 these fibers extend theentire length ofthemuscle. Each muscle fiber isenervat-
edbyamixed nerve (motor andsensory) located inthemiddle ofthefiber.Each muscle
fiber contains several hundred toseveral thousand myofibrils. Each myofibril inturn is
made upofmyosin andactinfilaments, which arespecific protein molecules responsible
forcontraction. Themyofibrils aresuspended inside themuscle fiber inamatrix ailed
sarcoplasm.
Themuscle spindles aresuspended inanetwork ofconnective tissue thatisparallel
with themuscle fibers. During exercise, theskeletal muscles arecontinuously under go-
inglengthening andcontraction. When amuscle fiber islengthened, sensory impulses
aregenerated andthemuscle spindle becomes excited. Ontheother hand, when amus-
clefiber iscontracted, theeffects ofthemuscle spindle become inhibited. This response
of the muscle is known as the dynamic stretch reflex.
Thedynamic stretch reflex iscaused bythepotent signals originated from keyrecep-
torslocated inthemuscle spindle andtransmitted bytheprimary nerve endings ofthese
same spindles. When amuscle issuddenly stretched, asignal istransmitted through
these primary endings tothespinal cord andwillcontinue aslong asthedegree ofstretch
increases. Theendresult isareflex contraction ofthesame muscle from which themus-
clespindle signals originated. Thus asudden stretch ofamuscle causes reflex contrac-
tions ofthesame muscle returning thelength ofthemuscle back toward itsoriginal
length.
Themuscle spindle isalsoresponsible forthe“negative stretch reflex.” When amus-
cleisshortened (contracted), exactly theopposite effectofthedynamic stretch reflex oc-
curs. Upon contraction, themuscle spindle becomes inhibited, thereby discouraging the
further shortening ofthemuscle. Thus thenegative stretch reflex opposes theshortening
ofthemuscle inthesame manner thatthepositive stretch reflex opposes lengthening of
themuscle. Therefore, itisthemuscle spindle reflex thatmaintains therelative length of
a muscle.TheGolgi tendon isentirely aninhibitory reflex andfunctions exactly opposite from
thedynamic stretch reflex. Located within themuscle tendons (that portion ofmuscle
which attaches tothebone), theGolgi tendon isstimulated byrelative muscle tension.
This isdifferent from themuscle spindle, which isresponsible fordetecting relative
muscle length. TheGolgi tendon detects tension transmitted intothespinal cord causing
reflex effects onthespecific muscle involved. When muscle tension becomes extreme,
asinextreme physical exertion, theinhibitory effectfrom theGolgi tendon organ canbe
sogreat thatitcauses reaction andisaprotective mechanism which prevents tearing of
the muscle from its bony attachment.
The following points should notonly help insummarising what hasjustbeen dis-
cussed, butshould also provide aconceptual picture oftherole ofskeletal muscles in
exercise.
1.Skeletal muscles allow theorganism toadapt towhatever situation arises intheenviron-
ment.
2.The muscular system helps tomaintain proper physical posture aswell ascounterbal-
ancing the negative ef fects of gravity.
3.Themuscular system iscomposed ofmany different individual muscles. Depending up-
onwhat their duties are.They areeither flexors, extensors, supinators, provators, etc.
These muscles function ingroups. Depending upon what activity istaking place, oneor
twomuscles aretheprime movers. Other muscles support theprime movers assyner-
gists andyetother muscles provide antagonism thatbalances theprime movers. During
most physical activities, theskeletal muscles oftheentire body continually function as
an integrated unit.
4.The skeletal muscles areintimately connected and aredirectly dependent upon the
smooth functioning oftheentire nervous system. Inorder tomaintain thenervous sys-
tem, attention must begiven toalltheareas ofHygienic living. Poor nutrition, lack of
rest, etc.lead toanimbalance inproper regulation ofnerve force, leading toadecrease
in vital ener gy and less ef fective mechanical activity.
5.Thesense organs ofthemusculoskeletal system provide themeans bywhich thetone of
themuscle ismaintained. These organs provide themeans toinsure themaintenance of
muscular stability byproviding thenecessary information foreither contraction orrelax-
ation of the specific muscle.
Itisimportant tolook atthemuscular system inawholistic manner.Though itis
possible todevelop individual muscle groups with specific exercises, thiscanonly cause
animbalance with various other muscle groups thatarenotsimultaneously developed.
Therefore, itisimportant toprovide abalanced andconsistent exercise which willpro-
vide thenecessary strength, flexibility andendurance totheentire muscular system. The
endresult willbeamuscular system thatishighly developed andfunctioning inharmo-
ny with all the other systems of the body.
The functions oftheskeletal system arecomplex andvaried. Besides providing a
structural frame thatmuscles, nerves, organs andallother various tissue cansurround
andattach to,theskeletal system provides storage formany nutrients andproduces
blood cells. Bone tissue continually under goes aprocess ofbone destruction andrepair.
Largeosteoclastic cells arecontinuously engaged indestruction ofbone cells andos-
teoblasts continuously repair the damage.
According toWolff’slaw,bone develops itsgreatest strength along thelines ofgreat-
eststress andstrain. Anincrease inphysical activity stimulates osteoblastic (building)
activity,while adecrease favors anincrease inosteoclastic (destructive) activity.Inthis
manner theosteoclastic cells areencouraged toremove theuseless bony structures and
osteoblasts arestimulated toreplace them with stronger bone intheregion where greater
strength isrequired. Themore activity anindividual individual engages in,thestronger
and more durable the skeletal system becomes.Inoursociety,asanindividual becomes older,hisorherlevel ofphysical activity
dramatically decreases. Asaresult, thebony structure begins todemineralize, leading
toaweakening oftheentire structure. Astheindividual becomes weak andfeeble, the
bons may begin tospontaneously fracture. Had theindividual maintained hisorherex-
ercise program, heorshewould nothave become dependent upon others toprovide the
movements no longer available to him.
17.2.2 The Respiratory System
17.2.2.1 Basic Mechanisms of lung expansion or contraction
Thelungs canbeexpended andcontracted by(1)downward andupward movement
ofthediaphragm tolengthen orshorten thechest cavity andby(2)elevation anddepres-
sion oftheribstoincrease anddecrease thediameter ofthechest. Inspiration takes place
when thediaphragm contracts, pulling thelower boundary ofthelung cavity down-
ward, increasing itslongitudinal length. Expiration takes place automatically when the
diaphragm relaxes, allowing theelastic recoil ofthelungs todraw itback upward. Dur-
ingnormal inspiration, respiration takes place simply bycontraction ofthediaphragm.
However,themechanical means bywhich respiration takes place during exercise isa
little more involved.
Aswe’ve already mentioned, normal inspiration takes place principally when thedi-
aphragm contracts, thereby pulling andlengthening thelungs. This creates alower pres-
sure inthelungs thatisautomatically filled bythehigher atmospheric pressure outside
thebody.Usually,expiration isanentirely passive process; thatis,when thediaphragm
relaxes, theelastic structures ofthelungs, chest cage, andabdomen force thediaphragm
upward.
During exercise, agreater demand isplaced upon themechanical structures ofrespi-
ration. More muscles come intoactivity inorder toincrease theamount ofoxygen now
needed bytherestofthebody.During inspiration, notonly does thediaphragm contract,
butmuscles from thechest, neck andspine also contract andaidintheprocess. Expi-
ration isnolonger passive; itisaided bycontractions from theabdominal muscles as
well asfrom thelower ribmuscles. From amechanical point ofview,ifthese various
muscles arenotstrong andcapable offunctioning efficiently andeffectively,thetissues
of the body will not be supplied with suf ficient amounts of oxygen during exercise.
17.2.2.2 Diffusing capacity of respiratory membrane
During respiration, oxygen istaken intothelungs from theatmosphere. Inthelungs
oxygen isexchanged with CO2 (waste product from cellmetabolism) from theblood-
stream. Theoxygen iscarried toallthetissues inthebody inorder tonourish andpro-
vide thenecessary component fordeveloping energynecessary forcellfunctioning. The
overall ability ofthelungs toexchange gases from theblood isexpressed interms of
itsdiffusing capacity.Intheaverage individual, thediffusing capacity foroxygen under
resting conditions averages about 21milliliters/ minute. However,during strenuous ex-
ercise, thediffusing capacity foroxygen increases toabout 65ml/minute, orthree times
thediffusing capacity under resting conditions. Inorder


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Steam lentils approximately 15minutes oruntil almost tender.Add celery andpep-
per and steam five minutes longer. Do not overcook. Add V egebase before serving.
27.3.15 Protein Vegetable Chop Suey
A few pieces of celery top, chopped A few sprigs of chopped parsley
1 large sweet pepper, sliced (red preferred) 4 strips sliced celery2largestrips celery cabbage and/oranequivalent amount ofbroccoli florets and
leaves
3/4 cup freshly shelled Green Peas
1 cup of sliced Bok Choy or other Chinese vegetables
1 cup mung bean or soybean sprouts
Vegebase to taste (add V egebase just before serving)
Blend halfofthepeas inonecupofwater.Add thebalance ofthepeas whole, add
halfofthebean sprouts andalloftheother ingredients, except theVegebase, which is
tobeadded justbefore serving. Steam fortenminutes. Serve over theremaining raw
bean sprouts, orsprinkle therawbean sprouts ontop.Cooked unsprouted soybeans may
besubstituted forthebean sprouts, andserved with alfalfa sprouts. Seesuggestions for
snow peas andwater chestnuts inStarch Vegetable Chop Suey recipe, which may also
be used with this Protein V egetable Chop Suey. Serves three or four.
27.3.16 Lentil Soup
1 cup lentils
A few pieces celery tops, coarsely chopped
4 strips sliced celery
A few sprigs parsley, chopped
1/2 cup coarsely chopped kale or Bok Choy
3 cups water
Vegebase to taste
Simmer lentils 20minutes, addvegetables, simmer fiveminutes longer.Soup should
be thick, not watery. If too thick, add a little more water. Add V egebase before serving.
27.3.17 Millet-Squash Casserole
1/2 cup Millet, browned slightly (dry) in skillet
2 cups boiling water
Cook about 20minutes, then addfour strips sliced celery,onesmall sweet bellpep-
per,diced, andcook about fiveminutes more. Add three sliced zucchini squash andcook
afewminutes longer until tender andallwater isabsorbed. Add Vegebase totaste before
serving.
27.3.18 Vegetable Soup or Stew
Soup should bevery thick, even lesswater forstew.Start with asmall amount of
soaked garbanzos, beans, orsplit peas. (See bean instructions.) Cook beans orpeas until
soft, addvegetables tenminutes before serving, except addsummer squash twominutes
before serving. Ifonion isdesired forseasoning, addatleast twenty minutes before serv-
ing, while beans are softening.
Any combination of vegetables may be used, with the exception of tomatoes.
27.3.19 Vegetable Soup or Stew with Rice or Wild Rice (or Barley)
(An economical way to use wild rice)
Omit beans orpeas. Cook riceseparately until tender.Cook vegetables five toten
minutes, asinprevious recipe, andaddriceandVegebase. (Barley may beused instead
of rice, using the same method.)
27.3.20 Vegetable Soup with Potatoes
Omit beans orpeas. Cook cut-up potatoes (unpeeled) until almost tender,addveg-
etables and cook five to ten minutes longer, add V egebase.27.3.21 Vegetable Soup with Fresh Podded Beans or Peas
Cook fresh beans orpeas until almost tender.Add vegetables, cook fivetotenmin-
utes longer. Add V egebase to taste.
TipsforVegetable Soups orStews: Start with small amount ofwater,youcanalways
addmore. Ifusing dried beans orpeas, don’tusestarchy vegetables likepotatoes orcar-
rots. Fresh podded beans orpeas may beused with carrots, ifdesired. Never usecabbage
insoup orstew.Ifcabbage family vegetables (cauliflower,broccoli, Brussels sprouts)
areused, great care must betaken nottoovercook them. Celery,green beans, kale, Bok
Choy,carrots andparsley areespecially good insoup. Parsley may becooked inthe
soup, or add a small amount of raw chopped parsley before serving.
27.3.22 Broccoli-Cashew Soup
1 1/2 cups broccoli florets
1/2 cup tender broccoli stems (do not use tough fibrous parts)
1 small onion, sliced
1 clove fresh garlic, chopped
3 strips sliced celery (with celery tops)
3 sprigs parsley (chopped)
1 small sweet red pepper, cut up
1/2 cup cashews (ground fine in mill or blender)
4 cups water
Vegebase to taste
Precook onion andgarlic tenminutes, addbroccoli stems andcook five minutes
more; addcelery,parsley andredpepper andcook twoorthree minutes longer.Add the
rawbroccoli florets, thecooked vegetables andliquid totheground cashews andblend.
Place mixture insoup potwith enough additional water tototal approximately four cups
liquid. Simmer afewminutes until itthickens. Iftoothick, addmore water; iftoothin,
add more ground cashews. Add V egebase to taste.
27.3.23 Summer Squash-Sesame Seed Soup
Same ingredients andinstructions asfoxBroccoli-Cashew Soup. Useapproximately
one-fourth toone-half cupofsesame seeds toeight medium zucchini oryellow squash.
Or try using half sesame seeds and half cashews for a dif ferent flavor.
27.3.24 Potato Broccoli Soup
Blend twomedium potatoes (unpeeled) with onesmall onion inthree cups water.
Heat until itthickens—it must bewatched, itcaneasily burn. Cook over slow burner
forabout tenminutes, stirring toprevent burning. Add optional amounts ofcut-up broc-
coli, diced celery,celery tops, parsley andsweet redpepper,andcontinue cooking for
ten minutes longer. If too thick, add more water. Add V egebase to taste before serving.
27.3.25 Vichysoisse
Cutuptwoleeks orfour largespring onions (white partonly) andputinblender with
twomedium cut-up potatoes (unpeeled), onelargecut-up carrot, andtwocut-up strips
celery.Add onecupwater andblend. Putinsaucepan, addoneto1Vicups more water.
Heat toboiling point andturndown tobarely simmering fortentofifteen minutes orso
(until thick). Add Vicupheavy cream (preferably un-pasteurized). May beserved hotor
cold. Add V egebase just before removing from the heat. Serves two or three.27.3.26 Split Pea Soup
1 cup dried green or yellow split peas
3 to 4 cups water
1 small chopped onion
1 or 2 cloves minced garlic
Combine andsimmer forapproximately onehour.Ifdesired, mash before adding
other ingredients. Add twostrips sliced celery,twosprigs chopped parsley,onesmall
chopped sweet pepper,andsimmer fiveminutes longer.Ifdesired, addsliced zucchini
oryellow squash andsimmer twominutes longer.Soup should bevery thick. Add Veg-
ebase before serving. Serve with sprinkling of alfalfa sprouts.
27.3.27 Beet Borsht
Cook sliced beets slightly (about five totenminutes). Putinblender with small
amount ofrawbeets. Suggested amounts: twolargebeets cooked, twosmall beets raw.
Add toblender mixture twostrips sliced rawcelery,twosmall rawcarrots. Use water
from cooked beets andaddmore water asnecessary toblend. Should notbetoothin.
Add V egebase. Chill. Add sour cream or yogurt to taste before serving.
27.3.28 Buckwheat
Buckwheat isn’tawheat—it isn’teven agrain, butitisused asgrains areused. Itis
acultivated annual herb, native toSiberia, grown chiefly intheEastern United States,
Northwest Europe andinthemountainous districts ofJapan. Thegroats areactually the
fruit rather than the seed (as most grains are) of the buckwheat plant.
Itissold asraw(light) buckwheat groats, roasted (dark) buckwheat groats, ground
buckwheat groats, andbuckwheat flour.Thedark groats have adistinctive taste which
most people either love ordislike intensely.Thelight milder groats taste alittle likebar-
ley.
Buckwheat flour sold insupermarkets, andbuckwheat pancakes inrestaurants, may
noteven contain anybuckwheat, butmay beacombination ofcorn, rye,wheat andoth-
erground cereals. Buckwheat groats areavailable inhealth food stores andnatural food
stores.
Buckwheat isusually associated with pancakes, butHygienists usually usethegroats
in casseroles.
27.3.28.1 Kasha (Buckwheat Groats)
3/4 cup buckwheat groats
4 strips sliced celery
1 small diced sweet pepper


ymes other than rigidly
controlled lysosomes thatcandigest aliving cell! Since enzymes lack thispower,lifeis
protected from destructive catalytic action andliving cells justgoonabout their busi-
ness.
Enzymes usually work attheir point ofsynthesis within thecellwhere they arefor-
mulated. Their chief duty appears tobethebuilding ofproteins which aresuitable forthe
particular host cellwhere they reside. Man istruly “fearsomely andwondrously made.”
And welabor under thedelusion thatsupplementary enzymes cansubstitute forinnate
intelligence.
39.5. Other Supplements
Man hasbeen very ingenious inattempting tofind ways tomake upfororcompensate
forhisown shortcomings astodietandlifestyle. Wefind persons who take yeast regu-
larly.Atfirst, they experience stomach pains which areearly warning signs thatthebody
isrejecting thisvilesubstance but,asisusual, astheindividual persists iningesting it,
the system soon accommodates to the poison, giving up vital force in doing so.
Anemic people religiously take their ironpills hoping to“cure” their anemia. While
they may experience stimulation, they “cure” nothing. Their bodies continue todeteri-
orate both instructure andfunction. Weknow onewoman who stoutly maintains that
heranemic condition was “cured” bytaking iron pills asprescribed byherphysician.
Shehasbeen taking these ironpills forover fifteen years. Welook atherandwonder to
what purpose asweseethepasty complexion, thecurving spine andtheappearance of
premature wrinkles on her face. W e ask, “But where is your health?”
Still others sprinkle bran ontheir morning cereal (cereals arenotfitfoods.) They
addittotheir salads andhave cheer inthethought thatthey willbesure tohave their
morning BM. And yet,examination ofrawbran under amicroscope reveals jagged sharp
edges which, induetime, willlacerate andtearaway atthemucosal linings ofthediges-
tive canal and bring future sorrow and pain.
Weknow thatsubstituting extraneously produced insulin forglandular insulin (pro-
duced bytheIslets ofLangerhans (located in,thepancreas) will, intime, about twoyears
asamatter offact, lead totheatrophy ofthatgland; andthatusing thyroxin asanaid
orsubstitute forthyroid function willeventually deactivate thethyroid. Wecould recite
awhole array ofsuch supplementary “aids” tothis, thatortheother natural biological
process, but one we wish to address at this time is the so-called “Starch Blocker.”
Themanager ofoneofourlocal supermarkets toldusrecently thathehasnever wit-
nessed anything likeit.People arebuying thisnew fadsupplement sofastthathisstorehasdifficulty inkeeping upwith thedemand. Fat,people arelured into believing that
they can lose weight rapidly while continuing to eat in a manner contrary to health.
Theusual starch blocker isalegume derivative, high inprotein. Ifthestudent will
refer back toLesson 23inthiscourse, hewillunderstand why thestarch blocker willdo
what itpromises—namely,permit theperson toeatextensively ofcarbohydrate foods
andnotgain weight, even tolose pounds. What theadsdonottellisthattheStarch
Blocker willprohibit enzymatic action onthesugar andstarch goodies because thehigh
protein presence provokes thenormal acidic gastric response which, ofcourse, more or
lessinstantly stops carbohydrate digestion activated byptyalin andother starch-digest-
ing amylases.
This isanti-health selfmanagement oftheworst kind, onethatwilllead inevitably
tofermentation andputrefaction throughout theentire alimentary canal ofallfood eaten,
notonly ofthecarbohydrates; certainly anunhappy circumstances atbest, onethat, if
continued, canbehighly destructive ofhealth. While theearly prognosis may befavor-
able toimmediate weight loss, thelong-term prognosis forpersons who continue tousea
starch blocker instead ofcommon sense, isbleak indeed. Life Scientists know thatbeau-
ty,health fitness andasickness-free extended lifespan canonly follow inthewake of
alifetime ofcorrect eating andliving, notthrough theuseofsupplements orsubstitutes
for reason.
Article #1: Disease, Stimulation and Therapeutics—A Question of
Consistency
Inthefield ofnonmedical care oftheill,acurrent topic concerns theuseof“natural”
treatments.
Treatments, therapies are artificial. “Natural therapy” is a contradiction.
Thefollowing isaHygienist’ sview.There aresome basic Hygienic principles which
arefrequently accepted ingeneral discussion byproponents ofOsteopathy,Naturopathy
andChiropractic. Inpractice these principles areoften notmerely neglected, butflout-
ed.Itisnottheprimary intention here, topresent theproof-ramifications ofthese basics,
buttomake them clear,relate them totherapeutics andsoshow theincompatibility of
therapeutic philosophies with Natural Hygiene.
Health anddisease have acommon ground—the living organism. Without life,there
isnohealth; nodisease. Disease istheexpression oflifeinresponse tounfavorable cir-
cumstances. Health is the expression of life in response to favorable circumstances.
Toxemia isapoisoned condition oftheorganism. Intoxemia, there isanaccumula-
tion of poisons, inhibiting ef ficient, normal function.
Enervation isastate oflowered nerve action, inwhich thenerve tissue’ senergy
reserve isdepleted; depleted through excessive nerve activity; activity necessitated
bystimulation. Tired, exhausted nerves cannot adequately direct elimination. Reduced
elimination increases toxemia. Toxemia stimulates. Toxemia compounds enervation and
enervation compounds toxemia.
Tobreak thisvicious cycle andsoovercome toxemia, thebody suspends orreduces
certain activities such asdigestion andmuscular effort. Thus thebody conserves energy
andnerve function which itredirects tomake quantitative changes initsactivities—to
produce such actions asfever,diarrhea, polyuria, hyperhidrosis, vomiting—to remove
irritating agents; thatis,toeliminate. Such actions reflect thecoordinated irritability of
acomplex organism. Irritability may bedefined asthatability totake selfpreservative
action in the face of adverse influences. Such actions are often labelled “disease.”
Therapeutics istheartofaltering theexpression oftheorganism’ sirritability.Wedo
notdiefrom disease (our body’ sfunctioning) butfrom toxemia; from thecauses oftox-
emia. Toalargeextent thebody protects itself—but constant dripping wears away the
stone. Any program ofcare thatdoes notremove thecauses oftoxemia isnotreward-
edwith health, forthebody byvirtue ofitsirritability willnotcease tobe“sick,” tobe“diseased,” toremove, ortoaccomodate totoxemia until success ordeath. Iftheneed
fordisease isnotremoved, health will notensue. This isanother Hygienic principle.
Toseek, identify andremove thecauses oftoxemia istheconstant aimoftheHygien-
ist.Thecauses oftoxemia andenervation arelargely exogenous (i.e., from outside the
body). Thetoxemia may beduetotheaccumulation ofmetabolic wastes orintermediary
products ofmetabolism asaresult ofenervation, ortotheabsorption from theexternal
environment ofcommonly recognized poisons such asdrugs, preservatives, metals, poi-
sonous gases, insecticides. Inthisarticle weareconcerned with endogenous (internally)
produced toxemia generated asaresult ofenervation; enervation duetoexogenous influ-
ences—stimulants. Theathlete who “runs” onafullstomach probably willnotperform
well—he certainly will notassimilate hisfood well; hewill notdosobecause there-
sources ofhisbody aredirected totheperformance ofhisathletic “feat.” Digestion and
alimentary assimilation aresuspended because hisbody cannot perform allofitsactiv-
ities atahigh rate, allatonce. Sowhen thebody exerts itself inspecific directions asit
may doinresponse tothepresence ofdrugs orother stimulants inorder toremove them,
normal routine elimination (theelimination ofendogenous toxins) isreduced. Elimina-
tion isnormally increased during restandsleep, partly because oftherelative reduc-
tioninstimulation atthese times. Soastimulant, thatisanything—physical, chemical,
spiritual, mental—you name it—that necessitates body action which would otherwise
befunctionally,physiologically unnecessary andunrewarding totheorganism results in
toxemia andenervation. Ifwewaste ourvitality,ourenergies, ourresources—in short,
ourlife—then thelevel oftoxemia remaining after restandsleep isgreater than itother-
wise would be.Soifthere isaprogressive waste offunction andlack of


study thecorrelation between low-level radiation andariseinbirth defects—a year later
funds were cutoffandthey were toldthegovernment hadtocutback onmany programs
for “budgetary reasons.”
Next, uranium oremust be“enriched” sothatitsUranium-235 content makes up3%
ofitsbulk, since only 0.7% oftheuranium found initsnatural state isoftheU-235
variety.This process isextremely expensive anduses vast amounts ofenergy.Itleaves
radioactive tailings similar tothose produced inmilling theore.IntheUnited States, the
federal government has to subsidize the enrichment process because it costs so much.
After enrichment, uranium ore isprocessed into small pellets. Atypical
1,000-megawatt reactor hasbundles offuelrods thatuse100tons ofuranium. (Workers
exposed inmaking these pellets aresusceptible todangers ofgamma radiation emitted
from theenriched fuel.) Theenriched uranium isnow ready tounder gofission, during
which hundreds ofradioactive isotopes (allcarcinogenic andmutagenic) with half-lives
ranging from several seconds to24,400 years arereleased. Even though symptoms
haven’ tappeared, thedoses already received byworkers willresult inthousands ofcan-
cervictims, andthisrandom murder ofworkers ispolitely referred toas“health effects”
bygovernment regulatory agencies. Fifteen years ofrecords from oneofthetwohos-
pitals inDurango, Colorado, siteofoneofthenation’ shuge exposed radioactive mill
tailings piles (a1.5million tonpile), show arateoflung cancer four times thenational
average. Earlier in1979, more than 30radioactive sites were discovered inDenver and
elsewhere inColorado-remnants oftheradium industry thatflourished attheturnofthe
century. There are over 4,000 such radioactive sites in this country.
Workers atmines areexposed tohigher levels ofradioactivity,radon, andtoxic ma-
terials than thepublic, andthere areeven infractions oftheofficial “safe” dosages. Many
workers arepoorly informed onthedangers ofthematerials they areworking with.
Worker turnover ishigh andnofollow-up isdone onworkers. Some long-range effects
of exposure may not show up until years later.
After theuranium ismined, itmust betransported toitsfinal destinations. Ourna-
tion’shighways andrailroads arebeing crossed daily with radioactive materials and
workers who handle these shipments areoften exposed toradiation. Between 1974
and1978, there were 328transport accidents involving radioactive cargo—1 18serious
enough torelease radiation intotheenvironment. (This amounts toabout three accidents
every twoweeks involving shipment ofradioactive materials.) Nine outoftenoccurred
onpublic highways. (Even planes carrying nuclear weapons have crashed—there are
over 30such accidents onofficial record, butonesource says thismay beafourth ofthe
realnumber.)Civil defense andfirepersonnel areill-equipped tohandle nuclear emer-
gencies.
Another problem with nuclear power isthechoice ofsome ofthepower plant loca-
tions. There arequite afewnuclear reactors ingeologically unsound areas. TheSouth
Texas nuclear plant isbeing built over theconver gence ofthree earthquake fault lines
andisbuilt towithstand 90-mph winds inanarea where hurricane winds have been
known togreatly exceed that. TheDiablo Canyon (California) power plant isthree miles
from anoffshore earthquake fault, andother California plants have been built thatare
dangerously close tofault systems. Within a200-mile radius ofNew Madrid, Missouri(theregion hitbypowerful quakes in1811),nine nuclear power plants aresituated. In
New Yorkstate, theIndian Point power station islocated within amile oftheRamapo
fault system, andthisplant isonly about 25miles north ofNew York! Theindustry will
saythatpower plants aredesigned towithstand earthquakes butin1979 theNuclear
Regulatory Commission closed fiveeastern power plants because anerror inthecom-
puter model used bytheengineering company understated thestresses thatthepiping
inthecoolant systems ofthereactors might have towithstand intheevent ofanearth-
quake. (Wewilldiscuss meltdowns, which canresult with failure ofthecooling systems,
later.)About amonth later,anearthquake struck Bath, Maine, with tremors being feltin
a 200-mile radius, which includes three nuclear power plants.
Another problem with nuclear power isthat thefuels used canbeused tomake
bombs andaretherefore vulnerable totheft, smuggling, andterrorist activity.Approxi-
mately twotons ofweapons-grade enriched uranium andplutonium have already been
stolen from nuclear facilities intheUnited States. These thefts, whether bynations, ter-
rorist groups, or criminal elements will become a standard feature of a nuclear world.
53.3.3 Problems At the Power Plant
Once inside theplant, wecanbecome concerned with thepossibility ofsabotage of
thepower plant, i.e.,terrorist threats, orblackmail. Then come engineering defects and
errors, which have been discovered; theproblem of“human error” inthenuclear in-
dustry isabigonebecause thestakes aresohigh. Next, wehave “routine emissions”
andleaks such as:amechanical failure thatcaused aplant to“burp” radioactive xenon
gasintotheatmosphere, orradioactive steam thatspewed intotheairfor27minutes at
another power plant. Hundreds ofthese “nonserious” accidents areonrecord over the
years, andthespace ofthislesson does notpermit coverage ofallthemistakes. Suffice
it to say there is a wealth of documented scare stories available.
Perhaps thebest known failure wasatThree Mile Island, when aseries ofaccidents
ledtoabuildup ofpressure inthereactor andtherelease ofradioactive steam intothe
atmosphere. Theatomic core wasdifficult tocool, radiation leaked, andahydrogen gas
bubble inside the reactor could have become explosive.
Estimates were made thatchildhood cancers could increase upto60% inthefive
years following thisaccident within a200-rriile radius oftheplant. Iftheworst hadhap-
pened atThree Mile Island, atleast 200andperhaps upto23,000 outside a50-mile ra-
dius would have died of cancer.
The biggest danger innuclear power isthepossibility ofameltdown. Whether
caused byadefect indesign orconstruction, human error,orsabotage, itcould release
areactor ’sdeadly radioactive contents intotheatmosphere, killing thousands ofpeople
andcontaminating anarea thesizeofPennsylvania. Over thecourse ofthenext genera-
tion, genetic abnormalities andthyroid cancer would strike untold numbers ofadditional
people.
Ameltdown canoccur ifthecoolant water atareactor ’score drops below thelevel
ofthefuelrods, which would become sohotthatthey would melt andthen thewhole
mass ofmolten uranium would burn through the“container” (the concrete base ofthe
plant) and1/4mile intotheearth, triggering atremendous explosion thatwould blow the
containment vessel apart, releasing theradioactive elements intotheatmosphere. After
theblast thousands dieimmediately.More would didwithin twotothree weeks ofacute
radiation illness. Food, water,andairwould besogrossly contaminated thatinfiveyears
there would bewidespread leukemia, followed 15-40 years later byanupsur geincan-
cers. The genetic deformities that might appear in future generations are inconceivable.
The potential enormity ofsuch ameltdown cannot beexaggerated. The Union of
Concerned Scientists conducted atwo-year study that projected 15,000 people could
dieofradiation-induced cancer from minor reactor accidents bytheyear 2000. Inthesame period, there’ sa1%chance thatamajor nuclear accident willoccur,killing nearly
100,000 people. There have already been some close calls.
Westill haven’ tmentioned the“routine” exposure toradiation ofnuclear power
plant workers themselves. Aswith uranium miners, they areoften notinformed specif-
ically ofthedangers ofradiation, only told ingeneral terms thatitcanbedangerous.
Workers wear badges that monitor thelevel ofexposure toradiation, butthisdevice
registers only gamma radiation anddisregards alpha andbeta emissions, which canbe
swallowed orinhaled. Workers arepermitted toreceive 30times asmuch radiation as
thelimit setforthegeneral public. Thenuclear industry keeps records ofnomore than
fiveyears after anemployee leaves thejob.This isobviously ineffective inpinpointing
slower developing cancers orinspotting cancer intheoffspring ofvictims. Unskilled or
migrant laborers areoften hired forhigh wages inareas ofintense radiation. After they
receive their six-month allowable dose atonefacility (sometimes inonly oneday)they
may behired onatanother power plant without ever being questioned about their previ-
ousradiation exposure. (When apipe broke at


 immunity byintro-
ducing massive amounts ofantigenic materials inthebloodstream, bypassing theprima-
rydefenses, andstressing thebody ininsidious ways which have previously been largely
unrecognized. Thebody’ sresistance islowered through asubtle defensive malfunction
and a drastic reduction of the body’ s ability to defend.
Onpage 5oftheir book, Buttram andHoffman give anillustration oftheir concept.
“According totheonecelloneantibody rule, once animmune body (plasma cellorlym-
phocyte) becomes committed toagiven antigen, itbecomes incapable ofresponding
toother antigens orchallenges.” Ahypothetical child passes through “so-called usual
childhood diseases with relatively minor and uncomplicated illnesses.”
“Considering theextreme efficiency of‘natural immunity,’wemay make an
educated guess thatpermanent immunity wasgained tothese diseases byutilizing
only 3to7percent ofthetotal immune capacity.Inthecase oftheroutine childhood
vaccines, incontrast, itislikely thatahigher percentage ofthetotal immune ca-
pacity becomes committed, perhaps something ontheorder of30to70percent. It
should beemphasized that, once animmune body becomes committed toaspecific
antigen, it becomes inert and incapable of responding to other challenges.
“Ifthereserve immune, capacity ofchildren isbeing reduced bycurrent vacci-
nations inthismanner,what willbetheconsequences? Nooneknows forcertain at
thistime, butitispossible thatthese consequences could beseen asanincreased
susceptibility toviruses, toother infections, andtovarious forms ofallergies. A
child could bereduced from anexpectancy ofexuberant, health toamiddle state:
never entirely healthy, never entirely well.”
One ofthemost extensively documented studies oftheindirect effects ofvaccines
isfound in“The Hazards ofImmunization” (Oxford University Press, Inc., New York,
1967) bySirGraham Wilson, formerly ofthePublic Health Laboratory Service, England
andWales. Dr.Wilson cites documented historical examples ofvaccination against one
disease seeming toprovoke another; forexample, fifteen cases ofpoliomyelitis follow-
ing inoculation against diphtheria or pertussis.
Reports oftwelve cases ofmultiple sclerosis following inoculations were reviewed
inthearticle, “Multiple Sclerosis andVaccinations,” byMiller andothers, British Med-
icalJournal,April 22,1967, pages 210-213. Numerous other reports ofapparent im-
mune system-mediated diseases (including Guillain-Barre syndrome) have implicated
vaccines.
Anoverwhelming majority ofAmerican medical doctors approve vaccination, on
thegrounds thatoccasional direct toxicities areanacceptable riskinterms ofassumed
control gained over infectious diseases. Although direct toxicities areuncommon (asa
result ofvaccination), therealdanger ofvaccination appears tobetheindirect effect
ofimpairment oftheimmune system, first researched intheearly 1970s byDr.Arthic
Kalorkerinos andDr.Glenn Dittman (both ofAustralia) who uncovered thephenomenon
ofimmune malfunction, lowering thebody’ sresistance asaresult ofvaccination. Theproblem isthat, because thiseffectisapttobedelayed andmasked, itstruenature usu-
ally escapes recognition.
Buttram andHoffman maintain that, inview ofthemounting evidence ofimmune
malfunction following current vaccination programs, there must beapublic demand for
investigation of vaccination methods, and a discontinuation of compulsory vaccination.
These authors saythatwearenow seeing anincreasing social disintegration, with in-
creasing nervous andmental disorders, andthatthese trends arethought toberelated to
asubtle biological deterioration ofthehealth ofAmericans brought about bydenatured,
devitalized, andadulterated foods; chemical pollution ofair,water,andsoil; amedical
research system oriented toward theuseofsynthetic drugs andchemicals, andchildhood
vaccine programs.
“Nature...created thehuman biological system, including theimmune system,
asextremely adaptable sothatitcould cope with anever-changing environment.
Wearenow seeing vast numbers ofourchildren who areunable tocope with their
environment demonstrating allergicand/ortoxic reactions totheir foods, tochemi-
cals, tocommon inhalants such asdust, pollen, andmold, andtoenvironmental pol-
lutants. Ifthisiscombined with animmune system which iscompromised from the
very first byourpresent compulsory childhood vaccination programs, andinturn,
compounded bydevitalized anddenatured foods upon which many ofourchildren
subsist, could wereally expect toseeanything other than thedeteriorating health
which is now taking place?
“Itispossible thatmany ofthenervous, mental, behavioral, andsociological
problems occurring today among theyounger generation inAmerica may represent
acounterpart ofthemalnutrition-immunization interaction observed byDettman
and Kalokerinos among the Australian aborigines.”
Barbara Ann Boruf f,inanarticle, “Immunization: The Risk Factors,” says, “The
thymus, spleen, andlymph nodes arethemain components ofthebody’ simmune sys-
tem. Inadequate nutrition during thetime inpregnancy when these organs aredeveloping
inthefetus canimpair their growth andthereby affectachild’ ssusceptibility todisease,
notonly inchildhood, butthroughout hisorherlifetime. Apregnant woman must insure
thatherdietincludes thevariety ofwholesome foods necessary tothedevelopment of
her unborn child’ s immune system.
“Breast-feeding offersthenewborn child protection against many diseases. The
colostrum present inthefirstdayorsoofnursing contains disease-resistant factors.
“The long-term effects ofbreast-feeding areparticularly rewarding. Inone
study atNorthwestern University itwasfound thatincomparing children breast-fed
sixmonths orlonger tobottle-fed children, thebottle-fed children hadfour times
asmany earinfections, four times asmany colds, eleven times asmany tonsillec-
tomies, twenty times asmany diarrheal infections, andfrom eight totwenty-seven
times more aller gic conditions.” ( Nursing Y our Baby, by Karen Pryor.)
“Another recognized guardian ofhealth arethetonsils. Astudy byRodrigo C.
Hurtado ofGeor getown University School ofMedicine indicated thatthetonsils
protect against many diseases, including thecommon cold, herpes, measles, in-
fluenza, and polio.
Itwasalsodiscussed thatfollowing theremoval oftonsils, there isanincreased
incidence of malignancy.”
This paragraph from page 17ofthebook, Vaccinations andImmune Malfunction,
sounds asthough itcame straight outoftheHygienic body ofliterature. “The processes
ofNature arealways, oralmost always characterized bytwoqualities: efficiency and
economy.Attempts ofmodern science toreproduce orsynthesize organic, biologicalsubstances andthelife-processes ofNature areoften grotesquely inefficient, wasteful,
andfrequently harmful. Itisprobably atruism thatscience succeeds only totheextent
thatitharmonizes with Nature’ slaws andprocesses; itfails totheextent thatitconflicts
with these laws.”
66.17. The Body Cannot Be Protected From The Consequences Of
Injurious Practices
Thebody willnotconduct defensive crises when there isnoneed forthem. Healthy bod-
iesdonotrequire detoxification. Thebody cannot conduct defensive crises ifitsvitality
hasbeen lowered toapoint where itnolonger hastheenergyandresources toinitiate
and conduct detoxification and healing processes.
The suppression ofthebody’ sability toheal itself (bydrugging orvaccinating)
should notbemistaken forexemption from theconsequences ofwrong living. Onthe
contrary,thedrugs andvaccines constitute additional attacks ontheintegrity oftheor-
ganism. They impair structure and function, and hasten degeneration and death.
66.18. Epidemics
66.18.1 Environmental Improvements, Net V accines, Eliminate Epidemics
66.18.2 Modern Mass Sickness
66.18.3 Epidemics Explained
Although epidemics diminished asman purified hisexterior environment, “itiscon-
ceivable thatthefilth thatonce beset himinrags, hascome forth inaneedle todestroy
him.”
—Cash Asher,Bacteria, Inc.
Epidemics aremass sickness. Inall“epidemics” there aremore cases ofvarious oth-
er diseases than of the one “epidemic disease.”
Dr. Shelton says ( Dr. Shelton’ s Hygienic Review, April, 1976, page 171):
“What theepidemic willbewillbedetermined bythepublic health authorities.
The tendency istodiagnose everything astheepidemic disease attheoutset and
class further developments ascomplications. Acase inpoint was thatoftyphoid
fever intheAmerican army inFrance. Thewhole army wasimmunized against ty-
ph


,anxiety,jealousy,disappointment inlove, etc., duetotheir power toderange
function throughout thebody,andtoderange thedigestive function inparticular,aidin
causing ulcers.
Indeed, itmay betruly saidthatanything andeverything thatimpairs health, aidsin
causing gastric ulcer.For,peptic ulcers, ofallkinds areoutgrowths ofanumber ofcoro-
lated antecedents.
First there areenervation andtoxemia. There isimprudent eating andpredominantly
acid-forming dietary.Thefluids ofthebody losemore orlessoftheir normal alkalinity.
Calcium deficiency and vitamin deficiency result in a mild scurvy.
Enervation andimprudent eating cause indigestion andfermentation. Poisons and
gases, resulting from food decomposition, cause catarrhal inflammation (gastritis). The
inflammation becomes chronic andresults ininduration (hardening); this, intime, re-
sults in a breaking down of the indurated areas, or ulceration.
Because ofchronic provocation, thepersistence ofthecauses ofulceration, perfora-
tion of the stomach occurs, resulting in peritonitis, and, perhaps, death.
Every step intheevolution ofthiscondition isbuilt onthepreceding oneandpre-
pares forthesucceeding one. Gastric ulcer,perforation, peritonitis, death—these are
evolutions outofuncorrected causes. Theulcer andindigestion arenotseparate anddis-
tinct diseases, butseparate links inasyndrome ofcauses andeffects extending from
childhood to death.
Notallulcers produce perforation. Many ofthem heal. Indeed, itissaid thatpost-
mortems have shown thatavery largenumber ofulcers heal. Some ofthem heal withouttheindividual ever having known hehadthecondition. Dr.Tilden says: “My experience
has been that the chances of recovery are very good.”
The lateDr.Weger wrote: “Apostoperative picture, quite disconcerting, canoften
bepainted bythose who have hadoneormore gastroenterostomies, subsequent opera-
tions forrelief ofadhesions, andnotinfrequently gallbladder drainage orremoval, yet
have notlearned how toeatproperly afterwards. Theappendix may have been disposed
ofearly incase. Thedisillusionment thataccompanies thereturn ofthesymptoms, often
inanaggravated form, leaves bitterness anddisappointment thatshatters faith insurgery
andmedicine.” Fortunately,asDr.Weger adds: “Even insuch apparently,hopeless cas-
es,with loss ofcontinuity ofstructure orloss ofimportant organs orsecretions ofor-
gans, there isaway bywhich comfort canberestored andcompensatory adaptations to
abnormal states is possible of attainment.”
Any change toa“bland” diet, ortoonerequiring lessmotion ofthestomach causes
lessimmediate irritation than does food containing much roughage, butitwill notre-
move thecauses oftheulcer.Alkalies willtemporarily neutralize theexcess acids inthe
stomach, butthey donotremove thecauses ofulceration. Their continued usedoes pro-
duce a condition known as alkalosis.
Thefirst step necessary toremedying gastric ulcer isathorough reformation ofthe
patients mode ofliving. Every harmful andenervating habit andinfluence must becor-
rected. Unless thisisdone these things willdaily addtothecause oftheulcer andmake
satisfactory healing impossible.
Next, toassure restofthestomach, normal body chemistry andnormal gastric se-
cretion, afastisnecessary.Nofood, justwater,should betaken. Theduration ofthefast
willvary inindividual cases from afewdays toafewweeks andshould betaken under
the supervision of a competent Hygienist.
Indeed, since restandquiet andfreedom from responsibilities andirritations arees-
sential inthese cases, both during thefastandsubsequently forsome time, thefastis
best taken inaninstitution away from home, business andfriends, neighbors andrela-
tives.
Dr.Weger says, “Dependable healing will nottake place ifthefastisbroken too
soon. Thefastmust becontinued until allreactions indicate thatsystemic renovation has
been completed. True,many patients arealready thinanddepleted andlook thepartof
chronic sufferers. This state, while deplorable, isnotacontraindication tothecomplete
fast. There is no other way that is lasting.”
After theulcer hashealed andthefastisbroken, proper food, sunshine, exercise,
mental poise andgood general Hygiene willcomplete theevolution ofgood health, and
solong as,bythese means, good health ismaintained, there willbenorecurrence ofthe
ulcer.
Reprinted Fr om Dr. Shelton’ s Hygienic Review, Jan. 1980
Article #2: Gastric And Duodenal Ulcers by Dr. Herbert M. Shelton
Ihave aletter from areader who informs methathehasasister andabrother,both of
whom aresuffering with stomach ulcers. They have been told: “once anulcer,always an
ulcer,”that“you justhave tolearn tolivewith it.”Healso informs methatthesister is
“now taking thehighly controversial Miltown” (one ofthetranquilizing drugs) andthat
shesays thatitis“better tosuffertheside effects ofthis(drug) than tobedoubled up
half the day with ulcer pains.”
What anindictment of“medical science!” What aconfession offailure! What anex-
perience they have thatleads them tosay:“once anulcer,always anulcer,”andthatyou
just have to learn to live with it.”
The woman isbeing transformed into adrug addict because theboasted “science”
ofmedicine canofferhernohope ofrecovery,theletter says nothing ofhow they are
being fed,butwemay safely assume thatthey areeating theusual bland diets andareeating atallhours ofthedayandnight, thenext thing will beanoperation toremove
portions ofthestomach; tobefollowed bytherecurrence ofanother ulcer andanother
operation. Intheend, theentire stomach may beremoved andtheesophagus united with
the duodenum. But the sister also has a duodenal ulcer—what will be done with this?
People expect tobecuredandthey expect thecuring tobedone bysomething out-
sideofthemselves—by drugs, electricity,baths, massage orsome other power oragency
hatdrives outdisease andrestores health. Allthepractices ofalltheschools ofso-called
healing arebased upon hiserroneous idea. Inthecase ofulcer,however,they arebeing
taught thatthere isnocure; they simply have tolearn tolivewith their ulcers—“once an
ulcer, always an ulcer.”
Why should theulcer case getwell? Drugs areemployed o“relieve” pain, food is
used asapalliative, nocause isever removed, theprimordial requisites ofhealth exis-
tence areneglected. Withthecauses ofdisease existing, thecondition ofhealth unsup-
plied andtheenergyofthepatient constantly depleted byexhausting personal habits and
bythetreatment employed, what right hasthesick person toexpect torecover? How
caneffects cease while cause remains? How canresults beobtained when therequisite
conditions arenotsupplied? How canimportant vital functions benormalized ifthere is
lack of functioning power?
Inevery other science these subjects arecarefully studied andtrueprinciples applied
totheachievement ofresults. Itisonly inthecuring professions thattheplainest prin-
ciples areignored andeffects aresought tobeobtained bytheoperation ofthoroughly
speculative methods. Thekeytorobust life,tofunctional vigor,tothepreservation and
recovery ofhealth, liesinanunderstanding ofthenormal means bywhich lifeisevolved
and maintained.
Theremoval ofthecauses ofdisease involves astudy oftheir causes andtheir bear-
ings upon theindividual; sothatanytruescience ofhealth/ disease must include thesci-
ence ofetiology.Assure aseffects follow causes inanyandalldepartments ofnature,
anunderstanding ofthecauses thatlead totheevolution ofdisease willenable ustore-
move these causes andprovide thecauses ofhealth andthus torestore health. Solong,
however,aswearecontent toignore causes andtopalliate symptoms, norestoration of
health is possible.
The ways orprocesses bywhich thesick recover,nomatter what thename given
tothedisease, orwhat thetreatment employed, arestrictly biological processes andare
notsusceptible ofduplication orimitation bythepractitioners ofanyschool ofso-called
healing. Theforces andprocesses oftheliving organism alone restore health andthese
processes andoperations arealways inobedience tothesame general principles oflife;
thepower andtheprocesses bywhich theorgan


Rev.,itseems, wassodepressed andfrustrated byhisinability tocontinue with
hischurch work thathehadactually become physically abusive aswell asmentally so.
In fact, his behavior and his treatment of his wife had become distinctly non-Christian!
Fortunately,someone called theRev.’sattention toacourse inNatural Hygiene that
wewere offering andboth heandhiswife enrolled. Tothisday,they saythey don’t
know why they enrolled, just that they must have been “led.”
This couple were both ondrugs. Infact, they were swallowing pills “bythecarload.”
At this time, obviously, the only thing they had going for them was hope.
Asthey progressed intheir learning, studying their lessons together,they began to
make some simple changes. Itwasn’ ttoolong before they became private students and
shortly thereafter thewife, andthen theRev.,stopped taking their pills andadopted more
Hygienic ways ofeating andliving. Wewillnever forgethow excited theRev.waswhen
he told us how “super” he felt on his daily breakfast of two bananas and 10 or 12 dates!
Well,tomake along story short, theRev.now hashischurch back andhiswife is
now inanexecutive position with animportant company.Sheconfided toDr.Elizabeth
nottoolong agothattheRev.isnow more loving than ever.Twooftheir married chil-
dren, after observing thetransformation wrought intheir parents, arenow also “into”
Natural Hygiene. Change can, indeed, be wonderful—and contagious!
89.7. I Can!
Applied nutrition represents the“ICAN” philosophy ofliving, asubtle psychological
approach, using thepsyche positively,which gradually does away with theolderroneous
andnegative concepts andideas which limit andconstrain thethinking ofmost clients
on first meeting and replaces them with a sense of being in tune with the positive.
Once ourclients arefortified with knowledge andprovided with awell-marked road
tofollow,onefurnished thestart bythepractitioner,then, more often than not, they
come toseeabright light beckoning tothem attheendofthetunnel ofdarkness andfear
which formerly surrounded them.
Through knowledge comes conviction andonce aperson becomes convinced inhis
mind oftheTightness ofwhat youteach, more often than not,thedoubter becomes the
positive thinker.Heverbalizes tohimself, “YesICAN doit!Icanbring about these
changes! ICAN liveinsuch away thathealth MUST happen. This isaway oflife. I
CAN be, healthier than I now am. I CAN change. I REALL Y CAN.
Itissoimportant forclients tounderstand that, with youtoguide them, they will
beinchargeoftheir own lives andnolonger dependent upon adispenser ofpills nor
willthey,intheir oldage, require nurses toburp them andtochange their diapers, soto
speak. They begin toappreciate theimmensity ofthepossible. They willnolonger be
required totake pills toelevate ortodepress their vacillating moods because they un-
derstand thatwhen health replaces sickness, they willfeeleuphoric with anatural high.
They will nolonger have tohave recourse tohormones tomake them into what they
should not be.
Instead, thepossible istheirs forthedoing, forthechanging. Through learning the
ways oflifeandunderstanding therules oflife, they canfind their own way,they can
take char ge of Self.
Understanding thepotential behind theICAN! will often make performers outof
thehelpless ones who aresobecause their cells aresick. Themind andthebody areone
andwhen themind contains positive thoughts—thoughts thatarecapable, ready-to-go
thoughts—then these thoughts replace theemotions offear,anxiety andworry somira-
cles can indeed happen!
Clients must begiven tounderstand thatwhen wehave problems, physical orother-
wise, wemust findsolutions. Ifwedonot,wesimply cheat ourselves. Ifourproblem is
one of sickness and we do not find a solution, we can cheat ourselves out of life!Wehave said elsewhere thatattitudes arecontagious, both theattitude thatwe,as
practitioners display totheworld, andtheattitude cultivated inorbyourstudents. We
have anouter andaninner attitude. Ifourinner attitude isaconviction thatweCAN
attain better health, weWILL because ourattitude strengthens oursubconscious power
andthispower pervades theentire body,generating power inourendocrine glands, in
ourheart, inourbrain stem andservicing nerves, inallorgans, including ourorgans of
digestion.
This isimportant, vitally so,forremember allthatweareisdependent upon nerve
power and upon the ef ficiency of our digestive powers.
Ifyoubelieve youcan, youwill act.This isoneofthegreat, not-well-understood
laws of life.
Ifyour inner selfispowered byfear,itwillsoon pervade your being, too.Ifyoufear
thathealth willcontinue toelude you, fearthatlifewillsoon depart from you, youwill
remain inthesickness rutandmore andmore pain andsuffering will beyour unhap-
pylotsimply because your inner fear-packed YOU willslowly,orrapidly,dissipate its
power as it fears. Fear and worry are negative attitudes that steal away body power.
Fartoomany among usthink andsay,“ifonly.”Ifonly,Ihadthisorthat, Icould be
rich. If only I could find the right doctor, I could be well!”
Charles M.Simmons reminded usthatweneed tochange thatattitude to“ifIdo
this, Iwillgetwhat Iwant” attitude. This isapositive attitude which means youhave a
plan ofaction andthatyouwillwork your plan. When theplan issound andwegointo
action, we will fulfill our every dream.
That’ swhat theICAN! concept isallabout. TheHygienic practitioner who canget
thisphilosophy across tohisclient andwho gives himaworkable plan tostart himon
hisroad tobecoming aself-performer willbethesuccessful practitioner.Hisclients will
change from timid, doubtful, unhappy souls lacking power,souls filled with negative
forces thataredoomed tocheat and“tofail,intoforward-looking, power -filled persons
whose positive attitudes cannot help butbring tothem thelonged-for successful conclu-
sion: the euphoria of superb health.
89.8. Questions & Answers
You maintain that health isnormal and that being sick isabnormal. How canthis
be?Doesn’t everyone have something wrong with him, even though itmay bevery
minor?
Youarecorrect when yousaythatIbelieve health tobeournormal (natural)
heritage. People become sickwhen they donotadequately answer theneeds oftheir
bodies, either through ignorance orbecause ofother circumstances. Many people
aresicktoday simply because they donothave knowledge ofwhat these needs are.
They simply follow theherd anddojustaseverybody elsedoes. This is,ofcourse,
especially truewhen itcomes toeating. WeWANT toeatlikeeverybody else, eats
butthelaws oflifedecree thateating thatway isprobably themost usual cause of
disease. Therefore, ifwedesire health, wemust eatfoods towhich wearebiologi-
cally best adapted.
Scientists anddietitians have proved bylaboratory experiments that weallneed
avariety ofdifferent kinds offood. Why doyou claim that this idea isallwrong
and that fruits are a perfect food?
Itwas determined many years agobyaYaleresearcher,bythename ofPot-
tenger,thatwith cats, ittakes three tofour generations toprove theadequacy or
inadequacy ofaparticular diet. Isuspect thatthisistruewith humans, also, andper-
haps even many more generations since humans take farlonger than catsdotoma-ture. Laboratory research ismore often than notunreliable when itcomes tofeeding
humans. Wearenotstatic testtubes, wearenutritive process which isongoing and
extremely complicated. Furthermore, many feeding experiments areperformed on
testanimals who arebiologically quite different from humans. Wecannot, astrue
scientists, make adirect correlation astocompared results with twobiologically
different beings. That isnotscientific. Wehave farmore reliable evidence andthat
istheevidence observed incertain tribes andpeoples who have lived inacertain
manner andeaten certain foods forthousands ofyears. The health oftheHunzas
andofmany others who liveonalargely fruitarian dietisincontrovertible proof
ofthecorrectness oftheir diet. Incontrast, weseetheshort, pain-filled lives ofthe
vastmajority ofthose who eatinways contrary tohuman physiological andbiolog-
icalrequirements. Wecaneatavariety offruits, ifneed be.Wecaneatvegetables,
fruits andnuts, ifwecrave variety.What wedon’tneed isfood


store your seeds
bythismethod, they willhold their vigor foruptofivetimes theperiod shown onvia-
bility charts.Wediscussed reasons forsaving nonhybrid, open-pollinated seeds, what toconsider
when choosing plants forsaving seeds, andhow todrythem. Let’slook atsome more
detailed information on specific vegetables.
Beans
Phaseolus vulgaris contains common bush orpole beans, whether used forgreen
snaps, green shell ordry.They areself-pollinating before theflower opens, sothere is
very seldom crossing. Sometimes you’ll notice variation oroddities intheseed thatmay
beduetoagenetically unstable variety oradifference inconditions such asachange of
soilpHorwetness atharvest rather than toanytruecrosses. Youcanplant varieties of
Phaseolus vulgaris side by side.
Phaseolus coccineus are“runner beans.” Youcantellthese when they come upbe-
cause they develop with their twoseed halves under theground. Their flowers areself-
pollinating, butbees orbumble bees andhummingbirds work them heavily andthus
cross them. Youshould either grow only onevariety ofrunner beans orseparate twoof
them by at least the length of your garden.
Mark afewofyour best plants, andletthepods dryoutcompletely ontheplant,
weather permitting. When most oftheleaves have fallen off,pull theplants andhang
them under cover tofinish drying. Small amounts ofseed canbeshelled byhand; for
largequantities, make sure beans arethoroughly dry,crush orthresh pods, separate the
beans from the chaf f by winnowing in the wind; label, and store.
Weevil eggs arealmost always present under thebean’ sseedcoat andcanruin your
seed inafew months. They canbekilled byplacing thethoroughly drybeans ina
tightly-sealed jar and freezing them for at least a day.
Broccoli
Broccoli produces seed itsfirstseason (unlike theother biennial members ofthecab-
bage family) ifyousow itearly enough thatplants arequite largebythelong days of
summer.However,itcrosses readily with cabbage, kale, brussel sprouts, cauliflower,or
kohlrabi, ifanyofthese areflowering within 1/4mile. Don’ tcutflower heads forfood
that you are saving seed from.
Chinese Cabbage
Brassica pekinensis isacross-pollinating annual. Itwill notcross with anyofthe
cabbage family,butwillcross easily with other varieties ofChinese cabbage. Itsends up
aseed stalk which forms apodthatwillturnbrown when mature. Ifyouplant more than
onevariety ofChinese cabbage, theisolation distance is1/4mile. Therestofthemethod
is the same as with lettuce.
Corn
Corn iswind-pollinated, soanycorn (sweet, popcorn, ornamental, dent, flint, etc.)
willcross very easily with other corn. Tokeep corn “pure,” youmust grow it1/4mile
from anyother corn, orhand-pollinate it.Corn isvery “plastic,” sobyobserving andse-
lecting carefully youcangradually determine characteristics your future crops willhave.
Letears youaresaving seed from ripen onthestalk until husks aredry,pick them, pull
husks back, tieseveral husks together bythehusks, hang inadry,well-ventilated place
until completely dry,shell, save only completely-formed kernels, andstore. (An early
andlatevariety canbeplanted side byside iftheearly onestops pollinating before the
silks of the late one begin to emer ge.)Cucumbers And Cantaloupes (Muskmelons) And Watermelons
These allbelong todifferent species andwillnotcross with each other (bug gherkins
cross with cukes, muskmelon with casaba, andwatermelon with citron). They areall
insect-pollinated, sodifferent varieties ofeach ofthethree willcross easily among them-
selves. Ifyouaregoing tosave seed, grow onevariety ofeach. (Remember thatwith
vine crops andanyother vegetable thatcrosses very easily,thatifyouhave anyneigh-
bors within 1/4mile who arealso growing thatvegetable, youwould bewise totryto
supply them with your seed.)
Letafewoftheearliest maturing well-formed fruit become completely ripe(cukes
turn golden yellow,muskmelons crack atthestem, watermelons have adeep hollow
sound when thumped). This ruins cukes foreating, butwith watermelon andcantaloupe,
theseeds aremature when they areready toeat.Scoop outtheseeds, wash them gently
toremove pulp (asieve may beused), andletthem dry.totally onapiece offoil. Keep
them separated andstirthem occasionally sothey don’tstick together.When completely
dry, label and store. (Remember, seeds are dry when they break instead of bending.)
Eggplant
Pollination islikepeppers, soseparate varieties bythelength ofyour garden orwith
atallcrop. Leave thebest fruits onseveral ofyour plants foraslong aspossible, and
when fully mature, scrape out seeds, separate from the pulp, dry and store.
Gourds
Legenaria siceraria arehard-shelled bottle gourds with evening-blooming white
flowers. They don’tcross with vegetables inthesquash section, edible varieties include:
Cucuzzi (also called Italian Edible Gourd andItalian Climbing Gourd) andGuinea Bean
Gourd (also called New Guinea Bean andNew Guinea Buttervine). Saving seeds of
squash, pumpkins andgourds isthesame aswith cucumbers (except thatsummer squash
varieties must beleftonthevine much later than theeating stage, until theshell isquite
hard).
Lettuce
Lettuce isself-pollinating with little chance ofcrossing. Select several ofthefirmest
heads orbest leafy plants which areslowest tobolt (send uptheir seed stalks). When
seed isfully developed, pullplants andhang them under cover tofinish drying. Crush
pods, separate seeds, label and store.
Okra
Okra isself-pollinating, soyoucangrow more than onevariety with little separation.
Leave atleast twoofyour best plants completely alone. When pods aredry,butbefore
they open enough to drop seeds on the ground, shell them and save.
Peas
Peas areself-pollinating, butcross slightly more easily than beans. Soifyougrow
twovarieties, separate them bythelength ofyour garden orwith atallcrop. Everything
else is the same as with beans.
Peppers
Peppers aremainly self-pollinating, butinsects may cause some crossing invarieties
planted closer than 1/8mile. When growing more than onevariety ofpeppers (orifsweet andhot), separate them bythelength ofyour garden orwith atallcrop tokeep
them from crossing (and sweet peppers from becoming hot). Select several ofyour
largestandbestpeppers from your bestplants. Letthem ripen ontheplant until redand
starting to soften, scrape out seeds, dry and save.
Potato
Potato varieties don’tcross since tuber divisions arereally justclones. Crossing be-
tween potato flowers affects seed balls, nottheroots. Select afewofyour best-looking
plants thataresurrounded byhealthy plants tosave forseed. Never keep potatoes for
seed thatshow anysign ofscab. Youmight beable toincrease your production byplant-
ingsmall (egg-sized) whole potatoes, since they arelessapttobebadly sprouted and
often produce avigorous plant more quickly than cutpotatoes. Ifplanting small whole
sprouted potatoes inspring, don’tdamage thebigsprout ontheeyeendofthepotato
since thiswill produce themost vigorous plant. Youcanjustbreak most oftheother
sprouts off.Some people think thatyields areimproved byplanting sprouted potatoes.
Plants sometimes emer geinjustafewdays (sometimes twoweeks) ahead ofnonsprout-
edpotatoes. Digpotatoes when thevines begin todryup— when thesoilloses itsshade,
itgets hotandyour crop may bedamaged. Washing/ notwashing doesn’ tseem toaf-
fect how well your potatoes keep. After drying intheshade foronly afew hours to
toughen their skins, they areready tostore, thecolder thestorage temperature thebetter
(34°-40°F). It’sbeen saidthatburying them indrysand istheperfect way tostore them.
Pumpkins And Squash
These areinsect-pollinated andcross very easily.Allpumpkins andsquash belong to
oneoffour species ofthegenus Cucurbita,sowhen saving seeds, plant only onevariety
of each of the following species:
Curcubita Pepo includes summer squash, alltruepumpkins, varieties thatareboth
bush andlong-vined; stem andbranches


 money, and we make gods of these instead of the Secr et Self in whose
purposeful hands all things lie. Still, no one escapes the tempering influence
of conflict and pain. No matter how far along the path of enlightenment we
have traveled, we still pursue occasional blind alleys at the behest of the
ego, still carry in the subterranean r ecesses of our psyches many delusions
and blind spots that pr ompt us to move in wr ong dir ections, to adopt
attitudes that ar e opposed to truth. Inevitably, we meet pain and frustration,
but if we have come far enough on the path of enlightenment to r ecognize
these symptoms for what they ar e, then we do not endlessly beat our fists
against walls that will not yield, and r ecognize as soon as we meet the pain
that a block has been encounter ed in our understanding.

It is not learning, grace nor gear,
Nor easy meat and drink,
But bitter pinch of pain and fear
That makes creation think.
— RUDY ARD KIPLING
The Psychological or Spiritual W orld

There is a power of extrasensory perception inherent in each of us which we
can call upon for enlightenment when opposition appears to have brought
us to a dead end. The enormous psychic self which our surface minds are
tied to permeates all things and all situations, so that we can penetrate the
true nature of our opposition by a kind of mystic and occult process. Dr.
Rhine’ s parapsychology laboratory at Duke University has proved the
existence of the mind’ s extrasensory powers. Many thousands of
documented cases of Edgar Cayce’ s psychic ability also have proved that a
door occasionally opens in the opaque barrier between the individual and
universal mind and allows an inner perception of things beyond space and
time and limitation.
Such a man was Peter Hurkos. Hurkos was a modest Hollander who
successfully predicted in 1959 that the Los Angeles Dodgers would win the
National League pennant, when all authoritative preseason predictions had
them destined for the second division after they had wound up next to last
the year before. Hurkos claimed to be 87 percent accurate in his predictions
and had the proof to substantiate his claims. “I have a gift of God,” he said.
He was hired by police departments all over the world to track down
escaped criminals, and his record was astounding. He was employed by
business firms as a sort of security of ficer, checking the books simply by
handling them, able to pinpoint any discrepancy through his feelings. The
psychic ability of this amazing man opened a door into the unknown and
made more apparent than ever the coming ascendancy of mind over matter,
revealing that the most fascinating conquests ahead for humanity will be in
mental realms and the study of consciousness.
The Scottish physician Dr. J. S. Haldane wr ote in The Sciences and
Philosophy:
 Natur e just mocks at us when we attempt to divor ce her fr om conscious
perception. Ther e is no such thing as a physical world existing apart fr om
consciousness. It is true that Berkeley and Hume showed by r easoning
which has never been shaken that if the physical world wer e real in the
sense assumed by Newton, we could never come to know of its existence.
What we interpr et as physically determined is only what is imperfectly seen.
It is thus only an imperfectly r evealed spiritual world that we had taken for
a material world. Ther e is no escape fr om the conclusion that behind the
appearances of a physical or biological world we ar e in pr esence of a
psychological or spiritual world.

When we give first credence to the physical world, we give substantiality to
an illusion. When we sweat and fume at obstacles, it is because we are
unable to recognize that they are mental concepts and that they can only be
altered in our own minds. All the great mystics have realized this mistaken
focus of humanity’ s consciousness. Swedenbor g stated that there are two
beings within us, an inner being of true perception and action and an
external being of reaction. If, for lack of a lucid apprehension of their inner
being, someone allows bodily reaction to dominate their life, all their
powers become absorbed in the use of external senses; and the inner being,
the being of true perception and true action, gradually perishes. By
subordinating the external being of reaction to an inner quality of light and
serenity and divine purpose, our false duality is solidified into unity with
our creator and we arrive at the pinnacle of our ef fectiveness as an
individual. The secret of the philosopher ’s stone is that unity is the mark of
the Absolute. When we fully realize this, we come to an understanding of
the mystic bond that exists between ourselves and each obstacle we meet.
That thing separate from ourselves which appears to oppose us is not
separate from ourselves at all, but is permeated by the same spirit, is
energized by the same principle that ener gizes us, and if we only are able to
look within the depths of our own nature, we eventually are bound to see
the truth of each obstacle, and when we do, it will disappear.
 To Know Is to See

Henry Miller wrote:

The majority of men ar e prisoners of instinct. A small number attain to the
level of abstraction, with the emer gence of which society may be said to
begin. It is fr om this level that the laws, the arts, and all social cr eations
emer ge. Specialism is the gift of intuition, which permits man to see the
inner as well as the outer in all its ramifications. Intuition, consequently, is
the most satisfactory and adequate, the highest form of knowing. T o know is
to see.

It is amazing how much we can accomplish when we allow our
subconscious minds to perform the work. It is equally amazing how
difficult it is to do the simplest task when we go about it with our conscious
minds. There is an elusive quality about life that makes it gossamer to the
conscious mind. The microscope reveals another world but yields no secrets
of that world. W e hold an object in our hands and peer at it with all our
attention focused upon it, but what is revealed to us about it is but the
merest suggestion of its totality, barely indicative of the infinite qualities
hidden from us by the very nature of our conscious examination. W e have
no trouble walking along a two-foot path when we do not think about it, but
put that two-foot path across a hundred-foot gor ge and we begin to think
about each step. Chances then are very good that in crossing we will tumble
off the bridge and fall into the ravine below.
We have to learn to trust our subconscious to do things naturally at the
behest of a principle that is greater than our surface mind. Reason is not to
be trusted because it does not know enough about what it is dealing with.
The complete knowledge about all things rests in universal mind, and this
knowledge is within us. If we learn to call upon this intelligence to deal
with each of our problems, we soon find that there is no such thing as aninsurmountable obstacle. W e have within us a resource that enables us to
penetrate the block in our understanding that caused the obstacle in the first
place. Have you examined your own life lately for the place where your
understanding is blocked? It is easy to recognize. Do you find the same
situation repeating itself with monotonous regularity? Do you sometimes
feel that you are traveling around the perimeter of a circle, over and over?
Like someone lost in a snowstorm, each of us eventually comes across our
own tracks in life, for the law of living is that we must cover the same
ground until our understanding concerning it is complete.

Psychic A wareness

People object to pain and suf fering being instituted in a world that was
made by a loving God, but the master intelligence that has created all
permeates all and seeks through countless dif ferentiations of its own being
for manifold expression of its infinite and eternal nature. Pain is the path by
which it grows, and has no other significance. Pain is related to pleasure
only as pleasure represents the absence of pain. Things that feel good make
us static. Pleasure is the earmark of self-satisfaction. Those whose aim in
life is the seeking of pleasure have by that very attitude stunted their
spiritual growth. The Supreme sees the goal along the path of the infinite
and uses each of us to attain it. Our brains and bodies and hearts and minds
and egos are instruments of a greater intelligence and will; and in that
greater intelligence and will we have our true identity, not in the surface
mind and ego at all.
Basic in the spiritual realization that comes to us when we have achieved
the proper psychic balance between ego and Secret Self is the knowledge
that we and God are one. This claiming to be God is mystical and should
not be confused with factual language. W e do not suddenly come to the
realization that we are God with any kind of implication that we personally
are in char ge of the universe. The God that we speak of is defined by the
limited semantics of language. The God that we know ourselves to be is amystical life force that we allow to use us. Any attempt by us to act upon
the world from the position of God immediately defeats itself, for


 know whether after
Mahakasyapa “got it” he went out and bought himself a stretch limo or not,
but it is obvious from the story that it would have been immaterial. If he
thought it served some purpose in the world, I’m sure he would have
purchased one. The telltale proof of what has happened is that when we
have it all, we don’ t need  anything.
This brings us to looking at the whole predicament, blockade, and
obstacle of “need.” Need by its very essence is a denial of the truth about
ourselves. It is stating that we don’t know something, when in truth we
actually do; we’re just not connected with it. Once we have everything, we
don’t need anything. Once we have the formula, we don’t need to execute it
—we are, however, totally free to do so if we wish.No matter how much we strain and move our eyeballs around, we can’t
see the back of our heads. Seeing the back of our heads comes from a
totally different principle; it requires a mirror. That’ s the purpose of the
world. The world is merely a mirror in which we can see the back of our
heads. What we see as our personal world is the reflection of the principles
we’ve been holding on the level of cause, which is within our own minds.
Success comes about automatically from knowing where to look. Not what
to look for, but wher e to look. We do not look at what  we have, nor at what
we do, but at what we are. Once  we find within ourselves what we’ve been
searching for, we won’ t have to bother looking “out there.”
The closest connection between things in the unconscious mind,
strangely, is the 180-degree opposite. We get the answers to a lot of
problems if we merely turn around the cart and horse. If we can suspend for
an insta nt our belief systems about cause and effect and presume for the
sake of the exercise that they are reversed, the answers will reveal
themselves in an instant. We get that “aha” feeling. Freud first noticed this
in his book on dreams back at the turn of the 20th century: One of the
mechanisms of the unconscious mind was to disguise a thing as its opposite.
Flipping the coin is one of the secrets of success.
Well, we’ve strained our minds so far with what sounds like theory.
Theory sounds like it might be mystical, or psychological, or theoretical, or
existential, or some other term that our minds are labeling it. The reason
this is happening  is resistance. Our left brain wants to continue to run things
and be in charge. It doesn’ t want to hear that it is supposed to be merely the
servant of something greater. It doesn’ t want us to discover it. It wants us to
think that it’ s the only side of the coin.
I’m telling you, there are two sides, and the left brain doesn’ t want us to
know about that. That’ s natur al. That’ s okay. So to satisfy it, we will
conclude this chapter with practical examples. The examples will satisfy the
left brain’ s need for information and to be convinced.
In the meantime, what I’m really conveying here is the basic principle
behind all the examples. The left brain can’t resist that, so we’ll finesse it.
Not that the left brain doesn’ t have its function of great importance; wedon’t want to put it down. The left brain executes what the whole person
knows.
Lack of success comes from holding propositions as an “either -or”
instead of a “both.” In the everyday world of competition and success, it
means to stop having enemies or competitors and to stop holding them that
way. Instead, we must start holding them as pacers and sources of
inspiration. If it wasn’ t for the pacers, the greyhounds wouldn’ t run to their
maximum poten tial. Look at what we used to think of as enemies and
competitors as merely sources of inspiration. What they’re challenging is
within us—not us against them. The karate champions didn’ t master their
opponents at all. They only mastered themselves.
Give up competing with anyone. The competitors are merely examples of
what can be, and are therefore energy sources. At the end of any great war,
the opposing commanders cong ratulate each other, don’t they? A champion
and a worthy opponent treat each other with honor and respect. They
address each other as generals.  We can’t own that which is great within
ourselves unless  we learn to recognize it in others. After the trial, the
lawyers shake hands and often go for dinner together. The boxing
champions thank each other. A real champion like Joe Lewis  knew that
without the top-notch performan ce of his opponent, he couldn’ t possibly be
a star. Those who look like our enemies, opponents, or competitors are
actually our inspiration to become a star.
To envy  someone is to say that we haven’ t got it and we hate them
because they have it. We think it’s “out there.” We’ve got to stop that this
instant. They have merely disco vered it in themselves. All we’v e got to do
is the same thing in ourselves. There are all kinds of books telling us the
keys to success are self-confide nce, a winning attitude, and the like. These
are all consequences.  These are the effects of those attitudes; they are not
the cause. When we have the keys to success, we’re going to be confident,
smiling, generous, extroverted, capable, and good communicators.
OceanofPDF.comTHE ANATOMY OF SUCCESS
To discover the principles involved in success, let’s take a typical
business and tear it apart. Let’s look at one with which you may be familiar
and have had a lot of experience in your own life. That way we can go
through this exercise together with the absolute certainty that you’re getting
the point I’m trying to make instantly.
I have noticed that some restaurants are smashingly successful, whereas
others fold by the dozen. The failure rate of new businesses is a well-known
50 percent. Of the remaining 50 percent, a large portion is really struggling
to survive. They make it, but nobody’ s particularly happy. Out of a dozen
restaurants, the likelihood is that not more than one will become a four-star,
sought-out, famous eatery. Obvi ously the owners can write their own ticket
anywhere, as can the top chefs. Top chefs who love what they’re doing
throw themselves completely and totally into it. They are eager to learn and
to share what they have learned with others. Their motivations are to please
us, serve us, satisfy us, make us happy, and to make our evening a success.
The great and successful dance bands, the ones at the top (that even the
public doesn’ t really know about) are bands like the one led by Lester
Lanin. There was no event of importance among the social-reg istry crowd
that didn’ t have the music of Lester Lanin. It was de rigueur. Everyone vied
to get his orchestra; his band was booked for years in advance.  One of the
secrets of his incredible success was he played music that pleas ed listeners,
that brought out the best in them. He didn’ t play to impress himself or to
show of f.When we listen to many other bands and orchestras, we can see why they
are total failures. They’re there to impress themselves with what they can
play. They haven’ t the slighte st interest in the audience’ s dancing or
entertainment. Just watch. They play a waltz and suddenly the dance floor is
crowded—everyone gets up to waltz. Then, to our utter amaz ement, they
never play another waltz the rest of the evening. Of course not. What they
want to play is their repertoire. They want to show off their versatility. They
want to play a fast rumba that loses half the audience right there. They want
to go into some  progressive jazz, which clears the dance floor altogether.
They then want do some cutesy solos and a few weird numbers that frankly
would be better left unplaye d. It’s creative, no doubt, but socially
disastrous. It’s the wrong princ iple and wrong motive, as it reflects self-
interest and an unloving attitu de, and is unsupportive of life as it is
represented by the joy and the goodnatured pleasure of the crowd. They’re
not interested in pleasing the crowd; they’re interested in being stars. In
trying to reach the bananas, they miss them.
I knew a man who was a very successful musician. He later had his own
dance band and made a living throughout the Depression. I’ll tell you, when
the crowd all got up and loved to hear a slow waltz, he played lots of them.
He’d say to me, “This is a waltzing crowd; let’s go.” He would trot out
every waltz until everyone was happy and satisfied. If someon e else liked
the polka, well, he’d polka their heads off all night. He didn’ t have some
kind of formula that he had to demonstrate, which meant that he had to play
one different kind of music after another. How


ox	vaccination	roseola	and	the	syphilis	ulcer.”

In	his	voluminous	work	on	vaccination	Crookshank	tells	us	that	"Auzias

Turenne,	of	France,	was	the	first	to	point	out	that	cowpox	is	analogous	to

syphilis;	but	even	the	earliest	opponents	of	vaccination	regarded	the	disease	as

"lues	bovilla",	(syphilis)	and	it	had	even	been	suggested	that	the	cow	had	derived

the	complaint	from	milkers	who	were	affected	with	syphilis.	However,	there	is

no	more	ground	for	believing	in	the	latter	theory	than	there	is	for	believing	that

cowpox	is	produced	by	milkers	suffering	from	smallpox.

It	is	the	course	which	the	malady	runs	which	brings	it	so	closely	into	relations

with	syphilis...There	appears	to	be	very	little	doubt	that	syphilis	may	be

transmitted	by	vaccination;	but	many	cases	which	are	attributed	to	syphilis	are

unquestionably	the	full	effects	of	cowpox	virus;	and	nothing	could	more	clearly

point	to	the	analogy	between	the	two	diseases	than	the	difficulty	in	diagnosing

the	exact	nature	of	vaccinal	accidents	(diseases)".

"Again,	if	we	study	the	effects	of	syphilis	artificially	inoculated	on	the	human

subject,	the	appearance	in	some	cases	are	strikingly	similar	to	inoculated	horse-
pox.	Without	entering	into	a	prolonged	discussion	of	this	subject,	I	will	refer,	as

an	example,	to	the	progress	in	Dr.	Ricord’s	cases	of	syphilization.	As	in

inoculated	horse-pox	we	have	the	stages	of	papule,	vesicle,	ulcer,	scab	and	scar;

and	no	one	can	compare	his	plates	with	Jenner’s	without	being	struck	with	the

similarity	in	their	appearances.	(See	Fig.	2	and	3)

Fig.	3

"The	results	of	the	artificial	inoculation	of	syphilis	were	unknown	to	Jenner,	but

if	they	had	been	he	would	scarcely	have	failed	to	have	observed	the	likeness

between	them.	So	striking	indeed	are	the	appearances,	that	it	is	possible	that.	by

judicious	selection,	a	strain	of	syphilitic	lymph	might	be	cultivated	which	would

produce	in	time,	all	the	physical	characteristics	of	the	‘vaccine’	vesicle."

MORE	EVIDENCE

In	THE	VACCINATION	SUPERSTITION	by	J.	W.	Hodge,	MD,	we	read:

"To	the	scientific	physician,	conclusive	evidence	of	the	real	affinity	of	cowpox	is

furnished	at	a	glance,	by	the	pathological	diagnostic	table	of	M.	R.	Leverson,
	M.D.,	Ph.D.,	which	was	read	before	the	American	Association	of	Physicians	and

Surgeons	at	Indianapolis,	(Jan.	1896)	and	has	been	unquestioned	by	the

profession.

"The	table	which	I	now	present	to	you,	is	a	condensed	statement	in	paralleled

columns,	of	the	primary	and	secondary	symptoms	of	smallpox,	cowpox	and

syphilis,	from	the	separate	descriptions	of	the	most	renowned	authorities	upon

these	several	diseases.	It	shows	an	almost	complete	likeness	between	the	two

latter	and	the	total	unlikeness	of	each	to	(natural,	un-induced)	smallpox.	Here	we

have	some	of	the	highest	authorities	who	have	produced	the	clearest	evidence

showing	that	vaccinia	(vaccination	disease)	is	modified	syphilis.	The	chronic

and	protean	manifestations	which,	at	times,	follow	vaccination	must	have

impressed	us	all	with	their	close	analogy	to	syphilitic	lesions."

COMPARISON	OF	SMALLPOX,	COWPOX	AND	SYPHILIS

SMALLPOX

1)	Eruption	general,	superficial.

2)	Constitutional	or	general	symptoms	precede	the	eruption	and	are	relieved	on

appearance.

3)	Eruption	first	felt	as	a	No.	8	bird	shot	beneath	the	skin,	it	then	appears	as	a

papule;	then	a	vesicle,	becoming	pustular	about	the	5th	or	6th	day,	is	from	one	to

three	lines	in	length;	but	the	pustules	are	of	various	kinds,	irregular,	elevated,

generally	perforated	by	a	hair,	induration,	if	any,	very	slight,	no	tendency	to

gnawing	ulceration	of	the	skin.

4)	The	fluid	is	contained	in	two	chambers—a	superficial	and	a	deep,	which

communicate	around	the	edges	of	the	separating	membrane.

5)	The	smallpox	pustules	leave	no	scar	if	properly	treated.

6	)	The	smallpox	eruption	does	not	affect	the	lymphatic	system.

7)	Infectious.

8	)	Inoculable.
9)	The	smallpox	epidemic	seems	to	be	taking	its	rise	in	filthy	locations.	(also,

when	the	body	is	contaminated	with	vaccines,	drugs	and	incompatible	foods	and

impure	water,	etc.)

COWPOX	(vaccination)	Primary	Lesion

1)	Eruption	local,	deep,	in	corium	of	skin	or	subcutaneous	tissue	or	in	mucous

membrane.

2)	Constitutional	symptoms	do	not	precede	but	follow	the	eruption	in	all	cases.

3)	Pustule	(chancre)	always	the	same,	first	a	papule,	then	a	vesicle,	becoming

pustular	about	the	8th	day,	7	to	10	lines	in	diameter,	round,	centrally	depressed,

margin	indurated	and	not	perforated	by	a	hair,	has	a	cellular	membrane	at	floor,

tendency	to	gnawing	ulceration.

4)	The	fluid	is	contained	in	a	single	chamber,	reticulated,	is	non-volatile,	and	the

infection	is	communicated	only	by	immediate	contact	with	an	abraded	surface.

5)	The	cowpox	leaves	a	foveated	scar.

6)	The	cowpox	poison	permeates	the	lymphatic	channels	and	ganglia,	causing

inflammation,	buboes,	and	abscesses.

7)	Not	infectious.

8)	Inoculable.

9)	Cowpox	is	independent	of	time	and	place;	communicated	only	by	direct

inoculation.

SYPHILIS	or	Greatpox

1)	Eruption	local,	deep,	in	the	corium	of	skin	or	subcutaneous	tissue,	or	in	the

mucous	membrane.

2)	Constitutional	symptoms	do	not	precede	but	follow	the	eruption	in	all	cases.
	3)	Pustule	always	the	same,	first	a	papule	rapidly	becoming	pustular	without

perceptibly	passing	through	a	vesicular	stage,	7	to	10	lines	in	diameter,	scooped

out,	deep	funnel-shaped	with	sloping	often	elevated,	.not	perforated	by	a	hair,

has	a	fungoid	membrane	at	floor,	tendency	to	a	gnawing	ulceration.

4)	Absolutely	the	same	as	the	cowpox.

5)	Similar	to	the	scar	of	cowpox.

6)	Absolutely	the	same	as	the	cowpox.

7)	Not	infectious.

8)	Inoculable.

9)	Absolutely	the	same	as	cowpox.

"The	smallpox	patient,	upon	recovery,	is	free	from	the	disease	even	if	he	is


 nor replicate themselves.
So the nucleus is not the brain of the cell—the nucleus is the cell’ s
gonad! Confusing the gonad with the brain is an understandable error
because science has always been and still is a patriarchal endeavor.
Males have often been accused of thinking with their gonads, so it’ s not
entirely surprising that science has inadvertently confused the nucleus
with the cell’ s brain!
E p i g e n e t i c s :  T h e  N e w  S c i e n c e  o f  S e l f -
E m p o w e r m e n t
Genes-as-destiny theorists have obviously ignored hundred-year old
science about enucleated cells, but they cannot ignore new research that
undermines their belief in genetic determinism. While the Human
Genome Project was making headlines, a group of scientists were
inaugurating a new, revolutionary field in biology called epigenetics.  The
science of epigenetics, which literally means “control above genetics,”profoundly changes our understanding of how life is controlled. (Pray
2004; Silverman 2004) In the last decade, epigenetic research has
established that DNA blueprints passed down through genes are not set
in concrete at birth. Genes are not destiny! Environmental influences,
including nutrition, stress, and emotions, can modify those genes without
changing their basic blueprint. And those modifications, epigeneticists
have discovered, can be passed on to future generations as surely as
DNA blueprints are passed on via the double helix. (Reik and W alter
2001; Surani 2001)
There is no doubt that epigenetic discoveries have lagged behind
genetic discoveries. Since the late 1940s, biologists have been isolating
DNA from the cell’ s nucleus in order to study genetic mechanisms. In
the process they extract the nucleus from the cell, break open its
enveloping membrane, and remove the chromosomal contents, half of
which is made up of DNA and half of which is made up of regulatory
proteins. In their zeal to study DNA, most scientists threw away the
proteins, which we now know is the equivalent of throwing the baby out
with the bathwater. Epige-neticists are bringing back the baby, by
studying the chromosome’ s proteins, and those proteins are turning out
to play as crucial a role in heredity as DNA.
In the chromosome, the DNA forms the core, and the proteins cover
the DNA like a sleeve. When the genes are covered, their information
cannot be “read.” Imagine your bare arm as a piece of DNA representing
the gene that codes for blue eyes. In the nucleus, this stretch of DNA is
covered by bound regulatory proteins, which cover your blue-eye gene
like a shirtsleeve, making it impossible to be read.
Primacy of Envir onment. The new science r eveals that the information
that contr ols biology starts with envir onmental signals that, in turn,
contr ol the binding of r egulatory pr oteins to the DNA. Regulatory
pr oteins dir ect the activity of genes. The DNA, RNA, and pr otein
functions ar e the same as described in the Primacy of DNA chart. Note:
the flow of information is no longer unidir ectional. In the 1960s, Howar d
T emin challenged the Central Dogma with experiments that r evealed
RNA could go against the pr edicted flow of information and r ewrite the
DNA. Originally ridiculed for his “her esy,” T emin later won a Nobel
Prize for describing r everse transcriptase, the molecular mechanism by
which RNA can r ewrite the genetic code. Reverse transcriptase is now
notorious, for it is used by the AIDS virus’ RNA to commandeer the
infected cell’ s DNA. It is also now known that changes in the DNA
molecule, such as adding or r emoving methyl chemical gr oups, influence
the binding of r egulatory pr oteins. Pr oteins must also be able to buck the
pr edicted flow of information, since pr otein antibodies in immune cells
ar e involved with changing the DNA in the cells that synthesize them.
The size of the arr ows indicating information flow ar e not the same.
Ther e ar e tight r estrictions on the r everse flow of information, a design
that would pr event radical changes to the cell’ s genome.
How do you get that sleeve of f? Y ou need an environmental signal to
spur the “sleeve” protein to change shape, i.e., detach from the DNA ’ s
double helix, allowing the gene to be read. Once the DNA is uncovered,
the cell makes a copy of the exposed gene. As a result, the activity of the
gene is “controlled” by the presence or absence of the ensleeving
proteins, which are in turn controlled by environmental signals.
The story of epigenetic control is the story of how environmental
signals control the activity of genes. It is now clear that the Primacy of
DNA chart described earlier is outmoded. The revised scheme of
information flow should now be called the “Primacy of the
Environment.” The new, more sophisticated flow of information in
biology starts with an environmental signal, then goes to a regulatory
protein and only then goes to DNA, RNA, and the end result, a protein.
The science of epigenetics has also made it clear that there are two
mechanisms by which or ganisms pass on hereditary information. Those
two mechanisms provide a way for scientists to study both the
contribution of nature (genes) and the contribution of nurture (epigeneticmechanisms) in human behavior. If you only focus on the blueprints, as
scientists have been doing for decades, the influence of the environment
is impossible to fathom. (Dennis 2003; Chakravarti and Little 2003)
Let’ s present an analogy, which hopefully will make the relationship
between epigenetic and genetic mechanisms clearer. Are you old enough
to remember the days when television programming stopped after
midnight? After the normal programming signed of f, a “test pattern”
would appear on the screen. Most test patterns looked like a dartboard
with a bull’ s eye in the middle, similar to the one pictured on the
following page.
Think of the pattern of the test screen as the pattern encoded by a
given gene, say the one for brown eyes. The dials and switches of the TV
fine-tune the test screen by allowing you to turn it on and of f and
modulate a number of characteristics, including color, hue, contrast,
brightness, and vertical and horizontal holds. By adjusting the dials, you
can alter the appearance of the pattern on the screen, while not actually
changing the original broadcast pattern. This is precisely the role of
regulatory proteins. Studies of protein synthesis reveal that epigenetic
“dials” can create 2,000 or more variations of proteins from the same
gene blueprint. (Bray 2003; Schmuker, et al, 2000)
In this epigenetic analogy, the test pattern on the scr een r epr esents the
pr otein backbone pattern encoded by a gene. While the TV’ s contr ols can
change the appearance of the pattern (B and C), they do not change the
original pattern of the br oadcast (i.e., the gene). Epigenetic contr ol
modifies the r ead-out of a gene without changing the DNA code.P a r e n t a l  L i f e  E x p e r i e n c e s  S h a p e  T h e i r  C h i l d r e n ’ s
G e n e t i c  C h a r a c t e r
W e now know that the environmentally influenced fine-tuning
described above can be passed from generation to generation. A
landmark Duke University study published in the August 1, 2003 issue
of Molecular and Cellular Biology  found that an enriched environment
can even override genetic mutations in mice. (W aterland and Jirtle 2003)
In the study, scientists looked at the ef fect of dietary supplements on
pregnant mice with the abnormal “agouti” gene. Agouti mice have
yellow coats and are extremely obese, which predisposes them to
cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer.
Agouti Sisters. One year old female genetically identical agouti mice.
Maternal methyl donor supplementation shifts coat color of the offspring
fr om yellow to br own and r educes the incidence of obesity, diabetes, and
cancer. (Photo courtesy of Jirtle and W aterland©)

In the experiment, one group of yellow, obese, agouti mothers received
methyl-group-rich supplements available in health food stores: folic acid,
vitamin B12, betaine, and choline. Methyl-rich supplements were chosen
because a number of studies have shown that the methyl chemical group
is involved with epigenetic modifications. When methyl groups attach to
a gene’ s DNA, it changes the binding characteristics of regulatory
chromosomal proteins. If the proteins bind too tightly to the gene, the
protein sleeve cannot be removed and the gene cannot be read.
Methylating DNA can silence or modify gene activity.
This