 right there!”
To eat a whole meal in peace,
or at least sitting in one place.
And then he smiles
and my whole world melts.
My whole world
melts.I am yours, little one.
Completely taken.
I feel like God must have given mamas super powers.
Truly.
To love like this is unreal.
And the ability to serve like this…
what an opportunity.
I need you too, little one.
I’m learning what it means
to love.
L. R. Knost, the author of Two Thousand Kisses a Day  and The Gentle
Parent, writes,
I discovered early in my parenting journey that raising my voice
might scare my children into compliance, but it taught them nothing
other than to be afraid of me, to hide their mistakes and problems
from me, and to raise their own voice when they were frustrated or
upset themselves. Speaking quietly, though, drew them in close,
quieted them down, built trust, and opened their little ears and minds
and hearts to my words and my thoughts and the life lessons I wanted
them to learn. Teaching and guiding and modeling positive
communication skills naturally took center stage once I’d made that
first discovery. Learning to control myself rather than try to control
my children, to show respect instead of demanding respect, to listen
instead of lecture, to communicate instead of command, to parent
instead of punish, to problem-solve instead of becoming part of the
problem myself, has been the journey of a lifetime. What a lifetime
it’s been.
As mamas,
our job is to instill within them the knowingthat there is nothing they could do
that would make them undeserving of our love.
That there is no emotional state
that we cannot hold space for with patience and attention.
There is no need
that is too big of a burden.
It’s a practice,
as there are moments when I’m tested.
And I know that when I’m tested to step into something,
there lie my greatest opportunities for healing and growth.
There are moments when I feel things or want to do things
that I would never do.
There are moments when I want to shake you.
There are moments when I want to leave you crying on the bed.
There are moments when I want to avoid you or ignore you.
There are moments when it takes everything in me
to take a deep breath.
To pause.
To ask myself,
“How can I love you more, little one?”
And I feel guilty even admitting these things,
because I feel that maybe I’m the only mama in the world that
ever feels like this.
Though I know that I’m not,
because this is the work of a mama.
There are moments
when I want to project onto you
what’ s happening inside of me
instead of taking responsibility.These are the moments
where healing can happen.
When I don’t react out of frustration or anger;
When I don’t act based on how my parents may have acted;
When I choose not to act based on my patterns and conditioned
beliefs;
When I instead exercise my ability to
respond
with more awareness, more love, and more kindness.
The real work of a mama is the inner work.
Where are your actions coming from?
A place of love?
A place of frustration or anger?
Because that’ s what they feel
and that’ s how they then learn
to respond to the world.
Deep breath, mamas.
It’s a huge responsibility.
It’s the most important work.
And I’m right here with you.
Understanding Newborns
Your newborn babe has left the warm, watery, dark, quiet, and comforting
home of your womb and entered into a world that is cold, dry, bright, loud,
and startling in contrast. You will notice them adapting to these changes in
different ways. Their skin may become dry; their arms will reach out
looking for the distinct boundary of the surrounding womb, though now
they feel only space.In order to support them in developing a nervous system that is well
adjusted to their environment, it is essential to help ease their transition into
the world. This is why Ayurveda places a strong emphasis on the
postpartum window as a time where mama and babe stay at home. The
home environment can be kept quiet, peaceful, predictable, warm, and
comfortable, so that your baby can adjust well and develop a stable nervous
system.
Newborn babies do not need much else besides your love and care.
Generally speaking, a healthy newborn that does not have any medical
conditions or temporary imbalances will cry for only a handful of reasons.
If your baby seems unhappy or uncomfortable, check their basic needs first.
Is their diaper dirty? Are they hungry? Are they tired? Are they too hot or
too cold? Do they want to be held? Are they gassy or in an uncomfortable
position?
If their basic needs are all met, check to see if it is their primary need:
mama’ s love. Hold them close, sing to them, rock them, let them nurse just
for comfort, even if they may not be hungry.
According to Ayurveda, it is best for a newborn baby to be in the auric
field—the ener getic field exuding from the body—of their mother for the
first several weeks, no more than a couple feet away. You are their entire
world—their comfort and their home. Your voice is soothing, your smell is
inviting. They do not know a world without your heartbeat close by. It
soothes their nervous system and quite literally stabilizes their breath to feel
your warmth. Use this time to be with your little one. Do not be rigid about
eating and sleeping schedules or other “shoulds.” Simply get to know your
little angel, and allow your rhythms to ebb and flow as you discover
yourselves, together.
BASIC NEEDS
When tending to your little one’ s basic needs, be as present with them as
possible. When you are caring for them in these necessary ways, whether itbe changing their diaper, bathing, or feeding them, of fer them your full
attention so that they know that they are worthy of deep love and care.
Here are some details pertaining to caring for your baby’ s basic needs:
Diaper changes.  A baby will be uncomfortable sitting in a poopy
diaper, and a dirty diaper may cause a diaper rash, so change your
little one’ s diaper right after they are finished pooping. If you are
using a disposable diaper, most of them have an absorbent quality
that pulls the wetness away from their skin, so it will not feel
uncomfortable if the baby is in the diaper for a while after peeing;
generally they can pee two to four times in a disposable diaper
before they need a change. If you are using cloth diapers, the baby
will likely be uncomfortable after peeing just once because they will
feel the wetness. I suggest using cloth diapers as often as possible,
especially as your little one gets older, to reduce waste and expense.
We used mostly disposable in the early days, as it invited more ease
to our early postpartum rhythm, but then we switched to using one
cloth diaper per day, then two, before switching over completely.
Temperature regulation.  The traditional advice used to be that
parents should check the baby’ s hands and feet to see if they are
cold. The recommendation now, however, is to feel the temperature
of their chest—if the skin there is cold, they are too chilly and need
some warmth. If their chest is hot, they need to cool down. A rule of
thumb is for your baby to be wearing one more layer than you are,
as they are likely to feel cold in the first few weeks of life (since they
are used to the warmth of your womb). An infant cannot regulate
their own body temperature until they are several months old, so it is
dangerous for them to overheat. If they are sweating, they are too
hot and probably uncomfortable. Skin-to-skin contact is a great way
to regulate your baby’ s body temperature if they are hot, cold, or
have a fever. Let them rest on your bare chest and their temperature
will quickly regulate to match yours.Nourishment.  Better than creating feeding schedules and tracking
your newborn’ s eating times is to learn your baby’ s cues for when
they are hungry, and feed them when they cue you. If your newborn
is crying and upset, hunger is one of the first things to check. Among
the many hunger cues that the baby may give (moving around,
looking around, opening their mouth and moving their head around,
licking their lips, reaching for you, and so on), crying is the last one.
Ayurveda recommends at least two hours between feedings so that
the milk has time to fully digest in your babe’ s stomach. However, in
the newborn stage, please do not worry too much about timing, as
every child’ s needs are dif ferent—you can feed them more often if
they are hungrier or less often if they are sleeping (you do not have
to wake them up to eat). During growth spurts—which happen
roughly at three days, five days, ten days, three weeks, five weeks—
your baby may “cluster feed,” meaning that they continuously nurse
on and of f for what could be hours at a time. As they are constantly
growing (and quickly), their schedule yesterday may be completely
different from what they need today.
Sleep.  Newborns sleep a lot. They need sleep to support the rapid
growth that is happening in the first few months of life. Especially
during growth spurts, they may need to


 great American heroes, dreamed of a land cover ed with blossoming apple trees, a land
wher e no one would go hungry. Now, over 150 years later Monsanto has replaced Johnny
Appleseed’ s joyous dreams with a new evil, one of profit and famine.  We must protest against
Monsanto’ s efforts to control the world’s seeds, plants and the people’ s food!  Discover
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Natur e’s Wonder W orking Phytochemicals Help Pr event Cancer
Make sure to get your daily dose of these naturally occurring, cancer fighting super food workers
abundant in apples, citrus fruits, berries, grapes, onions, garlic, beans, legumes, soybeans, beets,
cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, greens, pumpkins, carrots, nuts, cinnamon, etc. Tomatoes and apples
contain the largest amount of phytochemicals! – See chart page  131.
It is important for each of us to have a special private area for ourselves – a place set aside for
daydr eaming, reading, meditation and prayer to help us rejuvenate from everyday life! This area can
include anything that is meaningful and inspiring, including music you like. It should be a special
place in your home, garden, etc. wher e you go to relax and reconnect with your inner self – your
secret garden wher e you can grow and be nurtur ed. – UC Berkeley Wellnes s Newsletter •
www.berkeleywellness.com
The greatest tragedy that comes to man is emotional depression, dulling of the intellect and loss of
initiative that comes fr om nutritive failur e. – Dr. James S. McLester, Former President A.M.A.
While whole grain products are an excellent source of magnesium – a vital element for maintaining a
healthy heart and bone structur e... studies found that over 80% of magnesium is lost in the refining
of grains into white flour!
OceanofPDF.comChapter 3
Vitality From The Universe
People Who Refuse to Grow Old
Doctors’ offices  throughout the civilized world are filled with women
who suffer from menstrual problems, PMS, etc. We must sadly note that 7
out of 10 women  reachin g 60 in the United States have had some type of
major problem or surgery on their female or gans!
In our professional life as Pioneer Health and Fitness Adviso rs to the
Film Stars of Hollywood, we have many female clients who absolutely defy
time! They have  reaped the benefits of The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle – The
Toxicless Diet, Body Purificatio n and Healing System. You can never quite
determine their age because at 50 they look 30, while at 60 they look and act
like only 40! This is what we want for both women and men; to look, feel
and act years younger and have zest and go-power for a healthy, happy,
long fulfilled life!
The outw ard signs of this age-defying youthfulness are a straig ht-backed
and hand some posture, supple breast contours, healthy smooth skin on face
and neck, firm muscles and that particular vigorous grace typical of an
active, healthy female. At age 50, 65, 75, and more these women still look
quite attractive and youthful.
To the emotionally mature woman, this physical attractiveness is rarely
an end in itself; rather, it’s a subtle, psychological means by which she
relates to the world around her. This quality derives its charm from her
balanced physical, emotional and mental self-confidence.
You don’t get old from living a particular number of years; you get old because you have deserted
your ideals. Years can wrinkle your skin, renouncing your ideals wrinkles your soul. Worry, doubt,
fear and despair are the enemies which slowly bring us down and turn us to dust befor e we die. –
Douglas MacArthur
Happiness is a rainbow in your heart, a r eal health sparkler! – Patricia Bragg
A good laugh, a walk and a long sleep ar e the best cur es in the doctor ’s book!Be Ageless and Youthful – Why Not?
Now, thanks to The Bragg Toxicless Diet, Body Purification and Healing
System, it is possible for women to retain their vitality – as well as their
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aspect of her total feminine personality. We believe that women  can remain
active, youthful, feminine, graceful and useful for their entire long life!
Becoming old-lo oking can be a thing of the past for any woman who will
invest the time and has the discipline to purify her body by living The
Bragg Healthy Lifestyle!
Men, we’re not forgetting you... this applies to you, too! We know that
women typicall y take better care of themselves. Many men destroy
themselves with tobacco, alcoho l and a heavy meat, fat and sugar diet. It is
a well-known fact that women live anywhere from 5 to 10 years longer than
the average man! For most men a couple of beers and a pizza or a big steak
and a large pile of fried potatoes  is good eating. That’ s one reason that men
are dying off prematurely in alarming numbers! Our civilized world is full
of widow s simp ly because a large majority of men are ignoran t about the
importance of healthy lifestyl e! They ridicule the very idea of good
nutrition, and reject the value of eating fresh organic fruits, fresh juices,
vegetables, salads, etc., as well as getting sufficient regular exercise to keep
the body’ s machinery and muscular structure healthy, trim and fit.
Most men today are health sinners! Left to their own resources they will
try to live on a bacon, sausage and eggs, strong coffee, white  flour meat
pizza, beer, biscuits and gravy diet. This is the reason our obituary columns
are filled  with death notices of unhealthy men in their 60s, 50s, 40s and even
some, sad to say, in their 30s!
If only these misguided souls had followed our health teachings, they
could still be alive, enjoying a healthy, vibrant life and a healthy pizza, too!
A tasty  and nutritious meal for everyone is a thin whole -grain crust pizza
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Not only do many men die young but, either through ignorance or
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soon suffer from many physical ailments! The average man of 40 in most
countries today is a candidate for a heart attack or some other chronic
disease and an early death! Most men living on this heavy, meat-toxic diet
lose their Adam  Power very early in life! Our civilized world has men in
their 30s, 40s, and 50s complaining of being totally impotent! Many of these
men suf fer from a diseased, enlar ged prostate.
Yet we have men in the TV and film industry who, through  following our
advice, have been able to retain their boyish figures. They  also have
youthful voices even though they are in their 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and more.
They feel and act at least 20-30 years younger than their actual age! Also, we
have consulted with top business men who are now in their 60s and 70s, yet
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The unexamined life is not worth living. It is time to r e-evaluate your past as a guide to your futur e. –
Socrates
What you focus on - you manifest in your life!
Studies show repeatedly that exercise – particularly impact exercises like brisk walking, tennis,
squar e dancing, cycling, aerobics and weight lifting – help you maintain a healthier heart, body and
build str onger bones!
The chemistry of the food a person eats becomes his own body chemistry.
I have the wisdom of my years and the youthfulness of The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle and I never act or
feel my calendar years! I feel ageless! Then why shouldn’ t you? Start living this Bragg Healthy Way
today! – Patricia Bragg, ND, PhD.
Laughter is inner jogging, and good for your body and soul. – Norman Cousins
Patricia with Conrad HiltonSelf discipline is your golden key; without it, you cannot be happy. – Maxwell Maltz,


 an anatom ically located
organ in the chest versus Heart  as an Organ Network, or wind that dances through the trees
versus Wind  that represents an adverse pathological phenomenon. The glossary will assist
in clarication.
OceanofPDF.comPhilosophy in the West: The Doctor as MechanicCHAPTER TWO
PHILOSOPHY IN THE  WEST: THE DOCTOR  AS
MECHANIC
Cartesianism is the unspoken philosophical substratum of
contemporary medicine—the source of many of its great
strengths and equally of its deciencies.
Pellegrino and Thomasma
A Philosophical
Basis of Medical Practice
BECAUSE OUR PERCEPTION OF THE WORLD INFLUENCES HOW WE LIVE IN it, our
consciousness sculpts reality. Conversely, our experience shapes our
thinking, so our reality molds consciousness. Our minds create what
is real, and our lived experiences generate our thoughts. There is a
reciprocity between beliefs and observations—what we look for
aects what we see, so describing “just the way things are” from the
Chinese and Western vantage  point is not necessarily the same. Each
makes sense of the body according to a dierent set of beliefs.
It became clear to us that to penetrate Chinese medicine we
needed to examine how reality itself was dened, East and West.
Because taken-for-granted assumptions are buried just beneath the
skin of our conscious awareness, in this chapter we peel that skin
back to expose our Western philosophic presumptions about how
things are. Upon understanding ourselves, we can approach the
unfamiliar and proceed to probe the East on its own terms.
SCIENCE. THE NEW RELIGION OF THE  WESTDuring the Middle Ages, people in Western Europe had a unied
view of their universe: seeing themselves as an integral part of
everything that was both seen and unseen. They were connected
with Heaven through God and with Earth through Nature. The
break with this organic sensibility came with the decline of feudal
society as cities grew where there were once feudal kingdoms. As
the pervasive authority of the Roman Catholic church was
undermined by the Protestant Reformation, the people of Europe
believed they could attain mastery in the world through their own
willful eorts. No longer were they solely dependent on the spiritual
community of the Church.
In the Christianity of this new era, the realm of Heaven existed
outside of Nature, apart from it, barely within human reach. Earth
and Heaven were divided into separate realms. The dark, sinister,
mysterious forces of Earth were juxtaposed with the enlightened,
righteous, and supernatural forces of Heaven. Instead of being an
ally, Nature became an adversary to be overcome and conquered.
Man stood outside of it, apart from and above it. The Earth was no
longer intimat ely connected to the life of our own body, instead it
became an object that could be manipulated and exploited. Human
beings were the battleground  in which Man and Nature,  good and
evil, spirit and body, wrestled with each other. A unied reality was
sacriced for dominion over Nature, for technology, for “progress.”
A schism occurred between the sacred and the secular, Heaven
and Earth, life and death. Before this, with God for protection and
guidance, it was unnecessary to question and understand Nature.
But without divine providence, the unpredictable chaos of Nature
was perceived as forbidding and dangerous. Death, associated with
the dark forces, became irreconcilable with life, rather than an
inevitable transition in the cycle of existence. The best protection
against Nature  was through domination and control: to gain power
over Nature was to conquer death. 1 A new set of values and beliefs
was created to explain and organize the world. This new “religion”
was that of science, and its priests were the mathe maticians,
physicists, and mechanical engineers. 2DESCARTES:  NATURE AND THE  BODY AS MACHINE
In the West the philosophy of science is based on the premise that
humans are separate from nature, and that the world, like a
machine, can be dismantled and reduced into constituent parts.
Reality is located in the tangible structure of matter: that which can
be measured, quantied, and analyzed. Events occur according to
unchanging laws. The foundation for this scientic thinking was
buried in the soil of Aristotle’s “empirical materialism,” excavated
during the Renaissance. With Aristotle, reality came to mean that
which could be substantiated materially. Matter was understood to
be xed and unchanging, therefore real.
In the seventeenth century, the French mathematician Descartes
ushered in the Western scientic revolution. His introduction of
analytic, reduc tive reasoning formed the basis of a new philosophy
of science, which became the philosophy of modern medicine as
well. His think ing had such profound inuence that the principles
underpinning modern science came to be referred to as Cartesian.
Descartes believed there could be absolute, certain truth,
commenting, “All science is certain, evident knowledge. We reject
all knowledge which is mere ly probable and judge that only those
things should be believed which are perfectly known and about
which there can be no doubts.” 3 Through the use of reduc tive,
deductive logic, Descartes felt on the verge of comprehending the
fundamental workings of the universe. He conceptualized the world
and everything in it as a machine, stating, “I do not recognize any
dierence between the machines made by craftsmen and various
bodies that nature alone composes.” 4 Mechanical laws were said to
universally govern all phenomena. The exact sciences formulated to
dominate and control nature were applied to human beings as well.
Descartes considered the human body a machine, likening a healthy
man to a well-made clock. He also erected a rm division between
mind and matter, asserting, “There is nothing in the concept of body
that belongs to the mind; and nothing in that of mind that belongs
to the body.” 5This mechanis tic view of nature led to the xed and absolute
physical laws devised by astronomer and mathemetician Isaac
Newton, which  outlined the cause-and-eect method of explaining
the material universe. This logic formed the basis of the scientic
method, which  even today remains essentially unchanged. Perhaps
unaware that many logical systems of knowledge exist, most
Westerners consider this to be the only valid way of understanding
the world.
Within this worldview, nature and humans are machines
governed by mechanical laws: systems that do work, tools of
production. Western medicine, correspondingly, is the study of how
the human machine works. When people are like machines, doctors
become like mechanics. The mechanic occasionally performs routine
maintenance but mostly intervenes to execute emergency repairs.
He plunges into the working parts, replacing the nonfunctioning
elements, and puts the mach ine back into working order. It follows
that the doctor as mechanic xes the broken body-machine.
In this schema, the body is reduced to structural parts, proceeding
from organs to tissues, tissue s to cells, cells to molecules. The doctor
as mech anic separates the whole into parts in order to discern the
nature, proportion, and funct ion of each constituent. Sorting out the
parts enabled early Western doctors to conceptualize a diseased
entity as the faulty compone nt and sever it from the organism as a
whole. They could thereby remove it or treat it in isolation from
other organ and tissue parts.
THE RISE OF WESTERN  MEDICINE
The ndings of the early anatomists validated the mechanistic view
that the body is made out of distinct and separate parts, connected
and yet autonomous. They divided the body into systems analogous
to mechanical processes that corresponded precisely with structural
descriptions of organs and tissues. The circulatory system comprises
the heart as a mechanical pump that pushes the blood through thepipes of the veins and arteries. The lungs are like a bellows, the
nervous system like an elaborate electrical telephone network.
For the mechanic, it is best if the parts of the mach ine are
standardized and uniform. That way the parts are interchangeable,
easily replaced, and the ways in which they break down become
predictable from one body to the next. Standardized diseases
develop from established causes, and protocols of treatment are
xed. Uniform parts sit on the shelf. This view focuses entirely on
the ways in which all people are alike and tends to overlook the
ways in which people are unique and dissimilar. When a group of
people receives the same diagnosis, they receive the same treatment.
Science and industry have enabled medicine to be practiced on a
mass basis. The same mechanistic philosophy that inspired mass
production in industry also inspired mass medicine and health care.
The marriage of science, industry, and medicine spawned  an age
of innovation and specializa tion. As a result the human body and
mind were divided and reduced into ever more diverse and rened
areas of investigation.
For example, chemists began  to perceive the body as a chemical
factory controlled and regulated through the balance of molecular
compounds. The practice of pharmaceutical therapy was the by-
product of the tremendous discoveries made in chemistry. Penicillin,
aspirin, digitalis, cortisone, and smallpox vaccine were just a


fruits are rapidly increasing.
Each distinct genera of fruit has a specific effect or office
to perform in the human body. Oranges, while possessing
about the same food value as milk, acts directly upon and
stimulates the activity of the liver, while apples are the best
remedy known for that "dark brown" taste so often
experienced next morning after the course dinner.
The best thing to do with an  elegant course dinner late in
the evening is to leave it on the table; but insomuch as the
appetite is generally our comple te master and law giver, we
know this will not be done. Therefore, the next best thing to
do after such a debauch is to make an entire breakfast of tart
apples, thoroughly masticated.
The juice of the pineapple, which contains much
hydrochloric acid, is among the best remedies known for
diphtheria. When this disease first makes its appearance, if
the juice of well-ripened pineapples be given freely to the
patient it will not only destroy diphtheria germs, but will
stimulate activity of the excretory organs, which is an action
always desired in such cases.
The banana will supply the body with all the elements of
nourishment that is obtained from cereals. Many cases of
chronic stomach disorder have been permanently cured under
the direction of the authors by eliminating wholly all cooked
cereals and breads of every description and substituting
therefor the simple diet of very ripe bananas.
It is believed by many people who are very fond of fruits
that bananas do not agree with them. Close observation will
show in every instance that this condition is the result of other
things with which the fruit is mixed in the stomach and the trouble can be overcome by making an entire meal
occasionally on fruits and nuts or fruit alone. The juice of
strawberries, blackberries, raspberries and dewberries is very
delicious and healthful. When it is pressed out and the refuse
discarded there is no better food in the fruit family. But the
large amount of seeds these berries contain, which are very
hard and entirely insoluble, produces in many people violent
irritation of the mucous membranes of the intestinal tract
which manifests itself in many harmful ways.
Grape fruit contains many very pronounced and valuable
medicinal properties. It is a natural antidote for biliousness
when taken naturally, but the practice of eating it with sugar
counteracts almost entirely its medicinal value, as the
consumption of cane sugar is one of the causes of torpidity of
the liver. Therefore, in taking sugar with grape fruit you are
working one agency against another. Like nuts, the most
desirable feature about fruits is that they are not an article
commonly considered necessary to be cooked. Of course, the
cook has undertaken in many ways to improve them by the
application of his art, but up to date has been unsuccessful, as
is evidenced by the fact that near ly all fruits are used in their
natural or elementary state.
In living upon uncooked foods we must necessarily
depend very largely upon fruits and nuts, but we should
exercise judgment, patience and toleration. We must
remember that we often suffered for our wrong eating, and
accommodating nature may have partially adjusted our bodies
to these incorrect habits. Therefore, when correct methods of
eating are employed, the wrong must be undone and
overcome, and the stomach sometimes rebels against the
change. However, the body will adjust itself much quicker to
the right than the wrong, and when the adjustment is once
made and the natural dietetic law obeyed, perfect health,
strength, endurance and vitality are the inevitable results.
CEREALS.

THE literary fabric of the ancient world has been woven from
a warp of fiction and a woof of fact. When we turn to it we
find the beautiful, the poetic, th e absurd and the true so mixed
together that scholars of every nation regard their separation
as worthy of their most profound thought.
It was from this confusion that the word "cereal" came.
Ceres was a goddess worshipped by the ancient Romans. She
occupies a most conspicuous place in the beautiful myths that
adorn the classic literature of those ancient peoples. She was
considered the head of the Agricultural Department. Her
special duty was to sit on fleecy clouds and pour from the
hollow of her mythical hand floods of sunshine and showers
of rain over the grainfields of the Caesars. Therefore, all
grains grouped together were called cereals.
These articles were first used only when in a green or
soft state—that is, from the time the grains began to form in a
milky condition until they ripened and become so hard as to
hazard the integrity of the teeth.  Later they were soaked in
water to soften them, and then in warm water, •which saved
time and facilitated the work of  preparation. This custom
evolved into the use of hot water, then hotter water, until
boiling or the present method of cooking resulted.
In order to facilitate and lighten the labor in the
preparation of cereals, they were pounded, crushed and
broken, which custom very naturally evolved into the modern
grinding and bolting mill. When cereals are in a milky state
before they become hardened, before nature throws around
them an envelope of cellulose for their protection, they are
easy of digestion, and are excellent food. But when they have
become thoroughly ripened and hardened, each molecule of
starch, of which they are so la rgely composed, is enclosed in
another envelope which is almost  impervious to the digestive
fluids.
It has been shown by modern research that cooking does
not break up this covering. The modern methods of grinding
and cooking cereals render mastication unnecessary as far as
pulverizing them is concerned. Therefore, they pass the taste-
buds under false pretenses; they deprive them of their rights;
they do not have time to perform their duties, hence they do
not pour into the mouth the amount of saliva necessary to
perform the first step in digestion.
Soft, mushy foods are also responsible for the woeful
decay of teeth, which is such a conspicuous mark of civilized
man. Nature will not keep aliv e or produce, generation after
generation, any part of the anatomy that is not used. Her
system of economy is perfect.
When cereals are taken in their natural state, or not too
completely pulverized, so that the teeth may be employed in
their final and complete grindi ng, they constitute a valuable
food for a normal, healthy person. This would also be better
for the teeth, and make cereal substances much easier to digest and more thoroughly c onvertible into energy. Under
the present dietetic regime, in which cereals are regarded as
the staff of life, it is safe to say that more than fifty per cent.
of all stomach disorders are caused by undigested cereal
starch.
VEGETABLES.

THE word "vegetable," in its br oadest sense, is used to
describe everything of an herbaceous character,—everything
in plant life, not merely food products. When we consider
only that portion which is used to support animal life, its
meaning becomes much narrowed. When we consider that
portion used as food by man, it is more narrowed still. But
when we come to consider that which is or can be used in an
uncooked state, it becomes more limited still.
Some very high authorities claim that vegetables are
wholly unnecessary in the sustenance of the human body, but
experience has led us to the conclusion that those containing
much chlorophyll, such as lettu ce, cabbage, celery, spinach,
parsley, onions, watercress, dandelion, etc., are very
necessary and valuable articles of food, and, many vegetables
that can be taken in an uncooked form are found to be very
rich in the organic salts so essential to the maintenance of
health.
In the selection of foods, one of the safest rules to be
governed by is that all articles th at can be used in their natural
condition, as they are handed to us by Mother Nature, if they
do not offend the sense of taste and smell, are good food, and,
on the contrary, all articles that have to be ground, mixed,
fixed, cooked, greased, mushed and mussed up, are not only
unnecessary, but are not good foods.
Aside from the fact that the adoption of uncooked foods
will produce the highest form of physical, mental and moral
health, its next most important office is to do away with the
enormous labor and complications in the preparation of
foods.
BREAD—FERMENTATION.

IN considering the adoption of uncooked foods in the
household, bread becomes the most serious problem with
which the housewife has to deal. It has become one of the
most important articles of food, and is deserving of the most
serious consideration here, because of the fact that in the
process of making, fermentation, one of the most deleterious
processes known in the culinary art, is introduced.
The evils which follow the cooking or superheating of all
other articles of food cease with their cooking, which consist
principally in lessening their food value. But bread, the so-
called staff of


	to	the	omnipresence	of	God.	Evolution	is	merely	the	style
of	expression	and	unfolding	of	the	ongoingness	of	Creation.	It	is	obvious
that	that	which	is	the	Infinite	God	does	not	‘start’	and	‘stop’.	That	which	is
beyond	all	dimensions	is	not	subject	to	limitation.
					According	to	current	science,	the	potential	energy	in	one	cubic
centimeter	of	‘empty’	space	is	greater	than	the	mass	of	the	entire	universe.
What	has	not	yet	been	noted	is	that	the	potential	energy	in	every	cubic
centimeter	of	space	increases	continuously	at	an	infinite	rate.	(The	powerof	the	unmanifest	would	be	equal	to	or	greater	than	that	of	the	manifest.)
					The	infinite	glory,	greatness,	and	power	of	God	has	been	severely	and
grossly	underestimated	and	not	comprehended	by	man.	With	the
replacement	of	the	self	by	the	Self,	the	power	of	omnipotence	is	known	by
virtue	of	the	fact	that	the	Infinite	is	one’s	source	and	reality.	There	is	no
limitation	to	God.
					An	allegorical	approximation	of	reality	would	be	to	state	that	the	entire
duration	of	all	time	of	infinity	takes	less	than	an	instant.	At	this	point,	it
becomes	apparent	that	one	paradigm	cannot	be	stretched	to	include
another.
Q:	What	is	the	truth	inherent	in	Genesis?
A:	Interestingly,	Genesis	is	one	of	the	three	books	of	the	Old	Testament	that
test	strong	with	muscle	testing	(the	others	are	Psalms	and	Proverbs).	It
states	that	Creation	arose	out	of	the	darkness,	the	formless	void	of	the
unmanifest	as	light	and	form	by	the	agency	of	the	Godhead,	the	spirit	of
God.	The	light	created	matter	or	form	and	then	spawned	life	in	the
progressive	forms	of	vegetation,	fish,	then	birds,	and	other	animals.
					The	source	of	the	power	of	Creation	was	reiterated	as	‘light’.	Each
animal	appearance	is	stated	to	be	an	expression	in	form	of	its	essence
‘according	to	its	kind’.	Lastly,	man	was	created	to	have	greater	power	than
all	the	rest	of	living	creatures	and,	therefore,	dominion.	Then	came	the
fateful	admonition	to	avoid	duality	and	the	nonreality	of	good	and	evil,
which	are	linked	with	perception	and	create	belief	in	the	unreal.	This
admonition	was	necessary	because	man	was	a	limited	creature,	and	unlike
an	enlightened	deity,	was	unable	to	differentiate	between	truth	and
falsehood.
					Man	came	into	existence	in	form	(he	named	all	the	animals	of	the
earth).	Man,	however,	had	sufficient	power	of	consciousness	to	create
belief.	After	falling	into	the	pit	of	duality,	the	human	mind	gave	reality	to
falsity	and	then	believed	that	the	fallacious	had	an	independent	existence.
By	creating	belief	in	the	pseudoreality	of	that	which	is	false,	man	became
subject	to	suffering	in	the	forms	of	shame,	guilt,	pride,	fratricide,	and	the
dread	of	punishment	and	fear.	This	condition	brought	forth	from	the
heavens	the	appearance	of	Avatars	and	the	Buddhas	of	enlightenment	who
revealed	that	only	by	transcending	duality	(in	this	case,	good	and	evil)
could	the	realization	of	innate	innocence	be	retrieved.
					The	limitation	of	man’s	consciousness	to	a	level	that	is	vulnerable	to
error	is	historically	ascribed	to	the	vanity	of	the	desire	for	power	as
knowledge.	Thus,	man,	shortly	after	his	creation,	became	unenlightenedand	subject	to	error.
					Actions	that	arise	from	consciousness	levels	below	200	are	historically
labeled	as	sin.	All	the	great	spiritual	teachers	admonished	the	populace	to
avoid	sin	because	of	its	karmic	consequences	in	the	form	of	hells.	It
appeared	that	man	could	not	arise	above	the	consciousness	level	of	200
without	help;	thus	the	need	for	saviors	whose	level	of	consciousness	was
so	high	that	mere	alignment	with	them	brought	one	over	the	200	level.
					Consciousness	levels	below	200	lack	power	and	therefore	substitute
force.	But	to	ascend	spiritually	requires	power,	which	resides	in	the
invisible	level	of	the	spirit.	The	saviors	therefore	rescue	the	lower	levels
by	virtue	of	the	power	of	Divine	Love	and	Truth	that	radiate	as	an	energy
field.	The	value	then	of	a	religious	or	spiritual	commitment	by	prayer,
devotion,	or	worship	is	that	the	allegiance	qualifies	and	enables	the
follower	to	benefit	by	the	grace	of	God	as	it	radiates	through	the	divine
teachers.
					All	the	above	can	be	verified	by	muscle	testing.	To	merely	think	or
image	a	divine	figure	makes	anyone	go	strong.	Therefore,	prayer	and
religious	or	spiritual	devotions	have	a	very	quickly	demonstrable	positive
effect.	Actually,	a	savior	is	necessary	for	all	people	who	calibrate	below
600,	which	means	that	mankind	as	a	whole	does	indeed	need	the
contribution	of	great	spiritual	teachers.
					In	accordance	with	the	above,	we	can	make	several	observations.	A
universal	observation	made	by	thousands	of	clinicians	over	the	years	is
that	certain	stimuli	make	everyone	go	weak	with	muscle	testing.	Thus,	to
demonstrate	this	research	method	to	large	audiences,	it	is	common	to	have
the	test	subjects	look	at	a	fluorescent	light	or	hold	a	pesticide	over	their
solar	plexus.	These	stimuli	dependably	make	everyone	in	the	audience	go
weak.	Even	to	look	at	a	pesticide-contaminated	apple	at	the	front	of	the
lecture	hall	makes	large	audiences	go	weak.	(In	contrast,	imaging	a	divine
figure	makes	everyone	go	strong.)
					There	was	a	group	of	people	who	came	at	one	time	to	the	clinic	to	learn
about	muscle	testing	and,	surprisingly,	none	of	the	reliable	negative	stimuli
had	any	affect	on	them,	and	they	were	found	to	be	immune	to	external
negativity.	Upon	questioning,	it	was	revealed	that	they	were	all	spiritual
aspirants	and	students	who,	in	this	particular	case,	had	studied	a	spiritual
course	of	instruction	called	A	Course	in	Miracles
®
.	This	discovery	was
important	and	led	to	a	further	investigation	in	which	students	who
intended	to	do	the	one-year
A	Course	in	Miracles
	workbook	were	tested
before	starting	the	course	and	serially	thereafter.	By	the	time	the	students
were	up	to	about	Lesson	75,	they	had	lost	their	vulnerability	to	negativestimuli.	(A	Course	in	Miracles	is	based	on	the	power	of	forgiveness.)	This
enables	the	replacement	of	the	ego’s	perception	and	its	dualistic
positionality	with	truth	that	replaces	falsehood.	The	critical	lesson	in
A
Course	in	Miracles
	where	the	student	showed	this	shift	is	‘I	am	only
subject	to	what	I	hold	in	mind’.	However,	for	this	lesson	to	become
absorbed,	the	preceding	seventy-four	lessons	had	to	be	taken	daily	and
sequentially	as	prescribed.	(
A	Course	in	Miracles
	calibrates	at	600.)
					Another	interesting	observation	of	spiritual	power	is	accorded	by	a
study	of	the	spiritual	organization	of	Alcoholics	Anonymous	(AA),which
has	an	overall


 chambers of the body and will allow the energy and the
smoke to rise up the spine,into the brain.
NOTE B: At first it may be difficult to coordinate the breathing with
the sensations. But with determined and motivated practice, you will
be able to clearly feel the smoke as it comes into and leaves your head.
Also at first you may not be able to feel the clearness that is left
behind, but with patient practice you will be able to develop a strong
feeling of clarity. If the mind is clear, then your problems will be
eighty percent eliminated.
BRAIN CLEANSING II
This exercise provides a marvelous stretch to the back, shoulders, and
arms, as well as helping to balance your energy and relieve tension and
fatigue from the body. It also keeps the mind alert and fresh.
It is beneficial to practice the Brain Cleansing II exercise at any time
during the day when you feel tired, such as in the morning upon rising, at
the office, or in the evening after work.
1. This exercise is performed while in a standing position (it may also
be practiced from a prone position while lying on your back) with the
feet slightly apart but parallel to each other. The hands are relaxed but
196 Tao ist Medita tive, Contem plative, and Breathing Exercises
straight and are held at the sides of the body, and the head is in an
upright position as in the first position of the Turtle Exercise.
2. Begin by exhaling the breath to complet ely empty the lungs.
3. Now drop the head back and begin to inhale slowly. As you
inhale, expand the chest and bring the arms up away from the sides of
your body so that you bring the hands together up over your head wit h
the palms together. (Do not strain during any of these movements. If
it is impossible to touch the hands together comfortably, simply raise
the hands as far as they will go and stop there.) As you bring the arms
up over the head, feel as if you are bringing in the active (yang) energy
of the universe (or white smoke) into your lungs, body, and mind.
a. b.
Figures lOla and IOib. Brain Cleansing II.
197 Tao ist Medita tive, Contem plat ive, and Breathing Exercises
4. After you have inhaled a full breath, and while still keeping the
anns held over your head, hold the breath in, lock your anal muscles
and relax in this pose for as long as you can wit hout strain. Feel as if
the white smoke is coming up to comple tely penetrate every space
inside the mind. Feel the energy circulate around within your bod y
and your mind, knowing that it is beginning to wash away all of your
negative thoughts.
5. Next, as you slowly begin to exhale, bring the head forward and
separate the hands. Keeping the arms straight, move them back down
to your sides. As your hands move in the downwar d arc, try to feel the
passive (yin) energy from the earth (cool breezes) com e into the arms
through your fingers. This exercise is symbolic of embracing the
entire universe so that one achieves a feeling of oneness from uniting
the earthly passive energy with the active, heavenly energy. As you
continue to exhale, feel the smoke leave, leaving behind a clean and
clear feeling.
6. When you have finished exhaling, repeat the breathi ng and ann
movement sequence a minimum of seven times or until you feel like
stopping.
NOTE: It is refreshing to practice this exercise out of doors in the
sunshine, gathering the fresh air into the body. As you perform the
ann movem ents, feel as if you are reaching out to touch the clouds and
the sky.
198 8
Immortal Breathing:
Small and Large
Heavenly Cycles
There are two special mer idians surr ounding the Seven Gla nds System.
One is called the Jen- Mo Concept ion Merid ian, and the other is called the
Tu-Mo Govern ing Mer idian. They are the only two merid ians whose
energy flows can be cha nged. If we chang e them we will bring about
prof ound changes in the seven glands which will immort alize our bodi es.
The seven glands of the human body are responsi ble for cont rolling all of
the bodily functions. As mentioned earl ier, they mutual ly balance and are
interconnect ed with one anothe r. They ener gize, recharge, and help circu
late energy in the body, and may be likened to electrical transfonners or
generators or stor ehous es of ener gy within the human body. When the
energy within the Seven Gla nds System is elevated to a higher frequency by
the body, the entire body will be brought to a perf ect or spiri tual orde r.
Before undert aking the Imm ortal Breath ing, it is necessar y that you have
already achieved sufficient expertis e in the syst em of Internal Exer cises so
that the body is in a balanced state of health without any serious or chronic Immortal Breath ing: Small and Large Hea venl y Cycles
ailments. It is impossible to practice the final stages of the breathing
exercises if there are any blockages in the meridian pathways. The Merid
ian Meditation and the other Internal Exercises are therefore necessary
prerequisites for opening up the meridians and preparing the body for
receiving the Immortal Breath.
The human body is an electrical system. It is capable of carrying a load of
electricity through it only as strong as the resistance of the nerves and
glands are to that electrical current. The stronger the body is physically, the
greater the curre nt load of electricity it will be able to handle.
Top tan-t"ien
Middle tan-t "len
Lowest tan-t "len.
the Caul dron
or Furnace -
-
-
-
--
--
Figure I 02. Schematic Represe ntation of the Path of Energy Flow.
Immortal Breathing brings into the body very powerful levels of energy,
and if the body is not sufficiently strong to handle it, the nerves and glands
may "bum out" from an overload of energy. It has been said that many
people who suffer from extreme mental conditions are that way only
because they are unable to handle the energy levels flowing within their
bodies. Unfortunately, if one experien ces excessively high levels of energy
over too long a period of time, irreversible damage may be done to the
body. Do not. therefore. regard the Immortal Breathing lightl y.
200 Immortal Breath ing: Small and Large Heavenl y Cycles
However, if you have followed the steps of the Internal Exercises and
meditations conscientiously and have practiced the Crane, Turtle, and Deer
Exercises so that you are proficient in them, you will be ready to begin the
Immortal Breathing (the Immortal Breathing exercises are extensions of
the Deer at a very, very elevated level).
This is the fina l stage of the Taoist system of Internal Exercises. Mastery
of Immortal Breathing may require from one year to a lifetime of diligent
practice. Letting the body raise its energy levels to higher frequencies is not
something to be rushed. Promising miracles for a minimum of effort and
time is a sin, for many lives can be ruined permanen tly, or "disintegrated
into evil' '.
However, if impatience can be overcome, the rewards are indescribable.
The spiritual eye of the practitioner is fully awakened, and he or she is
raised to the level of the Hsien, or wise and immortal person. The Hsien is
one who knows the secrets of the universe by being in complet e union with
the Tao, or God, exists perpetually, and has the power of the universe at his
or her disposal. Is this not the true desire which lies in the hearts of all men?
God has put this desire for spirituality in mao-no other organism in the
universe is so gifted-so that man may one day accompany him.
SMALL HEAVENLY CYCLE
This type of breathing is often called the ''Self-Winding Wheel of the
Law". When first practicing this type of breathing, one must use one's will
power to initiate the cycle. However, there comes a time when the breath
ing becomes automatic and will continue on an involuntary basis. Thus,
once the process has been initiated, it becomes something which, in a
manner of speaking, becomes self-winding, irreversible and beyond one's
control. In such a way the final stage of enlightenment comes not from
something you are doing, but comes all of its own to you.
I. Sit with your spine and head held erect.
2. Grasp your thumbs inside your fingers and lay your hands lightly
on your legs.
3. Begin to inhale slowly, without forcing your breath at any time.
As you inhale, feel the breath come in through your nose and
201 Immortal Breathin g: Small and Large Heavenl y Cycles
descend through the Jen-Mo meridian into the abdominal cavity
(stove) where the breath will be heated (transmuted) and energized.
4. When you have fully inhaled the breath


 health problems. Each disease, accident or
surgical intervention contains a strong emotional component which needs to be re-experienced during a reaction, otherwise the
healing will remain incomplete and the problem will present itself again at a later time for healing at a deeper level.
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https://health-science-spirit.com/Healing_the_Body/Healing-Crisis.html 1/3This also means that the body selects the kind of healing crisis that is most appropriate at the time, taking into consideration its needs
and abilities to have a certain area healed or improved. We can consciously inﬂuence this choice by working on a particular problem.
I also noticed that the body self tries to select a timing, which does not disable us during important events coming up. I have no doubt
that we are guided on our healing path by our inner intelligence, which has our best interest at heart.
In the beginning our healing reactions will be mainly on the physical or biological level, but more and more we will experience the
release of emotional blocks and changes in consciousness, preparing us for greater activity on the spiritual level.
PATTERNS OF HEALING
In every real healing, the sequence  of our health deterioration will automatically be retraced. This means that old, long-forgotten
disease symptoms may suddenly ﬂare up again in the form of a healing crisis. The reason for this is based on the very nature of
disease.
At ﬁrst, when the body is still vital, it will react forcefully against invaders; the resulting battle causes fever and inﬂammation. If the
body is not strong enough to win completely, the acute battle symptoms will eventually subside, with the remaining invaders leading a
somewhat subdued existence in a weakened gland or organ. Repeated attacks will result in the degeneration of this body part,
causing chronic disease.
At some stage on the road towards health, the body will feel strong enough to start the ﬁght again for healing the diseased organ, and
inﬂammation will result. Such healing reactions are usually short lived, but can be rather violent. If one supports the body during this
period with rest, cleansing diets and so forth, then the organ will eventually acquire a much better health than before the ﬂare-up. If,
however, drugs are used to suppress the healing symptoms, then the inﬂamed organ will return to its subacute, chronic condition and
wait for another opportunity to heal itself
The healing pattern of other health problems that are not related to immunological processes and infections follows a similar line to
that outlined above. Healing takes place on many different levels: at the biochemical level within the cells, in the blood circulation, the
nervous system and especially in the ﬂow of bio-energies. Healing activity will be increased on all of these levels
At the bio-energetic level, the increa sed energy ﬂow may cause conges tion at various places, in the weak body part itself as well as
in related acupuncture points and zone reﬂex areas. Excess energy in such places may be noticed as pain, heat or tension: the
common symptoms of inﬂammation. In time, the body itself will clear the obstruction in the energy ﬂow.
One may support this process with speciﬁc healing methods or just by healthy living in general. However, trying to suppress any
inﬂammation may leave the body part permanently weak Inﬂammation in itself is a healing energy release and it may be best
overcome by removing the blockage in the energy ﬂow.
SKIN REACTIONS
Another common form of healing reaction is the development of a rash or other skin problem, especially over a weak body part, for
instance at a hip or shoulder. This skin reaction signiﬁes that the energy that had been bound internally in this area in the form of
muscle armouring, stiffness and accumulated metabolic wastes, is now surfacing and dissipating. Thus the affected joint or limb will
become much freer and stronger. However, if the skin reaction is interfered with and made to go prematurely, then the suppressed
energy and metabolic waste will remain in that body part, keeping it in a state of pain or weakness.
Thus there usually is no need to interfere directly with skin diseases or other healing symptoms. On the contrary, that may only drive
the problem 'underground' to affect internal organs and body structures. Natural healers have noticed that by artiﬁcially producing a
rash over an arthritic joint, the joint greatly improved, but when a rash over a joint was artiﬁcially suppressed, then arthritic symptoms
may appear in that joint.
You may actually learn much about yourself, your body, your health problems and your emotional reactions by patiently observing the
healing process instead of rushing in to do something about it. What you should do, however, is live healthily in general, cleansing the
body, helping the suppressed energy to come out and dissipate and to be optimistic about it all.
Frequently, boils and increased mucus discharge (colds) may appear during the initial stages of the healing process, sometimes
starting already one or two weeks after improving the diet and beginn ing to take supplements. This indicates that the organs of
elimination are congested. During Such times take little food, but generous amounts of herb teas, fresh vegetable juices and water.
Preferably go on a cleansing diet.
You may notice an advance warning of an approaching healing crisis in the iris, when a formerly grey or brown reﬂex area becomes
whitish. At the same time, the reﬂex points underneath the feet and on the hands, as well as pressure points related to the activated
organ, become more tender and should be pressed. Such healing crises may appear from time to time separated by weeks, months
or even years bringing us ever closer to our distant goal of superior health.
LISTEN T O YOUR BODY
Some further problems may develop during health improvement. Formerly, the body responses may have been dulled - it did not
react to harmful foods or drugs - but now the reaction is often immediate and forceful.
Foods that you may have eaten habitually before going on a cleansing diet may suddenly cause a gastro-intestinal upset, making you
feel sick and miserable for days. However, such reactions do not need to happen if you take proper precautions: ﬁnd out to which
foods you are allergic and try to avoid these as well as foods that may be a problem for you. If you eat out and do not know what to
expect, take plenty of digestive enzy mes and lecithin during the meal, and try to eat foods in correct combination; if allergy symptoms
appear, use alkalisers together with calcium ascorbate.10/30/24, 8:16 AM Health-Science-Spirit - The Healing Crisis
https://health-science-spirit.com/Healing_the_Body/Healing-Crisis.html 2/3Basically, one may say that your body now trusts that you will not hurt it any more in the old ways. But if you do, your body is very
offended and lets you (your mind) know about it in no uncertain terms. This is the most effective language that your body has.
However, if you learn to listen, your body will ﬁrst try to tell you about its requirements in a more subtle way - an intestinal rumbling,
an itch, a slight muscle weakness or a passing pain. There are numerous ways a body expresses its needs and each one has its own
language of symptoms.
Furthermore, if you are honest and persistent in your desire to become a friend of your body, it will eventually let you know its needs
by intuition, by its likes and dislikes, you will rediscover your lost body instincts. This is what we really should aim for: to become
independent of outside expert advice and just do what our body tells us is right for us to do, not only in the ﬁeld of nutrition, but in
everyday living and with important decisions as well.
While one can usually gain relatively quick relief from distressing disease symptoms, rebuilding a strong and healthy body is a slow
process and takes a long time. It requires a great deal of experimenting in order to ﬁnd our individual conditions for healing, and it
also needs solid determination to carry through with a program for many years.
Generally, recently acquired chronic  weaknesses are the ﬁrst to ﬂare up and become healed, while our oldest and most persistent
health problems are the last to yield. Thus there appears to be an orderly sequence in our health improvement. Healing proceeds in a
wave pattern with an upward slope. On the peak of a wave we feel much improved, while in a trough we experience cleansing activity
or a healing reaction and feel down. The overall movement, however, is towards greater wellbeing.
Just looking at the symptoms of a reaction, you will not be able to distinguish a healing crisis from a disease crisis -a ﬂare-up on the
downhill road to degenerative disease. In fact, the symptoms are the same because the underlying process is the same.
The body always tries to heal itself and an acute inﬂammation is an important tool for this purpose. An inﬂammation makes the walls
of the blood vessels porous to allow an increased ﬂow of lymph ﬂuid to move in immune cells and remove accumulated toxins. At this
stage it is just an acute inﬂammation and we


stones

Hand	exercise/massage

Hands,	and	indications	of	gallstones

Headache,	and	liver/gallbladder	cleanse

Heart	attacks.
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	Coronary	heart	disease

Heartburn

Hemocrit

Hemoglobin

Hemorrhagic	disease

Hemorrhoids

Hepatic	ducts

Hepatitis

Herpes	(cold	sores)

High	density	lipoprotein	(HDL)

Hodgkin’s	disease

Homeostasis

Homocysteine	(HC)

Hormone	replacement	therapy	(HRT)

Hormones;	and	sleep;
See	also	specific	hormones

Hypertension

Hypothyroidism
Impotence

Indigestion

Infants,	and	milk

Infection

Intestinal	diseases

Intestinal	flora

Intrahepatic	gallstones

Ionic	minerals

Irritable	bowel	syndrome

Jaundice

Joints:	disorders

Juice:	apple;	grapefruit	(lemon;	orange)

“Keyhole	surgery,”

Kidney	cleanse;	importance;	ingredients;	instructions

Kidney	disease

Kidney	disorders

Kidney	tea

Kidneys

Lifestyle,	as	cause	of	gallstones

Light	food	products

LIPITOR	(atorvastatin	calcium)

Lipoprotein	5	(LP5)

Lips,	and	indications	of	gallstones

Lithotripsy

Liver/gallbladder	cleanse;	frequently	asked	questions;	testimonials

Liver;	and	circulatory	system;	diseases;	function;	size

Liver	bile.
See
	Bile

Liver	congestion

Liver	enlargement

Liver	failure

Liver/gallbladder	cleanse;	best	times;	difficulties;	frequency;	ingredients;	instructions;
preparation;	results

Liver	herbs

Liver	infections

Liver	lobules

Liver	spots

Low	density	lipoprotein	(LDL)

Lowfat	diets

Lung	disorders

Lymph	edema

Lymph	nodes
	Lymphatic	system;	disorders;	functions

Lymphocytes

Lymphoma

Malic	acid

Mealtimes

Melanin

Melatonin

Men,	and	gallstones,	statistics

Menopause

Menstruation,	and	liver	cleanse

Mercury	amalgam	fillings

Methionine

Methyl	tert-butyl	ether

Milk

Mineral	supplements

Moles

Mood	swings

Mouth:	bitter	taste;	diseases;	and	indications	of	gallstones;	ulcers

Multiple	sclerosis	(MS)

Nausea,	and	liver/gallbladder	cleanse

Nervous	system:	disorders;	functions

Neuropeptides

Neurotransmitters

Nickel

Noradrenaline

Nose,	and	indications	of	gallstones

Obesity

Octretide

Oil	therapy

Olive	oil

Oral	contraceptives

Osteoarthritis

Osteomalacia

Osteomyelitis

Osteoporosis

Overeating

Overeating	proteins

Overworking

Pain,	freedom	from

Pancreas:	diseases;	functions

Pancreatic	tumors

Pancreatitis

Parasitic	infestation

Parkinson’s	disease

Peritonitis

Pharmaceutical	drugs;	as	cause	of	gallstones

Physical	flexibility

Pigment	stones

Pineal	gland

Pitta	body	type

Pitta	disorder

Pituitary	gland

Plasma

Pneumonia

Potassium

Pregnancy,	and	liver/gallbladder	cleanse

Prescription	medications.
See
	Pharmaceutical	drugs

Progestogens

Prostaglandins

Protein	synthesis

Proteins:	in	blood;	overeating.
See	also
	Animal	proteins
Psoriasis

Putrescines

Reproductive	system:	disorders

Rheumatoid	arthritis

Rickets

Saliva

Salt

Sea	salt.
See
	Salt

Sebum

Serotonin

Serum	albumin

Shock	waves

Sinusoids

Skin:	disorders;	and	indications	of	gallstones

Sleep

Sleep/wake	cycles

Smoking

Snacking

Sodium	bicarbonate

Solar	plexus	chakra

Statins

Stomach	tumors

Stomach:	diseases;	tumors

Stools:	color;	content;	odor

Stress

Stress	response

Stroke

Sugar
Sunlight

Surgery,	for	gallstones

Teeth:	and	fluoridation;	and	indications	of	gallstones;	mercury	fillings

Television	watching

Thallium

Thiazides

Thoracic	duct

Thrush

Thymus	gland

Thyroid	disorders

Toenails

Toes

Tongue,	and	indications	of	gallstones

Tongue	ulcers

Tonsillitis

Ulcers

Umbilical	cord

Urea

Uric	acid

Urinary	system:	disorders;	functions

Urine

Varicose	veins

Vegan	diet

Vegetarian	diets

Veins,	and	cholesterol

Venereal	diseases

Very	low	density	lipoprotein	(VLDL)

Vinegar

Viruses

Vision	problems

Vitamin	A	absorption

Vitamin	D;	absorption;	deficiency

Vitamin	E	absorption

Vitamin	K:	absorption;	deficiency

Vitamin	supplements

Waste	products

Water:	and	dehydration;	drinking;	during	cleanse;	fluoridation;	ionized

Water	filtering	systems

Water	retention

Weight	loss,	rapid

Women,	and	gallstones,	statistics

Wrinkles
	About	the	Author

Andreas	Moritz
	is	a	medical	intuitive;	a	practitioner	of	Ayurveda,	iridology,	shiatsu,	and
vibrational	medicine;	a	writer;	and	an	artist.	Born	in	Germany	in	1954,	Moritz	had	several
severe	illnesses	as	a	youngster,	which	compelled	him	to	study	diet,	nutrition,	and	natural
healing.

By	the	age	of	20,	he	had	completed	his	training	in	both	iridology—the	diagnostic
science	of	eye	interpretation—and	dietetics.	In	1981,	he	began	studying	Ayurvedic
medicine	in	India	and	finished	his	training	as	a	qualified	practitioner	of	Ayurveda	in	New
Zealand	in	1991.	Moritz	has	dedicated	his	life’s	work	to	understanding	and	treating	the
root	causes	of	illness.	Because	of	this	holistic	approach,	he	has	had	great	success	with
cases	of	terminal	disease.
Since	1988,	he	has	practiced	the	Japanese	healing	art	of	shiatsu	and	devoted	eight	years
of	research	into	consciousness	and	its	important	role	in	the	field	of	mind/body	medicine.
Andreas	Moritz	is	the	author	of
Timeless	Secrets	of	Health	and	Rejuvenation,	Lifting	the
Veil	of	Duality,	Cancer	Is	Not	a	Disease,	It’s	Time	to	Come	Alive,	Heart	Disease	No	More,
Simple	Steps	to	Total	Health
,	and	other	books.
During	his	travels	throughout	the	world,	he	has	consulted	with	heads	of	state	and
members	of	government	in	Europe,	Asia,	and	Africa,	and	has	lectured	widely	on	the
subjects	of	health,	mind/body	medicine,	and	spirituality.	His	popular
Timeless	Secrets	of
Health	and	Rejuvenation
	workshops	assist	people	in	taking	responsibility	for	their	own
health	and	well-being.
Since	coming	to	the	United	States	in	1998,	Moritz	has	developed	an	innovative	system
of	healing—called
Ener-Chi	Art—
that	targets	the	root	causes	of	many	chronic	illnesses.
He	is	also	the	founder	of
Sacred	Santémony—Divine	Chanting	for	Every	Occasion.
Readers	may	wish	to	visit	the	author’s	website:
www.ener-chi.com
.Text	Copyright	©	2007	Andreas	Moritz.	Design	Copyright	©	2007	Ulysses	Press	and	its	licensors.	All	rights	reserved
under	International	and	Pan-American	Copyright	Conventions,	including	the	right	to	reproduce	this	book	or	portions
thereof	in	any	form	whatsoever,	except	for	use	by	a


 it is so
normal.
Make it a habit  to monitor your mental-emotional state through self-
observation. “Am I at ease at this moment?” is a good questio n to ask
yourself frequently. Or you can ask: “What’ s going on inside me at thismoment?” Be at least as interes ted in what goes on inside you as what
happens outside. If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into
place. Primary reality is within, secondary reality without. But don’ t
answer these questions immediately. Direct your attention inward. Have
a loo k inside yo urself. What kind of thoughts is your mind pr oducing?
What do you f eel? Direct your attention into the body. Is t here any
tension? Once you detect tha t there is a low level of une ase, the
background static, see in what way you are avoiding, resisting, or
denying life — by denying the Now. There are many ways in which
people unconsciously resist the  present moment. I will give you a few
examples. W ith practice, your power of self-observation, of monitoring
your inner state, will become sharpened.
FREEDOM FROM UNHAPPINESS
Do you resent do ing what you a re doing? It may be your job, or you may
have agr eed to do something and  are doing it, but part of you resents and
resists it. Are you carrying unspoken resentment toward a person  close to
you? Do you rea lize that the ene r gy you thus emanate is so harmful in its
ef fects t hat you are in fact contaminating yourself as well as those
around y ou? Ha ve a good look inside. Is there even the slightest trace of
resentment, unwillingness? If there is, observe it on both the mental and
the emotional levels. What tho ughts is your mind creating aro und this
situation? Then look at the emotion, which is the body’ s reaction to those
thoughts. Feel the emotion. Does it feel pleasant or unpleasant? Is it an
ener gy that you would actually choose  to have inside you? Do you have
a choice?
Maybe you ar e  bei ng taken advantage of, ma ybe the activity you are
engaged in is  ted ious, maybe someone close to you is  dishonest,
irritating, or unconscious, but all this is irrelevant. Whether your
thoughts and emotions about this situation are justified or not makes no
dif ference. The fact is that you are resisting what is. Y ou are making the
present moment into an enemy. Y ou are creating unhappiness, conflict
between the inner and the outer. Y our unhappiness is polluting not only
your own inner being and those around you but also the collective human
psyche of which you are an inseparable part. The pollution of the planet
is only an outw ard reflection of an inner psychic pollution: millions of
unconscious individuals not taking responsibility for their inner space.Either stop doing what you are doing, speak to the person concerned and
express fully what you feel, or drop the negativity that your mind has
created around the situation a nd that serves no purpose whatsoever
except to strengthen a false se nse of self. Recognizing its futility is
important. Negativity is never the optimum way of dealing with any
situation. In fact, in most cases  it keeps you stuck in it, bloc king real
change. Anything that is done with negative ener gy will become
contaminated by  it and in time g ive rise to more pain, more unhappiness.
Furthermore, any negative inner state is  contag ious: Unhappin ess
spreads more easily than a p hysical disease. Through the law of
resonance, it triggers and feeds latent negativity in others, unless  they are
immune — that is, highly conscious.
Are you polluting the world or cleaning up the mess? Y ou are
responsible for your inner space; nobody else is, just as you are
responsible for the planet. As within, so without: If humans clear inner
pollution, then they will also cease to create outer pollution.

How can we dr op negativity, as you suggest?

By drop ping it. How do you drop a piece of hot coal that you ar e holding
in your hand? How do you drop some heavy and useless baggage that
you are carrying? By recognizing that you don’ t want to suf fer the pain
or carry the burden anymore and then letting go of it.
Deep un consciousness, such as the pain-body, or other deep pain, such as
the loss  of a loved one, usually needs to be transmuted  through
acceptance combined with the light of your presence — your sustained
attention. Many patterns in ordin ary unconsciousness, on the other hand,
can simply be dropped once you know that you don’ t want them and
don’ t need them anymore, once you realize that you have a choice, that
you are not just a bundle of conditioned reflexes. All this implies that
you are able to access the power of Now. W ithout it, you have no choice.
 If you call some emotions negative, ar en’ t you cr eating a mental polarity
of good and bad, as you explained earlier?

No. The polarity was created at an earlier stage when your mind judged
the present moment as bad; this judgment then created the negative
emotion.

But if you call some emotions negative, ar en’ t you r eally saying that they
shouldn’ t be ther e, that it’ s not okay to have those emoti ons? My
understanding i s that we shou ld give ourselves permission to have
whatever feelings come up, rather than judge them as bad or sa y that we
shouldn’ t have them. It’ s okay to feel r esentful; it’ s okay to b e angry,
irritated, moody, or whatever — otherwise, we get into r epr essi on, inner
conflict, or denial. Everything is okay as it is.

Of course. Once a mind pattern,  an emotion, or a reaction is ther e, accept
it. Y ou were not  conscious enough to have a choice in the matter. That’ s
not a judgment, just a fact. If you had  a ch oice, or realized that you do
have a choice, would you choose suf fering or joy, ease or unea se, peace
or confli ct? W ould you choose a  thought or feeling that cuts you of f from
your natural state of well-being, the joy of life within? Any such feeling I
call negative, which simply means bad. Not in the sense th at “Y ou
shouldn’ t have done that,” but just plain factual bad, like feeling sick in
the stomach.
How is it possible that humans killed in excess of one hundred million
fellow humans in the twentieth century alone?4 Humans inflicting pain
of su ch magnitude on one anoth er is beyond anything you can imagine.
And that’ s not t aking into account the mental, emotional and physical
violence, the torture, pain, and cruelty they continue to inflict  on each
other as well as on other sentient beings on a daily basis.
Do t hey act in this way because they are in touch with their natural state,
the j oy of life within? Of course not. Only people who are in a deeplynegative state, who feel very bad indeed, would create such a reality as a
reflection of how they feel. Now they are engaged in destroying nature
and the planet t hat sustains them. Unbelievable but true. Hum ans are a
dangerously ins ane and very sic k species. That’ s not a judgme nt. It’ s a
fact. It is also a  fact that the sanity is  there underneath the madness.
Healing and redemption are available right now.
Coming back specifically to w hat you said — it is certainly true that
when you accept your resentme nt, moodiness, anger, and so on, you are
no longer forced to act them out blindly, and you are less likely to project
them on to other s. But I wonder if you are not deceiving yourself. When
you hav e been practicing acceptance for a while, as you have, there
comes a point w hen you need to go on to the next stage, where those
negative emoti ons are not created anymore. If you don’ t, your
“acceptance” just becomes a mental label that allows your ego to
continue to indulge in unhappiness and so strengthen its sense of
separation from other people, your surroundings, your here and now. As
you kno w, sepa ration is the ba sis for the ego’ s sense of identity. T rue
acceptance wou ld transmute those feelings at once. And if y ou really
knew de eply that everything is “ okay,” as you put it, and which of course
is true, then would you have th ose negative feelings in the fir st place?
W ithout judgme nt, without resistance to what is, they would not arise.
Y ou hav e an idea in your mind that “everything is okay,” but de ep down
you don ’ t really believe it, and so the old mental-emotional patterns of
resistance are still in place. That’ s what makes you feel bad.

That’ s okay, too.

Are you  defending


 and toss well.
Serve chilled.
Artichoke Salad
1 purple onion, 1 tomato, 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar, 1 artichoke, 1 green
bell pepper, 2 carrots, and 3 tbsp flaxseed oil.
Wash the artichokes well and boil in covered pot for 45 minutes to 1
hour.
When ready, peel them until you can see the center.
Remove the “chokes” with a spoon and discard.
Cut the artichoke heart and other vegetables into bite-sized pieces.
Combine and toss with vinegar and oil.
Bessarabian Nightmar eSD
2 tomatoes sliced, 1 small onion sliced, 1 red or green pepper (or both)
sliced, 2-3 cloves of garlic crushed, and permitted herbs to taste.
Layer each ingredient in a glass Pyrex® baking dish.
Bake at 350° until tender.
Cool and add flaxseed oil to taste when cool enough.Celery Root (Knob) Salad
Remove loose roots from 2 celery knobs and scrub clean.
Boil knobs in jacket about 1 hour; peel and slice.
Add: 1 medium chopped raw onion, scallions (green onion).
Toss with Herb or Garlic and Onion Dressing.
Cold Br occoli SaladYN *
2 lbs broccoli cut into bite-sized pieces.
Stew over a low flame in a heavy pan with a tight-fitting cover until
barely tender, about 25–30 minutes. Chill.
Add: 1 cup cherry tomatoes, ½ cup shallots or green onions, 1 cup
buttermilk dressing, 2-3 tsp chives, and 2-3 tsp parsley.
Combine broccoli, tomatoes, and shallots in bowl.
Mix in dressing.
Serve on bed of endive and garnish with chives and parsley.
Eggplant SaladSD
1 eggplant baked for one hour at 350° F (180°Celsius).
Let eggplant cool, then chop into bite-sized pieces.
Combine with: 1 small onion chopped, 1 tbsp cider vinegar, chopped
parsley, 2 sliced tomatoes, and flax oil.
Fruity W inter Salad  GSG DAIR Y
½ white cabbage, 2 medium carrots, 2 red apples, 1 oz raisins, 1 oz dried
figs, 1 oz dried apricots, 10 tbsp nonfat yogurt, 1½ lemon, and chopped
parsley.
Soak dried figs and apricots in bowl of water overnight.
The next day, empty water and add finely shredded cabbage, coarsely
grated carrots and apples, and raisins.
In a separate bowl, combine yogurt, lemon juice, and parsley.
Combine contents of each bowl and toss together until well mixed.Serve chilled.
Italian Salad
Cauliflower, broccoli, celery, tomatoes.
Wash and cut up all vegetables,  then toss with Herb or Garlic and Onion
Dressing.
Peach SaladSD
Mix together the following: 1 tomato chopped, 1 red pepper chopped, 1
green pepper chopped, 1 peach  chopped, ½ cup green and red seedless
grapes, and a few mint leaves.
Dress with lemon and garlic dressing: equal parts lemon juice and water.
Add a little brown sugar (Sucanat) and crushed garlic.
Potato Salad, Basic (#1)
Boil potatoes in jackets until soft (1 hour); peel and slice.
Add: onions, scallions, celery, green peppers, Herb or Garlic and Onion
Dressing.
Potato Salad, Fancy (#2)
4 potatoes, 1 white onion, ¼ cup celery, 3 grated carrots, flaxseed oil, 2
bay leaves, 1 purple onion, parsley, 3 tbsp apple cider vinegar, and 1 green
bell pepper.
Boil the potatoes, in their jackets, with the bay leaves on slow heat.
Cut the vegetables and saute with the apple cider vinegar (can use wok).
Use no oil!
Once the potatoes are cooked, peel and cut them into small cubes and add
the cooked vegetables.
Add the flaxseed oil after the mixture is cooled.Rice SaladSD
Mix cooked, organic, brown rice (with bay leaf and a little rosemary)
with plenty of chopped vegetables including tomatoes, celery, zucchini,
radishes, fresh garden herbs, and lemon and garlic dressing (see under
Peach Salad).
Rose, borage, or marigold petals look beautiful sprinkled over the salad.
Add apricots that have been soaked in water and chopped (if desired).
Raw Grated Carr ots and Apples
Grate by putting through food grinder or Norwalk juicer: 2 or 3 carrots, 1
apple peeled.
Add ¼ cup raisins, juice of ½ orange or lemon.
Red and Gr een SaladYN
Combine the following ingredients and serve with spinach dressing:
1 head romaine lettuce, 2 cups shredded savoy or green cabbage, 3 green
onions, 1 cup sunflower greens,  2 kohlrabi cut in shoestring strips or peeled
broccoli stems, 1 thinly sliced yellow crookneck squash, and 1 pint cherry
tomatoes or 1 lar ge sweet red pepper cut in strips.
Sunchoke (Jerusalem Artichoke) Salad
Combine: 2 cups sunchokes (cooked or raw), ½ cup celery sliced
diagonally, ¼ cup green peppers, and ½ cup salad dressing.
Tomato and Pepper SaladSD
1 green pepper cut into thin rings, 2 tomatoes firm but ripe and sliced or
chopped.
Dress with lemon juice and crushed garlic, fresh herbs, and chopped
celery leaves.
Add flax oil to taste.Beet Salad
Boil beets in water for 1 hour.
Peel and cut tips of f; slice thin.
Add chopped onions and either Herb or Garlic and Onion Dressing.
COOKED  VEGET ABLE  DISHES
Preparation of V egetables
All vege tables must be cooked slowly, over low flame, with little or no
added water. In order to preserve the natural flavor of the vegetables and
keep them easily  digestible, the slow cooking process is very important. All
vegetables shoul d be “done” or tender. Valuable components are lost in fast
cooking by excessive heat. Because the components’ cells burst, the
minerals go out of their colloidal composition and become more difficult to
be absorbed. A stainless steel “flame tamer” may be used to prevent
burning. And a little of the Special Soup (see above) may also be used, or
tomatoes, apple slices, or chopp ed onion may be placed at the bottom of the
pan to produce more fluid. In some cases this addition also improves the
flavor. Only spinach water is too bitter, contains too much oxalic acid, and
must be discarded.
Tomatoes, leeks, zucchini, and onions should be stewed in their own
juices, as they contain an abundance of fluid by themselves. Red beets
should be cooked like potatoes, in their peel, in water. All vegetables must
be caref ully washed and cleaned. Peeling or scraping is forbidden, because
important mineral salts and vitamins are deposited directly under the skin.
The pot (not aluminum) must close tightly, to prevent escape of steam.
Don’ t use a pressure cooker. Lids must be heavy and fit well into the pots.
Cooked foods (soup and fruit) may be kept in the refrigerator for 48 hours.
Baked vegetables should be slow cooked in a “low” oven (180–190° F; use
oven thermometer) for 2 to 2½ hours, in a covered casserole with a tightly
fitting lid. This method of baking is virtually waterless. Use onions or
tomatoes, or sprinkle vegetab les with lemon to add moisture when
necessary.Stewed vegetabl es are cooked in a heavy pot with a tightly fitting lid on
top of the stove over a low flame, slowly with little or no added liquid.
Simmered veget ables are cooked on the top of the stove over a low flame
in a tightly cove red pan with a small amount of liquid. The temperature is
kept just at the boiling point.
Boiled vegetables (like corn and artichokes) are cooked on the top of the
stove in a heavy pot with a tightly fitting lid. Place 1” of cold water in the
bottom of the pot, add the washed vegetables (do not peel or scrape), and
cover. Cook over medium heat, slowly bringing the liquid to a boil (bubbles
breaking on the surface and steam given off). Lower the flame as much as
possible, keeping the liquid boiling.
Note: Bring liquids to a boil only if the recipe specifically calls for it.
Tightly Fitting Lids
Saucepans must be tightly covered to prevent steam from escaping.
Covers must be heavy and close-fitting.
You may have to place wax paper under the lid to aid the seal.
Artichokes
Cut artichoke ends and rinse in the center.
Bring 2 inches of water to a boil.
Add artichokes.
Lower temperature, cover, and simmer for approximately 1 hour.
Serve with salad dressing on the side as a dip.
Asparagus
Bake in covered  casserole with a small amount of soup stock or lemon
juice in low oven 1 hour, or simmer with ½" soup stock for 30 minutes or
until tender.
Beautiful BorschtSD1 onion,  3 garlic cloves, 1 cup Special Soup, 6 small beets with


ist immortals and
alchemists and was said to have learned, not only from his
Three Immo rtal Maids, but also from an Immortal who
lived on a mountain, who, after considerable persuasion,
instructed the Emperor in the understanding of the Tao, of
sciences, meditation and medicines. Huang Ti was reputed
to have written the Inner Classics. He became an
Immortal, or hsien, himself and after reigning for over a
hundred years he ascen ded to heaven on the back of a
dragon, taking with him some seventy members of his
domestic household and court, in full view of the populace.
Others of his retainers, anxious  to go heavenward with
him, hung on to the whiskers of the dragon, but they gave
way and the hangers-on, together with the Emperor's bow,
fell to the ground. The people gazed at the Emperor and
dragon until they disappeared into the heavens. The fallen
bow was collected and venerated. Although there was a
tomb and a shrine built for the Yellow Emperor it was said
that it was later found to be devoid of a corpse and
contained only a sword and shoes.Chang T ao-ling founder of the popular T aoism and
the ﬁrst T aoist pope
Another legendary character was the Emperor YÜ the
Great, tradit ionally known as ‘the happy miner.’ He was a
smelter who ‘pierced the mountains’ and ‘made the earth
healthy.’ He knew the diﬀerence between male and female
metals and employed the yin-yang  principles in all his
work, dividin g his cauldrons into yin and yang. There were
nine of these, four yin and ﬁve yang. Here it is of interestto note the early appeara nce of the yin-yang  doctrine, the
importance of the number nine, which runs through all
alchemy and Chinese lore, and the division of the number
into even (yin) and odd (yang ) numbers. As we shall see,
the yin-yang  symbolism is employed right through Chinese
alchemy as the two powers of mercury and sulphur, the
lunar and solar.
The legendary accounts of the origins of alchemy are not
conﬁned to the Chinese ‘wild history;’ in the West there is
the story that fallen angels were responsible for teaching
the science of alchemy to the women they married on
earth. Anoth er tradition  claims that alchemy owed its
inception to Hermes, the Egyptian Thoth, God of Wisdom,
or that Isis won the secret from an angel in return for
sexual favours, and handed it to her son Horus. Yet
another legend is that God revealed the secrets of alchemy
to Moses and Aaron, both master magicians.
OceanofPDF.com– 2 –
ALCHEMY EAST AND WEST
Chinese alchemy, while often running parallel with that of
the West, and showing considerable similarity with Indian
beliefs, for example the idea of a drug which could prolong
life, the Elixir of Immor tality, which appears in India a
thousand years before Christ, holds no deﬁnite proof of
common origins, but much of exchange of thought. The
same argument rages over the beginnings of alchemy as
over symbo lism: wheth er such ideas and symbols
‘migrated’ from one country to another in trading and
cultural contacts, or arose spontaneously in diﬀerent
civilizations and widely separated parts of the world.
In view of the universal similarities in the content and
types of dreams and in the workings of the subconscious
mind, as demonstrated by Jung's work, it is reasonable to
suppose that in waking life the same types and ideas also
rise spontan eously in the human mind. In mythology,
religion, symbolism, fairy tale and folklore and such early
sciences as alchemy and astrology, while the local
colouring of dreams and thoughts is naturally diﬀerent,
the basic contents, symbolism and psych ological
implications appear to be universal; but while there are
similarities, there are also diﬀerences in East and West.
The answer to the question of migration versus
spontaneous growth lies probably in a degree of both.
Military conq uests, trade  and cultural exchanges obviously
spread ideas  and knowledge, while, on the other hand, it is
only natural that people the world over should have asked
the same questions about their environment, the cosmos in
which they lived and their relationship with it.There seems to have been a considerable exchange of
knowledge between China and India; it is known that
alchemical practices were prevalent in both countries well
before the Christian era and there was deﬁnite evidence of
exchange when a Chinese Emperor of the T'ang dynasty
sent an envoy, Wang Hsüan-ts'e, to India between  AD 643
and 665; there are indications that he made two visits
during this time. He was a specialist in prolonging life—
that is to say, an alchemist—and a noted magician. He
brought back with him an Indian Brahmin,
Narayamasvamin, who was an alchemist and physician,
while another Indian magician came over from Kashmir in
664-5 on the orders of the Emperor Kao Tsung: this
magician was thought to have possessed the drug of
longevity. Waley maintains that there is no doubt that ‘a
deﬁnite give and take went on between China and India
during the T'ang dynast y,’ but that Chinese techniques
were already well deve loped long before any known
contact with India.
Other branches of early  alchemy were establis hed in
Babylonia and Chaldea; the Persians were skilled in magic,
alchemy and medicine, while from Egypt came the great
Hermetic tradition which passed to Greece, Greek  culture
being spread widely later by the conquests of Alexander
the Great. Arabian alchemy also rose from the Alexandrian
School in Egypt but was, at the same time, in touch with
Chinese thought. From Greek and Arabic culture alchemy
spread into Europe, but showed a direct inheritance from
Hermes/Thoth. Arabic and Byzantine alchemy were, like
the ancient Hellenic practices, a mixture of magic,
astrology and mysticism  touched with the tradition of
Hermes Trismegistus.
Some authorities have maintained that all alchemy  came
from China originally and spread westward later ; others
believe that it arose in Egypt. Babylon has also beensuggested as the source, while others again, as has been
said, have propounded the theory that the same ideas and
concepts arose spontaneously and existed simult aneously
in diﬀerent countries. However, the idea most basic to
Chinese alchemy, the Elixir of Life, did not appear in the
West until the twelfth century AD, when it was introduced
there from China by the Arabs.
Similarities between eastern and western alchemy are
seen in the concept of polarity and the universal symbolic
reverence for gold as the great solar power, with its
counterpart in the lunar silver. The Sol and Luna theme,
presented in various guises, runs through all alchemy:
Fludd, for instance, expre ssed this polarity as the Sun, the
father, the heart, the right eye, with the left eye as the
Moon, the mother, the womb, as well as the basic duality
of sulphur and quicksilver. All branches of alchemy
reverenced the Earth, the Great Mother, in whose womb
were nourished the metals and from which they were
born.
The essential diﬀerence between Chinese alchemy and
that of the West was that while the latter was always
associated with gold, whether in the transmutation of base
metals into gold or the transformation of the base metal of
unregenerate man into the pure gold of the spiritual life
and realization, Chinese alchemy was primarily concerned
with the ﬁnding of the Elixir of Immortality—again, either
at the lower level of prolonging physical life for its own
sake, or for ﬁnding personal immortality, or, on the
spiritual side, prolonging life in this world in order to gain
more time to spiritualize the soul or to gain immortality as
the enlightened being, the ‘True Man’ at one with the T ao.
The Chinese  approach was through the fundam ental
doctrine of yin and yang;  the inﬂuenc e of, and dependence
on, the I Ching, the Book of Changes; and the teaching of
the Five Elements School of thought, the whole outlookbeing more on a mental-spiritual level, even in its lower
branches, than the gold-seeking slant of western alchemy.
Materialism came later as a decadent growth in Chinese
alchemy at certain periods; but, as Waley says, the work
with metals and elixirs had practically ceased by AD 1000
and given place to the mystical path, which still used
alchemical phraseology and symbolism. Of this stage he
says that: ‘Whereas in reading the works of western
alchemists one constantly suspects that the quest with
which they are concerned is a purely spiritual one; that
they are using romantic phraseology of alchemy merely to
poeticize religious experience, in China there is


T ake me closer to Y ou,
And thus to who I r eally am.
Amen.DA Y 155
FOR REFLECTION
O n  t h e  L i m i t l e s s n e s s  o f  G o d
T o God, every moment is a new beginning. And God is held back by
nothing. God would never say,  “I could help you, but you m essed up
badly so  I don’ t want to.” Neith er does He say, “I could give yo u a great
life, but your parents were dysfunctional so my hands are tied.”
Limitations do not stand before the limitlessness of God, and it is the
limits to our fait h, not the limits of our circumstances, that keep us from
experiencing miracles. Every situation provides us the chanc e to live
with bro ader, more audacious hope and faith that all things are possible.
God is bigger than any limited circumstance in our past; God is bigger
than any  limitation that the world is showing us now. Limitations exist
only as a challenge to us to mat ure spiritually, as we realize that through
the grace of God we are bigger than they are.
Bigger than financial lack? Y es, because in God you are infinitely
abundant. Bigger than sickness? Y es, because in God you are in total
good health. Bigger than terrori sm? Y es, because in God we are infinite
love, and love is the one and  only force that hate and fear cannot
withstand. Ther e is no order of dif ficulty in miracles. If enough of us
pray eac h morn ing, asking God to send His spirit into the glo bal mess
we’ve cr eated and make all things right, surrendering our own ideas and
asking for His instead—all our problems will begin to dissolve.DA Y 156
T o d a y  I  e m p t y  m y  m i n d  a n d  a s k  G o d  t o  f i l l  i t  w i t h
H i s  t h o u g h t s.
E nlightenment is  not learning b ut unlearning. T oday I release my
attachment to the filters through which I view the world. I accept instead
that the only true filter is love.
All that the world has taught me, I surrender to God. May His spirit
purify al l my thoughts, and release me from the guilt that domi nates the
mortal plane. May I only see innocence in myself and others, and may all
else fall away from me.
Dear God,
I surr ender all thoughts of guilt.
I pray instead to see only innocence
In myself and others.
May my mind be an empty container
T o be filled by Y ou and Y ou alone.
Amen.DA Y 157
T o d a y  I  s u r r e n d e r  m y  w e a k n e s s e s  a n d  p r a y  t h a t
t h e y  b e  h e a l e d.
I  am aware of m y character defects today. I know God is mercif ul, and
wills tha t they be removed not th rough suf fering but through joy. T oday I
pray to be shown a better way to live, that my wounds might be healed
and my defects removed.
I acc ept responsibility for looki ng clearly and honestly at who I am
and what I do. I know God wa lks with me through this thorny path of
self-discovery. He does not guide me to suf fering but to release from
suf fering, as He shows me the lo ve I have hidden before and teaches me
how to express it.
Dear God,
I r elease to Y ou my weaknesses and wounds,
My fears and defects.
Please r emove them all,
That I might be a pur e expr ession
Of who Y ou cr eated me to be.
Amen.DA Y 158
I  c h o o s e  t o  b e  a  m i r a c l e - w o r k e r  t o d a y.
W hen centered in an attitude of b lessing, I am an automatic mir acle-
worker. A palpably more positive atmosphere prevails when I reach for
the h ighest within myself. I will try with every thought to emb race love
instead of fear.
Others w ill feel ener gized and uplifted along with me, as I rise to the
holiness within myself today. When tempted to judge, I will withhold my
judgment. When tempted to attack, I will lay down my sword. When
tempted to display the ener gies of my lower mind, I will choose instead
to display my truth. And thus miracles will occur.
Dear God,
Help me today
T o choose love over fear,
That I might work miracles
For myself and others.
Wher e I am tempted
T o attack or defend,
Please guide my mind
T o a gentler place.
Amen.DA Y 159
M a y  m y  r e l a t i o n s h i p s  s e r v e  G o d ’ s  p u r p o s e s.
R elationships are laboratories of the spirit, or playgrounds for the ego.
They can be heaven or they can be hell. They are infused with  love or
infused with fear. Which they are for me is my choice.
My ego would use relationships to serve my needs as I define them,
as it tries always to compensa te for what I think I lack. In truth, the
purpose of my relationships is that I and another experience maximal
growth and joy. Such are the purposes of God.
Dear God,
I place my r elationship with ________
In Y our hands.
May my pr esence be a blessing on their lives,
And may they be a blessing on mine.
May my thoughts towar d them be those of innocence and love,
And may theirs towar d me be the same.
Amen.DA Y 160
FOR REFLECTION
O n  t h e  M e a n i n g  o f  L i f e
W hen we were bo rn, we were prog rammed perfectly. W e had a na tural
tendency to focus on love. Our imaginations were creative and
flourishing, and  we knew how  to use them. W e were connected to a
world much richer than the one we connect to now, a world full of
enchantment and a sense of the miraculous.
So w hat happened? Why is it th at we reached a certain age, looked
around, and the enchantment was gone?
Because we were taught to focus elsewhere. W e were taught to think
unnaturally. W e were taught a very bad philosophy, a way of lo oking at
the world that contradicts who we are. W e were taught that we’re
separate from other people, that we have to compete to get ahead, that
we’re no t quite good enough th e way we are. W e were taught t o see the
world th e way that others had come to see it. It’ s as though, as soon as
we got here, we were given a s leeping pill. The thinking of the world,
which is not based on love, began pounding in our ears.
Love is what we  were born with. Fear is what we have learned here.
The spiritual journey is the relinquishment—or unlearning—of fear and
the acce ptance of love back into our hearts. Love is the essential
existential fact. T o be consciously aware of it, to experience love in
ourselves and others, is the meaning and the purpose of our lives.DA Y 161
I  p l a c e  m y  r e l a t i o n s h i p s  o n  t h e  a l t a r  t o  G o d.
T he ego speaks fi rst and the ego speaks loudest. It will always ma ke the
case for  separation: someone did this or that and therefore does not
deserve my love. In any moment I listen to the ego—denying love to
another—then to  that extent I will be denied. I pray for a power greater
than my own to  push back the storm of my neurotic thinking. What I
place on the altar to God is then altered within my mind.
My rela tionships are part of a divine curriculum designed for m e by
God. I invite His spirit to enter my mind, that my thoughts might be
guided to innocence and love a nd not stray to defense or attack. In that
way, my relationships will be blessed and their potential for love
fulfilled.
Dear God,
May my r elationships be lifted
T o divine right or der
And take the form
That best serves Y our purposes.
May all unfold,
W ithin me and the r elationship,
Accor ding to Y our will.
Amen.DA Y 162
I n  g i v i n g  t o  o t h e r s,  I  g i v e  t o  m y s e l f.
I n th e spiritual universe, we o nly keep what we give