, tree saps, flowers, herbs, fungi, honey, milk,
cheese, eggs, and meat. The diet must be omnivorous or lacto-vegetarian, and it may be derived from both the land
and sea. Domestic foods will form the basis for the diet under
present conditions. Edible wild plants are not essential, but
they do represent accessory foods which can add significantly
to the pleasure and nutritive value of the diet. In terms of total composition, the uncooked diet is thus easy to select, simple
to balance, and available to everyone living under modern
conditions of food production and distribution.

       9
RAW FOOD IN PREPARATION
AND USE
THE PREPARATION of raw food is the most important part of
the culinary art. In the usual cookbook, information on this
subject is restricted almost entirely to the preparation of
salads, and even here many cooked ingredients and irritating condiments often enter the recipes. For those undertaking the
maximum possible use of raw foods, much more knowledge
is required. Salads comprise only a limited part of the total
intake of food in the uncooked dietary. If we are to achieve
maximum benefit from our meals, all other methods of raw food preparation must also be considered. With adequate knowledge covering every phase of this subject, uncooked foods may be prepared easily and quickly. The meals will be
tasty, appetizing, and completely satisfying to the most sensitive palate.

B
ASIC METHODS
   The first step in the preparation of raw plant foods is
thorough washing. This does not mean that vegetables should be soaked in water, for soaking causes some nutrients to pass
into the water, which is then discarded. Green leaves should
be washed quickly but thoroughly. Fruits and leaves which
have been sprayed with insecticides require special attention,
and should be given a more prolonged cleaning, even though this will not remove all spray residue. Root vegetables should
be well scrubbed, but the peelings should not be removed
unless they are tough or bitter or too rough to permit
satisfactory cleaning.
   After cleansing, the methods of raw food preparation may
involve chopping, grating, grinding, pulverizing, mixing,
liquefying, blending, churning, juicing, and freezing. These may be accomplished by hand or by machine methods. This
means that in the kitchen the cookstove will be supplemented
or replaced by appliances designed specifically for the preparation of raw foods. The chopping board, salad bowl,
ice cream freezer, fruit juicer, food grinder, food grater, food
shredder, and chopping knife will be employed as needed.
These can be supplemented or largely replaced by the electric
juicer, electric blender, electric shredder, electric mixer, and electric freezer for those who prefer the time-saving and
work-saving efficiency of modern technical appliances.
   The electric vegetable juicer is one of the most useful
appliances for the kitchen. A number of different types of
such juicers have been manufactured and are readily available
in kitchen-appliance shops. The electric juicer enables you to
make many delicious juices, not only from vegetables, but
also from such fruits as melons, peaches, pears, apples, and
berries. The juices can be made in just a few minutes and
taken in their pure form or mixed in various combinations as
may be considered more palatable. The pulp resulting from the juicing process may be discarded or it may be used in
making additions to salads.
   Juices are also available on a commercial scale, and some
firms maintain a special delivery service to bring the juices
right to the housekeeper's doorstep. While this represents a
definite convenience to some, and is indeed an absolute
necessity for a few, it does not represent the ideal method of obtaining juices. Much of the flavor and most of the enzymes
in juices are lost within 30 minutes after they are made, and
the very peak of palatability and nutritive value is obtained if
the juices are consumed immediately after being extracted.
There is no method of delaying this flavor-destroying oxidation, so we must be prepared to accept some loss in
palatability in all commercial fruit and vegetable juices which
have been prepared long before consumption. Whenever
possible, juices should be extracted immediately to individual order, whether in the sanitarium, the restaurant, or the home.
   Of all implements for use in preparing raw foods, none is of
more all-around value than the electric blender, or liquefier-blender, as it is also called. This machine consists of a small
electric motor in an enclosed  base and a covered quart
container on the base. Four or more blades in the container make thousands of revolutions per minute and instantly cut
all food into fine pieces, mix it with a liquid base, and blend
all ingredients together into a smooth, delicious preparation.
Actually the machine may replace many other common
kitchen implements. It will chop, grate, and grind as well as
mix, liquefy, blend, and churn.
   With the electric blender you can make the most delicious
salad dressings, sauces, puddings, nut milks, and beverages of
all kinds entirely from raw ingredients. All that is needed in
most cases is a liquid base with such solid ingredients as may
be chosen. Such foods as bananas, avocados, and other soft
fruits will semi-liquefy into a smooth consistency with no other base than the fruit itself. Salad dressin
gs are perfectl y emulsified in the blender, and sauces and puddings may be
made with the same ingredients as the beverages except that
the proportion of liquid in relation to solids is reduced in
quantity. Apples, cranberries, and some other fruits are converted instantly into the most delicious sauces. A
combination of fruit juice and nuts or nut butter is quickly
converted into a rich, smooth cream or milk-like drink. A
mixture of fruit juice and crushed ice is turned into the finest
sherbet or frappe. Vegetables are ground up with a liquid base into a semi-liquid salad. Any food may be converted into a
puree suitable for infant feeding or for anyone who cannot
easily chew solid food due to dental defects. All of these
things, and indeed more, may be accomplished with the
electric blender. For the person preparing raw foods in a varied manner, this machine is truly indispensable in saving
time and work.
   It may be accepted that practically all methods of food
preparation which involve a significant change in the physical
state of foods may permit oxidation and thus induce loss of
nutritive factors. Such losses, however, are relatively small
and do not render the food unsuitable for moderate use. Fruit
juices and vegetable juices, as well as various foods prepared
in the electric blender, appear in practice to retain their basic
vital effects upon the human system, and some have been
used with very remarkable success on a therapeutic basis.
Consequently they are all quite valuable in any diet and may form an integral part of the uncooked regime. It may be
pointed out, however, that they should not be used to the
exclusion of unchanged foods except under special conditions for a limited period of time. The teeth and gums need
exercise from chewing hard, crisp foods, and these should be
included liberally in the normal dietary regime. The
preparation of raw foods, as with the grinder, juicer, blender,
or other appliances, may be considered useful and practical as a means of improving the variety, palatability, and enjoyment
of the diet, but it should be used within normal limitations such as common sense will dictate.

H
OW TO SPROUT GRAINS AND LEGUMES
   As sprouted grains and legum es are useful additions to the
uncooked diet, methods for their preparation and use become
important. Mung bean, soy bean, and alfalfa sprouts are
occasionally developed and marketed, but others must at present usually be made in the home. To sprout any seed, it
need only be kept moist and warm. Within a few days the
sprouting process is well developed. A common commercial
method is to soak the seeds in te
pid water for 24 hours and then place them in an incubator held at about 120 degrees F.
for 48 hours or longer. In the home, seeds can be sprouted by
soaking them overnight and placing them in a sterilized
colander or any other sterilized container that has holes for drainage. They are then flooded with lukewarm water three to
six times each day. An ordinary flowerpot may be converted
into a sprouter simply by screening the hole at the bottom.
The screen keeps the seeds in the pot and permits all water to
run out, thus assuring good drainage. You can also put your seeds in an ordinary glass casserole. After they are flooded
with water, simply place cover on casserole, and tip so as to
permit water to run from the outlet. Another popular method
for the home is the fruit jar method. The seeds are placed in
the jar, and a piece of cheesecloth is fastened on the top and held in place with a rubber band. If an open screw top is
available, this may simply be turned on the jar, over the
cheesecloth, thus replacing the rubber band. Or for a still
more practical sprouter, a permanent screen may be fastened
over the open screw top. After the seeds are soaked overnight in the jar, simply invert the jar to remove the water. You can
then pour


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1Checkyourcomplaintiswithinthescopeofthis
book(seepages203-26).
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themontherepertorisingchart(seepage230).
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bythisbook(pages203-26)foradditionalhelpful
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thesideofitbadlyonthetarmac.Sheistemporarily
concussed.Abottleoflemonadeshewascarryinghas
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page27).
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hand.
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handisverybadthenprescribeforthat(andthe
remedyyouwillprobablyneedtogiveisHypericum-
seeRepertory)evenifitisonlyafewhoursafterher
lastdoseofArnica.Repeatthisremedyuntilthepains
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 consist of any raw vegetables.
(See
 additional salad
suggestions among recipes in
Module 7.9
.)

Between Meal Juice
See
 recommended juices.

Dinner
Choose one.

1
.
Large Salad
2
.
Fruit
3
.
Melon
Salad may consist of any raw vegetables.
(See
 additional salad
suggestions among recipes in
Module 7.9
.)

Snacks
In between meals, snacks must consist of fresh fruits, raw vegetables, and
fruit or vegetable juices only.

Recommended Juices
Vegetable juices:

carrot, spinach, parsley, dandelion greens. (
See

Module 7.7
, which
follows, for more juice combination suggestions.)

Fruit juices:
grape, apple, pear, fresh-squeezed orange or lemon. I do not recommend
pineapple juice (bottled), cranberry juice or prune juice.

MODULE 7.7
Raw Fruit and Vegetable Juices

The highest nutritional and electrical-energy foods on the planet are fresh raw
fruits, vegetables, herbs, seaweeds, nuts and seeds. These are the foods for
humans. It is essential that you eat at least 80 percent of your diet from fresh,
ripe, raw, fruits and vegetables. These foods carry the power of life in them.
They are full of enzymes, vitamins, minerals (tissue salts), amino acids,
antioxidants, simple sugars, water, electricity and much more. However,
being frugivores, the fruits and nuts are more suited for us. Remember, the
human gastrointestinal tract is only twelve times the length of the spine,
whereas an herbivore’s GI tract is thirty times the length of its spine.
Herbivores also have numerous stomachs because vegetable fibers are much
more difficult to break down than fruit fibers.
Fruit fiber is the easiest fiber for our GI tract to handle, consequently it
keeps our intestinal walls clean. Because the energy from fruits is much
higher than that of vegetables, the power to enhance the nervous system is
higher. This increases bowel peristalsis, as well. Vegetables, on the other
hand, have more minerals, chlorophyll and amino acids, which are great in
building up a depleted body. You’ve probably observed that children will eat
fruits long before they will eat their vegetables.
By now in our society practically everyone has heard of, or tasted,
freshly-made vegetable or fruit juice. This is thanks to Norman W. Walker,
Paul Bragg, Herbert M. Shelten, Bernard Jensen, and “The Juice Man,” a few
of the pioneers and practitioners of juicing for health.
If you are weakened or depleted, especially in the digestive tract, or if
you
do
 not want high fiber but do want nutrition, juicing is the answer.
Juicing takes the fiber out of the food and gives you all the rest in a drinkable
form, thus bringing concentrated power to your body. While you might only
eat one whole carrot, you can drink the juice of five or six carrots. Theimportance of this in cancer, injuries, or any disease or depletion issue is
obvious.
When you’re healthy, drinking fresh raw juices just makes you healthier.
It is important to realize, however, that raw roughage from fruits and
vegetables is essential for good bowel health. When refined grains, mixed
with other cooked foods and meats became the staple diet in the U.S., bowel
cancer in this country went from being the fourth highest incidence of cancer
to being the first. Currently it is #2, only surpassed by lung cancer.
Thirty years ago I used to fight the medical establishment over the
importance of fiber. Their claims were that my program damaged and
irritated conditions like gastritis, enteritis, colitis or diverticulitis. They didn’t
realize that the reason for these inflammatory conditions, including the
“pocketing” of the intestines, was from a lack of fiber. Nowadays however,
most doctors realize the importance of fruit and vegetable fiber. Grain fiber,
on the other hand, can be too rough for our GI tract. We learned that by
using too much bran in the 1960s and 70s.
There are many books on the market on vegetable and fruit juices. I
recommend, The
Complete Book of Fresh Vegetable and Fruit Juices
 by NW.
Walker;
Juicing
 by Michael T. Murray; and
Juicing Therapy
 by my friend
Bernard Jensen, Ph.D. Keep it simple, but do explore and enjoy the
tremendous power of these juices.
I would suggest at least two to four 10-ounce glasses of vegetable or fruit
juice a day, along with a raw food diet. The best time to prepare fresh juice is
just before you intend to drink it. However, in our busy society, I find people
get
tired of juicing because of the clean-up issues. I suggest juicing for the
whole day storing the juice in a glass container, and keeping it in the
refrigerator for no more than two days.
Please refer back to
Chapter 6
,
Modules 6.7
 and
6.8
, and read about juice
fasting for more encouragement about the tremendous benefits of juices.
Remember fruit juices are great brain, nerve and glandular foods. They are
the cleansers of the body as well. Vegetable juices rebuild the structure of the
body especially bone, muscle and connective tissue.
Your body will go through cycles in which you will crave fruit juices
and fruits only. Then there will be a time when your body craves vegetable
juices and vegetables. Listen and flow with these cravings. The body knows
what it is doing and what it needs. One of our greatest shortcomings is that
we don’t listen. People don’t listen to God or to their own bodies. We thinkthat the mind and emotions control us. However, these are only conditioned
tools that we can use to create our lives. Tradition, social belief systems of
right or wrong, our schooling, and the like, are what condition the mind and
the emotions. Today, especially, with major corporations and associations
focusing on money and control, we are taught and sold a toxic way of life.
Become free and return to God’s way of vitality and vibrancy.
Juicing is an art and somewhat of a science. Read, learn and keep it
simple. Enjoy the way these juices rebuild and cleanse the body. You will
find you can’t live without them. Find yourself an easy-to-clean juicer (like
the Champion® brand) and start juicing now.

“
Power House
”
 Juice Suggestions
Two of the best single-fruit juices are grape juice and apple juice. These will
supply loads of calcium, while they clean the liver and kidneys, and feed the
nerves and glandular system.
GRAPE JUICE
Juice the seeds and stems, too.
Effects: Tumor buster; lymph stimulation; free-radical eliminator; toxicity
removal, including heavy metals and minerals.
Strengthens the heart and vascular system.
APPLE JUICE
Effects: Enzyme-rich juice aids digestion; supplies amino acids; a free-radical
eliminator; strengthens the body.
VEGETABLE JUICE COMBINATIONS
The following vegetable juice combinations are power packed for the liver,
kidneys and adrenals. They are also high in electrolytes, including calcium,
magnesium, potassium and sodium. These drinks are rich in chlorophyll
(“plant blood” or “green blood”) for purifying the blood and lymphatic
system. Chlorophyll is one of nature’s best heavy-metal and chemicaldetoxifiers.
Carrot + Beet + Parsley
Carrot + Beet + Spinach
Carrot + Alfalfa Sprouts + Parsley
Carrots + Spinach + Celery + Parsley
Wheat grass + Alfalfa sprouts
Juicing cabbage and the cruciferous vegetables is very beneficial for
cancer cases.

MODULE 7.8
Beans and Grains: Good or Bad?

Beans and grains are dormant foods. Enzyme inhibitors block the
germination process by blocking enzyme action, which allows for long-term
storage without spoilage. Even though beans are more protein-rich and grains
are starches, they are both acid-forming and very hard to digest. I have
always said that it takes more of your body’s systemic energy to digest,
assimilate and excrete these foods than they give back to you. Simply put,
they rob the body of energy in the final analysis.
Why do we give grains to hogs and cattle? To fatten them up. And these
foods will do the same to you. Dried beans and grains are very concentrated,
making digestion long and difficult. It is also possible that the enzyme
inhibitors will affect your body’s enzyme action.
Sprout For Life
If you
sprout beans or grains
 you release the “life force” within them—the
enzymes. Their nutritional content then becomes more balanced and more
usable by the body. They become chlorophyll rich. Chlorophyll has been
called “green blood,” as its composition is close to that of human blood. Not
only does it give you energy, but it also acts like an antioxidant, removing
toxic metals and mucus from the body. Read:
Love Your Body
 and
Survival
into the 21st Century
 by Viktoras Kulvinskas; and
Sprouts
 by Kathleen
O’Bannon, CNC.
If you want true bodily vitality and regeneration


 Student  of the "I AM,"  who  has been  in
This  Understanding  one  year  and  is really  in earnest,  who 173 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
has not stepped  up a receptivity  of the Vibratory  Action  of
his or her brain,  more  than  fifty  percent  in one  year!  That
ought  to be encouraging.  It is True!  It is Absolutely  True!
The various  habits  of mankind  which  have  made  the
brain  structure  dense,  must  be discontinued.  They  are alco-
holic  beverages,  narcotics  and  smoke.  Smoke  is worse  than
other  kinds  of use of tobacco  in that  respect;  for the smoke
penetrates  the fine  cells  of the brain;  and  if beloved  man-
kind  knew  what  inhaling  smoke  did,  the people  certainly
never  would  do it the second  time.  These  qualities  Individ-
uals have  drawn  into  themselves  from  the  appearance
world;  by the activity  of the sinister  force,  who  wanted  to
make  the brain  so dense,  that  mankind  could  not receive
the Divine  Direction  from  the Presence.
Another  activity  is the waste  of the sex energy,  which
draws  from  the brain,  the Illuminating  Power  which  would
cause  it to vibrate  more  rapidly.  Then,  the density  comes
also from  meat  in the system.  Too  much  starch  also  makes
it dense.  Those  are the five  particular  activities,  which  have
created  greater  density  in the brain  structure  of mankind;
to prevent  it vibrating  rapidly  enough,  to receive  clearly
and definitely  from  the  Higher  Mental  Body,  whatever
would  set the people  Free,  like  that,  (wave  of hand)
These  are actual  Laws  which  you  are compelled  to live
in and  under.  If Individuals  wish  to correct  these  conditions
themselves,  if they  have  made  these  mistakes;  then  We are
ready  to give  Every  Assistance  Possible.  We never  judge  or
condemn  mankind;  but  remember,  Beloved  Ones,  you DISCOURSE  VIII  151
must  be strong  in your  stand  with  your  Presence;  because  of
your  own  human  creations;  because  of the  mass  atmo-
spheric  pressure  of all mankind  in which  you  are constantly
moving.
It is why  one  has to be strong  in the Acceptance  of and
holding  fast to the "I AM  Presence";  and  it is why  the Prog-
ress and  Expansion  of the Light  of the Messengers  has been
so Tremendous;  BECAUSE  THEY  WERE  FIRM  AND
DETERMINED.  After  Beloved  Saint  Germain  explained
to them  what  was  required,  they  were  dynamite  in standing
guard  over  their  own  worlds.  They  made  such  Dynamic
Application,  as you could  scarcely  imagine;  but that  is what
is required.  At first,  you  must  necessarily  make  firm  De-
termined,  Dynamic  Application.  Then,  you  will  soon  break
thru,  dissolve  and  consume  the  accumulation  of discord
about  you,  which  has prevented  your  Freedom.
Beloved  Ones,  when  such  a Wonderful  Condition  exists,
as is here  in this  room,  We  just  long  to take  you  in Our
Arms  and  hold  you  there  for a few  moments;  until  every
vestige  of everything  which  has  ever  been  accumulated,  is
dissolved  and  you  stand  Free!  How  We  long  to do it; but
mankind  must  thru  its own  Application  set Individuals
Free!  Wherever  the effort  is in earnest,  We  will  give  As-
sistance  to the limit.  Never  doubt  that,  Beloved  Ones.  You
are never  alone  when  you  have  entered  This  Stream  of
Light;  never  in the world,  because  some  of Us are always
watching  over,  to see where  Assistance  is needed,  for We
know  far better  than  you,  when  It is needed. 152 THE  "I AW  DISCOURSES
Tonight  in this  most  delightful  hour,  may  you  feel  the
Full Release  of all that  is yours!  I say to you:  do not longer
accept  any  limitation!  The  Power  of your  "Mighty  I AM
Presence"  take  command  of you  and  your  world!  Silence
the human  within  each  one!  Cause  it to be obedient  to the
Great  Law  of Life!  Cause  it to cease  forever,  requalifying
this Pure,  Perfect  Energy  which  flows  forth  from  the Pres-
ence  and  into  your  body,  with  any  discordant  feeling.  Take
command  of each  body,  "Mighty  I AM  Presence"  tonight!
Hold  the human  so calm  and  serene,  Joyful  and  filled  with
the Great  Loving  Harmony  and  Blessing;  that  Its Energy
flows  forth  just  like  a Mighty  River,  performing  Its Purify-
ing Service!  Then,  let It go out into  your  world,  harmoniz-
ing everything  and  bringing  the  Release  of everything
which  is required.
I charge  your  Higher  Mental  Body,  every  one,  tonight,
from  this  moment—to  stand  guard  over  these  bodies,  with
such  Invincible  Power  that  no longer  is the human  discord-
ant. No  longer,  does  it accept  the  appearance  world  of
discord  and  limitations;  but  in the Great  Calm  Serenity,
thru  calling  to the Presence;  receive  Its Out-pouring  Limit-
lessly  in Its action  to produce  Health,  Harmony,  Joy,  Cour-
age and  Strength  in the body.  It goes  out into  the world  of
each  one,  producing  Its Harmonizing  Activity;  Its Success-
ful Achievement  and  filling  each  one  with  the Conscious
Power  of his or her own  "Mighty  I AM  Presence."  Keep  It
flowing  forth  with  Its Mighty  Directing  Intelligence,  which
makes  no mistakes. DISCOURSE  VIII  153
"Mighty  I AM  Presence"!  tonight,  assert  Your  Dominion
in every  one!  Glorify  Yourself  in Your  Expression  thru
mankind  without  limit!  To those  who  are in this  room  to-
night,  for which  a Special  Service  can be rendered,  see It is
rendered  this  hour!
In the Fulness  of Our  Love  and  Blessings,  the Host  of
Ascended  Masters,  the Legion  of Light  and  the Great  Cos-
mic Beings,  release  into  the world  of these  Blessed  Ones—
the Courage  and  Strength,  Self-control  and  Dominion.
There  they  can  give  co-operation  to the Law  of Life,  the
"Mighty  I AM  Presence"—which  will  enable  It to release
quickly,  Its Mighty  Power  of the Violet  Consuming  Flame;
to dissolve  and  consume  every  vestige  of human  creation
about  them.  By Its Mighty  Directing  Intelligence,  pour
forth  Its Mighty  Intelligent  Direction  and  show  them  the
Way  of Life  which  the Presence  is!
Our Love  enfolds  you  always  unto  your  Freedom  and
Ascension.  Try  to accept  even  your  Ascension  as Real  now!
for the Final  Goal  of all pilgrimage  upon  Earth,  is your
Ascension,  all of which  is as practical  as anything  in your
outer  world.  Try  to feel  all of This  Great  Reality  of Free-
dom.  Live  in It! Be it! Then  see how  quickly,


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Body Signs of Potassium Deficiency (chart) .................. 236
Avoid These Processed, Refined, Harmful Foods (list)........... 237
The Miracles of Apple Cider Vinegar (list) ................... 238
Chapter 30: Mother Nature Knows No Mercy ......... 239
Mother Nature Wants Us Clean & Healthy ..................240Which Kind of Person are You? ............................240Alternative Health Therapies ......................... 241-244Boron – Miracle Trace Mineral for Healthy Bones .............246Miraculous Testimonials ............................. 247-249Index ............................................ 251-253Bragg Health Books (
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Contents
If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I would
say books (Bible, etc.),  friends and nature; and the greatest, the most
constant and always at hand is nature. –  John BurroughsNature never makes any fuss, and yet it does everything. – Lao-tzuLiving in harmony with God and Mother Nature is living totally alive,
full of vitality, health, joy, power, love, and abundance on every level.xi
Throughout history and
in the Bible, fasting has long
been promoted as a spiritual
means for intensifyingprayer and your faith. You
can reap great spiritual
blessings with your fastingand prayer. Those who
knew the secrets and the
great benefits of fasting as avital dimension in God
include Jesus, Apostle Paul,
early church leaders, Daniel,Elijah, Ezra, Esther, Job,
David, Hannah, Isaiah,
Zachariah and many others.
Prominent fasters in Christian history include John Calvin,
Martin Luther, John Knox, John Wesley, David Brainard,
George Muller, and hundreds of church pioneers. Theydiscovered abstaining from food not only freed themto focus upon God with fresh intensity, but also opened
avenues of spiritual perception and understanding that
were not available during routine living. They found as theyfocused upon God with deliberate discipline and prayer,
God focused upon them with clarity of direction and
quickening of spirit.  They could partake of God more easilywhen all else was set aside. Fasting Brings Great Spiritual,
Mental, Emotional and Physical Health Miracles!Patricia Bragg is a 100%  dedicated Health
Crusader with a passion, like her father
and a living example of The Bragg Healthy
Lifestyle. She speaks on radio, TV and atconventions, prisons, schools, colleges,churches and seminars around the world.
The freedom and ease you experience during fasting enables you to
discover new undreamed of depths to the meaning of life. – Herbert SheltonFasting Brings Great Health Miracles!
A teacher for the day can be a guiding light for a lifetime!
Bragg Books are silent health teachers – never tiring, ready night or day
to help you help yourself to health!  Our books are written with love anda deep desire to guide you to healthy lifestyle living.  – Patricia Bragg
With fasting the head is clearer, the health is better, the heart
is lighter, the purse is heavier and the soul is renewed.
– Scottish clergyman on fasting, circa 1800.xii
Thou shall respect and protect thy body as the
highest manifestation of thy life.
Thou shall abstain from all unnatural, devitalized
foods and stimulating beverages.
Thou shall nourish thy body with only natural
unprocessed, live foods, that...
Thou shall extend thy years in health for loving,
sharing with others and charitable service.
Thou shall regenerate thy body by the right balance
of  activity and rest.
Thou shall purify thy cells, tissue and blood with
healthy foods, pure water, clean air and sunshine.
Thou shall abstain from all food when out of sorts
in mind or body.
Thou shall keep all thoughts, words and emotions
pure, calm, good, loving and uplifting.
Thou shall increase thy knowledge of Nature's Laws,
     follow them, and enjoy the fruits of thy life's labor.
Thou shall lift up thyself, friends and family by obedience
     to Mother Nature’s and God's Healthy,  Natural Laws of  Living.Visit Patricia & her Father & Bragg Books at their
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TEN HEALTH COMMANDMENTS
•  Read, plan, plot, and follow through for supreme health and longevity.
•  Underline, highlight or dog-ear pages as you read important passages.
•  Organizing your lifestyle helps you identify what's important in your life.
•  Be faithful to your health goals everyday for a healthy, long, happy life.
•  Where space allows we include “words of wisdom” from great minds
       to motivate and inspire you. Please share your favorite sayings with us.
•  Do write us about your successes following The Miracle of Fasting.Bragg Healthy Lifestyle Plan
Open your eyes so you may behold wondrous things out of thy law. – Psalm 119:18and1
Note: My father and I wrote this book together. However, because my
father is both my mentor and the American Pioneer of Fasting – with long yearsof experience overseeing the fasting of thousands of students withmiraculous results – this text is mostly presented in his voice. – Patricia Bragg
“Yet even now”, says the Lord, “return to meI have found a perfect health, a new state of existence, a feeling
of purity and happiness, something unknown to humans!
– Novelist Upton Sinclair, a frequent fasterThe Miracle of Fasting
Helps You Enjoy a Super Charged,
Healthy, Happy Long Life
Every thinking person must at one time or another
say to himself, “Am I getting the most out of life?” Thegreat comedian, Ed Wynn said, “Without your health,riches, possessions and fame are all mud.” What is aman without health, even though endowed with richesand fame? Riches cannot buy health and happiness. Justbecause a person has achieved fame, it does not followthat he is healthy and happy!
I do not discredit success and riches! I think money
and possessions have a place in our lives. Physicalcomforts and luxuries are important to most people. Takeaway a man’s wealth and give him only health and hisfirst desire will be the return of his riches.
However with both achieved, a word remains which
we hate to utter; a thought we dread to contemplate; athing which gives sorrow, pain and grief. That word,that thought, that thing, is death! Even in cases wherelife appears a burden, how tenaciously does man clingto it! How the spirit recoils from a struggle with death!How fondly it retains its grasp on life! Man’s great desireis for health and long life on earth; “Man clings to theworld as his home, and would want to live here forever,
if he had health and long-lasting youthfulness.”Chapter 12
If you would imitate Nature, you should take her simplicity for your model.
– M. SendibogiusLife is Precious – It’s the Treasure of TreasuresBragg Motto – I Love Life and I Want to Live!
At our Bragg Health Crusade lectures, I often sing
my favorite song – called “I Love Life, and I Want to
Live”– for my students. These strong words express theinner desires of each one of us. Life in itself is a miracle!
And you and I who have precious life are holding this
miracle in the palms of our hands to treasure and protect.
Since Adam and Eve lived in that historic Garden of
Eden, the prolongation of human life has been and still
is mankind’s biggest challenge! The Persian and Greek
sages, in the centuries before Christ, summoned theirintellectual forces to solve it in vain. The scholars of the
Medieval Ages pursued it zealously, but again were
stymied. Today, in this fast-paced space age, everyintelligent person deep in their heart and soul wants to
live a healthy, long life. Most lack the proper health
knowledge – the true key to a long, active, healthy life!
By following my mentors – Mother Nature’s and
God’s Natural Laws, I invented the Bragg Healthy
Lifestyle. Follow it and you can live to a healthy, active,
advanced age! Every person owes it to himself, hisrelatives, his friends and his country to take care of his
health! This will make him a valued, active


 and at each stage of giving birth a new
exclamation of discovery emer ged. First She experienced Herself as
existence (“I am!”), then creative joy (“I am blissful!”), pulsing desire (“I
will!”), cosmic mind (“I know!” ), and finally the shaping force that molds
all things (“I act!”). Because none of these except “I am” had ever existed
before, each came as a revelation.
All of these qualities have universal application. It so happens that the
vocabulary comes from the Shiva/Shakti tradition, but any flow of spirit—
from lover to lover, from an artist’ s hand to her canvas, from a musician to
his instrument—can express spiritual power. A brown autumn landscape
under overcast skies sounds drab, but if painted by Rembrandt it has
tremendous Shakti—his kriya, or action, is connected to spirit.Shakespeare’ s plays are quiet on the page, but in the hands of an Olivier or
a Gielgud, the Shakti pouring from the stage is electric.
A sacred marriage would also derive its passion and energy from the five
Shaktis, and in the same order as God Herself discovered them. Setting
your spiritual priorities straight means preserving being first and action last.
Being  in this case means identifying with spirit; action  means identifying
with career, accomplishment, and the daily give-and-take of life. “I am”
comes first because it makes the present moment the most perfect time to be
alive. “I am blissful” makes it possible to celebrate life from a joyful heart.
“I will” makes cherished desires  come true. “I know” allows total trust and
self-acceptance, and “I act” makes creativity the purpose of every day.
These five powers form a cascade, spilling like water from unmanifest
spirit to the material world. Tagore employed almost the same analogy
when he poetically asked, “Wh ere is this fountain that throw s out these
flowers in such a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?” In one beautiful line he
states the mystery precisely. What is the origin of the infinite display of
nature’ s abundance? The flowers are outside, but the fountain is inside, in
divine essence. To realize this you must become that fountain ; you must
have the assurance that the flow of life can gush through your being at full
force. This state of connection is supreme existence. When you join the
cosmic dance, the powers of God as creator -mother fully infuse you.
Now let’ s look at each of these powers in turn.
Chitta.
Chitta is God’ s awareness in its simplest form. When your mind is not
occupied with thoughts and emotions, it rests in itself alone. Simple
awareness is a divine quality, because in chitta the distractions that disguise
spirit are stripped away. In place of complex issues and conflicts, you
perceive love as the only reality. You see that you have always been
nourished and supported; you no longer need to justify your existence.
God’ s most primal quality is this silence and self-suf ficiency, needing
nothing else. If we think of creation as a vibrating string anchored at a fixed
point, the fixed point is here. Chitta simply is.
Ananda.
Ananda is considered the first quality of God to manifest in creation out
of primo rdial silence. Her bliss, love, and peace are the subtlest and yet themost powerful of Shakti’ s creative powers. Grasping this fact is a
tremendous spiritual insight. Ananda gives the solution to all suffering, for
instead of having to struggle against pain, any person can go within and
find a level of awareness that suffering cannot reach. Ananda is the
untroubled face of God. When you realize this aspect of spirit in yourself,
unconditional love comes as naturally as breathing.
Icha.
There is a beautiful saying in the Shiva tradition that God created the
world out of “His sweet will,” which was gifted into Shakti’ s hands. The
Sanskrit word for will is icha, which also means “desire” or “intention.”
Will is the next level to emer ge from bliss, because when you are full of joy,
anything you intend or desire must be aligned with the divine. At this level
there is no question of wrong desires or willful behavior that can harm
yourself or anyone else. God can be compared to someone looking in a
mirror that surro unds her on all sides, so that everywhere she gazes she sees
her own reflecti on. There is nothing outside this to see, therefore anything
God creates is just a modified form of Her own bliss. Icha is like the bow
that shoots life outward, giving it a loving purpose and direction.
Gyana.
Knowledge abou t God is of two kinds, direct and indirect. Indirectly we
can read scriptures, listen to sermons, consult authorities, and from these
sources build a reasonable case that God exists. But such a God transmits
no love to earth. Therefore nothing substitutes for gyana, which is direct
knowledge of the divine. Instea d of having thoughts about God, you share
God’ s own thoughts. Her thoughts can only be about Herself. This isn’t
cosmic self-centeredness, however. It confirms the fact that spiritual
knowledge is essential; truth, trust, devotion, and love are inside our
thoughts. Gyana is the mind in communion with spirit.
Kriya.
The last Shakti is the most visible. When God acted She brought the
material world into existence. Although both words mean “action,” kriya  is
not the same as karma.  Karma is action  born of cause and effect; it is action
that reinforces separation. Kriya is action inspired by spirit; it abolishesseparation and brings communion. In India a holy person who has entered a
trance would be exhibiting a kriya; the inspired words from his mouth, his
hand gestures, facial expression s, and even breathing would also be kriyas.
Vedic scriptures contain thousands of descriptions detailing exactly which
inward state is signified by which kriya (the smile of the Buddha and his
uplifted hand with thumb and forefinger touching are just two examples).
But in a broader sense the chan ge of behavior exhibited by someone who
has realized God, turning from violence to peace, from conflict  to serenity,
from egoism to altruism, is taking place in the realm of kriya. This is the
last cascade of the divine into creation. The stillness of pure awareness
cascades into bliss, bliss into will, will into knowledge, and finally
knowledge into action. The fivefold nature of Shakti has revealed itself
completely.
THE SILENCE OF  SHIVA
If our cultural background makes it hard to see Shakti as feminine, the
silence of Shiva—motionless, uncaused, ineffable, nonattached —hardly
seems to us the model of mascu line power. Masculine power isn’t the same
as male behavior, however. The aggressiveness of a warrior doesn’ t
correspond to Shiva, who has no need to intrude, conquer, overcome,
acquire, or compete. Although he is called “destroyer of worlds” in the
Bhagavad-Gita, what is meant is that Shiva absorbs the universe back into
himself at the end of creation. This isn’t a violent act, any more than it is
violent for your brain to reabsorb the neurochemicals that form ed your last
thought; in both cases the found ation for a new creation, a new thought, has
been laid.
Shiva is at least a familiar name in the West, known to be one of the three
primal gods of India, along with Brahma and Vishnu. Each was conceived
as a particular form of the divine: Brahma is the creator of the universe,
Vishnu the maintainer, and Shiva the destroyer. It would be a mistake,
though, as I just explained, to think of Shiva as some kind of apocalyptic
avenger, or even as a being outside ourselves.
God is within, and the three-part division of the divine is only an image
or metaphor for something that cannot be divided. By analogy consider how
an image, such as the face of someone you love, arises in your mind. Theimage is created, maintains itself for an instant, then disappears. We could
therefore divide  the mind into creator, maintainer, and destroyer, but the
actual experience of thinking is continuous and unbroken.
So it is with spirit, which is always experienced as wholeness, but unlike
the mind, spirit cannot be assigned a place the way we conveniently assign
mind to the brain. God is neithe r here nor there, inside nor outside. Shiva is
best understood as omnipresence, a silent awareness that permeates
everything. Of the threefold gods only Shiva is equated with God because
God is all-pervading.
In the setup of things Shiva was given Shakti to carry out the process of
physical creation. This is strikingly evocative of the way the code of life is
packaged in each cell of your body. It exists as DNA, which is silent,
inactive, and out of sight, but also as its biochemical twin, RNA, which
emer ged out of DNA to carry out all the cellular processes that actually
build the body


• Your gray hairs are an asset
Don’t ever quit a job and say, “I am retired; I am old; I am
finished.” That would be stagnation, death, and you would be finished.
Some men are old at 30, while others are young at 80. The mind is t he
master weaver, the architect, the designer, and the sculptor. George
Bernard Shaw was active at 90, and the artistic quality of his mind had
not relaxed from active duty.
I meet men and women who tell me that some employers almost
slam the door in their faces when they say they are over 40. This
attitude on the part of the employers is to be considered cold, c allous,
evil, and completely void of compas-sion and understanding. The total
emphasis seems to be on youth, i.e., you must be under 35 years of
age to receive con-sideration. The reasoning behind this is ce rtainly
very shallow. If the employer would stop and think, he would realiz e
that the man or woman was not selling his age or gray hair, rat her, he
was willing to give of his talents, his experience, and his w is-dom
gathered through years of experience in the market place of life.
• Age is an asset
Your age should be a distinct asset to any organization, because of
your practice and application through the years of the princi ples of the
Golden Rule and the law of love and good will. Your gray hair, if you
have any, should stand for greater wisdom, skill, and understandi ng.
Your emotional and spiritual maturity should be a tremendous
blessing to any organization.
A man should not be asked to resign when he is 65 years of age.
That is the time of life when he could be most useful in handling
personnel problems, making plans for the future, making decis ions,
and guiding others in the realm of creative ideas based on his
experience and insight into the nature of the business.

 214   • Be your age
A motion-picture writer in Hollywood told me that he had to write
scripts, which would cater to the twelve-year-old mind.
This is a tragic state of affairs if the great masses  of people are
expected to become emotionally and spiritually mature. It me ans that
the emphasis is placed on youth in spite of the fact that yout h stands
for inexperience, lack of discernment, and hasty judgment.
• I can keep up with the best of them
I am now thinking of a man 65 years of age who is trying frantic ally
to keep young. He swims with young men every Sun-day, goes on
long hikes, plays tennis, and boasts of his prowess and physical
powers, saying, “Look, I can keep up with the best of them!”
He should remember the great truth: As a man thinketh in his heart,
so is he. PROV. 23:7.
Diets, exercises, and games of all kinds will not keep this  man
young. It is necessary for him to observe that he grows old  or remains
young in accordance with his processes of think-ing. Your
subconscious mind is conditioned by your thoughts. If your thoughts
are constantly on the beautiful, the noble, and the good, you will
remain young regardless of the chronological years.
• Fear of old age
Job said, The thing which I greatly feared is come upon me. There
are many people who fear old age and are uncertain about the fu ture,
because they anticipate mental and physical deterioration as  the years
advance. What they think and feel comes to pass.
You grow old when you lose interest in life, when you cease to
dream, to hunger after new truths, and to search for new worlds to
conquer. When your mind is open to new ideas, new interests, and
when you raise the curtain and let in the sunshine and inspira tion of
new truths of life and the universe, you will be young and vital.

 215  • You Lave much to give
If you are 65 or 95 years of age, realize you have much to give. You
can help stabilize, advise, and direct the younger generation. You  can
give the benefit of your knowledge, your experience, and your
wisdom. You can always look ahead for at all times you are gazi ng
into infinite life. You will find that you can never cease to unveil  the
glories and wonders of life. Try to learn something new every  moment
of the day, and you will find your mind will always be young.
• One hundred and ten years old
Some years ago while lecturing in Bombay, India, I was introduced
to a man who said he was 110 years old. He had the most beautiful
face I have ever seen. He seemed trans-figured by the ra diance of an
inner light. There was a rare beauty in his eyes indicating he  had
grown old in years with gladness and with no indication that his mind
had dimmed its lights.
• Retirement is a new venture
Be sure that your mind never retires. It must be like a para chute,
which is no good unless it opens up. Be open and receptive to new
ideas. I have seen men of 65 and 70 retire. They seemed to rot a way,
and in a few months passed on. They obviously felt that life was  at an
end.
Retirement can be a new venture, a new challenge, a new pa th, the
beginning of the fulfillment of a long dream. It is inexpressib ly
depressing to hear a man say, “What shall I do now that I am re tired?”
He is saying in effect, “I am mentally and physically dead. My mind is
bankrupt of ideas.”
All this is a false picture. The real truth is that y ou can accomplish
more at 90 than you did at 60, because each day you are growing i n
wisdom and understanding of life and the universe through your new
studies and interest.

 216  • He graduated to a better job
An executive, who lives near me, was forced to retire a few m onths
ago because he had reached the age of 65. He said to me, “I l ook upon
my retirement as promotion from kinder-garten to the first gr ade.” He
philosophized in this manner: He said that when he left high s chool,
he went up the ladder by going to college. He realized this was a step
forward in his education and understanding of life in general.
Likewise, he added, now he could do the things he had always wan ted
to do, and therefore, his retirement was still another step  forward on
the ladder of life and wisdom.
He came to the wise conclusion that he was no longer going t o
concentrate on making a living. Now he was going to give all hi s
attention to living life. He is an amateur photog-rapher, and he took
additional courses on the subject. He took a trip around the wor ld and
took movies of famous places. He now lectures before various  groups,
lodges, and clubs, and is in popular demand.
There are countless ways of taking an interest in some-thing
worthwhile outside yourself. Become enthusiastic over new creat ive
ideas, make spiritual progress, and continue to learn and to gr ow. In
this manner you remain young in heart, because you are hungering
and thirsting after new truths, and your body will reflect your t hinking
at all times.
• You must be a producer and not a prisoner of society
The newspapers are taking cognizance of the fact that the voti ng
population of the elderly in California elections is increas -ing by leaps
and bounds. This means that their voices will be heard in the
legislature of the state and also in the halls of Con-gre ss. I believe
there will be enacted a federal law prohibiting employers  from
discrimination against men and women because of age.
A man of 65 years may be younger mentally, physically, and
physiologically than many men at 30. It is stupid and ridicu-lous  to
tell a man he cannot be hired because he is over 40. It is like  saying to
him that he is ready for the scrap heap or the junk pile.
 217  What is a man of 40 or over to do? Must he bury his talents and hide
his light under a bushel? Men, who are deprived and prevented from
working because of age must be sustained by government tre asuries at
county, state, and federal levels. The many organizations who refuse
to hire them and benefit from their wisdom and experience will b e
taxed to support them. This is a form of financial suicide.
Man is here to enjoy the fruit of his labor, and he is here to b e a
producer and not a prisoner of society, which compels him to idleness.
Man’s body slows down gradually as he advances through the years,
but his conscious mind can be made much more active, alert, aliv e,
and quickened by the inspiration from his subconscious mind. His
mind, in reality, never grows old. Job said, Oh that I were as in
months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle
shined upon my head, and when by his


 Fanaticism,
bigotry, stupidity, and commercialism are the principal
elements in the dietetic complex that is now belaboring the
public.

   Cures are what the people want, and cures are what
doctors and cultists affect to make; but at most only relief is
given.

   The periodicity which characterizes al l functional
derangements of the body lends color to the claims of cure -
mongers that their remedy has cured their patients, when
the truth is that the so -called disease “ran its course.” The
truth is that the so -called disease was a toxemic crisis, and
when the toxin was eliminated below the toleration point,
the sickness passed —automatically health returned. But the
disease was not cured; for the cause (enervating habits) is
continued, toxin still accumulates, and in due course of
time another crisis appea rs. Unless the cause of Toxemia is
discovered and removed, crises will recur until functional
derangements will give way to organic disease.

    The entire profession is engaged in doctoring crises of
Toxemia —curing (?) and curing (?) until overtaken wit h
chronic disease of whatever organ was the seat of the toxin
crises.

THERE ARE NO CURES

   Nature returns to normal when enervating habits are
given up. There are no cures in the sense generally
understood. If one has a tobacco heart, what is the rem edy?
Stop the use of tobacco, of course. If the heart is worn out
from shock, as we see it among gamblers, or among men
who are plunging in the stock market, what will cure?
Drugs? No! Removing the cause.

   Every so -called disease is built within the mi nd and body
by enervating habits. The food and dietetic insanity that
constitutes the headliner on the medical stage just now is
causing the people to demand a diet that will cure them of
their peculiar maladies. The idea prevails that some
peculiar diet w ill cure rheumatism or any other disease.
Diet or food will not cure any disease.

   A fast, rest in bed, and the giving -up of enervating habits,
mental and physical, will allow nature to eliminate the accumulated toxin; then, if enervating habits are gi ven up,
and rational living habits adopted, health will come back to
stay, if the one CURED will “stay put.” This applies to any
so-called disease. Yes, it fits your disease —you who write
to find out if the Tilden system of cure applies to your case.
Yes; cannot you realize that law and order pervades the
universe? And it is the same from nebula to stone, from
stone to plant, from plant to animal, from animal to man,
from man to mind, and from mind to super -mind—God. To
use a blanket expression: Law and ord er pervades the
universe, the same yesterday, today and forever, and is the
same from star -dust to mind —from electron to mind.
Toxemia explains how the universal law operates in health
and disease. One disease is the same as another; one man
the same as an other; one flower the same as another; the
carbon in bread, sugar, coal, and the diamond is the same.
Yes, one disease can be cured (?) the same as another,
unless the organ acted on by toxemic crises is destroyed.

   For example: If wrong eating is pers isted in, the acid
fermentation first irritates the mucous membrane of the
stomach; the irritation becomes inflammation, then
ulceration, then thickening and hardening, which ends in
cancer at last. The medical world is struggling to find the
cause of canc er. It is the distal end of an inflammatory
process whose proximal beginning may be any irritation. The end is degeneration from a lack of oxygen and
nutriment, and, in degenerating, the septic material enters
the circulation, setting up chronic septic poi soning called
cancer cachexia.

   Disease is a common expression of universal enervation.
An understanding of physiology and pathology necessitates
a firm grip on evolution as expressed in biology; or
reasoning will go astray occasionally.

   Modern cu res and immunization are vanity and vexation;
they are founded on the foolish principle of reasoning from
effect, is disease, to cause. The organ which is suffering
from many crises of Toxemia is discovered —it may be
ulcer of the stomach, then the ulcer is  cut out; it may be
gallstone, then the stone is cut out; it may be fibroid tumor
of the womb, then the tumor or womb is cut out. The same
may be said of other effects —the medical armament is
turned loose on a lot of effects. This is accepted by the
public  mind as efficient treatment of disease, when in fact it
is a stupid removing of effects. And that is not the worst of
such blundering. The operators have not the slightest idea
of the cause of the effects they so skillfully remove.

    In other derangem ents the same lack of knowledge of
cause prevails. In the treatment of deficiency diseases, the
lacking element is supplied from the laboratory; but
nothing is done in the line of restoring the organ to
normality. Why? Because medical science has not
disco vered why organs fail to function properly; and until
this discovery is made, scientific blundering will continue.

THE WORLD NEEDS THE SCIENCE OF SURGERY

   If mutilation (unnecessary surgery) is required in nine
hundred and ninety -nine cases to p erfect the skill required
in the thousandth case, the question of the need of high -
class surgery must be answered by the mutilated or
vandalized class.

   Is war necessary? What would be the answer of the
7,485,000 who were killed in the late World War, if the
question were submitted to them? Estimate $5,000 as the
man-power loss for each man; then the world lost
$37,425,000,000 in this one item alone. Surgery costs the
world, in vandalizing the bodies of men, women, and
children, as much every year. Is i t worth that much for all
the real good it does? Why is so much surgery thought to
be necessary? Because of the ignorance of the people, egged on by a science -mad or selfish profession. It is more
spectacular to operate than to teach people how to live to
avoid chronic disease and operations.

ARE PALLIATIVES EVER NECESSARY?

   It is doubtful if the palliation which doctors and cultists
give is worth the disadvantage that the sick habit taught the
patients by their doctor brings them.

   The drug habit taught the thousands certainly
overbalances any relief given. Drugs to relieve pain are
never necessary. Twenty -five years in which I used drugs,
and thirty -three in which I have not used drugs, should
make my belief, that drugs are unnecessary and i n most
cases injurious, worth something to those who care to know
the truth.

YES, VENEREAL DISEASES CAN BE CURED
WITHOUT DRUGS

   I make no exception of syphilis, and stand ready to
demonstrate the truth of what I say at any time and
anywhere to a committee of doctors.
   Nature cures —nature can eliminate syphilis, or any type
of infection, if all enervating habits are given up and a
rational mode of living adopted.

STIMULANTS ARE SUBTILELY UNDERMINING

   So insidious in their action ar e all stimulants that the
unwary are surprised by finding themselves more or less
slaves to them when they are not conscious of using them
to excess.

   The coffee headache is an example. A time comes when
it is not convenient to get the usual breakfast cup. A
dullness or languid feeling appears three or four hours after
breakfast, that cannot be accounted for until some friend
suggests that perhaps it is due to missing the coffee; but the
victim is not convinced until he proves it true by trying it
out several times. Some develop a headache, and still
others are troubled with gaping or yawning and a feeling of
oppression, due to heart enervation brought on from the use
of coffee.

   At first stimulants gently remove awareness —remove tire
and actuate the  mind and body. It should be obvious to reasoning minds that borrowed activity must be paid for
sooner or later.

   Using nerve -energy in excess of normal production
brings on enervation. Few people waste nerve -energy in
one way only. Food is a stimulant. Overeating is
overstimulating. Add to this excess one or two other
stimulants —Coffee or tobacco —excessive venery,
overwork and worry, and one subject to that amount of
drain of nerve -energy will become decidedly enervated.
Elimination falls far short of requirements; consequently
toxin accumulates in the blood. This


12th December. Within two or three weeks I felt that I had started bloating even though I was consuming all urine. I had to go away to California for a week and was sensing that I would not be well as I should be. The long and short of it, I came down with flu last week with such vengeance the like that I have not experienced since a child. I was bed ridden for two full days and it took me over a week to get over it. Further more each time I tried to go back on the urine I felt like I was getting worse. My conclusion: this apartment is a new block, the carpets are toxic with all sorts of xenobiotics on them, formaldehyde, Toulon, arsenic, benzene, etc. I do not have the best of immune systems, and I think the urine therapy was recycling the toxins. The bloating was the body retaining fluid to dilute the toxins as much as possible to render them harmless in my body.   Anyway I am not going back onto the urine therapy until we have moved from here, which I am looking for another apartment at this point in time, with hardwood floors. It is shocking that these deadly carcinogenic chemicals are allowed into our home furnishings. And if they are not clued up they could deteriorate your health totally. I would like to say that these things are allowed through ignorance, but I am afraid that you can pick up any poison book from the library and you will see that for decades these things have been categorised as toxic. Just another part of the drop-feed genocide that most of the general public prefer to believe as ignorance.  Any way Harald, thank you for your book, and I have enclosed some USA stamps if you would be good enough to send me your newsletter. Oh by the way, I have persuaded quite a few people in London to get on the therapy, and they love it and are doing great. Keep up the good work!”  Urine: The Holy Water by Harald W. Tietze  OILY PORES  “I started to massage my face with fresh urine, and later with old urine. After two days, I noticed that the urine had an unusual effect on my skin. My pores, which were often oily, were much cleaner and my skin softer.” 152  Drink Your Own Water by Tony Scazzero  OLD AGE  “Dr. Maganial Salaria is a qualified doctor as well as a Vaidya of Ahmedabad. His dispensary is located on the crossing of Saraspur, and it has an accommodation for outdoor patients. He has deep faith in Urine Therapy. Now he is 65. He is healthy and knows urine to be a harmless drink  for one's health. To prove the fact that urine is a perfect safeguard against disease-pervaded atmosphere, he took his urine for four months, and during the interval, he took a digestible, light diet once a day only. Within three months, he gathered great strength and vigor in his body, and his skin became lustrous, due to increased blood circulation. Wrinkles due to old age also disappeared, and there was an increase of 14 lbs in this weight. He has no trouble whatsoever, works hard for 12 to 15 hours a day and does not feel tired.”  Urine Therapy by Dr. John O'Quinn  OLD AGE  “Ms. Angy, 70, had been in a hospital for three months with ailments associated with old age. Her friend attended one on my lectures and told Mrs. Angy to start drinking some urine mixed with juice every time she went to the bathroom. She remembered her grandmother using urine to treat ailments when she was a child and decided to give it a try. She quickly recovered her appetite and within a week, she was out of the hospital. She attended one of my conferences soon after and increased her intake to about three ounces of urine every day. A month later, she discontinued her medications and was very active in church. She was eating very well and gained about 20 pounds. Three months later, I saw her at a New Year's party. She had dyed her hair and she was dancing happily. A year later, she was doing fine and was very happy to be able to take care of herself. She explained that what motivated her was the thought of going to a nursing home and not been able to be on her own.”  Uropathy by Martin J. Lara  OVERWEIGHT  “I know the case of a gentleman (Travelling Executive) who had grey hair, weak eye-sight (using spects), hard of hearing, dark complexion, some difficulty in articulation, easily excited, costive bowels, excessive urination at times (not due to diabetes), loose teeth with bleeding gums and host of other complaints including over-eating and obesity, 153 effort onset dyspnoea (breathlessness even on slightest exertion), etc. I could visit that area after eight or nine months. I asked one of his company’s mates as to wher their colleague was. All of them spoke in one voice that the gentleman whom you wish to speak, met me in the stairs (while I was climbing the stairs, he was going down). Any way we happened to meet next evening, and I was surprised to see the gentleman. His hair was not so grey now, his hearing power improved. Complexion wore a sparkling and fair hue, articulation better, look like a trimmed person (no more extra fat). This is how he looked to me. He told when asked, that he finds a renewed Vigour as if he had a ‘Kaya kalpa’ (Rejuvination of body). No constipation or frequent urination, no loose teeth or bleeding from gums, cool and calm temperament, regular bowels and no dyspnoea. In a way he was an overhauled person and seems as if he has returned to his teens. He has shed about 18kg (39lbs) of weight and this by adopting Urine Therapy. He further disclosed that he still continues use of Urine and shall also continue the same in further too. I could not believe how such a transformation had taken place, so soon and without even an iota of expense.  I was told he used to drink fresh urine daily, washed his eyes, massaged his scalp and shampooed his hair with Urine. He used to rinse his mouth and wash his face with Urine. He gave up smoking, drinking and meat in any form. he turned a total Vegetarian -- rather a selective and choosy Vegetarian. Ina  way Urine Therapy had transformed his figure, habits and life for the better. I was told he also improved his eye sight.”  Miracles of Urine Therapy by Dr. S.K. Sharma  OSTEOPOROSIS  “The Miracle Drug Against Osteoporosis  My story is indeed like so many others, really quite simple. A traumatic diagnosis from the medical profession and an easy solution and resolution by native osteoporosis was my teacher in this case. Aged 47 years I was diagnosed after bone density tests at the Austin hospital in Melbourne with osteo at the rate of 75% bone loss throughout the skeletal system. The usual drugs were recommended urgently, as I was told I was at a self fracturing stage. Even turning over in bed or stepping could result in fracture or breaking of bones. Oh Boy! What a picture for my imagination to dance with and feed something called fear. I asked my doctor within for help rather than depending on the doctor without (nice pun). A small book arrived next day from an Indian friend in his 70s. I do not practice this she said but I was told in my meditation to give this book to you. The book of course was on urine therapy. I started immediately. First washing myself, then drinking a small amount. My food intake was vegetarian at that stage with no alcohol, sugars etc. I noticed an improvement in my energy after the fasting on urine for 154 only two days. A detoxification followed and lasted for six weeks. Full steam ahead after that! (I must admit I was tempted to give up, the cleansing was simply horrible yet great).  I believe to a degree I was well again. My back is still rounded but health and energy fantastic. In 1996 I had a serious head-on car accident. Broken bones, arms, ankle, skull, knee injury, facial injuries, fractured ribs.  My recovery in every way was absolutely wonderful. Bones healed beautifully and quickly wounds healed in the same way mentally, physically & spiritually.  X-rayed from head to foot while in hospital, evidence showed no osteoporosis. I feel this result is the combination of many things, such as spiritual, mental and physical looking after each area. The food I chose to eat, the thoughts I had, taking time out to laugh brinbing joy back to this life so wonderful.  Shivambu is for me, all of this. Lots of water and urine, clean air and happy living at 55 years it’s never been better.  Thank you Harald for the wonderful work you do to bring everyone together in awareness through wisdom.”  Urine: The Holy Water by Harald W. Tietze  OSTEOPOROSIS  Mrs. Maria Of The B. Martinez { Mexico } "From the 11th of February 1996 I was taking Urine because they diagnosed me with severe osteoporosis and deformative arthritis of the fingers, shoulders and back. Two years before they were going to operate on the bones, but a specialist doctor commented that he did not have a case to operate because the problem would return soon.  My fingers continued becoming deformed. I began with this Urine-therapy 4 months ago and approximately 2 months ago I noticed that the balls that were forming in the knuckles of the fingers disappeared


 to those endowed
with less. Others possess very li ttle and dully plod through life.
    As vital force drops, the overall efficiency of all the body's organs correspondingly decline. The pancreas creates less dige stive
enzymes; the thymus secretes less of its vital hormones that mobilize the immune syste m; the pituitary makes less growth hormone
so the overall repair and rebuilding of cells and tissues slows correspondingly; and so forth. It does not really matter if t here is or is
not something called nerve energy that can or cannot be measured in a labo ratory. Vital force is observable to many people.
However, it is measurable by laboratory test that after repeated irritation the overall functioning of the essential organs a nd glands
does deteriorate.
    Enervation may develop so gradually that it progr esses below the level of awareness of the person, or times of increased
enervation can be experienced as a complaint --as a lack of energy, as tiredness, as difficulties digesting, as a new inability to
handle a previously -tolerated insult like alcohol.
    Long -term consumption of poor -quality food causes enervation. The body is a carbon/oxygen engine designed to run efficiently
only on highly nutritious food and this aspect of human genetic programming cannot be changed significantly by adaptation.
Given enough generations a human gene pool can adapt to extracting its nutrition from a different group of foods. For example, a
group of isolated Fijians currently enjoying long healthy lives eating a diet of seafoods and tropical root crops could sudde nly be
moved to the highlands of Switzerland and forced to eat the local fare or starve. But most of the Fijians would not have syste ms
adept at making those enzymes necessary to digest cows milk. So the transplanted Fijians would experience many generations of
poorer health and shorter life spans until their genes had been selected for adaptation to the new dietary. Ultimately their
descendants could become uniformly healthy on rye bread and dairy products just like the highland Swiss were.
    However, modern ind ustrial farming and processing of foodstuffs significantly contributes to mass, widespread enervation in
two ways. Humans will probably adjust to the first; the second will, I'm sure, prove insurmountable. First, industrially proc essed
foods are a recent i nvention and our bodies have not yet adapted to digesting them. In a few more generations humans might be
able to accomplish that and public health could improve on factory food. In the meanwhile, the health of humans has declined.
Industrially farmed food s have also been lowered in nutritional content compared to what food could be. I gravely doubt if any
biological organism can ever adapt to an overall dietary that contains significantly lowered levels of nutrition. I will expl ain this
more fully in the c hapter on diet.

Secondary Eliminations Are Disease
    However the exact form the chain from irritation or malnutrition to enervation progresses, the ultimate result is an increase d
level of toxemia, placing an eliminatory burden on the liver and kidneys in excess of their ability. Eventually these organs begin to
weaken. Decline of liver and/or kidney function threatens the stability and purity of blood chemistry. Rather than risk compl ete
incapacitation or death from self -poisoning, the overloaded, toxic  body, guided by its genetic predisposition and the nature of the
toxins (what was eaten, in what state of stress), cleverly channels surplus toxins into its first line of defense --alternative or
secondary elimination systems.
    Most non -life-threatenin g yet highly annoying disease conditions originate as secondary eliminations. For example, the skin was
designed to sweat, elimination of fluids. Toxemia is often pushed out the sweat glands and is recognized as an unpleasant bod y
odor. A healthy, non -toxic body smells sweet and pleasant (like a newborn baby's body) even after exercise when it has been
sweating heavily. Other skin -like organs such as the sinus tissues, were designed to secrete small amounts of mucus for
lubrication. The lungs eliminate used  air and the tissues are lubricated with mucus -like secretions too. These secretions are types of
eliminations, but are not intended for the elimination of toxins. When toxins are discharged in mucus through tissues not des igned
to handle them, the tissues  themselves become irritated, inflamed, weakened and thus much more subject to bacterial or viral
infection. Despite this danger, not eliminating surplus toxins carries with it the greater penalty of serious disability or d eath.
Because of this liability, the body, in its wisdom, initially chooses secondary elimination routes as far from vital tissues and organs
as possible. Almost inevitably the skin or skin -like mucus membranes such as the sinuses, or lung tissues become the first line of
defense.
     Thus the average person's disease history begins with colds, flu, sinusitis, bronchitis, chronic cough, asthma, rashes, acne,
eczema, psoriasis. If these secondary eliminations are suppressed with drugs (either from the medical doctor or with over the
counte r remedies), if the eating or lifestyle habits that created the toxemia are not changed, or if the toxic load increases beyon d the
limits of this technique, the body then begins to store toxins in fat or muscle tissues or the joint cavities, overburdens th e kidneys,
creates cysts, fibroids, and benign tumors to store those toxins. If toxic overload continues over a longer time the body wil l
eventually have to permit damages to vital tissues, and life -threatening conditions develop.
    Hygienic doctors alwa ys stress that disease is remedial effort. Illness comes from the body's best attempt to lighten its toxic load
without immediately threatening its survival. The body always does the very best it can to remedy toxemia given its circumsta nces,
and it should  be commended for these efforts regardless of how uncomfortable they might be to the person inhabiting the body.
Symptoms of secondary elimination are actually a positive thing because they are the body's efforts to lessen a dangerously t oxic
condition. Se condary eliminations shouldn't be treated immediately with a drug to suppress the process. If you squelch the bodies
best and least -life-threatening method to eliminate toxins, the body will ultimately have to resort to another more dangerous
though probab ly less immediately uncomfortable channel.
    The conventional medical model does not view disease this way and sees the symptoms of secondary elimination as the disease
itself. So the conventional doctor takes steps to halt the body's remedial efforts, thus stopping the undesirable symptom and then,
the symptom gone, proclaims the patient cured. Actually, the disease is the cure.
    A common pattern of symptom suppression under the contemporary medical model is this progression: treat colds with
antihis tamines until the body gets influenza; suppress a flu repeatedly with antibiotics and eventually you get pneumonia. Or,
suppress eczema with cortisone ointment repeatedly, and eventually you develop kidney disease. Or, suppress asthma with
bronkiodialators  and eventually you need cortisone to suppress it. Continue treating asthma with steroids and you destroy the
adrenals; now the body has become allergic to virtually everything.
    The presence of toxins in an organ of secondary elimination is frequently the cause of infection. Sinuses and lungs, inflamed by
secondary eliminations, are attacked by viruses or bacteria; infectious diseases of the skin result from pushing toxins out o f the
skin. More generalized infections also result from toxemia; in this ca se the immune system has become compromised and the body
is overwhelmed by an organism that it normally should be able to resist easily. The wise cure of infections is not to use ant ibiotics
to suppress the bacteria while simultaneously whipping the immune  system; most people, including most medical doctors, do not
realize that antibiotics also goose the immune system into super efforts. But when one chooses to whip a tired horse, eventua lly the
exhausted animal collapses and cannot rise again no matter how  vigorously it is beaten. The wise cure is to detoxify the body, a
step that simultaneously eliminates secondary eliminations and rebuilds the immune system.
    The wise way to deal with the body's eliminative efforts is to accept that disease is an oppor tunity to pay the piper for past
indiscretions. You should go to bed, rest, and drink nothing but water or dilute juice until the condition has passed. This a llows the
body to conserve its vital energy, direct this energy toward healing the disordered body  part, and catch up on its waste disposal. In
this way you can help your body, be in harmony with its efforts instead of working against it which is what most people do.
    Please forgive another semi -political polemic here, but in my practice I have ofte n been amazed to hear my clients complain that
they have not the time nor the ability to be patient with their body, to rest it through an illness because they have a job t hey can't
afford to miss or responsibilities they can't put down. This is a sad comm entary on the supposed wealth and prosperity of the
United States. In our country most people are enslaved by their debts, incurred because they had been enthralled by the illus ion of
happiness secured by the possession of material things. Debt slaves beli eve they cannot miss a week of work. People who feel they
can't afford to be sick think they can afford to live on pills


 priceless.
Upon our return we began to change our lifestyle to fit D's new program. It was
difficult, but we followed it in its entirety without any alterations. D had amazingly
few problems and returned to work June 1. (A total leave-of-absence of 6 months.) To
date she has had no recurrence of cancer and no major health problems of any
nature. She takes vitamin and mineral supplements.
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What we have learned about cancer through Dr. Kelley has spared at least eight
lives. We would go the same route again well knowing what we would be getting
into and knowing the results. D's life was worth it all; the other eight we look at as a
major bonus from the Lord. My unanswered question: Why could Dr. Kelley find in
one day what many doctors could not find in many months?
Dr. Kelley: "Pancreatic cancer is very devastating and very close to my heart
because that's what I  had. The average life expectancy of a clinically diagnosed case
of pancreas malignancy is two months. This lovely young lady, with eight years'
survival, is an example of what can be done with total family unity. This family is a
wonderful example of 'how to.' They addressed two contributing factors to successful
healing — a positive attitude and the willingness to do whatever it takes to get well.
"Pancreatic cancer has some particular characteristics which are not like other
cancers. These characteristics include a lot of excessive gas and very unusual mental
states such as very severe nightmares, depression, anxiety and all the negative factors
that otherwise happy and cheerful individuals would not have. Such individuals flip
into depression and irritation and become hard to get along with.
"D is so nice, it's hard to imagine her being hard to get along with. But even if she
was, her parents would have understood and paid no attention. That kind of unselfish
support can make the difference between life and death."
Skin Cancer Testimonial
Betty F. ~ Spokane, WA
11-Year Victory Over Skin Cancer
"You have cancer."
When I  heard those three words over the telephone my only thought was "I'm
going to die!" I  was "shook up!" I  barely heard the voice on the other end of the
telephone tell me to come in and see Dr. S.L. as soon as possible.
Only another cancer patient knows what it means to be told "you have cancer." It
is not only a sentence of death; it is a sentence of death linked with severe pain.
I  was 46, living and working in New York City when I  was diagnosed as having
cancer. I  had been feeling "poorly" since I  was 37 and had had a partial
hysterectomy. I  was trying every day to live with "feeling poorly" because no doctor I
saw was able to help me "feel better." And believe me, I  saw many physicians in the
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"Big Apple."
Our family physician, Dr. H.H., said I  should see a specialist because my periods
were too long, I  was losing too much blood during each period and I  had fibroids. I
went to the specialist he recommended who urged me not to wait, but to have the
operation "before it was too late." I  followed orders. I  had the operation. (By the way,
I  remember being sedated and prepared in the morning for the operation, which was
scheduled for 1:00 p.m. I  remember not being wheeled in until 4:00 p.m.! I  was
worried and wondered... w ill I  get the right operation? This experience filled me
with dismay and created distrust for the medical profession.)
I  was discharged with a clean bill of health. Now that I  had had the operation, did I
feel better? No, I  felt worse! I  was passing gas, feeling tired and terribly constipated. It
did no good to hear nice words of assurance from the doctor or that the tumor they
had removed was the size of a five-month pregnancy. I  didn't feel better hearing that
it was normal for some people not to have daily bowel movements. I  felt loggy.
Shortly after the operation and an "OK checkup" from the surgeon, I  went to our
family physician with the complaint "I have pain in the abdomen." He examined me
and was surprised to find a cyst in the former womb area. He asked me to return to
the specialist. I  refused. I  told our family physician that my confidence in the
specialist was gone. I  asked him to take care of me. After much pleading, he did. He
removed the cyst in his office by cauterization. Those were two painful office visits
for me.
I  still felt rotten. I  was fatigued all the time and passing gas much of the time. I  had
attacks of illness diagnosed as myositis and facial neuritis. I  had pains in my
abdomen, which were diagnosed as a nervous stomach. The family doctor suggested
I  take the gallbladder test. I  took it. Fortunately, at the time, there was nothing wrong
with my gallbladder. I  went to the dentist often because my gums were bleeding and
my teeth were loose.
I  was born with a brown mole on my left cheek. When I  was 14, hair began to
grow in the mole. It didn't hurt, but I  felt a pulsating sensation in the mole area. I  saw
a doctor who recommended removing the hairs by electrolysis. I  did this. Afterward,
the doctor said "It looks OK; we'll leave it alone for now, but you should always
watch the mole for any changes."
Two years after the hysterectomy operation at the age of 39, the brown mole on my
left check started to throb and grow. I  saw a skin specialist and had the mole excised.
A biopsy was performed. Diagnosis: Non-malignant.
In the fall of 1969, I  saw a gynecologist for a checkup. This doctor recommended
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estrogen because I  had had a partial hysterectomy. I  took the estrogen for three
months only because round white spots emerged on both of my thighs and a growth
developed under the arch of my left foot. I  had to have this growth surgically
removed. This, too, was biopsied and declared non-malignant. At the same time, the
skin specialist removed some small growths on my face, forehead and right wrist.
I  was depressed; I  was still suffering with passing gas; my eyes were deteriorating. I
couldn't focus; couldn't see telephone numbers or addresses in the telephone book,
found it difficult to read the newspapers. I  suffered with muscle weakness and
cramps. The latter condition would often strike me at night while I  was sleeping with
such severity that I  would wake up screaming from the pain. My chestnut brown hair
was turning gray; the texture was now brittle. Worst of all, my face "itched" 24 hours
a day. I  wanted to holler because there was no letup of pain. I  found I  could no
longer tolerate any sunlight.
I  went to yet another specialist. I  gave him a list of my complaints. He gave me a
battery of tests, a big bill, and said that the tests showed there was nothing wrong
with me. He said, "You're getting older, try to make things easier." He suggested I  see
a psychiatrist. I  questioned him about my facial condition. He said the facial problem
was probably part of my active imagination. Ooh, but I  was angry when I  left his
office.
I  found the pain in my face intolerable. I  made an appointment with a skin
specialist in 1971. He performed surgery in his office and said, "W e'll do a biopsy but
I  doubt that you'll get your money's worth," Well, his office is the party that called
and told me, "You have cancer." I  think I  was shocked because I  thought I  had a
charmed existence when it came to surgery and biopsies. After all, I  had been
through many operations and biopsies and all had been diagnosed as being benign.
I  followed the skin specialist's recommendation of going into the hospital
immediately and having the "entire cancerous tumor completely removed." He said
he was sure this would be the case.
The short hospital stay was an ordeal. For a facial condition, I  had to undergo a
series of body X-rays and other tests. When I  asked, "Why? I  was told it was "hospital
procedure." I  don't know what good they did; I  do know it hiked up the bill. In the
hospital I  had a section between my lip and chin cut again. This biopsy also stated
that "the patient has cancer." The doctor said, "Go home, let your face heal and see
me in six months."
About this time I  began to visit health food stores in my neighborhood. Why? I
thought there might be something to taking supplements. I  was hoping to find
something to take to have more energy. I  bought books on health and I  bought health
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magazines. I  was investigating another avenue


gers. Badgers kill
mice. Mice kill bugs. Bugs…You have only to look at nature to
realize there is no justice in the world. Tornadoes, floods, tidal waves,
draughts are all unfair. It is a mythological concept, this justice
business. The world and the people in it go on being unfair every
day. You can choose to be happy or unhappy, but it has nothing to
do with the lack of justice you see around you.
164This is not a sour view of humanity and the world, but rather an
accurate report of what that world is like. Justice is simply a concept
that has almost no applicability, particularly as it pertains to your
own choices about fulfillment and happiness. But too many of us
tend to demand that fairness be an inherent part of our relations
with others. “It isn’t fair.” “You have no right to do that if I can’t”
and “Would I do that to you?” These are the sentences that we use.
We seek justice and use the lack of it as a justification for unhappi-
ness. The demand for justice is not the neurotic behavior. It only
becomes an erroneous zone when you punish yourself with a negat-
ive emotion as you fail to see evidence of the justice that you so fu-
tilely demand. In this case the self-defeating behavior is not the de-
mand for justice, but the immobilization that may result from no-
justice-reality.
Our culture promises justice. Politicians refer to it in all of their
campaign speeches. “We need equality and justice for all.” Yet day
after day, nay, century after century, the lack of justice continues.
Poverty, war, pestilence, crime, prostitution, dope and murders
persist generation after generation in public and private life. And if
the history of humanity can be used as a guide they will continue.
Injustice is a constant, but you, in your infinite new wisdom, can
decide to fight that injustice and refuse to be seduced into being
emotionally immobilized over it. You can work at helping to eradic-
ate injustice, and you can decide that you won’t be psychologically
defeated by it.
The legal system promises justice. “The people demand justice,”
and some of them even work to make it happen. But it generally
doesn’t. Those with money are not convicted. Judges and policemen
are often bought by the powerful. A President and Vice-President
of the United States are pardoned or wrist-slapped for obvious
felonies. The poor fill the jails, and have next to no chance of beating
the system. It’s not fair. But it’s true. Spiro Agnew becomes rich after
evading his income taxes. Richard Nixon is exonerated, and his yes-
men serve a fewTHE JUSTICE TRAP  / 165months in a minimum security prison, while the poor and members
of minority groups rot in jail waiting for trial, waiting for a chance.
A visit to any local courthouse or police station will prove that the
influential have a separate set of rules, although this is relentlessly
denied by the authorities. Where is the justice? Nowhere! Your de-
ciding to fight it may be admirable indeed, but your choosing to be
upset by it is as neurotic as guilt, approval-seeking or any other of
the self-flagellating behavior that constitutes your erroneous zones.
“It’s Not Fair!” The Slogan of Ineffective Relationships
The demand for justice may infiltrate your personal relationships
and prevent you from communicating effectively with others. The
“It’s not fair” slogan is one of the more common—and destruct-
ive—laments made by one person against another. In order for you
to consider something unfair you must compare yourself to another
individual or group of individuals. Your mind-set goes something
like this: “If they can do it, so can I.” “It’s not fair for you to have
more than I.” “But I didn’t get to do that, why should you?” On and
on they go. In this case you’re determining what is good for you on
the basis of someone else’s conduct. They, not you, are in charge of
your emotions. If you are upset because of not being able to do
something that someone else has done, then you’ve given them
control over you. Whenever you compare yourself to anyone else,
you are playing the “It’s not fair” game, and shifting from self-reli-
ance to other-directed external thinking.
One of my clients, an attractive young woman named Judy, is a
good example of this kind of self-destructive thinking. Judy com-
plained about her unhappy marriage of five years. One night in
counseling she acted out a marital argument for the group. When
the young man who was taking the role of Judy’s insur-166 / Your Erroneous Zonesance salesman husband said something unpleasant to her, Judy im-
mediately countered with “Why did you say that? I never say things
like that to you.” When he mentioned their two children, Judy said,
“That isn’t fair. I never bring the children into an argument.” When
their role working turned to a prospective evening’s entertainment,
Judy’s reasoning was once again, “That isn’t fair. You get out all the
time while I have to stay home with the children.”
Judy ran her marriage on a tally sheet. One for you, one for me.
Everything must be fair. If I act this way, you must act the same
way. It was no wonder she was hurt and resentful most of the time,
more concerned with righting imaginary injustices than examining
and perhaps improving her marriage.
Judy’s search for justice was a neurotic dead end. She was assess-
ing her husband’s behavior on the basis of her own and her happi-
ness on the basis of her husband’s behavior. Were she to stop her
incessant keeping track and begin going after the things she wants
without having to be in debt to the other, then her relationship would
improve significantly.
Fairness is an external concept—a way of avoiding the taking
charge of your own life.’ Instead of thinking of anything as being
unfair, you can decide what you really want, and then set about
devising strategies for attaining it, independent of what anyone else
in the world wants or does. The simple facts are that everyone is
different, and no amount of your bitching about others having it
better than you will bring about any positive self-changes. You’ll
need to eliminate the other-references, and throw away the binocu-
lars that focus on what others are doing. Some people work less and
get more money. Others get promoted out of favoritism, when you
have the ability. Your spouse and children will continue to do things
differently from you. But if you focus on yourself rather than com-
pare yourself to others, then you will have no opportunity to upset
yourself with the lack of equality you observe. The backdrop for
virtually all neurosis is making others’ behavior more significantTHE JUSTICE TRAP  / 167than your own. If you carry around the “If he can do it, so should
I” sentences, you’ll be running your life on the basis of someone else
and never create your own life.
Jealousy: A “Demand for Justice” Sideshow
John Dryden called jealousy “the jaundice of the soul.” If your
jealousy gets in your way, and creates any amount of emotional
immobility, then you can set as a goal the elimination of this wasteful
thinking. Jealousy is really a demand that someone love you in a
certain way, and you saying “It isn’t fair” when they don’t. It comes
from a lack of self-confidence, simply because it is an other-directed
activity. It allows their behavior to be the cause of your emotional
discomfort. People who really like themselves don’t choose jealousy
or allow themselves to be distraught when someone else doesn’t
play fair.
You can never predict how someone you love will react to another
human being, but if they choose to be affectionate or loving you can
only experience the immobility of jealousy if you see their decisions
as having anything to do with you. That is your choice. If a partner
loves another, he isn’t being “unfair,” he is simply being. If you label
it unfair, you’ll probably end up trying to figure out why. A perfect
example is a client of mine who was furious because her husband
had an affair. She became obsessed with trying to figure out why?
She was constantly asking, “Where did I go wrong?” “What’s wrong
with me?” “Wasn’t I good enough for him?” and similar self-
doubting questions. Helen was always thinking about the injustice
of her husband’s infidelity. She even contemplated having an affair
herself as a way to right the balance. She cried a great deal and al-
ternated between fury and sadness.
Helen’s faulty thinking, which leads her to unhappiness, lies in
her demand for justice which suffocates her in this relationship. She
has made her husband’s choice to engage in sex168 / Your Erroneous Zonesthe reason for her to be upset. At the same time she is using his be-
havior as a rationale for doing something that she probably wanted
to do for a long time—but didn’t because it isn’t fair. Helen’s insist-
ence on strict justice would have meant that if she were the first to