you have brought me to you) to
tell you this: yes, it is real. This is how the soul and the mind work together in a synergistic
process that allows the Total Being That Is You to do what you came here to do; to use this
life as you were intended to use it.
So far I have invited you to do six things. I’ve invited you to change your decision to “go
it alone,” to change your choice of emotions, to change your choice of thoughts, to change
your ch oice of truths, to change your idea about Change Itself, and to change your idea
about why Change occurs.
Now, with this background, I’m going to invite you to make a stupendous change, a
humongous change, a mountainous, gigantic, gargantuan change. I’m in viting you to make
CHANGE #7:
Change your idea about future Change
It may not have yet occurred to you that the System of the Soul can be applied to future
change as well as presently experienced change, but it can. In fact, this is where it has its
greate st power, because it can systematically change not only this moment, but your entire
life.
I have said now a number of times that change occurs because you want it to occur. You
want it to occur because you are continually choosing the perfect people, plac es, and
conditions with which to experience what you next seek to experience as you move
forward in the process of the evolution of your soul. Now you may not feel that the change
that is now occurring has been caused by you, but it has been, at a very hig h metaphysical
level, through the process of synergistic energy exchange. In simple terms: thought in
action. What some have called the Law of Attraction.
Yet why would you attract something to you that you do not experience as being very
welcome? Because it is only in your mind  that it does not seem welcome. In your soul it is
very clear that the change now presenting itself is your simple and intuitive assertion of the
Principles of Life (life is eternally functional, adaptable, and sustainable).
But, you  may ask, how is what is happening now actually “good” for me?
Well, you can experience that in two ways. You can either wait long enough for the
passage of time to show that to you (which it inevitably will), or you can go to the place of
knowing that rig ht now.  That place is your soul, not your mind. Your soul will show you now what your mind will
show you later. Later, as life unravels itself, you will see that everything that’s ever
happened to you has happened for the better.
What a statement!  What a G od we must have!
Now I know that it is compelling (and important) to bring this up right now: what about
the unthinkable plight of those people who have endured unimaginable suffering in their
lives?
I know, I know... and I agree that it is very, very d ifficult for the limited perspective of
the human mind to hold such suffering as acceptable, purposeful, or intentional on the part
of the soul. Yet Conversations with God  has been very clear on this point. It says there are no
victims and there are no vil lains in this world. Everything that happens is happening for the
highest evolutionary purpose —and it is notable that sometimes a soul reincarnates at a
time and for a purpose that serves the agenda of another.
Such a statement could be made about the man named Siddhartha Gautama, who came
to be called the Buddha. It could also be made about Moses, who led his people out of the
desert and into the promised land. It could also be made about Jesus Christ, whose message
has likewise impacted the world entire. It could also be made about Muhammad ibn
Abdullah, bless his holy name, a diplomat, merchant, philosopher, orator, legislator,
reformer, military general, and, according to Muslim belief, an agent of divine action; a
messenger and prophet of Allah. It coul d also be said of many other masters and avatars
and saints, some known and some not known, but easily recognizable by their actions, by
what they have given and what they have sacrificed in order to serve the sacred and holy
agenda of others.
(This idea, this concept, is described in beautiful terms easy enough for a child to
understand —indeed, written  for a child —in the wonderful book, The Little Soul and the
Sun, a children’s literature bestseller that emerged from the messages in Conversations with
God.)
Into this final category falls a multitude of contemporary figures, or what might be
termed latter -day saints... which include, of course, more than the members of a particular
religion. People such as Mother Teresa, Paramahansa Yogananda, Mahatma Gha ndi, Martin
Luther King Jr., and even persons still closer to our present history, such as Nelson
Mandela, who lived in captivity for nearly thirty years and emerged from jail to forgive his
jailors —and to ask a country to do so as well.
What kind of man is this? A man who has listened to his soul, not just to his mind, and
who has thus recontextualized his experience  by adopting a perspective that opened him to
a perception that produced a belief that impacted his behavior in a way that p roduced
events that created data for the mind of man that resulted in a truth from which emerged
thoughts that generated emotions that stirred an entire world, creating an experience that
elevated humanity’s reality forever.
And let me make it clear that s uch modern saints are not limited to persons who lead
movements or nations. Your own mother may have been such a saint, or your father. Or
both. Ordinary people doing extraordinary things have often sacrificed in order to serve the
sacred and holy agenda o f others. We cannot guess what that agenda may be, but we can see that it takes modern saints to carry it out. Ronald Cotton is such a person. He simply led
an ordinary life —much of it behind bars.
You see, Ronald was found guilty of raping Jennifer Thomps on one night in 1984 in
Burlington, North Carolina. I heard about Ronald and Jennifer in a story broadcast by CBS
News on 60 minutes. The story recounted how Jennifer identified Ronald as her rapist, and
how he spent eleven years in prison for the offense.  There was only one problem. He didn’t
do it. He said he didn’t do it, but nobody believed him. After all, as 60 Minutes  showed,
Jennifer Thompson had identified him, and she was certain when she did so that she had
found the right man.
But in 1995 new DNA  evidence revealed that another man was the rapist. After eleven
years in prison for a crime he did not commit, Ronald Cotton was set free. The story made
all the news and was highlighted in March 2009 on 60 Minutes. Today Ronald Cotton and
Jennifer Thomps on are friends. In fact, they have written a book together with writer Erin
Torneo, Picking Cotton, in which they share their story. Most fascinatingly, they have
become good friends. They speak regularly on the phone, and they travel together to bring
to light the many problems with eyewitness evidence.
As dramatically recounted on 60 Minutes, the first time Ron Cotton saw Jennifer
Thompson after being released from prison, she told him with tears streaming down her
face, “If I spent every second of every minute of every hour for the rest of my life telling you
how sorry I am, it wouldn’t come close to how my heart feels. I am so sorry.” She said he
just reached out, took her hand, and said, “I forgive you.”
Cotton said that when he spoke quietly with the w oman in a church where she asked
him to meet with her, he told her, “I don’t want you to look over your shoulder. I just want
us to be happy and move on in life.”
What kind of a man looks into the face of a person who falsely accused him of a crime
that se nt him to prison for over a decade and forgives in an instant?
Well, human beings, it turns out


 food
supply. Therefore, to keep the blood protein at a minimal level to sustain life, the
body very gradually saps or destroys the muscles of the body.
Third Law
Damaged tissue and female hormones at the site of a latent, misplaced
Ectopic germ cell set the scene for cancer
At this point the conditions are ripe for the symptom cancer to develop. All that is
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needed is something to stimulate the female sex hormone formation at the site of a
misplaced Ectopic germ cell. This is most often done by scar formation caused by a
blow, a bruise, a drop of tar in the lung, a sun burn, an overdose of X-ray, or anything
else that can cause a normal scar formation procedure to take place in the body — at
the site of a latent Ectopic germ cell. This is normal wear and tear of the body, which
happens to each of us every day; it is only when our protein metabolism is deficient
that the symptom cancer develops.
Now the Ectopic germ cell mistakenly thinks it is time to have a baby and starts
growing a placenta (cancer) in preparation for a baby that never develops. The only
trouble is, without proper amounts of pancreatic enzymes circulating in our
bloodstream to dissolve this abnormal placenta; it keeps growing and does not stop.
When the patient finally consults the physician the condition of cancer is announced
and surgery, radiation and chemotherapy are recommended.
Fourth Law
For cancer to be cured there must be a positive change in the physiology
of the patient
If nothing changes in the physiology of the patient, the cancer grows until it
destroys the body. If something positive changes in the physiology of the patient one
of two things can happen:
1. One person with cancer lasts a long time while another person with the same
type of cancer goes rapidly — and, before now, no one knew why.
2. The right combination of circumstances occurs, and the cancer is dissolved or
"cured."
This book answers the question: " What is the right combination of
circumstances?"
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D o I Have Cancer?
If  our nation can put a man on the moon
and place a satellite in orbit for the banks and stock markets
to transfer money and assets out of the country, tax free...
Why hasn't the cure for cancer been found?
It has!
Have you ever asked yourself...
If our nation can put a man on the moon and place a satellite in orbit for the
banks and stock markets to transfer money and assets out of the country — tax free —
why hasn't the cure for cancer been found? It has!
Biopsy
The only accepted legal medical diagnosis of cancer is by biopsy. This is not
100% accurate, for there are false positives as well as false negative biopsies. We,
that is you and I, are not permitted to make a diagnosis of cancer. Nor are we
permitted by law to use any system of diagnosis except biopsy for cancer diagnosis.
The Medical Establishment tightly controls the diagnosis of cancer.
Everybody Has Cancer
Each day each one of us has a "Cancer" start and develop in our body. This is a
normal ongoing process each one of us experiences. Usually, our normal metabolic
defense system takes care of these wayward cancer cells and we go about our daily
lives unaware that any of this is taking place. It is when our normal metabolic
defense system or clean-up crew cannot handle this normal body process that we
begin to develop a tumor or mass which can eventually be found by ourselves or our
physician. Before this happens, you can easily determine the failure of your defense
system and the beginning of "Cancer" — Malignant Tumor Masses — by using the
following simple Pancreas Self-Examination.
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Dr. Kelley's Self-Examination Procedure
There are only three who care about you: God, yourself and sometimes
your mother.
The Establishment has finally come to strongly encourage all of us to practice
self-examination for Cancer. Women are told to examine their breasts once a month.
All of us are told to carefully examine for lumps and bumps and skin changes. This
helps us become aware of our body and seek medical care early if needed. We have
had, from the first publication of this book in 1967, the self-examination for the
earliest possible development of pancreatic malfunction. When this occurs, within 2
to 4 years one always develops a Malignant Tumor Mass, which the Medical
Community, in error, labels Cancer.
You give yourself control with Dr. Kelley's Self-Examination Procedure of one's
pancreas. If one finds one's pancreatic malfunction in time to properly treat it, one
will have to do it for one's self. Dr. Kelley's Self-Examination of one's pancreas finds
pancreas malfunction long before Malignant Tumor Masses form. You have the
greatest to gain by self-examination. God gives one the intelligence and self w ill to do
this if one's mother (family or friends) does not interfere.
The Self-Examination Procedure below should be the most important part of your
health program. This procedure only indicates the activity of one's pancreas — it is
not a diagnostic test. It only alerts one very early to the possible formation of
Malignant Tumor Masses due to pancreatic malfunction. Thus, you can run to your
physician for proper and legal diagnosis and treatment if needed. This procedure is
the most sensitive and early awareness system known to date.
Dr. Kelley's Self-Examination Procedure is nothing more than early self-detection
and/or an early warning of the decrease of pancreatic production of adequate
pancreatic enzymes.
When the pancreas is not working properly and fails to produce adequate
amounts of enzymes the following occurs:
1. The first indication of pancreatic failure is indigestion with belching and
passing of excessive gas (flatulence).
2. The second indication over an extended time is the dental condition called
pyorrhea.
3. The third indication is focusing problems of the eyes. This occurs because the
muscles of the eyes are so tiny it doesn't take much protein loss to interfere
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with their function; a tiny little bit of eye muscle makes a big difference. (Dr.
Kelley is still able to read without glasses at the age of 80 — and he uses the
same pair of glasses to drive as he used in 1963.
4. As stated elsewhere in this book, the disease commonly referred to as
"Cancer" by the Medical Community is nothing more than the failure of one's
pancreas to produce adequate enzymes to properly digest one's food intake
and clean-up the defective, worn-out and dead cells throughout one's body.
Do-It-Yourself Pancreas Self-Examination
It is our belief that each one of us has the right to build and maintain a healthy
body, mind and spirit by properly addressing pancreas failure by taking adequate,
effective pancreatic enzyme supplements by mouth as outlined in Chapter IV
The Pancreas Self-Examination below should be the most important part of your
cancer prevention regime. This Pancreas Self-Examination only indicates the function
or "failure-to-function-properly" of one's pancreas. This procedure is the most
sensitive evaluation and early awareness system known to date. It determines the
status, condition and activity of one's pancreatic enzyme production. Dr. Kelley's
Pancreas Self-Examination Procedure should be done every 12 to 18 months.
Dr. Kelley's Pancreas Self-Examination Procedure
Take 6 Formula PAL (Dr. Kelley's pancreatic enzyme) capsules with each meal and at
bedtime
Impression of Effects
A If within eight weeks on the Pancreas Self-Examination one becomes toxic, ill,
crabby, sick, nauseated, vomits, or develops an elevation of temperature or violent
headache, a Malignant Tumor Mass or placenta cells could possibly be present of a
size that should be detectable by one's physician. Consult your physician for further
laboratory evaluation. Dr. Kelley also recommends as a second opinion the use of the
NAVARRO BETA-HCG URINE CANCER TEST (info at the end of this chapter)
B  If within eight weeks while on the Pancreas Self-Examination, one feels better,
has better digestion, and displays more energy and stamina, one is usually pre
cancerous. That is, one's pancreas is not quite able to meet the demands of digestion
and the normal clean-up activity needs of one's body. In this case, it is highly likely
one w ill develop a Malignant Placenta Tumor Mass within two to four years.
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Metabolic Classification of Cancer
Dr. Kelley has classified Malignant Conditions according to the physiology and
metabolism of the tissue in which the trapped primary germ cells develop their
Trophoblast cells and begin their aggressive development to form a false placenta. In
addressing individuals with more than one malignant class, one should support Class
I  malignancies first before going addressing Class II and class III. Most Oncologists
treat the most aggressive Class first, which often resolves the other Classes also.
Classification of Malignant Tumors
1. Class I  Malignancies — AIDS
2. Class II Malignancies — Soft Tumors, such as Hodgkin's, Leukemia, L


 days at certain times. There are rules against
everything, including what you can wear at a given time in a given
place, how you can enjoy sex, what you can say, and where you can
walk. Fortunately, most of these rules are not enforced. Nevertheless,
your rule-makers are often folks who insist that they know what is
good for you, know it more conclusively than you do yourself.
Every day we are bombarded with hundreds of cultural messages
that encourage us to seek approval. The songs that we hear each day
are filled with lyrical messages of approval-seeking, particularly the
best-selling “popular” songs of the past three decades. Those sweet
harmless lyrics may be more damaging than you realize. Here is a
brief list of titles that send out the signal that someone or something
else is more important than you. Without the approval of that special
someone, the “I” would collapse.
• “I can’t live, if living is without you.”
• “You make me so very happy.”
• “You make me feel like a natural woman.”
• “You’re nobody till somebody cares.”
• “It all depends on you.”
• “You make me feel brand new.”
• “As long as he needs me.”
• “If you go away.”
• “People who need people.”
• “You are the sunshine of my life.”
• “No one else can make me feel the colors that you bring.”
• “Without you, I’m nothing.”60 / Your Erroneous ZonesPerhaps you can try an exercise the next time you find yourself
listening to a song that sends out the communiqués of approval-
seeking. Check for those lyrics which reflect the way you’ve been
taught to feel, that is, that you can’t make it if someone disapproves
of you or lets you down. Rewrite the songs to fit a mind-set of per-
sonal mastery rather than approval-seeking. For example:
• I make myself feel like a natural woman; it has nothing to do
with you.
• I chose to love you. I must have wanted to do it then, but now
I’ve changed my mind.
• People who need people are the unluckiest people in the world.
But people who want love  and enjoy  people are making themselves
happy.
• I make myself so very happy because of the things I tell myself
about you.
• I am the sunshine of my life, and having you in it makes it even
brighter.
• I can stop loving you, but at this point I choose not to.
While they admittedly won’t sell, you can at least make a start on
redirecting the unconscious messages that you hear, and which re-
flect the way people in our culture have learned to believe. “Without
you I’m nothing” must be translated to “Without me I’m nothing,
but having you makes this present moment very nice.”
Television commercials make a special appeal to your approval-
seeking thinking. Many of these commercial skits are efforts by the
manufacturer to manipulate you into buying their products, by re-
inforcing the notion that other peoples’ beliefs are more important
than your own.
Consider the following dialogue when friends are coming over
to your house for an afternoon of bridge:YOU DON’T NEED THEIR APPROVAL  / 611st Friend (sniffing the air): “Fried fish last night dear?” said in a
very disapproving tone.
2nd Friend: “George still smoking a cigar, I see,” in a similarly
unaccepting tone.
You: Looking hurt, distraught—nay destroyed—because others
are disapproving of the odors in your own house.
Psychological message: “What others think of you is much more
important than what you think of yourself, therefore, if you don’t
please your friends you deserve to feel bad.”
Consider also the following two skits and the message:
1. A waitress putting a bib around a customer’s neck at a lobster
party notices “ring around the collar.” The wife shrivels in shame
at the thought of not receiving approval from a strange waitress.
2. A woman shrinks in fear as she contemplates how her friends
will view her if she has baggy pantyhose. “I just couldn’t stand it if
they thought something bad about me. I must have their approval,
so I’ll buy this brand over that one.”
3. The mouthwash, toothpaste, deodorants and special spray ad-
vertisements are filled with psychological messages that you must
have approval, and the way to get it is to purchase this particular
item. Why do advertisers stoop to such tactics? Because they work!
They sell. They recognize that people are infected with the need for
acceptance and they capitalize on this need by creating little sketches
that send out the right messages.
There you have it, a culture that prizes and encourages approval-
seeking. It is hardly surprising that you’ve found yourself placing
too much emphasis on what others think. You’ve been conditioned
to do so throughout your life, and even if your own family was
conscious of the need to help you to promote self-reliance, the ancil-
lary cultural factors worked against them. But you don’t have to
hang on to this approval-seeking behavior. Just as you work at
eliminating the habit of self-put-down, so too can you eradicate this
approval-seeking habit. Mark Twain, writing in Puddinhead Wilson’s
Calendar,  gives a62 / Your Erroneous Zonescogent description of how to break a habitual pattern such as approv-
al-seeking. “Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window
by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.”
Coaxing Approval-Seeking Downstairs, A Step at a Time
Take a look at the way the world works. To put it succinctly, you
can never please everyone. In fact, if you please fifty percent of the
people you are doing quite well. This is no secret. You know that at
least half of the people in your world are going to disagree with at
least half the things you say. If this is accurate (and you need only
look at landslide elections to see that forty-four percent of the popu-
lation still voted against the winner), then you will always have
about a 50-50 chance of getting some disapproval whenever you
express an opinion.
Armed with this knowledge, you can begin to look at disapproval
in a new light. When someone disapproves of something you say,
instead of being hurt, or instantly shifting your opinion to gain
praise, you can remind yourself that you’ve just run into one of those
folks in the fifty percent who don’t agree with you. Knowing that
you’ll always get some disapproval for everything you feel, think,
say or do is the way out of the tunnel of despair. Once you expect
it, you won’t be inclined to hurt yourself with it, and you’ll simul-
taneously stop equating the repudiation of an idea or a feeling with
the repudiation of you.
You can never escape disapproval, no matter how much you may
want it to go away. For every opinion you have, there is a counterpart
out there with exactly the opposite view. Abraham Lincoln talked
about this in a conversation at the White House reported by Francis
B. Carpenter:
…If I were to read, much less to answer all the attacks made
on me, this shop might as well be closed for anyYOU DON’T NEED THEIR APPROVAL  / 63other business. I do the very best I know how—the very best I
can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings
me out alright, what is said against me won’t amount to any-
thing. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I
was right would make no difference.*
Some Examples of Typical Approval-Seeking Behavior
Like self-rejection, approval-seeking encompasses a large category
of self-defeating behaviors. Among the most commom kinds of ap-
proval-seeking activities are those detailed below.
• Changing a position, or altering what you believe because
someone shows signs of disapproval.
• Sugar-coating a statement to avoid the reaction of displeasure.
• Apple-polishing in order to make someone like you.
• Feeling depressed or anxious when someone disagrees with
you.
• Feeling insulted or put-down when someone states a contrary
sentiment to your own.
• Labeling someone a snob, or “stuck-up,” which is just another
way of saying “Pay more attention to me.”
• Being excessively agreeable and head nodding, even when you
don’t agree at all with what is being said.
• Performing chores for someone and feeling resentful about not
being able to say no.
• Being intimidated by a sharp salesperson and buying something
you don’t want…Or…Fearing taking it back because he won’t like
you.
• Eating a steak in a restaurant that is not cooked the way
*Francis B. Carpenter, Six Months with Lincoln in the White House  (Watkins Glen,
N.Y.: Century House).64 / Your Erroneous Zonesyou ordered it, because the waiter won’t like you if you send it back.
• Saying things you don’t mean just to avoid being disliked.
• Spreading bad news about deaths, divorce, muggings and the
like, and enjoying the feeling of being noticed.
• Getting permission to speak, or to make a purchase, or to do
anything, from a significant other in your life, because you fear the
displeasure of that person.
• Ap


 knee-joints. Even after his
return from there, he continued drinking urine twice a day with
very good results. Now he is quite comfortable and happy.
AFTERMATH OF CASES
1. Shrimati Kalavati belongs to Punjab. She is a religious-minded
lady. She suffered from pain in her shoulders and there was stiffness
for three years. Doctors could not cure her but urine treatment with
regular drinking and massage cured her completely. Moreover she
got rid of her spectacles by applying urine drops in her eyes and by
washing them by urine. She has cured wounds and other ailments
by use o.f urine. She did all this at Shri Hans's suggestions.
2. Sflrimati X lives at Firozepur (Punjab) and is aged fourty-four.
She is somewhat fatty. Seven years before she had pain in her
knees, shoutders and other joints and slowly the pain covered the
wha}e body. There was swelling on alomst all joints. There was
diffculty in walking too. She started urine treatment on 12-5-66 at
Shri Hans's instance. She felt relief only in four or five days. Then
she fasred on urine for five days. There was an all-round reltfe to
her body. Her weight was reduced by about 12 lb.; constrpatk:m
disappeared; cold was no more; and now feels herself quite mormal.
3. Shrimati Y resides at Jadialaguru (Punjab). She is forty-five. Her
forehand used to become numb at night; such was her condition for
the last 12 years. Slowly numbness increased and there was a
sensation of heat too. On pressing the hand there was pain also.
She could not get any benefit by doctors' treatment. So she started
urine treatment in· 1965. She fasted on urine for five days and
massaged her hands with urine. She felt complete relief, cured SKIN DISEA5ES : 143
numbness of her hand and is quite normal now.
4 p· ·a N Bulsara (Bombay) wrote a letter to the edi~or,
Kais~r-e~~~nd a~d it is published in the 9th July issu~ of the da~y.
When she was fifty she accidE>ntally had some hard Impact on er
right knee and so the cartilages there were injure~.. She could ;:at
walk properly and afterwards she developed arthntls. It wa~ t en
d ct for a few mmutes. very difficult for her even to stan ere B
Bone-specialist gave a verdict that it was a very hard ~e.. y
chance she came to know about urine therapy and start unne
reatment She fasted on urine only for two days and massag~d her
tk cor.about two months and is quite all right now. If there IS any
nees,,. she can now
pain, she applies urine therapy an~ c~res It at. once. de t in urine
climb 300 steps in a very high bUilding. She IS an a p ~...
d ng woman of her tumour -uy treatment and she has cure a you
auto-urine!
CHA-PTER XIV
SKIN DISEASES ·
- 1 Bl'st...., due to Heat : Shri Juthabhai A. Shah, on Saba~ati
• 1 e.... h" body. in 1958~ He dectded Haritan Ashram, had heat erupttans o~ IS •... •. doctor
to make an experiment with auto-unne Without g<>l~g t~ a
nd an rubbing it on the whole body and drin1<1n~ It once or
a ic ~da During this period, yellow blistQrs of the Size of a.pea
tw e d y. h. hole body They were so close that even an 1nch appeare on IS w · · · h d
of skin was not free from their effect. There was much pam m an s
and feet. He fasted with urine for thre~ days and felt ~o ~::ena~~
The blisters· rendered massage impossible so h~ mere ~I became
his bod with urine. On the sixth day t e trou e.
er!ted and his feet were swollen. H~ noticed that sheer
exagg. h d ffect on the blisters So he requested b ·ng with unne a no e ·.
a e~~::r;riend to do the rubbing for him. The fri:nd did accordmgly
and the ripe blisters burst. The skin appeared.~htteh~s th~ f~~:z~~
out. It was as if his body was besmeared Wit w lte om. 144 : AUTO-URINE THERAPY
took a bath with warm water and cleaned his body. This relieved
him a good deal.
Within five or six days, pus was eliminated from all the blisters.
His new skin appeared bright. His body became perefectly well and
after a couple of days he started his usual work.
2. Blisters : An account of Shri Keshavalal Makanlal (Weaving
Master) who got rid of his chronic constipation with urine treatment
and had cured his skin disease also:
"In 1948, blisters appeared on my whole body. There was acute
pain and sitting or sleeping was rendered difficult. 1 started
?esm~aring my.whole body every day with six ounces ·of clay soakd
m unne. I earned on this experiment for twenty days and 1 was
restored to perfect health."
If stung by poisonous fly, mosquito or other harmful insect one
should ~nstantly.rub urine on it to_ get rea~~ relief. Even the pois~n of
a scorp1on subs1des by the rubbmg of unne and placing bandages
soaked in urine on the skin.
3. Ringworm and Nettle-rash : Shri Shamalbhai is the organizer
of th~ Gram-Rakshak Dal of Kaira district. He had an alergy.
lmput1ty of blood resulted in ringworm on his body and its worst
a~act "":as on his nose. He also suffered from diabetes. He began
With unne treatment on his own in a faulty way. Without full
conside:ati~n of his bodily condition, he did not abstain from taking
sacchanne m tea even during the course of treatment. Within a
coupl~ of days, nettle-rash appeared on his entire body along with a
few p1mples. I suggested to him to stop saccharine and do the
rubbi.ng of uri~e with slight pressur so that the pimples may burst.
He d1d accordmgly and all his troubles disappeared within a couple
of days..
. Urine is chemical but is a natural one. Saccharine is on the other
ha:nd artificially synthesized chemical. Such a foreign stuff cannot be
expected to be absorbed within the system, at least at the time of
treatment. SKIN DISEASES : 145
4. Eczema : Shri Rasiklalbhai of Patan, is an agent for some tea
company in Bombay. His wife suffered from eczema on the fingers
of her hands. She was treated for a number of months by doctors but
there was no cure. She started urine treatment. Within afortnight the
fingers were cleaned up and not a trace of the disease was left.
5. White Leporsy : Shri Ranjitbhai Baladeobhai Parikh i~ nea~ly
32. About 15 years ago he suffered from white leprosy on h1•s ent1re
body. There were several patches of leprosy, big and. sma~l on the
head, face, chest, abdomen, hands and feet. Even. ~1s ha1r tu~ned
white. He happended to read Hatha Yoga Prad1p~ca. Therem ~
mention has been made of Shivambu-Kalpa. He obtamed ~ Sansknt
text of Shivambu-Kalpa. It has described a number of expenments o.n
urine. Ranjitbhai himself performed sam~ of them. He cured h1s
eye-trouble by drinking urine through h1s nose. He also treated
himself with urine to get rid of white leprosy.
By systematic taking and rubbing of urine, his white lepr~sy was
gradually reduced. Some patches of leprosy however pe~s1s~ed on
his forearms and feet. But those patches do not trouble h1m m any
way. There is no burning sensation even in summer.
Thereafter he started the use of urine in his family. Gradually th~
neighbours were also benefited by this handly treatment for the1r
minor ailments. Ranjitbhai had also undertaken the treatment of
serious ailments with success. ·
6. Degenerative Leprosy : Late Mr. Arrpstrong was an ex~ert in
urine treatment, but he did not have a chance to treat any pat1ent?