. Electric fields in physics are not only widely accepted, but
technologie s based upon them have been extraordinarily pro
ductive. In non-living matter, fields are definable in terms of
forces between charges. They are, in part, a measure of the re
lationships between entities. In living systems, therefore, since
the entities of which they are composed are the same entities as
are to be found in non-living matter, the same forces between
the units may be presumed. The basic difference between the two
lies in the enormously increased complexity of the necessary re
latednesses in living organisms. It would seem reasonable to assume, therefore, that the rela
tionship of entities in living organisms may be measured by field
properties just as successfully as in atoms or between atoms. It should be noted that the electro-static fields do not exist
in the absence of charges nor charges in the absence of fields. They are both fundamental properties of matter. In living
organisms it can be said that chemical components, wherever they
possess charges, cannot exist without fields nor can fields be
found except in the presence of charges. It is equally dear that the business of living is not a static
affair; it is a moving, dynamic process. For this energy is required
and it is the chemistry of biological systems which provides it. But energy is a scalar property and is. itself, indifferent to the
direction in which it flows. In general, it is the second law of
thermodynamics which directs the flow in such a manner as to
increase the entropy of the system. It seems from our observations that this direction is also
characterized by electrical gradien ts, much as though the second
law was augmented by electrical signposts. Moreover, these
electrical signs have an astonishing constancy in spite of the
67 THE UBI QU ITOUS FIELD
enormously complex chemical flux. Such constancy of directional
control, in fact, is one of the s triking attributes of the developing
organism. Quas i-electro- static fields, although changing slowly,
persist in time and can, perhaps to some approximation, be con
ceived as providing the necessary direction. The experiments reported by us in collaboration with Dr. Mauro provide additional evidence of the validity of the original
assumption. 4
Pursuing our exploration of fields in widely-differen t living
forms, we made a study of the voltage-gradients in the marine
animal, Obelia, a polyp. These experiments were carried out
through the courtesy of the late Dr. F.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the advantage of using silver chloride electrodes in physiological solutions?,
A: The silver chloride electrode is more reproducible and can be used in the same solution as the living system, avoiding liquid junction potentials.
Q: What is the purpose of the experiment involving a rabbit and a salt-filled chamber?,
A: The experiment aimed to study the electrical properties of the ovarian tissue and confirm the findings in humans.
Q: What is the main focus of the study on salamanders?,
A: The study explores the electro-metric correlates of the growth and development of salamanders, as well as the electro-metric properties of the embryo.
Q: What is the significance of the study on cucurbit fruits?,
A: The study aims to investigate the relationship between the electrical patterns and the morphological pattern of the fruit development, which is crucial for understanding plant morphogenesis.
Q: What is the purpose of the experiment on mice?,
A: The experiment is designed to explore the electro-metric correlates of the growth and development of the nervous system, which is essential for understanding the growth and development of the organism.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>If the electrical patterns have any significance, the electrical
correla tes of these differences should be manifest. A statistical
analysis shows that the mean potential measured between the
attached end of the corn kernel and its opposite pole gave highly
significant results. Aside from the generally different mean, however, the most
striking finding was a very great difference between the mean of
the single gene mutant and the parent stock. It is remarkable that
the change of a single gEne in the parent stock should produce
such profound and significant change in the over-all pattern of
the voltage difference. The conclusion seems to be inescapable
that there is a very close relationship between the genetic con
stitution and the electrical pa ttern. If further studies should
confirm this conclusion, it seems very probable that one of the
ways the chromosomes impart design to protoplasm is through
the medium of an electro-dynamic field. In these studies of voltage gradients in maize kernels, the
longitudinal gradient between the germinal end and the micro
polar end of the seed was used as a test measurement. Under the
couditions of the experiment there appeared to be, first of all, an
immediate potential, which was called the prime potential. Moments after this prime potential was determined, the voltage
gradient nearly always dropped to a much lower value and re
mained remarkably stable for the minutes during which the
observations were made. The prime potentials apparently show a high correlation
with the seeds' viability, but have no particular reference to
plant growth. The equilibrium potential, on the other hand, is
not correlated with seed viability but rather with the inherent
genetic constitution of a plant, since by use of the potentiometer
and equilibrium potential determinations, one can segregate from
a given population those seeds with superior growth characteris
tics. Further, these poten tial differences hetween seeds have been
highly correlated with the growth of progeny for one generation
removed. For these reasons the potentiometer may prove to be
a useful tool for the plant breeder. 71 THE UBIQUITOUS FIELD
Electro-metric data from maize seeds show remarkable cor
relation with growth potentials in the corn kernel, as well as a
significant relationship to genetic constitution. These fin dings
raise the old question of which is more important, the genetic
constitution of a living system, or the environment in which it
lives? 6
As a contribution to this problem, a study was made of the
reactions to a stimulus of the sensitive plant, Mimosa. It is well
known, of course, that a branch will collapse when touched. Its
electrical correlates, therefore, at the collapse of the branch pro
vide a clue as to the importance of the changing physical en
vironment of a living system and its electrical correlates. It is well known, too, that in all biological systems there
exists a multiplicity of phase boundaries. The existence of a
potential difference across the phase boundaries is generally
accepted. It is commonly held that the membrane potential at a
phase boundary is a consequence of a difference in concentrations
of electrolytes on opposite sides of the boundary. In the non-living
system this potential approaches zero as ionic equilibrium is
reached. It has been more or less logically concluded, therefore,
that the existence and variation of potential difference can be
explained by the known initial differences in concentrations with
consequent movement of ions across the boundary. The living system, on the other hand, differs somewhat from
the physical chemical situation in that the potential differences,
instead of approaching zero with time, are maintained at an
astonishin gly stable level. The maintenance of this level of poten
tial difference presupposes constant recruitment and it is natural
to assume that this recruitment comes in large measure from
chemical activity. Moreover, it is not at all impossible that one of
the mechanisms regulating and controlling chemical activity is
resident in the potential difference. In other words, if this problem is looked at from a slightly
different angle, it is legitimate to make the assumption that in
72 THE UBIQU ITOUS FIELD
a living system the total energy intake appears, in part, in the
chemical flux of metabolism and,in part, in stored energy in
potential differences. If this assumption is true, it follows, then,
that by studying potential differences during rest and during ac
tivity a record could be made of a general level of immediately
available energy, as represented by algcbraicIy-summated bound
ary potentials. In the face of the demand for activity this reservoir of poten
tial energy could be tapped. When the biological system is at rest,
the potentials could be recorded as DC potentials, but when
protoplasm is thrown into any kind of activity, such as neural
transmission, muscle contraction and similar events, the first sign
of that activity would lie in the sudden withdrawal from the
reservoir of electrical energy. In other words, a drop in potential
differences. Then, mobilization of chemical properties might
be expected to re-establish the original level of the potential
difference. Through studies of both DC and AC phenomena in the living
system, it should be possible, therefore, to obtain straightforward
records of fundamental biological activity. Since in a complex
animal organization this is exceedingly difficult, not much pro
gress has been made. In plants, which presumably are much
simpler, the problem can be attacked more readily. For this
reason, therefore, the studies of the electrical response associated
with a stimulus to the sensitive plant, Mimosa, were made. The most striking thing about the results is the very great
similarity between the electrical response of the stimulus reaction
in Mimosa to the electrical records of propagated electrical re
sponse of the action current in vertebrate neurones. The magni
tude of the response is, of course, very much greater,


 and with an idea of integrity and
fairness and equality; and the same time, everything legal and cooperative. So a lot can be learned, and therefore I think it’ s a worthy enterprise. The negatives, of course, in current society are rather obvious to anybody
who’ s spiritually sophisticated at all. They hardly need calibration. Then we
calibrated a lot of the great criminals, famous criminals of ancient times to
find out. In other words, we’re trying to get a topography of the
evolution of mankind over recorded time. Where is Jack the Ripper. He’ s at
70. Where’ s Bin Laden. He’ s at 70. Where is a dinosaur. A dinosaur is at
70. The instinct of the dinosaur and the instinct of this person are the same. Jack the Ripper dismembers and rips to death its prey. I mean, it’ s almost
identical; it’ s almost like a dinosaur spirit got into a human body, you know
what I’m saying. I begin to wonder—is there a crossover. So anyway, it’s
an interesting work in that we are trying to develop a topography, a dif ferent
dimension of understanding human consciousness and its expression as
society, from Heinrich Himmler in World War II to Vicente Fox in today’ s
world. We did a lot of movie stars, famous singers, songs, and find out what
their general range [is], and then there are exceptions. Louis Armstrong,
way up in the 500s. The capacity to be loving at all times and in all places
apparently was the characteristic. So, it’ s just interesting, because you learn things because you see
everything in a dif ferent dimension now. And as you see the calibration, you
get, “Oh, I see. I get. oh, yeah, I see. ” It’ s like you get greater depth
spiritually in comprehending the totality of human evolution, which in the
net ef fect is to develop a compassion for it, as almost an experiment of
creation. It’ s almost as though the evolution of life on this planet is almost
an experiment—to see where, if you let it loose without any guidance or
controls, what does it do. It ends up as a mollusk at the bottom of the sea
that creates 40 enzymes at one time. And it also creates saints—the same
life, but is it the same life ener gy or a dif ferent one, you know what I’m
saying. That leads to rather profound questions. The Karmic Shift of MankindWho was responsible for the massive shift in 1986. I’ve never fully
investigated it. I just assumed that the collective positive karma of mankind
had crested at that level. It happened to be at the time of the Harmonic
Conver gence. It happened to be at the time when Gorbachev pretty much
pulled the blocks out from underneath the Russian USSR, atheistic empire. It was also the time of other major events which were concomitant. You see,
when you go beyond causality, then you see that, let’ s say, a positionality
here can radiate forth in the world of manifestation in multiple ways
without one thing here necessarily being the cause  of this. In other words, a
positionality which surfaces in this way, it doesn’ t mean that the dissolution
of monolithic Communism was caused  by anything outside of itself, but it
occurred at the same time. There is undoubtedly more to the story. We’ll ask
it in a general way. First of all, I know there’ s more to the story. “There’ s
more to the story: resist” (T rue). Thank you. My own feeling was that it
came from higher dimensions as a result of the consequence of positive
accumulated karma of mankind. “That’ s correct: resist” (T rue). Well, we
won’ t go into the details of it. It would be as though the collective karma of
mankind as a whole had reached the point where it had crossed that
collective. Perhaps the last great finale of negativity was really World War II, in
which the negativity, satanic ener gy, was massive. That caused almost a
shock, but then, into the shock came that which was really more Luciferic
in that it was seeking power rather than destruction—in the form of
Communism and the USSR, which was really seeking power although it
took expression as cruelty, and Stalin really was responsible for more
deaths than Hitler. Nevertheless, it more or less ran its course. And of
course, it was Gorbachev—if you calibrate Gorbachev’ s heart chakra, it’ s
extremely high—so Gorbachev pulled the correct stops out, and the thing
collapsed of itself without a shot. Gorbachev did not fire a shot. So, the
West with all of its brave talk about “the war against Communism”—it was
not the war against Communism that defeated Communism. It was the
stops were pulled out by Gorbachev. Let’ s see what Gorbachev’ s heart is at. “We have permission: resist” (T rue). “Gorbachev’ s heart is over 540: resist”
(True); “560” (Not true); “550” (T rue). Wow. So, those people like Gandhi and Mandela and Gorbachev, people
who changed all political history, their power came from a heart chakra at
550 and over. That is encouraging, because then it means increasing one’ sown capacity of lovingness has the capacity to undo the negativity of the
world. In fact, it has the capacity to collapse whole empires. That which
collapsed the USSR was the radiance of the heart chakra of one man. However, that one man also represented something else that we write
about, and that is when we talk about attractor ener gy fields. We say that
each of these ener gy fields has an attractor pattern behind it. That brought
us to describing what we call “critical factor analysis,” one of the values of
kinesiology. Many interacting systems are so complex, they are not capable
of comprehension by the human intellect, nor by an assisted computer. A
computer is limited to the Newtonian paradigm. It cannot be programmed
for the nonlinear, by definition. Consequently, it can only mimic the
intellect; it cannot mimic human intelligence. In any case, some situations
are so enormously complex, they are beyond comprehension. This is a
problem run into by big governments historically. The complexity of
running a Roman Empire was staggering and, in the end, it just fell of
inertia. All the soldiers just married the local girls and settled down and quit
the army, and that was the end of the Roman Empire. No army could defeat
the Roman Empire. It was the most formidable army the world has ever
seen. It was unconquerable. And the Roman legions ruled all of Europe and
the Mediterranean for a thousand years; it was [an] army invincible that
ruled for a thousand years, and what brought it down—the kiss of a lovely
woman. The soldiers all around Hadrian’ s Wall and all over the place met
the local girls, fell in love with them and got married, and said, “The hell
with it,” and went to farming, and that was the end of the Roman legions. In any complex situation, there is what I call “the critical factor. ” In a
giant clockworks, if you know where to touch the giant clockworks, you
can stop the entire clockworks by knowing precisely; the clockworks is so
complex that even a master watchmaker can’ t figure it out. The same with
an engineer. You see a locomotive running down the track with a hundred
cars behind it—there’ s an enormous amount of force. But if you know
where to touch the control in the cab, the engineer ’s cab, if you know where
to touch it, you can stop the whole freight train. And so, if correctly
positioned, then, knowing which of the pick-up sticks to pull out, the whole
thing collapses; but you have to know which one. Gorbachev was there and
Mandela was there. Each one was in a certain position. They also had a
certain amount of power, because each one of them calibrates around 550. In all of them, the power emanates from the heart. So the power of Love,then, is transformational. As we saw with the birth of Christ, it jumped the
calibration level of mankind 40 points, just the physicality being here, and it
jumped another 40 points when His teachings began to cross the Roman
Empire, and it totally changed Europe—the future of Europe and Western
civilization—for all time. So, an Avatar is one whose teachings and birth and presence
recontextualized the significance of all of life, for all of mankind,
throughout thousands of years. That’ s who we call an “A vatar. ” It’s not the
same as like the Avatar Used Book Company that you see running around
town. Avatar —I always get a kick out of people using the word avatar  in
the advertising of some program or something, because they don’ t
understand what Avatar is. Avatar is of such enormous power that it changes
all of mankind for thousands of years henceforth. It is the ideal by which
everything else is


	for	me	were	the	most	stress-producing	issues	with	some	line	like,
“Yeah,	well,	so	what	should	we	have	for	dinner. ”	and	I	would	melt. But	then	it	ended,	in	an	abrupt	and	unkind	way. I,	of	course,	had	a	choice	to
make. In	the	words	of
A	Course	in	Miracles,
	I	could	be	hostage	to	my	ego	or
host	to	God. I	knew	that	there	is	no	letting	go	of	others—the	kind	of	release
that	frees	not	only	them	but	you	as	well—without	giving	them	your	genuine
blessing. It	wouldn’t	be	enough	to	just	say,	“I	release	you. ”	I	had	to	be	able	to
say,	“I	release	you	and	pray	that	you	walk	with	angels. I	release	you	and	hope
your	dreams	come	true. I	release	you	and	wish	you	happiness. ”	I	resisted,	as	I
was	filled	with	resentment. But	I	prayed. Soon	after,	I	was	reading
A	Course	in	Miracles
	and	came	across	truth	that	I
needed	to	hear. I	was	reminded	that	all	of	us	are	equally	holy	in	God’s	eyes	…
that	whatever	grievance	I	hold	against	another	person	has	more	to	do	with	my
own	need	to	find	blame	than	with	anything	they	have	done. and	that
regardless	of	what	mistakes	have	been	made	by	anyone	in	the	past,	in	the
present	I	can	choose	to	see	love. Reading	such	things	had	the	miraculous
power	to	alchemize	my	emotions,	to	remove	the	painful	impurities	that,	after
all,	weren’t	ruining
his
	day—just	mine. The	ego	feasts	on	all	this	pain,	like	a	scavenger	dog	delivering	endless
evidence	of	other	people’s	cruelty,	wrongdoing,	injustices,	and	so	forth. It’s	so
tempting	to	monitor	someone	else’s	issues,	leaving	out	of	the	equation	whatwe	ourselves	might	need	to	learn	from	a	situation. One	of	the	most	important
gifts	of	any	relationship	is	the	gift	of	self-awareness. In	the	final	analysis,	that
is	the	reason	for	love:	that	one	day	we	will
become
	love. And	everything	that
ever	happens	will	be	used	to	show	us	how	we’re	doing	so	far. One	morning	I	woke	up	thinking	about	him. I	found	myself	saying	a
spontaneous	prayer,	no	longer	that	God	help	me	through	this	experience	but
that	God	help	him. I’d	known	intellectually,	of	course,	that	this	man’s
behavior	at	the	end	of	our	relationship	was	not	that	of	a	cruel	person	so	much
as	that	of	a	wounded	one. The	intensity	of	my	own	pain	had	made	me	unable
to	see	beyond	the	wound	he’d	inflicted	on	me	to	feel	true	compassion	for	the
wound	in	him. Yet	that	was	my	lesson,	clearly:	to	feel	deeper	compassion	for
someone	else’s	wounds	so	I	could	then	be	healed	of	my	own. And	finally,	on
that	particular	morning,	I	could. I	could	imagine	how	much	pain	he	would
have	had	to	be	in,	on	some	deep	level,	to	so	casually	throw	away	the	kind	of
connection	we	had	had. I	thought	of	Emerson’s	words:	“Whenever	you	meet
anyone,	remember	they	are	going	through	a	great	war. ”	I	could	see	that	about
him. I	prayed	for	him,	and	I	wished	him	healed. Then	I	could	see	what	perhaps	had	been	the	agreement	forged	between	our
souls. Like	so	many	women,	an	anger	at	men—from	unavailable	fathers	to
unavailable	lovers—had	left	a	toughness	in	my	heart	that	did	not	serve	me
well. Forgiving	this	man,	praying	for	him,	really	wanting	in	my	heart	for	him
to	be	happy,	I	felt	a	shift	inside	myself. He	stood	for	every	man	who	had	ever
made	me	feel	dismissed. Forgiving	him	helped	me	forgive	them	all. And	then,
in	a	deeper	way,	I	was	free. The	blessing	was	simply	that	I’d	had	the	experience,	and	an	experience
cannot	be	possessed. It’s	there	when	it’s	there	and	it’s	gone	when	it’s	gone. Ultimately	you	come	to	realize	that	everything	is	yours	and	nothing	is	yours. As	Helena	says	about	her	beloved	Demetrius	in	Shakespeare’s
A	Midsummer
Night’s	Dream:
“And	I	have	found	Demetrius	like	a	jewel,	/	Mine	own,	and
not	mine	own. ”
When	you’re	young,	you	hold	on	tightly	to	love	in	the	hopes	that	it	will	last
forever. When	you’re	older,	you	know	you	don’t	need	to	hold	on	because	it
does
	last	forever. People	come	and	they	sometimes	go. But	love	remains,	if	it
remains	in	you. People	often	say,	“I’ve	been	hurt	so	bad. How	can	I	ever	trust	again. ”	But
faith	in	love	doesn’t	mean	faith	in	someone’s	personality;	it	means	faith	in	the
changeless	nature	of	love	itself. Faith	in	love	isn’t	faith	in	another	person;
ultimately,	it’s	faith	in	ourselves. It	means	faith	in	our	capacity	to	discern	andin	our	capacity	to	forgive. It	means	faith	in	our	capacity	to	love	fiercely,	yet
with	the	full	understanding	that	who	and	what	we	love	today	might	be	gone
tomorrow. True	love	is	always	a	risk,	in	that	sense. But	the	universe	isn’t	invested	just
in	giving	us	what	we	want. It’s	invested	us	in	teaching	us	how	to	love. And	if
we	bless	others	when	they’re	with	us,	but	withhold	our	blessing	if	and	when
they	leave,	then	we	ourselves	have	not	yet	received	or	become	the	blessing. A
blessing	that	isn’t	constant	is	not	a	blessing. What	we	trust	is	the	will	of	God. We’re	brought	into	each	other’s	lives	on
divine	assignment,	spirit	working	through	the	subconscious	mind	to	draw	us
to	people	with	whom	we	have	the	greatest	opportunity	for	soul	growth. But
that	doesn’t	mean	that	the	lessons	will	always	be	easy. In	fact,	someone	might
have	been	brought	into	our	lives	in	order	for	us	to	master	the	lesson	of
discernment—in	other	words,	to	teach	us	what	to	turn
away
	from. Sometimes	it’s	an	experience	of	what	you	do	not	ultimately	want	that
teaches	you	what	you
do
	want. Sometimes	it’s	the	one	who	shatters	you	who
releases	you	to	your	truest	love. Something	didn’t	turn	out	to	be	what	you
hoped	for,	but	perhaps	that	was	the	point. It	was	a	relationship	that	released
you	to	you,	thus	setting	you	on	a	higher	path. True	love	can’t	come	until	you
know	yourself,	and	you	couldn’t	know	yourself	until	certain	appetites	were
blasted	out	of	you. You	might	have	had	an	appetite	for	the	less	than	committed	because	you
weren’t	ready	to	be	committed. Now,	having	been	run	from,	you	are	ready	to
stop	running. Now,	having	been	stung,	you	are	ready	to	stop


,dangerous situations (suchasWorldWarII, etc.) and experience only joy, happiness, and trust in those
circumstances. I have walked through a crowd of cut
throats who would have readily attacked a person who
was holding·fear and done it with happy, gleeful smiles
on t1}eir faces. They 'got off on it' when a guy like me
walked right through them while they were holding
their intimidating guns, chains, and knives. Had I come
from fear, they would have challenged that boldness
and attacked me. Safety came from letting go of the
fear. Without fear or bravado, there was nothing for
them to playoff of emotionally. Letting go of the worst-case scenario is extremely 284 HEALING AND RECOVERY
beneficial. As we do this, we will become aware that
something has been setting up the fear within us. Now
that we have lost our fear offear, when it arises, we just
walk around with it. One time I walked around with
fear for two solid weeks. With that trembling electric
feeling running through the body, I went about my
business and just kept letting the fear run because I
realized it would run out. However, as we do that, we
may realize that there is another source underlying the
original fear to begin with, which is guilt. Now we begin to see the value of the work that
the world calls spiritual consciousness or something
similar.We can see the benefit of techniques such as
concentrating on the value of forgiving. In forgiving
ourselves and other human beings and turning over
any judgment to God, we begin to find that-by letting
go of condemning ourselves and others, the uncon
scious guilt begins to alleviate fear since fear was
held in mind because we unconsciously expected
retaliatory return of our attacks. We expect revenge
and counterattack. Every negative or hostile thought
that we hold about others engenders our own fear
fulness because on the psychic or mental plane,
which is invisible to the naked eye, it is as though
we are building up for ourselves that which threat
ens to come back to us. We learn that fearfulness
begins to diminish as we let go of our anger, hostility,
criticisms, and thoughts that condemn others. We
learn the value of letting go of the thoughts that
make other people wrong. We begin to value and
love them for their beingness, for what they are. We
begin to see ourselves as different, and, therefore, we WORRY, FEAR, AND ANXIETY 285
begin to see others as different. We become willing
to forgive, forget, and overlook. As a result, we start to see that all the things we
condemned in others are really just expressions of
their humanness. What we have been condemning in
ourselves and in everybody else is the humanness,
the innocence of the little child within that believed
everything it heard while growing up.The conscious
ness of the child is innocent, is it not? It loves and
trusts its parents. It loves its mother. Therefore, the
innocence of the child gets programmed. It is the
innocent child that believes everything it is told by
the parents, teachers, and the political/social pro
gramming that occurs via television and the belief
systems of the country. Who or what bought all the belief systems in our
mind? Who bought what we believe? It was the mind
of the innocent within because that innocent child's
mind, the nature of consciousness itself, has not
changed since we were born.That which is reading this
right now is the innocent consciousness of the child
saying, "I believe this. I take it within myself. "The inno
cent child never dies; that innocence is still present.We
see in today's world the actions ofignorant, susceptible
young men who are being programmed to hate (para
doxically by religion). They then believe hate and
killing the innocent are 'good' or even 'holy'. We begin to see that intrinsic innocence and realize
that all the things we have ever learned which ended
up being wrong were bought out of the intrinsic state
of not knowing the truth and also from learning that
which was not the truth. Therefore, we are willing to 286 HEALING AND RECOVERY
let go ofourcondemnation ofothers and ourselves. We
are beginning to own our own innocence and that of
others. It is misfortunate and perhaps regretful that the
misinformation came into the innocent mind. We might look at the mind as the hardware of the
computer and its belief systems as the software. Can
the five-year-old child question the political system he
hears described in his kindergarten from his fellow stu
dents, his parents, or his grandparents? We can see that
it is from his 'not knowingness'. It is out of the inno
cence of his 'not knowingness' that he believes what
he believes.As a result, we are willing to forgive others,
and instead ofcondemning them,we understand them. From this understanding develops a certain com
passion.A compassionate person has no fears. What is
there to fear in a compassionate world inasmuch as we
are the source ofour own experience and our compas
sion when we own it back within ourselves? We see
our own innocence and the innocence of other beings
and have the experience of a compassionate, loving
world. No longer do we walk around fearfully because
we are no longer creating it within ourselves. We see
that we were the source of our fears. The world was
never the source of our fear; we were. Having let go of
creating fear and propagating it through endless guilt,
which comes about through endless judgments that
social conditioning has thrust upon us, the uncon
scious guilt diminishes. The letting go of unconscious
guilt progresses outside of our awareness. Every time we decide to stop condemning a person
and instead try to understand him, our own store of
unconscious guilt goes down. In the unconscious, it is W 0 RR Y, FEAR, AND AN X lETY 287
an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. If we wish
that somebody would drop dead, what do you suppose
its equal is in our unconscious mind? That we should
drop dead.We do not think that our thought about "If
only so-and-so would drop dead" has anything to do
with our fears of a heart attack, but, of course, they do. As we let go of wishing for other people to drop dead,
we will find, curiously enough, that our fear and obses
sion that we might or will get a coronary and all the
dietary precautions that go with that, will diminish. Instead, we are very peaceful about the whole thing. When we go, we go. Ifwe stay, we stay. Big deal! What we value is life, and we no longer focus on the
potential ending of that life; therefore, we come into a
different experience of the experiencing of life and
who we are.We are that in which this experiencing is
happening. Then, as the classic ox-herding pictures
depict, instead of being dragged about with bleeding
knees and rumpled clothes against our will by the ox
of fear, we can now tie this ox to a tree because we
have located the culprit. Having let go ofour fear of the
ox, we now become the master. We get on top of the
ox, and the ox becomes tame; we are the master. We
have identified with that which we really are and are
no longer the victim. Victimhood comes out of unconsciousness. It
means being unaware of this game setup that has been
going on within our minds. Merely becoming aware of
this means that we are already out ofit. By the time you
have finished reading this, you have gotten up from
being the victim; you are already tying this ox to the
tree. As we practice these techniques that have been 288 HEALING AND RECOVERY
described, we will soon be sitting on top of the ox. When fear comes along, we welcome it and say,
"Great! What an opportunity to let go of more of that,"
because by now, we are feeling the benefit of the
decrease in the fears we have had our whole lifetime. Little do people realize the extent of the fears they are
holding until they begin to disappear, and then it is
mind-boggling. We say, "I never realized 1 was such a
fearful human being:' This is perhaps more easily
understood by referring to the Map of Consciousness
so we can see how the energy fields relate to the way
we experience the world. Mind is so powerful that the way it holds our expe
rience literally determines our experience. Fearfulness
creates a certain view of the world and tends to
become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Recent university
research, as well as our own research, shows that what
one holds in mind tends to manifest within one's expe
rience of the world.The world of our own experience
then becomes the external representation of what we
have been holding in mind, so our life is really a world
of mirrors.What we are actually seeing and experienc
ing is a projection of our own level of consciousness. This is difficult to believe and fully grasp, but to


, along with protein synthesis and lipid (fat) metabolism. Gerson
was able to manipulate tissue damage syndrome, which he recognized clinically in the 1920s,
by his dietary management, eliminating sodium, supplementing a high potassium diet with
additional potassium amendments and finding a way to remove toxins from the body via
the liver.”2 (Added emphasis.) This is a remarkably concise justification of all of Dr. Gerson’s
methods, including the strict restriction of protein and fat, which the damaged cell cannot handle,
the reason for increased potassium intake, and the need for liver detoxifi cation. In 1988, Patricia Spain Ward, Ph.D., campus historian of the University of Illinois, Chicago,
presented an excellent monograph on the Gerson Therapy, under contract to the US Office of
Technology Assessment (OTA). Although her study is not based on new research, it is worth
including for its thoroughness and clarity. Describing Dr. Gerson as “ a scholar’s scholar and a
superlative observer of clinical phenomena,” Dr. Ward reported his observation that patients
on a high potassium, low sodium diet excreted enormous amounts of sodium in their urine, and
that by eliminating animal protein from the diet, this amount was increased. She added, “ The
medical insistence on large quantities of protein, Gerson showed, was wrong and he stopped Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 8 8Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comthe administration of dietary animal proteins for at least six to eight weeks.”3
Important research justifying Dr. Gerson’s withholding of animal protein from his cancer
patients was carried out by Dr. Robert A. Good, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Minnesota and
known as “the father of modern immunology.” He set up a guinea pig experiment, feeding one
group of animals protein-free lab chow, while the other group received the normal variety of food. Dr. Good expected to see failure of the animals’ immune system on the protein-free regime, but
the opposite happened. The guinea pigs’ thymus lymphocytes became tremendously active and
remained aggressively so for a long time. Dr. Good realized that he had stimulated immunity
by the dietary restriction of animal protein, thus confirming the rightness of the Gerson
protocol’s identical insight. Perhaps this is the place for pointing out that Gerson patients do receive adequate amounts
of easily absorbed plant proteins contained in the fresh vegetable juices, potatoes and oatmeal
that are essential parts of their diet. It is a widespread mistake to believe that only animal foods
contain protein. On the contrary: food animals, such as cattle, pigs and sheep are vegetarians! The Canadian scientist, Dr. Harold D. Foster,4 of the University of Victoria, British Columbia,
approached the problem of cancer mortalities from the angle of mineral deficiencies in soils
and water supplies. He also carried out an initial computer analysis of 200 cases of so-called
“spontaneous” regressions of a wide variety of cancers, spontaneous regression having been
defined as “a partial or complete disappearance of a tumor in the absence of treatment capable
of producing a regression.” The result of Professor Foster’s painstaking research was that far
from being “spontaneous,” most of the regressions were due to a combination of conventional
treatments with drastic lifestyle changes and various complementary therapies. Of 200 patients,
10 followed the Gerson diet, and many more used parts of the Gerson protocol, e.g. raw
juices and detoxification. Further dietary regimes mentioned in the sample were partly
or largely based on the same protocol, raising the percentage of those whose recovery was
to some  extent due to the Gerson treatment. The most important conclusion Professor Foster
was able to draw from his research was that cases of so-called spontaneous regression were far
from being spontaneous; and were only categorized as such by orthodox medicine because
they were the results of unconventional—alternative and complementary—therapies. One of the most important techniques of the Gerson Therapy is detoxification via the liver/bile
through the use of coffee enemas. Dr. Gerson knew that these dilute the bile ducts, thus allowing
the liver to release toxic accumulations. His discovery was confirmed more recently by three
scientists, Wattenberg, Sparmins and Lam, from the Department of Pathology, University
of Minnesota, who showed that rectal coffee administration stimulates an enzyme system—
glutathione-S-transferase—in the liver, which is able to remove toxic free radicals from
the blood stream.5 The normal activity of this enzyme is increased by 600-700% by the coffee
enema, hence vastly increased detoxification results. Coffee is also rich in potassium, which helps Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 8 9Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comprevent intestinal cramping by boosting the potassium content of deficient smooth muscles in the
colon. In 1990 a remarkable study appeared in a peer-reviewed German medical journal under the
title “Experiences with the Use of Dietary Therapy in Surgical Oncology.” Its author, Dr. Peter
Lechner, of the Oncological Outpatient Department, District Hospital, Graz, Austria, reported
on a six-year clinical study of a modified version of the Gerson Therapy followed by a group
of 60 cancer patients who were also receiving orthodox treatment. According to Dr. Lechner,
this greatly reduced version of the Gerson protocol was used as an adjuvant therapy, not as
an alternative to conventional oncological treatments. Moreover, the patients carried out the
nutritional therapy in their homes, which made strict supervision impossible. Even so, at the end
of six years Dr. Lechner was able to report the following results: patients generally suffered
fewer post-operative complications and adverse side effects of radio- and/or chemotherapy,
their need for analgesics and psychotropic drugs was less than that of the controls, existing
liver metastases progressed more slowly, and the patients’ psychological state was good
throughout. The malnutrition-caused cachexia (severe wasting), which normally occurs in
advanced stages of the disease could be prevented or at least greatly delayed in most cases. One 77-year-old woman patient on the nutritional regime achieved a complete remission
without conventional therapy.6
In the course of the six-year clinical study Dr. Lechner and his colleagues were also able to
justify Dr. Gerson’s use of coffee enemas, by following up independent research by Djerussi (1959)
and Kaufmann (1963). This showed that the two active ingredients of the coffee, Cafestol and
Kahweol, increased up to sevenfold the activity of Glutation-S-Transferase, which, as we know
from the Minnesota research (see above), plays a central role in the elimination of toxins from the
liver. All in all, cautious and restrained though Dr. Lechner’s conclusions are, it is clear from his
report that even a greatly watered-down version of the Gerson Therapy achieves unexpected and
unprecedented good results in the treatment of patients with metastasized malignancies. The most recent in-depth study of the anti-cancer components of Gerson’s food regime was
written by Carmen Wheatley, Ph.D., a member of the Orthomolecular Oncology Group, U.K.
She became interested in the subject through the experience of her friend, Oxford Professor of
English Literature Michael Gearin-Tosh, who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 1994. His
prognosis was poor: 6-9 months’ survival without any treatment, 1-2 years with “appropriate”
chemotherapy. Professor Gearin-Tosh refused the latter and after considerable searching chose
the Gerson Therapy, boosting it with meditation, acupuncture, and Chinese breathing exercises. He described the process from diagnosis to his then current state in his brilliant, highly amusing
book, Living Proof—A Medical Mutiny7 (Against expectations, he lived for 11 years and
eventually died of blood poisoning following dental work.) Watching her friend’s progress, Dr. Carmen Wheatley became intrigued by the fact that Dr. Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 9 0Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comGerson, apparently intuitively, selected foods for his Therapy that have since, some 50 years later,
been shown to have anti-cancer properties. She wrote up her findings in an essay, titled “The Case
of the 0.005% Survivor,” which was peer-reviewed by four eminent physicians, and appeared
as an afterword in Professor Gearin-Tosh’s book. To start with, Dr. Wheatley points out that the
Gerson diet contains several foods in which modern research has identified some key cancer-
fighting components, e.g. flax seed oil with its important contents of Omega-3 fatty acids, fruits
rich in minerals and in bioflavonoids, vegetables of the cruciferous family, namely cauliflower,
cabbages and broccoli, whose anti-cancer properties are borne out by current scientific nutritional
research. She comments, “ Gerson’s fruit and vegetable


 body odor because of the excess of undigested proteins that are stored
interstitially in tissues. WORMS
 We have been discussing the microorganisms. Now let’s look at the larger
“boys”—worms of all types, as well as flukes—which can become a major
problem within us. There are many types of worms: pin, hook, round, spiral
types, and many different varieties of tapeworms. They can grow and travel
throughout the body, but especially love the liver, heart and GI tract,
including the stomach. I have seen worms even in the lungs. Tapeworms, of
course, can get very large and long. I have personally seen them twenty-six
feet long. In one case, a middle-aged female had her gallbladder removed when she
was in her early twenties. At the time she had a lot of pain both in the
gallbladder area and in her back. But when the removed gallbladder was
examined there was nothing wrong with it. Over the next twenty years the
pain grew intensely. She could not eat excessive fats or dairy products or she
would vomit. Her stomach area became extremely sensitive to touch. She also
began eating her meats very rare, almost raw. When I started her on my detox
program she found three large tape worms in her stools. Now the pain and
sensitivity in her abdomen are completely gone. Another case that I worked with was a young butcher from Portugal. He
had severe neurological weakness, very similar to multiple sclerosis. Based
on his rate of nerve decline he was given two months to live. As soon as he
started the detox program he started vomiting
handfuls of worms. Within
three months of detoxifying he was driving around Lisbon again. Years ago, adults use to “de-worm”—that is, remove the parasites from
their children every spring. Day-to-day activities and the ingestion of foods
bring many parasites into the body. These parasites then become feeders on
our own toxins and weak cells. Many times worms grow in the intestinal
tract. After several years, they then become the problem causing a multitude
of symptoms. We have forgotten some of the basic facts of life, especially
when it comes to parasites and their role in nature. Many people have flukes (which look like little jellyfish) and mainly
grow and accumulate in the liver and pancreas. When they grow in the
pancreas this can cause digestive problems and diabetes. Summary

Keep the body pure and clear of mucus and impurities, and strengthen yourcells. Remember that parasites are secondary to the cause. They only thrive in
a base of toxicity and mucus, as this is their food source. Healthy cells are not
food for parasites. Only the strong survive in this world. Become healthy and
vital and your life will change in every way imaginable. Watch your stools as you clean and detoxify yourself. Some of the larger
parasites you may actually be able to see in your stools during your
detoxification program. For those who are curious, a textbook on
parasitology will give you the pictures or illustrations you need. Smaller
parasites can only be detected via a stool sample done by your healthcare
practitioner or through a laboratory. MODULE 5.3
Why Do We “Plaque” Cholesterol and Other Lipids? Your liver produces an abundant amount of cholesterol, which is an
important lipid used by the body for many reasons. By definition, a lipid is
any one of a group of fats or fat-like substances characterized by their
insolubility in water and solubility in fat solvents such as alcohol, ether, and
chloroform. The term is descriptive rather than a chemical name such as
“protein” or “carbohydrate.” Lipids include true fats (esters of fatty acids and
glycerol); lipoids (phospholipids, cerebrosides, waves); and sterols
(cholesterol, ergosterol). A large portion of a cell’s membrane wall is
cholesterol. The adrenal glands use cholesterol to make cortical-type steroids,
which are, in part, the body’s anti-inflammatories. So why does cholesterol build up in the lining of the vascular system and
throughout other tissues in the body? This build-up is known as plaque. To
answer this question you must first understand inflammation, or acidosis, and
the role of steroids in the body. Inflammation simply means that the body is on fire. This inflammation or
fire can exist at low levels or become a raging blaze. Cancer is an excellent
example of a raging fire. As we discussed earlier, inflammation is caused by
acidosis from what you eat, drink, breathe, what you put on your skin, what
you think and what you feel. Inflammation is diagnosed as an “itis.”
Where
 the inflammation is
discovered will determine what type of “itis” it is. An example of this is
arthritis, which is inflammation of the joints. “Itis’s” are treated by the
allopathic medical community with a steroid shot—like cortisone, prednisone,
or the like. Since we know that the adrenal glands use cholesterol to make
cortical-steroids, the question to ask is: “Why don’t my adrenal glands
produce adequate amounts of their own cortisone?” The answer is that if the
adrenal glands are weak or underactive in the tissue that produces these
steroids, the body cannot adequately defend itself against this strong
inflammation. Lacking adequate steroids, the body then has no choice but to turn to
water and electrolytes in an attempt to manage this “fire.” But water and
electrolytes also cause edema (swelling) in the area of the inflammation. The
liver will also begin to increase its production of cholesterol, thus giving the
body additional anti-inflammatory compounds. Cholesterol is one of the main
ingredients of steroids. All of these anti-inflammatory compounds are essential to the protection
of a cell against the highly damaging effects of acids. The creation of plaqueoccurs naturally, chemically, in an acid environment. Alkalization is essential
for the removal of this “protective shield” of plaque which itself can become
a problem. Most people consume 90-100 percent acid-forming foods. Eating this
way keeps the body’s pH factors acidic. The acid by-products after
metabolism also add to this already over-acid condition,
causing
inflammation (fire), which is a killer of cells. As stated earlier, the body, in its
infinite wisdom, tries to compensate for this by several methods, including:
steroid production, cholesterol (lipid) plaquing, calcium extraction, and
electrolyte or fluid retention. This attempt by the body to alkalize itself is only
self-preservation. Check for acidity
Buy some litmus papers, also known as pH-testing papers, and keep checking
your saliva and urine, approximately one to two hours after you eat. This will
help you to see what is causing your over-acid condition. Alkalization is key to tissue regeneration, to the breaking up of stones,
and to the removal of plaqued lipids. Lipid plaquing from
inflammation/acidosis causes poor circulation leading to tissue death, heart
attack and strokes. Acidosis also creates a coagulating of fats and nutrients,
which also leads to strokes, heart attacks, memory loss, graying of hair, pain
in tissues, stone formation and other conditions. REMOVING THE FIREWALL, SAFELY — It is not difficult to remove this
plaque and to break up lipid-type stones if you consume an 80-100 percent
raw-food diet. Raw foods remove inflammation through alkalization and
increased steroid production, thus dissolving stones and plaqued lipids. This
will unclog the body, increasing blood flow to tissues, which in turn increases
nutrition and energy to cells. This will restore or regenerate these weakened
areas. Such restoration does not take very long if you are persistent with the
diet. MODULE 5.4
Adrenal Gland Weakness = Female and Male Disorders
 The adrenal glands greatly affect the quality of life that each individual wants
to and
can
 experience. This is why you should always seek to strengthen all
the cells/glands in your body. Your body is your transportation while you are
on this journey in the physical world. Disease and weakness locks you away
from life, while health and vitality make you more a part of it. Enjoy your
adventure into health. It’s more rewarding than you can imagine. Let’s look at some other problems that can arise when the adrenal glands
are weak and the diet is predominately acid forming. FEMALE IMBALANCES

Women are especially hard hit in the area of adrenal weakness. One of the
first indicators of this is low blood pressure. With underactive adrenal glands,
blood pressure starts out below 118 systolic and eventually can swing the
other way, creating high blood pressure, or it can keep getting lower. Another indicator of adrenal weakness for women will be trouble with
the menstruation cycle. In this situation a female is likely to begin her
menstruation early in life, at anywhere from three- to twelve-years-old. (Yes,
I have known of three-year-old females menstruating.) She often has
excessive bleeding and her monthly cycle is not on time. The opposite can
also happen: women having sparse and infrequent periods. However, this is
not as common. Adrenal weakness in women can also manifest as fertility problems,


 inorganic chemicals through youreliminative systems. Then they remain in the body andcan cause grave health damage in the future! If we are to get these poisons out of our bodies we
must fast! By fasting we give our bodies a physiologicalrest. This rest builds Vital Force. The more Vital Forcewe have, the more toxins are going to be eliminated
from the body to help keep it clean, pure and healthy. Poisons from Chemical Pesticides & Sprays
Tons upon tons of all varieties of deadly chemicals
are not only sprayed in the air to kill insects, but manymore tons are sprayed on commercially grown fruits and
vegetables. Salads are healthy and appetizing, but often
are made deadly because of the use of insecticide sprays.This year’s crops have been exposed to more poisonous
pesticide chemicals than ever before. You must be on
guard and buy and eat organic produce for your health! Beware of that salad! It may fill your body with deadly
poisons! A convention group of women were having
lunch at a Miami hotel and shortly afterwards, they wereall seized with an attack of cramps. Nausea and dizziness
soon followed. Sick, pale and shaken from vomiting, the
women required medical aid. It didn’t take a physicianlong to trace the source of this outbreak of acute
poisoning. The villain proved to be an appetizing salad
bar, consisting of vegetables, dressings, etc. Stating thereasons for the illness, the doctor said, “The poisoning
was caused by chemicals, ‘stay fresh’ stabilizer spray and
pesticides on the restaurant’s salads and vegetables.”
Dangerous chemical pesticides, insecticides and
fertilizers are used on crops. Recently the FDA reported
the seizure of endive and lettuce contaminated withexcessive residues of toxic pesticide chemicals and
parathion (a highly poisonous agricultural insecticide).10
Some students drink deeply at the fountain of knowledge – most only gargle.Food Crops Often Exposed to Toxic Poisons
Food shipments are often found exceeding the legal
limits of toxic chemical pesticides and are seized. Butthis isn’t the whole sad story of food poisoning. First ofall, only shipments destined for interstate commerce arechecked, and only a small fraction of the country’s totalproduce ever comes under the scrutiny of an inspector.Many tons and truckloads of lettuce containing pesticideresidues “in excess of legal tolerance” will stay withinthe state or community where they are grown and notbe checked at all! As far as shipments across state lines,the U. S. Food and Drug Administration will be the firstto admit that, because of limited manpower, only afraction of the fruit and vegetable shipments in interstatecommerce are checked. The frightening truth is that a high percentage of
the field crops you are eating have been sprayed with awide variety of deadly poisons! These include chlorinatedhydrocarbons, pesticides, toxic fertilizers, herbicides,fungicides, and other phosphorus and toxic compoundsthat are used in growing. The contamination of saladvegetables doesn’t stop with spraying the leafy portionof the plant. Medical researchers have discovered thatmany chemicals such as fertilizers and weed killersapplied to the soil can remain there for a long time andare then absorbed by succeeding crops grown in thefields. The poison finally ends up in the pulp of thevegetable itself. It becomes part of it and cannot bewashed off! Please start demanding organic produce! No doubt it has occurred to you that if the vegetables
in your salad are contaminated you should make someeffort to get rid of this poisonous residue before you eattoo much of it. You might feel that peeling off the skinof a tomato or removing the outer layer of the lettucewill do the job. It won’t. Some of the residue will beremoved, certainly, but there will be more in lower leavesand in the pulp itself. The chemicals cannot even bebroken down by cooking! The poison is part of the plant
and is there to stay. So eat organic and don’t panic!11
Who’s Eating Fast Foods? Americans – 30 Billion Times a Year! USA Today said 44% of junk food eaters are 35 years or older. Only 23% are youth
under 17 years old. – These Shocking Food Facts are Causing Health Problems.The Miracle of Fasting Aids in
Flushing Deadly Poisons from the Body
When we fast (stop eating) all the Vital Force that
has been used to convert food into energy and body
tissue is now being used to flush poisons from the body! When Patricia and I  travel throughout America and theworld lecturing, we are fortunate to know health-minded
people everywhere. We are usually well supplied with
organically homegrown fruits and vegetables from theirhealth gardens. But sometimes only commercially grown
foods are available, which may have been sprayed with
poisonous pesticides. So, we fast faithfully to cleansetoxins out, even when traveling, one
24 hour fast weekly. I do four 7 to 10 day fasting periods yearly. When I
go on a 7 to 10 day complete water fast, I take a specimen
of my urine each morning upon arising. I put it in a
small labeled bottle to let it cool and settle. In a few
days, I can see little crystals forming in the urine. I havehad my urine examined for chemicals, and the examiner
has told me time and time again that traces of
DDT and
other deadly pesticide residues have appeared in my
urine. On one occasion, I took a 21 day complete water
fast. On the 19th day, I had terrible pains in my bladder. When I urinated it felt like red hot water passing through
me. I had this urine examined and sure enough, it was
filled with DDT and other pesticides and poisons! A great feeling of energy flowed over my body when
this poison had passed out of it. The whites of my eyes
were as clear as new snow. My body took on a pink glowand my energy surged. Now, remember I had been
fasting for
19 days. Yet, I drove from Pasadena, California
to Mt. Wilson, which is six thousand feet high, andclimbed the trail with absolutely no fatigue! I ran with
ease most of the way down the winding trail. I felt that
a tremendous burden had been lifted from my body! Inmy personal opinion, fasting is the only way to rid the
body of the many commercial poisons found in foods!12
I really haven’t had any health problems since I was 17, soon after I started
reading about health and nutrition, in the Bragg book The Miracl e of Fasting. I then started realizing there was a real connection between what you put inyour mouth and your health and how you felt. So I immediately changedeverything about my diet. I stopped eating refined white flour and sugarproducts, and dairy products and anything that was not a whole grain orwhole food. What was left was a lot of healthy things: organic vegetables,fruits, beans, legumes, seeds, nuts, etc. After years of asthma, within a monthI could breathe almost normally for the first time in my life. Fasting is a
miracle and I thank Paul Bragg for saving my life and being my inspiration!Fasting is a Miracle – It Cured My Asthma! – Paul Wenner, Creator of the Gardenburger, author of Garden CuisineHealth Menace – Waxed Fruits & Vegetables! Top medical experts reveal another menace to the
nation’s health – a toxic wax on fruits and vegetables. Next time you eat an apple, green pepper or cucumber,
etc. take a good look at its surface. Is it bright, smoothand have a glossy look? If so, beware! Chances are it’s
coated with a wax paraffin solution which is one of
America’s most serious health threats, according tomedical experts! Scratch surface to check for wax. The
wax coating seals fruits and vegetables with a protective
layer which they claim retains the water and juices,preserving the taste and creating a false appearance of
freshness. It leaves a toxic wax residue that clogs the body! What you are eating is a kind of wax that cannot be
handled by your body – a paraffin wax which is a by-
product of petroleum. There is no organ in your body,
including the liver, that can process petroleum. Thisdeadly wax therefore runs wild in the body. That is one
reason doctors are so baffled by the many new diseases
that American people are acquiring from eating foodscontaminated by commercial food interests. Demandorganic produce and unwaxed fruits and vegetables from
all your produce markets - this helps get results! This wax can cause damage if it remains in the body. You must stop eating waxed fruits and vegetables. If you
must, then be sure to peel the skin. Your weekly
24 to 36
hour fast combined with longer fasts during the year
will help rid your body of this wax, if you do eat some.13
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom, and
with all thy getting, get understanding. – Proverbs 4:7
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. –  Ralph Waldo EmersonIt’s not where we stand in the world, but in what direction we are moving.Food Supply Poisoned by Greedy Men
Thousands of synthetic food additives, chemicals,
fertilizers and pesticides dumped into the nation’s food
and water supply are responsible for a great deal of
sickness. For years our foods have been loaded with so-
called “safe” chemicals that now have been discoveredharmful to the human body. Sadly, many toxic


that  there  is no escape  from  the pain,  the mind
yields  to
97 THE  WISDOM  OF JNSECURITY
it, absorbs it, and becomes conscious of just
pain  without any "I" fecling it or resisting it. It
cxperi - ences pain in the same complete,
unselfconscious way  in which it cxpcriences
plcasure. Pain is the nature  of this present
moment, and J can only live in this moment. Sometimes, when resistance ceases, the pain
simply  goes away or dwindles toan easily
tolerable ache. At other times it remains, but the
absence of any resist - ancc brings about  a way of
fccling pain  so unfamiliar  as to be hard to
describe. Thc pain is no longer  problernatic. I
fecl it, bue  there is no urge to get rid  of it, for  1
have   cliscovered   that  pain  and  the effort  to be
separa  te frorn   it are the same   thing. Wanting  to gel
out of pain is the pain; it is not thc "reaction" of
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        They also indicatc that this vision is a rcstoration of
something which we once had, and "losl" becausc we
did not or could  not appreciate  it. This  vision  is,
then, the unclouded awareness of this undefinable
"something" which we call life, present reality, the
great stream, che eternal now -an awareness without
the sense  of separation  from  it. The  momenl  I name  it, it is no longer  God;  it is
man, tree, green, black, red, soft, hard, long, short,
atom, univcrse. Onc would  rcadily agrec  with  any
theologian  who  deplores  panthcism  that  these  deni -
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zens of the world of verbiage and convention, these
sundry "things" conceived as fixed and distinct en -
titics, are not God. If you ask me to show you God, I
will point to thc sun, ora cree, ora worm. But if you
say, "You mean, then, that God is the sun, the tree,
the worm, and all other things. " -I shall have to say
that  you have  missed  the point  entirely. 54

IV. T H E  W I S D O M  OF  T H E   B O D Y

WHAT  IS EXPER. ENCE. WHAT  IS L. FE. WHAT. S MOT. ON. What is reality. To ali such questions we must give
St. Augustine's answer to the quescion,  "What  is
time. " -". knmv, but whcn you ask me I don't. " Ex -
perience, life, motion, and reality are so many noises
used to symbolize the sum of sensations,  llioughts,
feelings, and dcsires. And if you ask, "What are sensa -
tions,  et cerera. " 1 can only   answcr,   "Don \  be  silly. You know very well what they are. We can't go on
defining things indefinitely without going round in
circles. To define means to fix, and, whcn you get
clown  tO it, real li fe isn 'l fixecl. " lt was suggestcd at the end of the last chapter that
this ultimate somcthing which cannot be dcfined or
fixed can be represented by the word God. If chis be
true, we know Gocl all Lhe time -but when wc begin
to think about it we don't. For whcn we begin to
think about experience we try to fix it in rigid forros
and ideas. lt  is the old problem of trying to tie up
water in parcels, or attcmpting to shut the win<l in a
box. Yct it has always  becn  taught  in rcligion  that
·'God" is somcthing from which one can expcct wis -
dom and guidance. vVe have become accustomed to
thc idea  that wisdom -that is, knowledge,  a<lvice,  and
55 THE  WISDOM  OF INSECURITY
information -can be expressed in verbal
statements  consisting of specific directions. If
chis be true, it is hard to sec how any wisdom can
be extracted from  something  impossible  to
define. Bue  in fact the kind  of wisdom  which  can be
pul in the form  of specific  directions  amounts
to very  little,  and most  of the wisdom  which  we
employ  in everyday life never carne to us as
verbal informalion. lt was  not through
statements  that  we learned  how  lO brealhc,
swallow,  sec, circula  te the blood,  digest  food,  or
rcsist  diseascs. Yet thcse  things  are performed  by
the mosl  complex  ancl  marvelous  processcs  which
no amount  of book -learning  ancl  technical  skill
can reproduce. This is real wisdom -buc our
brains have  little to do with it. This is the kind of
wisdom which  we need  in solving the real,
practica. problems  of human  lifc. Il has done
wonders  for us already,  and therc  is no rcason
why  it should  not do much  more. Without any
rechnical  apparatus or  calculations  for
prediction, homing -pigeons  can rcturn  to thcir
roosts  from  long  distances  away,  migrant  birds
can revisit  che same  locations  year after  year,
and plants  can "devise"  wonderful  comraptions
for distribttting  thcir  seeds  on the wind. They  do
not,  of course,  do these  things  ''on purpose,"
which  is only  to say that  thcy  do nol plan  and
think  them  out. lf they  could  talk,  they  could
no more  explain  how  it is done  than  the
average  man  can explain  how  his heart
beats. THE  WISDOM  OF THE  BODY
The "instruments" which achieve these feáts
are, indeed, organs and processes of lhe body -
lhat is to  say, of a myslerious pattern of
movement which we  do not really unclerstand
and cannot actually define. In general, however,
human beings have ceased to  develop the
instruments of the body. More ancl more  we try to
effect an adaptation to life by means of ex• tema. gadgets, and attempt to solve our problems by
conscious thinking ralher than unconscious
"know - how. " This is much less to our
advantage than we like to suppose. There are, for instance, "primitive" women
who  can deliver thcmsclves of a child while
working out  in the fields, and, after doing the few
things necessary  to see that the baby is safe,
warm, and comfortable,  resume  their  work  as
before. On the other  hand,  the civilized woman
has to be moved to a complicated  hospital, and
lhere, surrounded by doclors, nurses,  and
innumerable gaclgets, force the poor lhing into
the world with prolonged contortions and
excruciat - ing pains. It is true that antiseptic
conditions pre- vent rnany  mothers and babies
from dying, but why  can 't we have  the antiseptic
conditions and the nat- ural,  easy  way  of birth. The answer to lhis, and many similar
queslions, is  that we have been taughl to
neglcct, despise, and  violate our bodies, and lO
put all faith  in our brains. Indeed, the special
discase of civilized man might be  described  as a
block  or schism  belween  his brain  (spe -
57 THE  WISDOM  OF INSECURJTY
cifically, the cortex) and the rest of his body. This
corrcsponds to lhe split bctwecn "l" and "me," man
and naturc, and to the confusion of Ouroboros, the
mixed -up snake,  who <loes nol know thal his tail
belongs with his head. Happily, lhcrc havc, in recenl
years, been al lcast lwo scientists who have callcd at -
tencion to this schism, namely L


 Indeed, it is largely responsible for a planetary
outrage of nature, now threatening human survival. This crisis of
malpractice and of misunderstanding the meaning of nature has
been so well advertised, that no one should be able to delude
himself today that things are not really as bad as they seem, that
they will turn out to be all right in the end. The sense of betrayal, of hopelessness, felt by many, especially
the young, is understandable, for if the human being is without
reliable guidance, in the artif icial conditions of industrial
civilization, disaster is certain. Having abandoned the gods, and
now discovered the unreliability of reason and science, what hope
remains? This is an attempt to s how that the strongest hope of all,
neglected by a matter-of-fact culture, is to be found in the human
sensitivities—to beauty and purity in particular. It will be seen to be
applicable to life's most important biological activity—eating. In order to substantiate this cl aim, it will be necessary to begin
by defining what is meant by the human sensitivities. To understand
the meaning of beauty, so out of tune in a world dominated by
materialistic values, will be to provide a basis for an approach to
living radically different from the one taken by most people. The value of science is not denied. The orderliness of nature
discovered by science is one of the greatest achievements of the
human spirit. But the way this ev idence is used depends on some
sustaining background of thought and belief. The mechanistic,
materialistic ideal of present day science is by no means the only
one possible. That it is inadequate, is indicated by the considerable
amount of evidence which refuses to fit into the official picture of
nature, and which is accordingly neglected. The vision of nature which sustains this book is one of a
Creation seeking wholeness, harmony, and beauty, and culminating
in a creature able to appreciate these qualities, and to express them, and in so doing, to experience a sense of joyful participation in the
Creation. There is ample eviden ce for such a vision, in the
harmonies of atomic order as in the progressive achievement of
beauty in the course of evolution. In attempting to account for the human needs in food in calories
and proteins, in minerals and vitamins alone, these other essential
contributions which food can make to the human estate have been
neglected. It is hoped that the subject will confirm that a reliance on
the human sensitivities provides a valid and invigorating guidance
to the way of life able to ensure harmony with nature, wholeness
and health. 2. In Praise of Beauty

The way in which human beings appreciate beauty, and express it in
their lives, and in their arts, depends on the prevailing social
conditions. In harsh, cruel and heartless times, beauty goes out of
living. The appeal of a Negro mask, of a medieval gargoyle, as of
many modern pieces of sculpture, has more to do with excitement,
sexiness, awe, with magic and other strange enticements than with
beauty. In extreme conditions, the human mind becomes so
anguished that it acquires a taste for the hideous and macabre, as in
the cherished skull museums of head-hunters. Beauty in fact
requires sufficiently humanizing, benevolent conditions. With the Industrial Revolution, the beauty-loving Renaissance
was superseded by a desecration of nature, and the rising of a man-
made environment too often hideous and disorderly. The word
beauty has gone out of fashion even among the lovers of art. It is
sadly true that the periods of history benevolent enough for beauty
to reign have been few. Many have seen in this apparen tly natural lack of beauty the
evidence that the appreciation of beauty, order and harmony is a
cultural acquisition and not a gene tic endowment. Those who have
favoured a hard, aggressive view of man have seen in the
preoccupation with beauty the evid ence of decadence. Yet there is
sufficient anthropological evidence that the more benign primitives,
living in the more benevolent environments, have a natural
appreciation of beauty, and express it in everything they touch, in
every gesture, movement and ritual. In these conditions such a
sensitivity to beauty goes hand in hand with an over-all
compassionate disposition absent among the more harassed
primitives, and among the civilized. But the strongest indication that the beautiful is as
indispensable a human feature as brain or upright posture, is the
extraordinarily intense emotiona lism associated with it, and the
abundance of pleasure it can afford. That the appreciation of beauty
is part of the humanizing process is shown by the humanizing effect
such an appreciation has on human behaviour and predisposition in
general. As the evolutionists would say, it has survival value. The opposite of beauty is ugliness, synonymous with the
bestial, with the mean, selfish and sordid, the disgusting and the
sickly, all hostile to the human condition. Had the earliest humans
not sensed the difference between ugliness and beauty,
humanization would have come to an end. The distinction between
beauty and ugliness runs close to the distinction between good and
evil, between order and disorder. An evolving, learning brain
requires a prolonged familial and social nature, which in turn was
only possible in an orderly and harmonious social setting. The capacity for love is leagued with a sensitivity to beauty. Many psychologists have observed that love is the guarantee of the
mind's stability and wholeness, and that love-failure, in hatred, violence and viciousness, is the agent of the mind's disintegration. The appreciation of beauty, like love, can be defined as a condition
of wholeness, and a sensitivity to that quality in others and in
nature, providing the utmost degree of mental balance, of joy and a
sense of meaningful-ness in living. Whole food, fit for humans can
but be beautiful food. 3. Beauty Pursued

So important has beauty been in human evolution, that one can
expect the human being to be designed to find beauty in every
possible thing, in every possible way. Nothing would be undertaken
unless it had an aesthetic element to it. Such' a beatific condition
can still be observed among the few simple peoples left. In the
islands of the Pacific, among the native tribes of Central America,
people are bedecked with flowers, eating and love-making take
place in flowered boweries, every object is made attractive and
colourful, and the naked body variously adorned. The human body
is felt rightly to be the object of supreme beauty, which accounts for
the common nakedness. One can learn much from the body's beauty, as the great
masters of European painting reali zed. All beauty is there incarnate. The limbs are felt to be ideally proportioned, the smoothness of the
skin inviting touch and caress, the eyes particularly enticing. The
disappearance of body hair in the course of humanization has not
only been due to the presumably temperate conditions in which
human evolution occurred, but, of much greater importance,
represents the removal of animal associations. What is left of the
hair, around the head and, in the man, around the face, is evidently a
haloing and an adornment, with an emotional effect the very
opposite of animal. The only part of the body where the hair has not
been aesthetized, and remains animal in its appeal, is around the
genitalia. In a creature depending on social and familial harmony
for survival, a primary interest in the genitalia would have been self-
defeating. Consequently, the genitalia, and the hair associated with
them, were left uncouth and unattractive, with the obvious intention
of detracting attention from these parts. In a creature sensitized to
beauty, this would be as good a way as one could find of ensuring
that human relationships were not primarily sexual. All those
primitives who live in an essentially naked condition, help nature by
covering over the genitalia. A complete nudism, as much as
clothing, is an expression of the aesthetic impoverishment of
civilization; both are unnatural. The female breast is a part of the body made particularly
beautiful, intended to serve as the focus of a love, erotic,
compassionate and social, echoing the ancient mammalian lineage
of mankind. Many of the great painters of the Renaissance were
alive to this appeal, picturing th e infant Jesus suckled with exposed
breast by Mary. There is something profound in this, for the
mammalian female was emotionalized  long before the male in the
selfless devotions of mother love. In an important sense, the woman
is more profoundly human than the man. But the echo of the breast
in the man is a reminder also of his mammalian kind. Threatened
male gorillas will beat their breasts like the angered elders of the
Bible. When men confronted one another in battle in a naked
condition, slaughter was minimal, compassion the rule. The human infant has been made beautiful in a particularly
tender, appealing way. It is interesting to note that the young of all
mammals share in this appeal. Ho wever ugly the adult may appear,
their young are invariably felt to be appealing, beautiful. In this
tender appeal, an important attri but


 After all, how can you perform without protein? My first inclination was to reject the 80/10/10 philosophy as a lifestyle t hat only sedentary people could maintain successfully. Only because I was desperate to find a better solution to overall health, I  decided to give Dr. Graham and the 80/10/10 idea a shot. If anything, his lifestyle had instant credibility based solely on hi s athletic prowess. At the moment I officially adopted the 80/10/10 regimen, I decided that I would giv e up meat. I also decided that I would give
up grains and dairy. It would be hard, but perhaps there was a benefit in this r adical approach to nutrition. I was told by family and
friends to “be careful,” that giving up meat could have severe rami fications for my health. People understood my desperation, but
few were truly accepting of the low-fat raw foods approach. It has been more than two years now, and I can safely say that the benefi ts of being on the 80/10/10 diet are more numerous
than I could have ever imagined. My body has completely changed. My skin is s ofter, my fingernails look normal for once in my life,
I am almost always well hydrated, my gums don’t bleed when I brush my  teeth, and I sleep more efficiently. For the first time in my
life I am able to compete in endurance athletics, supported by an enhanced a bility to uptake, transport, and utilize oxygen. On long
bicycle rides, my heart rate stays unusually low, which allows me to pu sh harder than I previously could, and for longer periods of
time. Most important, I am able to consume more calories during the day on a fracti on of the insulin I was previously taking. The
formula I use to monitor my progress is the ratio of the number of grams of ca rbohydrates to the number of units of insulin. On the
Atkins-esque approach I had maximized this ratio at 16 grams of carbohydrate s per unit of insulin. By eating 80/10/10, I am now
capable of eating 68 grams of carbohydrates per unit of insulin when I parta ke in regular periods of endurance training. This means
that I am now able to eat larger quantities of food, use less insulin, and fr ee myself physically and psychologically from an insulin
pump. One unexpected benefit of the 80/10/10 diet that I have welcomed with open arms  is a seeming inability to get sick. Having
transitioned to this form of nutrition at the end of the autumn season, I w as unknowingly providing my body with an influx of vitamins,
minerals, enzymes, sugars, fiber, coenzymes, phytonutrients, etc. that (in combination with regular exercise and other elements  of
healthful living) would help build an immune response capable of mountin g an arsenal against a collection of the worst maladies in
years. I live in an apartment with three other people, and work in an office buildin g with over one hundred and fifty others. The winter
months brought a series of illnesses that absolutely crippled my househ old, stopping each housemate in their tracks for at least one
three-day period each. One of my housemates suffered from three colds and/ or bouts of influenza, not only infecting my remaining
housemates, but touching bowls, cups, plates and silverware with almost n o regard for common hygiene. At work, a number of
coworkers suffered from sicknesses that kept them from the office for a nu mber of days at a time. Without exception, almost every
colleague produced symptoms at some point between the months of November and Ma rch. During this extended winter season the symptoms I produced were as follow s: I coughed on one occasion for about a minute,
and sneezed a grand total of four times. That’s it. Nothing more. Never on ce did I feel groggy, run down, suffer from a headache, or
feel nauseous. I surprised even myself. And because I am playfully com petitive by nature, I challenged my family and friends to a
contest in trying  to get me sick. So far no one has succeeded, and quite frankly I don’t believe t hat anyone will. Before becoming an 80/10/10 raw foodist, I had heard numerous allegations that e liminating grains could increase mental
clarity and create a heightened sense of consciousness. I remained s keptical, wary about the change in mental perception that could
be brought about by a change in diet. I failed to make the connection between food a nd systemic  human health, ignorantly asserting
that food has a limited capacity to affect any more than the function of  the digestive system. I didn’t believe that nutrition possessed
the power to change the way I think. I didn’t believe that the 80/10/10 diet  could change my emotional state. Simply stated, I didn’t
believe that eating differently could change any part of my conscious ness. I was always taught to believe that consciousness was
governed by my genetic blueprint, and that it could only be affected by eithe r a drastic change in environmental conditions or an
intensely traumatic experience. Once again, I was proven incorrect. Within the first month of eating 80/ 10/10, I began to experience the ability to remember
people’s names and faces, recall events from several years bac k, and revisit playful ideas that I thought had escaped forever. Throughout college my friends had labeled me as “the guy who has too much  going on to remember anything.” I used to invite
friends to come and dine with me, forget about the invitation, and be surprise d when they showed up only a few hours later. I used
to tell people the same stories while they pretended to listen for the fir st time. A few times I seriously believed that I suffered from a
mild form of anterograde amnesia, a condition in which an individual wande rs through life unable to form new memories. In the same
way that I rationalized an athletic decline, I reasoned that it was n ormal to experience mental deterioration in life, and that perhaps I
was experiencing it earlier in life simply because I was diabetic. Now, however, I have a significantly improved memory. I can recall pe ople’s names after only a single brief meeting. I rarely
forget an appointment or a commitment. I am more productive in my job, and can work for longer periods of time in a single s tretch. I realize that I now have a memory more closely resembling that whi ch I’m supposed to have at my age—one that works, and one that works well. My days of using diabetes as the generic scapegoat for an y mental or physical health symptom are officially over. Learning the 80/10/10 philosophy has helped me develop a holistic understanding  of nutrition that opposes the basic desire to
obsess about the intake of a subset of nutrients. Nutrition education in th is country makes it almost impossible to know where to
look for essential fatty acids, vitamins and minerals, and calcium, to na me a few. It is also difficult to know how much of each
nutrient one should aim to consume on a daily basis. After all, the recomm ended daily allowance values change almost every year,
and intake values seem to change constantly, in a seemingly arbitra ry fashion. There seems to be little logic to this system. Many Americans ponder about what the best source of omega-3 fatty  acids is, whether it’s necessary to consume bran flakes
to keep “regular,” whether organic produce is really worth the pri ce differential, whether dairy products are the best source of
calcium, and whether supplementation is really necessary. One day y ou read an article in the newspaper that claims one point of
view; the next day you read an article in a magazine that contradict s it completely. The information comes from hundreds of sources,
most of it is confusing, and almost nobody knows what to believe. It wasn’t until learning the 80/10/10 philosophy that I finally lea rned how to filter mainstream nutrition information to achieve
optimal health. Dr. Graham’s coined statement, “Increase the pe rcentage of whole, fresh, ripe, raw, organic fruits and vegetables in
your diet” was so simple and so sensible that I felt like a fool for not under standing it previously. In fact, after feeling the difference
that whole fresh, ripe, raw, organic fruits and vegetables made in my body, I  never stopped to question my nutrient intake. I stopped
obsessing about individual nutrients and started focusing on creating  holistic health. The message that I’ve taken from the 80/10/10 lifestyle is simple: eat ing a low-fat vegan raw foods diet makes me feel like a
natural human being. Besides feeling like a million dollars every ti me I awake from deep slumber, I enjoy a feeling of simplicity that
was never present in my life on a cooked food diet. My perception of the world has ch anged for the better, and I am more at peace
with my friends, family, and daily routine. At first I thought that in order to become a raw food vegan you had to have a rea son, an ailment, or a condition. I thought that
you had to be a cancer patient, a diabetic, or someone suffering from chronic f atigue syndrome. After all, why else would anyone
want to deprive him- or herself of the good food they grew up loving? Today, however, I realize that the only reason you need to adopt the 80/10/10 lifest yle is that you want to feel like a natural
human being


 agination, beyond human l ove, timeless and eternal, no be ginning andno end. It was c loser to me tha n my own self—closer to wha t I had ever
thought of myself or my personal identity as myself. That Infinite Love was
the core of who I was and had always been. It was an eternal Foreverness. In th at s tate, you realize that what you are is Eternal, Infinite Love. The
Reality of that which you are is not dif ferent from Infinite, absolutely
Perfect Love, with no beginning and no end. That is the Revelation of the
T ruth of  your own existence. That is the truth of everyone’ s exi stence. That
which you are is Infinite Love, which has existed forever and has no
beginning and no end. All that is needed right now is for you to realize that. The state occurred spontaneously, without thought, with no pronouns,
with no warning. In today’ s wo rld, people read this and then start looking
for a snowbank to experience i t, as if the place “caused” it to happen. Or
they ma ke a “holy” snowbank w here it occurred. (The snowbank eventually
melted, thankfully, so no one can put a holy placard in front of it. ) It was a
very profound realization, beyo nd all learning, having nothing to do with
religion or theology. There is no connection between the line ar realm of
religion and the nonlinear realm  of the mystic. One involves thinking, and
the other is beyond it. The mystic state is that of surrendering to the Self, to the ca pacity of
Divinity within to reveal Itself. And it reveals Itself when it is  karmically
propitious to do so, not necessarily when you want it to happen. It can
happen at very inconvenient t imes. Y ou may find yourself completely
incapacitated, si tting there in a state of bliss on a rock, unable to get up,
move, o r leave. The police may come and cart you of f to a hospital, but in
that state you have no say in the matter. The mystic who has realized the Self and then stays in the world to serve
a tea ching function is referred to as a sage. Self-realization, on the Map of
Consciousness, encompasses the levels 700 and up, with Raman a Maharshi
and Nisagardatta Maharaj as examples of the sage. In that state, one sees the
world in its essence. The sage tells you, “The world you see does not exist. ” This statement
confounds the ordinary mind, which assumes that its percep tions of the
world are exactly the way the world is. But the sage sees beyond
perception, whi ch is based on the illusion of separateness, and instead
witnesses the unity of all phenomena. The expressions of the rain may look
like separate raindrops; however, the rain is one. On the level of ordinary dualistic perception, there needs to be a “this”
causing a “that. ” There is always a victim and perpetrator. What would
politics be without a victim and perpetrator. The life stories of most people
turn on the drama of “they did  this to me. ” There is always a n oppressor
causing harm to the innocent on e. In contrast, the mystic sees the unity and
the truth beyond causation, beyond perception, which is emer gence. Emer gence means there is no conflict between evolution and creation,
because creation expresses itself as evolution. The Infinite Field, out of
which all phenomenal existence  arises, is the field of consciousness itself,
which is  inheren tly compassion ate and just, for “Love is the Ultimate Law
of the Universe”  (statement calibrates at 750). The field and the phenomena
are one dynamic whole, simultaneously creation and evolution. The field of
consciousness, in other terminology, is called the Buddha-nature. The field, the Buddha-nature, the state of Infinite Love, is always present,
awaiting your realization. It i s always complete. It does not go from
incomplete to complete. It is complete right from the beginning. When I lay
in the snowbank, the state was complete, instantly once and fo r all. It did
not start, get louder and louder, and creep up my legs. Sudd enly, out of
nowhere, I was in a totally dif ferent realm and it was beatific. The only
reason I  left that state was to re lieve my father ’ s agony. He ca me looking
for me in our old Model A Ford, tracing my paper route. I was in this state
of bliss, and the next thing I knew my father was shaking my ankle: “Dave,
Dave. ” I could see he would have been grief-stricken if I had n ot breathed
again. H e might have blamed hi mself for my death. So, out of lo ve for him,
I br eathed and reowned the body. The only alternative to that state of
Infinite Love, then, was another  form of love, personal love, and placing it
in front of Divine Love. The inner state of the mystic ultimately cannot be described. It
transfigures all life like a Light has come on that illuminates a ll existence,
and the Radiance makes it dif ficult to function. One learns how to live with
it in a s eminormal fashion. W ith concentration, one can fool most of the
people most of the time—looking at them respectfully and sayin g, “Oh yes. Uh-huh. That’ s right. Y eah. Mm-hmm. ” Most people never know what they
are in the presence of, just as they are unaware of their own inner Self. In contradistinction to the intellectual approach in religious education,
what we  are describing here i s the inner path. It arises from within. A
religious education can set the s tage for it, but it does not cause it. One canstudy theology day in and day out, and that study will not necessarily
precipitate an inner spiritual rea lization. However, if there is an interest in
religion, plus a certain motivation, the inner path becomes activated. The
great saints of C hristianity demonstrate that scriptural study, w orship, and
the d evotion to r eligion can end up as a mystical inner awarenes s. Suddenly
the word s dissol ve in the Realization of the inner T ruth. They call it Unio
mystica, the mystical union of self and Divinity, a state of Divine Love. DIVINE ST A TES
This radical subjectivity may reveal itself as Agape, wh ich is the
lovingness for all existence. Bef ore you get to Agape, however,  there is the
state of Unconditional Love at 540. It  shows itself a s a lovingness for
nature, f or all people, a sensitivity to the beauty of everything that exists,
and a lovingness for all creatures in the animal kingdom. Y ou love one
animal j ust as easily as another. It is a lovingness for all life and all its
expressions. Go d is the source of all that is, without exception (c alibrates as
“true”). Everyth ing and everyone are a creation of God. Nothing exists that
is not a creation of God. As consciousness evolves, Divine  States are
calibrated as follows:
God Infinity
The Creator Infinity
Divinity Infinity
Archangel 50,000+
“I” as Essence of Creation 1,250
“I” of Ultimate Reality 1,000+
Christ, Buddhahood, Krishna,
Brahman1,000+
A vatar 985
Allness 855
God (Self) as Logos 850V oid 850
Nothingness 850
Oneness 850
Omniscience 850
Omnipresence 850
Omnipotence 850
Reality as Consciousness 850
Reality as A wareness 850
Self as Beyond Existence or
Nonexistence840
T eacher of Enlightenment 800
Arhat 800
“I”/Self-Divinity as Allness
(Beatific V ision)750
Sage—Self as God Manifest 700
Self as Existence 680
“I Am” 650
Enlightenment 600
Reality as W itness/Observer 600
Sainthood 575
Reading of such states naturally ignites an interest in experiencing them. The Ma p of Consciousness may  be viewed as a map of the journey to that
ultimate human destiny, which  is, finally, an inner path. Concepts and
teachings that calibrate below 600 are comprehensible to the majority of
people, a nd the teachings in the calibration range of the 500s (L ove) have a
major influence. Although the perfection of Love to the level of
Unconditional Love at calibrati on 540 is reached by only 0. 4 percent of
today’ s overall world population, it is nonetheless comprehended as a real,
experiential possibility, and exceptional individuals who continue to evolvein consc iousness to the high 50 0s are termed “saints,” thereby serving as
models for humanity as a practical goal. The spiritual ecstasy of the very
high 500s is a lso