 has not yet discovered
the cause. * Dr. Ravitz-as we noted in the first chapter-has
found that the voltage gradients in the human i-field fluctuate
in rhythmic cycles. Are these phenomena in some way related to external forces
influencing human behaviour through the i-fie ld? Again we do
not know but it would be useful to find out whether or not this
is so. If it is-though we cannot control these external forces-it
would be helpful to be able to predict periods when mankind is
likely to be susceptible to wars or depressions. Dr. Ravitz has shown that a study of voltage-rhythms in the
i-fie1d of the individual makes it possible to predict those times
when his vitality and alertness are at a low point-times when
he should avoid hazardous occupations as far as possible. Surely
* Since this was written, the Foundat ion for the Study of Cycles
has republished (Cycles. January 1971) a paper, 'Physical Factors of
the Historical Process' by Professor A. 1. Tchijevsky, translated by
Vladimir P. de Smitt. The paper was presented at the annual meet
ing of the American Meteorological Society in December 1926. Professor Tchijevsky was Assistant, Astronomical Observatory;
Collaborator, Institute of Biological Physics, and Fellow Archaeol
ogical Society, Moscow. This scholarly paper deals with the influence of sun-spot activity
upon human beh<lviour and the whole hist orical process; and gives
some s11ggestive d<lta <lnd graph�. The Editor of Cycles describes it
as a landmark in the literature. He comments that no conclusive
case. pro or con, has been developed but th;tt the task of establishing
any relationship between sun-spots and human excitability is one
of the more important unfinished projects of the Foundation. 119 THE CONTINUING ADVENTURE
it is not beyond the bounds of possibility that mankind-what
ever the cause-is subject to collective 'lows' and 'highs'. If it
could be determined that this is so, leaders would be able to
know in advance those periods when they should exercise
special caution, particularly in international relationships. In these dangerous times, we cannot afford to overlook any
thing that migh t help to reduce risks. For this reason, a further
study of these possibilities would seem to be justified. And with
modern computers and techniques of statistical analysis such
research should not be as expensive or difficult as further ex
ploration of outer space and, quite possibly, might be of greater
benefit to mankind. 5
Though it is important to learn more about the behaviour of
mankind as a whole, it is no less important to study the human
individuaL For, however inconvenient it may be to theorists and
bureaucrats, Nature has arranged that each of us is a unique
individual. This cannot be too strongly emphasized in an age
in which there is an increasing tendency to treat the essential
individual as a mere statistic. To anyone who has studied the human nervous system, how
ever, it is clear that its nature is such that the incredibly-com
plex permutations and combinations of neurones result in many
unique patterns of neural design. These neurones are located in
particular parts of the nervous system and send branches to
other parts of the nervous system. Before the existence of L-fields was established it was hard to
understand why a particular group of neurones should be lodged
in the grey matter of the cortex and not in the spinal cord; and
why the branches of the neurone-the dendrites and axones
apparently move to their ultimate destinations without mistake;
normally, the neurone fibres which run to the ear never end in
the littl� toe. The arrangements, therefore, of the neural parts
is determined by forces which, we now know, are the eJectro
dynamic L-fields. 120 THE CONTINUING ADVE NTURE
If this is accepted, the importance of field factors in the develop
ment and differentiation of the nervous system is evident. And it
is no longer hard to understand how a neuroblast, developing and
differentiating, should be located in a particular place in the
primitive neural tube and why and how its branches should grow
and be directed to an ultimate destination. It is not by accident,
then, that the human nervous system, highly organized and very
complex, should have such precision in its growth and develop
ment and such uniqueness as its final result. All this is of great importance to students of human behaviour
because it shows that it is not a consequence of local phenomena,
nor the result of an endocrine or gastric function, nor of any
other of the physiological properties of the living organism. Chemist ry, whatever its origin, is a consequenc e-and not the
cause-of behaviour. To be sure, defects in behaviour can be recognized; this is well
known. But chemistry can no more change an inferior nervous
system into a better one than high-tes t gasoline can convert a
Ford into a Rolls-Royce. Chemistry supplies the energy but it is
the L-field which gives direction to the energy flow, the result of
which is a pattern of organization. Unfortunately, we know much too little about the conse
quences of the patterned neural mechanism in human beings. We
know a little about the gross anatomy of the nervous system but
we know behaviour only through individual acts. This leads to
confusion in our understanding of the nervous system. We can
only be certain that we are what we are not by accident but by
a patterned organization or design, unique to each of us, which
is regulated by a field. It is true that there are certain patterns of behaviour and auto
matic responses common to all mankind, just as there are parts
of the human nervous system to be found in other highly
organized nervous systems. Apart from these common factors,
however, we are all different and behave differently. Moreover, the mind of man has an unholy capacity to fool
itself. We tend to see what we want to see, to hear what we want
to hear. The raw data of sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell and
so on reach the nervous system and become involved in the in-
121 THE CONTINUING ADV ENTURE
tricate organization of a linking and chaining together of nerve
cells in the nervous system. These, as we know, number at least
ten billion units and therefore provide an astronomical number
of possible permutations and combinations. These permutations, activated by stimuli from the outside
world and also, unfortunately, from the inside world, determine
in the last analysis what you and I do. This means, of course, that
ideas are as powerful stimuli to the nervous system as the physical
events in the immediate enviJOnment. These ideas have to be
integrated with the raw data of sensation and also related to
memory of past events before they result in overt activity. Nearly everyone, when faced with the resulting problems
wants someone to tell them the answers. This is not possible; no
one else can tell you the answers which are right for you, though
he may be able to help you, through ideas, to find the right
answer for yourself. We should not and must not force our solu
tions on others, because each individual is different. We can only
try, with suggestions, to help them to reach conclusions or solu
tions which are appropriate to their uniqueness. Since we know no way to modify the field that determines
the pattern of the human brain and the infinite permutations of
neural response, there are definite limits to what we can hope to
achieve in influencing human behaviour. EnviJOnmen t-a fash
ionable term at the present time-can undoubtedly be an ex
tremely important factor. But it is clear that wha tever we do to
the human nervous system we cannot change its individual and
inherent design deter�ined by the field. Each individual is likely
to react differently, even to the same enviJOnment. Chemistry cannot help us. It is true that we can destroy-or
produce a malfunction of-parts of the nervous system by means
of drugs. They can often modify behaviour to some extent but
this is only because they knock out one component so that an
other component can take over. Similarly, certain operations on the brain can remove or short
circuit abnormal conditions and thus restrict undesirahle be
haviour. But they cannot alter the design. As a matter of fact,
it is difficult for a brain surgeon to tell, merely by looking at the
brain, what kind of person his patient is. There are some racial
122 THE CO NTI NUING ADVENTUR E
and age differences, to be sure, and brains vary in their size and
weight. But no really significant differences have been found in
the finer linking and chaining together of the neuroncs. This is
not because they do not exist but because our present techniques
are not adequate to unravel the complexities. All this shows that-with our present knowledge at least
there are no instant cures for the defects of human behaviour. In other words we cannot hope to change human nature over
night, as wise men have always realized. Though this may seem
to some a depressing conclusion it is better to realize our limita
tions than to entertain false hopes and to waste our energies in
the wrong directions. It is best, too, for education


 being a rounded mass of bone in the back part of
the lower jaw that fits into a socket at the base of the skull. When you open and close
your jaw, this "ball" rotates in its socket, and — if the teeth push the jaw too far in
any direction — the soft tissues between the bones are pinched. One trouble that sometimes follows this pinching is a slow loss of hearing, says one
authority on TMJ disorders. He cites the case of a man who was losing his hearing
and had been wearing a hearing aid for two years before he learned of equilibration. He had not noticed any discomfort at the joints in front of his ears, nor that his teeth
were not meeting properly, but suspected that his teeth might somehow be causing
stress. Se he went to his dentist, who made the necessary changes on the chewing
surfaces of his teeth. Three days later, the patient's hearing had improved to such an
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extent that he discarded his hearing aid. He has not needed it since. That was nine
years ago, and his hearing is still good. Not all patients respond so quickly nor so completely as that, of course, and there
are many other causes of deafness, the authority points out — but pressure at the TMJ
should not be overlooked. Besides hearing trouble, this authority says, stress in the TMJ can cause neuralgia,
stiff neck, running ears and itching ears. He tells of a woman who suffered from
itching ears so much that in company she often had to excuse herself from the room
to scratch her ears. X-ray pictures showed both Temporomandibular joints to be out
of normal adjustment. After her dentist corrected the chewing surfaces of her teeth,
the itching gradually left. (X-ray pictures showed that the joints are now in proper
adjustment.) It is not uncommon for stress in the TMJ to bring on head noises. A patient who
wore artificial dentures in which the teeth were out of adjustment, forcing the left side
of his jaw backward until the joint on that side was under considerable stress,
experienced almost immediate relief from roaring sounds in his ears after being
treated by his dentist. This was several years ago, and the roaring sound has not
returned. Although the connection between stress in the TMJ and the troubles cited is not
fully understood, it is known that there is a connection, because when the condition
in the joint is corrected the troubles often disappear. How does the dentist restore the joints to a normal condition of equilibrium? As
part of the treatment he may change the slopes of the natural or artificial teeth, or
make the teeth higher or lower to bring the chewing muscles into proper working
relationship. Sometimes he reduces pressure on the front teeth so that the chewing
forces fall more on the back teeth. (If the ball parts of the lower jaw have been
pushed too far up into their sockets, this "pivoting" allows them to settle down again
into their normal relaxed positions.) As the TMJ authority notes, one advantage of equilibration treatment is that it can
be done in the dental office and, in many instances, saves the patient from the more
radical treatments of surgery or the injection of chemicals into the joints. Quite often,
in fact, equilibration is the only treatment needed. As with other treatment, preventing trouble is an important aim of TMJ diagnosis. Because TMJ stress sometimes builds up gradually, with the patient suffering no
inconvenience at first, the lower jaw and its joints are often checked for equilibrium
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to prevent trouble. Dentists, Physicians Team Up To Treat TMJ Disorders
Dentists and physicians all over the world are teaming up for diagnosis and
treatment of TMJ disorders. (One physician-dentist reported improvement in over
85% of more than 1,000 patients treated with pivoting; another physician-dentist
team reported that 52 of 54 patients obtained relief from dizziness after equilibration.) In 1955 many dentists and physicians from the U.S. and abroad organized as the
American Equilibration Society to further more intensive study of the TMJ and related
structures. CranioSacral Therapy
This is a very gentle, non-invasive hands-on approach that focuses on the
craniosacral system of the body. This system consists of the membranes and
cerebrospinal fluid that surround and protect the brain and spinal cord. It extends
from the bones of the skull, face and mouth — which make up the cranium — down
to the sacrum, or tailbone. This system has been effective in evaluating and treating problems associated with
pain and dysfunction, lowered vitality, and recurring infections. The light touch
employed in this approach encourages your own natural mechanisms to improve the
functioning of your brain and spinal cord, to dissipate the negative effects of stress
and to enhance your general health and resistance to disease. Craniosacral therapy by Osteopaths, Chiropractors and Dentists has proven to
help people who complain of ringing in the ears (tinnitus) and some forms of
hearing loss. Many have asked Dr. Kelley this question:
"I have a friend losing the lung cancer battle. Does your program help those in later
states of cancer? Chemotherapy and radiation have not worked for him." Dr. Kelley's answer:
There is only one solution to any cancer.— The Kelley Metabolic Program. In
reviewing the medical literature today from 1889 it has been well established, "there
is no cure for cancer after it has been interfered with. All cancer reacts by increased
growth to any injury mechanical or surgical, chemical, or thermal." The 1985
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Review of several thousands of my patients stated that
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"cure rate of the Kelley Program was only 93% after the physicians had used Surgery,
Chemotherapy and Radiation" Of course this is the highest "cure rate" in medical
history. Exception was "pancreatic cancer" at a 100% "cure rate". The denial of the KELLEY METABOLIC CANCER CURE PROGRAM is the denial
of truth and all known scientific proven understanding. This denial is common among
the Orthodox and Alternative medical communities. "Cure" is not in their vocabulary;
only "treatment" and "remission" for financial gain. Cancer victims are "expendable
as in experimental animals." Should you or your friends, at this late terminal stage, choose to use our
program, and can follow the PROGRAM exactly for six months, there is a possibility
for help. There is nothing else that offers the remote possibility of success. 80
Spiritu a l Attitu d e
If y o u r cancer has ta u g h t you s p iritu a l tru th,
you have gained m uch. If your cancer has caused you to stop, think, pray, and know God better, it has
been a blessing to you. If your cancer has caused you to realize the importance and magnificence of this
temple wherein your soul dwells, you have been doubly blessed. If your cancer has caused you to look within and ask the Christ to dwell within
you, you have been thrice blessed. Often physical infirmities come to us for such a purpose. This was true in my own
case. The still, small voice within spoke out to guide and teach this Child of God. Not all who have cancer w ill overcome the condition. Many w ill not believe that
such a simple treatment w ill work. Many w ill not have the opportunity to hear about
and try the procedure. Many w ill come too late with a temple (body) too weak to
respond. But, I  pray with all of you my friends, that you w ill learn a beautiful lesson
and learn it well. I  did. Each of God's children is in an experience in their school (earth) each doing the
very best he or she can. Jesus said, "Judge not, that ye be not judged" (7 Matthew 1);
"This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I  have loved you." (15 John
12). If your cancer has taught you spiritual truth, you have gained much. I  pray with
you and for you that at this point you have come to the realization that your spiritual
decision to get well or not to get well is your own responsibility. If you decide to go
home early, rejoice, for the Father prepares a place for you. Those of you who have
loved ones, who have made this decision, rejoice with them and send them on their
way into God's care. If you decide to stay in school a little longer, this is also good and it should now be
easier. If you are to operate as a perfect being, in perfect health, then you must have
a perfect attitude. You must become aware of the spiritual power within that is
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greater than you, the still, small voice within. If you are of the many millions of people who have been told that you have cancer
and that your days are numbered, then it is you who must be interested enough to
seek out the truth of your condition. You have read many things in this treatise, which
bring new thinking to a very old disease. Since we are dealing with the metabolic approach to cancer, we must consider not
only the physical, but also the mental and spiritual laws of God. We need help from
those around us as well as the God power within to reverse our thinking, and


	and	should	be	seen	as	such. To	go	into	war	as	anything
other	than	a	truly	last	resort,	much	less	for	cooked-up	reasons—or	to	greet	it
with	rallying	cries	like	it’s	a	sports	event—are	the	signs	of	a	nation	having
lost	its	heart,	for	sure,	and	possibly	its	mind. This	attitude	is	not	pacifism	per	se. We’re	living	in	an	era	that	poses	a	new
set	of	questions. Other	generations	could	argue	about	the	moral	validity	of
this	war	or	that	war;	we	don’t	have	the	luxury	of	that	debate. Our	moral
challenge	is	to	move	beyond	war,	period. Some	seem	to	think	that	we	can	continue	to	manufacture	more	nuclear
bombs,	put	weapons	into	outer	space,	create	ever-more-pernicious	methods	of
chemical	warfare,	and	make	further	sales	of	arms	to	other	countries	to	the
tune	of	hundreds	of	millions	of	dollars—not	to	mention	embark	on	further
military	misadventures—without	ultimately	starting	to	lose	our	own	cities	andour	own	people	in	massive	numbers. Such	people	are	either	in	such	denial,	or
so	blind,	or	possessed	of	such	cold	hearts,	that	they	should	never	again	be
endowed	with	either	our	governance	or	our	trust. Anyone	who	doesn’t	understand	the	wave	of	new	thinking	and	enlightened
perspective	that’s	sweeping	the	planet	today	is	someone	whose	time	in	power
should	end. There’s	a	new	conversation	in	the	air,	and	all	of	us	should
contribute	our	voices	to	it	as	best	we	can. It	is	time	to	redesign	the	world—not
along	traditional	economic	geopolitical	lines,	but	along	deeply	humanitarian
ones—in	which	the	amelioration	of	unnecessary	human	suffering	becomes	the
new	organizing	principle	of	human	civilization. It’s	easy	to	laugh	at	baby	boomers	when	we	say	such	things. After	all,	isn’t
that	what	we	said	in	the	’60s. And	what	did	that	lead	to. Well,	it	led	to	the
end	of	one	war,	and	that’s	not	nothing. And	it	arguably	would	have	led	to
much	more,	had	Bobby	Kennedy	and	Martin	Luther	King,	Jr.,	not	died	in	part
for	believing	it. The	mistake	of	the	’60s	generation	wasn’t	that	we	didn’t	have
the	right	goal;	it	was	that	we	didn’t	yet	realize	that	we	ourselves	must	be	the
means	by	which	the	goal	is	achieved. In	the	words	of	Gandhi,	“The	end	is
inherent	in	the	means. ”	We	must
be
	the	change	we	want	to	see	happen	in	the
world,
because	otherwise	the	change	will	not	happen. We	didn’t	know	that
then	but	we	know	it	now. We’re	more	sophisticated	about	politics,	and	we’re
more	sophisticated	about	love. We’re	becoming	what	author	Andrew	Harvey
calls	“sacred	activists. ”	We	got	here	late,	but	we	got	here. We	arrive	with	gray	hair	and	irony:	The	generation	that	declared	war	on
hypocrisy	has	become	among	the	most	hypocritical	of	all;	the	generation	that
sought	to	replace	guns	with	flowers	has	more	often	replaced	flowers	with
guns;	and	looking	at	the	clock,	we	have	about	ten	minutes	left	to	awake	from
our	stupor	and	retrieve	our	moxie. Our	greatest	failure	now	isn’t	one	of	politics	so	much	as	of	imagination. We
need	to
imagine
	a	world	at	peace,	and	then	work	backward	from	there. The
world	can	only	be	at	peace	when	more	of	its	people	are	fed,	housed,	and
educated;	when	more	of	its	people	are	given	the	medical	care	they	need;	when
more	of	its	women	are	free;	when	more	of	its	opportunities	are	available	to
more	of	its	population;	and	when	more	of	its	resources	are	shared	equitably. These	things	wouldn’t	just	“be	nice”—they’re	essential	keys	to	a	survivable
future. Imagine,	for	a	moment,	the	$600	billion	or	more	a	year	that	the	United
States	now	spends	on	our	military	and	defense	(and	that	does	not	include	the
war	in	Iraq). Going	back	30	years,	what	if	we’d	spent	the	majority	of	that
money	on	such	humanitarian	concerns	as	mentioned	above. What	if	morepeople	in	the	world	had	seen	American-flag	decals	on	schools,	roads,	and
hospitals	in	their	communities	than	on	military	installations. Would	it	have
been	so	easy,	then,	to	stir	up	so	much	hate	against	us. Is	it	possible	that	there
wouldn’t	even	have	been	a
9/11. Such	questions	are	ridiculed	by	the	political	status	quo,	but	at	this	point	no
conscious	person	is	stopped	by	the	derision	of	the	status	quo. Those	who	look
at	the	world	today	through	a	lens	more	relevant	to	the	way	things	were	60
years	ago	are	not	the	ones	to	lead	us	forward. We’ll	move	forward	only	with	a
new	vision	of	where	we	want	to	go. And	there	is	no	way	we	can	get	there	if
we	forget	our	deep	humanity. We	need	to	do	more	than	just	defeat	an	enemy;
we	need	to	create	more	friends. In	the	words	of	Martin	Luther	King,	Jr.,	we
must	make	the	world	a	“beloved	community. ”
Politics	and	economics	have	to	mirror	our	spirituality	or	else	they	mock	it. Humanity	will	change;	the	only	issue	is	whether	we	do	so	because	we	grow	in
wisdom	or	because	the	pain	of	not	changing	becomes	so	intense	that	we	will
have	no	choice. A	nuclear	bomb	would	ruin	everyone’s	day	and	everyone’s
business. There	is	nothing	astute—financially,	or	in	any	other	way—about
doing	whatever	we	want	to	do	without	worrying	about	its	effect	on	others. Such	thinking	shoud	be	repudiated	now. It’s	time	to	transcend	modernity’s
limited	perspective	and	lay	claim	to	a	more	enlightened	worldview. It’s	said	that	when	Ralph	Waldo	Emerson	visited	Henry	David	Thoreau	in
jail	after	he	was	sentenced	for	his	protests	against	the	Mexican-American
War,	he	asked	his	friend	what	he	was	doing	in	there—and	Thoreau	responded,
“What	are	you	doing
out	there. ”	That’s	how	it	feels	to	be	someone	shouting
“Foul. ”	at	the	top	of	your	lungs	today;	anyone	who	isn’t	doing	so	must	be
nuts. Age	gives	you	a	sense	that	what	you	know	is	what	you	know,	and	whoever
doesn’t	agree	with	you	no	longer	has	the	power	to	make	you	change	your
mind	or	shut	you	up. The	only	justification	you	need	for	having	an	opinion	is
that	it’s	your	opinion. You	might	be	right	and	you	might	be	wrong,	but	under
no	condition	will	you	be	silent	about	what	you	believe	any	longer. As	Jesus
said	in	the	Gospel	of	Thomas:	“That	which	you	have	will	save	you	if	you
bring	it	forth	from	yourselves. That	which	you	do	not	have	within	you	will
kill	you	if	you	do	not	bring	it	forth. ”
One	of


 one's real self and what is being expe
rienced. It is the letting go of the habit of identifying
that one is the experience. One is that in which the
experiencing is happening, but one is not the experi
ence itself. How can we bring about this evolution and growth
in ourselves. That takes us back to the Map of
Consciousness to fmd how we re te to chronic pain in
order to transcend it and no 10 ger be in a state of
suffermg about it. Near the bottom of the chart is the energy field of
Guilt at calibration level 130. Pro onged and excessive
guilt, for example, makes us pron to sickness, accident
injury, pain, and suffering. The vi w of the world that
comes out of this guiltiness resuI s in a constant habit
of sin and suffering and brings bout self-hatred. The
process in consciousness is on of self-destruction
arising from the self-hatred. As a r suit, one ofthe belief
systems to give up is that guilt a d suffering have any
particular value. As we go up the energy fields, we can
see· that those who approach t e fields of the saints
and the great beings are gettin closer to God and
farther from guilt, pain, and sufferIng. As we experience
the Ultimate Reality, we go thrhugh the doors of a
progressive lovingness becaUS. love increases and
expands as one moves up throu joy and ecstasy to a
state of peace. We have to give up worshipin the god ofsuffering. Christians have to give up solelyl worshiping the God
of the cruciflxion, the Christ of the cruciftxion, and
move on to the Christ ofthe resurrection. The message
was not that of death, sin, and suffering. People who 319 PAIN AND SUFFERING
identify themselves as a body-the strict materialists
look at the Christ on the cross as a body and come out
with pain, sin, guilt, and suffering. Was that the mes
sage. Is that what Christ died for, to teach everybody
that we are a physical body. Or was his message the
direct opposite. His message was that we are not limited. We have to substitute our confused ideas and begin to
look at moving towards a lovingness and a higher state
of consciousness to learn that the message was the
Christ of the Resurrection. Now we have to give up the belief that penance,
guilt, sin, and suffering are somehow of enormous spir
itual benefit. Frankly, all the thousands of people I have
clinically treated over fifty years who had chronic pain,
guilt, sin, and suffering were the most selfish and self
centered persons I have ever met. Chronic pain and
suffering does not make people enlightened, loving
beings. It usually makes them cranky, horrible, selfish,
and self-centered, which brings them up to the next
level-that of self-pity. Most people with chronic pain
are into self-pity, grief, 'poor me', and the endless fear
ofthe continuation ofthe state,wondering ifit is going
to get worse. They continually resist it and have the
constant desire to get away from it. The bottom area of the Map of Consciousness
reflects the negative energy fields. The people are
very, very angry. The anger of the people in chronic
pain is enormous. They are stuck in it. Some are even
proud of the fact that nobody has been able to help
them. They grimly tell about all the doctors they have
seen, all the treatments they have had, and how all of
those things have not worked. 320 HEALING AND RECOVERY
It is necessary to move up to Courage, which con
tains the capacity to look at the fact that something can
be done about the way we can be with the pain. The
way to be with it is by using the simple 'letting go of
resisting' and having the willingness to do so. Are we
willing to try something. Do we have the courage to
try letting go of resisting the pain and ending up at
least detached from it in order to move out ofthis state
of suffering. The lower energy fields are all negative
states of suffering. The arrows ofthe energy fields above 200 all point
upwards. This means there is less and less sufferin~ as
we move up into Joy. How can we be with that chr6niC
condition. Can we be willing to be with it and let go of
resisting it. Can we begin to differentiate and accept
that we are that which is with the pain. Can we accept
our capacity to be with it in a state of nonsuffering. When looking at the emotions that go with the
energy fields below 200, we can see those that go with
chronic pain. There are self-hatred and the feeling of
being a victim. The process going on in consciousness
is a destructive one of hopelessness. We think nothing
can be done about our condition. It is worth remem
bering the nature ofthe power of the mind-that what
we hold in mind literally creates our experience. The
person who says, "My condition is hopeless" then
creates a condition that is hopeless and resistive to
treatment. If the person in Grief moves up to Apathy, they are
in a constant state ofregret, with the feeling ofloss and
despondency. These are feelings that are only human. They are not feelings that anyone wants to feel guilty 321 PAIN AND SUFFERING
about; they are feelings people want to understand. Through understanding, they become resolved. When I cut my thumb. off, I went through all these
feelings. First was the feeling that I was somehow
being punished or attacked by the forces of retribution
or something similar. The pain was acute, and I looked
at it and felt hopeless. I felt despair that the thumb
could never be replaced, and so on. I went into grief
and mourning, as though I had lost a loved one. There
was a fear of the consequences and a fear that the pain
and suffering were going to continue. I felt myself
resisting the desire to get away from the injury, the dis
ability, the pain, the suffering, the surgery, and the rest
of it. I was feeling angry-angry at life, at fate, and at
myself. These feelings are understandable-they are
onlyvery human. Then there was the moving into Pride
that I was going to do something about it, and then into
Courage to begin to look at the techniques that I knew
work in this kind of circumstance. Next arose the will
ingness to begin utilizing them and let go of resisting,
and then using that technique to eventually move up
into the acceptance of it so that ifit is there, it is okay,
and ifit is not there, that is okay as well. Neutral is an interesting energy field, the one in
which we say it is okay either way. When we totally
release our resistance to the pain, we do not care ifit is
present or not. There are the willingness to be forgiv
ing and the desire to eventually move into compassion. There is acceptance of the human condition and the
human protoplasmic experience without being resent
ful about it, without going into self-pity, without being
angry, without being prideful and going into a'make 322 HEALING AND RECOVERY
wrong', and without attacking ourself. If we do this,
then we can move up to an energy field called Love, or
even joy. I can only go back to my personal experience
ofwhat is possible. When somebody shares theirexpe
rience with us, we learn what is possible in human con
sciousness. As I moved through this experience, I began to call
on the Power greater than myself. I kept surrendering
the pain, turning it over to that Power. 1 remember
going to the emergency room and informing them that
1couldnot take anesthesia oranalgesia ofanykind. The
surgeon was somewhat perplexed about how this was
going to be handled, and 1 said, "I have my own ways. " He relaxed, feeling that somehow the pain was being
handled. 1 went within myself, detached, and let go of
resisting. I called upon the God ofmy own understand
ing,that aspect ofmy greater Self. We can believe there
is some energy field greater than the personal self that
has unlimited power. So I constantly surrendered to
God throughout the procedure. When we are in a situ
ation like that, overwhelmed by excruciating pain and
suffering with all ¥e props pulled out, this is when we
realize what we r~ally believe in; it is a great opportu
nity for growth. I
As 1 surrendertd and let go of resisting the experi
ence, suddenly it tas as though I was lifted out of my
body, and I went fto a state of profound inner peace,
an incredible state. of stillness, exquisite inner serenity,
and joy. 1 realized. that something other than my per
sonal self was han~ling the experience and the pain. What we have learned to do with


 and how often is “every now and
then?” Furthermore, once the strict adherence to the protocol is broken, it’s easy and tempting to
break it again. And again. Also, consider that since in this treatment the body receives instructions
and messages via precisely calculated nutrients, each of which affects all the others, to disturb the
process with occasional additions of salty, fatty, chemical-laden junk food sounds like a disastrous
idea. Often it is not the patient but well-meaning visitors—friends, relatives—who suggest
breaking the diet and having “a nice big steak to build you up!” They are the ones who question
how a grown person can survive, let alone heal, on all that “rabbit food,” and even if the patient
manages to ignore their advice, a certain irritation ensues. Please remember that people who
criticize the Gerson protocol, including otherwise helpful and well-meaning health professionals,
do so out of ignorance and incomprehension, and for that reason can be safely ignored. It’s best
to ask your visitors and friends to please respect your choice of treatment, support and encourage
you—or else leave you alone. Also ask those who suggest changes to the therapy: how many
terminal patients have they saved with their advice?Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 150Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comBeing Firm With Friends…
 Of course it’s nice to have visitors to break up the necessary monotony of juices, meals and
enemas, but only under certain conditions. One rule is never to allow anyone in the house who is
suffering from a cold, however mild, a cough or a flu-y symptom. It takes 9-12 months before the
patient’s immune system grows strong enough to deal with a cold or, worse still, flu; an infection
of that kind could lead to complications that might even endanger the patient’s life. If a friend
or relative thoughtlessly turns up while suffering from a cold or any other infectious condition,
the patient MUST retreat to his or her bedroom and have no contact whatsoever with the visitor. To be that firm is very difficult when children and especially grandchildren come visiting—the
patient wants to love and hug them, even if they are sneezing and spluttering, but it is not to be. Moreover, if the patient’s spouse gets a cold, he or she has to sleep in another room. …And With Friendly Doctors
 A friendly allopathic doctor willing to support a Gerson patient is a great asset, if he agrees
to prescribe the necessary blood tests and urinanalyses. The problem arises when he reads the
test results. If any item is out of the normal range, he suggests that the patient take some drug or
medication ‘to bring it to the normal level.’ That, too, can be a serious mistake. The abnormal
value will clear up on the Gerson Therapy, but allopathic drugs can cause damage. For example,
we know of a doctor who noticed a somewhat low iron level in the patient’s blood and prescribed
an iron medication. The trouble is that iron supplements are toxic, which automatically rules them
out for Gerson patients. In time, with all the green juices, liver medication and Vitamin B-12, the
blood readings will return to normal without drugs. (see Chapter 26 )
 Drugs can be life saving in acute illnesses and emergencies, but when it comes to chronic
diseases, such as cancer, they only provide symptomatic relief at best, and can cause serious harm
at worst. Keep this in mind if and when you are told by a no doubt well-meaning doctor that
chemotherapy works faster and better than carrot juice. Keep your cool. And stick with the carrot
juice. Flare-Ups and Mood Swings
 Healing reactions or so-called flare-ups are regular events on the Gerson Therapy  (see
Chapter 16, pg. 126.) These episodes can be frighteningly intense; at the same time the patient
may also suffer from depression and a black mood. If the family then panics, the patient may end
up in the Emergency Room of the nearest hospital, where the doctors are kind and concerned, and
give the patient a shot or a pill to stop the symptoms. Unfortunately they also stop the healing, and
that has caused serious problems in some cases. The fact is that the average allopathic doctor has Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 151Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comprobably never heard of a healing reaction, does not understand its symptoms and function, and
therefore can’t be expected to handle it correctly. The proper way to deal with a flare-up is clearly
set out in the relevant chapter, and should be followed closely. Psychological problems and mood swings are dealt with fully in Chapter 24. Here we only
want to acknowledge the power of occasional fits of negativity, when the patient not only feels
physically unwell, with nausea, sweating, headache, horror of food and juices, and possibly fever,
but is also mentally and emotionally crushed. The toxins cruising through the central nervous
system and the brain are to blame, but all the patient feels is an urgent wish to stop the therapy,
break out of all the restrictions and run away. This is a passing phase. It is wise to find out about
it in advance, so that when it arrives, the patient is more or less prepared, and snaps out of it
faster. Water Warning
   Don’t underestimate the importance of ensuring the purity of all the water used in your
home. The worst offender is fluoride (see Chapter 5, pg. 37 ), so make sure that your water supply
is free from this harmful chemical. If it is not, you must take special precautions. Unlike chlorine,
fluoride is not eliminated by boiling the water! The only way to get rid of it is by distillation (see
Chapter 9, pg. 94 )
   However, fluoride is also present in the water used for the daily shower. And although a
shower needn’t take many minutes, even a brief exposure to warm water opens the pores, so that
any undesirable component in the water gets quickly absorbed. There are two solutions to this
problem. One is to take a sponge bath instead of a shower, in a gallon of warmed distilled water
poured into a basin or sink. The other solution is to install a camping shower in the bathroom and filling it with warmed
distilled water. Full description, various models and prices of this appliance are available on the
Internet. Mind What You Read
 Knowledge is power, and it is the well-informed patient who is likely to make the right
choices. However, the big and growing range of so-called health books and diet bibles is a
dangerous area, full of contradictory theories and advice. Open-minded patients keen to learn
new things read as many health books as they can find and end up confused, because although
most nutritional methods are at least in part based on the Gerson Therapy, none is complete, or
free from its author’s prejudices and subjective ideas. The chances are that if you read ten health books, you are likely to get twelve different
opinions. Sadly, people who added to the Gerson protocol some ‘anti-cancer’ substances they Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 152Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comhad read about didn’t do well at all. So please wipe the slate clean. If you have decided to use the
Gerson Therapy, inform yourself about it as thoroughly as you can and stay with it. After all, it
has the longest and best track record. Cutting Corners
No one can deny that the Gerson Therapy is labor-intensive; at times it can feel truly
overwhelming. When that happens, patients and/or their carers may feel tempted to ease things
a little bit by changing the routine—say by preparing all the day’s juices in one go and storing
them in the refrigerator, instead of making them fresh every hour on the hour as prescribed. But
to do this undermines the treatment and guarantees failure, since the all-important enzymes in the
freshly made juices have a short lifespan of some twenty minutes. After that time has elapsed, the
minerals, trace elements and most vitamins may survive in the juices, but the living enzymes and
their healing power will have been lost. Another temptation occurs when some ingredient of the Gerson program becomes hard to
obtain, and the patient decides that something else will do just as well in the short term. But extreme
caution is needed in such a situation. For instance, if organic carrots are not available, under no
circumstances  should non-organic ones be used for juicing (or indeed eating). Commercially
grown carrots are saturated with agro-chemicals; scrubbing and peeling them will not remove the
poisons. As an emergency measure organic bottled carrot juice may be used, on its own or mixed
with organic bottled apple juices. But it should be understood that this substitution must only be
a short-term solution and not a matter of routine. One of the worst examples of substitution concerned a woman patient suffering from a
collagen disease


 To discover the real benefits of a natural healing program or healing
modality ask yourself: “What can it do for me in fixing the cause of my
problem? Can it help me gain vitality, health, and longevity? Most
importantly, does it aid in my spiritual unfolding or awakening? “ Vibrant
health, in which body, emotions, mind and soul are brought into harmony, is
true spirituality. Remember, true Naturopathy is the study of nature and how nature
sustains its own health. When human beings finally learn the basic truths of
nature, they too will be able to restore health. Detoxification is the golden key
that unlocks the magic door of nature and allows regeneration and vitality totake place. Always keep it simple. Since detoxification is synonymous with alkalization, the next section
will examine this process in relationship to the foods we eat. MODULE 6.4
Alkaline-Forming and Acid-Forming Foods and Detoxification

It is important to know a little about the foods you eat. As stated earlier, one
of the most important factors about food is how it affects the pH of the body. Foods can be divided into two basic categories: foods that have an acid
reaction in your body and foods that have an alkaline reaction. This is not
necessarily related to the pH of the food itself. Alkalinity is the great detoxifier of the body, so foods that are alkaline-
forming will detoxify the body. The more alkaline-forming they are, the
greater and deeper you will detoxify. Fruits, in general, are an example of
high alkaline-forming foods. Alkaline constituents are also used to feed the
body. They are truly the regenerators. Acid-forming foods slow, inhibit or stop the detoxification process. They
are inflammatory and mucus-forming to your body, ultimately causing tissue
failure. Acids can become free radicals, causing tissue damage unless linked
to an antioxidant (which is alkaline) and removed. Acids are necessary, however, for ionization and oxidation. Don’t be fooled. Foods either feed, clean and rebuild you, or they
destroy you. Some foods fill you full of mucus, congestion and
inflammation, which leads to hypoactivity or failure of cells, tissues, organs
and glands. Let your foods be your health and medicine, not the cause of
your disease. Now let’s discuss the differences between these two food types. ALKALINE-FORMING FOODS

I compare alkaline foods to winter. They cool and soothe inflamed tissues,
heal ulcerations and enhance cellular functions. These foods leave mainlycalcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium ash after they have been
digested, yielding mainly an alkaline reaction and condition. The human is predominately an alkaline species. Most of our bodily
fluids are (or should
be) alkaline, including the blood, saliva, urine, synovial
fluids, cerebral fluids and the digestive enzymes (except those in the
stomach). If these fluids become acidic, deterioration and death can result. We have only one acid chamber in the body, the stomach. Here proteins are
initially broken apart. Your mouth, pancreatic and intestinal enzymes are used
for alkaline digestion. It is vital to consume alkaline-forming foods if you want the
detoxification process to take place. Alkalization is the key to your success at
regenerating yourself and getting healthy. A good example of the importance
of alkalization is found in emergency medicine. In hospital Emergency
Rooms, or with other on-the-spot emergency treatments, one is almost always
given an IV with normal saline, which is a sodium solution. Sodium is called
“the great alkalizer.” This helps reverse acidosis, the main reason we get into
trouble in the first place. Acidosis equals pain, swelling and inflammation. Raw fruits and vegetables act the same way that normal saline works, but
are much more energizing and nutritional. You cannot alkalize yourself
properly if you do not consume raw, ripe, living foods. Alkaline foods, like
fresh fruits and vegetables, are the natural food of humans. You should eat at
least 80-90 percent alkaline-forming foods. ACID-FORMING FOODS

I compare acid foods to fire. Acid foods are high in sulfur, phosphorus and
nitrogen. They are mainly protein (amino-acid-rich) foods. These foods
include all meats, eggs, grains, beans, nuts, seeds, pasteurized dairy products
and cooked tomatoes, to name a few. Most animal protein foods are irritants to the mucosa and cells of the
body, invoking an immune response. This causes your lymphatic system and
mucosa to respond with mucus and lymph cells. Foreign proteins cause
mucus production all through the body, creating congestive issues. The more
we consume, the more congestion we create, and the more we create, the
more we store, until our lungs, sinus cavities, ear canals, and throat become
saturated. The intestines also become saturated with this mucus. This bringsparasites, increases white blood cells, and creates inflammation, all of which
affect the body’s ability to function properly. This congestion and
inflammation eventually leads to cellular death. The clearest example of this congestion and inflammation problem is
seen with dairy products. These proteins are so abrasive to body tissues that
many people can feel their lungs, sinuses, ears and throat becoming
congested as they drink or eat these foods. Congestion will impair the
function of the tissues in these areas as the mucus is stored or pushed deeper
within the body. Much of this mucus and these toxins are stored or filtered
through the lymphatic system, especially in the lymph nodes. (Lymphatic
cancers are extremely high in the U.S.) The body is constantly trying to
eliminate this congestion through processes like colds and flus, bronchitis,
sneezing, and coughing. The conventional medical profession sees this effort
by the body to eliminate these toxins and mucus as “diseases” and tries to
stop this effect with toxic-chemical pharmaceuticals which only add to the
problem. These preparations suppress the body’s elimination of the mucus
and/or poisons. The immune system becomes suppressed and overworked as
it battles this tremendous insult to the body. Remember: what you don’t
eliminate, you accumulate. This eventually leads to chronic and degenerative
issues, not to mention simple boils or tumor masses. Many people eat predominantly acid foods. Consequently, notice how
many types of inflammation (itis’s), ulcerations, congestive disorders, and of
course cancers dominate our world today. Because of the high nitrogen or
phosphorus content of these foods, we lose our calcium and other
electrolytes, as our body uses these alkaline minerals to buffer acid elements. It is best to only have 10-20 percent of acid foods in your diet. Alkaline
foods should especially be eaten in the spring, summer and fall when
temperatures are warmer. In the cold alkaline winter, one should increase acid
foods somewhat. Remember, opposites attract, creating harmony. When it’s
hot (acid) outside, you need to consume cold (alkaline) foods, and vice versa. You may wish to look ahead at the Alkaline/ Acid Food Chart now (see
Chapter 7
,
Module 7.2
). This chart will help you to know which foods are
which. This section also explains how the alkaline or acid nature of foods is
determined. Remember, because homo sapiens are an alkaline species, our
bodies are biologically suited for predominately alkaline-forming foods. These foods will bring health and vitality, whereas acid-forming foods will
bring disease and despair. The choice is yours. MODULE 6.5
What to Expect During Detox

It is not uncommon to experience many side effects during detoxification. These include cold and flu-like symptoms, changes in bowel movements,
pains of various types, fevers, heartburn, lung congestion, energy loss,
swelling and itching, and even vomiting. In this section we will examine each
of these possible side effects. Sometimes we will suggest ways to help the
cleansing process along, or ways to alleviate the discomfort of this “healing
crisis” as it is called. In general, we encourage you to continue on through
these side effects in the direction of regeneration. COLD AND FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS

As the body begins to clean its lymphatic system, the sinus cavities, lungs and
most other body tissues will become active in the cleansing process. Do not
stop this natural
 process. This is the only true way to increase the function
of your cells and to start your body on the path to regeneration. You will begin to see a lot of mucus being discharged from the body. This mucus can be clear, yellow, green, and even brown or black. Occasionally you might find blood in the mucus. Don’t panic. This blood has
been there a while. Congestion is acidic and can cause inflammation and
bleeding of tissue. The throat can get very sore. This is just mucus and toxins
in the tissues trying to get out. It is best not to use cough drops. However, if
you must, use only natural cough drops, like those made with Slippery Elm.The effects of the cleansing process can range from very light (with just a
runny nose and minor coughing), to heavy


eltering July morning. The
higher the sun rose, the hotter it became. Up went the
heat until at noon it stood at
130 degrees – a dry, hot
heat that seemed to want to melt and defeat all of us. 19
Mother Nature is man’s teacher. She unfolds her treasures to his search,
unseals his eyes, illuminates his mind and purifies his heart. –Alfred B. Street
Change your mind and change to a healthy lifestyle and your
life and body will sparkle with health and joy. –  Patricia BraggThe college boys gobbled the salt tablets and guzzled
quarts of cool water. For lunch they drank cola drinks
with ham and cheese sandwiches. We rested a half hour
after lunch and then continued our rugged hike acrossthe red hot blazing sands. Soon things were beginning
to happen to those strong, husky college boys. First, 3 of them got violently ill and threw up all they
had eaten and drunk for lunch. They got dizzy and turned
deathly pale and great weakness overcame them. They
quit the hike immediately. They were driven back to theFurnace Creek Ranch in poor condition. The hike went
on with
7 college athletes continuing. As we hiked, they
drank large amounts of cold w ater, soft drinks and took
more salt tablets. Then suddenly 5 of them got stomach
cramps and became deathly ill. Up came the drinks and
their lunch. These 5 had to be driven back to the ranch. That left but 2 out of 10 hikers. It was now about 4
pm and the merciless sun beat down on us with great
fury. Almost on the hour, the last remaining salt tablet-eating athlete collapsed under that hot, burning sun andhad to be rushed back to the ranch for medical care. Only the Non-Salt User Finishes Hike
That left me alone on the test. and I felt as fresh as
a daisy. I was not full of salt tablets and I was not full of
food because I was on a complete fast. The college boys
wanted cold drinks, but I drank only pure distilled water,not chilled. I finished the
30 mile hike in around 102
hours and I had no ill effects whatsoever. I camped out
for the night. The next day I arose early and hiked
another 30 miles back to the ranch without food or salt tablets. The doctors gave me a thorough examination and
found me in perfect condition. I am ready and willing torepeat this hike across Death Valley, California for any
scientific group that wants to do research on man’s
mythical “need” for salt. (
I get organic sodium from my food. )20
Ruts long traveled can grow comfortable. Historical Proof That Salt is Not Needed
Rommel’s German-Afrikan Corps swept across the
gates of Egypt, fought and lost a hard battle at El Alamein. Then they retreated over miles of blazing desert. Yet,
when the war was over, the English found the capturedtroops in good physical condition, even though the
German soldiers were not supplied with salt tablets. This
story – just as my own Death Valley hike, which wasalso performed in the blazing desert sun – supports the
findings of many experiments performed on humans
with a non-salt diet under hot desert conditions. What happens, according to the scientific studies, is
that: after the first few days of becoming acclimatized,
the subjects stop losing salt through perspiration. Apparently there is a normalizing mechanism at work
that conserves the sodium in the body. The comfortable
endurance during all weather conditions of people onrigid, salt-poor diets shows that the “need” for added
salt in hot weather has been greatly exaggerated. There is enough naturally occurring sodium in most
vegetables, celery, soy beans, seaweeds and other foodsthat have not been processed or supplemented with
common table salt. These natural foods can supply the
needed organic sodium required by the body. Proof ofthis is also found in the past histories of many races
throughout the world who have never used salt. The Native Americans knew nothing about salt when
the first explorers landed. Columbus and all the explorers
of the American continent found wonderful physical
specimens when they arrived. Sad fact – the physicaldegeneration of people often follows the introduction
of salt, alcohol, refined, fast foods and toxic chemicals. I have made over
13 expeditions to the far corners of
the earth and I never found the inhabitants to be salt
users. Therefore, none of them suffered from high blood
pressure. In fact, regardless of age, they generally hadblood pressures of
120 over 70, which is perfect. They
did not suffer from kidney or heart diseases, either. 21
I have found that distilled water is a sovereign remedy for my
rheumatism. I attribute my almost perfect health largely to distilledwater.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What happens when the body's cells become polluted and its composition is altered by toxic chemicals?,
A: The body's cells become sick, function poorly, and cannot adjust to the irritating toxins, causing illness, premature aging, and death.
Q: What is the main concern of most commercial interests, and how does it affect our health?,
A: Most commercial interests are concerned with the economic bottom line, not our health. This can lead to the use of unhealthy foods and additives, which can harm our health.
Q: What is the key to a long and healthy life, according to the author, and how can one achieve it?,
A: The key to a long and healthy life is to avoid salt and other toxic substances, and to maintain a healthy lifestyle. One can achieve this by following the Bragg Healthy Lifestyle, which includes a diet of organic and unprocessed foods, regular fasting, and self-care.
Q: What is the author's stance on the use of salt in the diet, and what are some alternatives?,
A: The author is strongly against the use of salt in the diet, as it is a harmful, non-nutritive substance that can cause kidney and heart problems. Instead, the author recommends using natural, organic sodium sources such as kelp, celery, and other fruits and vegetables.
Q: What is the author's advice on how to get rid of toxic acid crystals in the body, and why is it important to do so?,
A: The author advises to fast for 24-36 hours a week, and then switch to an alkaline diet to help eliminate toxic acid crystals from the body. It is important to do so because the buildup of these crystals can cause premature aging and joint pain.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>A feeling of agelessness will
replace that tight, stiff, ageing feeling. Once again you
will feel free and loose in every moveable joint of yourbody. You will have Mother Nature, fasting and eating
natural food to thank for your “New Youthful Feeling!”47 Paul C. Bragg – Fasting & Life Extension Specialist
Fasting is the greatest remedy – the physician within! – Paracelsus, 15th century physician
He established the role of body chemistry in medicine.Chapter 5
Scientific Fasting Explained
Fasting has been practiced by man and animals since
the beginning of time. Primitive man had no other method
of healing except fasting. He would fast when he got hurtor when ill, because fasting was a natural instinct for self
preservation. Along with fasting, he used herbs from the
field and forest as tonics and antiseptics. I believe that fasting is Mother Nature’s best remedy! For, as we will see, properly conducted fasts purify the
body, restoring it to health after everything has failed. In over
 70 years of supervising fasts, I have seen
miracles happen to people who were ready for the
human scrap yard that truly could be called miraculous.Fasting is not only the oldest method of fighting physical
problems, but the best of all remedies because it has no
side effects. Fasting is the most natural and originalprocess of cleansing and purifying the body.48
Mother Nature and its beauty is the signature of God.Fasting is as Old as Man
The instinct that leads us to fast when the body is
sick or wounded resides in the  cells of every living being. The reason sick or wounded animals refuse to eat is that
the instinct of self-preservation takes away their hungerso they will not eat. In this way, the Vital Force (which
would otherwise have to be used in the digestion of food)
is concentrated at the site of the injury to remove wasteproducts, thus purifying and healing the body. The
fasting instinct is so powerful and of such vital
importance that, even though semi-civilized man hasstrayed from the natural path, he is still greatly
influenced by this wonderful saving scheme of Mother
Nature! If he would obey the silent voice of this infallible,natural instinct and stop eating when hunger has been
withdrawn, he would soon get well. Better still, he would
never get sick again, provided he ate natural food, livedin a natural environment and lived a sane, sensible,
healthy, peaceful and natural lifestyle. Since the infallible intelligence of the living organism
withdraws the sensation of hunger when there is anexcess of food or when the body has been wounded,
the desire to fast begins when either of these happen. We read in ancient history that fasting has been
practiced since time immemorial by the religious people
of the East and by most ancient civilizations. They practiced
fasting not only for the recovery of


 know is I. The scnsa -
tion of a house across the street or of a star in
outer  space is no less I than an itch on the sole of
my foot  oran idea in my brain. In another scnse, I
am also  what  Ido not know. I am not aware of my
own  bra in as a brain. In just the samc way,  I am
not aware of the house across the street as a thing
apart from my  sensation of it. 1 know my brain as
thoughts and feel - ings, and I know the house as
scnsations. In the same  way and sense that I do
not know my own brain, or  thc house  as a thing -
in-itself,  I do not know  the private  choughts  in
your  brain. But my brain, which is also 1, your brain and
the thoughts within  it, as well as the house across
the street,  are ali forms  of an  inextricably
interwoven  process callcd the real world. Conscious or uncon - scious ofitas I may be, it is
all I in the sense that the  sun, the air, and human
socicty are justas vital to me as my brain  or my
lungs. Jf, then,  this brain  is my
brain -unaware of it as I am-the sun is my sun,
the air my air, and society  my society. Certainly I cannot command  the sun to be egg -
shaped,  nor force  your  brain  to think
differently. 1
108   THE  TRANSFORMATION  OF LJFJ -:
cannot see the inside of Lhe sun, nor can I share your
prívate  feclings. Yet ncither  can I change  the shapc
or structurc of my own brain, nor havc a scnsation of
itas a contraption likc a cauliílowcr. 1311t if my brain
is noncthclcss  I, thc sun  is I, thc air  is I, and socicty,
of which  you are a mcmber,  is also  1-for ali thcsc
things  are j usl  as csscntial  to my existcncc  as my
brain. That there is a sun apart from my sensation of it is
an infcrencc. Thc fact that  I havc a brain,  though  I
cannot  sce Íl, is likcwisc  an infcrencc. \Ve know
about  thcsc  things  only  in thcory,  and not by irn-
mcdiatc  expcricnce. ílut this "externa)"  world  of
theorctical  objccts  is, apparendr,  just as much  a
unily  as che "interna!'' world  of expcrience. From
expcricnce  I infcr that  it exists. And  bccause cxpcri -
encc is a unity -I am mr sensations -1 must  likcwisc
infcr that this thcorctical univcrsc  is a unity, that  mr
body  ancl  the worlcl  fonn  a single  proccss. Now  thcre  havc  bccn  manr  theorics  abom  the
unity  o( thc uniYcrse. But che)'  have  not delivercd
human  beings  from  the isolinion  oí cgotism. from
conílict, and  from  thc fear of lifc. bccausc  thcrc  is a
world of diITcrcncc bctwccn an  infercncc anda fccl-
ing. You can rcason that thc 11nivcrsc is a unity with -
out fccling it  w be so. You  can cstablish  thc thcory
that your body is a movcrncnt  in an unbrokcn  proc -
ess which  includcs  al! suns  ancl  stars,  and yet con-
tinuc  to (ce! scparatc  and loncly. For thc fccling  will
!Ofj TIIE  WISDOM  OF INSECURITY
not correspond  to Lhe theory  umil  you have  also
discovered the unity of inner experience. Despite
all theories, you will fcel that you are isolated
from life  so long  as you are divided  within. Bue you will ceasc to fecl isolated when you
rccog - nize,  for example,  thaL you do not have a
sensation  of che  sky: you are that sensation. For all
purposcs of  feeling, your scnsation of the sky is
che sky, and there  is no "you"  apart  from  what  you
sense,  fcel,  and know. This is why the myslics and
many of the pocts  givc frequent uttcrance to thc
fecling that they  are "onc wilh the Ali," or "unitcd
with  God," or, as Sir Edwin  Arnold  cxprcssed  it-
Foregoing  sel{,  the universc  grows  l.
Sometimes,  indeed,  this feeling  is purcly  senti -
mental,  the poet  being  "onc  with  ature"  just so
long as  she is on her best  behavior. J live 1 1 o t i 1 1 myself,  but I  l 1 l'C o 1 1 1 e
Porlio11  o/ thal a r o 1 1 1 1 d  me; and to
me
I-Iigh niotwtains  are II f eeling,  but the hum
Of huma11  cities  torlllrc:  I can see
Nothing to loalhe  i11 nature,  saue  to
be A /inh  reluctant  i11 a (leshly  chai11,
Classcd  amo11g  creat11rcs,  when  t11e  soul ca11
fice, And with  thc sky, the peah,  thc heaui11g  plain
0/ occan,  or thc stars,  mi11gle  1 a 1 1 d nol in v a i 1 1. This rural rapturc  from  Byron  is quite bcsidc  the
point. He has only come to tcrms with nature to
the extent  that  he has bcfricnded  his own  human
nature. 110  THE  TRANSFORMATION  OF LIFE
The fly likes  thc sweecness  of the honey,  but not its
stickiness,  which  makes  him
A link reluclanl in a fleshly chain,
Classed  amo11g  crealures. The  sentimentalist  does  not look  into  the depths  of
nature  and sec
Sluggish  existences  grm:ing  lhere,  suspended,  or
slowly  crawling  clase  lo the botlom: ... The leaden -eyed  shark,  the walrus,  lhe turtle,  the
hairy  sea-leopard,  an(l  the stíng -ray,
Passio11s  there,  wars, p11rsuits,  lribes -sight  in lhose
ocea11  depths -breathing  thal  thick  breathing  air. Man has to discover that everything which he be -
holds in naturc -the clammy foreign -feeling world of
the ocean's depths, che  wastes of ice, the reptiles of
the s,vamp, thc spiders and scorpions, the deserts of
lifeless  plancts -has its countcrpart within  himself. He is not, then, at onc with himsclf until he realizes
that th is "undcr  sidc"  of nature  and thc fcel ings  of
horror  which  it gives  hirn  are also  "I." For ali the qualities which we admire or loathe in
che world aronnd us are reflections from within -
though from a within that is also a beyond, uncon -
scious, vast, unknown. Our fcclings abouL the crawl -
ing world of thc wasps' nest and thc snakc pit are
fcclings about hiddcn aspccts of our own bodics and
brains, and of ali thcir potcntialities for unfamiliar
crceps and shivers, for unsightly diseases, and un -
imaginable  pains. 1 1 1 TIIE  WISDUl \l OF JNSECURITY
1 do not  know,rhether it is true,  but it is said  that
sorne of the great sages and "holy men" havc an ap•


 is that
unless nature is free and uncorrupted, it does lose much of its
meaning to the human being. For one thing, the sense of an invigorating purity one can experience in unspoilt and beautiful scenes, is ruled out—by as little as a carelessly discarded wrapper. Since the appreciation of purity, as much as beauty and harmony,
are essential Humanizing attributes, this loss of environmental
purity results in an impure human being, necessarily more callous, more able to accept the hideousness of the environment in which he finds himself. Anthropologists are agreed about few things, but most of them
concur that large-scale conflict—what has come to be known as
war—is a relatively recent occurren ce. It has increased in severity
and extent, and in its dehumani zation, as population pressure has
increased. What then is the reason fo r this extraordinary soaring in
the human population, itself a recent phenomenon. If the human species has existed for hundreds of thousands of years, and a
human-like primate for millions, this crisis of over-population is all
the more extraordinary. The hominids of the Palaeolithic roamed over most of the
world. If it was only a matter of food, then surely they would have stumbled upon conditions in some part of the world where the kind
of rapid increase we are witnessing would have occurred. All the
evidence indicates that the hominids,  like the higher primates, have
never known a population explosion. They have been as a group, restricted breeders. Gorillas a nd chimpanzees maintain stable
populations; overcrowding only comes from human encroachment into their habitats. It cannot be disease, in the form of the sweeping
and devastating epidemics known in the crowded and unsanitary
conditions of the urban past, that kept their numbers down, for the
surviving bands of gorillas, already seriously menaced by human intrusion, are superbly healthy. One way in which population stability is maintained in such
primates, is by varying the length of nurture. Nursing mothers are
not sexually harassed by the males, so that if nurture is prolonged, the occasions for breeding are reduced. The males are not inconvenienced, for although ever-ready to mount a receptive female, they only become sexually aroused on signals of one kind or another from the females, and can spend a life of bachelor
uninvolvement if no such signals come. More usually, nursing persists long enough after birth to cut
down the breeding cycles for a particular female so that not more than a few offspring result. With  the hazards of babyhood in the
wild, this maintains a stable population. If the population increases,
mothers nurture their young for longer, to such an extent that the
number of offspring can be considerably reduced. In all primates, including the human, there is in fact a clash between the hormones involved in suckling and nursing, and those of breeding, so that the
female has no interest in sex during nurture, a device of obvious biological advantage, for if female mammals were more interested
in sex than in breeding, the line would have become extinct early,
an interest which little girls with their little dolls still demonstrate, no matter how they behave later. Is the human an exception to this primate breeding control. Could it not be that the stampede of over population is the outcome of a deranged breeding pattern, as abnormal as the patterns of eating
and sex already mentioned. It is commonly assumed, with the
support of scientific authority, that the human female has lost the cyclical nature of the oestral cycl e, and thereby the female decision
regarding the time of coitus. The human female is described as 'open'. This is a cultural falsification, a device to provide the human
male with the ready access to sexual relief he has come to require,
for there is definite evidence that  women have a peak desire for
coitus during the oestral cycle, which implies that it is in such peaks
that the woman would best accept th e man. In thus complying with
the other primates, it would follow that the woman would also
follow the primate device of extending nurture as a means of
population control. The way in which the natural woman would do this is probably
through the pituitary gland. As population pressure increases, so the
social environment becomes less assured, anxiety increases, and child care intensified. It requires no conscious observation, no
reasoning. Intuitively, the woman senses the threat of population
pressure to the species. There is some indication that primitive groups, such as those in the Amazon basin, had achieved stability by such means, before the interrupti ons of civilized men. But it is to
be noted that this control depends on a sufficient degree of human
sensitivity, both on the part of  the woman, in order to sense
intuitively the social situation, and on the part of the man to respect her increased preoccupation with child  nurture. A loss of sensitivity,
and the device breaks down. The situation is complicated by the fact that the woman, unlike
the other primate females, is largely conditioned by her cortex. If
she exists in a society wherein th e woman is considered 'open', so
she acts, and believes herself to be  open to male whim and fancy. This is true also regarding the orgasm, which is an essentially male preoccupation forced upon the gene ral sexual pattern, to the point
where orgasmically harassed women become bad mothers, failing in
what is after all the pre-eminent fe male biological duty. The fact of
the situation is that while na ture has placed the essential
responsibility of breeding on the female, it is the male in the human situation who has come to decide the sexual pattern, and this pattern
is essentially geared to male sexual pleasure, freed from the entanglements of love, and even of breeding care, which is as good
a definition of lust as one can find. Rejecting the existential evid ence, one can suppose that
humanization occurred in humanly congenial conditions, and that
sexual restraint on the part of the male was a natural human ability, not the psychological liability it has been claimed to be, in which
case the size of the human population in terms of the environment
would be controlled as it is in other primates—by a greater preoccupation with breeding and l ess with sex. Under existential conditions, the reverse seems to apply; the more anxious and
harassing the times, the more peopl e breed. Evidently, something
has happened which has inflamed sexual desire, to the point where
it overrides the biological perimeters of the species, and this
something may well be traceable to the amines already mentioned as originating in a faulty and inhuman diet, combined with a general humanizing impoverishment characteristic of civilization. Premature sexual interests in children can often be simply traced to wrong feeding, especially in animal foods. Since the Ice Ages, the abnormal amines have been affecting
the mind, but on the whole, human beings have not become beset by a demented sexual urge. A hard life, and a hard faith, no doubt helped. In fact, in early times, human breeding may have been so restrained, that religion intervened to boost breeding in order to
meet a changed society, one increasingly determined by a more
congested existence. The stampede only got under way with the rise of civilization, and its adverse effe ct of sexual love, combined with
an increase in the pathological st imulation of the lower aspects of
the mind. The incidence of child neglect and of promiscuity,
indicate the severity of the dementia. With some 18 per cent of
births the result of transient unions in the big cities of civilization, and a much higher proportion of unl oved children, the condition is
an advanced one, threatening human survival. Food has been in league with this situation, for unless the food
supplies were increased to meet the ever-increasing harvest of
babies, population control would ha ve been long ago affected by
starvation and pestilence. So it is that intensive agriculture, the abuse of artificial fertilizers, the mechanization of meat, milk and egg production, the adulteration, refining and preservation of food,
the intensifying exploitation of the oceans, and the complex
chemical and poisonous parapherna lia of civilized food technology
are as guilty as lust, the reverse side of the same counterfeit coin. 12. The Deceits of Lucullus

When one considers that all other animals consume food as nature
presents it to them, and that virtually no food is now eaten in a
natural condition, one is entitled to  ask how such an extraordinary
recourse to artificiality could have arisen. It is not always hunger
that drives people to eat the extraordinary foods like maggots, birds'
nests, barnacles and tripe, but some curious perversion of taste, and
the endless, often unnecessary adulterations and interferences with
foods point to a related assault against the simple and natural,
symptoms of man's revulsion against the natural world. The artificialities of food, the endless search for the titillation of
a jaded palate, are also the results of frustration and boredom. Lucullus was a Roman general who never lost a battle, but was eventually betrayed by the politicians at home. In disgust, he retired to gourmandize, inventing sumptuous dishes and gastronomic orgies never before imagined, with an army of cooks instead of centurions. Faced with the frustrations of living some people take to the way of
Lucullus. The business magnate


 can relate or offer
their piece of useful insight. This board continually inspires me to con tinue with my goals, teaching me new information and equipping
me with the knowledge to solve my own health challenges. Knowing what I know now, neither my psychologist nor my mother was righ t about why I couldn’t maintain my weight. I
didn’t need grains, and I certainly didn’t need hot dogs, hamburgers, ice cr eam, and donuts! All I needed was a little understanding,
and a LOT more calories! I just assumed that because I always ate whe n I was hungry, I was getting enough calories. However, Dr.
Graham pointed out that on the standard American diet, the food is dense, h igh in calories, and doesn’t take up a lot of room in the
stomach compared to lower-calorie, water-rich fruits and vegetables. H e explained that in order to get enough calories on 811, you
need to expand the stomach back to its natural size and elasticity in order  to fit in a lot more fruit. Not having this little piece of
information was, perhaps, the primary cause of my downfall as a fruitari an, second to not including greens. I thank Laurie Masters, Tim Trader, and Dr. Graham for empowering me to ma ke the right choices. Because of their help, I
am no longer ignorant of the consequences of my actions. 811  taught me how to manage my calories without overeating fat, so I
have no problem keeping on the weight. The more fruit and less fat I eat, the more energy I have, and the more I f eel like exercising, which is precisely what I need to
convert my high body-fat percentage into lean muscular weight. The c loser I eat to 811, the more all of my health challenges fade. Clearer skin, better-functioning bowels, and increased energy are a g reat payoff for my efforts. It feels good to eat simply, and I LOVE fruit! Unfortunately, I LOVE fat t oo! I am still struggling, but I am doing my best, and
my best gets better every day. At least now I can see where I am going, and I am not walking around with a blindfold on. Because of past experiences of letting other people influence my decis ions and consequently falling into many traps, I have
learned to become a very independent thinker. My grandma used to get mad that  my parents paid for so many avocados when I
could have saved them some money by using olive oil instead. Now, after being  a fan of 811  for quite some time, my mom just told
me that my grandma says that I’m “mentally ill” because I eat s uch an abundance of fruits, because I avoid grains, and because I
believe Doug Graham. I just have to smile. ☺

Theresa Remley, Sacramento, California
Finally, I can hear what my body is telling me after a lifetime of conf usion and pain. After first experiencing trauma-induced
illness at about age five and my health spiraling downward into debilita ting physical and mental disorders, I searched diligently for
answers. I saw psychologists as a child and psychiatrists as an adult w ho could never pinpoint the reason for my depression and
anxiety because my underdeveloped mind as a child suppressed what happened t o me. I was often ill, eventually missing nearly one
day out of every week of school in the tenth grade due to sore throat and fever, y et I still managed to excel academically. In high school, I could not play soccer without having muscular-skeleta l pain and spiciness the rest of the day, and
chiropractor visits could not repair this continuing problem. At age sev enteen, I awoke to severe pain in my lower chest over the
course of several nights. An endoscopy located a preulcerous condition, and I  received antacid pills as treatment instead of dietary
advice, although I was already a vegetarian due to my own conviction. My general tiredness and sore throat intensified into acute, mono-like  symptoms when I was nineteen, so I went to yet another
doctor and found out that I had an abnormally high Epstein-Barr lab result. H owever, this was not explained to me. I thought I had
chronic fatigue syndrome, but this illness was widely misunderstood; t hus, my symptoms were largely ignored. My college
attendance plummeted because of insomnia, mental fogginess, and overwh elming fatigue and pain, and my depression intensified due
to my increasing sense of helplessness. In 1997, I saw a clinical immunologist who finally diagnosed my physical il lnesses as chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction
syndrome, fibromyalgia, and allergic rhinitis. He told me that I was an  “extreme case” with a foreseeable future of having only
chronic, disabling illness. I then applied for Social Security income bec ause of his diagnosis which gave credence to my inability to
work productively since I was nineteen, and after ongoing battles with t he court system, I received the aid. I never knew how I was supposed to get better, and by fate, I met a chiropractor tw o years ago who practices neuro-
emotional technique, which involves muscle-testing to uncover subc onscious thoughts. My childhood trauma finally came out after
three months of twice-weekly sessions. The experience was draining, but I was relieved to find out the root to all of my problems. The experiences as a child were more than I ever could have imagined h appening to me, so I understood why my once fragile mind
could not deal with it all. I realized then that I had post-traumatic stress disorder and dissociat ion, which gave me new focus in consequent emotional/
cognitive therapy and EEG brain-training sessions. It all makes sen se  now— all of my heightened senses, panic attacks, low self-
esteem, difficulty concentrating, depression, anger, insomnia, and ea ting disorders—I can finally see that I reacted normally to
something that was not my fault, and I am now taking care of myself out of l ove that I did not know how to have before. To think that my doctor once wanted me to take intravenous AIDS medicine— No W ay! As if more poison could heal me? I
have learned that the band-aids that are put on illnesses do not make them  really disappear. I am extremely sensitive to any form of drug, even those in foods. During t his time of illness in my adult life, my vegetarian diet
transitioned toward vegan, and I frequented the V egSource.com website f or general, vegan recipes. I then went to Dr. McDougall’s
low-fat whole foods forum and tried that diet, thinking this was the healt hiest one for weight loss and vitality, although my body told
me otherwise through its digestive upset. I did not understand that this  was a big problem, since I had more pressing burdens in my
life. When I spent the time and emotional energy to seriously turn inward an d peel away layers of toxic perceptions, I could see
more about my eating habits. I saw that I needed sugars for energy, yet I c ould not eat enough fruits if I ate a cooked food diet
because of my digestive troubles due to improper food combinations. I thus felt c ompelled to eat processed junk food or drink
caffeinated tea for stimulation (which made me feel sick too). After two years of eating that diet (which barely gave me benefit), a nd finding my identity, I was finally ready to take Dr. Graham’s forum on that website seriously. His knowledge of exercise a nd food-combining principles that consist of low-fat, raw
foods with emphasis on fruit fit wonderfully with my newly found focus on h olistic health. I researched the general raw food scene during my immersion into this  new lifestyle over one year ago, and I made a few
recipes from other leading raw foodists who limit fruit and increase fa ts and protein. I felt heavy and sick from nuts and oils as well
as their improper food combinations, harsh flavorings, and unnecessary foods. I noticed how my candida also flourished while eating
that way. Additionally, it was easy for me to overeat the dehydrated and “g ourmet” meals, which is something that does not happen
when I eat whole, raw fruits and vegetables. Because I have such a sensitive body, shouldn’t all “nutritionist s” test their theories on someone like me who can best show if
their diets cause harm? Dr. Graham is the only raw food teacher I will heed because he teaches i n accordance with my innate need to eat primarily
fresh fruits and tender greens in proper combinations, or just one type of fr uit for an entire meal. By eating this way, I obtain instant
physical and mental energy that is sustained throughout the day—n o more naps and no more aches and pains after eating! Only by eating this diet can I exercise without stimulants, and my r ecovery time is much faster with much less pain than if I
would eat overt, raw fats and cooked foods. I feel only healthful benefits, as th ough my body feels clear enough to start serious
healing, and my throat and digestive tract began to feel amazingly bet ter within the very first day of eating this way. When I decide to turn to cooked, vegan food as a type of band-aid to numb my emotions and body, I  instantly feel sluggish
and dull-minded and have fibromyalgic pain and sinusitis. However, I stil l do this occasionally for my evening meal, knowing full well
that this acts like a drug, because my emotional state


 Eye of the I, 210. 23. Power vs. For ce, VHS (Sedona, AZ: V eritas Publishing, 1996). 24. I: Reality and Subjectivity,  219. 25. Power of Love, 586–87. 26. Eye of the I, 257. 27. Power of Love, 570. 28. Personal communication, 2010. 29. I: Reality and Subjectivity, 219. 30. Power vs. For ce, A.O.A. Ed., xxv–xxvi. 31. Dialogues, 21.I N D E X
A
ABC of success, 155 – 180
aesthetics and, 162 – 164
aligning compass for, 178 – 180
attraction and, 164 – 166
enjoyment and, 159 – 161
everyday principles for, 177 – 178
experiencing reality of true Self for, 155 – 157
graciousness and, 175 – 177
identifying with, 156
intention and, 157 – 159
nobility and, 167 – 170
Practical Application for, overview, 133 – 135
quality and, 170 – 172
reliability and, 166 – 167
serviceability and, 161 – 162
sharing and, 172 – 174
study-group questions about, 312
Acceptance
addiction and, 191
embracing who/what you are, xix
ener gy level of, 75 – 76
spiritual principle of, 295
transcending barriers to higher consciousness, 242
addiction recovery, 181 – 209
addiction and experiencing, 217 – 218
addiction and seeking higher state of consciousness, 181 – 184
consciousness in recovery for, 188 – 193
ener gy fields and, 184 – 186
healing power of loving group for, 199 – 202
motivation to give up addiction, 186 – 188
Practical Application for, overview, 133 – 135
Serenity prayer for, 202 – 203
study-group questions about, 312 – 313
T welve Steps for, 193 – 199  ( see also  Alcoholics Anonymous)Advaita  (nonduality), 60 – 61
Advancing Consciousness. see also  guid ance for spiritual seekers; spiritual  truth; transcending
barriers to higher consciousness
ego and resistance to change, 205 – 206
letting go for, 205 – 209
overview, 20, 21 – 22
aesthetics, success and, 162 – 164
Agape, 261
Alcoholics Anonymous
ener gy field of, 191
founding of, 16
sponsors for, 279
T welve Steps of, 8, 21, 81, 193 – 199, 222
aller gies, 140 – 145
Anatomy of an Illness, The  (Cousins), 142
Anger
addiction and, 191
ener gy level of, 70
transcending barriers to higher consciousness, 239 – 240
animal kingdom, evolution of consciousness and, 107 – 108
Apathy
addiction and, 188
ener gy level of, 66 – 67
letting go of, 206 – 209
transcending barriers to higher consciousness, 236 – 237
attraction and attractor patterns
ABC patterns, 45 – 47, 50
application of, 48 – 50
aversion vs.  attraction, 219 – 235
defined, 43
inherent attractor pattern, 46
of life, 50
overview, 23, 25, 31 – 33
scientific background of, 42 – 48
success and, 164 – 166
synchronicity and, 42
awareness, 220 – 221
B
Bailey, Alice, 226
Bannister, Roger, 280
barriers, transcending. see  transcending barriers to higher consciousness
beauty, 284behavioral kinesiology. see  kinesiologic method/kinesiology
Behavioral Kinesiology  (Diamond), 322
being, as evolution phase, 95 – 97, 301 – 302
Bohm, David, 46
boy/girl theory, 225 – 226
brain. see also  ego
Brain Function and Physiology, 105 – 107, 112
etheric (ener gy) brain, 104
left- and right-brain comprehension, 10, 15, 23, 27 – 30, 45
neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), 162
power of mind over body, 138 – 142
prefrontal cortex, 89, 101 – 102, 141
British Empire
Chamberlain and, 113
Churchill and, 110
Gandhi and, 48, 50, 54 – 55, 110, 179
Buddha and Buddhism
belief in God and, 59 – 60
Buddha-nature, 260 – 261
Eightfold Path, 7
ener gy field of Buddha, 37, 296
Hawkins’ following of, 2, 4
path to Enlightenment, 22, 285
pathway to surrender and, 244
bum/old man, Levels of
Consciousness example, 85 – 89
butterfly ef fect, 44
C
calibration. see  consciousness calibration
causality
as barrier to advancement in consciousness, 88, 124 – 125
deterministic linear sequence and, 45
evolution of consciousness and, 119 – 121
synchronicity and, 41 – 42
Chamberlain, Neville, 113
change, resistance to, 205 – 206
chaos theory, 43, 61 – 62
Chidatmananda, Swami, 19
Christianity. see  Jesus
Churchill, W inston, 110
collective unconsciousness, 12, 40comfort, 286 – 287
compass, aligning, 178 – 180
compassion
evolution of consciousness and, 116 – 117
observing, 289
self-compassion, 149 – 151
conflict, 235
consciousness. see also  consciousness calibration; evolution of consciousness; Map of Consciousness
for addiction recovery, 188 – 193
age of person and, 56
calibration lists for spiritual aspirants, 327 – 332
Correlation of Levels of Consciousness and Societal Problems, 85
curiosity of/familiarity with nature of, 290 – 291
database of, 40 – 42
levels of, 299 – 300
making leaps in, 297 – 298
process going on within consciousness itself, 53 – 54
seeking higher state of, 181 – 184
“unified field of everything,” 47
“Consciousness and Addiction” (Hawkins), 187
consciousness calibration
calibration, defined, 57 – 58
defined, 20
discrepancies in, 323 – 324
disqualification and, 325 – 326
evolution of consciousness and, 99 – 103, 117 – 119
history and methodology, 316 – 317
intention and, 91 – 92
limitations of, 325
testing technique for, 317 – 321
understanding, 35 – 39
convenience, 166
Correlation of Levels of Consciousness and Societal Problems, 85
Courage
addiction and, 191
calibration of, 38
ener gy level of, 72 – 73
as Map of Consciousness benefit, xv
transcending barriers to higher consciousness, 241
Course in Miracles, A  (workbook), 278
courteousness, 178
Cousins, Norman, 142
Crick, Francis, 325D
database of consciousness, 12 – 13, 40 – 42
Davidson, Richard, 141
Declaration of Independence, 50
depression, 147 – 148
Desire
ener gy level of, 69 – 70
Serenity vs.,  53
transcending barriers to higher consciousness, 238 – 239
deterministic linear sequence, 45
Devotional Nonduality, 9, 297, 343, 347
Diamond, John, 11, 322
dif ficulties, overcoming, xvii – xviii
Divine States, 261 – 266
Doctors W ithout Borders, 235
doing, as evolution phase, 95 – 97, 301 – 302
dominance, field of, 45
dying, fear of, 272 – 273
E
Eccles, John, 141
Ecstasy (drug), 184
Ecstasy (emotion)
letting go for, 206 – 209
Satchitananda  and, 256
transcending barriers to higher consciousness,


 a degree
thirty, I had to go on the bike about twenty kilometers. After such a bath, I began the hellish pain in the forehead. After the shots, it was clear that I have acute sinusitis. I winced with pain even
could not drop his head down, the temperature was 38 degrees. Clearly,
appetite that I did not have, but I understand that water - it is
always swelling and inflammation, and refused water. After the third day
temperature returned to normal, by the fifth day the pain disappeared completely
in the forehead, on the sixth day I went out fast. After this
my front more does not bother me, but for any flu or
ARI, I always spent dry starvation. I have ten years is not sick or
flu or cold. Previously, when I was sick once sat on a dry
starvation, two or three days, until, until all the symptoms will
disease, but usually these deadlines missed. Perhaps the immune system so
trained, that if any epidemic, I do not get ill. As well as
and my patients, who have passed, the rate of dry fasting
do not suffer from colds. Very effectively dry fasting during exacerbation of peptic
stomach and duodenum, chronic
pancreatitis, cholecystitis, colitis, etc. What caused this therapeutic effect? - Inflammation can not exist without water. Any inflammation
place swollen (swollen with water). Only enough water environment
can breed microorganisms: bacteria and viruses. Deficit
Water is very damaging to the inflammation. It may be recalled that, in
current data, the cause of ulcers - infectious. 174
174- Naturally, the biggest holiday during starvation gets
gastro-intestinal tract. As they say, no food no problem. No need to allocate the digestive juices do not need to push
food for all divisions of the intestine, there is no need to spend
enormous amount of energy on dragging, turning,
neutralization and elimination of substances that act
us with food. Now all the forces can be directed to your own
recovery, including the restoration of organs,
involved in digestion. - During fasting there is a normalization and rehabilitation
gastric and 12 duodenal ulcer. This is manifested
reduction and complete disappearance of pain, nausea,
heartburn, vomiting. Scarring occurs fresh ulcers and resorption
scarring the walls of the stomach and duodenum 12. As
mentioned above, experts from the Institute of Gastroenterology
Moscow found that patients as a result of
they have 28 days RTD in the stomach, new cells with light
protoplasm, which, after completion of the course gradually RTD
converted for 20-30 days in additional cells. These cells
secrete mucus, a substance designed to protect the stomach from damage. After repeated courses of RTD even gastroenterological
stomachs of patients are "tinned", the ability to digest
any food. - Fasting improves the excellent work of the liver. It causes mild
cholagogic effect, restores the liver cells. Sick
cholelithiasis instinctively resorting to starvation,
which removes pain and normalizes liver function
and gall bladder. There is a natural cleansing of the liver -
removal of waste products, the dissolution of stones. - Good results were observed in the treatment of such terrible
diseases such as acute pancreatitis: "In the clinic it. Spasokukotsky
headed by Academician AN Bakulev treated with starvation
275 patients with acute pancreatitis. All of them were discharged
in satisfactory condition. Based on this experience made
conclusion about the feasibility of using starvation in the treatment of
pancreatitis, our method is now widely used in acute
and chronic forms of the disease. To get a good
therapeutic effect is usually 10-15 days is enough
Wet fasting or 4-5 days dry. The basic principle of treatment
with pancreatitis - a painful withdrawal syndrome, the elimination of shock
collapse, ensuring a functional resting pancreatic
gland, the removal of intoxication. " - In starvation there is no single method, under which
complete no load on the digestive organs. Therefore,
and no wonder he is so effective at
various disruptions in the gastrointestinal
tract. One can only wonder our ignorance of Medicine,
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175which, instead of an effective, quick, cheap treatments
uses expensive drugs, long-term survey
surgery, which not only lead
to cure the patient, but also make him chronicle of living
inadequate life and forever tied to the services of physicians. Therefore take responsibility for their health into their own
hand, begin to starve, and you return a lost appetite
excellent and good digestion, regular chair. In my practice, of course, there were few patients with diabetes
diabetes because diabetes is the second type helps
good wet starvation. Here, he writes about this one
Luminaries fasting Dr. GA V oitovich: "Because
diabetes - a disease of the nervous and endocrine nature, treatment
dosed fasting, of course, be here to give
positive results - that was our conclusion. In addition, we
knew from foreign sources, that the doctors in the West, Japan
and especially in India have long included diabetes in the number of diseases,
shown to the treatment of starvation. However, in practice, our department, we rarely meet with this
disease. Only after the All-Union Symposium on the RTD when
doctors from Armenia, Odessa and other places reported on the successful
cure even severe forms of diabetes-dose fasting
we have become more closely examine the issue. We are particularly
interested in the technique, in Yerevan, where patients with severe
form of diabetes, with more overweight, with a gangrenous
ulcers on the legs were treated quite successfully by several courses
RTD for 11 days while maintaining hormonal preparations,
but reducing the number of 5-10. In the first stage we had only a few people, mild
diabetic patients who did not use insulin. in
treatment dose fasting blood sugar
they have decreased, and during the recovery period, it again
increased, but did not go far beyond the norm. General condition
patients get better: were weakness, itching, thirst,
increased appetite disappeared. One patient initial diabetes completely cured, relapse
is not observed here for over 25 years. Physician G. Sargsyan from the clinic of endocrine diseases in Yerevan
spent two-and three-time courses for 10-11 days of fasting for
ill. One patient threatened to amputation of the leg in connection
with gangrene of the foot. After two courses of 11 days, all diabetic
indicators (the sugar in the urine, blood, etc.) have improved dramatically,
gangrenous inflammation ceased completely, the need for
amputation of his leg has disappeared, the patient was free to go. " Examples from practice:
"Almost ten years I have suffered duodenal ulcer bulbs
intestine. There were sharp pains, especially at night. Sometimes it would even
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176on the wall to climb. with medication unsuccessfully tried to cure
ulcer. I just have not tried. One of my friends come to you
the Altai to treat asthma, but it has cured and chronic gastritis. Without hesitation, immediately went to the Altai. Passed dry fractional
starvation. On the third day of the first dry hunger pains are gone. On the next course of hunger - 7 days - no pain at all anymore
disturbed. The output of Sergey Ivanovitch advised poprinimat
Biysk sea buckthorn oil for a month and mummies. Two
months did FGS. as a result of two gastrofibroskopicheskih
studies of the stomach revealed that the stomach and 12 duodenal
intestine have abnormal scarring, deformities,
that before fasting were determined for over
10 years. " "I have been suffering from a stomach ulcer. In 2005 plague much
worsened, the pain was very strong, feces became black. I started drinking
medicines, herbs, sea buckthorn oil. Cal has ceased to be black, but
pain remained. I was told to do the surgery. in 2006
the advice of friends went to the Altai, SFG was the first dry hunger
five days, the second - seven days. After the first hunger pains are gone. For two years now I feel fine. But try to stick
diet and do dry fasting days a week. Thank you for
good treatment. " "... I am sick with chronic colitis in childhood. Me all the time tormented
constipation, for - great walking with difficulty, sometimes a chair five times
days. in stool was mucus and blood from hemorrhoids. From - for this was
bad mood, and even did not want to live. recently my
health has deteriorated significantly, the intestine without any enemas
stopped working, there were terrible headaches. in 2000
read a book Malakhov, where there were recommendations for treatment. Cleaning the bowel was in regular enemas with 3-5 quarts
water. Also clean the liver, joints and other organs. At first I was
easier, and I regularly repeated cleaning as advised Malakhov. But
Then she stopped to help, and - more I could walk only
after the enema. In September 2004, I found information on the web
about dry fasting, called Sergei Ivanovich, and went on
Altai. After the