 or ever
thought was possible. Y ou will truly know who you are.Like I mentione d previously, the ego is bent on outcomes in form,
on settin g specific external goals and then striving to achieve them. In
doing that, we’re still not happy. Then the quest becomes, “What is
next?” The game of “I will be happy when …” goes on and on.
Eventually, we realize how powerful it is that peace is just a decision.
Why not have peace of mind be our goal?
What We Are Really Asking For
It’s not in our conscious awaren ess that peace is always there, rather it is
buried deep within our minds, covered over by beliefs and attachments.
Therefore, our way to peace must always involve the very rewarding
undertaking of uncovering of beliefs.
Someone once asked me: “You say we all get what we want. I have
a friend who would not agree with you. She is forty-five years  old, she
has always wanted a husband and a child, and she has not gotten them.
She is praying, and we say to her, ‘Leave it up to God,’ but you say that
we get things even if it’s our ego that wishes it. So, what would  you say
to her?”
No matter what seems to be going on in specifics, on the surface, or
in our hearts, we never really ask for “things.” What we are really
always asking for is an experien ce or a state of mind. You could  ask your
friend questions like, “What is your experience?” and if she said, “Well,
I’m lonely. I want a husband and a child because I want something to fill
my life up. I want a feeling of joining, of connection. I want to share my
life with someon e. I want to share the joys of being a parent.” She could
start to see that there is a belief  of lack in her mind. It is this belief that
leads to the experience of loneliness, feeling isolated, or feeling empty
and unfulfilled. She may express  things like, “Okay, I’m feeling empty, a
bit alone, and unfulfilled.” The way her life and the world look for her is
a reflection of those feelings.
When we feel this emptiness, isolation, and loneliness, it is not the
way it looks in the world that is causing us to feel this way. It is not our
circumstances of being single or married, for example. We are feeling it
because that is our state of consciousness. We are feeling that waybecause of our desire to follow ego beliefs that tell us we are capable of
feeling lonely, empty, or isolated. W e always get what we ask or pray for.
That means we are always getting exactly what we are aligning our mind
with. The form of our life is simply an out-picturing of our inner beliefs
and desires, bringing witness  to an inner state of mind, without
exception.
So, this woman who does not want to feel lonely could start
working more inwardly to cultiv ate the experience of a relations hip with
the Holy Spirit within: releasing the feelings, looking at the beliefs,
looking at the thoughts that are running through her mind on a daily
basis. And she eventually would say, “The good news is that I’m not a
victim. I’m not powerless based  on those thoughts.” In fact, we are never
powerless in the face of our beliefs because we can change them. We can
change our minds in an instant.
She could look at how this is demonstrated in others. All of us have
known or met people who are very, very happy and joyful. Some of them
are what  we would call single, and some of them are what we would call
married. Some of them have children; some of them don’t. This shows
us that happiness, joy, and love are not circumstance dependent. Nothing
is really dependent on the circumstances. Sometimes people can feel
very lonely in a crowd, but when they are on a walk in the forest all by
themselves, they feel joy and a connection to the whole universe and
everyone in it.
Sometimes peop le say to me, “Yes, David, we see that you are very
happy, but that’s just because  of your circumstances. If you were
married, if you had children, if you had a mortgage, and if you had a
boss, let’s see how happy you would be then.” Well, it would be really
strange if God would set up a world where some people could have
fortunate circum stances and other people could have unfortunate
circumstances. Wouldn’ t it be much more reasonable to think that
whatever world we are perceiving is there by our own choice? We have
chosen our life the way we know it. We built it. It is like the little child
with the building blocks, making a castle, making a little fort or
something, building, and then looking at what has been built. There is
really no point in lamenting circumstances. They are there by decision.
On an unconscious level, they have been chosen. We chose everything inour movie the way we preferred  it. Even if it seems undesirable to us, on
some level, our ego-self wanted it that way. And, of course, this is why
you can learn to choose again. You are not locked into circum stances,
but by choosing peace more and more consistently, you get a whole new
experience of all circumstances  and situations. When the woman who
feels lonely focuses on gettin g in touch with her core desire, the
experience she wants, rather than on the external circumstances, she will
find present connection and fulfillment and therefore cultivate a
consistent and stable experience of peace of mind that is not dependent
on outer circumstances.
The Power of Wanting
If everything that we experience  is there because on some level we want
it, it follows that nothing that we experience is apart from our wanting it
that particular way. Thus, instead of dwelling on weakness, it is
important to see how powerful our mind is. Even what we call chitter -
chatter, the crazy static in the mind that you’ve been telling to just go
away, has its powerful effects on the way we perceive the world around
us.
Once we start to acknowledge the power of our wanting and the
power of our prayer, then we can start to go deeper inward, asking,
“Hmmm… Wha t is it really that I want? What is my priority?” As we go
deeper inward with that, we start to realize that we really want to use the
power of our wanting and direct it toward peace of mind. Wha t trinkets
of the world could you possibly want if you had the option of choosing
peace of mind? Everlasting peace! I had a friend who once asked me, “If
I open my mind  to God, can I still have my Maserati?” I said “Well, you
just have to get really clear about what matters most to you. What do you
really, really want?” Once you get into the power of your wanting, you
start to use discr imination. And that is where we’re going, to that zone of
discernment, funneling more and more to a place of realizing, “Oh, I
want a state of mind. What I really want is the peace of God.”
To say the words, “I want peace,” actually means nothing. But to
mean them is everything. We need to be in touch with what we wantbecause there are no spiritual clichés or phrases that can magically bring
us real peace. Like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, all that she had to do
was click her heels together, the little ruby red slippers, three times, and
say the words, “There’ s no place like home,” to go home! In one sense,
Glinda the Good Witch is the Holy Spirit speaking, “You always had the
power to go Home,” and that is true. But “wanting peace” is really
beyond a catchphrase, knowing the right mantra, or saying the right
words in just the right way. The experience of peace is not found in some
“abracadabra” where we’ve got to say just the right words to unlock the
spell. Instead, we have to cultiv ate the good habit of turning to our heart
within and really being sincere about this wanting. Ask your heart,
“What is it that I really, really want?” We don’t get to Heaven when we
die, because Heaven is a state of mind, a state of peace that is available
in the present.
A Present Peace
Once we do our inner inquiry, we can open up to the choice for real
peace. This is a perspective that veers away from modern forms of
spirituality that often focus on “creating your own reality or
manifesting!” It differs from many of the psychotherapies and
counseling practices that guide you into your past to get in touch with
unconscious memories and events that are believed to be the cause of
your problems. The truth is, nothing in your past or your future is
causing any problem. This may seem radical to you, especially if you
have focused on, and even gotten in touch with, painful memories or
trauma. Unveilin g repressed memories can be a very important stepping-
stone in your healing and is not to be disregarded. These memories can
be essential inroads to the deeper healing of your mind and opening in
awareness. But remember: your egoic mind


itis;
Osteomyelitis; Parasitic worms; Respiratory infections.
media exposure for, 26–30.
See also
 60 Minutes.
medical uses for, general, 50–72.
See also
 individual illness or injury.
molecular structure of, 32–35
nontechnical summary, 37–38
origin of, 4, 14–16
pharmacological actions of, 39–42
protection against radiation, freezing, and thawing, 53–54
side effects of, 83–90
suppliers of, 45–46
therapeutic principle of, 31–46
topical administration of, 43–44
DMSO Society of Florida, Inc., 110, 147
Douglass, Dr. William Campbell, 48, 58, 62, 210, 211
Douglass Center for Nutrition and Preventive Medicine, 31, 47, 48
Down’s syndrome, 26, 146, 159–166, 173.
See also
 Mental disabilities, DMSO
and.
Drachman, Daniel B., M.D., 155
Dry socket, DMSO and, 72
Duncan, Congressman Robert, 88
Dunne, Richard E. III, 242
Ear infections, DMSO and, 59
Edwards, Charles C., M.D. 18
Engel, Marvin F., M.D., 227–228
E.R. Squibb and Sons, 80, 128, 180
Eye problems, DMSO and, 68–69
cataracts, 26, 68–69corneal swelling, 68
glaucoma, 68–69
lens changes from DMSO, 78–83, 228–237
macular degeneration, 68, 69
macular edema, 68
retinitis pigmentosa, 69
traumatic uveitis, 68
Facial cancer, 194.
See also
 Cancer, DMSO and.
Fallen arches.
See
 Foot and leg problems, DMSO and.
Federal Register
, 17
Fibrosarcoma, 180, 182, 184.
See also
 Cancer, DMSO and.
Fil’iula, Dr., 57
Florida legislature and DMSO, 22–23, 24
Florida Medical Association and DMSO, 23–25, 111
Foot and leg problems, DMSO and, 125–142
ankle sprains, 141–142
arthritis of the feet, 131–132
athlete’s foot, 137–138
big toe bunions, 129–130
calluses, 133–134
clubnails, 135–136
corns, 133
dancer’s foot, 139
fallen arches, 140
foot odor, 138
fungus toenails, 136–137
hammertoes, 130–131
heel spurs, 128, 140–141
ingrown toenails, 134–135
metatarsalgia, 139–140
plantar warts, 134
Fractures.
See
 Musculoskeletal injuries, DMSO and.
Franklin, Murray, M.D., 3, 4
Friend, Charlotte, M.D., 61
Garrido, Jorge Cornejo, 61Gastrointestinal cancer, 193.
See also
 Cancer, DMSO and.
Geigy, 128
Geller, Jay, 13
Gibb Pharmaceutical Company, 16, 17
Gibson, Merle L., M.D., 230
Giller, Ana, M.D., 169
Glaucoma.
See
 Eye problems, DMSO and.
Glozman, Dr. V.N., 221
Good Morning America
, 73, 75, 78, 90
Gout, DMSO and, 44, 122
Granulomatosis, 180.
See also
 Cancer, DMSO and.
Goyan, Jere, PhD, 18, 228, 230, 233, 248
Greccos, George, M.D., 143, 145
Grismali, Jorge, M.D., 174, 175
Growth, Morgan, 125, 126
Gum disease.
See
 Periodontal disease, DMSO and.
Hallamendaris, Val, 101, 102
Hammertoes.
See
 Foot and leg problems, DMSO and.
Harmon, Robert L., 87
Harris, Wade, M.D., 177, 178
Hartman, David, 73, 74
Haynie, Louis, 231
Hatch, Orrin G., 125
Hatfield, Senator Mark O., 21
Head and spinal cord injuries, DMSO and, 54–55, 143 154
brain embolism, 150–152
brain trauma and stroke, 55–56, 152–154
brain-damaged children, 56
central nervous system trauma, 157
emergency therapeutic principle, 149–150
intracranial hypertension, 156
myasthenia gravis, 154–155
neurological disorders, 147–149
Headache, DMSO and, 64–65
temporal arteritis, 64
Heart attacks, DMSO and, 72HeLa cells, 199–200
Heel spurs.
See
 Foot and leg problems, DMSO and.
Hensley, Michael J., M.D., 229, 230, 232, 233, 234, 235
Herpes simplex I, DMSO and, 5, 26, 59, 214–215
DMSO-idoxuridine treatment for, 214
Herpes simplex II, DMSO and, 5, 215
vitamin C-DMSO treatment for, 215
Herpes zoster, DMSO and, 5, 17, 26, 42, 50, 59, 65–66, 209–213, 216
idoxuridine-DMSO treatment for, 211
vitamin C-DMSO treatment for, 215
Herschler, Robert, 15, 73, 74, 78, 87, 224
Hill, Robert V., M.D., 69
Hives, resulting from DMSO treatment, 89
Hoffman, Norman, 125, 126
Horn, Daryll, 126, 127
Howell, James T., M.D., 25–26
Ingrown toenails.
See
 Foot and leg problems, DMSO and.
Interferon, 180
International Surgery
, 181
Interstitial cystitis, DMSO and, 7, 19, 25, 39, 42, 232, 233, 234, 235, 244–245
Jacob, Stanley W., M.D., 9, 10, 13–14, 15, 16, 28, 29, 31, 35, 37, 40, 43, 51, 55,
57, 61, 79, 88, 91, 92–93, 94, 101, 125, 126, 129, 146, 147, 160, 162, 170, 224,
225, 229, 230, 231, 232
resolving DMSO scandal, 239–243
summary of Jacob and DMSO, 237–239
Jones, June III, 91–92, 98, 99
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
, 67
Journal of Clinical Oncology
, 4, 62
Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health
, 82, 242
Journal of Urology
, 245
Kajihara, K., Dr., 150
Kawanaga, Henry, Dr., 150
Keating, Tom, 99
Keloids, DMSO and, 57–58Kelsey, Francis, 73, 78
Kennedy, Marion A., 161
Kennedy, Senator Edward M., 22, 29, 125, 224, 229, 233, 235, 236, 238, 239, 242
Kessler, David, M.D., J.D., 249
Kidney cancer, 63.
See also
 Cancer, DMSO and.
Krippaehne, William W., M.D., 240
Lagos, Raul Escobar, M.D., 61
Lamonica, Daryle, 99, 101–102
Leiomyosarcoma, 184.
See also
 Cancer, DMSO and.
Lens changes from DMSO.
See
 Eye problems, DMSO and.
Leprosy, DMSO and, 220
Letterer-Siwe disease, 205
Leukopenia, 195.
See also
 Cancer, DMSO and.
Lim, Ramon, M.D., 148
Listook, Dr. Alan B.,


 the magic of belief in every day experiences in the universe.  You might be amazed at the
magic you begin to see, once you change the lens through which you view your world.  When we change the way we believe  in
things, the things we look at change.
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Chapter Three:
The Transparency of Truth
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that those good feelings, of di vine creative loving power,
are the magic that fills your inner space and creates a rich
inner life.  It is the belief in the magical, infinite goodness
of all that exists that brings ri ch truths into your experience.
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 For as far back as I can re member, I have always been
a barometer of truth.  It seemed to be sewn into my energetic fabric somehow, like Peter Pan and his shadow.  Only what
was sewn to me was the light of truth.  I tested this, trying  once to consciously lie when I was a small child.  I suffered so terribly for it that I turned myself in.  Facing the consequences of telling an untruth was so much more acceptable to me than living the experience of the lie.  Because the truth is... that
truth often brings the experience of profound inner peace.
Truth is the vibration of So urce energy.  Whatever the
true truth is in your experience, for you and for anyone, when
we experience it, it flows with the pure light an d unconditional
love of Source energy within us.  And so, truth can act as a
healing balm to soothe a troubled spirit.  When we allow the transparency of truth in our lives, we allow the magic of Source
energy to flow through us and into our life experiences.  With Source energy consciously pres ent, there is no shame in
anything that we perceive our selves or our situation to be.  There is no shame in transparen cy.  There is only clarity,
compassion, and infinite choice.  When we choose to allow  the transparent truth of our co re true selves, desires, and
experiences to surface, we release our resistance, and we allow ourselves to feel the blissful calm and divine empowerment of
living the inner truth of who we deeply and truly are.  We are perfect, infinite, whole, and magnificently creative beings, who Cosmic Wealth
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create and sculpt a variety of experiences, to try them on, in
order to better know and to grow our inner divine light.  And  in the transparency of truth, we  are all doing exactly what we
are here to do.  There is perfecti on in everything in our lives.
When we consciously choose to step into the awareness that  we can deliberately choose  our every experience, supported by
the divine design of Source energy itself, we take another step into the rich expanse of a pr osperous inner life.
Many have forgotten this truth about truth.  True truth,
Source truth, is transparent, which is one of its greatest gifts.
After my own little youthful experiment with untruth, my
personal footpath in the light of truth was more clearly chosen into my life experiences.  Trut h would be my guide and my
path in my life.  I once heard Sonia Choquette (an intuitive, author, and inspirational teacher)  capture the esse nce of truth’s
transparency, when she said, “ truth withstands scrutiny very
well.”  It simply does, and I am grateful that it has been a
spiritual compass to me, helping me  to navigate the twists and
turns of earthly life.  It can be this for all of us, if we choose it  to be.    Over the years, my sense and appreciation of truth expanded further.  My karmic a ppointment awakened me to the
concept that we are all sentient beings, who are able to feel and
perceive experiences.  To the exte nt that we open our hearts and
allow  the truth of sentience in our lives, we can enjoy or resist its
benefits, proportionately.  Our sentient systems are what tell  us what we are feeling.  It is  like our own human, inner, GPS
system, which can guide the direction and course of our lives  to our highest good - if we so choose.  Source energy flows through our inner sentience, communicating with us at all  times whether we are on track in the flow of good feelings,  and when we are not.  If we lis ten, and if we choose to honor
its communications, sentience is another level of truth that can guide our earthly experience - from  its expanded aerial view of
the infinite energetic intelligence  in the universe.  We have
perhaps misunderstood the value of our feelings in the past, and thus our sentient gifts.  However, if we choose to shift into the truth of what they really are,  they add a significant richness The Transparency of Truth 25
to our lives.  The truth of sentience helps to guide us into the
“greater good” outcomes of our chosen life experiences and  our ultimate divine expansions.
In my own journey, this karmic appointment awakened
me to my own sentience.  I discovered my personal gifts of clairsentience and claircognizance, which essentially describe the intuitive gifts of “clear fee ling” and “clear knowing.”  They
are simply expansions of the basic sentient inner guidance
system.  I can often see, feel, hear, and know th ings, seen and
unseen, that other people someti mes do not.  Expanding from
that, I can also receive channeled messages from Spirit, which has become a tremendous source of guidance in my life, my healing, and my cosmic wealth development.  These intuitive
gifts were not a part of my religious upbringing, but they ring true for me in my present life an d so they are no w an integrated,
accepted part of who I am.  Some of these channeled messages are shared throughout this book, and again at the end in the appendix, for your healing and in spirational benefit if you
have further interest.
If we allow our sentience to become a transparent truth
in our lives, it can enhance our life experiences ex ponentially.
A willingness  to experience the truth of  your sentience, and thus
your inner guidance system, is all that is required to take the first steps.  Allowing the f eelings to surface, and simply
discerning whether you feel good or not  in relation to your
thought, desire, or circumstance, is the simple way to expand your inner listening skills.  If fee lings arise that feel good, and
in the flow, then that may be a sign that you are moving in a
positive direction with your desires and choices.  If feelings arise that do not feel good, th en your sentient self may be
communicating that you are getting off track from your higher good.  Tweaking your thoughts in the direction of what you desire, paired with receiving the feedback from your sentient guidance system of “feeling good” or “not feeling good,” can move you into the transparent truth and highest good of the  life experience you are desiring  and presently manifesting.
  Now, in a world of truth, there exists a parallel world of illusion.  Each is a contrast of th e other, granting us the gift of Cosmic Wealth
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choice and greater expansion.  Some of us are unconsciously
living in the parallel world of illusion.  And there are all kinds – personal illusions, cultural illusion s, religious illusions, political
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our natural stream of well-being and our flow of prosperous good feelings.  This is the inner guidance system speaking with us, about the fork in the road in front of us, in terms of the experience we are about to choose and to have.  If we were fully
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  years  of  age
6:00-10:00  a.m.  and  p.m.
PITTA
mid-March  through  mid-July  (summer)
Excess  heat
Sunlight
27—42  years  of  age
10:00  a.m.-2:00  p.m.;  10:00  p.m.-2:00  a.m.
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EATING    WITH    THE    CYCLES    OF    N  ATU  R  E  — S  E  AS  O  N  AL    MENUS
PITTA-KAPHA  and  KAPHA-PITTA
14—27  years  of  age
Change  from  spring  to  summer
VATA-PITTA  and  PITTA-VATA
42-56  years  of  age
Change  from  summer  to  fall
VATA-KAPHA  and  KAPHA-VATA
77  years  to  life's  end
Change  from  fall  to  winter
Seasonal  extremes
AVERAGE  DAILY  FOOD  PROPORTIONS
FOR  ALL  TYPES
Grains
Beans
Vegetables
Fruits
Desserts 1  cup  (cooked)
'/2  cup  (cooked)
3  cups
2  cups [/i  cup 18%
9%
40%
25%
8%
100%
SEASONAL  USE  OF  GRAINS  FOR  ALL  TYPES
^FALL Amaranth
Barley  (hulled  and  pearl)
Basmati  rice  (brown  and  white) Bulgur
Cracked  oats
Grain  flours
^  WINTER Medium  grain  brown  i  ice
Millet
Quinoa
Amaranth
Basmati  rice-
Buckwheat
Grain  flours Hulled  barley
Quinoa Rye
Short-grain  brown  rice Wheal  bei  lies
Whole  o.its
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THE    PRACTICE    OF    AYURVEDA
$)  SPRING
Barley  (hulled  and  pearl)  Cracked  oats
Basmati  rice  (brown  and  white)         Cracked  rye
Bulgur  Cracked  wheat
|||  SUMMER Basmati  rice  (brown  and  white)         Grain  flours
Couscous  Long-grain  brown  rice
Cracked  wheat  Millet Grain  flours
Long-grain  brown  rice
Millet
Noodles  and  pastas
Pearl  barley
AYURVEDIC   IDEAL
In  making  the  transition  to  the  Ayurvedic  diet,  you
may  begin  by  eating  the  quantity  of  food  that  feels
satisfying  to  you,  without  overeating.  Many  of  us  have
grown  accustomed  to  consuming  two  to  three  times
more  food  than  we  need.  Within  the  realm  of
Ayurveda,  certain  principles  are  normally  recognized
and  honored  when  it  comes  to  eating.  According  to
the  Ayurvedic  master  Vagbhata,  after  a  meal  the
stomach  should  be  filled  as  follows:  lh  solid  food,
xh  liquid,  and  lh  empty.  Over  the  following  six  months,
you  may  gradually  reduce  your  intake  of  liquids  and
solids  by  about  25  percent  to  reflect  this  ideal.  Water
may  be  taken  occasionally  during  the  meal;  taking  a
small  amount  of  warm  water  before  each  meal  is
actually  an  Ayurvedic  prescription.
Ultimately,  the  desired  number  of  meals  per  day  is
two — one  taken  between  8  and  10  a.m.  and  the  other
between  6  and  8  p.m.  (Those  engaged  in  hard,  physical
labor  may  take  three  large  meals  a  day.)
TRANSITIONAL  MEALS
When  making  a  transition  to  a  healthy  and  balanced
diet,  people  often  feel  deprived  of  their  unhealthy
habits  and  foods.  For  this  reason  we  need  to  move
forward  gingerly  and  gently  into  this  new  phase  of
life.  Understanding  that  our  old  attachments  and
habits,  even  though  resolved,  can  intrude  on  new
beginnings  makes  it  easier  to  cope  with  them.  Be- cause of  the  vulnerable  nature  of  the  mind  and  body
during  transitional  phases,  the  quantity  and  frequency
of  meals  recommended  in  the  menus  that  follow  ex-
ceed the  Ayurvedic  ideal.  It  is  important  to  cosset  the
mind  by  providing  frequent  small  meals  that  are  visu-
ally stimulating.  The  five  meals  provided  on  each  of
the  following  menus  are  actually  two  snacks  and  three
small  meals.  When  we  allow  plentiful  and  enriching
foods,  the  mind  and  senses  are  more  readily  com-
pelled to  let  go  of  old  expectations.  Essentially  we  are
flooding  the  organism  with  love  in  the  form  of  vital
food  energies,  in  the  same  way  we  would  nurture  a
battered  child  until  the  old  wounds  heal.
TASTES  AND   TEXTURES
OF   A  MEAL
In  the  Vedic  culture,  the  six  tastes  were  combined  and
used  in  every  meal.  Depending  on  body  type,  the
tastes  in  one  meal  may  vary  from  sweet  to  pungent.
For  example,  a  Pitta  breakfast  might  typically  include
the  sweet  taste  (a  sweet  porridge  of  grains  or  tapioca,
or  sweet  vegetables  or  fruits,  such  as  melon  or  car-
rots) and  even  a  touch  of  bitter  (as  found  in  karela  or
endives).  A  Vata  breakfast  might  typically  include  the
sweet  taste  (rich,  creamy  grains)  with  an  occasional
spicy  touch  of  an  idli  and  sambar.  A  typical  Kapha
breakfast  might  be  light  and  dry  with  a  pungent  taste,
such  as  a  rye  crisp  or  roasted  grains  with  a  mint
masala  condiment.
When  eating  a  meal,  foods  that  are  hard  in  charac-
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ter  should  be  eaten  at  the  beginning,  soft  foods  dur-
ing the  middle,  and  liquid  toward  the  end.  Some
ancient  Ayurvedic  schools  maintain  that  the  sequence
of  tastes  in  a  meal  should  progress  in  the  order  of
sweet,  salty,  sour,  pungent,  bitter,  and  astringent.  More
recent  Ayurvedic  thinking,  however,  supports  a  se-
quence similar  to  that  followed  in  the  West:  Begin
with  salty  and  sour,  progress  to  pungent  followed  by
bitter  and  astringent,  and  end  with  sweet.  In  the
preparation  of  these  menus,  I  have  followed  the  more
current  viewpoint.
In  the  Festivities  category  of  the  following  menus,
the  six  tastes  are  demonstrated  in  an  exotic  and  dy-
namic way,  reflecting  the  enormous  variety  of  life,  joy,
and  love  that  you  may  experience  in  your  foods.  The
six  tastes  in  Ayurveda  serve  to  garner  the  spirit  of
allowance


me in t he usual manner, w it h meat, sug ar, juic e, and al l t he
t hing s t hat c ontr i but e t o a
C andid a-c ausing diet. I disc o v er ed t he C andid a
C leaner w hi le mak ing t he same lif est y le
tr ansitions t hat man y of y ou w i l l ha v e
t o mak e.
A s a ph y sic i an, I ha v e had t he pr i v i leg e of assisting hundr eds of people
in mak ing t his
tr ansition and obser v ing t heir pr og r ess.T h e S ear c h f o r  th e C ur e
T hen, I notic ed w hi le r eading m y litt le her bal book s t hat t he C hinese g o v er nment
seemed t o
spend $ 35 eac h y ear per per son t o pr o v ide healt hc ar e t o t heir c itizens—
and t heir c itizens
li v e long er and healt hier t han t hose in t he US, w hic h spends
t housands of dol l ar s eac h y ear
per c itizen. T his g a v e me c onf idenc e t hat w hat I w as
look ing f or w as eff ec ti v e, aff or d able,
and r eal l y e x ist ed. F urt her r eading of hist or y
g a v e mor e c lues.

O ne d a y, m y c hi ldr en and I w er e r eading about A f r ic an sl a v es. W e r ead t hat t he sl a v es
had
somet hing t hat t he y used t hat w as e x tr emel y po w er f ul. A nd in c oloni al times, it
w as f elt t hat
t he medic ine of t he A mer ic an Indi ans w as mor e po w er f ul t han t he
medic ines used b y r ur al
A mer ic ans, and w as sti l l mor e po w er f ul t han t he medic ines
used b y t he sl a v e o w ner s.06
S inc e I had an ac ti v e f ami l y pr ac tic e, I said “ A ha! I w i l l ask m y patient s. M an y of t hem w er e
desc ended f r om sl a v es. ” S o, I ask ed t hem, “ W as t her e somet hing t hat w as v er y c heap t hat w as g i v en
t w ic e a y ear and c ur ed e v er y t hing? M a y be y our mot her used it, or y our g r andmot her used it?”
A t f ir st, I didn ’t g et muc h inf or mation, but I k ept ask ing. F inal l y, some patient s just st art ed l aug hing
and l aug hing and l aug hing. T he y said, “ D r. D aniels, oh y es, it must be t hat tur pentine. Y ep,
tur pentine and sug ar. ”

P er son af t er per son mentioned tur pentine and sug ar t o me. J ust tur pentine and sug ar.
I r eplied, “ W ho in y our f ami l y used tur pentine and sug ar?” T he y al l said, “ M y g r andmot her. ”
I ask ed, ” W el l, do y ou use it?" A nd e v er y one I quer ied r eplied, “ O h, absolut el y not. ” T hese w er e people
in t heir f orties. I pr esumed t hat t heir g r andpar ent s w er e dec eased.
I t hen ask ed, " W hen did y our g r andmot her die?" “ O h, no, she is sti l l ali v e, ” t he y ans w er ed. “ Ninet y -
si x and sti l l k ic k ing; sti l l t ak ing her tur pentine and sug ar. ”
I ask ed, “ W el l, do y ou t hink she mig ht t al k t o me about it?”
I w as t y pic al l y t old, "She stic k s pr ett y muc h t o her self. T ak es c ar e of her o w n house and doesn 't
bot her muc h w it h people. " I w as v er y impr essed t hat t ak ing tur pentine and li v ing independent l y t o
t he ag e of 90+ w er e c ompati ble. S omeho w, I c ouldn ’t g et an y one t o c onnec t me w it h t heir
g r andpar ent, so I sti l l sear c hed and sear c hed t he lit er atur e f or mor e inf or mation. N ot a sing le
r ef er enc e t o tur pentine.

S o, I ask ed t hese same people, “ W el l, ho w muc h tur pentine?” T he y r esponded, “ I don ’t k no w”.
I said, “S o ho w muc h sug ar?” T he y said, “ I don ’t k no w. ”
I said, “ W el l, w hat k ind of sug ar?” T he y said, “ I don ’t k no w. ”
I said, “ W el l, ho w of t en?” A g ain, t he ans w er w as, “ I don ’t k no w. ”
N o w, an y tur pentine c an y ou bu y is g oing t o ha v e some pr ett y impr essi v e l abeling on it, as it is t he
l a w. T he l abel w i l l look li k e t he f ol lo w ing:
* K no w n t o c ause birt h def ec t s in t he st at e of C alif or ni a.
* F at al.
* D ead l y if s w al lo w ed.
* C ont ac t y our doc t or immedi at el y if y ou put an y in y our mout h. * C ont ac t P oison C ontr ol
immedi at el y if s w al lo w ed.
N onet heless, I c ontinued on t o t he g r oc er y st or e and g ot a litt le bo x of sug ar c ubes. T hese happened
t o be t he smal lest sug ar c ubes in t he g r oc er y st or e— 1 c entimet er or less on eac h side.F inal l y, af t er about si x mont hs of g ent le inquir y —and sc our ing t he lit er atur e and f inding
not hing—m y c ur iosit y g ot t he best of me. I w ent do w n t he bloc k t o t he har d w ar e st or e and
boug ht a c an of tur pentine. A s luc k w ould ha v e it, I pur c hased a br and t hat w as l abeled
"100% P ur e G um S pir it s of T ur pentine. "0 7
I k n e w t h is w as t h e s e cr e t. I d is c o v er e d t h e d os e t h a t c a us e d t h e b e n e f i ts.
N o w, I n e e d e d t o f i n d t h e d os e a t w h i c h o n e ex p er i e n c es n o t -s o -g o o d r e a c t i o ns.I did not w ant t o t ot al l y ig nor e t he w ar ning s on t he c an of tur pentine. I made
sur e t hat m y w i l l w as c omplet e and in pl ain v ie w. I t old m y self t hat sinc e I w as a
doc t or, t his satisf ied t he l abel w ar ning.

I dec ided t o t ak e t he tur pentine in t he e v ening af t er of f ic e hour s, so if I died,
t her e w ould be time t o c anc el t he ne x t d a y’ s patient s. F urt her mor e, I t hank f ul l y
not ed t hat I w as not in t he st at e of C alif or ni a.

I sat


 in one such department store th at I met a friend who was a surgeon. I had not
seen him in a while and he remarked how ill I looked. I told him the decision I was
contemplating and he coolly told me that he performed this type of surgery. I vividly remember his words of advice as he said, "Jack, if you can avoid this type of surgery,
do it at all costs." Well, that stuck in my mind as though it was branded there. I bade
him goodbye and he wished me good luck and gave me some parting advice. He told
me to "hang in there and maybe one day a drug will be discovered to cure this terrible disease." It took me a while to realize that drugs neither cure nor remove cause.
   It was during these two months that a friend, Carol Leib, suggested to my wife that I
look into a way of life called Natural Hygiene, which had helped her as well as others she had known. I think if it was not for Carol, I wouldn't be here today--or at least not
in one piece. Anyway, Carol planted the seeds in Corinne's mind through frequent
discussions, unbeknownst to me. Blessed with an uncanny sense of intuition and
insight, Corinne knew that what she was learning from Carol was right. It was logical
and made sense, and without analyzing it any further at this point, she knew that here was the help we had been seeking. This was the miracle for which she had been
hoping and, praying. Corinne had only a superficial knowledge of Natural Hygiene,
yet it was enough for her to become excited and elated--more than she had been
anytime during these past, depressing six years. She could not wait to finally correlate this knowledge and present it to me.    The day came when she decided to tell me. She was full of enthusiasm and hope as,
wide-eyed, she related this new-found knowledge to me. There were numerous facets that made up this way of life, but the two items that stuck in my mind were the
vegetarian diet and particularly the use of the "fast" (just water) for the elimination
and/or prevention of disease, with the eventual involvement of a high degree of
health. I sat there in disbelief. Could this be my own wife advising me to do
something which goes against medical principles and philosophy? The very principles and philosophy I had studied years to learn? The principles and philosophy in which
all medical doctors are trained? I wouldn't hear of it.
   As far as I was concerned, this was so me sort of quackery, chicanery. I would not
even open my mind enough to read any literature on Natural Hygiene. If it was not
medical, I did not want any part of it. I was as close-minded as is much of the medical
profession when it comes to new ideas that are revolutionary and may deviate from
the dogmatic path. We seem to be enclosed in our own sphere where change cannot penetrate and, for the most part, is not welcome. It is too bad, because there is much
help for people, based on principles so simple that it is overlooked by some, looked
down at by others, while it stuns the minds of still others who are on such high
intellectual levels that they cannot accept or even comprehend simplicity. It took me a
number of years to realize this. When I did, I promised myself to keep an open mind
and evaluate all facets of an idea. This has opened new worlds to me.
   Of course, I continued to receive various suggestions from well-meaning people:
"Go to the Mayo Clinic," or "Go to the Cleveland Clinic," or "I know a famous doctor
in New York." Frankly, I didn't want any mo re advice. I was tired of it. I had run the
medical gamut and just did not have the desire, stamina, or money to run it again. I
also did not want to submit to some of the "heroic" methods being used. I don't believe I could have survived it.
   Corinne wanted desperately for me to at least read a bit on this natural way of life
and perhaps it would open my mind enough to motivate me to investigate further. But she knew I could not and would not be reached by discussing, nagging, or even
arguing with me. So she devised a more subtle approach--a brain-washing without
conversation! Let there be no doubt that a determined woman is one of the most
powerful forces known.
   Every night she would write a little note and put it at the supper table alongside my
plate of pills and cooked-out mushes. I coul dn't help but see it. There were only three
words: "See Charles Dworin." But this was the key that could open the door to my
enlightenment. Charles was the librarian of the Detroit Chapter of the American
Natural Hygiene Society. He sold the books at the monthly chapter meetings and
Corinne wanted me to go over to his house, meet this unusual person, and purchase
some of the books.
   But each night I would take that small note, which rested next to my supper plate,
crumple it, and toss it into the wastebasket. This was usually accompanied by a few
choice words to my wife, bluntly advising her to put a stop to this nightly note
business. She ignored me of course and continued her little game, even to the point
where she would verbally remind me at various intervals during the day. She was a tough woman, but I didn't give in.    So the next three or four weeks found me ripping up notes each night at supper,
until one night when I was having a horrible bout with pain, diarrhea, bleeding, and weakness. I sat down at the kitchen table to eat the usual fare, which Corinne had set
out for me a few minutes before she left the house for a meeting. She had slipped the
familiar note under my plate, but left enough corner exposed so that I couldn't miss it.
I had no desire to eat because I was just t oo ill, but I did stare at her note for several
minutes. My children had already gone to bed and the house was quiet--too quiet. The kitchen clock sounded louder than ever as it ticked away the minutes. I reluctantly
pulled the note from under the plate and fingered it a while as I studied its message.
   Thoughts began racing through my mind as I pondered the note. I recalled these last
six hellish years and how life seemed to be ebbing away. Nothing had been
accomplished. I also sadly recalled that over these past six years, hardly a day passed
when I didn't shed tears over this nightmarish existence. Occasionally, Corinne would
hear me in another room and would yell out, "Jack, are you alright? It sounds like you're crying." Of course I responded, nonchalantly, that it was just a coughing spell
or some other of a dozen excuses so wouldn't discover the truth. She never knew. It
was one of the few times I was able to hide  my deep personal feelings from her. As I
read the note again, I thought: "Maybe I will call up this Charles Dworin and run over
to his house and purchase a few books. My kids  are asleep. Corinne is not here, so I
won't have to lose face and concede defeat to her. She need never find out. The kids
will be alright since I'll only be gone a half hour or so."
   I hesitatingly picked up the telephone and dialed the number, secretly hoping he
might not be at home. I tensed a bit when he answered, but I explained, very briefly,
my situation. Charles insisted I come right over and said he would get a few books
together to give me a start.
   On the way to his house, I wondered if I was doing the right thing. "After all," I
thought, "I'm a doctor. What could possibly be in those books I don't already know?" As I pulled into the driveway, Charles was waiting by the door for me. We shook hands and went into the house. I felt a bit strange as we went down to the basement
where the books were stored, because I observed huge jars of various raw nuts
standing about. I had never been exposed to  a vegetarian before. Was I expecting
some strange looking creature? He looked normal to me as I studied him
inconspicuously, so I relaxed.
   I wanted to get back home as soon as possible because my children were alone.
Irwin was three years old and Darryl was a bout five months old and they both had
birthdays this December of 1964, which was about seven months away. But Charles
had such an interesting story about his own experience that I stayed much longer than
I had planned. He told me how he had undergone long fasts and became a vegetarian
to elevate himself from the depths of illness to the heights of health.
   (As of this writing in 1976, Charles is still the librarian of both the American
Natural Hygiene Society and its Detroit ch apter. He is still a professional house
painter and decorator and climbs ladders al l day. He and his wife, Kayla, love to
travel and they love to dance. Charles sti ll takes periodic fasts and when you consider
he is 74 years young, though he appears a young 60, you've got to marvel at that. He has a


beliefs or core issues. I consider them trapdoors, snares, or even rabbit holes
that you step into and then are suddenly awash in negative feelings or
unfortunate thought patterns or unhelpful behaviors.
Core issues are like deep themes that run throughout the background of
our lives  sapping energy, closing down or limiting opportunities, and often
serving as the unconscious force s that shape the very direction of our lives.
They are the fallout from event s that for the most part happened when we
were really little.
You may come face to face with a core issue when you apply EFT to a
tapping target. You may confro nt a core issue when you decide to step
outside of your comfort zone, stretched far beyond what you are used to, or
when you have had a really rough day. That’ s when the defaul t, repetitive
voices that are somehow design ed to keep you safe and in your place kick
in. The voices that say  “I’m such a loser,” “it’ s hopeless,” “it’ s all my fault,”
“I’m not safe,” “I’ll never get what I want.” It’s almost like kicking yourself
when you’re down, in a way. At the very moment you need a pep talk, you
give yourself the “I’m bad and wrong” talk instead.Core issues and the limiting beliefs partnered with them may be at play if
you keep experiencing the same type of problem again and again. Perhaps
you keep choos ing the same Mr. or Ms. Wrong over and over, you can’t
stop eating carbs, you can’t get the website updated, or you can’t seem to
get projects in on time. Another clue that you may be sitting on a core issue
is to notice when you’re reactin g to a person, situation, or event in an out-
of-proportion way. You may be responding to a deeper issue than the one
you’re working on.
Limiting beliefs limit your possibilities; it’s like having your foot on the
gas in your conscious mind, while your unconscious mind’ s foot is on the
brake. You ain’t going nowhere till you can clear out the unconscious
beliefs and get that left foot off the brake! Examples might include: “I can’ t
go to that college because I don’t have enough money,” when you don’t
even check if scholarship money is available. Limiting beliefs are flat,
definitive statements.
Here are exampl es of personal limiting beliefs: “Life is about suffering so
you must suffer.” “You can’t have what you want and shouldn’ t even want
what you want.” “Good girls don’t do this.” “Big boys don’t do that.” These
beliefs may have the words “should,” “always,” “never,” “impossible,” and
“can’ t” in them. Do you get the picture? Core issues and limiting beliefs are
survival and fear -based.
When you uncover a personal core issue, you may suddenly  gain an
understanding of the extent to which you’ve been just coping, what it has
cost you, where and how you’ve been affected, and who else has been
affected. You may have the sudden realization that you want it to be gone
immediately. Core issues aren’ t going anywhere when you’re in that state of
mind, so rather than freaking out, get curious about your core issue. Learn
more about it. Keep in mind you may also need time to grieve as you
absorb the magnitude of the core issue. Ultimately, once you know about
something, you can do something about it. T ap, and you can  let it go.
Ask yourself: What proof do I have that this is true? Has it always been
true for me? When did I first hear or believe this to be true? What sorts ofexperiences have I had that prove this to be true? What’ s the upside of
having this core issue or belief? Who would I be or what would my life be
like if this weren’ t true? Your answers will provide you with many different
events to tap on.
Please note that you can interrupt negative self-talk or your inner critic,
ruminations, worries, and obsessive thoughts by tapping. Y ou can then point
your tapping on the specific situation that triggered the thought pattern.
Another way to uncover core issues are questions like these: what does
that (feeling or problem) remind you of? What’ s the earlies t time you
remember feelin g that way? What’s the one memory you wish  you didn’ t
have? What else was happening in your life around the time things changed
for you? What’ s the one thing from your past you could have lived without?
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Allow yourself to go with whatever comes to mind. Go ahead, try it out!
Exercise: List Y our Negative Self-T alk
and Situations in Which It Arises
In your EFT journal, take a few minutes to list stock phrases that come to
mind, mottos from your childh ood, things you say aloud or to yourself
automatically without really considering their impact. What proof do you
have that these things are true? List any events that appear to confirm your
negative self-tal k or challenging thought patterns, as you will use these as
tapping fodder on your own. So, for example, if one of your beliefs is “I
never get things right,” when does that belief feel really true? It feels true
after spending time with “my alcoholic father, trying to take care of him,
like just last Saturday when ….” Or, does it feel true when “my sister calls
and I do as much as I can and it’s never enough for her?” Or, does it
somehow bring up an aspect of your childhood where “no matter how hard
I tried to please her, Mom never approved, like that time when …” Tap out
the so-called proof that what you do is never right or never enough, andyou’ll start to see all kinds of areas of your life when what you do is just
right and is enough!
Exercise: Use Y our Body as a T apping Resource
To connect with your body as a resource, scan your body right now. Are
you aware of any unpleasant physical sensations? These can include aches,
pains, throbs, burning, tingling, tightening, clenching, nervous ticks, tickles,
prickly fingers, tight toes, phleg m in throat, nervous laughs, ringing in the
ears, difficulty swallowing, nausea, acid reflux, sore muscles, constipation,
or loose ligaments. They can show up as: feeling like there’ s something in
your throat when there’ s not, butterflies in the stomach, gut sensations,
difficulty breath ing, feeling a heavy weight, feeling sick in any number of
ways, symptoms relating to various physical ailments, including phantom
limb pain, low libido, no appetite, cravings. What’ s your body saying to you
right now? When you get upset, what happens in your body? If you’re not
sure, consider an upsetting expe rience and note what is happen ing in your
body.
List the physical  feelings in your EFT journal. Chances are these parts of
your body might be storage spaces for your upsetting emotions, a safe
harbor or vault for feelings. Use these physical sensations as clues to buried
emotional treasure that can be released to experience freedom.
Exercise: List Problem Thoughts,
Feelings, Sensations
Scan your mind for a time when you had an upsetting experience. What
happens when you get upset? What thoughts, feelings, and body sensations
do you experience? List them.
For example, if you have struggles with insomnia or waking up at the
drop of a hat, what kinds of thoughts waken you at night? What are your
concerns before  you go to bed? Are you feeling guilty for waking up your
partner? Do you fear getting sick if you don’t sleep well? As bedtime drawsnearer, do you dread going to sleep? If you are a worrier in the morning,
what worry-thoughts do you have?
List everything that comes to mind about the upsetting experience you
have chosen. Now, tap on every aspect of it.
EFT allows the free flow of feelings out of a person’ s system, where they
have been buried or endlessly recycled, like in the movie Groundhog Day
in which  the same miserable day happens over and over. Using EFT, we can
consciously see everything in our lives as clues to help us fully experience
ourselves and reconnect with our true nature and purpose. Whenever you
find yourself unable to think straight or act rationally in some area of your
life, you might suspect some kind of energy disruption from a troubling
memory or event beneath that surface situation.
Review: Checklist for when T apping Isn’t W orking
Consider the following:
1. Are you being specific enough  in your EFT setup phrase and tapping
target?
2. Are you focusing on one aspect at a time? Is it the most intense aspect?
3. Are you giving yourself a calm, dedicated time and space to tap?
4. Ask: Is there a good reason for remaining the way I am?
5. Is there  anything around you that might be toxic or allergenic? Try
moving to another space, and tap again.
6. Are you exhausted and simply need sleep?
7. Are you in crisis and just floode d with emotion? If so, simply tap on that
first, even with no words, before proceeding further. Tapping and
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t h e  c h a n c e  t o  b e g i n  a g a i n,  n o  m a t t e r  h o w  f a r  w e ’ v e  s t r a y e d
f r o m  t h e  t r u t h  i n  o u r  h e a r t s.  O u r  a b i l i t y  t o  b e g i n  a n e w  i s
s u p p o r t e d  b y  G o d  H i m s e l f,  a s  l o n g  a s  w e  a p p r o a c h  H i m
w i t h  a  c o n t r i t e  a n d  h u m b l e  h e a r t.  N o t h i n g  i n  o u r  p a s t
d i m i n i s h e s  t h e  i n f i n i t e  p o s s i b i l i t i e s  i n h e r e n t  i n  o u r  p r e s e n t
a s  l o n g  a s  w e  a t o n e  f o r  o u r  e r r o r s  a n d  r e t u r n  t o  l o v e.
C o n s c i e n c e  i s  i m p o r t a n t,  a s  i s  r e m o r s e.  B u t  t h e y  a r e
m e a n t  t o  l e a d  u s  t o  n e w  l i f e,  n o t  l e a v e  u s  d r o w n i n g  i n  a  s e a
o f  g u i l t.  W h e n  w e  h a v e  c h o s e n  f e a r  i n s t e a d  o f  l o v e — a n d
w h o  a m o n g  u s  h a s n ’ t? — t h e n  t h e  l o v e  w e  m i g h t  h a v e
c h o s e n  “ i s  h e l d  i n  t r u s t  f o r  u s  b y  t h e  H o l y  S p i r i t ”  u n t i l  w e
a r e  r e a d y  t o  r e c e i v e  i t. *  T o  m e,  t h a t ’ s  o n e  o f  t h e  m o s t
i n c r e d i b l e  p r i n c i p l e s  i n  A  C o u r s e  i n  M i r a c l e s.  I t ’ s  a m a z i n gw h e n  y o u  t h i n k  a b o u t  i t :  I  c o u l d  h a v e  s a i d  o r  d o n e  t h e  r i g h t,
l o v i n g  t h i n g,  a n d  i f  I  h a d,  t h e n  s u c h  a n d  s u c h  a  t h i n g  w o u l d
t h e n  h a v e  h a p p e n e d.  H o w e v e r,  I  d i d  n o t.  I ’ v e  b e e n  t r a i n e d
b y  t h e  w o r l d  t o  t h i n k  w i t h  f e a r,  a n d  I  d i d.  Y e t  G o d  s a v e d  t h e
p o s s i b i l i t y  I  t u r n e d  d o w n,  u n t i l  I ’ m  r e a d y  t o  r e t u r n  t o  l o v e
a n d  c h o o s e  a g a i n!
H o w  m u c h  l o v e  a n d  m e r c y  h a s  t o  b e  b u i l t  i n t o  t h e
s t r u c t u r e  o f  t h e  u n i v e r s e  f o r  t h i s  t o  b e  s o!  A s  l o n g  a s  w e
a t o n e  f o r  a  m i s t a k e,  w e  w i l l  b e  g i v e n  t h e  c h a n c e  t o  c o r r e c t
i t.  T h a t  c h a n c e  m i g h t  n o t  c o m e  i n  t h e


 n g  i t  b e f o r e  g o i n g  t o  s l e e p  a t  n i g h t.  I f  w e  p r a y  a t
t h a t  t i m e — “ S h o u l d  I  d o  t h i s? ”  o r  “ S h o u l d  I  d o  t h a t? ” —
o f t e n  r e l e v a n t  d r e a m s  a p p e a r  d u r i n g  o u r  s l e e p,  g u i d a n c e
m a y  w a k e  u s  d u r i n g  t h e  n i g h t,  o r  w e  m a y  w a k e  i n  t h e
m o r n i n g  w i t h  a  s e n s e  o f  k n o w i n g.
T h o s e  m o m e n t s  c a n  b e  i m p o r t a n t  b e c a u s e  t h e  e g o  h a s n ’ t
h a d  a  c h a n c e  y e t  t o  p u t  u p  i t s  m e n t a l  f i l t e r  a n d  m u f f l e  t h e
v o i c e  o f  G o d.  I t ’ s  o d d  t h a t  w e  t e a c h  c h i l d r e n  t o  s a y  t h e i r
p r a y e r s  a t  n i g h t  b u t  s o m e h o w  t h i n k  t h a t  o n c e  w e ’ r e  a d u l t s
w e  d o n ’ t  n e e d  t o.  L i k e  w h a t,  o n c e  w e ’ r e  g r o w n  u p,  w e
k n o w  e v e r y t h i n g  a l r e a d y  s o  w e  d o n ’ t  n e e d  a n y  h e l p?
W h e n  m y  d a u g h t e r  w a s  b o r n,  I  p u t  t h e  n a m e  I n d i a  o n  h e r
b i r t h  c e r t i f i c a t e ;  i t  w a s  t h e  n a m e  w e  h a d  d e c i d e d  o n  m o n t h s
b e f o r e.  Y e t  w h e n  I  b r o u g h t  h e r  h o m e  f r o m  t h e  h o s p i t a l,  I
w a s n ’ t  s o  s u r e.  S e v e r a l  n a m e s  k e p t  p o p p i n g  u p.  S o  t h e  f i r s t
n i g h t  w e  w e r e  h o m e,  I  p r a y e d  b e f o r e  I  w e n t  t o  s l e e p  a n d
a s k e d  G o d  w h a t  h e r  n a m e  s h o u l d  b e.  I  a w o k e  t h e  n e x t
m o r n i n g  w i t h  a  v i v i d  i m a g e  i n  m i n d,  l i k e  a  c l e a r  d r e a m  j u s t
a s  I  w a s  w a k i n g,  i n  w h i c h  a  b l o n d  l i t t l e  g i r l  w a s  h o l d i n g  u p
a  w h i t e  p o s t e r  b o a r d  w i t h  v e r y  b i g,  c l e a r,  b l a c k  l e t t e r s :  E  M
M  A.  I  w a s  s t a r t l e d,  a n d  t h e  l i t t l e  g i r l  s a i d,  “ M o m m y,  m y
n a m e  i s  E m m a. ”  H a r d l y  s u b t l e.
T h e  v o i c e  f o r  G o d  i s  l i k e  a  s p i r i t u a l  r a d i o  s i g n a l,  a n d  l a t e
a t  n i g h t  a n d  f i r s t  t h i n g  i n  t h e  m o r n i n g  a r e  w h e n  i t ’ s  e a s i e s tt o  g e t  c l e a r  r e c e p t i o n — t h e n  a n d  w h e n  w e  m e d i t a t e.  T h o s e
a r e  t h e  t i m e s  w h e n  t h e  w o r l d  i s n ’ t  s o  m u c h  w i t h  u s,  w h e n
t h e  o b f u s c a t i o n  o f  w o r l d l y  p l a n s  i s n ’ t  b u r d e n i n g  o u r  m i n d s.
W h a t e v e r  t i m e  o f  d a y  i t  i s,  w e  c a n  b e c o m e  a t t u n e d  t o
r e c e i v i n g  g u i d a n c e  t h a t  w e  k n o w  c o m e s  f r o m  b e y o n d  o u r
m o r t a l  m i n d.
I n  e a r l y  1 9 8 4  I  w a s  w o r k i n g  a s  a  t e m p o r a r y  s e c r e t a r y  a t
t h e  W o r l d  S a v i n g s  B u i l d i n g  i n  L o s  A n g e l e s,  a n d  I  h a d  j u s t
b e g u n  l e c t u r i n g  o n  A  C o u r s e  i n  M i r a c l e s  a t  t h e
P h i l o s o p h i c a l  R e s e a r c h  S o c i e t y.  W h i l e  a  f e w  p e o p l e  w e r e
c o m i n g  t o  m y  l e c t u r e s,  I  h a d  n o  i n k l i n g  t h a t  t h i s  w o u l d
b e c o m e  a  f u l l - t i m e  c a r e e r.  A s  I  s t o o d  a t  t h e  e l e v a t o r  b a n k  a t
w o r k  o n e  d a y,  I  h e a r d  a  v o i c e,  i n s i d e  m y  h e a d  y e t  a s  c l e a r
a s  a  b e l l,  s a y,  “ T h i s  w i l l  b e  y o u r  l a s t  s e c r e t a r i a


239) ily conquers
lower attractor ener gy fields. Though he
majority of man's social problems. This,
politics and the bizarre violence of cults
the psyche. In the process of entrainment
was put to death for trying to teach this
in turn, leads to the yet greater power
appear against a backdrop colored by the
of the public consciousness, negativediscernment, his adjuration remains:
available at 500, the level of Love.
prevalence of lies as social tender and a
attractor fields are cosmeticized by obscurity is dispelled by augmenting
the Knowing our own and everyone else's
of lack of consensus as to individual and
rhetoric and manipulation of symbols.
light of discernment, not by attacking the
human foibles gives rise to for giveness,
collective responsibility towards one's
Moreover, it is not the overt message of
darkness.1 The final issue, then, is the
and thence to compassion. Compassion is
fellow man.
the negative input that destroys problem of how we may best cultivate
the doorway to grace and to the final
This social confusion and paralysis stems
consciousness, but the ener gy field that
and preserve the power of moral
realization of who we are and why we are
from the dearth of guidelines upon which
accompanies it.discretion.
here, and of the ultimate source of all
to base decisions. Hopefully this book
The extreme negativity of many popular
(240) Our journey of investigation has
existence.
has taken a step toward filling that void
works of pseudophilosophy, for example,
finally led us to the most critical
26. RESOLUTION
with what is, in fact, an essay at a science
is obvious if one tests these books. But
realization of all: Mankind lacks the
of Morality. By "Morality" we do not
even being forewarned cannot defend us
capacity to recognize the dif ference
A THOROUGH ABSORPTION of the
refer to petty moralistic judgments of
against unwitting entrainment by between good and evil.
material presented herein has been shown
right and wrong, but to an at once
invisible ener gy fields which activateBy humbly surrendering to this
to be able to raise one's level of
objective and personal basis from which
when these works are read. One may
awareness, man may be forearmed.
consciousness by an average of 35
to make decisions and evaluations
think he can maintain his psychic When we admit we are gullible and
points. Inasmuch as the progression of
regarding the highest conduct of our
independence by refuting the work easily seduced by the senses and
deluded consciousness during the average of
lives.
intellectually, but mere exposure to the
by glamour, including intellectual
human lifetimes lived on this globe has
In a social framework, we can certainly
material has a profound negative ef fect
glamour, we have at least the beginning
been only five paints, such an increase in
choose to refuse passive acquiescence to
that continues even after the material isof discernment. Fortunately, in this world
individual awareness is an enormous
any political system that falls below the
intellectually rejected. It is as though
of duality man has been given a
benefit in itself. And, as advanced
level of 200, instead applying to it our
there is within these negative influences a
consciousness which can instantly detect
theoretical physics and nonlinear newly developed faculties of
examination hidden virus whose invasion of our
that which is destructive and signal it to
dynamics have shown, any individual
and correction. It is now possible, for
psyche goes unnoticed.
his otherwise ignorant mind by the
increase also raises to some degree the
instance, to establish clear criteria by
Additionally, we often relax our grossly visible weakening of his body in
consciousness of everyone on the planet.
which holders of public of fice should be
circumspection when encountering the presence of the inimical stimuli.
T o become more conscious is the greatestselected. Each of fice requires a specific
material that ascribes to itself the W isdom can ultimately be reduced to
the gift anyone can give to the world;
minimum level of awareness in order to
attributes of spiritual insight or religion,
simple process of avoiding that which
moreover, in a ripple ef fect, the gift
be ef fective; in general, any government
forgetting that every heinous crime of
makes you go weak-nothing else is really
comes back to its source. While the level
of ficial who falls below 200 will not
which man is capable has been required.
of consciousness of mankind as a whole
solve problems but create them.
perpetrated in the name of God. While
Through frequent practice of this
stood at a perilous 190 for many
The lar ger social issue is how, in view of
violent cults may be clearly repellent,
technique, spiritual blindness to truth and
centuries, as we have seen, in the mid-the dark side of mankind's behavior, one
belief systems that masquerade as piety
falsehood can be progressively replaced
1980s it suddenly jumped to the hopeful
can maintain compassion. It is a relative
are far more insidious, for they corrupt
by a growing intuitive vision. Some
level of 204. For the first time in his
world; everyone acts from his own level
by the silent entrainment of invisible
lucky few seem born with this innate
history, Man is now on safe ground from
of truth and therefore believes that his
attractor fields.
perceptivity; their lives remain clear and
which to continue his upward march.
actions and decisions are "right;" it is this
Her e it is best to heed the traditional
undamaged by negative entrainment. But
And this promise of new hope comes
very "rightness" that makes fanatics so
wisdom that tells us not to fear evil orfor most of us life has not been so easy;
none too soon.
dangerous. But the real danger to society
fight it, but mer ely avoid it. But in
we have spent a great deal of it repairing
(238) T oday, many of the subjects we have
does not come from overt bigotry such as
order to avoid it one has to have the
the damage done by destructive attractors
discussed are exploding in the news
white supremacism (which calibrates at
capacity to recognize it. Socrates said, in
which act like hypnosis. Recovering from
media: the perversion of religion to the
150), as such damage can at least be
ef fect, that without such capacity, youth
a single addiction can take up the
1 17
1 18
majority of a lifetime. And the most
invisible and no less powerful, though far
thence a mind so limited it is hardlyAbsoluteness. And then all these words
common and insidious addiction is to
more subtle.
capable of distinguishing that which
are useless.
denial, which benights us through our
When it is said that someone is
enhances life from that which leads to
But perhaps from compassion for each
intellectual vanity.
"possessed," what is meant is that his
death.3 The whole struggle of life is in
other's blindness, we can learn to for give
The intellect, contrary to its delusions of
consciousness has become dominated by
transcending this myopia. W e cannot
ourselves. Peace can then be our assured
grandeur, not only larks the ability to
negative attractor fields from which he
enter into higher levels of existence until
future. Our purpose on earth may remain
recognize falsehood, but grossly lacks thecannot extricate himself. By this
we advance in consciousness to the point
obscure, but the road henceforth is clear.
necessary power to defend itself, even
definition we can see that whole
where we overcome duality and are no
W ith the consciousness level of humanity
had it the capacity for discernment. Is it
segments of society are so thoroughly
longer earth-bound. Perhaps it is because
finally above 200, we may expect great
irreverent, in light of history's enormous
possessed that they themselves are totally
of our collective will to transcend that we
transformations throughout human
accretion of works of intellectual unconscious of their motives, W isdom
have earned the capacity to finally
culture as mankind becomes more
speculation, to say that man's vaunted
tells us one worships either heaven or
discover an inborn compass to lead us
responsible for its knowledge, and thuscapacity of reason lacks the critical
hell and will eventually become the
out of the darkness of ignorance. W e
its deeds. W e have become fully
faculty of discernment.' The whole field
servant of one or the other. Hell is not a
needed something very simple, which
accountable whether we like it or not. W e
of philosophy is merely evidence that
condition imposed by a judgmental God,
could bypass those traps of the wily
are at the point in the evolution of our
man has struggled and failed for but rather the inevitable consequence of
intellect for which we have paid such an
collective awareness where we may even
thousands of years to arrive at the
one's own decisions. Hell is the final
enormous price. This compass merely
assume stewardship of consciousness


these substances in the body can be increased or decreased not by Sexual Vitality from the Sea of Chi
taking harsh chernical drugs but through the ingestion of food
and herbs. and even n1ore through physical and mental therapy.
including sexual activity. Continuing sexual activity in n1iddlc and
old age appears crucial in keeping people healthy and youthful.
In light of the latest scientitlc findings. it is worthwhile to
look at son1e points raised by ancient Chint•se physicians and sex
ologists. As has been n1entioned. they believed that certain body
fluids contained ingredients of lite essence. and they reconunended
a generous exchange of fluids between sex partners. In the Art of
the Three Peaks. for instance. the tnale was advised to drink or ab
sorb the saliva. tnilk. and vaginal juices of a fen1ale sex partner.
Won1en likewise were advised to reap the benefits of male saliva
and genital emissions.
Taoist life-nurture experts, incidentally. prescribed several ex
ercises by which a person can increase the secretion of his own
saliva, and then swallow it as a "tonic." The one to two quarts of
saliva we secrete each day not only help digestion, enhance the
taste sensation, and kill bacteria, but also guard teeth against de
cay and con1bat cancer-causing agents. Three Japanese scientists
recently isolated from saliva a sex hormone that is abundant in the
young; they believe it may help retard aging.
A male secretion, semen, is rich in protein and contains many
chemical substances, some of which benefit a woman's ovaries as
water nurtures Rowers. Since this effect lasts four or five months,
biologically speaking, it might suggest that semen should "irri
gate" female sexual organs at least once every four or five months;
otherwise her organs will slowly atrophy, and she will age faster.
Modern researchers have found that wotnen who have sex weekly
are more regular in their menstrual cycles than those who have it
less frequently or not at all. It was the Taoist belief in the abundance
of life essence in sexual fluids that led Empress Chia, mentioned
earlier, to nourish herself with cocktails of semen collected from
a stable of young men.
TH E ExcHANG E OF LIFE-EN ERGY
Ancient Chinese beliefs about sex, health, and longevity involved
not only the exchange of body fluids but also the even n1ore
n1ystical interaction of chi between individuals. The custom of
153 polygan1y enabled affluent old men to have several young wives
and concubines-an undesirable sexist practice, it is true, whose
biological consequences should nevertheless be separated from its
ethical implications. Sharing the vital energy of young women, it
was believed, gave new life to hopeful elders. Such "rejuvenation"
was achieved through copulation and sometimes mere physical
contact, even proximity. So convinced of the interaction of chi
between people are many elderly Chinese that they decline to
sleep in the same bed with their very young grandchildren, be
cause they believe they will sap the children's life-energy.
Conventional Western knowledge of physiology might dis
miss such a belief as simply an old wives' talc from an ancient
culture. Some of the latest findings of modern biochemists and
endocrinologists, however, should make us hesitate to pass judg
ment that quickly.
Both men and women secrete the male hormone testosterone
and the female hormone estrogen, although in different quan
tities. It is the former that fires both men and women with sexual
desire. The level of testoster one in individuals fluctuates in daily
and seasonal cycles.
A team at the University of Pennsylvania studied the cycles of
testosterone and sexual activity in eleven young n1arried couples
and thirty older married couples. The researchers found that each
partner had con1e to adjust his or her hormonal cycle so that the
sexual desires and activities of each partner becatne synchronized.
Even more fascinating is another experitnent, conducted by the
Monell Chen1ical Senses Center in Philadelphia. The experitnent
showed that won 1en who n1enstruated irregularly becan1e regular
when exposed to nulc underann odor (satnples were attached
to their upper lips and renewed regular ly) t(1r a period of three
tnonths.
In son1e cases physical con tact nuy not even be necessary.
Scientists at the Sonot na State Hospit al Brain Behavior Research
Center in Calit 'lHnia found that fcnule roon1nutes in college ar-....
rived each t:1ll with their O\Vtl individual n1enstrual cycles. At the
l'tH.i of an academic year, however, cycles often had beconH.' syn
chronized. Tests indicttcd that the young wotncn gave off odo r
signals to each other and thus their tlll.'nstrual cycks began to co
incide. Scx14cll Vita/it)' frwu tllf' St'cl,�f Chi
Through intinute contact or even proximity. then. and
\vhether through exchange of body fluids. odor. or o ther signals.
two individuals, especia lly of oppositl' sexes. nuy affect one an
other physically. Such n1utual influences tend to bl·nd it both p.u
ties physiologically, and probably also tnentally and emotion ally.
But the benefits nuy not be equal if there is a large gap in age or
health bet\Vl'l'n the parties. This is sugges ted by a study con
ducted at the University of l)klahonu. Using data frmn the U.S.
Census Bureau and a national n1ortal ity survey, the study showed
that n1en between the ages of fifty and seventy-nine with n1uch
younger wives had a death rate thirteen percent below average,
while the dea th rate of those tnarried to older wor nen was twenty
percent higher.
This analysis lends support, albeit indirectly, to the ancient
Taoist belief in the interaction of chi between two individuals:
The person with n1ore abundant life-force may boost the rela
tively lower life-force of the other. In so doing, the individual's
own life-force is of necessity decreased to a certain extent. This
flow of vital energy seen1s to be affirmed by recent experiments
on chi.
The analysis of individuals married to much older spouses
gives only part of the picture, however. On the basis of Taoist be
liefs, people married to much older mates should fare better than
people who are not married at all. This is due to the so-called har
monizing of Yin and Yang, which in modern terms corresponds
to the biological and psychological benefits derived from the sex
ual stimulation enjoyed between spouses.
SEXUAL EXERCISES
In keeping with their concept of chi, ancient Chinese Taoists advo
cated therapy and a bewildering number of mind-body exercises
for better sex and better health. Some of these look dubious,
while others are quite rational. They believed, for example, that
during urination, hair follicles and capillaries were utterly vulner
able to outside influence. When a man urinated, he should grit his
teeth and stand on tiptoe to guard hin1sclf against outside harm; a
woman should do the same while squatting or sitting. This pro
tective maneuver would not only guard a person's health but also
I) 5 TH E ART OF THE BEDCHA MBE R
preserve his or her sexual strength. A man could strengthen his
genitals by alternately warming and chilling his scrotum in a
bathtub.
Traditional Chinese physicians often check their male pa
tients' big toes. Full and firm big toes indicate sound health. If it is
pressed, the tip of the toe normally bounces back; if it does not
spring back, but stays like a partially deflated ball, it means a
problem not only of health but also of potency. A man suffering
from impotence can be helped by massaging the big toes, which
are linked by meridians to his glans.
Both men and women can benefit from regularly exercising
the pubococcygeal muscles, those of the pubis and coccyx. A
woman can activate her vagina indirectly, and thus bring her part
ner to orgasm without moving her body; she also can induce in
tense orgasms in herself A man well trained in the same exercise
can will an erection, vivify his organ, and give great pleasure to
his bedmate. Such exercises are often euphemisti cally called lwi
chun (recapture the spring; "spring" in classical Chinese implies
youthfulness and sexual vigor). Several simple exercises aiming at
enhancing sexual vitality are described in chapter 1 3.
Both tai chi chuan and chi- kun g are used for health and sex
uality. The latter has been practiced in China for more than three
thousand years, by Taoists, Buddhists, and Confucians. Specially
geared to sexuality arc chi exercises of the southern Taoist school,
which rely on pluck-and-


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Patrick	McKeown
	has	written	a	number	of	books,	including	the	best-seller
Asthma	Free	Naturally	(Conari	Press	2008),	Close	Your	Mouth,	Anxiety	Free:
Stop	Worrying	and	still	Your	Mind,	and	ABC	to	be	Asthma	Free.	Other	works
include	a	Buteyko	DVD	and	CD.

Buteyko	training	in	the	USA	and	Canada
Each	year,	a	number	of	Buteyko	practitioner	training	courses	are	held
throughout	the	USA	and	Canada.	Practitioner	trainers	include	Chris	Bauman
and	Patrick	McKeown.	Chris	was	the	first	Buteyko	practitioner	in	Canada	and
trained	under	Jennifer	Stark	in	2000.	Patrick	trained	in	Moscow	in	2002	and
is	accredited	by	the	late	Dr	Buteyko.	Patrick	has	been	teaching	practitioners
since	2005	and	has	to	date	trained	practitioners	from	11	different	countries.Appendix	TwoWebsites	to	visit

www.ButeykoClinic.com
Worldwide	list	of	practitioners	including	Europe,	North	America,	and	Asia,
practitioner	training,	videos	of	Dr.	Buteyko.

www.ButeykoDVD.com
Authors	Buteyko	DVD,	books,	online	courses	and	free	video	segments.

www.Buteyko.co.uk
Buteyko	practitioners	in	UK.

www.TomHerronExperience.com
Buteyko	Northern	Ireland

www.CorrectBreathing.com
Carol	Baglia,	USA	Buteyko	practitioner

www.AsthmaCare.us
Eugenia	Malyshev,	USA	Buteyko	practitioner

www.ButeykoDVD.com
Online	courses,	books,	information	regarding	the	negative	effects	of	mouth
breathing.

www.ButeykoEducators.org
Members	of	non-profit	organisation	Buteyko	Breathing	Educators.Appendix	threeReferences

Chapter	two—The	Buteyko	Method
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The	American	Journal	of	Medicine
;	December	1986;	Volume	81;	p989.
Hyperventilation	Syndrome	and	Asthma.	(Demeter,	Cordasco.)
2)	Cited	in	Multidisciplinary	approaches	to	breathing	disorders	by	Leon
Chaitow,	Dinah	Bradley	and	Christopher	Gilbert.
3)	Gibbs	DM	1992	Hyperventilation	induced	cerebral	ischemia	in	panic
disorder	and	effects	of	nimodipine.
American	journal	of	Psychiatry
149:
1589-1591
4)	Ball,	Shekhar	A	1997	Basilar	artery	response	to	hyperventilation	in
panic	disorder.
American	journal	of	psychiatry
154	(11):	1603-1604
5)	Balestrino	M,	Somjen	GG,	Concentration	of	carbon	dioxide,	interstitial
pH	and	synaptic	transmission	in	hippocampal	formation	of	the	rat,
J
Physiol
1988,	396:	247-266.
6)	Huttunen	J,	Tolvanen	H,	Heinonen	E,	Voipio	J,	Wikstrom	H,	Ilmoniemi
RJ,	Hari	R,	Kaila	K,	Effects	of	voluntary	hyperventilation	on	cortical
sensory	 responses.	 Electroencephalographic	 and
magnetoencephalographic	studies,	E
xp	Brain	Res
1999,	125(3):	248-254.
7)
Artour	Rakhimov	Ph.D,
Normal	Breathing-	The	key	to	vital	health
8)
The	Hyperventilation	Syndrome
,	Robert	Fried
9)	Hyperventilation:	the	tip	and	the	iceberg	by	L.C.	Lum
Journal	of
Psychosomatic	Research
,	Vol.	19,	pp.	375	to	383.	Pergamon	Press,	1975.
Printed	in	Great	BritainAppendix	fourAcknowledgements

A	number	of	people	were	instrumental	in	the	creation	of	this	little	book.

To	Karen	Kolb,	Joseph	Lawlor,	Valerie	Kerr,	Eileen	O	Connor	and	Kevin
Kelly	for	their	feedback	and	input.	A	special	thanks	to	Louise	George	for	her
detailed	analysis	and	suggestions.	I	am	deeply	indebted	to	Aurora	Pérez
Machío	for	her	work	in	creating	a	wonderful	cover	and	to	Tracy	for	her	work
in	editing	and	proofing	the	text.

Thank	you,	Timm	from	TimmJoyStudios.org.uk,	for	drawing	the	illustrations.

I	would	also	like	to	thank	everybody	who	has	attended	my	courses	over	the
past	eight	years.	To	fellow	practitioners	Tom	Herron,

Linda	Meads,	Peter	Kolb,	Alex	Spence,	Artour	Rakhimov,	Chris	Bauman	and
more	–	thank	you	for	your	contribution	to	Buteyko	in	the	Western	world.

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	researchers	explained	that	animal	protein,	unlike	plant	protein,
increases	the	acid	load	in	the	body.
3
	An	increased	acid	load	means	that	our
blood	and	tissues	become	more	acidic.	The	body	does	not	like	this	acidicenvironment	and	begins	to	fight	it.	In	order	to	neutralize	the	acid,	the	body
uses	calcium,	which	acts	as	a	very	effective	base.	This	calcium,	however,
must	come	from	somewhere.	It	ends	up	being	pulled	from	the	bones,	and	the
calcium	loss	weakens	them,	putting	them	at	greater	risk	for	fracture.
We	have	had	evidence	for	well	over	a	hundred	years	that	animal	protein
decreases	bone	health.	The	explanation	of	animal	protein	causing	excess
metabolic	acid,	for	example,	was	first	suggested	in	the	1880s
4
	and	was
documented	as	long	ago	as	1920.
5
	We	also	have	known	that	animal	protein	is
more	effective	than	plant	protein	at	increasing	the	metabolic	acid	load	in	the
body.
6,	7,	8
When	animal	protein	increases	metabolic	acid	and	draws	calcium	from	the
bones,	the	amount	of	calcium	in	the	urine	is	increased.	This	effect	has	been
established	for	over	eighty	years
5
	and	has	been	studied	in	some	detail	since
the	1970s.	Summaries	of	these	studies	were	published	in	1974,
9
	1981
10
	and
1990.
11
	Each	of	these	summaries	clearly	shows	that	the	amount	of	animal
protein	consumed	by	many	of	us	on	a	daily	basis	is	capable	of	causing
substantial	increases	in	urinary	calcium.
Chart	10.1
	is	taken	from	the	1981
publication.
10
	Doubling	protein	intake	(mostly	animal-based)	from	35–78
g/day	causes	an	alarming	50%	increase	in	urinary	calcium.	This	effect	occurs
well	within	the	range	of	protein	intake	that	most	of	us	consume;	average
American	intake	is	around	70–100	g/day.	Incidentally	as	mentioned	in	chapter
four,	a	six-month	study	funded	by	the	Atkins	Center	found	that	those	people
who	adopted	the	Atkins	Diet	excreted	50%	more	calcium	in	their	urine	after
six	months	on	the	diet.
12CHART	10.1:	ASSOCIATION	OF	URINARY	CALCIUM	EXCRETION
WITH	DIETARY	PROTEIN	INTAKE
The	initial	observations	on	the	association	between	animal	protein
consumption	and	bone	fracture	rates	are	very	impressive,	and	now	we	have	a
plausible	explanation	as	to	how	the	association	might	work,	a	mechanism	of
action.
Disease	processes	are	rarely	as	simple	as	“one	mechanism	does	it	all,”	but
the	work	being	done	in	this	held	makes	a	strong	argument.	A	more	recent
study,	published	in	2000,	comes	from	the	Department	of	Medicine	at	the
University	of	California	at	San	Francisco.	Using	eighty-seven	surveys	in
thirty-three	countries,	it	compared	the	ratio	of	vegetable	to	animal	protein
consumption	to	the	rate	of	bone	fractures	(
Chart	10.2
).
1
	A	high	ratio	of
vegetable	to	animal	protein	consumption	was	found	to	be	impressively
associated	with	a	virtual	disappearance	of	bone	fractures.
These	studies	are	compelling	for	several	reasons.	They	were	published	in
leading	research	journals,	the	authors	were	careful	in	their	analyses	and
interpretation	of	data,	they	included	a	large	number	of	individual	research
reports,	and	the	statistical	significance	of	the	association	of	animal	protein
with	bone	fracture	rates	is	truly	exceptional.	They	cannot	be	dismissed	as	just
another	couple	of	studies;	the	most	recent	study	represents	a	summary	of
eighty-seven	separate	surveys!CHART	10.2:	ASSOCIATION	OF	ANIMAL	VERSUS	PLANT
PROTEIN	INTAKE	AND	BONE	FRACTURE	RATES	FOR
DIFFERENT	COUNTRIES
The	Study	of	Osteoporotic	Fractures	Research	Group	at	the	University	of
California	at	San	Francisco	published	yet	another	study
13
	of	over	1,000
women	aged	sixty-five	and	up.	Like	the	multi-country	study,	researchers
characterized	women’s	diets	by	the	proportions	of	animal	and	plant	protein.
After	seven	years	of	observations,	the	women	with	the	highest	ratio	of	animal
protein	to	plant	protein	had	3.7	times	more	bone	fractures	than	the	women
with	the	lowest	ratio.	Also	during	this	time	the	women	with	the	high	ratio	lost
bone	almost	four	times	as	fast	as	the	women	with	the	lowest	ratio.
Experimentally,	this	study	is	high	quality	because	it	compared	protein
consumption,	bone	loss	and	broken	bones	for	the	same	subjects.	This	3.7-fold
effect	is	substantial,	and	is	very	important	because	the
women	with	the	lowest
bone	fracture	rates	still	consumed,	on	average,	about	half	of	their	total	protein
from	animal	sources.	I	can’t	help	but	wonder	how	much	greater	the	difference
might	have	been	had	they	consumed	not	50%	but	0–10%	of	their	total	protein
from	animal	sources.	In	our	rural	China	study,	where	the	animal	to	plant	ratio
was	about	10%,	the	fracture	rate	is	only	one-fifth	that	of	the	U.S.	Nigeria
shows	an	animal-to-plant	protein	ratio	only	about	10%	that	of	Germany,	and
the	hip	fracture	incidence	is	lower	by	over	99%.
1
These	observations	raise	a	serious	question	about	the	widely	advertisedclaim	that	protein-rich	dairy	foods	protect	our	bones.	And	yet	we	still	are
warned	almost	daily	about	our	need	for	dairy	foods	to	provide	calcium	for
strong	bones.	An	avalanche	of	commentary	warns	that	most	of	us	are	not
meeting	our	calcium	requirements,	especially	pregnant	and	lactating	women.
This	calcium	bonanza,	however,	is	not	justified.	In	one	study	of	ten
countries,
14
	a	higher	consumption	of	calcium	was	associated	with	a	higher—
not	lower—risk	of	bone	fracture	(
Chart	10.3
).	Much	of	the	calcium	intake
shown	in	this	chart,	especially	in	high	consumption	countries,	is	due	to	dairy
foods,	rather	than	calcium	supplements	or	non-dairy	food	sources	of	calcium.
Mark	Hegsted,	who	produced	the	results	in
Chart	10.3
,	was	a	longtime
Harvard	professor.	He	worked	on	the	calcium	issue	beginning	in	the	early
1950s,	was	a	principal	architect	of	the	nation’s	first	dietary	guidelines	in	1980
and	in	1986	published	this	graph.	Professor	Hegsted	believes	that	excessively
high	intakes	of	calcium	consumed	over	a	long	time	impair	the	body’s	ability
to	control	how	much	calcium	it	uses	and	when.	Under	healthy	conditions,	the
body	uses	an	activated	form	of	vitamin	D,	calcitriol,	to	adjust	how	much
calcium	it	absorbs	from	food	and	how	much	it	excretes	and	distributes	in	the
bone.	Calcitriol	is	considered	a	hormone;	when	more	calcium	is	needed,	it
enhances	calcium	absorption	and	restricts	calcium	excretion.	If	too	much


. Madsen of Denmark has
indeed stated that "no case (undulant fever) has ever been
observed in the hospitals and asylums for children in Copenhagen or elsewhere where raw milk is used in large
quantities." The famous epidemic of typhoid fever in
Montreal during 1927, in which there were 5,353 cases and
400 deaths
, was restricted entirel y to families who purchased milk from the Montreal Dairy and its associated National
Dairy Company, both of which distributed only pasteurized
milk.
   Tuberculosis is also more prevalent in areas requiring the
pasteurization of milk products. An interesting example of
this is afforded by a letter printed and signed by eight members of parliament in England, in which important
statistics on this question are referred to. The letter states:
"May we here adduce certain facts relating to a single county
as recorded in the last report of  the Medical Officer of Health
for Hertfordshire: This county has a population of 420,000 souls, and all the milk drunk by them is produced in the
county. During 1932 there were 45 deaths in all from surgical
tuberculosis, of which 33 were children under 15. In 13 rural
districts, where the whole supply is in the hands of small
retailers of raw milk, there were no deaths at all during the year from surgical tuberculosis. The highest death rate was in
an urban area where the population lives under model
conditions and practically all the milk supply is pasteurized."
A further study of the relationship between milk and
tuberculosis was made by Dr. MacDonald, Medical Officer to Dr. Barnardo's Homes in England. Dr. MacDonald reported
that, among 750 children who were given pasteurized milk
along with other food for a period of five years, 14 cases of
tuberculosis developed. Another 750 boys were given raw
milk for an equal period of time, with the other conditions, including the rest of the diet, the same as with the other
group. During this time, only one case of tuberculosis
developed, which represents a 1,400 per cent advantage for the unpasteurized group. It was also reported that chilblains
were absent among the boys of this group, whereas they were quite common among those receiving pasteurized milk.

G
ENERAL RAW FOOD EXPERIENCES
   The effects of consuming heat-processed fruits, vegetables,
nuts, honey, eggs, meat, and other foods are probably as
pronounced, if not more so, as those of consuming
pasteurized milk. The heat used in the pasteurization process ranges from 145 to 160 degrees F. for regular milk, and up to
186 degrees F. for homogenized milk, which is a lower
degree of heat than is used in treating many other foods. Nor
does the application of heat extend for a longer period of time
than is so applied in different cooking methods. Thirty minutes is the period of time in pasteurizing milk at 145
degrees F., and homogenized milk is pasteurized by the flash
method. The frequent losses of minerals into cooking water
(then discarded ) in ve getable cooker y are perhaps even more damaging to the respective foods than pasteurization is to
milk.
   So we may expect to find that the use of cooked foods of all
kinds induce physical impairment, corresponding in
accordance with quantity of intake, to those of pasteurized
milk. Likewise, we may expect the use of raw foods of all kinds to give physical benefits, corresponding in accordance
with quantity of intake, to those of raw milk. Examples of this
in actual practice are found in non-institutional medical cases
and in various human experiences not associated with direct
medical supervision. They are also found in a number of scientific institutions and medical clinics and sanitariums
where raw foods are used in the treatment of specific
diseases.
   The non-institutional cases involving the exclusive use of
raw foods are relatively few in number but important. Over a
hundred years ago Sylvester Graham of America called
attention to the advantages of raw foods, and he stressed the fact that, "the artificial process of cooking is decidedly and
often exceedingly inimical, not only to the physiological
interests of the alimentary organs, but also to the whole
human system." The many thousands of followers of Graham
in the eighteen-thirties and forties did subsist largely upon raw foods, and their complete freedom from cholera during
the widespread cholera epidemics of that time is of peculiar
historical interest. Since the days of Graham, the raw food
diet from time to time has found enthusiastic advocates in the
persons of Thomas, Drews, Christian, Estes, Richter, Gibbon, and others, who arrived at the same conclusions through
empirical observation that we now do through scientific
analysis. At one time (1900) there were estimated to be three thousand people in Chicago living upon the raw food regime,
and during a later period a special cafeteria operated in Los Angeles which served only foods in the uncooked state.
   Many years ago Prof. Jaffra, of the University of Southern
California, made a study of a number of families, who, for
religious, ethical, and scientific reasons, subsisted almost
entirely upon raw fruits and raw nuts. Prof. Jaffra found these people to be in excellent health, with unusual freedom from
colds and other ailments. Both children and adults were
below average in weight, and in addition the children were
below average in height. This was attributed by Prof. Jaffra to
the limitation of food types consumed, in particular to the complete lack of all animal food products. Subsequent
observations of families living upon raw foods have indicated
much the same. Many have reported a rapid improvement in
health after ado
pting the raw diet, with the remed y of severe and long-standing diseases. Height and weight of children, as
well as the dental condition, have appeared to depend upon
the number of food types being consumed; when these have
been adequate, favorable results in every particular have been
the common rule.
   A raw food experience of worthy note is that of the
scientist, Dr. Ferd L. Stone, who conducted research into the
mysteries of anabolism in his strange laboratory near the
Scottish village of Wick on the North Sea. Dr. Stone stated
that "biological constructive metabolism changes by which
staple food becomes complex living material in a cell" are ended, with rapid nutritive losses, when the flesh of animals
is exposed to oxygen through cooking and storage. He
believed that man's health would improve if he consumed
only flesh from animals instantly after their slaughter. Using
his own body for experimental purposes, Dr. Stone lived exclusively upon the raw flesh of animals for over 25 years to
determine its effects upon his own constitution. In his
laboratory he obtained his flesh from live goats, sheep, dogs,
lion cubs, and other animals which were clamped to cutting
blocks. Moving later to a jungle area of Kenya province in Africa, he subsisted upon the raw flesh of lions, giant hogs,
and other wild animals which abounded in this region. At one
time he visited Nairobi for a medical examination, and some
ten years later he appeared in Voi to check up on his weight
and general physical condition, where he was found to be a "fine physical specimen in spite of his advanced years." Dr.
Robert Gunther, the examining physician, declared: "The
remarkable thing about Dr. Stone is that, although he is now approaching 70, he has the youthful and robust health of a
chap of 25 or 30." Dr. Stone's unique experiment came to an
end in 1943, when he was fatally wounded by wild animals
during a hunting expedition. Another instance involving the
exclusive use of raw foods over a long period of time is seen in that of an African boy who subsisted for 13 years in wild
nature upon raw foods, and then lived 6 years in civilization
"on raw vegetables and fruits, raw fish and eggs, and such
flies and bugs as he catches and eats alive." The press report
of December 7, 1930, described the individual, then a young man, as "tremendously powerful" being capable of
undergoing great physical exertion over long periods of time
"without showing the slightest signs of fatigue." Another such
case reported March 3, 1935, involved a girl found in a
remote region of the Carpathian mountains of Europe, where
she had subsisted for several years upon flowers, plants,
grass, and other raw foods which were available. Upon
capture, she was said to exhibit "superhuman strength" as
may well have been required to sustain her difficult existence.
Similar cases have been re
ported in past years, one as recently as 1950, in which children were forced to subsist
upon raw foods in wild nature, and such observations as have
been made in these instances revealed superior physical
condition of the children involved, with the strength and
endurance above average.

THERAPEUTIC PROPERTIES OF RAW FOOD
   Individual raw food histories are important, but even more
so is the applied clinical work in the field of science. Here also we find strong evidence of the value of raw foods. In America this was noted as early as August of 1907, when an
announcement