C/G06 --- inner perfection
in all ways, in all lands, of all people.  Perfection is all
there is.
/G18/G0B/G02/G16/G01/G13/G0B/G12/G03/G03/G04/G0C/G04/G11/G01/G16/G10/G07/G05/G19/G01/G16/G0D/G04/G12/G23/G16/G01/G02/G10/G16/G01/G07/G1C/G03/G01/G0F/G04/G16/G16/G12/G0E/G04/G01/G10/G07/G01/G04/G12/G13/G0B/G01/G07/G03/G04
of us, about the innate beauty of our inner light, the riches of  an inner life, and the perfection in  all that is.  For me, it is an
additive concept to my inner life understandings, that all that
we truly are /G0F/G10/G09/G05/G0F/G11/G1A/G06/G03/G04.  In other words, we don’t have to reach
for it.  We just have to choose to receive it.  Our divinity, our perfection, our magnificence, and our prosperity already is.
 To expand on this concept, I will include Spirit’s responses to some of my follow-up questions, received  the same day as the parable ab ove.  These responses have
helped me to feel the gift of incorporating an “already is”
understanding about the cosmos into my inner life.  I hope  these messages benefit you in your search for understanding
as well.
  We wish for you to know th at your expanding trust in
 receiving enables you to rec eive more and more and more.
The more you open to the light, the greater you can see it in
your life.
Listen to your inner voice.   What is it saying?
/G0D/G01/G1F/G10/G01/G1E/G0B/G0C/G29/G01/G0B/G0E/G11/G01/G0A/G10/G08/G0F/G15/G01/G1E/G09/G0F/G17/G09/G09/G0E/G01/G17/G0B/G0E/G0F/G13/G0E/G1F/G01/G0B/G0E/G11/G01/G29/G0E/G10/G17/G13/G0E/G1F/G2A/G01
knowing and wanting.
/G27/G05/G06/G14/G07/G12/G10/G11/G06/G04/G0F/G1A/G06/G01/G07/G06/G1A/G07/G12/G06 – the wanting is bringing the knowing.
The knowing creates the allowin g.  Allowing is your “already/G1D/G0C/G05/G04/G12/G11/G19/G01/G21/G16  41
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really are more where you want to be than yo u think you are.
We would say this - Imagine a ll that you want.  This desire
that you want is there for you in  escrow.  You have to show
up with the right bank account number to make a withdrawal.
Have you been payi ng into your escrow fund, with this
withdrawal in mind?  Yes /G20 /G06/G06/G23/G07/G06/G1A/G07/G12/G06/G02/G0F/G13/G05/G06/G18/G05/G05/G0C/G06/G19/G0F/G16/G03/G0C/G0E/G06
payments to yourself, for which you will enjoy the prosperity
of these deposits?  /G2B/G09/G19/G2C/G01/G01/G23/G12/G0F/G01/G11/G10/G09/G19/G0E/G2D/G0F/G01/G25/G1C/G01/G17/G0B/G0E/G0F/G13/G0E/G1F/G01/G1E/G1A/G10/G0C/G29/G01
my allowing?  /G29/G10/G10/G07/G14/G03/G0C/G0E/G06/G03/G04/G06/G19/G0F/G0C/G03/G17/G05/G04/G01/G03/G0C/G0E/G06/G01/G02/G09/G07/G12/G0E/G02/G06/G19/G0F/G0C/G1A/G06
channels.  Not just through the want channel.  If that were
the case, you’d all be tied up in  balls of yarn and strings with
no end.  No.  We want you to  understand that there are more
channels to allowing than pure vibrational alignment.  You
achieve vibrational alignment yo u see by getting into a place
of feeling good.  Feeling good, wi th belief, with intention, with
wanting, with purpose all combin e to create further divine
order.  You are in the process of actualizing divine order right
now.  This present moment.
Your intention to be in alignm ent is an “already” state of
being.  The universe is summoned, and combines its sense of
universal intelligence, seeing far greater things than what
your perspective can see there upon the earth.
Can the universe see some kind of calamity ahead,
and say, “No.  You can’t, or shouldn’t, have it”?
Allowing is trusting the uni verse to bring it to you,
unequivocably /G06/G26 but in that right timing of highest good.
Highest good doesn’t mean – No  you can’t have it.  Highest
good means – in the most pr osperous, loving, joyful way
possible.  Expand your definit ion of highest good, and you
my dear may have just found  your missing ingredient.  ☺ /G01
Trust highest good to be all that  you need, in the most positive
ways, and prosperous ways, to bring you what already is, in
thought and vibration.  The uni verse always knows the fastest, /G15/G07/G16/G0F/G02/G13/G01/G17/G04/G12/G0C/G10/G0B
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manifestation of any dream.
The only reason there is doubt is  a forgetting of the “already
is” state.  Your /G27/G11/G09/G19/G13/G08/G09/G28 /G06 /G05/G06/G03/G07/G05/G08/G04/G09/G0D/G0F /G0A/G06/G06/G25/G07/G12/G06/G02/G0F/G13/G05/G06/G0F/G10/G09 eady the
escrow to receive that divine g ift.  You simply allow yourself
to receive what is rightfully you rs.  The laws support it.  Your
intentions asked for it.  Your allowing receives it.  Belief in the “already is” state is what grea ses the allowing.  Know it, and
nothing else.  Guidance other than  highest good is not welcome
in your perfect “already is” state of total well-being.
Your “already is” state of di vine perfection and perfect
prosperity is your point of attr action now, if you claim it to
be.  /G0D/G01/G11/G10/G2C /G06/G06/G1C/G01/G06/G0F/G10/G09/G05/G0F/G11/G1A/G06/G03/G04/G06/G01/G02/G05/G0C/G0A/G06/G06/G25/G07/G12/G06/G0F/G09/G05/G06/G01/G02/G0F/G01 /G01 /G27/G17/G15/G13/G0C/G15/G28 /G06/G1A/G07/G12/G06/G02/G0F/G13/G05/G06
sought and claimed yourself to be, because you already ARE it.
Have been.  Always.  It is the illusion of the physical
world that has instilled a film of forgetfulness.  That film


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kitchen,  at  the  farmers'  market,  in  the  health  food  stores,  and  in  my  garden.  I  discovered  the
simple  act  of  wholesome  cooking  to  be  crucial  in  the  invocation  of  cognitive  memory.  This  is  the  only
sadhana  that  takes  us  through  a  complete  cycle,  from  the  earth  and  back  to  earth.
It  all  begins  with  a  good  seed — a  seed  that  remembers  its  essential  DNA,  its  memory  of  all  time;
a  seed  that  has  not  been  tampered  with  or  genetically  manipulated;  a  seed  from  which  a  healthy  and
happy  plant  will  sprout.  The  healthy  plant  is  prepared  into  food,  and  the  waste  and  roughage  return
to  earth  after  the  food  body  is  nourished.  In  time  the  food  body  itself  exhausts  its  ration  of  breath,
completes  its  living  cycle,  and  naturally  returns  to  earth.
When  we  learn  to  grow,  prepare,  and  cook  our  own  foods,  to  sustain  excellent  memory,  and  thus
to  have  the  glow  of  health,  we  are  able  to  know  the  living  harmony.  Our  individual  potential,  as  a
single  bead  relating  to  the  cosmic  mala,  is  fulfilled.
The  art  of  cooking  gives  us  endless  practice  to  refine  the  food  body.  This  sadhana  does  not  exclude
the  millions  of  other  wholesome  activities;  rather  it  is  the  hub  around  which  everything  falls  into
balance.  When  this  sadhana  is  culled,  all  irrelevant  activities,  attitudes,  and  invalid  memories  dissolve.
Foods  are  a  means  of  re-learning  nature.
These  principles  of  living  are  not  implacable  doctrines.  They  are  meant  to  remind  us  ol  a  time  in
the  past  when  humans  melded  with  the  earth,  and  a  time  in  the  future  when  we  will  once  more  know
the  ineffable  bliss  of  this  melding.  While  I  hold  the  ancient  traditions  about  food  in  high  esteem,  I
have  not  blindly  relied  on  their  teachings.  All  the  sadhanas  recommended  in  this  book  have  been
processed  through  the  sonority  of  my  own  experience.  Today  many  controversies  exist  surrounding
the  land  and  its  foods.  Some  truths  have  been  plied  and  altered  to  serve  selfish  ends.  Only  our  own
hearts  and  our  own  practice  can  tell  us  which  of  these  tenets  still  ring  true.  When  the  sell  becomes
strongly  linked  to  the  essential  memory  of  this  planet,  it  becomes  our  true  guide.  By  attending  to  0U1
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THE    PRACTICE    OF    AYURVEDA
Egyptian  Garden  Scene — The  community  at  work  planting  the  seed,
watering  the  sprouts,  and  celebrating  the  fruits.  From  tomb  painting,  2,000  b.c.
life  and  our  practice,  by  allowing  wholesome  living  to
permeate  our  being,  by  allowing  it  to  sit  in  our  hara,
we  will  discover  the  truth  in  everything.
THE   FOOD   BODY
From  the  earth  came  herbs,  from  herbs  came  food,  and
from  food  came  the  seed  which  gave  life  to  the  humans.
Taittirya  Upanishad  (11.1)
Our  food,  our  body,  and  nature  are  one  entity.  The
flesh  of  our  body  is  the  same  as  the  flesh  of  a  winter
squash;  the  bodily  fluids  are  the  same  as  the  coconut
milk.  The  network  of  fibers  in  our  body  is  the  same  as
the  loofah  of  the  gourd  squash.  The  heart  of  an  arti-
choke is  the  same  as  our  heart.  The  kidney  bean  is  the
same  as  our  kidneys.  The  leaves  of  a  tree  are  the  same
as  our  lungs,  and  its  bark  the  same  as  our  skin.  When
the  trees  are  cut,  they  bleed.  When  they  are  uprooted,
they  die.
But  we  perceive  ourselves  as  different  from  trees
and  plants,  from  the  animals  and  birds,  from  the
single-celled  organisms.  We  see  them  as  outside  of
ourselves.  Similarly,  we  perceive  foods  as  products
separate  from  ourselves.  In  truth,  our  very  perception
exists  within  the  same  light  of  consciousness  as  do food,  animals,  and  all  principles  of  the  cosmos.  The
same  light  of  consciousness  that  makes  us  visible  makes
the  foods  we  eat  visible.
Nature  is  so  fine  and  its  pattern  so  intricate  that  if
we  were  to  use  our  foods  intelligently,  it  would  be  like
intimately  knowing  the  symphony  of  nature's  vast
spectrum  of  light,  color,  sounds,  scents,  and  salves.
The  essential  threads  of  our  cognitive  memory  would
be  plied  and  we  would  begin  to  remember,  to  balance
Life  within  our  lives,  like  the  confluence  of  a  river  and
streams.
It  is  normal  to  overdo  in  the  first  few  years  of
learning  a  new  discipline.  With  time  our  comfort
factor  adjusts  and  we  become  at  ease  with  our  new
lifestyle.  Until  this  happens,  we  need  to  be  alert  and
consistent  so  as  not  to  regress.  Food  is  our  sustenance
and  as  such  deserves  great  reverence.  Over  the  years,
however,  I  have  often  seen  people  distort  this  prin-
ciple and  become  obsessively  addicted  to  particular
diets.  Addictive  behavior,  even  in  the  context  of  well-
intentioned  dietary  and  lifestyle  changes,  invariably
turns  to  fanaticism.  I  have  seen  grown  men  and  women
actually  focus  their  entire  existence  on  dissecting  the
positive  and/or  negative  qualities  of  certain  foods.
While  it  is  valuable  to  know  what  is  clean  and  healthy
for  our  bodies  and  minds  and  what  is  not,  we  must
remember  that  eating  is  not  our  ultimate  aim  as  hu-
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FOOD    SADHANAS
man  beings.  In  becoming  obsessed  with  food,  we
become  obsessed  with  the  body.  This  obsession  is
destructive.
SADHANAS   FOR
THE   HEART
Grace  in  Receiving  Sustenance
To  be  gracious  does  not  mean  one  has  to  be  religious
or  trained  in  social  etiquette.  Essentially  it  means  to
pay  reverence  to  the  creator  of  the  wise  earth,  to  the
farmers,  and  to  the  cooks  who  bring


, and said, “ T her e’ s absolut el y not hing
w r ong w it h it; it' s per f ec t l y f ine, and isn ’t t hat g r eat? I t hink it w as t he tur pentine. ”
I also
c hec k ed her blood pr essur e at t he time, and she w as able t o c ut bac k her blood
pr essur e
medic ations. H er br eat hing had also impr o v ed, and af t er about 2 y ear s w it h
some diet ar y
c hang es, she w as ultimat el y able t o st op t ak ing al l her medic ation.
N o w, t hat is a v er y
amazing t hing.
T her e is no medic ation w it h w hic h tur pentine int er ac t s. I ha v e obser v ed
people t ak ing it
along side al l manner of medic ines, but y ou c ert ainl y
don ’t w ant t o t ak e blood pr essur e
medic ine w hen y our blood pr essur e has
f al len t o nor mal. B ec ause tur pentine is v er y
po w er f ul and c ur es man y
c onditions, y ou w ant t o ha v e y our medic ations monit or ed so
y our doc t or
c an st op t hem as needed.
In f ac t, w it h t his l ad y, I sa w her ag ain and her blood pr essur e w as 120
s y st olic. W it h her l ast
itt y bitt y pi l l she w as t ak ing, I said, " I t hink it' s time t o
st op t he blood pr essur e medic ine. S o,
st op y our blood pr essur e medic ine
and I ’ l l see y ou bac k in about a mont h. If y our blood
pr essur e has g one up,
t hen y ou k no w I ’ l l put y ou bac k on t he medic ine. B ut if it st a y s lo w,
t hen
y ou’ l l be ok a y. "

I sa w her bac k in a mont h and her blood pr essur e w as 90 s y st olic. I said,
" E x c use me, Miss
J ones, ar e y ou sti l l t ak ing y our blood pr essur e medic ine?"
She said, " O h y es, y es, I am sti l l t ak ing it. I f eel so af r aid t o st op it. "S inc e t hen, man y ot her people ha v e had a simi l ar e x per ienc e, so I w ould sa y t o
an y one
w ho elec t s t o embar k on t ak ing tur pentine f or w hat e v er r eason t o be
sur e t o c hec k w it h
y our ph y sic i an, ha v e an y of y our medic al c onditions
monit or ed c losel y, and ha v e y our
medic ations ad just ed ac c or ding l y.She had ast hma, art hr itis, h y pert ension, her pes, and t hen hor mone r epl ac ement, w hic h
w as t he f ashion of t he d a y. She c ame t o see me w it h al l t hese dr ug s.1 3
S t ep 4
S upplement s should be minimal, as C andid a
eat s y our supplement s and, li k e an y
g ood
par asit e, g et s f ed f ir st. I ha v e t old man y a
patient t o c ut bac k and e v en st op
quit e a f e w
supplement s f or t his r eason. I used t o f eel
t hat t he mor e supplement s,
t he bett er ; t hen I
notic ed t hat m y patient s w ho r elied on
supplement s k ept t ak ing
mor e and mor e,
but did not g et bett er.
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/Cx7 S elenium, 200 mc g d ai l y /C94
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/Cx7 B12 sublingual, 5000mc /C5x
/Cx7 T r ac e miner als : shi l ajit, 200mg t o 500mg a d a y as t ar f or 4 d a y s a
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dr ink in t he mor ning (ma y substitut e 2 t ablespoons c hi a seeds).
S h op No w  o n www. vit alit y c y c l e s. co mHe r e is a list o f supp l e m e n t s th at I d o r eco mm e n d:
2 3
I said, " W el l, Miss J ones, if y ou k eep t ak ing t hat blood pr essur e
medic ine, I do belie v e y ou
ar e g oing t o pass out and hit t he side w al k. "

A nd so, she st opped her blood pr essur e medic ine, and t o t his d a y, her
blood pr essur e is
110 o v er 7 0. A nd of c our se, she sti l l t ak es her
tur pentine, and e v er y no w and t hen, she’ l l
ha v e a litt le question about
tur pentine and w i l l c al l me.

A g ain, w it h tur pentine, it is e x tr emel y, e x tr emel y import ant t o mak e
sur e t hat y our c olon is
c lear. M ak e sur e y ou’v e g ot a c lear e x it, t hat
y ou’r e w el l -h y dr at ed, and y ou’r e dr ink ing y our
one quart of w at er f or
e v er y 50 or 60 pounds of bod y w eig ht. A s y ou t ak e t he tur pentine,
y ou
w i l l notic e y our c r a v ing f or s w eet s g oing a w a y. D o not eat t he s w eet s
bec ause y ou no
long er ha v e a desir e f or t hem, as man y of y our
c onditions ag g r a v at ed b y sug ar w i l l also g o
a w a y.

Y ou w i l l also notic e t hat y ou no long er ha v e a c r a v ing f or meat. Y our
c r a v ing f or meat and
w hit e flour w i l l lessen. Go r ig ht along w it h t his
and c ut bac k on t hose t hing s, as y ou no
long er c r a v e t hem.

I ha v e f ound t hat tur pentine is of e x c el lent assist anc e t o people w ho
ar e ha v ing dif f ic ult y
stic k ing w it h a healt h y r eg imen. S uc h people w ho
w ant t o eat less sug ar, but ha v e a t er r i ble
sug ar c r a v ing, or people w ho
w ant t o eat less meat, but c r a v e meat. A lso, people w ho w ant
t o st op
eating at f ast f ood pl ac es, but just c r a v e t he f ast f ood. O nc e t he y t ak e
t he
tur pentine, t he y c an easi l y o v er c ome t heir c r a v ing s, or t heir
c r a v ing s disappear
c omplet el y. A nd t hat is an amazing t hing.
T ur pentine, at t he c ost of less t han


taste not quite so bad. Feel wonderful and alert. Desire to eat is stronger. I note some
amazing changes after five weeks of fast ing: Tartar and plaque gone from teeth;
gums, which were red and bled easily, are now pink and do not bleed after a vigorous
brushing; after six years of severe diarrhea a nd intestinal spasms, a slight prolapse of
the rectum occurred (dropping or sagging of the lower end of the large intestine so
that each time a B.M. is tried, a portion of  this intestine protrudes through the rectum
into the outside world and must be pushed back in). This situation is now corrected--
so I suppose one could say the problem with the rectum has been rectified; and, of
course, that grapevine of internal and external hemorrhoids are now gone, broken down by the body's own marvelous mechanism. ( It's been 12 years since this writing
and there have been no recurrences of any of these problems.) Now if this hell-on-
earth, this ulcerative colitis could be resolved, this would be truly a miracle--the
miracle for which Corinne and I have prayed. I'm hoping, with all the strength in me,
that these benefits from my fast can be maintained. Only time will tell. (There's still a long, hard road ahead; but one lesson I shall learn along the way is that you cannot
buy health--you must earn it!) My fast is supposed to be broken tomorrow and I look forward to that as much as a child anticipates a Christmas morning.
   Thursday, October 8, 1964 --Interruption of fast: Weight 110 pound loss of 1-1/4
pounds from yesterday and a total loss of 30 pounds after 5 weeks of fasting. My
anticipation came to an end when a small cup of clear, freshly made vegetable broth
was brought to my room. Several tablespoons only, but I didn't enjoy it as I had expected. My mouth was still pasty and with a bad taste. An hour or two later I had
several more tablespoons of the soup and it  seemed to bloat me. I couldn't understand
it. (Long fasts are broken very carefully, sometimes with small amounts of diluted, fresh-squeezed orange juice or small amounts of freshly made carrot and celery juice
or tomato and celery juice. The particular needs or situations of each individual is
taken into consideration. For example, in my case, citrus wasn't given because of my
past history and Dr. Gross did not want to take a chance with any fruit acids irritating
the colon. This way, with the broth, I still received some food value--vitamins, minerals, protein, etc.--and the broth was very easy on the digestive apparatus. I was
like a newborn infant eating for the first time.) Small amount of carrot and celery
juice added at intervals during the day. Some abdominal cramps and indigestion
throughout the night. Didn't feel well. Much diarrhea and discomfort. My entire system feels out of whack. I feel weak all over. Food became repugnant.
   Friday, October 9, 1964 --Fast, 36th day: Dr. Gross advises me to fast a while longer
as my body was not ready to have the fast broken and accept food. Each individual is different and some require a shorter fast, while  some are in need of a longer fast. (The
body has its own wisdom in letting us know when it's time to break a fast--if we have
fasted long enough, that is. A few of the signs are: a genuine return of hunger,
clearing of the foul breath, disappearance of  the rotten taste with resultant appearance
of a sweet taste, and a clearing of the tongue which gradually takes on a clean, pink
look.) No weight change. Feel more comfortable not eating at this time.
   Sunday, October 11, 1964 --Fast, 38th day: Weight 109-1/4 pounds; a loss of 1/2
pound from yesterday and a total loss of 30-3/4 pounds after 37 days of fasting. Blood pressure 88/52. Some bowel activity again today. Light-headed and a little weak
physically, but resting in bed helps the most. Mentally, very sharp. Have been in a different room for the last few weeks and sh are it with several men. I've enjoyed this
because having people to talk to has helped pass the time. There's an excellent view of
the dense wooded area as I lie gazing out the window. I notice the leaves beginning to
change colors. Very homesick today, so  I telephoned home. Just hearing Corinne's
voice was the pick-me-up I needed. She was quite shocked to find out I was still fasting, but understood why after my explanation. She encouraged me to have faith.
Never did she discourage me or instill any negative thoughts in my mind. (Sure,
things were rough with so little income, her teaching duties, raising the children, and
managing everything at home, but we both had an ultimate goal and it was all the
experiences we shared in striving for and attaining that goal that has brought us as
close together as two people can possibly be.)
   Monday, October 12, 1964 --Fast, 39th day: Weight 109 pounds; a loss of 3/4 of a
pound from yesterday and a total loss of 31 pounds after 38 days of fasting. Blood
pressure 84/56. Light-headedness very prevalent. Most of the day spent in bed, resting
all senses. Bowel action stopped. I can't really explain it, but there are great changes
taking place. I can feel it. I notice a calmness, an inner peace which seems almost
spiritual. There is no negativism; only positive thoughts come into mind. I feel there is
nothing I can't do. The word "impossible" does not exist at this point.
   Tuesday, October 13, 1964 --Fast, 40th day: Weight 108-3/4 pounds; a loss of 1/4
pound from yesterday and a total loss of 31-1/4 pounds after 39 days of fasting. Blood
pressure 82/56. Hands, feet, and nose have been quite cold, but thank goodness for the
hot water bottle which has become a most welcome bed partner. Tongue very heavily
coated. Saliva has become thicker and is coupled with an extremely rotten taste that
causes a constant nausea, which predisposes to periods of vomiting and dry heaves. Even the rubbing of a squashed grape across my tongue does not relieve the taste or
nausea. No bowel activity or gas. Strange feeling of well-being. Slept fairly well.
   Wednesday, October 14, 1964 --Fast, 41st day: Weight 108-3/4 pounds; no weight
loss from yesterday. Blood pressure 82/56. Water consumption has been varying up to
two quarts daily, but never forced and only when thirsty. Sincere desire for food is more prevalent. My highly developed senses, mentioned previously, are sometimes
annoying. My eyesight has become rated as 20/10, which is better than normal in that
I can see at 20 feet what the normal person can see at ten feet. (This of course was not
annoying, but the senses of hearing and smell occasionally caused problems: I could
perceive the slightest sounds, perhaps a half block or block away, that would continually disturb my rest, such as someone walking down the front steps of a house
or walking on gravel or twigs down the road or someone coughing or sneezing or just
talking some distance away. The sense of smell was probably the cause of most of the
irritations because I could pick up, like a sensitive detection device, noxious odors in
the air. I detected car fumes from down the highway, burning of the autumn leaves, which nauseated me, various "stinking" cooking aromas from several homes in the
area, and the worst offender of them all--c igarette smoke. I could smell it from people
walking down by the highway hundreds of feet away and I knew when someone on
the premises was cheating and sneaking a smoke because it would gag me. I would
report these incidents of on-the-premises smoking and sure enough Dr. Gross would
ferret out the culprit and all hell would break loose.)    Thursday, October 15, 1964 --Fast, 42nd and last day (6 weeks): Weight 108-1/4
pounds; a loss of 1/4 pound from yesterday and a total loss of 31-3/4 pounds after 41 days of fasting. Blood pressure 90/60; teeth very pasty. Saliva seems to flow a little
freer, but there is so much being eliminated through my mouth now, I find the terrible
taste gags me into periodic dry heaves. My impatience to break the fast is wearing on
me. I know it is pending. I know how I feel, because even with all that is going on,
there is a stronger desire for food. Dr. Gross visits all of us at least twice each day and is usually nearby if needed, since his house is just a few hundred yards away. He
came in this afternoon and dropped a subtle hint of a good possibility of breaking the


 to be locked up for life,
I am open to the possibility of a furlough for just a little while.
Humor may not always land, however. Can you tolerate a phrase, or does
it upset you more? If you use humor as the last part of your acceptance
phrase, it has to bring a smile to your face. If it brings tears, start tapping on
the emotions that come up until they subside. After that, you might even be
in a position to accept yourself just as you are.
Q: How Can I State My Feelings
if I Don’t Know What They Are?
For the most part, our culture doesn’ t reward us for having or sharing our
feelings, so it may take time for some people to develop this skill. For
example, have you ever witnessed a loved one or friend yelling as they tell
you about an upsetting event and when you mention that they seem angry,
they snap, “I’m not angry!”
Why do we often not know or misidentify what we are feeling?  From the
time we are infants, many of us are trained away from actually  feeling our
feelings. We cry, and our paren ts do everything to calm us down. It’s rare
for parents to sit with a young child’ s discomfort, offering patient,
connected emotional presence so the child will learn that having and
expressing troubled feelings is okay and that after the big storm, they’ll be
fine.
Actually, the child’ s distress distresses the parents! Children quickly learn
which feelings are not okay in our family and avoid them to obtain approval
from parents, the people who will help them survive. But the feelings are
still there, inside.As you continue to grow in your tapping practice, you will develop
awareness of what you’re feeling. If ever you’re unsure, drop your
awareness into your body and experience what you are sensing. Tap based
on your specific body sensations. Notice when you go numb. Notice your
coping behaviors, which are often signs you’re avoiding an unpleasant
feeling. Or just start by guessing ; go with whatever comes to mind first.
Guessing allow s your subconscious to work, and your subconscious is
always tuned in and will make this easy. Here are some phrases I’ve used
with myself and/or others. Notice that the affirmations are slightly different
than the standard “deeply and completely accept myself”:
Even though I have no idea how I’m really feeling right now about (my
problem), that’ s okay; I accept myself just as I am anyway.
Even though I feel numb and feelings weren’ t even allowed  in my
family growing up, I love, honor, forgive, and accept myself.
Even though I need to keep a lid on things and that’s how I was taught
to operate, that’ s okay; I choose peace.
Even though I’m not sure what would happen if I open up to all the
feelings inside, what if it was possible to begin to recognize when and
what I’m feeling, and be okay with it?
Q: What if I Feel T oo Much?
At the other end of the spectrum, you might be awash in feelings. You can
take inspiration from phrases like these and make them your own:
Even though I’m drowning in my feelings and it’s too much, I deeply
and completely accept myself, anyway.
Even though it’ s too scary to have all these feelings alone, and I need to
share them with somebody, I deeply and completely accept myself.
Even though these feelings feel like they are happening to me and I
have no control, I am actually having them and they are not bigger than
I am; I deeply and completely accept myself.Feelings are flickers that pass through your system as long as you stay
connected and calm. As you allow them to arise and subside, you’ll
experience more connectedness, intimacy, and resiliency. Soon you’ll be
looking at upsetting feelings as opportunities to heal. If you truly feel like
you’re in over your head, find professional support. And reme mber, we’re
shooting for percentages, not 100 percent!
Q: Do Sensations in My Body Count as Feelings?
Those sensations are feelings; we just label them differently than we do
emotions. Get in the habit of asking, “What’ s going on in my body when I
think of this situation?” Do you have an awareness in your stomach, a
tightness in your shoulders, a sharp pain in your temples? Is your breathing
shallower?
Scan your body  to see where you’re holding tension or pain right now.
Get in the habit  of doing body scans, asking yourself where you might be
feeling or storing this emotional issue in your body if you were physically
storing it somewhere. In other words: “If I did have a place to store this in
my body, where would it be?”
Everyone has places in their body where they store emotion. You’ll soon
learn more about the Chasing the Pain technique in Chapter 8, which tracks
the feelings in your body all the way down to an often surprising root issue,
collapsing the pain in the process.
The body is an amazing storehouse: it never lies, and it follows the
mind’ s instructi ons—both subconscious and conscious. You might be
surprised at all the interesting things your body is ready to tell you once you
start tapping.
Q: Who Does EFT W ork On?
Who doesn’t EFT work on? Those who don’t tap. In other words, everyone
can tap. And you can tap surrog ate (meaning tap as if you were them) for
those who can’t tap for themse lves, including tapping on animals, babies,
for world peace, for people with Alzheimer ’s, and so on. It works. The idea
behind surrogate tapping is that you tap on yourself allowing  yourself toguess, sense, or express what you think that person would say, think, or feel
if they were tapping, with the intention of passing on the benefits of the
tapping to them.
Q: Can I Use EFT on Someone Else?
Yes and no. Tread carefully; start with small things only if they (whether
your tappee is a young child or your elderly grandpa) are willing, and don’t
get in over your head or your skills. Complex issues need professional,
experienced practitioners who understand how to safely naviga te a person
through signific ant traumatic events. Ask yourself if you can be detached,
neutral, compas sionate, and nonjudgmental of the person. Can you go
where they need to go, not wher e you want to go or believe they should go?
If not, then tap on your issues first before giving it a try.
Q: What Is a T apping Buddy
and Why W ould I W ant One?
Tapping buddies help spur your practice forward faster. They don’t need to
be in a similar place in their lives; they don’t need to be friends. They
simply need to be motivated to learn and tap with you on a regular basis.
You take turns acting as EFT practitioner on the other person. Sessions of at
least a half hour each are recommended.
You might actua lly want to avoid a tapping buddy who is quite close to
you and your situation, such as a spouse or other family member. You might
get triggered or upset and become unable to be neutral about what the other
person is tapping on, which won’ t make you a very good tapping buddy.
For best results, agree to learn together, commit to a regularly scheduled
time, easily forgive mistakes, keep a boundary around check-in chatter,
listen to feedback, set some rules and agreements up around how the
tapping buddy-ship will go—or won’ t go. Review your agreements
regularly.
Q: How Do I Find a T apping T arget?You can turn anything that has some intensity into a tapping target. Just
hang up the phone after an awful conversation? Did someone’ s Twitter post
infuriate you? Did customer service lack “service”? Those are all easy,
honest, and specific. Refer also to the Personal Peace Procedu re list from
Chapter 4  on finding plenty of tar gets.
Ask yourself questions like: What’ s the one thing in my life that I would
rather not have gone through? What’ s the one thing that really bugs me
right now, if I were to allow myself to feel it? What’ s the one issue that
consistently derails me?
Ask yourself open-ended questions to help bring you to specific tapping
targets and even ts: “I wonder where that started?” “I’m curious about … ”
“Isn’ t it interesting that I reacted so strongly to such a little bitty thing?”
These types of questions will open your mind more easily to specific
events. Once you have a speci fic event in mind, determine whether you
need to chunk it down into more specific events to maximize res ults.
Q: Do I Need to Use the
Same W ords in the Setup Phrase?
I have varied the EFT setup language on occasion in this book and in the
exercises that follow, but this is a more advanced practice. When working
more globally, or with a tapalo ng, you will see that setups and reminder
phrases often vary from Gold Standard. Gold Standard focuses in the
beginning stages on using the same setups. This makes it easier to clear one
aspect or event at a time and finally collapse a whole tabletop issue. When
you’re not experienced, fancy af firmations can get in the way


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p e r s o n a l  t r a n s f o r m a t i o n.  I t  w o n ’ t  g o  a w a y  i n  a  m o m e n t,n e c e s s a r i l y,  b u t  i t s  d a y s  a r e  n u m b e r e d.  T h e  m e d i c i n e  i s  i n
y o u r  p s y c h i c  b l o o d s t r e a m.
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h a v i n g  t o  t a k e  a  g o o d  l o o k  i n  t h e  m i r r o r  b e f o r e  w e  c a n  d o
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p r a y e d  t h i n g s  o n l y  g o t  w o r s e.  B u t  w h a t  a c t u a l l y  h a p p e n e d
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d i d  n o t  g e t  w o r s e ;  y o u  w e r e  s i m p l y  n o  l o n g e r  a n e s t h e t i z e d
t o  y o u r  o w n  e x p e r i e n c e  a n d  t h e  p a r t  y o u  p l a y e d  i n  c r e a t i n g
i t. *
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p r a y i n g  f o r,  y e t  w i t h i n  a  c o u p l e  o f  w e e k s  o f  s t a r t i n g  i t,  y o u
b e g a n  t o  d i s p l a y  t h e  s a m e  s e l f - s a b o t a g i n g  b e h a v i o r  t h a t  h a d
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m i r a c l e!  I t ’ s  t e r r i b l e! ”  B u t  t h e n  y o u  r e a l i z e,  “ O h,  w o w,  I  g e t
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t o  c h o o s e  a g a i n,  t o  s t a n d  i n  t h e  s a m e  s p o t  w h e r e


 t h e  s i d e s  o f  t h e i r  m e m o r i a l s  w i t h  m e r e  h i s t o r i c
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m e a n i n g  a n d  b l e s s i n g  o f  t h e i r  l i v e s.
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S p h i n x  a n d  t h e  p y r a m i d s  i n  E g y p t  o r  t h e  P a r t h e n o n  i n
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c o n s c i o u s n e s s  y o u  b r i n g  t o  t h e  e x p e r i e n c e — w i l l  d e t e r m i n e
t h e  d e p t h  a t  w h i c h  t h e  v i s i t  w i l l  a f f e c t  y o u r  l i f e.
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s p o n t a n e o u s l y  c r e a t e  i t  w h e n  i t ’ s  n e e d e d.  F r o m  p e o p l e
l e a v i n g  m i l l i o n s  o f  f l o w e r s  a t  K e n s i n g t o n  P a l a c e  a f t e r  t h e
d e a t h  o f  P r i n c e s s  D i a n a  t o  f l o w e r s  a n d  t e d d y  b e a r s  a n d
p i c t u r e s  l e f t  a t  t h e  d o o r  o f  t h e  l a t e  J o h n  F.  K e n n e d y  J r. ’ s
a p a r t m e n t ;  f r o m  t h e  p i c t u r e -  a n d  p r a y e r -  a n d  p o e m - s t r e w n
f e n c e  a r o u n d  t h e  O k l a h o m a  C i t y  M u r r a h  F e d e r a l  B u i l d i n g
b o m b  s i t e  t o  t h e  c a n d l e - l i t  g a t h e r i n g  i n  N e w  Y o r k  C i t y  a t
w h i c h  t h o u s a n d s  p r a y e d  f o r  t h e  v i c t i m s  o f  t h e  W o r l d  T r a d e
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f e e l i n g s — t o  o r d e r  t h e m,  g i v e  t h e m  m e a n i n g,  a n d  s p i r i t u a l l y
l i f t  t h e m  u p.
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p r e s i d e n t  o r  t h e  c o r o n a t i o n  o f  a  m o n a r c h.  T h e  p s y c h i c  r i t e
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w i l l  b e  l e d.
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m i g h t  o t h e r w i s e  w i t h h o l d.  T h e  r e l a t i o n s h i p  o f  a  p e o p l e  t o
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 some female cancers but should be beneﬁcial for older males and females.
Minimise  canola oil and completely avoid hydrogenated margarine and vegetable shortening. Cold-pressed oils are preferable to
conventional polyunsaturated oils, and those in plastic bottles are the worst. Sensitive oils such as food-grade linseed oil should be
extracted under nitrogen and kept in cold storage without exposure to light; otherwise, they may become harmful. The only healthy
way of obtaining polyunsaturated oils is by eating oily seeds or if extracted under nitrogen.
In terms of health there is not much difference whether white, brown or raw sugar is used,  even too much honey can cause problems.
Therefore, use sweeteners only on rarely and in small amounts. Artiﬁcia l sweeteners are even worse. The least harmful sweeteners
are barley sugar or maltose, raw honey and soaked and ground dates. Totally avoid artiﬁcial sweeteners, especially aspartame or
NutraSweet.
With children - or even adults with cravings for sweets - a compromise agreement may be reached to abstain from sweets on all but
one day of the week when they can eat as many sweets as they like. They may gradually be steered away from commercial sweets
to eat dried fruit.
The only acceptable breakfast cereals are those without added sugar  and preferably low in wheat gluten. Bran can have some
beneﬁt as a laxative, but it reduces the absorption of minerals and I do not recommend it, ground linseed and rolled oats are
preferable.
Pickled and smoked foods contain aging proteins that may trigger migra ines, allergies and neurological problems. Smoked food also
contains carcinogens. Read the labels and avoid food with added chemicals except if these are vitamins, minerals, or carotene.
Some products, such as bread, are not required to have all chemicals listed. Tinned food such as sardines may be used but fresh
food is better.
Excitotoxins  are taste or ﬂavour enhancers that release glutamate and other brain-active amino acids such as aspartate and cysteine.
The best-known example is MSG or mono-sodium glutamate. High blood levels can cross the normally protective blood-brain barrier
and can cause brain cells to die.
Excitatory  amino acids cause problems mainly when they are used either in high concentrations or in free form while bound as in
most natural foods they are slowly released and therefore harmless. Most processed foods contain  excitotoxins, especially any kind
of commercial taste or ﬂavour enhancers, such as caseinate, hydrolysed  vegetable protein, soy protein extract, yeast extract or beef
stock. These may just be labelled as natural ﬂavouring and are espe cially high in commercial soups, sauces and gravies. The
following foods should be used with caution: wheat gluten grains, peanut products, yeast products, ﬂesh foods, salted food,
chemically sprayed fruit and vegetables; also, soy products except if they have been traditionally fermented as for instance Miso.
There are many anti-nutrients in soy products, especially inhibitors of protein-digesting enzymes, phytates and substances that
agglutinate or clump the blood. Commercial soymilk either has been highly heated to produce soy-protein extract with denatured
proteins or it is made of whole soybeans and then is full of these anti-nutrients. Increasingly the beans may also have been
genetically changed with unknown consequences.10/30/24, 2:38 PM Health-Science-Spirit - Health Diets
https://health-science-spirit.com/Healing_Foods/Health-Diets.html 3/4Yeast products, such as bread, wine, and beer, can aggravate fungal problems, such as Candida infestations that are frequently
chronic with degenerative diseases.  In addition, yeast-baked bread has a lower availability of minerals than sourdough bread, while
modern fast-baking processes are even worse and keep the minerals tightly bound to phytic acid and unavailable for absorption.
Peanuts contain a long-chain fatty acid that is beneﬁcial for arthritis but may contribute to the development of atherosclerosis. Poorly
stored peanuts can develop a toxic mould that may also infest peanut butter. Remove moulds by discarding the skins and thoroughly
wash or soak the peanuts before eating. Roasted peanuts, like all roaste d nuts and oily seeds, contain harmful oxidized oil, which is
also present in peanut butter. Pean ut butter without oil on top is usually hydrogenated - avoid it. Some health shops can make
healthier peanut butter from raw peanuts.
Cooked ﬂesh foods should be used  sparingly. Eating cooked meat requires that an individual have strong digestive powers, good
muscle activity to properly metabolize it, healthy kidneys to discharge the high level of residues and good bowel activity to avoid
harmful putrefaction. Furthermore, it is difﬁcult to obtain chemical-free meat, and it is not good to eat meat from unhealthy animals.
Factory-reared animals, such as in feedlots or battery hens, would fall into this category.
Processed meat is even more chemically contaminated and best avoided ; also meat with a deep red colour may have added nitrates
and nitrites. Individuals with blood group 0 are best suited to include meat in their diet (see  Raw Food Diet), those with blood
group A are often better on a vegetarian diet.
Predatory ﬁsh such as tuna but also shellﬁsh are often high in accumulated pesticides and mercury and not recommended for
habitual eating. While sardines are safer, they have the disadvantage of being tinned. The best choice is fresh or frozen non-
predatory deep-sea ﬁsh or other seafood from unpolluted coastal areas. For more detailed advice on pollutants in ﬁsh of different
species and from various locations see the website of the Environmental W orking Group at www.ewg.org.
For many degenerative diseases and especially with cancer and raised blood pressure a diet high in potassium and low in sodium is
preferable. The absence of iodized salt may cause thyroid problems that can be avoided by using additional kelp. However, in some
conditions, when the adrenal glands are weak, and also with cystic ﬁbrosis, glaucoma and low blood pressure, additional salt is
advisable, also for individuals with dehydration, diarrhea or excessive sweating. These problems may be overcome with a diet high in
taurine, see  Read This First.
By far the best source of salt is seawater added directly to the food. You may even evaporate seawater in ﬂat trays exposed to the
sun to make a strong energised sea salt solution. This has about ten times more magnesium and trace minerals than a greatly
advertised brand of sea-salt. Macrobiotic sea-salt appears to have retained all the minerals that are in seawater. I
regard  Amena’ s sea minerals  as being the best.
Commercial unreﬁned sea salt has been crystallized out in fractions and contains very little of the trace minerals originally in
seawater. Highest in magnesium and trace minerals is the brine out of which the sea salt has been crystallized. It is sometimes
available in liquid form as'sea-minerals' and highly recommended as a mineral supplement. However, technical magnesium chloride,
commonly derived from seawater, may be used instead.
Commercially frozen vegetables are pre-cooked and contain sulphites or other preservatives, as do most fruit juices and dried fruit,
which also tend to upset the blood-sugar regulation. Dried fruit without added preservatives tend to have moulds. Preferably soak
dried fruit or frozen vegetables and discard the water to minimize preservatives or moulds
Potatoes contain the toxic alkaloid  solanine  in any greened parts. Arthritis often improves when avoiding nightshade vegetables.
Healthiest are non-greened potato peels and fresh, raw potato juice. Also avoid any green tomato pulp or skin and preferably use red
instead of green capsicum (although the latter is not as harmful as green potatoes or tomatoes).
Tea and coffee have some beneﬁts  but become a problem if used in an addictive way. The same applies to alcohol. it can be
beneﬁcial as red wine, except for the commonly added sulphur preservatives which may trigger breathing problems in susceptible
individuals. In this case try to obtain wine without preservatives. Also, some traditionally brewed forms of beer can be beneﬁcial as
well as some herbal liqueurs to stimulate the digestion. However, in general it will be better to minimize alcohol intake and to test any
preferred brands for food sensitivity. Any allergy is commonly against a raw material or additive rather against the alcohol itself.
In most cities there are now outlets for organically grown fruit and vegetables while in rural areas you may grow your own. Finally,
make an attempt to select food according to your metabolic or blood type as explained in Food List for Blood Groups  and Diets for
Metabolic Types.
Disclaimer: The aim of this web site is to provide information on using natural healing methods to aid in the treatment of illness and health improvement.
The author cannot accept any legal responsibility for any problem arising from experimenting with these methods. For any serious disease,
or if you are unsure about a particular course of action, seek the help of a competent health professional.
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 it clockwise, first up to a Rrcaptr�rr tlrr Sprin,'!
177 AN CIENT SECR ETS FOR MODERN LOVERS
point between the navel and the breasts, then back down to the
cinnabar field, and around. Usc the navel as the center of the cir
cle, and move the palm at a rate of 4 seconds per circle. After 50
circles with the right palm, rub the palms together vigorously
again. Then, with the left palm, start from the cinnabar field in a
counterclockw ise motion, for another 50 circles. Be careful to use
only moderate pressure and to press with the palm, not the fin
gers. When you have found the optimum pressure and your abdo
men is used to the exercise, in about a week or two, increase to 1 oo
circles for each palm.
The exercise may be done in a vertical rather than a circular
version. Put the right pahn at the same starting point, with the left
palm pressing on top of it. Move both palms vertically upward
with moderate pressure to the area between the navel and the
breasts, and then move them downward. Switch the positions of
the palms and repeat.
GROIN MASSAGE
This exercise, intended to stimulate secretion of gonadal hor
mones, is especially beneficial to men and wotnen past age forty.
This is really a self-massage, but it can be done as partner massage
as well. There are two versions, one for males, one for females.
First, the female version: With the fingers of both hand s,
gently rub up and down along the left and right groin, where the
legs meet the abdomen, frotn the sides of the vagina to the vicin
ity of the hips-and back. Massage 36 tin1cs each session.
Next, the n1ale version: Using the left hand to keep the geni
tals out of the way, n1assage the right groin with the right tlngcrs
36 tin1cs. Then change hands and rnassagc the left groin with the
left fingers 30 tin1es.
SACRAL-COCCYGEAL PRESS
If the tUilll' of this ext·rcise is too n1uch of a jawbreaker, you nuy
sitnplify it to "Tush Push." At the lo\ver end of the backbone are
tive vertebrae fused into the sacrun1, below which arc four ver
tebrae fused into the coccyx. You can fed the sacrun1 and coccyx
in the lower back adjoining the buttocks. Ancient sexologists used acupressure to stimulate the eight
"love points" located in the sacrum and coccyx area to heighten
sexual energy. In this san1e area modern anatomists have found
five pairs of sacral nerves and one pair of coccygeal nerves, which
control n1oven1ents and n1onitor sensations throughout the lower
limbs as well as in the genital and anal areas.
To do the exercise alone, disrobe below the waist or wear un
derpants of a thin material. Stand with your feet slightly apart, or
sit on a stiff chair. With the fingertips of both hands, press and
rub this area up and down with moderate pressure 50 times. This
acupressure may be performed more effectively by one partner on
the other; in that case the recipient lies stomach down.
PERINEUM PRESS
The perineum, the area between the genitals and the anus, is cru
cial in Taoist sexology; one of the most important love points,
hui-yin, is inside the perineum. In acupu ncture terms, the front
midline meridian, the conception vessel, meets the back midline
meridian, the governing vessel, at this point. Today's anatomists
tell us that three pairs of sacral nerves monitoring the genital-anal
area are centered here. As will be shown in the following chapters,
hui-yin acupoint is a key for sexual arousal as well as orgasmic
brinkmanship. Acupressure here should enhance sexual stamina.
To do the exercise alone, lie on your back with your pants off,
your thighs spread apart, and your knees bent. Use the middle
fingertip of either hand to press on the perineum with moderate
force for about 3 seconds. Repeat the acupressure roo times. Part
ners may perform this exercise on one another.
CHE ST MA SSAGE
This massage aids circulation. Put your left palm on the center of
your chest, directly on the stern un1 (mid way betw een the nip
ples), and your right palm on top of the lef t. Press down moder
ately 3 times. Mo ve your palms downward to the waist, then
circle clockwise, with the sternum as the center of the circle. Usc
moderate pn:ssun.· all the time whik circling. After 50 circles, Recapture the Sprin� AN CIENT SE CRE TS FO R MOD ERN LOVERS
return your palms to your chest. Change palms and do 50 circles
counterclockwise.
BREAST CIRC LES
This exercise for women is designed to beautify the breasts, pro
mote the secretion of female hormones, and facilitate milk pro
duction in nursing mothers.
Wear a thin T-shirt or disrobe above the waist. Stand, sit down,
or lie on your back. Rub your hands together to warm the palms.
Put your right palm on the lower portion of your right breast
without touching the nipple, and do likewise with your left palm
on your left breast. Gently massage the breasts, the right palm cir
cling clockwise, the left palm counterclockwise-symmetr ically
and simultaneously. After 36 circles, reverse directions and do an
other 36 circles. Inhale deeply while moving the palms up, and ex
hale while moving them down. If you massage directly on the
skin, a bit of scented herbal oil may help.
ScROTUM RuB
For men, this may be the best massage for sexual energy and health.
The principal male sex hormone, testosterone, is produced by the
testicles. The Scrotum Rub is designed to enliven the n1ale organ
in general and stimulate the secretion of testosterone in particu
lar. This exercise may be done with one hand while the other does
the Cinnabar Field Massage.
Disrobe below the waist. Lie on your back with your thighs
spread and your knees bent, or stand with your teet about 24
inches apart. Rub your pahns together until they arc warn1. Press
the right paln1 on the scrotu nt with a lifting n1otion. so that the
lirnp penis is up against the pubic region and the tip of the n1iddl e
finger just over tht.· perint. ·unt. With gentle pressur e, tnassa ge the
scrotur n up and down so tinlt.'s; then change hands and do an
otht.·r 50 tin1es. When your scrotun1 becornes used to the exercise
and you know tht.· optirnunt pressure to apply, increase the nlas
sagc to 100 titnes for each hand. Be sure to do this very gently, as
the scrotu n1 is very dclicatt.· and can be injured easi ly. PILLOW NIP
This exercise for \Vornen ain1s at prornoting the elasticity of the
vagina wall.
Lie on your back with your knees bent and held slightly apart.
Put a bed pillow, folded double, or a stiff sofa cushion between
your thighs. Close your thighs tightly against the pillow, nipping
it with as rnuch pressure as you c1n. Release after a few seconds.
Nip and rekasc in this rnanncr so tirnes.
HIP SWIVEL
This exercise stinnilates both the internal organs and the cinnabar
field.
Stand with your feet about 24 inches apart, your knees slightly
bent, and the cinnabar field slightly protruding. Put your hands
on the side of your waist, with thumbs in front and fingers at the
back. ln1agining a vertical axis from the center of your head, all
the way down, swivel your hips to the right, back, left, and front
in a clockwise direction. Move at about 3 seconds per circuit. In
hale and contract your anal-genital muscles while moving your
hips forward; exhale and relax the muscles while moving them
backward. Move in smooth, continuous circles 10 times. Then re
verse and move in a counterclockwise direction another 10 times.
BoDYQ UAKE
This exercise, as the name implies, wakes up internal organs. Like
any other active exercise, it should not be attem pted by anyone
with a heart condition, high blood pressure, or a slipped disc. You
should wear loose clothing so that your scrotum or breasts can
bounce up and down freely and vigorously.
Stand upright with your entire body weight on the right leg


 place.
     ‘Does the space in a room have to work hard not to identify itself with
the four walls of the room, or to let go of all the objects or people as they
leave the room? It would only have to do so if it were attached to them in the
first place. The space of the room is already and inherently free and at rest.
     ‘You are like that’, I suggested. ‘You only need recognise yourself as such.’
     ‘So what’s keeping me from doing that?’ he asked.
     ‘Just an old, conditioned habit’, I replied. ‘Our culture has educated us
to believe certain things about ourselves from an early age and we do so with -
out question. This may work, more or less, for a while, but sooner or later
the suffering that inevitably attends these assumptions compels us to ques -
tion them. The primary assumption is that our essential self or being is con -
ditioned by, and limited to, the content of experience.’  you are the happiness you seek
     After giving the young man a moment to take this in, I asked him to tell
us about his self.
     ‘When I first arrived at this retreat…’ he began.
     I stopped him. ‘You are describing a memory. We want to know about
your self.’
     ‘I feel like I’m destined to suffer all my life’, he said, with an air of resig -
nation.
     ‘Now you are telling us about a feeling, not about your self. Your feelings
appear to you, they arise within you, they may linger for some time and they
may be familiar and repetitive, but sooner or later they vanish. When you
say “I feel”, tell us about the one you refer to as “I”, not about what you feel.’
     ‘I think it’s –’
     ‘Don’t tell us about your thoughts!’ I interrupted, to keep him from tak -
ing another step in the wrong direction. ‘T ell us about the “I” to whom your
thoughts appear.’
     ‘I…’ There was a long silence.
     ‘Perfect!’ I said quietly. Although reluctant to disturb the silence, I did so
because I sensed thought beginning to take over again. ‘You have the undeni -
able sense of simply being. “I” is the name you give to that being. T ell us more.’
     ‘I am…’ Another long silence followed. By this stage the man’s eyes were
closed and I could see that the tension on his face had already diminished.
     I could tell how sincerely and intently he was participating in our con -
versation. He was giving his attention exclusively to his self, to the fact of
simply being, before it was qualified in any way by his experience. There was
no struggle with the content of experience; he had simply become more in -
terested in the nature of his self.
     It was clear that it was no longer necessary to guide him through a series
of questions, nor even to interpret his experience. One could have heard a
pin drop in the room of two hundred people. I could feel that we were all
sharing the same experience, participating in the experience of simply
being.
     He opened his eyes and, with a broad smile, asked, ‘Is it that simple?’
But his rhetorical question required no response. His experience was its own
evidence.

28the art of self-enquiry
tracing our way back to our self

Later in the day the man asked, ‘But what if all the old suffering comes back?’
     ‘It probably will’, I admitted, ‘through force of habit. A glimpse of our
true nature doesn’t erase years of conditioning. In almost all cases, the old
conditioning will return.
     ‘But whenever it does, all that is necessary is to trace your way back to
your essential being as you just have, and rest there, as that. Every time you
do so you are weakening the old habit of becoming lost in or identified with
the content of your experience, and instead are becoming established in your
true nature of peace.’
     We didn’t speak again for a day or so, but I noticed that whereas pre -
viously he had kept himself apart from the group, he was now talking en -
thusiastically with other attendees and participating in shared activities, such
as meals and afternoon walks in the countryside. On the last day he was
eager to ask another question.
     ‘I understood when you suggested all I had to do was trace my way back
to my true nature and rest there. So I kept doing that, but after a while I no -
ticed that I couldn’t find that self who was tracing its way back to my true
nature. There’s just me, that peaceful presence. Does that make sense?’
     ‘It does make sense’, I replied, and explained to him that the suggestion
to trace one’s way back to one’s true nature and rest there, as that, is a com -
passionate concession that is given to one who believes and feels that they
are a suffering self.
     ‘If I had suggested to you a couple of days ago’, I said, ‘that the self on
whose behalf your suffering arises is an illusion and, therefore, by implica -
tion, that your suffering itself is an illusion, I suspect that you would have
been frustrated. Another layer of resistance would have been added to your
current experience of suffering, simply compounding it.
     ‘So I gave the apparently suffering self something to do: trace your way
back to your self, and remain resting in your being at all times. Having tried
this only a few times, you brought yourself to the understanding that you
are always and already the inherently peaceful and unconditionally fulfilled
presence of awareness. It is not something you become through effort or
practice. You simply recognise it is what you always and already are. That is,
it recognises itself, in you, as you.’
29you are the happiness you seek
     ‘Is there something else I should do now?’ he asked.
     ‘If this is clear’, I suggested, ‘nothing remains to be done. Who would
do it, and to what end? The question of doing something or not doing some -
thing simply no longer arises. However, if it is not clear, that is, if suffering
arises again, see that it arises on behalf of the temporary, finite self that,
at least in that moment, you believe yourself to be.
     ‘Once again you can simply trace your way back to your inherently peace -
ful and unconditionally fulfilled nature of pure awareness. In time, the ap -
pearance of suffering, the recognition of the false assumption on whose
behalf it arises and the return to your being will be almost simultaneous. You
begin to be established in your true nature.
     ‘As soon as the suffering arises, it is met with the mirror of understanding
and effortlessly dissolves. Self-enquiry gives way to self-abidance. The hap -
piness we seek is revealed as the happiness we are.’

This understanding is the fulfilment of the search. It brings us back to the
place from which we never really departed. We left home and set out on a
great adventure seeking peace and fulfilment, only to find ourself back at
home again, as if for the first time.
     In fact, we didn’t even leave home. It is more like one who falls asleep
and dreams that they embark on an epic journey. They pass through
many traumatic childhood experiences, grow up, get married, have a
family, struggle to earn a living, grow old, become sick and die. And as
they die, they wake up to find that they were lying peacefully on their
bed all along.
     The journey is the pathless path from our self to our self, from the hap -
piness we seek to the happiness we are. Ironically, it is almost always necessary
to embark on some sort of journey before this becomes clear. It is for this
reason that Bayazid Bastami said, ‘That for which we long cannot be found
by seeking, and yet only seekers find it’.*

*     *     *

30* As quoted in James Fadiman and Robert Frager, Essential Sufism  (HarperCollins, 1997 ). the art of self-enquiry
I’m haunted by the feeling of being a failure and not having fulfilled my poten -
tial in life. I’ve tried so many approaches to help with this but it just persists.
Can the practice of self-enquiry help me?

In this approach we don’t pay much attention to the feeling of failure or lack
of fulfilment. Instead we go directly to the core of the issue, the ‘I’ on whose
behalf such feelings arise.
     All our emotional or psychological suffering arises on behalf of that one,
so by resolving this issue once and for all, we do not simply take care of the
feeling of being a failure or unfulfilled; we take care of the  source  of all afflic -
tive emotions.
     When we explore the ‘I’ around whom our suffering revolves, we don’t
find a self who is frustrated, unfulfilled, anxious, lonely, ashamed, and so on.
We find our essential being, which is completely free of any such feelings.
That is to say, it finds or recognises itself. It is open, empty, at peace and
without any sense of lack. This is our natural state.
     In fact,


you	through	the	biochemical
perspective	of	a	meal.	Let’s	say	you	prepare	sautéed	spinach	with	ginger	and
whole	grain	ravioli	shells	stuffed	with	butternut	squash	and	spices,	topped
with	a	walnut	tomato	sauce.
The	spinach	alone	is	a	cornucopia	of	various	chemical	components.
Chart
11.1
	is	only	a
partial	list
	of	what	you	might	find	in	your	mouth	after	a	bite	of
spinach.
As	you	can	see,	you’ve	just	introduced	a	bundle	of	nutrients	into	your
body.	In	addition	to	this	extremely	complex	mix,	when	you	take	a	bite	of	that
ravioli	with	its	tomato	sauce	and	squash	filling,	you	get	thousands	and
thousands	of	additional	chemicals,	all	connected	in	different	ways	in	each
different	food—truly	a	biochemical	bonanza.
As	soon	as	this	food	hits	your	saliva,	your	body	begins	working	its	magic,
and	the	process	of	digestion	starts.	Each	of	these	food	chemicals	interacts
with	the	other	food	chemicals	and	your	body’s	chemicals	in	very	specific
ways.	It	is	an	infinitely	complex	process,	and	it	is	literally	impossible	to
understand	precisely	how	each	chemical	interacts	with	every	other	chemical.
We	will	never	discover	exactly	how	it	all	fits	together.
CHART	11.1:	NUTRIENTS	IN	SPINACH
Macronutrients
Water
Fat	(many	kinds)
Calories
Carbohydrate
Protein	(many	kinds)
Fiber
Minerals
Calcium
Sodium
Iron
Zinc
Magnesium
Copper
Phosphorus
Manganese
Potassium
Selenium
VitaminsC	(Ascorbic	Acid)
B-6	(Pyridoxine)
B-l	(Thiamin)
Folate
B-2	(Riboflavin)
A	(as	carotenoids)
B-3	(Niacin)
E	(tocopherols)
Pantothenic	acid
Fatty	Acids
14:0	(Myristic	acid)
18:1	(Oleic	acid)
16:0	(Palmitic	acid)
20:1	(Eicosenoic	acid)
18:0	(Stearic	acid)
18:2	(Linoleic	acid)
16:1	(Palmitoleic	acid)
18:3	(Linolenic	acid)
Amino	acids
Tryptophan
Valine
Threonine
Arginine
Isoleucine
Histidine
Leucine
Alanine
Lysine
Aspartic	acid
Methionine
Glutamic	acid
Cystine
Glycine
Phenylalanine
Proline
Tyrosine
Serine
Phytosterols	(many	kinds)
The	main	message	I’m	trying	to	get	across	is	this:	the	chemicals	we	get
from	the	foods	we	eat	are	engaged	in	a	series	of	reactions	that	work	in	concert
to	produce	good	health.	These	chemicals	are	carefully	orchestrated	by
intricate	controls	within	our	cells	and	all	through	our	bodies,	and	these
controls	decide	what	nutrient	goes	where,	how	much	of	each	nutrient	is
needed	and	when	each	reaction	takes	place.
Our	bodies	have	evolved	with	this	infinitely	complex	network	of	reactions
in	order	to	derive	maximal	benefit	from	whole	foods,	as	they	appear	in	nature.
The	misguided	may	trumpet	the	virtues	of	one	specific	nutrient	or	chemical,
but	this	thinking	is	too	simplistic.	Our	bodies	have	learned	how	to	benefit
from	the	chemicals	in	food	as	they	are	packaged	together,	discarding	some
and	using	others	as	they	see	ht.	I	cannot	stress	this	enough,	as	it	is	the
foundation	of	understanding	what	good	nutrition	means.PRINCIPLE	#2
___________
Vitamin	supplements	are	not	a	panacea	for	good	health.
Because	nutrition	operates	as	an	infinitely	complex	biochemical	system
involving	thousands	of	chemicals	and	thousands	of	effects	on	your	health,	it
makes	little	or	no	sense	that	isolated	nutrients	taken	as	supplements	can
substitute	for	whole	foods.	Supplements	will	not	lead	to	long-lasting	health
and	may	cause	unforeseen	side	effects.	Furthermore,	for	those	relying	on
supplements,	beneficial	and	sustained	diet	change	is	postponed.	The	dangers
of	a	Western	diet	cannot	be	overcome	by	consuming	nutrient	pills.
As	I	have	watched	the	interest	in	nutrient	supplements	explode	over	the
past	twenty	to	thirty	years,	it	has	become	abundantly	clear	why	such	a	huge
nutrient	supplement	industry	has	emerged.	Huge	profits	are	an	excellent
incentive,	and	new	government	regulations	have	paved	the	way	for	an
expanded	market.	Furthermore,	consumers	want	to	continue	eating	their
customary	foods,	and	popping	a	few	supplements	makes	people	feel	better
about	the	potentially	adverse	health	effects	caused	by	their	diet.	Embracing
supplements	means	the	media	can	tell	people	what	they	want	to	hear	and
doctors	have	something	to	offer	their	patients.	As	a	result,	a	multibillion-
dollar	supplement	industry	is	now
part	of	our	nutritional	landscape,	and	the
majority	of	consumers	have	been	duped	into	believing	that	they	are	buying
health.	This	was	the	late	Dr.	Atkins’s	formula.	He	advocated	a	high-protein,
high-fat	diet—sacrificing	long-term	health	for	short-term	gain—and	then
advocated	taking	his	supplements	to	address	what	he	called,	in	his	own
words,	the	“common	dieters’	problems”	including	constipation,	sugar
cravings,	hunger,	fluid	retention,	fatigue,	nervousness	and	insomnia.
1
This	strategy	of	gaining	and	maintaining	health	with	nutrient	supplements,
however,	started	to	unravel	in	1994–1996	with	the	large-scale	investigation	of
the	effects	of	beta-carotene	(a	precursor	to	vitamin	A)	supplements	on	lung
cancer	and	other	diseases.
2,	3
	After	four	to	eight	years	of	supplement	use,	lung
cancer	had	not	decreased	as	expected;	it	had	increased!	No	benefit	was	found
from	vitamins	A	and	E	for	the	prevention	of	heart	disease	either.
Since	then,	a	large	number	of	additional	trials	costing	hundreds	of	millions
of	dollars	have	been	conducted	to	determine	if	vitamins	A,	C	and	E	prevent
heart	disease	and	cancer.	Recently,	two	major	reviews	of	these	trials	were
published.
4,	5
	The	researchers,	in	their	words,	“could	not	determine	the
balance	of	benefits	and	harms	of	routine	use	of	supplements	of	vitamins	A,	Cor	E;	multivitamins	with	folic	acid;	or	antioxidant	combinations	for	the
prevention	of	cancer	or	cardiovascular	disease.”
4
	Indeed,	they	even
recommended	against	the	use	of	beta-carotene	supplements.
It	is	not	that	these	nutrients	aren’t	important.	They	are—but	only	when
consumed	as	food,	not	as	supplements.	Isolating	nutrients	and	trying	to	get
benefits	equal	to	those	of	whole	foods	reveals	an	ignorance	of	how	nutrition
operates	in	the	body.	A	recent	special	article	in	the	New
York	Times
6
documents	this	failure	of	nutrient	supplements	to	provide	any	proven	health
benefit.	As	time	passes,	I	am	confident	that	we	will	continue	to	“discover”
that	relying	on	the	use	of


, can be achieved by every
human
group which is willin g to make certain inex pensive, though important, changes in the dietary. As to the moral
issue of vegetarianism, this too can find compatability with
good nutrition under certain conditions, but it cannot be the
determining factor in deciding what constitutes good nutrition. It is important that we approach this subject on a
scientific plane first, and then let the economic, moral, and
other issues fit into the total picture as best they can. With
these thoughts in mind, the following analysis covering the selection of uncooked foodstuffs is being presented.

F
RUITS
   In terms of historical dietary experience, man is an
omnivorous animal. In terms of comparative anatomy and physiology he is a frugivorous animal. We can ignore neither
of these facts. Man's long experience with both plant and
animal foods indicates that the omnivorous principle cannot
satisfactorily be broken all at once. His anatomical structure
and physiological function are adapted ideally to the digestion of fruits. This means that man's best diet may be
omnivorous, with a decided inclination to the frugivorous with respect to the selection of staple foods.
   Most fruits are rich in the vitamins which are usually
seriously deficient in the modern diet. They are our very best source of vitamin C, which is probably more important than any other single dietary factor for maintaining high resistance to infectious disease. In the conventional diet, the use of fruit
is restricted to an insignificant fraction of the total food
intake, and such fruits as are used are usually canned or
otherwise heat-processed. In some of the better primitive
diets, fruit was a basic food staple; in a balanced diet composed of uncooked foods, it may be regarded as the most
important single food type used.
   The variety of fruits suitable for human nutrition is very
large. Scores of basic fruit types, and hundreds of fruit
varieties, are developed in nature and have been developed
by
man. These permit the preparation of meals which have no
equal for flavor and palatability. The fruits of the temperate
zone are useful, and most kinds are readily available, although the wild varieties are not commonly marketed. Such tropical and subtropical fruits as bananas, oranges, grapefruit, lemons, limes, dates, figs, and avocados are imported or
grown for public consumption. Guavas, mangos, papayas,
cherimoyas, and cactus fruits have been available in limited
quantities in restricted areas. Other tropical fruits have not
commonly been imported to the temperate regions, but they are of
great value for those who live in re gions where the y can be obtained. These include: breadfruit, cashew-apples,
imbus, ambarellas, red mombins, yellow mombins, soursops,
ilamas, soncoyas, sweet granadillas, purple granadillas, giant
granadillas, capulins, loquats, manzanillas, icacos, pitangas, feijoas, jaboticabas, grumichamas, litchies, longans,
rambutans, sapodillas, sapotes, canistels, kakis, mangosteens,
jackfruits, durians, tunas, carissas, and carambolas.

NUTS
   Next to fruits, nuts are the most neglected of food types in
the conventional diet. Butternuts, pecans, filberts, Brazil nuts,
English walnuts, black walnuts, chestnuts, almonds, and other
kinds are often available and should be used at every opportunity. The researches of Cajori, Van Slyke, and Osborn
have shown that most nuts contain all of the essential amino
acids and thus may be used effectively as a basic source of
protein in the diet. Nuts are also good sources of fat,
minerals, and other nutrients, and they represent a more valuable supplementary food than hitherto suspected. Other
seeds, such as sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, squash seeds,
and watermelon seeds, are also valuable for nutritive
purposes.
   Most nuts undergo a decided loss of flavor after they are
shelled, and some are fumigated to prevent infestation with vermin. For this reason it is usually best to purchase your nuts in the shell, which gives you a fresh and flavorful food from a
sanitary container that requires no fumigation. Sunflower
seeds and related seed products may be shelled by hand
methods, but they keep fairly well outside the shell and can
also be purchased that way. When desired, nuts and other seeds may be transformed into delicious butter by running
them through a special kitchen appliance designed for this
purpose. To save time you can also purchase ready-made nut butters. All of these nuts and other seeds, as well as the
butters made therefrom, are fully palatable in their raw state,
and they should not be salted, roasted, fried in oil, or prepared
in any other unwholesome way.
   Of special importance among the nut and seed foods is
coconut. This remarkable food is composed of one of the
most adequate nutritional balances of all plant foods. It is rich in first-class proteins, carbohydrates, and fat, and is an
excellent source of minera ls, especially phosphorus,
potassium, and chlorine. Nearly everyone is familiar with the
sugared shreds and colored coconut oil which civilized man
has manufactured from the coconut seed. But this food may
be found at its finest, both for palatabilit y and nutritional value, in its fresh, unprocessed state. The immature jelly
coconut contains the delightful, smooth, snow-white coconut
of custard-like or jelly-like texture, together with much
coconut water. The mature coconut, which is shipped to many regions of the temperate zone, is juicy and sweet and contains
a smaller amount of delicious water. Both the immature and
mature coconuts are extremely valuable in human nutrition
and can be used in a multitude of ways. Hard coconut may be
eaten exactly as it comes from the shell; it may be ground up with other ingredients into raw cakes and confections, and it
may be run through an electric juicer and converted into a
rich coconut cream, which is unsurpassed in making fine
dressings, sauces, and beverages.  Like other nuts and seeds,
coconut may also be converted into a fine butter, used for the same purposes as ordinary dairy butter, and also applied in
the preparation of confections and beverages.

V
EGETABLES
   The green leaf is the storehouse of minerals in the plant.
Animal experiments indicate that the addition of the green
leaf to a deficient diet has maximum supplementary value in
correcting deficiencies. Green leafy vegetables should
therefore be used in the diet, while the tubers and roots of
vegetables are also important, though perhaps less so.
   It has been a common practice to divide vegetables into
types which can be eaten raw and types which must be
cooked. In reality, almost all types can be eaten raw, and this
particularly applies to the root vegetables which are always
cooked in conventional methods of food preparation. Among
the vegetables which are appropriate in their raw state are: white potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams, turnips, parsnips,
summer squash, zucchini squash, crookneck squash, string
beans, lima beans, peas, kale, spinach, rhubarb, celery root, cucumbers, bell peppers, kohlrabi, beets, asparagus,
Jerusalem artichokes, sweet corn, Brussels sprouts, broccoli,
rutabaga, and cauliflower. These can all be "salad"
vegetables, and when combined with those vegetables such as
have already found acceptance in their raw state, they will do
much to improve nutritional balance and pleasure of any diet.

F
LOWERS
   While the number of raw vegetables may be thus increased,
it should not be thought that this is as far as man can go in the
utilization of salad plants. Another step is the utilization of
salad flowers, which thus f ar have been almost totall y neglected in conventional meal preparation. Actually, many
common flowers found in most flower gardens are sweet,
succulent, and pleasing to the sense of taste in their raw state.
They have been tested in human dietary experience and have been found to be nutritious and wholesome. Among the many
flowers which may be used for human consumption are:
marigolds, lavetera flowers, hollyhock flowers, pansies,
nasturtium flowers, oxalis flower panicles, dandelion flowers,
chrysanthemums, gillyflowers, altheas, rose of China flowers, forget-me-nots, water lilies, double zinnias, sweet pea
flowers, alfalfa flowers, verbenas, sweet alyssum, and the
flowers of certain bean plants such as the scarlet runner,
hyacinth bean, and Chinese wistaria. These flowers may be
chopped up or used whole in salads, or they may be eaten
alone just as you would eat any ordinary vegetable.

H
ERBAL  TEAS
   In addition to the use of cold beverages, such as milk and
fruit and vegetable juices, there are many beverages which
are used in their warm state, and these may also contribute to


 of that area. There are two kinds:
external, those involving veins distal to the anorectal lilne; internal, those involving veins proximal to the anorectal line.
> Hernia. The protrusion or projection of an organ or a part of an organ through the walls of the cavity w hich normally contains it.
> Hyper -. Prefix meaning above, excessive or beyond.
> Hypo -. Prefix indicating less than, below or under.
> lleocecal Valve. Sphincter muscles which serve to close the ileum at the point where the small intestines open into the ascending
colon. It prevents food material from re -entering the small intestines.
> Indican. Potassium salt of indoxylsulfate, found in sweat and urine, and formed when intestinal bacteria convert tryptophan  to
indole.
> Indole. A solid, crystalline substa nce found in feces. It is the product of bacterial decomposition of tryptophan and is largely
responsible for the odor of feces. In intestinal obstruction it is absorbed and eliminated in the urine in the form of indica n.
> Intestinal Flora. The bacteria p resent in the intestines. The chemical nature of the contents of the intestines varies considerably
with respect to the portion of the tract being considered. At birth no bacteria are present in the intestines but are found t here very
shortly thereafter. F avorable bacteria may protect the body from invasion by unfavorable ones, which cannot thrive in an acid
condition. Also, certain medicines, particularly antibiotics, may cause drastic alterations in the number and kinds of bacter ia
present.
> Iridology. The science and practice revealing inflammation, where located and what stage it is manifesting. The iris reveals body
constitution, inherent weaknesses, levels of health and the transition that takes place in a person’s body according to the w ay he
lives.
> Lacteal. 1. Pert. to milk. 2. An intestinal lymphatic that takes up chyme and passes it to the lymph circulation and, by wa y of, the
thoracic duct, to the blood vascular system.
> Lactobacillus Acidophilus. An organism which produces lactic acid by ferm enting the sugars in milk. Found in milk, feces of
infants fed by bottle, and adults. Also present in carious teeth and the saliva.
> Lactobacillus Bulgaricus. The bacillus found in fermented milk. Milk fermented with this organism is known as Bulgarian mi lk.
> Lactose. A disaccharide which on hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose. Bacteria can convert it into lactic and butyric a cids, as
in the souring of milk. The milk of mammals contains 4 to 7% lactose.
> Laxative. A food or chemical substance which a cts to loosen the bowels (i.e., facilitate passage of bowel contents at time of
defecation), and, therefore, to prevent or treat constipation. Laxatives may act by increasing peristalsis by irritating the intestinal
mucosa, lubricating the intestinal walls, softening the bowel contents by increasing the amount of water in the intestines, and
increasing the bulk of the bowel contents.
> Lymph. An alkaline fluid found in the lymphatic vessels and the cisterna chyli. It is usually a clear, transparent, colorle ss fluid;
however, in vessels draining the intestines it may appear milky owing to presence of absorbed fats.
> Lymphocyte. Lymph cell or white blood corpuscle without cytoplasmic granules. They normally number from 20 to 50% of total
white cells.
> Mucila ginous. Resembling mucilage; slimy, sticky. Mucosa. Mucous membrane.
> Mucus or Mucous. A viscid fluid secreted by mucous membranes and glands, consisting of mucin, leukocytes, inorganic salts,
waterand epithelial cells.
> Peristalsis. A progressive wave -like movement that occurs involuntarily in hollow tubes of the body, esp. the alimentary canal. It
is characteristic of tubes possessing longitudinal and circular layers of smooth muscle fibers.
> Peyer’s Patch. An aggregation of solitary nodules or g roups of lymph nodules found chiefly in the ileum near its junction with
the colon. In typhoid fever, they undergo hyperplasia and often become ulcerated. Also called aggregated or agminated nodules  or
follicles.
> Phlegm. Thick mucus esp. that from the re spiratory passages.
> Prolapsus. A falling or downward displacement of some part of the body, as the colon.
> Protomorphogen. Cellular nuclear material extracted from specific animal tissues containing the essential building blueprin t for
the construction  of that tissue. (Example: adrenal, thyroid, pancreas, etc., substances.)
> Pyloric. Pertaining to the opening between the stomach and duodenum.
> Rectum. Lower part of large intestine, about 5 in. (12.7 cm) long, between sigmoid flexure and the anal canal.
> Spasm. An involuntary sudden movement or convulsive muscular contraction.
> Spastic. Resembling or of the nature of spasms or convulsions.
> Stasis. Stagnation of normal flow orfluids, as of the blood, urine, or of the intestinal mechanism.

ADDENDUM
SURGEON LECTURES ON BOWEL IMPORTANCE
Not only are many bowel problems and surgeries avoidable through proper nutrition, but chronic diseases originating in the bo wel
can be prevented by a correct diet. Dr. Denis P. Burkitt, a famous English surgeon, told a group of 200 prominent U.S. physicians
that problems like obesity, diabetes, hiatus hernia, appendicitis, diverticulosis, colitis, polyps and cancer of the colon ar e virtually
unheard of among rural East Africans. The rural East African diet is high in fre sh fruit, vegetables and coarse -ground cereal grains.
The rough bran from the grain absorbs water, increases the bulk of bowel wastes and speeds up elimination time, keeping the
bowel clean and healthy. Conspicuously absent in the rural diet are white flou r, white sugar and other refined carbohydrates so
common in Western countries and urban areas of Africa. Burkitt’s conclusions are based on data gathered in the Congo, Kenya,
Uganda, Sudan and other underdeveloped parts of the world. Evidence from cancer s tudies at the University of San Francisco
indicates that a toxic colon and constipation are linked to the appearance of abnormal cells elsewhere in the body. Proper bo wel
care, according to Dr. Burkitt, through right nutrition is the key to preventing much  disease and needless surgery. Over -
consumption of refined carbohydrates, it is believed, is responsible for arteriosclerosis and diabetes, while absence of suff icient
fiber content allows increased pressure changes in the bowel which lead to colon disease s. Excessive refined carbohydrates
favor the growth of putrefactive bacteria in the bowel, alter bowel chemistry and invite ulcerative colitis, polyps and colon  cancer.

Dr. Burkitt apparently believes that low bulk in the diet and the excess intake of whi te sugar and white flour products contributes
to or causes many of civilization’s diseases. Bowel transit time for a Bantu native is more than twice as fast as that of the  average
Englishman, according to Dr. Burkitt’s research. The length of time food was tes remain in the bowel determines how putrefactive
they get, how much the undesirable bacteria multiply, how much fat is absorbed through the bowel wall and what sort of chemic al
toxins develop in and pass through the bowel. Dr. Burkitt pointed out that A frican natives who move to cities for work tend to
change their diets and get more diseases. They eat more white sugar and flour, less fiber -food, and the effects soon show up in the
bowel and elsewhere.

Sir Arbuthnot Lane, physician to the Royal Family in England earlier this century, also believed bowel conditions were related to
diseases elsewhere in the body. Lane was impressed by research he observed in the laboratory of Nobel prize winner Dr. Alexis
Carrel at the Rockefeller Institute in 1911. Carre ll was growing “live” tissue cultures on microscope slides, and as long as the
living tissue was fed every day and the wastes were washed away, the tissue thrived. If the cell wastes were not washed away,  the
cells gradually deteriorated and eventually die d within four days. Lane became convinced that much disease is caused by the
body’s response to its own toxic waste product particularly in the bowel. It is significant that surgeons and physicians are
beginning to understand the importance of bowel care i n the prevention of disease. We cannot have a healthy body without clean
blood, and we cannot have clean blood unless we have a clean bowel with good tone to move wastes along promptly. A toxic
bowel is the source of many health problems.

TESTIMONIES
NOTE : We have not treated nor do we claim to treat any disease in our tissue cleansing program. We claim only that it is an
effective means of cleansing the bowel. The following testimonies have been voluntarily submitted by persons who have taken t he
7-day cl eansing program.
Patient Donald Bodeen, DC, Poughkeepsie


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complished  by frequently assuming  the feeling  of your wish fulfilled.
We must practice separating  ourselves from our negative  moods and
thoughts in the  midst  of all the  troubles and  disasters of daily life.  No one
can be  different from what he  is now  unless he  begins to separate  himself
from his present reactions and  to identify himself with his aim. Detach -
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practiced  in the  midst of all the  blessings and  cursings of life.
The way of true  metaphysics lies in the  midst of all that is going  on in life.
We must constantly practice self  observation, thinking  from our aim, and
detachment from negative moods and  thoughts if we  would  be doers of
truth instead  of mere  hearers.
Practice these  three fundamentals and  you will rise  to higher  and high-
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by W alter Last
From my own experiences of healing as well as from reading many published reports it is obvious to me that a raw-food diet is not
only the most natural but also the most effective nutritional measure for healing and rejuvenation. While only few will be strong
enough to adopt a complete raw food diet for life, it will be good for everyone to have occasional periods on raw foods only. At other
times you may use the principles described in the following to increase the percentage of your daily raw food intake. By far the most
important foods to be eaten raw are proteins and lipids (fats and oils); vegetables high in cellulose such as most leaves and stems
are not suitable to be eaten raw, and may be juiced or cooked.
The main biochemical and nutritional advantages of raw food as compared to cooked food are:
•  A higher vitamin and mineral content
•  Minerals are largely present as biologically active colloids
•  An abundance of helpful enzymes and bio-energy or life-force
•  Proteins remain in their natural condition instead of being denatured
•  The absence of digestive leukocytosis
•  Polyunsaturated fatty acids and cholesterol do not become oxidized, and carcinogenic or atherogenic
•  Glucose is absorbed more slowly, protecting the blood-sugar regulation
•  There is no overweight or obesity on a raw-food diet
•  As counted in calories, much less food is required
•  Proven cleansing, rejuvenating and anti-cancer properties
Leukocytosis is an increase of white  blood cells in affected organs in response to infection or toxins. This also occurs when we eat
cooked food; the intestinal wall beco mes ﬂooded with white blood cells but this does not happen when eating raw food. The higher
the food has been heated, the stronger is the leukocytosis and the more toxic is this food for our body.
However, there are also some hidden dangers with a raw-food diet. Some raw food contains enzyme inhibitors, goitrogens (causing
goiter), vitamin inhibitors, toxic substances (in some exotic plants), parasites and bacteria. In addition, some people starting on a raw-
food diet will have strong initial reactions due to the cleansing process.
There have been cases reported of more or less severe digestive disturbances from eating large quantities of raw soybeans, broad
beans, nuts and wheat germ over long periods. This problem is due to inhibitors of protein-digesting enzymes that protect seeds from
self-destruction. Basically all seeds have inhibitors of enzymes for the ingredients of which they are composed but most do not have
such a surplus of inhibitors as to cause digestive problems. Other foods such as potatoes, sweet potatoes and egg white also contain
inhibitors.
To obtain the maximum beneﬁt from a raw-food diet it is necessary to free most of the enzymes from their inhibitors. Cooking
destroys the inhibitors but also the enzymes. The better solution is to sprout the seeds or at least soak them to initiate the
germination process and discard the water used for soaking.
Trypsin is the main protein-digesting enzyme of the pancreas and also occurs in seeds. In one reported scientiﬁc experiment the
trypsin activity during germination of seeds increased from 7.5 units to 60 units after 24 hours, 257 units after two days and 333 units
after three days. The inhibitor activity decreased from 100% in dry seeds to zero after 24 hours of germination.
Fermentation with lactic-acid bacteria will also enhance the enzyme activity in seeds. This process is similar to that of making yogurt
or sourdough. Even soaking nuts for a day before eating will help greatly. Enzymes also are freed from their inhibitors to a certain
degree when tissue is damaged. We see this when grated potatoes turn brown, or mashed raw plants or fruit deteriorate within hours
unless refrigerated.
Goitrogens, which are in some raw foods, interfere with the body's use of iodine and therefore may contribute to the formation of
goiter or to an underactive thyroid. Goitrogens are mainly found in the cabbage family, also in soybeans and the skins of red-skinned
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much of goitogenic food raw.
Thiaminase is an enzyme in raw ﬁsh that destroys vitamin B1, but that is not a problem if food is correctly combined. Avidin in raw
egg white makes biotin unavailable but this would lead to a deﬁciency only if a large percentage of the daily diet consisted of raw egg
white. Furthermore, egg yolk is very high in biotin so that using whole eggs should not diminish our biotin intake at all.
Those who have lived all their lives on conventional food are likely to have a fair amount of metabolic wastes and toxins stored in the
body. This will be released by a raw-food diet and can temporarily overload the organs of elimination to cause skin problems,
headaches, weakness and other discomfort. Therefore, it is advisable to move only very gradually towards a raw-food diet or to have
short cleansing periods on raw foods while also stimulating the organs of elimination.
The basis of the recommended raw-food diet is fresh vegetable juice as well as sprouted and fermented food. Sprouted seeds may
serve as the main part of a vegetabl e salad. Beetroot is excellent and may be ﬁnely grated into the salad together with carrot, turnip,
sweet potato or pumpkin. Tomato and grated cucumber may be used for ﬂavoring together with a salad dressing of extra virgin olive
oil, lemon juice, herbs and spices. Instead of lemon juice you may use cider vinegar, ascorbic acid or rose-hip powder. Add lecithin as
an emulsiﬁer, shake well in a jar and keep refrigerated. Almonds, nuts and sunﬂower seeds improve by starting the sprouting
process, otherwise eat them soaked and possibly blended or, better still, fermented as nut and seed cheese.
A main objective of this raw food diet is to maximize the intake of unheated fats and oils rich in the fat-digesting enzyme lipase.
Lipase deﬁciency and other disturbances of the fat metabolism appear to be at the heart of most chronic degenerative diseases.
Therefore, make an effort to obtain a wide range of unheated oils and fats, such as extra virgin olive oil, (cold-pressed) ﬁsh oils, nut
butter and seed cheese, avocado, butter, cream, egg yolk, as well as the fat in raw (minced) meat. Unfortunately, health authorities
make it very difﬁcult in many countries to obtain unheated milk products. Also commercial coconut oil (even virgin grade) has
commonly been heated. Therefore, it is best to make your own cocon ut milk by pressing coconut meat through a juice extractor.
Keep all fats and oils refrigerated.
While I do not recommend eating commercial eggs even if well cooked (e.g. to kill Salmonella which is common in factory-farming),
eggs deﬁnitely should only be inges ted raw if they are fresh and free-range or organic. Swallowing an egg with yolk and white intact
can cause indigestion in individuals with a weak digestive system. A raw egg (just like all other fats and oils) is much easier to digest
if it is well mixed with other food or drink. Alternatively you may beat the white and then mix the yolk back into it. You can easily detect
how fresh an egg is by immersing it in water. If it lies ﬂat on the bottom, it is very fresh. The