 years. I had reached an isolated rest stop somewhere in the middle of
the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The temperature hovered around minus twenty-
five degrees, and the wind was blowing so hard that I could stand hitching
at the edge of the entrance ramp for only ten minutes or so at a time. It was
about 3:00 in the morning, and I was walking out to do another stint of
hitching when I passed another sailor returning to warm himse lf in the gas
station. It was too dark to see anything but the outline of his uniform, but
since we were both in uniform we briefly exchanged words.
“Be careful out there, buddy,” the freezing sailor said to me.
“It’s so cold that you can only stay out there a few minutes.”
“Thanks,” I said, “I appreciate it.”
That was it. I went out to see if I could snare a ride, and the sailor
returned to the comfort of the rest area. After fifteen minutes of standing
there with no “luck,” I had to return to the rest area. As I walked into the
warm room, I saw the sailor with whom I had just talked in the dark. It was
my oldest brother, Jim, who was hitching home from Norfolk, Virginia, to
be with his family and to see me.
How many variables had to be precise to bring us together in the middle
of nowhere, talking to each other in the dark, stranded in a freezing
windstorm? I don’t pretend to know the answer, but I do know that there are
no accidents in a perfectly synchronized universe. You will see it only when
you believe it.
OceanofPDF.comFORGIVENESS

To for give…you must have blamed.
Achieving an awakened life is virtually impossible until we put the
universal princi ple of forgiveness to work in our daily lives. I include a
chapter on forgiveness because I know that an inability to forgive truly is
the cause of many many people’ s suffering. In working with thousands of
individuals over the years I have  come to the conclusion that an absence of
forgiveness is tantamount to staying imprisoned in an unawakened life. It is
as important to learn and practice as are all of the other principles.
We cannot become awakened and truly live an enlightened life as long as
we believe that we are restricted to form. As we have seen, enlightenment
and abundance go hand in hand. For an awakened life, we must transcend
our bodies, must learn to be detached, and to tune ourselves more finely to
the synchronicity of the universe. But if we have not learned forgiveness,
we may master all of the other principles and still remain prisoners. To
genuinely feel forgiveness is to understand and apply all that you have read
in this book. Forgiveness is the ultimate test for the person who is willing
and able to live the enlightened life.
In the introduction to this book I included a story about visiting my
father ’s grave in 1974. That story is a story of forgiveness. And that act was,
without question, the catalyst for moving me into a new life of abundance
and love. It was the most freeing and loving thing I had ever done. Once I
rid myself of the hatred and anger that I had been storing inside myself for
this man whom I did not even know, I had inner space to be receptive to an
entirely new way of living and perceiving my world. That new world-view,
devoid of judgment and hatred, became the turning point in my life.
If you want to walk the path of higher consciousness, then you must take
a hard look at your own willingness to forgive. Most of us simply are not
very good at it. Most of us hang  on to our judgments and hatreds. Most of
us are very good at blaming others for the shortcomings of our own lives.
Forgiveness—I mean true 100 percent forgiveness—involves  a dramatic
shift. Here we go again; back to the very stuff of the universe, and the verystuff of our existence. Thought! Not to forgive is not to understa nd how the
universe works and how you fit into it.

THE UNIVERSE DOES NOT  FORGIVE BECAUSE IT  DOES
NOT  BLAME

Life is a series of events which we have created and attracted to ourselves.
The universe is also a series of events, all of which occur indep endently of
our opinions about them. It all just is, and it is perfect. The stars are all in
their proper places. Each snowflake that falls lands exactly where it is
supposed to. The temperature each day is just what it is supposed to be—in
fact, even the assignment of a number on a thermometer is a kind of
judgment about  it when you think about it. The storms, the floods, the
droughts, the position of the rivers and mountains, the orbit of the planets—
all of it just is. The universe with all of its perfection is presented to us.
There is nothing to forgive, because there is nothing to judge and no one to
blame.
When we know we create all that we need for our existence, then we are
in a position to know that we created all the hatred and anger we have
toward others. We even have created the others in our life for the purpose of
having someone to blame.
Our need to forgive is a monumental misperception. The belief that
others should not have treated us the way that they did is, of course, the
ultimate absurdity. The univer se is always working just the way it is
supposed to, and so is everythin g in it, even the things that we have judged
to be wrong, improper, cruel, and painful for us and others. Our desire to
improve those things is also a part of the perfect universe. How can others
not have treated us the way they did? Instead of being angry at the way we
were treated, regardless of how horrible we have assessed it to be, we need
to learn to view that treatment from another perspective. They did what they
knew how to do, given the cond itions of their lives. The rest of the stuff that
we carry around with us is ours. We own it all. If it is hatred and judgment,
then that is what we have elected to carry around with us and that is what
we will have to give away to others.
You have litera lly given control of your life to those whom you have
judged to have wronged you. Learning to forgive involves learning to
correct the misperceptions that you have created with your own thoughts.Once you have your thoughts clear, you will assume total responsibility for
yourself, includ ing how you are treated, and you will get yourself to the
point where forgiveness is no longer something that you must practice. You
will have corrected all of your misperceptions and eliminated the three
sources of your discontent which create the need to forgive in the first
place.
Understanding these “thought distortions” will lead to practicing
forgiveness and ultimately to freedom from ever having to for give.

RIDDING YOURSELF OF BLAME, REVENGE, JUDGMENT

I believe that my arriving at this place in my life has to do with having rid
myself for the most part of these three big destructive practices. As long as I
had a trace of them in my life, the forgiveness principle got entangled with
them, and I was unable to live naturally and unimpeded. Now that I live
without them, forgiveness simply never comes up for me, except as
something that I share with others who are suffering so much because of
their desire to hang on to those ways of thinking. As long as we continue to
think in these ways, we have to work at forgiveness. When we transcend
this kind of thought, for giveness is no longer an issue.

Blame.  If we are unable to forgive those we perceive as having wronged us
at some time in the past, we need to look at the decision to blame them for
our unhappiness. Blame runs rampant in our culture, and very likely it runs
just as out of control in your life. The lawsuit explosion is testimony to the
unwillingness of most people to take responsibility for their own lives.
Instead, they sue as many people as possible, disregarding personal
negligence, and ultimately making someone else pay for a misfortune.
Advertisements offering legal assistance proclaim, “It’s not your fault,
regardless of the circumstances.  You should think about suing for damages
now.” This mind-set of assign ing responsibility to others for our life
circumstances and misfortunes is the product of an attitude of blame. The
more you have exercised it in your life, the more likely you will find
forgiveness dif ficult to practice.
You must be completely honest with yourself if you are ever to rid
yourself entirely  of blame. The way to begin is to take total responsibilityfor everything that you are in your life right now. That’ s right. Say to
yourself, “I am the sum total of my choices up until this moment.” Your
enculturation may make this a difficult precept for you to accept. You may
want to say, “I couldn’ t help it,” or “It was someone else’s fault,” or “I was
in the wrong place at the wron g time,” or “I was dealt a dirty deal,” or
“Family circumstances created my misery,” or whatever other excuse you
have developed to absolve yourself of responsibility.
Discard all of that and look at your


 each time. With drinking of
urine for 15 days, her trouble disappeared. I am writing this account
seven months aftet the cure, yet till now, no trace of the disease has
recurred.
"Besides nephritis, I have also cured my other· chifdren of
influenza and malaria, by simply giving them two to three ounces of
urine to drink three times a day. I advised· urine treatment,
particularly to those who came in my contact. Many people have
cured themselves of trachoma, inflammation and redness of the
eyes, ear-trouble, pimples, boils and eruptions, palpitatior1 of the
heart, cold etc. by this marvellous treatment. One doctor Joshi is a
friend of mine. I persuaded two of his patients of T.B. to adopt urine
treatment and they cured themselves."
2. Obstruction in Urination : A strange case came to c!octor
Maganlal Salaria. The patient Natha Kesarji is 35 and belongs to
Pavaiya class. When 21 years old, excision was performed on his
penis. This resulted in obstruction in urination. There was great DISEASES OF THE KIDNEY : 131
inflammatibn in the passage of urine and he had to be admitted.to
the Civi 1 Hospital. Medical efforts made the patient al ~ost dead. w1th
pain. At last some person acquain~ed with doctor Sa~ana, sent htm to
the latter's clinic. On 5-12-59 he was adm1tted there. An
examination of the doctor revealed that the passage of urine w~s
totally blocked due to high inflammation. Anyho-._v doctor Salana
decided to have a trial with urine cure before operatton.
Doctor Salaria gave his own urine to the patient three times upto
11 p.m. in the night. At 2-30 a.m. in the n.ight he visi~ed. the patient
and was surprized at what he saw. The pat1ent was enJ.oymg a. so~nd
sleep and his bed was drenched with his o~n unne. Unnat1on
continued but the patient was not at all aware of tt. When he awoke,
he felt great comfort. After that, he was made to drink his own urine.
Such is the miraculous power of urine.
Natha Kesaraji was cured within a couple of days and with a
smilling face he returned home after thanking doctor Sal aria.
3. Urine Trouble & Other Disorders : Shri Dahyalal M. Zave:i
from Morvi, Saurashtra, has a business of jewellery at Bomaby. He ts
81. Being very old, he leads a retired life in his ~ungalow
'Kuber-Bhavan' at Nasik Road. He had greatly benefited h1mself by
urine therapy and has donated Rs. 1 000/-to Bharat Sevak Samaj for
the noble work of the publicity of urine treatment.
In his letter dated 2-4-su ile wr'tes : "Four years ago I severely
suffered from the trouble ir. the urinary system. My prostrate gland
was operated and 1 stayed in the hospital for nearly ~ monht. B.ut t~e
flOW of urine WaS irregular and there WaS pain and tnflammat10n In
the passage. Such a condition cbntinued for. four years. During this
period, whenever some urine accumulated m the bladder, I had to
get up from bed in order to pass it out. Thus my sleep was 1nuch
disturbed. Getting up three or four times occasionally, I had to :ace
cold breeze and so 1 caught cold. I did all that the doctors advtsed
with an unwilling heart. I got myself X-rayed sixteen times and
submitted the photographs to the doctors who treated me for 21 days 132 : AUTO-URINE THERAPY
and also administered injection. On account of this treatment itches
app.eared on the whole body and I went on scracthing like a 'patient
of nngworm so vigorously that blood oozed out.at several places 1
was unable to sit comfortably day or night. There was pain in the
shoulders an.d the chest. The doctor suggested for an examination of
the heart. W1th the use of strong poisonous medicines, urination was
r~n?ered extremely difficult and caused unbearable pain. 1 used to
Sit m a tub half-filled with warm water and obtained some relief.
Doctor suspected the possibility of stone in the bladder and so 1 had
treatment of stone as well!
nMy nephew had suffered from heart-attack and blood-pressure
He ~ad gone through your book Manav Mutra and had
exper~mented accordingly. One day he informed me that he had
?e~ef1ted from urine treatment. 1 read your book though 1 was
md1sposed and I started the urine treatment.
• 111 stoppe.d all medicines and took urine thrice a day. With the
m~ake. of unne, I had clear motions and there was no difficulty in
unnat1on. I ~I so started massage with old urine, after which 1 used to
take bath w1th warm water. ~he experiment continued for a month
and the following benefits were obtained:
n1. My constipation had been removed to a great extent. Now the
stools are of natural colour.
2. Piles are eliminated altogether.
3. Appetite has been revived and I enjoy my meals.
4. A scar of dry ringworm was cleared by urine rubbing.
5. I have no trouble whatSO<!ver in the back.
6. Urination is easy but slight burning sensation is still there due
to the narrowing down of the passage.
. 7. Getting up for urination at night is not more than once or
tWICe.
8. Previously as soon as some urine was accumulated, 1 had to DISEASES OF THE KIDNEY : 133
urinate. Now the feeling of urination arises only when the bladder is
full.
9. There is no attack of cold or fever or pain in the chest.
1 0. Eruption near the left ear has gone.
11. Two small spots EXl the right-hand affected with white leprosy
have been almost cleared.
12. lching Sensation disappeared by urine massage in the very
beginning.
13. Now everything gets digested without any ill-effect."
Thus I have been benefited in a number of ways and there is no
exaggeration in what I have stated.11
4. Severe Pain in the Urinary System : I have been repeatedly
warned that one whose blood pressure is low should not fast for a
long period and allow his weakness to increase. I had been
following this instruction myself. I can experiment but cannot
endanger my life. So whenever there was some danger during the
course of treatment, in order to applicable at the moment. As long as
· we cannot device a scientific system of urine application, we shall
have to keep such an attiude towards diseases of serious nature. It is
. our duty on enrich our knowledge about this treatment. To fulfil that
we have established a urine research centre at Ahmedabad.
During the course of my treatment, I caught cold in September,
last year (1960). I could not take urine in the required quantity as the
passing of urine was not sufficier.t. So there was inflammation on the
legs which increased gradually. So I had to see a doctor to get that
treated. But instead of being cured, I lost 10-11 lb. of water in the
form of urine. My weight which was 100 lb. fell to mere 89 lb. and I
felt myself extremely weak. As a result there was an attack of
paralysis on 21st of September, for which doctors administered
injections. The reaction was contrary to the expectation and the
passing of urine ceased and there was acute pain. A doctor in
neighbourhood was called to ge the urine out but it was not 134 : AUTO-URINE THERAPY
sufficient because there was again obtruction. Twenty~four hours
passed and the pain was unbearable. The doctor had to be called
again. There is every danager of urinary tube getting inflammed by
insertion of instrument again and again. I suggested urine as an
antiseptic liquid for this instrument to be used internally. The doctor
agreed and followed my sggestion. Then 19 ounces of urine was
taken out.· It was dense, dirty and red. However, 1 got some relief
and soon after I felt pressure for urination. Urine passed in drops and
there was acute buning sensation. For this, the doctor prescribed
four tablets of certain medicine. I expressed my doubt the reaction
of those tablets.
This set me athinking. Soon I was clear in my mind. What a fool
am I? I advise others to adopt urine treatment and am pleased to
hear them do so. Why should I not again experiment on myself?
The flow of urine increased gradually as I took more and more urine
repeatedly.. The burning sensation diminished


Mind
	(Three	Rivers	Press,	2004)	and
Seven	Experiments	That	Could	Change
the	World:	A	Do-It-Yourself	Guide	to	Revolutionary	Science
	(Park	Street
Press,	2002).	His	entire	output	has	been	immensely	influential	on	me,	and	I
cannot	imagine	an	open-minded	person	who	would	not	be	deeply	intrigued.
I	have	only	sketched	in	the	burgeoning	field	of	information	theory,	which
is	fascinating	but	not	yet	expanded	to	cover	a	topic	as	specific	as	the	afterlife.
My	introduction	to	the	subject	came	from	Hans	Christian	von	Baeyer,
Information:	The	New	Language	of	Science
	(Weidenfeld	and	Nicolson,	2003),
which	is	readable	and	free	of	higher	mathematics.
Savant	syndrome	has	become	a	widely	publicized	phenomenon.	My	first
acquaintance	with	it	came	from	Oliver	Sacks,
The	Man	Who	Mistook	His	Wife
for	a	Hat:	And	Other	Clinical	Tales
	(Touchstone,	1998),	which	gives	a
neurologist’s	firsthand	account	of	meeting	autistic	children	with	extraordinary
abilities.	Sacks’s	interest	in	“other	brained”	people	ventures	into	no	spiritual
speculations.	Joseph	Chilton	Pearce	does,	in
Evolution’s	End:	Claiming	the
Full	Potential	of	Our	Intelligence
	(HarperCollins,	1992).	His	lengthy	first
chapter	on	savant	syndrome	links	it	to	a	nonmaterial	field	of	intelligence	that
we	all	tap	into.	A	nice	online	article	on	savant	syndrome	and	its	link	to	genius,
“The	Key	to	Genius,”	can	be	found	at
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.12/genius_pr.html
.
I	became	intrigued	by	memes	from	online	reading.	The	Internet	is	rife
with	discussions	of	these	“mental	genes.”	For	the	definition	of	memes,	see
http://www.intelegen.com/meme/meme.htm
.	For	examples	of	memes,	see
http://memetics.chielens.net/examples.html
.	The	evolutionist	Richard
Dawkins,	who	invented	the	term,	discusses	it	in
The	Selfish	Gene
	(Oxford
University	Press,	1990).	My	fascination	with	memetic	theory	falls	short	of
agreeing	with	it,	however.
T
EXT	NOTES:
pp.	216–18
	A	full	account	of	N’kisi,	the	telepathic	parrot,	is	in	Sheldrake,
The
Sense	of	Being	Stared	At
,	pp.	24–27;	the	statistical	analysis	of	the
research	results	is	on	pp.	300–305.
p.	220
	Amit	Goswami’s	statement	“The	universe	is	always	putting	new	wine
into	old	bottles	…”	is	quoted	from	a	personal	conversation.pp.	225–26
	The	remarkable	story	of	a	musical	savant	named	Rex	can	be	found
online	 at
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/20/60minutes/main957718.shtml
p.	226
	The	story	of	the	“automobile	savant”	is	told	in	Pearce,
The	Biology
of	Transcendence
,	p.	82	(see	above).
p.	226
	The	story	of	the	child	prodigy	who	is	enrolled	at	Juilliard	was	told	on
CBS	News	and	can	be	found	online	at
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/24/60minutes/main657713.shtml
Chapter	Fifteen:	The	Mechanics	of	Creation
The	topic	of	emergence—the	appearance	of	a	new	phenomenon	in	Nature—is
discussed	lucidly	for	the	general	reader	online	at	Wikipedia	(see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence
).	I	have	also	benefited	enormously
from	the	physicist	Amit	Goswami,	who	has	written	extensively	on	creative
leaps	made	in	nature—see
The	Self-Aware	Universe
	(Tarcher,	1995).	One	of
the	boldest	attempts	to	combine	the	physical	and	spirituality	can	be	found	in
Ervin	Laszlo,
Science	and	the	Reenchantment	of	the	Cosmos:	The	Rise	of	the
Integral	Vision	of	Reality
	(Inner	Traditions,	2006).	Both	authors	are	scientists
who	refuse	to	accept	the	schism	between	the	scientific	and	spiritual	views	of
the	world.
Remote	viewing,	the	preferred	term	now	for	what	used	to	be	lumped
under	the	rubric	of	clairvoyance,	is	emerging	from	the	fringes.	Readers	can
browse	a	dedicated	Web	site,
http://www.farsight.org/

that
	contains	copious
information	on	the	subject.	There	is	also	a	recent,	extensively	researched
book,
Remote	Viewing:	The	Science	and	Theory	of	Nonphysical	Perception
(Farsight	Press,	2005).	A	veteran	of	the	military’s	secret	remote	viewing
program,	Project	Stargate,	has	written	about	his	experiences	and	outlines	how
anyone	can	learn	the	skill	with	enough	self-discipline	and	dedication—see
Joseph	McMoneagle,
Remote	Viewing	Secrets:	A	Handbook
	(Hampton	Roads,
2000).
T
EXT	NOTES:
pp.	242–43
	The	story	of	the	psychic	who	could	see	inside	the	SQUID	comes
from	McTaggart,
The	Field
,	pp.	142–46.
p.	243
	The	experiment	in	remote	viewing	that	I	participated	in	was	run	by
Marilyn	Schlitz,	director	of	research	for	the	Institute	of	Noetic	Sciences.
See	their	home	page	at
http://www.noetic.org/
.	This	site	leads	to	a	wealth
of	material	on	every	aspect	of	science,	spirituality,	and	the	paranormal.	To
my	knowledge,	this	is	the	most	extensive	and	wide-ranging	institute	of	its
kind,	and	I	have	been	inspired	by	their	work	for	twenty	years.p.	244
	“Then	at	thirteen	minutes	…”	quoted	from	an	online	interview	with
Cleve	Backster	in	which	he	also	discusses	his	astonishing	research	on
telepathy	in	plants—
http://www.derrickjensen.org/backster.html
.
p.	248
	All	the	Tagore	poems	are	from	Deepak	Chopra,
On	the	Shores	of
Eternity:	Poems	from	Tagore	on	Immortality	and	Beyond
	(Harmony,
1999).INDEX
The	page	references	in	this	index	correspond	to	the	printed	edition	from
which	this	ebook	was	created.	To	find	a	specific	word	or	phrase	from	the
index,	please	use	the	search	feature	of	your	ebook	reader.
Aboriginal	peoples,	96,	226
Acceptance,	114,	115
Addiction,	13
Adversaries,	99
African	gray	parrot,	216–18,	268
Afterlife:
and	bad	deeds,	74
belief	in,	194
choice	in,	173
Christian	view,	26,	61
and	consciousness,	42,	58,	194
control	of,	182
creation	of	own,	42,	47,	53–54
creative	possibilities	in,	83,	91
dawning	of,	40–42
desire	to	join	loved	ones	in,	10
and	disconnection,	185
expanded	awareness	of,	97–103
Indian	view,	2,	97
and	Judaism,	61
meaningful,	32
nature	of,	26
positions	on,	51–53
powers	needed	for,	113–17
punishment	in,	72
questions	about,	100
and	religion,	41
responsibility	for,	75
self-exploration	as	preparation	for,	102
Tibetan	Buddhist,	38
as	transformation	chamber,	177
Western	view,	2


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over after distillation is called Bakkasa, Surabija or Kinwa.
Varuni, Sukta
e liquor prepared with juice of Tala, Kharjura is called Varuni; that prepared
with roots, tubers, fruits and added with Sneha and salts is called as Sukta.
Chukra
e liquor or syrup which gets spoiled and looses its sweetness but becomes
sour is known as Chukra.
Sukta
Water in which jaggery is dissolved, mixed with oil, bits of tuber, roots, and
fruits and fermented to acquire sour taste is called Guda Sukta, that of grapesis Mrdwika Sukta.
Kanjika, Sandaki
Liquor prepared with Manda of half boiled Kulmasa, Dhanya is Kanjika; that
prepared with Mulaka, Sarsapa, etc, being added to it becomes Sandaki.
Sura type of wine is the one where the Manda is not taken out. Sura type of
wine is prepared by fermenting starchy food article. Wine prepared of sugar is
called Sarkara. Pakvarasa is prepared by boiling sugar cane juice. When alcohol
is used as liquid for the preparation of a wine it is known as Surasava.
Madhvasava is prepared out of the owers of Madhuka. When Asava and Sura
are mixed together in a vessel and fermented, the wine so prepared known as
Maireya. Madhulika type of wine is also known as Medaka.80. Rice Preparations
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ese are prepared by boiling rice with water.
Manda
It is already covered in detail in another chapter. One part of rice is added with
14 parts of water, cooked in open air and ltered. Obtained liquid is Manda.
Peya
One part of Dravya (grain – rice etc) and fourteen parts of water, is boiled into
watery consistence, called Peya and it contains more liquid portion (according
to taste and requirement salt, black pepper, ginger etc are added).
It is light to digest, absorbent, improves strength and relieves fatigue.
Peya is heavier than Manda.
Vilepi
Vilepi is prepared with one part of grain (rice) and four parts of water cooked
into a thick paste form (till water portion get evaporated). ere is more solid,
less water. According to taste black pepper, rock salt etc are added. It is heavier
to digest when compared to Peya.
Odana – Anna (Bhakta or Bhat) Kalpana
Master Dalhana mentions that to cook rice, add it with 5 parts of water and
cook. Usually mud pot or iron pots were used in ancient times.
After cooking, the excess water part is ltered out.a.
b.Sudhauta Prasruta – here, rice is washed thoroughly and then cooked, liquid
portion is ltered out. It is light to digest and promotes digestion.
Adhautasruta Anna Kalpana – Here rice is not washed, cooked with water
and liquid portion is evaporated out. (Rice prepared without washing and by
evaporating all liquid portion). It is heavier to digest and increases Kapha
dosha.
Master Sarangadhara
1 part of rice is added with 14 parts of water, boiled together and the uid
drained out while boiling gives Bhakta (cooked rice).
For preparing only cooked rice, 5 parts of water is enough. if you wish to
prepare Manda and cooked rice to gether, then you can add 14 parts of water.
Yavagu
ere are two meanings to it.
1 part of herbs are added with 16 parts of water, boiled and reduced to
half. Filtered.
In this decoction broken grains are added and thick gruel prepared.
is is called Yavagu.
Reference: Sharangdhara Samhita Madhyama Khanda, Kashaya
chapter.
Rice is added with water, boiled till more solid and less of water
remains. It is called Yavagu.
Yavagu prepared with barks of mango, hog plum, jamun and broken
rice is useful in Irritable bowel syndrome.
YushaUsually prepared out of pulses such as green gram, black gram and horse gram.
It is dealt in detail in a separate chapter.81. Manda
Y
Rice is boiled with water. After cooking, it is ltered. e obtained water is
Manda.
One part of rice a nd fourteen parts of water are boiled together. When rice is
cooked properly, it is  ltered. e obtained liquid portion is called Manda.
If needed, 50–100 ml of this Manda is mixed with 1–2 grams of rock salt
and ginger for improving digestion strength.
Manda is useful
To promote digestion strength
To relieve bloating
To open up body channels
To induce sweating.
It relieves excess thirst, dehydration and fatigue.
Manda undergoes digestion very easily and the starch of the rice energizes the
body very quickly. For this reason, Manda is administered after Panchakarma
detox procedures when the patient’s digestion strength is very low.
Ayurvedic Food Recipe for Kidney, Bladder Cleanse: Ashtaguna Manda
Ashtaguna Manda is a famous Ayurvedic diet recipe used as a home remedy for
kidney and bladder cleansing, for anemia, anorexia, fever etc.
e name Ashtaguna refers to 8 ingredients that this recipe contains.Ingredients
4 parts of rice
1 part green gram
1 part of combined
Trikatu – Pepper, long pepper and ginger,
Coriander seed
Rock salt
Ghee fried Asafoetida
Method of Preparation
First, rice (4 parts) and green gram (1 part) is taken together. It is added with
14 times water (14  5= 60 parts of water).
en it is added with the rest of the ingredients. e combination is heated
till the rice is  cooked properly.
en the entire content is decanted to obtain the liquid part.
Dosage: e liquid part is called Ashtaguna Manda and it is served hot, in a
dose of 25–50 ml, once or twice a day, before or after food. It can be mixed
with 5 ml of sesame oil before administration.
Alternate Method of Preparation
Rice, green gram are cooked with 60 parts of water, ltered. Liquid is taken,
then rest of the ingredients are added to it, along with sesame oil.
Traditional Indications
Deepana – improves digestion strength
Pranada – improves strength, enliveningBasti Shodhana – cleanses and detoxies kidney and bladder
Rakta Vardhana – improves haemoglobin and Rakta Dhatu, useful in anemia
Sarva Doshaghna – Balances all the three Doshas
Indicated in
Jwara – fever
Appearance
e nal product is liquid, having slightly spicy taste, brownish yellow in
colour.
Shelf Life – It is best to use this in freshly prepared and hot condition. It can
be stored up to 4–6 hours only.
Traditional Indications
Deepana
Side Eﬀects
ere are no known side eﬀects with this remedy.
If you are sensitive to any of the mentioned ingredients, then avoid it.
It can be used during pregnancy for 2–3 w eeks of time.
It can be administered during lactation period and in children.
How Long to Use?
It can be used for a period of 4–6 weeks of time, as per doctor’s advice.
Vatya Manda –
Here the procedure is same as manda but it is prepared with broken and dry
fried barley grains.1 part of barley is added with 14 parts of water, cooked in open air and
ltered. Obtained liquid balances Kapha and Pitta dosha, it is very good for
throat and very useful in bleeding disorders such as ulcerative colitis, nasal
bleeding or heavy periods.
Laja Manda
Manda prepared with parched rice grains or fried paddy
It balances Kapha and Pitta dosha.
It is an absorbent, useful in Irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea.
It relieves thirst associated with fever.
It is useful in diarrhea, it restores energy in body tissues, promotes digestion
strength and useful in excess burning sensation and fainting episodes due to
dehydration.
Master Charaka has mentioned about it.
is Lajamanda 100 ml is added with 2 grams of each of coriander seed
powder and long pepper fruit powder. It is especially useful to promote
digestion strength in children, old persons and weak patients.82. Yavagu – Weaker Herbal
Tea/Weaker Kashaya/Gruel
Y
Master Charaka explains about various herb groups used in panchakarma
(detoxication/purication) in 2nd Chapter of Sutrasthana. is chapter is
called Apamarga Tanduleeya Adhyaya
In this chapter, he explains
Medicines for Nasya – nasal drops
Medicines for Vomiting therapy (


 that your
body has time to get used to the raw power of fruits and
vegetables.
Within two weeks, especially if you adopt a healthy diet, you’ll
start to notice the following effects:
 More energy
 Desire to eat fresh, whole foods and to eliminate fast,
reﬁned, junk foods
 Glowing skin
 Regular bowel movements
 Lightness and less bloat
Long-term effects of juicing (along with a healthy diet) include
the following effects:
 Healthier skin, hair, and nails
 Weight loss
 Increased immune function
 Improved memory
How Much W ill It Cost Me to Get
Started?
If you already own a blender, it won’t cost you a dime, so get
blending! You’ll also ﬁnd that as you increase the fruits and
vegetables, both on your plate and in your glass, you’ll actuallysave money because you’ll be buying less meat and you won’t
be buying junk snacks, soft drinks, and processed foods.
If you want to juice (and who wouldn’t?) but don’t own a juice
machine, you’ll need to invest $150 to $600, depending on the
make and model of the one that suits your needs (see Chapter
3). Think of it as an investment in your health and future well-
being.
Isn’t Cleaning a Juicer a Pain in
the Neck?
Yes and no. If you get into the habit and train everyone who
uses both the blender and the juice machine to clean it
immediately after using it, cleanup is easy. The natural sugars in
fruits and vegetables cause them to be sticky, and the tiny
pieces of pulp and juice that collect on the blades and other
parts of the machine will dry and harden into a mess if left for
more than a few minutes.
Washing the juice machine parts with a scrub brush in hot
soapy water takes less than ﬁve minutes (we have it down to
two minutes at our house!) and it’s really not a big deal.
What’ s the Big Deal about
Organic?
Quite simply, organic foods are better for you, better for the
soil, better for the water, better for the air, and better for all the
other animals that inhabit this planet.
When you include smoothies and juices into your daily routine,
you’re consuming a lot more fruits and vegetables, and you’redoing that because you believe in the health beneﬁts (and the
taste!). So, when you make a smoothie or juice, you don’t want
to be adding toxic chemicals from herbicide and pesticide
sprays, especially because you’ll be consuming more of them
than you used to.
 Children are especially vulnerable to the effects of toxic
chemicals and growth hormones because their nervous
systems aren’t fully developed.
W ill My Skin T urn Y ellow if I Juice
Carr ots?
It can, but only if you eat a lot of carrots. The yellowness is
temporary, with no other side effects. Carrots are high in beta-
carotene, which turns into vitamin A in your body and has all
sorts of beneﬁts (see Chapter 6). Beta-carotene is one of a
number of pigments belonging to the carotenoid group, which
are responsible for the orange/yellow color of carrots and other
foods such as sweet potatoes, pumpkins, squash, and mangoes.
Ar en’t Smoothies Filled with
Calories?
Smoothies can be very low or very high in calories, depending
on the ingredients you use to make them. Many of the
commercial smoothies contain super-high-calorie ingredients
that can push the total count higher than a light lunch (see
Chapter 2). The same goes for smoothies you make at home.Compare the following smoothies made with all-natural, healthy
ingredients:
 Low calorie: 1 cup carrot juice, 1/2 cup low-fat yogurt, 1
apple, 1 cup fresh raspberries (322 calories)
 Medium calorie: 1 cup fat-free plain yogurt, 1 cup low-fat
milk, 1 banana, 2 tablespoons wheat germ, 2 tablespoons
whey protein (441 calories)
 High calorie: 1 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt, 1 cup whole
milk, 1 banana, 2 tablespoons wheat germ, 2 tablespoons
whey protein, 2 tablespoons ﬂaxseed oil (757 calories)
Bottom line: Stick to all-fruit or all-vegetable smoothies, and the
calories will stay low.Chapter 20
Ten Antioxidant-Rich Fruits and
Vegetables
In This Chapter
 Understanding how antioxidants work
 Using high-powered antioxidants for optimum results
 Preventing degenerative diseases
We’re all rusting on the inside. Yup, you read that right. We’re
oxidizing, which is the same thing that happens when air
attacks metal and causes it to corrode or rust. Ever left a cut
apple out on the counter? If not, try it and see how fast it turns
brown. The oxygen in the air is attacking or rusting the cells in
the apple that are exposed. The same thing happens to your
cells and organs and causes serious damage, leading to aging
and degenerative diseases.
Free radicals are unstable oxygen molecules caused by stress,
chemicals, pollutants, toxins and just plain living. They attack
our cells in order to steal extra electrons and, in the process,
cause healthy, normal cells to die, mutate, or become weak and
susceptible to disease.
Antioxidants found in plant foods stop free radicals from doing
their damage, but we have to eat enough of them in order for
them to work their magic. Remember that cut apple? Try
brushing lemon juice on a freshly cut apple and wait for it to
turn brown. It won’t because the vitamin C in the lemon juice is
an antioxidant that protects the ﬂesh from being attacked by
oxygen. The best antioxidants are found in the pigments that
give plants their color. In this chapter, I list the very bestantioxidant fruit and vegetables. Choose one or two from this
list to use as an ingredient in a smoothie or juice or eat them
fresh in salads or as a snack — just be sure to get lots of them
every single day!
Measuring antioxidant value
How can you tell if a food is high in antioxidant s? Becaus e many of these
powerful phytonutrients are found in the pigments (the components that
give plants their color), look for brightly colored fruits and veget ables and
eat a variety of colors every day.
How do food nutritionists know which foods  are highes t in antioxidant s?
Scientists isolate components in food,  test their ability to neut ralize free
radicals, and give them a score. This score is the Oxygen Radical
Absorbance Capacity (ORAC). Foods with the highes t score cont ain the
strongest antioxidants.
The highest scoring foods on the ORAC char t are raw sumac bran; ground
cloves and other spices, such as cinnam on, turmeric, and pepper ; high-
tannin sorghum bran; oregano and other herbs such as rosemary and
thyme; and powdered dark cocoa. Use these as ingredients in smoothies
and stirred into juices.
Açai Berries
The açaí palm grows in the Amazon rain forest of Brazil. Its
berries, called açai (pronounced ah-sigh-ee) are large and
plump, about the size of a grape. What’s amazing about them is
their dark blue-purple color and their taste, which is
somewhere between a blueberry and chocolate.Although Brazilians have enjoyed açai berries as a fresh fruit for
hundreds of years, it has just recently been growing in
popularity in North America. The fresh berry is not widely
available, but the frozen fruit, the juice (as well as a powder
made from the juice) are available in health food stores.
Black Raspberries
Commonly called blackcaps, these native North American
berries are currently being grown commercially in the Paciﬁc
Northwest. Although the fresh berries are available only for a
very short time, the frozen and dried powdered fruit is more
widely distributed.
 Eat the seeds, too! Using fresh or frozen whole blackcaps
in smoothies is especially healthy because the oil in
raspberry seeds is rich in vitamin E and omega-3 fatty
acids.
W ild Blueberries and Cranberries
No doubt about it, cultivated blueberries are very good for you,
but wild blueberries score over twice as high in antioxidants.
They’re available in the Northeast during midsummer and
frozen at other times of the year.
Raw cranberries are a native of North America and are widely
available fresh in the late fall and frozen throughout the year.
They make an excellent fresh juice if teamed with sweeter fruits
such as apples or pineapples. Fresh or frozen cranberries are a
good choice as an ingredient for smoothies, but you may need
some sweetener because the ﬂavor is very tart. The wholeberries are best, but the unsweetened juice is moderately high
in antioxidants, too.
Black Plums and Prunes
Black plums are high in vitamins C, K, and A, as well as ﬁber and
antioxidants. Use pitted fresh black plums in juices and fresh or
frozen in smoothies.
Prunes, which are the dried version of a European plum, are
incredibly high in ﬁber, which is beneﬁcial in reducing the risk
of colorectal


ies," writes scientific historian Horace Judson.23
These experiments weren't debated for decades largely due to the fastidious
secretiveness of the famous Frenchman. During his lifetime, Pasteur permitted
absohttely no one-not even his closest co-workers-to inspect his notes. And "Tricky
Louis" arranged with his family that the books should also remain closed to all even
after his death.24 In the late 20th century, Gerald Geison, medical historian at
51 Chapter 2
Princeton University, was first given the opportunity to go through Pasteur's records
meticulo usly, and he made the fraud public in 1995.25 That it became so controve rsial
shouldn't be particularly surprising, for sound science thrives in a transparent
environment so that other researchers can verify the conclusions made.26
Secretiveness has an oppositional goal: shutting out independent monitoring
and verification. When external inspection and verification by independent experts
are shut out of the process, the floodgates are open to fraud.27 Of course, we observe
this lack of transparency everywh ere, be it in politics, in organizations like the
international Football association FIFA, and also in "scientific communities [that]
believe that public funding is their right, but so is freedom from public control,"
according to Judson. 28 With this, mainstream research has actually managed to seal
off their scien tific buildings from public scrutiny.
This set-up lacks critical checks and balances, so no one is ultimately in the
position to scrutinize the work of researchers and make sure research is conducted
in an honest way. We are left to simply trust that. they go about it truthfully. 29 Bui:, a
survey taken by scientists and published in a 2005 issue of Nature showed that a
third of researchers admitted they would not avoid deceptive activities, and would
simply brush to the side, any data that did not suit their purposes.30 A crucial aspect
of science has been lost; few researchers now trouble themsel ves to verify data and
conclusions presented by fellow researchers.
Such quality checkups are equated with a waste of time and money and for that
reason are also not financed. Instead medical researchers are completely occupied
obsessed with chasing after the next big high-profit discovery. And many of today's
experiments are constructed in such a complicated manner that they cannot be
reconstructed and precisely verified at all. 31 This makes it very easy for researchers
to ask themselves, without having to fear any consequenc es: why shouldn't I
cheat?
One would hope that the so-called peer review system largely eliminates fraud.
It is still commonly consider ed a holy pillar of the temple of science, promising
adherence to quality standards.32 But the decades-long practice of peer review is
rotten to the core.33 34 It functions like this: experts ("peers") who remain anonymous
examine (review) research proposals and journal articles submitted by their scientific
competitors. These so-called experts then decide if the proposals should be approved
or the articles printed in scientific publications. There are said to be around 50,000
such peer reviewed publications,35 and all the best known journals such as Nature,
Science, New England Journal of Medicine, British Medical Journal and The Lancet,
are peer reviewe d.
There is, however, a fundamental problem: peer reviewing, in its current form, is
dangerously flawed. If researchers in other fields conducted studies and published
52 The Microbe Hunters Seize Power
results using this process, what would happen? If their current methods were
common in the car industry, for example, BMW's competitors could decide, through
an anonymous process, whether or not BMW would be permitted to develop a new
car model and bring it to the market. Clearly this would stifle innovation and invite
conflicts of interest and fraud.
"Peer review is slow, expensive, a profligate of academic time, highly selective,
prone to bias, easily abused, poor at detecting gross defects, and almost useless for
detecting fraud," says Richard Smith, former Editor in Chief of the British Medical
Journal.36 No wonder, then, that all the cases of fraud which scientific historian
Judson outlines in his 2004 book The Great Betrayal: Fraud in Science were not
uncovered by the peer review system, but rather by pure coincidence. 37 And next to
Pasteur in the pantheon of scientific fraudsters appear such illustrious names as
Sigmund Freud and David Baltimore, one of the best -known recipients of the Nobel
Prize for medicine38 (we'll discuss Baltimore in more detail later in this chapter).
The other shining light of modem medicine, German doctor Robert Koch
(1843 -1910) was also an enterprising swindler. At the "10•h International Medical
Congress" in Berlin in 1890, the microbe hunter "with the oversized ego"39
pronounced that he had developed a miracle substance against tuberculos is.40 And
in the German Weekly Medical Journal (Deutsche Medizinische Wochenzeitschrift),
Koch even claimed his tests on guinea pigs had proved that it was possible "to bring
the disease completely to a halt without damaging the body in other ways."41
The reaction of the world-at- large to this alleged miracle drug "Tuberkulin" was
at first so overwhelming that in Berlin, Koch's domain, sanatoria shot out of the
ground like mushrooms. 42 Sick people from all over the world turned the German
capital into a son of pilgrimage site. 43 But soon enough, Tuberkulin was found to be
a catastrophic failure. Long-term cures did not emerge, and instead one hearse after
another drove up to the sanatoria. And newspapers such as the New Year's edition
of the satirical Der wahre Jakob (The Real McCoy) jeered: "Herr Professor Koch!
Would you like to reveal a remedy for dizziness bacteria!"44
In the style of Pasteur, Koch had also kept the contents of his alleged miracle
substance strictly confidential at first. But as death rates soared, a closer inspection
of the drug's properties revealed that Tuberkulin was nothing more than a bacillus
culture killed off by heat; even with the best of intentions, no one could have
assumed that it would have helped tuberculosis patients suffering from severe
illness. On the contrary, all individuals-be it the test patients or the ones who were
given it later as an alleged cure-experienced dramatic adverse reactions: chills, high
fever, or death. 45
Finally, Koch's critics, including another medical authority of that time, Rudolf
Virchow, succeeded in proving that Tuberkulin could not stop tuberculosis. Rather,
53 Chapter 2
it was feared, according to the later scathing criticisms, that it made the disease's
progress even worse. Authorities demanded that Koch brings forth evidence for his
famous guinea pig tests-but he could not.46
Experts such as historian Christoph Gradmann of Heidelberg say that Koch
"cleverly staged" Tuberkulin's launch. Everything seemed to have been planned well
in advance. In late October 1890, during the first wave of Tuberkulin euphoria, Koch ·
had taken leave of his hygiene professorship. In confidential letters, he requested his
own institute-modeled on the Institut Pasteur in Paris-from the Prussian state in
order to be able to research his Tuberkulin extensively.
Professor Koch calculated the expected profit on the basis of a "daily production
of 500 portions of Tuberkulin at 4.5 million marks annually." On the reliability of his
prognosis, he dryly observed: "Out of a million people, one can reckon, on average,
with 6,000 to 8,000 who suffer from pulmonary tuberculosis. In a country with a
population of 30 million, then, there are at least 180,000 phthisics (tubercular
people)." Koch's announcement in the German Weekly Medical Journal (Deutsche
Medizinische Wochenzeitschrift) appeared simultaneously with excessively positive
field reports by his confidantes, according to Gradmann, served "for the verification
of Tuberkulin just as much as for its propagand a."47
Scu rvy, Beriberi and Pellagra:
The Micr obe Hun ters' Man y Defeats
At the end of the 19'h century, when Pasteur and Koch became celebrities, the
general public had hardly a chance to brace itself against microbe propaganda.
Medical authorities, who adhered to the microbes = lethal enemies theory, and the
rising pharmaceutical industry already had the reins of power and public opinion
firmly in their hands. With this, the course was set for the establishment of clinical
studies using laboratory animals, with the goal of developing (alleged) miracle pills
against very specific diseases.
The scheme was so effective that even a substance like Tuberkulin, which caused
such a fatal disaster, was highly profitable. Koch never even admitted that his
Tuberkulin had been a failure. And Hoechst, a dye factory looking for a cheap entry
into pharmaceutical research, got into Tuberkulin manufacturing. Koch's student
Arnold Libbertz was to supervise production, with close cooperation from Koch's
institute, and the rising pharmaceutical industry were decisively spurred on.48
From this point on, scientists tried to squeeze virtually everything into the model
"one disease-one cause (pathogen)-one miracle cure,"


 traveled to Austin’ s Station 9 to fill in for another firefighter
who was out sick. Over the course of my twenty-four -hour shift, I had a
heartfelt conversation with a firefighter friend and fellow triathlete named
Patrick. Patrick’ s father had suf fered a heart attack and respiratory arrest at
age sixty-two and had started losing his mind to dementia at age seventy;
two years later, Patrick and his mother moved him into a nursing home. The
man’ s perceptions of reality changed like a kaleidoscope; one minute he’d
think he was in the Vietnam War, the next he’d be in his hometown of
Coppers Cove, Texas.
Patrick told me that the saddest moment in his life was when he looked
into his father ’s eyes and realized his dad had no idea who Patrick was.Patrick then told me not only that his father had been a smoker all his life,
but that he had eaten anything and everything that came his way.
Patrick feared that he might be prone to the same fate as his father. I told
him that that was not the case; plenty of research exists showing that you
can lower your risk of Alzheimer ’s. In fact, a recent report in the Annual
Review of Public Health stressed that lifestyle and diet play a major role in
the development of this disease, and that it’ s never too late to take action—
especially if you have a family history that puts you at increased risk in the
first place.
Other studies also point in this direction. For example, researchers at the
Ninth International Conference on Alzheimer ’s Disease and Related
Disorders reported in 2004 that obesity, high cholesterol, and high blood
pressure significantly heighten the risk of Alzheimer ’s. The researchers
followed a group of 1,500 older subjects for twenty-one years and found a
combination of all three factors increased that risk sixfold.
The same study, released in the 2005 issue of The Lancet Neurology,
reported that older people who exercised at least twice a week had a
roughly 60 percent lower risk of suf fering from Alzheimer ’s and dementia
than their couch potato peers. The theory is that exercise helps ward of f
Alzheimer ’s by boosting blood flow to the brain and protecting its blood
vessels.
Meanwhile, a four -year study of 815 Chicago seniors (reported in the
February 2003 issue of the Archives of Neurology ) found that a diet high in
saturated fat doubles the risk of developing Alzheimer ’s.
Myriad other studies have linked Alzheimer ’s with high levels of a
substance called homocysteine. Homocysteine is an amino acid, one of the
building blocks of proteins. It is created by the liver when we consume
another essential amino acid called methionine. The quantity of methionine
found in animal protein is two to three times greater than in plant protein, so
it follows that eating meat and dairy can easily raise your homocysteine
levels to a dangerous degree.
Another study from the July 2000 World Alzheimer ’s Congress had
more promising news. Researchers examined 5,395 individuals aged fifty-
five and older who were free from dementia in 1993, and again in 1999.
The results: “On average, people who remained free from any form of
dementia had consumed higher amounts of beta-carotene, vitamin C,vitamin E and vegetables than the people in the study who developed
Alzheimer ’s disease.”
The researchers also noted that two risk factors for Alzheimer ’s, family
history and a genetic marker, did not alter their findings. High consumption
of vegetables appeared to of fset the other known risk factors for
Alzheimer ’s.
Don’ t take your mind for granted. Since a major risk factor for
Alzheimer ’s is associated with an animal-based diet, while reduced risk is
associated with a plant-based diet, why not give your mind a break and give
up the steak?
Linda Liebowitz, 48
Housewife
It’s not just my cholesterol level (from 266 to 167) and my weight
that have dropped so much (I went from a size ten to a size six)—my
grocery bill has dropped, too. When you’ve got a family of four,
that’s all the reward you need.
I HOPE IT  IS NOW  CRYSTAL CLEAR  to you how many of us are suf fering from
the foods at the end of our forks. It is nothing short of a travesty. Here we
are, living in the great land of America in the twenty-first century,
possessing the knowledge to fight of f our most crippling diseases, yet we
continue to consume excess amounts of toxic animal protein, fat, and
cholesterol, as well as processed and refined foods.
Medical science has shown us that the American diet is unhealthy. Yet
modern medicine still treats all these diseases without addressing their root
cause: improper nutrition.
For example, doctors address our worst epidemic, cardiovascular
disease, by treating only the symptoms. They are attempting to solve a
molecular problem with mechanical tools. And these tools, such as
cholesterol-lowering drugs and fancy sur geries using all kinds of gadgets
from wire cages to balloons, do not extend life and don’ t prevent new heart
attacks.
We firefighters are part of the problem, too. Despite our emphasis on
safety, rescue, and fitness, the career with the greatest incidence of heart
attacks is, indeed, firefighting. Trust me, if you were a fly on the wall at afirehouse, you would be amazed to watch what the majority of firefighters
eat!
EXTINGUISHING FIRE AND DISEASE
Firefighters want to, and do, save lives. Occasionally our jobs require
us to rush into a burning building and pull out victims. That’ s a
drastic measure. We’d prefer to teach people how to prevent a fire
from ever occurring in the first place.
Bad health is like a raging fire in the body, and can be just as
deadly. The best way to fireproof yourself is to eat a whole grain,
plant-strong diet.
The chances of starting a fire and/or promoting disease are greatly
reduced if you follow these rules in each area.
FIRE PREVENTION
1. Working smoke detectors save lives. They’re like big noses that
sniff for smoke and never go to sleep. But as we like to say in the
Austin Fire Department, “Put a finger on it” once a month to make
sure the batteries work. And change them twice yearly.
2. Keep a fire extinguisher in the kitchen. Kitchen fires account for
the majority of house fires. Don’ t get distracted and leave cooking
food unattended.
3. Candles are fire candy. Use them only when someone is in the
room, and make sure they’re in a secure holder, away from
combustible materials.
4. Matches and lighters are tools, not toys. Teach your children that
they are for adults only.
5. Plan your escape in case of fire. Know at least two ways out of
every room. Create a designated meeting place outside your home.
Tell children never to hide under a bed, in a closet, or in a bathtub.
6. Crawl low under smoke. Our saying in Austin is: “Get low and
go.” Clean air is always nearest the floor. Drop and head
immediately to one of your two exits.7. If your clothes catch fire, don’ t run. Stop, drop, and roll. Stop
where you are, drop to the ground, cover your face with your
hands, and roll over and over to smother the flames.
8. Don’ t smoke. Smoldering cigarette butts cause fires and are the
number one cause of fire death in the United States. If you’re a
smoker, for heaven’ s sake, don’ t fall asleep on the couch or in bed,
because heaven’ s where you’ll end up.
DISEASE PREVENTION
1. Eat green leafy vegetables like there is no tomorrow: broccoli, bok
choy, mustard greens, kale, collard greens, spinach, romaine
lettuce, and Brussels sprouts. No other foods are as nutrient dense.
2. Eat plant foods of all the colors of the rainbow every day: red,
green, blue, yellow, orange, and purple. Maximize the massive
variety of phytochemicals and antioxidants by consuming these
nutrient-rich food bombs. Watch your palate and ener gy change
before your eyes.
3. Fiber is your friend. Eat fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and beans
and you’ll get all the fiber you’ll ever need. You’ll consistently feel
better and your bowels will be as regular as clockwork.
4. Get junk food out of the house. If it’ s in the cupboard, you’ll be
drawn to it like a moth to light. Don’ t torture yourself. Toss it!
5. Always carry food with you: whole grain crackers, healthy ener gy
bars, fruit, or vegetables. Don’ t let a hungry stomach lead you
astray.
6. If you smoke, stop. And if you don’ t smoke, don’ t start. It isn’ t
cool, smart, or worth it.
7. Minimize or eliminate the booze. It’ s not healthy and rarely
enhances life.
8. Get of f your butt and move. No matter how good your diet is, you
need to exercise your body. Do anything as long as your heart
thumps and your blood pumps. Life is better after


, but your cancer will flare up with each small addition.THE CURE FOR ALL DISEASES
336Avoid the entire list, meticulously. Even using one of these,
like your favorite shampoo  or bottled water, will result in
failure. Your body will continue to make human chorionic go-
nadotropin  (hCG ) and the pathology will remain
“indeterminate”—not cancerous but not well, either. If you have
learned the new bioelectronic technology described in this book,
you can test all your foods and products for isopropyl alcohol.
When you find a beverage that is free of propyl alcohol, it
may have other pollutants. Xylene and toluene  invite parasites to
the brain. Wood alcohol invites them to eyes and pancreas. The
diseases caused by these are not as frightening, perhaps, as
cancer, but entirely avoidable. For this reason, I suggest in this
book that you go back (actually “forward”) to self made prod-
ucts, unprocessed food and a limited number of tested supple-
ments.
Getting Well After Cancer
The ravages of cancer must be healed once the malignancy
has been stopped. This is where carcinogens  play a role. The
lung lesions will not heal unless cigarette  smoking, freon, as-
bestos, and fiberglass  exposure is stopped. Carcinogens were
thought to be the cause  of cancer. Actually, they drew  the can cer
to the organ. Nickel draws  cancer to the prostate. Barium found
in lipstick  draws  cancer to the breast. And so on.
The following toxins can be present in any organ! I consider
these to be our most serious threat. Starting with the worst, they
are:
1.Freon  (same as CFCs  or refrigerant). I have not found a
single person to be entirely free of it, including persons
without cancer or disease. But in cancer sufferers it is al-
ways concentrated in the cancerous organ, and facilitates
the accumulation of other toxins. This makes your refrig-CURING CANCER
337erator, if it leaks even microscopically, the top cancer
hazard in the country!
2.Copper  from water pipes. All cancer sufferers have an
accumulation in the cancerous tissue. This makes plumbing
the second greatest hazard.
3.Fiberglass  or asbestos  is present in about 25% of the
cancer victims I see.
4.Mercury  as in tooth fillings.
5.Lead  from solder joints in copper  plumbing. All colon
cancer sufferers test positive.
6.Formaldehyde  as in foam  bedding  and new clothing.
7.Nickel  usually from dental metal. Most prostate  cancer
sufferers test positive.
At first, tumors are benign—what a relief to find your tumor
was benign. Its true nature is still unknown, but it contains freon,
other toxins, and later propyl alcohol! Since tumors are often
large, many centimeters in diameter, and toxins do not oc cupy
much space, there is much unidentified substance. These tumors
can multiply and enlarge, as in  fibrocystic  breast  disease, all
without being malignant. But what a convenient place for baby
stages of the fluke to hide out and multiply, safe from your
immune system. After being colonized by fluke stages, the tumors
become malignant. Eventually they also become in fected when
metastasis  sets in.
All malignancies have the same two fundamental causes:
intestinal flukes and propyl alcohol. Whether you have a rhab-
domyosarcoma  or a mesothelioma  or melanoma, you can cure it
quickly, never to return.THE CURE FOR ALL DISEASES
338Herbal Parasite Killing Program
Flatworms, roundworms, protozoa, even bacteria and vi ruses
are remarkably easy to kill using a combination of zapping and
this herbal program. Thus it is not just for cancer, but a general
treatment that can benefit almost every illness
1.Black Walnut Hull Tincture  Extra Strength  (see Reci-
pes, page 543):
Day 1: (this is the day you begin; start the same day you
receive it)
Take one drop. Put it in ½ cup of water. Sip it on an empty
stomach such as before a meal.
Day 2: Take 2 drops in ½ cup water same as above.
Day 3: Take 3 drops in ½ cup water same as above.
Day 4: Take 4 drops in ½ cup water same as above.
Day 5: Take 5 drops in ½ cup water same as above.
Day 6: Take 2 tsp., all together in ¼ cup water. Sip it, don't
gulp it. Get it down within 15 minutes. (If you are over 150
pounds, take 2½ tsp. Do not take more than 3 tsp. because no
additional value has been observed.)
This dose kills any remaining stages throughout the body,
including the bowel  contents, a location unreachable by
electric current. The alcohol in the tincture can make you
slightly woozy for several minutes. Simply stay seated un-
til you are comfortable again. You may put the tincture in
lukewarm  water to help evaporate some of the alcohol,
but do not use hot water because that may damage its
parasiticide power. Then take niacinamide  500 mg to
counteract the toxicity of the alcohol. You could also feel
a slight nausea  for a few minutes. Walk in the fresh air orCURING CANCER
339simply rest until it passes. You may add more water or
honey or a spice to make it more palatable.
For a year: take 2 tsp. Black Walnut Hull Tincture  Extra
Strength every week or until your illness is but a hazy
memory. This is to kill any parasite stages you pick up from
your family, friends, or pets.
Family members and friends should take 2 tsp. every other
week to avoid reinfecting you. They may be harboring a few
parasite stages in their intestinal tract without having symptoms.
But when these stages are transmitted to a cancer patient, they
immediately seek out the cancerous organ again.
You may be wondering why you should wait for five days
before taking the 2 tsp. dose. It is for your convenience
only. You may have a sensitive stomach or be worried
about toxicity or side effects. By the sixth day you will
have convinced yourself there is no toxicity or side
effects.
Going faster. In fact, if you are convinced after the first
drop of the restorative powers of Black Walnut Hull
Tincture  Extra Strength, take the 2 tsp. dose on the very
first day.
Going slower. On the other hand, if you cringe at the
thought of taking an herb or you are anxious about it’s
safety, continue the drops, increasing at your own pace,
until you are ready to brave the decisive 2 tsp. dose.
2.Wormwood  capsules (should contain 200-300 mg of
wormwood, see Sources ):
Day 1: Take 1 capsule before supper (with water).
Day 2: Take 1 capsule before supper.THE CURE FOR ALL DISEASES
340Day 3: Take 2 capsules before supper.
Day 4: Take 2 capsules before supper.
Continue increasing in this way to day 14, whereupon you
are up to seven capsules. You take the capsules all in a
single dose (you may take a few at a time until they are
all gone). Then you do 2 more days of 7 capsules each.
After this, you take 7 capsules once a week forever, as it
states in the Maintenance Parasite Program. Try not to
get in terrupted before the 6th day, so you know the adult
intes tinal flukes are dead. After this, you may proceed
more slowly if you wish. Many persons with sensitive
stomachs prefer to stay longer on each dose instead of
increasing according to this schedule. You may choose
the pace after the sixth day.
3.Cloves :
Fill size 00 capsules with fresh ground cloves; if this size
is not available, use size 0 or 000. In a pinch, buy gelatin
capsules and empty them or empty other vitamin
capsules. You may be able to purchase fresh ground
cloves that are already encapsulated; they should be
about 500 mg. Gro cery store ground cloves do not work!
Either grind them yourself or see  Sources.
Day 1: Take one capsule 3 times a day before meals.
Day 2: Take two capsules 3 times a day.
Days 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10: Take three capsules 3 times a
day.
After day 10: Take 3 capsules all together once a week
forever, as in the Maintenance Parasite Program.
Take ornithine  at bedtime for insomnia. Even if you do not
suffer from insomnia now, you may when you kill parasites.CURING CANCER
341Parasite Program Handy Chart
Strike out the doses as you take them.
Black Walnut Hull
Tincture  Extra
Strength DoseWormwood Capsule
Dose (200-300 mg)Clove Capsule Dose


 your heart doesn’ t have to speak to you in words. The language of
spirit comes to us as silent assurance, self-acceptance, patience, an
appreciation of simply being. As these qualities develop you are maturing
in your experience of the heart center.
OceanofPDF.comIN OUR LIVES
“Who W ill Rescue Me?”
HER NAME WAS Nina. On the surface she presented herself as someone in
supreme control  of her life. She was an intelligent, gifted woman who had
independent financial means and used them in a socially conscious way.
Privately she was intensely spiritual. I would regularly get late-night calls
when Nina could n’t wait to talk about some new discovery that had excited
her in her voraci ous reading of scriptures, masters, and “messag es” of every
sort. I knew Nina from earlier days in Boston when she sat on our hospital
board, and I had attended her latest wedding early this year.
It took place on a mountainside in Oregon facing a spectacular Pacific
sunset. The vows exchanged between the bride and groom were
unconventional; in addition to elements drawn from the familiar Christian
service, the vows contained a Buddhist prayer and New Age verses about
soul mates finding each other across the universe. The joy in the air could
be felt like a warm, nourishing rain from the twilit skies.
For Nina  this ceremony marked a huge personal milestone. “I’m going to
do it right this time,” she had declared. At forty-five Nina had already been
married and raised two grown children. Her divorce had been the result of
outgrowing her old self-image,  which was much more conventional than
spiritual. “I lived the way my mother taught me—don’ t think about
yourself, make your husband and children happy. If your love is selfless
enough, things will take care of themselves,” she said.
But after ninete en years Nina didn’ t feel taken care of. Her love had
supported other people but not herself. She decided to find self-
improvement on her own. Therapy, meditation retreats, and women’ s
groups quickly followed. When  her husband resisted these changes, Nina
felt fearful but determined. The door to self-exploration was open, and shewanted her relationships to mirror the new person she was trying to
become.
She explained, “If my first husba nd insisted on keeping me in a box that I
didn’ t want to be in, then he wasn’ t the person who loved me the most. It
had taken me a long time, but that was what I wanted out of marriage, to be
with a person who could accept me and allow me to grow. That’ s my idea
of someone who loves me the most.” Nina felt she had found such a mate in
Gregory; after a whirlwind romance that began through having the same
therapist in Los Angeles, Nina rushed into marriage a few months after her
divorce.
Ten months later I saw her at a reception and asked, “How’ s Gregory?”
Nina’ s eyes grew vague. “Oh, we’re having problems. We both thought it
might be good to have some time apart. I don’t know—things happened.”
Her voice drifted off; she looked  exhausted. I hardly recognized the woman
who had placed such high hopes on her marriage.
Nina later confided that although Gregory wasn’ t dominant or demanding
like her first husband, she found herself getting angry at him and distrusting
his motives in marrying her; they were both spiritual, but the soul love she
had expected wasn’ t there. One thing Nina said was extremely telling: “Do
you want to know something? Every morning when I wake up, I repeat the
same question to myself: ‘Who will rescue me?’”
“Who do you think will?” I asked.
She shrugged. “Maybe nobody, I don’ t know.”
I knew Nina well enough to be sure that she doesn’ t see herself as merely
a victim or a damsel in distress. There was a deeper reason why this
question was coming up. Nina was expressing the fundamental, haunting
fear of aloneness. “Who will rescue me?” means, “Am I going to survive on
my own?” This fear bespeaks our tremendous need for security, a need so
dominant that it often blocks the insight, courage, and freedom we really
need but don’ t know how to find.
When we had time alone I laid this out for Nina, telling her that I thought
the speed of her courtship and subsequent decision to marry Gregory said a
lot about her insecurity after her divorce.
“When we set out on a spiritual path, we set out on a solitary journey, yet
pulling against this is all the old conditioning that tells us, particularly
women, that it isn’t safe to go it alone, that we can’t make it without outsidesupport. In other words, commitment to yourself collides with your belief in
commitment to a mate. Society  is changing, and independence for both
sexes is more accepted than before, yet that doesn’ t change the feeling of
aloneness that hits you when you break away from old conventions, old
models, old social standards.”
“Then I have to choose either marriage or being by myself?” Nina asked.
“No,” I answere d, “that’ s just fear talking. Your love for Grego ry can be
the starting point for finding yourself; the two aren’ t incompatible.”
Spirituality begins with a vision, but reality doesn’ t fit that vision. The
path is what brings them toget her. Most people who want to experience
inner growth begin, as Nina did, by reading in the vast inspirational
literature. They become discont ented with the distance between their own
lives and the enlightened existen ce they discover in their readin g; they start
to make  a break. Inevitably there turn out to be people—like Nina’ s first
husband or parents or old friends—who don’t fit the spiritual  vision. Yet
after the break nothing seems to really change. The haunting insecurity and
loneliness, the sense of confusion and conflict, are still there.
But instead of feeling let down by this “failure,” you need to realize that
all spirit ual work is done by yourself, with yourself, and for yourself. No
one “out there” can take responsibility. It is all right to be aware of a
distance between vision and reality, because that is what it feels like to be
on the path. If you had no gaps to close, you wouldn’ t need a path.
We all step onto the path to love out of need, but at a certain point need
can be destruct ive, because it is born of lack and fear. Need must be
balanced with two other ingredients—willingness to be transformed and
support in that transformation.
It isn’t easy to have all these requirements met, and it’s nearly impossible
if you don’t know of their exist ence. A highly motivated woman like Nina
would find it particularly difficult to expose her vulnerability, to express
need directly. Her willingness to change seemed genuine, since that was the
motivation behind her divorce,  but was this willingness really deep? In
choosing Gregor y, who had much experience of spiritual matters, she found
the opposite of her first husband, but perhaps Gregory saw too clearly into
her insecurities. Finally, support  depends upon being able to receive it when
it is offered, and it wasn’ t clear that Nina was entirely open to sharingherself with a man whom she had known for only a few months before they
began to live together.
Need, willingness, and support. All of these are necessary if one is to step
onto the path to love. They serve as signals to spirit that you are ready to
depart from traditional ways of living, for the old modes can’t be converted
to new ones.
I told Nina that there was a deeper meaning to her question “Who will
rescue me?” She was expressi ng an intuition that she was going to be
rescued. But not by a man—it was her own spirit that was summoning her
onto the path.
I asked Nina to practice meditat ing on her heart, and this is what she said
she felt: gasps and moments of ragged breathing, occasional sobs followed
by deep, relaxe d sighs, twinges of chest pain, tightness in her neck and
abdomen, restless urges to stop meditating and jump out of her chair. When
asked what was happening mentally, she reported flashes of old memories,
bursts of sadness, fantasies, obsessive repetition of daily worries, and some
fleeting moments of silence.
This is very typical of a perso n newly opening up to spirit— a lot of
purification was going on as the mind body system began to release its old
energies. Nina’ s transformation, like everything placed in the hands of
spirit, promised to be tremendously beautiful. For the time being, however,
she was too caught up in her confusions to see this.
At one point in our conversation, Nina was startled by a comment I
made. “If you don’ t mind me saying so, I like you this way,” I said.
“What? In a mess?” she rejoined.
“First of all, I don’t think you’re in a mess. You’re in ferment, and there’ s
a big dif ference. Y our confusion has made you open.”
“You mean it’ s turned my life upside down,”


women. He quickly amassed  a sizable sum of money and retired
before he was fty, spending  the rest of his life in medi tation and
spiritual inquiry. At the announcement of my birth, he
unobtrusively took his way from his house on Babar Road in New
Delhi to a back street in the old city, where he distributed alms to
the poor.
This grandfather passed hours in the company of yogis, swamis,
and other holy men, or simply with his old cronies, who constantly
talked of “the Mysterious One.” If a friend found a Queen Victoria
gold rupee in the street, they would smilingly shake their heads and
murmur, as if sharing a private joke, “Oh, it’s the Mysterious One
again.” If a young mother lost her rst child, that, too, was a whim
of the Mysterious One, and in fact no unusual incident, large or
small, went by without invoking this unseen and unseeable person. I
had no idea whom they were referring to, although there was a
mixture of the inscrutable, the unpredictable, and the divinely
playful in his character.
Few ten-year-o ld boys, even in India, can be said to have a
contemplative bent, and I was no exception. It did not occur to me
that these old men in their white jackets and peaked caps, sitting on
our veranda half the day without exchanging six words, could be
investigating anything very worthwhile. This grandfather died
without letting me into his world. Instead, most of my life has been
dominated by my army grandfather. Medicine is suited to action
and is almost military in its disciplined training, its attention to
defense, its rallies and last-ditch stands against the enemy, and not
least of all, in the violence often done to the human body in the
name of doing it good.
To most physicians, the most fearful prospect is not a case that
cannot be cured but one where the doctor is helpless to act. Even anincurable disea se has treatments, working toward the day when one
of them  will prove eective. Without this “anything is better than
nothing” attitude, we would  not have most of the cures that do
exist. But what about the times when doing nothing is the cure? In
those moments the Mysterious One begins to make his presence felt.
In his brilliant book of essays on surgery, Mortal Lessons, Richard
Selzer recalls one patient of his, a short-order cook named Joe
Riker, who always showed up for his weekly appointments wearing
a fedora. Beneath the hat was hidden a terrible secret: In the middle
of his head a tumor had progressively worked its way through the
skin, the skull bones, and the three tough outer layers of the brain,
leaving a gaping hole. Through it, the actual moist tissue of the
brain could now be seen. Selzer’s reaction to this disturbing sight
was not horror but urgent compassion:
I would gaze then upon Joe Riker and marvel. How digni ed
he was, as though the tumor  … had given him a grace that a
lifetime of good health had not bestowed.
“Joe,” I say, “let’s get rid of it. Cut out the bad part, put in
a metal plate, and you’re cured.” And I wait.
“No operation,” says Joe. I try again.
“What do you mean, ‘no operation’? You’re going to get
meningitis. Any day now. And die. That thing is going to get
to your brain.”
I think of it devouring the man’s dreams and memories. I
wonder where they are. The surgeon knows all the parts of
the brain, but he does not know his patient’s dreams and
memories.…
“No operation,” says Joe.
“You give me a headache,” I say. And we smile, not
because the joke is funny anymore, but because we have got
something between us, like a secret.
Week after week, for six months, Selzer had no choice but to apply
fresh dressings and set the next weekly appointment, always for
Thursday at four o’clock. Then one day Joe missed his appointmentand did not return. After a month, Selzer drove to the diner in New
Haven where Joe worked and found him behind the counter, still
wearing his fedora. When he demanded to examine him, Joe
nervously refused, but he agreed to meet Selzer at his oce that
Thursday. He showed up late for his appointment.
“Take o your hat,” I say, and he knows by my voice that I
am not happy. He does, though, raise it straight up with both
hands the way he always does, and I see … that the wound
has healed. Where once there had been a bitten-out
excavation … there is now a fragile bridge of shiny new skin.
“What happened?” I manage.
“You mean that?” He points to the top of his head. “Oh
well,” he says, “the wife’s sister, she went to France, and
brought me a bottle of water from Lourdes. I’ve been wash ing
it out with that for a month.”
“Holy water?” I say.
“Yeah,” says Joe. “Holy water.”
O and on after that, Selzer would see Joe at the diner, looking
completely ordinary, not at all like “a eshy garden of miracles,” as
Selzer dubbed him. There seemed to be no change at all in Joe’s
shuing walk or his matter-of-fact manner. “Perhaps the only
change is just the sly wink with which he greets me, as though to
signal that we have shared something furtive. Could such a man, I
think as I sip my coee, could such a man have felt the brush of
wings?”
The Mask of Maya
In his own very dierent words, Selzer is posing the same
question as my spiritual grandfather: Is there a mysterious force that
brushes us at times, lifting ordinary life above the laws that seem to
bind it? “What is to one man a coincidence is to another a miracle,”
Selzer writes. “It was one or the other of those I saw last spring.”
But isn’t there  a third altern ative? The body might be a mask, anappearance of reality suited to the ve senses, which usually  follows
the well-known set of physical laws, but is also free to change. If
this is so, then the strange events that occasionally crop up would
not really be miracles but glimpses behind the mask, or small
windows into a corridor of reality that is usually sealed o.
If I use the phrase “the body is an illusion,” I am demoting this
structure of skin and bones from the xed, predictable, solid status
it seems to have in time and space, but I am not implying that we
should give up on it, treating it as indierently as the illusory
patterns that a swirl of cigare tte smoke makes in the air. The body is
precious to us, all the more so because  it is not xed and predictable.
We have a wide choice about how to react to the illusion. It can
be made into something deceptive, unreal, and unrelia ble. But I
could also regard it as something marvelous, enchanting, and
surprising, like the illusions  of Houdini. Certainly I am free to
choose this second interpretation. That is what my spiritual
grandfather did when he approached the even greater illusion of life
as a whole: for him, the Mysterious One was not a deceiv er. He was
the all-powerful animating force that makes things happen,
sometimes according to the rules but not always. After all, they are
His rules.
In the Indian tradition, the formal term for this omnipotent force
is Maya. Maya is a Sanskrit word that means “illusion” or
“delusion,” but much more besides. The eminent mythologist Joseph
Campbell has traced the shades of meaning contained in this word.
Maya comes from the root verb ma, “to measure out, to form, to
build,” denoting the ability of the gods to change form, to make
worlds, to assume masks and disguises.
Maya also means “magic,” a show of illusions. In warfa re it can
mean camouage or deceptive tactics. Finally, when used by
philosophers, Maya denotes the delusion of thinking that you are
seeing reality when in fact you are only seeing a layer of trick
eects superimposed upon the real reality.
True to its deceptive nature, Maya is full of paradoxes. First of all,
it is everywhere, even though it doesn’t exist. It is often compared to
a deser t mirage, yet unlike a mirage, Maya does not merely oat“out there.” The Mysterious One is nowhere if not in each person.
Finally, Maya is not so omnipotent that we cannot control it—and
that is the key point. Maya is fearful or diverting, all-powerful or
completely impotent, depending on your perspective. If cancer is
just Maya, then its frighten ing appearance is a bogeyman, to be
dispelled by anyone who sees through it. The fearful illusion
becomes a wonderful show if only you can manipulate it


 disease is a great profit center for th e medical profession.
    Most heart problems are very easy to fix by holistic approaches, even many hereditary weaknesses and malfunctions can be
healed, if the work is done before too much organic damage occurs. But it rarely is easy to get the people to  take the necessary
medicine; everything in their lives must change –and fast.
    First of all, people with heart problems must rapidly reach and maintain normal weight. This can be done by fasting or by
dietary change, usually by eliminating all fats, sug ars and refined starches. Alcohol and tobacco must instantly and forever become
only past memories. It is almost as essential to eliminate flesh protein foods and dairy. Should that prove entirely too pain ful, fish
in small quantities and only one or two t imes a week is tolerable.
    For starters, a long fast, especially one involving lots of bed rest, is ideal. This gives the heart a chance to heal while t he body
weight is adjusted. A period of intense rest even without water fasting will accomplish almo st as much. Even someone with the
potential for heart disease who has not yet had a heart attack would be well -served to spend a month in bed, losing weight on juice,
or sitting in a rocker on the porch eating only raw foods. After the weight is down to no rmal or close to normal and the heart tests
stronger, an exercise program should be started.
    Exercise has to become a religion. A daily aerobic program must be started on a carefully managed gradient, using the pulse r ate
as an regulator, at first rais ing their maximum heart rate to a point just below 150 percent of its resting pulse and keeping it there
for thirty minutes. One can walk, jog, ride a bicycle or use an exercise machine. Actually, everyone should do this, even tho se with
no heart problems.  My husband, who hates the boredom of exercise, enjoys a ski machine in front of the TV while the stock
market program is on. He finds the TV interesting enough that he pays no attention to his workout. Daily aerobic exercise wil l
strengthen the heart, gra dually slowing the heart's resting pulse rate, indicating that the heart has become much stronger, pumping
more blood with each pulse. As the resting pulse drops the exercising heartbeat can be increased to double the resting rate.
    Highly aggressive, competitive, stress -oriented people have to give up being adrenaline junkies and learn to relax and assume a
laid-back approach to living. Or die soon. An adrenaline junkie is someone that enjoys the feeling they get when operating under
stress. Stress and  the adrenaline it releases produce a kind of a drug -high. Many stressaholics cannot give up their adrenaline
addiction while maintaining their previous employment and life -style, even though their life is at stake. In this sense they are like
alcoholics, who should not take employment tending bar. To survive for long these people may have to retire or change
professions. Stockbrokers may have to become Organic farmers; journalists may have to operate a news stand or bookstore, or
work part -time covering th e society page and dog shows. Women frequently turn their family life into a stress -filled drama too.
    With heart problems a life extension megavitamin program is essential, even for twenty somethings if they have heart disease.
The sixty milligrams of Co-Enzyme Q -10 I recommend for the average middle aged person will not be enough for heart cases;
they should take at least 120 milligrams daily and consider up to 250 mg. This much Q -10 greatly boosts the energy output of the
heart on a cellular level. Vi tamin E should also be increased, to between 600 and 2,000 iu daily. I also rebuild diseased hearts with
protomorphogens; usually they must stay on protomorphogens for the rest of their lives. Niacin taken several times a day in d oses,
sufficient to dilate  the capillaries and cause a skin flush (50 to 200 milligrams), increases the blood flow to nourish the heart. The
amino acid L. Carnitine is also useful by increasing the energy output of the heart much like Co -Enzyme Q -10.
    When I put people on this p rogram, the supplements and other measures gradually take effect, and over months the patient
begins to feel enormously better. Inevitably they come to dislike the side -effects of the various medications their medical doctor
has put them on and they begin to wean themselves off of heart -stimulating poisons like digitalis. Another benefit of my program
is that inevitably, blood pressure also drops to a normal range so if they have been on blood pressure medication they quit t hat too.
Their diuretics also bec ome unnecessary. The money they save more than pays for their supplements and the sense of well -being
they feel is beyond value.

Other Kinds Of Cancer
    There seem to be many other kinds of cancer, at least if you believe the medical doctors. They divid e up cancers and their
treatments by their location in the body and by the type of cancer cells present. I do not see it that way. To me, a cancer i s a cancer
is a cancer, and there is only one kind: it is an immune system collapse, consequence of the dead ly triangle of weak spleen, thymus
and liver, plus a toxic large intestine and weak pancreas. That organ profile is found in skin cancer, prostate cancer, leuke mia,
brain cancer, cancer of what have you. How fast or how slowly the cells multiply or spread,  where they are located, what the
cancer cells look like in a microscope, these are irrelevant factors compared to the body's ability to conquer the disease. O r die
from it.
    If the body's immune system can stop the growth of the cancers and begin to tu rn them back before the cancer cells impinge
catastrophically on some vital function, the person can usually survive. Even if the body cannot completely eliminate all the  cancer
cells, but regains enough immune function to keep the existing cancers in perm anent check, a person can survive many years with
an existing, stable cancer without undue pain or discomfort. Still having a non -growing tumor after a long fast indicates that a
person is a lot better than they were before fasting.
    I believe that vir tually everyone has cancer cells in their body, just like viruses and bacteria. But most people do not develop
cancer as a disease because their immune function is strong so these misbehaving cells are destroyed as fast as they appear.
Mutated, freely -multiplying cells are caused by peroxidized fats, by free radicals in the body, by radiation (there has always been
background radiation on Earth), by chance mutation. There are naturally occurring highly carcinogenic substances in ordinary
foods that are unav oidable. In fact some of these naturally occurring substances are far more dangerous than the toxic residues of
pesticides in our foods. The body is supposed to deal with all these things; they are all called insults. It is rarely the in sult, but the
failure of the body to eliminate cancerous cells promptly that causes the disease called cancer. So the treatment I recommend for
cancer in general is the same as the one described for breast cancer cases. Restore the immune function.
    However, as much as I lack respect for conventional medical cancer therapies, I do think surgery can have a useful place in
cancer treatment along with hygienic methods. Some people just cannot confront the lump(s). Or they are so terrified of havin g a
cancer in their body that  their emotions suppresses their own immune function. Even though surgery prompts a cancer to spread
more rapidly, without their lumps some cancer patients feel more positive. If surgery is done in conjunction with rebuilding the
immune system, the body wi ll prevent new cancers from forming.
    Removal of a large mass of cancer cells can also lighten the immune system's task. Not having to kill off and reabsorb all th ose
cells one -by-one from a huge cancer mass, the body can better conquer smaller groups of cancer cells. And the die -off of large
cancers produces a lot of toxins, burdening the organs of elimination. This is an argument for the potential benefit of a
lumpectomy. However, I do not support mastectomies, or the type of surgery that cause massiv e damage to the body in a foolish
attempt to remove every last cancer cell, as though the cells themselves were the disease.
    Sometimes cancer tumors are well -encapsulated, walled off and can be easily removed without prompting metastasis. This type
of tumor may not be completely reabsorbed by the body in any case; though the immune system may have killed it, an empty shell
remains, like a peanut shell. Sometimes the judgment calls about surgery can get dicey. When surgery involves removing an org an.
I oppose the loss of useful body parts.
    I have also known and helped people who believed they couldn't recover without radiation and chemotherapy. What people
believe is, is. The emotions generated when a personal reality is suppressed, ignored or invali dated will overwhelm an immune
system. I always tell those people who sincerely believe in it to go ahead with standard medical treatment (while I'm private ly
praying the doctors won't cause too much damage). However, when I am supporting a body with suppl ements and dietary reform,
have put that body on a raw -


 which
belongs to the spinach family. When
cooked, quinoa is light and fluffy, slightly
crunchy and subtly flavoured. It in fact
cooks and tastes like a grain, making it an
excellent replacement for grains that are
difficult to digest or that feed candida (a
systemic fungal infection).
Researchers attribute the health benefits of
quinoa to its complete nutritional makeup.
Quinoa is close to being one of the mostcomplete foods in nature because it
contains amino acids, enzymes, vitamins
and minerals, fibre, antioxidants and
phytonutrients. Quinoa contains all nine
essential amino acids that are required by
the body as building blocks for muscles. It
also contains high levels of magnesium,
which helps to relax the muscles and
blood vessels, which in turn lowers blood
pressure.
Quinoa is a wonderful way to ensure that
you consume valuable fibre that eases
elimination and tones your colon. It is also
a good source of manganese and copper
which act as antioxidants in the body to
get rid of dangerous cancer and disease-
causing substances. Studies have shownthat in its whole grain form, quinoa may
be effective in preventing and treating
artherosclerosis, breast cancer, diabetes
and insulin resistance.
Raisins
Raisins are used worldwide in cuisines
(especially desserts), health tonics and as
snacks. They are made from drying grapes
(green or black), either in the sun or in
driers and they look like golden, green or
black gems.
Raisins contain vitamin B, which is
known for boosting energy. They are also
high in calories, which is important forathletes as it helps boost energy naturally.
They help relieve constipation, anaemia,
fever, and help in weight gain, eye care,
dental care and bone health. The juice of
soaked or stewed raisins has been found
to be a good remedy for sore throat,
asthma and cases of cold. Raisins contain
oleic acid, which helps promote good oral
health by destroying the bacteria that
cause cavities. They are also rich in iron,
fibre and tartaric which promote digestive
health and regularity. Research has found
that eating two servings a day may help
lower the risk of colon cancer. They are
one of the best dietary sources of boron,
which is essential for bone health. The
minerals in raisins in conjunction withoestrogen in women help make bones
stronger and ward off osteoporosis.
Raisins are rich in antioxidants that help
protect our bodies against free radical
damage. They can help lower cholesterol
and reduce the risk of heart disease. The
fruit sugar in raisins is more digestible
than cane sugar and will not wreck havoc
with blood sugar levels.
Red Wine
Recent studies show that drinking one
glass of red wine each day may have
certain health benefits. Research also
indicates that moderate red wineconsumption may help protect against
certain cancers and heart disease, and can
have a positive effect on cholesterol
levels and blood pressure. The key to
reaping the health benefits seems to be
moderate consumption, so don’t think that
by drinking a bottle you would be getting
these benefits – it doesn’t work that way!
Drinking one glass a day for women and
up to two glasses a day for men may
reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer or
stroke.
The compounds found in red wine that are
responsible for its healing powers are
antioxidants. Red wine contains several
antioxidants beneficial to good health.
One of the most studied antioxidants isresveratrol, a compound found in the
seeds and skins of grapes. Red wine has a
high concentration of resveratrol because
the skins and seeds ferment in the grape
juices during the wine-making process.
This prolonged contact during
fermentation produces significant levels of
resveratrol in the finished red wine. White
wine also contains resveratrol, but
the
seeds and skins are removed early in the
wine making process, reducing the
concentration of the compound in the
finished white wine.
Found in red wine, peanuts, blueberries
and cranberries, resveratrol is easily
absorbed by the body. Its antioxidant
properties also offer health benefits in theprevention of heart disease and the
reduction of lung tissue inflammation in
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD).
Studies have shown that resveratrol has
the ability to inhibit the process that leads
to the growth and spreading (metastasis)
of cancer. Resveratrol helps to neutralize
the oxidation of free radicals, which keeps
them from penetrating the cell membrane
and destroying the protein and DNA
inside healthy cells. Resveratrol also
shows properties of tumour suppression
by preventing the production of new blood
vessels, which can help limit the growth
of tumours by cutting off their supply of
nutrients.Red wine also contains other antioxidants
such as a flavonoid known as catechin,
which is also present in green tea.
Research indicates that along with
resveratrol, catechin plays an important
role in reducing the risk of heart disease.
Saponins, also found in red wine, olive
oil and soya beans, offer protective
benefits for the heart and are easily
absorbed by the body. Yet another
antioxidant found in red wine, guercetin,
is being studied for its value in the
prevention of lung cancer.
Seaweed
As a food, seaweed is primarily used incertain salads, sushi and other ethnic
oriented cuisines around the world, but
food is not the only way to enjoy the
benefits of seaweed. Studies show a vast
array of overwhelming health benefits.
Not only does seaweed have a wonderful
effect on the thyroid because it normalizes
and stabilizes its function but the benefits
continue. It can also stabilize blood
pressure, lower cholesterol and promote a
healthy intestinal tract. The best nutritional
benefit is, however, that various cancers
among those who regularly consume
seaweed are extremely low.
Seaweeds are algae and have unique
health and nutritional properties. A list of
some of the main types of seaweed andtheir main health benefits follows.
• Nori is rich in iodine and iron, and quite
high in protein. It is also a good source
of vitamins C and A, potassium,
magnesium and riboflavin (B2), and it
is low in fat.
• Dulse is exceptionally nutritious,
containing around 10 to 20 percent
protein and a whole host of vitamins
and minerals, including magnesium,
iron and beta-carotene (which the body
uses to produce vitamin A). It is now
being farmed in Ireland for its health
benefits and for making skin care and
cosmetic products.
• Carrageen or Irish moss (chondrus
cripus) is widely used in all sorts offood products because it has
emulsifying and gelling properties. It is
used to thicken foods and produces a
colourless jelly-like consistency, so it
is used in lots of commercial desserts.
It is also a vegetarian answer to
gelatine. It was traditionally rated in
Ireland as a cold and cough remedy. It
is rich in retinol and minerals.
• Wakame is a green seaweed with a
slippery consistency and an almost
sweet taste. It has a thick band of fibre
in the centre which can be easily cut
out to give a more palatable effect. It
can easily be added in small amounts
to lots of cooked dishes such as stir-
fries and stews, and is also delicious
as a side dish. The Japanese use it aspart of miso soup.
• Kelp (laminaria digitata) is found in
many areas of the world. It is a brown
seaweed with literally thousands of
varieties. It is found in all sorts
of
commercial
 products, from
toothpaste to fertilizer. As it is
exceptionally rich in iodine, it used to
be the main source for preventing
goitre and treating thyroid conditions. It
is still highly rated by naturopaths and
nutritional therapists for that use.
Spinach
Spinach is one of the most beneficial and
healthy vegetables, and is known to be apowerhouse of nutrients among all green
leafy vegetables. It is filled with vitamins,
proteins, antioxidants and essential
nutrients that promote overall good health
and well-being. To get the maximum
health benefits from spinach, it should be
consumed as soon as it is purchased. The
longer it is refrigerated, the fewer
nutrients it contains. When kept in the
fridge for more than a week, fresh spinach
tends to lose almost half its nutrients, so
it’s best to consume it in the shortest
possible time.
Spinach and other dark leafy greens like
kale, collard greens, Swiss chard, turnip
greens and bok choy are loaded with
calcium, folic acid, vitamin K and iron.Spinach is also rich in vitamin C, fibre
and carotenoids. Include its lutein and
bioflavonoid compounds, and spinach is a
nutritional powerhouse. The calcium
content strengthens bones, while the A and
C vitamins plus fibre, folic acid,
magnesium and other nutrients help
control cancer, especially colon, lung and
breast cancers. Folate also lowers