 you and God is going to heal you. Do it in the name of Jesus. Jt is worth the troubJe to remember a BibJicaJ appointment:
" Everything what you do in the name of Jesus,
no matter how difficult, it will be granted to you ". The works of mercy of God, will manifest. 1 would not feel wen if 1 didn~t give my own testimony. To those who read this, it is not enough to just read. Dedicate to live your own
testimony. Cure yourself with your own medicine that is within you. TESTIMONY 60*
STON£S TN TH£ V£SlCL£
Soila De Venegas { Mexico }
On the 10th of May, 19961 became ill of the stones in my vesicle and I went into
the hospital, but they did not alleviate the pain. Thanks to God with my urine I alleviated myself. With the Urine I brought out the stones. Of course I also with this avoided the
operation. For that reason I am here with you and my parents. TESTIMONY 61 *
D1Al\£T£S
Alfonso D. Nunez { Mexico }
Thanks to God I am well of the glucose intolerance with diabetes. I am 64 years old and 6 years ago I began with this problem. It has been a martyrdom for me to live with this disease. 1 understand it was for all the foods that 1 ate before and now 1 thought that my
life no longer will be right. A friend of mine said to me that I could be normal. My glucose was of 249 mg, and after beginning with the method of Urine-therapy
of the 14 of July to the 14 of August of 1998, it is now a low 110 mg.
TESTIMONY 62*
D1Al\£T£S. 01\£S1TY. ARTHRlTlS. COllTlS. Maria C. of Aguilar { Mexico }
89 From my personal experience,
~ consider if you do drink your Urine,
faith is due to you and God is going to heal you. Do it in the name of Jesus. Jt is worth the trouble to remember a Biblical appointment:
" Everything what you do in the name of Jesus,
no matter how difficult, it wilt be granted to you ". The works of mercy of God, will manifest. 1 would not feel well if 1 didn~t give my own testimony. To those who read this, it is not enough to just read. Dedicate to live your own
testimony. Cure yourself with your own medicine that is within you. TESTIMONY 60*
STONES TN TH£ V£S1CL£
Soila De Venegas {Mexico}
On the 10th of May, 19961 became ill of the stones in my vesicle and I went into
the hospital, but they did not alleviate the pain. Thanks to God with my urine I alleviated myself. With the Urine I brought out the stones. Of course I also with this avoided the
operation. For that reason I am here with you and my parents. TESTIMONY 61 *
D1AB£T£S
Alfonso D. Nunez { Mexico }
Thanks to God I am well of the glucose intolerance with diabetes. I am 64 years old and 6 years ago I began with this problem. It has been a martyrdom for me to live with this disease. I understand it was for a11 the foods that 1 ate before and now 1 thought that my
life no longer will be right. A friend of mine said to me that I could be normal. My glucose was of 249 mg, and after beginning with the method of Urine-therapy
of the 14 of July to the 14 of August of 1998, it is now a low 110 mg.
TESTIMONY 62*
D1AB£T£S~ OBESlTY~ ARTHRlTlS~ COLlTlS. Maria C. of Aguilar { Mexico }
89 I have 5 months taking my Urine. I did three fasts and I cured myself of first
-diabetes with one fast. Also I cured myself of arthritis, colitis, ulcer, spots in the
skin, wrinkles in the hands, bad circulation, obesity and liver spots on my hands. TESTIMONY 63*
H£MORRHAG£~ OB£S1TV. Light of the Carmen D. Sierra { Mexico }
attended a conference that a friend invited me to go. I went to learn to practice the fasts with much love in Christ. In fifteen days I have alleviated myself of many things. 1 diminished the menopause, 11owered 10 kilos {23 1bs. }, and on the 2nd fast the
pains in my chest and arms disappeared. My vaginal infections that stained my undergarments disappeared in one month. After the 4th fast I build my blood and my skin recovered the elasticity in the
ankles like when I was young. J have always liked to study and to read a lot
Now I feel that I understand more, which makes me feel closer to love God and
myself. The value of knowledge is more to fellowman and to love of fife.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        Then in the last few years, I have treated many patients not only from India but also from a few
places abroad with this therapy. The diseases I have treated with this auto urine therapy are :
psoriasis, eczema, allergy, arthritis, diabetes, obesity, backache, hyperacidity, ulcerative colitis
and mental depression. Now appointed in Shushrusha Hospital as a yoga therapist,
naturopath and urine therapy consultant, I am doing regular consultation on this. 56
---------Are there any side-effects, if it is taken in excess. There are no side-effects at all if taken in excess. In fact, in viral fever or arthritis,
when we want the patient to have quick results, we tell them to do auto-urine or Shivambu fast
where the patient takes nothing else except auto-urine and water for as many days as he or she
can, with remarkable results. Somebody has written that it helps even AIDS patients. Is there any evidence. There are many reports that it does help patients. The reference which I must get for my
experience in this is lacking. I have personally treated two patients. They started improving very well but left the treatment halfway. I would like that more clinical research is done to know more about it. Someone wrote that alcohol and non-vegetarian food should be avoided during urine
therapy. Why. Alcohol and non-vegetarian food produces more toxic substances in the body and neutralise the
good effects produced by auto-urine therapy. We, in fact, tell all patients to give up tobacco in all
forms and pan masa/a also. We tell them to restrict consumption of tea, coffee, cold drinks,
spices, fried foods, junk foods and bakery products. All the above restrictions are to prevent more
toxic substances in the body so that AUT will have better results. When can one safely stop the treatment. Why do you want to stop at all. When I am not suffering from any disease, I take three glasses of
my own urine everyday and massage my body with auto urine every morning and take bath after
one hour. Have you stopped brushing your teeth. Or stopped going to the toilet. Or stopped taking a bath. Obviously not. This is to be incorporated in your daily routine. I have several people on record where after starting auto-urine therapy - a family of four have not
gone to a general physician for any ailment for more than a year. Please start this therapy and experience the benefits yourself if you don't believe me. Can you quote some successful cases that you have treated. What is the patients'
feedback. My experience runs to so many years and if I start quoting, it will fill a 200-page note book. No patient who has started this therapy with faith has come back and told me that the therapy
was totally useless. You must have faith and patience. A few illustrative cases:
One: A young man of 40 had been suffering from asthma from childhood. he came because he
was curious and wanted to know more about AUT. I convinced him and he started it, inspite of his
brother, being an M. D. (General Medicine), calling him crazy for having faith in auto-urine
therapy. he persisted with the diet control, naturopathy and auto-urine therapy and got completely
cured in 10 months. Two: A young man suffering from psoriasis wanted to commit suicide because he thought that he
had committed some sin in his last birth and that he was suffering because of that. He started with auto-urine therapy. Results started showing in 6 weeks but he got completely cured in 4 months. Three: A lady aged 45 years was being treated by a physician in one of the five star hospitals in
Bombay for rheumatoid arthritis. She was immobile with a lot of pain. She was treated in a hospital with allopathic medicines including cortisone, but only got
temporary relief of about 15%-20% as well as a lot of side-effects because of the drugs. She
came to me and I convinced her to start an auto-urine (shivambu


 Milk, however, agrees
better with starch meals. Coffee and tea should always be
taken black, never with cream, although a small amount of
sweetening will do no harm. “The proper use of eggs was another interesting and bene-
ficial thing that came to my attention while dwelling in the
Lamasery. The Lamas would not eat whole eggs unless
they were engaged in hard manual labor; then they might eat
one, medium-boiled. However, they did indulge to a very great
extent in raw egg yolks, discarding the white part. Before I
learned better it seemed a waste of perfectly good food to
throw the cooked whites to the chickens, but now I know that
—26—no one should eat the whites of eggs unless he is doing hard
manual labor; the egg whites are used only by the muscles. “Although I had always been aware of the fact that egg
yolks were particularly good for one, it wasn’t until after I
arrived at the Lamasery and had an opportunity to talk with
an old Austrian chemist that I learned their true value. Then
I was amazed to find out that just common hen eggs contain
at least half of the sixteen elements required by the brain,
nerves, blood, and tissues. It is true that these elements are
only needed in small quantities, but they must be included in
the diet if one is to be exceptionally robust and healthy, both
mentally and physically. “There is one thing more of great importance that I learned
from the Lamas. They taught me to eat, not slowly for its own
sake, but so that I might masticate my food more thoroughly. Their bread is tough and it takes good chewing to reduce it to
a liquid before swallowing it, but this I learned to do. “Everything one eats should be ‘digested,’ so to speak, in the
mouth before allowing it to enter the stomach. Starches,
particularly, must be digested in the mouth. Unless they first
are thoroughly mixed with saliva they literally are dynamite
when they get to the stomach. “While one can do with little mastication of protein foods,
such as meat, fish, and fowl, it is a sensible thing to chew
them well anyhow. More nourishment can be obtained from
food when it is thoroughly masticated. This necessitates less
food, and often the amount can be reduced by one-half. “Many things which I had casually taken for granted before
entering the Lamasery seemed shocking when I left it two
years later. One of the first things I noted upon arriving in
one of the larger cities in India was the prodigious amount of
food consumed by everyone who could afford to do so. I have
seen one man eat a quantity of food at a meal sufficient to
feed four hard-working Lamas and keep them alive and thriv-
ing. Providing, of course, that the Lamas would put that
variety of food in their stomachs, which they would not do. “Variety was another thing which appalled me. Having
been in the habit of eating but one or two foods at a meal, it
amazed me to count 23 varieties of food one evening on my
host’s table. No wonder that the English and the Americans
have such miserable stomachs and such damnably poor health. They seem to know nothing whatsoever about the kind of food
they should eat for health and strength. —277—“Just the other evening I had dinner with a very learned
man. He was an educator and quite an intellectual. He calmly
stated, while we waited to be served, that in a few short years
the human race could become really worthwhile providing his
ideas were thoroughly carried out. This man was an excellent
dictator type, and I was quite impressed by his knowledge, his
original ideas, and his ability to express himself. But when 1
saw this man’s selection of food at the dinner table my opinion
of him changed. It was the most atrocious combination of
nutritive TNT I ever saw. I thought, if I could only give him
some simple ideas about food he could become a really worth-
while force for good in the world in a few short weeks. “The right food, the right combinations of foods, the right
amount of food, and the right method of eating food combines
to do great things for one. It will enable one to put on weight
if he is underweight, and to reduce if he is overweight. There
are many other things of a different character that I should
like to tell you tonight but we haven’t time. Keep in mind
these five things:
(1) “Never eat starch and meat at the same meal; although
if you are strong and healthy it need not cause you too
much concern now. (2) “If coffee bothers you, drink it black, using no mill or
cream. If it bothers you then, discontinue its use. (8) “Chew your food to a liquid and cut down on the amount
as much as possible. (4) “By all means and before all else eat raw egg yolks once
a day, every day, Take them at meal times but not with
the meals; rather just before or just after. (5) “Reduce the varieties of food to a minimum. If one is
really hungry before he starts eating, the tendency to
desire many different foods is lost in hunger.”
—28—The Eye of Revelation
PART FOUR
Colonel Bradford was speaking before the ‘“‘Himalaya Club”
for the last time before leaving on a tour of the United States
and a visit to his native England. He had selected for his
subject the things that help youthify a man, regardless of
whether or not he practices Rite Number Six. As the Colonel
spoke he seemed to be keener, more alert and vigorous and
virile than ever before. Upon his return from the Lamasery
he had struck me as the acme of perfection; yet since then he
had kept right on improving, and even now was making new
gains constantly. “There are several things I want to talk about tonight,”
began the Colonel, “which I am sure will interest you. The
first of them is the human voice. Do you realize that when
one has made a study of men’s voices he can tell instantly how
much masculine vitality a man possesses just by hearing him
speak? You have all heard the shrill, piping voice of an old
man. Well, when a man’s voice begins to take on that high
pitch he is in a very deplorable condition. Let me explain. “The Vortex at the base of the neck has power over the vocal
cords. This Vortex and the one below in the sex center are
directly connected. Of course, all the Vortexes have a common
connection, but these two are geared together, as it were. What affects one affects the other, so that when a man’s voice
is high his manly vitality is low. “Now all that is necessary to speed up these two Vortexes,
along with the others, is to practice the Five Rites. However,
one does not have to wait until these Vortexes are increased
in speed by the use of the Five Rites, but can raise their speed
of vibration with a special method that works very well. This
particular practice is easy. It consists in simply putting forth
an effort to keep the voice low; not allowing it to become high,
shrill, or piping. Listen to men with good low voices and be-
come conscious of how a real man’s voice sounds. Then when-
ever you talk, keep the voice down to the masculine pitch as
much as possible. “Real old men will find this to be quite a little task; but it
brings results. The first thing you know the lowered voice
will speed up the Vortex in the base of the throat. That will
—29—speed up the Vortex in the sex center, which will improve the
man in masculine energy, and this again will cause the Vortex
in the throat to speed up. The adolescent boy whose voice is
changing is experiencing the same thing. The Two Vortexes
are speeding up. In this case it is usually caused by the Vortex
in the procreative center being speeded up by nature. But
anything that will speed up the Vortex in the throat will cause
its companion Vortex immediately below to increase speed. “There are a number of young men who are robust and
virile now who will not remain that way long. This is due to
the fact that their particular voice, for several reasons which
1 haven’t the time to explain now, never came down to the
masculine pitch. But these young men, as well as the old ones,
can definitely get results of a very wonderful nature by con-
sciously lowering their voices. In the young men it will mean
prolonged virility; in the older men, renewed virility. “Some time ago I came across a quite splendid voice exer-
cise. Like all other potent things it is very simple. Whenever
you are by yourself or where there is sufficient noise to drown
your voice so that you will not annoy others, practice saying
in low masculine voice, partly through the nose;
‘Me—me—me—me—me.’
“Repeat it time and again. When you get it down quite low,
try it in a small room, like the bath


 on the righteou s and the
unrighteous” (Matt. 5:45).Practicing impartiality is a way to incorporate the 5th verse of the Tao Te
Ching into your life, and to practice its wisdom in today’ s world. To that
end, this is what I believe Lao-tzu was trying to impart to us from his 2,500-
year-old vantage point:
Stay in harmony with the impartial essence of the T ao in all of your
thoughts and all of your behaviors. When you have a thought that excludes others, you’ve elected to see
yourself as “special” and therefore deserving of exceptional favor from
your Source of being. The moment you’ve promoted yourself to this
category, you’ve elevated your self-importance above those whom you’ve
decided are less deserving. Thin king this way will cause you to lose the all-
encompassing power of the Tao. Organizations—including religious groups
—that designate some members  as “favored” aren’ t centered in the Tao. No
matter how much they attempt to convince themselves and others of their
spiritual connection, the act of exclusion and partiality eliminates their
functioning from  their true self. In other words, if a thought or behavior
divides us, it is not of God; if it unites us, it is of God. Stay centered on this
Tao that resides within you, Lao-tzu advises, and you’ll never have a
thought that isn’ t in harmony with spirit. Offer your tr easur es to everyone. This is what the Tao is doing at every moment—of fering to all, the entire
spectrum of creation. Think of this as a simple three-step process:
1. Eliminate as many judgment s of others in your thoughts as possible. The simplest, most natural way to accomplish this is to see yourself in
everyone. Remember that you and those you judge share one thing in
common—the Tao! So rather than viewing appearances, which are really
nothing more than straw dogs, see the unfolding of the Tao in those you
encounter, and your criticisms and labels will dissolve. 2. Remove the word special from your vocabulary when you refer to
yourself or others. If anyone is special, then we all are. And if we’re all
exceptional, then we don’t need a word like that to define us, since it clearly
implies that some are more favored than others!3. Finally, implement the third step of this process by extending
generosity through living the Tao impartially and connecting with the inner
space of being the Tao. In this space you’ll be able to be unbiased about
your possessions, recognizing that they’re not exclusively yours but are
rather a part of the entirety. By unconditionally sharing and giving, you’ll
thrill at the experience of living the Tao and being unprejudiced. The Tao is
your truth; it resides within you. Quietly be in the peace and joy of
connecting with the inexhaustible T ao. Do the T ao Now
As many times as possible today, decide to approach interactions or
situations involving other people with a completely fair mind-set, which
you allow and trust to guide your responses. Do this as often as you can for
an entire day with individua ls, groups, friends, family members, or
strangers. Create a short sentence that you silently repeat to continually
remind yourself that you’re approaching this situation with an unbiased
attitude, such as Guide me right now, Tao; Holy Spirit, guide me now; or
Holy Spirit, help us now. Keeping this brief sentence on a loop in your mind
will prevent judgment from habitually surfacing—but even more appealing
is the feeling of relaxation and openness to whatever wants to happen in
those moments of impartiality. OceanofPDF.com6th Verse
The spirit that never dies
is called the mysterious feminine. Although she becomes the whole universe,
her immaculate purity is never lost. Although she assumes countless forms,
her true identity r emains intact. The gateway to the mysterious female
is called the r oot of cr eation. Listen to her voice,
hear it echo thr ough cr eation. Without fail, she r eveals her pr esence. Without fail, she brings us to our own perfection. Although it is invisible, it endur es;
it will never end. OceanofPDF.comLiving Creatively
In this 6th verse, Lao-tzu refers to an eternal and indescribable force of
creation that continuously gives birth to new life. He tells us that this
“mysterious female” energy continually reveals itself in perfection, and he
invites us to an awareness of that voice of creation echoing  throughout life
in myriad ways. “Living creatively” is how I describe existing with a
conscious awareness of the presence of this feminine principle. This mysterious female is always birthing, and the T ao Te Ching speaks of
the gateway to her as the “root of creation.” It’s telling us that we have the
ability to tap into this unlimited field and co-create, or as I’ve said, live
creatively through the Tao. The never– dying form ative energy is both our
heritage and our destiny, functio ning whether we’re conscious of it or not. What awarenes s accomplishes, through practicing the Tao, is to let us
participate in the process—whic h in turn leads us toward the wholeness that
is our ultimate earthbound task. Although his writings are almos t 3,000 years old, Lao-tzu is offering 21st-
century advice here, with a message that’s as timeless and never -ending as
the Tao itself. Words may change, but be assured that the feminine energy
can and will bring you to your own perfection. If you choose to be aware of
the inherent creativity that resonates deep within you, where the invisible
Tao sings the loudest, you’ll assist the birthing of new ideas, new
accomplishments, new projects, and new ways of understanding your life. In Deng  Ming-D ao’s 365 Tao: Daily Meditations, the Divine feminine
energy is equated with the soun d of birds soaring and gliding over a vast
landscape:
You can feel this in your life: Events will take on a perfect
momentum, a glorious cadence. You can feel it in your body: The
energy will rise up in you in a thrilling crescendo, setting your
very nerves aglow. You can feel it in your spirit: You will enter a
state of such perfect grace that you will resound over the landsca pe
of reality like ephemeral bird song.When Tao comes to you in this way, ride it for all that you are
worth. Don’ t interfere. Don’ t stop.... Don’ t try to direct it. Let it
flow and follow it.... As long as the song lasts, follow. Just
follow. Here are some thoughts for living creatively:
Know that you ar e a Divine cr eation birthed, not by your par ents, but
by the gr eat spritual Divine Mother, the T ao. When you’re in touch with the energy of your origin, you offer the world
your authentic intelligence, talents, and behaviors. You’re co-creating with
the you that originated in the T ao, with the very measure of your essence. The Tao is not confused about what to create and how to go about it, as
this is your legacy from the mysterious feminine. Listen to your inner
callings, ignore how others might want to direct your life energies, and
allow yourself to radiate outward what you feel so profoundly and deeply
within you. There is a reservoir  of talent, ability, and intelligen ce inside of
you that’s as endless  and inexhaustible as the Tao itself. It must be that way,
because you are what you came from, and where you came from is this all-
encompassing, endlessly creative Divine Mother, the mysterio us feminine
of the T ao. Whatever you feel within you as your calling—whatever makes you feel
alive—know in your heart that this excitement is all the evidence you need
to have your inner passion become reality. This is precisely how creation
works... and it’ s that energy that harmonizes with the T ao. Be cr eative—in your thoughts, in your feelings, and in all of your
actions. Apply your own uniqueness to everything you undertake. Whatever you feel compelled to do—be it write music, design software,
do floral  arrangements, clean teeth, or drive a taxi—do it with your unique
flair. Being creative means trusting your inner calling, ignoring criticism or
judgment, and releasing resistance to your natural talents. Reread this 6th
verse, paying particular attentio n to these words: “Without fail, she reveals
her presence. Without fail, she brings us to our own perfection.” Then
choose to let go of the doubt and fear you’ve harbored within you regardingyour capacity to harmonize with the creative power—a power that’s not
only greater than your individual life, but is life itself. As the great 14th-century Sufi poet Hafiz reminds all of us:
Just sit ther e right now
Don’ t do a thing
Just r est. For your separation fr om God,
From love,

Is the har dest work
In this
World. When you reconnect to your Divine Mother, you’ll be living creatively. You will, in fact, be living the T ao! Do the


 150–51
chakras, 131–33
“change yourself, change the world,” 15–17
conscious body, 57–59
consciousness, 5, 14, 15, 17, 40, 47, 50, 74, 81, 87–88, 98, 102,
282–85
Constructive Rest pose, 276–77
core beliefs, 18–20
Corpse pose (savasana),  280–81
Cow pose (bitilasana),  210–1 1, 213
creation, prana and, 86–88
creative intelligence, 67–71, 76, 87, 96–101, 103, 104, 113, 121, 285
D
dharana,  15, 109–13, 119
dhyana,  15, 109–10, 111, 113–16, 119
distractions, 16, 30, 40, 63, 70, 79, 118
Dolphin pose (salamba sirsana),  238–39
Downward-Facing Dog pose (adho mukha svanasana),  216–17, 220
EEagle pose (garudasana),  206–8
Easy Seat pose (sukhasana),  258–59
ego, 21, 34–35, 118, 125, 283–84, 285
emotional intelligence, 13–14, 38–55
emotions, purifying or healing, 39–43
entropy, 285
evolution, 6, 7, 70, 71, 114, 282–86
Extended Hand to Big T oe pose (utthita hasta padangustasana),  202–3
F
false core beliefs, 18–19
Fire Log pose (agnistambhasana),  262–63
Flying Locust pose (salabhasana),  228–29
forward bends, see seated forward bends ; standing forward bends
four-limbed poses, 209–21 ; Cat (marjaryasana),  212–13 ; Cow
(bitilasana),  210–1 1, 213; Downward-Facing Dog (adho mukha
svanasana),  216–17, 220; Low Push-Up (chaturanga dandasana),
220–21 ; Plank (phalakasana),  218–19, 220; Tiger (vyaghrasana),
214–15
full-body scan, 92–93
GGarland pose (malasana),  172–73
groundedness, 61–64
gunas,  133–34
H
Half-Forward Bend pose (ardha uttanasana),  179–80
Half Lord of the Fishes pose (ardha matsyendrasana),  248–49
Half Moon pose (ardha chandrasana),  168–69
Headstand (sirsasana),  237, 238, 240–41
Head to Knee pose (janusirsasana),  268–69
healing, 61, 84–85 ; emotional, 39–43
higher reality, contemplation of, 52–55
hip openers, see seated hip openers ; standing hip openers
I
ideal life, 6–7, 19–20, 72, 81, 282
innocence, 23, 31–33, 63
Intense Stretch pose (uttanasana),  181–82
inversions, 237–45 ; Dolphin (salamba sirsana),  238–39 ; Headstand
(sirsasana),  237, 238, 240–41 ; Plow (halasana),  244–45 ; Shoulder
Stand (sarvangasana),  237, 242–43K
karma, 93–96, 105–8, 120, 131
knowing, process of, 119–22
kriyas,  140–43
L
Legs Up the W all pose (viparita karani),  278–79
letting go, 34–37
Lizard pose (utthan pristhana),  170–71
Lord of the Dancer pose (natarajasana),  200–201
Low Lunge pose (anjaneyasana),  156–57
Low Push-Up pose (chaturanga dandasana),  220–21
M
magical lies, 101–5
mastery (samyama),  119
meditation, 85, 113–16
memories: gaining control of, 93–96, 108; past hurts and, 39–43
missing-piece relationships, 35–36
Mountain pose (tadasana),  146–47
mudras,  140–41myths, exposing, 96–100
N
nadis,  74, 131, 135
niyamas,  38–55
non-clinging, 34–37
O
One-Legged Pigeon pose (eka pada kapotasana),  260–61
opposites, practice of, 46
P
Patanjali, 16, 22, 56, 99, 124, 130, 144, 203
peace, practices of, 24–25
Plank pose (phalakasana),  218–19, 220
Plow pose (halasana),  244–45
prana: breathing and, 73–80 ; flow of, 73–77 ; life-giving functions of, 86–
88; maximizing, 84–85 ; primary qualities of, 81–83
pranayama,  14, 72–88
pratyahara,  15, 89–108, 130, 242, 243, 273
present, living in, 40, 59–61, 116–18provisional selves, 284
R
Reclined Pigeon pose (supta kapotasana),  254–55
Reclined T wist pose (jathara parivartanasana),  250–51
resilience, 64–67
resistance, 27–28, 46
restful/restorative postures, 275–81 ; Constructive Rest, 276–77 ; Corpse
(savasana),  280–81 ; Legs Up the W all (viparita karani),  278–79
Reverse W arrior pose (viparita virabhadrasana),  162–63
right living, 22–24, 38, 69
S
samadhi,  15, 80, 109–10, 111, 116–18, 119
seated forward bends, 265–73 ; Head to Knee (janusirsasana),  268–69 ;
Staff (dandasana),  266–67 ; Stretch of the W est
(paschimottanasana),  272–73 ; Wide-Angle Seat (upavista
konasana),  270–71
seated hip openers, 253–63 ; Bound Angular (baddha konasama),  256–57 ;
Easy Seat (sukhasana),  258–59 ; Fire Log (agnistambhasana),  262–
63; One-Legged Pigeon (eka pada kapotasana),  260–61 ; Reclined
Pigeon (supta kapotasana),  254–55seated twists, 247–51 ; Half Lord of the Fishes (ardha matsyendrasana),
248–49 ; Reclined T wist (jathara parivartanasana),  250–51
self-acceptance, 43–46, 270
self-assessment questionnaire, 7–11
self-awareness, 37, 54, 103–5
self-esteem, 36, 44, 45
self-reflection, 49–52, 55
self-transformation, 47–49
senses, “withdrawal of,” 89, 92, 101–5
Shakti, 237, 285
shariras,  131
Shiva, 200, 237
Shoulder Stand (sarvangasana),  237, 242–43
Side Angle pose (parsvakonasana),  164–65
social intelligence, 13, 21–37
so hum kriya,  141
source, 110–13, 115, 122, 124–25
Staff pose (dandasana),  266–67
standing forward bends, 175–82 ; Half-Forward Bend (ardha uttanasana),
179–80 ; Intense Stretch (uttanasana),  181–82 ; Wide-Legged Forward
Bend A


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 around Easter
as I recall —an extraordinary phenomenon
occurred in my life. God began talking with
you. Through me. Let me explain. I was very unhappy during that period,
personally, professionally, an d emotionally,
and my  life was feeling like a failure on all
levels. As I’d been in the habit for years of
writing my  thoughts down in letters (which I
usually never delivered), I picked up my
trusty yellow legal  pad and began pouring
out my feelings. This time, rather than another letter to
another person I imagined to be victimizing
me, I  thought I’d go straight to the source; straight to the greatest victimizer of them
all. I decided  to write a letter to God. It was a spiteful, passionate letter, full of
confusions, contortions, and
condemnations. And a  pile of angry
questions. Why wasn’t my life working? What would it take to get it to work? Why
could I not find happiness in relationships? Was the experience of adequate money
going to elude me forever? F inally —and
most emphatically —What had I done to
deserve a  life of such continuing struggle? To my surprise, as I scribbled out the last of
my bitter, unanswerable questions and
prepared  to toss my pen aside, my hand
remained poised over the paper, as if he ld
there by some  invisible force. Abruptly, the
pen began moving on its own. I had no idea
what I was about to  write, but an idea seemed to be coming, so I decided to flow
with it. Out came...
Do you really want an answer to all these
questions, or are you  just venting? I blinked...and then my mind came up with
a reply. I wrote that down, too. Both. I’m venting, sure, but if these
questions have answers, I’d sure as hell
like to hear  them! You are “sure as hell”...about a lot of things. But wouldn’t it be n ice to be “sure as
Heaven”? And I wrote:  What is that supposed to
mean? Before I knew it, I had begun a
conversation...and I was not writing so
much as taking  dictation. That dictation went on for three years, and
at the time, I had no idea where it was
going. The  answers to the questions I was
putting on paper never came to me until the
question was  completely written and I’d put
my own thoughts away. Often the answers
came faster than I  could write, and I found
myself scribbling to keep up. When I
becam e confused, or lost the  feeling that
the words were coming from somewhere
else, I put the pen down and walked  away
from the dialogue until I again felt
inspired —sorry, that’s the only word which
truly fits —to return to the yellow legal pad
and start transc ribing again. These conversations are still going on as I
write this. And much of it is found on the
pages  which follow...pages which contain
an astounding dialogue which at first I disbelieved, then  assumed to be of
personal value, but which I now underst and
was meant for more than just  me. It was
meant for you and everyone else who has
come to this material. For my  questions are
your questions. I want you to get into this dialogue as soon
as you can, because what’s really
important here  is not my story, b ut yours. It
is your life story which brought you here. It
is your personal  experience to which this
material has relevance. Otherwise,  you
would not be here, with it,  right now. So let’s enter the dialogue with a question I
had been asking for a very long  time: How
does  God talk, and to whom? When I asked
this question, here’s the answer I received:  I talk to everyone. All the time. The question
is not to whom do I talk, but who  listens? Intrigued, I asked God to expand on this
subject. Here’s what God sai d:
First, let’s exchange the word talk with the
word communicate. It’s a much better
word, a much fuller more accurate one. When we try to speak to each other —Me to
you, you to Me, we are immediately
constricted by the unbelievable limitation of
words. For  this reason, I do not
communicate by words alone. In fact, rarely
do I do  so. My most common form of
communication is through feeling. Feeling is the language of the soul. If you want to know what’s true for you
about something, look to how you’re feeling
about it. Feelings are sometimes difficult to
discover —and often even more difficult to
acknowledge. Yet hidden in your deepest
feelings is your highest truth. The trick is to get to those feelings. I will
show you how. Again. If you wish. I told God that  I did wish, but that right now
I wished even more for a complete and full
answer to my first question. Here’s what
God said:
I also communicate with thought. Thought
and feelings are not the same, although
they can occur at the same time. In
communicating  with thought, I often use
images  and pictures. For this reason,
thoughts are more effective than mere
words as tools  of communication. In addition to feelings and thoughts, I also
use the vehicle of experience as a grand
communicator. And finally, when feelings and thoughts and
experience all fail, I use words. Words  are
really the least effective communicator. They are most open to misinterpretation,
most often misunderstood. And why is that? It is because of what
words are. Words are merely uttera nces:
noises that stand for feelings, thoughts,
and experience. They are symbols. Signs. Insignias. They are not Truth. They are not
the real thing. Words may help you understand
something. Experience allows you to know. Yet there are some things you canno t
experience. So I have given you other tools of knowing. And these are called feelings. And so too, thoughts. Now the supreme irony here is that you
have all placed so much importance on the
Word of God, and so little on the
experience. In fact, you place  so little value
on experience that when what you
experience of God differs from what you’ve
heard of  God, you automatically discard the
experience and own the words, when it
should  be just the other way around. Your experience and your feelings about a
thing represent what you factually and
intuitively know about that thing. Words can
only seek to symbolize what you know,  and
can often confuse what you know. These, then, are the tools with which I
communicate, yet they are not the methods,  for not all feel ings, not all
thoughts, not all experience, and not all
words are from  Me. Many words have been uttered by others,
in My name. Many thoughts and many
feelings have been sponsored by causes
not of My direct creation. Many
experiences result from these. The challenge is one of discernment. The
difficulty is knowing the difference  between
messages from God and data from other
sources. Discrimination is a  simple matter
with the application of a basic rule:
Mine is always your Highest Thought, your
Clearest Word, your Grandest Feeling. Anything less is from another source. Now the task of differentiation becomes
easy, for it should not be difficult even for  the beginning student to identify the
Highest, the Clearest, and the Grandest. Yet will I give you these gu idelines:
The Highest Thought is always that thought
which contains joy. The Clearest Words  are
those words which contain truth. The
Grandest Feeling is that feeling which you
call love. Joy, truth, love. These three are interchangeable, and one
always leads to the other. It matters not  in
which order they are placed. Having with these guidelines determined
which messages are Mine and which have
come from another source, the only
question remaining is whether My
messages will  be heeded. Most of My  messages are not. Some,
because they seem too good to be true. Others, because they seem too difficult to
follow. Many, because they are simply
misunderstood. Most, because they are not
received. My most powerful messenger is
experience, and even this you  ignore. Especially  this you ignore. Your world would not be in its present
condition were you to have simply listened
to your experience. The result of your not
listening to your experience is that you
keep  re-living it, over and over again. For
My purpos e will not be thwarted, nor My will
be ignored. You will get the message. Sooner or later. I will not force you to,
however. I  will never coerce you. For I have
given you a free will —the power to do as you choose —and I will never take that
away from you, e ver. And so, I will continue sending you the
same messages over and over again,
throughout the millennia and to whatever
corner of the universe you occupy


, etc. There is sufficient energy present in most cases and frequently more, since the body is spared from the use of enormous
amounts of energy required by the digestive processes. This liberated energy is immediately directed by the body into the
healing processes, thus allowing great changes to occur in a limited period of time - months and even years of regeneration
will manifest in just weeks of time. And all this can be done at home, with a minimum of expense, so that healing is possible
for all who have the will to undertake the process. There is nothing more inspiring than to look into a mirror every day and to see more youthful changes occurring along with
better feelings, so that each day brings more hope and encouragement to continue on till the goal of daily living is reached. Yet, at the same time, the appetite can be reasonably content with the taste of delicious and refreshing juices, taken
periodically several times during the day and carried in a thermos wherever you go. After just 2 or more weeks, other foods such as easily digested proteins and fats may be introduced into the diet, allowing
the rebuilding and recasting of the body to proceed after the initial cleansing period has prepared the proper foundation for
the reception of higher quality and more vital food materials. Usually, within a few weeks, people feel much better and in 4 months time, the body becomes stabilized and feels
consistently well. And within a period of less than one year, almost all health problems will have disappeared - even large
tumors and growths. Without further ado, I would like to begin with a presentation of some amazing cases of recoveries from all types of
illnesses and diseases, collected from some internationally famous institutions under the direction of well-known medical
doctors who, by using natural foods and methods alone, were able to successfully cure diseases which today cannot be
duplicated, even in the largest hospitals using the most modern medical methods. Dr. Stanley S. Bass
New York,  April 2003
The following pages are from “The Elixir of Life” by Arnold DeVries, by whom I have kindly been given
permission to reproduce, based upon extensive research from 81 sources over a period of many years. THERAPEUTIC PROPERTIES OF RAW FOOD
by Arnold DeVries
SCIENTIFIC CLINICAL WORK
Individual raw food histories are important, but even more so is the applied clinical work in the field of science. Here also we
find strong evidence of the value of raw foods. In America this was noted as early as August of 1907, when an
announcement was made by the New York Post Graduate Hospital that a cure for long-standing and obstinate cases of
consumption was found in certain raw foods. Under the supervision of Dr. John F Russell, eleven patients were given four
ounces of raw vegetable juices each day in addition to their regular meals. The juices were extracted from such vegetables
as potato, rhubarb, summer squash, beet, turnip, cabbage, celery, carrot, parsnip, radishes, string-beans, and peas. Later
fifty additional patients were placed on the same dietary regime. Within seven months the eleven patients were discharged
copyright © Dr. Stanley S. Bass   (718) 648-1500    www.drbass.com 3as fit subjects for a life insurance risk, and the fifty patients who started later were described as well on the road to
recovery. TUBERCULOSIS
At a later period, in California, raw vegetable juices were again used in the treatment of tuberculosis. In this instance, Dr. H.
E. Kirshner was placed in charge of 200 tuberculosis patients for the county of Los Angeles at the Olive View Sanatorium. Some of the patients had spent as long as nine years on their backs with very little progress towards recovery. The diet was
composed largely of spaghetti, macaroni, and other cooked foods. Dr. Kirshner added a glass of "green drink’ consisting of
the raw juices of alfalfa, spinach, and parsley, to the diet of each of these patients every day. Results were highly favorable,
and the course of the patients was changed to recovery. Some of the patients who had been considered hopeless were
able to get out of bed in six to eight months. In Dr. Kirshner’s private practice, raw carrot juice, addition to the green juice
mixture, was included in the diet of tubercular patients, which brought about more rapid recovery than did the green juice
alone. HEART DISEASE, ARTHRITIS, LEUKEMIA
Dr. Kirshner has also reported that other chronic ailments can be treated very successfully with raw vegetable juices, taken
in some cases in amounts exceeding two quarts per day. He has cited recoveries from heart disease, prostrate gland
disease, cancer, neuritis, arthritis, and hemorrhoids through the use of raw juices. In one diabetic case, remarkable
improvement was noted within the first 21 days of treatment, and the insulin dosage was reduced from 15 to 5 units per
day. The most remarkable case history cited by Dr. Kirshner, however, was that of a severe case of splenic leukemia. The
patient in this instance was given raw carrot juice — small quantities at first, with gradual increases to very large quantities
— and her weight increased from 65 to 135 lbs. Recovery was complete within 18 months, and at no later time was there
any recurrence of the disease. CANCER
The famous cancer specialist, Dr. Max Gerson, has employed a diet containing large amounts of raw vegetable juices as
part of his treatment for cancer. Some of Dr. Gerson’s  patients are given as much as 16 glasses of raw juice each day, but
most of them are given somewhat smaller amounts, including daily doses of 4 glasses of carrot and apple juice, 4 glasses
of green leaf juice, 2 to 3 glasses of calf’s liver juice and 1 glass of orange juice. About 75 per cent of Dr. Gerson’s cancer
diet, including all juices, is uncooked; the balance consists of vegetable broths and other foods which are cooked by the
least destructive methods. Dr. Gerson has reported  gratifying results in about 50 per cent of his cancer cases, with many
complete recoveries. Indeed, Dr. Gerson’s experience in treating cancer at the Gotham Hospital in New York was so
successful that he was called upon to testify before a subcommittee in the U. S. Senate in 1946. In Canada, Dr. Gerson’s
counterpart may be found in the person of Dr. J. R. Davidson, formerly of the University of Toronto, who has also reported
curing a number of cancer patients on diets which consisted of raw foods and foods subjected to a minimum of cooking. Among other foods, Dr. Davidson prescribes rare meats, raw milk, raw vegetables, and raw vegetable juices made from
carrots, celery, and lettuce. RAW JUICES
In Great Britain, physicians have been equally successful in utilizing freshly-extracted raw juices for therapeutic purposes. The Ministry of Health and Public Health Service Laboratory has issued a report pointing out the value of using the juices of
cabbage, kale, parsley, and other uncooked vegetables in the treatment of a wide variety of diseased conditions. The report
states: "Juices are valuable in relief of hypertension, cardiovascular and kidney diseases and obesity. Good results have
also been obtained in rheumatic, degenerative and toxic states. Juices have an all-around protective action. Good results
can be obtained in treatment of peptic ulceration, also in treatment of chronic diarrhea, colitis and toxemia of gastro and
intestinal origin." The dental scientist, Dr. Harold F Hawkins, has reported that correct dietary control, with at least half of all foods used in
their raw state, is of much value in treating the symptoms of pyorrhea, including infection of the alveolar bone which
supports the teeth and gums. According to Dr. Hawkins, in caring for the pyorrhea patient, it is "essential to work out a plan
of eating that will include food that can be eaten raw such as raw milk, raw eggs, oysters on the half shell, raw vegetable
salads and raw fruit." Dr. Hawkins states that when an adequate dietary is followed, "the gum tone usually shows a definite
improvement in 60 or 90 days, and the X-rays show an improvement in bone density in about a year.”
During the years 1929, 1930, and 1931, Dr. Milton T. Hanke, working through the facilities provided by the University of
Chicago and the Chicago Dental Research Club, studied hundreds of school children in the city of Mooseheart, Illinois, to
determine the effects of adding the uncooked juices of citrus fruits to a conventional diet. During the first year the children
were studied as controls; the second year was the test period, and the third the recheck period. Approximately 16 ounces of
freshly extracted raw orange juice, plus the raw juice of one lemon, was added to the diet of each of 341 children on each
day of the test period. This brought about a sharp increase in growth rate over the control period, as well as a 50 per cent
reduction in the incidence of dental caries and the almost complete disappearance of gingivitis. During the recheck period,
when the quantity of juice was reduced to three ounces a day, the accelerated growth was maintained, though dental decay
again increased and most of the gingivitis reappeared. copyright © Dr. Stanley S. Bass   (718) 648-1500    www.drbass.com 4Other fruits and


 ignore their advice, a certain irritation ensues. Please remember that people who
criticize the Gerson protocol, including otherwise helpful and well-meaning health professionals,
do so out of ignorance and incomprehension, and for that reason can be safely ignored. It’s best
to ask your visitors and friends to please respect your choice of treatment, support and encourage
you—or else leave you alone. Also ask those who suggest changes to the therapy: how many
terminal patients have they saved with their advice? Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 150Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comBeing Firm With Friends…
 Of course it’s nice to have visitors to break up the necessary monotony of juices, meals and
enemas, but only under certain conditions. One rule is never to allow anyone in the house who is
suffering from a cold, however mild, a cough or a flu-y symptom. It takes 9-12 months before the
patient’s immune system grows strong enough to deal with a cold or, worse still, flu; an infection
of that kind could lead to complications that might even endanger the patient’s life. If a friend
or relative thoughtlessly turns up while suffering from a cold or any other infectious condition,
the patient MUST retreat to his or her bedroom and have no contact whatsoever with the visitor. To be that firm is very difficult when children and especially grandchildren come visiting—the
patient wants to love and hug them, even if they are sneezing and spluttering, but it is not to be. Moreover, if the patient’s spouse gets a cold, he or she has to sleep in another room. …And With Friendly Doctors
 A friendly allopathic doctor willing to support a Gerson patient is a great asset, if he agrees
to prescribe the necessary blood tests and urinanalyses. The problem arises when he reads the
test results. If any item is out of the normal range, he suggests that the patient take some drug or
medication ‘to bring it to the normal level.’ That, too, can be a serious mistake. The abnormal
value will clear up on the Gerson Therapy, but allopathic drugs can cause damage. For example,
we know of a doctor who noticed a somewhat low iron level in the patient’s blood and prescribed
an iron medication. The trouble is that iron supplements are toxic, which automatically rules them
out for Gerson patients. In time, with all the green juices, liver medication and Vitamin B-12, the
blood readings will return to normal without drugs. (see Chapter 26 )
 Drugs can be life saving in acute illnesses and emergencies, but when it comes to chronic
diseases, such as cancer, they only provide symptomatic relief at best, and can cause serious harm
at worst. Keep this in mind if and when you are told by a no doubt well-meaning doctor that
chemotherapy works faster and better than carrot juice. Keep your cool. And stick with the carrot
juice. Flare-Ups and Mood Swings
 Healing reactions or so-called flare-ups are regular events on the Gerson Therapy  (see
Chapter 16, pg. 126.) These episodes can be frighteningly intense; at the same time the patient
may also suffer from depression and a black mood. If the family then panics, the patient may end
up in the Emergency Room of the nearest hospital, where the doctors are kind and concerned, and
give the patient a shot or a pill to stop the symptoms. Unfortunately they also stop the healing, and
that has caused serious problems in some cases. The fact is that the average allopathic doctor has
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www.thegersonway.comprobably never heard of a healing reaction, does not understand its symptoms and function, and
therefore can’t be expected to handle it correctly. The proper way to deal with a flare-up is clearly
set out in the relevant chapter, and should be followed closely. Psychological problems and mood swings are dealt with fully in Chapter 24. Here we only
want to acknowledge the power of occasional fits of negativity, when the patient not only feels
physically unwell, with nausea, sweating, headache, horror of food and juices, and possibly fever,
but is also mentally and emotionally crushed. The toxins cruising through the central nervous
system and the brain are to blame, but all the patient feels is an urgent wish to stop the therapy,
break out of all the restrictions and run away. This is a passing phase. It is wise to find out about
it in advance, so that when it arrives, the patient is more or less prepared, and snaps out of it
faster. Water Warning
   Don’t underestimate the importance of ensuring the purity of all the water used in your
home. The worst offender is fluoride (see Chapter 5, pg. 37 ), so make sure that your water supply
is free from this harmful chemical. If it is not, you must take special precautions. Unlike chlorine,
fluoride is not eliminated by boiling the water! The only way to get rid of it is by distillation (see
Chapter 9, pg. 94 )
   However, fluoride is also present in the water used for the daily shower. And although a
shower needn’t take many minutes, even a brief exposure to warm water opens the pores, so that
any undesirable component in the water gets quickly absorbed. There are two solutions to this
problem. One is to take a sponge bath instead of a shower, in a gallon of warmed distilled water
poured into a basin or sink. The other solution is to install a camping shower in the bathroom and filling it with warmed
distilled water. Full description, various models and prices of this appliance are available on the
Internet. Mind What You Read
 Knowledge is power, and it is the well-informed patient who is likely to make the right
choices. However, the big and growing range of so-called health books and diet bibles is a
dangerous area, full of contradictory theories and advice. Open-minded patients keen to learn
new things read as many health books as they can find and end up confused, because although
most nutritional methods are at least in part based on the Gerson Therapy, none is complete, or
free from its author’s prejudices and subjective ideas. The chances are that if you read ten health books, you are likely to get twelve different
opinions. Sadly, people who added to the Gerson protocol some ‘anti-cancer’ substances they
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www.thegersonway.comhad read about didn’t do well at all. So please wipe the slate clean. If you have decided to use the
Gerson Therapy, inform yourself about it as thoroughly as you can and stay with it. After all, it
has the longest and best track record. Cutting Corners
No one can deny that the Gerson Therapy is labor-intensive; at times it can feel truly
overwhelming. When that happens, patients and/or their carers may feel tempted to ease things
a little bit by changing the routine—say by preparing all the day’s juices in one go and storing
them in the refrigerator, instead of making them fresh every hour on the hour as prescribed. But
to do this undermines the treatment and guarantees failure, since the all-important enzymes in the
freshly made juices have a short lifespan of some twenty minutes. After that time has elapsed, the
minerals, trace elements and most vitamins may survive in the juices, but the living enzymes and
their healing power will have been lost. Another temptation occurs when some ingredient of the Gerson program becomes hard to
obtain, and the patient decides that something else will do just as well in the short term. But extreme
caution is needed in such a situation. For instance, if organic carrots are not available, under no
circumstances  should non-organic ones be used for juicing (or indeed eating). Commercially
grown carrots are saturated with agro-chemicals; scrubbing and peeling them will not remove the
poisons. As an emergency measure organic bottled carrot juice may be used, on its own or mixed
with organic bottled apple juices. But it should be understood that this substitution must only be
a short-term solution and not a matter of routine. One of the worst examples of substitution concerned a woman patient suffering from a
collagen disease, who was doing well on the Gerson program until her supply of organic carrots
dried up completely. Rather than search for another source, she and her husband decided to
substitute orange juice for the elusive carrots, and so she began to drink up to eight glasses of
freshly pressed orange juice a day. This would have been harmful to any Gerson patient; in this
case it was disastrous, since citrus fruits are counter-indicated in all collagen diseases, and her
condition deteriorated drastically. P.S. Thomas Jefferson wrote, “The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.” Well, the price
of getting well is the same: eternal vigilance to avoid pitfalls, resist temptations, and decline
unasked-for advice from well-mean


IVE IN THE LIGHT
Ram Da ss tells one of my favorite stories of all time. It’ s about  his guru,
with whom he lived and worked  for years in India, a man he considered to
be the most spiritually advanced person he’d ever met in his life. At that time Ram Dass was doing some experimenting with T imothy
Leary and the li ke, so he had three capsules of LSD with him. “ That would
be enough,” he said, “to put a horse into a tranquilized state  for several
days. ” H e had planned to use this LSD for a number of months, just one or
two micrograms at a time. His guru said to him, “Y ou have funny medicine. let me see it. ” Ram
Dass showed him the capsules b ut warned, “Y ou don’ t want to take all three
of these. Y ou should only take a few micrograms from one of t he capsules,
and that will give you the desired ef fect. ”
His guru took all three capsules, put them in his mouth, and swallowed. He went under his blanket, and then came out and did all these funny
things. Then he smiled and said, “Do you have any more. It doesn’ t seem to
be working. ”
Ram Dass realized that the drugs had no ef fect on his guru at all. This
was his conclusi on, which is one of the greatest lines I’ve ever heard on this
subject: “If you’re already in Detroit, you don’ t have to take a bus to get
there. ” In other words, when someone is already in the spiritual world, they
don’ t need anything to get them there. Learning how to “get to Detroit” for us means achieving what we’ve
been tal king about in this book. It’ s when we are comfortably in the place
that is powerfully ours. It’ s when we understand that thought originates
with us, which means that life is our own creation. W e know th at our form
will sim ply pass  along, but we can’ t kill thought, so who we really are can
never die. When you are truly awake, w ith heightened spiritual awareness, you
know th at if you’re always looking for something, it will always elude you. That’ s tr ue of anything in life. T ake success: Making a lot of money is not
what makes a pe rson successful. Rather, a successful person brings success
to everything that they do, and money is most likely only one of the benefits
that they get as a result. Enlightenment is the same thing. Enlightenment is something  that you
bring to all of your interactions, all of your thought processes, all of your
life experiences. It’ s really an attitude or an approach to life. That attitude or
approach is literally one of “living in the light,” and that means you’re
moving toward yourself. Y ou’re  not ever moving away from yourself, and
you see the perfection in yourself and who you are. Y ou don’ t question the
universe. Y ou see everything a nd everyone in it as exactly where they’re
supposed to be. Y ou have an a bsence of judgment and negativity. Y ou’re
balanced as a human being. Enlightenment i s a state of mind in which, once you have it, once you
accept y ourself and your perfection, then there’ s no more trying. Y ou are
already in Detroit. IT ALL WORKS PERFECTL Y
Think about this: If you take a b ite of food and start to chew, y ou’ve got
to do a lot of things with that food in order to make it apply to  you. Let’ s
say you just had  a bite of salad, and now you’ve got lettuce and tomato in
your mouth. W ell, you’ve got to get some saliva into your mouth as well to
help you with that. Y ou’re not trying to salivate; your body knows exactly
what it’ s supposed to do. When you swallow, you don’ t have to monitor the
peristaltic reactions in your throat and esophagus to make sur e that food
goes do wn inste ad of up. It never goes up into your nose—well, maybe
once in a while, if you’re doin g something really silly. But you don’ t eat
your food and say, “Oh, wait a minute, I put it into my no se. It’ s not
supposed to go there. ” It goes where it’ s supposed to, and then it breaks
down. Y ou don ’ t have tomatoes and a great big piece of lettuce floatin g around
through your body, saying, “Where are we supposed to go. ”  Y ou chewthem up, and dif ferent kinds o f enzymes attack the pieces of food. It all
goes exa ctly wh ere it’ s supposed to, through the digestive system and then
to all dif ferent parts of your b ody—your pancreas needs a little lettuce
today, perhaps. W ithout some co mponent of the tomatoes, maybe your toes
are going to fall of f. Every place in your body gets the proper nutrients
without your having to do anything. Y ou’re n ot going around saying, “Oh my, I’ve got to get all this done. I’ve got so much to do with th is digestion. I’ve got to make sure that my
pancreas and duodenum work. Ugh, how do I turn this lettuce into waste. How am I going to get that out. ” Y ou’re not busy doing any of that. It all
works in harmony and perfect ion. Y our heart is beating, and  it does so
thousands of times every single  day. Y ou don’ t need to tell your hea rt to
pump blood for it to do so perfe ctly. Y ou don’ t have to do any of it, yet you
are controlling it all. Enlightenment is like that: Y ou get in harmony, and you start fu nctioning
optimally. Who you are as a hu man being just happens. It all works. Y ou
don’ t have to go around thinking every minute, Is this an enlightened
r esponse. Am I using higher consciousness her e. I don’ t know if I’m being
spiritual enough. Do I need to a djust. Y ou don’ t have to do that any more
than you  have to beat your heart or operate your digestive system. It all
works perfectly when you’re in harmony. If you’re not, then it’ s as if you
were trying to d irect the tomato and lettuce to the right places. Y ou would
get so mixed up and puzzled by it. If yo u tried to beat your own heart, you couldn’ t. Y ou natura lly let it
work. This is the same way you must see yourself within the universe—
allow yo urself to  work perfectly. The way you do so is to focus on yourself
while al so havin g respect and lo ve for everyone. These universal laws that
we’re ta lking ab out here are the very same ones that are in place for your
digestion or your cardiopulmonary system. The necessary enzymes are
released instantaneously, and i t all happens in a perfect way. There are
certain r ules and laws that apply  to everything we do, from how we relate to
each other to how our bodies function. Sometimes after hearing me speak or reading my books, people will
come up to me and say, “I’m a seeker too. ” They assume that I ’m this way
because I talk about the higher truths, principles, and laws that are universal
yet elud e so many people. This k ind of amuses me, so I’ll respond, “I’m not
a seeker. I’m n ot looking for a nything. I’m evolving, going through thedream, and enjoying it all. I am  bringing this mind-set to everything that I
do. ”
When you’re in harmony wit h these transcendent laws, you are in
enlightenment. Y ou’re not seeking it. Y ou don’ t have to unders tand it, and
you don’ t have to agree with  it. Y ou simply know that it is. In fact,
enlightenment is nothing more than the quiet acceptance of what is. Y our desire to m ake things better is also part of what is, so you learn to
go w ith that. W hen you are focused on making things bette r—helping,
serving, extending love—and are able to send that out into the world, you
are now a part of the spiritually aware, awakened consciousness. THE THREE ST AGES OF ENLIGHTENMENT
I’ve fou nd that there are three specific stages of enlightenment. The first
stage is learning  by hindsight. As an example, I think about this woman
who told me: “T en years ago, my husband came home from work, said,
‘I’m lea ving yo u,’ and walked out. I was devastated. For years, I couldn’ t
get over it. Bu t now I can look back on his leaving me as the most
important turning point in my l ife. I see the blessing in it. ” Af ter years of
suf fering, she was able to come to the realization that his leaving her was a
blessing, not a tragedy. In


 had in the market were not asgood as desired, and he lost none of his pinky-pinkness of complexion of the richestScandinavian brilliancy. I have done the samefor four months with similar results of retentionof pinkness of complexion. Another question is :Does pinkness indicate health? It is not thenecessity of health among Latins and bronzedOrientals, but it underlies the bronze exterior ineven African Negroes, if they are healthy.Sallow is the reverse of healthy in proportion tothe sallowness, as a usual thing. Just here is where the efficacy of careful
eating, which has been formulated asFletcherism, comes into service most agreeablyto make life really worth living and actually onecontinuous festival of usefulness and pleasure.It is only once formed into a habit and set toworking automatically under the direction ofAppetite, Taste, Feeling, Instinct, and the otherattributes of sub-conscious Intelligence.It will be noted that Mr. Rockefeller, in his
recent pithy, gisty utterance relative to themerits of Fletcherizing, makes no mention ofthe kind of food to be recommended. Happily, asfar as I know, he is not in the food business, hasno connection with any special food supply, andcannot recommend any of the products ofpetroleum as food or drink. He should beabsolutely unprejudiced in his judgment, andseven or eight years of recuperative experience,similar to mine of a longer period, is materialfor judgment and recommendation. Some years ago there was born in me the
ambition to formulate the rules of economicprocedure in securing optimum nutrition in aspace of not more than ten pages of coarse printthat mothers, teachers, and children of primaryschool age could understand as easy as thenoses on their faces. Mr. Rockefeller has " beatme out " in brevity by several lengths. He hasmade the revelation with the lucky number ofthirty-three words, and left room for a finalremark full of scriptural tone, as is his wont.PROFITABLE  ECONOMY. There is one argument in favour of a
meatless diet that appeals to everybody, andthat is the economy and cleanliness of it. InProfessor Irving Fisher's classic investigation totest the merits of Fletcherism it was proventhat careful attention to the mastication,insalivation, and enjoyment of food while in themouth, and swallowing only in response to astrong invitation to swallow, and removing fromthe mouth whatever remainder that did notpractically swallow itself, a net gain of
approximately 40 per cent. was achievedwithout any attempt at economy. The savingwas in the money cost alone, and it came frommore and more inclination towards farinaceousand vegetable foods and away from moreexpensive meat. This form of saving is very telling. Dr.
Francis E. Clark, founder and permanentpresident of the great International ChristianEndeavour organization, noticed a reduction ofone third in the food expenses of his family. Thehealth officer of a suburb of Hamburgaccomplished a saving of two thousand marks a
year in his family of three without otherassistance than careful eating and aninclination towards non-flesh food material. The" Poor White Trash " community in America,before mentioned, saved an average of threedollars a month each, three thousand dollars amonth among a thousand members of thecommunity, and the missionary workers whotaught them to Fletcherize save half of the costof their sustenance. Accompanying all of thiswonderful economy was an immunity from theordinary illnesses that was worth more than themoney saving. In the Rockefeller family any decrease in the
cost of food is a negligible quantity incomparison with the total expenses, but sevenyears of immunity from indigestion andreplacing the demon with good golf-health formhave been worth more than millions of money.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        He was a medicalman, past forty, beginning to slack up a little inhis elasticity and strength. He was reachingthat age when even the most temperate andcareful begin to be a little lenient withthemselves. His doctor friends were in the habit
of prescribing a little stimulant to counter-balance this expected decline in energy and hetook their advice. It was the medical fad of theperiod. At first, Dr. Anderson ordered for himself one
small drink of good medicinal whisky a day, andthe effect was as expected. By and bye, however,a little more was needed, and this increasingdemand continued its insistence until threedrinks were no more efficacious than one hadbeen at first. When I was introduced to him hehad begun on his fourth drink daily, and yetburned it up in his exercise without feeling itmuch. A couple of weeks after he began to check up
my tests by personal experience, which is theonly scientific way, he all at once remembered,one day, that he had forgotten to take hiswhisky, and yet he was fitter than usual. I hadnot mentioned my own experience in this regardto him, I believe, as when we were together hekept me busy with the exercises of the ‘Varsitycrew, and I had little chance to give himaccounts of my full experiences. Besides, it didnot occur to me that it would interest him who
seemed to be moderation and temperancepersonified. And so he was, according to thescientific estimate of the time, but Nature hasanother standard of temperance, and under herstrict guidance very little but good spring wateris needed or desired. HOW TO ENJOY  WINE. To illustrate this and also suggest a way of
letting Mother Nature prove that I representher correctly in this important matter, I willgive an account of an actual happening. I was lecturing in Buffalo, New York, in
America, and was invited to address themembers of the sumptuous Buffalo Club. Idwelt especially on Fletcherizing as a means ofgetting the good and the best out of food anddrink, and yet for little cost, and at the close ofthe lecture a dozen or more of the audienceasked me to demonstrate my point as above. Iwas happy to do this, and called for a pint of thechoicest still wine, with cordial glasses. Therequest caused a smile among some of my hosts
who were proud of being " one bottle " consumers. When the wine came I poured out half a
cordial glass as the portion I selected for myselfand recommended the same prescription for theothers, as a " starter. " Then I breathed andsipped my delicious grape-juice, as I hadlearned to do from the professional wine-tasterson the Rhine, in Germany, and in the Burgundyregion, in France. The others did the same, andseemed to get unusual satisfaction from boththe boquet and the taste. What happens is this : You sense the wine by
means of the olfactories as you would breathe inthe odour of a delicately perfumed flower. Tasteis excited and becomes jealous of Smell. Yougive Taste a taste. Something more subtle thantaste ; a sort of aroma, so to speak, spreads overthe head. You feel the taste of the delicacy uparound the temples, and the sensation isdelightful in the extreme, fading slowly awaybut leaving a lovely memory impression. Then you take another sip, and the sensation
is about the same, and so on for a sip or twomore, when the supremest delicacy of the wineceases to express itself. Two or three sips more,and the wine no longer tastes good. Carriedfurther, in this appetite-respecting manner,
there will be a desire to spit out the sips, andthere is no temptation to drink them. Professional wine-tasters are supposed never
to drink wine. After tasting it they spit out the
remnant from which the taste has beenexhausted. Tea tasters and beer tasters andspecial food tasters do the same in order topreserve their keen taste discrimination. Thereis just as definite Swallowing Sense andExpectorating Sense as there is Taste Sense. There is just as strong Appetite Sense forproteid, when the body is short of it, as there isthirst-demand for water for the rehydration ofthe body. The Senses have sense. Returning to the Buffalo Club experiment in
demonstrating Epicurean Temperance : Thehalf-bottle of wine gave more satisfaction to thedozen or more members of the Club whoparticipated in the experiment than any of themknew was possible. FLETCHERISM  AS A CURE FOR MORBID  CRAVINGS. It is not necessary to supply expensive wine
for the complete satisfaction of the most delicateepicureanism if Fletcherizing is employed as an
habitual cream-separating means. The cream ofcommon wheat bread, and of anything that thenormalized appetite favours, is as satisfyingwhen the body is in need of what it contains asare drops of the most costly Johannisberger ofthe rarest vintages, and nothing but waterthoroughly quenches real thirst. The " testimonials " of one sort and another,
including letters and verbal account, attestingto the effect of natural eating on abnormaldesires or cravings, number thousands. Thereform has not been the result of suggestion,although in some cases suggestion has assistedthe cure of intemperate yearnings. Not alonehas craving for alcoholic stimulant been abated,but in other ways morbidity has been corrected,and I as well as some medical men I know, havereceived grateful acknowledgment of thehappiness secured by the natural sloughing offof weaknesses or passions which had been asource of self


actically
disappeared
and
the
eczema
must
still
be
tried
to
remove
the
compresses
with
evaporated
or
standing
urine
-
the
rough
skin
will
then
peel
off
better. The
combination
of
acidification
and
alkalization
of
eczema
with
these
two
types
of
urine
will
strengthen
the
effect
of
urine
therapy. Salads
or
stewed
vegetables,
porridge,
meat
and
the
like
should
be
eaten,
but
only
according
to
the
principles
of
a
separate
diet. It
is
necessary
to
cook
only
with
melted
water,
eat
sprouted
grain
bread
more
often. An
interesting
case
of
curing
diabetes
is
described
by
A.
Maslenikov,
one
of
the
founders
of
Russian
urinotherapy:
A
woman
cured
herself
of
"terrible"
diabetes
within
one
year
by
drinking
her
child's
urine
every
morning
and
then
freshly
milked
milk. By
the
way,
Avicenna
already
talks
about
such
a
comprehensive
treatment
of
diabetes
with
urine
and
milk
in
his
"Canon
of
Medical
Science"
from
the
11th
century:
"Human
urine
and
camel
urine,
especially
together
with
its
freshly
milked
milk,
helps
with
dropsy
and
hardening
of
the
spleen." Thus
the
words
of
the
Prophet
are
confirmed:
'If
you
drink
milk
and
urine,
then
you
will
surely
be
healthy.'" Comment:
Such
treatment
is
suitable
only
for
people
who
tolerate
milk
well. Urine
helps
to
stimulate
the
functions
of
the
pancreas,
activating
its
enzymes. Freshly
milked
milk
in
small
quantities
is
an
ideal
food
that
is
processed
by
its
own
enzymes. In
addition,
freshly
milked
milk
has
a
special
energy
that
also
helps
restore
the
structure
and
thus
the
functioning
of
the
pancreas. Urinotherapy
and
diseases
of
the
heart
and
blood
vessels
Here,
it
is
primarily
necessary
to
purify
the
blood
and
remove
various
clots
and
deposits
from
the
bloodstream. Before
cleansing
the
blood,
the
large
intestine
must
first
be
cleansed,
and
in
order
to
achieve
free
blood
circulation,
the
so-called
portal
hypertension
must
beremoved,
i.e. the
liver
must
be
cleansed. The
substances
contained
in
the
urine
will
do
everything
else:
they
will
help
the
heart
muscle
and
stimulate
it,
dissolve
thrombi. It
is
recommended
to
drink
an
odd
number
of
sips
2-3
times
a
day
after
50-100
grams
of
urine. Example:
“For
three
weeks,
I
collect
the
middle
part
of
the
urine
from
3
to
4
in
the
morning
and
drink
3
sips
of
quarter
urine. It
seems
to
me
that
the
large
intestine
has
started
to
work,
the
comb
between
the
stomach
and
the
duodenum
works
better,
the
stomach
is
softer
and
the
heart
works
better. So
far
I
have
under gone
8
surgeries
under
general
anesthesia. Among
other
things,
they
removed
the
bullet
from
my
liver.' Example:
"I
am
54
years
old,
I
am
already
retired,
I
felt
very
bad,
I
had
injections
twice
a
year,
I
suffer
from
rheumatoid
carditis
and
I
have
a
heart
murmur. By
chance,
I
got
hold
of
your
book,
where
you
also
write
about
urinotherapy. She
helped
me
a
lot. I
haven't
had
any
injections
for
half
a
year
now,
I
drink
urine
and
smear
myself
with
it. I
starve
twice
a
month. I
feel
much
better.' Example:
"I
am
54
years
old,
I
have
been
suffering
from
high
blood
pressure
for
8
years
up
to
200
to
120,
my
head
is
spinning. After
only
ten
glasses
of
urine
drunk
on
an
empty
stomach,
my
blood
pressure
dropped." Example:
The
patient,
64
years
old,
suffers
from
high
blood
pressure,
atherosclerosis,
ischemia
of
the
heart,
varicose
veins
on
the
legs. For
a
month
and
a
half,
she
drank
urine
3
times
a
day,
smeared
herself
with
it
and
followed
a
diet. The
results
are
good:
blood
pressure
130/80,
venous
nodes
on
the
legs
have
disappeared
and
heart
function
has
improved. Example:
"Patient
swollen
to
the
waist,
'elephant'
legs
blackened
to
the
knees,
swollen
hands,
black
wrists,
sores. After
many
months
in
the
hospital,
she
went
home
to
die. A
neighbor
gave
her
faith
in
life
and
a
book
on
urine
therapy. She
stopped
taking
medicine
and
started
drinking
urine,
doing
massages,
enemas,
for
the
first
time
with
a
man's
urine. She
starved
for
seven
days. Black
lumps
started
coming
out,
the
swelling
didn't
go
away,
but
it
didn't
get
bigger
either. The
patient
has
a
weak
heart
and
cirrhosis
of
the
liver. Please
advise
what
to
do
next?' Comment
and
recommendation:
Always
apply
poultices
of
evaporated
quarter
urine
to
the
area
of
  swelling
and
wounds,
pay
close
attention
to
enemas
-
all
problems
come
from
the
large
intestine. Continue
with
urine
intake
and
fasting. Vomiting
and
passing
black
sludge
are
symptoms
indicating
the
beginning
of
the
cleansing
process. So
it
is
necessary
to
continue,
drink
more
urine,
use
melted
water. If
the
condition
were
to
worsen,
but
at
the
same
time
pathological
waste
products
were
being
excreted,
this
means
a
cleansing
process
and
a
healing
crisis. You
have
to
overcome
them. If
you're
getting
worse
without
these
symptoms,
you've
let
the
disease
go
too
far. Cloudy
and
at
the
same
time
strongly
smelling
urine
indicates
a
body
heavily
clogged
with
waste
and
poisons. In
particular,
the
intestine
and
liver
are
affected. That
is
why
cleansing
procedures
are
so
important
for
relaxing
the
body. For
heart
problems,
the
best
massage
is
from
11
a.m.
to
1
p.m.,
when
the
heart


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Nerve Stimulation as a Potential Adjuvant to Behavioral Therapy for Autism and Other
Neurodevelopmental Disorders,” Journal of Neur odevelopmental Disor ders 9 (July 2017): 20.
l e s s  i n v a s i v e  w a y :  There was also swinging. Rocking chairs and porch swings were very common in
houses before the first half of the twentieth century. They may have been so popular because
swinging shifts blood pressure, which allows messages to more easily travel back and forth
along the vagus nerve. This is why so many autistic children (who often have poor vagal tone
and feel constantly under threat) respond so well to swinging. Cold exposure, like splashingcold water on the face, also stimulates the vagus nerve, which sends messages to the heart to
lower the heart rate. (Place your face in cold water and your heart rate will quickly drop.) Por ges, Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory,  211–12. s p e e d  u p  o u r  h e a r t :  Some very rare exceptions are demonstrated by yogis; these are discussed in the
final chapter. w h e n  t o  b r e a t h e :  Roderik J. S. Gerritsen and Guido P. H. Band, “Breath of Life: The Respiratory V agal
Stimulation Model of Contemplative Activity,” Fr ontiers in Human Neur oscience  12 (Oct.
2018): 397; Christopher Ber gland, “Longer Exhalations Are an Easy W ay to Hack Y our V agus
Nerve,” Psychology T oday, May 9, 2019. W i l l i n g  o u r s e l v e s :  Moran Cerf, “Neuroscientists Have Identified How Exactly a Deep Breath Changes
Y our Mind,” Quartzy, Nov. 19, 2017; Jose L. Herrero et al., “Breathing above the Brain Stem:
V olitional Control and Attentional Modulation in Humans,” Journal of Neur ophysiology 119,
no. 1 (Jan. 2018): 145–59. c o n s c i o u s l y  a c c e s s  t h e  a u t o n o m i c :  The nervous system helps explain why breathing into a paper bag to
control hyperventilation often doesn’ t work and can be very dangerous. Y es, capturing your
exhaled breath will increase carbon dioxide levels, but it very often won’ t curb the sympathetic
overload that could have triggered the panic attack to begin it. A paper bag might elicit more
panic, and even deeper breathing. Further, not everyone who is suf fering an attack in the
respiratory system is suf fering from hyperventilation. A study in The Annals of Emer gency
Medicine  found that three patients believed to have been hyperventilating were given a paper
bag to breathe into and died. These patients weren’ t suf fering from a panic or asthma attack;
they were suf fering from a heart attack, and needed as much oxygen as they could get. Instead,
they got lungs full of recycled carbon dioxide. Anahad O’Connor, “The Claim: If Y ou’re
Hyperventilating, Breathe into a Paper Bag,” The New Y ork T imes, May 13, 2008; Michael
Callaham, “Hypoxic Hazards of T raditional Paper Bag Rebreathing in Hyperventilating
Patients,” Annals of Emer gency Medicine 19, no. 6 (June 1989): 622–28. f e e d i n g  a n d  b r e e d i n g :  Moran Cerf, “Neuroscientists Have Identified How Exactly a Deep Breath
Changes Y our Mind,” Quartzy, Nov. 19, 2017; Jose L. Herrero, Simon Khuvis, Erin Y eagle, et
al., “Breathing above the Brain Stem: V olitional Control and Attentional Modulation in
Humans,” Journal of Neur ophysiology  119, no. 1 (Jan. 2018): 145–49. b i o l o g i c a l l y  i m p o s s i b l e :  Matthijs Kox et al., “V oluntary Activation of the Sympathetic Nervous System
and Attenuation of the Innate Immune Response in Humans,” Pr oceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111, no. 20 (May 2014): 7379–84. 1 7  d e g r e e s  F a h r e n h e i t :  I wrote about Benson’ s work briefly in previous books and other writings, but in
no instance did I explore what happens to the body and how, which is what I’m doing in this
chapter. e s t e e m e d  s c i e n t i f i c  j o u r n a l :  Herbert Benson et al., “Body T emperature Changes during the Practice of g
T um-mo Y oga,” Natur e  295 (1982): 234–36. Decades later, not everyone was impressed by
Benson’ s data. Maria Kozhevnikova, at the National University of Singapore, claimed there
was “no evidence, however, indicating that temperatures are elevated beyond the normal range
during g-tummo meditation.” While she never dismissed the stunning ef fects of T ummo,
Kozhevnikova wrote that the way in which the data was presented is misleading. W ith that, it
should be noted that many T ummo practitioners told me that the exercise doesn’ t so much get
them hot; rather, it keeps them fr om getting cold, which has been clearly demonstrated both by
the Buddhists and by W im Hof and his crew. Either way, body heat is only a very small part of
T ummo’ s transformative ef fects, as we’ll soon learn. Maria Kozhevnikova et al.,
“Neurocognitive and Somatic Components of T emperature Increases during g-T ummo
Meditation: Legend and Reality,” PLoS One 8, no. 3 (2013): e58244. A r c t i c  C i r c l e  s h i r t l e s s :  “The Iceman—W im Hof,” W im Hof Method,
https://www.wimhofmethod.com/iceman-wim-hof.d e e p e n i n g  h i s  p r a c t i c e :  Erik Hedegaard, “W im Hof Says He Holds the Key to a Healthy Life—But W ill
Anyone Listen?,” Rolling Stone, Nov. 3, 2017. A n d r e w  H u b e r m a n :  “Applications,” W im Hof Method, https://www.wimhofmethod.com/applications. t w o  d o z e n  h e a l t h y  m a l e  v o l u n t e e r s :  Kox et al., “V oluntary Activation of the Sympathetic Nervous System.”
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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120621223525.htm. s e l f - p r o d u c e d  o p i o i d s :  Joshua Rapp Learn, “Science Explains How the Iceman Resists Extreme Cold,”
Smithsonian.com, May 22, 2018. 5 0  m i l l i o n  p e o p l e :  The National Institutes of Health estimates that up to 23.5 million Americans suf fer
from autoimmune disease. The American Autoimmune Related Disease Association says this
number is a gross underestimate because the NIH only lists 24 diseases associated with
autoimmune disorder; however, there are several dozen other diseases not listed which have a
clear “autoimmune basis.” Y ou can read the sobering statistics at https://www.aarda.or g/. H a s h i m o t o ’ s  d i s e a s e :  New research shows that narcolepsy is also an autoimmune disease, and perhaps
even asthma. That children with asthma have a 41 percent increased risk of getting type 1
diabetes is likely no coincidence. Alberto T edeschi and Riccardo Asero, “Asthma and
Autoimmunity: A Complex but Intriguing Relation,” Expert Review of Clinical Immunology 4,
no. 6 (Nov. 2008): 767–76


turn from translucent to opaque. 3. Add relish and heat through. The k ey to cooking scallops is to sear each side on very high heat. This seals in the
moisture an d actually poaches the tender meat. Overcooking turns all seafood toughand rubbery, so when using high heat, pay attention to the time the scallops are in the
pan—it’ s critical. For an appetizer, serve in small pots. T op spaghetti with 1 lar ge sea scallop tossed in Roasted
T omato, Fennel and Basil Relish. Fr eezing Fennel

1. Select Equipment: Select suitable-size freezer containers, bags or Mason
jars ( Freezing ). 2. Blanch sliced or diced fennel bulb in boiling water to which 1/4 cup (50
mL) lem on juice has been add ed for 3 minutes. Lift out and plunge into
cold water. Let s tand for 3 minu tes. Drain and pat dry. Pack into containers,
leaving a 1-inch (2.5 cm) headspace. Remove air, label and seal. Freeze for
up to 9 months.G a r l i c  S c a p e s
NOT LONG AGO, SCAPES WERE F AIRL Y RARE IN NOR TH
AMERICA. Now, with more market gardeners growing garlic, we are
seeing m ore of the fresh green f lower stalks showing up around the end of
June or beginning of July. Scapes are tender and very tasty stems that are
cut from the garlic in order to allow the plant to put all of its ener gy into
growing the bulbs that will be harvested in the fall. These lig htly garlic-
scented vegetab les can be grille d, steamed or poached. T reat t hem as you
would a sparagus or green beans, and use them in casseroles, soups and
stews. Good Preserving V arieties
If you can get scapes, no matter what variety of garlic they were cut from,
they will make great relishes, salsa and pesto. Use them fresh, freeze them
or pickle them. Pur chasing/Storing
1 lb  (50 0 g) yields 2-1/2 to 3 cups (625 to 750 mL) sliced
garlic scapes. Y ou will need about 1 lb (500 g) for each quart (1 L) jar. Even th ough scapes keep well for up to 5 days in the refrigerator, like
everything else, they are best if used immediately after they are cut from the
plant. Good W ith
Herbs such as basil, bay, thyme, parsley, sage, rosemary.Other vegetables, such as asparagus, green and wax beans,
potatoes, fennel, eggplant. T oasted almonds, pecans an d walnuts; sesame seeds,
sunflower seeds, flaxseeds. Most fish; beef, lamb, chicken, pork. Preparation
Cut of f and disc ard the flower head (only if it is hard) and the st raight piece
that grows out of it. Swish scapes in a sink full of cool water to which a
drop of food-safe soap has been  added. Rinse well, drain and pat dry. Cut
the thin,  green, tender stalks into 1- or 2-inch (2.5 or 5 cm) pieces or chop
roughly. Canning Garlic Scapes
I do n’ t recommend canning garl ic scapes because they turn brown and lose
their texture. They freeze easily and stay green and firm, so this is by far the
best way to preserve them. g a r l i c  s c a p e  r e l i s h
Surprisingly, this summer r elish is not actually gr een because the turmeric
tints it a sunny, golden colour. The mild garlic flavour fr om the scapes
combines nicely with the classic pickling spices in this favour ite r elish. If
you don’ t tell anyone that it has cabbage in it, they won’ t know. I use this
r elish to  thin the consistency o f commer cial mayonnaise for potato and
other summer salads. MAKES 10 CUPS (2.5 L)
5 cups (1.25 L) finely chopped garlic scapes
5 cups (1.25 L) shr edded gr een cabbage
2 cups (500 mL) chopped r ed bell pepper
1 cup (250 mL) finely chopped onion3 cups (750 mL) champagne or white wine vinegar
1–1/2 cups (375 L) lightly packed br own sugar
3 tbsp (45 mL) finely chopped fr esh gingerr oot 1–
1/2 tbsp (22 mL) salt 1 tbsp (15 mL) gr ound turmeric
3 tbsp (45 mL) Classic Pickling Spice Blend  (stor e-bought), tied in a
cheesecloth bag

1. In a M aslin p an or canning kettle, combine garlic scapes, c abbage, red
pepper and onion. Add vinega r, brown sugar, ginger, salt, tu rmeric and
spice ba g. Cove r and bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring frequently. Uncover and boil hard for 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Redu ce heat and
boil gently, stirring occasionally, for about 20 minutes. Liquid will be
reduced and relish will be thick. Discard spice bag. 2. Mean while, heat five 1-pint (2-cup/500 mL) jars in boiling  water, and
scald the lids, lifter, funnel and tongs ( Boiling W ater Method, Step by Step ). 3. Fill hot jars, leaving a 1/2- inch (1 cm) headspace. Run a thin non-
metallic utensil around the insid e of the jar to allow air to escape. Add more
hot relis h, if necessary to leave a  1/2-inch (1 cm) headspace. W ipe rims, top
with flat lids an d screw on met al rings. Return jars to the hot water bath,
topping up with hot water if necessary. Bring to a full rolling boil and
process jars for 10 minutes ( Boiling W ater Method, Step by Step ). 4. Remo ve cann er lid and wait 5 minutes before removing jars t o a towel or
rack to cool com pletely. Check seals, label and store in a cool place for up
to 1 year. Use: A tangy a nd sweet relish with just a hint of garlic, it is great with
grilled hot dogs and hamburgers, sausages and lamb kebabs. It adds a
pickle f lavour to meat loaf an d can be combined with mayonnaise for
coleslaw and other salad mixes.g a r l i c  s c a p e  p e s t o
When I first lea rned about garlic scapes 20 years ago and tried them in
r ecipes, I was ho oked. Now, with all the people ar ound me who g r ow garlic,
I cou ld b e burie d in them by mid to late June when everyone is taking them
off t he plant. At that time of yea r, I’m busy making Garlic Scap e Relish as
well as this pest o. I make a lot a nd use it fr esh, but also fr eeze it in 1- or 2-
cup (250 or 500 mL) amounts. Fr esh local garlic is still not av ailable when the scapes ar e har vested, so I
omit the  garlic cloves. The r esult is a mildly garlic-tasting gr een sauce for
meat an d vegetables. I have included the cloves in the r ecipe a s an option
for people who want a str ongly garlic pesto. I don’ t use a whole cup (250
mL) of olive oil for this pesto because I like it on the dry side and rather
chunky. Use mor e or less oil to suit your pr efer ence for pesto consistency. MAKES 4 CUPS (1 L)
4 cups (1 L) r oughly chopped garlic scapes
3 to 5 cloves garlic, optional
1/3 cup (75 mL) pine nuts or sunflower seeds
1/3 cup (75 mL) shaved Parmesan cheese
1 cup (250 mL) olive oil (appr ox) sea salt

1. In  a food proc essor, combine scapes, garlic cloves, if using, a nd nuts and
process for 30 se conds. Add Parmesan cheese and process for 10 seconds to
blend. W ith the motor running, add olive oil in a steady stream  through the
opening in the l id until the pest o reaches the desired consistency. Add salt
to taste. 2. Scrape into a clean jar with a lid and refrigerate for up to a week or
freeze in measured amounts for up to 6 months.g a r l i c  s c a p e  p e s t o  p o t a t o e s
Use any r oot vegetable with or  in place of the potatoes in this  r ecipe. It’ s
one of those r ec ipes you don’ t need a r ecipe for