czema, with dry, crusty affections. Enuresis (urinary incontinence), nocturnal, from
general weakness. Eyelids, spasmodic affection, if Mag Phos fails. Face ache (neuralgic, rheumatic), worse at night. Fits (epileptic), during development in child-
hood and youth. Fits, in the scrofulous. Fontanelles, remaining open too long. Fractured bones, to promote union. Glands (lymphatics), enlarged, chronic. Gonorrhea, with anemia. Gout, rheumatic. Hemorrhoids, chronic, in anemic or weak
patients. Headache, the head feeling and being cold to the
touch. Hernia, in anemic patients. Housemaid’s knee (swelling of the knee), with
anemia. Hydrocele (clear fluid in a cavity), if Nat Mur
fails. Hydrocephalus (water in the head). Inflammation of the eyes, during dentition, after
Ferrum Phos. Intestinal worms, predisposition to, in anemic
patients. Intermittent fever, chronic, in children. Kidney disease (Bright’s). Lameness, rheumatic, obstinate, after Kali Mur. Leucorrhea (white discharge from the vagina), as
a constitutional tonic. Lumbago, if Ferrum Phos fails. Lupus, if a partial manifestation of scrofulosis;
see also Kali Mur. Ozena (foul-smelling nasal discharge), with
scrofulous symptoms. Pains (rheumatic), in the head, worse during the
night. Pains in the head, worse with heat or cold. Rheumatism, worse at night. Rheumatism, aggravated by heat or cold. Rheumatism, worse in bad weather. Rheumatism, worse with change of weather. Rheumatism, chronic, of the joints, with cold or
numb feeling.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: Who is the New Testament disciple associated with Cancer in Bible alchemy?,
A: John
Q: What is the primary role of calcium phosphate in the body?,
A: It builds bone tissue and carries protein to build bone structure
Q: What is the name of the person after whom Bright's disease is named?,
A: Bright
Q: What is the name of the salt that is not present in proper quantities, leading to an acid condition, and is often referred to as rheumatism?,
A: Sodium phosphate
Q: What is the name of the book that the text is adapted from?,
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Coconut Oil
by Raymond Francis
Unjustly maligned for decades, coconut oil is reemerging as a miracle fat that boosts energy, burns
fat, is antibiotic, and helps with thyroid problems. In the past, poorly done, misleading studies were
used to discredit the saturated fats in coconut oil in order to displace it in our diet with soybean oil. Now that soybean oil has caused an epidemic of health problems, healthy coconut oil is being reintroduced. After a yearlong stud y of coconut oil, I recently approved a superior product and added
it to my own diet

Coconut oil has been safely used for thousands of years. Natives in tropical climates who consume lots of coconut oil don’t suffer from the heart disease, cancer, colon problems, and other health challenges
that we do. Because it is highly saturated, coconut oil is very stable, stores well, and is suitable for
cooking. But don’t let the saturation bother you. These saturated fats are different. The medium-chain
fatty acids in coconut oil are easy to absorb, dige st, transport, and metabolize in the body. Unlike
other saturated fats, the medium-chain fatty acids in coconut oil speed up the body’s metabolism and
are used by the body to produce energy rather th an being stored as fat. Coconut oil does a body
good. Let’s have a look at the reasons why:

Heart Healthy
Population studies show that coconut oil lowers cholesterol, and reduces risk of heart disease. Americans consistently have higher cholesterol levels than coconut eating cultures. Weight Control
Coconut oil helps you to lose, maintain, or gain weight depending on your body’s need. It contributes
t o  w e i g h t  l o s s  b y  s p e e d i n g  m e t a b o l i s m  a n d  b e i n g  u s e d  a s  f u e l  r a t h e r  t h a n  s t o r e d  a s  f a t. F o r
underweight people, coconut oil helps to gain weight, especially useful to those suffering from AIDS or
cancer. Infection Fighting
The medium-chain fatty acids and monoglycerides found in coconut oil are the same as those in
human mother’s milk, and they have extraordinary antimicrobial properties. By disrupting the lipid
structures of microbes, they inactivate them. About half of coconut oil consists of lauric acid. Lauric acid, its metabolite monolaurin, and other fatty acids in coconut oil are known to protect against infection from bacteria, viruses, yeast, fungi, and parasites. While not having any negative effect on
beneficial gut bacteria, coconut oil inactivates undesirable microbes such as H-pylori, Candida
albicans, and Giardia. Natives in Southeast Asia who drink filthy water, loaded with bacteria and parasites, are nonetheless healthy, mostly due to the protective effect of the coconut oil in their diets. Thyroid Support
Coconut oil helps people with low thyroid function. Regular oils such as soybean, canola, safflower and corn suppress thyroid function. The medium-chain fatty acids in coconut oil stimulate metabolism, boost energy, and promote weight loss. While not a cure, some people have been able to reduce and even eliminate their thyroid medications. Cancer Protective  Coconut oil appears to protect against cancer and not to promote cancer. Animal studies have shown
that when animals are fed carcinogens and a variety of oils, the animals that do not develop cancer
are those on coconut oil. Anti-Inflammatory Effects
Coconut oil appears to have anti-inflammatory effects. For the past 20 years it has been known that
coconut oil has been beneficial to patients with inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn’s disease. Coconut oil appears to have a direct effect in suppressing inflammation and repairing tissue, and it
may also contribute by inhibiting harmful intestinal microorganisms that cause chronic inflammation. Good for the Skin
Coconut oil rejuvenates skin and wrinkles and slows the aging and wrinkling of skin. Used as a
lotion, it protects against sun damage, and strengthens underlying tissues. It moisturizes, heals sores
and injuries, and prevents production  of “liver spots,” (oxidized oils). When liver spots occur, this
same oxidative damage is also happening in other tissues such as the brain, heart, eyes, and blood
vessels. Among other properties, coconut oil:
• Does not require refrigeration, and is stable at room temperature from one to five years. • Increases lung function by increasing the fluidity of cell surfaces. • Regulates blood sugar and prevents hypoglycemia by providing a supply of fuel not affected by
insulin. • Boosts energy in chronic fatigue and suppresses herpes and Epstein-Barr viruses. • Doesn’t oxidize easily, thereby protecting the body from lipid peroxidation. Selecting a healthy, high-quality coconut oil was no easy task. Obtaining reliable information about
production techniques and quality was difficult. These products come from far away third-world
countries, and from small producers who may speak poor English and have difficulty answering technical questions. I found that even some usually reliable sources in the U.S. were not offering the
best oil because they ran up against the same problems, didn’t do their homework, and made poor
choices. The virgin coconut oil I have approved is the least processed oil on the market. This extraordinary oil is not heated above normal air temperature, and it is made form freshly harvested coconuts. Most oils are made from copra (dried coconut), which can be contaminated with mold. Coconut oil is a sensible addition to anyone’s diet, and the purity, flavor, texture and quality of the oil I have selected is truly
superior. A therapeutic dose is three tablespoons a day. To order Beyond Health Coconut Oil, call 800-
250-3063 or order online. Raymond Francis is an M.I.T.-train ed scientist, a registered nutrition consultant, author of
Never Be Sick Again and Never Be Fat Again, ho st of the Beyond Health Show, Chairman of the
The Project to End Disease and an internationally  recognized leader in the field of optimal
health maintenance. Reprinted with permission from:  Beyond Health® News
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Coconut Oil
by Raymond Francis
Unjustly maligned for decades, coconut oil is reemerging as a miracle fat that boosts energy, burns
fat, is antibiotic, and helps with thyroid problems. In the past, poorly done, misleading studies were
used to discredit the saturated fats in coconut oil in order to displace it in our diet with soybean oil.


 “but you are certainly participatin g in it. Try taking away your participation—I bet things will
change. ”
“How do I do that. ” she asked. “You have to break out of your own conditioning,”  I said. “The next time you have an attack, just stand back from it a
little; let the pain be there, as innocently as you can. ” If she
could do this, I told her, the whole thing would probably
evaporate. She listened and thanked  me, then I heard nothing more
for two weeks. Perhaps I had touched too many nerves. I
had been making her disease more and more personal,
when what the family desperately hoped for was that it was
impersonal. Conventional medicine goes out of its way to
put diseases  into neat, classiﬁable boxes just so that the
personal element is eliminated. I had noticed while
interviewing her that this girl placed a huge importance on
her diagnosis. She would preface each episode by saying,
“When I get my mitral valve prolapse…” It was as if these
words explai ned everythi ng. They were like a net that drew
together all her symptoms and held them tight. When I
mentioned this, she looked very thoughtful. She had
invested so much in the words mitral valve prolapse  that
they had acquired a kind of magic for her. It was essential
to break the spell of this magic, which can be uncannily
powerful. I was wrong if I thought she hadn’t taken our session to
heart. Out of curiosity I phoned  the family to see how shewas doing. The news was very good: she was oﬀ all
medications and her attacks were now limited to occasional
bouts of chest pain. Her parents would some times see her
sitting with her eyes closed. When they asked what she was
doing, she said, “I just watch the pain until it goes away. ”
The accom panying symptoms—dizziness, vomiting,
fainting, et cetera—have disappeared. —
In psychology there are certain extreme feelings—such as
loathing, dread, horror, and awe—that many peop le cannot
face. When these people grow horriﬁed or struck with awe,
they could swear that their emotion comes from outside
themselves. In cases of paranoia, the person might even
think that “they” are broadcasting such feelings into him
through some kind of magic. (“They” can be Martians,
communists, or next-door neighbors. ) Freud called these
our “uncanny” emotions and spent many years observing
them in neurotic and psychotic patients. But uncanniness is always present, I think. It is nature’s
way of putting a veil over our most secret fears ; it hides
inner pain from us until the moment when the pain breaks
an invisible dam and comes pouring out. Then the twin
thought arises, “Is this happening to me, or am I doing it to
myself. ” It doesn’t really matter  if the end result is a
disease or just a sense of extreme discomfort. The
important thing is to keep the patient from getting twisted
up in his doubts—that way lies total paralysis. Medicine has already paid a very high price for not
dealing adequately with the personal nature of disease. For
one thing, we have aroused guilt without being  able to
assuage it. People are horriﬁed at the idea that they are to
blame for their diseases. Doctors don’t think they are
stoking this guilt. Perhaps it was born out of being told
over and over that no one is to blame. But if you say thatliving right will help prevent a heart attack or cancer, don’t
you have to accept that living wrong will help bring on the
same diseases. The whole issue of blame and responsibility is painful to
untangle. When I had my private practice in endocrinology,
I would see obese patients whose weight put them  at high
risk for becoming diabetic. I would warn them about the
danger of continuing to eat too much; at the same time, I
knew I was feeding their guilt, which would only lead to
more eating. If a patient was a chain-smoker, I would be
very ﬁrm and say, “My God, you know you have to quit
smoking—think of the risks you are running. ” Many of
these patients were ex-servicemen I saw at the V. A. hospital
in Boston. After listening to me, they could go to the PX
upstairs, where government-subsidized cigarettes were
being sold at a steep discount. (I bought mine there, too,
having become a smoke r during my night shifts as an
intern. ) In fact, no disease points up the paradoxes of blame and
responsibility better than lung cancer. The public is well
aware that this is almost exclusively a smoker’s illness. That puts the responsibility squarely on the patient, but
then a second thought enters. Aren’t these people addicted
to nicotine. A 1988 report by the surgeon general states
that they are, and that their addiction may be harder to
break than addiction to heroin or alcohol. This means that
one is not dealing with a rational situation. Sigmund Freud attempted for many years to stop
smoking after being informed by his doctor that twenty
cigars a day—Freud’s normal ration—was bad for his heart. He stopped once for seven weeks, but his heart went into
palpitations worse than before. He became intolerably
depressed and was forced back to his cigars. When he
didn’t smoke, Freud told his biographer, “the torture was
beyond human power to bear. ” I have  witne ssed advance dlung cancer patients waiting for radiation who walk around
a corner to smoke a cigarette—this implies that prevention
may be impossible, beca use it would have to start before
the ﬁrst cigarette gets smoked. In every disease, not just lung cancer, the patients are
often too hooked, too guilty, or simply too convinced to be
helped. There is no denying the deeply irrational streak in
man. At the V.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: According to the rishis, who is responsible for creating disease?,
A: The individual, as they believe that disease is a sequence of moments that one lives through, and that one's own state of balance is crucial in determining one's health.
Q: What is the focus of Ayurveda, according to the author?,
A: Changing the patient's perception and reality, rather than just treating the physical symptoms of the disease.
Q: What is the main issue with modern medicine, according to the author?,
A: The failure to recognize the personal and subjective nature of disease, and the emphasis on treating the physical symptoms rather than the root cause.
Q: What is the author suggesting about the concept of disease?,
A: That disease is not an objective fact, but rather a subjective experience that is influenced by the individual's perception and reality.
Q: What is the ultimate goal of the rishis, according to the text?,
A: To transcend the boundaries of the ego and achieve a unified state of consciousness, where the individual can influence the physical world.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>But actually changing the
aging process itself is another, far deeper matter.Oﬀicially, gerontology recognizes no means to reverse or
retard the aging process— a rather stringent positi on, when
you consider that aging has not even been adequately
deﬁned. The rishis would counter by saying that science
has failed to reach the level of awareness where aging can
be defeated. In 1980, a young Harvard psychologist,
Charles Alexander, went into three old-age homes outside
Boston and taught about sixty residents, all at least 80
years old, some mind-bod y techniques. Three were used: a
mainstream relaxation technique (the kind used in typical
stress-management progr ams), Transcendental Meditation,
and a set of creative word games performed every day to
keep the mind sharp. Each person learned only one technique, and the groups
were allowed to use them without supervision. When the
three groups were tested on follow-up, the meditators
scored highest on measures of improved learning ability,
low blood pressure, and mental health—all of which should
decline with age. The people also reported that they felt
happier and not as old as before. But the really striking
result did not come to light until three years later. When
Alexander returned to the old-age homes, about one-third
of the residents had died since he left, including 24 percent
of the participants who had not learned meditation. Among
the meditative group, however, the death rate was zero. These people  had now lived to an average age of 84, one
of the rarest and loveliest instances where science has
performed an experiment that immediately conferred the
gift of life. Although limited in scope, this is one of the most
hopeful results in the whole aging ﬁeld and a victory for the
rishis’ shortcut. It says that expanding your awareness is
enough to extend your life. What will be the life span of
meditators who began in their twenties instead of their
eighties? Time will tell.—
The assumption that smothers life is to feel that you are a
prisoner in your body. The human body seems to work in a
mechanical fashion. One of the best studied of


 the body's antioxidant system?,
A: The text recommends a balanced diet rich in antioxidants, including vitamins E, C, and A, as well as minerals like selenium, zinc, and copper.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>When people who have been indulging a life-damaging habit
begin meditatin g, they often spontaneously lose their desire for the toxic
experience. Wh en someone who has relinquished a toxic habi t complains
that they have started it up again, the first question we ask is “Are you still
meditating?” Invariably the an swer is no, often because their life was
becoming so dynamic, their meditation time became a lower priority. Regularly accessing the quiet, expanded state of awareness through
meditation is an essential component of releasing noxious habits. Other approach es that can be useful in filling the space left by the
habitual behavior include starting an exercise program, taking classes in a
subject that is fascinating to yo u, and dedicating yourself to h ealing your
relationships. It is sad how often a toxic behavior that compensates for a
lack of love actually reduces the likelihood of finding genuine love. It can
be very helpful to join support groups of people who have gone or are going
through the transformation you are seeking. Associate with people who
support your healthy choices and minimize your exposure to those lookingto reinfo rce their toxic habits by disparaging your ef forts to change your
life. The elimination of toxins awakens
the capacity for r enewal. W A TER—NA TURE’S PURIFIER
A ve ry s imple b ut powerful purification technique is to boost your intake of
water. The human body is ap proximately three-fourths water and most
biochemical reactions operate best within a narrow window of
concentration. S everal scientific  studies have found that our sensitivity to
thirst diminishes as we age, so we become at risk for developing subtle
levels o f dehydration of which we may not be consciously aware. Most
people d o not drink enough wa ter, which can lead to a host of  symptoms. Headaches, constipation, dry skin, fatigue, and indigestion may actually
reflect s ubtle de hydration. Some  physicians have gone as far as to suggest
that man y comm on health concerns, including high blood pressure, asthma,
and chronic pain have their origins in dehydration. Assuming that you do not have kidney or liver problems, we recommend
getting into the habit of drin king water throughout the day. Y ou can
calculate the recommended nu mber of ounces of daily water intake by
dividing your weight in pounds by two. For exam ple, if you weigh 160 p ounds, your daily water intake should be
80 ounces or 10 cups per day. Most bottled water comes in half-liter
containers, equi valent to just ov er two cups, so this would mean drinking
five bott les per day. Soda bever ages, tea, and cof fee do not count, as theircaf feine content has a diuretic ef fect. Similarly, alcohol also causes water
loss and does n ot contribute to rehydration. If you are active in sports,
taking d iuretics, or live in a hot, dry climate, increase your dai ly intake by
another 10 to 15  percent. Favor water -rich fruits and vegetables including
cantaloupe, grapefruit, peaches, watermelon, asparagus, peppers, carrots,
and mushrooms. Minimize your intake of artificially sweetened beverages. When yo u are drinking enough water you will feel the need to empty your
bladder about every two hours. Many people who follow this water routine report that they more easily
lose unw anted weight and have more ener gy and less chronic aches and
pains. Drinking plenty of fresh,  pure water is one of the simplest and least
expensive ways to reverse the aging process. ELIMINA TE T OXIC FOODS
Freshly grown and lovingly prepared foods are richest in Prana, or life
ener gy. Foods that have been s itting around for months in a can on your
shelf are less lik ely to nourish y our body, mind, and spirit. Start a vegetable
garden i n your backyard and grow fresh herbs and spices to en hance your
meals. Shop at your local farmer ’ s markets and take the time to prepare
delicious meals,  applying the pr inciples explored in Chapter 3. If you find
yourself regularly eating frozen, canned, microwaved, or highly processed
foods, shift your time priorities to make nourishing yourself hig her on your
list. Make the preparation of m eals a family or community ex perience so
you can enjoy the process as well as the product. There is increasing evidence th at the pesticides and artificial fertilizers
used in modern agriculture are taking their toll on our he alth. These
synthetic chemi cals are finding their way into our air and water supply. They have been implicated as po ssibly contributing to a number of dif ferent
cancers, particularly of the reproductive system.Studies have shown that it takes  diligent washing to remove the  pesticide
residues that are present on fru its and vegetables. For these reasons, we
encourage you to favor or ganically grown foods. Although they cost more,
you can  feel confident that you and your family are not consuming
unnecessary tox ins along with y our meals. Y ou will also know that you are
doing your share to reduce the accumulation of toxins in your environment. RELEASE T OXIC EMOTIONS
Although we are all aware of the health-depleting ef fec ts of toxic
substances and toxic foods, to xic emotions are often the m ost harmful
accelerators of the aging process. Whenever you carry resentment, hostility,
regret, o r grieva nces in your he art, your vitality is eroded. T ry  this simple
practice:
Find a quiet place, sit comfortably, and close your eyes. Now take a few minutes to settle your mind with the So Hum
meditation. After a little while, bring your attention into your body and scan it for
any area of tension or resistance. If you identify a place of congestion,
have the intention to let it go. Bring your attention into your heart and acknowledge all the things for
which you feel grateful. Now listen to your heart and ask yourself the question, “What am I
carrying with me from the past that is no longer serving me well in the
present?”
If you identify any encumbrances in your heart, have the intention to
release them now. Let go of any resentments, grievances, or regrets
that you find.As you release these toxic emotions, see if you can find the gift that
this toxic emotion was hiding. For example, if you felt pain as a result
of someone’ s behavior, the gift may be that you learned more self-
reliance. Make the commitment to regularly acknowledge gratitude and
relinquish all grievances from your heart. Encumbering yo ur heart with toxic emotions prevents you from fully
experiencing the magic, mystery, and joy that is available to you right now. Make th e comm itment to release the resentments, regrets, and grievances
that are causing more harm to you than anyone else. The process of releasing emoti onal toxins is similar to that for releasing
physical ones. Y ou must first have a clear intention that you wan t to replace
life-depleting emotions with life-enhancing ones. The metabolism of regret
and resentment into compassion and for giveness can dramatically awaken
your body, mind, and spirit to your primordial vital ener gy. W rite about the history that cre ated the toxic emotion, describing both
what ha ppened and how you fe el as a result of the situation. S tudies have
shown that journaling about upsetting emotional experiences can improve
your im mune function, as well as help you gain clarity and in sight. In his
book Nonviolent Communication, psychologist Ma rshall Rosenber g teaches
an emot ional vocabulary that avoids victimization. Steer clear from words
like abandoned, abused, neglected, and mistreated; instead, describe the
actual fe elings of anger, sadness, loneliness, and fear that the circumstance
evoked. Once yo u have written about the circumstances leading to the toxic
emotions, perform some physic al ritual with the intention of releasing the
hold these feeling have on your soul. Do some deep breathing, get a
massage, pound  a pillow, dance with abandon, or go for a long run until
your body has released the tension that is stored with the emotion. Then,
open your heart to feelings that generate the age-reversing emotions offor giveness, har mony, laughter,  and love rather than the entropy evoking
ones of anguish, resentment, regret, and despair. T oxic emotions ar e often the most harmful accelerators
of the aging pr ocess. Commit to r eleasing them
fr om your heart and mind. T ransform or Release T oxic Relationships
Y ou may, at times, find yourself in relationships that are laced with conflict. Although you may enjoy the  passion and drama these relationships
generate, over time, they will inevitably make you feel older and depleted. It is esse ntial tha t you transform toxic relationships into nourish ing ones. If
you acce pt that reality is a selec tive act of perception and interp retation, the
most em powering way to transform a relationship is to change the way you
view the other person. Every re lationship is a mirror th at


acids and other medications, and then forgotten. These problems are a wake-up
call that one of our major body systems is not working right. A better solution is to
chew your food well, do proper food combining, stay away from foods you are
allergic to, take probiotics and digestive enzymes, and exercise regularly. Antibiotics may be the leading cause of digestive problems, and these dangerous
drugs should be avoided for that reason alone. Sleep Difficulties
Sleep is critical to health, but few of us sleep an adequate amount, and a growing
number of people suffer from various sleep disorders, such as disturbed sleep
patterns and insomnia. Much of the time sleep problems are symptoms that the
hormones and chemicals the body uses to cope with stress are being depleted. The
physical consequences of inadequate sleep have a negative effect on health and
performance. Healthy people like the Hunzas went to bed when it got dark and woke up with the
sun. Try to go to bed at the same time every night and wake up at the same time
every morning, even on weekends. Giving the body adequate and regular rest is
important to maintaining good health. Susceptibility to Infection
Colds and flu are not just inconveniences; they are alarm bells telling us that all is
not well. While seen as a minor illness, each cold does permanent damage to the
body, causing us to age prematurely. Yet millions of Americans suffer four to six
colds per year, sometimes taking weeks to resolve. Healthy people do not get
infections, and, if they do, they recover from them very quickly. You may recall that
the healthy Hunzas never suffered from colds, and that the 133-year-old man in
Vilcabamba had suffered only several colds in 133 years, not several in one year asmany of us do. A cold or flu that lingers is further proof of widespread cellular
malfunction. If people around you are sick, worry about strengthening your own
immunity, not about hiding from germs. Building immunity is a long-term project;
reacting in an emergency situation when you feel sickness coming on is something
else. Here are ideas of how to accomplish both:
To prevent colds, take plenty of vitamin C (4,000 to 6,000 mg/day). If you are sick
already, take vitamin C to bowel tolerance, which means taking it up to the point
where you begin getting excessive gas or diarrhea and then backing off. Bowel
tolerance will differ depending on who you are and what your state of health is. If I
feel a cold coming on, I put 3,000 mg of vitamin C in a glass of water and drink it
down every thirty to sixty minutes. In a matter of hours, the cold will be gone. B-
vitamins are important, as are zinc and high-quality cod liver oil. Olive leaf extract
can also be helpful; it is a powerful natural antibiotic. And, of course, avoid
damaging your immunity with sugar, white flour, poor digestion, prescription drugs
or anything that you are allergic to. Weight Problems
Some people think being overweight is more of a fashion concern than a serious
disease. Many people attribute weight problems to “genetics,” saying that such
problems run in their family. The truth is that being overweight is a sign that cells
are malfunctioning. Often, an addiction to sugar is part of the problem, and this
problem needs to be treated like any other addiction. Proper diet and lifestyle
changes that improve cellular health are virtually guaranteed to solve weight
problems. Overweight patients need to heal their cells, just like cancer patients and
heart disease patients. Worse, weight problems are frequently the prelude to more
serious chronic diseases. Mood, Thought or Behavioral Problems
The ability to think quickly and clearly—to concentrate, learn and remember—are
the benefits of healthy cells and a healthy body. A problem with any of these
indicates deficiency and toxicity at the cellular level, usually the result of
inappropriate diets, environmental toxins, lack of exercise and unresolved stress. Brain cells function normally when they have all the nutrition they need and do not
have toxins that interfere with them. The person who flies off the handle with little provocation is often seen as having
a particular personality type. The same for those who have problems getting along
with others or working out conflicts in a calm and rational manner. Most of the time,
however, these problems point back to the same two causes of disease: deficiency
and toxicity. We are currently experiencing an unprecedented epidemic of
depression, learning disabilities, violent behavior and other types of mental disease.Many of these “mental” problems actually result from the fact that the function of
our brains and nervous systems has never been more compromised. Worse,
physicians usually try to “solve” these problems by giving those afflicted toxic,
mind-altering chemicals. Building a Better You
Now that you have a sense of your state of health and have perhaps identified
some early warning signs of disease, start to build the foundation of a new lifestyle:
• Keep a food diary for a week, writing down everything you eat and drink. How
much of your diet is eaten raw? Do you buy truly fresh, organic vegetables and
fruits? Is the meat you eat treated with antibiotics and hormones? Do sugar,
white flour, dairy products and processed oils bog down your diet? Do you
combine the wrong foods together at a meal? Is the food you buy genetically
modified? • Keep track of the amount and kind of exercise, movement, or other physical
stimulation (saunas, etc.) you participate in during the week. • Consider the products you use on your body: Are the ingredients in your
deodorant, toothpaste, shampoo, makeup and skin cream natural and nontoxic? • Take a look at the products you use to clean your house. Consider, too, the
furnishings, including your rugs. List the sources of emissions within your
house, including your carpets, furnace, hot-water heater and stove. • Consider the ways in which social connections, work and community
involvement nurture you, or fail to do so. • Take stock of the stress in your life. • Think about the doctors you visit, the treatments or tests that you approve of,
the medicines that you take. Are they doing you more harm than good? Are
your doctors and your medical treatments addressing all your pathways to
health, or is their focus narrow and incomplete? • Do you take vitamins or other supplements consistently, and are they of high
quality? Do they contain cheap, ineffective ingredients such as carbonates and
oxides, or toxins such as artificial colors? Each of these choices is part of an ongoing process of promoting— or
antagonizing—your health. Keep track of all six pathways and do your best along
each of them, all the time. Doing a great job for a week and then forgetting about it
is pointless. Track the process—there is no endgame, no checkmate to seek—there is
only process. Either you are going about the process of getting well and staying
well, or you are going about the process of getting sicker. Keep trying new things
until you discover what works for you.After you have identified some of the problems in your lifestyle—ways in which
your body is becoming deficient or ways in which toxins threaten you—begin today
to make changes. • Make sure at least some and preferably most of your diet is eaten raw. Buy at
least some organic fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as organically produced
meat. Cut down or eliminate the Big Four: sugar, white flour, dairy products
and processed oils. • Practice tips for proper food combining and effective food preparation
methods to ensure you are getting the best nutrition from the food that you buy. • Begin taking high-quality nutritional supplements. • Make exercise and movement a part of every day. • Nurture your social and family connections. Make a plan and then make a
concerted effort to make it happen. • Identify the drugs you take (medical or recreational), and begin to imagine
how well you might function without them. A Radical Shift in Perspective
As you consider your lifestyle and identify the areas that must change, take a
close look at your overall perspective on health and disease. Health is something we
all want, yet so few of us give it serious thought until we get sick. That approach
does not work. The practical new system for choosing health presented in this book
is different from typical approaches. This new way to “see” health and disease is so
simple it empowers the individual to take charge. That empowerment can help to
end our current epidemic of chronic and degenerative disease, dramatically
improving the health of our people. As I have told you, one of the first people whose perspective I helped change was
my brother, diagnosed in 1991 with advanced prostate cancer. The specialist who
made the diagnosis informed him that the tumor was so large and so widespread that
surgery was not an option. My brother was told that there were no traditional
medical treatment options available for his advanced stage of tumor. “Modern
medicine” had nothing to offer, and my brother felt he was doomed. He eventually
found a caring physician who was willing to operate, despite the poor odds. The
surgery was a success, with limitations, as the surgeon was unable to remove all of
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hara  is early in the morning for a pe riod
of 21 consecutive days, depending on the client. A variation of
sirodhara  is  deha-dhara, wh ere two to four therapists  pour a
continuous flow of oil over the entire body. Beautifully carved beds are usually made from one piece of wood, often neem,
and are designed so that oil flows through a drainage channel and is captured  in a
wooden bowl for re-use. The  Charaka Samhita  specifies seven types of wood for an Ayurvedic bed or  patti
with the emphasis being on the wood  having no joins. Because of the quality ofthe wood, beds are often works of art in themselves; often inlaid with copper or tin
inserts, the more elaborate ones have evocative carvings as well. At Quan spa in the JW Marriott Mumbai, oil at a  sirodhara  session is forced to flow
back over the forehead down to the bed with the fastening of a piece of cloth just
below the “third eye”. The palatial surrounds of Neemrana Fort Palace’ s courts and halls are highly
conducive to healing. Here, a therapist trains the flow of oil on to the forehead of a
client. vasthi  The Medicated Enema
T o most W esterners the su bject of enemas is one to  be
avoided, at best; subjected to, at worst. This probably ste ms
from an innate squeamishne ss, but, be that as it may, the
insertion into the anus, urinary or gans and genitals of
various kinds of enemas such as water, medicated and
nonmedicated oils and milks, and herbal decoctions is an
integral part of A yurvedic practice. This is because
A yurveda state s that the status of the alimentary canal and
other internal or gans is of v ital importance to one’ s overall
health. Vasthi  (basti ) is the word for a medicated enema, and in A yurveda
vasthi  involves the introduction o f herbal and medicinal
concoctions in a liquid medium  into and also  on to  the body. Sites
where  vasthi  may be administered therefore also include external
areas su ch as the eyes, lower back, head and the chest region. It is
believed that these medicinal  vasthi  remove wastes and toxins from
the body  (either  internally or e xternally), balance the function s of
the  doshas, provide nourishment and raise the body’ s mmunity. Vasthi  is m ost ef fective in the treatment of  vata  disorders,
although many enemas over a prescribed period of time are usually
required. There are dif ferent typ es of  vasthi  given for many vastly
dif fering ailmen ts, including constipation, chronic fever, c old,
sexual disorders, kidney stones, heart pain, backache, sciatica and
other pains in the joints. Many other  vata  disorders such as arthritis,rheumatism, gout, muscle spasms and headaches may also be
treated with the varying  vasthi. After a doughnut-style mix of gram flour and water is placed on the lower back and
deemed watertight, warmed medicated  oil is poured into the “container”. It is left to
seep into the client’ s sacrolumbar region or “foment” as Ayurvedic physicians call
it. The nurtu ring Ayurvedic Penthouse at the Oriental Spa in Bangkok offers a
number of  vasthi  treatments including  hrid  or  uro vasthi, an effective therapy for
complaints of the heart and respirat ory organs. Warm medicated oil, chosen
according to the client’ s complaint and doshic imbalance, foments on the chest
area for 40 minutes or so. A Keralan therapist at the atmosphe ric Ayurmana facility at Kumarakom Lake
Resort pours warm medicated oil on to the skull of a client. Prior to this therapy,
which is thought to relieve stress and regulate brain function, it is recommended
the head be shaved. Vasthi  is o ne of the five main procedures of the famous (or
infamous)  panchakarma  therapy (see page 46), but it may also be
used in localize d areas for nec k complaints  (greva vasthi), knee
joint conditions  (janu vasthi ) an d heart dis ease or asthma and
respiratory diseases ( hrid  or  uro vasthi ). In  Ind ian spas, a couple of
vasthi  therapies are of fered for one-of f “try-outs”:
Siro V asthi
Usually of fered for conditions such as facial paralysis, depression,
insomnia, dryness of nostrils, mouth and throat illnesses and se vere
headaches,  siro vasthi  is on some Indian spa menus as a relaxing,
stress-relieving and hair -conditioning therapy. Siro vasthi  (siromeans “head”) involves the application of lukewarm herbal oils
poured into a cap fitted on the h ead for any time between 15 to 60
minutes. The oils are left to s tagnate on the scalp for the time
required; accord ing to one’ s  dosha, cu rrent imbalances and/or
medical conditions, medicated herbs will have been added to the oil. An antioxidant medicated oil called  dhan wantharam  that contains
28 herbs and an  earthy fragrance is often used as it has rich pain-
relieving properties. Kathi V asthi
A  vasthi  treatment that concentrates on the sacro-lumbar region of
the back (kathi), this is a curati ve treatment useful for lower back
problems. It is also used for c omplaints that af fect the abdomen,
such as irritable bowel syndrome, endometriosis, menstrual and
urinary tract disorders. It involv es the pouring of warm medicated
oil i nto a n enclo sed area of the lower back, created with a reser voir
of dough (see right). In some spas,  kathi vasthi  is used as a rejuvenative therapy to
de-stress, relieve exhaustion or help with localized lower back pain. Providing the  kathi vasthi  is administered by a qualified A yurvedic
physician who has chosen the correct medicinal oil, a 20- to 60-
minute session should not do any harm — and the gentle
administering of  warm, soothing oil on the back can be extremely
pleasant. A therapist prepares a dough mixture, then places it on the back for a  kathi vasthi
session in the soothing surrounds of the Deva spa at Mandarin Oriental Dhara
Devi in Chiang Mai, Thailand. unani  An Holistic Graeco-Arab Medical
System
Although most spa-goers in the W est will have heard of
A yurveda, they may not be so familiar with another bra nch
of medicine known as Unani that is practiced extensively in
India. Unani originated in Greece with the philosoph er -
physician Hippocrates (460–377  BC ) and was formulated
over time by v arious Islamic scholar physicians in wha t is
now the  Middle East. Noted Arab physicians such as Rha zes
(850–925) and  A vicenna (aka Ibn Sina 980–1037) fur ther
developed Unani and, by the European Middle Ages, it had
became the authoritative basis for the study of medicine. It
was instrumen tal in introducing professional standards of
practice to medicine all over Europe. Unani was introduced to India during the medieval period, and over
time, mass acceptance and co ntinuous use led to many U nani
hospitals, resear ch centers and clinics being built. Its heyday  in
India la sted from the 13th to the 17th centuries, as the D elhi
Sultans, the Khiljis, the T ughlaqs and the Mughal emperors
provided patronage to Unani scholars, often employing them as
court physicians. During this period, many drugs and herbs native to India were
added to  the existing apothecary of Unani remedies. Clinical t rials
and experimentation resulted in expansion, and even though Unani
suf fered setbacks during the colonial period, it had becomeentrenched in Indian life. T oday, India has the lar gest number of
educational, research and health care institutions of Unani medicine
in the world with over 20,000 registered Unani practitioners
(hakims ) and countless non-registered ones who practice on a
hereditary basis. Unani is recognized by the W orld Health Or ganization (WHO ) as
a holistic traditional medical system. In 1977 when the  WHO
established its traditional medicine program, it declared: “There is
no d oubt that thi s branch of med icine is making and will continu e to
make a very sig nificant contribu tion to our ef forts to achieve health
for all. ”
Unani’ s goal is the preservation of health, the encouragement of
self-healing and the restoration  of the body’ s equilibrium. In its
infancy it was a rigorous syste m that eliminated superstition


Fig. 2.7 Perineal  SpongeHood
Paraurethra l Glans
                  Urethra
- 52 -Chapter  II
J. Perineum
   The perine um region  includes  the anus  and sexual orga ns, but
the point  of the  perineum is located  betw een the back  of the vaginal
opening  and the anus. (Fig. 2.8)
Hui - Yin
Fig. 2.8 Perineum  (Hui-  Yin)
   The anus  is a sexual orifice for som e women,  and quite  sexuall y
taboo  for others. To prevent  vaginal  and bladder  infections  all w omen
should  know that fingers  or penis  should  be washed after  anal
contact. Fig. 2.9 Love Ma king
- 53 -Sexu al Response Cycle
Chapter 3
Sexual Response Cy cle
Women’s sexual  responses  were described  by Mast ers and
Johnson  as being  in four phases:  excitement, plateau,  orgasm,
and resolution. These phases  are demarcated  by physiologic al
changes  in the  sexual organs. In the excite ment phase  the vagina
sweats, and the broa d ligam ent which suppo rts the uterus  pulls
up: this in turn  enlarges  the back  of the vagina  in the  plateau  phase. A myriad  of changes  occur  during  orgasm, including  for som e
wome n changes  in skin color on the  back  and chest,  or tingling  or
contractions  in the  hands  and feet. In the  resolution  phase  there  is
a gradu al return  to the resting  state. (Fig. 3-1)
Peak Orgasm
Excitem ent
 Phas e 1Plateau
Phase 2 Orgas Resolution
  micPhase 4
Phase 3
Fig. 3.1 Ordinary  Peak Orgasm
- 54 -Chapter III
   Most  writings on w omen’s  sexual respo nses  describe  women
as having  a long  arousal  period. Yet in Shere  Hite’s resea rch (The
Hite Rep ort) most women  describe  themselves as reaching
orgasm wi thin minutes  after  they  start  masturbati ng. Does this  long
arousal  perio d indicate  the flexibilit y of w omen’s  sexual  respons es? Or is it due  to inept  lovers  or wome n’s reticence  to tell  their  partners
what would please  them? A. Clitoris and Va ginal  Orgas m
    Most  sexologists  and other  people  limit the definitio n of the clitoris
to the  glans. The vagina  and the inner  lips are  seen  as separate
and distinct  entities,  the inner  lips having  no purpos e other  than  to
protect  the urethr al and vaginal  openings. Even though  Mast ers
and Johnson  described  the vivid  changes  of the inner  lips during
sexual  excite ment, the y still did  not identify  them as being  part of
the woman’s  sexual  organs. For  over  half a century  a battle  raged  over  the location  of w omen’s
orgasms. Freud  and many of his  follow ers maintained  that clitoral
orgasms we re experienced  by girls,  but that adult  wome n
transferr ed their  sexual  response  to the  vagina. Masters  and
Johnson  concluded  from their  studies  that all orgasms are  clitoral
in origin. Fem inists,  concerne d about  the effects  on women’s  psyches
and sex lives, did  a lot of resea rch, both  in me dical libraries  and
among  themselves in  self-help  grou ps, and they talked  to numerous
wome n about  their  sexual experiences. From all  these  sources
they concluded  that women  have  one unified  sex organ,  but that all
parts  react  during  sexual  arousal  no matter what part is being
stimulated. When all the  aspects  of this sexual  organ  are view ed together
we see the erectile  tissue  of the  small lips, glans  and shaft,  urethr al
sponge  and perineal  sponge. Add this all together  and inch- for-
inch w omen  seem to have  about  as mu ch erectile  tissue  as me n.
This similarity  in structure  suggests  a similarity in function  also,
and further  suggests  a possible  similarity in me n’s and  women’s
sexual  drives  and responses. How  much is related  to ho w we are
constructed, and how much is fro m our  socialization? - 55 -Sexual Response Cycle
B. Depletion of Sexual Energy
   Most  men are  aware of the depletion  of energ y they  feel as  a
result  of ejaculation,  and most women  are also a ware of a depletion. The Taoists observe d that while men lose their  ener gy throug h
ejaculation,  women  lose  most of their  energ y throug h their  menstrual
periods. Although  many women  do not  perceive  a loss of energ y,
certainly  those  whose periods  are precede d by a week or two of
breast  tende rness,  water retention, or pelvic congesti on, or w hose
periods  are acco mpanied  by strong  cramps, heavy  bleeding,
backache,  nausea,  diarr hea, or outbreaks  of herpes, etc.,  will notice
the draining  effect of these  cyclical  functions. Cease love maki ng
when  you still have
full desireDo the Orgasm ic
Upward  Draw  at the
Peaks
Valley Orgas ms
BeyoundTan Tien
    Excite ment
     Phase 1
 Power  awakens;
begin to transfor m
the ener gy up into
 the Microcos mic
       OrbitPlatea u
Phase 2Pass the Power  Power  Union of Re union of
Perineum u pHeaven Hu mans andup
  and to T- 11 to thea ndTao
enter theCrown  Earth;
 Coccy xImmortal
                       Spirit
Fig. 3.2 Sexu al Energy Chart
- 56 -Tan Tienthe Body Tan Tien
MiddleLower UpperChapter  III
C. Ovarian  Kung  Fu
     The Ovarian  Kung  Fu exercises  are practiced  in two parts:
The first part,  Ovarian  Breathing,  retrieves  the biological  energ y
that goes  into making eggs,  uterine  lining,  cervical  mucous, and
the attendant  hormones  prod uced  in the  ovaries  and the adren al
and pituitary  glands. The second  part,  the Orgas mic (In ward and)  Upward Draw,
involves  the transformation  of sexual  energ y, i.e., the circulation  of
the aroused  energy  back  into the body  rather  than  the discharge  of
it into  the univers e.
     Both  exercises  involve  bringing  the energy  from the repr oductiv e
and sexual  organs  up the spine  to the brain. Once  the brain  is filled
with energ y, the energy  will travel  down the front  of the body  to the
heart,  and then  continue  down to be stored  at the navel. The first  exercise  helps  reduce  the loss of ener gy from
menstruation,  enabling  women  to experience  shorter,  less
troublesome  periods. The second  exercise  conserves  the biological
energy  lost throug h orgasm, prolongs  and emphasizes  the orgasm,
and brings  it up  into the organs  as well as to  a higher  energ y center
there  to attain  a higher  state  of conscious ness. It also brings  intense
pleasure. (Fig. 3.2)
     In  the process  of learnin g these  exercises  women  com e into
closer  contact  with their  cycles,  learning  to ma ke finer
discri minations  in their  muscle movements and  energ y flow, and
to increase,  deepe n and extend  their sexual pleasu re. Ultimately
they will zero  in on the  process  of transfo rmation,  recognizing  and
achieving  the link bet ween sexualit y and spiritualit y
- 57 -Sexual Response Cycle
Fig. 3.3 Sexu al Energy Connection
- 58 -Chapter IV
Chapter 4
Microcos mic Orbit
“Reject all reasonin g about  sex: practice  special exercises. To be
able to ma ke love  and not emit is the  secret  of retur ning the semen. Increasing  and


 see it again, and you all should come with
me.” Well, if a tragedy even close to that happened in real life, you would
not be praising the depth of emotion—you would be scarred for life. That’ sthe difference between acceptin g the expression of your heart  rather than
resisting it. Creation has put a full orchestra inside you, free of charge. This makes
life so much more interesting and vibrant. Learn to enjoy your heart by
ceasing to resist it. It’s not about losing yourself in your emotion s. It’s about
being willing to experience them in the same way you experience a
beautiful sunset. You simply let the sunset come in. You’re  not doing
anything. You are simply allowing awareness to be aware of what is in front
of it. Sometimes it’s a beautiful sunset, sometimes it’s a sense of loss. The
process is exactly the same: consciousness is experiencing an object of
consciousness. You are not clinging to it or suppressing it. You are simply
experiencing it. If you cling to the object, it stays. If you suppress it, it stays. If it stays,
it will distort reality. You are no longer open to life—you have a bias for or
against certain things. These samskaras are powerful packets  of energy. They distort your perception of life, and you constantly pay the price. When
thoughts and emotions are suppressed, they rot down there. They will pop
up at different times and cause serious problems in your life. This is what
Freud taught, and it was also taught thousands of years earlier in the
Upanishads. Learning to make peace with your heart is a major step toward
extricating yourself from the very human predicament we all find ourselves
in.Chapter 29. Neither Suppression nor Expression
Though it is true that you don’t want to suppress emotions, you also don’t
want them running your life. There is a sacred place between suppression
and expression—pure experience. In this state, you are neither  suppressing
the energy internally nor expres sing it externally. You are simply willing to
experience the energy coming from your heart and mind. The sorrow of
death and the joy of birth are both coming up inside and feedin g your soul. They are touchi ng you all the way to the core of your being. You are not
touching them— they are touching you. There’ s nothing to do about it. It is
all simply a gift God is giving you. The mind is free to think; the heart is
free to feel. All of this leaves you at peace, in a state of gratitude. This is the
way life is meant to be. Yet you can’t handle certain thoughts and emotions. You resist them,
and then you build a mental world around what you have stored in there. In
this state, you can only feel gratitude if you get what you want or avoid
what you don’t want. Eventual ly you wake up and realize that you have
work to do, real work. That work is not outside; it is inside. That work
becomes your spiritual practice. To get what you really want—joy, love,
enthusiasm, and passion for every moment of your life—you need to get
these stored patterns out. The problem is that while you might see this
intellectually, in a very short period of time your mind is going to fight
back. This is because the inner path doesn’ t fit the mind’ s habitual patterns
for how to be okay. The only data the mind currently has is based upon its past
experiences, so the mind always thinks it’s right. This is part of the
predicament. Please understand that your mind will always think it’s right. The mind is not dumb; it knows what it experienced. But it doesn’ t know
what it didn’ t experience—which is an infinitely larger body of knowledge.This is why the wise sage Lao Tzu reflected that a wise man does not argue
—for what purpose? You have your mindset, and another person has their
mindset. All their lifelong data says one thing, and your totally different
lifelong data sees it differently. There’ s nothing you’re going to do about
that, except be humble enough to realize that at any given moment the data
you are taking in is less than.00001 percent of what’ s going on everywhere. It’s meaningless ; it rounds to zero. In essence, you’ve had a whole bunch of
zero-breadth experiences that add up to zero. The personal mind is so caught
up in itself, it will never want to look at that truth. Deep spiritual teachings embrac e that truth. They ask you to look at the
world in front of you and realize it took billions of years for that exact
moment to manifest before you. Accept that. Honor that. Surrender to that. This begins by first accepting reality, not resisting it. It’s not about doing or
not doing anyth ing—it’ s about surrendering your initial resista nce to what
is. You see what ’s there, and then let go of all the stuff that comes up due to
your stored samskaras. Inevitably, your mind is going to start talking about
likes and dislike s. Just don’t listen. Why would you listen to that? It’s just
your personal blockages superimposed on reality. You can now understand what you are accepting and surrendering to:
reality. What else is there? Reality is truth, at least for the moment. It is
what’ s real versus past mental impressions that are simply leftover thoughts. The way to deal with these mental impressions is to realize they are
perfectly natura l. Reality is going to come in, it’s going to hit your
blockages, and your mind is going to talk about it. Fine, be that as it may—
you don’t have to listen. It’s that simple. If you know your mind doesn’ t
know what it’s talking about, why listen? As we’ve seen, the personal mind
can’t know anything except for the data it has collected. That data is nothing
compared to the universal set of data it has missed every moment. The data
the mind has in there is what we call statistically insignificant. That’ s why
the mind changes its mind so often. Give it one more experience, and it will
view things dif ferently. Interesting that we keep listening to it anyway. A wise person doesn’ t renounce the world; they honor the reality that’s
unfolding in front of them. Likewise, a wise person doesn’ t renounce the
use of their mind ; they just don’t listen to the personal mind because it’s lost
in thoughts about itself. The personal mind is not going to solve your
problems. It’s doing the best it can with the limited data it has, but its efforts
don’t generally work out so well.Regarding the heart, a wise person allows the heart to freely express
itself inwardly but does not get lost in it. Some people say, “Follow your
heart.” They must not be referri ng to the personal heart because it’s all over
the place on a day-to-day basis. Fortunately, there is a higher heart to follow. Once energy flows past the middle of the fourth chakra, it enters a deeper
heart that doesn’ t change, ever. There’ s a constant upward flow of beautiful
energy. It brings waves of bliss so powerful you can hardly focus outwardly. It wafts over you, and you settle  back into this beautiful peace that surpasses
all unde rstanding. The peace you have because you got what you wanted—
that’s understandable. This peace comes over you and stays for no reason,
completely unconditionally—that’ s what your higher heart has to offer you. This is the gift of your spiritual heart. To expe rience your spiritual heart, you must learn to rise above your
personal heart. The personal heart is very strong and very emotional. It’s not
easy to pierce through the personal heart, but it is possible. First, check to
see if your heart’ s expressions are based on current reality or the thoughts in
your mind. Thoughts of what went wrong in the past, and what might go
wrong in the future, create emotions that are out of tune with reality. There
is no end to the mess this can create in your heart. Since the energies that
build up in the heart must have a channel for release, these emotions will
spill over into your external life and can create quite a disturbance. If your emotions are in harmony  with the reality unfolding before you,
they are generally healthy and support the quality of your life. When both
your heart and mind are in harmony with reality, energies don’t release
outwardly because nothing is blocking them. The power of these unblocked
energies passing through the lower heart can then be utilized to rise into the
higher parts of the heart. Because you are neither suppressing nor
expressing, the deeper spiritu al states begin to unfold. You can still
contribute to what’ s happening outside, but your actions are not personal in
nature. They are simply beautiful moment-to-moment interactions with
reality that are serving the flow of life. Reaching this state requires clearing out the samskaras that are
blocking the energy flow and not putting any more in there. To do this, learn
to handle your heart. This takes practice, just like you practice the piano, a
sport, or anything else. We will explore this process in great depth in the
following chapters. What it requires is a change


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ROGER P. chapter EIGHTEEN
Roger P., 47, arrived for his intake interview weighing 420
pounds. His pear-shaped body was the classic body type forsomeone who is pouring out excess estrogen along with toomuch insulin. His hormone imbalance was accompanied by a host of
other problems. He was reclusive, a drinker, and his body wasin constant pain. As Roger tells his story, the reader willappreciate the extent of his struggle against obesity, whichcreated devastating physical and emotional havoc. I’ve been fat my whole life. Being the fat kid in school made
me an outcast. When you’re always on the outside looking in, yourlevel of caring declines. I felt that everything and everyone wasagainst me, and I was an angry kid. Not only was I fat but I was weird looking, too. I carried all
my weight in my hips and thighs, like a woman. I was one of thoseobese people who seem to be not a “he” or a “she” but an “it. ” Ilooked like two different people stuck together. In my line of work, which is designing and building binary data
systems, I’m able to work solo as a contract employee. I always choseto work from home, going in for meetings as infrequently as possible. I fashioned my career to allow for maximum reclusiveness. 153I was always ashamed and embarrassed. Whenever I went out
to eat I would find the darkest, most secluded corner in therestaurant to hide out in. Clothes were a problem, too. For years Iwore bib overalls, the monster size. I couldn’t button them all theway up on the sides. And I lived in fear of children. Children would see me in
public and pipe up with something totally humiliating. I startedscheduling my visits to the market for the middle of the night justto avoid being humiliated by little kids. In the midst of all of this humiliation, I had a strong feeling
that this obesity was not my fault. I would keep going to doctors totry and get some help. Normally their response, after they’d takenmy money, was to say, “Go home, kid, and quit eating so much. ”I would tell them, “I don’t eat that much,” and I didn’t, I neverhave. You and I could eat the same exact meal and you’d beunaffected, but I’d wake up the next morning and my pantswouldn’t fit. But every doctor I tried to get help from told methat although I probably didn’t think I was a huge eater, inreality I was. They made me feel like a liar. Some of them gaveme amphetamines. At age 23 I started getting leg pains, and then later on I
developed full body cramps. I was cramping all the time, havingnight sweats and weird vision problems. None of the doctors Iwent to had any solutions for me. These problems were variouslymisdiagnosed as gout, pseudo-gout, tendonitis, and a bunch ofother things. My life was miserable. I’d do my work, come home, drink a
six-pack of beer and a half bottle of T equila every night, and go tosleep and get up and do the whole thing over again. One night afriend infuriated me on the phone by telling me I was like somelittle old lady with her two dogs and no life. It sent me off the scale. I yelled at her. But I thought about it all night, and the next day154 THE MIRACLE OF BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES  I realized that she had only described me as I really was. I had heard Dr. Platt talking about weight loss on the radio. The day after the fight with my friend I went to see him. He satme down and talked to me for over an hour. He wanted to knoweverything about my family history and my life. After my initialvisit he put me on progesterone and DHEA and started me on thediet. Right away I started losing weight. About three months into the program I had a real bad
flare-up in my knee, hip and in between; it felt like having hotsteel shoved up your leg. I tried a chiropractor and then a sportsmedicine specialist, but they didn’t help. Finally I thought, “Whatthe heck; I’ll ask Dr. Platt about it. ”
I was totally shocked by his reaction. “Look, I’m your physi-
cian and I’m treating you,” he said. “I want to know everythingthat’s happening to you. ” I found that such a strange attitude fora doctor. He added testosterone and thyroid to my medications, and
changed the type of DHEA I was taking. That same day hediagnosed my fibromyalgia, which is the pain in my leg that hadbeen misdiagnosed by so many doctors. About three days later I feltas though I’d come out of a fog. It’s hard to describe. I had beenthere so long I didn’t know I was there. I had an amazing change,a new clarity of thought. It was startling. And I was pain-free for the first time in 24 years. Strange
things started happening to me physically at this point. All my lifeI’ve been kind of a big, white farm-boy-looking guy without anymuscle definition at all. Now I’ve developed all this muscledefinition. I’m much stronger. I used to sleep eight or ten hours anight and then sit all day without wanting to do anything. NowI sleep about four hours a night and I’m never tired. Life is good. I weigh 195 pounds. It’s the first time I’ve been less than 200
pounds since I was 12 years old. My brain hasn’t kept up with my155 MORBID OBESIT Y AND ROGER P. body and my biggest challenges now are social and psychological. I’d say socially I’m probably at a junior high school grade levelbecause I’ve never participated in society outside of work. People sometimes ask me if I’m bitter about all the years when
I was looking for help and doors were being shut in my face. ButI’m not. They were blessings and gifts even though they werepainful. I’m pretty happy with who I am now. THE PAIN OF MORBID OBESITY
T o me, Roger’s case highlights the pivotal problem with the way
medicine is practiced today. As I’ve said before, too many doctors don’t have the time it
takes to listen to their patients any more. For years Roger wentfrom doctor to doctor about his weight problem, telling themthat he didn’t over-eat and asking for help. But they didn’tlisten to him. They dismissed him. And they didn’t observe him. They didn’t look at him. It
was so obvious from the distribution of his fat that there wassomething more than an eating problem going on. He had tohave a hormone problem—it was unmistakable. It’s amazingto me that so many doctors were blind to it. When I went through medical school, we had a course
called “Physical Diagnosis,” and it was fascinating. We learnedabout an array of outward physical signs, many of them verysubtle, that you could observe in a patient to pick up informa-tion about what might be going on inside their bodies. It wasa kind of visual detective work. It kept you attuned to whatyou were really seeing when you looked at your patient. I wonder if they even teach this course any more. The
medical profession has become so fixated on technology thatsimple first-person observation seems to have lost its value. 156 THE MIRACLE OF BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES  TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK
This may sound strange, but I often feel that the development
of blood tests has been a major setback in medicine. In the olddays—going back


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        Longevity  is still an
individual achievement; it comes primarily to those whose expectations are
high enough to reach for it. America could become a land where no one
ever grows feeble and crippled by age, but for that to happen,  we need to
see the entire human life cycle as a rising curve. Today, fortunately, few
“normal” signs of aging have gone unchallenged, and major studies have
proved that we have expected far too little of the aging body, which holds
great potential for improvement at very advanced ages. Not Older, Better
In 1958, a uniqu e project began in Baltimore, where eight hundred men and
women between the ages of 20 and 103 volunteered to be examined as they
aged. Each returned every year or two to go through an extensive battery of
tests. The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, as it is officially known,
grew to be the most famous of its kind. Its basic purpose was to determine
how different bodily organs change over time. Hundreds of separate
findings have emer ged, and in general they fully support the optimism of
the new old age. Some key findings:
• As people age, their physical status varies widely from individual to
individual, and by the time they reach 80 and 90, the differences havegrown to be tremendous. • While physical performance always declines over time as measured
in a group, this does not alwa ys hold true for each person. Some
people manage to retain lung capacity while everyone around them is
losing it; others actually improve in kidney function or the amount of
blood their hearts pump with each stroke. In most of these cases, the
person kept up the use of the organ in question; “use it or lose it” was
the key. • Mental function is also mainta ined with use. For instance, someone
who earns his living solving problems tends to retain that ability as he
ages, even though that function declines for the group as a whole. • The most comp lex organs, such as muscles, are the first to diminish. Losing muscle tissue is the main reason why people are unable to
perform as much work as they age. • Being moderately overweight in middle age apparently doesn’ t
shorten one’s life span (this depends, however, on avoiding the
harmful side effects of being overweight, such as diabetes,
hypertension, and congestive heart failure). • Remaining sexually active throughout one’s early and middle years
gives one the best chance of remaining active into old age. Again
there was tremendous variance from person to person. Married men
between ages 60 and 80 might have sex as little as three times a year
or as much as once a week or more. Most subjects believed that
regular sexual activity, however, was good for their health. • When asked to perform light to moderate exercise, men in their
sixties were as efficient as men in their twenties, but the older men
had to use more of their total physical capacity. (The Tufts
researchers found that older bodies benefit just as much from exercise
as do younger ones; the gain in muscle mass from twelve weeks of
weight-lifting was the same for 60-year -olds as for much younger
subjects. ) • Old people metabolize alcoho l as well as when they were young,
but its effects get stronger. After taking a drink, an older perso n willshow poorer reaction time, memory, and decision-making than a
younger person. • High levels of cholesterol do not keep rising with age but peak at
about 55 (somewhat earlier for men and later for women). • Although sugar tolerance declines with age, this leads to type II
diabetes only in some people; others do not acquire the disease
despite the change in their body’s ability to use glucose in the
bloodstream. This represents only a fraction of what the Baltimore researchers
discovered, but it is enough to confirm one of the main points I started out
with: Everyone grows more unique with age, and that uniqueness includes
the possibility for improvement on any front. Of 650 men, only 12 actually
managed to improve their kidne y function, while the vast major ity suffered
decline in function or remained  the same, but that small handful is enough
to give us a glimpse of untapped possibilities. The new paradig m tells us that we are constantly making and unmaking
our bodies at the quantum level, which means that we are constantly
unfolding hidde n potential. Some of this potential is nega tive, some
positive. The field takes a neutral attitude; what we wish and expect for
ourselves governs the response  we get. If we consider how to improve
physical and mental function every day for the rest of our lives, three values
emer ge that must be part of everyone’ s intention:
  1. longevity itself, since life is a primary good
  2. creative experience, which keeps life interesting and makes us
want more of it
  3. wisdom, which is the collective reward of long life
It’s impo ssible to set limits on what can be achieved in each area. Creativity
and wisdom inspired Picasso, Shaw, Michelangelo, Tolstoy, and other long-
lived geniuses to the day they died. Verdi wrote one of his greatest operas,
Falstaff,  at the age of 80, and the German naturalist Alexander von
Humboldt comp leted his greatest work, Cosmos,  at 89. There is immense
beauty and dignity in these autumnal achievements; the dome of St. Peter ’sseems even more masterful for the fact that Michelangelo designed it in his
ninth decade. Psychologists who study creativity say that artists and writers often can
produce more new ideas in their sixties or seventies than in their twenties. One interesting variable is that the later you take up any creative pursuit,
the more likely you are to pursue it into old age. Eliot Porter, one of
America’ s premier landscape photographers, did not publish his first picture
until he was past 50; Julia Child came to television when she was past
midlife. In both cases, success  steadily increased through the next three
decades. Creative experience may enhance the structure of the brain itself. Chinese
studies of old people in Shangh ai indicate that less educated people have
higher rates of dementia and Alzheimer ’s disease; the implication is that
educated people, having been trained to use their minds, stimulate healthy
brain activity. PET scans show increased blood flow to the brain during
periods of creative thought; a distinctive EEG of coherent rhythms across
all band s of brainwave activity is associated with the “Aha. ” or “Eureka. ”
experience that characterizes art and creativity in general. Also, it’s a myth
to think that it harms the brain to get too wrapped up in mental work. As
long as it is enjoyable, concentrated mental activity gives rise to alpha-wave
patterns typical of “restful alertness,” the relaxed but aware state also found
in meditation. Certain desirable neurotransmitters such as serotonin also increase during
pleasurable creative activities (again, the same change is associated with the
restful alertness found in meditation). The neurological picture is still
debatable, but the real-life results—more years of fulfilling existence—are
not. It would appear, then, that to want as much life, creativity, and wisdom
as possib le is very desirable. If your expectations in these areas are low, you
are not likely to exceed them, while setting very high standards makes
every decade worth looking forward to. (I am fond of Robert Browning’ s
line, drilled into my head as a child in India: “A man’ s reach should exceed
his grasp, or what’ s a heaven for. ”) A sense of “active mastery…is the ego
state most clearly associated with longevity,” wrote David Gutmann, aging
researcher at the University of Michigan. This conclusion came after
studying long-li ved people from many diverse cultures and periods ofhistory. Active mastery means having autonomy over one’s life and
circumstances, not power over others. Beyond any body of evidence about
aging and how to prevent it, the single most important factor is that you
make something creative from your existence. The renowned religious writer Huston Smith once declared, “In order to
live, man must believe in that for which he lives. ” People languish and die
when their core of belief is gone. The most meaningful thing you can live
for is to reach your full potential. At any given age the body and mind you
experience are but a tiny fraction of the possibilities still open to you—there
are always infinite new skills, insights, and depths of realization ahead of
you. These latent potentials are closed off to the vast majority of people, who
barely have skills to fill sixty-five years of existence. Therefore, it is
extremely important to begin to develop your skills consciously, breaking
free of social expectation and setting yourself the goal of becoming a
master. The underlying reason why old people feel marginal in our society,
cut off from the mainstream of activity and social value, is that they
themselves do not have a positi ve ideal of the very stage of life they find
themselves in. To help you carve


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stress. Exhaustion
SymptomsLegs:restless;weak. Thelegsfeelweakandtwitchy,especiallyinbedat
night. Eyeinflammation
SymptomsEyes:sore;gritty,burning. Worseduringtheevening;atnight;afterdrinking
wine. Theeyesfeelsoreandgritty,particularlytheinner
corners,asifthereweresandinthem.Thereisa
generalaggravationduringtheeveningandatnight,
whentheeyesmaywater. Headache
SymptomsHeadachenervous.Pains:inforehead;in
sidesofhead;intemples;bursting;tearing. Betteriorfreshair. Worseafterdrinkingwine. Causesoverwork. Theheadachemaybeonbothsidesorononesideonly
ofthehead. INTERNAL
REPERTORY
AbscessesCalc-c,Heps.,Mercs.,Sil. Dischargingpus:Calc-s.
PainsseePains
Ofglands:Calc-s.,Heps.,Mercs.,Sil. Ofrootsofteeth:Heps.,Mercs.,Sil. Absent-minded (seealsoConfused;Forgetful)
Caust.,Nat-m.
Affectionate Phos.,Puls. AfraidseeFearful
AnaemiaCalc-c,Calc-p.,Chin.,Ferr-m.,Kali-c,
Kali-p.,Mercs.,Nat-m.,Nit-ac,Phos.,Puis.,
Stap.,Sui,Sul-ac. Afteracuteillness:Calc-p.
Lipspale:Ferr-m.
Withexhaustion:Calc-p.,Ferr-m. Causes:
lossofblood(haemorrhage,heavyperiods,
etc.):Chin.,Ferr-m. pregnancy:Ferr-m. Angry(seealsoComplaintsfromanger;Irritable)
Ars.,Bell.,Bry.,Cham.,Heps.,Ign.,Kali-c,
Kalis.,Lye,Nat-m.,Nit-ac,Nux-v.,Sep.,
Stop.,Sid. Fromcontradiction: Ign.,Lye,Sep. Raging:Bell.,Cham. Violently:Cham.,Heps.,Nit-ac,Nux-v.,Stap. Whenhastoanswer:Nux-v.
AnklesweakCarb-a.,Nat-c,Sil. Childrenlearningtowalk:Carb-an. AntisocialseeDislikescompany
AnxiousAco.,Arg-n.,Ars.,Bell.,Bry.,Calc-c,
Calc-p.,Calc-s.,Carb-v.,Caust.,Chin.,Cocc,
Con.,Kali-c,Kali-p.,Kalis.,Lye,Mag-m.,
Nat-c,Nit-ac,Phos.,Puis.,Rhus-t.,Sep.,
Spo.,Sul. Anticipatory(seeExamnerves,Fearfulpublic
speaking):Arg-n.,Gels.,Lye
Duringafever:Aco.,Ars.,Bar-c,lp.,Sep. Onwaking:Lach.,Spo.Whenchilled:Aco. Whenindoors:Kalis. Whenoverheated:Kalis. Better:
freshair:Kalis.,Puis. Worse:
aftermidnight:Ars. around3a.m.:Ars. evening:Calc-c,Calc-s.,Carb-v.,Sep.,Sul. inbed:Ars.,Carb-v.,Mag-c,Rhus-t.
whenalone:Ars.,Phos. fromdownwardmotion:Bor. heat:Kalis. indoors:Lye,Puis.,Rhus-t.
night:Ars.,Puis. onwaking:Ars.,Lach.,Spo. Apathetic(seealsoSluggish)Ap.,Carb-v.,Chin.,
Nat-c,Nat-m.,Nat-p.,Op.,Pho-ac,Phos.,
Puis.,Stap.,Sep. Duringfever:Op. Appetite
Alternatingwithhunger:Ferr-m.
Lost:Chin.,Ferr-m. Apprehensive seeAnxiousanticipatory
Argumentative seeQuarrelsome
ArthritisseeJointpain
Athlete'sfootSil. Cracksbetweentoes:Sil. Withprofuse/smelly sweat:Sil. AwkwardseeClumsy
BackacheBry.,Calc-c,Calc-f.,Dulc,Ferr-m.,Hyp. Kali-c,Kali-p.,Lye,Mercs.,Nat-m.,Nats.,
Nux-v.,Phos.,Puis.,Rhod.,Rhus-t.,Ruta.,
Sep.,Sil.,Sul.,Zinc. Betweenshoulderblades:Phos. Coccyx:Hyp.,Zinc
Lowerback:Bry.,Calc-c,Calc-f.,Dulc,Ferr-m.,
Hyp.,Kali-c,Lye,Mercs.,Nat-m.,Nux-v.,
Phos.,Puis.,Rhod.,Rhus-t.,Sep.,Sul. j
166•Backinjuries INTERNALREPERTORY
Neck:Rliod.,Rhus-t.,Zinc. Smallofback:Puis.,Rhus-t.
Spine:Kali-p.,Zinc. Pains:
aching:Calc-c,Dulc,Nat-m.,Nux-v.,Puis.,
Rhus-t.,Sep.,Sui,Zinc. backfeelsbroken:Nat-m.,Phos. burning:Merc-s.,Phos. draggingdown:Sep.
pressing:Nux-v.,Puis. rheumatic:Rhod.,Rhus-t.
shooting:Hyp.,Merc-s.
sore,bruised:Dulc,Hyp.,Kali-c,Kali-p.,
Nat-m.,Nat-s.,Nux-v.,Rhod.,Rhus-t.,
Ruta.,Sil.,Sui,Zinc. feelssprained:Calc-c.
stitching:Bry.,Kali-c,Sil. tearing:Hyp. With:
lameness:Dulc,Ruta.,Sil. stiffness:Lye,Rhus-t.,Sil.,Sui. weakness: Sil.,Sui,Zinc. Betterfor:
continuedmovement:Calc-f.
gentleexercise:Puis. heat:Rhus-t.
lyingonback:Ruta. lyingonahardsurface:Kali-c,Nat-m.,
Rhus-t.
massage:Phos. movement:Dulc,Kali-p.,Lye,Rhod.,
Rhus-t.
passingwind:Lye
pressure:Kali-c,Sep. rubbing:Phos. urinating:Lye
walking:Dulc,Rhus-t.
walkingslowly:Ferr-m.,Puis. Worse:
afternoon:Sep. around3a.m.:Kali-c. inbed:Nux-v.
bendingdown:Sep.,Sui. beginningtomove:Calc-f.,Ferr-m.,Lye,
Puis.,Rhus-t.
breathing:Merc-s.
coughing:Bry.,Merc-s.
damp:Calc-c.
beforeamenstrualperiod:Kali-e,Puis.,Sep. duringamenstrualperiod:Bry.,Puis.,Sep.,
Sui. morning:Nux-v.
movement:Nux-v.
slightestmovement:Bry. night:Sep.,Sil.,Sui. passingastool:Lyepressure:S(7.
reachingup:Rhus-t.
sitting:Sep.,Sil.,Zinc. afterlongsitting:Kali-c,Sui. gettingupfromsitting:Calc-c,Lye,Mcrc-s.,
Phos.,Puis.,Rhus-t.,Sil.,Sui. standing:Sui. sweating:Merc-s.
walking:Kali-c,Sui. wetweather:Dulc,Rhod.,Rhus-t.
writing:Zinc
Causes:
changeofweather:Dulc. childbirth:Hyp. dampweather:Dulc,Rhus-t.
draughts:Rhus-t.
epidural:Hyp. forcepsdelivery(childbirth):Hyp. fallingontheback:SO. gettingcold:Dulc,Nux-v.
gettingwet:Dulc. injury:Rhus-t.
injurytococcyx:Hyp.,Sil. injurytospine:Hyp.,Nat-s.
lifting:Calc-c,Lye,Rhus-t.
manuallabour:Nat-m.,Sil. sprain:Rhus-t.
BackinjuriesseeBackache
BadtemperedseeAngry;Irritable
Bedwetting Bell.,Caust.,Puis.,Sil.,Sui. Childsleepstoodeeplytowake:Bell. Duringfirstsleep:Caust. Causes:
injurytoback:Sil. worms:Sil. Better(generally)
Bathing:Puis. Changingposition:Rhus-t.
Coldapplications:Glon. Coldbathing:Led. Colddrinks:Caust.,Cupr.,Phos. Company:Arg-n.
Constipation:Calc-c
Crying:Puis. Damp:Caust. Aftereating:lgn.,Nat-c,Phos.,Sep. Whileeating:Lach. Fanning:Carb-v.
Firmpressure:Bry.,Chin.,Mag-p.
Freshair:Aco.,Arg-n.,Carb-v.,Kalis.,Lach.,Lye,
Mag-c,Mag-m., Nat-s.,Puis.,Rhus-t.,Sui. Heat:Ars.,Calc-c.,Caust.,Hep-s.,Ign.,Kali-p.,
Mag-p.,Nux-v.,Sil. Hotdrinks:.Ars.,Nux-v.,Rhus-t.
Lyingdown:Ars.,Bell.,Calc-c.,Coce,Nat-m.,
Nit-ae,Nux-v.
INTERNALREPERTORY Broody•167
Lyingstill:Bry. Massage:Nat-c,Phos. Movement:Dulc,Phos.,Puis.,Pyr


 we recognize as the will of
God. It is the alchemy that we embrace to make sense of how things
are materialized from the world of spirit. These are strong words, which are essential for you to know if you
are to make the transition from one who takes what life presents to
one who becomes a co-creator with the universal energy of uncondi-
tional love. I suggest you embark on an experiment in which you practice only
unconditional love for several days, perhaps even a week. Make this a
private activity, but vow to yourself that you will only allow uncondi-
tional loving thoughts to emanate from your consciousness. Make an
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intense proclamation to live uncondieinel love for a designated
period of time. During this time refuse to have judgmental or critical thoughts. In
your quiet time think only peace and love. In all of your relationships
think and act in only loving ways. Extend loving thoughts and energy
wherever and whenever you encounter anyone or anything. Become
unconditional love for this period of time. This practice of becoming unconditional love is a prerequisite to
the manifesting process. By pouring love into your immediate envi-
ronment and practicing gentleness in all of your thoughts, words and
actions, your immediate circle of friends will begin responding in a
whole new way. Furthermore, this act becomes expansive very
quickly and you can radiate this love to your community and to peo-
ple you read about in newspapers, including those who are labeled
terrorists, murderers, scam artists and the like. You emphasize the “un” in unconditional love. You become
detached and loving toward all. You are not loving the hostile act, but
you are loving the spirit that is blocked in those who are harmful and
unloving. When you can live this way and reject all thoughts and
actions that are not of an unconditionally loving nature, you will
experience the essence of your spirit and know how to overcome
limitations in your life. This is a task that your conditioning will not easily encourage. But
for a few days you can persevere just so you know what the divine
universal spirit is like. It judges no one and no thing, it does not mor-
alize, it does not show favoritism, it merely exists as unconditional
love, radiating harmony and allowing everything and everyone to
unfold. Each day millions of flowers open and then close without any
force, only with the all-flowing unconditional love that is the heart of
universal, infinite and eternal energy. With this exercise you are culti-
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As you practice being unconditional love, contemplate and medi-
tate on the sacred unconditional love that is the heart of yourself also. Imagine an atom of unconditional love that is at the very center of
your existence. Feel this presence in your heart and feel it opening
and radiating outward. Soon this impersonal feeling that is not
dependent on anyone or anything, or any belief system, will radiate
to a feeling of being connected to the infinite energy of unconditional
love that is God. With this transformation you are on the path of manifestation. You will connect by ridding yourself of all judgment, anger, moraliz-
ing, preaching, hate, rancor and all of the other various tools of the
ego. What can you expect as you practice a few days of being total,
unconditional love? If all of your meditations are devoted to love, and
if you pour love into every single situation and every single person
you meet, and beyond that to everyone on the planet and to the
infinity of the universe, you will feel yourself becoming a different
person. You will sleep more soundly. You will feel at peace virtually all
of the time. Your relationships will be more deeply spiritual. Most
significantly, you will begin recognizing the “coincidences” of your
life with greater regularity. Your thought forms of unconditional love
will begin to produce what you desire without your even being aware
of how it is happening. Your dreams will be more intense, and the
vision of your purpose will become clearer. I am suggesting that you can love more, and unconditionally,
without expecting anything in return; as a result, the limitations
that you experience will disappear. Try it before you reject it. There
is an oft-quoted piece from the New Testament that seems appro-
priate to insert here. For me, it is one of the most profound pas-
sages ever written. It is reproduced here from Corinthians 13, on
“Love.”
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And now I will show you the most excellent way. If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love,
I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the
gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge,
and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love,
I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my
body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it
is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self seeking, it is not easily
angered, it keeps no record of wrong. Love does not delight in
evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts,
always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies they will cease,
where there are tongues they will be stilled, where there is
knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we proph-
esy in part. But when perfection comes, the imperfect disap-
pears. When I was a child, I talked like a child. I thought like a
child. I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put child-
ish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a
mirror, then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part, then I
shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain; faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is Love. Yes, the greatest of these is love. It will make the imperfect disap-
pear, and it will allow you to move into that spiritually fulfilling world
of co-creating your life based on the model of unconditional love. I am well aware of the improbability of living an unconditionally
loving life in all of our moments. I imagine your ego is protesting that
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this idea is absurd because you are only human and humans have
shortcomings. Nevertheless, I ask you to do this exercise for a few
days or a week. You see, I know that it will become habitual when
you feel the richness of your life with this new awareness. Unconditional love is the ultimate mystery of life. It may appear
simple, but it is so powerful that it will shake you free of your ego
domination if you give it even a short tryout in your life. Until we
learn to transcend the ego we continue to contribute to the insanity
that we witness in the world. Detaching and becoming an uncondi-
tionally loving observer is the way to cultivate a healthy, balanced
relationship between ego and spirit. THE PROCESS OF DETACHED OBSERVATION
One of the great meditation exercises that I learned many years
ago involves imagining lifting yourself out of your body and floating
into space so far that you are actually observing the entire planet. If
you do this, try to imagine what the earth is like without you on it. It
is a very difficult task for your ego to even contemplate the world
without you in it. Next, begin to observe the planet without any
judgment, refusing to label anything as good or bad, right or wrong. Simply instruct yourself to notice, allow and send unconditional love. You probably will find it easier to send out unconditional love when
you are not there to interfere. That is, you can love unconditionally
when your ego is out of the way. This is a technique that will help you
to project unconditional love. If all you are is a being of unconditional love, you are not involved
in ego concerns. When you operate from this perspective you are
practicing detachment in a state of gentleness, which makes you a
compassionate witness toward everyone and everything you come
into contact with. It is magical to be able to extend this kind of con-
sciousness beyond your form. This is the resolution of that great
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mystery of how to connect to and know God. That is, not to know
about God, but to know God. The process of being a detached observer occurs in the silence of
your contemplations or meditations. Begin by seeking out time to be
quiet and enter this inner place of love. It is in that silence that you
will come to truly know this divine energy of unconditional love. Most people in the western world have a great deal of difficulty
with any prolonged periods of silence. They fill those moments with
music, conversation, radio and television and anything else they can
use to avoid the silence. Our culture is a noisy culture. ;
When I attempt to meditate and just observe the silence, I deal
with vacuums, power mowers, tree trimmers, portable leaf blowers,
edgers and the many machines that move earth and sand,