 Dismissing certain kinds of activities which you’ve never tried. These may include such “weird” things as meditation, yoga, astro-
logy, backgammon, bocci, Mah-jongg, isometrics, or anything that
you don’t know about. EXPLORING THE UNKNOWN  / 131• Viewing sex without imagination. Always doing the same thing
in the same position. Never trying something new and exotic, be-
cause it is different and therefore might be unacceptable. • Hiding behind the same clique of friends and never branching
out with different people who represent new and unknown worlds. Having regular meetings with the same crowd, and staying with
the crowd for a lifetime. • At a party which you attend with your spouse or date, staying
with that person for the entire evening not because you want to but
because you are safe. • Hanging back because of a fear of what might happen if you
ventured into a conversation with strange people on strange topics. Thinking to yourself that they must be smarter, more talented, more
skillful, or more glib, and using this as a reason to avoid a new ex-
perience. • Condemning yourself if you don’t succeed in all your endeavors. These are only a few examples of unhealthy behavior engendered
by fear of the unknown. You can probably make your own list. But
instead of making lists, why not begin to challenge why you want
to live each day the same as the one before, with no possibilities for
growth. The Psychological Support System for Retaining These Behaviors
Here are some common payoffs that keep you from roaming
around in that delicious unknown. • By staying the same you never have to think on your feet. If you
have a good plan, you simply consult your script, rather than your
wits. • Staving off the unknown has its own built-in reward system. The fear of the obscure is strong, and as long as you stay132 / Your Erroneous Zoneswith the familiar, you are keeping that fear at bay, regardless of how
costly it is to you in growth and fulfillment. It’s safer to avoid un-
charted areas. Think of Columbus. Everyone warned him he would
fall over the edge. It is easier to be one of the many treading familiar
ground rather than an explorer risking everything. The unknown
is a challenge and challenges can be threats. • You can say that you are postponing your gratification, which
you’ve heard labeled “mature-behavior,” and thus stay with the fa-
miliar and justify it with such a stance. Thus it is “mature” and
“adult” to put it off, but really it is out of panic and misgiving that
you stay as you are, and avoid unknown parts. • You can feel important by having done it right. You’ve been a
good boy/girl. As long as you see it in failure/success terms, you
can equate your self-worth with your good performance and feel
good. But the right thing in this sense is only someone else’s editorial
opinion. Some Strategies for Coming to Grips with the Mysterious and the
Unknown
• Make selective efforts to try new things even if you are tempted
to stay with the familiar. For example, at a restaurant order a new
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Q: What is the author's main point about worry and the unknown?,
A: The author argues that worry and fear of the unknown can be debilitating and prevent personal growth, and that it is essential to understand the underlying reasons for these behaviors in order to overcome them.
Q: What is the author's view on the concept of security?,
A: The author argues that external security is an illusion and that true security comes from within, as it is the only lasting and healthy form of security.
Q: What is the author's advice on dealing with fear of failure?,
A: The author suggests that one should not equate their self-worth with success or failure, and instead focus on their own internal strength and abilities.
Q: What is the author's stance on the concept of perfection?,
A: The author argues that perfection is an unattainable and unnecessary goal, and that it is essential to recognize that perfection is not a human attribute.
Q: What is the author's advice on decision-making?,
A: The author suggests that one should not get caught up in right and wrong thinking, and instead focus on making choices based on their own values and principles, rather than trying to be "right" or "wrong".<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Instead, shift the process to, “There is
no such thing as the right college. If I select A then these are the
more likely consequences, while B will probably bring about these.”
Neither is right, one is simply different than the other, and you’ll
have no guarantees regardless of the choice to attend, A, B, or Z. Similarly you can ease your indecision-neurosis by viewing all po-
tential outcomes as being neither right nor wrong, good nor bad, or
even better or worse. Simply different. If you buy this dress which
you like, this is how you are going to look, which is only different
from (not better than) wearing that dress. Once you give up those
inaccurate and self-destructive rights and wrongs, you’ll find de-
cision-making a simple matter of weighing which consequences
you’d prefer at a given present-moment. And if you begin to choose
regret over the decision,146 / Your Erroneous Zonesrather than deciding that regret is a waste of your time (because it
keeps you living in the past) you’ll simply resolve to make a different
decision in your next present moment, one that will bring con-
sequences that the earlier decision failed to bring. But never attempt-
ing to put it into a right or wrong categorization. Nothing is more important than anything else. The child collecting
seashells is not doing something more right or wrong than the
President of General Motors making a major corporate decision. They are different. Nothing more! You may believe that wrong ideas are bad and should not be
stated, while right ideas are to be encouraged. Perhaps with your
children, friends or spouse, you say, “It’s not worth saying or doing,
if it’s not said or done right.” But danger lurks here. This authorit-
arian stance will lead to totalitarianism when extended to national
and international proportions. Who decides the rightness? That is
the question that can never be answered satisfactorily. The law
doesn’t decide if it’s wrong, only if it’s legal. More than a century
ago, John Stuart Mill, writing in On Liberty,  proclaimed:
We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavoring to
stifle is false opinion, and if we were sure, stifling it would be
an evil still. Your effectiveness is not measured by your ability to make a right
choice. How you handle yourself emotionally after any choice is a
far greater barometer of your personal present-moment togetherness,
since a right choice represents those shoulds that you are working
at eliminating. New thinking will be helpful on two counts—one,
you’ll banish those senseless shoulds and become more internal,
and two, you’ll find decision-making less troublesome without those
erroneous right and wrong categories.BREAKING THE BARRIER OF CONVENTION  / 147The Folly of Shoulds, Musts and Oughts
There is a neat little word, coined by Albert Ellis, for the tendency
to incorporate shoulds into your life. It is “musterbation.” You are
“musterbating” whenever you find yourself behaving in ways that
you feel you must, even though you might prefer some other form
of behavior. Karen Horney, the brilliant psychiatrist, has devoted
an entire chapter of Neurosis and Human Growth  to this topic, and
she titles it, “The Tyranny of the Should.” She comments:
The shoulds always produce a feeling of strain, which is all the
greater the more a person tries to actualize his shoulds in his
behavior…. Furthermore, because of externalizations, the
shoulds always contribute to disturbance in human relations  in
one way or another. *
Do shoulds determine much of your life? Do you feel you should
be kind to your colleagues, supportive of your spouse, helpful to
your children and always work hard? And if at any time you fail in
one of these shoulds do you berate yourself and hence take on that
strain and disturbance to which Karen Horney alludes above? But
perhaps these are not your shoulds. If, in fact, they belong to others
and you have merely borrowed them, then you are musterbating. There are just as many should-nots as there are shoulds. These
include: you should not be rude, angry, foolish, silly, juvenile, lewd,
gloomy, offensive and scores of others. But you don’t have to mus-
terbate. Ever. It’s all right to be lacking in composure, or to not un-
derstand. You’re allowed to be undignified if you choose to. No one
is keeping score on you, or going to punish you for not being
something that someone else said you must be. Besides, you can
never be anything that you
*Karen Horney, Neurosis and Human Growth  (New York: W. W. Norton & Co.,
1950), p. 81.148 / Your Erroneous Zonesdon’t want to be all of the time. It’s just not possible. Therefore, any
should will have


 malocclusion and health problems. 11
 Treating and resolving diseases that
have nervous system components can require a therapeutic correction of the bite. Unfortunately the
connection between neurological diseases and the bite is often completely overlooked. Orthodontics
Now we will learn why braces are generally unnecessary and in fact harmful. First, two definitions:
Orthodontics
 is the practice of forcing teeth to appear to be in alignment using non-removable dental
appliances such as braces. Dental Orthopedics
 is a medical model that focuses on the structure and alignment of the cranial
bones, with the intent to align the jaw towards its normal developmental state. “Functional
orthodontics” is another name for this modality. Many people have chosen orthodontics, which is a means of making their teeth to appear straight,
when they really wanted orthopedics, which is the correction of physical development to a normal
and healthy state. These terms lead to a great deal of confusion because there are conventional
orthodontists, orthodontist-orthopedists, and dental orthopedists. For clarity I will refer to
practitioners who only look at making teeth straight, and who take a mechanistic approach that works
against the normal function of the body as conventional orthodontists. Orthopedists are dental
practitioners who align the bite, even though some orthopedists may also call themselves
orthodontists. Dental orthopedics is the art form of reconstructing bites with dental appliances. This entails more
than merely a mechanical process, but involves an artistic non-surgical cranial reconstruction. Conventional orthodontics is a mechanistic system that does not consider the normal developmental
model of the body. I, like many others, have experienced negative outcomes from conventional orthodontics. When I was
young, my jaw was in the position as shown in figure
c,
also referred to as an overbite. Because the
goal of conventional orthodontists (who practice orthodontics, not orthopedics) is to make teeth
straight, without even necessarily making them contact properly, their simplified approach is to make
your teeth straight BY ANY MEANS NECCESSARY. The conventional orthodontist believes that the
jaws are stuck in one position and cannot move. At best, all an orthodontist sees is what is shown in
the figure labeled
occlusion:
 a row of teeth. The orthodontist, like the conventional dentist, also sees
a row of money. I remember my orthodontist had nice pictures on his office wall of his mansion, and
of his family’s many vacations to Hawaii. The conventional orthodontic approach was designed as a
business model and is an easy and convenient way to move through many patients in an assembly-line
fashion. In the process, the conventional orthodontist rakes in large profits while ignorantly thwarting
the normal developmental processes of the body. In order to make the teeth straight and my jaw look a certain way (or to get my teeth to touch in a
certain way; the goal was never made clear to me), by any means necessary, I was required to wear a
headgear. The theory (wrongly) goes that when children are growing (I was eight) pushing the maxilla
(upper palate) against its natural growth direction with a tortuous device called a headgear that is
worn nightly, will cause the mandible (the jaw) to catch up. And then the hope is that the teeth will
touch correctly (occlusion). So the fairytale goes, and everyone will be happy, and the orthodontist
will get his $5,000. Fifteen years later, however, at the age of 23, my teeth did not touch at all naturally. I developed TMJ
dysfunction (TMD) by the time I was 30 years old, my lower teeth became very crooked, and my jaw
never moved forward the way it was supposed to according to the treatment protocol. The
conventional orthodontist’s model of arresting the development of the maxilla is misguided since the
body rarely or never overgrows a part of itself, rather other parts of the body do not grow fully so the
maxilla appears to protrude, but it is really normal. The results of two years of torture for me as a child were a lot of money spent, but no positive
outcome. I know many other people who have gone through similar treatment, and have similar TMD
and other serious problems to show for it. The problems get worse over time because our jaw
continues to grow, or imbalances get worse, meanwhile the TMJ joint wears out. Many people do not
figure out that they have TMD until, sadly, the entire joint is nearly worn out. I am lucky in a way. I
have spent so much time researching dental problems that my research kept me focusing on my bite,
and I finally realized my body was in a constant state of stress because my molars did not touch
properly. Don’t worry if this sounds like your situation; I will explain how to treat this problem
shortly. Dental Orthopedics Focuses on Normal Development
Conventional orthodontics pursues the wrong goal, which is to make teeth straight BY ANY MEANS
NECESSARY. However, to create a healthy bite, the jaw and cranium must be aligned in natural
position and size. This is the goal of dental orthopedics. If you have a closed bite as illustrated in
figure
c
, the orthopedic treatment might include insertion of a dental appliance which has a plastic
spacer that sits on top of the molars, such as a twin block or an OmNi-2. This is seen in the figure
where the bite height is restored with a plastic spacer. This allows the jaw to stay comfortably closed
in a natural position even though the molars do not naturally touch. What is amazing about the use of
such an appliance is that when there is a space such that certain molars do not touch, the molars start
to get closer together as the jaw bone grows in under the molars. Eventually over a treatment period
of eighteen months to three years all of the molars can be guided to meet each other, and the correct
functional bite height can be retained without further need of a dental appliance. Conventional Orthodontic Practices Damage Faces
Conventional orthodontic practices damage facial aesthetics. 12
 They also damage the functionality of
the bite as seen in many cases of TMD from just a small informal survey of people who have
undergone conventional orthodontic treatment. The most damaging aspects of orthodontics are tooth
extractions and head gear. Many patients or parents are not adequately informed about the dangers of conventional orthodontics
prior to treatment. 13
 In particular the resorption of tooth roots is a common and sometimes highly
damaging result of wearing braces. Root resorption is the loss or damage to the tooth root from the
pulling force of braces. When you move teeth with braces, a tooth does not simply slide into the next
position. The figure of the tooth in chapter three shows how the tooth is surrounded by bone. To move
a tooth, the braces pull the teeth and the tooth is pushed into the alveolar bone. This is something akin
to a boat traveling through thick ice. As the tooth is pushed in one direction, the bone in the jaw must
dissolve on one end of the tooth and fill in on the other side of the tooth for the tooth to move. When
the tooth roots are pushed against the jaw bone with fixed dental appliances like braces, 93% of them
are damaged; some severely. 14
 Approximately 72-84% of teeth that have been treated with a fixed
appliance (braces) have suffered clinically significant damage. 15
 As a result many teeth suffer
permanent damage from braces. Gum disease later in life, in combination with roots that are damaged
from braces and are therefore much shorter, means early tooth loss. Standard consent and disclaimer
forms that patients must sign before accepting braces as treatment explain the known harm caused by
braces. They include jaw pain (from the bite being pulled out of alignment), root resorption, tooth or
jaw instability, fleeting results due to physical growth, gum inflammation, and unexpected results. Meanwhile, in the orthopedic model you will suffer none of these side effects because the dental
orthopedic model works with the natural form of the body, helping it function and grow properly. If you put braces on the teeth of a growing child, and do not even try to move or push teeth, as the
child’s jaw grows, his teeth are going to move in the jaw bone. Root resorption is worse in older
children than in younger children. 16
Bicuspid Extraction
Bicuspid extraction performed by conventional orthodontics on children and teens collapses the
structure of the face, making the face more narrow and less attractive. This unfortunate result has been
shown in studies comparing differing orthodontic approaches with identical twins. Over time, the
twin whose teeth were not extracted, but whose dental arch was widened instead, developed the more
attractive facial features. Bicuspid extraction sacrifices perfectly healthy and beautiful teeth to the
faulty goals of conventional orthodontics. 17
 Not to mention the fact that pulling teeth can cause
emotional trauma as children feel that they have been disfigured or that there is something wrong with
them. Orthodontics Does Not Address the Physiological Cause of Crooked TeethCrooked teeth are the result of a maxilla (upper palate) that is too narrow. 18
 This leads to a child
having a more narrow face and less appealing looks. Practically speaking a wider face


which	pushed	him	over	the	brink. Another	factor	to	be	considered	is	David’s	biochemical	individuality;	he	might
have	been	born	with	a	greater	sensitivity	to	mercury	than	the	average	person. Virtually	all	Americans	are	now	in	a	state	of	toxic	overload. No	wonder	our
population	is	becoming	sicker	and	sicker. Small	toxic	exposures	each	day	(from
common	sources	such	as	breakfast	cereal,	toothpaste,	shampoo,	soap,	perfume,deodorant,	hair	dye,	newspapers,	magazines,	exhaust	fumes,	carpets,	new
mattresses,	dry	cleaning	or	a	newly	painted	bedroom)	will	increasingly	exceed
and	even	incapacitate	your	body’s	ability	to	detoxify,	causing	these	chemicals	to
accumulate	to	a	level	that	will	make	you	sick. Man-made	toxins	are	so	prevalent	today	that	they	are	impossible	to	avoid,
regardless	of	where	you	live	or	what	you	do. Over	the	last	one	hundred	years,	we
have	introduced	tens	of	thousands	of	man-made	toxins	to	our	environment,	thus
changing	it	dramatically. Our	bodies	are	not	genetically	designed	to	deal	with
these	levels	and	types	of	poisons	that	are	accumulating	in	our	tissues	faster	than
we	can	rid	ourselves	of	them. Environmental	toxins	are	not	our	only	problem. We	also	generate	powerful
toxins	inside	our	bodies. Unless	we	can	minimize	our	exposure	and	maximize
our	bodies’	detoxification	systems,	we	will	become	sick. An	extreme	overload
may	even	kill	us:
•	Only	recently	have	researchers	and	health	practitioners	begun	to
understand	the	long-term	effects	of	the	thousands	of	chemicals	we	now
encounter	in	our	daily	lives. At	the	time	of	my	birth,	the	majority	of	these
chemicals	did	not	exist. Now	they	are	all-pervasive. •	A	growing	body	of	scientific	evidence	links	toxins	to	a	wide	variety	of
symptoms	and	syndromes,	such	as	mental	and	behavioral	disorders,
learning	disabilities,	fatigue,	migraines,	allergies,	rashes	and
gastrointestinal	disorders. •	Frightening	new	evidence	suggests	that	low-level	exposures	to	certain
environmental	chemicals	are	causing	hormone	disruptions,	resulting	in
serious	problems	that	range	from	birth	defects	to	cancer. •	Many	of	the	diseases	that	baffle	our	physicians	(often	called	“diseases	of
aging”	or	“diseases	of	civilization”)	are	the	results	of	the	toxic	overload
caused	by	modern	industrialized	society. These	diseases	are	difficult	to
diagnose	and	impossible	to	cure	using	conventional	medical	approaches
that	just	treat	symptoms,	rather	than	minimizing	toxic	exposure	and
optimizing	detoxification. •	Chemicals	posing	little	cancer	risk	can	trigger	cancer	when	combined
together. •	Some	chemicals	and	metals	are	toxic	in	any	amount;	others	are	beneficial
or	even	essential	in	small	amounts—	such	as	vitamin	A—but	toxic	in	large
amounts. In	the	nineteenth	century,	less	than	1	percent	of	all	deaths	in	the	United	States
were	caused	by	cancer,	and	even	at	the	turn	of	the	twentieth	century,	only	3percent	of	the	population	was	affected. Today,	more	than	four	in	ten	people	will
develop	cancer	in	their	lifetime,	and	one	in	four	will	die	from	cancer. The	good	news? Many	of	the	strongest	cancer-causing	chemicals	have	been
identified,	and	we	can	avoid	them. The	National	Academy	of	Sciences	sums	up
the	challenge:	“It	is	abundantly	clear	that	the	incidence	of	all	the	common
cancers	in	humans	is	being	determined	by	... potentially	controllable	external
factors.”
The	Poisons	Within
Toxins	from	the	outside	world—in	our	food,	water,	air,	homes	and	workplaces
—are	known	as
environmental	toxins. Our	bodies	also	manufacture	a	sea	of
internal	toxins	as	a	result	of	normal	metabolism,	which	our	bodies	must
eliminate	in	order	to	stay	healthy. Few	people	realize	that	their	own	bodies	can
be	a	source	of	dangerous	toxins—mostly	in	the	digestive	system,	but	also	from
allergic	reactions,	stress	and	other	sources. Internal	toxins	are	being	generated	at
unprecedented	rates	as	a	result	of	modern	diets,	lifestyles	and	medical
treatments. Just	like	an	automobile	produces	exhaust,	your	body	produces	these
toxins	naturally	and	is	designed	to	handle	them;	however,	if	abnormal	amounts
of	toxins	are	produced	or	your	ability	to	deal	with	them	is	impaired,	you	become
sick. Understanding	the	body’s	natural	abilities	to	cleanse	itself	and	how	these
abilities	can	be	supported	by	diet,	exercise	and	other	means	is	important. By
learning	how	to	support	your	detoxification	systems,	you	can	reverse	the	effects
of	toxic	overload;	as	toxic	load	decreases,	cell	function	improves	and	disease
often	disappears. Not	all	toxins,	however,	affect	all	people	in	the	same	manner. Just	as	each	of
us	has	unique	needs	for	nutrients,	each	of	us	also	has	unique	tolerances	and
susceptibilities	to	toxins. Toxin	levels	that	can	put	one	person	into	overload
might	not	be	particularly	serious	or	even	noticeable	for	someone	else. Genetic
predisposition,	nutritional	status,	stress	levels	and	lifestyle	all	influence	toxin
levels. Because	currently	we	have	no	way	to	predict	the	effects	that	specific
toxins	(or	combinations)	have	on	any	individual,	the	solution	is	to	minimize
exposure	to	all	toxins	and	to	take	steps	to	support	the	body’s	detoxification
mechanisms. A	Buildup	of	External	ToxinsChronic	exposure	to	small	amounts	of	seemingly	harmless	toxins	presents	a
problem	more	dangerous	than	people	realize. Even	in	trace	amounts,	toxins	can
build	up	and	overload	our	cells,	causing	malfunction. The	average	American	is
building	up	(bioaccumulating)	between	three	and	five	hundred	manmade
chemicals,	most	of	which	did	not	exist	prior	to	World	War	II	and	have	never
before	been	in	human	tissue. Therefore,	the	combined	toxic	effects	of	these
chemicals	are	impossible	to	calculate. Physicians	rarely	consider	toxic	buildup	as	a	primary	cause	of	disease	and
rarely	test	for	toxic	underlying	problems. In	fact,	about	the	only	time	the	medical
community	will	cite	toxicity	as	a	primary	cause	of	disease	is	when	somebody
dies	or	becomes	obviously	ill	from	massive	toxic	exposure,	such	as	a	chemical
spill. Subtle	and	gradual	toxic	exposures	typically	go	undetected,	which	explains
how	people	suffering	from	toxic	overload	can	go	to	their	doctors	repeatedly
(with	persistent,	if	vague,	complaints	of	“not	feeling	quite	right”)	and	never
receive	a	correct	diagnosis. When	people	finally	do	become	sick	from	their	bioaccumu-lated	toxins,
following	the	path	of	their	illness	back	to	the	myriad	toxic	sources	is	nearly
impossible. If	these	toxins	weren’t	so	insidious	and	if	they	made	us	sick	or	killed
us	quicker	and	more	straightforwardly,	we	would	understand


 for those who will sit at their side -
board. I have felt when partaking of this inspiring diet, than my appetite was an indifferent
consideration; that eating became a sacrament, a method of communion, an ecstatic exer -
cise, a mingling of bloods, and a sitting at the communion table of the world; and so have
not only quenched my thirst at the spring, but the health of the universe. ”
-Henry David Thoreau
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Fruiticulturen
“Nothing will benefit health
or increase chances of survival on earth
as the evolution to a vegetarian diet. ”
-Albert Einstein
“Even chimps understand the concept: if a troop of chimps enters a fruit tree, they will only
pick the fruits that are ripe and leave the others growing. That is sustainability. ”
-Jane Goodall

“There is no way to overstate the magnitude of the collective spiritual transformation
that will occur when we shift from food of violent oppression
to food of gentleness and compassion. ”
-Dr. Will Tuttle

“Fruit is the best source of food for the soul, the body and the mind. In the Bhagavad-Gita,
Sri Bhagavan says: ‘If with love and devotion, I am offered a leaf, a flower, a fruit or some wa -
ter, I will accept it. ’  It’s a way to divinity, the ultimate health. ”
-Patrick Bernard

“Fresh fruits are high vibration foods; they radiate with sun and light energy that passes to
us when we eat them. If we do not overeat and are in a state of calmness and appreciation
when we do eat, then fruits are an ideal way to raise our vibration and help create within us
a state of harmony. ”
-Anne Osborne
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Fruiticulture“A period of six months is all too short to arrive at any definite conclusions on such a vital
matter as a complete change of diet. I can say, however, that during this period I have been
able to keep well where others have been attacked by disease, and my physical as well as my
mental powers are now greater than before. I may not be able to lift heavy loads, but I can
do hard labor for a much longer time without fatigue. I can also do more mental work and
with better persistence and resoluteness. I  have advised a fruit diet for many sickly people,
invariably with great advantage. My own experience, as well as my study of the subject, has
confirmed my conviction that a fruit diet is the best one for us. ”
-Mahatma Gandhi
“The vegetarian diet plays a most important role in the spiritual life. Purity is of paramount
importance for an aspirant. This purity we must establish in the physical, the vital and the
mental. When we eat meat and fish, the aggressive, animal consciousness enters into us. Our nerves become agitated; they become restless and aggressive, and this can interfere with
our meditation. But the mild qualities of fruits and vegetables, on the other hand, help us
to establish, in our inner life as well as in our outer life, the qualities of sweetness, softness,
simplicity and purity. So if we are vegetarians, it helps our inner being to strengthen its own
existence. Inwardly, we are praying and meditating; outwardly, the food we are taking from
Mother Earth is helping us too, giving us not only energy but also aspiration. ”
-Sri Chinmoy
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FruiticultureEarth’s Health is in Our Hands
by Don Weaver
“History records no more gallant struggle
than that of humanity against the truth. ”
-Ashleigh Brilliant
In the late 1970s, a few of us, including John
Hamaker and myself, warned people about severe climate change and explained that it was due to fossil fuel burning combined with global defor -
estation, continuous soil demineralization execut -
ed by chemical agriculture, sick and dying trees and whole forests, and the fires that inevitably ravage such stressed and malnourished trees and other vegetation. In those days, we got our mes-sages out to the world by mass mailing articles and letters, along with calls or visits to places like the Rodale Institute in Pennsylvania, the Congress, the EPA, USDA and environmental organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. This
led us to write and publish The Survival of Civilization in 1982 in an effort to provide an extensively documented case for regenerating the soil and Earth. Further documenta -
tion was offered in 14 issues of Solar Age or Ice Age? Bulletin and then in 2002 when I published the extensive book To Love And Regenerate the Earth. Other articles before and since were published as the ebook Regenerate the Earth! in 2011. We were and are not only warning of the dangers ahead due to soil demineralization
and consequent deterioration of plant health and the global climate. We were and are also publicizing the solutions of generous soil remineralization and general re-greening of the biosphere, acting locally and thus acting globally. We were (and are?) appar -
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Fruiticultureently a bit “ahead of our time, ” since most people didn’t understand the radical simplic -
ity of giving back to the Earth’s living soil its natural foods in greater quantity than we
mine them from the soil through agriculture and (de)forestry. From 2015 to 2018 we have seen new records for fire damage in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California and other drought-stressed regions, while elsewhere “super typhoons” are devastating the Bahamas, Philippines and up to 27 inches of rain has flooded the Carolinas in just a few days! Recently, over 40 inches of rain fell around Houston, Texas! That is more than parts of California have received in the past five years! Worldwide soil erosion and demineral -
ization continue to “undermine” our health and future survival chances. “Natural” disas-ters have become the new normal, as the large insurance companies and their growing damage statistics will attest. Ecological ActionWe need to swiftly, consciously and wisely become the generous species on Earth. We’ve
taken so much from the  soils, plants, trees and animals; we have a huge debt that must be paid to restore our own vibrant health and that of the whole interdependent chain of life. Fortunately, we can do this by remineralizing the world’s soils with natural mixtures of rock dust, returning the increased amount of organic matter back to the soil. This will build its fertility and depth while enabling abundant production to meet our needs for pure natural foods, fiber, timber/bamboo, biomass energy (alcohol, bio-diesel, wood, hemp, etc. ), as well as beautiful landscapes, parks and wildlands. On 8/2/08, Reuters gave the news of General Motors’ plan that half of their new cars will be fueled by etha -
nol by 2012; current cars can be converted to run on a bio-fuel, electricity, or both. By our choosing healthy vegetarian/vegan/raw-food lifestyles, hundreds of millions of
acres now used for animal-based agriculture and drug crops can be converted to organ -
ic-mineralized orchards, farms and new forest lands. Also, fast-growing tree plantations on remineralized soils can simultaneously build soil fertility and convert CO
2 to leaf and
wood for alcohol fuel and wood energy. Leaves and residues can be returned to the soil. This can replace the practice of burning carbon stored in the ground as oil, coal, and nat -
ural gas, which is wrecking our interglacial climate. This conversion can eliminate what currently comprises 20% of total CO
2 emissions from 176
Fruiticultureanimal “husbandry, ” enabling us to quickly plant the many billions of trees needed to
bring CO2 down from about 408 ppm to a stable interglacial level of about 280 ppm. Remineralizing much of the current forest land will greatly reduce the widespread dis-ease, insect and fire epidemics, enabling forests to again grow healthy and strong. This will pull in billions of tons of CO
2 through renewed nourishment and vibrance from soil
microbes up to treetops. It will reverse soil acidification, allow the soil life-system to hold much more moisture for year-round availability, and ameliorate the increasing “tinder -
box” conditions in many malnourished forests. Stabilizing CO
2 levels and the planetary
climate is the sensible approach if we want to save what is left of our forests and nurture the growth of new ones over much of the Earth. Whether you lean toward the widely accepted “global warming” theory and related evi-
dence, or the “new glacial period” thesis and evidence as put forth by John Hamaker and others, including myself, I think we can all agree on the wisdom of remineralizing and re-greening the Earth to reverse the current slide into “climate chaos. ”  For example, in recent years, there were record cold and crop-destroying snowstorms all the way into southern China, Greece, the Middle East, Florida as well as north to Alaska, Canada and Greenland, with the highest level of Northern Hemisphere snow cover in at least 52 years. Along with the understanding that we’ve about reached “Peak Oil, ” we need to realize
our soil-devouring civilization has already passed “Peak Soil. ”  Earth is in urgent need of replenishment. Can the human mind and heart awaken and shift from egocentric to ecocentric


 deepest level of nutrition for the mind,
which determines the nature of our deeper consciousness
(Chitta), is through the three gunas of Sattva, Rajas and
Tamas. The gross and subtle elements (food and impres-
sions) affect our deeper consciousness according to their
constituent gunas. Most importantly, we are affected by
the gunas of the people we associate with at a heart level. After all, our relationships make the greatest impression
upon us. This is why right relationship is so crucial in
treating the mind. Our deeper consciousness is the level of
the heart. The gunas are the primal level of matter (Prakriti) and
cannot be destroyed, but they can be transformed, which is
what our food, impressions and associations affect. Sattvic
food, impressions and associations activate the Sattvic
qualities of consciousness like love, clarity and peace. Raja-
sic food, impressions and associations activate its Rajasic
qualities like passion, criticalness and agitation. Tamasic
food, impressions and associations activate the Tamasic
qualities of insensitivity, ignorance and inertia. Chitta, our
deeper consciousness, is the ultimate product of digestion
of food, impressions and associations. To have a healthy A172 Ayurveda and the Mind
consciousness requires that we consider all three levels of
nutrition. Impressions and associations go together as the
basic factors of our experience. Mental Digestion
We must not only consider the nature of the food we
take in but also our capacity to digest it. Even if we take
good food, if our digestion is weak, it may turn into tox-
ins. The mind, like the body, has its digestive power or
digestive fire (Agni) which is intelligence (Buddhi). The mind exists to provide experience and liberation
for the soul. Experience that we have digested or under-
stood brings freedom and allows for the expansion of
awareness, just as food we have digested releases energy
that allows us to work. Experience that we have not digest-
ed becomes a toxin and initiates various pathological
changes in the mind, just as undigested food causes the
disease process in the physical body. Just as well-digested
food brings physical happiness and undigested food causes
disease, so well-digested experience brings mental happi-
ness, and poorly digested experience causes mental disor-
ders. The mind has its own pattern of digestion which
resembles that of the physical body. 1. Outer Mind and Senses — Gathering of Impressions
The five senses bring in impressions, much like the
hands and the mouth bring in food. These are gathered in
the outer mind (Manas), which organizes them but does
not have the power to digest them. The outer mind corre-
sponds to the stomach in the physical body, which gathers
and homogenizes food but cannot fully break it down or
absorb it. The Cycle of Nutrition for the Mind 173
2. Intelligence — Digestion of Experience
Once the outer mind has gathered and homogenized
our impressions, intelligence (Buddhi) works to digest
them. Intelligence is the Agni or digestive fire for the
mind and corresponds to the small intestine as a physical
organ. Intelligence digests impressions and turns them
into experiences. It turns present events into memories. Proper mental digestion depends upon proper function
of intelligence, through which we discern the truth of our
experience from its outer names and forms. It enables us to
take in the Sattva guna from our experiences and release
their Rajasic and Tamasic components. Wrong mental
digestion occurs when we are unable to break down the
names and forms of our experience into truth energies. Then the undigested names and forms accumulate in the
mind and block its perception. We mistake the appearance
of things for their meaning or truth content.51
3. Consciousness — Absorption of Experience
Once intelligence has digested our impressions, they
pass in the form of experience or memory into our deeper
consciousness (Chitta), which they affect according to their
qualities (gunas). Experience absorbed in the deeper con-
sciousness becomes part of its fabric, just as the food
digested becomes part of the tissue of the physical body. II
our experience is not digested properly, it damages the
substance of the mind, just as undigested food damages
the tissues of the body. Experience that we have digested
does not leave a mark or scar upon the mind in the form of
memories, but allows us to function in life with peace and
clarity. Let us examine some examples of this process. If we sec
a beautiful sunset with an open heart this impression is Ayurveda and the Mind
easily digested and leaves an energy of light and peace in
our deeper consciousness. If someone attacks or robs us,
however, our mind gets disturbed. The experience is hard
to digest, and leaves a residue of anger, frustration or fear. Our lives are filled with many such examples. Undigested
experiences re-arise from our subconscious, influencing
our current state of mind, until we understand and resolve
them. The Three States of Waking, Dream, and Deep
Sleep
In the waking state we gather impressions through the
outer mind (Manas) and senses. In the dream state we
digest impressions through our inner intelligence (Bud-
dhi) and these are reflected through our subtle senses in
the form of various dreams. In deep sleep, the residue of
our digested impressions, reduced to seed form, becomes
part of our deeper consciousness (Chitta). Our dreams show the process of mental digestion. Good dreams reflect good mental digestion. Bad dreams
show poor mental digestion?2 Similarly, good deep sleep
reflects a well-developed body of consciousness. Inability
to sustain deep sleep shows a poorly developed body of
consciousness. Detoxification for the Mind
Detoxification is just as necessary for the mind as it is
for the body. Yet for detoxification to begin we must first
stop taking toxins into ourselves. For mental well-being,
there must be first a prevention of wrong impressions and
experiences from entering into our consciousness, just as
for physical well-being we must avoid wrong food. The Cycle of Nutrition for the Mind 17^ax
Second, there must be a strong intelligence to digest
impressions properly. We must strive to avoid negative
experiences as much as possible. When we cannot do this,
we must have enough intelligence to digest even disturb-
ing impressions, which are not always avoidable. Elimi-
nating toxins from the consciousness involves stopping
their intake, which requires control of the mind and sens-
es. Then it requires directing the light of intelligence
within to bum up the wrong experiences we have already
absorbed. Just as fasting from food helps detoxify the body, so
fasting from impressions detoxifies the mind. Once the
intake of impressions ceases, consciousness, whose nature
is space, will naturally empty itself out. Its contents will
come up to the level of the intelligence which can then
digest them properly. This requires deep thinking, inquiry
and meditation. When the outer mind and senses are calm
and quiet, our inner thoughts arise. Deep-seated habits
and memories float to the surface. If we leam to observe
and understand them, we can let them go, but this
requires that we are willing to be free from them. Physical Level of Detoxification — Pure Diet
Toxic accumulations of the gross elements, mainly
earth and water, are eliminated from the physical body
through ordinary elimination channels of excretion, urina-
tion and sweating. Special Ayurvedic detoxification mea-
sures help us release excesses of the three Doshas along
with these waste materials." Fasting is another important
measure, which allows the body to bum up toxins. Special
herbs can help as well. 176 Ayurveda and the Mind
Subtle Level of Detoxification — Pranayama
Negative impressions (the subtle elements) are elimi-
nated mainly through Pranayama or yogic breathing exer-
cises, which create a special type of sweating that releases
excess subtle water and earth elements (taste and odor). Ordinary sweating therapies help in this process, includ-
ing use of sweat lodges, steam baths, saunas and diaphoret-
ic (sweat-inducing) herbs. Sweating therapy is part of
Ayurvedic Pancha Karma therapy, which aids in the purifi-
cation of the subtle as well as the gross body. Fasting from
impressions (Pratyahara) is another helpful method,
which, like fasting from food, allows undigested and toxic
impressions to be released. Crying, a sincere flow of tears
reflecting a real change of heart, is another way that the
mind can be purified of negative emotions. Causal Level of Detoxification — Mantra
The gunas are the core level of matter and are inde-
structible. There is no release of the gunas from conscious-
ness (Chitta) but they can be transformed. Toxic accumu-
lations of the gunas (excess Rajas and Tamas) can be
changed into Sattva. This occurs through mantra or sound
therapy. Sattvic mantras like OM help change the Rajasic
and Tamasic patterns in our deeper consciousness and
make it Sattvic. They change the fabric of


 few hours of my spending time
talking with rather than at her, and taking an interest in her life from a
nonauthority figure position made a huge dif ference in our relationship. By getting to know someone, by spending time with them, by making a
little extra ef fort to sow some love toward anyone from whom you feel
hatred might be emanating, you create an atmosphere of openness where
love has a chance to bloom. This is not only true of family members. Y ou
can go to lunch with the person who is most disrespectful to you at work,
and in one hour of just being together, you’ll defuse much of the hate. The
word prejudice  comes from a Latin word meaning to prejudge. T o prejudge
is to form an opinion without any contact. It is done before contact. W ith
contact, you embrace the light that you both share, and the “pre” disappears,
as does the judgment. Use a letter as a means of sending love. Very often it seems impossible to
reach someone who is full of hate. The more you attempt to talk with them
about it, the more entrenched they become in their beliefs that they have no
other choice than to be the way they are. These encounters frequently
deteriorate into ar guments, and loud, unpleasant, intolerant exchanges are
often the result. I recommend that you make your feelings known in a letter format, so the
reader is unable to ar gue back with their invested hatred. Even if they
disagree with everything you write in the letter, make an ef fort to let them
know that they are important, worthwhile, intelligent, and most of all, lovedby you and by God. But also include how you feel when their hate is
directed at you, and why you frequently remove yourself from the
immediate vicinity of that hatred. By sending love in a written form you
don’t fan the sparks of hatred, which flare up when words are flying back
and forth in heated exchanges. This is one more opportunity for you to
reach down inside your soul, and sow love where there is hatred. Try being kinder, and still kinder, as your r esponse. One of the best ways
I’ve discovered to sow love where there is hatred is to be generous and
giving in my response. Send flowers to someone who has been verbally
abusive. Mail a box of candy or send a gift certificate in response to hatred. Over the years I have had the experience on many occasions of people
ordering products, sending me a check, and then a week or so later
discovering that the person had insuf ficient funds to cover the costs of the
materials I had purchased and mailed. There was a time when I reacted to
this experience of being defrauded with complaints about how irresponsible
and immoral this was. About five years ago I did an about-face. Every time
this happened to me I mailed the person a free gift of an autographed book,
and requested payment for the bounced check. The response was amazing. About ninety-eight percent of the people who received a free gift in
response to their NSF check, not only returned the money, but took the time
to write a lovely letter of apology as well. This was in contrast to the less
than forty percent who made good on their bad checks previously. The old
saying goes “Kill them with kindness.” I prefer “Connect to them with love
and generosity,” or as Saint Francis would say, “Sow love.”
Forgive yourself and look upon yourself with love. Always remember that
you are connected eternally to God. Y ou are a divine creation, and you do
not want to fear your divinity any longer. You do not have to perform to
anyone else’ s standard to be loved; you are loved unconditionally. You do
not have to be mistake-free; you are always loved. Y ou do not have to win;
you are loved regardless of the outcome or the score. All the reasons that you may have adopted to hate yourself are the result of
a rigid belief that your ego is the dominant force in your life. Y our ego
believes you are what you do, what you have, what others think of you.Your ego believes you are separate from everyone else, and separate from
God. Thus, that ego is always judging, evaluating, and comparing you to
others. When you don’ t measure up, you engage in self-contempt. Then you
review how many times you failed and turn those self-perceived failures
into self-hate. As a spiritual being, you do not have to perform, compare, win, or anything
else. Y our worthiness is a given. Y ou are a piece of God. Always connected. Remind yourself of this truth whenever you resort to any form of self-
hatred. For give yourself and you are sowing love in your ener gy field, as
well as providing yourself with a spiritual solution to the “problem” of self-
contempt. This concludes my suggestions for learning to sow love where there is
hatred. I know in my heart that no person can love another unless he loves
humanity first. The ability to sow love stems from this inner sense of
feeling connected to, rather than separate from all living creatures, all of
humanity and God as well. An emancipated slave who one would think had every reason to be full of
hate exemplifies the message of this chapter and the request of Saint
Francis. His name was Booker T. Washington and he put it this way, “I shall
allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.” Here was a man
who went to work at the age of nine, worked as a janitor to obtain an
education, and later headed up the T uskegee Institute in Alabama. He
refused to hate. Why? Because, as he said, hatred belittles the soul. Sow
love and enjoy the bouquet of respect that adorns your soul. OceanofPDF.com9
WHERE THERE IS INJUR Y,
PARDON
The world is not in need of a new religion, nor is the world in need of a new philosophy: What
the world needs is healing and regeneration. The world needs people who, through devotion to
God, are so filled with the spirit that they can be instruments through which healings take place,
because healing is important to everybody. —JOEL S. GOLDSMITH,
THE ART OF SPIRITUAL HEALING
I find the use of the words injury  and pardon a fascinating way of
expressing the desire of Saint Francis to heal the sick and bring recovery to
the wounded. He uses the word pardon as a way of expressing the desire to
have an injury released, much like a prisoner would be released from
custody by the issuance of a pardon. As you are aware, Saint Francis was
known in his time as a healer of the sick. His presence among the injured
brought about miraculous cures that were inexplicable to the physicians of
his time. He is asking, in this line of the prayer, to reunite himself so
completely with spirit that body and universal mind become one. He prays
for the perfection of God’ s consciousness to permeate his body so he can
convey this spiritual ener gy to those who are less than whole. I am not asking you to become a Saint Francis or a Jesus and perform
miraculous healings, although I am in no way suggesting that this isimpossible either. I am asking you to open yourself to an idea that you may
think of as outrageous or even impossible, but one that you will consider
here, if for no other reason than to merely entertain yourself with some of
“Dyer ’s folly.” Perhaps T ilopa’ s tenth-century definition of enlightenment
will encourage you: “T o have a mind that is open to everything, and
attached to nothing.”
I want to make very clear how I believe we can look at the presence of
illness or injury in our lives and the lives of our loved ones from a
perspective of implementing spiritual solutions. When we have to recognize
and accept a given state of disease in our body, our primary thought ought
to be how to create a solution. This generally implies returning our body to
a disease free state as quickly and as painlessly as possible. When I suggest taking responsibility for any disease and injury, I emphasize
that this should be without any accompanying guilt or shame. By saying to
yourself, “This state of disease or imbalance is mine; I own it and I am in
charge of my attitude toward it,” you acquire a sense of empowerment
because you open yourself to the healing ener gy found in a spiritual
solution. Feeling guilt or anger about arthritis, cancer, heart disease, kidney
failure, or any kind of injury prevents you from approaching the ener gy
levels where spiritual solutions abound. We do live in a carcinogenic world, we have pollutants in our air, food, and
water. Guilt or anger about these conditions or blaming the polluters will
only serve to magnify the “problem.” Seeking a spiritual solution means
letting go of those disempowering ener gies of shame, guilt, anger, and
blame. By saying, “This is mine and I seek the spiritual solution to this
situation,” you move into those higher healing ener gies. Your body is your curriculum to God in this lifetime. Some of us have the
condition of a bald head, a short stature, eyes that don’ t see, ears that don’ t
hear, legs that don’ t walk, and on and on.


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 a full glass of water before meal
• Apply progesterone one to three minutes before eating
• Make a generous green salad with lots of chopped |   151 MEAL pLAN TO L OWER A DRENALINE
vegetables, sprinkled with nuts, seeds, or sprouts,
topped lightly with herb-infused olive oil and lemon dressing
• Tuna fish or chicken added to the salad (optional)
• Only eat half of the salad
Drink a full glass of water between lunch and afternoon snack. Afternoon Snack
• Drink a full glass of water before snack
• Eat the other half of the salad
Dinner
• Drink a full glass of water with the juice of half a fresh lemon before meal
• Apply progesterone one to three minutes before eating
• Poached salmon
• Half a cup brown rice
• Steamed vegetables
Evening Snack
• If you need an evening snack, enjoy celery sticks with almond butter
Bedtime Snack
If you tend to wake up during the night, try applying
progesterone cream and eating something right before you
go to bed, such as leftover vegetables from dinner, oatmeal,
a green smoothie, or brown rice. You may also try a small
amount of Greek yogurt. The following are other ideas for meals. Mix and match and get creative! 152  |
ADRENALINE DOMINANCE
Breakfast Ideas
Eggs, scrambled with green vegetables
No-crust spinach quiche Oatmeal with flax seeds, blueberries, or strawberries Soup Brown rice cereal with flax seeds, cinnamon, and
slivered almonds
Plain Greek yogurt with berries, sliced apples, and
cinnamon
Lunch Ideas
Salad
SoupGreen smoothie or a protein drink with fruit Burger or sandwich wrapped in
 lettuce leaves instead of bread
Cottage cheese with berries or vegetablesAvocado, tomato, sprouts, and sliced cheese
(One possibility is to eat only half your lunch at lunchtime,
and have the other half as your afternoon snack three
hours later.) Dinner Ideas
Lean meat, fish, or poultry
Green vegetables Brown rice, brown rice pasta, or sweet potato Beans Soup or stewChili with lean meat or turkey Stir-fry
Green smoothie|   153 MEAL pLAN TO L OWER A DRENALINE
Snack Ideas
Raw vegetables dipped in nut butter or hummus
Deviled or boiled eggs Tuna, chicken, or shrimp salad Cottage cheese Nuts and seeds Sliced apples with cinnamon Raw food bar or low-carbohydrate barBowl of mixed fruit
Making Green Smoothies
When making green smoothies, keep it simple: Use only
low-glycemic vegetables and fruits, plus water, along with
some protein powder. Keep the ingredient list short. Keep the
ingredients tasty so you continue to enjoy the benefits. Use
organic ingredients as often as possible. Fruit can be fresh or frozen. Frozen berries make a slushier
smoothie. If you do not have a high-powered blender, avoid
using all frozen fruit, or let frozen fruit thaw before blending. Avoid adding watermelon and other melons to smoothies; they
are best digested on their own. Greens can be purchased in bulk or in bags. Good greens
to use include: mixed baby greens, spinach, kale, and romaine
lettuce. Peel, slice, and freeze green bananas, which are low in
sugar, to use in smoothies. Adding a protein powder, preferably a vegetable protein
powder, to all of the following recipes is recommended. The
protein balances the carbohydrates from the vegetables and
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vegetable protein powder called Creative Meal Support that
was specially formulated to help control adrenaline. Adding three tablespoons of extra virgin coconut oil to
your smoothie is recommended. The following recipes will get you started. As you become
familiar with making smoothies, feel free to experiment. How to Make a Basic Green Smoothie
1. Pour one cup (or more) of water into a powerful blender. 2. Add protein powder. 3. Add chopped greens until the blender is full, and
pulverize. 4. Add more greens to the blended greens and pulverize again. 5. Add cut up fruits in the combinations you think you will enjoy (suggested fruits are: apple, green banana, mango, and pineapple with mango) and pulverize again. 6. Add one to three tablespoons of coconut oil and briefly pulverize again. Voila! You now have a basic green smoothie. A tablespoon of freshly ground flaxseeds (buy whole seeds
and grind in coffee grinder as needed) or whole chia seeds
can be added to this smoothie. Adding a ripe avocado gives it
a creamy texture and flavor. For a colder, frothier smoothie, add ice and blend. Hint: If you or your family members or children are trying
a smoothie for the first time, use very little greens and lots of fruit to avoid a strong greens flavor. Do not add starchy vegetables to green smoothies. Starchy |   155 MEAL pLAN TO L OWER A DRENALINE
vegetables include: carrots, beets, broccoli stems, zucchini,
cauliflower, cabbage, brussels sprouts, eggplant, pumpkin,
squash, okra, peas, corn, and green beans. Starchy vegetables
combine poorly with fruit and may produce gas. Always rotate the green leaves that you add to your
smoothies. Almost all greens contain minute amounts of
alkaloids. Small quantities of alkaloids cannot hurt you and
actually strengthen the immune system. However, if you keep
consuming kale, spinach, or any other single green for many
weeks without rotation, eventually the same types of alkaloids
can accumulate in your body and cause unwanted symptoms of poisoning. Green Smoothie Recipes
Easy Green Smoothie
8–10 oz water
2 handfuls of greens of choice½ cup fruit of choice (low-glycemic)1 tbsp of chia seeds or fresh ground flaxseedvegetable protein powder
Tastes-Like-a-V-8 Smoothie
2 cups water5 kale leaves½ avocado2 roma tomatoes3 garlic clovesJuice of ½ lime½ tsp sea salt 156  |
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Tropical Delight Smoothie
11 ounces water
1–2 handfuls of greensFruit from one young coconut½ green papaya1 cup pineapple3–4 slices green banana
Very Veggie Blend
4 tomatoes
6 stalks celery
2 cucumbers 1 zucchini
Handful of chopped cilantro
1 small slice of red pepper 8–10 ounces of water
Kid-Friendly, Not Too Green Smoothie
3–4 slices of green banana
2 large rainbow chard leaves 1 heaping cup frozen cherriesEnough water to blend
Blue Smoothie
2–3 slices of frozen green banana2 cups blueberries2 apples1 stick celery4 huge leaves of kale3 cups of water (or more to assist in blending)|   157 MEAL pLAN TO L OWER A DRENALINE
This meal plan is fairly simple to follow and certainly not
revolutionary. The take-home message is the importance of
eating or drinking the right type of carbohydrates with each
meal and eating small, frequent meals through the day, including
right before bedtime if nighttime adrenaline is a problem. 159
APPENDIX BGLYCEMIC
INDEX
WHAT IS THE GLYCEMIC INDEX (GI)? *
The Glycemic Index (GI) is one the best tools for fat loss. It
measures how quickly foods break down into sugar in your
bloodstream. High glycemic foods turn into blood sugar
very quickly. Starchy foods like potatoes are a good example. Potatoes have such a high GI rating, it’s almost the same as
eating table sugar. The glycemic index of green vegetables is
zero because they convert into sugar slowly and thus stimulate
little insulin production. Meat and most nuts contain no
carbohydrates and thus stimulate no insulin production, so
they also rate zero on the glycemic index scale. WHAT IS THE GLYCEMIC LOAD (GL)? The GI tells you how fast foods spike your blood sugar. But the
GI won’t tell you how much carbohydrate per serving you’re
getting. That’s where the Glycemic Load (GL) is a great help. It
measures the amount of carbohydrate in each serving of food. Foods with a glycemic load under 10 are good choices—these
foods should be your first choice for carbs. Foods that fall
between 10 and 20 on the glycemic load scale have a moderate
effect on your blood sugar. Foods with a glycemic load above
20 will cause blood sugar and insulin spikes. Try to eat those foods sparingly. * The information and chart provided here are reproduced with the permission of
Al Sears, M.D. Please refer to his website for other excellent natural health, wellness,
and anti-aging related information: www.alsearsmd.com. 160  |
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FOOD GI Serving Size (g) GL
CANDY/SWEETS
Honey 87 2 tbs 17.9
Jelly Beans 78 1 oz 22
Snickers Bar 68 60g (½ bar) 23
Table Sugar 68 2 tsp 7
Strawberry Jam 51 2 tbs 10.1
Peanut M&M’s 33 30g (1 oz)


 am seeing with my mind. ”
T o understand how all of these healings can come about—some of
them ver ging on the miraculous—we have to revise many of our thoughts
about bodily processes, the mechanisms of healing, and how medical
treatments bring about their results. It was discovered that there is a self-
healing power within  that is activated by continual surrender. CHAPTER
21
Q U E S T I O N S  A N D  A N S W E R S
This chapter includes verbatim questions and answers from workshops and
seminars that have been given around the world in recent years. In
anticipation of the reader ’ s questions, the most typical and frequently asked
questions about the mechanism of surrender have been included. Religious and Spiritual Goals
There are always a number of questions regarding the application of
surrender to achieving what are generally referred to as spiritual goals,
expansion of consciousness, and religious beliefs. W e can answer many of
these questions by making a general statement. The letting go mechanism does not conflict with any religion or
spiritual pathway or self-improvement program, nor does it disagree with
any philosophy or metaphysical position. It entails no spiritual teachings of
its own. Instead, it provides a mechanism so that self-understanding
removes the blocks to spiritual advancement. It is also compatible with the
humanistic movement. All spiritual pathways and religions emphasize the
need for expanding our capacity to love, and this is essentially what the
process of surrender is all about. By removing the blocks to love, the
capacity to love self, others, and God is expanded. Surrender also facilitates the basic teachings of all the world’ s great
religions. The essential goal of these teachings is to surrender the “small
self,” commonly called “ego. ” The letting go technique facilitates the goal
of dissolving the small self by using a simple inner process of surrender. When the small self is transcended, the true inner Self shines forth. Let us
take, for instance, the most common short means of expression of this
surrendering phenomenon as given by most religions. T ypically, they follow
this pattern:
Let go and let God. Be still and know that I am God. T urn your life and will over to the care of God as you understand Him. Surrender to what is,  for God is in all things. It is obvious that letting go of negativity facilitates the very direction
that all religions and spiritual pathways ur ge us to take. The process of
letting go is concerned primarily with feelings, and we have seen that
feelings have a profound ef fect on our thoughts and belief systems. The
experience of most people who use the mechanism of surrender is that it
facilitates their spiritual and religious goals. Those who do not consciously
have any religious or spiritual goals have remarked that it facilitates their
capacity for lovingness, which substantially increases their happiness and
well-being. Carl Jung pointed out that, because God is one of the major archetypes
in the unconscious, each person has to take a position about God whether
they like it or not. Even the atheist has feelings about the concept of God. So whether God exists or not, the subject has to be dealt with sooner or
later. Suppressing our feelings about God or consciously being
overwhelmed by the subject is not a satisfactory solution. The letting go
technique brings resolution to long-standing inner conflicts, both to the
atheist and to the believer. Question : What is the relationship of letting go to the whole
concept of sin. Answer : If we examine the negative feelings that we have been
discussing and describe them in religious terminology, we see that
what we have really been describing are the so-called “cardinal
sins. ” Inasmuch as the mechanism of surrender is a way of letting
them go, it seems obvious that letting go of the attachment to these
characteristics facilitates the achievement of religious teachings in
our personal life. Question : I am not a follower of any particular spiritual pathway
but have my own personal pathway. How could this technique be
helpful. Answer : W ithout exception, all spiritual pathways are based upon
a method of dissolving the ego. The ego includes the totality of our
negative programs. Surrendering is the process par excellence  for
letting go of negative programs. It is, therefore, the best tool to
facilitate spiritual understanding. Question : W ill this process interfere in any way with my faith. Answer : On the contrary: What are the obstacles to faith. Y ou will
notice that they are all forms of negativity. Consequently, letting
go of negativity would be removing the obstacles to faith. Question : I am a nonbeliever, but I do have an interest in learning
about spiritual matters. W ould this approach be of any use to me. Answer : The mechanism of surrender is a tool only. Y ou can use it
to remove the obstacles to making a million dollars; or you can use
it to remove the obstacles to the development of spiritual
awareness. Most people who continuously surrender report that
they discover something within themselves akin to love itself,
which is independent of the body, emotions, thoughts, and the
events of the world. Have you ever heard of anyone becoming
displeased by this discovery. Question : Does the letting go technique contradict any spiritual or
religious teachings. Answer : A study of the subject reveals that there is no conflict
between the letting go of negativity and any spiritual teaching. Question : I gave up religion many years ago because it created so
much guilt I couldn’ t handle it. What would be the ef fect of using
the letting go technique. Answer : In clinical observations over the years, guilt emer ges as
the most frequent reason for which people give up their religion. It
is because the goals seem unobtainable. Ask yourself what hasmade these goals seem unobtainable. It will always be the disparity
between what one is taught they should be, as compared to what
they perceive they really are. Instead of feeling guilty, try letting
go of all the negative feelings that come up and wait and see for
yourself what change of attitudes might occur. Again, letting go is
a tool. It can be utilized to facilitate your goals in any area of life. How you use it is up to you. A good place to start is to let go of all
of your guilt since it fosters an emotional environment for
suf fering and disease. Meditation and Inner T echniques
Question : How does letting go and surrendering correlate with the
dif ferent meditative techniques. Answer : Almost all meditative techniques have as their goal the
quieting of the mind. This is the basis of the dictum from the Book
of Psalms, “Be still and know that I am God. ” As most meditators
have discovered, achieving silence of the mind is the main
problem of meditation itself. This is because suppressed feelings
constantly produce thoughts, which are the main distractions in
meditation. Acknowledging and letting go of the ener gy behind
these suppressed feelings, therefore, facilitates the goal of
meditation. When the feeling behind the train of thoughts is
located and surrendered, then that entire train of thought instantly
stops. By constantly surrendering, it is possible to arrive at an
extremely silent state of mind. This can be accomplished as one
goes about one’ s daily activities, thus greatly expanding the
capacity to meditate. Most meditative techniques are limited to a
specified number of minutes or hours during the day. It is possible
by constant surrender to reach high states of consciousness. Question : I do not follow a spiritual pathway, but I do af firmations
and visualizations. W ill the letting go technique be of use to me. Answer : Letting go greatly facilitates the power of af firmations. An af firmation is a positive statement. Its power is limited by the
fact that, either consciously or unconsciously, we have multiplenegative programs that are saying the very opposite thing to the
af firmation. Y ou can discover this for yourself by noticing that, as
you write the af firmations, your mind comes up with, “Y eah, but
… ” It is these “Y eah, buts … ” that limit the power of the
af firmation and reduce its ef fectiveness. If you surrender the
obstacles to the af firmation, you will notice a rapid increase in
their ef fectiveness. Psychotherapy
Question : I am in psychoanalysis. W ould the letting go technique
be helpful or would it be in conflict with my analysis, which is
getting progressively more expensive. Answer : Therapists who have studied the technique agree with it. Many psychiatrists, psychologists, and therapists have learned it
and utilize it in their practices. So far, we have heard only 100%
positive evaluations of the results, because the so-called “working
through” is facilitated by the patient’ s capacity to let go of
negativity and self-limitations, which allows the therapy to move
forward much more rapidly. Psychotherapists, themselves, have
found that letting go has greatly facilitated their understanding of
patients and the resolution of counter -transference. If therapists
know how to acknowledge and let go of negative feelings, then
they can avoid the development of many stress-related illnesses
during the course of their practice. Thus, the technique is
considered to be of assistance in psychotherapy, increasing its
ef fectiveness and the satisfactoriness of its outcome. Question : I am in group psychotherapy. How would that work


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Allergic bronchitis with wheezing
For the last three months, my wife and I are doing OP regularly. I suffer from severe running
nose. Now after I started doing OP, the running nose has become very mild and it persists
only for a day or so. I also used to get severe bouts of cough and with great difficulty
manage to get the sputum out. Now the running nose does not follow by cough. My wife used to develop allergic bronchitis with wheezing due to dust or after severe cold
and on long journeys. She tried OP for three months and did not develop wheezing or
severe cough. Dr. P.V.R.D.N. Prasad Sarma, (practicing since 1955), Machilipatnam, AP
Cancer cases
Most importantly, I want to write about  three cases of cancer. In two cases, biopsy report
confirms “schirrus type of carcinoma of uterus”. In the third case, it is malignant growth
of a tumor of a size bigger than tennis ball on the jawbone. This case is also of a woman on
homeopathy medicines. Within two months of OP, in both cases of carcinoma of uterus
bleeding reduced, general condition improved and they are confident that their disease will
go. You know confidence/faith contributes to cure more than medicine. In the  case of malignant tumor after a month of OP, pus came out of a hole in the tumor on
the jawbone. The pus stopped after three weeks, the hole closed and the size of tumor
came down to almost normal. In these cases, my medicines must have given temporary relief. I
am hoping they will totally heal. In case of joint pains the improvement that would have resulted in eight months with my
medicines, have come within two moths of OP. For allergy, asthma and tooth diseases, the results are wonderful. My medicines must have
given o nly temporary relief. I am hoping OP will heal them totally. Dr.S.Chandramouli, Homeopath, Gollalamamidalam, E.G. Dt., A. P
Constipation – Piles -“With OP Health Is Great Wealth”
I have been practicing OP for the last one year with Til (gingelly -sesame) oil  for fifteen to
twenty minutes daily in the morning without fail. I am 82 years old. I have been suffering from
constipation and piles for the last four decades. I consulted many doctors, used many
medicines but with only temporary relief. Within two weeks of practicing OP, I started getting relief. There was no pain during motion. Inflammation and piles decreased. I started having free and clear evacuation. I am sleeping
peacefully and happily at night. Indigestion, lack of appetite has gone. Decades old pain has gone
just by doing OP with gingelly (sesame) oil. Our Ayurvedic treatment is a comprehensive solution
for all diseases. It is good for all to practice. -“With OP Health Is Great Wealth”. Padma Bhusan Sri Kalogi Narayana Rao, People's Poet, Tirupathi, A.P
Diabetes - Pregnancy - Child birth
My age is 41 years. I am a diabetic patient with no children. After doing OP for three months, I
became pregnant. At the time of pregnancy, my blood sugar increased. I stopped OP for about a
month thinking it was aggravating my problem. Having come to know that aggravation is a sign of
cure, I started OP again. The sugar level came down and I continued OP throughout my
pregnancy. After a caesarian operation, I gave birth to a baby. The doctors checked for sugar,
both for the baby and me. We both were free from sugar. The wound healed well and stitches
removed on the seventh day. Doctor was astonished at this. I found OP benefited me in the
following ways:
I weigh 90 Kgs. height 4’11” with weak twisted foot. By walking, the foot used to become septic
and pus used to ooze. By OP and walking daily, I became strong and was able to walk up the
steps without difficulty. OP reduced sugar gradually and diabetes cured. The skin became clear and shining and the
spots on the body disappeared. The body became strong, teeth firm; gums healthy and the hair turned black and stopped
becoming white or gray. Mrs AVL Umamaheswari, Commercial Tax Dept, Eluru, A.P. Diabetes
At the advanced age of 74, it is unjust to expect miraculous result from any kind of therapy. Yet I
must say that what I have experienced through OP therapy is almost a miracle and quite
unbelievable. Diabetes has been troubling me for the past 13 years. Now my blood sugar
level is normal, though I do not take any medicine. I have discontinued all medication including
vitamins, enzymes etc. Swami Swarupanand Bharati, (Formerly K.R.K.Chetty,IPS,D.I.G. (Retd)), Hyderabad
Retired Brigadier’s report on major problems of health-Heart
I had a heart attack in Febraury 1987. Angiography revealed 2-vessel disease. RCA, CTX
fully blocked, and LCA clear. For more than 11 years, has been on medicines. I had
Parkinson’s disease for the last 5 years and been on medicines. I started regular OP on Feb 15, 1998 and completed 5 months. I do it only once everyday in the
morning. The results are -
Blood Pressure: There has been a distinct drop. Now it is generally 130/80. Breathlessness - Disappeared. This means increased exercise tolerance. Insomnia: Now I have sound sleep. No longer getting up several times for going to the toilet
 Snoring - Totally gone much to the satisfaction of other family members
Phlegm - It used to be a major problem. Now totally cured
Gums - Much healthier, red, and no longer bleeding
Teeth - Cleaner and healthier
Itching - Disappeared
Blood clots near the ankles -  90-95% disappeared. Skin, which used to be black, has become
whitish (due to better blood circulation)
Blood vessels  - Used to be bulging out prominently, especially on the back of the palms. Now
the hands are smooth and arteries/veins have become soft. Temperament -  Now much more tolerant with 90% improvement
Involuntary tremors -  The improvement is 40 %
Reduced limbs functioning -  Especially in the right arm and leg, there is significant
improvement, manifested by improved handwriting to about 60-70%
Swollen feet/ ankles -  Swelling has reduced to the extent of 50-60%
Eyesight -  Been using reading glasses for the past 25 years and am pleasantly surprised to
manage playing bridge for the first time without spectacles
Vertigo -  For the first time in my life, I had a few incidents. Investigation revealed very high blood
sugar levels controlled by exercise and food control
Memory -  There is much improvement in memory
General -  Improved breathing, better blood circulation, better reflexes, better exercise tolerance,
and cool temper and can easily walk with out fatigue
Medicines -  Tapered down in a systematic manner, sleeping pills no longer needed, and
Parkinson’s medicines not required
      The digestion is perfect. Speed of writing, tying of turban and strength of right arm shows
overall improvement. The shine and health of the skin is also improving. Brig (Retd) T.S.Chowdary, (63years), Janakpuri, New Delhi
Retired Civil Surgeon’s Report- Left Ventricular failure
I had recently suffered from Left Ventricular failure. After 15 days of starting OP, I could find
the change in my condition as evidenced by the echocardiogram. I was suffering from
Acid Peptic disease (duodenal ulcer) for the past 30 years, and OP has miraculously given
relief and I have stopped using antacids. I had Benign Hypertrophy of Prostate since some years, and after OP nocturnal frequency
of urine is much reduced. Some minor ailments like stomatitis (inflammation of the mucus membrane of the mouth),
glossitis (inflammation of the tongue), itching of skin on chest and neck, discoloration of
skin have also gone. After OP, I saw my palms appeared definitely bright and full-blooded. So I went to the laboratory
and got my HB tested. I was surprised to see that my hemoglobin content of blood has risen
from 11gms to 12.4gms within a period of 2 months. Dr. N.Ranga Rao, Dy. Civil Surgeon (Retd. ), Peddapuram, A.P
(Mouth) Halitosis- bad smell in Mouth
I have been suffering from bad smell in the mouth and pyorrhea for the last eight years. Mouth
smell has not gone except visiting the dentist and getting things cleaned, and medication,
Medication and dental cleaning was giving me only temporary relief. After five months of OP bad
smell in the mouth has completely gone whereas, pyorrhea has decreased and I feel confident
that I will be normal without this problem. OP has helped me to bring back my self-confidence in a
helpless state. With your kindness I am breathing happily and feel that you have given me rebirth. G.B.Rao, Rajamundry, A.P
I am one of the old patients suffering from mouth


 as inside your ankle bones to induce labor
or if labor has begun and then stalled.Stretch Mark Blend
5 drops lavender
5 drops myrrh
5 drops helichrysum
10 ml carrier oil
Mix the oils into the carrier oil and massage onto your belly, thighs,
lower back, and breasts. ESSENTIAL OIL SOLUTIONS FOR LABOR
Essential oils can be incredibly supportive during labor and the birth of
your babe. Whether you are looking for general support in creating an ideal
birthing environment or are in need of specific solutions to something that
is arising, the following list is for you. OVERALL  SUPPORT FOR AN OPTIMAL  LABOR
Lavender, basil, clary sage, geranium, or ylang ylang. Diffuse or apply topically
doTERRA  ClaryCalm blend or Peace blend. Use
aromatically. According to Ayurveda, you should inhale cardamom,
kustha, vacha, and chitrak during active labor and the
pushing stage.BLEEDING
Geranium, helichrysum, or myrhh. Apply topically on
tummy (can be used for postpartum bleeding as well). NER VOUSNESS AND STRESS
Basil, frankincense, or lavender. Apply topically or use
aromatically. Balance blend or Serenity blend. Apply topically or use
aromatically. CONTRACTIONS OR ST ALLED LABOR
Clary sage and myrrh. Apply topically to belly, ankles, and
wrists. Cinnamon, fennel, jasmine, or lavender. Use aromatically. LOW CONFIDENCE
Basil, clary sage, marjoram, lavender; doTERRA
Balance blend, Motivate blend, or Serenity blend. Use
aromatically. PAIN MANAGEMENT
Cardamom, basil, cypress, lavender, or marjoram. Apply
topically or use aromatically. doTERRA  Deep Blue blend. Apply topically. OVERHEA TING
Peppermint, eucalyptus, or wintergreen. Apply topically.PERINEUM PREP ARA TION
Frankincense, geranium, lavender, Roman chamomile,
or sandalwood. Apply topically. TENSION
Clary sage, geranium, lavender, magnolia, or neroli. Use
aromatically or apply topically. ESSENTIAL OIL SOLUTIONS FOR THE
POSTPARTUM WINDOW
The following oils will support mama and babe postpartum, whether it be to
enhance their environment, stabilize mood and emotions, or support major
or minor imbalances that are arising. Uplifting Diffuser Combinations
1 drop rose + 1 drop wild orange + 3 drops sandalwood
1 drop lavender + 3 drops grapefruit + 1 drop ylang ylang
MOOD ENHANCER
Vetiver, jatamamsi, clary sage, frankincense, geranium,
bergamot, sandalwood, rose, or any citrus/conifers. Use
aromatically. AFTERP AIN/UTERINE CRAMPING WHILE NURSING
Cardamom, bergamot, clary sage, frankincense, or
doTERRA  Deep Blue blend. Apply topically.CONSTIP ATION
DigestZen blend, fennel, or ginger. Take internally or
apply topically. HEMORRHOID RELIEF
Balance blend, turmeric, clove (diluted). Apply topically,
directly on af fected area. LOW MILK SUPPL Y
Fennel or rosemary. Apply fennel or rosemary topically to
breasts; take fennel internally. MASTITIS
Lavender. Apply topically. Thyme or oregano. Take internally (diluted or in a veggie
capsule). Peppermint. Take internally or apply topically. DRY, CRACKED, OR SORE NIPPLES
Helichrysum or lavender. Apply directly to nipples to invite
healing and elasticity. OVERSUPPL Y OF MILK
Peppermint. Take internally. Basil. Apply topically on breast(s) (specifically for
engorgement). POSTP ARTUM DEPRESSION
Elevation blend, frankincense, melissa, or Citrus Bliss
blend. Apply topically under nose and on ears.doTERRA  Cheer blend. Use aromatically or topically. Frankincense, rose, or clary sage. Apply topically or take
internally. SLEEP
Jatamamsi. Apply topically to the back of the knees and the
bottom of the feet. Valerian. Use aromatically. Lavender, Roman chamomile, or blue lotus. Use
aromatically with a dif fuser in the bedroom or apply a portion
of a drop to the back of the neck, temples, and heart before
bed. TEARING, INFLAMMA TION, AND SORENESS
Frankincense, helichrysum, myrrh, or lavender. Apply
any, or all, topically. Frankincense, melaleuca, and lavender. Apply topically in
a sitz bath, as a perineal spray, or with frozen feminine pads
(see instructions below). Sitz Bath Blend or Frozen Feminine Pads
Warmth is generally recommended for postpartum healing, but if
there is inflammation and pain, these frozen feminine pads will of fer
great relief. If there is no pain, you can use this blend in warm water
as a sitz bath or perineal spray. 1 bottle witch hazel
Herbal bath blend (see this page )4 drops lavender
4 drops melaleuca
2 drops frankincense
aloe vera gel
1.Prepare the herbal bath blend as a strong tea. 2.Mix into a spray bottle with half herbal tea blend and half witch
hazel. 3.Add essential oils. Shake to mix. 4.Cut large menstrual pads into thirds, and spray the mixture onto
the pads. 5.Pour aloe vera gel down the center of each pad and freeze them. 6.Put any remaining solution in a peri bottle to apply as needed. 7.Use these frozen pads following labor to heal perineal tissues or
stitches. ESSENTIAL OIL SOLUTIONS FOR
BABY
When using essential oils for baby topically, always dilute 1 drop of
essential oil to 1 tablespoon of a carrier oil. COLIC
DigestZen or T amer blend. Apply topically on baby’ s spine
and tummy (clockwise motions).Fennel. Apply topically on baby’ s spine and tummy. Roman chamomile, doTERRA  Serenity or Adaptiv
blends, or ylang ylang. Apply topically. CRADLE CAP
Lavender, melaleuca, sandalwood, or frankincense. Apply topically. CRYING
doTerra Serenity blend, Peace blend, T amer blend,
Roman chamomile, or lavender. Use aromatically or apply
topically. JAUNDICE
Frankincense, lemon, or geranium. Apply topically. REFLUX
doTERRA  DigestZen or T amer blends, fennel, lavender,
peppermint, or Roman chamomile. Apply topically. TEETHING
Copaiba, Roman chamomile, or lavender. Apply topically
on jawline or use aromatically. THRUSH
Spikenard, clary sage, arborvitae, or melaleuca. Apply
topically.Diaper Rash Cream
5 drops lavender
4 drops melaleuca
½ cup raw coconut oil
Melt coconut oil in a glass cup using the double-boiler method. Add
essential oils and stir. Store in a sealable glass container and leave
in a cool place. Apply as needed. Waking up with you each morning
has easily become the most special part of my day. Your smile;
your giggles and wiggles;
your beautiful little voice that’ s starting to make so many new
sounds;
the way you look at the wall,
the shadows,
and out of the window in so much awe;
your sweetness. Your incredible sweetness
makes life so, so sweet. How odd it would be
to wake up without your dark blue eyes looking for mine. Or the late nights I lie awake just looking at you, thinking how
incredibly beautiful you are. How odd it would be to not walk miles and miles with you every
day,
to not sit on the back porch and watch you look in such wonder
at the world all around. You’re still so new,
though how odd it would be
to have a life without you now…where just a few months back I had no idea what it would be
like
with you here. You’re this precious little soul. I still don’t feel like you’re mine,
and I pray that it stays like that. I’m here to serve you, little love. To help you remember God;
to help you remember who you really  are. And for now I’ll love you like my son,
like my little buddy,
my dear most friend,
my little companion. Not mine,
but God’ s—
Entrusted in my care
for this little bit of time. I pray to love you like the precious soul that you are,
inside this tiny, cute, and round little body. It is the perfection of motherhood actually