 which has infested food products throughout
our Nation. However, our use of the electric triturator (which is a device that
pulverizes) and hydraulic press does not rule out the use of centrifugal
machines. While it is recognized that by centrifugal action we cannot
extract ALL of the enzymes, atoms and molecules, nevertheless, the
use of a filter in the centrifugal extractor prevents the fibers from
mixing with the extracted juice. We can thus obtain a juice which is
free from the poison-saturated fibers. The appliance known as a Liquefier or Blender is not practical
for the extraction of juices. Its action merely cuts up the vegetables as
fine as desired, but the pulp is still present in its entirety. We use blenders in our kitchen to make dressings, desserts, etc.,
for which purpose they are admirably suited. In our choice of vegetables and other foods, we shop at whatever
market or supermarket has the freshest and best quality vegetables
and other foods, and at the Health Food Stores. We always shop for
quality. There is no substitute for quality at any price, and if the cost
is higher, it is both safer and more economical in the long run. Furthermore, not only has the vibrations of our food been raised
to its' highest nutritional point, but our Blessings have been multiplied
beyond what we think we deserve. We pass them on to you. HOW MUCH JUICE CAN BE TAKEN SAFELY? Just as much as one can drink comfortably without forcing oneself. As a general rule, one pint daily is the least that will show any
perceptible results, and preferably from two to eight pints or more. We must bear in mind that the more juice we drink the quicker the
results. 14 When juices were first promulgated from the lecture platform, it
was suggested that they be taken in small doses.This was undoubtedly
due to the fact that there wasn't any machine on the market at the
time with which juices could be made in reasonable quantities. To
make even a cupful of juice at a time with a hand juicer was difficult
and laborious. Had larger quantities of juice been advocated,
undoubtedly there would have been little market for hand juicers
because of the labor involved in using them. Today, we find the electric
Triturator and Hydraulic Press the most efficient. There are certain definite principles involved. First, in releasing
the mineral and chemical elements, vitamins and hormones from the
tiny microscopic cells of the fibers of vegetables and fruits, and second,
in collecting them and separating them and the juice from the fiber. Hand juicers only partly crush the fibers and because they cannot
triturate (pulverize), it is not possible to extract all the vital elements
from the vegetables. Trituration (pulverization) is a fundamental
principal in the reclamation of these vital elements. Howbeit, centrifugal and other such machines are just as useful
when the supreme quality of the juices is not of paramount importance. Furthermore, such machines do not involve the large investment of
money required for a Triturator and Hydraulic Press. The principle of the centrifugal type of juicer extractor involves a
fast rotating plate with a sharp grating surface at the bottom of the
basket in the machine. As the rotation is extremely fast, the pulp which
is grated on the bottom plate is flung by centrifugal force against the
sides of the perforated basket and the juice from the pulp is thus
separated and collected through a spout. Of course, it is understandable that it is physically and
mechanically impossible to extract all of the juice by centrifugal action,
but the juice so obtained is generally good and should not be kept
long before drinking it. Notwithstanding the disadvantages of such methods of extraction,
there is still much benefit derived from drinking such juices. The
inherent natural water in juices is after all, organic water and as such
it has great value. Such vitamins and mineral elements as are collected
in such juice are very beneficial. When we speak of water, the first thought is quite naturally of
that which comes from the faucet or from the spring, or even rain
water. Few people stop to wonder if, or even to realize that, there is
vital organic as well as inorganic water. Nature has furnished
15 vegetation as the laboratory in which to convert the inorganic water
of rain and stream into life-containing atoms of vital organic water. Not only is the water from the faucet inorganic, it is also, because of
the atoms that compose it are mineral elements, entirely devoid of
the life principle. Nearly all cities contaminate the water supply with
inorganic chlorine and other chemicals, making it truly unfit for human
or animal consumption. The water in the rivers and streams and from
the spring is also inorganic as is rain water. The only source from which vital organic water is derived is
vegetation — our vegetables and fruits and particularly the juices
made from them. Such juices, however, must be raw to retain their
vital organic quality and must not be cooked, processed, canned, or
pasteurized. When juices have been cooked, processed, canned, or pasteurized
all of the enzymes are destroyed and the atoms are then converted
into inorganic or dead atoms; this applies to the H20 (water) as well
as to the mineral and chemical atoms composing such juice. To convert vegetables into liquid or semiliquid mush without
eliminating the cellulose is also of little value from the point of view
of juices. Drinking juices not only enables the body to assimilate all
of the vital elements in a swift and timely manner, but it does so
without burdening the digestive organs with the work entailed by the
presence of the pulp-cellulose. Drinking juices which are properly made will enable the body to
assimilate them within ten to fifteen minutes. Whereas, the presence
of pulp in the so-called liquid, or liquefied, vegetables, or juices still
containing the pulp, will require hours to digest. Furthermore, to drink juices from which the pulp has not been
extracted taxes the digestive organs more than eating and properly
masticating the raw vegetables and fruits themselves, as proper
insalivation and thorough mastication is essential to the complete
digestion of vegetables when the cellulose fiber is present. This is not
usually done if the fibers still remain a part of the mush or liquefied
vegetables; whereas, the juices from which the fiber has been removed
furnish, without interference, every particle of the nourishment
contained in the vegetable for immediate and quick assimilation by
the body. Vegetable juices will contain all of the vital elements, that is to
say, all of the vitamins and vital organic minerals and salts contained
in the vegetable, if the juices are properly made by means of a thorough
16 trituration or grinding, which will rip open the fibers in the vegetable
and reduce the entire vegetable to a pulp so fine that it can be spread
almost like apple butter. By placing this pulp in a filter cloth and
squeezing it in a hydraulic or similar press — which need not be any
larger than can be conveniently handled on a kitchen table —
exercising many tons of pressure, we then get a juice which, in
comparison with that made inefficiently, is as different as cream from
milk. ALFALFA
ALFALFA is a particularly valuable leguminous herb, not only
rich in the principal mineral and chemical elements in the constitution
of the human body, but it also has many of the trace elements obtained
from deep in the soil where the roots reach down 30 to 100 feet. Of specific value, I would point out the rich quality, quantity and
proper balance of Calcium, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Chlorine,
Sodium, Potassium and Silicon in Alfalfa. These elements are all very
much needed for the proper function of the various organs in the
body. While Alfalfa is widely used as forage for livestock, it is
nevertheless of immense value, in the form of juice using only the
leaves, when it can be obtained fresh. It is also known as Lucerne
grass, while in England it is known as Purple Medic. Because Alfalfa adapts itself to widely varying conditions of soil
and climate, even thriving on alkali soil, there is no excuse for not
growing it on one's home grounds, as it is usually difficult to obtain
when living in the city. When we are unable to obtain fresh Alfalfa, we sprout Alfalfa
seeds and eat the sprouts with our meals. They sprout easily and they
are very beneficial. ALFALFA JUICE
Vegetation miraculously transforms and vitalizes inanimate
substances into living cells and tissues. Cattle eat vegetation, raw, for nourishment. They take into their
system one living organism and convert it into a still more complex
live organism. Vegetation, on the other hand, whether vegetable, fruit, plant, or
grass, takes inorganic elements from the air, water, and earth, and
converts them into live organic elements. To be specific, in order for
17 vegetation to flourish, it needs nitrogen and carbon from the air;
minerals, mineral salts, and more nitrogen from the earth in which it
grows; and of course, oxygen and hydrogen from water. The most vital and potent factors in this process of conversion
are the enzymes and the life-giving influence of the rays of the sun
which generate the chlorophyll. The chlorophyll molecule is made up of


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Lists useful reflexology books,
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Gillanders, Ann
Reflexology: A Step-by-Step Guide
Element Books, 1997
Hall, Nicola
Reflexology: A Way to Better
Health
Newleaf, 2001
Kunz, Kevin and Barbara
Reflexology: Health at your
Fingertips
Dorling Kindersley, 2003
Kunz, Kevin and Barbara
Hand Reflexology
Dorling Kindersley, 2006
Kunz, Kevin and Barbara
My Reflexologist Says Feet Don’t
Lie
Reflexology Research Project Press,
2001
Kunz, Kevin and Barbara
Hand Reflexology Workbook
(revised)
Reflexology Research Project Press,
1999
Kunz, Kevin and Barbara
The Complete Guide to Foot
Reflexology (revised)
Reflexology Research Project Press,
2005Kunz, Kevin and Barbara
Hand and Foot Reflexology: A
Self-Help Guide
Simon & Schuster, 1992
Lett, Anne
Reflex Zone Therapy for Healthcare
Professionals
Churchill Livingstone, 2000
Marquardt, Hanne
Reflex Zone Therapy of the Feet
Inner Traditions Intl Ltd, 1996
Eugster, Father Josef
The Rwo Shur Health Method: A
Self Study Book on Foot
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acne 218
adrenal gland reflex areas
 allergies 191, 192, 254
 anxiety & depression 191, 219, 254
 arthritis 223
 asthma 191, 250, 280, 283
 babies 204, 206
 bladder problems 193, 286, 287
 bronchitis 280, 283
 cardiovascular system 260, 261
 children 211, 215
 endocrine system 268, 270
 environmental sensitivity 256
 fibromyalgia 257
 foot maps 26, 27, 260, 268, 338
 foot self-help sequences 112, 113, 121
 foot sequences 90, 91, 104
 golf-ball technique 171, 176, 223, 244,
  256, 258, 282, 283
 hand maps 30, 31, 260, 268, 338
 hand self-help sequences 148, 149, 158
 hand sequences 128, 129, 138
 irritable bowel syndrome 266
 kidney infections 286, 287
 low blood pressure 263
 pregnant women 241
 psoriasis 257
 puberty 217
 respiratory system 192, 250, 280, 281, 282
 sinus problems 258
 sore throat 259
 stress 218, 244
 urinary system 193, 286, 287
adrenaline & fight or flight response   18, 19, 192, 250, 264
allergies 191, 192, 254, 256 asthma 191, 250, 280, 283
Alzheimer’s disease 55, 226-7, 278
angina pectoris 260, 263
ankle problems 308, 310ankle rotation 83, 99, 101, 107, 179, 196,
 209, 309
anxiety 191, 254
arm reflex areas
 foot maps 26, 27, 28, 29, 272, 342
 foot-roller technique 164
 foot self-help sequences 118, 119, 121
 foot sequences 100, 101, 106
 hand maps 30, 31, 272, 342
 hand self-help sequences 152, 153, 161
 hand sequences 132, 133, 140
 musculoskeletal system 272, 274
 skeletal reflex areas 35
 arrhythmia 260, 262
arthritis 223ascending colon reflex areas 26, 31, 92, 93,
 264
asthma 191, 250, 280, 283Babies 9, 40, 50-1, 54, 70, 202-7, 251
back reflex areas see specific areas (eg lower   back reflex areas)
backache, pregnant women 240
base of neck lateral marker 22, 23, 24
base of pelvis lateral marker 22, 23, 24
Bell’s palsy 278
benefits of reflexology 6, 8, 13, 20, 37, 40
 see also  specific benefits (eg relaxation)
bladder problems 192, 193, 286-7
bladder reflex areas
 bladder infections 287
 children 212
 foot maps 26, 27, 28, 286, 340
 foot-roller technique 165
 foot self-help sequences 114, 115, 120
 foot sequences 94, 95, 105
 golf-ball technique 167
 hand maps 30, 31, 286, 340
 kidney infections 286, 287
 urinary system 286, 287
blood pressure problems 260, 262, 263
blood sugar problems 251, 271, 291
brain reflex areas see head/brain reflex
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brain stem reflex areas Alzheimer’s & dementia 226, 278
 arrhythmia 262
 cardiovascular system 260, 261
 children 213
 congestive heart failure 262
 depression 219
 foot self-help sequences 114, 115, 121
 foot sequences 95
 golf-ball technique 166, 228, 245
 incontinence 228, 286
 insomnia 257
 maps 26, 27, 28, 29, 260, 276
 multiple sclerosis 279
 nervous system 276, 277
 stress 245
breast reflex areas angina pectoris 263
 breast sensitivity 237
 fluid retention 239
 foot-roller technique 163
 foot self-help sequences 116, 117, 120
 foot sequences 98, 99, 107
 golf-ball technique 172, 177
 hand self-help sequences 156, 157, 160
 hand sequences 136, 137, 140, 141
 maps 28, 29, 32, 33
 pregnant women 239
 swollen feet 301
breathing 101, 107
breathing problems 57, 280 asthma 191, 250, 280, 283
 bronchitis 54, 250, 280, 283
bunions 46Cardiovascular system 193,


 As long as there are people
in your life, you can guarantee you will be emot ionally hurt at some point. It’ s inevitable. Y ou’re going through life trying to get your needs met, and so is
everyone else. If I’m trying to get my needs met and you’re trying to get
your nee ds met, there will be some clashes. Most of the time wh en someone
hurts yo u or disagrees with you, it’ s not even about you. Think about this
for a second. Have you ever considered the idea that most people are
absorbed with their own needs and desires? The alco holic father who ignores you is just worried about getting his
next drin k. The teacher who sco lds you for talking is just trying to manage
the thirty children in her class an d to get the job done. The person who cuts
you of f on the road is just trying to get to work on time. The jealous sister
who talks badly about you is just trying to get the attention and love that she
feels she  isn’ t receiving. Most o f the time you’re just in the way  of another
person getting his or her needs met. It doesn’ t make it right, just, or fair; it
just is. Each person has his or her own pathway. When you hold on to past h urt, you are weighing yourself down
unnecessarily. Y ou’re creating heaviness in your own heart  that could
otherwise be lifted by simply l etting go. Whatever happened in your past
needed t o happe n so that you could be where you are today. If you had only
good tim es or people who lifted  you up all the time, you couldn ’ t have had
the e motional and spiritual grow th to reach higher heights. Y ou needed the
adversity, resistance, and someti mes even hatred to propel you toward your
destiny. A couple of yea rs back when I was training for a half marathon, I hired
a personal trainer to teach me how to gain strength through weight training. I wanted  to make sure I didn’ t injure myself, and I knew that by creating
muscle mass I w ould be less prone to injury. During the first session the
trainer worked me hard but took it a little easy on me. But after the first
session he pushed me to the limit. He added more weight, created more
resistance, and added even more repetitions. During the session, it was
awful. I’m not g ood at handling pain. I complained and nearly cried, but I
did wha t he asked me because I knew I wanted to be stronger. Y ou might
ar gue that I was  paying him to put me through this adversity. W hile this is
true, I couldn’ t have gained muscle mass without the pain and resistance. Iwas hurting after every session, to the point of barely being able to walk the
next day. But I was grateful, because I knew that the next time I
encountered his tough workouts it would be easier, for a time. If I had
avoided the workouts and the weight lifting I wouldn’ t hav e seen any
positive changes in my body. Letting go of past hurt is as easy as a decision. Y our ego might  tell you
otherwise, but it’ s really that si mple. Y es, you may have grow n up in an
abusive household. Y ou may have had a spouse cheat on you. Any number
of thing s may have happened in your past, however unfortun ate. Y et the
choice to hold on to the hurt or to let it go is all yours. When you make the choice to let go, it doesn’ t mean continuin g to put
yourself in the same situations that allowed the hurt in the fi rst place. It
means le tting go  and then making dif ferent choices that can put you on a
dif ferent path. F ORGIVENESS
Once yo u make the conscious choice to release the hurt and pa in, the only
way to complete ly heal your hea rt is through the power of for giveness. The
act of for givene ss is extending grace to a person (including yourself) for
what occurred. Of fering for give ness doesn’ t mean you’re condoning the act
itself or  suggesting that it was acceptable. For giveness means  that you’re
choosing peace rather than the turmoil that the grievance holds. When you
hold on to the need to be righ t or to seek revenge in any w ay, you’re
destroying your own heart. The other person has perhaps long for gotten
what ha ppened. Or maybe the person never realized she’d done anything
wrong in the fir st place. By kee ping the grievance alive in your heart, you
are allowing the poison to grow. I o nce had a client whose husband had committed suicide five years
prior to our con versation. Even though they were separated w hen he took
his l ife, she confessed that she was still furious at him for selfishly killing
himself, as they had a young da ughter who needed him. I explained to her
that by holding t hat anger she w asn’ t hurting him (he was alread y dead), but
she was hurting herself. I suggested that she write him a letter outlining allthe r easons why she was angry, after which she was to place it on his grave
or burn it to let go of all the negativity. Letting go of h urt and for giving are about keeping your hea rt space
pure. Healing the Spiritual Body
When man has love, he is no longer at the mer cy of for ces gr eater than
himself, for he, himself, becomes the powerful for ce. — L EO  B USCAGLIA
The most important lesson we can learn from our emer ging spirituality at
the level of the  fourth chakra is that our Creator is infinite love. The
wellspring of love flowing through the entire universe is infini te. There is
no s hortage of unconditional lo ve. Every person has equal access to this
love reg ardless of age, gender, r ace, or socioeconomic status. The question
remains: How open are you to receiving this love? Human love is almost always conditional in at least one a spect or
another. If you expect perfect, unconditional love from another human
being yo u will constantly be disappointed. The only perfect lov e is one that
comes from your spiritual Source. The awakening you experience in the fourth through seventh chakras is
through harness ing this unconditional love, from your Source, and being
able to use it in your interactions and relationships. In order to b est achieve
this, you  will need to regularly practice balancing through lettin g go of the
constant demands of the ego. Those demands sound something like this:
“I don’ t want to for give him. He started it.”
“She hurt me first when I was being nice.”
“He doesn’ t deserve a second chance.”
“She ruined my life with her betrayal.”
“I hate him.”As I mentioned in the third c hakra, you will never lose y our ego
completely whil e you are alive. Y ou can, however, hush it down a bit. This
generally happe ns when you sh ift your internal conversation from “What’ s
in it for me?” to “What’ s in it for you?”
C HOOSING  P EACE
The ego is alwa ys concerned about being hurt, af fronted, and humiliated. It’ s constantly in reaction mo de. Dr. W ayne W. Dyer used to quote
frequently from A C ourse in Miracles : “I c an choose p eace rather than
this.”  When you’re co nfronted with expressions of hatred and fear, you can
choose how you react to them. Y ou can react with your ego or with your
heart. It’ s a simple choice. It’ s not always easy to choose peace, but it’ s a
choice nonetheless. And you will be continually confronted with people
who wil l give you opportunitie s to practice. There is no shortage of these
people. Choosing peace might mean you  walk away with no comment. It might
mean you answer with empathy  and understanding. Or it could mean you
no longe r wish to associate with that person. Choosing peace means making
the choice not to be of fended or to let other people’ s remarks harm you. O PENING  Y OUR  H EAR T
Cleansing your heart space is the first half of clearing the fou rth chakra. The next part is keeping the doors to your heart open. In his book Love:
What Life Is All About, p sycho logist Leo Buscaglia states, “Love is always
open arms. If  you close your arms about lo ve, you will find that you are left
holding only yourself.” I believe this to mean that you should neither clasp
too tightly nor r elease and then refuse to let anyone else in. When you love
fully an d unconditionally, you r loved ones feel equally loved by you
whether they are close or far, or whether they are pleasing you or not. Either
way, it’ s all the same. The idea is to love in the same way that your Creator
loves. God doesn’ t change his m ind about the way he loves you. Y ou


 I call them—
were exposed I actually had to take them back. You can’t imagine how
disgusting that seemed at first. I mean, all our dirty secrets look hideous in
our own eyes, no matter how common they might appear to others.”
“I don’t think it’s the horribleness of the unconscious that is the main
block,” I suggested. “It’s more  our fears about forgiveness. What you’re
talking about is forgiving yourself so that you can take back your dark
energies and turn them into love. What if that fails? What if you’re stuck
being as ugly, dirty, sinful, and undeserving as your worst judgments say
you are? That prospect is so terrifying that even tiny sins and blemishes get
expanded into monstrosities.”
Drew nodded and sat still for a moment. “There were times when I didn’ t
think I was going to make it. A voice inside kept crying, ‘You’re going to
die. You can’t take any more.’ But I knew I wasn’ t going to die. My
spiritual life had taught me at least that much. I went back to my old job as
a stockb roker, and so far as I knew nobody had any idea of what I was
going through.”
He noticed my amusement at the kind of job he had chosen. “You like
literature, I recall. Didn’ t Hawthorne write somewhere that a man may go
around to all the world looking like any other man while entertaining the
most extraordinary ideas in his head?”“In his journals, I think. But that could apply to psychotics as well as
visionaries,” I said. “True, but my point is that something that appears normal can be very
wild inside. Which had not dawned on me when I was running around
trying to become a visionary. I walk down Milk Street with my briefcase,
and I ask: Is a tree a tree, a skyscraper a skyscraper? What makes these
things ‘normal’ is that they look like separate, solid objects, but they’re not. They’re bundles  of energy carved out of the infinite energy soup of the
universe, and so are you and I. Therefore at some level you and I are not
simply connected with that tree and that skyscraper. We are that tree and
skyscraper. And that is what a mystic knows, nothing else.”
“You have closed the gap,” I said, feeling both moved and impressed. “Something like that. Have you ever sat by a river, all alone, and tried to
feel it? Of cours e you can’t. You may say that you’re feeling the river—its
flow, its still depths, its constant change that runs unopposed from here to
there—but all you actually feel is yourself. If you can get close enough to it
(and such feelings are very tough to get close to), the sweetness of sitting by
a river actually comes from a tiny point in your heart. That point of
sweetness is perfectly still; it doesn’ t reach out for you, but it doesn’ t ever
abandon you either. What’ s in that sweet point?”
“Everything,” I said. “Yes, everything.”
We both sat without speaking,  relishing this moment of communion. Then Drew said, “The ego surgery ended. At a certain point the process spit
me out. I can’t say I did anything, really, but in some way I had been
through the crucible, and now, past the flames, what was I? I was real. It’s
astonishing to realize what a difference it makes to find out that you are not
false, since to the rational mind of course  I am real. It’s a given. But to
really be real, that’ s the joy. That’ s the revelation. That’ s the ecstasy.”
Impossible as it is to convey ecstasy through the poor power of words,
we can sense what it is, because all of us live from that sweet point in our
hearts. Whatever seems to be happening on the outside, every person wants
to hold on to that spot forever. It is touched in love, sometimes in sex, often
in mom ents of supreme creativity. When we succeed in getting there
permanently, the transformation goes beyond self to change the world.Ecstasy makes this world into God’ s world. The certainty of one’s divine status is probably the most important gift
ecstasy brings, as evoked by Whitman in his poem “Song of Myself”:
I know that the hand of God is the elderhand of my own,
And I know that the spirit of God is the eldest brother of my own,
And that all the men ever born are also my brothers... and the women my sisters and lovers. These words came from a direct, undeniable fusion of self and love. The
melting sensation that ushers in ecstasy isn’t meant to be temporary; when
you remain open to spirit you become spirit, and then universal love is your
natural state. It’s true of all lovers that at moments of intense joy some sort
of boundary melts, and the happiness of loving another perso n is exalted
beyond itself. One crosses over into a place where the traces of personality
diminish until they become so faint that the ego merges into love’ s flow like
that drop returning to the ocean. Despite the fact that only a smal l percentage of people may have  fallen in
love on any given day, lovers have not taken extraordinary journeys, not
compared with those mystical travelers often called ecstatics. The intense
joy of romance  is a reachable experience, a step on the same path that
mystics travel much farther along. Now it is time for us to see what the final
destination actually is. VARIETIES OF  ECSTASY
Rather than use a vague term like mystical, we will explore the different
experiences that have been labeled ecstatic throughout history. Ecstasy can
first be consider ed as a physical  experience. This is the level our culture has
fixated upon, to the extent that a drug has been given the name Ecstasy with
the promise, presumably, that it will deliver the experience. In the very
crudest sense pushing sensual pleasure to its limits is supposed to bring one
to the point of ecstasy. Books on erotic technique pass themselves off as
handbooks to the ecstatic. But in all these cases the real nature of ecstasy has been missed, because
no lasting transformation has taken place. A drug may alter the brain’ s
biochemical status, mimicking the spontaneous sensations that appear inecstatic states, but the experience is devoid of meaning. Altered brain waves
do not equate with the poetic insight of this exalted passage from the Song
of Solomon:
My heart was split, and a flower
appeared; and grace sprang up;
and it bore fruit for my God. These lines are supremely sensual, the images are undeniably sexual. Yet
the poet is not mistaking his ecstasy for mere pleasure, however deep and
intoxicating that may be. He declares,
And my drunkenness was insight,
intimacy with your spirit. Without this insight ecstasy might justifiably be equated with sensory
intensity such as drugs can deliv er. Here my intent certainly isn’t to strip the
pleasure away. Lovers who can freely surrender in sexual intim acy are able
to go far beyond the experience of partners who feel inhibited with each
other. Pleasure is by no means a given in a society that has not yet really
confronted the guilt and shame that cloud sexual desire. Yet the boundaries
that melt in the experience of ecstasy are of a different kind. As the most
famous lines from the Song of Solomon declare,
And you have made all things new;
you have showed me all things shining. You have granted me perfect ease;
I have become like Paradise. For all things to become new and shining requires much more than
sensuality. If anything, intense sexual contact leads to release and
exhaustion; the “little death” of orgasm is a form of oblivion, not a raising
of consciousness. We can’t afford to be absolute here. Sexual energy is
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        The aggressiveness of a warrior doesn’ t
correspond to Shiva, who has no need to intrude, conquer, overcome,
acquire, or compete. Although he is called “destroyer of worlds” in the
Bhagavad-Gita, what is meant is that Shiva absorbs the universe back into
himself at the end of creation. This isn’t a violent act, any more than it is
violent for your brain to reabsorb the neurochemicals that form ed your last
thought; in both cases the found ation for a new creation, a new thought, has
been laid. Shiva is at least a familiar name in the West, known to be one of the three
primal gods of India, along with Brahma and Vishnu. Each was conceived
as a particular form of the divine: Brahma is the creator of the universe,
Vishnu the maintainer, and Shiva the destroyer. It would be a mistake,
though, as I just explained, to think of Shiva as some kind of apocalyptic
avenger, or even as a being outside ourselves. God is within, and the three-part division of the divine is only an image
or metaphor for something that cannot be divided. By analogy


 their eyes seem to say. “Maybe you will wake up next. ”
I am thinking particularly of Harold, an old man who appeared,
when I rst met him, to be completely ordinary, although at
seventy-ve, his body was in evident decline. His daughter brought
him to see me because she was worried about the prospect that
Harold was rapidly going into severe kidney failure, a serious and
even life-threatening prospect that many older people face. While the three of us sat in my oce, she talked anxiously about
what steps we could take, including putting her father on dialysis. Harold, however, settled into his chair and looked unconcerned. When I looked at his blood tests, I immediately saw why hisdaughter was upset. Harold’s BUN, or blood urea nitrogen, was near
90; a normal level is around 10. Another indicator called creatinine
was also extremely elevated. Everyone collects nitrogenous wastes in his blood as the residue
of prote in breakdown in the cells. This waste is toxic in any large
amount and would quickly become lethal if the body did not have a
way of constantly disposing of it through the kidneys. When a
doctor sees a high BUN or creatinine level, it indicates  serious if
indenite kidney problems. Harold was very close to the point
where dialysis is automatical ly called for. That was what his family
doctor had insisted upon, but Harold had refused. Harold should have been in considerable discomfort, but when I
ran down the typical symptoms of kidney failure—nausea, dizziness,
weakness, and loss of appetite—he said that he felt ne, maybe a
little tired. I must have looked disbelieving, because before I could
question him again, he said, “This isn’t a new problem, you know. ”
“Oh. ” I said. “When did you rst nd out about it. ”
“About forty-ve years ago,” he answered, giving me a
mischievous look. A man who had lived with chronic renal failure for forty-ve
years would be plagued by a host of symptoms, not to mention
permanent damage to the bones, eyes, lungs, and blood vessels,
among many other possible sites, including the kidneys themselves. But Harold insisted that he had rst heard about his problem during
World War II when an army doctor told him that his blood tests
qualied him for immediate  medical discharge. He was told point-
blank that with his elevated BUN levels, he had no more than ve
years to live. Harold exhibited no sympt oms then, and since there was no
eective treatment for chronic renal failure, he took his discharge
and went away. Five years later he returned to see his army doctor,
only to learn that the doctor had died. “It bothered me that he wasn’t around anymore, since he knew
my case,” Harold said, “so I went home without seeing anybody
else. ” It was the mid-Fifties before he sought out another kidney
specialist. This doctor panicked when he saw Harold’s BUN levelsand told him that he had very little time to live—his only hope was
that a new technology then in its rst stages of development, kidney
dialysis, might  be perfected in time to save him. Harold went away
again and bided his time. “I thought the kidney machine was going to be the answer, so I
kept a lookout for it,” he said. About ten years later, he read in the
papers that dialysis had come into practical use. He returned to the
kidney specialist, only to nd that the second doctor had now died. Harold’s count s continued to get gradually worse, and ve years
ago, when he applied for health insurance, a third specialist told
him that he was so sick he should either go for regular dialysis or
consider a kidney transplant. “That really shook my daughter,” he said. “And I kept thinking
that I should do something, so last month I called the doctor back. His nurse told me he had just died of a heart attack. ”
The three of us sat there for a second, but what could we say. We
all burst out laughing at the same time. “I mean, if I have outlived
three kidney specialists,” Harold said, bewildered by his good
fortune, “I think I should just stay away from doctors altogether. It
would be much safer for them. ”
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“I’m not afraid. I realize that deciding to have this surgery means
that I’m taking  a big risk. I might be fed on a tube for the rest of my
life. It doesn’t matter, just so we do something. I’ve never felt fear at
the prospect of death. I just wanted to reassure you about that. ”
It was a very unconvincing speech. As Lou was delivering it, I
watched his darting eyes and the uncontrollable tremor in his
hands. He tried not to notice how much his true feelings were
coming through. Perhaps he really didn’t notice. How could we defuse some of this pent-up fear, I wondered. It
was not an easy task, considering how swiftly the catastrophe had
fallen. Two months before, there had been no signs of trouble, unless
having a life that is too perfect is a sign of trouble. Lou was an
American living in Spain on a private income and following his
passion, which  was art history. When he began to feel ill, the
symptoms were almost trivial. His Spanish-born wife always served
wine at dinner, but Lou began to notice that just one glass of the
local red wine was enough to give him a sudden attack  of nausea
and diarrhea. He complained to an internist in Madrid, who reassured Lou that
he probably had a transient intestinal virus. When the problem
persisted, however, the doctor decided to run some diagnostic tests. A CAT scan detected a suspicious mass about ve centimeters long
at the head of the pancreas. A needle biopsy was taken, and in a fewhours the hospital lab sent back grim news. The mass was
adenocarcinoma, a deadly cancer of the pancreas. Even now, when he had only a fty-fty chance of surviving for
six months, Lou was still free of pain. His body showed no sign of
cachexia, the wasting away of tissues typical of the end stage of
cancer. If he hadn’t been so conscientious about invest igating his
bouts of indigestion, Lou might still have considered himself
healthy. “It’s bizarre waking up every  morning feeling so good,” he said. “Just as I start to think about  whether to play tennis or sort through
some drawings, I remember that I am a terminal case, and then I
can’t work up the energy to do anything. ” A shadow crossed his
face. “If only I could hold on to that rst moment. ”
More than usual, I felt a personal need to help. Lou had own
back to America for treatment, but the standard interventions with
surgery and radiation were grim aairs. The pancreas is the body’s
chief source of digestive enzymes; once it is removed, the patient
loses almost all of his ability  to digest food. Replacement enzymes
can be provided, but as yet they are feeble substitutes for the body’s
natural processes. When I was training in endocrinology, I spent a rotation on the
oncology ward s at Boston’s Baptist Hospital, doing workups for a
famous pancreatic surgeon who was a prominent attending
physician. His patients lay in bed looking horrible— moribund,
cachectic, yellow with jaund ice. Since they would never again be
able to eat properly after their surgeries, these patients spent weeks
hooked up to IV tubes being fed entirely on drip. In the end, after
the expenditu re of enormous eort and care, the vast majority
survived barely a few months. My rst priori ty was to save Lou from that grim scenari o. I was
not his primar y-care physicia n; he had been referred to me because
his doctor had read a book of mine and felt that a mind-body
approach might help ease Lou’s massive anxiety. However, I
couldn’t help feeling that Lou was as anxious about his treatment as
about his disease. I advised  him to consider not havin g surgery. With it, his life expectancy might be prolonged slightly, at leastaccording to the statistical tables, but his own comfort needed to be
weighed in the balance. Did he want to go through so much misery
for such a small gain. Lou listened carefully but was not persuaded
by my arguments. “My instincts tell me not to have an operation,” he said, “but
what if I am dying six months from now after doing nothing. It
would be so cruel to my wife, and I would feel too guilty hurting
her that way. ”
After much soul-searching, he agreed to a compromise. Instead of
having the entire pancreas removed, he would undergo  a limited
procedure that leaves most of the organ intact. He would then still
be able to eat normally in the weeks to come. As the operation
loomed nearer, however, Lou’s moods started swinging drastically. Sometimes he came into my oce acting condent, even ebullient,
about his


 musc le that has become very lazy on a low -fiber diet. I've personally administered over five thousand colonics, taught several dozen fasters to self -administer their own and stood by
while they gave themselves one until they were quite expert. In all that experience I've only seen one person have a seriously bad
result. This was a suicidally depressed water faster that I (mistakenly) allowed to administer their own colonics with my mac hine. This person not only took daily colonics, but allowed water to flow  through their colon for as long as two hours at a time. Perhaps
they were trying to wash out their mind. After several weeks of this extreme excess, the faster became highly confused and
disoriented due to a severe electrolyte imbalance. They had to be ta ken off water fasting immediately and recovered their mental
clarity in a few days. The loss of blood electrolytes happened because during colonics there occurs a sort of low -grade very slow
reverse osmosis. Curing With Enemas
    It is not wise to contin ue regular colonics or enemas once a detoxification program has been completed and you have returned to
a maintenance diet. The body should be allowed its regular functioning. But because enemas immediately lower the toxic load on the liver, I do recom mend people use them for prevention of an acute
illness (you feel like you are coming down with something), and for the treatment of acute illnesses such as a cold. I also l ike to
take one if I have been away traveling for extended periods, eating careless ly. But do not fall into a pattern of bingeing on bad
food, and then trying to get rid of it through colonics or laxative. This is bulimia, the eating disorder discussed earlier. The Sheltonite capital "N" Natural capital "H" Hygienists do not recommen d any colon cleansing, ever. They think that the
colon will spontaneously cleanse itself on a long water fast, but my experience learned from monitoring hundreds of fasters i s that
it doesn't really. Herbert Shelton also considered colon cleansing enervati ng and therefore undesirable. Colon cleansing does use
the faster's energy but on the balance, colon cleansing saves more work on the part of an overburdened liver than it uses up. Chapter Five
Diet and Nutrition

From The Hygienic Dictionary
Food. [1] L ife is a tragedy of nutrition. In food lies 99. 99% of the causes of all diseases and imperfect health of any kind. Prof. Arnold Ehret, Mucusless Diet Healing System. [2] But elimination will never heal perfectly just so long as you fail to discon tinue
the supply of inside waste caused by eating and "wrong" eating. You may clean and continue to clean indefinitely, but never with
complete results up to a perfect cleanliness, as long as the intake of wrong or even too much right foods, is not stopped. Pr of.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What was the author's experience with potty training as a child?,
A: The author had to use an indoor chamber pot, which they found embarrassing and avoided using unless absolutely necessary.
Q: What is the main difference between a colonic and an enema?,
A: The main difference is that colonics can accomplish the same beneficial work as an enema, but in a shorter amount of time.
Q: What is the author's opinion on the relationship between diet and health?,
A: The author believes that there is no single "right" diet for everyone, and that it's essential to find the diet that works best for an individual based on their unique biochemistry.
Q: Why did the author's daughter develop cavities despite being fed a supposedly "perfect" diet?,
A: The author's daughter's teeth were not perfect due to the fact that the diet she was fed was not ideal, and the mother's own nutritional reserves were not sufficient to provide optimal nutrition during pregnancy.
Q: What was the outcome of Dr. Pottenger's cat experiments?,
A: The cats that were fed a raw diet showed significant improvements in their health and breeding success, but the cats that were fed a cooked diet deteriorated in health over several generations.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>And just like Pottenger's cats, we civilized humans in so -called advanced countr ies are losing the ability to breed, our
willingness (or the energy) to mother our young; we're losing our good humor in the same way Pottenger's degenerated cats
became bad tempered. As a group we feel so poorly that we desperately need to feel better fas t, and what better way to do that than
with drugs. Is it any wonder that the United States, the country furthest down the road of industrial food degeneration, spen ds 14
percent of its gross domestic product on medical services? Any wonder that so many bab ies are born by Cesarean, any wonder that
so many of our children have crooked teeth needing an orthodontist? The most depressing aspect of this comes into view when
considering that Pottenger's cats took four generations on perfect food to repair most of the nutritional damage. In the specific case of my daughter, I know some things about the nutritional history of her maternal ancestors. My daughter' s
grandmother grew up on a Saskatchewan farm. Though they certainly grew their own rich wheat on virgin  semi-arid prairie soil,
I'm sure the family bought white flour at the store for daily use. Still, there was a garden and a cow producing raw milk and  free-
range fertile eggs and chicken and other animals. There probably were lots of canned vegetables in w inter, canned but still highly
nutritious because of the fertility of their prairie garden. My mother consequently had perfect teeth until the Great Depress ion
forced her to live for too many years on lard and white bread. During this time of severe m alnutrition she had her three babies. The first one got the best of her nutritional reserves. The
second, born after the worst of the malnutrition, was very small and weak and had a hard time growing up. Fortunately for me,  for
a few years before I (the la st child) was born, the worst of the economic times had past and the family had been living on a farm. There were vegetables and fresh raw milk and fruit. My mother had two good years to rebuild her nutritional reserves. But
"Grannybell" did not managed to  replace enough. Shortly after I was born my mother lost every one of her teeth all at once. The
bone just disappeared around them. Thus, I was born deficient. And my childhood and adolescent nutrition was poor too: soda crackers, pasteurized processe d
artificial cheese, evaporated milk from cans, hotdogs and canned beans, hotdogs and cabbage. It wasn't until I was pregnant w ith
my first baby that I started to straighten up my diet. I continued eating very well after my first daughter, so my youngest d aughter
had another three years of good diet to draw on. Thus both my own daughters got a somewhat better start than I had had. My teeth were not as good as my mother's had been before those years of malnutrition took them all. Instead of perfect strai ght
undecayed teeth like a healthy farm girl should have, mine were somewhat crowded, with numerous cavities. My jaw bone had not
received enough minerals to develop to its full size. My pelvic girdle also was smaller than my mother's was. I had had a poo r
start. My daughters did better. The older one (the first child typically gets the best of the nutritional reserves) has such a wide jaw that
there are small spaces between her teeth. My second daughter has only one crooked tooth, she has wider, more solid hip s, stronger
bones and a broader face than I do. If my younger daughter will but from this point in her life, eat perfectly and choose her  food
wisely to responsibly avoid empty calories and maximize her ratio of nutrition to calories, her daughter (if she gives us
granddaughters as her older sister already has done) may exhibit the perfect physiology that her genes carry. Along the lines of helping you avoid empty calories I will give you some information about various common foods that most
people don' t know and that most books about food and health don't tell, or misunderstand. Butter, Margarine and Fats in General. Recently, enormous propaganda has been generated against eating butter. Its been smeared in the health magazines as a
saturated ani mal fat, one containing that evil substance, cholesterol. Many people are now avoiding it and instead, using
margarine. Composition of Oils
  Saturated  Monosaturated  Unsaturated
Butter  66% 30% 4%
Coconut Oil  87% 6% 2%
Cottonseed Oil  26% 18% 52%
Olive Oil  13% 74% 8%
Palm Oil  49% 37% 9%
Soybean Oil  14% 24% 58%
Sunflower Oil  4% 8% 83%
Safflower Oil  3% 5% 87%
Sesame Oil  5% 9% 80%
Peanut Oil  6% 12% 76%
Corn Oil  3% 7% 84%

This is a major and serious misunderstanding. First of all, margarine is almost indigestible, chemically very much like shortening –
an artificially saturated or hydrogenated vegetable fat. Hydro


. ”
No treatment has proved satisfactory. This is true in so many diseases that it is almost the rule. How can there be satisfactory treatment of a disease the cause of which is unrecognized. Standard
works on the disease say: “The cause of the disease is entirely unknown … there is no specific or
really effective treatment … always a long-standing disease, total recovery from it is very
doubtful. ”
87Certainly we cannot expect total recovery if the cause is unrecognized. The failure to recognize
the general impairing influences in the life and environment of the patient as the true cause of
functional and organic deterioration blinds us to the causes of disease. The search for specific causes has about reached its end. The time has arrived when we must
find in wrong living habits the cause of the failures of the organism and the evolution of its
diseases. When these are recognized and removed, there is a possibility of recovery in thousands
of individuals who are now regarded as hopelessly
incurable. I have never had opportunity to care for a case of multiple sclerosis in the early stages, hence I
can only suggest that if these cases were given
Hygienic
 care at the outset of their trouble, the
percentage of recoveries would be high. All of the cases I have had the privilege of caring for
have been in advanced stages and I do not consider these favorable cases. The fact that I have been able to return some of these, even in helpless conditions, to a state of
usefulness speaks volumes for the efficiency of the
Hygienic
 program in restoring normal tissue
and functional condition. Let us review the general picture of the fasting experience, as applied to a multiple sclerosis
case. The first fast brings about remarkable improvement in the general health of the individual
with considerable increase in his control and use of his limbs, often enabling the bed-ridden
patient to get up and walk about. He manages to hold this improvement and not infrequently to add
to it, while eating a carefully planned diet and taking regular exercise and sun baths following the
fast. A second fast adds to his control and use of his limbs. I have employed as many as three fasts in
these cases. Each fast has resulted in increased control of the limbs and has made it possible for
them to be used with greater ease. I continue the rest in bed following the fast, adding a period or two of daily light exercise of a
type that requires increasing skill in their performance. The purpose of the exercise in these cases
is not so much that of increasing the size and strength of the muscles as to increase the individual’s
skill in their use. Heavier exercise may come later if desired. I am convinced that daily sunbathing in these cases is especially helpful in furthering the
evolution of nerve health. The diet is one of fresh fruits and vegetables with only moderate
quantities of fats, sugars, starches and proteins. I prefer the vegetable proteins—nuts and
sunflower seeds are good in these cases. The important thing for us to remember is that the sclerosis does not belong to the initial stages
of the disease. In these early stages recovery is most likely to take place, providing only that all
impairing influences are removed from the life of the individual and his blood and flesh are freed
of their toxic load. It is in the initial stage that full recovery is or should be possible, not in the advanced stages
when irreversible changes in the nerve structures have taken place. The ancient adage: “A stitch in
time”—in this case, action in time, can make the difference. 8821
Asthma
A young soprano whose voice and hard work had won her the high honor of being a member of the
Metropolitan Opera found herself in a heartbreaking situation: She had developed a serious
asthmatic condition and could no longer sing. Her physician told her frankly, “I can give you temporary respite. We have no cure for asthma. ”
The desperate singer consulted a specialist who reiterated what the family physician had told
her. There was no
cure. At that moment this singer faced the prospect of the wreckage of her career, in spite of her
talent, training, work and dreams. She gave up singing. She retired to her farm in New Jersey. Medicine had written off her chances. Then she heard of
Natural Hygiene
—the concept of the importance of the body's own healing
capacity. Uncertain—but willing in her predicament to try any possible avenue of help, she
consulted a
Hygienist. After examining her and hearing her story, he told her, “You can be helped. I believe you can
free yourself of this asthmatic condition if you will do what I tell you—not by medicine or medical
treatment at all. ”
“What then. ” she demanded. “Simply fast. ”
She did not understand. He explained at length to her the processes of fasting as we have been
discussing them and their techniques in this book. The young singer grasped at this idea that was entirely new and startling to her. The fast did the job. In a matter not of months but of weeks the asthma cleared, within a few months she was back at
the Metropolitan. A career that might otherwise have been smashed on the rocks of asthmatic
suffering was able to return to its triumphant course. In both the United States and Canada today are thousands of men and women of all ages who
have recovered without any attention being given to the things to which they were told they were
allergic. Indeed, as I have so often stressed, once they have been restored to full health, they can take a
bath in pollens of all kinds without any ill effects. I have seen long lists of the foods and other
substances to which patients have been shown by the scratch test to be
allergic. An asthmatic undergoing a fast was in my office one morning when a cat walked into the room. The asthmatic looked startled—then laughed. “Before coming here,” he told me, “I would have had
an attack of asthma if a cat walked into a room where I happened to be. ” He picked up the cat, held
it in his arms, and proceeded to stroke its back. “It feels good to be able to breathe again. ”
He had been sent from New England to Arizona, where five years of the “climate
cure”
 had
done him no appreciable good. Asthmatics suffer year after year, often becoming worse with the
passage of time, when all of them could get well in four to eight weeks and remain well for the
remainder of their lives. Standard text books name several varieties of asthma—including cardiac, renal and bronchial,
89and describe many complications. As we regard all varieties of asthma and all so-called
complications as symptoms rising out of the same general cause, and requiring the same general
corrections of the mode of living, we may ignore, for the present, these differentiations. The
symptom-complexes that are named different disease require special attention only in so far as it is
needful to know where possible, if organic change is so great as to make recovery impossible. We must not forget the unity of disease and the unity of cause that binds all the so-called
diseases together. The different so-called diseases get their names from the tissues and organs
involved in the pathological process. The symptoms are characteristic of the organs and tissues
and not of the poisoning. Renal asthma is seen in advanced kidney disease and cardiac asthma is seen in severe heart
disease. In both instances the difficult breathing is due to an accumulation of fluid in the lungs and
to other changes in the lungs. Recovery from these types of asthma depends upon recovery from the
heart or kidney disease. As asthma in these diseases is a development in the late stages, recovery
is not always possible. Bronchial asthma, which is defined as recurrent paroxysms of difficult breathing (dyspnea) and
coughing, is a catarrhal condition involving the mucous membrane of the lower respiratory
passages. The asthma is more or less spasmodic and is always accompanied by catarrhal
affections in other parts of the body. There is a catarrh of the nose and throat, commonly sinusitis,
often gastritis or colitis and metritis or cystitis. Indeed, the catarrh exists for some time before
asthmatic symptoms appear. Asthma is found everywhere, in all classes of peple. It is found in both warm and cold
countries, in wet and dry climates, in high and low altitudes, among the rich and in the poor, the
high and the low, the short
and thin, the fat and the lean, the light and the dark. Men, women and
children develop the disease and it is seen at times in pampered animals. In those very climates to
which asthmatics are sometimes sent to seek a
cure
, people native to the community and the
climate often develop asthma. Two people practice bad habits for years, one of them being about as indulgent as the other, and
one of them develops asthma, the other develops arthritis. Why does one pay for his bad habits in
one way and the other in another. We are in the habit of saying that this is due to diathesis or
predisposition, but these are words that explain little. Why is one so disposed and the other differently disposed. Why does one man develop kidney
disease and another man develop gallstones. Why do two men equally exposed to the rigors of a
blizzard not both develop pneumonia. Why does one have pneumonia and the other only a cold. Why does one man have bronchial catarrh for


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attachment to how things should be going. When you argue for your limitations, all you get are your limitations.Forgiveness is the most powerful thing you can do for yourself. If you can't learn to forgive, you can forget
about achieving true success in your life. Being relaxed, at peace with yourself, confident, emotionally neutral, loose, and free-floating-these are
the keys to successful performance in almost everything you do.Did you ever notice how difficult it is to argue with someone who's not obsessed with being right? Your soul-that inner quiet space-is yours to consult. It will always guide you in the right direction.Be consistently aware of the need to serve God and serve others in any and all of your actions. Having a plan for success isn't necessarily unhealthy, but falling in love with the plan is a real neurosis....
Don't let your plan become bigger than you are.Why not think about some things you've never done before and do them simply because you've never done
them and for no other reason? You create your thoughts, your thoughts create your intentions, and your intentions create your reality. The person looking back at you in the mirror is the one you have to answer to every day. If you want to find deeper meaning in your life, you can't find it in the opinions or the beliefs that have
been handed to you. You have to go to that place within yourself. Anything that bothers you is only a problem within. Only you can experience it, and only you can correct
it. Life is never boring, but some people choose to be bored... boredom is a choice. If you want to be confident but don't normally act that way, then today, just this once, act in the physical
world the way you believe a confident person would. Remember that every single thing you've gone through has helped lead you to where you are today. You'll come to find that anything you must have comes to own you. The funny thing is, when you release it,
you start getting more of it. If you want to find your true purpose in life, know this for certain: Your purpose will only be found in
service to others, and in being connected to something far greater than your body/mind/ego. Make an internal commitment to respect yourself and feel worthy of all that the Universe has to offer.Treat yourself and others with kindness when you eat, exercise, play, work, love, and everything else. That which offends you only weakens you. Being offended creates the same destructive energy that
offended you in the first place-so transcend your ego and stay in peace. Let go of your ego's need to be right. When you're in the middle of an argument, ask yourself: Do I want to
be right or be happy? Be thankful for the wonderful gift of being able to serve humanity, your planet, and your God. That's a lot
to be grateful for!A purpose is not something that you're going to find. It's something that will find you. And it will find you
only when you're ready and not before. This magnificent Universe provides abundantly when you're in a state of gratitude.Genuinely feeling abundant and successful is possible when you detach yourself from the things you
desire and allow them to flow to youand through you. All of the "stuff" in your life has arrived to serve you, rather than to make you a servant of the stuff.The qualities of creativity and genius are within you, awaiting your decision to match up with the power
of intention. Every thought that you have impacts you. By shifting in the middle of a weakening thought to one that
strengthens, you raise your energy vibration and strengthen yourself and the immediate energy field.Self-esteem comes from the self, not from acquisitions and approval.It's not what is available or unavailable that determines your level of success and happiness; it's what you
convince yourself is true. Alcohol, as well as all drugslegal and otherwise-lower your body's energy level and weaken you. By
retreating from these substances, you can achieve the level of success you crave. Anonymously perform acts of kindness, expecting nothing in return, not even a thankyou. The universal
all-creating Spirit responds to acts of kindness by asking: How may I be kind to you? Your belief about yourself is the most telling factor in determining your level of success and happiness.Individuals who use self-labels are stating, "I'm a finished product in this area, and I'm never going to be
any different." If you're a finished product, all tied up and put away, you've stopped growing. If you find yourself believing that you must always be the way you've always been, you're arguing against
your own personal growth.If a problem arises, then go within. Get very quiet about it, and find the answers inside you. Be cognizant of the fact that the more you attach your value and humanity to those things outside yourself,
the more you give those things the power to control you.You can never fail in anything you try to do. You can only produce certain results.Involve yourself in high-energy levels of trust, optimism, appreciation, reverence, joy, and love when you
engage in every activity in your life. Once you begin working on your problem areas with small, daily, success-oriented goals, the problems
will disappear. The use of mental imagery is one of the strongest and most effective strategies for making something
happen for you. Doing what you love is the cornerstone


including one’ s blood pH shifting toward normal, the ef fects of simulated
high-altitude training, or simply an increased feeling of relaxation helping
to reduc e emoti onal eating. In this section we will examine each of these
elements to help explain why Oxygen Advantage exercises help reduce the
appetite. Overweight individuals tend to have poor breathing habits, such as
chronic hyperventilation, frequent sighing, and breathing from the mouth
and upp er chest. Putting on a few extra pounds causes us to b reathe more
heavily, and not just during physical exercise—breathing volume is
increased during rest as well. Based on my observations, there is a clear
relationship between breathing volume and food consumption. The question
is wheth er processed and acid-forming foods lead to the development of
poor breathing habits, or migh t it be that poor breathing habits lead to
cravings for processed and acid- forming foods? In my experience there is a
feedback loop between breathing and weight gain, and this cycle must be
broken if change is to occur. The pH scale measures acidity and alkalinity, ranging from 1 to 14. On
this scale, 1 is the most acidic, 14 the most alkaline, and 7 is neutral. As we
saw in the first chapter, carbon dioxide plays a crucial role in the regulation
of b lood pH. O ur bodies strive to maintain a state of balance known as
homeostasis, which includes normal blood pressure, normal blood sugar,
and normal blood pH within a n arrow range of 7.35 and 7.45. This balance
of chemicals is kept in check by the lungs and the kidneys. If blood pH
drops be low 7.35 it will become too acidic, causing breathing  volume to
increase as the lungs work to correct pH levels by of floading carbon dioxide
(which i s itself acidic). Over -ac idity of the blood may occur when we eat
processed and acid-forming foods, leading to heavier breathing and
symptoms of bloating, lethar gy, and weight gain. Conversely, an individual who chronically overbreathes will expel too
much carbon dioxide, increasin g blood pH to alkaline levels above 7.45. One hypothesis for the relationship between overbreathing and weight gain
is that the body craves processed and acid-forming foods in an ef fort to
normalize blood  pH. Correct breathing volume and a good diet work
together to keep blood pH at a healthy balance. Throughout evolution humans have adapted very well to coping with
short-term stress. During short periods of stress, breathing volumetemporarily incr eases as the fight-or -flight response is activated. Once the
stress has dissipated, breathing volume will normalize once more, allowing
carbon d ioxide to accumulate and restore normal pH. However, when it
comes to long-term stress, p ersistent overbreathing decreases carbon
dioxide levels for extended peri ods of time, meaning blood pH is not given
the opportunity to normalize. Notable health practitioners around the world advise eating alkaline-
forming foods such as fruit and vegetables and avoiding an excess of acid-
forming foods such as animal protein, grains, and processed foods. And
though the majority of us know what it means to eat he althily, the
temptation of processed and sugary foods can sometimes be impossible to
ignore. A re we just following th e demands of our bodies, or is there a way
to get rid of these ur ges for unhealthy food naturally? T ime an d time again I have wit nessed startling changes to the diets of
my students who learn to practice reduced breathing, often with out the need
for deliberate avoidance or willpower. These individuals, when shown how
to ad dress their poor breathing habits and increase their BOL T  score by at
least 10 seconds, automatically find their diet changing to healthy foods
over pro cessed f oods. It begs th e question: Might breathing be the missing
link in the majority of weight-loss programs? Breaking the vicious cycle of acid-forming foods and increased
breathing volume is certainly  a factor in achieving weight loss and
provoking a reduction in appet ite, but there are other factors to consider
when lo oking at the relationship between breathing and diet, such as the
ef fects of simulated high-altitude training. Since 1957, scientists have identified that animals lose weight when
living at high al titude. Sherpas and others who reside permane ntly at high
altitudes are also generally thin ner than their sea-level counterparts. Based
on th is o bservation, there have been many studies that point to the benefits
of living at high altitude as a way to reduce obesity. The reason for this
sustained weight loss seems to coincide with the lack of appetite
experienced at high altitude due to a reduced saturation of oxygen in the
blood. In te sts w ith mic e it was found that moderate exposure to lower oxygen
saturation can reduce body weight and, just as important, the levels of blood
sugar and blood cholesterol. R esearchers concluded that this was due toincreased synthe sis of EPO by the kidneys. This discovery has a particular
resonance with the Oxygen Ad vantage program, since breath holding has
been shown to increase EPO by up to 24 percent. Of c ourse, living at high altitud e is not feasible or even econo mically
possible for most people, and ironically obesity is also a risk factor for
developing acute mountain sick ness. But you needn’ t climb a mountain to
achieve sustained and ef fective weight loss. Reduced breathing exercises
like thos e practiced in the Oxyg en Advantage program provide a practical
and accessible alternative to high-altitude training. High-altitude training can be simulated by incorporating breath holding
into physical exercise as well a s practicing reduced breathing during rest. For indi viduals with a BOL T score of less than 10 seconds, or those who
have any preexisting health concerns, I would recommend starting by
becoming accustomed to breath ing through the nose night and day. From
there, yo u can practice the Breathe Light to Breathe Right exercise  for 10
minutes, 4 times a day in order to reduce your breathing volume toward
normal and increase your BOL T score. Even a gentle approach like this can
be enou gh to kick-start a reduction in appetite and help toward achieving
healthy weight-loss goals. For those with a BOL T score of more than 20 seconds and who are
relatively health y, in addition to practicing the above exercise you can also
begin to incorporate breath holding into your physical exercise to simulate
high-altitude tra ining, as described in chapter 7. Holding the br eath during
walking, jogging, or running to create a medium to strong hunger for air
decreases the oxygen saturation of the blood to below 94 percent, which can
lead to a suppres sion of appetite. I suggest that you add these exercises into
your current training regimen to make the program easier to sustain over the
long term. Another reason  simulated high-altitude training may contri bute to
weight l oss is that walking or jo gging with nasal breathing allows the body
to work with ox ygen (aerobically), while incorporating breath holds every
minute or so ma kes the body work without oxygen (anaerobically). During
an a naerobic state the body is forced to burn calories from f at stores in
order to produce  ener gy. Incorporating both aerobic and anaerobic workouts
into your training program will lead to increased calorie burn  and weight
loss.Finally, there are emotional a nd psychological factors to take into
account when looking at the rea sons behind increased appetite and weight
gain. The relationship between  stress and increased food int ake is well
documented, with food often providing a distraction or comfort to negate
feelings of anger or loneliness, or financial or relationship issue s. I imagine
that most readers will have experienced, at one point or another, that their
demand for food increases when they are bored, stressed, or feeling low. This is mostly an  unconscious habit, just as smokers will light up  a cigarette
without making  any conscious ef fort to do so. As if on autopi lot, we find
ourselves going to the refrigerator or cupboard to consume wh atever is in
sight, despite having no genuine sensations of hunger. In a study condu cted by the Uni versity of Minnesota, data was c ollected
from more than twelve thousand individuals to determine the relationship
between perceiv ed stress and h ealth behaviors. Results showe d that high
stress for both men and women was associated with smoking, a diet that
was high in fat, and a reduction in exercise. As stress is known to increase
food consumption, anything that helps to reduce the ef fects of stress can be
useful a s an aid to weight loss. Throughout this book I freque ntly discuss
the importance of taking your attention from the mind and dispersing it
throughout the body, focusing on the breath or the present moment. When your attention is focused on the sensations of your inner body and
your breath, it is impossible to maintain anxious, stressful, and distracting
thoughts. These practices of meditation have been employed by human
beings f or thous ands of years, a nd today many studies show the  benefits of
meditation as a means of helping with weight loss. Controllin g stress and
depression can


 rye breads, even more reason to grind your own. Corn mealfrom the grocery store has usually been degerminated too. If it hasn’t been, the oilin the seed’s germ has probably gone rancid. Grinding flour at home is easy these days. There is an abundance of at-home
milling products and no shortage of hype about them. You’ll find staunchadvocates of stone mills. These produce the finest-textured flour, but are costly. The sales pitch is that stones grind at low temperature and do not damage the oils
(remember the development of rancidity is a function of temperature) or thevitamins, which are also destroyed at high temperature. This assertion is half true.If you are going to store your flour it is far better to grind it cool. However, if youare, as we do, going to immediately bake your flour, what difference does it makeif it gets a little warm before baking. That only accelerates the action of the yeast. On the negative side, stone mills grind slowly and are very fussy about which
grains they will grind. If the cereal is a bit moist or if the seed being ground is alittle bit oily, the mill becomes instantly blocked. Steel burr mills grind fast and coarsely and are inexpensivebut coarse flour
makes heavy bread. The metal grinding faces tend to wear out and have to bereplaced occasionally—if they can be replaced. Breads on the heavy side are stilldelicious; for many years I made bread with an inexpensive steel burr millattachment that came with my juicer. Some steel burr mills will also grind oily seed like sesame and sunflower. However, oily seeds can be ground far more easily half-a-cup at a time in a littleinexpensive electric spice/coffee mill, the sort with a single fast-spinning propeller. I currently think the best compromise are hammermills. The grain dribbles into
a chamber full of fast-spinning teeth that literally pound the grain into powder.Since air flows through with the grain the flour is not heated very much. This typeof mill is small, very fast, intermediate in price between steel mills and stone mill,lasts a long time, but when grinding, sounds like a Boeing 747 about to take off. Itis essential to wear hearing protectors when using it. Awareness of bread quality is growing. One excellent new U.S. business,
called Great Harvest Bakery is a fast-growing national franchise chain. They bakeand sell only whole grain breads; all their wheat flour is freshly ground daily on thepremises in the back. Unfortunately, as of the writing of this book, they do notgrind their rye flour but bring it in sacks. I can’t recommend their rye breads. The
founder of Great Harvest is a knowledgeable buyer who fully understands my
next topic, which is that wheat is not wheat. There are great differences between hard bread wheats; being organically
grown is no cure all for making good or nutritious bread. Great Harvestunderstands this and uses top quality grain that is also Organic. When I first stated making my own bread from my own at-home-ground flour
I was puzzled by variations in the dough. Sometimes the bread rose well and wasspongy after baking like I wanted it to be. Sometimes it kneaded stickily andended up flat and crumbly like a cake. Since I had done everything the same wayexcept that I may have bought my wheat berries from different healthfood stores,I began to investigate the subject of wheat quality. The element in the cereal that forms the rubbery sponge in risen bread so it
doesn’t crumble and rises high without collapsing, is gluten. The word glue derivesfrom gluten. The gluten content of various wheats varies. Bread bakers use “hardwheat” because of its high gluten content. Gluten is a protein and gluten comprisesmost of the protein in bread wheat; the protein content and the gluten content arealmost identical. Try this. Ask your healthfood store buyer or owner what the protein content is
of the hard red wheat seeds they’re selling. You’ll almost certainly get a puzzledlook and your answer will almost certainly be, “we have Organic andconventional.” Demand that the store buyer ask this question of their distributor/wholesaler and then report back to you. If the distributor deigns to answer, theanswer will be the same—I sell Organic or conventional hard red wheat. Period.When I got these non-answers I looked further and discovered that hard breadwheats run from about 12 percent protein to about 19 percent and this differencehas everything to do with the soil fertility (and to an extent the amount of rainfallduring the season), and almost nothing to do with Organic or conventional. This difference also has everything to do with how your dough behaves and
how your bread comes out. And how well your bread nourishes you. Thirteen
percent wheat will not make a decent loaf—fourteen percent is generally
considered #2 quality and comprises the bulk of cheap bread grain. When youhear in the financial news that a bushel of wheat is selling for a certain price, theymean #2. Bakers compete for higher protein lots and pay far higher prices formore protein. We prefer our bread about 25% rye, but rye contains no gluten at all. Mix any
rye flour into fourteen percent wheat flour and the dough becomes very heavy,won’t rise, and after baking, crumbles. So I kept looking for better grain andfinally discovered a knowledgeable lady that sold flour mills and who also was aserious baker herself. She had located a source of quality wheat with an assayedprotein content and sold it by the 50 pound sack. When I asked her if her wheatwas Organic she said it was either sixteen or seventeen percent protein dependingon whether you wanted hard red spring wheat or hard white spring wheat.Organic or conventional? I persisted. No, she said. High protein! So, I said to myself, since protein content is a function of soil fertility and since
my body needs protein, I figured I am better off eating the best quality wheat,pesticide/herbicide residues (if there are any) be damned. Think about it! Thedifference between seventeen percent and fourteen percent protein is about 25percent. That percentage difference is the key threshold of nutritional deficiencythat makes teeth fall out. We can’t afford to accept 25% degradations in ournutritional quality in something that we eat every day and that forms the very basisof our dietary. Please understand here that I am not saying that high protein wheats can’t be
grown organically. They certainly can be. The founder of Great Harvest Bakeryperforms a valuable service locating and securing high-protein lots of organicallygrown wheats for his outlets. But often as not Organic products are no morenourishing than those grown with chemicals. Until the buyers at Organic wholefood wholesalers get better educated about grain, obtaining one’s personal millingstock from them will be a dicey proposition. Sometimes Organic cereal can be far worse than conventional. To make a
cereal Organic is a negative definition; if it hasn’t had chemicals, then its Organic.Grain is one of the few foods that will still produce economic yields of low qualityseed on extremely infertile soil or when half-smothered in weeds becauseherbicides weren’t used for reasons of ideological purity. V egetables will hardlyproduce anything under those conditions; carelessly grown fruits and vegetablesare inevitably small, misshapen, unmarketable. But seed cleaning equipment canremove the contamination of weed seeds in cereal grains (at a cost.) The price the farmer receives for Organic cereal grain is much higher, so it is
possible to accept rather low yields or expend more money for cleaning out highlevels of weed seeds from the field-run harvest, and still make a good profit. Alousy Organic cereal crop like this might even make a higher profit because thefarmer has been spared the expense of fertilization, of rotation, of weed control. Iremember once I bought a sack of Organic whole oats that were the smallest,most shriveled, bitterest oats I’ve ever tried to eat. We ended up throwing outthat tiny, light (lacking density) seed in favor of using the “conventional” wholeoats that were plump, heavy and sweet. Wheat is not the only cereal that is damaged by industrial milling. So are oats. Most consumers have never seen whole oats; they look very much like wheatberries. But rolled oats become rancid and stale on the shelf much like wheat flouron the shelf. Another pitfall about using whole grains is that to be nutritious they must still be
fresh enough to sprout vigorously. A seed is a package of food surrounding anembryo. The living embryo is waiting for the right conditions (temperature andmoisture) to begin sprouting. Sprouting means the embryo begins eating up storedfood and making a plant out of it. All foods are damaged by exposure to oxygen,so to protect the embryo’s food supply, the seed is surrounded by a virtuallyairtight seed coat that permits only enough oxygen to enter for the embryo’srespiration (yes, seed breaths slowly). Often the embryo is located at the edge of
the seed and has its own air intake port. When the seed coat is removed or
damaged, the innards are exposed to air and begin deteriorating rapidly. In thecase of oats, especially rapidly, because oats are the only grass-based cereal thatcontains large quantities of oil—five percent oil, more or less. That’s why oats“stick to your ribs.” Rolled oats become stale and lose their flavor (and nutritionalcontent) and perhaps become rancid very rapidly. So we make porridge fromwhole oat groats that we coarsely grind to grits (steel-cut oats) in an electric seed/spice mill just


 to see inside.”
What you may fail to see inside is a result of how you choose to process
everything and everyone in your world. You project onto the world what
you see inside, and you fail to project into the world what you fail to see
inside. If you knew that you were an expression of the universal Spirit ofintention, that’s what you’d see. You’d raise your energy level beyond any
possibility of encumbrances to your connection to the power of intention. It
is only discord acting within your own feelings that will ever deprive you of
everygood thing that life holds for you! If you understand this simple
observation, you’ll curb interferences to intention. There’s a vibratory action to your thoughts, your feelings, and your body. I’m asking you to increase those frequencies so they’re high enough to
allow you to connect to the power of intention. This may sound like an
oversimplification, but I hope you’ll try raising your energy level as a way
to remove the obstacles that prevent you from experiencing the perfection
you’re a part of. You cannot remedy anything by condemning it. You only
add to the destructive energy that’s already permeating the atmosphere of
your life. When you react to the lower energies you encounter with your
own low energies, you’re actually setting up a situation that attracts more of
that lower energy. For example, if someone behaves in a hateful manner
toward you and you respond by hating them for hating you, you’re
participating in a lower energy field, and impacting all who enter that field. If you’re angry at those around you for being angry people, you’re
attempting to remedy the situation through condemnation. Don’t use weakening energies employed by those around you. Other
people can’t bring you down if you’re operating at the higher energies. Why? Because higher and faster energies nullify and convert lower/slower
energies, not the reverse. If you feel that the lower energies of those around
you are bringing you down, it’s because you’re joining them at their energy
levels. Your unbending intention may be to be slim and healthy. You know that
the universal all-creative Spirit brought you into existence in that
microscopic dot of human cellular tissue not to be sickly, overweight, or
unattractive... but to create love, be kind, and express beauty. This is what
the power of intention intended for you to become. Now get this: You
cannot attract attractiveness into your life by hating anything about what
you’ve allowed yourself to become. Why? Because hatred creates a counter-
force of hatred that disempowers your efforts. Here is how Dr. Hawkins
describes it in Power vs. Force:Simple kindness to one’s self and all that lives is the most
powerful transformational force of all. It produces no backlash,
has no downside, and never leads to loss or despair. It increases
one’s own true power without exacting any toll. But to reach
maximum power such kindness can permit no exceptions, nor
can it be practiced with the expectation of some selfish reward. And its effect is as far reaching as it is subtle.” [Note that
kindness is one of the seven faces of intention.] He adds further:
That which is injurious loses its capacity to harm when it is
brought into the light, and we attract to us that which we
emanate. The lesson is clear in terms of removing lower energy obstacles. We must
raise ourselves to the levels of energy where we are the light we seek,
where we are the happiness we desire, where we are the love we feel is
missing, where we are the unlimited abundance we crave. By being it, we
attract it to us. By condemning its absence, we ensure that condemnation
and discord will continue to flow into our lives. If you’re experiencing scarcity, anguish, depression, an absence of love,
or any inability to attract what you desire, seriously look at how you’ve
been attracting these circumstances into your life. Low energy is an
attractor pattern. It shows up because you’ve sent for it, even if on a
subconscious level. It’s still yours and you own it. However, if you practice
deliberately raising your energy level by being cognizant of your immediate
environment, you’ll move rather rapidly toward intention and remove all of
those self-imposed roadblocks. The obstacles are in the low-energy
spectrum. A Mini-Program for Raising Your Energy Vibrations
Here’s a short list of suggestions for moving your energy field to a higher
faster vibration. This will help you accomplish the twofold objective of
removing the barriers and allowing the power of intention to work with and
through you. Become conscious of your thoughts. Every thought you have impacts
you. By shifting in the middle of a weakening thought to one that
strengthens, you raise your energy vibration and strengthen yourself and the
immediate energy field. For example, in the midst of saying something to
one of my teenage children that was intended to make her feel ashamed of
her conduct, I stopped and reminded myself that there’s no remedy in
condemnation. I proceeded to extend love and understanding by asking her
how she felt about her self-defeating behavior and what she’d like to do to
correct it. The shift raised the energy level and led to a productive
conversation. Raising the energy level to a place where my daughter and I connected to
the power of intention took place in a split second of my becoming aware of
my low-energy thinking and making a decision to raise it. We all have the
ability to call this presence and power of intention into action when we
become conscious of our thoughts. Make meditation a regular practice in your life. Even if it’s only for a
few moments each day while sitting at a stoplight, this practice is vital. Take some time to be silent, and repeat the sound of God as an inner
mantra. Meditation allows you to make conscious contact with your Source
and regain the power of intention by assisting you in cultivating a
receptivity that matches up with the force of creation. Become conscious of the foods you eat. There are foods that calibrate
low, and there are high-energy foods as well. Foods with toxic chemicals
sprayed on them will make you weak even if you have no idea that the
toxins are present. Artificial foods such as sweeteners are low-energy
products. In general, foods high in alkalinity such as fruits, vegetables, nuts,
soy, non-yeast breads, and virgin olive oil calibrate at the high end and will
strengthen you on muscle testing, while highly acidic foods such as flour-
based cereals, meats, dairy, and sugars calibrate at the lower energies, whichwill weaken you. This is not an absolute for everyone; however, you can
detect how you feel after consuming certain foods, and if you feel weak,
lethargic, and fatigued, you can be pretty sure you’ve allowed yourself to
become a low-energy system, which will attract more of the same low
energy into your life. Retreat from low-energy substances. I discussed in Chapter 1 how I
learned that total sobriety was absolutely essential for me to achieve the
level of consciousness I craved and was destined to achieve. Alcohol, and
virtually all artificial drugs, legal and otherwise, lower your body’s energy
level and weaken you. Furthermore, they put you in a position to continue
to attract more disempowering energy into your life. Simply by consuming
low-energy substances, you’ll find people with similar low energy showing
up regularly in your life. They’ll want to buy those substances for you,
party with you as you get high, and urge you to do it again after your body
recovers from the devastation of these low-energy substances. Become conscious of the energy level of the music you listen to. Harsh,
pounding, musical vibrations with repetitive, loud sounds lower your
energy level and weaken you and your ability to make conscious contact
with intention. Similarly, the lyrics of hate, pain, anguish, fear, and violence
are low energies sending weakening messages to your subconscious and
infiltrating your life with similar attractor energies. If you want to attract
violence, then listen to the lyrics of violence and make violent music a part
of your life. If you want to attract peace and love, then listen to the higher
musical vibrations and lyrics that reflect your desires. Become aware of the energy levels of your home environment. Prayers, paintings, crystals, statues, spiritual passages, books, magazines,
the colors on your walls, and even the arrangement of your furniture all
create energy into which you’re catapulted for at least half of your waking
life. While this may seem silly or absurd, I urge you to transcend yourconditioned thinking and have a mind that’s open to everything. The ancient
Chinese art of feng shui has been with us for thousands of years and is a gift
from our ancestors. It describes ways to increase the energy field of our
home and workplace. Become aware of how being in high-energy
surroundings impacts us in ways that strengthen our lives and remove
barriers to our connection to intention. Reduce your exposure to the very low energy of commercial and
cable television. Children in America see 12,000 simulated murders in their
living room before their 14th birthday! Television news programming puts a
heavy emphasis on bringing the bad and the ugly into your home, and in
large part, leaving out the good. It’s a constant stream of negativity that
invades your living space and attracts more of the same