100% better (cleaner, bigger, and heavier) than the cage No. 2 mice who had fruit
alone as the only carbohydrate in a complete protein diet (in a test diet which I began two weeks later).
34th day: One female gave b irth to four healthy babies.
37th day: Today in cage No. 1 is the 37th day of this soaked lentil and sunflower diet, with lettuce, occasional carrot tops,  and
occasional raw yam, and nothing else. The mice look well -fed, are large in size, very energetic, and quick in their movements
and appear very healthy in all respects. There have been no deaths at all, for this extended period, which thrilled me no end.
(None of this food grown organically.)

Conclusion: This 37 day diet, which is the human equivalent of 37 months, may now safely be recommended as an excellent
introductory diet for advanced pathology conditions such as cancer, tumors, arteriosclerosis etc., in my opinion. This is a r aw
food vegetarian diet. The sunflower seeds and lentils complement eac h other in amino acids to produce an excellent complete
protein. (See Diet for a Small Planet by Lappe.) I gave the sunflower and lentils two times a day in this cage, one handfull of
each, each time.

ADDING SOAKED GRAINS TO ABOVE RAW DIET
At this point, I was satisfied and convinced that the mice could have remained on this regimen indefinitely, but I would have
added a variety of nuts and other additional legumes, etc. But since for humans 37 months was more than enough time to
reverse many if not most p athological conditions, I decided it would be timely to add raw, soaked grains to avoid a possible
overload of protein (in legumes) and fat (in the sunflower seeds). I may be wrong in this, but a patient of mine said she fel t
stronger when she added grains  to her raw nut, fruit, and vegetable diet, which made me decide to try adding grains.
Nevertheless, I concluded that this diet had been complete in all particulars for that period of time, so far.
On the 37th day I added soaked grains (overnight) such as rye, brown rice, hulled millet (which they preferred to rye).
10/18/85: Today is the seventh day in a row of added soaked grains to the preceding diet and they've been eating the brown
rice and millet (raw, soaked) with the soaked raw lentils. I stopped so aking the sunflower seeds and give it to them dry and raw.
10/22/85: They love all of these foods and it is now the eleventh day on this added grain diet. It is also the seventh day th at I've
been giving soaked and drained brown rice as the only grain, alo ng with sprouted lentils and dry sunflower seeds.
10/24/85: Today is the thirteenth day of added grains and the ninth day in which the soaked brown rice is the only grain. I f ound
the first death today. All mice look very healthy and some are pregnant. The  house mice who have escaped love the soaked
rice and go after it no matter where I put it, even if I hang it up in a bag on a string. For a long time now they've been ea ting my
raw, dried brown rice in the boxes. I trapped six mice today in a cage and put  them free in the street.
10/27/85: Today is the sixteenth day of added grains and the 12th day in which the brown rice is the only grain. Today I foun d a
second dead mouse and its body was intact and uneaten. Weather was excellent today. The causes of the se two deaths was
indicated.
11/10/85: Today is the 30th day of added grain. A third death occurred. The rest look very healthy.
11/12/85: Today is the 32nd day of added grain. A fourth death occurred. The rest look very healthy.
11/19/85: Today is the 39t h day of added grain. A fifth death occurred. The rest look very healthy.
11/27/85: Today is the 47th day of added grain. A sixth death occurred. The rest look very healthy.

POSSIBLE CAUSES OF DEATHS
Today I heard that when pigeons eat dried rice, it swel ls up in their stomachs and causes their death. Since my mice in this
cage have been eating the brown rice as their only carbohydrate grain, this may very well be the cause of these deaths. The
sixth death occurred because last night was exceptionally cold. (A later test where I gave ground dry rice as a grain caused
several deaths which appeared to confirm this.) Since the rice was their chief grain for 43 days, five deaths were very littl e
considering that they were on this raw, pure, vegetarian diet for 47 days and 37 before without grain, totalling 84 days of both
combined, a human equivalent of 84 months or seven years.
Another factor to be considered is the absence of Vitamin B12 and Vitamin D in their diet for this long period, which could h ave
been a  cause of these five deaths; the first one beginning after the 50th day of this pure vegetarian diet, which, for humans,
would have been the 50th month.
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BASIS FOR IDEAL RAW DIET
All facts considered, I've come to the conclusion that this 100% raw, vegetarian program is a solid basis for a safe, complet e
protein and finely -balanced ideal, raw food diet, which could be used for  years if necessary for
(a) a survival diet under famine conditions;
(b) as an introductory diet for weight loss and many pathological conditions; and
(c) with the inclusion of additional variety in grains, legumes, seeds, nuts, it could be most satisfying, and with the addition of
some dairy or eggs, fish, or other animal food, it could provide all factors to cover all bodily needs (B12, Vitamin D, etc.).
Some fruit may safely be added as well as other carbohydrates such as potatoes, corn, yams, squash, et c.

UNIQUE RAW FOOD PROGRAM - FREE FROM DEFICIENCIES
The solid proof of the great potential of this basic raw food vegetarian diet which has been proven successful with the mice,
clearly indicates that humans now, for the first time, have a 100% raw food p rogram which they may go on safely, free from all
deficiencies.
I know of no other raw food program in existence which is totally free from deficiencies at present. A complete diet will be
worked out and presented at the end of the book upon completion.

ENDING THE DIET
Note: On the 49th day of this diet (and the 12th day of added grain), the mice in this cage were bigger, heavier, cleaner and
100% better than the cage of mice who were on the 17th day of their diet where fruit was their only carbohydrate ( and the rest
of their diet included egg, cheese, and lettuce).
11/27/85: I ended this diet today by adding cheese to it. Two days later, I saw six newborn babies in this raw food vegetaria n
cage which had just completed 84 days on this diet. These six newb orn babies looked healthy.
11/29/85: Today I decided to wind down my tests due to the approaching winter and also because I had answers already to my
most important questions.

COMPARING MY MICE TO THOSE IN THE PET SHOP
I kept this cage (No. 1) for further  tests, but I brought cages 2, 3, and 4, which were full of mice, to the pet shop. When we
compared my mice to his in the pet shop, mine looked 33% to 50% larger. He admitted this immediately and remarked that they
looked healthy. I asked him if it was bet ter that they were bigger and he said absolutely. He then asked me if I would breed a
scarce group of golden -haired mice of his which wasn't reproducing well. He was impressed with my mice. I said I could
consider it.

REASONS FOR HEALTHIER MICE
I attribute my mice being larger and healthier than his to the following reasons: 1) his mice were fed mice chow exclusively - no
fresh vegetable greens, no cheese or eggs, whereas mine had all these foods; 2) the mice in cage No.1 which I kept on the 84
days total of the raw food vegetarian diet look beautiful, large, well -developed, healthy, very active, and several looked
pregnant. These mice on their raw diet of soaked grains, soaked lentils, sunflower seeds (dry and soaked) and lettuce leaves
(with occas ional carrot tops) and lately dry millet (hulled) look better than any of the other cage mice, whereas the other cages
had daily store cheese added to their diets.

ULTIMATE RAW DIET FOR HUMANS
Note that I believe this 100% raw diet, for humans, could be done successfully even without the use of grains if so desired. But
with the addition of raw egg yolk, and possibly raw milk cheese or


the year in those districts which correspond with the areas of the United States and Canada that
have been longest settled, and consequently most depleted by agriculture. A similar study has been
made based on the data published in a report by Tisdall, Brown and Kelley, (4) of Toronto. Their7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 232/250figures for children's diseases which included chicken pox, measles, nephritis, scarlet fever,
hemorrhage of newborn, tetany and retropharyngeal abscess were arranged according to the
incidence for each month. All of these diseases show a relatively high incidence during February
and March, rising in December and January, falling during April and May, reaching a very low
level in midsummer and then making a rapid increase during the autumn. These are opposite to the
vitamin levels found in the dairy products of Ontario for the same months.
    In Chapter 3, I discussed data obtained during two summers in the Loetschental and other
Swiss valleys. The Loetschental Valley has been isolated from contact with surrounding
civilizations by its unique physical environment. For twelve hundred years during which time a
written history of the valley has been kept, the people have maintained a high level of physical
excellence providing practically all their food, shelter and clothing from the products raised in the
valley. Cattle and goats provided milk, milk products and meat. The stock was carefully sheltered
during the inclement weather and great care was used to carry back to the soil all of the
enrichment. This, of course, is a process that is efficiently carried out in many parts of the world
today. In this manner extensive depletion of the minerals required for food for animals and human
beings may be prevented. Their practice is in striking contrast to that in many of the agricultural
districts of the United States in which the minerals are systematically shipped from the land to the
cities, there to be dissipated to the ocean through the sewerage system. Among many primitive
races there is some attempt to preserve the fertility of the soil. For example, in Africa, many of the
tribes that depend in part on agriculture, cleared off only a few acres in the heart of a forest and
cropped this land for a limited number of years, usually less than ten. Great care was taken to
prevent the loss of the humus both through drenching rains and wind erosion. The decaying
vegetation and lighter soil that might be dislodged by the water were caught in the entanglement of
roots and shrubbery surrounding the agricultural patch. The surrounding trees protect the soil from
wind erosion. Care was taken not to form gullies, furrows and grooves that could carry currents of
water and thus float away the valuable humus from the soil. This again is in contrast to conditions in
other parts of the world, particularly in the United States. Sears (5)  has stated that "Bare ground left
by the plow will have as much soil washed off in ten years as the unbroken prairie will lose in four
thousand. Even so, soil in the prairie will be forming as fast as, or faster than it is lost." In Nature's
program, minerals are loaned temporarily to the plants and animals and their return to the soil is
essential. To quote again from Sears.
    What is lent by earth has been used by countless generations of plants and animals now
dead and will be required by countless others in the future. In the case of an element such as
phosphorus, so limited is the supply that if it were not constantly being returned to the soil, a
single century would be sufficient to produce a disastrous reduction in the amount of life.
    The history of preceding civilizations and cultures of mankind indicate the imbalances that have
developed when minerals have been permanently transferred from the soil. There are only a few
localities in the world where great civilizations have continued to exist through long periods and
these have very distinct characteristics. It required only a few centuries, and in some profligated
systems a few decades to produce so serious a mineral depletion of the soil that progressive plant
and animal deterioration resulted. In such instances, regular and adequate replenishment was not
taking place.
    The replenishment may be made, as in the case of the prairie with its plant and animal life,
through a replacement in the soil of borrowed minerals, a program carried out efficiently by a few
intelligent civilizations. The balance of the cultures have largely failed at this point. Another
procedure for the replenishing of the depleted soils is by the annual spring overflow of great water
systems which float enrichment from the highlands of the watersheds to the lower plains of the
great waterways. This is illustrated by the history of the Nile which has carried its generous blanket
of fertilizing humus and rich soil from the high interior of Africa northward over its long course
through Sudan and Egypt to the Mediterranean, and thus made it possible for the borders of the
Nile to sustain a population of greater density than that of either China or India. The salvation of
Egypt has been the fact that the source of the Nile has been beyond the reach of modernizing
influences that could destroy Nature's vast stores of these replenishing soil products. Where human7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 233/250beings have deforested vast mountainsides at the sources of the great waterways, this whole
problem has been changed.
    A similar situation has occurred in China. Her two great rivers, the Yangtze and the Yellow
River, having their sources in the isolated vastness of the Himalayas in Tibet, have through the
centuries provided the replenishment needed for supporting the vast population of the plains of
these great waterways. Together with this natural replenishment the Chinese have been exceedingly
efficient in returning to the soil the minerals borrowed by the plant and animal life. Their efficiency
as agriculturists has exceeded that of the residents of most parts of the populated world.
    The story in Europe and America has been vastly different in many districts. The beds of roots
of trees and grasses that hold the moisture and induce precipitation have been rudely broken up.
An important function of the plant and tree roots is the entanglement of dead plant life. Vegetation
holds back moisture at the time of melting snows and rainy seasons so efficiently that disastrous
floods are prevented and a continuing flow of water maintained over an extended period. Under
the pressure of population more and more of the highlands have been denuded for agriculture; the
forests have often been ruthlessly burned down, frequently with the destruction of very valuable
timber. The ashes from these great conflagrations provided fertilizer for a few good crops, but
these chemicals were dissipated rapidly in the swift flow of the water in which they were soluble,
with the result that vast areas that Nature had taken millenniums to forest have been denuded and
the soil washed away in a few decades. These mountainsides have become a great menace instead
of a great storehouse of plant food material for the plains country of the streams. Loss of timber
which was needed greatly for commerce and manufacture has been another disastrous result. The
heavy rains of the spring now find little impediment and rush madly toward the lower levels to carry
with them not the rich vegetable matter of the previous era, but clay and rocks which in a mighty
rush spread over the vast plains of the lowlands. This material is not good soil with which to
replenish and fertilize the river bottoms. On the contrary, it often covers the plains country with a
layer of silt many feet deep making it impossible to utilize the fertile soil underneath.
    We have only to look over the departed civilizations of historic times to see the wreckage and
devastation caused by these processes. The rise and fall in succession of such cultures as those of
Greece, Rome, North Africa, Spain, and many districts of Europe, have followed the pattern
which we are carving so rapidly with the rise and fall of the modernized culture in the United
States.
    The complacency with which the masses of the people as well as the politicians view our trend
is not unlike the drifting of a merry party in the rapids above a great cataract. There seems to be no
appropriate sense of impending doom.
    An outstanding example of our profligate handling of soil and watersheds may be seen in our
recent experiences in the Mississippi Basin. The Ohio River draining the western slopes of the
Allegheny Mountains has gone on rampages almost annually for a decade carrying with it great
damage to property and loss of life. Other branches of the Mississippi, particularly the Missouri,
draining the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains have gone out of control so that vast areas are
flooded with silt. There is now a concerted effort to stem this series of cataclysms by building
dykes along the great waterways to raise the banks and dams in the higher regions of the
watershed to hold back the floods. These artificial lakes become settling pools for the silt and soon
lose their efficiency by being filled with the debris that they are holding back from the lower levels.
An effort is also being made to reforest which is purposeful, but when we consider the millenniums
of time that Nature has required to build the tanglewood of plant life, shrubbery and trees over the
rocks and through the gullies to act as great defenses for holding back the water, these modern
programs offer very


 of these
malignant tumors include:
7. Reduce the intake of heavy meat proteins like pork, beef, fish, and foul for
at least six months
8. Use and take pure pancreatic enzymes with their activators.
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Winning The Cancer War
9. Add to the diet as much raw, organic fruits and vegetables and/or their
juice as possible.
10. Properly detoxify the body and increase blood circulation.
11. Remove as much of the enzyme inhibitors and blockers as possible and
preaxial.
12. Maintain a positive spiritual and mental attitude.
B. H erbal  removable  of malignant  tumors. This process must also include the
metabolic procedures. If properly accomplished, malignant tumors are safely
removed. This process is most painful but effective. Destructive damage is minimal
and often multiple undiagnosed malignant tumors are also safely removed.
C S urgical  removable  of malignant  tumors. When a malignant tumor has
become so large, circulation or normal body functions are impaired. It is often
elected and necessary to surgically remove malignant tumors. In addition, one must
also use my metabolic program. Please remember that this is not cancer but a
malignant tumor. This procedure is only temporary and rarely successful as one's
CANCER is not treated allowing other malignant tumors to form.
D R adiation  of malignant  tumors  Radiation to malignant tumors is often
elected for treatment of malignant tumors. This procedure is often justified when
malignant tumors are too large to remove or are inaccessible such as in the spine. In
addition, one must also use my metabolic program. One must remember this is a
malignant tumor treatment not CANCER treatment. This procedure is extremely
destructive and causes permanent damage to the body, often initiating additional
malignant tumors.
E. C hemotherapy  use in malignant  tumors  Chemotherapy is often chosen as the
best and most effective treatment procedure in many types of malignant
tumors. This procedure, like surgery and radiation, does not treat cancer but is
often used to extend life a few weeks. This therapeutic procedure is most
destructive to many necessary functions of one's body. In addition, one must
also use my metabolic program.
F. The medical communities as well as the general public have failed to
understand what cancer is and is not. Their ignorance is inexcusable, as this
truth has been available in the medical literature for 100 years. As used by the
medical communities, orthodox as well as alternative, cancer is the socially
acceptable form of genocide of our civilization.
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The Science of Cancer
The Asexual part of life: The fertilized egg, properly called the Zygote, forms the
Trophoblast, which grows into a 'primitive' germ cell. This cell then divides by
doubling many times into many potential humans. These are the 'primary germ-cells'.
The Sexual part of life: One of the primary germ cells forms the embryo. The
remaining primary germ cells start their journey throughout the Somatic Cell mass
(normal body cells) to collect in the testes or the ovaries, waiting to form the next
generation of the species.
About 1/3 of these primary germ cells traveling within the embryonic body cells
toward the testes and ovaries, occupy all sorts of abnormal positions within ones
body. When the 3 billion primary germ cells that did not make it to the testes or
ovaries become trapped within normal body tissue, the tissues then become
stimulated, grow, and produce Trophoblast cells (cancer cells). This happens to every
one of us everyday.
Cancer is NEVER a mutated normal body cell growing uncontrolled into a
malignant tumor. An excess of female sex hormones ALWAYS brings about this
change. Because men and women have male and female sex hormones, when this
delicate male-female sex hormone balance is upset, malignant tumors (cancer) may
start.
In the human life cycle, the male sperm unites with the female egg. If this fertilized
egg would grow directly into a new baby, we would have no cancer or cancer
problems, but nature does not act so simply and directly, for if she did, the newly
formed embryo (baby) would fall out of the uterus. Therefore, nature had to develop
some way to attach the new embryo to the wall of the uterus and some way to
nourish (feed) it.
These cells, now trapped outside of the uterus, grow rapidly while trying to form a
placenta (a malignant tumor mass). In this uncontrollable state, they now have the
ability to invade (metastasize) the walls of the uterus to form the Cancer Mass
(placenta). This Cancer Mass first opens a blood supply to the embryo for
nourishment and then firmly attaches (metastasizes) the placenta to the walls of the
uterus. This prevents the embryo from falling out (aborting) of the uterus.
The direct cause of cancer, or, malignant tumor mass, is always the changing of a
primary Ectopic germ cell into an Ectopic Trophoblast cell. This process takes place
in all mammals, from the local skunk, to the orangutan in the White House.
After the sperm in the fallopian tube of the mother fertilizes the egg the fertilized
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egg gives rise to three basic kinds of cells:
1. Trophoblast cells which form primitive germ cells, which form:
2. Primary germ cells, one of which forms the embryo, which then forms F
3. Normal body cells, also known as Somatic cells.
Many primary germ cells, which migrate to the testes or ovaries waiting to form the
next generation of cells, are trapped within the normal body cells, and occupy a
variety of abnormal positions within the new embryo's body.F
Upon stimulation by female hormones, these primary germ cells produce
Trophoblast cells, which can form a false placenta (a malignant tumor mass) in any
place of the embryo's body as it grows to a child or adult. These out of place "false
placentas" are in error and are called by the medical community "CANCER." The fact
is they are placentas or false placentas.
By the third day, the fertilized egg has fallen into the uterus. During this time, and
for many days thereafter, the Trophoblast cells are growing very rapidly and surround
the other two types of cells (primitive germ cells, and normal body, or Somatic cells).
The new baby w ill fall out of the uterus unless something happens fast. As the cells
metastasize (as cancer does) to the wall of the uterus, the baby remains in the uterus
and receives nourishment as the cells continue to grow rapidly, forming the placenta.
Now with a good food supply and in no direct harm, the baby (embryo) continues
to grow, safe and sound, until birth. The placental Trophoblast tissue (cancer mass)
continues to grow until about the seventh week when the baby's pancreas develops.
The baby's pancreatic enzyme production, along with the mother's pancreatic
enzyme production, STOPS the growth of the placental Trophoblastic tissue (cancer
mass). As the new embryo is being formed from the normal body or Somatic cells, the
primary germ cells (pre-placenta cells) are multiplying. In a few days, when the
embryo develops to the proper stage, the primary germ cells stop multiplying and
begin to migrate to the gonads (the ovaries or testes).
There are about three billion of these primary germ cells that fatigue and never
have the vital force necessary to reach the gonads. This means that there are two
germ cells for every area the size of a pinhead dispersed throughout your body. Any
one of these germ cells is a potential malignant tumor mass (cancer), which is why it
can form in any part of the body. All that is needed to create a malignant tumor mass
in our body is:
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1. A deficiency of pancreatic enzymes
2. An imbalance of sex hormones
3. The embryonic destiny of these primary germ cells to form Trophoblast cells,
which then forms a false placenta (a malignant tumor mass) in preparation for the
creation of a baby.
The imbalance of sex hormones can take place at any time, but usually it occurs
between 45 and 60 years of age. However, as planned by the wicked Jewish
Establishment, babies are now being born with cancer malignant tumor masses.
Those born after 1980 have a cancer rate of nine out of ten and are unlikely to live to
age 50.
When all is said and done, a malignant tumor mass (cancer) is a normal growth of
tissue (a false placenta) due to the development of a basic (primary) germ cell in the
wrong place (outside of the uterus).
Sometimes this false placenta, (malignant tumor cancer) also has the beginning of a
baby inside its mass, much like a normal pregnancy, only in the wrong place. When
dissecting malignant tumors, pathologists often find partially formed teeth, toenails
and other types of tissue, such as lung tissue, within these masses.
The beguiling and planned deception of the Jewish Medical Establishment is to
have you believe:
1. That a normal Somatic body cell goes wild and forms "a cancer".
2. That it is all "your fault".
3. That you


 minute I got the pesticide story, goodbye,
fruit. Then I went to vegetables. Oh, oh! Vegetables are
full of it, too.They spray all those fields in California, and
fish contains mercury. What is left to eat?
We become increasingly paranoid. We do not
become increasingly healthy; we become increasingly
paranoid, and all my 'brown-bag' friends are dead!
Brown-bag friends-those are people who used to
belong to one of the medical societies that really got
going on this. A brown-bag person is one who has
bought into so much of this in the world that now they
can eat only one or two kinds of natural organic rice or
grams. There are only a few things left on the planet
that they can safely eat, and they carry them around in
a brown bag. 72 HEALING AND RECOVERY
A bubble person goes to a banquet event where
everybody is eating food full of what he considers to
be nothing but poison. They are "killing themselves
with the steak and the pesticides on the peas, fruit, and
lettuce." While, in his view, they are killing themselves,
he eats out ofhis brown bag. He sits in the back corner
at a table filled with brown-bag people. (This was an
actual scene at a big banquet.) He fasts a lot, does a lot
ofrunning and other 'healthy' things, and, of course, he
is dead now. Why is he dead, this man who ran every
day and lived this health? He died because he became
a bubble person with the paranoid view of the world
that began to close in on him. He could not breathe the
air with trust. He could not even enjoy the carpets
because they were 'probably giving off something to
which he was allergic, such as fiber particles that
caused him to choke. Other things, such as the fumes
emanating from the paints or insulation, or smoke par
ticles from a cigarette that were going to give him can
cer, caused his life to become smaller and smaller.
What happens in this type of situation is the pro
gressive denial of the truth about ourselves, along with
progressively giving away the power of our being to
the power of causality in the world, which is actually
powerless. This is the reversal of truth. By progressive
ly reversing the truth, we become increasingly vu1.nera
ble and a victim.We end up with the total paranoia of
the bubble person with 'environmental allergies' who
can live only within a protective bubble of purified air.
All this is going on in consciousness, in mind. It is
not going on anywhere in reality. It is by buying back
the truth ofthe power ofour own decision that we can 73 ASSISTING HEALING
cancel the whole syndrome. We are not subject to
'that'. We are infinite beings who are subject only to
whatwe hold in mind.We have the powerofcanceling
the belief systems.We have the power to refuse to buy
into the negativity of the collective belief systems and
to say 'no' to them.
We also have the power to say'no' to belief systems
that come from our family. Really major allergies ran in
my family. My grandmother was allergic, as were my
mother and sister. Everybody had hay fever and sensi
tivity to ragweed, dust, hay, and horses. As a conse
quence, I had all of those allergies also, with swollen,
itchy eyes, and all the rest of the symptoms.We all lived
on antihistamines. In addition, I was severely allergic to
poison ivy and ended up in the hospital with general
ized severe poison ivy dermatitis. It did not respond to
any treatment except for a brown salve obtained from
a Native American medicine. woman from the
Wisconsin Dells tribe.
Years later, I participated in A Course in Miracles
and was surprised to discover I no longer got migraine
headaches from pesticides. I walked right into a house
that had just been sprayed, and all of a sudden, I 'knew'
I was no longer subject to belief systems.
After this amazing discovery, I awoke one day to the
realization that I was no longer subject to poison ivy,
either, so I went outside, picked some, planted some in
a pottery jar, and played with it. It was miraculous! I
carried it around to show family and friends. They
thought I had gone 'over the edge', so to speak, but
after that, my life changed and the negative belief sys
tems fell away, one after the other. I subsequently also 74 HEALING AND RECOVERY
let go of the excess weight (fIfty pounds) and felt a
greater safety overall about physical life.To realize that
we have power over our own lives brings a reduction
in overall anxiety and a renewed sense of well-being
and aliveness.
All illness is physical, mental, and spiritual, and
therefore it is best to utilize all modalities to assist
recovery. There are also unknown factors that influ
ence recovery, such as karmic proclivities. Thus, some
illnesses may persist, awaiting further inner discovery
or the evolution of one's personal level of conscious
ness whereby the source of the illness is revealed.
Therefore, spiritual work should proceed for its own
sake and recovery surrendered to God. Successful treat
ment is one thing; healing is of a different dimension
because the vast sources have been discovered and
brought to light.
How can one know if humility and surrender are
complete? They are complete when one is indifferent
to whether a healing occurs or not.That is the result of
surrender to God at great depth and relinquishment of
the desire to control or change the way things are.
Practicality: Caveat
It is always adVisable to have medical diagnoses
conftrmed by a second opinion. Major errors are not
uncommon, and I myself had several major misdiagnoses
that were potentially fatal if not detected. The cause of
severe heart failure as being due to Graves disease
(hyperthyroidism) was totally misdiagnosed earlier.
Prostatic obstruction did not require surgery but instead
merely cessation of the use of nasal decongestants. CHAPTER 3
Stress
Having been a physician and psychiatrist for over fifty
years, I have worked in the fields of psychoanalysis,
psychotherapy, group therapy; and the psychodynamics
of the various schools. In addition, there were years of
research in the field of nutrition and its relationship to
brain chemistry, mental illness, and emotions, which
resulted in the textbook, Orthomolecular Psychiatry
(co-authored by Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling). I
have also extensively researched and used alternative
healing modalities that were found to be beneficial.
For the last thirty-five years, I have been doing
research into the nature ofconsciousness itself and the
application of that knowledge to an understanding of
spirituality. Inherent in this is the relationship between
body, mind, and spirit and what that really means. Is
that something scientific that we can clinically verify,
or is that some kind of fantasy?
There is a lot of emphasis today on the subject of
stress and its prevention, along with its implications for
physical, emotional, and psychological health and how
it impacts industry and the business world. There is a
greater awareness ofstress in our culture and what this
disQrder implies. We are going to look closely at the
relationships between the body and its response to
stress, and the mind and how it relates to spirit.
Stress results from a pOint of view-from what we
hold in mind-and from our attitudes and beliefs.
Emotional stress originates primarily from within our
selves and not just from the world. There is no such
75 76 HEALING AND RECOVERY
thing as escaping stress because its source is within us
and not located within the world as commonly
believed. Thus, we will be reversing the way the mind
usually looks at cause and effect. By observation, one
can see that 'cause' is not in the world nor is 'effect' in
the mind,butvice versa.The levelofpower,the levelof
'cause', is held in mind, bringing about one's experi
ence of what happens in the world. Our folklore intu
itively knows this because it says, "One man's meat is
another man's poison." That quotation contains the
secret of what we are talking about.The power is not
in the event or in something 'out there'.The power of
creating our experience of all events in life lies within
each of us.Thus, it is by re-owning our power that we
can learn how to prevent stress.
There are methods of precluding stress instead of
treating its aftermath. The so-called stress-reduction
programs that are commonly available in our society
today are really methods of handling the effects of
stress once it has already occurred, such as in relaxation
programs designed to relieve the tension within the
body. One might say that the horse is already out ofthe
bam.There are ways to offset this so that the tension
never arises in the body and thus precludes the neces
Sity of the various ways of handling stress based on the
medical model.
Some time


erson’s death in 1959, a series of eminent scientists and
researchers have made discoveries that confirmed one or another of Dr. Gerson’s insights and
methods. It is the sum total of these piecemeal discoveries that explains why his protocol, used
in its entirety, is so effective. In the following we present a sample of the most striking scientific
endorsements.
In the late Seventies the physicist, mathematician and biophysicist Dr. Freeman Widener
Cope, M.D., wrote in a paper, “the high potassium, low sodium diet of the Gerson therapy has
been observed experimentally to cure many cases of advanced cancer in man.”1 In another paper
he stated that in cell damage of any kind, the same responses may occur in cells throughout the
body: “First the cell will lose potassium, second the cell will accept sodium, and third, the cell
will swell with too much water (cellular edema). When the cell has swollen with too much water,
energy production is inhibited, along with protein synthesis and lipid (fat) metabolism. Gerson
was able to manipulate tissue damage syndrome, which he recognized clinically in the 1920s,
by his dietary management, eliminating sodium, supplementing a high potassium diet with
additional potassium amendments and finding a way to remove toxins from the body via
the liver.”2 (Added emphasis.) This is a remarkably concise justification of all of Dr. Gerson’s
methods, including the strict restriction of protein and fat, which the damaged cell cannot handle,
the reason for increased potassium intake, and the need for liver detoxifi cation.
In 1988, Patricia Spain Ward, Ph.D., campus historian of the University of Illinois, Chicago,
presented an excellent monograph on the Gerson Therapy, under contract to the US Office of
Technology Assessment (OTA). Although her study is not based on new research, it is worth
including for its thoroughness and clarity.  Describing Dr. Gerson as “ a scholar’s scholar and a
superlative observer of clinical phenomena,” Dr. Ward reported his observation that patients
on a high potassium, low sodium diet excreted enormous amounts of sodium in their urine, and
that by eliminating animal protein from the diet, this amount was increased.  She added, “ The
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www.thegersonway.comthe administration of dietary animal proteins for at least six to eight weeks.”3
Important research justifying Dr. Gerson’s withholding of animal protein from his cancer
patients was carried out by Dr. Robert A. Good, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Minnesota and
known as “the father of modern immunology.” He set up a guinea pig experiment, feeding one
group of animals protein-free lab chow, while the other group received the normal variety of food.
Dr. Good expected to see failure of the animals’ immune system on the protein-free regime, but
the opposite happened. The guinea pigs’ thymus lymphocytes became tremendously active and
remained aggressively so for a long time. Dr. Good realized that he had stimulated immunity
by the dietary restriction of animal protein, thus confirming the rightness of the Gerson
protocol’s identical insight.
Perhaps this is the place for pointing out that Gerson patients do receive adequate amounts
of easily absorbed plant proteins contained in the fresh vegetable juices, potatoes and oatmeal
that are essential parts of their diet. It is a widespread mistake to believe that only animal foods
contain protein. On the contrary: food animals, such as cattle, pigs and sheep are vegetarians!
The Canadian scientist, Dr. Harold D. Foster,4 of the University of Victoria, British Columbia,
approached the problem of cancer mortalities from the angle of mineral deficiencies in soils
and water supplies. He also carried out an initial computer analysis of 200 cases of so-called
“spontaneous” regressions of a wide variety of cancers, spontaneous regression having been
defined as “a partial or complete disappearance of a tumor in the absence of treatment capable
of producing a regression.” The result of Professor Foster’s painstaking research was that far
from being “spontaneous,” most of the regressions were due to a combination of conventional
treatments with drastic lifestyle changes and various complementary therapies. Of 200 patients,
10 followed the Gerson diet, and many more used parts of the Gerson protocol, e.g. raw
juices and detoxification.  Further dietary regimes mentioned in the sample were partly
or largely based on the same protocol, raising the percentage of those whose recovery was
to some  extent due to the Gerson treatment. The most important conclusion Professor Foster
was able to draw from his research was that cases of so-called spontaneous regression were far
from being spontaneous; and were only categorized as such by orthodox medicine because
they were the results of unconventional—alternative and complementary—therapies.
One of the most important techniques of the Gerson Therapy is detoxification via the liver/bile
through the use of coffee enemas. Dr. Gerson knew that these dilute the bile ducts, thus allowing
the liver to release toxic accumulations. His discovery was confirmed more recently by three
scientists, Wattenberg, Sparmins and Lam, from the Department of Pathology, University
of Minnesota, who showed that rectal coffee administration stimulates an enzyme system—
glutathione-S-transferase—in the liver, which is able to remove toxic free radicals from
the blood stream.5 The normal activity of this enzyme is increased by 600-700% by the coffee
enema, hence vastly increased detoxification results. Coffee is also rich in potassium, which helps Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007.  All rights reserved.
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www.thegersonway.comprevent intestinal cramping by boosting the potassium content of deficient smooth muscles in the
colon.
In 1990 a remarkable study appeared in a peer-reviewed German medical journal under the
title “Experiences with the Use of Dietary Therapy in Surgical Oncology.” Its author, Dr. Peter
Lechner, of the Oncological Outpatient Department, District Hospital, Graz, Austria, reported
on a six-year clinical study of a modified version of the Gerson Therapy followed by a group
of 60 cancer patients who were also receiving orthodox treatment. According to Dr. Lechner,
this greatly reduced version of the Gerson protocol was used as an adjuvant therapy, not as
an alternative to conventional oncological treatments. Moreover, the patients carried out the
nutritional therapy in their homes, which made strict supervision impossible. Even so, at the end
of six years Dr. Lechner was able to report the following results: patients generally suffered
fewer post-operative complications and adverse side effects of radio- and/or chemotherapy,
their need for analgesics and psychotropic drugs was less than that of the controls, existing
liver metastases progressed more slowly, and the patients’ psychological state was good
throughout. The malnutrition-caused cachexia (severe wasting), which normally occurs in
advanced stages of the disease could be prevented or at least greatly delayed in most cases.
One 77-year-old woman patient on the nutritional regime achieved a complete remission
without conventional therapy.6
In the course of the six-year clinical study Dr. Lechner and his colleagues were also able to
justify Dr. Gerson’s use of coffee enemas, by following up independent research by Djerussi (1959)
and Kaufmann (1963). This showed that the two active ingredients of the coffee, Cafestol and
Kahweol, increased up to sevenfold the activity of Glutation-S-Transferase, which, as we know
from the Minnesota research (see above), plays a central role in the elimination of toxins from the
liver. All in all, cautious and restrained though Dr. Lechner’s conclusions are, it is clear from his
report that even a greatly watered-down version of the Gerson Therapy achieves unexpected and
unprecedented good results in the treatment of patients with metastasized malignancies.
The most recent in-depth study of the anti-cancer components of Gerson’s food regime was
written by Carmen Wheatley, Ph.D., a member of the Orthomolecular Oncology Group, U.K.
She became interested in the subject through the experience of her friend, Oxford Professor of
English Literature Michael Gearin-Tosh, who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 1994. His
prognosis was poor: 6-9 months’ survival without any treatment, 1-2 years with “appropriate”
chemotherapy. Professor Gearin-Tosh refused the latter and after considerable searching chose
the Gerson Therapy, boosting it with meditation, acupuncture, and Chinese breathing exercises.
He described the process from diagnosis to his then current state in his brilliant, highly amusing
book, Living Proof—A Medical Mutiny7 (Against expectations, he lived for 11 years and
eventually died of blood poisoning following dental work.)
Watching her friend’s progress, Dr. Carmen Wheatley became intrigued by the fact that Dr. Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007.  All rights reserved.
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During this cleansing and healing process, old symptoms of past diseases
or weaknesses may return and then disappear as the body heals that particular
area. These are old, toxic problems that were originally suppressed; and now
the body has worked its way into these areas to rebuild and restore normal
tissue function. In one case, an Amish woman who had poison ivy over
twenty years ago had treated it with chemical medications and “cured” it
(supposedly). On her detoxification program, her poison ivy came back in
exactly the same places where she had treated it before. This was amazing
even to me. You can clean out old, suppressed toxicity from when you were
a child, or even from when you were still inside your mother’s womb.
LIMITING OR STOPPING THE USE OF PHARMACEUTICALS

If you are taking chemical medications and you wish to limit their use, or stopthem completely as you approach this process of detoxification and
regeneration, here are some of the things that I, personally, would do:
FIRST
 — This program normalizes blood sugars. If I were a diabetic, I
would watch my sugars
daily and adjust my insulin accordingly or have my
doctor help me.
SECOND
 — This program lowers blood pressure when it is too high, and
raises it when it is too low. If I were taking medications for high blood
pressure I would monitor my blood pressure regularly. I would not want to
give myself hypotension or low blood pressure. This could make you faint,
have equilibrium problems, or worse. It’s not wise.
THIRD
 — I would always reduce my use of medications slowly. However,
high blood pressure and diabetes may require a more rapid termination of
medication and can be done without side effects.
Some medications “lock” you in and cause your body to become
addicted to them. This is especially true with neurological medications and
some steroids like prednisone. Always ask your doctor to help you. If he or
she refuses, then you have no choice but to do it for yourself. Many medical
doctors get angry and upset if their patients try to help themselves. Many if
not most allopathic doctors have no training and education in detoxification
and regeneration; therefore they tend to disparage what they don’t know.
This viewpoint leaves many disgruntled people to seek their own ways. This
is one reason why this book is being written. Remember, it’s always your
choice. Live healthy, live medication free.
Note: It is rare to have reactions between herbs and medications.
However, it is always possible. Simply observe yourself and how you feel.
You will know if the things you are taking are reacting with each other or
not. Use common sense and work with your natural health practitioner.
Summary

Most individuals do not experience many of the previously explained
symptoms. In general, the more toxic the person, the stronger the “healing
crisis” that may occur. Always remember that a healing crisis is very
important and extremely beneficial. The symptoms or discomforts are all part
of the cleansing process, as the toxins and poisons in the body must be
expelled.Generally the healing crisis is short-lived, so give it time and be patient.
Be sure you are eating all raw foods—mainly fresh fruits and fresh juices.
Most fruits have strong antioxidant and astringent properties for helping the
body rid itself of toxins. If you do not feel like eating, do not eat. Let the
body rest and be sure to drink plenty of fresh juices or pure water. Do not let
the body dehydrate.
If your diet is 80 percent or more of fresh, raw, uncooked fruits and
vegetables, all your symptoms will be due to the “process of detoxifying” that
your body is putting itself through. If your diet is 50/50, your symptoms may
be more of an acid condition. This can keep your healing crisis hanging on
for days.
You may also wish to use botanical formulas to assist the cleanse.
Resting and having a positive mental attitude are essential as well. If the
healing crisis has lasted more than two to three weeks and you need a break
from this process, just begin eating cooked foods again. This will lower the
body’s energy causing the cleansing action to stop. However, it is highly
recommended to push the cleansing as long as possible. Detoxification
always
 leads to vitality. In the end, detoxification will bring vibrant health,
vitality and spirituality.
MODULE 6.6
The “Healing Crisis”

The following are some examples of the “Healing Crisis” that can happen
during the cleansing processes. During my thirty years of detoxification
experience I have witnessed so many different types of healing “crises” that I
do not have the space to cover them all. This section deals with the most
common side effects, many of which I have undergone from my own
detoxification efforts.
I have divided these cleansing side effects into three categories: Mild,
Moderate and Strong. Each of these levels may be experienced at one time or
another. However, most people do not experience the strong levels. It all
depends upon one’s level of toxicity, combined with his or her systemic (total
body) energies or strength.MILD CLEANSING EFFECTS

Cold and flu-like symptoms
Low-grade fevers (99°–100° Fahrenheit)
Coughing with or without discharge
Clear and yellow mucus discharge from nose or throat (lungs, bronchi,
etc.; this mucus may include blood)
Minor aches and pains
Mucus in stools
Mucus in urine
Loss of energy (may go up and down)
Rashes and itching
Disease symptoms increasing temporarily
Mucus from eyes
Mild headaches
Minor blurred vision
Minor vertigo
Weight loss (average 8-15 lbs. in two weeks. Depends upon level of
thyroid weakness. Can be as little as 2 lbs.)
Chills
Emotions rising up, such as mild crying, anger or even laughter
Short term nose bleeds
Some rectal bleeding (hemorrhoids or lesions)
Minor blood in urine
MODERATE CLEANSING EFFECTS

Symptoms of bronchitis or pneumonia
Heavy discharges of green to brown mucus from nose and throat (lungs,
bronchi, etc.)
Pain in joints
Heavy discharge from kidneys (urine color changes to brown, orange or
dark yellow, etc.)
Pain in old injuries or in degenerative areas of the body
Minor paralysis of limbs
Chronic fatigue symptomsNosebleeds
Spasms of the lungs in asthma/emphysema/ C.O.P.D.
Moderate shortness of breath (asthma, emphysema, C.O.P.D.)
Temporary increase in tumor size
Disease symptoms magnifying (short-lived)
Sores appearing on the skin
Oozing of innumerable substances from the skin, especially from the
hands and feet
Bruising
Weak muscle breakdown (muscle built from meat protein)
Heavy mucus discharge from eyes and ears
Vomiting
Diarrhea
Cellulitis “clumping”
Dizziness and/or vertigo
Minor heart palpitations
Loose teeth (minor)
Minor abscesses in mouth
Migraines
High-grade fever (103° to 105° Fahrenheit)
Deep coughing (sometimes dry). Use herbs to loosen and eliminate
(expectorate) the impacted mucus.
Depression or anxieties
Emotional releasing (crying, anger, laughter, etc.)
Heavy thoughts (lack of clarity)
Skin splitting where heavy toxins exist
Excessive itching
Mercury tooth fillings can be pushed out by the body
Rectal bleeding from past or present hemorrhoids or lesions
You may experience one or several of the above cleansing effects. Don’t
panic. You want these. I love to see dark-green mucus coming out of my
patients. That’s an excellent sign that they are doing the program correctly
and are benefiting from it.
It is always smart to work with a qualified healthcare practitioner who
has had advanced experience with detoxification and its side effects.
STRONG CLEANSING EFFECTS
Paralysis of any part of the body
Black mucus discharges from the lungs
Heavy brown discharge or blood in the urine with associated kidney pain
Heavy black discharge from the bowels with diarrhea
Tumors popping out all over the body
Loss of sight
Loss of hearing
Severe dizziness (or vertigo)
Severe fatigue
Abscesses developing all through the mouth
Loss of fingernails or toenails
Excessive weight loss (this can result when a pancreatic weakness exists)
Severe shortness of breath (use an antispasmodic or inhaler)
Temporary deep depression, released through crying, anger, laughter,
etc.
Mental confusion
Skin cracking open
Teeth becoming loose (major)
Old suppressed symptoms (like the case of “poison ivy”) reappear
Most people do not experience this severe level of detoxification. It
depends upon the individual and how toxic he or she is. How many
medications a person is taking is also a factor. A few people who have chosen
to suppress their body’s need to cleanse itself (through steroids like
prednisone) will have some deeper issues. However, those who are more
likely to experience the severe effects are the chronically toxic from birth,
who manifest cancer, H.I.V. and/or other serious illnesses.
TWO CASES OF CLEANSING

Let’s examine two cases that exemplify the healing crisis.
Case #1
A thirty-six-year-old female with pancreatic cancer. This was the
degenerative type of cancer


, 205-206
Fight/flight response, 137-138, 161
Fingernails, smashed, 39
Flannel cloth, 26, 219
Flatulence, 57
Folk medicine, castor oil in, 67-69
Food
assimilation, 87, 88, 189
emotions and, 200
fats in, 86
See also  Diet
Foot, see Feet
Fracture, 217-218
Fungus, toenail, 41
Furuncle, 205
G
Gall bladder, 47-49, 57, 83, 98, 173, 182-184, 204
Gallstones, 48-49, 57, 58
Ganglia, 133, 142-156
Gas, 24, 159, 180
Gastrointestinal complaints, 58, 72, 213
Gastrointestinal tract, 73, 189
Genitourinary system, 73, 189
Gilman, A., 60, 62
Glands, 111, 160-163
Glycerol, 60
Glyco-Thymoline, 50
God, 201
acceptance of, 6
awareness of, 158
Cayce on, 66, 100
as Creative Force, 4, 18, 21
faith in, 97
manifestation of, 102-103
material things and, 98
meditative experience and, 65
Temple Beautiful and, 95
Goodman, L., 60, 62
Guardian angels, 54
Gums, 167
Gynecological conditions, 185H
Hair, 68, 210-21 1
Happiness, healing and, 8
Headaches, 77, 174, 186
Healing
attitudes and emotions in, 96-120
awakening of consciousness and, 16-18
Cayce on, 22-23, 95-96
change and, 23
force, 19-34, 83
happiness and, 8
identifying, 165-168
life force and, 158-160
light, 50
love and, 104-105
massage and, 22
parasympathetic nervous system, 179
source of, 18
touch, 67
vibration, 55
Health
incoordination in, 105-1 14
Peyer ’s patches and, 89
Hearing loss, 51-52
Heart
flow of blood in, 90
lymph flow and, 92
Heart attacks, 154
Heat, 178
contraindicated, 179-180
relaxation and, 186
Heating pad, 26, 28, 84, 219
Hematoma, 39, 218
Hemoglobin count, 70-71
Hemoperitoneum, 209
Hepatitis, 47-48
Hernias, 21-22, 58
Hodgkin’ s disease, 58, 108, 117-119, 120
Hookworm, 58
Hormones, 99, 114, 160
Humor, sense of, 181-182
Hydroxyl groups, 62-63
Hyperactivity, 45-47, 65
Hypertension, 210-215. See also  Blood pressure
Hysterectomy, 23-24, 159
IIleum, 87-88
Illness, 56
understanding self and, 20
Imagination, 29, 128
Immune system/immunity, 64
Cayce on, 74-75
enhancement of, 27
incoordination and, 108
natural, 178
Peyer ’s patches and, 88, 165
Immunizations, 81
Incarnation, moving through, 17
Incoordination, 105-120
Individual case, careful attention to, 19-20
Infection, after injury, 43-45
Inflammation, 57
appendix, 178
boil, 205
dorsal area and, 127
finger, 68, 173-174, 186-187
vegetative nerve supply and, 126
Inhalations, 83
Injuries
at birth, 39
infections after, 43-45
Inquisitive spirit, 2
Intestines, 57, 85, 189
obstruction of, 28, 29-30, 58, 228 172, 180-181
See also  Colon ; Small intestine
Iron, 70
Irradiation, 60, 137
Itching, 61-62
J
Jarvis, D. C., 68
Jejunum, 87
Jesus, 4, 54, 55, 102, 171
K
Karmic influence, 99-100
Keratosis, 34, 41-43
Kidneys, 58, 106-107, 181, 189
Kidney stones, 95
Knee injury, 203-204
LLacteals, 13, 57, 79, 81, 86, 94
Lamb tallow, 51
Lao Tsu, 3-4
Large intestine, see Colon
Learning experiences, 20-21
Lee, Richard, 19-20
Leg cramps, 210-21 1
Lesions, 57, 111
Life
continuous, 3
past, 99-100, 102, 164
purpose in, 20-21
Life force, 83, 96, 158-160
Linoleic acid, 62
Linolenic acid, 62
Liver, 57, 204
castor oil pack over, 84, 109, 219
cirrhosis of, 58
hepatitis and, 47-48
lymph and, 85-87, 92
sluggish, 58
Liver spots, 69
Longevity, Peyer ’s patches and, 89
Love, 104-105, 167
Lubricating properties, 63
Lumbar area, 152-154
Lungs, lymph flow and, 92
Lymph/lymphatic system, 74, 165
accumulation of, 118, 120
autonomic nervous system and, 178-179, 187
castor oil packs and, 93
circulation, 57
drainage, 27, 80, 110
lacteals and, 86-87
liver and, 85-87
lungs and, 92
nervous system and, 91-92
nodes, 40, 87
Lymphitis, 58, 108
Lymphocytes, 7, 64
M
Massage, 14, 22, 50, 73, 78, 95
Medical practice, early years, 6-9
Medical school, 6-8
Meditation, 65
Memory, 131, 164Menses, 208
Mental forces, 155-156
Mental illnesses, 149, 151-153
Metabolic activities, 137
Metabolic protein wastes, 80
Midwives, 68
Migraines, 58, 77
Miracle, 65
Miscarriages, 33
Molds, 63
Moles, 69
Montgomery, Douglas W., 59
Montgomery, H., 62
Mucous colitis, 207
Multiple sclerosis, 58, 112-113
Muscle, 128
coordination, 127
cramps, 210-21 1
spasm, 174-175, 186
sprain, 218-219
Mystery, 29
N
Nausea, 57, 106, 172-173, 177, 178
Neck, 186
Nerve exhaustion, 145, 155
Nerve impulses, 99
Nervous breakdown, 152-153
Nervousness, 206-207
Nervous system, 57, 65
coordination of, 110-114, 116
framework of, 132-134
lymphatics and, 91-92
parts of, 132
peripheral, 132
Peyer ’s patches and, 89
physiological concept of, 149-150
See also  Autonomic nervous system ; Cerebrospinal nervous system ; Parasympathetic system ;
Sympathetic nervous system
Nervous tension, 212
Neuritis, 58, 125
Neurological imbalances, 75-76
Norepinephrine, 137
Novak, A. F., 63
OObesity, 175, 208, 212
Observations, value in single, 19-20
Ointments, 63-64
Oleic acid, 62, 63


urther  truth  Lhat  the undividc<l  mind  is aware
of experience  as a
130   CR.E.ATIVE  MORALITY
unily,  of the world  as icself,  and that  the whole  na-
ture  of mind  and awarcness  is to be one with
what  it knows, suggests a statc that would usually be
called  lovc.  For the love  that exprcsscs  itsclf in
crealivc ac- tion is somcthing much  more than an
emotion.  lt is not something  which  you can ''fccl"
ancl  "know,"  remcmber  ancl  define.  Lovc  is the
organizing  and unifying principie which makes  the
world a universc  ancl  che clisintegracccl  mass a
community.  lt is the very  essence  ancl  characccr  o[
mind,  and becomcs  manifest  in action  when  thc
mind  is wholc.
For the mind  nwsl  be intcrestecl  or absorbed  in
somcdling, justas a minor must always be
reAecting  somcthing. When it is not trying to be
intcrcsted  in itself -as if a mirror  would  reílect
itself -it must  be intcrested,  or absorbed,  in other
people  and things.  Thcrc is no problcrn o(  how  to
lovc.  We lovc.  \Ve are!ove,  and the only  problcm
is the direction  of
!ove, whether ic  is to go straight  out like sunlight,
or to try to turn  back on  itsclf  like a "candle  under  a
bushel."
Released  from  the circle  of attempted  sclf-love,
che mind of man  draws  thc whole  universe  into  its
own unity as a single dcwclrop secms Lo contain  thc
entirc  sky.  This,  rather  than  any mere  emotion,  is
che power  and principie  of free  action  and creativc
morality.  On the other  hand,  che morality  of rules
and regulations  bascd  on rcwards  and punishments,
even  when  these  are as intangible  as the pain  o[
guilt
131 THE  WISOOM  OF JNSECURITY
and the plea.sure of self-respect, has no relation to
free action.  It is a way of ruling slaves by "benevo -
lent exploitation" of lheir illusions, and, however
far pursued,  can nevcr  lead  to frcedom.
Where  there  is lo be creative  aclion,  it is quite
beside  the point  to discuss  what  we should  or
should  not do in order  to be right  or good.  A
mind  Lhat  is single  and sincere  is not interested
in being  good,  in conducting  relations  with  other
peoplc  so as to live up to a rule.  Nor, on the othcr
hand,  is it interested  in being  free,  in acting
perversely  just to prove  its indepcndence.  Its
interest  is not in itself,  but in the people and
problems of which  it is aware;  these  are "itself."  It
acts,  not according  to the rules,  but ac- cording  to
the circumstances  of the momcnt,  and the "well"  it
wishes to others  is not security  but liberty.
Nothing is really  more  inhuman  than  human  re-
lations bascd on morals.  When a man  givcs bread
in order  to be charitable,  lives  with  a woman  in
order  to be faithful,  eats  with  a Negro  in order to
be un- prejudiced,  and refuses  to kill in order  to
be peace - ful, he is as cold  as a clam.  He does not
actually see  the other  person.  Only  a little  less
chilly  is the be- nevolence  springing  from  pity,
which  acts  to remove
suffering  because  it finds  the sight  of it disgusting.
But thcre  is no formula  for generating  the au-
thentic warmth  of love.  It cannot  be copied.  You
cannot talk yourself into it or rouse it by sttaining
at the emotions  or by dedicating  yourself
solemnly  to
132 CREATIVE  MORALITY
the servicc  of mankind. Everyone has }ove, but it
can only come out when he is convinced of the
impossi - bility and the frustration of trying to
love himself.  This conviction will not come
through condemna - tions, through hating
oneself, through calling self - love ali the bad
namcs in the univcrsc. It comes only  in the
awarcness  that  one has no self to lovc.
IX. RELIGION  REVIEWED

W E DEGAN  THIS  DOOK  WITH  THE  ASSUMPTION  THAT
science and scientific philosophy givc no gi -ounds
for religions  belief.  We did not argue  the point,
but took it as the  point of departure.  We adopted
the prevalent view that the existence of God, of
any ab - solutes, and of an eternal order beyond
this world is  without  logical  support  or meaning.
We accepted  the notion that such ideas are of no
value for scien - tific prediction, and  that  all known
events  can be explained more simply without
them. At che same  time, we said that religion  had
no need  to oppose  this view, for almost all the
spiritual traditions rec- ognize  that  there  is a
stage  in man's  development  when  belief -in
contrast  to faith -and its securities  have  to be left
behind.
To this point,  Ido not think  that  we have
claimed
anything which cannot be verified by experiment,
or asserted  anything which  seriously  conflicts
with  a scientific view of the world.  Yet we  have
now come  to a position from which the principal
ideas of re - ligion  and traditional  metaphysics  can
once  more  becorne  imelligible  and meaningful -
not as beliefs,  but as valid  symbols  of
experiencc.
Science  and religion  are talking  about  the same
universe,  but they  are using  different  kinds  of
lan-
135  THE  WfSOOM  OF fNSECURITY
guage.  In general,  the statements of science have
to do with  the past and the future.  The scientist
de- scribes events.  He tells us "how"  things happen
by giving us a detailed account  of what  has
happencd.  He finds that events occur in various
frequencies and orders, and on this basis he
makes bets or predictions  in the light of which we
can make practica! arrange - ments and
adaptations to  the course of events.  To make
these bets,  he does  not need to know about  God
or eternal  life. He needs  to know  the past - what
has happened  already.
On thc other  hand,  the statements  of rcligion
have
to do with the present. But both religious and sci-
entific people are under the  impression  that
religion  is more concerned with the past.and the
future. This  is a natural  misunderstanding,
because  religion  seems to make assertions about
h°'v this world  be- gan and how it will end. It has
long been connected  with prophecy, which is
surcly the same thing as pre- diction.  It states that
this world was made by God,  and that he made it
for a pu,rpose which will be ful- filled in the
distant future,  in "the  life of the world  to come,"
It insists,  furthermore,  that  man has an immortal
soul,  and prophesies  that  it will survive  his
physical  death  and live everlastingly.
The scientist  therefore  seems justified  in saying
that such  predictions  cannot  be verified,  and that
they are made with precious little reference to
past  events  known  to have  happened.  When  he
tries  to
136  RELIGION  REVIEWEO
discover the grounds upon which these
predictions  are made, he finds them emotional
rather than ra - tional. Religious people hope or
believe that these  things  will be true.
Ncvertheless, in the history of every important
re-


agadougou—way outside of town. I traveled there by taxi when I
was invited as their guest. They wanted me to visit their home. And it
was considered to be a really modern home, because in this home
there was electricity. The source: One bare bulb hanging on a cord
from the ceiling in the main room of the house.
They would take out the bulb during the day and put in an
electrical adap ter so you could plug an iron, or some other kind of
appliance, into it. And in the evening you didn’t use appliances,
because a bulb was put in there. That was their source of light in this
small adobe kind of home, in which lived probably twelve  or thirteen
people. It was a four-room dwelling.
There was, of course, no indoor plumbing, no showe r, no
washer-and-dryer, none of those things.
I’ve been to 26 nations around the world and I can tell you that
it’s astonishing how many people live without what you and I
consider stand ard, ordinary, every-day conditions that turn out to be
quite luxurious to somebody in Ouagadougou.
I would think that the average person, upon seeing that, would
then create a context within which they would begin to examine their
own life—and life in general. More broadly, life in general.
What’ s going on around the Earth? Why is it this way? What is
really happening here?
How is it possible for all of us to say we want the same thing,
and we’re supposed to be an evolving species... how can seven
billion member s of an evolving species be unable to produce theoutcomes we say we want, except for the tiniest percent age of us?
Not that the outcomes are, necessarily, washer-and-drye r... but
surely, just a source of pure drinking water...
What is the missing data?
What is it we don’t understand?
And that’s what led me to clarity about the final Four
Fundamental Questions of Life.

DR. COOPER:  And what shocks me even more is that, even among
the 5 percent of people who hold or control 95 percent of the world’ s
wealth, there is an underlying yet highly prevalent level of discontent
and dissatisfaction. Even those who appear to “have it good” are not
guaranteed to have an under lying level of happiness, in the way we
might expect.
I recall you saying in your book God’ s Message To The World:
You’ve Got Me All Wrong that when even the “best of f” members of a
species are unhappy, it’s a sure sign that something is amiss. It’s a
sure sign that there is missing data  of some sort. That we are lacking
clarity on why we are here, what we are “up to,” and what we are
trying to achieve—both individually and collectively—suc h that the
joy and happiness that is the birthright of every human being almost
becomes elusive, seemingly impossible to achieve, and always just
out of reach.
Further to that, I have noticed  working in the medical profession
that the rates of mental health  crises have skyrocketed over the past
several years, in a way that cannot be explained by biology and
medicine alone. This further raises my suspicion that there issomething we may not fully understand about life and about
ourselves, the understanding of which would change everything.

NEALE: You’re right—when even the best off of us are lacking in
happiness and fulfillment, that’ s a sure sign that something is amiss.

DR. COOPER: It is!
And those “luxuries” you mention us taking for granted are
more often than not viewed as hassles in the modern-day world. It’s
a “hassle” to make a long-d istance phone call, a “hassle” to drive
through traffic, and a “hassle”  to get groceries and cook meals, when
others would be indescribab ly grateful just to get the leftovers we
throw in the garbage.
Clearly, there is something that does not add up in this picture.
And clearly, the conditions around us do merit further investigation.

NEALE: And the conditions  around us have nothing to do with
whether we’re happy or not happy. We just think that they do. But it
turns out it’ s not about the car in the driveway, or the house.
You know, I sometimes wince when I hear myself and my
contemporaries talk about the things that we find intolerable, like
driving through traffic. Some people find it intolerable—can you
imagine this, an intolerable condition —that they have to drag the
vacuum cleane r from the first floor to the second floor to clean the
carpets once a week.
So people now have to have a vacuum cleaner on every floor of
the house. One for the first floor and one for the second floor—and if
you live in a tri-level, one for the third floor—so that you don’t have todrag the vacuum cleaner up and down the stairs. God forbid you
would have to do that. So we have homes in North America and
elsewhere in Europe (and in other places in the western world) where
in fact, just to make a point of it, there are two, and sometimes three,
vacuum cleaners in one house.
I call that the V acuum-Cleaner Syndrome.

DR. COOPER: Good diagnosis there. And yes, I agree with you. It’s
not the external circumstances of our lives that determine our
happiness. But I think it is our mistaken assumption that these
circumstances define Who We Are. In this regard, we have forgotten
Who W e Really Are.
So this takes us to the first of the Four Fundamental Ques tions
of Life, Who am I?
I think the vast majority of the world, including myself before I
met you, would be tempted to define themselves by listing things,
such as their education, their career, their families, their friends, their
hobbies, their possessions, and their accomplishments. In this, we
mistake “who we are” with the “story of our lives”— and the two are
not the same.
The “story of our lives” tells people what we have done and the
road we have travelled, but it says nothing about the fundamental
essence of Who We Are. It fails to address the spiritual component,
which I have come to understand is the most important aspect of all.
In my observation, the happiness that comes from connecting
with the spiritual piece in ourselves far exceeds anything  that could
be achieved in the physical realm alone. In other words, the “story of
your life,” no matter how “good” it gets—even if you’re among the 5percent of the richest people  in the world—never can and never will
measure up to the truth of Who Y ou Really Are.
So I would venture to say that a true willingness to answe r the
question Who am I?, without relying on your “story” for the answer, is
the first step toward true fulfillment in any circumstance.

NEALE: Not only to answer the question Who am I?, but to create the
answer.
I wanted to double back just a second here to talk about this
business of happiness without three vacuum cleaners in the house,
and what I didn’t say a moment ago about the people of
Ouagadougou is that they were the happiest people I’d ever met in
my life.
The evening that I spent in their home—that adobe, or
hardened mud brick building,  with no windows and one hanging cord
for their source of electricity, in which ten or twelve people lived, as I
recall—was a revelation. These were the happiest people I’d ever
encountered.
They sang and they danced, and they hugged and kissed each
other, they enjoyed eating meals together, and the laughter that filled
that dwelling was heard all over the place. And I though t, Oh, my
goodness, my heavens, what is it that these people know that I, with
my two vacuum cleaners, have only begun to touch? What is it that I
don’t understand, that they clearly understand?
And, of course, they clearly understood that their personal
happiness had nothing to do with their possessions, or virtually
anything material in their lives. It had to do with immaterial things.
Things that were not necessarily physical, but the non-physicalaspects of their life, which I would characterize, among other things,
as simp le love. They just loved each other enormously, and they
realized that they were all part of the same unit, the same tribe, and
the same experience.
So yes, when we have a willingness to ask that first question,
Who Am I?, and then to create the answer, it is immensely powerful
to not simply respond to the question intellectually, as an intellectual
excursion, but to create a response that makes sense to our soul.  A
response that announces Who We Choose To Be, as opposed to
who we imagine ourselves to be.
Who I choose to be is an Individuation of Divinity, a wave on the
Ocean of God.

DR. COOPER: I have a question for you. Why do you think it is that
so many peop le in our cultu re here in North America have such a
struggle with that? With embracing a spiritual answer to the question
Who am I?
Because I’ve noticed in coming to your


ories. Calculations are based on the U.S. RDA of 0.36 grams of protein per pound of body  weight (the upper  limit of protein
intake on the 80/10/10  diet).
My guidelines vary from these slightly, as I make my recommendations  as a percentage of total calories consumed rather than
by body weight. I believe this system works far better, because it allows for  individual differences in fuel use, which can vary by a
factor of ten  for extremely sedentary people and extremely active people of the same w eight.

125-Pound Woman: 45g
0.36 grams of protein  125 pounds = 45 grams of protein per day.
45 grams of protein contain approx. 180 calories (45  4 = 180).
If this woman is sedentary and eats about 1,800 calories per day, this amount of pr otein would come to 10% of her total
calories for the day.
If this woman is more active and eats perhaps 2,300 calories per day, 180 calories of  protein would amount to 8%.

175-Pound Man: 63g
0.36 grams of protein  175 pounds = 63 grams of protein per day.
63 grams of protein contain approx. 252 calories (63  4 = 252).
If this man is sedentary and eats about 2,400 calories per day, this amount of prot ein would be just over 10% of his calories
for the day.
If this man is more active and eats 3,000 calories per day, 252 calories of protein w ould amount to 8%.

In light of the near-double safety factor of the U.S. RDA, I have no concern s when I see my clients consuming even less protein
relative to their size. In my experience, about 5% of calories from protein, especially when it is high quality and unadulterated by
heat, is adequate and healthful.
That last statement, “5% of calories is adequate and healthful,” is not  a radical concept, not by a long shot. If you have any
question whatsoever that this level of protein intake is healthy, or if  you want indisputable evidence of the toxicity of higher protein
consumption, I highly recommend that you pick up a copy of T. Colin Campbe ll’s outstanding book, The China Study. 47  I cannot
recommend it highly enough.
A consummate nutritional scientist, Dr. Campbell was at the helm of t he most comprehensive study of health and nutrition ever
conducted. His blockbuster book will leave you with no doubt that 5% protein, exclusively from plant foods, is more than enough.

Protein from Fruits and Vegetables Only
On a diet of fruits and vegetables only, it is likely that your total protei n intake will average about 5% of calories or slightly
lower. Adding a small quantity of nuts or seeds results in a slight inc rease in protein intake percentage. For example:

A meal of 10 peaches (420 calories) yields 7 grams of protein.
Another meal of 10 bananas (1,085 calories) supplies 12 grams of protein.
A bowl of soup made from 3 tomatoes blended with 2 cucumbers (150 calories) supplies mor e than 7 additional grams of
protein.
A pint of fresh-squeezed orange juice (225 calories) offers nearly 3.5 gram s of protein.
One medium head of lettuce (about 50 calories) provides about 5.5 grams of protein.
Though we have only eaten 1,930 calories so far, the total protein consumed is 35 g rams (over 6% of calories).

My recommendations for total calorie consumption are somewhat higher t han most official recommendations. I do this not
because I wish to see people gain fat, but because I know that an  increased calorie intake— when accompanied by a
commensurate increase in fitness activities—results in an ov erall higher level of fitness and health. It is this rise in calori e
consumption, from an increased intake of fruits and vegetables, that ass ures the consumer of nutritional sufficiency.
In nature, we would have to be fit in order to survive. We would also eat fruit s and vegetables, the most nutritious of all foods.
In order to be well nourished, we are designed by Nature to consume the signi ficant quantities of fruits and vegetables that would be
eaten by a fit, active person.

 Protein Deficiency Does Not Exist
On a whole-food diet that provides sufficient calories, there is no such c ondition as a protein deficiency. A brochure from the
V egetarian Society of Colorado says, “Studies in which humans have b een fed wheat bread alone, or potatoes alone, or corn alone,
or rice alone, have all  shown that these plant foods contain not only enough protein, but enough of all  of the essential amino acids,
to support growth and maintenance of healthy adults.” 48
A 1999 journal article entitled “Optimal Intakes of Protein in the Hum an Diet” confirms this fact, saying “… the true minimal
[protein] requirement is likely to be so much lower than the amounts provi ded by natural diets (which are providing sufficient energy
and other nutrients) that its magnitude becomes to some extent an i ssue of scientific curiosity only.” 49
In developing nations where insufficient food is available and people are  literally starving to death, protein/calorie malnutrition
conditions known as marasmus and kwashiorkor do exist, but these do not occur in  developed countries. The symptoms—extreme
emaciation, lassitude, and muscle wasting—resolve equally as well  by the introduction of high-carbohydrate or high-fat foods as they
do from the consumption of concentrated protein, and usually better. Protein de ficiency, it turns out, just is not the cause of these
problems. It is simply a shortage of food, a chronic severe deficiency of calor ies, that causes people to literally digest their own
muscle tissues for fuel.
It is much more likely however, that a person would run into a huge host of oth er social, health, and nutritional problems long
before developing the dreaded protein deficiency. Protein deficiency simpl y is not part of our reality. This is the main reason that this
book focuses on just two of the three caloronutrients: only our fat and carbohy drate consumption rates tend to vary appreciably. As
one goes up, the other, fairly reliably, goes down.

Chapter 7. Fat: 10% Maximum

Nutritionists have told us what to do in order to be healthier: increase ou r carbohydrate consumption and eat less fat. But
knowing what to do does not mean that we will do it, of course. A prime example is qu itting smoking. We have known for decades
that smoking is killing us, yet according to the World Health Organizat ion, more than a billion people continue to smoke. In order to
make successful long-term changes, we must not only anticipate hea lth as an outcome, we must also be happy about it.
Apparently we have not found a way to be happy while eating less fat. We cer tainly have not implemented this relatively
simple change into our diets. Even the recent threats of morbid obesity, epi demic diabetes, bovine leukemia, and mad cow disease
have not gotten us to reduce our intake of meat, dairy, poultry, fish, oils, or fat s in general.

How Much Fat Do We Need?
In its 2002 Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs, which replaced the 1989 Recomm ended Dietary Allowances, or RDAs) the
U.S. Department of Agriculture recommends that 20 to 35% of our calories be con sumed as fat. 50  This advice is significantly
skewed to the high side by the financial and lobbying influence of the U.S. da iry and meat lobbies.
In his book The China Study, Dr. T. Colin Campbell sheds some light on this longstanding problem. In 1982, while  serving
on a National Academies of Science expert panel, Campbell coauthored a re port entitled Diet, Nutrition and Cancer. This was
the first public scientific panel to openly question the wisdom of certai n widely accepted nutritional standards. In particular, the panel
recommended a substantial reduction in fat intake.
Campbell writes, “The first guideline in the report explicitly s tated that high fat consumption is linked to cancer, and
recommended reducing our fat intake from 40% to 30% of calories.” The report ackn owledged that the 30% goal was an arbitrary
cutoff point that represented a “moderate and practical target,”  but the data could easily have justified a greater reduction in
recommended fat intake.
A more healthful “greater reduction,” however, was not to be. As Camp bell describes, “The director of the USDA Nutrition
Laboratory told us that if we went below 30%, consumers would be required to reduce  animal food intake and that would be the
death of the report.” 51
In spite of such continuous industry pressure, some public agencies hav e succeeded in publishing lower guidelines. For
example, a 2003 report on diet and chronic disease, commissioned by the World Health Organi zation and the Food and Agriculture
Organization recommends a diet consisting of 15 to 30% fat.
Private sources offer an even more conservative perspective on heal thful levels of fat consumption:

Udo Erasmus,


 to tally surrender to the truth about God. The facts that are to
be unreservedly  accepted are simple and very powerful. Surrendering to
them brings enormous spiritual advancement.
12 Spiritual Facts
1. The living proof of God’ s love a nd will for you is the gift of your own
existence.
2. There is  no need to compare yourself with others regarding “hol iness,”
merit, go odness, deservingness, sinlessness, and so forth. These are all
human notions, and God is not limited by human notions.
3. The concept of “the fear of God” is ignorance. God is peace an d love
and nothing else.
4. The depiction of God as a “judge” is a delusion of the ego that arises
as a  projection of guilt from th e punishments of childhood. Realize
that God is not a parent.
5. Christ’ s teaching was simply to avoid the negativity (calibrated levels
below 200), and the goal of his teaching was for his followers to  reach
Unconditional L ove (cal. 540). He knew that once the le vel of
Unconditional Love was reache d, the soul’ s destiny after death was
certain and the soul was safe. T his is essentially the same conclusion
taught by the world’ s great religions, such as Pure Land Buddhism.
6. Salvation and Enlightenment are somewhat dif ferent goals. Sa lvation
requires purification of the ego; Enlightenment requires its total
dissolution. The goal of Enlightenment is more demanding and radical.
7. It is not a personal “you” who is seeking Enlightenment but an
impersonal quality of consciousness that is the motivator. Spiritual
inspiration and dedication carry forth the work.
8. Comfort replace s insecurity when you realize that the most important
goal has  already  been accomplished. That goal is to be on the road of
spiritual dedicat ion. Spiritual development is not an accompli shmentbut a way of lif e. It is an orientation that brings its own rewards, and
what is important is the direction of your motives.
9. Every step forward benefits everyone. Y our spiritual dedication and
work is a gift to life and the love of all humankind.
10. There is  no timetable or pres cribed route to God. Although each
person’ s route is unique, the terrain to be covered is relatively co mmon
to all. Details dif fer based on past karma.
11. Intense prayer augments dedic ation and inspiration and facilitates
progress.
12. The Grace of G od is available to all. The strength of the ego can be
quite formidable, and without the assistance of the power of higher
spiritual beings,  it cannot of itself be transcended. Fortunately, the
power of the co nsciousness of every great teacher or avatar who has
ever lived still remains. Histo rically, the “Grace of the Sa ge” is
available to the committed spir itual seeker. T o focus on a teacher or
their tea chings by meditation makes the power and ener gy of that
teacher available to call upon. It is the will of every truly enlightened
sage that every student succee d, not just members of a particular
group. J ust as the individual seeker benefits all humankind, so too does
the Enlightenment of the teachers benefit the seeker. There are no
requirements or obligations.
14 Spiritual Principles
Evolution on the Map of Cons ciousness is aided by following certain
spiritual principl es, which, over time, unravel the ego’ s perception: The way
I s ee the world is exactly the way it is. T he “way” of s piritual advance ment
through consciousness is actually uncomplicated and simple.
1. Look at life not as a place to acquir e gain but as an opportun ity for
learning, which abounds  even in the smallest of life’ s details. The prim ary
spiritual quality is really one of  overall attitude. A spiritual attitude leads
one to be friendly, kind, and well-meaning to all life. W e find ourselves
walking over an ant carefully rather than squashing it, not as a compulsive
“must” or a religious rule but out of a greater awareness of the value of alllife. All animals  will be discove red to actually be individuals who respond
to respect and attention. Even plants are aware of when you love and
admire them.
2. Develop humility, with the awareness of the limitations of the mind
and appearance.  Y ou become increasingly aware that life is filte red through
perception and that what you witness in the world are primarily attitudes
and perceptions rather than self-existent, external realities. Every single
“happening” is consequent to countless conditions, unseen and unknowable,
as the “cause” o f anything is the  totality of the universe up to that moment.
Only someone with omniscience  would be able to ascertain the significance
of it, and  thus out of humility, y ou acknowledge your lack of o mniscience!
“I know” gives way to “I don’ t know.”
3. Be w illing to ove rlook and for give. T his willingnes s allows the ser ious
spiritual student  to resign from the self-appointed duties of bein g the one to
judge, correct, control, direct, a nd change the world, and expre ss opinions
about everything. As a serious s piritual student, one is no long er obligated
to c ontinue these chores; inste ad, they are turned over to divine justice.
Inasmuch as the mind has no i dea of what Reality even is, relinquishing
these for mer duties will be a relief and also bring an end to a lo t of guilt. It
is therefore quite helpful to give up “causes” and rallies for the oppressed,
downtrodden, other victims, and sentimentalities. Each person is merely
fulfilling their own destiny; allo w them to do so. W ith detachment, it will
be observed that most people enjoy the melodrama of their lives.
4. Observe people  with compassion.  Observation reveals that physical
appearance is a great deceiver.  Most people look like adults but are not
really ad ults at all. Emotionally, most are still children. The emotions and
attitudes that prevail in kinder garten and on the playground cont inue on into
adult life but ar e hidden in more dignified-sounding terminol ogy. W ithin
most people is a child who is merely imitating being an adult. The “inner
child” w e hear so much about is actually not inner at all; it is actually quite
“outer.”
As peop le grow up, they take on various identifications and c opy what
they con ceive of as adult behaviors and styles; however, it is n ot the adultwho is doing th is but the child. Therefore, what we see in daily life are
people a cting ou t the programs and scenarios that they identif y with as a
child. The young child, as well as most animals, already exhibits curiosity,
self-pity, jealou sy, envy, competitiveness, temper tantrums, emotional
outbursts, resen tments, hatreds, rivalries, competition, willf ulness, and
petulance. See king the limelight and admiration, blaming others,
disclaiming responsibility, making others wrong, looking for favor,
collecting “things,” showing of f, and more are all attributes of the child.
As we watch the daily activities of most adults, we realize that nothing
has really changed. This realization is helpful for compassionate
understanding r ather than condemnation. Stubbornness and opposition,
which are characteristic of the two-year -old, continue to dominate
personalities well into old age. Occasionally, people also manage to go from
childhood to adolescence in th eir personality and become endless thrill
seekers and challengers of fa te; they are preoccupied with the body,
muscles, flirtatio n, popularity, and romantic and sexual conquests. There is
a te ndency to become cute, coy, seductive, glamorous, heroic, tragic,
theatrical, dramatic, and histrion ic. Again, this is the child’ s impression of
adolescence being acted out. The inner child is naïve and impressionable,
easily programmed, and easily seduced and manipulated.
5. Cultivate curiosity about and familiarity with the natur e of
consciousness. Doing so makes it easier to stop reacting to people internally
as well as externally. Human life is very dif ficult, even in the best of
circumstances. Frustrations, delays, lapses of memory, im pulses, and
stresses of all shapes and forms beset any individual. Demands often exceed
capabilities, and life is pressured by time requirements. Y ou wil l notice that
everyone’ s ego is about the same as that of everyone else.
The mind is inh erited and has a brain run by genes and a genetically
determined personality “set.” Research shows that many of the personality’ s
major ch aracteristics are already  present at birth. Few people can actually
be dif ferent from what they ar e. It is only the minority who seek self-
improvement or  spiritual growth. This is because whatever their self-
criticisms, most people secretly  really believe that their way of being is
probably the only correct one. T hey believe they are fine as they are, and all
problems