. Had  he "read, marked,
learned and inwardly digested " the old book I have already quoted, on
the value of urine for "any green wound" he might have known  that a
cure  had  already been found years ago. As it was, I little thought then
that it would be given to me to prove  the truth of that sentence,  and
much less did the thought  occur  to me that it would not be a crown of
gold I should receive, but metaphorically  speaking,  a crown of thorns !
For although the story  is not relevant to this book, I have had to suffer
for my doctrines  and their demonstration.
The first case  of gangrene  I ever treated was in 1920. The patient was a
lady of fifty‐three. She had  been in the care of a well‐ known Bradford
physician  who was an, authority  on fasting and dietetics.  Anaemia had
developed,  the lungs  showed signs  of grave disturbance,  and there  was
a gangrenous  condition  in one foot, with a number  of skin eruptions  of 30
 varying dimensions  on each leg. There was also a jaundiced  condition
which  had turned her complexion  to that of an Eurasian, and the whites
of her eyes yellow. Her abdomen  was  distended  and hard, and her body
had become thin and scraggy almost to emaciation.
Although the doctor was quite willing that my method should be tried
for at least a month, I was loathe to advise upon the case,  for I felt that
no period of less than sixty to seventy  days would restore  the patient  to
However,  to my surprise, some encouraging  health.  Developments
occurred fairly quickly, and gave me the first opportunity  of observing
that gangrene  is far from being that hopeless  condition  which  the
public and the doctors have been led to believe.
By dint  of fasting the patient  on her own urine and  water,  and  rubbing
urine into her body and  applying urine compresses,  at the end of ten
days the kidneys and bowels  were working " overtime,"  and though the
eruptions  had increased,  they were  less irritable.  The breathing  became
normal  and  easy,  the patient slept  better,  and  above all, the
gangrenous  foot began to show  signs  of healing.
By the eighteenth  day of the fast the foot was quite normal; the urine
had  formed new  skin, and  there  was no trace whatever  of the livid
abrasions.  The foot  had healed without  even leaving a scar.
Yet need we be surprised,  once  we understand  that urine is not dead
matter,  but so to say,  flesh, blood  vital  tissues in living solution? As the
result of this cure,  I was invited to take on another  case  of gangrene.  It
was that of a woman 'in the early  forties.  Her right leg was in such a
state, of putrefaction  that her medical adviser  had urged amputation  of
the limb.  31
 The trouble had  begun  nearly two years previously  with a swelling at
the ankle. This had been ascribed  to her occupation  which  entailed
much kneeling on a hard  stone floor.  She had  submitted  herself to
many treatments,  both orthodox and  unorthodox,  but her afflictions
merely  increased.  She suffered  from severe constipation,  piles, eczema,
anaemia, insomnia,  tic nerveux, general depression,  sore mouth and
tongue, faceache,  eruptions  at each corner of the lips‐and  above all,
more  cavities had  occurred in the gangrenous  leg. In spite of her
tribulations,  however,  she was a woman, of great spirit, and  I had  no
difficulty in persuading  her to fast on all the urine she passed, and up to
six half pints  a day of cold water,  which she always sipped.
During the first  five days of the penance the eruptions  began to
disappear,  and  the skin in every part of her body began to look
healthier in every respect.  The faceache  vanished  by the second  day,  on
the third night  she slept  soundly after weeks of insomnia,  and by the
end of the first week, the bowels  and kidneys were working " overtime
" and  the piles  were cured. In a fortnight there  was no sign of the
gangrene,  and new  skin had grown in place of the cavities.  The diseased
leg, which previously  had  become twice  the size of the other  one, was
now completely  normal‐ not even a scar remaining  anywhere  to remind
her of what she had  suffered! I subsequently  put my recovered  patient
on an exclusive diet of grapes,  bananas  and raw tomatoes  for a week in
small quantities,  added  fresh unpasteurised  milk for the second  week,
and in the third week finally got her back on a normal  diet.
According  to my experience,  gangrene  is often  much quicker  in
response than many other  major  or "killing diseases, a matter which
may  be seen from a few brief case‐ sheets which  I now will add. I should 32
 mention that nearly all these  cases were treated after the physicians
had urged amputation.
Mrs.  E. Gangrenous  feet and  toes following  upon paralysis  after
vaccines had  been administered,  48 days fast. Urine  healed feet and
toes in the first  20 days.
Mr. D. Diabetic gangrene  of left forearm. Fasted


 possible.”
When A Cours e in Miracles  finally came along for me in 1986, I
opened it up and almost lost my breath. I felt like a lot of people do: that
it was really, really powerful. Something inside of me said, “Ahhh. …
Support!” It was such a powerful wayshower. It was like a guide. There
was an inner voice urging me, “Keep it up. Don’ t stop now. You are on
the road to truth. You are coming inward with all this deep questioning. Keep going.” The journey that followed can be summed up as a love
affair with God. I never plann ed my life to unfold that way. And I
certainly did not grow up consciously thinking that this was how I
wanted to spend my life. After several years of reading A Course in Miracles,  I began to hear
the voice of the inner guide. This quiet voice was giving me very helpful
and often very specific instructions on where to go, what to say, and
what to do. I no longer had to navigate through this maze of a world on
my own anymore! Listening to and following this voice seemed to
assure my peace  and happiness. My prayer had been answered! I had an
inner guide who was there to answer any question and help me make
every decision. It was an amazing gift and a tremendous relief! Nowadays, I spend most of my time meeting people like you who
are looking for happiness and a deeper sense of purpose in their lives. And time and time again, people all over the world ask me the how
questions: How do I find true peace? How do I find true happine ss? How
do I find the quiet peace, the kind of peace and happiness that will last? I
have taught on six continents and in forty-four countries, and no matter
where I go, people always ask me, How, How, How?And this is what I say: “By unveiling and forgiving your blocks to
love.”
And then they ask: “But how do I forgive? How do I let go of fear? How do I heal and come to peace of mind? Can you give me a practical
formula? Can you give me something that I can use every day?”
There is nothing more fun to me than giving the how away—and
that is my intent ion with this book. Once you experience it, you feel how
wonderful it is, and then you will want to give it away too. The bottom line of the how is: Make contact with Holy Spirit, with
God, with the Higher Self, whatever you prefer to call it. Once you
connect with Spirit—which I call Holy Spirit—you are in direct contact
with the how, for the Holy Spirit is the how. You are right there in the
moment with the how, experiencing it moving through you. It is in the powe r of this mome nt where the how resides. It is only
now that we are truly able to forgive and move from a fearful state into a
loving one. It is only in this mom ent that we are truly able to experience
the miracle of letting every dark thought and feeling and every pain and
suffering go, shined away by the Holy Spirit. It is only in this moment
that we are truly able to perform  the miracle of forgiveness. The miracle
of this moment is always available, ready to take us beyond the intellect
and back into an experience of pure love and of our true divine nature. Forgiveness—the process of seeing no problems—of fers a doorway
into the intuitive flow of presence and the ability to just ride that
presence like a feather floating on the breeze. Presence with the Holy
Spirit brings us to a place where there are no difficult decision s, for the
Spirit is always out in front of us, showing us the way. There is no
hesitation or doubt, just an increasingly consistent sense of relaxation
and ease. When we have conta ct with Spirit, with our internal teacher,
and this contact becomes consistent, the ease comes into our life. The primary aim of this book is to help you come into the flow of
the prese nt mom ent where you can hear the voice of the Holy Spirit. The
Holy Spirit, the ever-present comforter and guide, is always there in the
quiet depths of your mind, waiting for you to come with your prayers,
with your offerings of forgiveness, and with your requests for guidance.The Holy Spirit is always there to help you let go of what you no longer
want and to help you unwind from your faulty perception of the world—
a fragm ented perception that tells you that you are separate from the
unifying love at your core, the love that you are. If you truly want to experience a lasting sense of peace and
happiness and of love and joy, and want to save time getting there, I
would like to offer you a spirituality that is very practical. In my
experience, it comes down to the formula of 1 percent principle and 99
percent practice. The 1 percent principle must be truly helpful, leading
you out of the illusion of separa tion and not deeper into it. At the end of
the day, focusing much more on the practice of forgiveness rather than
on the theory is the fast track to true peace and happiness. The consistent
practical application of true principle is what makes lasting change. To help you do this, I am going to take you on a journey deep
within. It’s a journey of self-inquiry and self-discovery that makes
change possible. Without going within, studying your own mind, and
taking a good close look at the false thoughts and beliefs you have about
yourself, you cannot find the answers and change you are looking for. Throughout the book, I will use the terms “Holy Spirit” and “ego” as if
they are separate, autonomous powers. This way of communicating
about the two different thought  systems in our mind has a purpose: to
acknowledge that the ego-thought system is separate from God. The ego-
thought system, which is separate from your true Self, come s from a
false belief in fear, guilt, and sacrifice. It is behind every doubt, every
feeling of littleness, and every wish for separation. The Holy Spirit’ s
thought system, on the other hand, is something we are relea rning to
think and operate from, bridging the gap of separation in our
disconnected hearts and minds and allowing us to remember our true
identity as Divine Spirit. The only way out of the ego-thought system is through the doorway
of the moment, this miracle moment that is untouched by any past
association or future anticipatio n. Yet, to live in an experience of the
present moment, we must become aware of and expose our unconscious
beliefs. We need to expose the ego fully, which is nothing more than a
voice of fear and doubt. It is important not to be hard on ourselves when
we fall into the ego’s doubt trap, for here lies our opportunity to raise theego into awareness. And it is only by becoming aware of the ego that it
can be seen for what it is and then forgiven in the light of the Holy
Spirit. We cannot really judge our advances from our retreats. In fact, we
cannot conclude anything as we go through this transformation. So, be
gentle with yourself as you allow the darkness to rise into your
awareness to be released. As you start to release the attack thoughts, grievances, and
judgments that come up, the world will slowly start to light up. You will
start to see more and more loving reflections. And though it may seem
like there is more light in the world, it is really your mind that is filling
with light again. A devoted practice of bringing all your dark thoughts
and feelings to the light will result in revelations of evermore light and
love filling your mind. The exposure of the ego is an ongoing and
necessary process that precede s the complete joining with the Holy
Spirit. With your willingness, this book will help you take the beginning
steps toward this most glorious experience of becoming happy,
becoming at peace, and finding your true purpose. The Holy Spirit’ s answer to all of the world’ s seeming complexities
and choices is the miracle. In A Cours e in Miracles, the “miracle” is
defined as a change of perception from fear to love. Although there are
steps involved, with practice, all thoughts of conflict and suffering are
easily raised into the Spirit’ s light and released to free the mind to
experience the miracle. The miracle is never out there, in the future. It is
always right here, in the presen t. It’s merely been covered by the doubt
and fear generated by our mistaken belief that we are separate from God. The journey within leads us beyond the intellect and into an
experience of pure love, which is our true nature! In order to experience
that feeling of love consistently, however, we have to go through an
experiential purification and transformation process. And it’s interesting
that the word “course” is in the title because at some point when you’re
reading A Course in Miracles, it begin s to dawn on you that this course
is asking you to unlearn  absolutely everything that is unlike your true
nature. So, instead of “doing” a course and “learning” something new,
your mind is being emptied of everything it has ever learned about itself
and the world, which has nothing to do with who you really are.This is why we need mind training. Mind training is training
ourselves to think


 oxygen available to the brain tissue through
vasodilatation of other blood vessels besides the one blocked by an embolus. 10
,
11
DMSO also helps in the release of energy and allows the ischemic tissue
sufficient time to reach a hemostatic balance and reverse or prevent furtherdamage to central nervous system cells. 12
Other experiments on dogs revealed that the DMSO-treated animals did
significantly better than untreated control animals when they underwent
experimental acute spinal cord injury. An animal’s recovery rate was related to the
initial dose of DMSO given and to the time interval that elapsed after injury before
the drug was given. High doses and earlier treatment resulted in much faster
recovery. 13
When forty rhesus monkeys were subjected to acute experimental head injury
by compressing the brain with an extradural balloon, a variety of symptoms
developed. When DMSO was given to these animals, fewer died, and neurological
defects in the surviving animals were less evident in DMSO-treated monkeys when
compared with control animals. 14
The scientists doing these experiments are studying the effect of DMSO on
severe head trauma such as brain compression. Serious head injury from gunshot wounds could result in brain compression. “We do not have any drugs to adequately treat most severe head injuries,” says de
la Torre, “and we have high hopes that DMSO may be able to fill this gap, at least
until we learn more about the pathology that is involved in these injuries.”
SUMMARIZING THE KNOWLEDGE OF DMSO USE FOR THE
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
In his March 1980 appearance before the House Select Committee on Aging, Dr.
de la Torre crystallized his experimental work with DMSO. The questions he
answered summarized nearly everything currently known about adapting the drug
to central nervous system disorders. Over the years thousands of laboratory animals have been used in dozens of
experiments to accumulate sufficient knowledge before employing the solvent to
humans. The de la Torre group alone has included DMSO therapy for more than
500 animals, four different animal species, and various models of neurological
trauma, dating from early 1971 when head and spinal injuries were being explored. The following information comes from the neurosurgeon’s testimony:
In the injured animal, there is an improvement in cortical flow within thirty
minutes from giving DMSO, even after cortisone has stopped being secreted. Cortisone is a natural body substance that helps the experimental model fight off
the effects of head trauma.By infusing DMSO, there is an increase in the carotid artery blood flow to the
brain, as well. The carotid arteries are two brain vessels that bring oxygen and
nutrition to where they are needed. This circulatory mechanism will shut down
from the trauma and constitute a kind of brain death by itself without the DMSO
infusion. DMSO-treated animals respond much better than those animals that are
given something else. DMSO also appears to restore the subject’s electroencephalogram. In these
model injuries, the animals are brought to a point where the electroencephalogram
reading becomes flat, just preceding brain death and eventual death of the animal. Ten minutes after the injection of DMSO, the electroencephalogram returns and
the brain becomes active in its own healing and thinking. Elevated blood pressure is stabilized in these experimental animals treated
with DMSO. This is important because following head injury or spinal cord injury
there is always an increase in blood pressure in both animals and humans. If the
elevated pressure is not controlled, it may lead to death. There is an increase in the respiratory pattern of the injured models with using
DMSO. The animals appear to breathe deeper and faster, a desirable effect
because in many brain-injured patients, respiration becomes too shallow and may
eventually stop. In urine output, DMSO produces a diuretic effect and increases the body’s
excretion by five times compared to other drugs. After the intravenous administration of DMSO, there is an elevation in the
amount of spinal cord blood flow to the region of trauma. One of the first things
that happens after spinal cord trauma is that a reduction of oxygen and blood flow
sets in, inasmuch as the blood
vessels constrict or shut down and prevent the
spilling of necessary enzymes and other materials into the tissue. Without some
treatment, the tissue then swells. Eventually this leads to paralysis. In cerebral
stroke, the animal will either become comatose or lethargic or die. With DMSO
infusion immediately after injury, all of this is prevented. Water accumulates in the brain as a result of trauma, because the damage
breaks down many of the cells. They spill their contents into the tissue, increasing
water content and thus pressure in the brain. This fluid buildup in the cranium,
which is nothing more than a bony box, will eventually compress vital centers at
the bottom of the brain and lead to death. But medical scientists have observed
that treatment with DMSO brings about significant reduction of intracranial
pressure. “If DMSO were effective only for decreasing intracranial pressure,” de
la Torre points out, “it will still be a very useful drug.... It picks up water,carries it to blood vessels, and then removes it from the brain. So it really dries
out the brain, in a sense.”
In the same way, an accumulation of blood that is compressing the tissue in an
area critical to survival may cause irreversible brain damage, but DMSO will
carry even this nontoxic blood away. Experiments performed in 1992 at the
University of Health Sciences–The Chicago Medical School have achieved
reduction of the spilled blood, but the investigators cannot explain how the injected
DMSO does this. They theorize that the perfusion of blood vessels in other areas
of the brain takes over the function of the damaged blood vessels by the action of
the DMSO. DMSO tends to protect nerve cells from the actual physical disruption that
occurs following injury. It provides better protection than other treatments. Scientists have verified this by observations with the electron microscope and the
light microscope. Thus, DMSO prevents the paralysis that may ensue following
trauma; it prevents or reverses many of the pathologic signs that are usually
present in brain trauma; it alters the severe effects seen after an embolic brain
stroke. These are benefits that will eventually affect more than half a million
Americans each year. POTENTIAL IN TREATING MYASTHENIA GRAVIS AND
OTHER DISORDERS
Along with showing DMSO’s great effectiveness in treating central nervous system
injuries, de la Torre projects how it will open possibilities for the treatment of
other neurological disorders that affect brain swelling. For example, the substance
is already finding use in treating
the consequences of the removal of a brain tumor,
where swelling of the tissue develops after the tumor excision. In children, there is Reye’s syndrome, where an acute increase in intracranial
pressure occurs from the invasion of a suspected viral agent. Surgery or drug
therapy is often ineffective in Reye’s syndrome, but DMSO may do the job of
relieving the pressure on the child’s brain. Ordinarily, antibodies protect people against disease. In myasthenia gravis,
however, abnormal antibodies hamper the transmission of nerve signals to the
muscles and thus produce the weakness symptomatic of the disease. Myasthenia
gravis, a rarity, affects about one out of 20,000 people. It is characterized by
sporadic muscular fatigability and weakness, occurring chiefly in musclesinnervated by cranial nerves, and characteristically improved by cholinesterase-
inhibiting drugs. The causative defect is believed to be located at the
neuromuscular junction and to be related to an impairment of acetylcholine’s
ability to induce muscle contraction. DMSO, a cholinesterase inhibitor, has
markedly reduced the abnormal antibodies characteristic of myasthenia gravis. Animal experiments at Johns Hopkins University made use of DMSO simply
as a solvent to increase absorption of an immunosuppressive drug called
frentizole, which researchers were testing. Their object was to use frentizole to
reduce antibodies in rats that had been treated to give them a disorder much like
myasthenia gravis. The experimental treatment worked, but it proved to be the
solvent, not the immunosuppressive drug, that was doing the work. In January 1981, reporting in the British scientific journal
Nature
, the scientists
Alan Pestronk, M.D., and Daniel B. Drachman, M.D., stated their intent to test
DMSO in human beings, because they knew of no current treatment that
diminishes circulating antibodies as quickly, safely, and effectively as DMSO did
in the experiments. The scientists stressed that their observations were made in
only one set of experiments with one species, however. They do not know whether
the same effect would occur in humans or whether DMSO would have any value
against the disease. This remains to be seen. Dr. Pestronk and Dr. Drachman said their discovery might have important
implications for treating not only myasthenia gravis but also other diseases in
which the body’s immunological defenses turn against some of the body’s own
cells or tissues. Such disorders are called autoimmune diseases. Several other
serious diseases


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thing any of us have: Now. Decide to live fully in the
present, withdrawing attention from past and future. Your
desir e for inspiration activates the world of Spirit from which
you came. Your imagined  futur e, the stuﬀ of goals, is an
unnecessary way of squandering the present moment. Be
Here Now is more than a great book title by Ram Dass, it’s
the essence of inspiration. Being in the now is the way to
remove anxiety, str ess, and even some illnesses. As I sit here writing, I can daydr eam all I want about
completing this book, but in reality, all I can really do (which
is precisely what I am doing) is listen to my inner voice,
oﬀer a match ing vibration  to those inner pleadings, and feel
the joy of allowing the thoughts to come through me onto
the pages. The “goal” has been suspended in favor of being
here now, living out what I’m being directed by my “SeniorPartner ” to do. The end result takes care of itself,
particularly since I see the end result in my mind, and I use
my pr esent moments in har mony with that vision. I recommend that you ﬁnd a way to transfor m your past,
and remind yourself as you do that you’r e transfor ming any
and all beliefs that you’v e used as labels or indicators of
your limitations. To empower yourself in the present, replace
all that with a knowing that you’r e not what you’ve done,
what you’ve been, how others have taught you, or what has
been done to you—instead you’r e a part of the beloved,
connected now and always to your Source, and therefore
connected to the unlimit ed power of the beloved. You can
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Today we are examining  the topic of problems and how
changing the way we think can solve them. Any problem can be resolved with a spiritual solution. One
of the most intriguing passages in A Course in Miracles
suggests that you don’t have a problem; you only think you
do. The open ing lines of the Torah, as well as Gene sis in the
Bible, state, “God created Heaven and Earth,” and later,
“And all that God created  was good.” If you interp ret those
words literally, it’s quite clear that problems are impossib le.If God created everythin g and all that God created was
good, bad does not exist. “But,” you say, “disease,
dishar mony, despair, and so on all appear to exist and run
rampant in our world.”
When we feel separated from our sacred center, it’s easy to
believe so strongly in the separation that we explain any
unpleasantness as a problem. In the world of Spirit, or God,
problems simply don’t exist and aren’t real. When your
spiritual conn ection is weak, you move away from the world
of Spirit, and problems come from your belief in separation. Your mind creates the illusion of separateness, and your
body, inﬂuenced by your ego thoughts, takes on diseases. Our societies are the creation of our collective thoughts. They take on the same separation-sickness, and then we
have what we call social problems. All of the so-called
problems, however, represent a spiritual deﬁcit that can be
remedied with spiritual solutions. Think of it this way: If you
change your mind, you will solve your problem. (I’ve written
an entire book on this subject called There Is a Spiritual
Solution to Every P roblem.) How to Go about Changing Your Mind
Can you accept the idea that it’s your belief in your
separation from God that creates the attitude that you label
a problem? Can you explore this idea that what you’r e
calling problems are all simply illusions, or mistak es of your
intellect? If God is everywher e, there is no place that God is
not; therefore, you have God with you at all times. You may
believe otherwise. It is this belief system that creates your
so-called problems. If you can bring truth to the presence of
these illusions, they will dissolve—just as you know that
three plus three equals six is true, and that three plus threeequals 10 is untrue. By bringing truth to the presen ce of this
arithmetic er ror, it simply dissolves. So too will all of your beliefs that create “problems” in your
mind dissolve when you bring the higher energy of truth to
them. St. Francis of Assis i, in his famous prayer, beseeches
us to change our mind to this thought: “Wher e there is
hatred let me sow love.” Light always dissolves darkness. Love always nulliﬁes hate. Spirit always cancels problems. Problems exist as beliefs of your ego mind, which is unable
to conceptua lize an awar eness of your spiritual mind, just as
dark has no concept of light. By actually rewriting your agreement with reality, you can
change your mind and send away any perceived problem. Change your attitude towar d yourself, and r esolve to believe
in your connectedness to the higher energy of God, even in
the direst of circumstances. Turn anything that seems
problematic over to your higher self, trusting that the
“problem” is not what it seems to be. Rewrite your
agreement about who you are and what you’r e capable of
achieving. Your New Agreement with Reality
Your thoughts are the source of virtually everything in your
life. Every relationship that you’r e in is something that you
carry around  with you. If your relationship is lousy, it’s
because you think of it that way. The person you’r e in a
relationship with isn’t with you in this moment, or when
you’r e at work, or when you’r e in the bathr oom, but your
thoughts about that person are always with you. The only
way you can e xperience another person is in your thoughts.You can’t get behind their eyeballs and be them. You can
only process them with your thoughts. If you look for what’s
wrong about  them and store that negative imag e in your
mind, then that’s wher e your relationship exists. If you
change your thoughts to what you love rather than to what
you label as wrong, you’ve just changed your entire
relationship. It went from lousy to great by your changing
your mind! Try to always remember that you carry every relationship
around with you in your head. Robert Frost reminded us,
“You love


 us. Things that feel
flat to us, or uninteresting, are not resonating with our animation system. Things that  excite us are engaging our
animation system. It is deeply valuable to begin to invest this
ability of animation, for our benefit. One way to invest it is to appreciate  its cues as guidance in our lives. When we animate in
any direction (happy, angry, sad, etc. ), it tells us there is a
trigger or an attraction. When we  don’t animate, it tells us that
we are not of like energy with that person, issue, or thing, for whatever reason. There is tr emendous guidance gleaned from
paying attention to what  and whom  we animate about in our
lives, and what that animation is reflecting to us about our
selves, our present path, our direction, and our next steps. It is a source of feedback directly from Source, detecting where our energy is in relation to Source flow, and the energies around us. Additionally, focusing  the direction and intention of our
animation can be key in manifesting something we truly desire. When we animate with good feeling Source flow, we are experiencing the resonance of f eeling the likeness of that which Cosmic Wealth
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we desire. Conversely, if we animate with “not feeling good”
energy, it can be a cue for us to pay attention to what we are
giving our attention to, so that we can release that energy from our life experience. Animation, in  all ways, is a very important
tool in our spiritual connections and life experiences. Stillness is a beautiful and gentle inner talent, that in today’s
world, often is overlooked. Th e gifts of stillness are many. When we begin to see its value,  and we invest in it, it
pays dividends that probably cann ot be quantified. Yet, there
is a qualitative difference to th ose individuals who honor this
sweet inner space within, and th ose who do not. Stillness
requires only your intention to make time for a quiet peace in
your day, every day. Some people do this through the practice  of yoga or meditation. Some people find it through jogging, swimming laps, or walks in nature. There are various ways to create the space for it in the schedules of our lives. But it is the quieting of the mind, to allow the truth of your inner spirit to speak to you and to connect with the whole of you, that brings us all into a state of mindful heartfulness - of the simple truths, gifts, and blessings in our lives. Stillness brings the kind of
peace, which passes understanding. When we do invest  this time, and ego thoughts and “to
do” lists crop up within our consciousness to distract us from our inner connections, we simply observe them, by noting to ourselves, “thinking,” and let them  float away. When we invest
this time, and ego feelings  crop up within our consciousness to
distract us from our inner connections, we simply note to ourselves, “feelings,” and we le t them float away. It is a
training of the mind to take a rest, so that the Source of infinite intelligence can offer us expand ed perspectives. We simply
want to be in a state of breathing and allowing, to permit the quiet expansive flow of Source en ergy to resonate and revitalize
our consciousness - with the truth of who we really are. Investing the talent of stillness really means investing a
small amount of time each day to breathe, to feel good, and to relax into what we already are. Many jewels of inspirations
(ideas, solutions, guidance, and more) arise when we make the
time to be still and to listen. For when we get still, and we get Innate Talents 71
“inspired,” it translates to mean - we are “in [our] spirit.”  Many
of the inspirations th at arise out of the st illness are incredibly
prosperous. It is a ta lent worth investing! And lastly, for the purposes of this chapte r anyway, is the
ability and talent of our inner guidance system. This innate talent is
our sentience. Our ability to listen to the cues of our body, mind, and spirit, and to sentiently  interpret what those cues are
saying. The beauty of the inner guidance system is  that nothing is ever “wrong.”  Our unique systems are cueing
us perfectly, in terms of our dominant vibrations and our  Source-ful vibrations. When we listen, we can feel our optimal state of freedom, flexibility, limitlessness, prosperity,  empowerment, abundance, and inne r bliss. Why? Because the
more we listen, and allow our flow, the less resistance we retain in our energy fields. Resistance is a heavy, dens er, vibration. Allowing is our lighter, organic,  vibrational nature. Our inner
guidance system will always guide us, to the truth of who we really are and therefore to the gifts of our divine birthright. There is no shame in any experience. We may have
misinterpreted “not feeling good” as feeling shameful in the past. Shame is really a human  creation of judgment. “Not
feeling good” is a natural part of our inner sentience, which - in the absence of judgment, simply te lls us that we have moved off
track from our flow. If we honor its guidance, we can move in the direction (through the talent of choice) of allowing. The sentient system in dwells us all. It patiently, lovingly,
and persistently cont inues its gentle guidance in our lives. When we turn away from it, an d thus expand our resistance,
we experience denser outcomes in our lives, that result from  the dense vibrational attraction power of resistance. When
we accept it, we expand our allowing, and we experience
the lighter outcomes in our lives, that result from the light vibrational attraction power of i nner truth. It is a profound
talent. It is a divine mechanism. If we invest it wisely, there
are no limits to what we can be, do, have, or become. These core talents and abilitie s, that Rev. Roth and I
have highlighted here, make my heart smile. This is not a  finite list, but merely a starti ng point of suggestions. TheseCosmic Wealth
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abilities are significant gifts that we all have /G09/G1B/G13/G19/G0F/G13/G0E/G1F/G01/G08/G13/G1F/G15/G0F/G01/G0E/G10/G17 /G01
within us, that we can consciously embrace and apply – to live the life our hearts desire. These talents patiently and lovingly rest within our inner non-physical toolbox, awaiting the time in which we will consciously awaken  to exercise and invest them,
in order to ascend to experience the full flow of divine love, transparent truth, and cosmic we alth in our lives. 73
Chapter Ten:
Affirmations
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Your path upon the earth is an expansive one of gradual
unfoldments. You cannot pluck /G01/G0A/G07 /G06/G05/G0B/G08/G05/G09/G03/G05 /G0C/G0D/G05/G06/G07 /G12/G01/G24/G06/G0F/G0C/G11/G06
say this /G01/G0A/G07 is it. I came, I lived, and I am complete. For every moment yo u are existing, you are expanding. /G01/G01/G01/G01- Spirit, 2/3/09
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/G01 /G1D/G0A/G0A/G02/G05/G0F/G12/G10 ions are a kind of fertiliz er for the soul. When
all around us - in our outer world, we may observe things we
do /G0C/G07/G01 wish to experience, the inner world and inner work of
affirmations feeds our spirit - with “good feeling” light-filled
thoughts, that we purposefully implant to attract their vibration into our life experiences. In other  words, affirmations help us to
vibrate /G07/G0C/G06/G08/G12 /G09/G08/G07/G04/G05, to live life on purpose, to deliberately create
our experiences. There are many  wonderful spiritual teachers,
who expand on the gift of affirmations in our lives. Louise Hay, of Hay House, Inc., probably top s that list. There are many
more. I simply wish to add a few things here, to note the importance of affirmations in  our lives and our expanding
cultivation of inner wealth. I thought I would tell a brief story of my own discovery of the benefits of affirmations. At the time I was first exposed  to the concept of affirmations, I was not aware of them at all in my life, or the lives of anyone I knew. I was only beginning  to
discover my intuitive gifts. And I was in the heat of my fire,
and the depth of the darkness, of my karmic appointment at the time. I had arrived for a scheduled appointment, to meet with  a healer/medium, who trance-channeled spirit guides. On this particular day, I was fully experiencing the chronic nature of the gravity of my circumstances. And so I imploringly asked the spirit guides, “ What can I do?”  My willingness opened a
conversation. The spirit guides looked at me very directly and quite seriously, and said, “Okay


 rice,  sweet
Oats,  whole Wheat
Sushi  rice,  white Minor
Brown  rice,  long-  or  medium  grain
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THE    PRACTICE    OF    AYURVEDA
PITTA
Amaranth
Buckwheat
Corn Regressive
Millet
Quinoa Rice,  in  excess Rye
PROCESSED  GRAINS  (ALL  YEAR)
Barley  flour
Bulgur
Cereals,  barley  or  wheat
Couscous Minor
Mochi  (pounded  sweet  rice)
Oats,  rolled  or  steel-cut
Pasta,  whole  wheat
Udon  noodles Unbleached  white  flour
Wheat  bran
Whole  wheat  flour
LEGUMES,  BEANS,  PEAS,  AND  SOYBEAN  DERIVATIVES
Aduki  beans
Black  beans
Black-eyed  peas
Chickpeas,  black  or  yellow
Tempeh Major
Lentils,  brown
Lima  beans
Mung  dhal,  split  or  whole
Muth  beans
Lentils,  red Minor
Tofu,  cooked
Regressive
Toor  dhal Navy  beans
Pinto  beans
Soybeans
Split  peas,  green  or
yellow Urad  dhal
NUTS  AND  SEEDS
Coconut
Poppy  seeds
All  nuts Minor
Pumpkin  seeds,  roasted
Sunflower  seeds,  roasted
Regressive
Sesame  seeds,  black  or  white Water  chestnuts,  cooked
Butter,  unsalted
Cheeses,  mild  or  soft
Goat's  milk DAIRY
Major
Cottage  cheese
Minor
Ice  cream,  homemade Cow's  milk,  certified  raw
Yogurt,  sweetened
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EATING   ACCORDING    TO   YOUR    BODY   TYPE
PITTA
Buttermilk
Cheeses,  hard Regressive
Dairy  products,
commercial  or  powdered Goat's  cheese
Sour  cream
Canola
Coconut OILS
Major Soy
Sunflower
Minor
Avocado Safflower
Olive
Regressive
Almond Corn
Animal  fats or  lard Mustard
Apricot Walnut
Sesame,  dark
Vegetable,  mixed
Barley  malt
Brown  sugar,  unrefined
Dates
Fructose SWEETENERS
Major
Fruit  juice  concentrates
(apple,  pear,  mango,
fig,  apricot,  grape)
Maple  syrup Sucanat
Sugarcane  juice
Sweet  fruits
Minor
Amasake  (rice  milk) Brown  rice  syrup
Regressive Honey Sugar  substitutes  (saccharin, White  sugar
Molasses Sweet  'n  Low,  NutraSweet)
HERBS, SPICES,  AND  FLAVORINGS
Major
Black  cumin Dill  leaves Saffron
Cilantro Fennel
Spearminl Coriander Kudzu UirilKTK
Cumin Mint Wintergreen
Curry  leaves Peppermint
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THE    PRACTICE    OF    AYURVEDA
PITTA
Almond  extract
Basil,  fresh
Black  pepper
Caraway
Cardamom
Cinnamon Minor
Cloves
Curry  powder
Dill  seed
Garam  masala
Ginger
Mace Nutmeg
Orange  peel Parsley
Tamarind
Vanilla
Ajwan
Allspice
Anise
Asafoetida
Basil
Bay  leaf
Cayenne Regressive
Fenugreek
Garlic
Horseradish
Mango  powder
Marjoram
Mustard  seeds
Onion,  raw Oregano
Paprika
Pippali Rosemary
Sage
Thyme
CONDIMENTS
Chutney,  coconut  or  mango
Cilantro
Coconut,  grated  or  roasted
Black  pepper
Gomasio,  mild
Mirin
Olives,  black
Chili  peppers,  hot
Garlic
Gomasio
Ketchup
Mayonnaise,  commercial Major
Coconut  milk
Daikon,  grated
Minor
Orange  peel
Pickle,  sweet  ginger
Rock  salt
Sea  salt
Regressive
Miso
Mustard,  commercial
Preservatives  and
additives,  chemical Mint  leaves
Rose  water
Tamari
Vinegar,  brown  rice  or
mild  herbal
Yogurt,  sweetened  or  spiced
Pickles,  sour
Salt,  iodized
Soy  sauce
SEAWEEDS
Use  seaweeds  sparingly.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the recommended type of rice for Vata-Pitta individuals?,
A: Barley, brown or white, and brown rice, long-grain or sweet.
Q: What are some of the recommended spices for Vata-Pitta individuals?,
A: Black cumin, fennel, Saffron, and turmeric.
Q: What is the recommended approach for Kapha-Vata individuals regarding the use of dairy products?,
A: Use dairy products sparingly, and do not use dairy products, commercial or powdered.
Q: What is the recommended beverage for Kapha-Vata individuals?,
A: Aloe vera juice or drinks, sweetened with fruit  juice concentrates.
Q: What is the recommended approach for Vata-Kapha individuals regarding the use of grains?,
A: Do not use grains, especially brown rice, as a mono-diet.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Major
Arugula Corn,  fresh Okra
Asparagus Daikon Onion,  cooked
Beet  greens Dandelion Parsley
Bell  peppers
Eggplant Pokeroot
Broccoli Endive Potatoes,  white
Broccoli  rabe Green  beans
Spinach Brussels  sprouts Jerusalem  artichoke
Sprouts Burdock  root Jicama Summer  squash
Cabbage Karela (yellow  crookneck)
Carrots Kohlrabi Turnips
Carrot  tops Landcress Turnip  greens
Cauliflower Leeks Watercress
Celery Lettuce Winter  squash  (spaghetti)
Collards Mustard  greens
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jmt. THE    PRACTICE    OF    AYURVEDA
KAPHA-PITTA
Minor
Artichokes Onion,  raw Sweet  potatoes
Chili  peppers,  hot Plantains Winter  squash  (acorn,
Cucumber Pumpkin buttercup,  butternut)
Horseradish Rutabaga
Regressive Summer  squash  (zucchini)
Beets Mushrooms
Radishes Tomatoes
FRUITS
Use  seasonal  fruits. Major
Apples Mango
Pomegranate
Apricots Peaches Prunes
Berries Pears
Quince Cherries Persimmon Raisins
Figs,  dried
Minor
Avocado Kiwi Pineapple
Cranberries Lemons Plums
Dates Limes Strawberries
Figs,  fresh Melons Tamarind
Grapes Oranges
Regressive
Bananas Papaya Soursop
Grapefruit Rhubarb Sweet  fruits,  in  excess
Grapes,  green Sour  fruits,  in  excess Watermelon
GRAINS
Since  most  dry  goods  are  available  throughout  the  year,  grains
are  categorized  by  season  for  the  dual  types. Winter /Spring  (December  to  end  of  April)
Major  Minor
Barley  Amaranth
Basmati  rice,  brown  Buckwheat
Quinoa  Corn
Wild  rice  Millet
Rye
122 Regressive
Basmati  rice,  white
Brown  rice,  medium-  or
short-grain
Oats,  whole
Wheat
jmt. EATING   ACCORDING   TO   YOUR    BODY   TYPE
KAPHA-PITTA
Spring/ Summer  (May  to  end  of  August)
Major  Minor
Barley  Amaranth
Basmati  rice,  white  Basmati  rice,  brown Regressive
Brown  rice,  medium-  or
short-grain  or  sweet
Corn Buckwheat Oats,  whole
Millet Rye
Quinoa Wheat
Wild  rice
Fall  (September  to  end  of  November)
Major Minor
Regressive Barley Amaranth Brown  rice,  medium-  or
Basmati  rice,  brown  or  white Brown  rice,  long-grain  or  sweet short-grain
Corn Buckwheat
Rye Oats,  whole
Millet Wheat
Quinoa
Wild  rice
PROCESSED  GRAINS  (ALL  YEAR)
Use  processed  grains  sparingly. Minor
Barley  cereals Millet  cere


  eternity. Negative  opinions  ride  loosely  on  the  hips  of  sharp
shooters. It  is  difficult  not  to  criticize  or  judge  others,
but  all  opinions  are  temporary  and  need  to  be  tem pered  with  humor  and  verification. All  conclusions
need  to  remain  open-ended  if  we  are  to  maintain  valid
information  in  our  cognitive  memories. When  situa-
tions become  abusive,  it  becomes  necessary  to  remove
ourselves. It  is  most  difficult  not  to  be  hurt  by  offensive
behavior,  but  in  distancing  ourselves  from  such  situa-
tions, it  is  easier  to  understand  that  the  real  victims  are
those  who  sustain  anger  and  bitterness. It  is  essential  to  recognize  in  life  the  factors  that
nurture,  inform,  and  teach  us. The  attitude  of  regard  is
perhaps  the  greatest  gift  one  can  bring  to  love. Consid-
eration is  a  rare  and  valuable  asset  which  we  must  work
on  inviting  to  ourselves. We  are  becoming  idle  and
neglectful,  taking  what  we  need  without  grace  or  con-
sideration. We  are  eager  to  prove  ourselves,  and  in  the
process  we  step  on  the  very  grounds  that  sustain  us. When  we  take  from  a  parent  or  teacher,  we  must  be
very  aware  that  the  graces  we  receive  are  not  endless  but
must — if  they  are  to  continue — be  properly  acknowl-
edged. According  to  dharma,  the  avatars,  teachers,  and
rulers  must  never  be  approached  with  empty  hands. This  form,  or  custom,  encourages  the  big  nature  of
goodwill. Forms  are  very  important  to  maintain  for  the
benefit  of  our  own  growth  and  awareness. Gifts  arc  a
necessary  acknowledgment  of  our  own  blessings. Those
to  whom  we  turn  for  advice,  assistance,  and  education
must  be  rewarded  by  our  generosity. Spiritual  leaders
are  not  supported  by  the  state;  they  are  supported  by
daksina,  the  donations  of  students  and  devotees. Vedanta
exhorts  us  not  to  charge  a  tuition  for  its  teachings. But
those  who  benefit  from  it  must  also  adhere  to  dharma,
by  making  it  possible  for  their  teachers  to  live  and  to
continue  sharing  the  knowledge  so  essential  to  out-
well-being. When  the  services  performed  for  our  well
being  and  knowledge  are  offered  without  a  tee. we
must  respond  in  a  conscious  mk\  giving  manner. A
teacher,  by  definition,  is  anyone  from  whom  we  learn
something. And  the  great  teachers  are  those  who  de
vote  their  lives  to  the  dissemination  ot  knowledge. Dharmas  have  remained  unchanged  since  the  be
ginning  of  time. Hie  proper  conduct  within  the  lela
tionship  ol  the  sexes  is  anothei  classic  example  ot  how
far  we  have  strayed  from  the  bask  chord  oi  human
dignity. The  relationship  o\  man  and  woman  is  the
COSmiC  love  of  the  deities  Shiva  and  Shakti,  (he  s\  m
3  3  1
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AFTERWORD
bolic  marriage  of  all  dualities. It  is  the  primal  mating
for  the  continued  existence  of  karma,  the  vehicle  that
allows  us  to  live  out,  in  time,  our  eventual  discoveries
of  the  absolute  nature  of  self  and  God. We  have  reduced
much  o(  this  to  the  feeble  antics  of  sensory  desires. Women  have  forgotten  their  basic  nature  as  the  funda-
mental, nurturing,  maternal  force  amid  their  external
pursuit  of  competitive  power,  or  their  acceptance  of  a
victimized  existence. A  woman's  innate  prowess  is  time-
less if  she  is  knowledgeable  of  her  own  fine  nature. Men
need  to  redefine  their  roles  dramatically,  but  instead
they  are  reacting  to  women  by  altering  their  own  par-
ticipation in  the  significant  interplay  of  the  sexes. The
sense  of  chivalry  has  been  dulled  to  near  extinction. The  generosity  of  a  man's  marvel  at  woman's  magic  has
been  pared  down  to  a  few  gestures  of  accommodation. The  dharmas  of  the  sexes  are  greatly  endangered,  un-
less both  men  and  women  begin  to  evaluate  the  cosmic
and  real  nature  of  love. The  dating  and  mating  pro-
cesses are  valid  and  need  to  be  kindled  according  to
dharma. SADHANA  OF  COMPASSION
The  Vedic  devatas  were  exemplars  signifying  the  vari-
ous traits  of  dharma. Lord  Brahma  is  considered  the
embodiment  of  love,  purity,  compassion,  and  truth. The  devatas  were  meditated  upon  in  order  to  invoke
the  dharmas  and  as  a  constant  reminder  of  our  duties. If  love  is  the  mother-nectar  of  our  survival,  compassion
is  the  base  of  our  stability. Compassion  is  the  long  slack
we  extend  to  others  in  order  to  keep  our  criticisms  and
vituperative  actions  in  check. The  drivers  of  compas-
sion are  the  actions  of  tolerance,  maturity,  and  pa-
tience. The  vehicle  is  the  endless  circumstances  that  are
given  us  in  which  to  accommodate  our  fellow  humans,
in  order  that  we  may  foster  the  spirit  of  compassion. Pity  and  sympathy  are  the  uninformed  step-sisters
of  compassion. The  emotions  are  honorable,  but  the
states  themselves  are  helpless. Compassion  interlaces
us  with  each  other. In  order  to  bring  this  emotion  alive,
we  need  to  cognize  the  basic  values  of  the  living  love,
which  unites  experience  and  study  with  maturity. Rasa
is  the  essence  of  such  maturity,  and  it  is  the  single  most important  qualification  for  culling  compassion. In  the
present  age  of  Kali  Yuga — when  worlds  are  rife  with
conflict,  hearts  are  torn  asunder,  and  minds  are  bereft
of  peace — compassion  indeed  becomes  the  requisite word. Love,  which  is  the  acceptance  of  all  things,  is  often
mistaken  for  compassion. Compassion  contains  love
and  is  the  greatest  teacher  of  self- acceptance. It  is  an
objective  emotion,  whereas  love  tends  to  be  subjective. The  most  profound  help  the  young  may  receive  in  their
growing  years  is  the  love  of  their  parents  and  family. The  most  profound  help  a  cancer  or  drug  victim  may
receive  is  that  of  a  supportive  aide  who  has  survived  a
similar  struggle. The  first  example  is  one


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we have to do is to become aware of that silence. All we have to do is
become aware of that silence by realizing it’ s there. “Behind all the sound of the universe, the silence is forever there. Behind
the sounds in the woods, the woods are silent. The sound of the bird doesn’ t
have anything to do with the silence. You see, the silence is maintained
even though there’ s sound above it. But the only reason you can hear the
sound is because it’s against the background of silence. The silence is there
right in the middle of sound. “Focus on the silence, which is ever present, in the middle of cacophony
and catastrophe, as the bullets are flying around and the planes are crashing
and all hell’s breaking loose, and there’ s nothing but the infinite silence. Identify with that silence and just maintain the awareness. Go about your
daily life and do everything that you need to do, and at all times still be
aware of the presence of the silence. “That gives you a centering. A centering kind of prayerfulness  is you’re
always aware of the silence, which is the infinite context. The reality of the
presence of God is an infinite silence. And then that which you hold in
mind in that silence tends to manifest, not as a result of causation but
potentiality manifesting. “And we thank thee, oh Lord, for thy divine presence as the infinite
silence out of which arises our existence. Amen. “And we finish with the same that we started, Gloria in Excelsis Deo. We
thank thee, oh Lord, for thy divine presence. You are my gift. You’re my
gift from God. Thank you, God. ”
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The Most Valuable Qualities for a Spiritual
Seeker
In this special bonus chapter, we share one of the last lectur es that Dr. Hawkins deliver ed, which focuses on the most valuable qualities for a
spiritual seeker. We start with the certainty, knowing. Just know that if you’r e spiritually
oriented, you will make progres s. Start, therefore, with a feeling of security. Instead of insecurity or self-doubt, know that anybody who wants to evolve
spiritually will receive the necessary assistance. Success is guaranteed. Get
rid of self-doubt, any idea that you’re not worth it, or that you’re not
capable of it, or that it’s not the right time in your life. It’s always the right
time in your life. Accept without reservation that you are worthy of the
quest. Be resolved to totally surrender to the truth about God. Surrender to
the truth about God, and trust that your spiritual evolution is aligned with
God’ s will for you. So always start with a feeling of security instead of self-
doubt. The living proof of God’s love and will for you is the gift of your
own existence. The fact that you are, is the best evidence there is of God’ s
love and will for you. Here are the other valuable qualities for a spiritual seeker:
Do not compar e yourself with others regarding holiness, merit,
goodness, deservingness, sinlessness. Do not compa re yourself toothers. What others are is irrelev ant. What’ s important is what you are. Realize these are all human notions you have about being bette r. And
God is not limited by human notions. Accept that the concept of the “fear of God” is ignorance. God is
peace and love, and nothing else. There are lots of people who talk
about the fear of God and use God as a threat. God is nothing but love
and peace, and nothing else. People think that they’re being punished
by God, and that’s not the case. What they’re being punished by is
their lack of alignment with divinity. Realize that the depiction of God as a “judge” is a delusion, an ego
fixation arising  out of guilt. Realize that God is not a parent. What
God becomes in most people’ s minds is a parent who rewards you and
loves you if you’re good, and punishes you if you’re bad. That’ s
nothing but a parent. Realize that God is something greater than a
parent. Avoid negativity (calibrated levels below 200) and follow the goal
to reach unconditional love (calibration level 540 and over). What
Jesus Christ wanted us to reach  was unconditional love. Christ knew
that once the level of unconditional love was reached, the soul’ s
destiny was certain and the soul was safe. This is essentially the same
teaching as the other great world religions, such as Judaism, Islam, and
Buddhism. Sometimes spiritua l seekers will become confused and
wonder if they are following the right teacher or reading the right
books. What you need to do is see that the essence of all of them is
almost identical. The essence, not the surface of it, but the essence is
almost identical. Realize that salvation and enlightenment are somewhat different
goals. Salvati on is concerned with yes or no. Enlightenment is
concerned with becoming something beyond that which you have
been. Salvation requires purification of the ego. Enlightenment is
concerned with letting it go and eliminating the ego. The goal of
enlightenment is somewhat more demanding than simply being a good
person. Enlightenment is something other than good personhood. It’s
advancing one’ s level of consciousness in the nonlinear realms. Clarify that it is not a personal you who is seeking enlighten ment,
but rather a quality of consciousness itself that is the motivator. So, you like to think of I am this  or I am that. And actually, it’s merely
consciousness itself, being what it is. Spiritual inspiration and
dedication carry forth the work within yourself. Everybody has
spiritual momentum. Comfort replaces insecurity when one realizes that the most
important goal has already been accomplished. The goal is to be on
the path. Spiritual love, spiritual development is not an accomplish ment,
but a way of life. It is an orientation that brings its own rewards. And
what is importan t is the directio n of one’s own motives in life. There’ s
no value in keep ing the scorecard on yourself, the scorecard marking,
“How far have I come. ” or “How far do other people think I have
come. ” The only one you have to answer to is yourself. And the
motivation to seek God is God. Nobody seeks God, except under the
influence of divinity, because man left to his own device will never
think of it. Appr eciate that every step forward brings benefits to everyone. So,
as you advance  spiritually, it brings a value to everyone, to every
human being. Because of the collective consciousness, every single
person who improves helps to elevate the level of consciousness. And
as that elevates, the incidence of war, suffering, ignorance, savaging,
and disease diminish. When you advance yourself, you’re helping
everybody appreciate that every step forward benefits everyone. One’ s
spiritual dedicat ion and work is a gift to life and the love of mankind. It’s nice to know  that what you think you’re doing only for yourself is
actually benefiting everyone around you. To be kind to just one living
being benefits everyone. Ther e is no timetable or prescribed route to God. Although each
person’ s route is unique, the terrain to be covered is relatively common
to all. Whatever  torments you go through in trying to perfect yourself,
overcome sinfulness and selfishness, et cetera, realize that this is
common to all of mankind. People troop into church Sunday mornings,everybody work ing on the same  problem (how to be less selfish, how
to be more giving, how to be more loving, et cetera). The work is to


of the demon’ s words had sunk in. Then, because he knew that gratitude can
be as ef fective as fear, Mara clapped his hands, and a small campfire
appeared in the cave some yards away from the boy. Devadatta rushed over
to it and warmed his shivering body. “The only throne you have a hope of
capturing is Siddhartha’ s,” said Mara. The firelight made Devadatta’ s eyes
gleam. As always, the demon had grasped an idea that was already in his
victim’ s mind. “His father is too strong. Y ou cannot overthrow him. But it is
through him that you will depose the son.”
Every added word inflamed Devadatta, who for got the distress and
danger he was in. He hadn’ t genuinely hated his small cousin; his feelings
up to now had been a mixture of pity and jealousy. “It won’ t take much to
get rid of him,” he said. The cloaked stranger held up his finger. “More than you think. Much
more.”
The boy took this as an insult to his physical strength, the one advantage
he knew that he had over his cousin. “Y ou don’ t think I can crush him? All
it takes is a knife or an arrow when we’re out hunting.”
“Think again. The king would have you killed immediately. He
wouldn’ t even care if you did it. He’d know it was you.”
Devadatta paused. He and Suddhodana were enough alike that he saw
the truth of this. W ouldn’ t he kill anyone in the vicinity of the prince if he
were the father and his son died mysteriously? After a moment’ s
deliberation Devadatta said, “If I let you teach me, what will it cost?”
Mara laughed. “Y ou have nothing to give. A prince without a throne is
also a prince without a fortune. Y ou must be slow if you didn’ t consider
that. T oo slow to bar gain, except with your life. I’m going.”
“Wait, you can’ t leave me here!”The boy sounded agreeably terrified. Mara clapped his hands again, and
the sputtering campfire went out. He was satisfied with the opening he’d
made. Let the boy rest a night in the cave. He would be afraid of freezing to
death, but Mara could keep the spark of life going. He had the minutest
control over death, after all. “Wait!”
The boy called louder, but his sinking heart knew that he was alone
now. There was nothing near but the settling blackness and the glimmer of
light coming from the mouth of the cave. Devadatta headed for it, creeping
with one hand on the stone wall to steady himself. He climbed over rubble,
and he felt something—a rat?—scramble over his foot. When he reached
the light, the cave opened out into a sizable mouth. Devadatta stepped from
the cave onto ice-hardened snow, which extended in all directions. He was
near the top of a Himalayan peak, the kind of place that the truly fearless
yogis sought out for their solitude. But Devadatta felt no holy presence in
this hostile landscape. There was no sign that any human being had ever
been there, not the faintest trace of a trail going downslope. All Devadatta
could spy was the last wink of the fading sun before it disappeared beneath
the horizon. His mind searched for words and failed. Standing between
himself and the fast-descending blackness was nothing. OceanofPDF.com6
It took Devadatta most of the night to figure out how to escape from the
cave. While there was still a glimmer of light in the sky, he staved of f
despair by scouring crevices for kindling to burn and scraps of vegetation to
gnaw on. Not that he could have started a fire with his bare hands. Eventually he stopped this fruitless activity and busied himself with hating
Mara. He fantasized about the revenge he would wreak if he survived. The
night was so thick he lost all concept of time. Finally there was nothing to
do but curl up on the stone floor of the cave, shivering and defiant, and wait
to die. It took a while longer to give up hope entirely. Only when there was no
possible way out did his mind stop whirling in panic, and then Devadatta
considered a simple question: Could demons physically transport a person
anywhere? What if the cave was just an illusion? The moment he
considered this possibility, two things happened. He heard the faintest echo
of Mara laughing at him, and he fell fast asleep. When he woke up, he was
lying on the ground near the pavilion on the spot where the demon had
shown himself. Devadatta sat up, rubbing his stif f, aching limbs. The sun
was setting, and so he must have lain unconscious there for hours. He walked onto the veranda that circled the pavilion. T orch flames were
reflected on the water of the lotus pond. From the distance he heard
drunken laugher. The king’ s revelries were continuing into the night. Devadatta headed toward the sound. For some mysterious reason his ordeal
in the cave didn’ t drain him. He felt stronger, in fact. He craved more than
ever to do exactly what he had set out to do that morning: lure one of the
maids into a corner and torment Siddhartha. Both desires came to mindagain, and they aroused him to the point that he began to run. Devadatta
didn’ t care if he ran into a girl or Siddhartha first. Neither would come
away for getting the encounter. Why can demons roam the mind in this way, taking advantage of
innocent people? What made Devadatta prey to the terrors of the cave was a
tiny thing: he was claustrophobic. As an infant he had almost suf focated in
his thick swaddling clothes when a careless nurse left him wrapped up in
the sun. Mara knew this weakness, and all he had to do was to throw his
cloak over the boy. Devadatta’ s mind would do the rest. It would erupt with
the memory of being suf focated and begin to panic. It was easy for the
demon to shape mindless panic into a nightmare. The boy couldn’ t wake up
from the nightmare; it held him in its grip for as long as Mara wanted. A
moment of terror could be transformed into a week in the dreaded cave. And Mara could accomplish the same thing with anyone. ALONE AND DISCONSOLA TE, Siddhartha roamed the grounds. It had become
his habit to be alone as much as he could. He felt he had no other choice. “People seem to be afraid of me. They barely look at me or they run away. Why?” he had asked Channa not long before. “You think I’m afraid of you?” Channa shot back. “Not you. The whole rest of the world.”
This wasn’ t exactly true. If you are holding a fragile egg and are afraid
of dropping it, you are afraid not of the egg but of the consequences. The
same was true of the courtiers around Siddhartha. So many doors were shut
to Siddhartha, so many faces held low to the ground, so many eyes averted
that he felt bewildered and mistook their attitude for fear. Even Bikram fell
to his knees and prostrated himself when Siddhartha came into the stables. The only exception was if Channa was also present; the king had told
Bikram he could stand then because a father shouldn’ t be humbled in front
of his own son.“They’re just scared not to be perfect,” said Channa when Siddhartha
wouldn’ t let the thing go. “The king would find out.”
“And then what?”
Channa pointed to the high palace walls. “He throws them out. That’ s
what I hear.” Channa thought of the horses he and his father buried beyond
the walled perimeter. “Only they’re not dead.”
Siddhartha knew in his heart of hearts that the horses that disappeared
from the stables didn’ t leave alive, and it made him anxious that something
dark happened to a lord or lady who suddenly vanished from the morning
levee when the king assembled the court for a greeting and allowed them to
watch silently as he ate breakfast. None of Siddhartha’ s favorites had
disappeared yet, thankfully. “When I’m the king, nobody gets thrown over the wall,” he said, but
that was a rare remark; Channa would never recall another time when
Siddhartha referred to taking the throne, not in the near future, the distant
future, or ever. Siddhartha’ s mind was wandering through these gloomy thoughts as he
stood alone by his favorite pool, the one surrounded by tall reeds. He knelt
down and paddled his hands in the cool water. The pond was shallow there,
and in the shadow of a floating lotus he saw something—the nymph of a
dragonfly creeping slowly over the mud. Siddhartha watched it. The
miniature monster moved steadily, fearlessly, on the prowl. A tiny silver
minnow swam by, and with a startling leap the nymph snatched it in its
jaws. The


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seeing this dif ferently today/getting help from unexpected quarters. When a reframe doesn’ t land, you will hear the resistance loud and clear. You might even get angry about it. Both are also opportunities to tap on the
issues the reframe brings up. Exercise: The “Should” Belief System (BS) and Stress
How does it feel when you hear yourself saying things like, “I should get
this done,” “I should have done that,” “I shouldn’ t be doing this?” Now
consider: “I choose  to get this done,” “I would rather have done that,” “I
would prefer to let go of/release/allow/open …” Which feels bett er? Are you “shoulding” all over yourself? What are your “shoulds” and
“should-nots”? List the “shoulds” and “should-nots” you carry along with
you in your journal. Use them as clues to uncover events driving your
stress. Let’s take an example of the person who as soon as he starts to relaxand enjoy himself, says: “I should be doing something  productive. I
shouldn’ t be enjoying myself. I have so much to do!” The next questions
would be: “What’ s fearful about enjoying myself?” The answer might be:
“In my family, being productive was valued.” “What’ s the downside about
relaxing?” Answer: “ It’s being lazy, which is bad.”
The man would get even more specific by asking:  “How do I know that
being productive was valued while relaxing was equated with being lazy?”
The answer likely uncovers a boatload of specific events to tap on here, and
this is how you chunk down global issues or tabletops (such as stress) into
bite-sized, specific events or table legs. As you know by now, tap on
enough of them and you collapse the entire unhealthy stress response, just
by looking at the word “should.”
Alon g with “should,” phrases and words like “have to,” “can’ t,” “never,”
and “always” don’t give us much of a choice about our lives, do they? How
does it feel to say “I have to” versus “I choose to,” for example? Look at
where these words show up in your life and switch the word with a more
encouraging phrase, such as “choose,” “prefer,” “often,” “ope n to trying,”
“will consider,” etc. In Conclusion
As you aim EFT at the foundational table legs holding up your tabletop of
stress, you will find yourself better able to experience stress in a responsive,
balanced manner. In turn, this will ease the stress and open up new avenues
of thinking, being, and experie ncing your life. It may even head off a
depression, because you’ll begin to feel more hopeful about your life. In the next chapter, we explore tapping on physical aches and pains,
sudden injuries, and serious illness. [contents]13. Andrew W eil, M.D., “The 4-7-8 Breath: Health Benefits and Demonstration,” Accessed January
11, 2015, www.drweil.com/drw/u/VDR001 12/The-4-7-8-Breath-Benefits-and-Demonstration.html. 14. “Back Pain,” Accessed January 1 1, 2015, www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/backpain.html. 15. Dawson Church, PhD, “The Ef fect of EFT on Stress Biochemistry.”
16. Mercola.com, “EFT Helps Improve Y our Health By Freeing Y ourself from Stress,” Accessed
January 1 1, 2015, articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/04/25/eft-relieves-stress.aspx. 17. The Guardian, “Pregnant 9/1 1 Survivors T ransmitted T rauma to Their Children, September 9,
2011,” last modified September 09, 201 1,
www.theguardian.com/science/neurophilosophy/201 1/sep/09/pregnant-91 1-survivors-transmitted-
trauma. 18. Danielle Simmons, PhD, “Epigenetic Influences and Diseases,” Scitable by Nature Education,
accessed January 1 1, 2015, www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/epigenetic-influences-and-disease-
895. 19. Jan Luther, Email Newsletter and podcast talks, www.janluther.com. OceanofPDF.comChapter 8
Tapping on the Physical—IIllness, Injury,
Pain & More
Here you’ll explore how to connect with your body no matter the state so
you can experien ce the connection as a resource for healing and well-being. We’ll look at the tapping for the Chase the Pain technique, applying tapping
in cases of sudden injury, pain, and serious illness, sick children, and to
boost immune system resilience. Like the chameleon that change s color according to the temper ature and
surface she lands on, so too do our bodies shift and change according to our
moods. Our bodies are more responsive than we can possibly imagine. How, really, does a wound heal, a backache go away, or a broken bone knit
itself back together? How often do you slow down enough to feel how your
leg actually takes just one step, or to truly follow all the adjustments your
body makes for you to reach your arm over your head? The way our bodies
work (indeed, just pondering the body itself) is deeply myste rious, even
unfathomably remarkable. Have you heard  of the Slow Food movement? It was started by Carlo
Petrini in 1986 as an effort to combat fast food, encouraging the use of local
and cuisine, fresh produce, and sustainable farming. There are also plain
slow (body) movements like the Feldenkrais Method, Body-Mind
Centering, the Anat Baniel Method, qi gong, and tai chi. When we slow
down enough to feel our bodies with acceptance, we can begin to heal. However, we often disregard the body’ s needs, or downright abuse it. And
yet our body is our partner in life, inevitably intertwined with who we are.If your body was in charge and you were the silent partner, would you
want it to treat you the way you treat it, feel, think, and talk about it? For
those of us who have experienced chronic pain, lived with a long-term
illness, or have otherwise been challenged by “life in a body,” as a friend
puts it, we often  have some intensity thinking about our bodies. If you are
feeling some intensity as you read this right now, how about tapping on
those feelings? Exercise: Intensity about My Body: Global T apping
Step 1. Write “Tapping on the Physical” as your topic in your EFT journal. Ask yourself if there’ s somethin g about your body that you don’t like. Is it
about the way you look or about a certain part of your body that’s “giving
your trouble”? Is it about weight issues? Is it about illness or pain? Are you
feeling sad about how you treat your body? Are you
angry/resentful/disappointed at your body for letting you down? Are you
frustrated becau se you can’t seem to get your body to do what you want it
to do? Are you scared because you can’t get better right away? Are you
worried about anything that might happen in the future? If nothing comes
up to tap on, you can skip this exercise or tap surrogate for somebody else
who is sick or having difficulty with his or her body. Remembe r, surrogate
means that you tap “as if” you were someone else. Choose one issue from
the list you have created. This will be your tapping tar get. Step 2. On the 1 to 10 scale, rate your intensity. For an example, we will
start with a global phrase such as: “I am frustrated with my body because
it’s not doing what I want it to do.” Select your own tapping target based on
what you wrote in step 1. Or you can follow along with the example. Let’s
say that I’m at a 7 on the intensity scale regarding frustration with my body
because it won’ t do what I want it do to. Step 3. Start the EFT setup part of the basic recipe. Karate chop while
tuned into the intensity: “Even though I am frustrated with my bodybecause it’s not doing what I want it to do, (or insert your own setup
phrase), I deeply and completely love, honor, forgive, and accept myself.”
Alternative positive af firmations I have used in the past include:
Even though I’m frustrated with my body because it won’ t do what I
want it to do, I would like to feel okay about it. Even though I’m frustrated with my body because it won’ t do what I
want it to do, I wonder if there will ever come a day when I can think of
my body and its situation with neutrality. You would use these affirmations if they feel right or true to you. Otherwise, just use the basic affirmation: “deeply and completely accept
myself.”
Step 4. Perform the EFT sequence using the same reminder phrase
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m i n d s. I t  t a k e s  m e n t a l  d i s c i p l i n e  t o  r e t r a i n  o u r  m i n d s,  y e t  s u c h
r e t r a i n i n g  i s  i m p e r a t i v e  i


 g r a t e d  i n t o  o u r
e m o t i o n a l  n a t u r e. I t  s e e m s  t o  r u n  c o u n t e r  t o  r e a s o n  t h a t  w e
w o u l d  c h o o s e  t o  s e e  t h e  i n n o c e n c e  i n  a  p e r s o n  b e y o n d  t h e i r
m i s t a k e,  y e t  t h a t  i s  t h e  v i s i o n a r y,  a s  w e l l  a s  m o s t  p o w e r f u l,
a s p e c t  o f  f a i t h. O u r  e x p e r i e n c e  o f  a  p e r s o n  m i g h t  b e  t h a tt h e y  m i s t r e a t e d  u s,  w h i l e  o u r  f a i t h  i s  t h a t  t h e y  r e m a i n  a n
i n n o c e n t  c h i l d  o f  G o d. N o  m a t t e r  w h a t  w e  d o  t o  c h a n g e  o u r  l i v e s  a n d  t o  c r e a t e
n e w  p o s s i b i l i t i e s,  t h e  b r i d g e  t o  a  n e w  l i f e  i s  i m p o s s i b l e
u n l e s s  w e ’ r e  w i l l i n g  t o  f o r g i v e. A  w o m a n  m i g h t  h a v e  b e e n
d i v o r c e d  b y  h e r  h u s b a n d  y e t  l e f t  w i t h  e n o u g h  m o n e y  t o  l i v e
i n  a  b e a u t i f u l  h o m e,  t r a v e l  t h e  w o r l d,  a n d  d o  w h a t e v e r  e l s e
s h e  w a n t s  f o r  a s  l o n g  a s  s h e  l i v e s. B u t  u n t i l  s h e  f i n d s  i t  i n
h e r  h e a r t  t o  f o r g i v e  h i m  a n d  b l e s s  h i s  p a t h  a l t h o u g h  i t
s w e r v e d  a w a y  f r o m  h e r,  s h e  w i l l  l i v e  i n  h e l l  a l t h o u g h  s h e
l i v e s  i n  a  c a s t l e. N o n e  o f  t h a t  i s  e a s y,  e v e r. B u t
u n f o r g i v e n e s s  i s  a  p o i s o n  t o  t h e  s o u l. R a d i c a l  f o r g i v e n e s s  i s  n o t  a  l a c k  o f  d i s c e r n m e n t  o r  t h e
p r o d u c t  o f  f u z z y  t h i n k i n g. I t  i s  a  “ s e l e c t i v e  r e m e m b e r i n g. ” *
W e  c h o o s e  t o  r e m e m b e r  t h e  l o v e  w e  e x p e r i e n c e d,  a n d  t o  l e t
g o  t h e  r e s t  a s  t h e  i l l u s i o n  i t  r e a l l y  w a s. T h i s  d o e s n ’ t  m a k e  u s
m o r e  v u l n e r a b l e  t o  m a n i p u l a t i o n  o r  e x p l o i t a t i o n ;  i n  f a c t,  i t
m a k e s  u s  l e s s  s o. F o r  t h e  m i n d  t h a t  f o r g i v e s  i s  a  m i n d  t h a t  i s
c l o s e r  t o  i t s  t r u e  n a t u r e. T h e  f a c t  t h a t  I  f o r g i v e  y o u  d o e s n ’ t
m e a n  y o u  “ w o n. ”  I t  d o e s n ’ t  m e a n  y o u  “ g o t  a w a y  w i t h
s o m e t h i n g. ”  I t  s i m p l y  m e a n s  I ’ m  f r e e  t o  g o  b a c k  t o  t h e
l i g h t,  r e c l a i m  m y  i n n e r  p e a c e,  a n d  s t a y  t h e r e. S i n  v e r s u s  E r r o r
 T h e  w o r l d  o f  g u i l t  i s  b a s e d  o n  o n e  n o t i o n :  t h e  r e a l i t y  o f
“ s i n. ”  S i n  i s  a n  a r c h e r y  t e r m  t h a t  m e a n s  w e  m i s s e d  t h e
m a r k. W e  s e n d  f o r t h  a  t h o u g h t,  a n d  s o m e t i m e s  w e  “ m i s s ”
t h e  l o v i n g  b u l l ’ s - e y e. A l l  o f  u s  m i s s  t h e  m a r k  o f  G o d ’ s  l o v e
o v e r  a n d  o v e r  a n d  o v e r  a g a i n. W h o  a m o n g  u s  i s  t h e  r i g h t - m i n d e d,  l o v e - c e n t e r e d,  a l l -
f o r g i v i n g  p e r s o n  w e  w o u l d  l i k e  t o  b e  t w e n t y - f o u r  h o u r s  a
d a y? N o n e  o f  u s,  b u t  w e ’ r e  o n  t h e  e a r t h  t o  l e a r n  h o w  t o  b e. *
G o d ’ s  d e s i r e,  w h e n  w e  f a l l  s h o r t,  i s  n o t  t o  p u n i s h  u s  b u t  t o
c o r r e c t  u s  a n d  t e a c h  u s  h o w  t o  d o  b e t t e r. W h a t  w e  t h i n k  o f
a s  o u r  s i n s  w e r e  m e n t a l  m i s c r e a t i o n


  m a k e  u p  a n
o c e a n. T h e  w o m a n  w h o  r e f u s e d  t o  c u t  t h e  h a i r  o f  s o m e o n e  s h e
k n e w  h a d  w r o n g e d  h e r  f r i e n d  d i d  n o t  j u s t  h e l p  h e r  f r i e n d. S h e  h e l p e d  h e r s e l f  a s  w e l l. B y  f u e l i n g  t h e  f o r c e s  o f  l o y a l t y
a n d  i n t e g r i t y,  s h e  g e n e r a t e d  m o r a l  p o w e r  t h a t  a d d e d  t o  h e r
o w n  s p i r i t u a l  s t a t u r e. N o  a c t i o n  g o e s  u n r e g i s t e r e d  b y  t h e  u n i v e r s e. T h e
p o l i t i c a l  p h i l o s o p h e r  E d m u n d  B u r k e  w r o t e,  “ T h e  o n l y  t h i n g
n e c e s s a r y  f o r  e v i l  t o  t r i u m p h  i s  f o r  e n o u g h  g o o d  p e o p l e  t o
d o  n o t h i n g. ”  A n d  t h e  o n l y  t h i n g  t h a t  w i l l  t r i u m p h  o v e r  e v i l
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        L o v e  I s  E v e r y w h e r e
G o d ’ s  l o v e  w i l l  a l w a y s  f i n d  a  w a y  t o  e x p r e s s  i t s e l f. O n e  o f
t h e  r e a s o n s  w e  g r a s p  a t  g o o d  t h i n g s  i s  b e c a u s e  w e  t h i n k  i f
w e  d o n ’ t,  w e ’ l l  b e  l e f t  o u t  o f  t h e  j o y  i n  l i f e. B u t  o f  c o u r s e
t h e  c o n t r o l l i n g  a n d  n e e d y  b e h a v i o r  t h a t  r e s u l t s  f r o m  s u c h  a
b e l i e f  i s  s u r e  t o  k e e p  o u r  g o o d  a t  b a y. I t ’ s  w h e n  w e  s e t t l e
i n t o  t h e  d e p t h s  o f  w h o  w e  a r e,  k n o w i n g  t h a t ’ s  e n o u g h,  a n d
l e t  o t h e r  p e o p l e  b e  w h o e v e r  t h e y  n e e d  t o  b e  a n d  g o
w h e r e v e r  t h e y  n e e d  t o  g o  t h a t  t h e  u n i v e r s e  d e l i v e r s  o u r
o p t i m a l  g o o d  i n  a  w a y  w e  c a n  r e c e i v e  i t. L o v e  i s  e v e r y w h e r e,  b u t  i f  o u r  e y e s  a r e n ’ t  o p e n  t o  s e e  i t,
w e  m i s s  o u t. W h o  a m o n g  u s  h a s n ’ t  m i s s e d  o u t  o n  l o v e
b e c a u s e  w e  w e r e  l o o k i n g  f o r  i t  i n  o n e  p a c k a g e  a n d  i t  c a m e
i n  a n o t h e r. O u r  p r o b l e m  i s  r a r e l y  a  l a c k  o f  l o v e  s o  m u c h  a s
a  m e n t a l  b l o c k  t o  o u r  a w a r e n e s s  o f  i t s  p r e s e n c e. *
O n c e  I  w a s  s p e a k i n g  t o  a  t e e n a g e r  a b o u t  h e r  p r o b l e m s
w i t h  h e r  f r i e n d s  a t  s c h o o l. S h e  w a s  s a d  b e c a u s e  a  g r o u p  o f
g i r l s  w h o  h a d  b e e n  s o  c l o s e  t h e  y e a r  b e f o r e  w e r e  n o  l o n g e r
s o,  a n d  H a y l e y  f e l t  l e f t  o u t  o f  t h e  n e w  g r o u p. S h e  f e l t
r e j e c t e d  a n d  b e r e f t,  t h i n k i n g  s h e  n o  l o n g e r  h a d  g o o d  f r i e n d s. “ H e y,  H a y l e y. ”  I  s a i d. “ Y o u ’ v e  g o t  t o  d i v e r s i f y. ”
“ W h a t  d o  y o u  m e a n. ”  s h e  a s k e d,  l o o k i n g  a t  m e  t h r o u g h
a d o r a b l e,  t e a r - f i l l e d  e y e s. “ I  m e a n  l o v e  i s  e v e r y w h e r e. I  m e a n  t h e r e  a r e  o t h e r
r e l a t i o n s h i p s  t o  e x p e r i e n c e — n o t  j u s t  t h o s e. I t  m e a n s  y o u ’ r e
m o r e  t i e d  t o  t h o s e  p a r t i c u l a r  k i d s  b e i n g  t h e  s o u r c e  o f  l o v e  i n
y o u r  l i f e  t h a n  y o u  n e e d  t o  b e. P e o p l e  a r e  f r e e,  a n d  y o u  w a n t
t o  l e t  t h e m  g o  w h e n  t h e y ’ r e  n o t  m o v e


 (Note that in a holographic
neurophysiologic modeling.18 The one to 1,000. The numbers represent
the incomprehensible comprehensible. T o universe the achievements of
every function of memory, especially, is being
logarithm (to the base 10) of the power of
"make sense" has ordinarily meant to be
individual contribute to the advancement
studied by means of neural models the respective fields. The entire field
or definable in terms that are linear: logical
and well-being of the whole.) Our study
1718
also correlates with the conclusions without exception, the results were
Preventive (41) Medicine. A thorough Diamond used the technique to
research reached by Nobelist Sir John Eccles that
identical and entirely reproducible,
exposition of the development of the
the beneficial or adverse ef fects of a great
the brain acts as a receiving set (38) for
fulfilling the fundamental requirement of
field was detailed by David W alther in
variety of psychological stimuli such as
ener gy patterns residing in the mind
the scientific method: perfect
his extensive volume on Applied art forms, music, facial expression,
voice itself, which exist as consciousness experimental replicability.1
Kinesiology, also published in 1976.5
modulation, and emotional stress. He was
expressed in the form of thought." It is
Subjects were selected at random and
The most striking finding of kinesiology,
an excellent teacher, and his seminars
the vanity of the ego that claims thoughts
tested in a wide array of physical andinitially, was a clear demonstration that
attracted thousands of professionals who
as "mine." Genius, on the other hand,
behavioral settings: on top of mountains
muscles instantly become weak when the
returned to their own practices with re-
commonly attributes the source of
(42)
and at the seashore, at holiday parties and
body is exposed to harmful stimuli. For
newed interest and curiosity as they
creative leaps of awareness to that basis
during the course of everyday work, in
instance, if a patient with hypoglycemia
explored applications of the technique. of all consciousness which has moments of joy and moments of sorrow. put sugar on his tongue, on muscle-
In addition to its inclusive applicability,
traditionally been called Divinity. None of these circumstances had any
testing the deltoid muscle (the one the test was quick, simple, easy to 2. HIST OR Y ACEDef fect on test results, which were found
usually used as an indicator) instantly
perform and highly decisive; all
METHODOLOGY
to be universally consistent irrespective
went weak. Accordingly, it was researchers confirmed the absolute
of any extraneous factor, with the
discovered that substances which were
replicability of test results. For example,
THE BASIS OF THIS WORK is singular exception of the methodology
of
therapeutic to the body made the muscles
an artificial sweetener made every
research done over a twenty-year period,
the testing procedure itself. Because of
instantly become strong. subject test weak, whether placed on the
involving millions of calibrations on
the significance of this factor, the testing
Because the weakness of any particular
tongue, held in its package adjacent to
thousands of test subjects of all ages andmethod will be described in detail below. muscle indicated the presence of a the solar plexus or hidden in a plain
personality types, from all walks of life. pathologic process in its corresponding
envelope the contents of which neither
By design, the study is clinical in method
Historical Background
or gan (corroborated by diagnosis through
the tester nor the subject knew. and thus has widespread pragmatic In 1971, three physiotherapists
published acupuncture and physical or laboratory
That the body responded even when the
implications. Because the testing method
a definitive study on muscle testing.2 Dr. examination), it was a highly useful
mind was naive was most impressive. is valid in application to all forms of
Geor ge Goodheart of Detroit, Michigan,
clinical tool to detect disease. Thousands
Most practitioners did their own
human expression, calibrations have had studied muscle testing
techniques of practitioners began to use the method
verification research, placing varioussuccessfully been taken for literature,
extensively in his clinical practice and
and data rapidly accumulated showing
substances in plain, numbered envelopes
architecture, art, science, world events,
made the breakthrough discovery that the
kinesiology to be an important and and having a naive second person test
a and the complexities of human strength or weakness of every muscle
reliable diagnostic technique which could
third. The overwhelming conclusion was
relationships. The test space for the
was connected to the health or pathology
accurately monitor a patient's response to
that the body would indeed respond
determination of the data is the totality of
of a specific corresponding body or gan.3
treatment. accurately, even when the conscious
the human experience throughout all
He further determined that each
The technique found widespread mind was unaware. time.individual muscle was associated with an
acceptance among professionals from The reliability of the testing
experience Mentally, test subjects ranged from what
acupuncture meridian and correlated his
many disciplines, and although it never
never ceased to amaze the public and
the world calls normal to severely ill
work with that of the physician Felix
caught on in mainstream medicine, it was
patients and, for that matter, the
psychiatric patients. Subjects were tested
Mann on the medical significance of the
used extensively by holistically oriented
practitioners themselves. When this
in Canada, the United States, Mexico and
acupuncture meridians. physicians. One of these was Dr. John
author was on the lecture circuit, for
throughout South America and Northern
By 1976, Goodheart's book on applied
Diamond, a psychiatrist who began to use
instance, in audiences of one thousandEurope. They were of all nationalities,
kinesiology had reached its twelfth
kinesiology in diagnosing and treating
people, five hundred envelopes
ethnic backgrounds, and religions, edition; he began to teach the
technique psychiatric patients. He labeled this containing artificial
sweetener would be ranging in age from children to elders in
to his colleagues and also published
extended use of kinesiology "Behavioral
passed out to the audience along with
their nineties, and covered a wide monthly research tapes. His work was
Kinesiology. "6
five hundred identical envelopes
spectrum (40) of physical and emotional
rapidly picked up by others, which led to
While other investigators were containing or ganic vitamin C. The
health. Subjects were tested individually
the formation of the International College
researching the usefulness of the method
audience would be divided up and would
and in groups by many dif ferent testers
of Kinesiology, many members of whichin detecting aller gies, nutritional alternate testing each other. When the
and groups of testers. But in all cases,
also belonged to the Academy of
disorders and response to medication, Dr. envelopes were opened, the audience
19
20
also correlates with the conclusions without exception, the results were
Preventive (41) Medicine. A thorough Diamond used the technique to
research reached by Nobelist Sir John Eccles that
identical and entirely reproducible,
exposition of the development of the
the beneficial or adverse ef fects of a great
the brain acts as a receiving set (38) for
fulfilling the fundamental requirement of
field was detailed by David W alther in
variety of psychological stimuli such as
ener gy patterns residing in the mind
the scientific method: perfect
his extensive volume on Applied art forms, music, facial expression,
voice itself, which exist as consciousness experimental replicability.1
Kinesiology, also published in 1976.5
modulation, and emotional stress. He wasexpressed in the form of thought." It is
Subjects were selected at random and
The most striking finding of kinesiology,
an excellent teacher, and his seminars
the vanity of the ego that claims thoughts
tested in a wide array of physical and
initially, was a clear demonstration that
attracted thousands of professionals who
as "mine." Genius, on the other hand,
behavioral settings: on top of mountains
muscles instantly become weak when the
returned to their own practices with re-
commonly attributes the source of
(42)
and at the seashore, at holiday parties and
body is exposed to harmful stimuli. For
newed interest and curiosity as they
creative leaps of awareness to that basis
during the course of everyday work, in
instance, if a patient with hypoglycemia
explored applications of the technique. of all consciousness which has moments of joy and moments of sorrow.put sugar on his tongue, on muscle-
In addition to its inclusive applicability,
traditionally been called Divinity. None of these circumstances had any
testing the deltoid muscle (the one the test was quick, simple, easy to 2. HIST OR Y ACED
ef fect on test results, which were found
usually used as an indicator) instantly
perform and highly decisive; all
METHODOLOGY
to be universally consistent irrespective
went weak. Accordingly, it was researchers confirmed the absolute
of any extraneous factor, with the
discovered that substances which were
replicability of test results. For example,
THE BASIS OF THIS WORK is singular exception