 room. You can often make
the room hum with your voice. Then try to get the same effect
in a larger room. Of course, listening to this vibration of your
voice is not entirely necessary; but often the vibration will
cause the other Vortexes in the body to speed up, especially
the one in the sex center and the two in the head. I might
add that in old women, the voice also becomes shrill and should
be toned down. Of course, a woman's voice naturally is higher
than a man’s. If she should get it down as low as a man’s it
would not be beneficial at all to her. It would speed up the
Two Vortexes—the one in the throat and its companion, so as
to cause her to act, look, think, and talk mannishly. By the
same token, a mannish woman could wonderfully improve her-
self by raising her voice to the level of a normal woman's. “T have known of men with high voices who partook of so
much alcoholic beverages that they developed ‘whiskey’ voices
—low and growling. To their amazement they began to be-
come virile again. Usually they attributed their good fortune
to intemperance or to a certain brand of whiskey, but neither
intemperance nor whiskey did anything for them directly. —30—What happened was that the vocal cords were irritated and
therefore inflamed and swollen. This lowered the voice and
raised the speed of the Vortex in the throat, which in turn,
raised the vibrations of the Vortex in the masculine center
below, and brought about the renewed masculine vitality. “Now,” said the Colonel, after pausing a moment, “I want
to speak on one more subject, which could be entitled ‘Putting
off the old man.’ Lowering the voice and speeding up the
Vortexes certainly has a lot to do in eliminating the ‘old man’
within us, but there are other things which help to make us
much younger even though they do not directly affect the
Vortexes. If it were possible suddenly to take a man out of a
decrepit old body and place him in a brand-new youthful one
about 25 years of age, I am confident that the old man he had
allowed himself to become would cause him to remain old in
most of his ways. It is true that he would perk up a bit
around the ladies, outside of that I think he would remain old. “Getting old, of course, is brought about first by a lack or a
complete absence of manly virility. But that is not the only
cause. The world is full of old men around 60 who get a certain
dubious pleasure out of acting old. This is all wrong. Regard-
less of whether a man has full vitality at the present time or
not he should do everything possible to eliminate the ‘old man’
that has crept within him. He must be dislodged and rooted
out. Therefore, gentlemen, from now on get rid of the ‘old
man’ within you. How to do it? It is very simple. Don't do
the things old people do. With your new and ever-increasing
vitality this should be easy. “The first thing to do is to straighten up. Stand like a man
should. When you first started this class some of you were so
bent over that you looked like question marks; but as vigor
returned and spirits became better you began to straighten up. That was fine; but don’t stop now. Straighten right on up,
start throwing your chest out, pull the stomach and the chin
in, and right away you have eliminated 20 years from your
appearance and 40 years from your mind. “Then eliminate ‘old man’ mannerisms. When you walk,
know first where you are going; then start out and go there. Don’t dog-trot or run, and don’t shuffle along, but pick up your
feet and stride. Keep one eye on where you are going and the
other one on everything you pass. “At the Himalayan Lamasery there was a man, a European,
whom you would have sworn was not over 35 years of age, and
—31—who acted like a man of 25 in every respect. This man was
over a hundred, and if I told you how much over a hundred
you would not believe me. “Now about your weight. If you are underweight you can
throw off the years by increasing your weight. If you are
overweight, which is a splendid sign of old age and senility,
you can throw off more years by reducing the weight to nor-
mal. Get rid of the enlarged abdomens, too, and you will look
10 years younger immediately. “Here is something else which should interest all of you. Only two years ago I was as bald as the baldest man here. When vitality started coming back, one of the Lamas told me
to massage my scalp good with a piece of butter twice a week. The butter up there was fresh, not a bit of salt in it. I took
his advice and massaged my scalp with butter until it soon
loosened up. I did this about one hour after a meal. The food
elements in the blood were brought to the scalp by the circula-
tion of the blood. The scalp was so thoroughly massaged that
the blood vessels were dilated; the hair roots picked up the
necessary nutrition and the hair grew, as you can plainly see. “Even though you may not care to become mystics at this
time, you can throw many years off your mind, your attitude,
and feelings. So start at once. Any effort you put forth will be
rewarded, I can assure you. I have given you nothing but
simple Rites and practices because the simple things will bring
you health, youth, virility, and success when nothing else will. “It has been a most thrilling thing to see you men change
and improve from day to day,” concluded the Colonel, “but now
you know all there is need for you to know for the present. When you are ready for more information, the teacher will ap-
pear. There are others who need this information much more
than you gentlemen did and I must be on my way to them.”
Of course, we were sorry to see our friend the Colonel
depart. But we were glad and thankful for the priceless infor-
mation he had given us. The thought that the Colonel was soon
to help other men like ourselves find “The Fountain of Youth,”
“The Philosopher's Stone,” “The Elixir of Life,” thrilled us. Truly, I thought to myself, THE EYE OF REVELATION is
upon the world. —32—<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        The Eye of Revelation by
PETER KELDER
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“THE EYE OF REVELATION. ” is truly a revelation. It re-
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in far-distant lands for more than 25 centuries, but which is now
available to you for the first time. Information which has been
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doubt to be the greatest gift ever bestowed on man in this material
plane of existence. Information that will stem the tide of pre-
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your footsteps


 T ao Now
Today, notice babies and small children. Look for the mysterious feminine
nature in little boys and girls who haven’ t yet become so attuned to cultural
and societal demands that their true selves are hidden. Can you see some
whose inherent nature is intact? Notice what seems to be their natural
character, or their gift from the Tao. Then try to recall yourself as a child,
when the natural, Tao-given self was unaware of the ego-self—the time
before you believed that acquisitions or power were important. Who were
you? Who are you? Yes, today spend a few moments with a young child and contemplate his
or her connection to the Tao and how it unfolds perfectly without any
interference. OceanofPDF.comOceanofPDF.com7th Verse
Heaven is eternal—the earth endur es. Why do heaven and earth last for ever? They do not live for themselves only. This is the secr et of their durability. For this r eason the sage puts himself last
and so ends up ahead. He stays a witness to life,
so he endur es. Serve the needs of others,
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The opening line of this 7th verse of the Tao Te Ching is a reminder that
the Tao, the Source of heaven and earth, is eternal. By extension, the
original nature of life is everlasting and enduring. There is a quality that
supports this durability, however, and that quality  responds when we live
from our Tao center, rather than from our worldly ego center. Identifying
exclusively with the physicality of life—and basing our existence on
acquiring and achieving things—disregards our infinite nature and limits
our awareness of Taoness. In such a finite system, it therefore seems logical
to strive for possessions and accomplishments. Being civilized in most cultures primarily constitutes being consumed
with attaining “success” in the acquisition of power and things, which
supposedly will provide happiness and prevent unhappiness. The primary
idea is of a self who’ s a separate  being in a separate body, with a name, and
with cultural and biological data that are similar in values and patriotism to
others. The Tao, particularly  in this 7th verse, is suggesting that we update
those notions and choose to exist for more than ourselves or our tribe—that
is, to radically change our thoughts in order to change our lives. Lao-tzu says the secret of the ineffable nature of the eternal Tao is that it
isn’t identified with possessions or in asking anything of its endless
creations. The Tao is a giving machine that never runs out of gifts to offer,
yet it asks nothing in return. Because of this natural tendency to live for
others, the Tao teaches that it can never die. Giving and immorta lity then go
hand in hand. The sage who grasps the everlasting nature of the Tao has gone beyond
false identification with the ego, and instead has a living connection to the
Tao. This person puts others first, asks nothing in return, and
wholeheartedly serves. In this way, the sage lives the ultimate paradox of
the Tao—by giving without asking, he attracts everything that he’s capable
of handling or needing. By putting himself last, the sage ends up ahead. By
putting others before himself, he endures just like the Tao. The sage
emulates the natural philanthropy of the Tao, and all of his needs are
fulfilled in the process.The ego is a demanding force that’s never satisfied: It constantly requires
that we seek more money, power, acquisitions, glory, and prestige to
provide the fuel it thinks it must  have. Living a Tao-centered life rather than
an ego-centered  one removes us from that rat race, as it offers inner peace
and satisfying fulfillment. This is what I believe the wisd om of this verse of the Tao Te Ching is
saying for the 21st century:
Make an attempt to r everse ego’ s hold on you by practicing the T ao’s
teaching to “serve the needs of others, and all your own needs will be
fulfilled.”
Generously thinking of and serving others will lead to matching your
behaviors with the perpetual rhythm of the Tao—then its power will flow
freely, leading to a fulfilling life. Ego wants the opposite, however, as it
tells you to think of yourself first and “get yours” before someone else beats
you to it. The main problem with listening to ego is that you’re always
caught in the trap of striving and never arriving. Thus, you can never  feel
complete. As you reach out in thoughts and behaviors, you activate loving energy,
which is synonymous with giving. Put others ahead of you in as many ways
as possible by affirming: I see the sacred invisible Source of all in its
eternal state of giving and asking nothing in return. I vow to be this, too, in
my thoughts and behaviors. When you’re tempted to focus on your personal successes and defeats,
shift your attention in that very moment to a less fortunate individual. You’ll feel more connected to life, as well as more satisfied than when
you’re dwelling on your own circumstances. Imagine what it would be like
if you dismissed ego’s hold on you. Serve others and watch how all that you
give returns to you tenfold. The poet Hafiz expresses this attitude perfectly:
Everyone
Is God speaking. Why not be polite andListen to
Him? Stop the chase and be a witness. The more you pursue desires, the more they’ll elude you. Try letting life
come to you and begin to notice  the clues that what you crave is on its way. You’re in a constant state of receiving because of the ceaseless generosity
of the eternal Tao. The air you breathe, the water you drink, the food you
eat, the sunshin e that warms you, the nutrients that keep your body alive,
and even the thoughts that fill your mind are all gifts from the eternal Tao. Stay appreciative of all that you receive, knowing that it flows from an all-
providing Source. Stop the chase and become a witness—soothe your
demanding habits by refusing to continue running  after more. By letting go,
you let God; and even more significantly, you become more like God and
less like the ego, with its lifetime practice of edging God out. Do the T ao Now
Be on the lookout for ego demands for an entire day. Decide to defuse as
many of them as you can comfortably, perhaps by assignin g them an
“intensity grade.” Living beyond ego situations that are easy to accomplish
get a low number, while those requests that are difficult  to quell get a higher
number. For example, let’s say that your spouse is driving a car in which you are a
passenger. You see the perfect parking space, but your mate drives right on
by; or you watch him or her take a different route than you ordinarily do. Silently witness the degree of discomfort with your decision not to say
anything. Did ego let you know its preference? Or if you have a conversational opportunity to display your specialized
knowledge or describe a situation wherein you were the recipient of honor
or succe ss, note how uncomfortable your decision to remain quiet felt. Again, did ego let you know its preference?<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

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 (prasarita paddottanasana),  176–78standing hip openers, 155–73 ; Garland (malasana),  172–73 ; Half Moon
(ardha chandrasana),  168–69 ; Lizard (utthan pristhana),  170–71 ;
Low Lunge (anjaneyasana),  156–57 ; Reverse W arrior (viparita
virabhadrasana),  162–63 ; Side Angle (parsvakonasana),  164–65 ;
Triangle (trikonasana),  166–67 ; Warrior 1 (virabhadrasana 1),  158–
59; Warrior 2 (virabhadrasana 2),  160–61
standing poses, simple, 145–53 ; Blown Palm (parsa ur dva hastasana),
152–53 ; Chair (utkatasana),  150–51 ; Mountain (tadasana),  146–47 ;
Upward W orship (urdhva hastasana),  148–49
standing twists, 189–95 ; Twisting Chair (parivritta utkatasana),  190–91 ;
Twisting Side Angle (parivritta parsvakonasana),  192–93 ; Twisting
Triangle (parivritta trikonasana),  194–95
Stretch of the W est pose (paschimottanasana),  272–73
Sun Breath (surya prana),  184–85
Sun Salutation A (surya namaskar A),  186–88
sync, getting back in, 70–71
T
Tiger pose (vyaghrasana),  214–15
timelessness, 7, 31, 59, 88, 98, 103
toxins, 70; clearing, 42–43
transcendence (dhyana),  113–16
Tree pose (vrikshasana),  198–99Triangle pose (trikonasana),  166–67
true core beliefs, 19–20
true self, reflecting on, 49–52, 55
truth: living your own, 25–28 ; myths and, 96–100 ; relative, 26–28
Twisting Chair pose (parivritta utkatasana),  190–91
Twisting Side Angle pose (parivritta parsvakonasana),  192–93
Twisting T riangle pose (parivritta trikonasana),  194–95
twists, see seated twists ; standing twists
U
ujjayi  breath, 136–37
unity consciousness, 109, 119–23, 125, 285
unknown, surrendering to, 52–55
upgrading your story, 22–23, 25, 26, 28
Upward-Facing Dog pose (urdva mukha svanasana),  226–27
Upward W orship pose (urdhva hastasana),  148–49
V
vagal breathing, 78–79, 137
vayus,  137–38
vicarious revelation, 121vinyasa,  183, 211, 220
vital ener gy, 14, 72–88. See also  prana
W
Warrior 1 (virabhadrasana 1),  158–59
Warrior 2 (virabhadrasana 2),  160–61
Warrior 3 (virabhadrasana 3),  204–5
Wide-Angle Seat pose (upavista konasana),  270–71
Wide-Legged Forward Bend A (prasarita paddottanasana),  176–78
wisdom of the body, 60–61
Y
yamas,  21–37, 38
yoga,  meaning of, 129–30
OceanofPDF.comABOUT THE AUTHORS
Deepak Chopra
Deepak Chopra, MD, FACP, founder of the Chopra Foundation (a nonprofit
entity for resear ch on well-being and humanitarianism) and Chopra Global
(a modern-day health compa ny at the intersection of science and
spirituality), is a world-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and
personal transformation. Chopra is a clinical professor of family medicine
and public healt h at the University of California, San Diego, and serves as a
senior scientist with Gallup Organization. He is the author of more than
ninety books translated into forty-three languages, including numerous New
York Times bestsellers. Time magazine has described Dr. Chopra as “one of
the top 100 heroes and icons of the century.”
Sarah Platt-Finger
Sarah Platt-Finger is the director of yoga at Chopra Global, and the
cofounder of ISHT A Yoga, LLC. Deepak Chopra has called Sarah “an
extraordinary teacher of yoga that has called enormously to my well-being.”
She received her 500-hour certification in the ISHT A lineage in 2004 and
was initiated as a yoga master in 2013. Since then, Sarah has made it her
life’s purpose to share the authentic teachings of yoga worldwide. She
believes that the practice of yoga can be used as a microcosm for the reality
we creat e off the mat, and that a deeper awareness of our physi cal, mental,
and emotional patterns can bring us closer to the essence of our being. Sarah teaches an embodied and affirming practice that encourages healing,
transformation, and self-empowerment. Always a seeker, she considers
motherhood to be her greatest spiritual practice.Sarah currently lives in Boca Raton, Florida, with her husband, Yogiraj
Alan Finger; their daughter, Satya; and their dogs, Malcolm and Thomas. She teaches weekly classes online, pursuing her mission of helping others
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        In Yoga, the all-knowing creative force of Nature is Shakti, the
creative intelligence that controls both creation and destruction. The darkness, being essential, is not to be feared, shunned, or denied. Our strategy as evolving selves is to patiently confront every sign of
darkness, accept ing that the light will find a way to transform it and reveal
the essential truth it hides. There is no need to use the tools of darkness
against it, either, since violence, resistance, denial, despair, hatred, and fear
are not how the light operates. The light is nothing but awareness revealing
something new about itself, enabling the true self, which is universal, to
manage everything. A surgeon cannot operate upon himself, but the ego-
personality isn’ t playing the role of a sur geon—the true self plays that role. Living the vision of Royal Y oga, each of us must remember that the true
self is the real self. Only by standing firm in who we really are can the
evolution of consciousness take hold every day throughout our lifetime. There’ s nothing more to know and nothing more to do if you want to live in
the light forever. OceanofPDF. comTo everyone who aspir es to live in the light
OceanofPDF. comACKNOWLEDGMENTS
From Deepak
In recent years, I’ve developed a passion for Yoga in all its aspects, and I
am grateful to my teacher Eddie Stern, whose wisdom and depth of
knowledge extend far beyond our daily sessions of practicing Hatha Yoga. No one has ever taught me more about Y oga. It was inspiring  to have Sarah Platt-Finger as my collaborato r in this
book. She exemplifies all the virtues and benefits of her deep dedication to
Yoga. A write r couldn’ t be more fortunate than to receive the loyalty,
guidance, and personal support of everyone at Harmony Books, beginning
with Diana Baroni, whose dedic ation to publishing is a source of constant
admiration. Your insight and decision-making have been crucial in the
difficult times we’ve been passing through—my heartfelt thanks. I’ve enjoyed a bond of closeness and shared admiration with my editor,
Gary Jansen. You have been wise and tactful beyond anything a writer
hopes for. Thanks, too, to the whole Harmony team, including Aaron
Wehner, Tammy Blake, Christina Foxley, Marysarah Quinn, Patricia Shaw,
Jessie Bright, Andrea Lau, Jessica Heim, Sarah Horgan, and Michele
Eniclerico. My sense of love and caring owes everything to my wife, Rita, and our
extended family of children and grandchildren. Thank you for making this
journey a shared venture that enriches all of us. From Sarah Platt-FingerI would first and foremost like to thank my coauthor, Dr. Deep ak Chopra,
for the great honor of inviting me to write this book with him. The
ecosystem of yoga is vast, with innumerable teachers; it is a great privilege
to share my teachings with such a


in cancer stem cells and promote these cells to become a new noncancerous cell type, such as skin cells (Figure 4. 2). The reason why this therapeutic approach is
feasible has to do with some key actions by DMSO on cell cycle activity. Previous
studies have demonstrated that DMSO can modulate the activator protein-1 (AP-1) activity and lead to cell cycle arrest at the G1 phase. 72 AP-1 is a nuclear transcrip -
tion complex that regulates genetic expression from a variety of stimuli, including 93 DMSO in Genetics
cytokines, growth factors, and stress. 73 AP-1 is composed of Jun–Jun and Jun–Fos
protein dimers that are involved in various biological mechanisms, including normal
cell growth, differentiation, and tumor development. 74
Moreover, an important cell culture finding was recently reported showing DMSO
as the key stimulator of the tumor suppressor protein called human liver DnaJ-like protein (HLJ1). 75 Tumor suppression was observed when DMSO was able to activate
AP-1 through JunB and JunD proteins in highly invasive human lung adenocarci -
noma cell line. 75 HLJ1 is a novel tumor suppressor protein recently discovered that
inhibits cancer cell cycle progression, proliferation, invasion, and tumorigenesis and is significantly correlated with relapse and survival and with prognosis in non-small-cell lung carcinoma patients. 76
As a response to DMSO’s tumor-suppressing action, mRNA and protein expres -
sions of HLJ1 were observed to increase in the adenocarcinoma cell lines. Targeted induction of HLJ1 represents a promising approach for cancer therapy. These col -
lective findings imply that DMSO could be a major primary treatment or ligand for the development of anticancer drugs that induce HLJ1
 expression where activation
of cell migration and cell proliferation pathways can be arrested in cancer cells. 75,77
This is an idea that has not yet been experimentally tried and obviously requires
more basic and clinical exploration. But the reward of finding a nontoxic, active, and cost-effective anticancer agent such as DMSO or its use as an adjuvant to chemo -
therapy or radiation therapy may be an attractive lead to identify a novel therapeutic approach in the search for more effective treatments of invasive cancers. The importance of cancer research and search for effective treatments cannot be
overstated. Although many new treatments discovered in the last few decades have lowered the incidence of cancer deaths, cancer is still the second most common cause of death in the United States, killing about 600,000 people/year, exceeded only by heart disease. Cancer is estimated by the World Health Organization (WHO) to account for 7. 6 million deaths worldwide. Since the collective evidence presented in this chapter indicates that DMSO can
cause cancer cells to become benign or to arrest their growth, it is important that DMSO research into this important field be stimulated with government or private funding. There are still a number of challenges that need to be addressed in order to trans-
late the research and understanding of cancer stem cells to clinical applications using differentiation-induced therapy as reported for DMSO. These challenges should focus on signaling pathways (which are also shared by normal stem cells), regulation of differentiation, genomics, and proteomics. 75,77
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most powerful statement to God; an
affirmation that even before you ask, I have
answered. Therefore,  never supplicate. Appreciate. But what if I am gra teful to God in advance
for something, and it never shows up? That
could  lead to disillusionment and
bitterness. Gratitude cannot be used as a tool with
which to manipulate God; a device with
which to fool the universe. You cannot lie to
yourself. Your min d knows the truth of  your
thoughts. If you are saying “Thank you,
God, for such and such,” all the while  being
very clear that it isn’t there in your present
reality, you can’t expect God to be  less
clear than you, and so produce it for you. God knows what  you know, and what you
know is what appears as your reality. But how then can I be truly grateful for
something I know is not there? Faith. If you have but the faith of a mustard
seed, you shall move mountains. You  come
to know it is there because I said it is there;
because I said that, even before  you ask, I
shall have answered; because I said, and
have said to you in every  conceivable way,
through every teacher you can name, that
whatsoever you shall  choose, choosing it in
My Name, so shall it be. Yet s o many people say that their prayers
have gone unanswered. No prayer —and a prayer is nothing more
than a fervent statement of what is so —
goes unanswered. Every prayer —every
thought, every statement, every feeling —is
creative. To the degree that it is ferve ntly
held as truth, to that degree will it be made
manifest in your experience. When it is said that a prayer has not been
answered, what has in actuality happened
is that the most fervently held thought,
word, or feeling has become operative. Yet
what you  must know —and here is the
secret —is that always it is the thought
behind  the thought —what might be called
the Sponsoring Thought —that is the
controlling  thought. If, therefore, you beg and supplicate, there
seems a much smaller chance that you  will
experi ence what you think you are
choosing, because the Sponsoring
Thought  behind every supplication is that
you do not have now what you wish. That
Sponsoring Thought becomes your reality. The only Sponsoring Thought which could
override this thought is the tho ught held  in
faith that God will grant whatever is asked, without fail. Some people have such  faith,
but very few. The process of prayer becomes much
easier when, rather than having to believe
that God will always say “yes” to every
request, one understands intuitively, that
the request itself is not necessary. Then the
prayer is a prayer of thanksgiving. It is not
a request at all but a statement of gratitude
for what is so. When you say that a prayer is a statement
of what is so, are you saying that God does
nothing; that everything which happens
after a prayer is a result of the prayer’s
action? If you believe that God is some omnipotent
being who hears all prayers, says “yes”  to
some, “no” to others, and “maybe, but not now” to the rest, you ar e mistaken. By  what
rule of thumb would God decide? If you believe that God is the creator and
decider of all things in your life, you are
mistaken. God is the observer, not the creator. And
God stands ready to assist you in living
your life, but not in th e way you might
expect. It is not God’s function to create, or
uncreate, the circumstances or conditions
of your life. God created you, in the image
and likeness of God. You have created the
rest, through the power God has given you. God created the proces s of life and life
itself as you know it. Yet God gave you free
choice, to do with life as you will. In this sense, your will for you is God’s will
for you. You are living your life the way you are
living your life, and I have no preference in
the matter. This is the grand illusion in which you have
engaged: that God cares one way or the
other what you do. I do not care what you do, and that is hard
for you to hear. Yet do you care what  your
children do when you send them out to
play? Is it a matter of cons equence to  you
whether they play tag, or hide and seek, or
pretend? No, it is not, because you  know
they are perfectly safe. You have placed
them in an environment which you  consider
friendly and very okay. Of course, you will always hope that they
do not hurt themselves. And if they do, you
will be right there to help them, heal them,
allow them to feel safe again, to be happy
again, to go and play again another day. But whether they choose hide and seek or
pretend will not matter to you the next day,
either. You will tell them, of course, which games
are dangerous to play. But you cannot  stop
your children from doing dangerous things. Not always. Not forever. Not in  every
moment from now until death. It is the wise
parent who knows this. Yet the  parent
never stops caring about the outcome. It is
this dichotomy —not caring deeply  about
the process but  caring deeply about the
result —that comes close to  describing the
dichotomy of God. Yet God, in a sense, does not even care
about the outcome. Not the ultimate
outcome. This is because the ultimate
outcome is assured. And this is the second
great illusion of man: that the outcome of
life is in doubt. It is this doubt about ultimate outcome that
has created your greatest enemy, which  is
fear. For if you doubt outcome, then you
must doubt Creator —you must doubt  God. And if you doubt God, you must live in fear
and guilt all your life. If you doubt God’s intentions —and God’s
ability to produce this ultimate result —then
how can you ever relax? How can you ever
truly find peace? Yet God has full power  to
match intentions with results. You cannot
and will not believe in this (even though  you
claim that God is all -powerful), and so you have to create in your imagination a  power
equal to God, in order that you may find a
way for God’s will to be thwarted. And so
you have created in your mythology the
being you call “devil.” You have even
imagined a God at war with this being
(thinking that God solves problems the way
you do). Finally, you have actually
imagined that God could lose this war. All
of this  violates everything you say you
know about God, but this doesn’t matter. You live  your illusion, and thus feel your
fear, all out of your decision to doubt God. But what if you made a new decision? What
then would be the re sult? I tell you this:  you
would live as the Buddha did. As Jesus did. As did every saint you have ever  idolized. Yet, as with most of those saints, people
would not understand you. And when you  tried to explain your sense of peace, your
joy in life, your inner ecstasy, they would
listen to your words, but not hear them. They would try to repeat your words, but
would add to them. They would wonder how you could have
what they cannot find. And then they would
grow jealous. Soon jealousy would turn to
rage, a nd in their anger they would try to
convince you that it is you who do not
understand God. And if they were unsuccessful at tearing
you from your joy, they would seek to harm
you, so enormous would be their rage. And
when you told them it does not matter,  that
even death cannot interrupt your joy, nor
change your truth, they would surely  kill
you. Then, when they saw the peace with which you accepted death, they would  call
you saint, and love you again. For it is the nature of people to love, then
destroy, then love again that which they
value most. But why? Why do we do that? All human actions are motivated at their
deepest level by one of two emotions —fear
or love. In truth there are only two
emotions —only two words in the language
of the  soul. These are t he opposite ends of
the great polarity which I created when I
produced the universe, and your world, as
you know it today. These are the two points —the Alpha and
the Omega —which allow the system you
call “relativity” to be. Without these two points, withou t these two ideas about
things,  no other idea could exist. Every human thought, and every human
action, is based in either love or fear. There
is no other human motivation, and all other
ideas are but derivatives of these two. They
are simply different ver sions —different
twists on


 juices also have therapeutic qualities. The "grape cure" is well known in parts of Europe and has found
extensive employment in the sanitariums and resorts of Merano, Italy, parts of France, and southern Germany. The patients
of these institutions are fed almost exclusively upon raw grapes for four to six weeks at a time, starting with about a pound a
day and gradually increasing the amount to five to eight pounds a day. Johanna Brandt reported a number of cures from
cancer through the employment of the raw grape diet, and others have used it successfully in the treatment of constipation,
rheumatism, catarrh, gallstones, eczema, jaundice, malaria, hemorrhages, and other ailments. Grape cures are even
recommended in certain mental disturbances and in weakened conditions of the entire muscular system, including the
heart. Raw cabbage juice has been used with remarkable success in treating ulcers. Dr. Garnett Chaney at Stanford University
treated 63 ulcer patients with one quart of raw cabbage juice per day, and 60 of these showed pronounced healing. In most
cases, the pain disappeared within a few days and recovery was complete within three weeks or less. Six patients with
"huge" ulcers required 56 days of treatment. The three patients who failed to respond had dense scar tissue in the stomach
and liver damage before treatment started. Dr. Chaney’s experience was almost duplicated by Dr. William Shive and his
colleagues at the University of Texas. Dr. Shive found that raw cabbage juice — as well as the juices of some other
vegetables — tends to prevent ulcers and to cure them. He studied 100 cases in which the ulcerous condition was so
severe that the use of the bland diet and anti-ulcer drugs had failed. But the drinking of one quart of fresh, raw cabbage
juice per day by these patients brought about marked beneficial results. The use of raw cabbage juice in amounts less than
one quart per day promotes less rapid recovery than does the full quota but it is of definite value, and even a glass of juice
per day tends to reduce or eliminate the pain in some cases. The raw cabbage juice is also an important aid to normal
elimination and it improves the general health of the ulcer patient as well as promoting recovery of his primary affliction. SCRAPED APPLE DIET
The "scraped apple" diet is an old German folk remedy for both diarrhea and constipation. Modern scientists have
employed raw apple in the treatment of these same conditions with very good effects. T. L. Birnberg treated diarrhea in
children with raw, grated apple and obtained completely successful results in 88 per cent of all cases. He noted relief from
abdominal pain achieved almost immediately, normal stools achieved in 24 hours, reduction of fever within 48 hours, and
disappearance of mucus in 60 hours. The beneficial effects of raw apple in these cases are attributed to the presence of
“hydrophilic colloids" in the food which absorb excessive water and furnish bulk to control peristalsis. RAW HONEY
Of particular interest is the therapeutic value of raw honey. This food has long been known as a "folk medicine" for hay
fever and asthma, and recent experimental studies conducted at the William Beaumond  General Hospital in El Paso, Texas
have shown that raw honey containing the pollen of the offending grasses or weeds builds up a natural resistance to these
agents in the body, thereby offering relief to the hay fever victims. Studies made by P E. Weesen of the Frauenfelder
Sanitarium of Europe showed that patients given raw honey exceeded all others both in strength and healthy appearance. Dr. Paula Emrich tested 100 children, and found that those given raw honey achieved a 12 per cent increase in hemoglobin
content of their blood over the others. Dr. Rolleder gave a smaller quantity of raw honey to 58 children of an Austrian
orphanage and noted a hemoglobin increase of 8 1/2 per cent. Dr. Schacht of Wiesbaden claimed to have cured many
supposedly hopeless cases of gastric and intestinal ulcers with raw honey, and the celebrated Father Sebastian Kneipp
remarked that "smaller ulcers in the stomach are quickly contracted, broken and healed by it." Surprisingly, raw honey has
even been given to treat diabetes. Dr. A. Y. Davidov of Russia noted that it tended to prevent acetonemia, and in spite of its
high sugar content, its use was associated with the actual reduction of sugar in the urine. The American physicians, Dr. L.
R. Emerick of Eaton, Ohio, and the late Dr. R. J. Goss of Middlebury, Vermont, have treated hundreds of diabetic patients
with raw honey, achieving remarkable success and vast improvement in the weight, strength, and appearance of many
patients. RAW LIVER
The value of raw liver in treating pernicious anemia is now well known. As early as 1926 Drs. Murphy and Minot were curing
severe cases of this disease with raw liver, and they claimed there was some unidentified factor in the food which
stimulated the growth of red corpuscles. At first this was called the "red blood vitamin." It is now known that there are two
such factors, folic acid and vitamin B12, both of which are destroyed by heat. Thus, whereas well-cooked liver is practically
useless in these cases, raw liver brings about consistent and rapid recovery. For perhaps the same reason raw liver, given
to weak and undersized children, has been reported to increase vigor and improve the rate of growth. RAW MEAT PRODUCTS
Other raw meat products are also of unquestioned therapeutic importance. When tuberculosis was still a common disease
in this country, frail and consumptive people would be seen going to slaughterhouses to obtain draughts of fresh blood,
which were believed to be of great value in such cases. In countries where tuberculosis remains prevalent, this practice is
still followed, with reportedly good results. On a clinical basis the celebrated French physiologist, Prof. Charles Richet, was
among the first to use raw beef juice in the treatment of tuberculosis, and he reported excellent results in this practice. More
recently other European physicians are following this same method, and they apply the term, " zomotherapy" to designate
copyright © Dr. Stanley S. Bass   (718) 648-1500    www.drbass.com 5treatment of disease with raw meat or raw meat-juice. They claim success with zomotherapy in treating many conditions,
including anemia, neurasthenia, debility, convalescence, and latent, incipient, or active tuberculosis. RAW SEEDS
Few raw foods have been as highly recommended as sunflower seeds, squash seeds, pumpkin seeds, and watermelon
seeds in the treatment of disease. Several years ago, J. I. Rodale noticed that sunflower seeds, when used in their raw
state, effected a remarkable cure for some cases of bleeding gums. After his report on this subject was published, new
evidence accumulated which indicated that raw sunflower seeds were also useful in treating sores, dermatitis, rheumatism,
rheumatic fever, arthritis, and kidney disease. The teeth were said to improve under the sunflower seed treatment, as was
the condition of the eyes. Raw squash and pumpkin seeds have been recommended as worm expellents. An infusion made
by soaking dried watermelon seeds in water was an old Indian folk treatment for kidney and bladder infections, and many in
modern life have also testified as to the efficiency of this treatment. The watermelon seeds may also be eaten in their fresh
state with good results. While much of the evidence in favor of these uncooked seed foods is in the form of testimonials
rather than clinical data, it is too extensive to be ignored. Whether we consider the seeds as effective "folk medicine" or just
good food, they are doubtless of much value in modern nutrition. IMPROVED INTELLIGENCE
Raw foods have even been used to improve the intelligence quotients and mental attitudes of backward children. In
Germany, Dr. Lottner reported an experiment in which 33 children, having low intelligent quotients and attending a school
for backward children, were given a raw breakfast each morning. This was in the form of " muesli ” an uncooked porridge
made from oat flakes, milk, fruits, nuts, and honey. The children given the raw breakfasts rapidly improved over all the
others. They did better work in dictation, arithmetic, letter-canceling, and drawing completion tests. They were also less
restless, did not become tired as rapidly as before, and showed better concentration in accomplishing their daily work. CLINICAL APPLICATION OF THE RAW FOOD DIET
IN CALIFORNIA
If the simple addition of certain raw foods to a normal diet produces such startling changes in human health, it may be
expected that a diet composed entirely, or nearly so, of raw foods would be much more beneficial and achieve more rapid
and far-reaching results. This has been shown to be true at the Pottenger Sanitarium in California, where a large variety of
raw foods has been employed for therapeutic purposes. Dr. Pottenger writes that "the highest grade of raw milk, raw meat, raw vegetables and fruit products obtainable" are used in
the clinical work. He points out that "we have been able to improve the physiologic response of children who have
previously been developing in a deficient manner" similar to the experimental animals which were fed upon heat-processed
foods. Even defective facial growth has been improved, and P


ing outsiders who don’t understand what you are doing. However, you know what you are doing and why, and that is all that matters. Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 153Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comCHAPTER 22
Frequently Asked Questions
The Gerson Therapy is so fundamentally different from the usual pill-popping, symptom-
centered approach of orthodox medicine, that newcomers to this method of healing find some
of its details puzzling. So it is important to explain the reasons behind the rules; once understood,
they prove to be eminently logical. What follows is a random selection of the most frequently
asked questions with the appropriate answers. Q: Why not steam vegetables for a short while, then use the water at the bottom of the pan in
the soup, rather than cook all the life out of the vegetables over a long time? A: Dr. Gerson was very specific about using the lowest possible heat for cooking vegetables. High heat—steam is hotter than boiling water—changes the colloidal structure of the nutrients,
particularly the proteins but also the minerals, and makes them hard to absorb and assimilate. Dr.
Gerson even suggested putting a heat disperser under the pan to keep the heat just high enough to
simmer the food slowly, until well done. This method does not “cook the life out of the food.” The only nutrients that are damaged
are the enzymes, which die in temperatures above 140o Fahrenheit. But patients get a huge supply
of enzymes in the fresh raw juices to make up for that loss. The lower heat preserves protein and
mineral structures and some vitamins. Suggesting that the water remaining in the pan should be used acknowledges that the good
nutrients, especially the minerals, have been leached out into the water—leaving the cooked
vegetables without nutrients! This explains why steamed vegetables have very little taste. Another reason for cooking food slowly at the lowest possible heat is to provide the patient’s
intestinal tract with ‘soft bulk,’ i.e., well done fiber, to cushion all the raw foods and juices the
patient has to consume. Q: What about using a B-complex supplement to keep the B-vitamins in balance, since we
use fairly large amounts of B3 and B12? A:  Dr. Gerson states in his book ( A Cancer Therapy—Results of 50 Cases, Appendix II, P.
418), that patients were damaged when he administered Vitamins B1 and B6 to them. The
Gerson protocol with its huge number of juices and fresh foods is very well balanced and has no
need for supplements. Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 154Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comQ: When can organic soy products be introduced into the diet? A: The short answer is never. Soy products of all kinds (tofu, flour, sauce, etc.) contain a
substance that blocks absorption of nutrients, besides having a high fat content. A great deal
of research material has proven the toxicity of soy, even when grown organically. The hype
claiming soy’s usefulness in preventing breast cancer has turned out to be unsubstantiated and
the opposite of truth: soy is likely to stimulate malignancy. Q: Proper food combining, not mixing starch and fruit, is supposed to be healthy. Why isn’t it
used on the Therapy? A: Food combining is probably useful if applied to the average American diet, which is high
in animal proteins and sodium (salt). Since all Gerson foods are vegetarian and all vegetables
contain a certain amount of starch, it is neither necessary nor possible to separate those two
substances. Q: Why not supplement Vitamins C and E, which help to boost the immune system? Surely
one glass of orange juice a day isn’t enough? A: It is a general misconception that only orange juice contains Vitamin C. Not so. The juices
used in the Gerson program are richer in Vitamin C than orange juice, and patients consume
them in huge quantities every day. Raw salads and fruit increase the intake even further. Dr.
Gerson himself insisted that no additional vitamins should be given to patients. Besides, we
have found that pharmaceutically produced synthetic vitamins and minerals are poorly absorbed
and can even be harmful. Q: Potatoes and tomatoes both belong to the deadly nightshade family and are banned from
many dietary regimes. Why are they the most used foods on the Therapy? A: They are not! The most used items are carrots, apples and greens for juicing. Potatoes are
extremely nutritious, high in potassium as well as in protein, and easily digestible (much more
so than rice). Tomatoes are also valuable, as they contain vitamins and minerals, including
lycopene, a powerful anti-oxidant that has been extensively researched in recent years and is
reputed to boost immune competence. Other vegetables belonging to the nightshade family,
such as green peppers and eggplants, are also used in the diet and have never shown any toxic
effects. Q: How many flare-ups or healing reactions can a patient normally expect? A:  There is no ‘normal’ number for these. The body produces them as long as it needs to heal! Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 155Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comAs a rule, the first healing reaction sets in some 6-8 days after starting the intensive treatment. The second one comes usually after about 6 weeks, and the third, which is often the most
severe one, is generally observed after three to three-and-a-half months. In patients pre-treated
with chemotherapy we further expect a so-called chemo reaction after some six months on the
therapy. But these timings are not fixed and only suggest that the patient can expect healing
reactions at certain intervals, which can vary widely in individual cases. Q: Are headaches a good sign? A: Certainly not. They may be a symptom of flare-ups, when the body is releasing its overload
of toxins. In that case an additional coffee enema should be taken, to speed up the process of
detoxification. In some rare cases the toxicity is so high that an enema does not relieve the
headache. If so, one or more additional enemas are needed. In almost all patients, as healing
progresses, headaches disappear forever, even if they had been a problem for many years. If headaches recur after the therapy has ended, the chances are that exposure to toxins or
unsuitable foods has occurred and must be avoided in future. Q: When do patients begin to feel better and have more energy? A: Almost all patients, including extremely ill ones, feel better after the fi rst week on the
therapy. Pain diminishes, appetite returns, sleep improves; in some cases even tumors recede
or become softer. All this adds up to a great psychological boost; it also signals the moment
when the patient has to be warned about an impending healing reaction, bringing with it days
of feeling not well. A true rise in energy may occur in three to six months, depending on the
age and condition of the patient. At that point it is most important that the patient continues to
rest and doesn’t launch into multiple activities! The new energy must be used for healing and
nothing else. There will be plenty of time later to build muscles and make up for lost exercise
time. Trying to do so too soon can result in a serious setback.. Q:  How much of their increasing energy can Gerson patients use for exercise? Surely they
needn’t save it all up for healing? A: It all depends on the patient’s condition, but it’s wise to use great caution in all cases. To
start with the worst scenario, for the terminally ill patient total complete rest, i.e., no exercise,
is essential in the first few months. Such patients frequently experience a decline in energy after
arriving at the Gerson hospital and assume that this is due to the lack of (animal) protein. Of
course this is not correct—Gerson food is high in easily assimilated plant-based proteins, which
amply cover the patients’ nutritional needs. The initial weakness is caused by the various healing processes: the release of toxins from
the body tissues, and the destruction of tumor tissue that circulates through the blood stream
before being excreted. Clearly, the body is working flat out to start healing itself and needs every
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www.thegersonway.comounce of energy it can muster. In such patients with advanced disease exercise should be entirely
banned for at least three to five months. After the sixth month the patients normally experience a
surge of energy. But at that point it is more important than ever to limit exercise, for misusing the
newfound energy would seriously curtail the continuing healing process. We suggest no more than five-minute walks to start with, and only in mild weather, i.e., not
in summer heat


 oth er words, this stage of enligh tenment is
reached through  a lot of understanding of the past. Y ou do not immediately
embody the present-based know ledge that there’ s an opportunity in every
obstacle. In the next stage, you do: you understand in your heart that e verything
that com es your way is a blessing. Y ou see that this is more  than just a
hokey p hrase used in self-help. In fact, what I’ve been talking a bout in this
book is not self-help but self-r ealization, which is way beyond self-help. When you begin to realize yourself—when you discover your
magnificent potential—you see that everything that’ s coming at you has an
opportunity in it, even though it may look lik e an obstacle. Y ou think, I
wonder why I cr eated this. I wonder what lesson is in this for m e. Y ou may
still hav e the suf fering, but it’ s minimal and doesn’ t last. Rather than 10
years, for example, you might move through a challenging situation in 10
weeks, 10 days, 10 minutes maybe. Suf fering is always played ou t in form because it comes from your
thoughts. Becau se you know tha t what you think about expands, you learn
not to focus on the negative. L et’ s say you’re going through a divorce, a
tough time financially, an illnes s, or a death in the family, whatever it is. Now you’re looking at it as, I  can g et something out of this. I can gr ow fr om
this. I can transc end and go pas t it. Y our mind is focused on that instead of
on, Why is this happening to me. S omeday I’ll know why, but I don’ t know
why toda y. It’ s so terrible that I’ m going to be depr essed for six mor e years. Y ou don’ t go t here anymore. Thinking like this belongs back there in
another time in your life. Y ou’re solidly in the second stage. People ask, “If t hat’ s the second stage, what else is there. ” W ell, the third
stage of  enlightenment happens  when you are able to get out  in front of
things. Y ou see them coming an d play them all out in thought, a nd then you
decide which of these is going to be brought into form. For example, let’ s say you’re in a relationship and your par tner says
something upset ting to you. Y ou know that if you respond in a certain way,
then she ’ s going to respond in kind. Then you’re going to say th is, and she’ s
going to say tha t—you can play that all out in thought, and you’re out in
front of it already. Y ou can even see how this could devolve into an absolute
blowout, with both of you really upset for two or three days, maybe not
talking, maybe storming out, or  doing any number of things that people do
to avoid being intimate. Again, you play that all out and  know you don’ t have to make it happen. Y ou don’ t have to make her wrong, which is a grea t step. Y ou don’ t have t o
make yo u right, an even higher  step. There’ s no right or wrong here. Y ou
play everything out, and as you do, you decide that you don’ t have to bring
this altercation into form. Y ou g ot out in front of it; it’ s gone. It’ s all been
played out in yo ur mind. Y ou use your mind to not  bring into form, into
your life, into action that which you know is not beneficial for e ither one of
you. In relatio nships, this means letting go of your need to be right and instead
celebrating the dif ferences in t he other person, and agreeing to disagree
about them for the rest of your life if necessary. I tell people that this is a
wonderful stage  to get to, because once you and your partner are both there,
you can still express your perspective. Y ou don’ t have to be a certain age to
get to this point—you can learn it at any time in your life. As you move across the levels of enlightenment, you go from being an
actor in the firs t stage, being directed by events, circumstance s, and other
people, to being the director you rself in the second stage. Then  in the third
stage, you become the producer too. Y ou are now the actor, the director, and
the producer of your entire life, and you’re doing it all with your mind. If
it’ s a career move that you onc e would have agonized over, y ou can see
how it’ s going to go. If you’re l iving in Atlanta but need to go to Houston,
you can  see yourself selling your home and driving to T exas to start this
new job or enterprise. When yo u play all this out, you can actually see how everything  is going
to w ork, because what you think about expands. Then you can d ecide. Y our
decision isn’ t based upon, My boss  is going to do this to me, and the world
is going to do this, and if these things don’ t work out. It’ s based upon
your pro jecting in your mind how you want things to be. If the picture
doesn’ t come out exactly the wa y you want it to be, then you’re  out in front
of it already, and you don’ t go to Houston after all. Or perhaps you do
choose t o move because you see it as an exciting, wonderful ad venture and
a t ime to do something new. And you can do these steps with anything that
you perceive to be coming at yo u but is really what you’re creating through
all the choices that you’re making. Y ou can  use your mind in exciting ways, as I said. On the job, you can
see how, if you react in a certai n way toward your boss or co-worker, you
know that If I say or do this, that that’ s going to set them off. I don’ t have to
go ther e  anymor e. Instead of behaving like A, B, C, or D, I’ve a lr eady done
it all in my mind, and I’ve seen the r esult. I don’ t want to go th er e. I don’ t
want my form to  have to follow  that anymor e, so I’m in fr ont of it. It’ s like
you’re producing your life through your mind. WIN-WIN SOLUTIONS
The totally awake and aware pe rson has almost moved beyond success. Success in W estern society tends to mean accumulation or winning rather
than achievement. It almost always means you have to outper form or get
more than the ot her guy. This is very much a part of our culture, and there’ s
nothing wrong with it. But now  you understand that success, a chievement,and performance all have built into them the notion that somebody else has
to lose in order  for you to win. When you are enlightened, y ou learn to
approach conflict from a win-win position. While this has become a popular
slogan and philosophy in business, it can also be used in any type of
interpersonal situation. I t hink very strongly that when you are in a romantic relation ship, you
fall in love with the things in another person that you don’ t have in yourself. After al l, to fall in love with somebody who has everything exactly the
same as  you is to  have a redundant relations hip. Y ou’ve already got that;
what do you need more of it for. Y et peop le will say, “Oh, we have so much in common. He says  this, and
I s ay the same thing; he likes to do this, and I like to do it t oo. He’ s an
athlete, and I lik e athletes. ” They think it’ s such a wonderful thing that they
have all these th ings in common. I always think, Uh-oh, this one’ s doomed. W e’ve got some r eal pr oblems h er e. But  wh en someone says, “Ah, she’ s the
exact op posite o f me,” I think that’ s almost always where the most intensity
is found. When this couple looks at each other, they realize, They ar e many
things that I am not and can’ t be, and I like that. I like having that ar ound
me. I need that passion ar oun d me. I need that person who talks a lot
ar ound me, because I’m very quiet. This is what endears them to each other. What of ten happ ens, though, is that as time passes in a relation ship, you
for get that the dif ferences are what give it spice. Then you turn those
dif ferences, whi ch are the very thing that attracted you to the p erson in the
first plac e, into areas of conflict or confrontation. Y ou begin to try to alter
the p erson you love. This does not


-hatred. Think what immunityfrom such baneful possibilities means to youthof both sexes. A TRIAL  OF FLETCHERISM  AND ITS RESULTS. The very large test of Fletcherism as a
temperance expedient hereinbefore referred towas entirely accidental. It occurred in acommunity of students of a missionary collegein Tennessee. The institution is conducted under religious
auspices, the sect supporting it being that called" Seventh-Day Adventists. " The buildings are ona large farm, and most of the students earntheir board and tuition by doing farm work. Many subsist by what is called " boardingthemselves," that is : purchasing raw food anddoing their own cooking. To assist in thisindependence there is a commissary whereeverything needed is bartered or sold. One of the prominent persons in the
Adventist denomination is Dr. Kellog,Superintendent of the Battle Creek Sanatorium,who from the beginning has been one of themost ardent advocates and teachers ofFletcherism, and to whom is largely due thepermanency of its designation as " Fletcherism. " During a visit to the Tennessee institution,
Dr. Kellog so successfully preached the meritsof natural eating, that all the students were
induced to give it a trial as a health andeconomic measure. The trial was conducted under observation
for six months, when an accounting was made. During the six months the drafts on thecommissary had been a trifle less than halfwhat they formerly had been, and at the sametime the community had been free from theusual " seasonable " and bilious complaints orillnesses. No one had been cured of a craving foralcohol, for the reason that all were teetotalerson principle, but the sheer economy andhealthfulness of the results obtained were ofprodigious importance to young persons" working their way through college. " Theamount of the benefit can be imagined when itis considered that they needed to work less onthe farm to earn their food because the food-billwas much reduced. The time saved from workwas available for study, and the increase ofenergy and immunity from sickness addedenormously to the average studentability. One day there was brought to the institution
on a stretcher a poor chap of the neighbourhood,crazy with delirium tremens. In the infirmary of
the college emergency patients were received, aspart of the missionary training is medical. The sorry dipsomaniac was sobered-up in the
usual way and instructed in the process ofFletcherizing. He took kindly to it, as all do whohave been dietetic sinners, and the result wasthe same as with the beery and bleery trampmentioned in the early part of this chapter. Helost his " taste " for " booze " and continued theincident by becoming a worker on the place anda sound temperance example. Here was a revelation worth while to the
missionary workers. Their field of service wasthe mountain districts of their State and theneighbouring State of North Carolina, whichare famous for their moonshine whisky stills. The whisky distilled in the mountains does notpay any Internal Revenue tax if it can beavoided, and hence the stills are hidden in deepforests and operate by the light of the moon. The inhabitants of these lawless regions are thepoorest of the poor and call down the contemptof the negroes. They are called " poor whitetrash," and moonshine whisky that will kill atfifty yards is responsible for much of the povertyand trashiness. They are as good marks for
missionary sympathy as any "heathen" theworld can produce anywhere. I have beenamong them all and I assure you, these listlessand luckless inebriates of the poor white trashregions are the most pitiable. FLETCHERISM  AS FIRST  AID. As soon as the incident of the victim of
delirium tremens had been measured at its fullsignificance, it dawned upon the missionariesthat Fletcherism was to be their most potentassistant in curing the mountaineers of theirvices and preparing them for religiousinstruction. They were won over to the ideal ofDietetic Corpoculture as " First Aid to theInjured " in establishing Temperance on asound basis. Thus it was that the graduated missionaries
introduced themselves to their charges bybuilding simple ovens of road-side stones in rail-fence corners, as field surveyors might do, andinvited those who came along to feed with them. There is never any trouble in securing guests
at a feed anywhere, and it is extremely easyamong the poor to whom free food means less
work and more leisure. It is easy, too, to get theears and attention of guests at meals who wouldlike to be invited again. It is also easy to teachFletcherizing to youthful dinner-guests, asMadame La Marquise de Chamberay and Ifound out in connection with our East Sideinvestigation in New York. *
The result of this strategy on the part of the
Tennessee missionaries was reported to ameeting at the Battle Creek Sanatorium, andthe summary of the good attained up to thattime was as follows : More than a thousandpersons were saving an average of $3. 00 amonth on the cost of their sustenance, and weretemperance converts through the sloughing offof all desire for their moonshine product. Thinkof a saving from sheer waste of $3,000 a month($36,000 a year) to a community where $1,000 isconsidered to be a princely fortune, and a savingof a thousand human units from the scrap-heapof worse than death. * This reference is to an unique experiment in New York,
account of which will sometime be published under the title of "
Parties of Politeness," a name suggested by the little guests
themselves. CHAPTER XIII
THE MENACE OF MODERN MIXED MENUS
Gluttony and Avoirdupois—Contentment—Fletcherism and Political
Economy. WHILE it is true that " Variety is the spice of
life," and that an appetising variety of plain foodis more tempting than a monotony of the mosthighly-spiced dishes, every tendency of modernmenus is a menace to health, and the only wayto counteract the menace is to be especiallycareful in observing the rules of EpicureanEconomy. If the soup is particularly good, there is a
temptation to go on and completely satisfy theappetite on it. It requires the restraint ofcivilized suppression to keep from following theexample of Oliver Twist, calling for more andmore till the supply or appetite is exhausted. Then comes the fish : Who can resist
accepting a generous helping of this course,served in any one of the dozens of styles thatare familiar to the patrons of Frenchrestaurants. And how hard it is to refrain from
cleaning up the plate in a hurry so that none ofit will be whisked away by the waiter to makeroom for course number three. Nothing has been said of the Hors d'oeuvres
of the French menu, or the Ris Tavel of theDutch East Indian gorge, or the Smoer Gose of aScandinavian " Spread. " A fairly ravenousperson, given time enough, and with no onelooking, can be counted on to make a " squaremeal " on these " appetizers " alone before thesoup is announced. Mention of the " Roast," the " Entrées," the
 " Légumes," the " Dessert," and a bewildering
variety of cheeses to be followed by fruit, nutsand raisins, with several different wines,cordials, coffee, and cigars or cigarettes on theside. Even mention of them is likely to causepsychic indigestion. If one goes to a restaurant with a quarto, gilt-
top appetite, and scans one of the monster,modern, mixed menus for a suggestion of whathe shall order, he will, undoubtedly, see five orsix items that will appeal to his imagination as " just the thing " ; and if the cost is no specialreason for restraint, he will put down on his
order list twice or three times as much as hecan possibly eat in order to be as many kinds ofa fam dool as he can be at the moment. This is not an unreasonable or fantastic
illustration of the menace of a multiple menuand a colossal appetite in convenientconjunction. It is said that an amorous lover hasneither conscience nor discretion. This maysometimes be the case ; but it is always a surebetting proposition that an opulent, ravenously-hungry person will measure off with his eagereyes much more than his tummy can possiblyhold. Then follows the inclination of the average
human being to " get his money's worth," even ifhe " must die for it. " This is not alone a humancharacteristic exaggerated in sumptuously-civilized communities, but it is an animal traitas well. If a racehorse is turned out in a field ofclover that stands as high as his neck, he willvery likely eat himself to death. Likewise, if alittle child, with the animal characteristicsuppermost, is given a bag of sweets, he will besure to want to put himself securely outside ofthe whole bag-full in the shortest time possible,
so that he will make certain that no one willtake it away from him. GLUTTONY  AND AVOIRDUPOIS. The menace of the munificent menu also
leads to the uncomfortable acquisition ofsurplus avoirdupois. On some persons it hasquite the opposite effect, however. The writerremembers that it was a tradition in his colle


channel
works
and
the
procedure
goes
straight
to
the
point. In
addition
to
massages,
compresses
from
evaporated
urine
must
be
applied
to
the
heart
area. Eat
sprouted
grain
bread
or
2
to
3
tablespoons
of
sprouted
wheat
per
day. It
is
quite
possible
that
one
of
the
main
causes
of
heart
disease
is
clogged,
intoxicated
small
intestine. Urinotherapy
and
eye
diseases
The
methodology
is
simple
-
the
eyes
are
washed
with
urine,
in
more
complex
cases
compresses
are
applied
to
the
eyes
from
fresh
urine
combined
with
fasting. Baby
or
activated
urine
helps
a
lot. For
cataracts
and
other
eye
diseases,
boil
50
grams
of
honey
and
100
grams
of
urine
and
evaporate
the
mixture
to
about
half. We
drop
it
into
the
eyes
for
5
drops
severaltimes
a
day. We
start
the
dosage
with
1
drop. Example:
"A
metal
splinter
or
splinter
got
into
my
eye. Fresh
urine
was
used
for
treatment:
every
30-40
minutes
washing
and
compressing
the
eye. The
swelling
disappeared
in
7
hours. Hyperemia
of
the
mucous
membrane
of
the
eyelid
and
sclera
(white
of
the
eye)
in
12
hours. The
pus
stopped
excreting
already
in
5
hours
after
the
start
of
the
treatment. Example:
"After
a
cold
and
inflammation
of
the
cornea,
a
dark
spot
appeared. I
was
in
the
hospital
for
a
month
with
no
result. They
told
me
the
spot
would
go
away
on
its
own,
but
it
didn't. Even
dripping
urine
into
the
eye
and
nose
helped." Example:
"The
doctors
gave
me
a
diagnosis:
cataract,
or
gray
cloud
of
the
eye. I
couldn't
read,
after
five
minutes
of
reading
everything
was
pouring
out. Medicines
did
not
help. After
two
weeks
of
washing
the
eyes
with
urine,
the
sight
improved.' Example:
A
patient
with
congenital
cataracts
in
both
eyes
decided
to
use
urinotherapy
while
starving
himself
of
water
and
urine. After
nine
days
of
flushing
his
eyes
with
urine,
he
stopped
fasting
because
of
his
stomach. Vision
improved
and
the
shape
of
the
cataract
itself
changed
somewhat. Comment
and
recommendation:
In
his
book
"Living
Water",
John
Armstrong
writes
that
in
many
cases,
after
10
days
of
water
and
urine
starvation,
the
cataracts
dissolved. It
was
necessary
to
starve
for
a
maximum
of
28
days. Such
a
period
is
necessary
for
congenital
cataracts,
where
it
is
necessary
to
apply
poultices
of
urine
evaporated
together
with
honey
in
a
copper
vessel. Similarly,
glaucoma
can
be
treated
with
urine
therapy,
but
before
surgery. I
verified
for
myself
the
extraordinary
effectiveness
of
the
action
of
urine
on
the
restoration
of
sight. I've
been
wearing
glasses
since
I
was
30,
at
least
for
TV. My
eyes
often
hurt. Now,
at
55,
after
cleansing
steps
and
urine
therapy,
I
have
the
eyesight
of
a
perch. I
can
see
well
without
glasses,
but
mainly
I
can
sit
for
5-6
hours
at
the
computer
or
over
a
book
without
feeling
tired. I
recommend
to
everyone
the
neti
method
with
flushing
the
eyes
with
fresh
urine. I
recently
helped
my
sculptor
friend. Due
to
the
constant
contact
with
the
stone,
the
whites
of
his
eyes
were
bloody
and
literally
cut
up
by
small
fragments
of
sandstone. In
the
morning,
droplets
of
"stones"
hung
from
his
eyelids. He
brought
a
supposedly
miraculous
eye
cleaning
agent
from
the
US,
but
it
didn't
help
him. After
several
weeks
of
flushing
the
eyes
with
fresh
urine,
the
sclera
cleared
and
the
vision
improved
considerably. The
results
would
have
been
even
more
pronounced
if
my
friend
had
followed
certain
eating
rules
and
not
sat
so
often
at
"The
Black
Ox's"
or
"The
Fishermen's". Although
who
knows,
the
personal
mood
that
such
a
sitting
in
a
pub
brings,
sometimes
it
will
cost
a
few
cleansing
barks. The
soul
is
primordial. Urinotherapy
and
cancer
Urine
healing
is
incredibly
effective
for
various
tumors,
including
cancer. In
simple
cases,
it
is
enough
to
drink
urine
and
apply
compresses
to
the
affected
area,
or
lubricate
with
urine. In
chronic
cases,
it
is
necessary
to
combine
starvation
with
urinotherapy
and
clay
compresses
with
boiled
urine. We'll
show
you
how
it's
done
with
a
few
examples:
Example:
"I
have
a
birthmark
on
my
temple. The
skin
after
smearing
the
urine
is
softer
and
better,
but
the
mark
has
not
disappeared. So
I
started
making
poultices
with
urine
left
for
several
days. After
a
week,
the
birthmark
ruptured
and
oozed
pus. It
started
to
hurt
behind
my
ear
all
the
way
to
my
collarbone. After
further
compresses
with
evaporated
urine,
the
pus
stopped
flowing
and
the
pain
disappeared.' Comment
and
recommendation:
This
woman
must
first
go
through
the
entire
course
of
healing
steps:
cleanse
the
intestine,
liver,
blood
vessels
and
tissues,
go
to
the
steam
room
orsauna
more
often. Continue
compresses
with
evaporated
urine
on
the
mole
area. Example:
“My
wife
accidentally
tore
off
her
birthmark
on
her
back
four
years
ago. A
scar
formed
that
did
not
heal
all
these
years. No
treatment
helped. Occasionally
a
scab
would
form,
but
the
wound
would
reopen
and
be
an
unhealthy,
dark
red
to
blue
color. After
compresses
with
evaporated
urine,
the
scar
disappeared. The
skin
in
its
place
is
a
healthy,
pink
color.' Example:
"One
time
I
had
severe
breast
pain
and
induration. I
should
have
gone
to
the
hospital,
but
drinking
ur


; Natasja W ulf f Pedersen et al., “CD8+ T Cells from Patients with
Narcolepsy and Healthy Controls Recognize Hypocretin Neuron-Specific Antigens,” Natur e
Communications 10, no. 1 (Feb. 2019): 837. I ’ d  h e a r d  d o z e n s :  Before trying T ummo, Matt had been diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis and had C-
reactive protein (CRP), which contributes to the inflammation and soreness in his disease, of
over 20, about seven times the normal level. After three months of practicing T ummo breathing
with exposure to cold, Matt’ s CRP levels were 0.4. All of the soreness in his joints, the
stif fness, the flaky red skin, and the fatigue were gone. Another Matt, from Devon in England,
was diagnosed with lichen planopilaris, an inflammatory disease that mainly af fects the scalp
and results in scaling and permanent patchy hair loss. Matt was put on a prescription for
hydroxychloroquine, a medicine invented in 1955 to treat malaria that suppresses the immune
response. Common side ef fects of hydroxychloroquine include cramps, diarrhea, headaches,
and worse. W ithin a week Matt was having trouble breathing and was coughing up blood. His
doctor told him to push through. Matt got sicker. He learned T ummo breathing and followed
Hof ’ s protocol, practicing the W im Hof Method every day. W im Hof, Y ouT ube, Jan. 3, 2018,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4tIou2LnOk ; “W im Hof—Reversing Autoimmune
Diseases | Paddison Program,” Y ouT ube, June 26, 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=lZO9uy  JIP44; “In 8 Months I W as Completely Symptom-Free,” W im Hof Method
Experience, W im Hof, Y ouT ube, Aug. 23, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nO
v4aNiW ys. r e d u c i n g  i n f l a m m a t o r y  m a r k e r s :  In 2014, Hof took a group of 26 random people, aged 29 to 65, up Mount
Kilimanjaro. Many in the group suf fered from asthma, rheumatism, Crohn’ s, and other
autoimmune dysfunctions. He taught them his version of T ummo breathing, exposed them to
periodic bouts of extreme cold, then hiked 19,300 feet to the top of Africa’ s tallest mountain. Oxygen levels at the top are half of what they are at sea level. The success rate of experienced
climbers is about 50 percent. T wenty-four of Hof ’ s students, including those with autoimmune
disorders, made it to the summit in 48 hours. Half the group ascended bare- chested, wearing
nothing but shorts in temperatures that dip to minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit. None experienced
hypothermia or altitude sickness, and none used supplemental oxygen. T ed Thornhill, “Hardy
Climbers Defy Experts to Reach Kilimanjaro Summit W earing Just Their Shorts and without
Succumbing to Hypothermia,” Daily Mail,  Feb. 17, 2014; “Kilimanjaro Success Rate—How
Many People Reach the Summit,” Kilimanjaro,
https://www.climbkilimanjaroguide.com/kilimanjaro-success-rate. An older estimate put thenumber at 41 percent; the current estimate is probably closer to 60 percent. I’ve split the
dif ference. D a v i d - N é e l  u s e d :  It’ s worth noting that David-Néel eventually became a national hero in France, an idol
to the Beat writers, and had a tea and a tram station named after her, both of which are still in
use today. M a u r i c e  D a u b a r d :  “Maurice Daubard—Le Y ogi des Extrêmes [The Y ogi of the Extremes],”
http://www.mauricedaubard.com/biographie.htm ; “France: Moulins: Y ogi Maurice Daubard
Demonstration,” AP Archive, Y ouT ube, July 21, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch? time_continue=104&v=bEZVlgcddZg. S t a n i s l a v  G r o f :  This interview and my experience with Holotropic Breathwork happened several years
before the Stanford experiment, and just a year or so after that jarring experience with
Sudarshan Kriya that sent me on the path to deeper research. I t  w a s  N o v e m b e r  1 9 5 6 :  Grof had told me this event took place in 1954; however, other sources claim it
occurred in 1956. “The T im Ferriss Show—Stan Grof, Lessons from ~4,500 LSD Sessions and
Beyond,” Podcast Notes, Nov. 24, 2018, https://podcastnotes.or g/2018/1 1/24/grof/. T h e  e x p e r i e n c e  w o u l d  g u i d e :  “Stan Grof,” Grof: Know Thyself, http://www.stanislavgrof.com. B y  1 9 6 8,  t h e  U. S. g o v e r n m e n t :  Mo Costandi, “A Brief History of Psychedelic Psychiatry,” The Guar dian,
Sept. 2, 2014,
https://www.theguardian.com/science/neurophilosophy/2014/sep/02/psychedelic-psychiatry. E y e r m a n  l e d  m o r e  t h a n  1 1, 0 0 0 :  James Eyerman, “A Clinical Report of Holotropic Breathwork in 11,000
Psychiatric Inpatients in a Community Hospital Setting,” MAPS Bulletin, Spring 2013,
http://www.maps.or g/news-letters/v23n1/v23n1_24-27.pdf. “ f i g u r e  o u t  w h y ” :  Eyerman continued: “When you think about it, W estern industrial civilization is the
only group in entire human history that doesn’ t hold non-ordinary states of consciousness in
high esteem, [that] doesn’ t appreciate and want to understand them,” he told me. “Instead, we
pathologize them, we numb them with tranquilizers. This works as a band-aid works, as a
temporary fix, but it does not address the core problem and just leads to more psychological
problems later on.”
s m a l l e r  s t u d i e s  f o l l o w e d :  Sarah W. Holmes et al., “Holotropic Breathwork: An Experiential Approach to
Psychotherapy,” Psychotherapy: Theory, Resear ch, Practice, T raining 33, no. 1 (Spring 1996):
114–20; T anja Miller and Laila Nielsen, “Measure of Significance of Holotropic Breathwork in
the Development of Self-A wareness,” Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine  21,
no. 12 (Dec. 2015): 796–803; Stanislav Grof et al., “Special Issue: Holotropic Breathwork and
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. Just combine pesto with
enough vegetables to serve the n umber of guests and r oast. I count on it as
a gr eat impr omptu side dish that everyone loves. Rimmed baking sheet, lightly oiled
Pr eheat oven to 375°F (190°C)
MAKES AS MANY SER VINGS AS YOU LIKE
2 or 3 small new potatoes or vegetable cubes per person
2 tbsp (25 mL) Garlic Scape Pesto per serving
(or mor e if you wish)
sea salt and pepper
On prepared baking sheet, combine vegetables and pesto. T oss well to
combine. Grind  salt and pepper  over top. Roast in preheated oven for 20
minutes or until potatoes are tender.Freezing Garlic Scapes
1. Select Equipment:  Se lect suitable-size freezer c ontainers, bags or
Mason jars ( Freezing ). 2. Blanch whole scapes or 1- to 2-inch (2.5 to 5 cm) pieces in boiling
water for 3 minutes. Lift out and plu nge into cold w ater for 3 minutes. Drain and pat dry. Or
raw-pack chopped scapes in 1- or 2-cup (250 to 500 mL) measures. Pack
into containers, leaving a 1-inch  (2.5 cm) headspace. Remove a ir, label and
seal. Freeze for up to 9 months. K o h l r a b i
NA TIVE T O NOR THERN EUROPE, KOHLRABI (BRASSICA
OLERACEA )  is a relative of cabbage, Brussels sprouts, broccoli,
cauliflower and kale. Its name is derived from the apt German term
“cabbage (kohl)  turnip (rabi).”  While the turnip-like globe of the kohlrabi
appears to be a root, it is actually the swollen base of the p lant’ s stem,
which, l ike any stem, sprouts l eaves. Both the green, cabbage-like leaves
and the swollen globe at the bot tom of the stems are eaten. The leaves have
been trimmed of f the kohlrabi in the photograph on the left. Good Pr eserving V arieties
There are a num ber of white (pale green) and purple cultivars. Both of these
have white flesh. Any of the white varieties are excellent for canning:
Early White V ienna:  Few leaves, harvested about 55 days after planting. Elder:  A  tender and fast-maturing (38  days) white type; good for northern
climates. Expr ess For cer:  A whi te type that is heat-tolerant; often “forced” by
covering the emer ging plant and keeping it from turning g reen in the
sunlight. Purple V ienna  is a Kohlrabi variety with a mild, sweet flavour. The skin is crisp and white. I prefer
to use all the purple vegetables raw in order to retain their deep colour. Gigante:  Pro duces an extremely lar ge  bulb that stays tender and is
excellent for canning. Granlibakken:  Non-woody; sweet, mild flavour. Logo:  A white  forcing  type used in Europe for baby vegetable produ ction;
excellent for pickling. Pur chasing/Storing
1 lb  (500 g) yields about 1-3/4 to 2 cups (425 to 500 mL)
diced kohlrabi. Y ou will need 2 to 2-1/2 lb (1 to 1.25 kg) for each quart (1 L)
jar of cubed kohlrabi. Select fi rm, you ng, small globes (no more than 3 inches/8 cm i n diameter). Except f or Giga nte and Kossak, most lar ge, mature kohlrabi is woody and
may have an of f flavour. Cut of f leaves and use in salads  or braise with other greens. While kohlrabi
bulb may be sto red wrapped in plastic in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks,
it is best to preserve it as soon as possible after harvesting. Good W ith
Dill, fennel, basil, bay, thyme, savory. Cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg. Apples. Other vegetables, such as potatoes, onions, leeks, celery,
cabbage. Béchamel or cheese sauces (cooked in them au gratin). Pr eparationFor cann ing and freezing, wash, peel, slice or cut into 1/2-inch (1 cm) dice
and blanch in boiling water for 2 minutes. Immerse in cold water for 2
minutes. Drain and pat dry. Canning Kohlrabi
See detailed canning information, Preparing and Canning V egetables. 1. Pr epar e Equipment:  W ash and heat pint (2-cup/500 mL) or quart (1 L)
jars, and scald the lids, funnel, ladle and tongs ( Pressure Canner Method ). 2. For every 3 cups (750 mL) diced kohlrabi, bring 2 cups (500 mL)
water or br oth to a boil. 3. Pack diced kohlrabi into jars either hot or raw. Make a  Hot Pack:  Add diced kohlrabi to gently boiling water or broth and
boil for 2 minutes. Drain, reserving cooking liquid. Fill hot jars with hot
kohlrabi cubes, shaking the jar to pack fairly tightly. Pour hot cooking
liquid over kohlrabi cubes, leaving a 1-inch (2.5 cm) headspace. Run a thin
non-metallic ute nsil around the inside of the jar to allow air to escape. Add
hot l iquid, if nec essary, to leave a 1-inch (2.5 cm) headspace. W ipe sealing
edge of jars with a clean, damp, lint-free cloth. Position flat li ds over the
tops of jars and hand-tighten screw bands. OR
Make a Raw Pack:  F ill jars with blanched kohlrabi cubes, shaking the jar
to pack fairly ti ghtly. Cover with hot water or broth, leaving a 1-inch (2.5
cm) hea dspace. Run a thin non- metallic utensil around the inside of the jar
to allow air to escape. W ipe sealing edge of jars with a clean, damp, lint-
free clot h. Posit ion flat lids ov er the tops of jars and hand-tighten screw
bands. 4. P lace jars in  pr essur e canner. Use a P ressure Canner accordi ng to the
following chart for Dial-Gauge or follow manufacturer ’ s instructions.5. Cool, Label and Stor e:  T urn of f heat; let pressure return to zero
naturally. Once gauge shows 0 pressure, wait 2 minutes then open the vent. Unlock and remove canner lid. W ait 10 minutes then lift jars from canner
and place on a clean towel or ra ck. Do not re-tighten screw ba nds. Let the
jars cool  to room temperature. T his may take from 12 to 24 hours. Remove
and store screw bands. Check lid seals ( Pressure Canner Method ). W ipe and
label sealed jars. Store in a cool, dark place. k o h l  r e l i s h
Cabbage and kohlrabi combi ne nicely in this tasty r elish, and the
horseradish pr o vides a piquant perk. If you use your own dill seed, it will
have a lustier taste and ar oma than anything you can buy. MAKES 8 CUPS (2 L)
5 cups (1.25 L) diced kohlrabi
3 cups (750 mL) finely chopped gr een cabbage
3 cups (750 mL) apple cider vinegar
1–1/2 cups (375 L) granulated sugar
1 cup (250 mL) chopped onion
1 cup (250 mL) chopped celery
1 tbsp (15 mL) pr epar ed horseradish
1 tbsp (15 mL) pickling salt1 tbsp (15 mL) dill seed

1. In a s aucepan, cover kohlrabi  with water. Bring to a boil ove r high heat. Reduce heat and boil gently for about 10 minutes, to soften it slightly. 2. Heat four 1-pint (2-cup/500  mL) jars or 2 quart (1 L) jars in boiling
water, and scald the lids, lifter,  funnel and tongs ( Boiling W ater Method,
Step by Step ). 3. In a M aslin pan or canning kettle, combine kohlrabi, cabba ge, vinegar,
sugar, o nions, c elery, horseradi sh, salt and dill. Bring to a bo il over high
heat, stir ring co nstantly. Reduce  heat and boil gently, stirring occasionally,
for abou t 20 minutes or until v egetables are tender and liquid is reduced
somewhat. 4. Fill hot jars with hot relish, leaving a 1/2-inch (1 cm) headspace. Run a
thin non-metalli c utensil around the inside of the jar to allow a ir to