 We avoid deep
fried dishes fried in vegetable oil. Do not be afraid to sneak your favorite butter into the restaurant. Many restaurants try to fill you up on bread. I generally avoid this bread although my family will eat a
piece or two if they are hungry. If you are getting a sandwich or a hamburger, try to get it on
sourdough bread. If the bread is not sourdough, consider eating only half of the bread served. When you go out to eat while you are trying to heal your teeth, I would encourage you to skip the
sweet drinks, beer, wine and desserts on the menu; all of these items will affect your body chemistry
adversely. With a little bit of discipline you can convert your restaurant adventures into meals that
support or at least do not harm your efforts to heal your tooth decay.Advanced Tooth Decay Healing
This diet is good for people trying to turn around severe tooth problems. Every item in this diet is
designed to be the best of the best in terms of food nutrient density and in its ability to remineralize
teeth extremely fast. This regime also aims to capture elements of a diet that may be close to optimal
in maintaining health. Following these recommendations will make your teeth rock hard. Even if this
diet is not right for you, or if it seems unbalanced, you can take aspects from this framework and add
it to your personal tooth remineralizing diet. Please prepare the food or pick and choose items from
this list so that you feel your efforts are life-affirming based upon your belief systems and personal
goals. In this diet you want all your protein to be as fresh as possible. The highest quality proteins are
seafoods and meats that have never been frozen. In fact, if it so fresh that it has never been
refrigerated, then all the better. Daily Food Intake

½ teaspoon two or three times per day of Green Pasture’s™ Blue Ice™ Royal Blend
⅛ teaspoon two or three times per day Blue Ice™ fermented skate liver oil
2 ounces of grass-fed liver four or more days per week. Raw is preferred but cooked or seared
with onions is totally fine. 4-12 oysters, clams or mussels several times per week. Raw is preferred, cooked is acceptable. 1-2 tablespoons of bone marrow cooked or raw several times per week. 2-8 cups of fermented dairy per day such as kefir, yogurt, whey, buttermilk or clabber. 0-4
ounces of raw cheese depending on how much dairy you consume. 1-2 tablespoons of raw cream several times per week. 8 or more ounces of protein from grass-fed or wild sources per day. Proteins are to be consumed
raw, rare, or fermented such as ceviche, or as a stew. Ideally your proteins should be a mix of land foods and sea foods. 1-2 cups of fish head soup per day. Otherwise use beef, chicken and so forth. 2-4 raw eggs. These can be consumed in smoothies with your soured milk. Alternatively have
your eggs soft boiled. Fermented vegetables like sauerkraut
Cooked leafy green vegetables or vegetable soup. If you are a primal food eater then vegetable
juice is fine. Bonus items to this diet include: Colostrum, fish eggs, crab and lobsters with the innards, spring and
summer yellow butter, organ meats like adrenal, thyroid and the brain, and animal blood. Eat the crab
and lobsters cooked, some of the glands are best raw and the brain should be cooked. In this diet carbohydrates are obtained mostly from dairy products. If you are not trying to heal severe
cavities, and you are not on a low-carb program then you can add sourdough bread from unbleached
flour made from freshly ground and sifted grains (bran and germ removed). Alternatively you can
include sweet potatoes, yams, and other root vegetables. Souring or fermenting these vegetables will
enhance their digestibility. If you do not have cavities, then an ideal diet can include moderate amounts of lacto-fermented drinksand homemade alcohols that do not contain malted grains or commercial yeasts such as sweet potato
beer, apple cider allowed to ferment, grapes allowed to ferment or homemade mead (honey wine). People following this diet must strictly avoid all processed and denatured food. Generally the highest
quality ingredients are obtained directly from the farm, such as through buyers clubs or farmers’
markets.Healing Tooth Cavities on a Vegetarian Diet
I created the vegetarian program because it is possible to significantly improve your dental health as
a vegetarian. Even though I do not recommend anyone to choose vegetarianism as a way of life, I
want to respond to the many requests for help from vegetarians. I ask you to reflect on a few points
before continuing onto the vegetarian program. Just to be clear in this discussion, when I say meat, it
includes fish. If you want to avoid land animal food and only consume sea food, then you can use the
other protocols in this book and enjoy very gratifying results. When I was a vegetarian I never completely thought through why I had chosen that lifestyle, although I
believed I did not want to contribute to the killing of animals. Instead I slowly and unknowingly
started to kill myself by consuming large amounts of tofu to satisfy my hunger. My two years of
vegetarianism ended when I was on a vision quest. High up on Mount Shasta in California I fasted for
two nights and three days. I could not finish the last night of the vision quest because I became
obsessed with one vision only: a turkey sandwich! I was starving and depleted and I resolved during
that fast to quit vegetarianism. I no longer am vegetarian and I do not encourage a vegetarian diet for
women who are pregnant or planning for pregnancy, or are breastfeeding. Neither do I encourage a
vegetarian diet for children. Current commercial livestock practices around the world damage the environment, and the animals
are in general mistreated. But depriving ourselves of what we need by avoiding animal foods sends
out into the world the energy of impoverishment and deprivation. I did not realize that there was a
choice of animals humanely cared for. There are even some grass-fed farms that include prayers in a
ceremony before killing the animal. By choosing foods carefully, making certain that the animals are
well cared for and raised humanely, I personally feel it is good to satisfy my body's hunger by eating
meat. In an idealized world, I probably would not eat meat because I honestly prefer not to kill things. Yet
until that idealized world becomes a reality, I do not have energy or vibrancy without eating some
type of animal protein with every meal. Healthy vegetarians still need animal fats and proteins; they
simply get them from dairy products and eggs. Before domestication of animals, humans hunted their
animal proteins. Nature’s design for humans, who are able to fashion tools, is clearly for us to hunt. Humans would not be able to live in colder climates without making clothing from animal skins. Our
genetic and ancestral heritage is one of hunting and gathering. Most people are vegetarian for religious purposes. Over the last millennium or two, certain groups
relied upon a meat-free diet to aid them on their spiritual path. Today many monks and spiritual
leaders eat some animal meat; they just do not kill it themselves. So until the wolf and the lamb feed
together and lions start eating only grass, I am going to continue to eat and recommend that people eat
some type of animal flesh. There are healthy vegetarian societies in the world, but this is not a common finding. When Weston
Price did his field studies he could not locate even one traditional culture that was vegetarian. However Dr. Price did not travel to India. Village people in certain parts of India, following a
carefully designed diet based upon ancient Ayurvedic knowledge, have what appears to be a low rate
of tooth decay. Each part of their diet is carefully orchestrated including planting and harvesting inharmony with the moon cycles, special soil fertility practices, special combinations of vegetables to
ensure mineral balance, absolutely no processed food of any sort, grains aged for one year and freshly
ground, aged sugar, special spices to enhance digestion, herbs and berries such as amalaki to enhance
the mineral content of diet, complete avoidance of all nightshades, and perhaps the most potent and
nutrient-dense dairy on the planet from the water-buffalo. The milk is also processed differently in
accordance with the season. A rare few deeply spiritual and traditionally rooted societies have found
ways to create enough mineral density in their diet to have a high resistance to tooth decay without
relying upon animal flesh. This type of diet is very difficult to recreate in the United States. The key problem area for the vegetarian diet is fat-soluble vitamin D which is the most important fat-
soluble vitamin for remineralizing teeth. Even most grass-fed milk is low in fat-soluble vitamin D. It
is highly likely that special foods given to the water-buffalo and its ability to absorb and utilize
sunlight led to milk with fairly high vitamin D content. Since I know for certain that Green
Pasture’s™ X-Factor Gold™ high vitamin butter oil is rich in vitamin D, (most butters are not rich in
vitamin D, even many grass-fed variants) using this regularly is an essential key for a vegetarian plan
to work well. To purchase it go to:
codliveroilshop.com
The vegetarian plan relies heavily on minerals from vegetables. People who eat meat and fish can get
some missing dietary minerals from animal


ught	the	art	of	surgery	and	the
administration	of	drugs	as	tools	to	manage	symptoms. If	the	only	tool	you	have
is	a	hammer,	so	the	saying	goes,	then	every	problem	looks	like	a	nail. If	you	go
to	a	conventionally	trained	physician,	then	medicine’s	“hammers”—surgery	and
drugs—are	what	you	receive. Unfortunately,	these	tools	are	designed	to	manage
and	suppress	symptoms,	not	to	cure	disease. For	a	more	meaningful	understanding	of	disease	(cellular	malfunction),	we
must	consider	the	health	of	our	cells. Remember	that	noticeable	health	problems
begin	when	a	large	number	of	cells	malfunction. As	this	happens,	important
cellular	chemicals	are	not	produced,	cell-to-cell	communications	becomegarbled	and	the	body	ceases	to	regulate	itself	properly. Our	tissues	suffer	and
noticeable	symptoms	appear,	e.g.,	allergies,	fatigue,	aches	and	pains,	colds,	flu,
depression,	anxiety,	cancer	or	any	of	thousands	of	other	complaints. Categorizing	and	suppressing	the	symptoms	of	malfunctioning	cells	does	not
fix	the	problem. This	approach	cannot	explain	why	the	problem	occurred	in	the
first	place,	cannot	prevent	the	problem	from	happening	again	and	cannot	prevent
it	from	appearing	elsewhere	in	the	body. The	only	“cure”	is	to	restore	our	cells
and	tissues	to	health. What	Is	Health? Everybody	thinks	they	know	what	health	is,	but	people	asked	to	define	it	give
you	many	different	answers. In	order	to	define	health,	perhaps	we	first	should
provide	the	definition	of	health	used	in	modern	medicine:	“Health	is	the	absence
of	disease.”	This	medical	school	lesson	is	not	a	very	good	definition. For
medicine	to	recognize	disease,	it	must	be	diagnosable. You	are	not	sick	until	the
day	the	physician	can	diagnose	something. The	absence	of	diagnosable	disease	is
not	a	good	working	definition	of	health. Modern	medicine	has	no	way	of
recognizing	or	diagnosing	disease	when	your	health	is	in	its	initial	decline. When	I	was	sick	and	already	experiencing	disturbing	symptoms,	my	physician
pronounced	me	in	excellent	health. He	had	never	been	taught	how	to	notice	and
measure	my	already	extensive	decline	in	health. We	are	considered	sick	only
after	the	problem	has	become	serious	enough	to	produce	symptoms	that	fit
neatly	into	one	of	medicine’s	disease	categories. This	way	of	looking	at	health	is
not	helpful,	productive	or	self-empowering. Health	is	much	more	than	the
absence	of	a	diagnosable	disease. When	your	cells	are	functioning	as	they	should,	you	have	ample	adaptive
capacity	to	thrive	in	our	constantly	changing	environment	without	ill	effects. With	properly	functioning	cells,	you	have	strong	resilience	to	various	kinds	of
stress—	physical,	chemical,	biological	and	emotional. You	have	the	ability	to
make	daily	repairs	to	your	cells,	the	ability	to	build	healthy	new	ones,	and	the
ability	to	efficiently	remove	pathogenic	microorganisms	and	toxins	from	your
body. You	become	an	optimally	balanced	organism,	with	integrated	mental	and
physical	equilibrium. Perhaps	most	important	is	that	achieving	good	cellular
health	gives	our	society	the	ability	to	produce	healthy	offspring. While	the	above	descriptions	explain	the	practical	effects	of	health,	they	still
do	not	offer	a	single,	concrete	definition	of	health. In	order	to	clearly	define
health,	as	a	concept	concrete	enough	to	be	understood	and	discussed,	let	us	work
with	the	following	definition:Health	is	the	state	wherein	all	cells
are	functioning	optimally. Never	are	all	of	our	cells	functioning	perfectly,	so	the	challenge	is	to	keep
cellular	malfunction	to	a	minimum. Even	in	healthy	people,	cells	are	constantly
being	damaged,	dying	and	being	replaced. Our	bodies	produce	more	than	10
million	new	cells	every	second,	as	we	constantly	rebuild	our	tissues. How
healthy	are	each	of	these	new	cells? If	we	replace	sick	cells	with	sick	cells,	we
will	never	recover. As	cells	die	off	are	we	replacing	them	with	healthy	cells	or
sick	cells? Who	Succumbs	to	Disease? Only	sick	people	become	sick. Once	you	start	to	compromise	health,	a
cascade	of	events	follow. Once	a	critical	number	of	cells	begin	to	malfunction,
internal	communications	and	self-regulation	systems	become	debilitated	and
destabilized. As	the	number	of	compromised	cells	increases,	the	effects	are
compounded. Before	anyone	can	exhibit	noticeable	signs	of	disease,	normal	cell
function	has	to	be	compromised	significantly	throughout	the	body. Vulnerability
to	infections,	for	example,	is	created	by	widespread	cellular	malfunction. An
infection	indicates	that	cellular	malfunction	already	has	weakened	the	immune
system. Having	a	cold	or	the	flu	is	an	alarm	screaming	at	you	that	all	is	not	well,
because	healthy	people	resist	infections	in	the	first	place. Few	of	us	pay	attention
to	these	alarms. We	think	that	having	a	cold	or	the	flu	is	normal,	and	that	once
the	symptoms	are	gone	we	are	well	again. Not	so. The	level	of	your	health	and	immunity	determines	whether	or	not	the	presence
of	a	microorganism	results	in	an	infection. You	are	already	sick	before	you	come
down	with	an	infection. Otherwise	everybody	who	is	exposed	to	a	given	“bug”
would	become	sick,	which	is	not	the	case. Contrary	to	the	common	notion	that
we	“catch”	diseases,	people	become	sick	only	after	their	cellular	health	is
already	compromised. Disease	(cellular	malfunction)	comes	first;	active
infections	and	chronic	problems	follow. The	skeptic	says,	“But	he	was	born	with	asthma	and	suffered	from	it	as	an
infant.”	“She	was	in	the	best	of	health,	took	great	care	of	herself,	and	then
suddenly	got	breast	cancer.”	Although	we	hear	these	kinds	of	statements
frequently,	the	notion	is	flawed	that	a	person	is	a	powerless	victim	of	disease. This	way	of	looking	at	events	comes	from	living	in	a	society	that	does	not	have
an	accurate	understanding	of	disease,	or	of	what	is	required	to	create	and
maintain	health.Think	of	the	historically	healthy	societies,	such	as	the	Hunzas. These	people
implicitly	understood	what	they	needed	to	maintain	their	health. They	lived	far
longer	than	we	do,	without	the	chronic	degenerative	diseases	from	which	we
suffer. The	principles	of	good	health	were	built	into	their	beliefs	and	lifestyles. The	key	lesson	to	be	learned	from	these	people	is	this:
Healthy	people	do	not	get	sick. Most	of	us	have	not	learned	to	think	this	way. We	grow	up	in	a	society	where
almost	everyone	has	a	chronic	disease. We	have	been	taught,	through
experience,	that	disease	is	a	“normal”	part	of	the	aging	process. Diseased	people
are	typically	seen	as	the	helpless	victims	of	an	inevitable	and	“natural”	process. Especially	when	the	symptoms	of	disease	develop	suddenly,	people	feel
surprised	and	victimized. Yet,	the	two	causes	w


	to	unmake	it	through	a	dramatical
and	new	scientifically	based	education	model. The	mission	of	Health-e-America	Foundation	(HeAF)	is	to	arrest	and	reverse
our	chronic-disease	epidemic	through	education—by	teaching	schoolchildren
and	their	families	the	basics	of	good	health	and	empowering	them	to	achieve	it. With	childhood	disease	rates	increasing,	teaching	children	how	to	improve
health	and	avoid	disease	will	produce	an	almost	immediate	reduction	in	costs,
with	the	savings	compounded	each	year.Health-e-America	Foundation	will	provide	health	education	using	a	new
model	of	health	and	disease	based	on	the	revolutionary	concept	of	maintaining
and	improving	cellular	health. In	essence,	there	is	only	one	disease—
malfunctioning	cells. It	is	malfunctioning	cells	that	become	susceptible	to
infection	and	which	manifest	as	cancer	or	other	so-called	diseases. Teaching
children	how	to	prevent	and	repair	cellular	malfunction	will	begin	to
immediately	arrest	and	reverse	America’s	chronic	disease	epidemic. This
epidemic	took	generations	to	create,	but	we	must	reverse	it	much	faster. This	can
only	be	accomplished	by	teaching	an	entire	generation	of	children. Existing	health	education	is	disjointed	and	incomplete. It	has	not	been
effective	in	curtailing	this	epidemic	because	it	fails	to	provide	a	coherent
understanding	of	health. Worse,	most	of	the	existing	educational	materials	have
been	supplied	by	industries	promoting	unhealthful	or	outmoded	solutions. The
one-disease	concept
is	a	vastly	more	effective	way	to	teach	health. This	concept
is	easy	to	understand	and	it	is	a	comprehensive	system	incorporating	all	aspects
of	health. Using	advanced	E-learning	technology,	HeAF	will	provide,
free	of
charge
and	in	CD	ROM	format	or	online,	educational	materials	that	are
stimulating	to	students	and	available	to	teachers	in	grades	kindergarten	through
high	school. HeAF	will	produce	these	unique	educational	materials	as	well	as
launch	a	national	educational	campaign	for	parents,	teachers,	and	school
administrators	to	facilitate	the	introduction	and	use	of	these	materials	in	the
schools. This	program	will	benefit	the	existing	generation,	but	most	important,	it
will	improve	the	health	of	each	succeeding	generation,	which	we	all	have	a
responsibility	to	ensure—to	ensure	the	future	of	America. For	more	information	on	HeAF	go	to
www.healtheamerica.org
. To	support
this	important	work,	tax-deductible	donations	can	be	sent	to:
Health-e-America	Foundation
P.O. Box	150578
San	Rafael,	CA	94915
“Never	doubt	the	power	of	small	groups	to	change	the	world;	indeed,	it	is
the	only	thing	that	ever	has.”
Margaret	Mead,
Anthropologist	1901–1978Table	of	Contents
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TITLE	PAGE
COPYRIGHT	PAGE
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
1. I	ALMOST	DIED
2. YOUR	POTENTIAL	FOR	HEALTH
3. THE	NEW	THEORY	OF	HEALTH	AND	DISEASE
4. CHOOSING	HEALTHY	CELLS
5. THE	NUTRITION	PATHWAY
6. THE	TOXIN	PATHWAY
7. THE	PSYCHOLOGICAL	PATHWAY
8. THE	PHYSICAL	PATHWAY
9. THE	GENETIC	PATHWAY
10. THE	MEDICAL	PATHWAY
11. A	SHIFT	IN	PERSPECTIVE
REFERENCES
AUTHOR’S	NOTE:	GOING	BEYOND	HEALTH
APPENDIX	A:	HEALTH	INFORMATION
APPENDIX	B:	VITAMIN	SUPPLEMENTS
APPENDIX	C:	FOODS	AND	PERSONAL	PRODUCTS
APPENDIX	D:	ALTERNATIVE	CANCER	TREATMENTS
APPENDIX	E:	IMPROVING	VISION
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        His	life	expectancy	was	estimated
between	six	months	and	three	years,	and	no	one	in	his	condition	had	been	known
to	live	beyond	five	years. As	I	am	writing	this	chapter,	eleven	years	have	passed	since	my	brother’ssurgery. He	is	living	a	high-quality	life. How	did	he	do	it. First,	he	had	to
change	his	perspective. The	existing	belief	system	said	he	should	have	died	a
long	time	ago. Rather	than	accept	his	cancer	as	a	death	sentence,	my	brother
took	on	the	challenge	of	restoring	normal	function	to	his	cells. The	new
understanding	of	one	disease	says	disease	has	only	two	causes—deficiency	and
toxicity—and	that	addressing	those	causes	along	the	six	pathways	can	heal
virtually	all	disease. My	brother’s	recovery	came	as	the	result	of	radical	changes	in	diet	and	the
addition	of	vitamin	supplements,	essential	fatty	acids	and	frozen	shark	cartilage
—not	chemotherapy	and	radiation. Conventional	cancer	treatments	do	nothing	to
reverse	the	underlying	causes	of	cancer	(abnormal	cell	chemistry),	and	they	do
devastating	damage	to	the	body. The	most	important	steps	you	can	take	to	change	your	perspective	about
health,	and	thereby	reduce	morbidity	and	mortality,	is	to	shift	your	view	from
one	side	of	these	equations	to	the	other. That	is,	reconsider	the	differences
between
•	Disease	care	versus	health	care
•	Diagnosing	symptoms	versus	preventing	disease
•	Treating	symptoms	versus	restoring	health
•	Relying	on	doctors	versus	relying	on	yourself
•	Eating	make-believe	food	versus	eating	real	food
•	Germs	causing	infection	versus	compromised	immune	systems
•	Toxic	versus	nontoxic	living
•	An	active	life	versus	sedentary	sickness
Let	us	take	a	closer	look	at	each	of	these	shifts	in	perspective. Disease	Care	Versus	Health	Care
Existing	medical	practice	is	not	about	health	care;	it	is	about	disease	care. Modern	medicine	is	based	on	the	belief	that	you	are	healthy	until	you	have	a
diagnosable	disease,	after	which	the	task	is	to	give	the	disease	a	name	(diagnose)
and	then	suppress	(treat)	its	symptoms. This	perspective	waits	for	disease	to
happen;	makes	no	attempt	to	measure	health	in	its	initial	decline;	ignores	the
effects	of	nutrition,	toxins	and	behavior;	and	gives	little	or	no	recognition	to	the
body’s	self-healing	abilities. The	patient	is	not	empowered,	and	the	personal	and
monetary	costs	are	enormous. Modern	medicine	excels	at	treating	emergencies
and	trauma,	and	in	doing	surgery,	but	does	poorly	at	preventing	or	healing
disease	because	it	is	almost	totally	unequipped	to	diagnose	and	treat	the	twocauses. The	new	perspective	on	health	presented	in	this	book	is	based	not	on	waiting
for	disease	to	happen,	but,	rather,	actively	working	to	prevent	disease. If	disease
does	occur,	then	we	must	look	for	the	true	cause	and	restore	health	by	addressing
that	root	cause. This	approach	recognizes	the	body	as	self-regulating	and	self-
healing,	and	seeks	to	optimize	health	by	helping	the	body	to	function	as	it	is
designed	to	do. This	approach	incorporates	all	we	have	learned	about


 relative
to collective divisions of nation, sex, race, and religion,
holding the specific tendencies of each group. As primal
sensitivity, consciousness governs the plant kingdom,
which lives in a state of deep sleep prior to the differenti-
ation of the senses. Consciousness exists in a latent form in
the elemental kingdom prior to the development of the
life-force. It is the basis of the genetic code, which is its
imprint on the cells, and governs core instinctual respons-
es. A secret consciousness is working everywhere and is the
key to all growth and development. Consciousness becomes fully activated in angelic and
divine beings, the denizens of the great formless heavens,
where thought is the only reality. Consciousness embraces
us both from the unconscious and the superconscious. On
a subliminal level, a secret consciousness sustains our auto-
nomic functions and works during sleep. On a supercon-
scious level, a secret consciousness keeps track of our
karma and supports our spiritual life. The Superconscious
Our deeper consciousness contains the higher levels of
the mind in which we can contact God and our inner Self. In it we retain knowledge of worlds more subtle than the
physical. Consciousness extends beyond all realms of form Conditioned Consciousness
into the realms of pure feeling and clear awareness. Our individual consciousness links us to the collective
consciousness, through which we can access the memories
and tendencies of all human beings. This in turn links us
with Cosmic Consciousness, through which we can access
the experiences of all beings from minerals to gods. At the
summit of the Cosmic Consciousness we contact God, the
Divine Father/Mother, the cosmic Creator, Preserver and
Destroyer. Consciousness contains all knowledge, from the most
mundane mechanics of the elements to the highest spiri-
tual wisdom.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        Rajasic therapies work through Rajasic qualities
of stimulation, energization and agitation. Tamasic thera-
pies work through Tamasic qualities of sedation, sleep and
grounding. Ayurvedic therapies are primarily Sattvic and
employ Rajasic and Tamasic modalities only under special
circumstances. The Three Gunas 39
Sattvic healing uses Nature, the life force and the power
of the cosmic mind, through such treatment methods as
herbs, vegetarian diet, mantra and meditation. Rajas can
occasionally be useful in the healing process. Rajas helps
break up Tamas, while Sattva, being a condition of harmo-
ny, does not always have the ability to do so. It is often nec-
essary to move from Tamas to Rajas in order to return to
Sattva, like needing to stimulate or shock a person into
awakening to their repressed pain. Tamas is seldom useful
in the healing process except when required to sedate too
high Rajas. For example, a person in hysteria, an excess
Rajas condition, may require a strong sedative herb or
drug, a Tamasic therapy. In this case Sattva would be too
mild to calm Rajas.'Ayurvedic psychology aims at moving the mind from
Tamas to Rajas and eventually to Sattva. This means mov-
ing from an ignorant and physically-oriented life (Tamas),
to one of vitality and self-expression (Rajas), and finally to
one of peace and enlightenment (Sattva). 8
Three Stages of Mental Healing
1) Breaking up Tamas/developing Rajas — moving
from mental inertia to self-motivated action. 2) Calming Rajas/developing Sattva — moving
from self-motivated action to selfless service. 3) Perfecting Sattva — moving from selfless service
to meditation. Naturally it is important to know what stage is appro-
priate for a person. A person in a Tamasic condition
requires outer activity to break up their inertia; he or she
cannot simply be asked to sit quietly and meditate. At
such times Rajasic (active) methods are necessary and Ayurveda and the Mind
Sattvic (passive) methods may not be sufficient. The per-
son requires communication and working with other peo-
ple. A person in a Rajasic condition, however, requires a
reduction of activity and interiorization of consciousness
(development of Sattva). Yet this must be done gradually
because Rajas does not subside all at once. The person
must be introduced into meditation through practical
therapies of yogic postures, mantras or visualizations. A
person in a Sattvic condition requires spiritual practices
and not ordinary psychological treatment, and can easily
move into meditation without much external support. However, these three stages are not simply different
levels. We all have Tamasic, Rajasic and Sattvic factors in
our minds. We all need each of these three processes to
some degree. There are times when our minds are Tamasic,
like right after waking up in the morning or when day-
dreaming in the afternoon. Whenever we are mentally dull
or emotionally depressed, Tamas is predominant. Rajas
prevails when we are agitated, disturbed, active or outgo-
ing, like when we are very busy working with a number of
people or projects. Sattva prevails when we are quiet,
peaceful and content, or naturally fall into meditation. Similarly we should not judge other people by how
they appear when dominated by one quality only. Even a
spiritually advanced person has Tamasic moments or peri-
ods when he or she may do something regrettable. In the
same way, spiritually undeveloped persons have Sattvic
moments when they may do something inspired, noble or
kind. When looking at ourselves, we should try to see all
three factors in our nature and behavior and try to develop
our Sattvic side. The Three Gunas 41 /f^v
Stage i — Personal Healing
Breaking Up Tamas/ Moving from Tamas to Rajas
For this transition, fire is necessary. We must wake up,
act and begin to change. Deep-seated patterns of attach-
ment, stagnation and depression must be released. We
must recognize our suffering and learn from it, con-
fronting our pain, including what we have suppressed or
ignored for years. A new sense of who we are and what we
need to do is required. Action (Rajas) is indicated, not only
in the mind but involving outer aspects of our lives. We
must break with the past, bring new energies into our
lives, perhaps change jobs or modify our relationships, or
move to a new locale. 9
Stage 2 — Healing of Humanity
Calming Rajas/ Moving from Rajas to Sattva
For this transition, space is necessary. We must surren-
der our pain and give up our personal seeking, letting go
of individual hurts and sorrows. Egoistic drives and moti-
vations must be surrendered for the greater good. We must
depersonalize our problems and look to understand the
entire human condition and the pain of others. Leaving
behind our personal problems, we must take up the prob-
lems of humanity, opening up to the suffering of others as
our own. We must learn that life creates suffering in order
to help us grow spiritually. This is a stage of service and
charity. 11' Ayurveda and the Mind
Stage 3 — Universal Peace
Developing Pure Sattva
To bring about this transition, we must develop love
and awareness as universal forces. We must learn to tran-
scend the limitations of the human condition to our high-
er spiritual nature. Inner peace must become our dominant
force. We should no longer seek to overcome our pain but
to develop our joy. We should no longer be centered in our
personal or collective problems but in developing commu-
nion with the greater universe and the Divine powers at
work within it. At this stage we move from the human
aspect of our condition to the universal aspect, becoming
open to all life. This is the stage of spiritual practice. It is
beyond all ordinary healing and works to heal our rela-
tionship with God or the inner Self. As you go through this book remember the three
gunas. We will explore how they work according to the
different layers and functions of the mind. Go to the
Sattvic core of your being to understand this wisdom of
Ayurveda. 43
4. The Nature of the Mind
t is amazing to note that so many different ideas
I exist about the nature of the mind and how it func-
tions. Different systems of psychology, philosophy
and religion define the mind in ways that can be radically
different or even contradictory to one another. All of us
agree on the basic facts of the physical body — its form,
structure and function. No one holds that the body has
three legs, or that the stomach thinks and the brain digests
food. The reason for this is that the body is easy to observe. Yet while we can easily list the main systems of the phys-
ical body, we find it difficult to do so for the mind. The
mind appears as an amorphous or structureless entity,
rather than a precise instrument like the body. Though we


 themselves
of their commitments. Perhaps the single most powerful force that you can master is a burning
desire to achieve your inner objective. Now a desire is one thing, and
everyone has a desire to rid themselves of their problems and reach a higher
state of happiness and fulfillment. If you don’ t believe me, just ask the first
ten people you encounter if they want to live a problem-free life. They’ll all
say, “Absolutely!” The desire is there. But a burning desire is something
quite dif ferent. This is like having an inner candle flame that never even
flickers, though the very worst goes before you. This is an inner desire that
can never be extinguished by outside forces. It burns within you and it must
be satisfied. I can personally attest to the presence of a burning desire or a hardening of
the will in virtually all the undertakings of my life. When I published my
first book, Your Err oneous Zones, back in 1976, it was my burning desire to
tell the world about those ideas. I bought up entire printings, and I toured
the country visiting every radio/TV show that would have me, doing
fourteen or fifteen interviews every day, paying my own expenses as I went. Not because I wanted to be on a best-seller list, or to make a fortune, but
because I couldn’ t extinguish that burning desire to tell anyone who would
listen what I believed in so strongly. That hardened will is still present
today. And I truly don’ t even know how to soften it. Recently I produced two lecture shows for public television in the United
States. These shows were used as pledge drives to encourage people to
contribute to commercial-free public television. I feel very strongly aboutthe kinds of images that we access into our homes in the form of TV
signals. These signals are ener gy vibrations that are transmitted into the
atmosphere, and we use our receiver to access this ener gy into our homes. If
we allow signals that carry the ener gy images of violence, sexual
promiscuity, disrespect, vulgarity, and the like to come into our homes to
poison the minds of our children, then they will resonate with that ener gy
and emulate it in their everyday lives. Public television does not send out
energy signals tainted with vulgar or violent images. When I put the two shows together, they were titled Impr ove Y our Life
Using the W isdom of the Ages  and How to Get What Y ou Really, Really,
Really, Really W ant. And that hardened will that manifests itself as a
burning desire was immediately ignited within me. If we have a spiritual
deficit in our country in which violence and vulgarity have become a way
of life, particularly as it impacts our young people, perhaps it is related to
the kinds of ener gy signals that we access in our homes. If the average child
has seen over twelve thousand murders on commercial and cable television
by the time he has reached his fourteenth birthday, maybe, just maybe, this
is a collective influence on the high incidence of violence and mass school
killings. So, out I went, to raise money for public television, which is committed to
an absence of violence and vulgarity in its programming, while relying on
the public to support it financially. That burning desire to see a collective
solution to the spiritual deficit that causes such violent actions kicked in. I
made sixty-eight station visits, traversing the country back and forth, and
helped to raise millions of dollars. I couldn’ t just visit a few cities and then
rest; it was that hardened will, that burning desire that continued to push me
to stay the course. I recall reading about President Carter ’s agreement between the two bitter
rivals, Israel and Egypt, at Camp David in 1978. Carter had a vision that he
would not allow to be blurred though the obstacles were seemingly
insurmountable. President Carter himself, night after night, went back and
forth between the lodgings of Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin,
sometimes at three and four in the morning in order to reach an agreement. There is a glorious photograph of Sadat, Carter, and Begin shaking handsand celebrating the Camp David Accords when these formerly entrenched
enemies whose soldiers had been fighting and killing each other in bloody
wars were also uniting in peace. A spiritual solution to this massive social
problem was brought about because of the burning desire of President
Carter that could not and would not be doused until it had been realized. This same hardening of the will, when applied to the resolution of any
problem you can envision in your own life will result in a spiritual solution
as well. You may have wondered why there were four reallys in the public
television show titled How to Get What Y ou Really, Really, Really, Really
Want. I used four reallys because each one symbolizes these four
ingredients in the mind-set of spiritual problem solvers and hence highly
functioning successful people. The four reallys in summation are: Desir e,
Asking, Intention, Passion. And the good news is, what you really, really,
really, really intend, you will get. Now for the bad news. The reason most people are unable to manifest their
heart’ s desire and remove problems from their lives is this—pay close
attention because this will explain in simple language why you have not
been successful in resolving all problems—what you really, really, really,
really don’t want, you will also get. Avoiding Getting What Y ou Don’t W ant
The same four reallys apply here. For the remainder of this chapter I am
going to focus on how you can stop giving ener gy to the things you don’ t
want and the things you don’ t believe in, which, surprisingly, is where most
people keep and maintain with fervor their ener gy supply. But why would
anyone, let alone you, ever for even a moment want to give ener gy to what
you don’ t want and don’ t believe in? Let’s go back briefly to those seven little magic words: as you think, so
shall you be. This universal law applies both ways. When you put your
thought ener gy on your intentions with passion you ultimately will act upon
those thoughts and you are bound to attract what you are thinking about into
your life. As always, the ancestor to every action is a thought. This law alsoworks to keep you from attracting solutions for your problems into your life
as well. Here are the four subgroupings that you typically employ in giving ener gy
to what you don’ t believe in. These four categories explain why most
people are not very good at solving their problems and getting what they
want in life. Sending your ener gy to what you don’ t want. Imagine this scene. I give you
one million dollars and tell you to go out and spend this money to purchase
what you want, no restrictions. Y ou take the cash and of f you go to the mall
to use this currency to get what you want. The first store you enter you see
furniture that you find appalling and hideous and you spend $100,000
buying it all up. The second store you enter is loaded with jewelry that you
find distasteful and overpriced. Again, you spend another $100,000 on
jewelry that you don’ t want. This pattern continues throughout your
shopping spree. You have currency to spend on what you want, and every time you see
something that you don’ t want, you use up your currency to purchase it. When you get home, and all your purchases are delivered, you ask yourself,
“Why is my house filled with all this stuf f that I don’ t want?” The answer:
“Because you are insane! Here you had all this money to buy what you
wanted, and you spent it instead on what you didn’ t want.” This is just plain
crazy. Now keeping the above scene in mind, remind yourself that your thoughts
are the currency for getting what you want in your life. Remember, your
desires, requests, intentions, and passions are all thoughts, and when you
place those thoughts on what you don’ t want, regardless of how negatively
you feel about it, you will act upon what you don’ t want, and more of what
you don’ t want will show up in your life. Just like the hideous furniture and
distasteful jewelry. They are there in your house because you foolishly
spent that precious currency on what you didn’ t want. How does this work and why would you give your precious life ener gy in
the form of your thoughts to something you didn’ t want? Y our mind isactive all day long with some sixty thousand separate thoughts each and
every day. Examine those thoughts. How many of them are on what you
don’t want? “W ith my luck it will never work out. This cold is getting
worse each day. I know those stocks will devalue, it’ s just the way things
always seem to work out for me. The deal will probably fall through. There
will not be very good seats left when we get to the theater. These meals will
add twenty pounds to my waist alone. Quitting smoking is so hard. It’ll
probably rain and ruin the outing.”
This list could go on for a thousand pages. Y ou begin to get the idea. Y our
thoughts are the ener gy that you act upon. If your thoughts are on what you
don’t want, no


 products. The first product to add to their diet is butter. Butter is virtually pure milk
fat and contains only very small amounts of whey, which at a certain stage in
the diet the patients can usually handle. Butter should be bought organic,
because non-organic butter contains a lot of pesticides, hormones and
antibiotics, which non-organic cows consume. I generally recommend to try
introducing butter after 6 months on the diet. It is preferable to have unsalted
butter as a lot of salt products which are used to preserve butter contain flow
agents and other additives. I would like to emphasise here that butter and
ghee contain a lot of valuable nutrition for children and adults and should not
be avoided, unless there is a true allergy. Butter and ghee provide various fatty
acids with important health giving benefits, vitamins A, D, E, beta-carotene
and other nutritious substances in an easy to digest form. In about a year gradual introduction of protein containing lactose free
milk products is possible: yoghurt and cheeses. As the gut flora gets estab
lished and the digestive system heals many GAPS patients are able to digest
milk protein without absorbing it in an opiate-like form of casomorphin. However, all patients are different Some are ready for this step in a few
months, some require much longer. It is critical to proceed very carefully and
slowly, introducing milk protein containing foods one at a time and starting
from tiny amounts watching for any reaction. Any signs of regression in a
child or an adult with GAPS would indicate that he/she is not ready. It may
be an increase in self-stimulation and worsening of eye-contact, sleep dis
turbances and increase in anxiety, mood alterations and hyperactivity,
eczema flare-up or worsening in allergies. Every patient would have symp
toms typical for him or her. Generally from clinical experience I can say that
the younger the patient is the sooner he or she is ready for this step. Adults on average take longer than children. In some cases dairy proteins have to be
avoided indefinitely, particularly in long standing cases of schizophrenia
and cases complicated by epilepsy, asthma and eczema. The first protein containing milk product that can be introduced is
home-made yoghurt. Why home-made. Because commercially produced
yoghurts are often not completely lactose-free due to short fermentation
time. Yoghurt has to be fermented for 24 hours at least to be completely lac
tose-free. So initially the only yoghurt which the GAPS child or adult can
have has to be home-made (look in the recipe section for instructions on
how to make yoghurt). Apart from consuming lactose the fermenting bac
teria pre-digest milk proteins, making them easier for our digestive sys
tems to handle. That is why fermented milk products in general are much
easier for us humans to digest. There is a question about what is the best milk to use for making yoghurt
- cow's or goat's. There are some other rare milk products on the market,
like sheep and deer, which are not researched to any degree yet and are not
practical to discuss here. Goat's milk is considered to be more digestible by
humans as it contains less casein and different types of fats and proteins. However, when it comes to beta-casein, which is supposed to be the prob
lem for autistic and schizophrenic patients, the goat's milk contains more of
it compared to cow's milk. Unfortunately, there is not much scientific data
on this subject for us to rely on. However, in a clinical setting patients do
report that goat's milk is much better tolerated than cow's milk. So, initially
I recommend making your yoghurt from goat's milk rather than cow's milk. If it is not possible to find goat's milk in your area try to make yoghurt from
cow's milk, as indeed Elaine Gottschall used to treat her child and thou
sands of other patients very effectively. A very important point here is to use
only organic milk, as there is a noticeable difference in the clinical observa
tions of the effects of non-organic and organic yoghurt. People who react to
non-organic yoghurt often tolerate an organic one perfectly well, because
non-organically reared animals have to consume a whole array of chemi
cals from antibiotics to pesticides, most of which finish up in the milk. It is important to introduce home-made yoghurt gradually, starting from
one tea spoon a day slowly increasing the daily amount to one or two cups
a day. It can be added to home-made soups and stews, served as a desert
with fruit and honey or mixed with fruit smoothies and drinks. You can
drain it through a cheese cloth to produce cottage cheese. It gives a nice
variety to the diet. However, I would repeat that the patient's digestive
system has to be ready for it. So, do not rush with this step. Once the GAPS patient can tolerate home-made yoghurt without any
problem natural organic cheese can be tried. It has to be said that cheese is
one of the more difficult dairy products to introduce as it provides a very
concentrated milk protein. Cheese is also a great breeding ground for
yeasts and moulds, which a lot of GAPS people can not tolerate. Some
GAPS patients find that they can have home-made yoghurt without any
problem but can never have cheese. However, in the majority of cases, pro
viding that their digestive system had a good chance to heal, the GAPS chil
dren and adults can enjoy a good variety of natural cheeses, like cheddar,
dry curd cheese and others (for a full list look at the end of this chapter). As
with yoghurt introduce cheeses one at a time, starting from a very small
amount (no more than one mouthful) and watching the patient's reaction. In a few months after safely introducing cheese many patients find that
their digestive system is in a good enough state to handle commercially
produced live natural yoghurt (with no additives), soured cream and
cr&me fresh. At the end of the second year on the diet, fresh cream can be
added to the list. How to introduce dairy products - the summary
Stepi,  Only home-made ghee is allowed. This stage lasts on average six
months. If your GAPS patient can not tolerate ghee, you may find that
this patient will never tolerate any dairy product. However, it is worth
leaving it out for six months and then trying again to introduce it. Step  2. Organic butter can be added gradually. Watch for any reactions. Step  3. Home-made yoghurt can be introduced, starting from one tea
spoon a day and gradually increasing the daily amount. If there is any
negative reaction, wait for a month then try again. The majority of GAPS
patients are ready for this step at the end of the first year on the diet. Step  4. Try a mouthful of organic cheddar cheese with a meal. Watch for
any negative reaction for three to five days, as the reaction may be
delayed. If there is no negative reaction, gradually increase the amount. Once the cheddar cheese is well tolerated, try to introduce another
natural cheese (for a full list of allowed cheeses look at the end of the
chapter). Introduce this step only after home-made yoghurt is well
tolerated. Step  5. Try some commercially available live natural yoghurt, soured
cream and creme fraiche. Do not rush with this step. The majority of
GAPS people are ready for this step by the end of two years on the diet. After two years on the diet a lot of GAPS people find that on an occasional
basis  they can have any natural dairy product without any apparent prob
lems, including milk, cream and cheeses off the allowed list. However, I
recommend limiting these products to only occasional use and staying
safe with those milk products which are allowed on the diet. So, what is for dinner. In the previous chapter we have talked in detail about the kind of carbohy
drates or sugars allowed on the diet: mono-sugars. They are found in fruit
and non-starch vegetables. All complex carbohydrates, those found in
grains and starchy vegetables have to be rigorously excluded from the diet. I cannot over-emphasise how important it is to make sure that not even a
speck of anything made from sugar, grains or starchy vegetables sneaks
into the menu. This is the point when I usually see the panic on the parent's
faces, particularly parents who went through all the pain of implementing
the GFCF diet. No rice. No biscuits. No cakes. No pasta. No bread. Even
gluten free. No chips. No crisps. No popcorn. No ice-cream. No sweets. But
that is all my child would eat. My child is going to starve. Indeed GAPS children and adults usually limit their diets to processed
carbohydrates, which they crave due to their abnormal gut flora. So, the
important thing is to find replacements for all those foods, which are com
patible with the diet The fact that the GAPS people can not have grains and
sugar does not mean that they have to be deprived of breads, cakes, bis
cuits, crackers, pancakes, waffles and muff


 of cattle being quite seriously adversely affected at farms where
there is a base-station, a veterinary monitoring service be established to collect and analyse such reports, and raise awareness amongst farmers of this potential hazard to their livestock. • Attempts should be made – perhaps under the aegis of national regulatory bodies - to increase
awareness of the fundamentally electromagnetic nature of the alive organism, and of its associated hypersensitivity to coherent, ultraweak electromagnetic signals of technological origin. [Until this is achieved, the necessity of extending existing thermally based safety guidelines, by
incorporating therein the dimension of electromagnetic biocompatibility, is unlikely to be accepted, and the public will remain vulnerable to any adverse health effects provoked by non-thermal electromagnetic influences on the alive human organism.] 9.3 Technological options at the operational level
Whilst the question of precisely how adverse health effects can be provoked by non-thermal
influences of the pulsed microwave radiation currently employed in GSM  telecommunication, as well
as those from ELF fields associated with other technologies, is far from resolved, the circumstantial
evidence consistent with such influences suggests at least two ways in which biocompatibility with this technology could be enhanced by interventions involving the fields alone:

• In the case of exposure to GSM radiation, reduce intensities to the level below which no adverse
effects have been empirically found in exposed populations, bearing in mind that there are indications of non-thermal thresholds for biological effects of the order of microwatt/cm
2. Power
densities a few tenths  of this value are common at distances of 150-200m from a typical 15m
high Base-station mast and within the range of the more localised side-lobes in the immediate vicinity of a mast - adverse effects being reported at both locations. Incorporating a further
safety factor of 10 indicates that, at locations where there is any long-term exposure, power
densities should not exceed 10 nano W/cm
2. [To appeal to the (alleged) absence of health problems associated with the higher power density
electromagnetic fields associated with radio/TV transmissions in an attempt to justify the retention of the present level of emission from GSM  Base-stations is untenable on at least two accounts: ( i) the nature of

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 the emissions are quite different, with respect to carrier frequencies, modes of transmission
(pulsed/analogue), and beam morphology, ( ii) there are94-96 health problems connected with some  such
transmitters, contrary to what is often claimed!] • Ensure that there is no ELF frequencies – either of amplitude modulations (including pulsing, as
the extreme case) of RF fields, or of other electric /magnetic fields - in the range of human
electrical brain-wave activity, or windows of calcium efflux. [In the case of exposure to GSM radiation, this will be achieved, to a certain extent, with the advent of the
Third Generation of mobile phones ( UMTS ) that utilise CDMA in place of TDMA. For although any
sensitivity to the microwave carrier will remain, the pulsing used in CDMA  is irregular ; accordingly,
CDMA  radiation cannot enjoy the same ‘oscillatory similitude’ with the human brain-wave activity and
electrochemical processes as does TDMA. In consequence, however, of the somewhat higher carrier
frequency used, which is closer to where water strongly absorbs microwaves, thermal  effects could here
become more of a problem, particularly in view of the somewhat higher powers at which they operate! The introduction of TETRA, similarly gives rise to an increased  level of (non-thermal) concern, for the
reasons already stated in Section B-1.] B-10. Conclusions

Absorption of microwave radiation causes heating of biological tissue, which if excessive is deleterious to health; this is undisputed, and forms the basis of current Safety Guidelines, both national and international. In the case of exposure to the microwave radiation used in GSM, these
Guidelines are generally not violated. Indeed, in the case of the emissions from base-stations, it has been repeatedly confirmed by field measurements that the emissions are far below - by many orders
of magnitude - the limits set by the Guidelines. What is currently disputed, however, is whether, in
the case of the alive human organism, this radiation can exert other, more subtle, kinds of non-thermal influences, which might also entail adverse health consequences. The root of the continuing public concern is that if this is, in fact, the case, then the existing guidelines afford an inadequate level of protection, in that they leave an exposed person vulnerable to these non-thermal hazards. As has been explained, the heating ability of microwave radiation depends primarily on its intensity, and it is essentially only this that the Guidelines restrict. Non-thermal  effects, on the other hand,
depend primarily on the existence of an ‘oscillatory similitude’ between the frequencies of the radiation and those of certain endogenous biological electrical activities that the organism supports when alive, which effectively opens it to informational aspects of the radiation; it is this dimension of the problem that is not addressed by existing Safety Guidelines. Whilst the existence of non-thermal influences is readily accepted in the case of active electronic instrumentation exposed to GSM  radiation, the same does not currently prevail in the case of the
alive human organism, which is generally considered immune to any effect other than heating, despite the fact that, in the case of mobile phone use, the brain (the most sensitive organ of the body)
is, for the first time in its evolutionary history, being exposed at short range to a source of both pulsed microwaves (from near-field of the antenna) and more highly penetrating ELF magnetic fields
(from the battery). This conviction continues to persist - particularly in Regulatory Circles - despite the fact that the possibility of non-thermal influences on living systems of the kind of radiation used in mobile telephony is a rather general prediction of modern, non-linear biophysics, and one that is

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 supported by 30 years of evidence, both of non-thermal effects per se, and of associated adverse
health reactions, in particular – not only from exposure to GSM radiation, but also to that from other kinds of installations that emit microwave and RF radiation of an intensity at locations of human and
animal exposure that is comparable to that realised several hundreds of metres from a base-station. Two principal reasons for this state of affairs have been identified: 1) the negative outcome of some attempts to independently replicate certain non-thermal effects, even in vitro, the acceptance of
which is not helped by their often counterintuitive nature (but only from a linear perspective), and 2) uncertainty as to whether such effects (assuming they are real) necessarily entail adverse health
reactions. Both these problems have been addressed, and attention drawn ( i) to the fact that
difficulties in corroboration are actually to be expected as a hall-mark of the ‘alive’, and thus s hould,
more positively, be accepted as a ‘biological fact of life’, and ( ii) to the existence of a certain
empirical consistency between the contentious non-thermal effects and the types of adverse health effects (mainly neurological) reported by some people when exposed to GSM  radiation, as well as
that (the indication of an increased incidence of brain cancer amongst mobile phone users) found epidemiological – a consistency that further enhances the credibility of the non–thermal effects, and one that will hopefully motivate further research (from the necessary non-linear standpoint, of course) towards establishing their causal connections with presenting pathologies. In conclusion, and in accord with philosophy espoused by the World Health Organisation, it can hardly be disputed that to enjoy an acceptable quality of life requires more than simply an absence of terminal disease. In this respect, even adverse health effects of a non-life threatening kind  that might
be provoked by exposure to GSM  radiation  must be considered unacceptable, in that they
undoubtedly have a debilitating effect that undoubtedly undermines the general well-being of those affected, and which in the case of certain pre-adolescent children could well undermine their scholastic and neurological development. …………………………………..

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there’ s nothing else
we can do,” the patients give up, and they seek and accept the true basic
nature and cause of their illness. Acknowledging and letting go of suppressed feelings progressively
reduces a person’ s personal stress proneness, thereby lowering the
vulnerability to stress-related problems and illnesses. Most people who
learn and practice the letting go technique notice a progressive
improvement in physical health and vitality. Medical Aspects of Str ess
Stress is our response to a perceived threat (real or imaginary) to our
security or bodily equilibrium. The stimulus may be internal or external. It
may be physical, mental, or emotional. Basic research into the body’ s
physical response to stress was done by Dr. Hans Selye and Dr. W alter
Cannon. Selye described what he called the “general adaptation syndrome. ”
In response to a stressful stimulus, the body first goes through an alarm
reaction, then secondly a stage of resistance, and if the stimulus continues,
it may result in the third stage of exhaustion syndrome. The alarm reaction occurs via the pathway of the cerebral cortex
hypothalamus (lower brain)
  adrenal glands
  blood stream (cortisol and
adrenalin). In addition, there is the release of brain hormones and
stimulation of the body’ s sympathetic nervous system. The adrenalin then
goes to all of the body’ s or gans and prepares them for fight or flight. Many
people, especially in big cities, learn to live of f the adrenalin “high” of
constant challenges. The threat to survival of the intense competition keeps
the adrenalin flowing. T ypically, they get depressed on weekends orvacations. They are addicted to excitement and abnormal stimulation. They
get used to the semi-euphoria induced by the high levels of cortisol. The second stage, that of resistance, is the body’ s attempt to restore
homeostatic balance. It involves hormonal changes and shifts in metabolism
and mineral balance. Commonly, there is sodium, accompanied by water
retention in the tissues. Some executives, for instance, develop swollen
ankles as the week goes on, and then on Friday evening they have
frequency of urination. They complain of a letdown due to the sudden
decrease in the level of the cortisol hormone. In addition to a somewhat
euphoric ef fect, cortisol also has an anesthetic ef fect; therefore, during the
letdown period of low-cortisol production, weekenders may notice physical
symptoms that were ignored during the excitement of the work week, and
they may complain of many aches and pains over the weekend that weren’ t
experienced while at work. The third stage is exhaustion. If stress continues unabated beyond the
capacity of the body’ s coping mechanisms, eventually they begin to fail. The state of adrenal exhaustion sets in. The body’ s defenses have become
too weak to counter the ef fects of stress. There is suppression of the
immune system. The body’ s or gans begin to show pathologic changes due
to the long exposure to stress hormones. The body’ s ener gy stores have
become depleted, leading eventually to disease, and finally death of the
or ganism. During the acute alarm reaction, the stomach’ s motility halts, digestion
stops, and the blood supply to the stomach’ s lining is decreased. As stress
continues, due to imbalance of the nervous system and hormone changes,
hyperacidity and over -production of digestive enzymes occur. The
heightened digestive enzymes and hydrochloric acid, acting on the
weakened gastrointestinal lining, result in ulceration, producing stress
ulcers. W ith continued stress, the ulcers may hemorrhage or perforate and
precipitate a medical catastrophe. In other cases, the reaction to chronic,
abnormal stress may be failure to produce hydrochloric acid or enzymes,
resulting in chronic indigestion and poor nutrition. Besides the gastrointestinal tract, the cardiovascular system also reacts
to stress by an alarm reaction. As the stress becomes chronic, the heart,
blood vessels, and kidneys may go through damage resulting in
hypertension and/or coronary disease. The stress is eventually responsiblefor strokes, heart attacks, and hypertension, all of which are major causes of
death in the United States. Energy System Response to Str ess and the Acupunctur e System
The body has three nervous systems: 1) the voluntary network of nerves
under conscious control and distributed primarily to voluntary muscles; 2)
the involuntary or autonomic nervous system (sympathetic and
parasympathetic), which is usually unconscious and which controls the
body’ s or gans and physiological functions, such as heart beat, blood flow
and distribution, digestion, and body chemistries; 3) the acupuncture
system, which transmits the bio-ener gy to all the body’ s structures and
internal or gans. This third system is least known in W estern medicine but
long understood in Eastern medicine and society. In the acupuncture system, there is a flow of vital ener gies throughout
the physical body via the body’ s invisible ener gy blueprint. This ener gy
system is described as having 12 main channels over the surface of the
physical body, down the twelve major acupuncture meridians. From these
channels, there are many tributaries leading into the body’ s various or gan
systems. Abnormal distribution of ener gy into these meridians results in
dysfunction of the af fected or gans and eventually the evolvement of the
disease process. This vital bio-ener gy is the very flow of life itself. It is very quickly
reactive to stress. This bio-ener gy reacts from instant to instant due to
fluctuating factors in our lives, which are the changing patterns of our
perceptions, thoughts, and feelings. The conventional measurement of the
body’ s medical reactions is relatively slow. A fleeting thought, which may
be accompanied by an emotional pang, does not bring about a measurable
change in the body’ s blood pressure or pulse in response; however, it
instantly registers in the bioener gy system where a variety of rapid changes
can be observed by scientific, psychic, and clinical methods. The overall balance of the body’ s acupuncture ener gy system is
regulated by the activity of the thymus gland. The bio-ener gy system is
intimately connected to the body’ s immune system via the thymus gland. Chronic stress weakens the body’ s immune system, suppresses the thymus
gland, and throws the bioener gy system out of balance. Strengthening the
thymus gland or taking thymus supplements rebalances the bio-ener gysystem. An extensive explanation of this is found in the books Behavioral
Kinesiology  and Life Ener gy  by John Diamond, M. D. Interventions to Alleviate Str ess
Research at U. C. L. A. by Liebeskind and Shavit during the 1980s further
clarified the relationship among stress, suppression of the immune system,
and the development of cancer by showing the intermittent stress on the
release of the brain opiates known as endorphins. Stress in the form of
intermittent shocks suppresses the immune system. When the immune
response is strong, there is the release of the brain’ s endorphins, so-called
anti-cancer “killer” cells, which attack and kill young growing tumor cells. But when the immune activity is suppressed and there is a reduced presence
of endorphins, the activity of the anti-cancer “killer” cells diminishes. The report in Science  (223: 188–190) states, “Our findings support the
view that the central nervous system by modulating immune function
exercises some measure of control over the inception and development of
disease. ” The report goes on to say that a feeling of helplessness has been
related to reduced anti-cancer killer cell activity and increased tumor
growth. Depression in animals, as well as humans, lowers the immune
response, and this helplessness has to do with how much control the person
and the animal feel they have over stressful events. Those findings help
explain why depression and a sense of helplessness are associated with
cancer. Further research confirms that the stress response was found to be a
principal precondition for physical illness in animals and humans
(Sapolsky, 2010). The overall ef fect of stress on the immune system results in the
blocking of the body’ s immune system because of the production of auto-
antibodies. If these auto-antibodies are themselves blocked, the immune
function resumes once again. Therefore, the blocking of the immune system
is reversible. For example, research done at the Pasteur Institute in Paris has
resulted in the so-called Bogomoletz serum which, when injected
intradermally, results in reactivation of the immune system. This treatment
is called the I. B. R. (Immuno-Biologic-Rejuvenation) treatment. A small
amount of serum is injected within the skin on three successive days and
results in rapid reactivation of the immune system. Reactivation of pro-health body responses is also seen in non-medical
interventions, as in the correlation of meditation practice with a reduction instress and depression. Research done on college students, for example,
found that meditation led to a decrease in their inflammatory stress reaction,
which was linked to the alleviation of their depression. The study found that
students who participated faithfully in


 positivity or negativity? Through your
thoughts and your feelings! In any moment, you're giving either positive thoughts or negative thoughts. Y ou're giving either positive feelings or negative feelings. And whetherthey're positive or negative will determine what you receive back in your
life. All the people, circumstances, and events that make up every moment
of y our life are  being attracted back to you through the th oughts and
feelings you're giving out. Life  doesn't just happen to you; you receive
everything in your life based on what you've given. "Give, and it will be given to you... for by your standar d of measur e it will
be measur ed to you in r eturn." ( Jesus in Luke 6:38)
What yo u give - you receive. Give help and support to a friend when he's
moving house, and most surely t hat help and support will return to  you with
lightning speed. Give anger to a  family member who let you down, and that
anger will also return to you, clothed in the circumstances of your life. Y ou are creating  your life with your thoughts and your feelings . Whatever
you thin k and feel creates ever ything that happens to you and everything
you experience in your life. If you think and feel, "I've got a dif ficult and
stressful day today," then yo u will attract back to you all people,
circumstances, and events that will make your day dif ficult and stressful. If yo u think and feel, "Life is re ally good to me," you will attract back to
you all people, circums tances, and event s that will make life really good
for you. Y ou Are a Magnet
The law of attraction is unfailingly giving you every single thing in your
life based on what you're giving out. Y ou magnetize and receive the
circumstances of wealth, health, relationships, your job, and every single
event an d experi ence in your lif e, based on the thoughts and feelings you're
giving o ut. Give out positive thoughts and feelings about mon ey, and you
magnetize positive circumstances, people, and events that bring more
money t o you. Give out negativ e thoughts and feelings about money, and
you magnetize negative circums tances, people, and events that c ause you to
have a lack of money. "Whether humanity will consciously follow the law of love, I do not know. But tha t need not disturb me. The law will work just as the law of
gravitation works whether we accept it or not." (Ghandi 1869- 1948)As surely as you think and feel, th e law of attraction is responding to you. It
doesn't matter whether your thoughts and feelings are good or bad, you are
giving th em out, and they will return to you as automatically and precisely
as an echo retur ns the same wo rds you send out. But this means that you
can change your life by changin g your thoughts and feelings. Give positive
thoughts and feelings, and you will change your entire life! Positive and Negative Thoughts
Y our thoughts are both the words you hear in your head • and the words you
speak out loud. When you say to somebody,
"What a beautiful day," you had the thought first and then spoke the words. Y our tho ughts also become your actions. When you get out of bed in the
morning, you had the thought o f getting out of bed before you took action. Y ou can't take any action without thinking the thought first. It's y our thoughts that determin e whether your words and actions will be
positive or negative. But how do you know whether your thoughts are
positive or negative? Y our thou ghts are positive when they are thoughts of
what you want and love! And negative thoughts are thoughts of what you
don't want and don't love. It is that simple and that easy. Whatever you want in your life, you want it because you love it. T ake a
moment and think about it. Y ou  don't want things you don't love, do you? Every person only wants what they love; nobody wants wha t they don't
love. When you think or talk about th e things you want and love, such as, "I love
those shoes, they're beautiful," your thoughts are positive, and those
positive thoughts will come back to you as the t hings you love - beautiful
shoes. W hen yo u think or talk about the things you don't want and don't
love, such as "Look at the price of those shoes, that's highway robbery,"
your thoughts are negative, and those negative thoughts will co me back to
you as the things you don't love -things that are too expensive for you. Most pe ople think and talk about what they don't love more tha n they think
and talk about what they love. They give out more negativity th an love, andin doing  so they are inadvertently depriving themselves of a ll the good
things in life. It's impo ssible to have a great life without love. People who have great lives
think and talk about what they love more than what they don't love! And
people w ho are struggling think  and talk about what they don't love more
than what they do love'
"One wo r d fr ees us of all the weight and pain of life. That wor d is love." (Sophocles 496-406 BC )

T alk About What Y ou Love
When you talk about any dif ficulties with money, a relationship, an illness,
or even that the profits of your b usiness are down, you are not talking about
what you love. Wh en you talk about a bad event in the new s, or a person or
situation that annoyed or frustrated you, you are not talking about what you
love. T alking about the bad day you had, being late for an appointment,
getting c aught in  traf fic, o r missing the bus are all talking about what you
don't love. Th ere are many little things that happen each day; if yo u get
caught up in talking about what you don't love, everyone of those little
things brings more struggle and dif ficulty to your life. Y ou have to t alk about the good news of the day. T alk about the
appointment tha t went well. T al k about how you love being on time. T alk
about how good it is to be full of health. T alk about the profits you want
your bus iness to  achieve. T alk about the situations and interactions you had
in yo ur day that  went well. Y ou have to talk  about what yo u love, to bring
what you love to you. If you parrot ne gative trungs and squawk about the things you don't love,
you are literally jailing yourself, like a parrot in a cage. Every tim e you talk
about what you don't love, you are adding another bar to the cage and you
are locking yourself away from all the good. People w ho have great lives talk more about what they love. B y doing so,
they gain unlimited access to all the good in life, and they are as free as thebirds that soar in the sky. T o hav e a great life, break the bars of the cage that
is jailing you; give love, talk only a bout what you love, and love will set
you free! "Then you will know the truth and the truth will I set you fr ee" (Jesus in
John 8:32)

Nothing is impossible for the force of love. No matter who you are, no
matter what situation you may be facing, -  the force of love can set you free
. I know of a woman who through love alone broke the bars that caged her. She had been left in poverty and faced with bringing up her children by
herself after twenty years of an abusive marriage. Despite the extreme
hardship she faced, this woman never al lowed re sentment, ange r, or any ill
feeling t o take root inside her. She  never talked negativel y about her ex-
husband but instead gave only positive thoughts and words abou t her dream
of a new, perfect, beautifu l husband, and her dream of traveling to Europe. Even though she had no money to travel, she applied for and got a passport
and bought small items she would need on her dream trip to Europe. W ell, sh e did meet her perfect and beautiful new husband. And after
marrying, they moved to her husband's home in Spain overlooking the
ocean, where she now lives in happiness. This wo man refused to talk abo ut what she didn't love but instead chose to
give love and think and talk about what she loved, and in doing so, she set
herself free from hardship and suf fering, and received a beautiful life. Y ou can change your life, because you have an unlimited ability to think
and talk about w hat you love, an d so you have an unlimited ability to bring
everything good in life to you l H owever, the power you have is far greater
than giving posi tive thoughts an d words of the things you love, because the
law of attraction is responding to your thoughts and your feelings. Y ou
have to fee/love to harness its power! "Love is the fulfilling of the law. " (Judas in Romans


 balance. Deep depression can be
serious; please find a skilled Ayurvedic practitioner, Ayurvedic postpartum
doula, or other skilled professional who can guide you through your healing
process. MOOD  SWINGS  AND  IRRIT ABILITY : Distinct from anxiety and depression, you
may experience temporary mood swings or moments of feeling extra
sensitive and irritable. A new mama’ s heart is so tender. In these moments,
check in with yourself. You may be pushing yourself too hard, or you (or
baby) may be overstimulated. You may have needs that are not being met;
perhaps you feel you need more support. Ask for what you need. Rest. Eat
nourishing foods. Do abhyanga massage. Take a warm herbal bath. If you’re noticing that these remedies seem to be recommended for
every postpartum issue, you’re right—they are the pillars of postpartum
care that keep you in balance. If you need additional support, here are some
specifics from the Ayurvedic toolbox:
Add shatavari-infused ghee (or simply shatavari powder) to your hot
milk to stabilize hormones and mood. Wear your belly wrap. More rose everything! Rose petal tea, rose mist spray, ayurvedic
rose jam (see this page ). Use herbal allies such as rose, jasmine, hibiscus, mucuna, vanilla,
maca, shatavari, and damiana. You can make teas out of these
herbs either in combination with each other or individually. You can
also use them in powder form and add them to foods, warm
smoothies, or hot milk. (See this page  for a recipe for mama’ s mood
tea. )SLEEP  ISSUES : As with many of the other common postpartum imbalances,
sleep issues are a vata imbalance. Pacifying vata by returning to the sacred
window basics will address the root cause of the sleep issues. Anxiety may
also be causing lack of sleep—if it seems that is the case, see the tips for
postpartum anxiety and depression on this page. If you need additional
support with sleep, the following tips will be useful:
Apply warm sesame oil to the bottom of your feet and the top of your
head before bed, cover with socks and a hat. Use a hot water bottle or heating pad on your belly at night while
falling asleep. Drink warm liquids instead of cold throughout the night. Wake and go to sleep at the same time every day. Go to sleep before 10 p.m.
Use ashwagandha-, bala-, or brahmi-infused oil during your
abhyanga massages followed by a warm bath daily. Use transdermal magnesium. Eliminate stimulants like caf feine. Drink a hot spiced milk tonic before bed (see this page ). Add saf fron, nutmeg, or poppy seed into your diet. Nap while baby naps to help deal with sleepless nights. Practice yoga nidra (yogic sleep meditation) and ujjai pranayama,
which is a breath technique used for gently warming the body,
calming the mind, and soothing the nervous system. In this breathing
technique, you constrict the back of the throat to support lengthening
each breath cycle. Each inhalation and exhalation is long, full, deep,
and controlled.Drink dashamula tea first thing in the morning and before going to
bed (see this page ). Make a tea with ½ teaspoon of ashwagandha and a pinch of
cardamom and brahmi. Drink brahmi tea, chamomile tea, or lavender tea before bed. Make a tea or milk tonic (see this page ) with ashwagandha, ginger,
rose, passionflower, blue lotus, and valerian. These are easiest to
use in powder form; mix ½ teaspoon of the powdered blend into your
milk or tea. (See this page  for moon milk tea recipe.) Use valerian or lemon balm tea or tincture. POSTP ARTUM  THYROID  ISSUES : Feminine problems including infertility,
miscarriage, fibrocystic breast disease, ovarian fibroids, cystic ovaries,
endometriosis, PMS, and menopausal symptoms are usually caused or
aggravated by hypothyroidism. The thyroid is a gland that regulates
metabolism, heart rate, cognitive function, moods, hormones, breast milk
production, digestion, immune system function, and healing. Postpartum
thyroid issues are common but often overlooked by health professionals
because they are mistaken for other common postpartum challenges. You may have increased risk of thyroid imbalances postpartum if you
have elevated thyroid antibodies or if thyroid problems occurred during
pregnancy. Thyroid issues can also show up postpartum due to hormone and
immune changes. There are two types of thyroid imbalances:
hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) and hyperthyroidism (overactive
thyroid). Symptoms of under - or overactive thyroid, or a combination of
both, can show up anywhere from the first few weeks to eighteen months
postpartum or even beyond. SYMPT OMS OF POSTP ARTUM HYPOTHYROIDISM
Slow cognitive function, severe brain fog, extreme “new mama mind”
or “milk mind,” forgetful and unfocused thinkingConstipation
Depression
Weight gain or no weight loss after giving birth
Muscle loss
Fatigue
Severe hair loss past four months postpartum
Difficulty with breast milk production (even after using herbs,
lactation aids, and troubleshooting)
Skin problems (redness, acne, dryness, etc.) Hypothyroidism comes with symptoms that may make you feel slow and
lethar gic, so to treat it with stimulating herbs could help temporarily to get
you out of your “funk” and get through the day (such as by drinking cof fee,
chai, matcha, or green tea). But in the long run, caf feine will burn out your
adrenal glands, and if the underlying issue is hypothyroidism, stimulants
won’ t solve that problem. Hypothyroidism is better treated with a proper
diet, and the condition can be supported with vitamins and herbs such as
transdermal magnesium, transdermal vitamin D, and transdermal
ashwagandha. Be sure to get thyroid levels checked before using
stimulating herbs. SYMPT OMS OF POSTP ARTUM HYPERTHYROIDISM
Metabolism and energy on overdrive
Wired feeling/inability to sleep
Weight loss and then some, within weeks
High elevated moods/extreme feeling of “doing great” to the point of
burnout
Frequent or extreme postpartum anxietyConstant need for the bathroom, to poop a lot
Depression (Although it seems counterintuitive, depression can arise
in combination with any of the above symptoms. This type of
depression may display itself as feeling unsatisfied, no longer being
motivated to do things you love, not enjoying motherhood, and so
on.) Herbal remedies for hyperthyroidism, to support the nervous system and
help to calm your body and mind, include the following:
ashwagandha
chamomile
lavender
lemon balm
transdermal magnesium
vitamin B complex
If you suspect you have a thyroid imbalance, visit your ob-gyn, midwife, or
family doctor and ask to get your thyroid levels tested. Ideally you’ll test
once, wait two weeks, and then test again. The levels can fluctuate, and you
want to be sure there is an imbalance before treating it. If you are suf fering with any of these symptoms and they are getting in
the way of quality of life, caring for your baby, or feeding your baby, do not
accept the response “It’ s because you’re a new mom—it’ s normal.” If that is
a reply that you get from a medical professional and your intuition tells you
otherwise, I would recommend getting a second opinion. For more information on naturally treating postpartum thyroid issues,
read Natural Health after Birth  by Aviva Romm and Healing the Thyr oid
with Ayurveda: Natural T reatments for Hashimoto’ s, Hypothyr oidism, and
Hyperthyr oidism  by Marianne Teitelbaum. I also highly recommend Dr. Teitelbaum as a practitioner who can guide you on healing your thyroidusing natural remedies. See “References and Suggested Reading” at the end
of this book. BALANCING PRACTICES
POSTPARTUM
The following are practices that will support your postpartum healing. POSTP ARTUM  PRANA YAMA : One of the most simple and ef fective methods of
generating sattva during the postpartum window is by practicing
pranayama, or conscious breathing techniques. At any time throughout the
day, sit quietly and notice the flow of your breath going in and out of your
body. Simply by bringing awareness to the breath, peace and calm is
brought to the mind, body, and emotions. For a more formal practice of
pranayama, practice either nadi shodhana or ujjayi breath any time you feel
the need for calm, balanced, clear ener gy. It is not necessary to sit up
straight on a meditation pillow to practice these techniques. They can be
done while lying horizontal, or even while nursing, snuggling, or walking
your baby. Pran


 he is easily aroused. But, left undisturbed, sleep
develops into stupor; respiration and circulation are the only evidences of life, and they are both retarded in action. Carbo n
resulting from the change of protein into fat within the  system, is retained in the blood, because all of the organs of elimination,
excepting the lungs, are without function; and respiration is so slow that there is continuously an excess of carbonic acid g as in the
blood stream, and a consequent condition of toxication, of torpor. At times during hibernation the female bear will bring her young into the world, and then milk is elaborated in amount suffic ient
to maintain the cubs. The birth of young and the physiological chemistry of continued milk produc tion in the fasting, torpor -ridden
bear have particular interest here, analogous as these phenomena are to the related cases in the text of pregnant women proce eding
to confinement, but fasting for weeks the while. A hibernating bear never soils his den with urine or ordure, for no waste is formed, consequently none is voided. But, after the
period of winter sleep is over, the animal feeds ravenously upon young clover and grass, and extreme purging results, with
succeeding rapid reduction of the fatty  tissue formed as described while coma lasted. A certain degree of cold is necessary before a bear can hibernate, but, in so far as may be ascertained, body temperature rem ains
at standard during the experience. That is, the animal is warm to the tou ch, although it is in a state of constant shivering. Analogy
is again evident between this condition and what is termed herein "fasters' chilliness." Omitting from consideration mental conditions, such as fear and worry, which of necessity react upon  the physical body, and
setting aside severe and more or less continuous physical suffering, the average human being cannot die from lack of food for
several months. This statement of fact is verified constantly in the employment of fasting as a therapeuti c measure, and it has
recently been brought to public attention and conclusively substantiated in instances to which reference is now made. It would appear that the medical profession in whole or in greater part has been egregiously in ignorance of t he resources of the
human body when for any cause it is denied nourishment. The various encyclopedias, notably Britannica, until revisions were
made in 1921, carried articles on inanition and fasting, which asserted over medical signature that from ten to fourteen days
marked the extreme limit to which the human body would endure in the absence of food. In other words, starvation and death
would occur were nourishment denied for approximately the period of time named. While doubt may have existed in the min ds of
the more advanced among the medical fraternity, revision of these articles was definitely occasioned only by the comparativel y
recent "hunger strike" of Terence McSwiney, former Lord Mayor of Cork, Ireland, and of several of his political colleagues. The charge upon which Lord Mayor McSwiney was convicted, and for which he was sentenced to two years in Brixton prison,
England, was that of sedition against British government. He began to serve his sentence in August, 1920, and upon his
incarcerat ion, in protest against what he considered an unjust trial and conviction, he refused to eat. In spite of constant persuasion
and attempts at forced feeding, McSwiney's fasting continued until October 25th, 1920, a period of seventy -four days, when his
death occurred. McSwiney was quite cognizant of the details of the method of fasting for the cure of disease, and in so far as w as
possible in prison surroundings, he made use of the hygienic accessories that are described herein. His familiarity with the writings
of the author of this text accounted for the knowledge that permitted him to continue his fast without succumbing for two and  one-
half months. McSwiney might, and, in the opinion of the writer, would have lived longer had it not been that, in the lat ter days of
his life, he became too weak to prevent efforts on the part of the jail physician to force food upon him, and, when he lapsed  into
unconsciousness because of strength overstrained and nerves tensed beyond limit through resistance, strychnine wa s injected into
his veins as a heart stimulant, and he died. Of McSwiney's political colleagues, also imprisoned and also on "hunger strike," one died after sixty -eight days of fasting,
while the others all endured until McSwiney's death and after. I t is reported that one of these men continued his fast for the
extremely lengthy period of ninety days. And it is to be noted that, with the exception of that seditionist who succumbed at the end
of sixty -eight days, all of the others, who fasted much long er than McSwiney himself, resumed feeding and rapidly recuperated to
a condition of body ultimately superior to that which was theirs before they undertook their "hunger strike." Page 57 of  72     Earlier in the text cases were cited that underwent abstinence from food  for periods ranging from eleven to seventy -five days. And it is to be remembered that these cases resorted to the method because they were ill, and that some of them were in an ex treme
state of emaciation to begin with. Yet, although no food was ingested,  life was supported, functional processes were restored, and
recovery resulted. In one instance, a patient of the writer during a period of 140 days fasted absolutely 118 days. This case was bedridden, and  had
been so for years; the body was emaciated, and chronic functional disease and confinement to bed had caused progressive wa sting
of the muscles. Yet, as a consequence of the bodily purification resulting from abstinence from food, not only was great reli ef
experienced, but recovery, save in minor degree, the aftermath of muscular non -use, occurred. If, then, the body can  exist without food for an extended time, and, if in illness the stomach instinctively objects, as it does, to
ingestion, it is reasonable to infer that food not desired is not at this time necessary for bodily maintenance; and, once ac cepted as
true, this  inference is abundantly justified. The results of a practical and scientific application of the method of systemic
purification defined herein are such as to lead to the conclusion that, in the absence of serious structural defects in vital  organs,
abstin ence from food, accompanied by its natural health -restoring and health -preserving accessories, is the unfailing remedy for
relief from functional ills. CHAPTER XIX
MENTAL AND PHYSICAL ACTION AND REACTION

MIND INFLUENCES FUNCTION AND FUNCTION INFLUENCE S MIND:
A CASE OF INSANITY:
SICK GENIUSES:
THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND:
THE EXAMPLE OF JESUS

    MUSCULAR action in the body may be brought about in two ways --through the brain itself, or through internal or external
physical causes. In both instances the nerve centers perform their functions, either in the inception of the thought or in the transfer
of inward or outward cause. The act of moving the hand, for example, may originate in the brain, or it may occur because the
member is in proximity to fire. In  the former contingency the act begins with the thought in the brain, and nervous influence
operates directly upon the muscles. In the second condition the sensory nerves inform the brain that the flesh is burning, an d the
brain sets in motion the muscles necessary to move the hand. In both cases the motive power emanates from the brain, and the
phenomenon as observed may happen in connection with any specific portion of the body. Not only are these phenomena true of
the muscles controlled by the will, but they may also be observed in similar phase in organs beyond the power of volition in
function, as the heart, the lungs, and the stomach. Swallowing an emetic causes vomiting, an effect occasioned by muscular
contraction of the stomach for the purpose of ej ecting a substance irritating to the nerves of that organ. The mere sight or thought
of a disgusting object may have the same consequence, and imagination is frequently able to produce results like those that a re
caused by the administration of a powerful drug or by a combination of physical conditions. Every organic act, normal or abnormal, is due solely to a current sent from one of the great nerve centers, and the latter ma y be
called into operation either directly by feeling or thought, or indirec tly by reflex action. The mind and the emotions exercise large
influence upon physical function, but the field over which that influence extends is comparatively little known. It is, in so me
respects, almost unbounded, for every bodily function may be hast ened, retarded, or even totally suspended by the subjective effect
of thought. Pleasurable emotions are physically wholesome; painful ones, the reverse; but, when too intense and sudden, eithe r can
terminate life. The fibers of the pneumogastric nerv e are distributed principally in and about the lungs and the stomach; hence its name. Whatever may be the motor functions that this nerve supplies, it has great power over the process of digestion, for, when its  fibers
are severed below those branches that  extend to the tr