ark	night	of	my	soul. God	would
give	me	a	new	beginning. I	knew	it	then. And	as	I	closed	my	eyes	and	drifted
back	to	sleep,	I	thanked	Him	with	all	my	heart. And	my	heart	was	healed. I
’M	OFTEN	AMAZED	WHEN	WATCHING
	Olympic	ice-skaters. Someone	who	has	practiced
something	thousands,	literally	thousands,	of	times,	gets	in	front	of	a
worldwide	TV	audience	in	the	most	important	competition	of	their	lives,	and
makes	a	fall	that	could	ruin	all	their	dreams	in	one	split	second. How	many	of
us	would	just	completely	fall	apart	at	that	point. But	not	them. They	keep
going. They’ve	got	another	triple	axel	to	do	1. 2	seconds	later. They	simply
cannot	allow	their	future	to	be	determined	by	the	past. And	that’s	not	just	a
physical	skill. It’s	an	emotional	skill,	a	psychological	skill. It’s	a	skill	that
anyone	who	wants	to	make	a	passage	into	a	prosperous,	creative,	and	exciting
second	half	of	life	needs	to	develop. It’s	not	simply	that	“what’s	past	is	past. ”	It’s	bigger,	somehow	holier	than
that. It’s	that	what	has	happened	until	now	was	a	set	of	lessons—often
extraordinary,	often	painful. Yet	all	that	was	ever	going	on	was	that	you	were
being	given	the	chance	to	become	the	person	you’re	capable	of	being. Some
lessons	you	passed,	and	some	you	failed	and	will	have	to	take	again. Some
you	enjoyed,	and	some	you	resisted	and	might	have	hated. But	they’ve	left
you—if	you	choose—a	better	person,	a	more	humble	person,	a	more	available
person,	a	more	vulnerable	person,	a	wiser	person,	a	more	noble	person. And
from	that,	all	things	are	possible. A	youthful	body	is	wonderful,	but	it’s	not	allit’s	cracked	up	to	be	when	you’re	not	who	you	should	be. And	once	you	are,
the	cracks	in	your	body	can	have	a	beauty	of	their	own. You	don’t	have	to	be
young	to	be	fabulous. Yet	how	do	we	do	emotionally	what	those	ice-skaters	do	physically. How
do	we	get	up	again	when	life	has	thrown	us	down. How	do	we	get	over	the
past. Without	forgiveness,	it	cannot	be	done. O
NE	NIGHT
I
	WAS	LYING	IN	BED,	NEARING	SLEEP,
	and	I	realized	that	I’d	been	taken	to	some
dimension	I’d	never	experienced	before. I	say	“taken”	because	it	just	seemed
to	happen. In	this	place	I	knew	I	was	older,	and	I	couldn’t	have	entered	if	I
were	not. But	there	was	a	light,	a	luminescence	that	was	clearly	something	I
couldn’t	have	known	until	this	point. I	knew	then	that	if	I	could	live	in	this
place	on	a	consistent	basis,	I	would	never	see	it	as	a	lesser	world. It	wasn’t	a
booby	prize;	it	was	clearly	a	reward. It	wasn’t	as	though	I	was	carrying
baggage;	it	was	as	though	I	had	received	a	gift. “Oh,	this	is	what	age	is. ”	I	said	to	myself,	relieved	that	it	was	so	wonderful. But	a	response	came	clearly:	“Well,	not	for	everyone. ”	I	was	visiting	an	inner
domain	that	was	not	a	given. It	had	to	be	chosen. It	was	revealed	to	me	in	one
of	those	momentary	gifts	of	grace,	perhaps,	but	only	as	an	enticement,	a
demonstration	of	what	was	mine	to	earn. Before	the	present	could	start	to
shine	like	that,	I	would	have	to	learn	to	forgive. It’s	fairly	easy	to	stay	loving	and	serene	when	others	always	act	the	way
you	want	them	to,	but	that’s	not	a	realistic	picture	of	life. Everyone’s
imperfect,	everyone’s	wounded,	and	most	of	us	have	been	somewhat	scathed
at	one	time	or	another	by	the	casual	cruelty	of	others. Forgiveness	involves	faith	in	a	love	that’s	greater	than	hatred,	and	a
willingness	to	see	the	light	in	someone’s	soul	even	when	their	personality	has
harbored	darkness. Forgiveness	doesn’t	mean	that	someone	didn’t	act
horribly;	it	simply	means	that	we	choose	not	to	focus	on	their	guilt. In
focusing	on	it,	we	make	it	real	to	us,	and	in	making	it	real	to	us,	we	make	it
real
for
	us. The	only	way	to	deliver	ourselves	from	vulnerability	to	other
people’s	behavior	is	by	identifying	with	the	part	of	them	that	lies	beyond	their
bodies. We	can	look	beyond	others’	behavior	to	the	innocence	in	their	souls. In	doing	so,	we	not	only	free
them
	from	the	weight	of	our	condemnation,	but
we	free	ourselves	as	well. That	is	the	miracle	of	forgiveness. Forgiveness	isn’t	just	about	being
nice
—it’s	about	being	spiritually
intelligent. We	can	have	a	grievance	or	we	can	have	a	miracle,	but	we	cannot
have	both. We	can	build	a	case	against	someone,	or	we	can	be	happy. Any
justification	I	come	up	with	for	an	attack	on	another	person	is	just	my	ego’s
ploy	to	keep
me
	in	pain. A	concept	it	has	taken	me	years	to	embrace	fully	is	that	I	am	100	percent
responsible	for	my	own	life. 100	percent	responsible	doesn’t	mean	34	percent
responsible,	and	it	doesn’t	mean	96	percent	responsible. Unless	you’re	willing
to	accept	that	you’re
100
	percent	responsible	for	your	own	experience,	then
you	can’t	call	forth	your	best	life. Some	people	nurse	grievances	that	go	back	20	years. At	a	certain	point,
however,	it	becomes	harder	to	blame	all	your	problems	on	what	someone	did
to	you	that	long	ago. No	matter	what	they	did,	the	real	culprit	is	the	one	who’s
let	20	years	pass	without	getting	over	it. Some	awful	things	might	have	happened	to	you	during	the	years	leading	up
to	this	moment,	but
you
	are	still	responsible	for	how	you	choose	to	interpret
them. And	how	you	interpret	your	past	determines	whether	it	will	uplift	you
or	emotionally	sink	you. Yes,	there	may	have	been	some	people	who
viciously	wronged	you. I	understand	that. But	it	serves	you	to	realize	any	of
the	ways	you	might	have	made	it	easy	for	them	to	do	it. Yes,	there	may	be
aspects	of	your	life	that	are	lacking,	joyless,	chaotic,	and	disappointing. But	it
is	your	responsibility	to	own	every	dark	corner	of	your	life	and	transform	it. I’m	not	saying	forgiveness	is	easy;	I’m	simply	saying	it’s	imperative. My	friend	Gina	went	through	a	terrible	divorce,	giving	her	plenty	of
opportunity	to	choose	between	forgiveness	and	blame. After	11	years	of	what
she	had	thought	was	a	good	marriage—what	anyone	who’d	ever	seen	them
together	assumed	was	a	great	marriage—her	husband	wanted	out.


 which has been demonstrated repeatedly. A young
woman is put into a hypnotic trance and told she is
going through menopause. She is asked to report her
symptoms, which are identical to the ones reported by
women experiencing menopause.The menopausal syn
drome varies from culture to culture, and from class to 223 THE AGING PROCESS
class within each culture, and what occurs is what is
held as the inevitable. It can be seen that the mind
holds the woman as a victim. It is as though the mind
says, "And this is how it is." The situation is hopeless. She can only give in to it, buy into it, and be at the
effect of it, thereby giving away her power. There was the example of the middle-aged man and
what is supposed to happen to him-the cold hands
and feet, feeling tired and discouraged, loss of energy
and libido, and the occurrence of the middle-age dis
eases, including diverticulitis, gout, and all the other
things associated with that age group. All these things are the consequences of the belief
systems of a naIve mind. It is out of innocence that we
buy into all these belief systems. By accepting our
humanness, there arise compassion and a willingness
to forgive ourselves for what we bought into. It is just
that we did not.know any differently. The purpose of all this is to share what has been
discovered-that we have an option, a choice, and that
we are not victims. The way to move out of that is to
choose to move up out of the bottom of the Map of
Consciousness and realize that it is not hopeless. Just
by education, by hearing and knowing about it, we
begin to realize that life is not hopeless, yet the mind
would also like to excuse its own responsibility. Ifwe look at the Map of Consciousness now from a
slightly different view, people at the lower levels of
consciousness value life and rate themselves and others
based on what they have. Because that is aligned with
survival, 'havingness' is important. A person's value of
himself and others is based on what they 'have.' As 224 HEALING AND RECOVERY
certain people get progressively older, they cling more
and more to what they have in order to give them
selves a sense of value.There are certain subgroups in
our culture in which havingness is predominant. It is
what one has and whether they have more millions
than another person that really counts, and ifthey lose
all their money, now they are out of that society. Moving up into the middle range, closer to the
Truth and Courage, there is the energy field that sees
life as opportunity. It is the part that settled America
and created all the big industries. There is a powerful
energy center coming out of this level where it is what
we do that counts. Doingness is very important, and
what we do is seen as cause. Since we are important
because of what we do, there is therefore a great
emphasis on doingness. We want to hold doingness as
the effect rather than the cause. What we do comes
from what we hold in mind, or the belief pattern, so
doingness is a result and not a cause. It is not because of playing tennis that we are
happy and healthy; it is because we are happy and
healthy that we express that joy of our aliveness in the
form oftennis.Therefore, the doingness that is so impor
tant begins to fade out as we move and progresses in
our level of consciousness. As we get closer to the awareness of what.we are,
then it is who and what we are that become important. As we progress in life, it is what we have become.This
is true in other cultural groups where it is what one is,
what one has become,what one stands for in this, one's
beingness. It is the beingness that counts, so spiritually
sophisticated groups are not interested in or care 225 THE AGING PROCESS
about what someone has. Everyone knows that 'having'
is a result of doing, and ifone wants to work harder and
more effectively, it will bring about havingness. They
know that doingness is just a matter of exercising
options. Someone can join the Board ofeverything and
run themselves ragged; therefore, doingness no longer
has status or value.. True value results from what we have become and
the principles by which we live.These include commit
ting ourself to the principle of becoming increasingly
conscious and aware, committing to spiritual princi
ples and those things that are universal and transcend
the temporary, and, finally, identifying with the progres
sive awareness of that which we truly are. With this
progressive increase in consciousness, we are no
longer at the effect of the world.We no longer need to
'have'in order to realize the significance of our being
ness. It is the awareness of that which we are. This proVides a different position from which to
view the body. We can now look at what our relation
ship is with the body and see that it is something we
have, not something we are. It is something that
belongs to us, and now we can begin to enjoy the body
and see that we have an option.We can look at it as a
fun thing that belongs to us and is there for our enjoy
ment. If we let go of our identification with the body
and realize we are not the body, we see that we are
experiencing the body. That gives us options and
choices.We can decide to enjoy it and see that it sort
of bounces around happily, doing what it does with
little effort. By letting go of all our negative belief systems 226 HEALING AND RECOVERY
about sickness, we can be willing to let go of all those
things, and as we get older, we can enjoy a progressively
healthier body.The body that I·enjoy now is consider
ably healthier that it was thirty years ago.With progres
sive age, or what the world calls 'aging', the body has
gotten increasingly better. I enjoyed the body much
more at age sixty than I did at age forty. The body at
forty was very tired because it had migraine headaches,
ulcers, diverticulitis, colitis, hemorrhoids, swollen
ankles, elevated cholesterol, and gout. I had to carry a
cane around in the trunk of the car. So at age forty, the
body was old. Now, at a much older age, I enjoy it greatly
as all those illnesses are gone. With the letting go of
those beliefsystems and limitations have come the pro
gressive enjoyment of the body and being able to see it
now as something with which to express one's happi
ness. If we hold in mind that the passage of time auto
matically means the progressive deterioration of the
body, then we are subject to that. If, on the other hand,
we view time as this space that gives us the freedom to
grow, to become more conscious, and to become
aware, then time becomes our friend. It is over the pas
sage of time that these illnesses of the body of middle
and old age disappear. We have the time in which to
explore and to become aware that there are options for
how we limit ourselves by belief systems. Recovery from many illnesses and personal human
conditions can occur when these basic premises are
consistently applied, but possibilities are limited by the
general circumstances inherent to the human condi
tion itself. Thus, the human body is protoplasmic and 227 THE AGING PROCESS
inherits the human genome. Th~re are also karmic
influences and propensities as well as programs that
are inherent to the collective consciousness of
mankind. CHAPTER 8
Handling Major Crises
All ofus are beset by the major crises oflife at one time
or another, but how many of us know how to handle
death, divorce, separation, disfigurement, injury, acci
dent, catastrophe, and those other serious events that
result in emotional overwhelm? What techniques can
be utilized to handle these experiences? We will refer again to the Map of Consciousness as
a point of reference for greater understanding of the
question. This map is a mathematical model that repre
sents the human ego, the self (with a small's'). Included are the various levels of consciousness and
their names according to the common human experi
ences of shame, guilt, apathy, grief, fear, desire, anger,
pride, courage, willingness, acceptance, reason, love,
and joy.As we move towards the top, we get closer to
the truth.As we move toward the bottom, we get far
ther and farther away from the truth. The Map shows that the numbers indicate the rel
ative energy or power of the various levels. For exam
ple, Apathy is far less powerful than Fear. Fear has
much less energy than Courage, and Neutral has less
energy than Love. The relative power of these differ
ent positions reflects different points of view. As mentioned previously, the arrows below
Courage go downward, indicating that the effect is
destructive, does not support life, and is in violation of
truth. At the level of Truth, which is denoted as


 invaded by germs or viruses, the immune system responds by producing excess heat,
namely fever. We must remember that most germs and viruses, and even tumor tissue, do not
tolerate elevated temperatures, which healthy cells can easily bear. Hence the well functioning
thyroid helps to restore health, provided it is supplied with iodine, which it needs in order to
manufacture its vitally important hormone—thyroxin, Unfortunately these days iodine is in short
supply. Chlorine in the water supply is able to remove it from the thyroid. Fluoride, a dangerous
toxin, is even more powerful in blocking this important hormone. In addition, as a consequence
of commercial farming methods, the soil contains too little iodine, thus producing iodine-
deficient plant foods. In recognition of all this, the governments of many countries have made it
compulsory to add iodine to ordinary table salt, on the grounds that as the public uses a great deal
of salt, everybody was bound to consume some iodine with it. High salt consumption, on the other
hand, is now known to be unhealthy and is, in fact, officially discouraged—resulting in a serious
shortfall of iodine even in people on a good diet. Other enzyme inhibitors include food additives such as preservatives, emulsifiers, coloring
agents, artificial flavors and many other so-called food cosmetics, plus pesticides and other
agricultural poisons in our food supply. Some pesticide residues have even been found to inhibit
the production of male sperm. The hormone system, an important part of the body’s defenses, is
itself under severe attack. The Essential Organs
Certain organs, such as the liver, the pancreas, the lungs, the kidneys, the heart and the brain,
are called ‘essential.’ And while they certainly deserve that name, one should not assume that
for instance the colon is not essential! The same applies to the small intestine, the bone marrow,
the spleen, even the appendix, which is part of the immune system. In fact there is nothing non-
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www.thegersonway.comIn the course of healing it is therefore extremely important to deal with all the body systems. Since the liver plays a major part in healing the body, the Gerson Therapy pays particular attention
to restoring its functioning as quickly and as thoroughly as possible. The liver is an amazing organ:
the only one in the body that is able to regenerate and re-grow, if parts of it are removed. It is
involved in most bodily processes; all physiological activities begin and end in it. Often described
as an organ of detoxification, which it certainly is, the liver has many more functions—dozens, if
not hundreds, which even the high technology facilities of modern medicine have not been able
to define. According to Dr. Gerson, each new generation of liver cells takes about five weeks to come
into being. He assumed that it would take 12 to 15 generations of new cells to form a totally new,
healthy liver. Thus he arrived at specifying a period of 18 months to fully heal and restore the liver
of even advanced cancer patients and, with it, the whole organism. Unfortunately that is no longer
a valid model. In the past fifty years or so, owing to deterioration of the environment and of the
food supply, people have become much more seriously damaged than those whom Dr. Gerson
had treated. Even more seriously a percentage of cancer patients choosing the Gerson Therapy
have been pre-treated with chemotherapy, which means more damage to their systems. Therefore
nowadays it takes two years, not 18 months, to recover fully; those pre-treated with chemotherapy
may take even longer to detoxify and heal. The Mineral Balance
In order to function well and keep its defenses fighting fit, the body needs a large number—
some 52 or so—minerals. On the Gerson Therapy this requirement is amply fulfilled by the
generous supply of fresh organic juices, made from produce grown on rich soil. However, Dr.
Gerson also recognized that two minerals, sodium and potassium, were mainly involved in
creating mineral imbalance in the body. Over millennia the human body has become a ‘potassium animal,’ needing some 90%
potassium vs. 10% sodium in its diet—the approximate percentage found in natural, fresh, organic
vegetarian foods. Yet these days the average modern diet is far removed from these proportions;
instead, it is overloaded with sodium, which the body must excrete. Excess sodium is an enzyme
inhibitor, as described by Dixon & Webb3.It has also been shown to stimulate tumor growth and
produce edema, as the body ties it up with water to reduce its toxicity. To remedy this situation, Dr. Gerson introduced large amounts of potassium to the patient’s
diet, in addition to the naturally potassium-rich food: up to 40 teaspoonfuls a day of a 10%
solution for the first two to three weeks, in addition to the naturally potassium-rich diet. This
resulted in an immediate reduction of edema, ascites, and pain. He also noticed that adding any
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www.thegersonway.comand caused damage. His main warning was against adding calcium to the diet. Calcium, he
discovered with his close friend, top biochemist Rudolf Keller, belonged to the sodium group of
minerals and stimulated tumor growth.4 Even in cases of severe bone destruction by tumor tissue,
or in osteoporosis, the Gerson treatment with its high level of well-balanced minerals is capable
of achieving bone restoration. In the light of all this, it is easy to see why mineral balance is an
important component of the body’s defenses. References:
1. Taber’ s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, F.A.Davis Company, 1993
2. Enzymes, Malcolm Dixon & Edwin C.Webb, Academic Press, Inc. N.Y.1964
3. Ibid. 4. Dr. Max Gerson, A Cancer Therapy—Results of 50 Cases, P.210. Gerson Institute, San
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www.thegersonway.comChapter 5
Breakdown of the
Body’s Defenses
In the previous chapter we explored the body’s multiple defenses, which under ideal
circumstances enable it to maintain its dynamic equilibrium known as homeostasis. However,
if we consider today’s high level of ill health in the developed world, it becomes clear that those
sophisticated defense systems are unable to do their work and homeostasis can no longer be taken
for granted. To understand why this has happened, we need to consider the problem from a wide
perspective.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

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www. thegersonway. comContents
About This Book. 12
An Important Message to the Reader. 13

 Chapter 1
The Story Begins. 15
   Chapter 2
The Therapy Moves On. 20
Chapter 3
Knowing the Enemy. 23
Toxicity  23
Deficiency  24
Chapter  4
The Body’s Defenses. 26
The Immune System  26
The Enzyme System  27
The Hormone System  28
The Essential Organs  28
The Mineral Balance  29
Chapter 5
Breakdown of the Body’s Defenses. 31
Chemical Agriculture  31
Drugs  34
Food Additives  35Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the main focus of the Gerson Therapy?,
A: The main focus of the Gerson Therapy is to eliminate the underlying causes of disease and not just treat the symptoms.
Q: Who is the author of the book "A Cancer Therapy—Results of 50 Cases"?,
A: The author of the book "A Cancer Therapy—Results of 50 Cases" is Dr. Max Gerson.
Q: What is the Gerson Therapy's approach to treating disease?,
A: The Gerson Therapy does not focus on suppressing symptoms, but rather on eliminating the underlying causes of disease and promoting the body's natural healing processes.
Q: What is the purpose of the Gerson Therapy?,
A: The purpose of the Gerson Therapy is to provide a comprehensive and holistic approach to healing, addressing the root causes of disease and promoting the body's natural defenses.
Q: What is the


 and capillary maintenance. Connective tissue. Strengthens capillary walls, anti-coagulant for capillaries, protects
vitamin C. Best sources
: Apricots, cherries, paprika, grapefruit, lemons. Fresh fruits
and vegetables, especially citrus, green peppers, grapes, strawberries,
black currants, prunes. Vitamin T
Actions
: Platelet integrity in blood. Best sources
: Sesame seeds, tahini. Vitamin U
Actions
: Promotes healing in peptic ulcers, duodenal ulcers. Best sources
: Raw cabbage juice, fresh cabbage. Choline
Other names
: Acetylcholine
Actions
: Aids in digestion and absorption. A part of phospholipids, like
lecithin. Best sources
: Wheat, green leafy vegetables, cabbage, cauliflower,
chickpeas, lentils, peanuts, legumes. Inositol
Other names
: Hexahydroxycyclohexane
Actions
: Hair growth, heart; part of B-complex. Best sources
: Most fruits and green leafy vegetables. PABA
Other names
: Para-amino benzoic acid, vitamin Bx
Actions
: Promotes growth. Good for skin, hair. Best sources
: Molasses, bran, brown rice, sunflower seeds, wheat germ. MODULE 3. 6
Essential Elements

MAJOR MINERALS, TRACE MINERALS AND TISSUE SALTS

The human body reduced to its simplest form is a small pile of ashes. The
carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen from protein-rich tissues and
carbohydrate (or fat stores) have dissolved into the air or evaporated as water,
leaving only the minerals. These “mineral ashes,” weighing approximately
five pounds, might be small in quantity, but they would represent a vital role
played out in all body tissues. Minerals are involved in a variety of functions. They are necessary to
promote growth and regulate body processes. They provide structure to
bones and participate in muscle contraction, blood formation, protein
building, energy production, and lots of other bodily processes. They arefound in soil and water and are ingested via food and drink. There are at least twenty-two minerals essential to human health (over
sixty-five minerals have been found in the body), and these nutrients are
divided into two categories: major minerals and trace minerals. Major
minerals are present in the body in amounts greater than a teaspoon, while a
trace mineral can total less than a teaspoon. The terms “major” and “trace” do
not reflect the importance of a mineral in maintaining optimal health, as a
deficiency of either major or trace minerals produces equally harmful effects. Henry Schroeder, M. D., Ph.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the role of enzymes in the human body?,
A: Enzymes are the catalysts of all chemical and biochemical processes. They are necessary for the proper functioning of various bodily processes, including liver function, kidney function, immune response, and nervous system communication.
Q: What is the difference between endogenous and exogenous enzymes?,
A: The text does not explicitly state the difference between endogenous and exogenous enzymes. However, it does mention that exogenous enzymes are found in food and play a vital role in assisting the body in breaking down food into usable building materials.
Q: What are some of the factors that can contribute to mineral imbalances?,
A: The text lists several factors that can contribute to mineral imbalances, including improper eating habits, stress, and exposure to heavy metals and pollution.
Q: What is the role of sulfur in the body?,
A: The text does not explicitly state the role of sulfur in the body, but it does mention that sulfur is known to protect cells from the toxic effects of heavy metals and is involved in the metabolism of amino acids.
Q: What are some of the negative effects of excessive intake of certain minerals?,
A: The text lists several negative effects of excessive intake of certain minerals, including the development of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and other health issues.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Water and
organic substances are the inert matter used by salts (ions) in building and
maintaining the cells of the body. The actions of cell salts inspire fluids, cells and tissues to respond,
causing polarization or depolarization. This leads to the building (anabolism)
and/or tearing down (catabolism) of cells. Plants take up elemental minerals
and metals like calcium, sodium and sulfur from the earth through their root
systems. Then, through plant physiology (mainly by photosynthesis) they
convert these basic elements into salts so that the human body can absorb
them and use them. BASIC TISSUE SALTS

The following are the basic twelve tissue or cell salts set forth in W.H. Schussler’s biochemical theories of the 1870s. Chloride of potash
Other names
:
Kali muriaticum,
 kali. mur., potassium chloride
Found in these tissues
: Fibrin, unites with hydrogen to form HCL
(hydrochloric acid); aids in the production and promotion of bile;
alkalizer; aids in digestive enzyme formation. Deficiency
: Digestive problems, excessive thinness, weakened tissues,
congestive and excessive mucus production, swellings, granulation
of eyelids, nose, etc., sluggish liver, and jaundice.Chloride of soda
Other names
:
Natrum muriaticum,
 nat. mur., sodium chloride
Found in these tissues
: Found in all tissues and fluids of the body,
especially extracellular. An alkalizer found in gastric juices. Deficiency
: Fluid regulation, acidosis, dehydration, elevated carbon
dioxide and cellular carbonic acid, constipation, heat stroke, ulcers,
heart palpitations. Fluoride of lime
Other names
:
Calcarea fluorica,
 calc, fluor., calcium fluoride
Found in these tissues
: Connective tissue (which covers all tissues,
organs, and glands), and is the main component of bones and teeth. Deficiency
: Prolapsed conditions, including varicose veins and spider
veins, hemorrhoids, bladder and uterus (prolapsed), etc. Phosphate of iron
Other names
:
ferrum phosphoricum,
 ferr. phos., iron phosphate
Found in these tissues
: Hair cells, muscular membranes of blood and
lymph vessels, strengthens and enhances the blood. Use in the first
stages of injury or illnesses. Deficiency
: Used in blood or bleeding syndromes (disorders), affects
oxygen and carbon dioxide transportation, congestive conditions,
insomnia, inflammatory conditions, debility. Phosphate of lime
Other names
:
Calcarea phosphorica,
 calc, phos., calcium phosphate
Found in these tissues:
 All cells and fluids of the body. Combines with
albumen to build new RBCs, gastric juices, bones and teeth. Promotes growth. Deficiency
: Development issues, wasting conditions, debility,
malabsorption, cancers, exhaustion, slow healing, muscle cramps and
spasms, epilepsy and the like, circulation weakness or blockage.Phosphate of potash
Other names
:
Kali phosphoricum,
 kali. phos., potassium phosphate
Found in these tissues:
 Skin and mucosa of the body, oxygen transport,
used in detoxification by the lymphatic system and liver, use during
inflammatory processes. Deficiency
: Skin conditions, lymphatic congestion (or inactivity), low
immune response, low oxidative issues (including acidosis), asthma,
rheumatism, fatigue and “laziness,” debility, heavy “mucus”
conditions and pain. Phosphate of magnesia
Other names
:
Magnesia phosphorica,
 mag. phos., magnesium
phosphate
Found in these tissues:
 Blood cells, bones, teeth, brain, nervous system,
and muscle, essential to motor nerve function, antispasmodic. Deficiency
: Spasms, cramping, convulsions, etc., motor nerve
syndromes, lockjaw, palpitations of the heart, nerve pain,
hypertrophy of glands and organs, paralysis. Phosphate of soda
Other names
:
Natrum phosphoricum,
 nat. phos, sodium phosphate
Found in
 these tissues: Fluids of the body, bonds to uric acid. Deficiency
: Breaks down lactic acid, gallstones and liver stones, sluggish
gallbladder (promotes bile flow), gout and rheumatism, nausea, acid
stomach, acidosis. Silicic acid
Other names
:
Silicea,
 silicea
Found in these tissues:
 Connective tissues, esp. the bones, hair, nails. Brain and nerve tissues, transmuted into calcium, alkalizes. Deficiency
: Nerve weakness, skeletal weakness, connective tissue
weakness, prolapsed conditions, depression, inflammation, memory
loss (“brain cloud”), arthritis, rheumatism, etc., low perspiration,night sweats, tumors. Sulphate of lime
Other names
:
Calcarea sulphurica,
 calc. sulph., calcium sulphate,
plaster of Paris
Found in these tissues:
 Connective tissue, cells of the liver, attracts
water, aids in the catabolism process of cells. Deficiency
: Abscesses, pimples, skin conditions, lymphatic swelling,
inflammation (immune response with edema), some headaches. Sulphate of potash
Other names
:
Kali sulphuricum,
 kali.


 though it is the main
principle in keeping one's h ealth and in the repulsion of
most illnesses. And Hippocrates has already said: The
preservation of health is the avoidance of being broken
down from fatigue. And ther e is nothing like excessive
body movements and exercise. Because body movements
and exercises will ignite natural heat and superfluities
will be formed in the body, but they will be expelled
however, when the body is at rest the natural heat is
suppressed and the superfluities remain. And even when
the food is of the best qualit y and of the right proportion,
movement and exercise will destroy them. Exercise
removes the harm caused by most bad habits which most
people have. And no moveme nt is as beneficial,
according to the physicians, as body movements and
exercise. Exercise refers both to strong and weak
movements provided it is a movement that is vigorous
and affects breathing, increas ing it. Violent exercise
causes fatigue and not ever yone can stand fatigue nor
needs it. It is good for the preservation of health to shorten the exercises. It is  proper to do exercises only
when the stomach is empty and the superfluities, urine
and fecal matter are expelled. One must not exercise
when it is very cold or very hot and the best time for it is
the beginning of the day, when one awakens from his
sleep and evacuates the superfluities which we
mentioned. From the sayings of Galen about the care of
health we learn: Just as body movement before partaking
of food is always good, so afte r partaking of food it is
always bad. BUT NOT AFTER MEALS
And know that movement after partaking of food is
very injurious, whether shaking, or sex, or a bath, because
they are very damaging; especi ally great is the harm to
those whose blood vessels are narrow and thin by nature. Yet it is desirable that one should exercise a little the
length of his house, so that his food may descend to the
lower part of the stomach and get warm in order that it
should be boiled. And sleep will help the boiling and
especially for one who has the habit of sleeping during
the day. The care of health requ ires that one kind of food
should not be brought in [the  body] over a previous food. And one should eat only when  justified by a feeling of hunger, when the stomach is clear and the mouth
possesses sufficient saliva. Th en one is really hungry. A
man must not drink water unles s he is truly justified by
thirst. This means that if one feels hungry or thirsty he
should wait a little, as occasiona lly one is led to feel so by
a deceptive hunger and deceptive thirst. And the cause is
a bad moisture that irritates the mouth or the stomach and
when the irritation passes one should not partake of
anything, unless the hunge r or thirst be st rong; then he is
allowed to eat or drink. Drinki ng of water after a meal is
bad, as it interferes with di gestion, unless one is used to
it. DRINKING OF WATER WITH YOUR MEAL
And it is not fit to drink, w ith your meal or after it
when it is still in the st omach, anything besides cold
water with no admixture. One of the good health habits is
not to retain superfluitie s under any condition and to
evacuate them in time of need. One should not partake of
food and then enter a bath or  engage in sexual activities
or go to sleep or do exerci ses unless he has examined
himself previously and tried to eliminate the superfluities. And also after engaging in th ese five activities he should
examine himself well. It is part of the care of health to investigate the quality
of food and this is very useful. One must know the nature
of all foods of every kin d. And the physicians have
already written many detaile d books about it, and they
were justified in doing so b ecause it is very necessary. We will therefore state helpful rules in the spirit of this
chapter and according to the many foods that are accepted
by us. The good foods that are to be prepared by those
who want good health are: wheat bread well prepared, the
meat of a goat and a one-year lamb, the meat of a chicken
and pheasant and pigeons and turtle doves, and the yolk
of a chicken's egg. WHEAT IS GOOD FOR BREAD
And by bread well prepared I mean that it should be
made of wheat that is fully ripened, after its superfluous
moistures become dry and it is not old enough to begin
deterioration. The bread must  not be made of refined
flour, but after it is sifted  in the sieve its sourness-
producing parts should be made visible and enough salt
added to make it suitable. The bread should be made of
rough grain unchafed and unpolished and its leavened
part should become visible. Its dough should be plentiful
while it is being kneaded in order to be baked in the oven. This is the improved bread of the physicians. And this is
the best of food. BUT FOR NOTHING ELSE
And it is important that you should know that
everything prepared from wheat aside from this bread is
by all means not a proper food. But the following dishes
prepared from it are especially bad: unleavened bread,
boiled dough, such as noodles, macaroni, dumplings and
fried dough balls, fried pancakes covered with honey, and
bread soaked in olive oil or in  other oils. All these are bad
foods for every man. White bread or bread made of
refined flour and boiled wheat are not good foods either. Only a stomach with great power to digest them can
derive much nourishment and good from them. The types of meat which we  mentioned above are not
all of one nature and are not  of equally good quality. But
the best of quadruped meat is that of sheep in pasture one
year old and castrated steer of  average fatness. The best
part of their meat is in th e anterior of their bodies and
what is connected to bone. FAT MEAT IS BAD
Everything that is within the abdomen is bad and the
fat parts are all bad; they sa tiate but they are hard to
digest as they diminish th e appetite and produce white
moisture. And the heads of cattle have more superfluities
than the other organs, and the extremities of animals, i.e.,
their legs, lack superfluities  and their nourishment is not
bad. And the sheep is full of s uperfluities; there is nothing
good in it. But a suckling kid is good food and easily
digestible. The meat of fowl is  in general lighter than the
meat of cattle and is digested more rapidly. And the best
of the fowl meat are those we mentioned. Milk, immediately after it is milked, is a good food,
provided it does not become sour in the stomach. It does
not absorb fumes and does not develop flatulence in the
lower abdomen. And it should be  taken with a little honey
and a grain of salt, as Galen suggested, in order that it
should not congeal in the st omach. And the best of the
milks and the most rarefied is the milk of a goat or a cow. This offers good nourishment. AVOID MILK PRODUCTS
And any dairy product or additi ons to milk are bad; for
example, when it is curdled or boiled or when it has
something boiled in it, it is very bad. All types of cheese
are very bad and heavy, but cheese one day old, which is
white and sweet and not fat, is good. So states Galen who
recommends it as good to eat. But everything resembling
it is not good, especially old cheese with a lot of fat. Butter, raw or boiled, is not at all bad as human food. Honey is good nourishment for the old and bad for the
young and especially for those whose temper is warm,
because it turns rapidly into red bile. And fish are mostly bad nourishment, particularly for
those who are phlegmatic and for the old, and especially
large-bodied fish and the salt ed kind. Those that come out
of polluted waters and the very fat are very bad and
increase the fluids. But small fish whose flesh is white,
hard and tasty and which come either from the sea or
from large bodies of fresh water, such as the salmon, is
not a bad food, but one should eat very little of it. WINE IS NUTRITIOUS
It is well known among physicians that the best of the
nourishing foods is one that the Moslem religion forbids,
i.e., wine. It contains much  good and light nourishment. It
is rapidly digested and helps to  digest other foods. It also
removes the superfluities from the pores of the flesh and
excretes urine and perspira tion. It has other virtues
besides these and is very usef ul, as the physicians tell us. But this concerns something that we are not allowed to
make [from the relig ious viewpoint], which makes talking
of it superfluous and unnecessa ry, and therefore we will


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        The Wisdom
of
lnsecurity

by ALAN  W. WATTS

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 Preface  9
1 The  Agc  of Anxiety  13
11 Pain  and  Time  29
m The  Grcat  Stream  39
1v The  Wisdom  of the Body  55
v On Being  Aware  75
v1 The  Marvelous  Moment  89
v1
1 The  Transformation  of Lifc
vm Creativc  Morality
1x Religion  Reviewed

TO D O R O T H Y
PREFACE

l have always been fascinated by the law of
reversed  effort. Sometimes l calls  it the
"backwards law. " When  you try to stay on the
surface of the water, you sink; but when you try to
sink you float. When you hold your  breath you lose
it-which immediately calls to mind an  ancient and
m11ch neglected saying, "Whosoever would  save
his soul  shall  lose  it. " This book is a,1 exploratio11 of this law in
relation to  man's quest for psychological security,
a11d to his efforts  to find spiritual and intellectual
certainty in religion  and philosophy. It is written
in the conviction that no  theme could be more
appropriate  in a time when human  life seems to be
so peculiar/y insecure and uncertain. lt  maintains
that this insecurity is the result of trying to be
secure, and that, contrariwise, salvation and sanity
con- sist in the most radical recognition that we
have no way  of saving  ourselves. This b e g i n s  to  sound  like  something  from
Alice
Through the Looking Glass, o/ which this  book is a
sort  of philosophical  equivalent. For the reader
will  fre- quently find himself in a topsy -turuy world
in which tite  normal order of things seems to be
complete/y reversed,  and common sense turned
i11side out and uj1side down. Those who have read
sorne of my former books,. such as Behold the Spirit
and The Supreme Identity, will find  things that
seem to be total contradictions of much that  J have
said  be/ore. This,  however,  is true  only  in sorne
9  TIIE  WISDOM  OF JNSECURITY
minor respects. For 1 have  discovered  that the
esse11ce  and crnx  of wl,at  1 was trying  to say in those
books  w a s seldom understood ; the framework a11d
the context of my thought  o/ ten  hid thc mea11ing. My
i11tentio11   here  is to approacl, tl,e same mca11i11g
from e11tirely divert  premiscs, a11d i11 lerms which
do not con/use thought  with the multitude of
irreleua11t associations which time a11d  tradition
haue  hu11g  upon  thcm. in those  boohs  I was  concerned  to vindicate
certai11
principies o/ religion, philosophy, and metaphysic
by rei11tcrpreti11g them. This was, l thi11k, likc
fmtting legs  on a snake -w111ccessary  a11d  con/ using,
beca use  only  doubt/111  trrill1s  11eed  clefe11se. This
book, however,  is in the spirit of tlu: Chinese sage
Lao-tzu, that master o/  the law' of reversed eff ort,
who declared that those who  justify themselves  do not
co11vi11ce, that to lwow trnth  one must gct rid o/
knowledge, and that 11othing is more  powerf 11{ and
creative than empti11css -from which men  shri11k. 1 -
Jere,  tl,en, my aim is to show -bachwards•  fashion -
that thosc essential realities of religio11  and
melaph)•sic are vindicated in doi11g wilhout thcm,
and manifested  in being  destroyed. lt is my hap/1y  cluty  lo acknc>wledge  that  the
prepara -
tion of this book has been made possible by tlze
gener - osity  o/ the Fo,mdation  cstablished  by the
late  Franklin
J. Matchette  o/ New  York,  a man  who  deuoted  much
o/
his life to the problems o/ science and metaphysic,
being  one of those somewhat rare business men
who are not  wholly absorbed in the vicious circle of
making money  to make mo11ey to make money. The
Matcheltc Fou11da - tio11  is therefore  dedicated  to the
fmrsuit  o/ metaphysi -
10 PREFACE
cal studies, and, needless to say, it is to me a sign o/
in- sight and imagination on their parl that they
have been  willing to i11terest thcmselvcs in so
"contrary" an ap - proach  to mctaphysical
kriowledge. ALAN  W. WA·rrs. San Francisco. May  1951. 11

I. T H E  A G E  OF A N X I E T Y

BY ALL  OUTWARO  APl'EARANCES  OUR  LIFE  IS A SPARK
of light betwcen one eternal darkness and anothcr. Nor is the interval between these two nights an un -
clouded day, for the more we are able to fcel pleas -
ure,  thc more  we are vulnerable  to pain -and,
whether in background or foregrouncl, thc pain is
always with us. \iVc havc bccn accustomed 10 make
this existence wonh -while by thc bclieí that thcrc is
more than  the outwarcl appearance -that we live  for
a future beyond this lifc here. For the outward ap-
pearance <loes not seem to make sense. lf living is to
end  in pain,  incompleteness,  ami nothingness,  it
secms a cruel ancl futilc expcrience for bcings who
are born to rcason, hope, crcalc, ancl. ove. í \. lan, as a
being of sensc, wants his life to make scnsc, and he
has found it hard t0 bclieve thar ir cloes so unlcss
there is more than what he sees -unlcss there is an
eternal order and an eternal life behind the uncer -
rain  and momentary  experience  o[ life-ancl -death. I may not, perhaps, be forgiven for introducing
saber matters with a frivolous notion, but the prob -
lem of rnaking sense out of thc sccming chaos of cx -
periencc reminds me of my childish clesire to scnd
someone a parcel o( water in the mail. The recipienc
unties  the stri11g,  rcleasing  thc deluge  in his lap. But THE  WISDOM  OF INSECURITY
the game would  never work, since  it is irritatingly
impossible  to wrap and tie a pound  of water  in a
paper package. There are kin<ls of paper which
won't  distintegrale whcn wet, but the trouble is to
get the  water itself imo any manageable shape,
and to tic the  string  without  bursting  Lhe bundle. The more one studies attempted solutions to
prob - lems in polilics and economics,  in art,


 Whencan you go? How about F riday?”
“Okay, I’ll check with Grandmother. I don’t know if she’ll
let me.”
“Why not?”
“Friday’s my birthday.”
“Yeah? Y ou’re what? T en?”
“I’ll be twelve.”
“I can’t even r emember what twelve felt lik e.”
“They wer e going to have a little party for me, but not
until Satur day.”
“Well, that’s perfect, then. T ell her she can come, too.”
“No, she doesn’t lik e fancy places.” L upe gather ed her
things and moved to the door. “I’ll let you know.”
Friday night, Jonathan stood in the courtyar d, waiting
beside a taxi with W illiam, a local driver. He was bald and
squat with an e xpressive, friendly face. Finally L upe came clomping down the stairs. “What ar e you wearing? Horse shoes?”
“My mother’s good shoes—she lef t them her e.
They’r e too big, but I stuﬀed them with paper.”
“That’s sophisticated.”
“Hola, Lupe,” W illiam said. “Y ou look nice tonight.”
Jonathan tur ned to him. “ Does she? Describe how she
looks, W illiam.”
“Well, she’s got on a blue dr ess with white ﬂowers and a
blue bow in her hair and white shoes with many straps.”
Lupe got in the back of the cab ne xt to Jonathan. “I’m
nervous about this fancy r estaurant. I’ve never been to one befor e.”
“Use your positive thoughts!”
“Stop making fun of me!”
“See yourself enjoying it. That’s what you tell me, isn’t
it?”Lupe look ed at him. “I didn’t think you ever listened to
me.”
“Oh, I listen  to you,” Jonathan said. “I don’t want to, but I
force myself occasionally.”
He leaned forwar d and said, “ Fleur de L ys, William. W e
have a seven- o’clock r eservation. But give us the visiting-
aunt tour ﬁrst; we’r e early.”
“You got it.”
“William’s been driving me ar ound ever since I lost my
sight,” Jonathan told L upe. “That’s nice. Sometimes he drives us, too,” L upe said. “I
guess you drive everyone, right, W illiam?”
“No, not everyone. Just the cr eam of the cr op, lik e you
two.”
“William used to be an actor,” Jonathan said in a fak e
whisper. “You did? ”
“A hundr ed years ago. Befor e you wer e bor n.”
“What wer e you in?”
“TV shows. Route 66, Hawaii F ive-0. Have you ever hear d
of them?”
“Yes!” L upe said. “I’ve hear d of both.”
William laughed. “I doubt that, but you’r e cute when you
lie.”
He dr ove them using a cir cuitous r oute that ended up
taking over an hour. Jonathan sat back while L upe oohed and aahed over
Chinatown, F isher man’s Wharf, City Hall, and Nob Hill. “So many hills!” she k ept saying. The last stop was at an ocean beach. “Can we stay her e for a minute?” L upe ask ed. “Sure.”
She opened the door and got out. “What’s she doing?” Jonathan ask ed. “Just standing ther e.”“Looking out?”
“Yeah. L ooking out at the water.”
Lupe eventually got in, bringing the tang of ocean air in
with her. “I never r eally saw the ocean befor e,” she said simply. “Just on an airplane, looking down.”
Her voice sounded as if she might have been crying, but
Jonathan was r eluctant to ask. “Okay, W illiam, we’r e ready now. Let’s go eat.”
It was an evening of wonders for L upe, beginning when
the F rench chef came out and shook Jonathan’s hand and
then led them thr ough a r oom draped with sumptuous
fabric, walls decorated with moder n art, and crystal on the
tables. Lupe look ed as if she had fallen into a dr eam. “Say something,” Jonathan said, once they wer e seated
in a private alcove. “It is so nice, lik e for the pope or someone holy!” she
exclaimed, making Jonathan laugh. “This is calamari with sweet sauce,” the waiter said af ter
Jonathan had or dered from a special menu. “I never saw this befor e,” Lupe said, e xamining a piece. “Look, this has suction cups and tentacles lik e an octopus
plus a spider.”
A woman beside them with pearls ar ound her thin neck
gave them a dirty look. “It is a kind of octopus,” Jonathan said sof tly. “It’s squid.”
“Oh!” L upe said on a sinking note and audibly chewed a
piece. Jonathan wished, not for the ﬁrst time, that he could
see her face. “In the salad ar e pale gr een sof t pieces of something,”
she said later.“Give me one.”
“Open up,” L upe instructed and then put a forkful in his
mouth. “Artichok e hearts.”
“Oh, yes, this I know fr om home. They’r e pretty plants. And what is this white meat?”
“Veal.”
“From what animal?”
“Never mind. And beside that is br occoli rabe. It’s good for you.”
But while L upe seemed enthralled with the scrumptious
meal—all four courses of it—Jonathan had the distinct
feeling that she wasn’t eating it all. “Lupe, you couldn’t have eaten all those garlic r olls. Wher e are they?”
“I have a little bag. Down her e, in my purse. I’ll tak e it home—they’ll thr ow them out if we leave
them.”
“That’s not done in a place lik e this.”
“Well, I’m doing it.”
“So, do you lik e the food? Y ou haven’t said.”
“Jonathan, this is food for queens. I love it, but... it’s too
good for me.”
“No, it’s not. That sounds lik e something I would say.”
“It’s true!”
“No, I want you to say, ‘I’m enjoying this food because I
deserve it!’  Say it!”
She smiled. “ Okay. I am enjoying this food because I
deserve it.”
“Thatta girl. Happy birthday, L upe.”
Lupe look ed at him and laughed. “Thank you.”
OceanofPDF.comCHAPTER 7
The ne xt afternoon, L upe dusted while Jonathan put away
groceries. They moved ar ound each other lik e an old-time
couple, accustomed to being in each other’s r ealm. “I got the wheat crack ers instead of the cheese ones,”
Lupe said. “They wer e on sale, plus they ar e better for you. For the ﬁber.”
“Thanks, Mother.”
“Same with spaghetti. Whole wheat, not white.”
“When did you become a r egister ed dietitian?”
“I have a nutrition class at school,” L upe said pr oudly. “Too bad they don’t thr ow in a little geography, too.”
Lupe continued to dust and ended up by Jonathan’s desk. “I left you an invitation her e.”
“For what?”
“You’ll see—”
“I won’t  see. How do you e xpect me to r ead it?”
“Here,” Lupe said. “ Just try.”
Jonathan took the piece of paper and felt how L upe had
carefully cut out construction paper so that each letter had
a texture he could feel. “You made this for me?”
“Yes, for my choir concert.”
Jonathan’s face sof tened for a moment, then har dened
again. “W ell, number one, I don’t lik e to go out; and number
two, I hate choirs.”
“Why?”“Singers always mak e ﬁsh faces when they sing.”
“I thought you couldn’t see.”
“I remember, okay? And I don’t lik e the way conductors
make those dramatic zipper moves at the end, lik e this—”
He pinched his for eﬁngers and thumb together and
moved his hand horizontally. Lupe laughed. “W ell, you won’t be able to see that,
either.”
“I remember.”
“You can just listen to me sing. Y ou’ll lik e it.”
“I can hear you sing her e whenever I swear. Why should I
pay to sit in an auditorium?”
“You haven’t swor n in a while, Mr. Jonathan.”
“Don’t r emind me, you little sh—”
Lupe began humming one of her songs. She got the vacuum fr om the closet and tur ned it on. Jonathan cover ed his ears. “ Go somewher e else with
that. It gives me a headache.”
She moved into the bedr oom. As she vacuumed by the
cover ed canvas by Jonathan’s bed, a cor ner of


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impaired digestion and compromised absorption, 79  these conditions tend to self-correct when the causes (high-fat, cooke d,
processed, toxic foods unsuited to our physiological design) are eliminated. Eventually, most people agree that eating more food per day is not a hardship, bu t one of the many rewards of healthful eating. The 80/10/10  diet is among just a handful of healthful  plans that allows you to eat as much of the recommended foods as you care
for. How Do I Eat That Much Fruit? With 80/10/10  firmly in mind, we return to the question of how to obtain the calories we ne ed, now that high-fat, low-fiber, low-
water foods are removed from the diet. To get 80% of your calories from the carbohy drates in fruit, you will have to create some
dramatic new eating habits, perhaps more dramatic than any dietary ch ange you have ever made. As you drop the fat from your
diet, you must significantly  increase your daily fruit consumption, a habit that takes practice to dev elop. The good news is that your
health and your waistline will show you immediate results to let you kn ow you are heading in the desired direction. One tactic to achieve more bites, and to support our caloric needs, is to start  with several fruit meals per day, approximately
four. Over time, depending on your exercise program and other healthful ha bits, you will be able to reduce this number of meals
down to three and then possibly even two. Also, make a practice of eating just  one or two bites more at each meal than you
otherwise would. The elasticity of your stomach will promptly accommodate  the extra bites, just as all of your other muscles would
elongate if you were to adopt a yoga practice. I must stress: the goal here  is not to eat until you hurt but to gently encourage your
digestive system to regain its flexibility. Y ou don’t have to make this transition all at once, either. If you are not re ady to eat just fruit for your breakfast and lunch
meals, it is perfectly acceptable to simply begin your meals with frui t. You can eat all the fruit you care for at the start of the meal,
and then follow the fruit with other foods. Over time, the amount of fruit y ou desire at the beginning of the meal will increase. Eventually, you will be able to eat a satiating and calorie-sufficie nt meal from fruit that will hold you all the way until the next meal time
comes around. Satiation—Satisfying Hunger and Appetite
Hunger is a sensation we are all familiar with, but it is often confu sed with other aspects of eating. The goal of hunger is to
satisfy a nutritional requirement for carbohydrates, fats, proteins, v itamins, minerals, enzymes, coenzymes, and all other nutrients. We
are driven to eat to fill this need and rewarded by the pleasure of it. Becau se hunger is the general  desire for food, when one is truly
hungry, any food will be acceptable. Appetite, on the other hand, is specific—we desire a specific food or foods. A ppetite is also the socially acceptable word for
craving,  which in turn is the socially acceptable word for addiction. An example of the difference between appetite and hunger
goes as follows: When a person says, “I am hungry” and you offer him let tuce, he is likely to say, “I am not hungry for lettuce, but I
do have an appetite for chocolate. Do you have any chocolate?” If this per son were truly hungry, the lettuce would have been
perfectly acceptable. Their wording is accurate: what they rea lly have is appetite … or I might suggest, addiction. Malnutrition is also a powerful appetite trigger. 80  When we lack essential nutrients, we crave food. Unfortunately,
malnourished individuals often eat more of the wrong foods in a vain attem pt to control their appetites. For example, obese people,
who are always malnourished due to eating unhealthful foods, generall y seek to satisfy their cravings with the same foods that caused their malady, and they do this over and over again. The nutritional densit y of fruit is yet another factor that makes it so satiating and
all but impossible to overeat. Satiation, defined as full satisfaction, is what we truly desire from  our food. To fully satisfy yourself at mealtime is a more
challenging task than you might think, for there are many aspects to t his issue. Are we simply talking nutrition, or do we consider
emotional facets as well? Is satiation simply about quantity (bulk), or i s quality also a factor? W e know one thing for certain: whether you eat in a restaurant, at a fr iend’s house, or at home, typically a dessert is offered as
the last course of any meal. Desserts are known to be satiating; the ca rbohydrates ensure this effect. 81  We can avoid appetite
triggers by choosing the right foods, for the right reasons, for true hung er. Can Fats Ever Satisfy? Fat is a very difficult nutrient to digest. It passes through the stom ach and intestinal tract more slowly than other nutrients. Becaus e of
this, it is easy to overeat fat, and in the process, stress your digestive  capacities beyond their limits. A stuffed feeling results, if you
are lucky. The less fortunate end up with digestive ailments of varyi ng severity. Almost every digestive disorder is related to the
overconsumption of fat. Emotional Eating
One of the primary ways we handle painful emotions is to literall y “eat ourselves numb,” with dense, hard-to-digest foods—
the so-called “comfort foods.” This is effective because of the natur e of our nervous systems. Our bodies have a finite amount of
nerve energy at any given time. The digestion of food and the conduction of e motions each demand so much energy that they cannot
be performed simultaneously. A classic example to demonstrate this property of our nervous system is a  funeral, where some people are grieving so
intensely they cannot eat at all, while others cannot stop eating. As we lighten our diets to vegetarian, vegan and eventually raw, we qu ite commonly become more aware of our emotional
selves. When we commit to eating a raw diet, we gravitate toward fatty  foods to provide emotional numbing, as most fresh fruits are
not sufficient sedatives to overcome emotional distress. Usually thi s leads to the consumption of exorbitant amounts of nuts or seeds,
which are easy to overeat, because they do not quickly trigger satiation. Digestive distress and undue suffering result from this
behavior. The answer to all this lies not in consuming food at all, but in maintain ing emotional poise and developing the ability to fully feel
our emotions. Fats have several factors working against them when it comes to sat iety. First, fats pack many calories into tiny packages. Because volume is one of the key factors in experiencing satiation, it  is difficult to eat enough volume of a fatty food to feel satiated,
without feeling sick first. Second, the brain monitors blood-sugar levels constantly as a method of deter mining hunger. As blood-sugar levels rise,
hunger decreases. No corollary rapid hunger reaction occurs in the cas e of blood fat, and even if it did, dietary fat takes a relatively
long time to reach the bloodstream, often requiring twelve to twenty-fou r hours from the time it is eaten. If you eat an entire meal of
fatty foods, you still won’t be satiated. Y ou will very likely resort to e ating a sweet dessert at the end of the meal to finally satisfy
your appetite. The idea that eating fat keeps you satiated is simply untr ue. Sweet Fruits Win Every Time! When we eat sweet fruits, which are rich in simple sugars, the blood-s ugar level rises gently, almost immediately, as we discussed in
Chapter 2. The sweetness of these highly nutritious foods makes them dif ficult to overeat. And because of their copious water and
fiber content, fruits supply relatively high volume in a low-calorie  package, further making it difficult to eat too much of them. We
have all been taught that sweets will satiate us, and we have come t o rely upon this fact by choosing to eat our sweet desserts at the
end of our meals. When we eat sweet desserts at the end of our meals, it indicates two thi ngs:

No matter how much food we ate, it likely did not satisfy our appetite, or else we  would not have been tempted by a sweet
dessert. We ate insufficient simple carbohydrates during the meal, leaving  us craving those very carbohydrates at the end of the meal. This is evidence of our natural and substantial need for simple carbohydr ates. Had we eaten sufficiently of fruit at the start of the meal, it is li kely that


 sincerely ask. Divinity does not
force anyone to evolve. Everyone is accountable to the universe and is
subject t o Divine Justice by the very dynamics of the universe i tself. Like a
cork in the sea, each soul floats to the level of its own buoyancy, which is
not due to some arbitrary act by the sea. There is no hand on the tiller but
one’ s ow n, which is the total freedom accorded to life by God. N o one falls
but by their own hand. Even the supposed “accidental” occurrence is
merely a perception. There are no accidents in the universe, nor are they
even a possibilit y. “Accident” simply means that something is un predictable
or incom prehensible to the linear ego and its limitation to the Newtonian
paradigm of cause and ef fect, which calibrates at 450. People congreg ate in groups because they are aligned with the same
attractor field. “Birds of a feather flock together” is the common expression. Each one, individually, is following a powerful magnetlike field that in turn
is subject to the next-higher attractor field, and so on, up to Divinity. Although conflicts may appe ar to be impossible to resolve, their
resolution can actually be surprisingly simple through strict adherence to
the proven tools of spiritual  processing—that is, the willingness to
surrender to God, and to let go of resistances by invoking the p ower of the
Spiritual W ill (cal. 850) in ask ing for Divine assistance. One can request
help fro m the Holy Spirit, along with admission of the truth th at I, myself
[the ego], am unable to accomplish this step alone. Operationally, this is
actually a request to comprehend and contextualize the situation dif ferently
and thus  dissolv e apparent paradoxes. The “conflict” or “barrier” dissolves
as soon as we see it from a more expanded view, which is given by Grace as
a revelation and recontextualization.The pers onal wi ll operates only at the level of a person’ s calibra ted level
of co nsciousnes s at a given time in its evolution and is therefor e frequently
too wea k to ef fect a desired change. Past ef forts to change via the ego’ s
mechanisms may result in doubt, a lack of self-confidence, and a refusal to
face the  issues out of defeatism. This is commonly expres sed by the
statement “I tried,” which is ac tually a fact—it is the small self that tried,
which is more often a wish than a decisive action. Good in tentions flounder on the rocks of personal “willpower,” which is
frequently used as a moral clu b that evokes further guilt and self-blame. T rue, deep surrender to God or a Higher Power cannot actually take place
without surrend ering the illusion of personal “willpower” and replacing it
with a declarative decision. Th e ego resists this surrend er of control,
because it derives pleasure from the payof fs of whatever position ality one is
stuck in. Therefore, the ego creates resistances in the form of fears,
including expectations of disco mfort, loss from change, or fear of failure. These, howeve r, represent spiritual pride, which also needs to be
surrendered. T o t ranscend a b arrier, therefore, it is helpful to declare oneself a servant
of God and to d evote oneself to spiritual work in the name of God, which
puts one ’ s inten tion to evolve i n an infinitely powerful field o f asking for
the Grac e to surrender the attachments, aversions, and ego payof fs that hold
each level in place. THE EXPERIENCER: LEADING EDGE OF THE EGO
People a sk, “Wh y can’ t I get beyond this? I feel stuck.” The stuckness is
because each of the levels has a  payof f related to ingrained attit udes, which
arise out of our animal nature. If there were no payof f, no one would stay
there. T o evolve, you only need to know one thing: what holds you back is
the “juic e,” payof f, and satisfaction you get from being where you are. As is
commonly said, “Let’ s ‘juice’ it for all we can.” If you are willing to let go
of the payof fs that the ego gets by being where it is, the barrier dissolves. T o transcend any ego positio nality, the place to start is with the
“experiencer,” w hich is the leading edge of the ego. It is like an information
probe, always seeking an exp erience, always searching for the payof f,
always l ooking f or a gain. For life to survive, the experiencer of  the ego hadto constantly obtain data, such as edible / not edible  and friend / foe. Instead of
worrying about the entire structure of the ego, we focus on its leading edge,
which is the experiencer. The exp eriencer is the processer that constantly determines what’ s good,
what’ s p oisonous, who’ s the enemy, who’ s the friend—and very quickly. In
one ten-thousandth of a second, it processes enormous banks of
information. No combination of computers could possibly do it. It is just far
too co mplex, because it includes value, meaning, s ignificance,
prioritization. A computer cann ot do that, because it does not value one
thing hig her than  another. A computer does not think more highly of this bit
of in formation than it does of that information, but your ego ’ s processor
does. The experiencer is one ten-thousandth of a second removed from reality. Therefore, the ego never experiences what is ; it experiences its experience
of what is. By a nalogy, it is not experiencing that which is bein g recorded;
it is exp eriencing the playback from the recorder. The ego is e xperiencing
what wa s just recorded one ten-thousandth of a second ago. This may not
seem lik e much,  except that the quality changes completely. This side of the
one ten-thousandth of a second, the trees look like trees, and the flowers
look like  flowers. On the other side of that one ten-thousandth of a second,
they radiate out Divinity! Enlig htenment is to bypass the expe riencer. The
experiencer just suddenly goes o ut. It does not get weaker and weaker; it is
simply and suddenly extinguished, and then the mind goes silent in awe. Ultimately, wha t human beings are addicted to is experiencing. That is
why we keep ch anging the channel, turning on the music, play ing games,
and eati ng a bite of this and th at. Why are we hooked on experiencing? Because out of evolution, it w as through experiencing that the animal
survived. Exper iencing keeps the ego alive, because it has no i nner source
of sp iritual ener gy. It only has animal ener gy. Consequently, out of every
experience, it has to extract the “juice” that is the source of animal
existence. For example, the ego gets “juice” by deriving gle e from the
suf fering of others, being right, and winning: “Boy, did he ever get it, that
****, and he deserved it!”
The exp eriencer gets of f on na rcissistic satisfaction. It tries to disguise
the juice as “justified resentment,” do-gooderism, free speech, righteous
victimhood, and the like. But if we do a fearless and self-honest inventory
of ourse lves, we  will see that any negativity that bothers us is because weget a payof f to it. Y ou may say, “Nobody would want to feel self-pity.” But,
in fact, many p eople relish martyrdom, being wronged, and being made
uncomfortable. T his will not be news to therapists, psychiatrists, and social
workers who listen to the victim  accounts day in and day out. Should the
whole w orld change because someone feels uncomfortable the way it is? The eg omania and narcissis m of it is obvious. “It makes me
uncomfortable.” Narcissistic individuals seek to change the world instead of
changing thems elves. If the na me of God over a courthouse gives you a
sleepless night, do we have to c hange the historical architecture  just so you
can slee p better? The key to transcending levels of conscious ness is that
you are willing to change you rself rather than needing to c hange other
people o r change society. Once you change yourself, then you experience
others dif ferently. The only  thing you need to know about any barrier is what the ego payof f
is. What  is the juice that the exp eriencer is getting out of that positionality,
that negativity, that “stuck” place? DUALITIES OF THE EGO: A TTRACTIONS AND
A VERSIONS
T ranscending the Levels of Consciousness: Stairway to Enlig htenment
goes into depth about each level and how to transcend it by surrendering its
particular dualit


water and saying: "like water off a duck's back, so with (the name
boy or girl) - thinness. " This tradition has a deep
meaning: water can wash away with the body is not only dirt, but also bad
energy. But water can not only benefit, it can also harm
man. It is known that water - one of the best energy-
carriers. This is achieved through a unique molecular
water structure and variability of its cluster structure. Extreme
cases the structural state of water are described, even in fairy tales
- Is alive and dead water. But the human body is 70-80%
just out of the water! So, in 1932 flew around the world sensation. It turned out
that apart from ordinary water in nature, there is also heavy water. in molecules
such water is a place of hydrogen takes his place isotopes - deuterium. in nature it exists in extremely small quantities. But here
what has transpired recently: the heavy water may be present
and in the human body. Water with high content of deuterium
also called dead water. It is bad out of the body
and slowly poisoning him. According to some scientists, this is due to
Information poisoning the water. Established that if the idea
severe, negative, low-frequency, pronounced with great
energy, then it might eventually refocus atoms
hydrogen, causing them both to double, weight. and then
ordinary water becomes dead. In the process of creation man has a special place. Because
that only he is able to influence our consciousness at the place
events. in any object of nature laid the permanent program,
which supports the existence of this object in an unchanged
form. For example, bird nests as Willy millions of years ago, so
and weave now, rather than attempting to improve them. And in a man
program develops and progresses. and now, when we learned about
unusual properties of water, it becomes clear that only from a person
depends, be it dead or alive. Also, the scientists proved that in the human body long
prior to symptom onset form local sites
"Heavy" water - water with the wrong structure, pathological
zone. This kind of "swamp" of the organism in which the start
actively multiplying parasites. All this leads to local
reduced immunity, and internal organ involvement. Must be
careful in dealing with the water still, and because ordinary water
in the body is not contained. Inside, we have water - structured. We, in our modern life we??drink mostly water, chlorinated,
perekipyachennuyu; all modern drinks nothing useful for
organism does not contain. The water is getting into the body, not just directly allocated
through the pores, and run a number of serious reform, requiring
105
105the body saves energy. Therefore, excessive consumption
a liquid gives a greater load on the body and causes
many diseases in it. Are to blame - a large number
dead, heavy water in the body of modern man. This water is not involved in metabolism, accumulates and is not displayed
out. It's a heavy ballast, unsustainable and inactive, right
and reliably accumulate in our body. SDC - radioactive
V odicka. It was she who pushes us to aging and death. So many say that the dry fasting is transferred more easily
fasting on water primarily because of lack of hunger at the same time. This, in general, it is not surprising. The fact that the water outside the body
water and assimilated - they are two big differences. Molecule entering
water body processes, cleans unnecessary information
structures and turns in its having the properties of the
organism. To do this, he as well as for digestion, it is necessary
spend a certain amount of time and energy. Therefore,
absolute starvation more fully, as it provides
complete rest. At the same time, it is more effective because the body
can not exist without water, and therefore move immediately go
reserves - primarily the excess fat (the body synthesizes water
using oxygen and hydrogen adipose tissue). During the wet fasting organism enters the exogenous water
that is, the water outside. and that it is the main cleansing
factor. By law, the biological feasibility of a cell in this
If spending at least its own energy - and so it goes
OK: all toxins, poisons, toxins are dissolved and, figuratively speaking,
is leaching toxins from the cells from the intercellular
space. And during the dry fasting is burned
toxins, we can say in his own firing - each cell
in the absence of water, runs inside a thermonuclear reaction. Each cell at the time turns into a mini - furnace, mini - reactor. But the water is very necessary, and the cells are deprived of these concessions,
especially the sick and change. survive in such conditions
the strongest, most healthy cells and they are willy-nilly,
to survive in such harsh, harsh conditions, it is necessary
increase the production of its own - very high quality
endogenous water. And that endogenous water should be several
times higher quality than the exogenous water, again based on the law
biological feasibility. After all, the cell expends energy
a lot - hence the product which is obtained as a result,
must conform to the quality of the effort. It's
not the human mind, which may be mistaken. It is nature itself,
predusmotrevshaya any scenario, and doing everything
so life went on. Exogenous and endogenous water can be likened to a dirty river,
where a local chemical plant waste dumps during a high
and mountain stream originating from the earth and nurtured
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106meltwater from the healing energy. During dry fasting
are replacing the old "dead water" on superkachestvennuyu
"Living water", synthesized by the body, as well as blurred
all the negative information is brought in from outside our bodies. Having not very long starvation without water, we force
body to process that water, which he embodies,
and thus we both could update the information and because of
end hunger awareness pristine and present
an information matrix which is not anything negative
recorded environment. This phenomenon - one of the main advantages of this type
starvation, and also we can say - one of the major therapeutic
mechanisms of dry fasting. Such mechanisms do not exist any
in one of the types of fasting that exist in nature. Based VNYE THERAPEUTIC s mechanical ZMY
Dry fasting I
TEL PROTIVOVOSPALI NY
and MMUNO INCENTIVES AND RATE mechanical ZMY
The second most important therapeutic mechanism - an anti-inflammatory
and immunostimulating. Interestingly one of the facts of therapeutic dry fasting. Take
a note of this: a smart, kind, loving your flowers
hostess carefully look after their plants carefully
their waters, but make sure once a week keeps them on a dry
rations, no watering. and flowers during this day are made stronger, the sick -
recover, and all sorts of pests of flowers, any infection is not
can exist without water. Without water no life. The whole point is that the inflammation can not exist without
water. Any place inflamed swollen (swollen with water). Only
Adequate water environment can breed microorganisms:
microbes and viruses. Water scarcity is fatal to inflammation. View
dehydration starts strong competitive
the struggle between body cells and pathogens
for water. Cells of the body in the position of the master selected water
in microorganisms, but the organism can not only synthesize
endogenous water in the required amounts, as water in this period
comes from the air, absorbed through the skin. This is because
organism in the process of SG does not work in isolation, but the suction. Healthy, strong cells acquire additional energy and water
and patients, viruses and bacteria can not. Ca. author. That is why it is necessary to conduct dry starvation
in nature, preferably in a mountainous area near the mountain rivers or
waterfalls. 107
107Bacteria, viruses, worms without water perish instantly. Glucocorticoid hormones, and sex by 70% related
transport blood albumin and only 30% of circulating
blood in the free state. During dry fasting
transport albumin decay, and their amino acids are
to the needs of the body, primarily on the needs of the brain
brain and cardio - vascular system. Thus there is
release of huge amount of hormones that
in the free state are circulating in the blood. three times greater than
the usual number of glucocorticoids, flooding the blood has
strong anti-inflammatory effect, suppressing all available
in the body inflammation. After all, we know that the glucocorticoid
hormones - the most powerful anti-inflammatory agent of the body. in the action of free forms of glucocorticoids laid another
powerful therapeutic mechanism of action of starvation on the inflammatory
disease. As we have seen during the dry fasting is
incineration toxins, we can say in his own firing - each
cell in the absence of water, runs inside a fusion
reaction. It turns out a kind of extreme rapid method
destruction within the cells of all unnecessary, difficult, painful. Each cell at the time turns into a mini-furnace mini-reactor. Is an increase in internal temperature of the body. This
temperature can not register a thermometer, but it
felt by people during the passage of dry fasting as
internal heat, "fire" or chills. The most important point in this
condition is that the temperature in itself - an important part of
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        We stood there day, then we
taken to the lake, not far from the valley - three lakes, one blue
and extraordinary purity - water directly turquoise - my mother talked
I swim there - something she was bathing in all the lakes and rivers that we
come across, despite the envious looks hungry (remark:
dry starvation in its pure form - no contact with the water - even
can not wash their hands and brush their teeth, but since we have no problems with
health, we had a few indulgences such as brushing teeth
with water and permission to swim). We spent 2 days - the second was particularly noteworthy,
because both were marked by the release of starvation. The technique
This doctor went compote of dried fruit - my God, in life
seen such a fuss over cooking compote. at the end
ends of all took into his hands the businessman from St. Petersburg. a result, instead of
6 am people crept up to compote at midnight. Then returned
to the base, and began a vegetarian gluttony - we have 7-day,
the people - 5. It was just an incredible amount eaten watermelons
and melons - especially watermelons. At the exit we were again taken to the trip,
for rafting - I really did not go, because well, I do not like the cold
in any form. And then began the second stage. It the weather is slightly marred
- 3 days have been rainy and cold - mostly house stoked
stove and all the people going there - a small one and half
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324sofa housed 5 people - 3 povdol and 2 feet. Sex
distinctions blurred - we held hands. So it was easier
to spend time - on hunger as it would slow down as well - so far
waiting for their turn to massage until it is done - that evening
pass, and in the morning somewhere drove. in reserve, for example, where
bred guinea fowl, rabbits, chickens, turkeys, ducks - it's nice
was to feed livestock warm bread (from the smell of which
just giddy), and just chat with brazen goats
Lisa and Masha, but still there was a red deer - deer, quite simply, a
still a huge owl - an impressive birdie two feet in height,
girth with a decent wood yardstick claws and completely
zingy yellow-orange, his enormous eyes - feed the bird
live pigeons and rats. And there lives a wild goose, which
1964. Very family-style by the way - it there a separate
"Premises", where he lives only with his family. When the weather is established, we were taken to the camp next to Teletsk
Lake: something about 80 km from thereof. The base was called "the devil
Lake and apparently was organized by former military - big
double-layer canvas tents with wooden beds,
wooden floor in a tent, wooden sidewalks - all very clearly
thought out down to the mat at the entrance and urns with trash bags. Lake there is a small, pretty murky with silt bottoms (that
did not stop the mother from swimming). But there were pedal boats
and the people enjoyed this, even though very remote, contact
with water. We sunbathed, but since there was no sweat at all, I am personally
long lacked. Stayed there for 2 nights, went to second on Teletskoe lake - it
very large, 80 km in length, in the form of a comma - the widest
position in width - 5 km, the deepest place - 365 meters Madly
beautiful water - is black, but transparent. it flows into rivers in 1975
and rivulets, and follows only one - Biya. We take a walk
katerke on the lake to the waterfall (carbonate, in my opinion) 2,5 hours the road
at one end - a waterfall is very beautiful and powerful energy there. In the evening the same day my mother came out of dry fasting - we
given herbal tea with honey - it was a thrill (compote in the first
time for some reason has not made such an impression on me), mom
me a laugh, because after the first cup
I was kind of like an alcoholic - a red nose, face osolovevshee
and ears are almost on their shoulders. Returned to base, where our people have suffered a further 2 days. at one
women in their second fasting resorbed tumor in his chest. someone
then bled from the nose at someone - from the gums, the heat was almost everyone,
but in general people are caught stable and almost no one is whining. The main problem - the almost complete lack of sleep, 2 hours
a day, and some do not sleep. And then there was a second output,
and again vegetarian gluttony. My personal feeling - a feeling of lightness, energy, purity,
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325force. All the troubles during the famine were as strong
heart rate during a sharp rise in the mountain, feeling weak and very
the slow passage of time. Did not want to drink, although water dreaming
severe dry mouth appeared only when I started
rinse your mouth with water. The dream was nice. During the exit - the feeling of fullness in the stomach, a headache for 1-e
day - that's all trouble. Chair recovering from their own
and very fast, at the very first day out. Mama younger,
prettier, has blossomed. In general, the unpleasant memories of the famine,
how about something terrible there - apparently, after all, for an organism is
natural process of purification. More subjective impressions: not
was "a marble grid" after a bath, and the famine was breathing for some reason
breast, although usually breathe stomach. Filonov Sergey - a doctor with a very rich clinical
experience, a true professional, I think some did not survive
to starvation, if not for him and his support. For those who want to talk, my e-mail: mailto: mariam-g@list. ru
Mariya Zhukova
My dry starvation in the Altai. Of course, I wanted to write a diary for myself, but when after two
month has passed inspection, I have not found a cyst and I am now
pregnant. I sent my diary Sergei Ivanovich - let
he publishes it online. in our town a lot of young, yes
and in general women with similar diagnoses, they have absolutely no
know what to do and so many are afraid of starvation, not to mention
of dry. I took it all herself, has achieved its goal. Yes were
moments when he wanted to quit, but I knew that no way back. Operation, of course, is not so terrible they make thousands, but most
the main reason remains. Just change something in your life
and attaching the will and patience we can achieve success
in his recovery. Here is my story. From his childhood as I can remember, I was constantly treated. Colds,
colitis, stomach, liver, spine, etc. After another cold
and treatment with antibiotics, earned more, and chronic bronchitis
with asthmatic component. Autumn in cold weather
begin to worry asthma. A year ago, I began
pain in the right abdomen, irregular menstruation. Asked
in a local clinic, it became clear that I still have a cyst and the right
ovary. The doctor prescribed me medication. I'm pierced, but the


 pastor, all the while trying to maintain
control of their lives. Most hate—and I don’t use that word lightly—to see
their mate regain power over their life. Abusive men have learned to use power in their lives. They have
learned whom they can manipu late and who cannot be manipu lated. Once
they have garnered power, they resist giving it away. They feel threatened
when their mate begins to take control of their life. Many men view their wives’ transformative actions as rebellion. Those
especially steeped in conservative Christian beliefs may label this grasp
toward freedom  as rebellion against them and against God. They use
Scripture to regain control, and in many situations these actions are
effective. This kind of power and control often reinforces anxiety and fear
in women trying to change. When a woman does not back down, standing firmly with her
convictions, most men realize they are facing a different person, one with
much greater resolve, convic tion, and courage than in years past. Ultimately, if the woman makes changes in a healthy and respectful manner,
most men come face-to-face with their own immaturity. Not always, but
often. I’m certainly not saying men will give in to change without a fuss. But
when faced with significant consequences, such as the ultimate risk of loss
of their mate, many men agree to participate in a change process. No Mor e Victim
Kat was finally embracing change. She had turned the corner and no
longer saw herself as a victim. For Kat to embrace change, she had to turn
away from ident ifying herself as a victim and see herself as a survivor. She
realized, as do you, that change was fully up to her. Jed was not likely to
help her, and friends could be fickle. It was up to her. Are you ready to
consider this path? Sadly, if you have been victimiz ed for any period of time, it is common
to begin to identify with being a victim. As strange as this may sound, you
may wrap your identity around being victimized. You may look in themirror and only see someone who has been deeply hurt, having forgotten
the strong fighter that is within you. There is a unique passage of Scripture where Jesus gets angry. He sees
the money changers in the temple and seems disgusted that they would
defile the temple of God in this way. His actio ns seem  a bit surprisin g because in the Sermon on the Mount,
He speaks out against anger. In fact, He says that someone with malice in
their heart is like a murderer. How is it then that He allows himself to get so
angry? The answer is that He is righteo usly indignant. He speaks out strongly
against something that is completely wrong. He will not stand by while the
Pharisees take advantage of travelers and desecrate the holy place. How does this apply to you? You too must protect your holy place. You
are a temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19). You, like Jesus, must
become righteously indignant toward anyone who would desecrate your
temple. You must become a strong advocate of your self. You must stand up
and protect your self. Only after you access this place of conviction within you can you rise
up and set boundaries. You must no longer tolerate abuse. You will no
longer identify yourself as a victim, but rather as someone who overcomes
adversity—a true survivor. Can you find that place of conviction? Can you
envision yourself as someone worthy of respect, refusing to be abused in
any way? In the previous chapter, I asked you to think about who you were before
the abuse began. That may have been so long ago that it is hard to find that
person now. However, it is critical that you do. The Power of Choice
Kat found that place of righteous indignation. Though frightened, she
had a sense of conviction that her decision was right for her. She also
understood that Jed had to decide for himself how his future would go. Would he remain stuck, or would he choose change? Both Kat and Jed came face-to-face with one of the greatest truths of
humankind: Each of us has the power of choice. Though facing changefrom different perspectives, both Kat and Jed had all the rights and
responsibilities that come with the power of choice. God certainly had a creative plan in mind when He gave humanity the
power of choice. This is a profound opportunity. Scripture clearly  spells out the possibilities: “This day I call the heavens
and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death,
blessings and curses. Now, choo se life, so that you and your children may
live” (Deuteronomy 30:19). Wow! We have the choice of life and blessings if we will only access
them. T o access that life, however, we must make wise choices. Throughout history we have been given the ability to make choices. As
we all know, we make good choices and bad ones. We make choices that
lead to a healt hy life and others that are destructive, leading to poor
physical and emotional health. The apostle Paul reminds us about the impact of our choices. “Whoever
sows to please their flesh, from  the flesh will reap destructio n; whoever
sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life” (Galatians
6:8). This Scripture gives me both pause and encouragement. The apostle
Paul is saying that if I make decisions based on my selfish, prideful nature,
the results will be disastrous. If, however, I make decisions based on the
work of the Spirit of God in me, I will reap eternal, wonderful rewards. These words offer encouragement to take chances based upon this
principle. You have the power to make good, godly, relational choices. God
has given you the power to make decisions that will have long-lasting, life-
enhancing consequences. This is also where faith comes into play. If we truly believe in those
words of the apostle Paul—that sowing to please the Spirit leads to reaping
true life—we can move forward with confidence. During these very
difficult times, as you make life-altering decisions, take confidence in
knowing that you can make good, godly decisions that lead to a blessed life. Seeking W isdom
As you enter your season of change, I cannot emphasize enough the
importance of seeking wise counsel. You cannot travel this path alone. Justas Kat had her sister and a support group to fall back on, so you need some
people who will traverse this path with you. There are a growing number of women gathering together to offer one
another courage and strength. There is a groundswell of dissatisfied women
who need one another and are ready to receive and give support. On nearly
a daily basis women call me, asking for opportunities for support and
counsel, and we have developed a comprehensive program of treatment and
support to meet this need. The need for wise counsel and support is great. Why is support so critical? 1. You will face significant challenges. Few can fully understand the
challenges you have faced and will face in the future. While few
understand the nature of chronic abuse, those who have been there
can of fer support that others cannot give. 2. You will doubt yourself. As you prepare to make changes, you will
doubt yourself. Often your perpetrator will question your choices,
resulting in you doubting yourself. Support can mitigate this damage
and raise your confidence. 3. You may be abused on a gr eater level. As you make positive, critical
changes, you may face resistance and perhaps even be abused on a
greater level. Feeling threatened, your perpetrator may become even
more hostile toward you. Y ou must prepare for this, and support will
help you set needed boundaries on this abuse. 4. You will gain wisdom fr om others. Others have been where you are
today and can of fer perspective. Others have faced ridicule, threats,
gaslighting, and bullying, and they can share their experience,
strength, and hope. Y ou will gain wisdom from them. 5. You need a cir cle of friends. Finally, you can form a new circle of
friends who know what you are going through. These friends, some
of whom you may never actually meet, will share a comradery known
only by those sharing similar experiences.These powerful suggestions will lead you out of hiding and into the
loving care of those who understand you. They will help you face your
fears of feeling foolish, insecur e, or confused. There are many ready and
waiting for you to join them. Giving Up on Black and White
Talk-show perso nalities (constra ined to fit their conversation into a one-
time, limited time slot) usually offer black-and-white counsel, suggesting
there is a right way to do things and a wrong way. Many unknowing
individuals do too. Job’s friends were black-and-white thinkers. Your mate
likely thinks in terms of black and white as well. Most of your choices and critical issues will not be black and white. There are few circumstances where black-and-white thinking is helpful. Life is complex, and certainly your history of abuse has many layers. Be
wary of those who of fer simplistic, black-and-white answers. Kat shared the following story with me:
“It took me a long time to realize there were no easy answers. Some of
my friends told me to just leave Jed. They’d say that if