 Now that soybean oil has caused an epidemic of health problems, healthy coconut oil is being reintroduced. After a yearlong stud y of coconut oil, I recently approved a superior product and added
it to my own diet

Coconut oil has been safely used for thousands of years. Natives in tropical climates who consume lots of coconut oil don’t suffer from the heart disease, cancer, colon problems, and other health challenges
that we do. Because it is highly saturated, coconut oil is very stable, stores well, and is suitable for
cooking. But don’t let the saturation bother you. These saturated fats are different. The medium-chain
fatty acids in coconut oil are easy to absorb, dige st, transport, and metabolize in the body. Unlike
other saturated fats, the medium-chain fatty acids in coconut oil speed up the body’s metabolism and
are used by the body to produce energy rather th an being stored as fat. Coconut oil does a body
good. Let’s have a look at the reasons why:

Heart Healthy
Population studies show that coconut oil lowers cholesterol, and reduces risk of heart disease. Americans consistently have higher cholesterol levels than coconut eating cultures. Weight Control
Coconut oil helps you to lose, maintain, or gain weight depending on your body’s need. It contributes
t o  w e i g h t  l o s s  b y  s p e e d i n g  m e t a b o l i s m  a n d  b e i n g  u s e d  a s  f u e l  r a t h e r  t h a n  s t o r e d  a s  f a t. F o r
underweight people, coconut oil helps to gain weight, especially useful to those suffering from AIDS or
cancer. Infection Fighting
The medium-chain fatty acids and monoglycerides found in coconut oil are the same as those in
human mother’s milk, and they have extraordinary antimicrobial properties. By disrupting the lipid
structures of microbes, they inactivate them. About half of coconut oil consists of lauric acid. Lauric acid, its metabolite monolaurin, and other fatty acids in coconut oil are known to protect against infection from bacteria, viruses, yeast, fungi, and parasites. While not having any negative effect on
beneficial gut bacteria, coconut oil inactivates undesirable microbes such as H-pylori, Candida
albicans, and Giardia. Natives in Southeast Asia who drink filthy water, loaded with bacteria and parasites, are nonetheless healthy, mostly due to the protective effect of the coconut oil in their diets. Thyroid Support
Coconut oil helps people with low thyroid function. Regular oils such as soybean, canola, safflower and corn suppress thyroid function. The medium-chain fatty acids in coconut oil stimulate metabolism, boost energy, and promote weight loss. While not a cure, some people have been able to reduce and even eliminate their thyroid medications. Cancer Protective  Coconut oil appears to protect against cancer and not to promote cancer. Animal studies have shown
that when animals are fed carcinogens and a variety of oils, the animals that do not develop cancer
are those on coconut oil. Anti-Inflammatory Effects
Coconut oil appears to have anti-inflammatory effects. For the past 20 years it has been known that
coconut oil has been beneficial to patients with inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn’s disease. Coconut oil appears to have a direct effect in suppressing inflammation and repairing tissue, and it
may also contribute by inhibiting harmful intestinal microorganisms that cause chronic inflammation. Good for the Skin
Coconut oil rejuvenates skin and wrinkles and slows the aging and wrinkling of skin. Used as a
lotion, it protects against sun damage, and strengthens underlying tissues. It moisturizes, heals sores
and injuries, and prevents production  of “liver spots,” (oxidized oils). When liver spots occur, this
same oxidative damage is also happening in other tissues such as the brain, heart, eyes, and blood
vessels. Among other properties, coconut oil:
• Does not require refrigeration, and is stable at room temperature from one to five years. • Increases lung function by increasing the fluidity of cell surfaces. • Regulates blood sugar and prevents hypoglycemia by providing a supply of fuel not affected by
insulin. • Boosts energy in chronic fatigue and suppresses herpes and Epstein-Barr viruses. • Doesn’t oxidize easily, thereby protecting the body from lipid peroxidation. Selecting a healthy, high-quality coconut oil was no easy task. Obtaining reliable information about
production techniques and quality was difficult. These products come from far away third-world
countries, and from small producers who may speak poor English and have difficulty answering technical questions. I found that even some usually reliable sources in the U. S. were not offering the
best oil because they ran up against the same problems, didn’t do their homework, and made poor
choices. The virgin coconut oil I have approved is the least processed oil on the market. This extraordinary oil is not heated above normal air temperature, and it is made form freshly harvested coconuts. Most oils are made from copra (dried coconut), which can be contaminated with mold. Coconut oil is a sensible addition to anyone’s diet, and the purity, flavor, texture and quality of the oil I have selected is truly
superior. A therapeutic dose is three tablespoons a day. To order Beyond Health Coconut Oil, call 800-
250-3063 or order online. Raymond Francis is an M. I. T. -train ed scientist, a registered nutrition consultant, author of
Never Be Sick Again and Never Be Fat Again, ho st of the Beyond Health Show, Chairman of the
The Project to End Disease and an internationally  recognized leader in the field of optimal
health maintenance. Reprinted with permission from:  Beyond Health® News
Subscriptions: Call 800-250-3063 website: http://www. beyondhealth. com
email: mail@beyondhealth. com
Copyright 2005, Beyond Health

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 its
mechanisms is the homeostatic feedback loop, a self-
regulating device like that used in thermostats. A
thermostat is given a set point, such as 70 degrees F.,
which is like the set point of body temperature. The
apparatus is sensitive to a temperature range extending a
few degrees too high or too low. By turning the heat or air
conditioning on or oﬀ, it maintains a nearly even
temperature. The know-how in a thermostat is quite
limited; you could call it an intelligent switch, but it has
only one idea on its mind, whereas the body’s feedback
loops manage to balance not just body temperature but
blood pressure, water levels in the cells, glucose
metabolism, oxygen and carbon dioxide concen trations,
and on and on, not leavi ng out the thousands of separate
chemicals produced with exquisite precision every where in
the physiology. Since the thermostat always returns to its norm and so
does the body, isn’t this a kind of hard-wiring that cannot
be denied, that in fact is necessary to our existence? The
greatest of nineteenth-century physiologists, Claude
Bernard, made the famou s statement, “Free life is the ﬁxity
of our interior milieu”—i n other words, the ability of our
thermostats to hold their position makes us free. Brilliant
as this insight was, a drastic mistake has crept in with it. When a thermostat sense s that the room is 65 degrees or
75 instead of 70, those variations are mistakes;  only 70
degrees is right. In us, on the other hand, many settings
can be right; normal is just the point we return to most of
the time. If you ran a marathon without your blood
pressure, heart rate, glucose metabolism, and sweatproduction rising drastic ally above “normal,” you would
collapse. “Normal” is just the zone we like to live in. It is not a rule
but a preference. The Tarahumara Indians, perhaps
because they descend from ancient runners who carried
messages across the Andes to the Incan empire, have
adjusted to a “normal” that is diﬀerent from ours, more
suited to their way of life. In deﬁance of a meager diet,
what they wanted to do—to run ﬁfty miles a day—w as more
important than mere bodily norms. Their bodies adapted to
intelligence, no questions asked, and not the other way
around. Thanks to the habit of following one style of living,
it may be diﬀicult to adapt instantly when the mind desires
a change—o bese people should not jump from their
armchairs to join marathons—but the power of adaptation
can never be totally sacriﬁced. For all our internal “hard-
wiring” and thousands of homeostatic mechanism s, we can
change our skills, forget them, acquire new ones, and so
on. That is the ultimate glory of being a human being, and
it cannot be attained without total freedom. —
The West clearly has mixed feelings about the whole idea of
higher consciousness, compounded of longing, baﬄement,
and distaste. I travel at least two days a week, year round,
talking about Ayurveda to many kinds of audiences, both
medical and nonmedical, and very quickly I learned how
sensitive a chord I was striking. A CBC interviewer in
Canada introduced himself to me by demanding, “Can you
give me ﬁve reasons why you are not a fraud?”  A more
congenial interviewer in Los Angeles leaned toward me
with mystical anticipation and said, “Tell me, Doctor, have
you been here—before?” I was so startled I blurted, “We’re
all here all the time.”Since the 1960s, the proliferation of casual knowledge
about the East has been a blessing and a curse, for
although many people have picked up a few catch phrases
like nirvana, Atman,  and dharma, and almost everyone can
let the word karma  pass by in conversation without
blinking an eye, the actual sense of these words has been
garbled. I have tried to show that Vedic knowledge is
systematic and sound; that it is as far-reaching as our most
advanced science; and that many of the things we most
desire for ourselves, such as freedom from diseas e and an
unimpaired old age, can be approached through this great
body of understanding about human existence. But I would betray the rishis’ knowledge if I did not
present its ﬁnal expansion, which has no clearly deﬁned
precedent in the West—o r at best is conﬁned to religious
doctrine. The rishis were after a state of total awareness. For them, this was not philosophy or religion but a natural
form of human awareness. The fourth state, it turns out, is
not an end point but a doorway. And what is on the other
side? The only complete answer would have to come from
the thousands and thousa nds of pages of Vedic texts, which
function as the encyclopedia of experiences the rishis
recorded. The simplest answer is to say that what each
rishi encoun tered was the Self. An extremely accurate
depiction of meeting the Self was given by a meditator from
Connecticut:
One of the most regular experiences in my
meditation is of expanded awareness, of no longer
being conﬁne d to the inside of my head, but being
as inﬁnite or more inﬁnite than the universe. Sometimes I feel the boundaries of the mind
being push ed out, like the ever-widening
circumference of a circle, until the circle
disappears and only inﬁnity remains.It is a feeling of great freedom, but also one of
naturalness, far more real and natural than being
conﬁned to such a small space. Sometimes the
sense of inﬁnity is so strong that I lose the
sensation of body or matter—just inﬁnite,
unbounded awareness, an eternal, never-
changing continuum of consciousness. Everyone will have to respond to this in his own terms. I
hope that we have laid enough solid groundwor k so that
the account can appear  in its true light, not as a self-
delusion but as an actual encounter with the silent ﬁeld of
intelligence. Earlier, we noted that the body in its real
nature is non-change mixed with change. The reason why
that is so is that all of nature exhibits these two paradoxical
yet complementary states. As awareness expands, the huge
scope of change and the equally huge scope of non-change
dawn on the mind. An ancient Chinese poem  by Hsu Hsu
says:
The ﬁrst wave is receding
The second wave promptly arrives
So many layers of time
So many lives. Can we grant this beautiful openness of perception, at
once serene and all-encompassing, to an ordinary person
from Connecticut? I think we have to, for the same
biochemistry that sustains such an experience is available
to anyone, regardless of time. Our DNA has remembered
all the things that have ever happened to human beings. It
would be ridiculous to suppose that only Chinese or Indian
DNA can trigger higher states of consciousness; it would be
impoverished to claim that they are not real. Themeditator’s statement ends with this wonderfully exact
appreciation of quantum reality: “Sometimes there is an
interesting paradox of activity and rest all in one, and I feel
within my awareness that I am moving inﬁnitely fast and
remaining perfectly still at the same time. This is the
experience of the ever- changing along with the never-
changing.”
Anyone who wants to take the full beneﬁt of the Vedic
knowledge must come to grips with the fact that such
normally inconceivable states as inﬁnity, eternity, and
transcendence are real. These words  do not belong to the
vocabulary of the ordinary waking state, but they are not so
distant from it, either. We all have the power to make
reality. Why make it inside boun daries when the boundless
is so near? EXPANDING THE TOPIC
I often  refer  to skeptics in these expanded topics because
Quantum Healing  caused the skeptical beehive to buzz
rather violently. Skeptics view themselves as guardians of
scientiﬁc truth. They can just as easily be seen as the
society for the suppression of curiosity. Yet I sympathize
with anyone who can’t buy into Aham Brahmasmi,  the
Vedic assert ion that “I am the universe.” From the
viewpoint of everyday life, this simply seems impossible. At
best, Aham Brahmasmi  migh t be the otherworldly state
reached by enlightened sages long ago and far away. Yes and no. A person’s consciousness has to shift in order
to realize, in a higher state of awareness, that “I am the
universe.” But the statement can’t apply simply to these
few people. Only someone with medic al school training can
look through a microscope and identify T cells from the
immune system, yet everyone has T cells. So it’s not thetruth of Aham Brahmasmi  that we should doubt; either it’s
true or it isn


 can show you some aspect of yourself. When you are engaged in conflict, ask yourself, “What is this situation
telling me about my own nature?” T ry this simple exercise that can be
helpful in revealing the hidden meaning in a dif ficult relationship. W rite down as m any traits as you can think of that describe th e person
with whom you are having problems. Now loo k again  at each descrip tive word and see which ones create an
emotional char g e in you. For example, you may have des cribed yourmanager as:
As you review your list, you may see traits that r eally irritate you:
controlling, needy, unappreciative, and stubborn. Now look at y ourself. Are
these words that others might  use to describe you? Do you have the
tendency to reflect these traits? Have you expressed these qua lities in the
past? M ore often than not, the traits that bother you the most in another
person a re the ones you try ha rdest to deny in yourself. As you embrace
these da rker qua lities in your ow n heart, you may find yourself less inclined
to judge someone else for expressing them. As you relinquish your
judgment and interpretation, yo u may open to the possibility that there are
other qu alities t hat may be attr active in the person, which yo u have not
allowed yourself to see. MEETING YOUR NEEDS
Relationships thrive when both  parties feel their needs are being met and
struggle when they are not. Put very simply: Y ou feel good when your
needs ar e being met and bad when they are not. Not getting you r needs met
leads to stress, t oxic emotions, and toxic relationships. Learning to express
your nee ds and emotions in a healthy way fosters nourishing r elationships
and reverses aging. As i nfants, we e xpect our caregivers to fulfill our needs, even if we don’ t
know what they are. W e wail a few times and anticipate Mother scrambling
to determ ine if we are hungry, cold, tired, bored, or just want to be held. W e
carry these same desires into ad ulthood and become hurt, frustrated, angry,
or depressed when our lovers, friends, or associates are unable to
immediately figure out what we need and give it to us. Thi s is not anapproach that is likely to be suc cessful. Let’ s explore a more ef fective way
to express your needs and emotions. THE DIALOGUE OF NEEDS
The humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow described five basic needs
that drive us all. First, we have basic physiological needs, such as food,
water, and protection against extreme heat or cold. Once these needs are
met we are motivated by the n eed for safety and security. W e  all want to
feel prot ected fr om physical and emotional harm. The third need is social—
the n eed for com munity, friendship, love, and belonging. As the se needs are
met we have the need for self-esteem. At this level, achievement, respect,
recognition, and status are sought. The final need is to find meaning,
beauty, and wisdom in life. Mas low called this final step self-ac tualization. In Eastern traditions this is the state of enlightenment. Self-actualized people are acce pting, spontaneous, natural, an d simple. They are dedicated to a life of meaning and creativity. They are as
comfortable alone as they are i n intimate personal relationships. They are
playful and laugh easily. They know how to meet their needs. In his book Nonviolent Communication, Marshall Rosenb er g describes a
simple process to enhance the ch ances of getting your needs met. Whenever
your needs are not met and you become upset, first ask yourself, “What am
I observing?” Rather than saying  to the other person “Y ou are al ways late to
every date,” say “W e agreed to meet at noon and you did not arrive until
12:30 P.M.” Separate your judgments and evaluation from your
observations and you will be less likely to trigger defensiveness. The second step is to identify what you are feeling. Develop a rich
emotional vocabulary that does  not make you a victim. A void words that
require s omeone else to be there  for you to experience your emotions, such
as ig nored, rejected, neglected, abandoned, or abused. Y ou are empowered
when yo u say you feel alarmed, annoyed, exhausted, frightened, lonely,outraged, or sad, but you give away your power when you use the
vocabulary of the victim. The thir d step is to determine w hat you actually need from the situation. If you cannot be clear on what your needs are, it’ s very unlikely that the
other person is in a better position to figure it out. The four th step is to formulate a  specific request. Ask for what you need
as specifically as possible. Rather than demanding “Y ou need to spend more
time wi th me or else!,” rephrase it in the form of a request: “Are you
willing t o come home an hour e arly from work W ednesday afternoon so we
can take  a walk together?” Peo ple are much more likely to respond to a
request than a demand. W e would add a fifth step to Dr. Rosenber g’ s original four. Whether your
request is met o r not, ask yours elf, what is the gift in this situation? What
can you learn from this circumstance about yourself and life? What is the
lesson that can r aise you to a higher level of awareness? Find th e gift, even
if it is not the one you originally anticipated. Make th e comm itment to communicate your needs consciously, and you
will waste a lot less ener gy in conflict. Accept your dif ferences as a cause of
celebration, rather than finding it necessary to make the other person wrong. Because we believe that cultivating loving relationships is such an
important component of reversi ng the aging process, we devote an entire
step to it in Chapter 10. Accept your differ ences as a cause of celebration. Release T oxic W ork
Most people spend a good portion of their life on the job. So ideally work
should af ford the opportunity  to express your creativity, to interact
meaningfully wi th your coworkers, and to provide the material s ecurity youseek. Un fortunately, many peop le find their workplace to be a source of
stress ra ther than fulfillment, and consequently, aging is accelerated rather
than reversed. The world would be a better place if we all could do what made us
happy, while expressing our unique talents in service to others and
ourselves. Acco rding to A yurveda, this is the state of living in dharma, or
fulfilling your purpose in life. Even if you are not able to earn a living
doing exactly what you like doing best, see if you can bring some aliveness
to your workplace. T ry connecting more openly with your coworkers so your work
environment is emotionally healthier. Observe your environment and see if you can improve the sounds,
sights, or smells that surround you. Look for opportunities to align your work with your values, needs, and
beliefs. Life is precious and you have the right to perform work that is
meaningful. A test to see if you  are in your dharma is to notic e how often
you look at the time. If your in ner dialogue tells you that time is creeping
by very slowly and you cannot w ait to get of f work, you are probably not in
a positio n that is fully expressin g your purpose in life. If, on the  other hand,
you find that tim e flies while y ou are engaged, it is a good clue that this
work is the type that can help y ou grow younger. Listen to the  signals that
your body and mind are commu nicating and commit to spending your day
creating greater fulfillment for you and those in your life. Reversing the Appearance of Aging
The field of ener gy, information, and intelligence commonly known as the
skin is your la r gest and most adaptable or gan. As the bou ndary zonebetween your inner and outer w orlds, the skin protects your tissues, cells,
and mo lecules from the onslaught of microor ganisms, temperature
extremes, ultraviolet and infrared radiation, and chemical pollutants present
in yo ur e nvironment. It constant ly monitors stimuli from your s urroundings
through its innumerable touch, temperature, and pain receptors, and sends
this information  to your brain on a moment-to-moment basis. Y our soft
pliant sk in has the remarkable ability to dif ferentiate itself into the long
strands of your hair or your flat hard nails by rearranging its collagen
molecules. It is the site of vita min D activation, crucial for maintaining
strong b ones. The skin contains sweat glands, oil glands, fat cells, nerve
fibers, i mmune cells, and miles of blood vessels and is essential in your
regulation of body temperature a nd hydration. The skin is literally your face
to the world. Following a few basic skin care principles can reverse the appearance of
aging. There are three important steps you must take as part of an age-
reversing skin care program: (1) purify, (2) revitalize, and (3


 hospital performed
262 appendectomies—after the committee was formed, the number dropped to 62. The committee found that most of the tissues being removed were healthy. In March
1997, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine published a statement
saying that only 10 percent of hysterectomies are justified. In addition to being
almost entirely unnecessary, surgery is risky; possibilities exist for surgical error,
complications from anesthesia and infection, not to mention the physical, mentaland emotional shock to the body. Should You Take Medicine. All drugs have potentially damaging “side effects. ” Because a malfunctioning cell
is the definition of disease, and drugs deliberately cause cells to malfunction, drugs
cause disease. Drugs are foreign to the body; the mechanism by which drugs work is
to alter the body’s biochemistry in order to suppress symptoms. Side effects often
are worse than the diseases the drugs are used to treat. Perhaps these hazards would
be justified if drugs cured disease, but they do not, they control and suppress
symptoms. Even with symptoms suppressed, the true cause of the problem may be
growing worse while the body’s natural healing mechanisms are being compromised
by the drugs. Billions of dollars are spent in the war against street drugs, but the number of
people killed and injured by street drugs is minor compared to prescription drugs. Prescription drugs kill a couple of hundred thousand people every year and are a
leading cause of disease and death. If your doctor prescribes a drug, consider that it
may cause your cells to malfunction, and that alternatives exist that are both safe
and effective. Even aspirin and other common over-the-counter drugs are dangerous, so find
alternatives that work for you. Books such as
Alternative Medicine: The Definitive
Guide,
edited by the Burton Goldberg Group, and
Finding the Right Treatment,
by
Jacqueline Krohn, M. D., and Francis Taylor, M. A., are excellent resources for those
wishing to find natural alternatives to toxic prescription drugs. Unfortunately, when drugs cause disease, we have all been trained not to call it
disease. Instead, we use the deceptive term “side effects. ” In 1984, the drug industry
attempted to obtain a legal exemption from the liability laws that apply to virtually
all manufacturers. Why. Because even the people who make the drugs know they are
not safe; “all prescription drugs are unavoidably unsafe” argued the Pharmaceutical
Manufacturers Association. Of course, this wording is not used in drug
advertisements aimed at the public. A hospital patient receives, on average, twelve different drugs. Yet, often when as
few as three are prescribed, absolutely no one understands all the dangerous
interactions between the drugs. Bad enough taken one at a time, combinations of
drugs can be particularly toxic. Prescription drugs are notorious for causing many
adverse effects in the elderly, including memory loss, depression, confusion,
constipation, Parkinson’s disease, falls and urinary incontinence. All too often, a
second drug is prescribed to suppress the symptoms caused by the first, then another
to suppress the symptoms of the first two, and so forth. Many illnesses of the elderly
really are manifestations of adverse drug reactions. A 1991 study in the
Journal ofthe American Medical Association
showed that 14 percent of in-hospital cardiac
arrests followed a complication, usually because of a medication. Well-known
combinations of commonly prescribed drugs can kill, and alert pharmacists have
saved many lives. Up to 29 percent of all hospital admissions are caused by adverse reactions to
drugs, according to a 1995 study in the
Archives of Internal Medicine. Many
reactions result in liver damage, long hospital stays, permanent disability and even
death. In 1990, an estimated 659,000 Americans aged sixty years and older were
hospitalized due to adverse drug reactions. In addition to toxicity, drugs also can
cause deficiency by depleting the body of essential nutrients. Diuretics cause
excessive loss of potassium and other essential minerals. Anticonvulsants cause loss
of vitamin D. Antibiotics, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and steroid
hormones can indirectly cause numerous vitamin and mineral deficiencies by
causing digestive damage. Because of the complexity of the human organism,
predicting the effects of drugs in each individual, especially with combinations of
drugs, is impossible. Other facts:
• A January 1997 study in the
Journal of the American Medical Association
stated that drug-related morbidity and mortality costs more than $136 billion a
year—more than the cost of cardiovascular disease, our leading cause of death. • In 1995, Duke University researchers showed that drugs commonly prescribed
for stroke patients actually hampered their recovery. Even after a single dose,
the negative effects could be long-lasting. • A 1994 study in the
Journal of the American Medical Association
concluded
that inappropriate and potentially dangerous drugs are prescribed for one in
four older Americans every year. • A 1994 study published in the
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
and
The Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
warned that antihistamine and antidepressant drugs (including Prozac) contain
chemicals known to accelerate tumor growth. While these drugs do not cause
cancer directly, they can speed its growth. Three Classes of Common Drugs Are of Special Concern
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs):
NSAIDs include over-the-
counter drugs such as aspirin, ibuprofen and acetaminophen, and prescription drugs
such as Indocin, Feldene, Naprosyn and others. Use of NSAIDs is a significant
national health problem, causing long-term damage to large numbers of people,
particularly the elderly, who are the largest users of these drugs. According to data
published in
Hospital Practice
in December 1996, up to two hundred thousand
Americans are hospitalized every year for problems caused by NSAIDs, and as many
as twenty thousand people a year die from the damage. NSAIDs usually are prescribed for a noble purpose, to relieve pain, and they are
among the most commonly pres-cribed pharmaceuticals in the world. About 60
million NSAID prescriptions are written every year in America, and an estimated 14
million people take these drugs for symptomatic relief of arthritis alone. These
drugs relieve pain, but at a cost. About one third of chronic NSAID users experience
noticeable gastrointestinal discomfort, which is only the tip of the iceberg,
indicating that digestive damage is occurring. In most people, NSAID-inflicted
damage to the digestive system is asymptomatic (no obvious symptoms to warn of
the damage being done). By the time the stomach or gut is in pain from NSAIDs,
massive damage has already occurred. Most physicians think it is acceptable for people to take NSAIDs, believing that
they cause minimal and acceptable damage. Virtually everyone who takes these
dangerous drugs has their health damaged, and the longer they are taken, the worse it
becomes. People who take NSAIDs for arthritis for years suffer worse joint damage
than those who take nothing. NSAIDs have been linked to kidney failure, cognitive
dysfunction, hearing loss, ringing in the ears, macular degeneration and hormone
disruption. Examples include:
• In a 1992 study published in the
Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology,
long-
term NSAID users were hospitalized six times more often than nonusers. Deaths from gastrointestinal causes occurred twice as often, and half of all
patients who died of ulcer-related complications had reported recent use of
NSAIDs. • A 1996 study in the
Archives of Internal Medicine
found that patients taking
NSAIDs were four to seventeen times more likely to suffer acute kidney failure. • A 1996 study in
Physiological Behavior
showed NSAIDs interfere with
melatonin production, with a 75 percent nighttime reduction. Decreased
melatonin production has been associated with sleep disorders as well as
promotion of cancer. • A 1996 study in
Lancet
showed that aspirin, in any form, such as buffered or
coated, causes gastrointestinal bleeding. As few as one aspirin can cause
bleeding. NSAIDs cause intestinal bleeding by blocking action of messenger molecules
called prostaglandins. Some prosta-glandins cause inflammation and pain, and
others stimulate healing and repair. NSAIDs block both types. Because the intestinal
lining is renewed very rapidly (about every three days), blocking the repair process
results in a gut that is weak, inflamed and leaky. What should you do for a headache. Simple acupressure techniques and
homeopathic remedies work quite well. What should you do for pain or
inflammation. Eat a whole-foods diet, at least 75 percent raw. Avoid sugar, white
flour, hydrogenated oils, junk foods and colas, and drink plenty of pure water. Avoidmeat and dairy, but choose oily fish such as salmon (ocean harvested, rather than
farmed). Take vitamin C up to bowel tolerance, 2 to 4 grams of quercitin per day, 30
to 60 mg of zinc daily, 100,000 units of beta-carotene for several days, and then
25,000 for several weeks, plus vitamin A and vitamin E. Essential fatty acid
supplements also are critical. Digestive enzymes help, and especially take 1 to 3
grams of bromelain or papain per day. A number of herbs as well as homeopathic
remedies are anti-inflammatory. These are excellent alternatives to NSAIDs


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harmful folk practices, and as developments and discoveries were
made, i t added to its repertoire of remedies and practi ces. Nowadays, Una ni practitioners  combine herbal medical remedies
with dietary advice, regimental therapy, psychological practices,
sur gery and spiritual discipline. As w ith other ho listic practices,  a Unani  hakim  tends to look at
the patient as a whole — mentally, physically, emotionally and
spiritually — before prescribing  a course of treatment. Dr Mathai of
the integrative medicinal retreat called Soukya explains: “Unani
aims to promote  positive health and prevent diseases and is based
around s ix essentials: good air a nd water, a balanced diet, exercise
and rest, psychic movement and rest, sleep and wakefulness, and
evacuation and retention. Remedies are usually herbal, although
ingredients of animal, marine an d mineral origin are used. Humoral
theory (the presence and balance of blood, phlegm, yellow bile and
black bile) is at its heart, and the temperament of a person is
accordingly exp ressed by Sanguine, Phlegmatic, Choleric and
Melancholic. According to Unani theories, any change in these
humors brings about changes i n the status of health of a human
body. ”A copy of the  Makhzani-Hikmat  or  The Family Doctor and Hakeem: An
Encyclopaedia of Domestic Medicine and Surgery  by Dr H Ghulam Jilani in Urdu. It is open on a page that deals with medication for migraine. All Unani medicines are made from 100 percent natural ingredients including
plants, herbs and minerals. This  mufaras  or medici ne made by Hakim Sayed
Riazuddin in Mysore contains musk, amber, silver, gold and  zafaran  leaf. It is
reputed to be helpful for excessive palpitation of the heart. A Unani application used on the skin to help with white pigmentation marks. Made
at Soukya mainly from  bakuchi  or  Psoralea corylifolia  seeds, it is anti-fungal and
anti-protozoal. Repeated applications over a period of time result in a gradual
fading of the discoloration. Many herbal preparations in In dia are as likely to be Unani in
origin as they are A yurvedic, as historically the two overlapsignificantly. Unani herbology is well documented and spa
treatments such as body polishes and wraps often use ingredients
from the Unani pharmacopoeia. There are a number of pastes,
formulated from fresh herbs, seeds and roots, suitable for ailm ents
such as vitiligo, eczema, psoriasis, bronchial asthma and arthritis. This is good news for suf ferers, as many such ailments do not have
a cure in W estern medicine. A case in point is a thick herbal paste used at Soukya to reduce
skin pigmentation or leucoderma. Psoralea corylifolia  seeds are
boiled in milk, t hen dried (not in direct sunlight), with the pro cess
being repeated seven times in total. Afterwards, the mix is ground
into a powder, some other ingredients are added and a little bi t of
water makes it i nto a paste. Ov er a period of a month, the paste is
applied on to t he specific areas of the skin daily for 20 to  45
minutes and the area held in  direct sunlight. Afterwards, it is
washed of f. Patients report a di minishing of the bright white s pots
with time. However, as with A y urvedic remedies, there is no q uick
fix. siddha  Tamil Herbal Healing
Perhaps not so well known outside India as A yurveda,
Siddha is an a ncient form of natural medicine that has b een
practiced in T amil Nadu for centuries. T aking its name fr om
18 T amil  siddhars  (devotees of Shiva who attained  siddhi
or p erfection),  it shares wit h A yurveda the theory of f ive
elements and three  doshas, whic h are referred to a s
muppini  in T amil. However, unlik e A yurveda, Siddha
divides the body according to the five elements. So, earth
corresponds to  the legs, water to the abdomen, fire to the
chest, a ir to the neck and sp ace to the head. It also relates
the five elements to bodily fluids. The fundamental principles of Siddha medicine are encapsulated in
several T amil texts. Like all Hindu philosophers, the  siddhars
believed, that all life should seek oneness with God, so a produc tive
long life  was to be encouraged. Their basic premise was that the
universe consist s of two essential entities — matter and ener gy  —
that are found in five primordial elements:  munn  (solids),  neer
(fluids),  thee  (radiance),  vayu  (gas) and  aakasam  (ether). If these
elements are maintained in equilibrium, the result is health; if there
is disruption, the result is disease. Alchemical idea s dominate Siddha medicine, with its  materia
medica  consisting of herbs, roots, sa lts, metals and mineral
compounds. The 18  siddhars  classified 4,448  diseases and
prescribed med icines according ly. Nevertheless,  bhasmas  (finepowders made from incinerated and purified metals and minerals)
are at the forefront of their prescriptions. However, as with
A yurveda, other common preparations include  choornam
(powders),  kashayam  (decoctions),  lehyam  (confections),
gritham  (ghee preparations) and  tailam  (oils). Siddha specialities
are  chunna  (metallic preparations that be come alkaline after
purification),  mezhugu  (waxy preparations) and  kattu
(preparations tha t are impervious to water and fire). The medicines
are generally taken internally, although there are some external
applications also. The Siddha system includes not  only medicine and alchemy but
also yoga and p hilosophy. Diet  is an important part of Siddha, as
doctors identify and associate dif ferent food types with dif ferent
doshas, a nd the pursui t of longevity w ithout illness and a useful,
spiritual life is its ultimate aim. The spiritual aspect of healing,
wellness and being at one w ith the Divine cannot be under -
emphasized: it lies at the heart of all Siddha discipline. It is not often th at visitors to Ind ia come across Siddha practices
outside T amil Nadu, but sometimes you will be lucky. Aura spas at
the forward-loo king Park Hotels of fer a type of  marma  massage
prescribed main ly for rheumatics that dates from pre-V edic time s in
Siddha culture. Using medicated herbal oils it tar gets the  marma
points t o release stored emotions in order to restore me ntal,
emotional and spiritual equilib rium. Each point is related to a
particular concept: for example, shoulder points store emotions of
responsibility an d sternum points relate to the heart, so the masseur
concentrates on  dif ferent areas for dif ferent ef fects. It is an
extremely powerful treatment that sometimes results in intense
emotional outpouring and tension release. A Siddha preparation made at Soukya from neem leaves and turmeric used as an
external paste in the treatment of psoriasis. A selection of miner als in raw, incinerat ed, semi-cooked and purified form, all used
in Siddha formulations. They include iron, mercury, arsenic and sulphur. The photos on these two pages show various pressure positions given in a type of
marma  massage that dates back to pre-V edic times in Siddha culture. Using
medicated herbal oils, it was prescribed mainly for rheumatics. Here, it has been
resurrected at Aura spas in the forward-thinking Park Hotels. “The 107  marma
points are targeted to release stored emotions in order to restore mental,
emotional and spiritual equilibrium,” explains spa director Megha Dinesh. “Each
point is related to a particular concept: ie the knee is related to death, that’s why
so many older people get arthritis in the knee. Shoulder points store the emotions
of respon sibility and the sternum points are related to the heart, so people  with
hunched shoulders may be loveless. ” She goes on to add that the treatment is
very powerful and can have long-lasti ng effects especially if particular areas are
targeted for very specific results. Therapists tend to use elbows and knuckles as well as the palm of the hand when
targeting particular  marma  points. It’s believed that pranic flow can become
blocked, so pressure at such points helps release the vital force; at the same time
pent-up emotions may be subconsciously released too. It’s reported that clients
often have intense reactions to this treatment, so it should not be undertaken


 aiding  the sem en is then the way of the  life-force.”
Plain Woman’s advice  to the Yellow Emperor  second  centur y B.C. In centuries  past  the Emperor  of China  invariabl y called  in the
court  sages,  usuall y Taoist, to  obtain  advice  on his sex life. Before
accepting  the advice  of any sage,  so the  story goes,  the Emperor
require d any prospective  Maste r to prove  his sexual control. He did
this b y offering  the would-be advisor  a full glass  of w ine and
demanding  the sage  insert  his penis  into it. If he  was truly a Mast er
he could absorb  the wine into his  penis,  and then  release  it back
into the w ine glass. This w as taken  as absolute  proof  that the sage
could  also absor b a woman’s  sexual  fluids, her  Yin essence,  and
therefor e knew the secrets  of im mortality. Today  women  can learn  the secrets  of the Taoist Immortals,  be
in control  of their  sexualit y and embark on a journey  with a partn er
that will enrich  them both. When the y master these  techniques  for
retaining  their  sexual  pow er and then  willingly share  it, they  will feel
differentl y about  them selves  and each  other:
A. Learn  to circ ulate  your  Chi in the  Microcosmic  Orbit
   By far the most powerful energ y exchange  betw een two partners
occurs  at the  level  of subtle  ener gy. The Taoists have  been  stud ying
the circulation  of subtle  energy  through  certain  energ y points  in the
body  for thousands  of years and have  verified,  in detail,  their
importance. These  energ y points  form the  basis for  acupunc ture. Althoug h Western medical research  has ackno wledged
acupunctu re as being  clinicall y effective,  scientists  admit they
cannot  fully explain  why the system wo rks. The circulatio n of energy
through  these  energ y points,  or meridians,  is called  the Microcosmic
Orbit. (Fig. 4.1)
   All students  of the Universal  Tao Syst em are  taught  to circulate
their Chi in the  Micr ocosmic Orbit,  a necessar y step  to
understa nding the cultivation  of Ching  from the  raw physical level
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Fig. 4.1 Microcosmic  Orbit
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of eggs  to the refined  subtle  energy  of a Shen,  or spiritual  being. Once  they  have  opened  their  Microcosmic Orbit,  they have  alread y
experience d a minor enlighte nment. The mind has begu n to realize
it has  control  over  its o wn subtle  energ y. Ultimately one learns  that
the movement of subtle  energy  is totall y a po wer of the  mind. B. Disco very of the Microcosmic  Orbit
   A few  thousan d years ago every thing in the  world was so sim ple:
there  were no televisions,  radios,  theaters,  or nightclu bs as
entertainment,  and no houses  to care  for; all of  which drain  energy
and disturb  the mind. The air  was pure. Natural  energ y was abund ant
to humans. When the  sun set,  people  could  not fall asleep  right  away, and
they dared  not roam around  the jungle  in the  dark. One  way to
occupy  their  time wa s to sit dow n and quiet  themselves. Once
they were able to quiet  their  minds to  a certain  extent,  their  body
functions  started  to quiet  down as well. They  started  to notice  the
flow of something  in the  body. The flo w bega n in the navel,  travele d
down to the  perineum and  up the  spine  to the head,  dow n the front
through  the tongue,  to the  throat  and then  dow n to the  navel. The
circulation  of energ y through  this route  came to be  known as the
Microcosmic Orbit. The mo re they  were able  to still their  minds and  bodies,  the
more intense  the flow would be. As the y continue d to still their
minds, they  began  to discover  more paths  opening  and to feel the
energy  flow in a straight  direction,  up and dow n. From the  perineum
up to the  head,  the flow was then  felt passing  through  the major
organs  in three  chann els, which later  beca me know n as the
Thrusting  Channels. As their  practice  continued, they felt the  energ y
start to flo w in a circular  motion, similar to a belt,  around  a ma jor
energy  center  that they  discovered  in the  navel,  the Belt Channel. As ti me we nt on they discovered  that there  existed  in their  bodies
32 energy  channels,  each  one corresp onding to a specific  organ. They  passed  down this know ledge they had learn ed gene ration
after gener ation  until more and  more people  practiced  it, and  in this
way identified  the acupunctur e meridians  which beca me basic to
the Taoist  System. Every  person  has the same bod y, the sam e channels,  and has
a soul  and spirit. After ma ny hundreds  of years of practice,  trial and
- 61 -Sexu al Response Cycle
error,  improving  and passing  down, the Taoist Esoteric  Yoga System
came into  being. C. Two Major Energy Channels of the Microcosmic  Orbit -
Functional  and G overnor
   It is mu ch easier  to cultivate  your ener gy if you first understan d
the major paths  of energy  circulation  in your body. The nervous
system in hum ans is very  complex and  is capable  of directing
energy  wherever it is needed. How ever the ancient  Taoist Mast ers
discovered  there  are two energy  chann els that carry an especially
strong  curren t.
   One  channel,  the “Functi onal” or “Yin” Channel,  begins  at the
base  of the  trunk  midway between the vagina  and the anus  at the
perineum point. It goes  up the  front  of the  body  past  the mons,
abdom inal organs,  heart,  and throat  and ends  at the tip of  the tongu e.
The second  chann el, the “Govern or” or “Yang” Channel,  starts  in
the same place. It flo ws from the perin eum upw ard into the tail
bone,  then  up throug h the spine  into the brain  and back  dow n to the
roof of the  mouth. (Fig. 4.2)
   The tongue  is like a  switch that connects  these  two currents
when it is touched  to the  roof of the mouth ju st behind  the front
teeth,  the energ y can flo w in a circle  up the spine  and back do wn
the front. The t wo chann els form  a single  circuit that  the energ y
loops  around. This vital current  circulates  past  the major organs
and nervous  systems of the  body, giving  cells the  juice they need
to gro w, heal,  and function. D. Sexual Energy
1. Primordial Energy
   The sexual  energ y that moves in the  Microc osmic Orbit is a
primordial  energ y. Human life  begins  with the union  of an egg and a
sperm cell. This is the  original  act of  Kung Fu in  the balancing  of
Yin and Yang. Ovarian  Kung  Fu is the  re-creation  of that  act w ithin
the female bod y. However instead  of form ing a fetus from a fertilized
egg growing inside  the womb,  the ovarian  energy  mounts to higher
energy  centers  inside  the body, and we give  birth  to ourselves  on a
spiritual  level. The sexual  energy  is dra wn upw ard throu gh the
Microcosmic Channel  where it literall y gives  rebirth,  a “ne w life”- -
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Function al Cha nnel ends here Governor  Chann el ends h ere
Crown  (Pai-H ui)
Throat (Hsua n-Ch i)
Heart (Shuan-C hung)
 Solar Plexus


 in attitude: You begin to
accept that things are going to happen, they’re going to hit your heart, andyour mind is going to create thoughts to release the built-up energies. You
commit to being okay with this process. This attitude of acceptance is very
different from suppressing the emotions and thoughts or letting yourself get
lost in them. Just honor what the heart is doing and learn to sit back and
relax behind it. Emotions can become like a breeze blowing across your face
—nothing to do except experience the experience. Appreciate the work your heart is doing to push out the samskaras you
have collected over the years. Your heart will do the work—all  you need to
do is allow the purification to take place. At first, it’s not easy to relax in the
face of what you’ve spent your life avoiding. But it is certainly worth it
because the reward is love, freedom, and constant inspiration. After all,
you’ve already been through so much pain for so little gain. The bottom line is that you’re a beautiful being. You’re a being of great
love, light, and inspiration. You are made in the image of God. The god who
created the whole universe exists inside of you, but you don’t realize that. You’re lost thinking that the world outside has to be a certain way for you to
be okay. This is the human  predicament, and nothing is going to
meaningfully change until you learn to live from a deeper place. To get out
of this predicam ent, you’ve got some work to do, and the work is on
yourself. To quote Rumi, the great thirteenth-century Persian poet,
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise,
so I am changing myself.”PART VII:
Learning to Let GoChapter 30. Techniques for Freeing Yourself
Logically, it doesn’ t make sense  to store inside of you the experiences that
bothered you the most. If you do that, you will build your own internal
house of horrors and will struggle to be comfortable inside. This is the root
cause of all anxiety, tension, and psychological disturbances. This cannot be
fixed until you deal with it at its root. As long as you are holding inside of
you that which bothered you ten or twenty years ago, you are going to
suffer. Once your intent is to use every moment of your life to free yourself,
the question becomes how to do that. Believe it or not, your sincere intent to
be free is more important than any technique you can use. You’re in there,
and if you understand these teachings, you realize you don’t want blockages
in there. They make life extremely difficult. So you commit to letting them
go. Traditionally, there are some powerful techniques for freeing yourself
during your everyday life, and we will discuss three of them in very broad
terms. The first technique is called positive thinking. Yogananda used to teach
that every time you have a negative thought, replace it with a positive one. This is a very basic and useful technique for bringing about change. It is
based on the two types of thoughts we discussed earlier: those created
willfully and those that happen automatically. If you notice your mind
giving you a hard time while you’re driving—those are automatically
generated thoug hts. You are not purposely creating them. Now try purposely
creating positive  thoughts about the situation. If the person in front of you is
driving much slower than the speed limit, you might say inside your mind,
“Wow. What an opportunity to relax. I can’t be in a rush becaus e the person
in front of me won’ t let me. I guess it’s time to watch my breath, calm
down, and learn to enjoy the experience.” You’re welcome to do that ineveryday life. You’re not fighting with your mind or pushin g away the
negative thoughts. You’re simply replacing the automatically generated
thoughts with willfully created  ones. Don’ t fight, just replace. It doesn’ t
matter if the negative thoughts continue in the background; just focus on the
positive though ts you are willfully creating. Over time, your willfully
created thoughts will replace the automatically generated ones. This is a
very healthy thing to do. Simply apply your will to offset or neutralize the
effect of your samskaras. Over time, this will develop a more positive mind,
which is a much nicer environment to live in. The next technique is very traditional and is broadly referre d to as
mantra. In the most general sense, “mantra” means training your mind to
repeat a simple word or phrase  over and over until it gets stuck in your
mind. Just like a song can get stuck in your mind, a mantra can get stuck in
your mind. We all experience that our minds can work in layers. You can be
paying attention to someone speaking, and there can still be thoughts going
on “in the back of your mind.” Your mind is so brilliant it can multitask. It
can create thoughts at multiple levels, and you can be aware of these layers
simultaneously. Mantra is offering you a layer of mind that is always there
—balanced, pleasant, a safe place to rest. As the mantra effortlessly goes on
in the backgroun d, it gives you the choice of which layer of mind you want
to focus on. When the habitual thoughts come up from your samskaras, you
don’t have to fight with them or even replace them. You just shift your
consciousness onto the mantra. With positive thinking, you are continually
using your will to neutralize negative thoughts with positive  ones. With
mantra, you are simply using your will to shift the focus of your
consciousness from the samskara-generated thoughts to the mantra. Mantra is a gift. It’s like a built-in vacation. If you do the work
necessary to instill the mantra in a layer of your mind, it will change your
life. First off, the mantra does not have to be a traditional Sanskrit mantra
like Om Namah Shivaya or Om Mani Padme Hum. It can be a name or word
for God, like Jesus, Adonai, or Allah. In fact, a very powerful mantra is
simply God, God, God. If all these seem too religious for you, a great thing
to have going in your mind is: I’m alwa ys fine, I’m always fine, I’m always
fine. How nice woul d it be to be reminded of any of these throughout your
day? It is not difficult to instill the mantra in your mind—all it takes is
repetition. You can start practicing mantra during the time you put asideeach morning and evening for your spiritual practices. Even just fifteen
minutes will go a long way. A good technique is to tie the mantra to your
breath going in and out. Then during the day, come back to it whenever
certain events occur. For example, you could say a few repetitions of the
mantra before you pick up the phone and after you put it down. It just takes
a mome nt, and you are making a major investment in becoming a more
conscious, cente red being. Do it whenever you get into or out of your car, as
well as when you enter or leave your house or office. No one will even
notice. It is just a moment’ s pause that will change everything over time. Before you eat, say the mantra. If you are eating by yourself, you can have
fun inwardly repeating the mantra while you chew your food. Make it a
game—how many recurring events in your everyday life can you set up to
remind you to practice the mantra? Here’ s a good use of your smartphone:
set up a repeatin g reminder to do the mantra. Over time, you will train your
mind to always have the mantra going on in the background during your
daily life. Even if you have done this work on yourself, a fateful day will
inevitably arrive. Something will happen and your emotions or thoughts will
start to get upset. You’ll be on the verge of losing it, but the mantra will
catch your attention just enough to give you the choice—go down or go up. You immediately shift your awareness off the mess and onto the mantra, and
your life changes. The mantra does not stop you from having constructive
thoughts; it just sits there as a safety net to catch you if you start to fall. When you have some time to actually rest back into the mantra, you will
become filled with peace and well-being. It’s like a vacation from the
personal mind. How would you like it if the moment you sat down, tension
and stress melted away as you fell back into the lap of the mantra? All this
is available to you—free of charge. Just be willing to make the investment
in yourself. Notice that with mantra you are learning to surrender the hold
that the personal mind has on you. The final technique we will discuss for freeing yourself from yourself
is generally termed witness consciousness,  and it includes the powerful
practice of relaxing and releasin g. Witness consciousness is deeper than the
other techniques because, in the end, it doesn’ t require working with the
mind. Positive thinking involve s creating positive thoughts to replace the
negative ones. Mantra involves creating a layer of mind that provides a
peaceful and steady environmen t for rising above the lower layers. Witnessconsciousness is simply noticing that you are noticing what


 100 or 200 years—the only thing doctors hadto rely on was talking to their patients and observing them. (Inthe really early days they didn’t even have stethoscopes. They’droll up a piece of paper and listen to people’s hearts throughthat. ) T oday doctors have blood tests to fall back on, and theyseem to find the statistical “hard facts” of blood tests reassuring. It seems that they would rather treat the blood test than look atthe patient and find out what’s actually going on. With everytechnological advance it seems as though doctors recede furtherand further from direct contact with their patients. Roger was obviously crying out for help, and nobody
would give it to him. He was just about suicidal when he cameto me. Looking at him, at the way he stored fat in theabdomen and buttocks, it was obvious to me that his bodyproduced too much insulin and estrogen. So I put him onprogesterone right away. He went on the diet, and I eventuallyadded other hormones to help him with his metabolism andmuscle mass. THE ROAD HOME
As he lost weight, Roger’s anger melted away too, and that
helped to mitigate his fibromyalgia. This man had been furi-ous for practically all of his 47 years. He’d been a fat child, andwe all know how cruel children are to the fat kids at school. Asan adult he carried this humiliation with him, becoming arecluse and living a life of quiet desperation. The suppressedanger he felt must have been crushing. 157 MORBID OBESIT Y AND ROGER P. Once he finally got help at our office, once he talked to a
doctor who confirmed that he was not over-eating and he wasnot the cause of his own disfigurement, his gratitude knew nobounds. T oday Roger will tell anyone who will listen that he’dwalk through fire for me or anyone in my office. If you saw Roger now, you would never know this man had
once been morbidly obese. He looks like a normal person, andhis entire life has been transformed. And it was so simple. It wasjust a matter of getting his hormones in balance and getting himto eat in a way that would force his body to burn fat. THE INFORMATION IS A VAILABLE
The sad thing is that what I’m doing for people like Roger is
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line “An Amazing Weight Loss Discovery. ” The ad was for apill that “causes the body to get rid of fat in three differentways. ” You wouldn’t have to change anything in your lifestyle;you could still eat everything, you wouldn’t have to exercise,and the fat would just come right off. I’m sure you’ve seen such ads and scoffed at their disingen-
uousness. They all have little disclaimers way down at thebottom of the page, usually next to the before-and-afterphotos that are captioned “Results not typical. ” Well, if thesearen’t the typical results, then why buy the pills. Theytypically don’t work. It says so right there in the ad. I’m being a bit facetious here, but it’s for a good reason. I’m
trying to drive home the point that as a society we tolerate allkinds of ridiculous misinformation about weight loss, while realinformation that could actually help people goes unheeded. 158 THE MIRACLE OF BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES  It’s my hope that people suffering from morbid obesity will
take this book into their doctors’ offices and demand the sim-ple, inexpensive solutions to their plight that they deserve. A HAPPY ENDING
At the time Roger, at age 47, first walked into my office, he told
me he had never had a date in his life. He started on theprogram, lost weight, got down to a size 32 waist, eliminatedhis fibromyalgia, started dating, got engaged … and is nowhappily married. It is truly miraculous what a little natural hormone balanc-
ing can accomplish. 159 MORBID OBESIT Y AND ROGER P. WEIGHT LOSS—
HOW MEDICATIONS
CAN PREVENT IT
chapter NINETEEN
Many of the medications commonly prescribed by doctors
today affect people’s ability to manage their weight. Some ofthese effects are publicized and some aren’t. For instance, mostpeople taking Prozac know that it causes weight gain, andthey make a conscious choice to sacrifice optimum weightmanagement in order to get an improvement in theiremotional outlook. But the lipogenic (fat-creating) effects of some other
medications aren’t well known. People who take thesemedications may be struggling with their weight, unawarethey’re fighting a losing battle against an unrecognized enemy. These people should at least know what they are up against. ANTI-DEPRESSANTS
Anti-depressants are a major source of weight gain. I suspect
this is the case in part because anti-depressants may elevateestrogen levels. 161SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) like Zoloft,
Paxil, Effexor, Celexa, Lexapro, and Prozac are particularlyprone to causing weight gain. Some doctors prescribe theseanti-depressants to help people lose weight by elevating theirserotonin levels—serotonin is the neurotransmitter in thebrain that takes away cravings. People who have a weightproblem only because they crave certain foods can sometimesfind benefit in taking anti-depressants. But for the most part,people on anti-depressants will gain weight. The tricyclic anti-depressants like Elavil, Desipramine, and
Norpramin also cause weight gain. A common phenomenon in our society is that people who
are depressed about their weight start taking anti-depressantsto help them manage their depression. But then the anti-depressants cause further weight gain, making these peoplefeel even worse about themselves. It’s a vicious cycle. In my experience, the only anti-depressant that possibly
doesn’t cause weight gain is Wellbutrin. BETA-BLOCKERS
People taking beta-blockers are almost guaranteed to gain
weight. Drugs like atenolol, Lopressor, Ziac, and Inderal blockadrenaline from entering the bloodstream. Adrenaline is whatthe body uses to stimulate the release of fat from the fat cells. Ifyou can’t get fat out of the fat cells, the muscles can’t burn it. Beta-blockers are also anti-thyroid drugs, as I mentioned
in chapter 3. One of the treatments for someone with anover-active thyroid is to give them a beta-blocker to quiet thethyroid down. It prevents the conversion of T4 into T3,something we also saw in chapter 3. 162 THE MIRACLE OF BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES  Ironically, the biggest prescribers of beta-blockers are
cardiologists, who give it to patients because it decreases theworkload of the heart. I call this an irony because obesity is amajor risk factor for heart disease. What they are prescribing toreduce the heart’s work will ultimately give the heart morework—in the form of excess weight the patient will sooncarry around. Beta-blockers very quickly reach a point of diminishing
returns for patients at risk for heart disease. The weight thesepatients gain cancels out many of the benefits the beta-blockers might offer at the outset. ESTROGEN
Perhaps the biggest influence in the tendency to gain weight in
women comes from estrogen. I say this because estrogen is oneof the largest-selling drugs in the world, and it is prescribed towomen throughout their lives, whether in the form of birthcontrol pills in their youth or as part of hormone replacementtherapy after menopause. Estrogen is lipogenic—it encouragesthe accumulation of fat—and this is true of both natural andsynthetic estrogen. Women who still have their uterus are conventionally
prescribed a progestin along with any estrogen they are taking,since unopposed estrogen has been found to cause cancer ofthe uterus. The progestin most commonly prescribed isProvera, which helps protect the uterus from cancer. Butprogestins are also lipogenic and, like estrogen, producecellulite and fat and increase the risk of breast cancer. Women who take Depo-Provera shots for birth control are
practically guaranteed to gain as much as 20 pounds of weight. 163 HOW MEDICATIONS PREVENT WEIGHT LOSS  DIURETICS
Many people take diuretics for high blood pressure, and these
medications can elevate blood sugar. Anything that elevatesblood sugar will increase insulin production, and as I’ve saidbefore, insulin is the fat-storing hormone. ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS
Patients taking anti-inflammatory medications very often
report an immediate weight gain. This increase in weight isprobably a result of fluid retention. STATIN DRUGS
Statin drugs, like Lipitor, Zocor, Pravachol, Mevacor, Lescol,
Vytorin, and Crestor, can also cause weight gain. This is becausethey lower coenzyme Q-10 levels, preventing the conversion ofT4 (thyroxine) into T3 (triiodothyronine), the active thyroidhormone. And people concerned with weight want theirthyroid to be functioning as well as possible. Interestingly, the most commonly prescribed drugs in this
country all tend to cause weight gain. Could this be contributingto the epidemic of obesity in this country. Could this be whypeople almost always put weight


 out your own ideal life, I have listed ten
keys to active mastery. They summarize much of what we have learned so
far about aging and awareness. They are also meant to be practical ideals,
ones you can aspire to in action every day (we will detail the kind of action
in the “In Practice” section that follows). TEN KEYS T O ACTIVE MASTER Y
1. Listen to your body’ s wisd om, which expresses itself through
signals of comfort and discomfo rt. When choosing a certain behavior,
ask your body, “How do you feel about this. ” If your body sends a
signal of physical or emotional distress, watch out. If your body sends
a signal of comfort and eagerness, proceed. 2. Live in the present, for it is the only moment you have. Keep  your
attention on what is here and now; look for the fullness in every
moment. Accep t what comes to you totally and completely so that
you can appreciate it, learn from it, and then let it go. The present is
as it should be. It reflects infin ite laws of Nature that have brought
you this exact thought, this exact physical response. This moment is
as it is because the universe is as it is. Don’ t struggle against the
infinite scheme of things; instead, be at one with it. 3. Take time to be silent, to meditate, to quiet the internal dialog ue. In
moments of silence, realize that you are recontacting your source of
pure awareness. Pay attention to your inner life so that you can be
guided by intuition rather than externally imposed interpretations of
what is or isn’ t good for you. 4. Relin quish your need for external approval. You alone are the
judge of your worth, and your goal is to discover infinite worth in
yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks. There is great freedom in
this realization. 5. When you find yourself reacting with anger or opposition to any
person or circumstance, realize that you are only struggling with
yourself. Putting  up resistance is the response of defenses created by
old hurts. When you relinqui sh this anger, you will be healing
yourself and cooperating with the flow of the universe. 6. Know that the world “out there” reflects your reality “in here. ” The
people you react to most stron gly, whether with love or hate, are
projections of your inner world. What you most hate is what you
most deny in yourself. What you most love is what you most wish for
in yourself. Use the mirror of relationships to guide your evolution. The goal is total self-knowledge. When you achieve that, what you
most want will automatically be there, and what you most dislike will
disappear. 7. Shed the burden of judgm ent—you will feel much lighter. Judgment impo ses right and wrong on situations that just are. Everything can be understood and forgiven, but when you judge, you
cut off understanding and shut down the process of learning to love. In judging others, you reflect your lack of self-acceptance. Remember
that every person you for give adds to your self-love. 8. Don’t contaminate your body with toxins, either through food,
drink, or toxic emotions. Your body is more than a life-su pport
system. It is the vehicle that will carry you on the journey of your
evolution. The health of every cell directly contributes to your state
of well-being, because every cell is a point of awareness within the
field of awareness that is you. 9. Replace fear-motivated behavior with love-motivated behavior. Fear is the product of memory, which dwells in the past. Remembering what hurt us before, we direct our energies toward
making certain that an old hurt will not repeat itself. But trying to
impose the past on the present will never wipe out the threat of being
hurt. That happens only when you find the security of your own
being, which is love. Motivated  by the truth inside you, you can face
any threat because your inner strength is invulnerable to fear. 10. Understand that the physical world is just a mirror of a deeper
intelligence. Intelligence is the invisible organizer of all matter and
energy, and since a portion of this intelligence resides in you, you
share in the organizing power of the cosmos. Because you are
inseparably linked to everything, you cannot afford to foul the
planet’ s air and water. But at a deeper level, you cannot afford to live
with a toxic mind, because every thought makes an impression on the
whole field of intelligence. Livin g in balance and purity is the highest
good for you and the Earth. Life is a creative enterprise. There are many levels of creation and therefore
many levels of possible mastery. To be completely loving, nonjudgmental,
and self-accepting is an exalted goal, but the important thing  is to work
from a concept of wholeness. Because society lacks a vision of the road’ s
end, the eminent psychiatrist Erik Erikson laments, “Our civilization does
not really harbor a concept of the whole of life. ” The new paradigmprovides us with such a concept, knitting body, mind, and spirit into a unity. The later years should be a time when life becomes whole. The circle closes
and life’s purpose is fulfilled. In that regard, active mastery is not just a way
to survive to extreme old age—it is the road to freedom. OceanofPDF. comIN PRACTICE:
Breath of Life
In its most complete sense, active mastery means handling the whole of life. It is a process of integration, for ordinarily many aspects of the mind are
quite separate from and out of tune with the body, and both are separate
from spirit. Sitting quietly and being aware of yourself, you will notice that
your perception is taken up with mental “noise” (random thoughts,
emotions, memo ries) and occasional physical sensations that may or may
not have  anythi ng to do with what is going on in your mind. Usually the
perception of spirit is completel y lost or ignored; even in moments of silent
witnessing, those welcome pauses when one is detached from the common
turmoil of mental events, most of us do not recognize that we are contacting
our essential selves. Bringing all these ingredients back into unity isn’t possible on either the
mental level or the physical level alone. Paying attention to one
automatically tends to exclude the other. Unity can be accompli shed at very
deep levels of awareness through meditation, when the duality of mind and
body is transcended, but meditation is restricted to the special time set aside
for it. How do we integrate the remaining hours of our active daily lives. Thousands of years ago the ancient Indian sages gave an answer in the
form of Prana,  the subtlest form of biological energy. Prana is present in
every mental and physical event; it flows directly from spirit, or pure
awareness, to bring intelligence  and consciousness to every aspect of life. You sometimes see Prana defined as “life force” or “life energy,” but what
is more importa nt than a definition is to get experiential knowledge of it. If
you can experience Prana, you can begin to nurture and preserve it. The
critical importance of life energy has been recognized in many culturaltraditions; the Chinese know it as Chi and control its flow through
acupuncture, meditation, and specialized exercises such as tai chi. Other
names for the breath of life appear in Sufism, mystic Christianity, and the
teachings of ancient Egypt. What is universally agreed on is that the more
Prana you have, the more vital your mental and bodily processes. Balanced
Prana gives rise to the following qualities:
RESUL TS OF BALANCED PRANA
Mental alertness Proper formation of tissues
Responsive nervous system;
good motor coordinationSound sleep
Balanced bodily rhythms
(hunger, thirst, sleep,
digestion, elimination, etc. )Strong disease immunity
Enthusiasm Physical vitality
Spiritual realization Sense of exhilaration
These are the natural qualities of human life when it is balanced and
whole. Depleted Prana is directly linked to aging and death. Nothing can
remain alive when Prana is absent, because Prana is intelligence and
consciousness, the two vital ingredients that animate physical matter. The
experience of Prana can be had in many ways: When you are flushed with
sudden energy, feel the inrush of sudden alertness and clarity, or simply
perceive that you are “in the flow,” your attention has been draw n to Prana. Some people sense it as a streaming or buzzing energy in their bodies. These sensations tend to get passed of f as something else (ringing in the ear,
tingling nerves, increased circulation of blood), but that is only a reflection
of how we were taught to perceive our bodies. In India the body is perceived first as a product of consciousness and
only secondarily as a material object. Conserving Prana is considered
extremely impo rtant, and the ancient teachings give the following basic
rules to ensure balanced and vital Prana in the body at all ages:Diet. Eat fresh produ ce, preferably home grown. The highest Prana is in
food eaten straight from the garden. Stale food rapidly loses its Prana; in
fact, anything stale, musty, or moldly indicates the absence of life energy
and should be avoided. Processed food is also very low in Prana


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Rhus-t.,Ruta. Pressure:Mag-m.,Puis. Rest:Knli-p.
Afterarest:Nat-m.
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Sittingdown:Colch.,Con.,Nux-v.
Sweating:Gels.,Nat-m.,Rhus-t.
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Wrappingup:Heps. Wrappingupthehead:S/7. Bites/stingsAp.,Hyp.,Lach.,Led.,Stap.,Urt-u. Blue:Lach. Inflamed:Hyp. Itching:Ap.,Urt-u. Pains:
biting:Urt-u. burning:Ap.,Urt-u. shooting:Hyp. stinging:Ap.,Urt-u. tearing:Hyp. Red:Ap. Swollen:Ap. Betterfor:
cold:Ap.,Led.,Lach. Worsefor:
heat:Ap.,Led.,Lach. Causes:
animal/insect bites:Hyp.,Lach.,Led. Bleeding
Brightred:Phos. Occurseasily:P/?os. Profuse:Phos. BleedinggumsseeGums,bleeding
BlackeyeLed. BlistersCanst.,Lye,Nat-m. Burning:Lye. Painful:Caust. Tipoftongue:Caust.,Lye,Nat-m.
BloatedseeIndigestion
BloodblistersAm. Causedbyabloworinjury:Am. BloodpoisoningPyr. Extremechillinesswithfever:Pyr. Worse:
forcold:Pyr.Causes:
childbirth/surgery/infected wound:Pyr. BoilsAm.,Ars.,Heps.,Sul. Inflamed:Heps. Itching:Sul. Pains:
burning:Ars. Small/sore:Am. Breastfeedingproblems
Breastabscess(Mastitis):Heps.,Mercs.,Phyt.,
Sil.,Sul. Breasts:
engorged:Bell.,Bry. hard:Bell.,Bry. hot:Bell.,Bry. inflamed:Bell.,Bry.,Heps.,Phyt.,Sil.,Sul. lumpy:Con.,Phyt.,Sil. worseinrightbreast:Con. painful:Bell.,Bry.,Mercs.,Sil. pains:
achingafternursing:Bor. whilenursing:Phyt. cutting:S/7. stitching:S/7. inoppositebreastwhilstnursing:Bor. slightestmovement:Bry. throbbing:Bell. pale:Bry. red:Sul. red-streaked: Bell. Milksupply:
low:Dulc,Urt-u. inchillywomen:Dulc. over-abundant: Bell.,Bry.,Calc-c,Puis.,
Urt-u. Nipples:
cracked:Phyt.,Sil. inverted(retracted):Sars.,Sil. raw,sore:Phyt. Worse:
leftbreast:S/7. whilenursing:S/7. Breath
Cold:Ver-a. Smelly:Am.,Carb-v.,Lach.,Merc-c,Mercs.,
Nit-ac,Phyt.,Puis.,Sul. BrokenbonesAm.,Bry.,Calc-c,Calc-p.,Sil.,
Symph. Pains:
sticking:Symph. stitching:Bry. Slowtomend:Calc-c,Calc-p.,Sil. Withswelling/bruising:Am. Worse:
slightestmovement:Bry. Broody(seealsoIntrospective;Moody)Ign.,Ver-a. 168•Bruises INTERNALREPERTORY
Bruises(seealsoInjuries)Am.,Bell-p.,Led.,Sul-ac. Bluish-black: Sul-ac. Pains:
sore,bruised:Am.,Bell-p.
Slowtoheal:Sul-ac. With:
mbumps,lumpsremaining:Bell-p.
discolouration: Led. swelling(nodiscolouration):Am. Causes:
childbirth:Am.,Bell-p.
injury:Am.,Bell-p.,Led. over-exertion: Bell-p.
surgery:Am.,Bell-p.
BurnsArs.,Canth.,Canst.,Kali-b.,Urt-u. Deep:Kali-b. Minor:Urt-u. Pains:
burning:Ars.,Canth.,Caust.,Urt-u. stinging:Urt-u. Seconddegree:Couth. Slowtoheal:Kali-b. Thirddegree:Caust. Withblisters:Ars.,Canth.,Caust. Betterfor:
coldcompresses:Canth. heat:Ars. Capricious Bry.,Cham.,Cina,lp.,Rhe.,Stap. CarriedseeDesirestobe
CatchescoldseasilyArs.,Bar-c,Calc-c,Cplc-p.,
Dulc,Hep-s.,Kali-c,Nat-m.,NClx-v.,Sep.,Sil. ChangeableseeMoody
CheerfulCoff.,Lach.,Nat-c.
ChickenpoxAco.,Ant-c,Ant-t.,Bell.,Merc-s.,
Puls.,Rhus-t.,Sul. FirstStage:Aco. Skinrash:
itchesmaddeningly: Rhus-t.,Sul. slowincomingout:Ant-t.
suppurates:Merc-s.
With:
cough:Ant-c,Ant-t.,Puis. fever:Aco.,Bell. headache:Bell. ChilblainsAgar.,Petr.,Puis. Feet,hands,toes:Petr.,Puis. Burning:Agar. Inflamed:Petr.,Puis. Itching:Agar.,Puis. Red:Agar. Worse:
forcold:Agar. ChildishBar-c.
ClingyPuis. ClumsyAgar.,Apis.,Calc-c,Caust. Dropsthings:Ap.Tripseasilywhilewalking:Agar.,Caust. ColdsoresNat-m.,Rhus-t.,Sep. Sores:
onlips:Nat-m.,Rhus-t.,Sep. aroundmouth:Nat-m. Causes:
exposuretosun:Nat-m.
grief:Nat-m.
Colic(seealsoIndigestion,Heartburn)Coloc,
Cupr.^Dios., lp.,Mag-m.,Mag-p.,Nat-p.,
Nat-s.,Nux-v.,Stap. Inbabies:Coloc,Dios. Belly:
bloated:Coloc,Nat-p.
rumbling:Dios. windy:Dios. Pains:
aching:lp. aroundthenavel:Dios. cramping:Cupr.,Dios.,lp.,Mag-m.,Mag-p.,
Nux-v.,Stap. cutting:Coloc,Dios. drawing:Mag-p.
griping:Coloc,Dios.,Ip.,Nux-v.
pressing:Nux-v.
sore,bruised:Mag-m.,Nux-v.
tearing:Coloc. twisting:Dios. violent:Coloc,Cupr. inwaves:Coloc. With:
constipation:Mag-m.
diarrhoea:Coloc,Mag-m.
indigestion:Mag-m.,Nat-s.
nausea:Coloc,Cupr. vomiting:Coloc,Cupr. sourvomit:Nat-p. Better:
bendingback:Dios. bendingdouble:Coloc,Mag-p.
hotdrinks:Nux-v.
passingastool:Coloc,Nux-v.
passingwind:Nux-v.
pressure:Coloc. stretchingout:Dios. warmth:Mag-p.
warmthofbed:Nux-v. Worse:
afterdrinking:Coloc,Stap. bendingforward:Dios. colddrinkswhenoverheated:Coloc. coughing:Nux-v.
aftereating:Nux-v.
duringafever:Nux-v.
beforeastool:Coloc. fruit:Coloc. INTERNALREPERTORY Commoncold•169
afterdrinkingmilk:Mag-m.
inthemorning:Dios.,Nux-v.
formovement: /;». tightclothing:Nux-v. Causes:
anger:Cokx. excitement:Coloc. fruit:Coloc. drinkingmilk:Mag-m.
indignation:Stop. teething:Mag-ni. vexation:Coloc.,Stap. Collapse
Afterdiarrhoea:Ver-a. CommoncoldAll-c,Ars.,Bar-c,Bell,Bry.,Calc-c,
Calc-f.,Calc-s.,Carb-v.,Euphr.,Heps.,
Kali-b.,Kali-ni.,Kalis.,Lye,Mag-m.,Mercs.,
Nat-c,Nat-m.,Nit-ac,Nux-v.,Pho-ac,Puis.,'
Sep.,Sil.,Sul. Eyes:
dry:Ars. burning:Ars. streaming:Euphr. Dischargefromeyes:
burning:Euphr. watery:Nat-m.,Nux-v.
Eyelids:
red:Ars. puffy:Ars. Glands:
swollen:Bar-c.
Nasalcatarrh:
bland(notirritating):Euphr.,Puis. blood-streaked: Calc-s.,Phos. bloody:Mercs.,Nit-ac. burning:All-c,Ars.,Mercs.,Nit-ac,Nux-v.
crusty:Kali-b. dripsdownbackofthroat:Heps.,Kali-b.,
Nat-c,Nat-m.,Sep. dry(stuffedup/congestedwithout
discharge):Calc-c,Calc-f


 bulldoze,
clean and on and on. All of these noise machines have power sources
that pollute the world with loud noise. It takes practice to learn to
transcend this by going within and screening out the noise pollution. The noisy world will still filter into quiet time unless you can get far
enough into nature to avoid it. Our preoccupation with noise satisfies the ego’s need to escape
the serenity and unconditional love of the divine intelligence that is
God. But you can become a detached observer if you make the
choice to simply remove your ego from the story line and allow your
higher self to take over. Become an unconditionally loving observer
rather than an ego-involved participant. Let go of your inclination to judge and moralize and take person-
ally what you notice. Simply become the noticer. You are then align-
ing yourself with God, allowing all to bask in his loving blessing
instead of the ego frantically insisting that there is a superior way. Being godly means expressing the love that is within you. It is much
more than simply being close to it. You must be it in oneness with
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WHAT IT MEANS TO BE IN ONENESS
What has come to be referred to as “the will of God” is an inven-
tion of man to gain control over others. If you are convinced that
there is a God’s will that is separate from you, then those who claim
they know God’s will can dominate and control you. If you adopt this
belief system, then you fall into the trap of “his will versus my will.”
You want to do certain things, but the “will of God” dictates other-
wise. Unconditional love and becoming a co-creator in your life is pos-
sible when you know that God is not separate from you. You and God
are one and the same. In the New Testament Jesus says to the multi-
tudes, “... I have said ye are Gods,” and later, “When a man believes
in me, he does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me. When he looks at me he sees the one who sent me.” (John, 10:34;
12:44)
What it means to be in a state of oneness is that you know the
unconditional love that God has for all of creation is also the uncon-
ditional love that can be you, if you make that choice. Your free will is
your freedom to embrace any thought that you desire. This free will
is your gift from God. Use this free will in a spirit of love that has no
conditions imposed on it. The love that God has for you is without condition. There is no
restriction or censorship placed on this love granted to you by the
divine creator. You have complete freedom to do as you will, for your
will and God’s will are one and the same. You have the freedom to
choose your thoughts within this grand scheme of unconditional
love. If it is the same as God’s love for you, then you are living uncondi-
tional oneness. If you place restrictions on that love, or withhold it
dependent on your judgments and hatreds, then you make it a condi-
tional love and remove yourself from the possibility of co-creating
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with God. You are in conflict with the divine essence that is God. This conflicted state is nothing more than the imposition of condi-
tions on your ability to love. Suppose that God decided to withdraw his unconditional love
from you and the world and conditions were placed upon everything. In this kind of world the people in it would have to function without
freedom of thought and expression. The entire cosmos would col-
lapse in an instant. Life flows with the freedom of unconditional love. This is the very
essence of life. No deity demands that you think a certain way or you ©
will be cursed and destroyed. In our world we have unconditional
freedom for our thoughts to be what they are. That is how you are
loved. That is your gift from the divine creator, expressed through
your individuality. Take that freedom away and you are no longer a
human being. You lose your humanity when you lose the uncondi-
tional love that allows you to think as you choose. Now suppose that you are able to function in the same uncondi-
tionally loving way, simply allowing yourself to be without judgment. What if you have no hatred and only extend the freedom to choose
to others? You would be experiencing what is called “oneness.” Your
will and God’s will would not be in conflict. The conflicts that you experience are from the ego. Your ego is the
idea you carry around of your separateness from God and all of
God’s creations. This ego needs to be reminded of its superiority
over others. Thus conflict is created. But you do not have to partici-
pate in this folly. Your highest self only wants peace and is uncondi-
tional love. Use this love for the purpose of co-creation. Every moment that
you create by radiating unconditionally loving thoughts is a reflection |
of the same love that was responsible for your creation. Creating (or
manifesting) is the act of bringing unconditional love from within
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your being into a form that we call the world of the concrete. In this
sense, then, unconditional love can be thought of as the power to
participate in the act of co-creation. UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AS POWER
Those who seem to have the gift of attracting to themselves all
manner of good things in their lives are said to be empowered in
some mysterious way. The ability to reach a higher state of being,
where there seems to be almost no delay between the creation of a
thought form and having that thought form “show up,” can be
viewed in terms of unconditional love and an absence of demanding
from or judging the world. This is a power that I know is possible for each of us when we
begin to adopt these basic principles of spiritual manifestation. Most
of us simply do not recognize how truly powerful we are by virtue of
our own ability to create thoughts, and out of these thoughts attract
to ourselves the abundance of the universe. When we think rationally
about this power we immediately think of the conflict between hav-
ing a free will and having a destiny. This conflict often obviates the
need within us to think and live in unconditionally loving ways. Our
rational left brain says, “If it is already determined, then I have no
free will, and therefore anything I think has been predetermined, so I
am doomed.”
Let’s take a quick look at this matter of destiny, since it is in the
title of this book, and put it into a different context.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        By
knowing the nature of this force and seeing yourself as a divine
expression of it, and by going within to the power that permits you
to picture a desire, and then tapping that power with a private, lov-
ing, cheerful knowing, you are on your way to using this vital force in
ways that were unavailable to you with your conditioned view of
yourself. Here are a few suggestions for putting these ideas into practice in
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your life as you begin mastering this fourth spiritual principle of
manifestation. SOME IDEAS FOR PUTTING THIS PRINCIPLE TO WORK
When first arising in the morning, take a few moments to be alone
and ask yourself, “How did the conditions of my life that I would
like to change first come about. ” “How can I facilitate making con-
scious contact with my unlimited, invisible source of energy. ”
These two questions, when repeatedly considered, will begin to
create their own answers. Remind yourself that it is spirit that gives
life and movement to anything and everything, including you. It is
that which causes your very existence. Therefore, you are truly ask-
ing to join into the spirit of your life. You will soon realize that the conditions of your life have been
manifested by you, even though you were not conscious of bring-
ing them about. Your thoughts and mental pictures of lack,
scarcity, self-absorption, authoritarianism, illness, guilt, worry and
the like have been put into the universal spirit and have mani-
fested in your life. The second question will flow from your
answer to the first. You can hasten your conscious contact by radiating a totally new
kind of mental picture while applying this fourth principle. Explore the possibility that the reason you believe that life is limit-
ing is because you have assumed limitation to be in your life. In the world of nature, life, love and beauty are visibly repro-
duced. You, too, are a part of nature. Does your view of life include
the natural creative process reproducing within yourself. Or have
you assumed an engineering view of life with a mechanical cause-
and-effect conclusion. Perhaps you can shift this awareness to seeing cause and effect as
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a law, but not the law. The law of originating mind is beyond the
world of boundaries and measurement. You originated out of this
law, and your imagination is a perfect example of this. No rule, no
boundary,