XAtion devices in tissue. Corro
sion is one factor to consider. Associated events are
always connected with electric transports over closed
circuits between relAtively anodic and cathodic sites. In tissue, such mechanisms should involve electric
transports over the metal and conducting tissue chan
nels and also include at least one anodic and one
cathodic site of reaction. Multiple reaction sites of
different kinds and their corresponding conducting
channels will be seen shordy in a variety of combina
tions. Corrosion of metallic devices in vivo will be de
scribed in this chapter as a radiographically detectable
expression of closed electric circuits. A preliminary
description will be offered of a dynamic interaction
between tissue and metal during corrosion in vivo. A
description will then follow of a mechanism in tissue
112 Biologicall y closed electric circuits which appears to be of importance for understanding
the development of normal and pathologic structures
in tissue. The mechanism takes plAce over what will be
called biologically closed electric circuits (BCEC). A. Corrosion in vivo
Corrosion is often encountered in vivo around metallic
surgical implants. Often misinterpreted radiologicall y,
the process is called "bone resorption" because the
implant appears as if it were resting in a bony cavity
containing a narrow (1-3 mm) space between the·im·
plAnt and a radiopaque line seemingly defming a cavi
tary wall (Fig. Xll: 1). The differential diagnosis between a real cavity in
bone surrounding a loose implant and corrosion
around a well-fiXed implant is a very important clinical
problem which has been largely ignored. A discussion
of some of these problems at current levels of under
standing has been presented by Frank and Ziner (18). The electrochemical stability of a metal is given by
its normal potential, related to the standard normal
hydrogen electrode (NHE). The normal potentials of Table XII: I. Nomo4/ potrnliols of nuta/J and nutal-blood
pountia/s in rtlariOII tc tlbmtalloydrogm <ltctrod• (NHE)
MtuYMflal ion RaU,. po<mtial
srandud electrode........ ).blood
potmtial iotufKC
M<ul (V, NRE) (V, NHE)
Mg -2.315 -1.3«)
AI -1.670 -0.750
Cd -o.402 -0.050
Cu +0.346 +0.025
Ni -0.230 +0.029
Au + 1.410 +0.120
PI + l.blO +0.125
some metal-metal ion combinations and some metal
blood potentials ar< shown in Table XII: I (68). Corrosion of a metal implant means that an electro
chemical interaction with electrolyu:s in 1hc surround
ing tissue partially destroys the meta.l. Redox reactions
take place, in which oxidation means delivery of elec
trons to the met:al and reduction mean~ acceptance of
dect.rons by the ti.ssue (rom the metal. The process of
corrosion requires an anode, a cathode, an electrolyte
and at least one closed circuit between anode and
cathode. Different "inert" metallic prostheses contain local
differences in quality of the metal. Such local changes
in metal, for instance, can be created by a hammer
stroke during surgery, producing a local "injury po
tential" in the metal. The varying potentials of the
connected internal regions of a metallic prosthesis con
stitute its relativel! anodic and cathodic pans. Sur
rounding electrolytes complete the electric circuit. Current will Oow dtrough such a galvanic "battery". The anodic (negative) or "active" part of the metal is
tlac dvuul' u( ~h:t.:trun:i' am.l lx:\:vmc~ ~. :urnx.lcd (oxi
dized). The cathodic (positive) or "passive" (noble)
parts of the metal forrn the electron acceptor and is
the site of reduction. The cathodes do not corrode. Chemical analyses of bone tissue close to metal im
plants have been performed by Ferguson, Laing and
Hodge (16), who found metal in the tissue in concen
trations significantly higher than expected, despite the
supposed ly "noncorrosive" character of the metallic
implant. The dissolution of metal takes place at the anode:
e.g., Metal;::tMeUI12++2e-. Metal ions will then either diffuse in the solution or
combine with hydroxyl ions as a precipitate :
Metal1• +20H-~Metal(OH)z. The solubility of hydroxides of different metals var
ies with ionic concentrations and values of pH in the
tissue Ouid (Fig. XII: 2) (65). Fig. XII: I. "Uncomplicated corrosion" betw~n mewl and
bone, radiograprucally seen at the lateral aspeCt of a metal
l'fOStbetic implant in the rup. A radiopaque mttal deposit
lies panlleland 1-2 mm Ia toni to the $haft of the prosthesis
(:>lack arrows). The deposit appcan farthest from the bone
q>posite a sliahtly irregular dent (whitt &JTOW1). The dis·
tan<l< between th< surface of the mtllll and tht motallic de
posit in the bone is greatest in this region. Note that no
"Une" is present opposite the distal part of the prosthesis. Corrosion requires a complete electric circuit. The cor·
roded part of tho metal (under the metal dtposit) constitutes
tbe anode, the noncorroded part the cathodt. Tissue electro
lytes repre#nt the uextemal'' ionic part of aheeltctri c cir·
cuit, lht mtlJil between the anode and cathode tht tlecrronic
·~ntunal" port of tbt circuit. Wbcn rnistivicy of the "exteroal"" condutti•g medium is
bagb, CO<roS>OO will usually be c:nhaDO<d close to the tnnsJ·
llOn zon< between the anodic and c:athodic por:s of the met·
al. So-called general corrosion takes pla<l< 01 multiple micro·
s.""Opic anodic and cathodic sitos, which oven change thtir po
larity in time. This effect will abo lead to oorrosion over a
macroscopic surface. Biologically closed electric circuits 113....
~~~
Hydroxide
Pf'tCipitates
0 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ~ 11 12 13 M
pH---
Fig. XII: 2. Solubilities of some metal hydroxides at differ
ent vaJues of pH and ionic concentrations. Tissue pH does vary to some extent, within physio
logical limits. For instance, arterial plasma is slightly
more alkaline than arterial whole blood during phys
ical exercise. When acid-base equilibrium is acutely
disturbed, pH may fluctuate, during short periods,
between 6.8 and 7.8 (18). Corrosion-dissolved metal in
tissue is partly engulfed by histiocytes, macrophages
and leukocytes and is eventually transported away or
encapsulated in fibrous tissue. Metal ions may also be
resorbed and produce general or local toxic effects. Local accumulation of metal precipitates is also con
sidered to lead to aseptic necrosis (18). Oxygen around the cathode is reduced, as follows:
'h02+H20+2e-~20H-. The above explanation for in vivo corrosion is gener
ally accepted, but in the author's opinion, incomplete
in rwo respects: the sites of the driving force of the
reaction and the transport channels. It is likely that corrosion often originates from the
differences berween relatively anodic and cathodic
parts of an implant, an internal phenomenon usually
found in such devices. This process will here be called
"uncomplicated" corrosion. Regardless of local differences in quality of the im
planted metal, local metabolic changes in the tissue in
the vicinity of the implant also are a source of local
electrochem ical differences. Even an inserted nail
should locally stress bone and theoretically produce
local polarization as a piezoelectric effect. Pathologi c
changes such as local bleeding, aseptic necrosis or
infection may create considerable differences of elec
trochemical potential berween local regions in tissue
and the metal. Such "polarizing" foci are of consider
able clinical importance. They lead to what is here
114 Biologicall y closed electric circuits called "complicated corrosion", indicating the pres
ence of a complicating reaction in the tissue. Another source of energy can be found in the meta


 does, however,
contain many possibilities still unexplored, particular
ly apparent in the context of contemporary knowledge
of electrochemistry and electronic technology. The general principle of the driven system is illus
trated in Fig. XVIII: 8. The principle, which may be
applied in any organ or tissue, is that two needle Fig. XV!ll:8. Acupuncture: a driven electrieal system is
created by an external electric power source connecting nee~
dies in Tissues I and II. Current flow is induced over parallel
vascular-interstitial branches or accessory BCEC branches,
such as ductal channels. The conducting media include
blood, intraductal scccctions, and pleural, peritoneal, cere·
brospinal and interstitial fluids. Self-driving and driven sys
tems should interfefe with tissue metabolism and nervous
regulation of tissue functions. Associated metabolic modifi
cations and levellings of tissue potentials may explain medi
cal effects of acupuncture. electrodes connected to an external source of electric
power c.an promote or counteract spontaneous polar·
izationof the two needled regions of tissue. This sys·
tern permits the driving of ions and ergons (e.g., water)
in normal as well as in pathological tissues. The mode of
driving the system can be tailored for different pur
poses. The major practical problem of how best to do
it is still unsolved. The total amount of ionic trans·
ports can be varied ad libitum. Electrodes can be
positioned in any branch of the closed circuit, includ
ing in what are here called accessory BCEC branches
(e.g., ducts containing secretions, which are electrical
ly conducting), which in Fig. XVIII: 8 are coupled in
parallel with VICC (vascular-interstitial closed circuit)
branches. In order to fmd such accessory BCEC branches and
to understand their function, we must ftrst look for
different tissue components of relatively low electric
conductivity (Table XVIII: I) and of relatively high
conductivity (Table XVIII: 2). Given this rough separation, which is based on known
values of conductivity (Chapter XU), we may recog·
niu tentatively in organs those structural components
which possess the capability of creating preferential
pathways for closed circuit ionic transports. These
preferential pathways connect organs and also regions
and cells of organs. Table XVIII: 3 is therefore delib
erately incomplete. Of the various components listed, each wiU function
when at least one single branch of the circuit is vascu
lar. To date, only single components ("x") or combi
nations ("xx") of arteries, veins and interstitial chan
nels have been studied so far, as indicated in Table
XVIII: 3. Considering acupuncture as principally a way to''''
''Tissue I.---________...... : lflssuert
;'; Accessory BCEC branches~. _;=.. --... ------... __ ~'. I
• i
+
l·l+~r-i _...-
External electric p.ower source
create or enhance closed circuit transports in tissue,
other phenomena, hitherto unexplained, may also be
come understood. Local 311aesthcsia in acupuncture,
for example, may be induced as a levelling of the
electric potential of a tissue. ln either a self-driving or
a driven system, anaesthesia follows local changes in
metabolism, including nervous tissue elements. Simple electrotecbnical analogues imply that a local
Table X VIIJ: l. Tissues and tissue compot~C~ts with electrically
"relatively good inJU/ating propern·esu
Matrix of ceU membranes
Fibrous tissue
Adipose tissue
Hyalin
Air
Matrix of bone
Vessel walls (except capillartes )
WaJis of glandular ducts? Walls of tubular shape, e.g., gasuoinu:stinal and urogenital canab? Table XVIII: 2. Bwlogical materials of "relatiwly good e<m·
ductivity"
lntracdlular fluid
Interstitial fluid
Blood plasma
Thrombi
Secretions
Peritoneal and pleural fluid
Cerebrospinal fluid
O:tmponents providing electrical conduction of ner\'eS
lmraarticular fluid
Urine, gastrointeS-tinal contents
Dqrading tissues
Principles and consequences of BCEC 331 Table XVIII: 3. Structural comf!OIUnlS with anlicipaud capability w /omt pathways of BCEC systems
(x) indicates components, (xx) combination of coms»nents gi\•cn preliminary exploration in this s1udy
Interstitial
spaces
Lymph ve=ls
Arteries
Vtins
Ducts of glands
Tubes (e.g., gastro
intestinal, uro
senital)
Bodily cavities
Cerebros.pinal
spacn
Ner\'es (axons) Inter-
stitiaJ
spa«S
X
XX
XX
sec tat Lymph
vessels An cries Veins
XX XX
X XX
XX X
decrease or increase of transported current may give
rise to undesired as well as useful effects. A local
change in density of current anywhere in a biologically
closed circuit might lead to anaesthes ia, or produce
pain or other undesired effects far away from the site
of the driving foroe for the closed circuit transports. Clinical considerations which can not simply be under
stood by the known and accepted mechanism of re
ferred pain might be explained in this way. For exam
ple, degenerative alterations in the cervical spine may
not only give rise to pain in the distribution of an
affected nerve but also to symptoms of local peripheral
injury associated with pain, e.g., tenderness to local
palpation or active contraction of a muscle or muscles
(17). I. Vesicles in the transmission
of nervous impulses
Impulses in nerves represent a particular type of
BCEC transport. Thus, closed circuit connections are
described between axons and interstitial fluid outside
the insulating membrane over Ranvier's nodes (76). Other axonal connections may also be considered. ln
Chapters Xll and XIII, theoretical and experimental
analogues have been presented for the formation and
transport of vesicles in endothelial cells. This view
may also be applied to dosed circuit electric transport
in nerves and various anticipated communicating outer
BCEC branches. Vesicles, which are produced at syn
aptic stimulation may then represent microergonars or
microergionars as a consequence of electrode reactions
at nerve-end -plates. The material of vesicles (consist
ing of an anticipated inactive transmitter precursor)
can then be transferred as an electrogenic, matrix-
332 Principles and consequences of BCEC ~rebro-
Jlodjly spinal Nerves
Ducts Tubes cavities spaces (uons)
see tat
mediated transport or, in the case the precursor is
ionic, be transported as hydrated cationic com
pounds (electropositively charged microergionars ) to a
second site of electrode reaction leading to the release
of the active transmitter substance. Evidently, a con
tinuation of the second, "outer, circuit branch (which
may be, e.g., vascular as well as interstitial ) has yet to
be identified. This theory of an electrogenic development and
transport of an ergonic or ergionic vesicular content
for transmission of nerve impulses may be compared
with current views on the action of hormones. Thus,
hormones are produced in a source organ and trans
ported in an inactive state as the first messenger to a
target organ. There, the hormone exerts its specific
effects in an activated state over the machinery of the
second messenger, as described by Sutherland (91). Compare also the transport of oxygen in a protected
ergonic state bound to haemoglobi n during transport
in the blood stream and bound to myoglobin in muscle
(Chapter XIII, page 155). J. Oral galvanism
After the introduction of amalgams as dental filling
materials over 100 years ago, the possible development
of galvanic currents in the oral cavity has been dis
cussed from time to time. The symptoms of burning
mouth, oral pain or smart, and a taste of metal or salt
(18, 92) have been referred to as oral galvanism. The secondary phenomena of oral corrosive pro
cesses have also been discussed in terms of local and
general biologic reactions (3, 4, 8, 15, 22, 23, 33, 34,
35, 37' 44, 55, 60, 61' 62, 68, 69, 74, 78, 80, 81, 82,
83, 85, 86, 87, 93). Many attempts have been made to
explain the symptoms as caused by electrochemical interaction of metals in the saliva (18, 23, 31, 42, 44,
49, 60, 68, 93). Galvanic currents in the oral


  the bodies  all
the time  one  embodiment  after  another! If the intellect
were  the Knower  and  All-powerful,  then  it would  be able
to regulate  and  govern  the energy  of your  body;  and  keep
Eternal  Youth  in the body,  but it does  not do it. Why  not? Because,  until  mankind  understands  the  feeling  world
must  be held  Harmonious,  in order  to allow  the Power  of
the Presence  to flow  thru  into  action  and  produce  results,
the people  will  not have  Its Perfection. The Messengers  have  pled  with  the  people  all over
America;  and  shown  the need  of keeping  the feeling  har-
monious. Yet,  some  of the Blessed  Earnest  Students  go
right  on having  all the discordant  feeling  they  please;  and
releasing  all the energy,  all the discord  and  criticism  they 215 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
desire! We  have  seen  some  of those  who  pretend  to love
each  other  so much,  criticize  each  other  severely,  so are you
to blame  for this  or not? Well  the one  who  does  it will
one day see his or her great  mistake. Why  will  you  earnest,  Beloved  Sincere  Students  not lis-
ten to Us when  We know  This  Law;  when  We  tell you,
that until  you  keep  Harmony  in your  feeling,  you  will  not
have  Harmony  or your  Release ? Then,  you wonder  what  is
the matter,  you do not have  Results  from  your  Application. What  is the use of pleading  and  calling  to the Presence,  if
you are going  to allow  your  feeling  to criticize  and  con-
demn  at the slightest  provocation? What  is the use? Some  of you have  had three  years  of Instruction. Beloved
Ones,  your  opportunity  is not going  to last much  longer,  if
you continue  to allow  your  feeling  to govern  your  world. The imperative  Demand  of your  life—not  someone  saying
so, but the Demand  of your  Life  today,  is continued  Har-
mony  in your  feeling. If you do not do it, you are going  to
pay the penalty. You  Dear  People,  who  have  been  in This
Activity  for three  years  and  won't  do that,  don't  blame
somebody  else. Blame  yourself! Look  at yourself  and  see
what  is wrong. Do not be blaming  the other  person  all the
time  for something! I am determined,  with  your  permission,  to break  down
and cut you  Free,  from  this  fiendish  thing,  of continuing
to allow  your  feeling  to do these  things! I am not criticiz-
ing you,  but I am firm  and  determined,  if you  will  allow
Me to help  you cut yourselves  Free  from  this condition. Do DISCOURSE  VIII  193
not yield  to these  things! I want  you to be Free  and have  the
Great  Blessing  which  This  Understanding  of the Presence
brings;  and  your  Instantaneous  Answer  to your  applica-
tion! You  cannot  have  it Dear  People,  unless  you  do har-
monize  your  feeling. There  are some  blessed  people  for whom  the Messengers
have  worked  and  worked  and  tried  to help;  and  they  keep
asking  them  for more  help,  but they  won't  control  their
feeling. I say again,  do not keep  looking  at the other  per-
son's  faults,  but look  at yours  and  see what  is the matter
with  you! That  is what  counts,  Dear  People. There  is not a
thing  the matter,  except  what  is the matter  with  yourself! Just get that! and hold  it forever! Then  you  will  thank  Me
for the day  when  you  shake  My  Hand,  for being  firm
enough,  to give  you the Strength  and  Power  to control  this
thing  forever! Oh, We  love  you  so greatly  and  We  know  how  close
some  of you are to your  Freedom;  but you cannot  go on, if
you are going  to allow  your  feeling  of irritation  and  criti-
cism  of those  you claim  to love,  to longer  control  you. You
cannot  do it! There  is no use kidding  yourselves. You  will
notice,  I use your  own  expressions,  because  I want  you  to
understand  what  I mean. I want  you to know,  We are using
the language  which  you  understand,  even  if We  do use
slang. We are doing  it, because  you  understand  and  know
what  the feeling  and  meaning  of it is. If you  want  to criti-
cize Us, all right;  but you  are going  to hear  and  compre-
hend  in the language  which  you do understand! 217 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
Look  at yourselves,  every  one  of you;  and  do not ever
| say  your  friend  was the cause  of the disturbance  within  you! Take  that—every  one,  tonight,  unto  yourself! Look  yourself
in the face  and  say:  "Here,  what  is there  in me I can cor-
rect, which  makes  me a more  Perfect  person" ? Then  you
:I will  find  the remedy,  correct  those  habits  and  be happy. || You  will  know  such  Happiness,  as you  never  can  know
| otherwise!
' Oh. do not blame  persons,  places  and  conditions  for the
thing  which  is within  yourself! That  is why  the Messenger
i' said  tonight  in the beginning:  Oh,  Dear  People,  cut your-
jj selves  Free  from  the psychic  and spiritualistic  things,  which
11 open  you to all the discordant  entities  there  are! As long  as
'i you  do whatever  opens  you  to these  things,  you  will  never
know  Happiness,  Success  nor Freedom. You  cannot  do it. Why ? Because  today,  the Great  Law  of Life  demands  your
! attention;  demands  your  calling  on the Law  of Forgiveness,
j for  all mistakes  you have  made;  not only  yourselves  but all
! mankind! COULD  YOU  UNDERSTAND  THE
|j POWER  AND  RELEASE  WHICH  WOULD  COME
j TO  YOU  IN ONE  HALF  HOUR,  IN GREAT  EAR-
i NEST  SINCERE  CALLING  ON  THE  LAW  OF FOR-
| GIVENESS  FOR  ALL  YOUR  MISTAKES,  DEAR
| HEARTS,  YOU  WOULD  REJOICE  FOREVER. Don't  think  it is all the other  person. Call  on the Law
of Forgiveness,  for yourself  and  all mankind. Then,  hold
your  feeling  Harmonious  and  at Peace,  and  you  will  see
the Glory  of your  Presence  and  Its Perfect  Manifestation DISCOURSE  VIII  195
in and thru  your  body;  for thru  your  Call,  is the Action  and
Great  Quick  Powerful  Means  of doing  it. You cannot  be Free,  Dear  Ones,  as long  as those  qualities
of discord  act in your  world! It is not possible! We  have
seen your  great  earnest  sincere  Call  thru  your  Mighty  De-
crees! Can't  you  feel tonight,  as you never  did in your  Life,
Our Great  Love  for you ? Why  are We so in earnest ? and
why  do We not hesitate  to point  you  to yourself? Because
you are the only  cause  of any  limitation  or disturbance
which  ever  came  into  your  world. There  is no other  cause
but yourself,  Dear  People. Try  to see and feel it. You must  understand,


 breathing. However, hard fast breathing also
contributes to nose snoring. To illustrate the impact of faster and harder breathing during nasal
snoring, I often ask my students  to make the sound of a snore through the
nose. To do this, it is normal to tighten the throat at the back of the nose and
speed up breath ing. Now, begin to slow down the speed of your breathing,
in and out through the nose. Slow down your breathing until it is almost
imperceptible. Breathe hardly any air in and out of the nose. Now, try and
snore when your breathing is light and slow. You will find it more dif ficult. Snoring is not solely due to a compromised nasal airway. Breathing
patterns can also play a role. Having a low BOL T score with a faster
respiratory rate and increased volume of air per minute contributes to
turbulence in the upper airway. While most interventions target the airway,
the missing piece of the puzzle is flow. Any engineer investigatingresistance to flow in a pipe will not only consider the diameter of the pipe
but will also take into account the speed and volume of the flow. To stop mouth snoring, use MyoT ape to keep the mouth closed  during
sleep. You simply cannot snore through the mouth when breathing is
through the nose. To significantly r educe nasal snoring:
• Decongest your nose using the nose unblocking exercise (exercise #14). • Restore nasal breathing during wakefulness and sleep. • Reduce the flow of breathing by using Breathe Light  (exercise #1) for 10 minutes,
four times a day. • Increase your BOL T score to above 20 seconds. For many people, nasal snoring can be eliminated altogether. For others,
particularly those with a narrow  airway, nasal snoring will conti nue but at a
lower intensity, meaning it won’ t be so loud and problematic. OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
If you suffer with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), I recomme nd that you
read Chapter Seven  on sleep-disordered breathing and see bonus Chapter 18
online at www.HumanixBooks.com/ The Breathing Cure, which describes
the phenotypes or physiological  causes of obstructive sleep apnea and the
ways in which breathing exercises can help. OSA has serious implications for long-term health and well-being. It is
associated with cardiovascular disease, mortality in pregnant women,
sexual dysfunction, depression, and sudden cardiac death. If you have this
condition, it is worth learning more about how you can reduce its symptoms
and severity. The first step in addressing OSA is to make the switch to nasal
breathing during  sleep. This is just as important even if you use CPAP to
treat your sleep apnea. Mouth breathing is a common factor for CPAP
noncompliance, because air that is meant to keep the airways open leaks out
through your open mouth instead. The good news is that breathing exercises improve sleep apnea
symptoms as well as supportin g general health. Follow the next exercise
protocol to reduce your symptoms and enjoy better sleep.Daily Practice
• Breathe only through your nose during rest, physical exercise, and sleep. • Adopt the correct tongue resting posture. Three quarters of your tongue should rest
in the roof of your mouth, with the tip of your tongue placed behind, but not touching,
your top front teeth. For supports on correct tongue resting posture, check out
MyoSpots.com. • Achieve a minimum BOL T score of 25 seconds. • Practice Breathe Light  (exercise #1) for 15 minutes, twice daily. Schedule one
session just after waking and another session before sleep. • Breathe Slow and Deep While W alking  (exercise #6) for 20 minutes, once per day. • Tape your mouth closed to sleep using MyoT ape. If you feel anxious about wearing
tape around your mouth, wear the tape for 20 minutes before sleep to become
comfortable with it. • If your mouth is naturally moist in the morning, there is no need for the tape. A dry
mouth signifies open mouth breathing during sleep. PANIC DISORDER, ANXIETY, AND RACING MIND
Panic disorder is often characterized by feelings of breathlessness and fear
of suffocation. For this reason, one of the things most likely to trigger a
panic attack can be fear of having a panic attack. However, while anxiety,
racing thoughts, and panic are categorized as psychological problems,
scientists have found a strong biochemical link. People with panic disorder
often have a strong sensitivity to the accumulation of CO2, and the feeling
of suf focation can be alleviated by normalizing breathing patterns. When you regularly expose your body to controlled mild air hunger for
a short duration, which is the objective of the Breathe Light  exercises, your
body begins to become less sensitive to the feelings of suffocation and to
the chemical changes that trigger those feelings. As a result of the
connections betw een the biochemistry of breathing and the functioning of
the nervous system, slow breathing can be used to calm the mind. Functional breathing improves blood flow and oxygen delivery to the brain,
allowing you to think more clearly and calmly. The diaphragm is connected to the vagus nerve, which releases a
calming neurotransmitter that slows the heart rate. This is why breathing
deeply calms the mind. Breathing at a rate of 4.5 to 6.5 breaths per minute
activates your body’ s relaxation response and balances your nervous
system, as well as optimizing heart rate variability and blood pressure.Emergency Practice
If you feel a panic attack coming on, there are three exercises you can use
to help stop it in its tracks. These exercises are also helpful in calming a
racing mind:
1. Breathing Recovery  (exercise #12 or #16). 2. Cup your hands over your face to rebreathe CO 2. This is safer than breathing into a
paper bag as it maintains inhaled oxygen at a suf ficiently high level. 3. Switch your breathing from fast and shallow to slow and deep. Y ou can do this by
placing your hands on your trunk either side of your lower ribs so that you can feel
the expansion and contraction of your ribs as you breathe in and out through the
nose:
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        Slowing the respiratory
rate of breathing provides numerous benefits, including better breathing
efficiency. CHECKING YOUR BOL T SCORE
To meas ure your BOL T score, you will need some sort of timing device that
counts in seconds. The stopwatch on your smartphone or tablet is ideal. THE BOL T:
• Take a normal, silent breath in through your nose. • Allow a normal, silent breath out through your nose. • Hold your nose with your fingers to prevent air from entering your lungs. • Count the number of seconds until you feel the first distinct desire to breathe in. A low breath-hold time in seconds indicates a greater tendency toward
faster, upper chest breathing with no natural pause between breaths. Be awar e that people with asthma and COPD demonstrate significantly
lower breath-hold times than those with normal breathing. This is because
breathhold time is related to measures of lung function. The best way to get an accurate representation of your breathing is to
measure your BOL T score in the morning just after waking. When you are
fast asleep, breathing continues subconsciously and without interference. For this reason, the morning BOL T score gives a truer measure because it
indicates how well you breathe when you can’t possibly be thinking about
your breathing. During your first few weeks with the breathing exercises, you should
notice an impro vement of three to four seconds in your BOL T score each
week. After that, progress will continue at a slightly slower pace. Physical
exercise can be gradually introduced to increase the BOL T score above 20
seconds. When the breathing exercises are practiced correctly, your breathing
pattern can be retrained. If your very first BOL T score is 10 seconds, it will
take at least three weeks to reach a BOL T score of 20 seconds and sixmonths to reach a BOL T score of 40 seconds. Improvement will depend on
the severity of your symptoms  and on how much attention you bring to
reducing your breathing. The more focus you give to your breathing each
day, the better. At the same time, there is no need to become obsessed with your
breathing. Allow the changes to gradually occur. The breath cannot be
forced into compliance. Many of the exercises involve breathing less air for
periods of time during the day. Allow the breath to gradually reduce by
paying attention to the airflow entering and leaving the nostrils, slowing it
down without tensing up the breathing muscles. Practice the breathing exercises formally for the first few weeks and
then incorporate them into your way of life. Your progress will be reflected
in a higher BOL T score. You will also have lighter breathing and begin to
feel better. The BOLT measures the number of seconds you can comfortably hold
your breath after an exhalation. You must not try to push beyo nd the first
distinct urges to breathe. This isn’t a competitive challenge. Nor is it a
measure of willpower. Continually practicing the BOL T will not change the
result either.


 she turned to Renee McGregor for help. McGregor is a
sports and eating disorder therapist and cofounder of #TRAINBRA VE, an
initiative aimed at raising awareness of eating disorders in athletes. In the
first consultatio n, Wood was devastated to be told that she had to stop
exercising imme diately and that her heart could give way at any moment if
she didn’t. In the following months, she found it incredibly difficult to
increase her food intake while not exercising at all. Scans revealed that her
bone density was so low she was classed as osteopenic. She struggled to get
a prescr iption for HRT; a lack of understanding of sports-related eating
disorders among  general medical providers meant she had to seek private
healthcare. In her article, she issues this caution against underfueling and
overtraining, “Periods stopping  is NOT a sign that you are training hard
enough, it is a sign you are training TOO hard and your body is not coping. Please do not ignore these signs.”99
OceanofPDF.comPCHAPTER THIR TEEN
FEMALE SEX HORMONES AND THE
BREATH
PMS AND CYCLIC HYPER VENTILA TION
remenstrual syndrome (PMS) manifests with similar or identical
symptoms to chronic hyperventilation syndrome.1 A 2006 study
found that women with PMS experience a much greater decline in
blood carbon dioxide (CO 2) in the premenstrual phase than women who do
not experience symptoms. The symptoms appear as progesterone increases
and blood CO2 decreases. When the luteal phase ends, progesterone
decreases, CO2 levels normalize, and the symptoms disappear. The study
concluded that women with PMS have a higher -than-normal sensitivity to
CO2, perhaps caused by progesterone, resulting in “pron ounced
hyperventilation”—and that the hyperventilation is responsible for the
symptoms.2
Breathing plays  a role even from the perspective of physic al pain
experienced. Not only is pain perception heightened by low CO2 levels, the
drop in CO2 also causes constriction of smooth muscles. Since the uterus is
comprised of smooth muscle, this can directly contribute to pain
experienced as menstrual cramps.3
The authors of the 2006 study suggest that since the breath can be easily
manipulated using a variety of techniques, including respiratory and
biofeedback training, it would be promising to explore this phenomenon in
more detail to understand the mechanisms underlying PMS and find moreeffective ways to treat it, at least for some women.2 Their conclusion points
to the relevance of the techniques in this book. Science has yet to
adequately catch  up, but existing  research does point to the fact that women
can control symptoms of PMS by changing their breathing patterns to
restore slow, light, nasal breathing. In the same study, researchers noted that selective serotonin-reuptake
inhibitors (SSRIs), commonly used as antidepressants and for alleviating
the symptoms of PMS, cause an increase in blood CO 2 levels. Serotonin is a
chemical messenger that has many complex functions. It is known as the
“happy chemica l” because it contributes to feelings of well-being. During
the luteal phase of the mens trual cycle, fluctuations in estrogen and
progesterone increase serotonin neurotransmission.4 But according to 2015
research, women who suffer with PMS or premenstrual dysphoric disorder
(PMDD—a more severe form of premenstrual syndrome) appea r to have an
abnormal seroto nin reaction to luteal hormonal changes5. Also, it has been
shown that changes in the serotonin system may be indirectly related to
breathing abnormalities6 and treatment with SSRIs may improve respiratory
responses to CO 2.7
The connection between PMDD  and panic disorder has been receiving
growing attentio n. Patients with both conditions experience high rates of
panic attacks, and PMDD and panic disorder may share the same
underlying pathology.8 The link betw een menstruati on, depression, and
mood swings is commonly acknowledged and frequently stereotyped, but
the symptoms of PMS and PMDD are no joke. At clinically significant
levels, they are severe enough to interfere with daily life. We have explored the connection between headaches, menstrual
migraines, and hyperventilation, but there seems to be yet no scientific
literature examining the cyclical occurrence of depression, panic symptoms,
irritability, and mood swings in terms of hormone-induced respiratory
changes. This is despite the clear relationship between mood disorders,
dysfunctional breathing, and autonomic imbalance, and the fact that it is not
always possible to distinguish between depression and PMDD.9
According to a 2017 advisory document from a New Zealand
pharmaco-vigilance team, symptoms including depressed mood, feelings of
hopelessness, difficulty concentrating, lack of energy, decreased interest inusual activities, hypersomnia, and insomnia are included in the diagnostic
criteria for both disorders. However, differences in the regulation of the
stress response between women  with depressive disorders and those with
PMDD may suggest two distinct conditions. It is believed, for instance, that
premenstrual symptoms are not particularly influenced by familial or
environmental factors while a history of anxiety disorder, traumatic events,
and smoking can all contribute.9
EMMA ’S ST ORY
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        BACK T O BASICS AND THE THREE DIMENSIONS OF
BREA THING
Learning any of these techniqu es begins with integrating light, slow, deep
nasal breathing. It forms the basis for healthy breathing and is developed in
the exercises in this book. Once you are familiar with how a healthy
breathing pattern feels, you will be much freer to enjoy more specific
breathing techniques. Becoming aware of your own breathing and that of
your partner opens the way to many avenues of exploration. For instance,
deep, mindful breathing can provide a way to relax and get in the mood
before foreplay. By becoming conscious of the breath as you bring air into
your belly, you can bring your awareness to the breath as it travels right
down into the genitals. This awakens the area, infuses it with energy, and
stimulates vasod ilation, increasing blood flow to your sexual organs. While
there are plenty of advanced methods out there, which are best approached
with a qualified teacher, there are also simple things you can do for better
sex. When you breathe through your nose, you enjoy greater oxygen  uptake,
harness nitric oxide, and engage  your core for better movement. Diaphragm
breathing activates muscles that stretch between the coccyx and pubic bone. These are the muscles that contract during orgasm. By improving your
BOL T score, you are less likely to get out of breath. Just as increasing the
BOL T score can help alleviate breathlessness during exercise, reducing
your sensitivity to blood CO2 will help impro ve your stamina during sex. This can be especially valuable in the control of asthma symptoms and in
alleviating the fear of exacerba tions. It may also provide relief for people
with epilepsy, because hyperv entilation during sex is known to trigger
seizures for some. 103 In this context, Breathe Light  exercises and breath
holding following an exhalation  to improve the blood biochemistry should
first be practiced outside of the bedroom. It’s common to tense up and hold the breath as orgasm approac hes, but
scientists have proven that hypoxia reduces sexual arous al. 104 This
tendency to hold the breath can often be caused by self-con sciousness. Opening the mouth in the lead up to orgasm means you’re going to make
more noise. Many of us are conditioned by perceptions of how sex should
sound. We alter our sexual groans and grunts into moans and sighs, perhaps
to reflect what we’ve heard in erotic films. But it’s important not to imitate
the sounds you think are expe cted. This can repress orgasm and create
tension in the breath. Instead, if you continue breathing deepl y when the
orgasm begins, you will enjoy a full-body sensation. The idea of breath holding during sex may become a little confused
with the idea that some peop le use behaviors such as asphyxiation or
hanging to induce arousal. Unfortunately, the severity of these “games” to
become aroused may gradually increase as tolerance to hypoxia develops,
so these  practices sometimes result in accidental death. A 2016 study
reports that the mechanisms by which these methods create heightened
pleasure for some people are complex and unclear,104 and, although this
relates to breathing practices and sex, there is not enough evidence to
explore them here. PRACTICING ORGASMIC BREA TH
Breath retention is a feature of the Tantric practice of healing breath. 105
This exercise has a ratio of 1:4:2 for inhalation, breath hold, and exhalation. The retention is four times longer than the inhalation, and the exhalation is
twice as long. Breathe in for one second or heartbeat, hold for four seconds
or four beats of the heart,


As I enter into this new chapter
of my life,
please bless my steps forwar d.
With this cer emony,
may Y our Spirit come upon me
and r elease me fr om my former self. Please deliver me to sweeter r ealms
and teach me how to be, dear God,
a freer person, a happier person,
a saner person,
without compulsion or fear. Bless, dear God, my friends who ar e her e with me. May they r eceive miracles in their own lives,
as they have joined me in praying for miracles in mine. And so it is. Amen
OceanofPDF.comLESSON 12
COMMIT TO YOURSELF
Every overeater has heard them a million times: the admonishments of
weight loss. Y ou’ve got to stick to your diet, commit to the process, stay
with it no matter what, discipline yourself to “just do it,” and so forth. Y et
such admonishments only add to your anxiety; if you were able to
consistently be ther e for yourself, you wouldn’ t be an overeater to begin
with! While overeating would be seen by some as an indulgence of self, it is in
fact a profound rejection  of self. It is a moment of self-betrayal and self-
punishment, and anything but a commitment to one’ s own well-being. Why
would you be able to commit to a diet if you’re not already consistently
committed to yourself? Your relationship to food is a reflection of your relationship to yourself,
as is everything in your life. There’ s no reason to think that you’ll be
capable of loyalty to a diet until you address your basic disloyalty toward
yourself. Until your fundamental relationship with yourself is healed, then
your relationship to food is doomed to be neurotic. As committed as you might be to the process of weight loss, there will
always come those moments when your self-hatred rises up like an oceanic
force from the bottom of your subconscious mind, demanding to assert
itself. That’ s what makes addiction and compulsion so cruel: you could be
committed to your diet for 23 hours and 45 minutes during a day, then ruin
all your ef forts in 15 minutes. What is not self-love carries within it the seeds of self-hate, no matter
how small; wherever the mind is not filled with love, it has a propensity for
insanity. And just a tiny bit of insanity is enough to do it—in about as long
as it takes to open up a bag of cookies, you find a way to destroy your most
cherished dream.This lesson addresses your basic lack of commitment and compassion
toward yourself, your lack of self-care that leads you time and again to
punish and betray yourself. Only when you learn to commit to yourself will
you stop your self-sabotaging behavior. It’s not enough to just tell yourself
what not to do; you must learn a new way to think  before you can master a
new way to be. In the last lesson, you asked others to stand up for you; with
this lesson, you will learn to stand up for yourself. All of us wish we’d had perfect childhoods, with a mother and father
who modeled ideal parental attitudes and taught us to internalize the tenets
of self-love. Many of us, however, did not. Perhaps you grew up with no
one to model for you that you were truly valuable, that your thoughts were
appreciated, that your feelings deserved tending to, or that your worth was
deeply appreciated. And whatever was modeled—positive or negative—
became the model for your relationship with your adult self. That is simply
how adult personas form. If you were neglected as a child, you learned to neglect yourself as an
adult. If you were betrayed as a child, you learned to betray yourself as an
adult. If no one cared about your feelings as a child, you didn’ t know how
to care for your own feelings once you became an adult. Maybe on some
level your parents weren’ t there for you; and now, in the moment when you
overeat, you simply repeat the pattern by failing to be there for yourself. Or your parent or parents might have loved you very much yet simply
lacked the psychological tools to help you build an emotionally healthy
relationship with yourself. It’ s only recently, in historical terms, that society
has even considered the possibility that children have valuable thoughts of
their own. Looking back into your childhood isn’ t about figuring out whom
you can blame, or building a case to justify feelings of victimization. It’ s
simply about identifying your wound so the medicine of love can be applied
correctly. A way to repair a broken childhood is to allow God to re-parent you. As
a child, you had no choice but to depend on your parents’ love … and
where it was twisted or absent, you suf fered accordingly. Yet now you areno longer a child, and can redo your childhood by remembering Whose
child you truly are. By seeing that you are a child of God—by recognizing the unwavering
love and mercy He extends to you every moment of the day—you begin to
realign your attitudes toward yourself with His attitudes toward you. Y ou no
longer need to model anyone’ s neglect of you; you need only model God’ s
love for you. As you reestablish the divine connection that was severed by any
wounding in your childhood, your mind begins to move away from
thoughts that weaken you and instead think thoughts that strengthen you. You will learn to be ther e for yourself, and in a moment when you are there
for yourself, you simply don’ t want  to behave self-destructively. It won’ t be
so hard to commit to right eating once you’ve recommitted to yourself. It
will be natural. Appetites that reflect an unloving attitude toward yourself
will simply fall by the wayside, like leaves in autumn when their season is
done. This is a recommitment in that you were born with your connection to
your true self intact; while this connection might have been broken in your
experience, it was never broken in the mind of God. In Alcoholics
Anonymous, there is reference to “conscious contact.” Y our contact with
the divine is still there; it is simply no longer conscious. And by bringing it
back into full awareness, you will reconnect with it experientially. Like a
plug that has dropped to the floor, your mind needs to be plugged back into
the socket that provides its true sense of self. Grounded in our divine nature, every human being tends naturally toward
connection, creativity, and joy. Such is the natural flow of the human
experience, just as the bud flows naturally into the fullness of a rose
blossom. The dif ference between you and the rose is that, as a human being,
you have a choice  as to whether or not to let your blossoming occur. If the
rosebud were somehow able to deny the blossom the right to emer ge, then
what would happen to the ener gy that would have turned it into a blossom? Is it uncreated? Does it go away? No, because ener gy cannot be uncreated. When a natural flow of ener gy is denied, it turns into a kind of backward
flow, or implosion of identity. You are then tempted to misdirect your
creative passion.If you deny yourself your own passion, your own path, your own
longing, your own drama, your own life force, your own truth—then you
might be tempted to live vicariously through those who allow themselves
theirs. Y our creative ener gy has got to go somewher e, even if it is projected
onto others. Y ou’re tempted to live a life of fantasy if you deny yourself a
life of truth. It’s an easy path from a whole box of chocolates to immersion in the
latest tabloid, from denying yourself your own drama to drinking in the
drama of others. But it’ s not as though others were programmed for exciting
lives and you weren’ t. For whatever reason, some people were simply not
blocked in childhood the way that you were. They can more easily allow
themselves to experience the natural, creative drama of their own lives. Think of the person whose life you look at and secretly think, Oh, I wish
that wer e my life. Now imagine yourself in kinder garten with that
individual. Use your inner eye to face the truth here, and you will see that at
the age of five, he or she had nothing on you. Y ou came into this life with
the same creative ener gy and the same divine programming that everyone
else has. And you still have it; it’ s simply backed up, taking anti-expression
in the form of excess flesh. But all that can be corrected now. A valve that has been closed can now
be reopened. A habit—and that is all it is: a bad mental habit—can be
unlearned and replaced by your natural, spiritual proclivity to go forth into
the world and create the good, the true, and the beautiful. You should be committed to yourself because God is committed to you. How else but through the thoughts that naturally emer ge within you can He
impress Himself upon your soul? In listening to yourself, you’re tuning in
to the vibrations of Spirit that are the natural communication of the Creator
with the created. God doesn’ t


 able, through higher
consciousness and increased insight, to penetrate the many masks behind
which the all-encompassing one mind and one life is hidden, then we
achieve ef fectiveness in all our works and actions through understanding
the dynamic law of becoming that exists within each form. All this is by
way of saying that there is nothing in the world that we cannot influence by
first influencing ourselves, for everything in the end is colored by the
quality of our consciousness. W e can change our consciousness and thus
change what we see, and the tool by which we can ef fect this change is
imagination. W e can learn to visualize in our minds only those things that
we wish admitted into our lives, and when we have truly learned to do this,
physical counterparts of those ideas will soon appear in our environment. You can be anything you want to be if you will only trust your imagination. Picture your heart’ s desire; never let the picture distort or tarnish; keep it
fresh and clear and bright. It will enter your life quietly and unobtrusively,
without sound of trumpets or clashing cymbals, for it will be following alaw that exists throughout the universe, that everything basically is idea and
must first begin in the mind of the beholder.OceanofPDF.com
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Mental Imagery

“To have seen that V ision,” says Plotinus, “is r eason no longer, it is
more than r eason, befor e reason and after r eason, as also is the V ision
which is seen. And perhaps we should not her e speak of sight, for that
which is seen is not discerned by the seer, if indeed it is possible her e to
distinguish between seer and seen as separate things. Ther efore this
Vision is hard to tell of, for how can a man describe as other than
himself that which when he discerned it seemed not other but one with
himself?”

To Think Is to Be

That which is visualized in the mind becomes part of the possessor of that
mind because we ar e what we think. It is strange how little we know about
the mind. Not much mor e has been determined about it since the time of
Descartes and his brilliant basic pr emise, “Cogito, er go sum” — “I think,
therefore I am.” W e only know we exist because we think. Should thought
stop in us, we automatically would cease to be. Should thought begin at any
particular point in space, that point immediately would begin to live. It is
deeply significant that we exist by grace of thought, and it is even mor e
significant that at any particular time we ar e the sum total of the thoughts
we hold in mind.It seems reasonable to assume that the thinking being that inhabits us is
thought itself, that the more complex and universal our thoughts are, the
more complex and universal we become. It is impossible to separate the
image in the mind of a beholder from the beholder himself, because in a
very real sense the two are one. That which achieves the attention of
consciousness becomes that consciousness. When our attention is focused
on something, we become that thing. It is this power of consciousness, that
it becomes the thought it thinks, which gives the mind such ascendancy
over matter. Our investigation of the outer world has practically conquered
space and time, but we still know very little about what the human mind is
and what its influences are. Because thought is invisible, it never has come
under the scrutiny of the laboratory microscope. As a consequence, we are
nearly as poorly informed about the qualities and processes of thought as
we were at the dawn of written history. Even though it is recognized now
that the thoughts a person thinks determine their whole life, the average
person continues to think in response to sensual stimuli rather than in
response to their inner wishes and desires. Mental Law

The thought first, then the thing — that is the law. But the vast majority of
people live on the opposite premise — the thing first, then the thought. The
power of mental imagery still works even in this reversal of form, but in
this case it merely lends validity to everything they see and every situation
they encounter. Such people are unable to grow beyond the limitation of
their own emotions, for they give credence to all sensual stimuli. Each such
stimulus becomes bound up in an emotional reaction. Whenever they
encounter an event or thing which they have encountered before, they react
in a predetermined manner. It thus becomes impossible for them to progress
into any degree of ef fective living, for by the very nature of their mental
position the things of the world control them; they never control the things. They are either fearful or hostile, resentful, envious, or sad, but each of
these emotions is inspired by a stimulus from outside and never by innerconvictions or desires. These are the people who are the most strenuous
defenders of their mental aberrations. In ar gument they are easily provoked
to hysteria. Since their convictions are encysted in emotion, they defend
them with their lives, convinced of ultimate disaster should their delusions
be dissolved. The most fortunate thing that can happen is that life reduce
their egos to nothingness. T o a great extent their eyes are then cleared, and
they are able finally to see that they have always reacted rather than acted. When humility enters someone’ s soul, they at last are able to perceive that
they do not live alone in the world but with millions of brothers and that
hidden in the heart of each is the same animating spirit. Forecaster of the Futur e

“To know is nothing at all, to imagine is everything,” wrote Anatole France. That which seizes the attention of our consciousness is an infallible
forecaster of the future. Indeed, were we to know the thoughts that occupy
someone else’ s mind, we might provide them an accurate description of
their coming life, down to the most intimate detail. The success of fortune
tellers, via whatever medium they use — cards, tea leaves, crystal balls —
is always the result of a telepathic communication between seer and subject. The thoughts that possess us lead us around by the mental noses. There is in
thought a motor impulse that compels us to do the things we think about,
and this is a law far above moral or ethical considerations. It works just as
quickly for what is considered evil as it does for what is considered good. If
you keep thinking about robbing the corner service station, and you keep
this image in your mind for several weeks, you one day will find yourself at
the service station, gun in hand, prepared to empty the till. People who
commit so-called crimes of passion often report they were in the grip of a
compulsion they could neither control nor understand. Such compulsion
proceeds out of their thoughts. Images projected into the moving screen of
mind finally take root in the motor impulses of the body, and each person is
propelled into the action they visualize in the deeper recesses of their
consciousness. The Dhammapada cautions us to guard our thoughts, andindeed we should. Everything that is admitted into our mind takes shape,
form, and substance in our lives, and we can stop this from happening only
by ceasing to live, for the law of life is the law of thoughts becoming things. Clear Thinking

The quality of our mental imagery determines how quickly we get ef fects in
the outer world. Since most people are relatively unaware of thinking at all,
they give little consideration to how well they think, to the clarity and
reality of the images they envisage. Most of us are fuzzy thinkers. When we
call something to mind, it comes to us as a vague and shadowy presence. We do not really see it, feel it, hear it, touch it, penetrate it, take it unto us,
but rather are dimly aware of it by means of some verbal grasp of its idea. We say, “My house,” but the image does not call to mind the actual house,
only a vague idea of it in terms of whether the taxes have to be paid, the
outside walls painted, the lawn mowed, or a party given there Saturday
night. W e adopt meanings about everything in terms of personal
significance, but we seldom conjure up images in our consciousness for the
simple reason that we never have trained ourselves to think that way, never
have truly understood the significance of such images. Think about something familiar. Think of a r oom in which you spend a gr eat
deal of time. See yourself sitting in some particular chair in that r oom. Look
around. What do you see? Ar e ther e pictur es on the walls? Wher e and what
kind? What ar e their colors? Wher e are the furnitur e, books, papers? Is
there dust gather ed in the corners? Wher e are the lamps? How do they
operate? See yourself in that r oom with such intensity that you actually feel
that you ar e ther e. See the color, the solidity of objects. W ork on this for a
few days. If you ar e lucky, you will have an experience that will startle you. During one of these meditation periods, while you ar e visiting this r oom in
your mind, you will have the sudden feeling that you actually ar e ther e.
When this experience comes to you, you will be ther e, in a very r eal thoughpsych


field s, implants,
imprints, entities, projections and all that is not of the Light

and TRANSMUTE! (x3) all ______________ from my Lifestream and all life and replace it
permanently and forever with the Golden Christ Light, the Cosmic Christ Light of a Billion
Suns, and the Light of God That NEVER, NEVER, NEVER  Fails! BY THE MIGHTIEST…! (x3)  THANK YOU! (x3) ALMIGHTY I AM! (x3)  I AM Th e Responsible One

Beloved Mighty I AM God Presence, Beloved Holy Christ Self - I AM THAT I AM - Beloved
Ascended Master El Morya; Beloved Archangel Michael and Faith and All Your Legions of the
Fiery Christ Blue Lightning Angels and the Angels of the Flaming Sword; Beloved Mighty
Elohim Hercules and Holy Amazon ia, I Decree:

I AM THE RESPONSIBLE ONE! I AM Responsible for myself! I AM Responsible for my life! I AM Responsible for my world! I AM Responsible for my family  and loved ones! I AM Responsible for my neighbor! I AM Responsible for my community! I AM Responsible for my city! I AM Responsible for my state! I AM Responsible for my nation! I AM Responsible for the world! And I AM  Responsible to my God - the I AM THAT I AM,
my Beloved I AM Presence! SO HELP ME, GOD! BY THE MIGHTIEST…! (x3) THANK YOU! (x3) ALMIGHTY I AM! (x3)
Perfection Call

Through the Presence of God - I AM - I INVOKE  the Omniscient, Omnipresent, Omnipotent
Cosmic I AM, All That Is. I Invoke the Aspects of my Father -Mother God from the Great,
Great Central Sun. I Invoke the Aspects of my Father -Mother God from the Great Central Sun. I Invoke the Aspects of my Father -Mother God from the Central Sun. I Invoke the Aspects of
my Father -Mother God from  the physical Sun. I Invoke the full -gathered momentum of the
Flame of the Immaculate Concept. I Invoke  ALL of the aspects of my own Divinity: m y White
Fire Being; my Solar Causal Body ; my I AM Presence ; my Solar Christ Presence ; my Planetary
Christ Presence ; and m y Bod y Elemental. I INVOKE  the full -gathered momentum of the Crystalline Solar  Cosmic Violet Transmuting
and Spiral Blue Flame into _____ _________  and through the Cosmic Violet Transmuting and
Spiral Blue Flame, TRANSMUTE, CONSUME and REPLACE  and ARREST THE SPIRAL  of
ALL human creation and limitation and everything less than Perfection - cause, core, effect,
record and memory - past, present and future - from my lifestream and all life  permanently and
forever with the Golden Christ Light, the Cosmic Christ L ight of a Billion  Suns, and the Light
of God That NEVER, NEVER, NEVER  Fails! I CALL  on the Law of Forgiveness and the Cosmic Violet Transmuting Flame and Spiral Blue
Flame  into this condition - FORGIVE ME! (x3) FORGIVE US ALL! (x3)

For *THE LIGHT OF GOD NEVER  FAILS! (x3) AND THE
BELOVED MIGHTY I AM PRESENCE IS THAT LIGHT! (x3)

BY THE MIGHTIEST…! (x3)  THANK YOU! (x3) ALMIGHTY I AM! (x3)
Cyclopea's Call For The Matrix
Of The  Cosmic Cube And City Foursquare

In the Name of Almighty God! ( x3)

By the Power and Authority of the Threefold Flame within my heart, I CALL  for the full Power
and full -gathered Momentum of Beloved Cyclopea  and the Great Cosmic Beings from the
Pleiades; the Matrix of the C osmic Cube, the City Foursquare, the Star of Victory, the All -
Seeing Eye of God and the Emerald Sword of Truth to project this Matrix through my third eye
into _________________! IN THE NAME I AM THAT I AM BELOVED CYCLOPEA -
EXPOSE THE LIE OF THE HUMAN CON SCIOUSNESS! (x3)

EXPOSE THE TRUTH! ( x12) EXPOSE THE LIE! ( x12) SET ALL FREE! (x12)

SEAL EVIL WHERE IT DWELLS! (x3) and bring forth
the Perfect Manifestation of the Divine Matrix according to the Will of God! BY THE MIGHTIEST…! (x3) THANK YOU! (x3) BELOVED I AM! (x3)
Reverse The Tide

In the Name of the Beloved Mighty Victorious Presence of God, I AM in me from the Great
Central Sun, My Own Beloved Holy Christ Self and Holy Christ Selves of all mankind,
Beloved Goddess of Light, Beloved Queen of Light, Beloved Goddess of Liberty, Beloved
Goddess of Wisdom, Beloved Cyclopea, Thou Silent Watcher for the Earth, Beloved Seven
Mighty Elohim, Beloved Seven Chohans and Archangels, the Great Divine Director, Ascended
Master Cuzco, Beloved Mighty Astrea, Beloved Lanello and K -17, the Entire Spirit of the Great
White Brotherhood and the World Mother, Elemental Life- Fire, Air, Water, Earth and Ether! I Decree:
TAKE DOMINION NOW OVER  _________ _____! Reverse the tide! ( x3) Roll them back! ( x3)
Reverse the tide! ( x3) Take Thy command,
Roll them back! ( x3) Set all free! ( x3)
Reverse the tide! ( x3)

(Repeat this section 3, 12, or 36 times.) Replace it all by the Glorious Principles of God -Freedom, of Cosmic Liberty for the expansion
of the Christ Flame in every heart and for the Mighty Plan of Freedom for this age from the
Heart of Beloved Saint Germain! Unite the people in Liberty! ( x3) By God's Own Love now set them Free! ( x3)
Unite the earth and keep it Free (x3) By each one's I AM Victory! ( x3)

EXPOSE THE TRUTH! (x12) EXPOSE THE LIE! (x12)

(Repeat decree three times, beginning with "TAKE DOMINION NOW OVER.") BY THE MIGHTIEST…! (x3) THANK YOU! (x3) BELOVED I AM! (x3)

Zarathustra’s Song

Om Mani Padme Hum AUM

In the Name I AM THAT I AM, my Beloved Holy Christ/Buddha Self and Holy Christ/Buddha
Selves of all Lightbearers throughout Cosmos, Beloved Zarathustra, Surya and Cuzco, Lanello,
Clare de Lis, K -17, Kali and All True Messengers of God, All Ascended and Cosmic Beings,
Legions of Angels an d Archangels, Elohim, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of Heaven, gnomes,
undines, sylphs and salamanders, I Pray:

O Flaming One from out the Sun, O Zarathustra dear,
Impart Your Love to every heart in meditation here. Within we go, now deep within; the Soundless Sound we hear. The Unfed Flame, the Maxin Light, in silence we revere. Refrain : I AM the Fire of God -Desire; O Zarathustra, come. I AM the Fire of God -desire; I sound the Sacred AUM. In balance let this Sacred Dance of Gold and Pink and Blue
Continue unabated as we meditate with You. Our auras charge with Ruby Fire; our chakras spin and hum. The whirling action of this Fire intones the sacred AUM. O teach us of the Ancient Way to concentrate on Fire,
To fill our thought and feeling world with only God -Desire. Our song resounds throughout the day; Your gentle smile we see. O Zarathustra, Flaming One, now seal our Victory! In the fullness of Your Cosmic Joy, we accept this prayer manifest here and now with full Love,
Wisdom and Power, anchored in the earth, air, fire, water and ether and tangibly manifest in our
lives and in the lives of all evolutions of Light throughout Cosmos! Om Mani Padme Hum AUM
Decree For The Great Cosmic Light

Beloved Mighty I AM God Presence, Beloved Holy Christ Self - I AM THAT I AM - Beloved
Mighty Cosmos;  Beloved Maximus;  Beloved Lord Surya; Beloved Lord Sirius; Beloved Great
Central Sun Messengers; Cosmic Christs of other Spheres; Cosmic Councils; All Ascended and
Cosmic Beings with the Authority to Release Sacred Fire, Cosmic Light and Dispensations to
the Earth; and All  Great Beings, Powers and Legions of Light from the Pleiades, Sirius, and
Arcturus ; Elemental Life - Fire, Air, Water, Earth and Ether! I Decree:


 a y! W e  c a l l e d  h i m
K o s t y a,  i n  h o n o u r  o f  K o n s t a n t i n  B u t e y k o,  a n d  D r  B u t e y k o  a n d  C l a r a
L a g u n o v a  h e l p e d  c h r i s t e n  h i m  i n  t h e  s u m m e r  o f  1 9 9 1  i n  a  N o v o s i b i r s k
c h u r c h,  a s  h i s  g o d -  p a r e n t s. T h e  p i l l - p u s h i n g  m a f i a  d i d  t h e i r  b e s t  t o  n i p  D r  B u t e y k o ’ s  d i s c o v e r y  i n  t h e
b u d. T h e y  p e r s e c u t e d  h i m  u n m e r c i l e s s l y,  a n d  b r o u g h t  h i m  t o  a n  e a r l y  g r a v e. T h e y  p u t  h i m  i n  a  m a d  h o u s e  a n d  f i r e d  h i s  m o s t  l o y a l  s t u d e n t s  f r o m  t h e i r
j o b s. B u t  t h e y  d i d  n o t  q u i t e  s u c c e e d  i n  c r u s h i n g  t h e  M e t h o d. T h r o u g h o u t  a l l
t h e s e  y e a r s,  D r  B u t e y k o ’ s  w i f e  L u d m i l a  w a s  h i s  g u a r d i a n  a n g e l. S h e
s u c c e e d e d  i n  f o r c i n g  d o c u m e n t s  t h r o u g h  t h e  s y s t e m  t h a t  n o  o n e  e l s e  h a d  t h e
s t r e n g t h  t o  f o r c e  t h r o u g h! S h e  p u t  h e r  s o n  A n d r e y  B u t e y k o  i n t o  m e d i c a l
s c h o o l  a n d  t o d a y  h e  c o n t i n u e s  h i s  f a t h e r ’ s  w o r k. A n d  o u r  b o y  K o s t y a  h a s  a l s o  s t a r t e d  h i s  s e c o n d  y e a r  a t  t h e  m e d i c a l  i n s t i t u t e
–  t h e  b o y  t h e  m e d i c a l  e s t a b l i s h m e n t  s a i d  w o u l d  n e v e r  s u r v i v e! T h e  p i l l -
p u s h i n g  m a f i a  m a y  b e  p o w e r f u l  –  b u t  t h e  p o w e r  o f  h u m a n  g e n i u s  i s  e v e n
g r e a t e r! T h e  f i r e  t h a t  b u r n e d  i n  t h e  g r e a t  D r  B u t e y k o  s h o u l d  n e v e r  b e
a l l o w e d  t o  d i e. A n d  p e o p l e  l i k e  A l e x  S p e n c e  ( t h e b r e a t h i n g m a n ),  w h o  h a s
t a k e n  o n  t h e  l a b o u r  o f  p u b l i s h i n g  a n  E n g l i s h  v e r s i o n  o f  t h e  t r i l o g y :  “ D r
B u t e y k o ’ s  D i s c o v e r y ”,  c o n f i r m  b y  t h e  s t r e n g t h  o f  t h e i r  o w n  s p i r i t,  t h a t  i t  i s
u n l i k e l y  t o  f l i c k e r  o u t  a n d  d i e. A s  d o  c o l l e a g u e s  a t  t h e  –  C e n t r e  i n  V o r o n e z h
V l a d i m i r  B u t e y k o  a n d  M a r i a  B u t e y k o  -  B u t e y k o  C e n t r e  i n  M o s c o w  A n d r e y
N o v o z h i l o v  a n d  m a n y  m o r e  p e o p l e,  w h o m  t h e r e  i s  n o  o p p o r t u n i t y  h e r e  t o
n a m e. A l l  o f  t h e m  a r e  w o r k i n g  F O R  p e o p l e  w h o  a r e  i l l,  a n d  t h i s  i s  t h e  r e a s o n  t h e
p i l l - p u s h i n g  m a f i a  r e w a r d s  t h e m  w i t h  u n p l e a s a n t n e s s  a n d  a b u s e. B u t  s t i l l
t h e y  s t u b b o r n l y  c o n t i n u e  t h e i r  d i f f i c u l t  w o r k,  a n d  I  a m  p r o u d  t h a t  i t  h a s
f a l l e n  t o  m e  t o  b e  t h e  f i r s t  c h r o n i c l e r  o f  t h e  B u t e y k o  m o v e m e n t. L e t  u s  a l l
c l o s e  r a n k s! I t  i s  a  s t r u g g l e  t o  t h e  e n d. H o w  c a n  w e  n o t  f i g h t  f o r  h i m  a n d  a
G r e a t  D i s c o v e r y  t h a t  b r i n g s  r e c o v e r y  t o  s o  m a n y  p e o p l e.F o r e w o r d  t o  V o l u m e  1  -  T h e  D e s t r u c t i o n  o f  t h e  L a b o r a t o r y
F o r  o v e r  3 0  y e a r s  –  f r o m  O c t o b e r  1 9 5 2  t o  S e p t e m b e r  1 9 8 5  –  t h e  m e d i c a l
e s t a b l i s h m e n t  h u s h e d


	when	a	few	of	the	people	learned	of	the	plan	to	poison	the

city	with	this	self-condemned	product	they	started	a	protest	and	circularized

literature	giving	the	facts	about	it. But	the	promoters	of	gamma	globulin	induced

the	City	Manager	and	the	Police	Dept. to	arrest	anyone	protesting	or	handing	out

literature	unfavorable	to	their	serum. Miami	Herald,	Miami,	Florida	(Sept.	30,

1953)	reported:

"Dr.	Carl	Bernet,	of	United	States	Public	Health	Service	says:	‘Gamma	Globulin

is	not	a	cure	or	preventive	of	polio. Key	West	is	getting	the	Gamma	Globulin

because	there	is	an	extra	supply’." Is	this	a	land	of	liberty	or	just	a	page	out	of

the	Dark	Ages? CURARE,	which	is	arrow	poison	used	by	the	Indians	of	the	Amazon	is	used	on

polio	patients. A	doctor	in	the	Los	Angeles	Health	Department	told	me	that	this

drug	does	not	decrease	the	pain	of	the	polio	patients	but	it	makes	them	unable	to

move	or	scream	and	they	experiment	on	them	then. Many	of	the	patients	die

under	the	intense	pain	of	this	torture	treatment. THE	PRECAUTIONS	that	the	polio	foundation	give	to	the	public	have	no	effect

at	all	on	controlling	polio. What	good	does	it	do	to	warn	people	to,

1)	wash	their	hands,

2)	stay	out	of	swimming	pools,

3)	stay	away	from	polio	patients,

4)	call	a	doctor	when	symptoms	appear	etc. when	the	disease	is	not	caused	by

viruses	but	is	caused	by	body	poisoning? Why	call	a	doctor	who	admits	he	does

not	know	the	cause	or	the	cure? All	these	misleading	instructions	stand	in	the

way	of	healing. THE	SALK	VACCINE	is	just	another	failure	mechanism	because	it,	too,	is

wandering	blindly	in	the	wrong	direction	and	is	spreading	disease	rather	than

curtailing	it	and	is	killing	rather	than	curing. THE	GROWING	SKEPTICISM	OF	THE	SALK	VACCINE

Many	doctors,	and	public	authorities	as	well	as	individual	laymen	are	not	only

questioning	the	safety	of	the	Salk	vaccine	but	are	denouncing	it. Even	the

Journal	of	the	American	Medical	Association	in	a	recent	(1956)	"Report	on	Rate

of	Use	of	Poliomyelitis	Vaccine"	expresses	concern	about	the	dropping	off	of

sales	of	this	product	in	the	"announcement	by	the	Public	Health	Service	that

states	are	not	using	their	vaccine	supplies	at	the	rate	the	serum	is	being	released	. Approximately	45%	of	the	7,000,000	cc	had	been	used...Dr.	Scheele	asked	all

concerned	to	use	supplies	as	rapidly	as	possible..."	He	said,	"This	is	the	ideal

time	for	vaccinations. The	safety	and	effectiveness	of	the	vaccine	are	well

established." Imagine,	a	public	officer	making	a	statement	like	that	after	all	the	deaths	caused

by	the	blood	poisoning	vaccine. By	saying	that	"this	is	the	ideal	time	for

vaccinations"	he	probably	means	that	they	better	get	their	multibillion	dollar

supply	of	vaccine	sold	before	all	the	people	wake	up. Most	of	them	are	still	iii

the	hypnotic	stupor	of	the	high	pressure	advertising	of	the	past	year	and	a	half. "EFFICIENCY	OF	THE	SALK	SERUM	QUESTIONED"	is	the	title	of	a

headline	in	a	Chicago	newspaper. Excerpts	are	as	follows:

"CHICAGO,	Nov.	11	(AP)—A	doctor	said	today	that	not	all	public	health

physicians	are	certain	that	the	Salk	polio	vaccine	program	is	on	a	‘solid	and

secure	scientific	footing." "Dr.	Herbert	Ratner,	health	commissioner	of	suburban	Oak	Park	and	editor	of	the

Bulletin	of	the	American	Association	of	Public	Health	Physicians,	asserted	that

public	statements	have	mostly	favored	the	Salk	program	‘to	the	exclusion	of

unfavorable	items.’

"He	listed	these	items,	among	others:

"‘1. English	Authorities	in	July,	1955,	canceled	the	Salk	vaccine	programs	as	too

dangerous. "‘2. All	European	countries,	with	the	exception	of	Denmark,	have	discontinued

their	programs. Even	Denmark	is	reported	to	have	found	live	virus	in	the	Salk

Vaccine. "‘3. Canada	decided,	as	of	July	29,	1955,	to	postpone	its	vaccination	program

until	the	early	part	of	1956,	to	take	advantage	of	the	expected	advances	in	the

development	of	safe	and	effective	poliomyelitis	vaccine." (Since	there	is	no	such

safe	vaccine,	what	they	are	really	waiting	for	is	to	see	what	is	going	to	happen	to

the	millions	of	American	children	who	have	been	brutally	sacrificed	to	the

"money	mad"	vaccine	experiment. None	of	these	other	countries	want	to	waste

their	children	on	such	risky	and	haphazard	experiments.) "‘4. Two	Nobel	Prize	winners,	Dr.	John	Enders	and	Dr.	Wendell	M.	Stanley,	both

have	publicly	indicated	their	uncertainties	about	the	Salk	vaccine. "‘5. The	Polio	Advisory	Committee	and	health	officials	of	at	least	one	state,

Massachusetts,	have	advised	against	public	inoculations	and	have	withheld

approval	of	the	use	of	the	vaccine	until	at	least	Jan.	1,	1956. "‘6. One	of	the	two	major	pharmaceutical	houses	connected	with	the	production

of	Salk	Vaccine	since	the	1954	field	trials	has	recently	found	it	necessary	to

withdraw	their	product	from	the	market’." Why	pick	on	just	one	drug	company;	they	are	all	guilty. In	"DREW

PEARSON’S	MERRY-GO-ROUND"	the	writer	states:

"Other	drug	companies,	with	the	exception	of	Park	Davis,	have	not	experienced

so	many	seizures	(by	the	Food	and	Drug	administration,	for	violation	of	law). Park	Davis	has	had	nine	civil	suits,	Eli	Lilly	two,	Pitman	Moore	two,	Wyatt

three,	Sharp	and	Dohme	four,	Cutter	nine." He	also	tells	us	that:

"The	Public	Health	Service	which	is	testing	and	licensing	the	Salk	Vaccine	has

not	had	time	to	test	it,	but	has	accepted	the	written	reports	of	the	drug

companies." In	a	life	and	death	matter	such	as	this	with	millions	of	people

involved	and	future	generations	threatened	by	disease	and	impairment	from

vaccine	poisoning,	why	haven’t	our	paid	public	officials	had	time	to	test	the

vaccine? Can	the	manufacturers	who	are	in	the	business	for	profit	be	expected	to

tell	the	truth	about	the	product—when	the	truth	would	condemn	them? "SALK	SHOTS	OPEN	NEW	DRUG	MARKET"	is	the	front	page	headline	in	an

independent	newspaper	(The	American	Rally,	April	1955)	In	the	opening

paragraphs	we	read:

"ANN	ARBOR—With	the	pomp	of	a	Presidential	inauguration	and	the	ballyhoo

of	a	Hollywood	premiere,	the	big	drug	houses	have	unleashed	upon	the	public

their	infamous	campaign	in	behalf	of	the	Salk	vaccine. Using	the	general	anxiety

concerning	polio,	this	conspiracy	now	aims	to	inject	this	dubious	serum	into	the

bloodstream	of	every	child	in	the	United	States. "Thus,	a	new	major


 the body that the water
in fruits and vegetables does, ALL THREE OF OUR BODY CYCLES FUNC
TION WITH THE GREATEST EASE WHEN SUPPLIED WITH THIS WATER
ON A REGULAR BASIS. It's interesting that we eat in such a way as to not cleanse but pollute
our bodies. We eat in such a way as to clog them. We don't want to be
clogged up any further, because the more we clog ourselves, the more
we're going to put on weight, and the more difficult it will be to get that
weight off. In fact, from now on when you look at the foods that you are
about to eat, do just that—look at the plate of food that you're going to
put into your body, and simply ask yourself this question: "Is this food
that I'm going to put into this magnificent, intelligent body of mine going
30 • FIT FOR LIFE to cleanse me, or is it going to clog me. " Stated another way: "Is this
meal predominated by fruits and vegetables. " This is a very important
question to ask yourself regularly. It's very simple. Am I eating a food
right now that's going to cleanse me (detoxify me), or is it going to clog
me. Most of the food we eat in this country is of a clogging nature. Our
food clogs our bodies, and then, because we're clogged, we start to feel
bad and we take measures to feel better, but at the same time we're still
eating foods that are clogging up the system. So, from now on ask your
self, when you look at a meal, "Is approximately 70 percent of this meal
of a high-watcr-content nature. " Because I will tell you something with
out reservation: If it's not, there is no way in the world you are going to
successfully lose the weight you want to lose and keep it off permanently. If you truly want to be healthy and experience the body that you know
you deserve to have, then it is an absolute prerequisite that you ask your
self this question. The reason there are two hundred thousand heart by
pass operations in this country every year is because people's arteries are
clogged'. I would be willing to wager that few, if any, of these unfortunate
two hundred thousand were on a diet predominated by high-water-con
tent food. It's odd, but the things we receive for free we abuse the most. Because we are given these miraculous, incredible bodies at birth for free,
we tend to take them for granted and abuse them. We must work with
our bodies, not against them. One perfect way to do that is to cleanse
them, not clog them. The reason we eat so much food that is clogging rather than cleansing
is that we're prisoners. Prisoners. That's right. We're prisoners of our taste
buds. We will do anything for our taste buds. If there is a food that can't
outrun us, and it's not nailed down, and it will fit into our mouth., and it
tastes good, we'll eat it. We don't think twice about it. The only require
ment we have about food is "How does it taste. " But what about the rest
of the body. When you look at the tiny area of the body that your taste
buds occupy, and then you look at the rest of your body (which is what
has to deal with the foods that pass over your taste buds) you have to
wonder why people place so much attention on one small part of the
body and ignore such a large part. How many times have you heard someone say, "You know what, I
woke up this morning, I was real late, I didn't have a chance to take a
bite before I went out of the house. I ran out of the house to the office. 1
had more work than I could possibly take care of, I never took a coffee
break. I never took a lunch break. I worked straight all day long. " You've
probably heard that part before. But now five o'clock rolls around; it's
time to go home. All of a sudden this person realizes how hungry he
THE PRINCIPLE OF HIGH-WATER-CONTENT FOOD • 31 really is. He's rubbing his stomach and saying, "Man, am I hungry. I
haven't eaten all day. I'm going out right now to get myself something
that's going to wash out my intestines and cleanse my colon. " No way. That is not what you've heard. It's more like "I'm going to get myself a
pizza or a cheeseburger. " The thing that people do when they're hungry,
most of the time, is decide what is going to taste best and then go and eat
that food. If you think exclusively of what is going to taste good, your
body never has the opportunity to cleanse or detoxify itself. Therefore,
you're always eating foods that just taste good, and then clog up the body,
adding more weight, making the problem more difficult, and preventing
you from ever taking that weight off. I am not implying for a moment
that you have to eat in such a way as to not enjoy your food. I'm not
saying you should eat food that does not absolutely delight your taste
buds. No. What I'm saying is that you can eat foods that taste fantastic
but at the same time meet the requirements of your whole body. All we're suggesting is to think in terms of eating meals that are 70
percent high-water-content foods (fruit and vegetables) and 30 percent
concentrated foods (everything else). Wait until you see what can be done
with fruits and vegetables—far more than most people imagine. The cre
ative, innovative, and tantalizing ideas supplied in FIT FOR LIFE will
probably change your eating life-style forever. When you're hungry and
you think of something to eat, you're going to know about some delecta
ble, nonclogging alternatives. This can all be reduced to one simple sentence, IF YOU WANT TO BE
VIBRANTLY AND VIGOROUSLY ALIVE, IN THE BEST POSSIBLE SHAPE,
YOU HAVE TO EAT FOOD THAT'S ALIVE. You don't have to be a Ph. D. or a mental giant to get that. A live body will be built from live food. Food that's alive will be high-water-content food. If it does not have high
water content, then that food is not alive. And if 70 percent or more of
your diet is made up of food that is dead, processed, and denatured, 1
leave it to you to imagine what will become of your body. Fruits and
vegetables are enormously high in water. Other foods are concentrated,
meaning the water has been either cooked or processed out. Something I like to do is compare us, as a species, to the other mam
mals that are sharing the planet with us. Look at all the mammals. I am
not talking about animals that we have as pets or in zoos, because they're
under the dominion of humans and therefore have many of the problems
of humans. But have you ever seen a fat tiger or impala in the wild. Have
you ever seen animals in nature that have lost their teeth and use false
teeth to eat, or have hearing aids to hear, or have glasses so they can see,
or are wearing toupees because they went bald, or have pacemakers to
make their hearts pump, or dialysis machines for their kidneys. Have you
32 • FIT FOR UFE ever heard of a million animals a year dying of heart disease. Or a half a
million dying of cancer. Or a quarter million dying of strokes. Or thou
sands dying of diabetes.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the main purpose of the human body's craving for water?,
A: To maintain a healthy and optimal condition.
Q: What is the author suggesting as a key to maintaining a healthy body?,
A: Consuming a diet that is at least 70% water content, which means predominantly fruits and vegetables.
Q: What is the author's stance on drinking water to achieve weight loss?,
A: Drinking water is not sufficient to achieve weight loss; instead, it is necessary to consume high-water-content foods.
Q: What is the author's argument about the importance of proper food combining?,
A: It is essential to avoid eating incompatible foods together, as it hinders digestion and energy production, and instead, eat one concentrated food at a time.
Q: What is the author's claim about the benefits of fruit consumption?,
A: Fruit is not only cleansing and detoxifying but also conserves energy, allowing the body to redirect it towards eliminating toxic waste and losing weight.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>In the
interim the whole meal rots and ferments and turns to acid. The very
instant that fruit comes into contact with food in the stomach and di
gestive juices the entire mass of food begins to spoil. Whatever protein is
in the stomach putrefies, whatever carbohydrate is there ferments. The
whole thing turns to acid, and we run for medication because of the
discomfort. This is something that is easily verifiable. Perhaps you have
already experienced it. THE PRINCIPLE OF CORRECT FRUIT CONSUMPTION • SI Perhaps after a meal you have had a piece of fruit or a glass of juice,
and you noticed a sharp pain


ourselves to think with Spirit again, with love again, with God again.
Mind trainin g makes the unconscious mind  conscious. I call the
unconscious mind “the unwatched mind,” for it is constantly wandering
and distracting us from rememb ering our true identity. When the mind
wanders into an ego trap, it’s very important to come back to the present
moment and the sense of peace it brings. The practical spiritual  path is a
practice of finding and tapping into the Holy Spirit’ s thought system of
freedom and following it carefully. The practical tools I offer you
throughout this book will support you in finding and establishing this
thought system.
Sometimes peop le ask me if they need to love the ego. We can’t
love the ego since the ego is the belief that there is no love. We can’t
love something that is the total denial of love! The ego doesn’ t really
exist since it is just a belief. So, we are not trying to heal or awaken the
ego. That is impossible. Self-improvement does not solve anything. The
Self that God created does not need to be improved; it is already perfect.
What you can do is expose your ego beliefs, raise them to the light of the
Holy Spirit, and then watch them disappear. This is how you see that the
ego wasn’ t real, and you can have a good belly laugh at it.
Until our belief system is deeply examined, the ego will continue to
have a grip on us. It has control over our roles and responsibiliti es. It has
control over almost everything we do and say. Until we have examined
our mind deeply enough to allow Spirit to use our roles and
responsibilities for a loving purpose, the ego will use them for its own
ends. There is nothing in betwe en: you either let your mind be used by
the Spirit or by the ego. By giving over the roles and responsibilities to
the Holy  Spirit,  they can be repurposed for the Spirit’ s healing  of your
mind. Your career, hobbies, talents, and relationships can all be used in
miraculous ways you never dreamed were possible. I’ve marveled as I
watched all the skills that I had developed be used in comple tely new
and different ways by the Holy Spirit. The practicality of it is amazing. It
is like the unwinding action of turning a screw out of a wall. The ego has
really wound us into this belief system, and that’s why it takes many
gentle turns to come out of it.I am very excited to start this journey with you. When I meet
someone, it is never a fleeting encounter. We are here to truly bless each
other ’s lives, to be of full support to one another. I feel like I am always
meeting my beloved Self. We have a lifelong link; we have a lifelong
connection of awakening to truth together. Even though our bodies seem
to be in different parts of the world, we have a communication link. We
can join together through the power of thought, through the power of
prayer, and through Spirit. It is in our hearts.
The result of this journey is profound beyond imagination. In
spiritual practice, like any other  practice, the more you put in, the more
you will get out. Willingness goes a very, very long way! The tools I will
give you can help you see that the sticky and painful aspects of your
everyday life can ultimately be the springboards to a sustained
experience of profound freedom and joy.
If you have a strong desire to know your beloved Self, know that
the feeling is mutual and that joining together in this unified purpose is
more profound than you might think. Let’ s begin.Part I
The Miracle of Moving Through
SeparationChapter 1
Judgment and Knowledge
One time I was walking with a friend when she spontaneously burst into
laughter and said, “You have a butterfly on your butt!” I looked back,
and, sure enough, there was a butterfly getting a free lift on my backside.
I said, “Okay. Enjoy the ride!” We continued to walk down the road, and
it dawned on me that the butterf ly would be more comfortable riding on
my finger. So, I put my index finger in the air and told my friend that I
was going to call the butterfly to ride on my finger. She was all for it. I
called to it telepathically, “Com e on up. There is a great view here. The
butt is okay, but you’ll like it up here. You can be like a little hood
ornament.” And it did! It flew around, landed on my finger, and stayed
there with its little antennae out. Of course, my friend laugh ed even
harder. It was a fun walk, with the butterfly symbolizing our innocence.
Like children, animals respond to defenselessness. When you are
meek, joyful, and innocent, you draw forth many reflections. At our
monastery, the chipmunks come right up our legs. It is like a Saint
Francis moment. Everything we see is innocent. I see this truth in people
and events. I am into not seeing error. I am into seeing innocence
everywhere and in everyone. This is why people and animals, and even
butterflies, want  to be near me. When the mind is whole and not split,
you see only innocence, and you feel happy and loving all the time!
The Split
Imagine for a second an awake mind. This mind is used to the
wholeness, sameness, and constancy of Heaven’ s oneness. Suddenly, a
doubt thought seems to arise. Now the mind has two irreconcilable
thought systems —one of love and one of fear. The tension from trying to
hold this split together is intolerable since the two thought systems haveno meeting point and are total opposites of each other. There fore, the
mind attempts to see the split outside instead of within, where it was
conceived. Thus, a world of duality and opposites is made: a place with
opposing views and changing desires.
The ego says, “I know how you can alleviate this terrible tension:
just get rid of your feelings of pain and guilt by projecting them  out onto
the world.” This is how pain, fear, doubt, and sorrow became the
common experie nce of this world. This is how the mind made a world of
duality, of up and down, of good and bad, and of right and wrong. The
only reason we seem to experience health and sickness, war and peace,
life and death, and all the variations, degrees, and extremes is simply
judgment. That is the trick of this world. Whenever we judge or
condemn, the mind is projecting, and says, “That person, thing, or
situation out there is at fault.”  It does this to cover the guilt of the
separation from God, which, believe it or not, is at the core of every
conceived problem in this world. It makes the world into a smokescreen
as it thinks it can be free of the guilt by putting it outside, while
believing it is actually within. It is only by believing there is darkness
within that our mind would ever attempt to project it outside.
How Good Is Good Enough?
Growing up in this world, there is a lot of pressure and high expectations
to do something constructive, develop skills, and gain special knowledge
to develop a life skill for self-suf ficiency. We’re told that it’s important
to get higher and higher degrees and accumulate more and more special
knowledge. This is stressful, and it’ s coming from a strong cultural belief
in perso nal responsibility, whic h has, at its core, a sense of guilt. It’s
built in to the system, and it seems noble and good, yet the pressure for
self-reliance is hurting us.
Not many can escape the questions running in the back of our
minds: How good is good enough? Did I do enough? Did I fulfill
obligations? Did I live up to standar ds? The ego sets us up to be forever
stressed-out, always thinking that there is something we could change or
make better. This is rigid learn ed behavior, but another perspective isavailable, a perfectly different and perfectly gentle means and
perspective.
A Course in Miracles  says, “In no situation that arises do you
realize the outcome that would make you happy.” Not in some—in none!
But you’re not left hanging; the next lesson states, “Everything is for
your own best interests.” Everything! This can feel just as shocking as
the first message.
All things work together for good with no exceptions except in the
ego’s judgment. Talk about undoing the analytical mind! Suddenly,
there’ s no point in trying to analyze or judge anything. What a relief!
Our Deepest Problem
The deepest problem that we have is the thinking, the stereotyping, the
breaking-things-apart mechanism. I call this the “I-know” egoic mind.
The ego is always fragmented; it made up a fragmented world, and it’s
always categorizing, analyzing, diagnosing, and fixing things. It’s very
much a dysfunctional thought system, based on the myth of separation.
In the traditiona l Genesis story, God said to Adam and Eve, “Don’t
eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” But the serpent
lured Eve into taking an apple