 w o r l d  h a s  t a u g h t  u s  a  h u g e  a n d  u n h o l y  l i e — w e  r e a l i z e
t h a t  o t h e r  p e o p l e  a r e n ’ t  w h o  t h e y  a p p e a r  t o  b e  e i t h e r. A n d
n e i t h e r  a r e  o u r  r e l a t i o n s h i p s,  f o r  a s  s p i r i t s  w e  a r e  n o t
s e p a r a t e,  b u t  o n e. A n  i d e a  d o e s  n o t  l e a v e  i t s  s o u r c e. *  Y o u  a r e  l i t e r a l l y  a n
i d e a  i n  t h e  m i n d  o f  G o d,  w h i c h  i s  w h y  y o u  c a n n o t  b e
s e p a r a t e  f r o m  H i m. A n d  t h e  w o r l d  y o u  e x p e r i e n c e  i s  a n  i d e a
i n  y o u r  m i n d,  w h i c h  i s  w h y  i t  c a n ’ t  b e  s e p a r a t e  f r o m  y o u. W e ’ r e  l i k e  s u n b e a m s  t h i n k i n g  w e ’ r e  s e p a r a t e  f r o m  t h e
s u n  o r  w a v e s  t h i n k i n g  w e ’ r e  s e p a r a t e  f r o m  t h e  o c e a n. *  B u t
s u n b e a m s  c a n ’ t  b e  s e p a r a t e,  a n d  w a v e s  c a n ’ t  b e  s e p a r a t e  o f
c o u r s e. *  T h e  i d e a  o f  o u r  s e p a r a t i o n  i s  n o t h i n g  b u t  a  v a s t
h a l l u c i n a t i o n. *  A n d  y e t  t h a t ’ s  w h e r e  w e  l i v e :  i n  t h e  i l l u s i o nt h a t  y o u ’ r e  o v e r  t h e r e  a n d  I ’ m  o v e r  h e r e. T h a t  i l l u s i o n — t h a t
w e  a r e  s e p a r a t e — i s  t h e  s o u r c e  o f  a l l  o u r  p a i n. T h e  e g o  s u g g e s t s  t h a t  t h a t  s p a c e  w i l l  b e  f i l l e d  b y  o n e
“ s p e c i a l ”  p e r s o n,  r a t h e r  t h a n  b y  a  c o r r e c t e d  s e n s e  o f  o u r
r e l a t i o n s h i p  t o  e v e r y o n e. Y e t  t h a t  i s  a  l i e. J u s t  t h i n k  a b o u t  i t :
i f  i n  f a c t  y o u ’ r e  o n e  w i t h  e v e r y b o d y  y e t  y o u  t h i n k  y o u ’ r e
n o t,  t h e n  i m a g i n e  h o w  m a n y  p e o p l e  y o u  s u b c o n s c i o u s l y
m i s s  b e i n g  w i t h! N o  w o n d e r  w e  f e e l  s u c h  a  h o l e,  s u c h  a n
e x i s t e n t i a l  e m p t i n e s s  i n s i d e  u s. W h a t  w e  m i s s  i s  a  r i g h t -
m i n d e d  r e l a t i o n s h i p  w i t h  e v e r y o n e. F e e l i n g  s e p a r a t e  f r o m  l o v e,  w e  f e e l  a  p a n i c  s o  d e e p  w e
d o n ’ t  e v e n  r e c o g n i z e  i t. J u s t  a s  t h e  e a r t h  i s  m o v i n g  s o  f a s t
w e  c a n ’ t  f e e l  t h e  s p e e d  a n y m o r e,  o u r  h y s t e r i a  i s  s o  d e e p  w e
d o n ’ t  h e a r  o u r  o w n  s c r e a m  a n y m o r e. Y e t  i t  p e r m e a t e s  o u r
b e i n g,  d e m a n d i n g  w e  d o  s o m e t h i n g,  a n y t h i n g,  t o  a s s u a g e
t h e  p a i n. A n d  G o d  k n o w s  w e  t r y :  i n  w a y s  b o t h  h e a l t h y  a n d
u n h e a l t h y,  w e  k e e p  t r y i n g  t o  f i l l  t h e  h o l e  t h a t  o n l y
s u r r e n d e r i n g  t o  o u r  l o v e  f o r  a l l  o f  l i f e  c a n  f i l l. A n d  a l w a y s,
t h e r e  i s  t h e  a n g e r  t h a t  t h e  s e p a r a t i o n  e n g e n d e r s :  o u r  a n g e r  a t
f e e l i n g  s e p a r a t e,  a l t h o u g h  w e ’ r e  n o t  c o n s c i o u s l y  a w a r e
f r o m  w h a t. I n  G o d  t h e r e  i s  e s c a p e,  f o r  H e  h a s  s e n t  t h e  H o l y  S p i r i t  t o
r e u n i t e  o u r  h e a r t s  b y  c o r r e c t i n g  o u r  t h i n k i n g. H e  c a n
d i s m a n t l e  o u r  t h o u g h t  s y s t e m  b a s e d  o n  f e a r  a n d  r e p l a c e  i t
w i t h  a  t h o u g h t  s y s t e m  b a s e d  o n  l o v e. H e  w i l l  g i v e  u s  a  n e w
m i


 e  h a p p i n e s s  o f  e v e r y  l i v i n g  t h i n g. O n c e  w e  r e a l i z e
t h a t,  H i s  p a t h  b e c o m e s  m u c h  e a s i e r  t o  f o l l o w. F o l l o w i n g  L o v e

O b e d i e n c e  t o  G o d  m e a n s  a  w i l l i n g n e s s  t o  f o l l o w  t h e
d i c t a t e s  o f  l o v e :  t h o u g h t s  a n d  b e h a v i o r  p r e s c r i b e d  f o r  u s  b y
a  f o r c e  t h a t  w a n t s  o n l y  o u r  h a p p i n e s s  a n d  g o o d,  a s  o p p o s e d
t o  t h o u g h t s  a n d  b e h a v  i o r  m a s q u e r a d i n g  a s  o u r  s e l f - i n t e r e s t
b u t  t h a t  a r e  i n  f a c t  o u r  o w n  s e l f - d e s t r u c t i v e n e s s. T h i s  m a k e s  f o r  a  r a d i c a l  d e p a r t u r e  f r o m  a  t r a d i t i o n a l
n o t i o n  o f  G o d  a s  s t e r n,  f r o w n i n g,  j u d g m e n t a l,  o r  n a r r o w. T h e  p u r p o s e  o f  o u r  l i v e s  i s  t o  b e  h a p p y ;  G o d  w a n t s  u s  t o  b e
h a p p y,  f a r  m o r e  t h a n  w e  s e e m  t o  w a n t  i t  f o r  o u r s e l v e s. I t ’ sc o n t r a r y  t o  m u c h  o f  t r a d i t i o n a l  r e l i g i o u s  t e a c h i n g  t o  b e l i e v e
t h a t  s u r r e n d e r  t o  G o d  i s  s u r r e n d e r  t o  s o m e t h i n g  w i t h  o n l y
o u r  h i g h e s t  g o o d  i n  m i n d. T o  t h e  e g o,  s u f f e r i n g  l o o k s
s o m e h o w  m o r e  i m p o r t a n t,  m o r e  s u b s t a n t i a l  t h a n  h a p p i n e s s. T h e  e g o  r e a l i z e s  t h a t  s u f f e r i n g  c h a n g e s  t h i n g s,  b u t  t h e  H o l y
S p i r i t  r e a l i z e s  t h a t  j o y  c h a n g e s  t h i n g s  t o o. W a t c h i n g  b a b i e s
a t  p l a y,  a r e  w e  n o t  m o v e d  t o  s m i l e? B e i n g  l o v e d  b y  o u r
m a t e,  a r e  w e  n o t  m o v e d  t o  s m i l e? A c h i e v i n g  a  c r e a t i v e  t a s k,
a r e  w e  n o t  m o v e d  t o  s m i l e? W h a t  c o u l d  b e  m o r e  n a t u r a l
t h a n  j o y? U n d e r  t h e  e g o ’ s  s p e l l,  w e  a r e  t e m p t e d  t o  t h i n k,  “ D o  I
w a n t  t o  d o  G o d ’ s  w i l l,  o r  d o  I  w a n t  t o  b e  h a p p y? ” *  A s  l o n g
a s  w e  d o u b t  t h a t  h a p p i n e s s  a n d  G o d ’ s  w i l l  a r e  t h e  s a m e
t h i n g,  w e  t e n d  t o  d e c i d e  a g a i n s t  o u r s e l v e s. H o w  e a s y  c a n  i t
b e  t o  s u r r e n d e r  i f  w e ’ r e  n o t  c o n v i n c e d  t h a t  w h a t  w e ’ r e
s u r r e n d e r i n g  t o  r e a l l y  w a n t s  u s  t o  b e  h a p p y? B a s i n g  o u r  d e c i s i o n s  o n  t h e  m a t t e r s  o f  t h e  w o r l d  s h o u l d
b e  b a l a n c e d  w i t h  w e i g h i n g  t h e m  a g a i n s t  t h e  m a t t e r s  o f  t h e
h e a r t. O n c e  l e g a l i t i e s,  m e d i c a l  o p i n i o n s,  a c c o u n t i n g,  a n d
o t h e r  p e o p l e ’ s  p e r s p e c t i v e s  h a v e  b e e n  f a c t o r e d  i n ;  o n c e  a l l
o p t i o n s  h a v e  b e e n  r e s e a r c h e d  a n d  a n a l y z e d ;  t h e n  a l l
d e c i s i o n s  s h o u l d  b e  p l a c e d  i n  t h e  h a n d s  o f  G o d. T h e  m o s t
p o w e r f u l  w a y  t o  m a k e  a  d e c i s i o n  i s  t o  a s k  G o d  t o  m a k e  i t
f o r  y o u. *

D e a r  G o d,
P l e a s e  m a k e  t h i s  d e c i s i o n  f o r  m e. I  d o  n o t  s e e  t h e  f u t u r e,B u t  Y o u  d o. I  d o  n o t  k n o w  w h a t ’ s  b e s t  f o r  e v e r y o n e,
B u t  Y o u  d o. I  c a n n o t  m a k e  s e n s e  o f  t h i s,
B u t  Y o u  c a n. D e a r  G o


 data-for instance, dots-in
conventional sciences operate: charitable,
concepts; to the contrary, their causation." The idea that M-fields assist
which one cannot see any inherent
familiar, controllable, but uncreative-
implications for daily life, though learning has been verified by wide-
scale or ganizing pattern. W ith the advent of
determined, and therefore limited, by the
profound, are quite simple. W e don't
experimentation.5
advanced computer technology, it was
past. It is not the world of genius, but to
have to understand the molecular When Roger Bannister broke the four -
discovered that inner or ganizing patterns
many it feels safe. It is the world of
structure of rubber in order to benefit
minute mile, he created a new M-Field. could be found by computer analysis in
productivity and practicality. T o creative
from having tires on our cars. Though
The belief system prevailing in human
what looked disor ganized: that whichpeople, though, it seems pedestrian,
their proofs may be complex, Einstein's
consciousness had been that the four -
appears to be incoherent actually has an
prosaic and uninspiring. Theory of Relativity, Bell's Theorem, and
minute mile was a limit of human
inner coherence. It is one thing to conceive of the Empire
so on, can all be stated in a few easily
possibility. Once the new M-Field was
Such analysis revealed patterns which
State Building, but something else to
understandable sentences. created, many runners suddenly began to
often look like the figure eight folded
make it happen. T o make a thing happen
Several recently defined concepts have
run sub-four -minute miles. This occurs
back upon itself, frequently with a funnel
requires motivation. Motivation is
relevance in understanding of the natureevery time mankind breaks into a new
ef fect, so that the graphic itself has a
derived from meaning. Therefore, the
of power. One is physicist David Bohm's
paradigm, whether it is the capacity to
repeatable geometric configuration. What
visible and invisible worlds are linked
theory that states there is both a visible
fly, an M-Field created by the W right
science has realized is what mystics have
together, as we have already diagrammed
and an invisible universe.2 This idea
Brothers, or the capacity to recover from
claimed throughout the centuries: that the
it:
should not be daunting; many things with
alcoholism, an M-Field created by Bill
universe is indeed coherent, unified and
which we have a daily familiarity-x-rays,
W., the founder of AA. Once an M-Field
or ganized around unifying patterns.6
radio and TV waves-are not visibleis created, everyone who repeats the
Nonlinear dynamics has verified that
either. An "enfolded" universe runs
accomplishment reinforces the power of
there really is no chaos in the universe;
parallel to the visible, "unfolded" that M-Field. the appearance of disorder is merely a
Here we see that the concept ABC, which
universe, which is itself merely a W e are all familiar with the fact that
new function of limits of perception. This
is within the invisible, enfolded universe
manifestation of that enfolded, invisible
ideas often seem to arise in the minds of
came as a disturbing revelation to left-
will activate emer gence into the visible
universe. several far removed people at the same
brain people, but seemed self-evident to
world to result in A>B>C. Thus the
(1 12) Thus, for instance, did the idea of
time. Somehow the M-Field acts as an
right-brain types. Creative people merelyvisible world is created from the invisible
building the world's tallest building
or ganizing principle, like a sort of
write, paint, sculpt or design what they
world, and is therefore influenced by the
marshal support and eventually result in
general magnetic attraction. An M-Field
already see within their own minds. W e
future.7 The capacity of the invisible
an invisible concept becoming the does not have to move anywhere. It is
a don't dance from logic, we dance from
concept to materialize is based on the
Empire State Building in the visible
standing ener gy field which is
feeling patterns. W e make our choices
power of the original concept itself. W e
world. The enfolded universe is everywhere present. Once it is created it
from values, and values are associated
might say that the right brain "gets the
connected with human consciousness, as
exists as a universally available pattern
with intrinsic patterns. pattern" and the left brain "makes itinspiration arises in the mind of a creator. throughout the invisible universe. The accepted chain of causality as
visible." An ABC may be either a high
Bohm says meaning links mind and
(1 13) The next concept we need to consider
commonly understood in the basic ener gy attractor or a low ener gy
attractor. matter like opposite sides of a coin.3
in more detail is chaos theory (nonlinear
sciences occurs as the sequence A-B-C.
Certain concepts and values apparently
Another useful concept is Rupert dynamics). Its first application was in
the In this scheme of material determinism
have much greater power than others. Sheldrake's notion of morphogenetic prediction of weather, the study of
which, nothing is inherently, free, but only the
(Thus far science has only defined that
fields, or M-fields.4 These invisible
over the centuries, had established the
result of something else. It is thereby
attractors may have either high ener gy oror ganizing patterns act tike ener gy consensus that there was no definable,
limited; what this system really defines is
low ener gy.) 55
56
Simply stated, powerful attractor patterns
In examining these attractors we will
Accepting - Rejecting
Devoted - Possessive
make us go strong, and weak patterns
notice that some weak patterns tend to
Admitting - Denying
Diplomatic - Deceptive
make us go weak. Some ideas are so
imitate (in form only) more powerful
Aesthetic -
Artsy
Doing - Getting
weakening that merely holding them in
patterns. These we will call "imitators." mind makes a test (1 15) subject unable to
Thus, the German people under the ThirdAgreeable -
Condescending
Educating - Persuading
keep up his arm at all. Other concepts are
Reich were deceived by patriotism
Allowing - Controlling
Egalitarian -
Elitist
so powerful that when they are held in
because they thought it was Patriotism. Appreciative
- Envious
Empathetic
- Pitying
mind it is impossible to force down the
The demagogue or the zealot tries to sell
Approving -
Critical
Encouraging
- Promoting
subject's arm with any amount of us imitators as the real thing. exertion. This is a universal clinicalDemagogues, to this end, always put
Attractive - Seductive
Ener getic - Agitated
observation. Powerful patterns are forth a great deal of rhetoric. Those
who Authoritative - Dogmatic
Enlivening - Exhausting
associated with health; weak patterns are
move from power need say very little. A ware -
Preoccupied
Envisionin - Picturing
associated with sickness, disease and
death. If you hold for giveness in mind,P A R T  T W O :  W O R K
B a l a n c e d  -  E x t r e m e
Equal - Superior
your arm will be very strong. If you hold
Beautiful - Glamorous
Erotic - Lustful
revenge in, mind, your arm will go weak. 9. POWER P A TTERNS IN HUMAN
Being - Having
Essential - Apparent
A TTITUDES
For our purposes it is really only
Believing - Insisting
Eternal - T emporal
necessary to recognize that power is that
The ABILITY T O DIFFERENTIA TE
Brilliant - Clever
Ethical - Equivocal
which makes you go strong. Force makes
between high- and low-ener gy patterns isyou go weak. Love, compassion and
Candid - Calculating
Excellent - Adequate
a matter of perception and discrimination
for giveness, which may by some be
that most of us learn by painful trial and
Carefree - Frivolous
Experienced
- Cynical
mistakenly thought of as submissive, are,
error. Failure, suf fering and eventual
Challenged
- Impeded
Fair -
Scrupulous
in fact, profoundly empowering. sickness result from the influence of
Charitable - Prodigal
Fertile - Luxuriant
Revenge, judgmentalism, and
weak patterns; success, happiness and
condemnation, on the other hand,
Cheerful - ManicFlexible -
Rigid
health proceed from powerful attractor
inevitably make you go weak. Therefore,
patterns. Therefore, it is well worth
Cherishing -
Prizing
For giving - Resenting
regardless of moral righteousness, it is a
taking a few minutes to scan the list of
Choosing-to
- Having-to


 to secure water is through the
mechanism of keeping sodium in the body. The RA system is directly involved. Only when sodium is retained will
water remain in the extra cellular fluid compartment. From this compartment, through the mechanism of shower -
head production, wat er will be forced into som e of the cells with  "priority" status. Thus, keeping sodium in the body
is a last resort way of retaining some water for its "shower-head" filtered use. There is a sensitivity of design attached to sodium retention in the body. To  assume this to be the cause of
hypertension is inaccurate and stems from insufficient knowledge of the water regulatory mechanisms in the human
body. When diuretics are given to get rid of the sodium, the body becomes more dehydrated. The "dry mouth" level
of dehydration is reached and some water is taken to compensate. The use of diuretics m aintain the body at an
expanding level of deficit wat er management. They do not cure hypertension; they m ake the body more determined
for salt and water absorption—however, never enough to correct the problem. That is why, a fter a while, diuretics
are not enough and supplemental medications will  be forced on the patient. Another problem in assessme nt of hypertension is its m eans of measurement. Anxiety associated with having
hypertension will automatically affect the person at examination time. Readings of the instruments may not reflect
the true, natural, and normal blood pressur e. An inexperienced or hasty medical practitioner, more in fear of
litigation than mindful of accur acy of judgment, might assume the patient to have hypertension, whereas the person
might only have an instant of "clinic anxiety," thus cau sing a higher reading of the instrument. One other very
important but less-known problem with the mechanism of reading blood pressure is the process of inflating the cuff
well above the systolic reading, and then letting the air out until the pulse is heard. Every large (and possib ly small) artery has a companion nerve that is there to monitor the flow of blood through the
vessel. With the loss of pressure beyon d the cuff that is now inflated to very high levels, the process of "pressur e"
opening of the obstruction in the arteries will be triggered. By the time the pressur e in the cuff is lowered to read the
pulsation level, the recording of an artificially induced higher blood pressure will become unavoidable. Unfortunately,
the measurement of hypertension is so arbitrary (and based on the diastolic level) that in this litigious so ciety a
minor error in assessment may label a person hype rtensive. This is when all the "fun and games" begin! Water by itself is the best natural diuretic. If the persons who have hypertension, and produce adequate urine,
increase their daily water intake, they will not need to take any diuretics. If prolonged "hype rtension-producing
dehydration" has also caused heart failure complications, water intake should be increased gradually. In this way,
one makes sur e that fluid collection in the body is not excessive and unmanageable. The mechanism of sodium retention in these people is in an "overdrive" mode. When water intake is increased
gradually and more urine is being produced, the edema fluid ("swelling") that is full of toxic substances will be
flushed out, and the heart will regain its strength. The following letters are presented here with the kind permission
of their authors, who  wished to share their welcome experiences with the readers of this book. Dear Dr. Batmanghelidj,
November 22,1993
I have just ordered another copy of your book on water, having given a son my first copy. I tell everybody about it
and my experiences. Perhaps you would be interested. My first so n Charles, 58, who lives with me is deaf and autistic. I take him 3 or 4 days a  week to a facility for the
handicapped. They had been taking his blood pressure there and notified me that the doctor said he should go on
medication - his BP wa s 140-160/100-104.1 had just received your book and asked  the M.D. to let me experimen t
for 2 weeks. Reluctantly he agreed, but warned me it was very dangerous. I kept Charles home and used the water routine, also adding a little magnesium a nd potassium. Two weeks later the nurse took his BP. and it was 106/80. She said-"The doctor will be in shortly"- evidently the
M.D. didn't believe her and he checked  it himself and had to admit it was so. He didn't ask me what I did, so I did
not tell him about water, but if the BP. continues as it is, I will tell him. I went on the water routine too without any particular problem in mind, but noticed that in about 10 days m ytendency to get dizzy if I moved my head quickly had disappeared. I also had been unable to lower my head to flat
at nights and had to have several pillows. Now lam much better, and have had only one spell in over a month: I am
82 and a 1/2. Thank you for the work you are doing - it is much needed. More power to you. Marjori Ramsay. If you can find out why this doctor was not interested in discov ering how Ch arles's mother brought his blood
pressur e back to normal, you  will then realize why we have a health care crisis o n our hands!! Micha el Peck has in the past been involved in an administrative capacity with the Foundation for the Simple in
Medicine. The foundation is a medical research ("think tank") institution. At a scientific and public education level,
the foundation is engaged in the introduction of the paradigm shift on water metabolism of the body in this country. Mr Pe ck briefly explains his medical problems since childhood. Who in the world would have thought so many
disparate medical conditions co uld be related, and after so many years, these conditions would disappear as a
result of a simple adjustment to daily water intake? The solution to Mr. Peck's medical problems was so unique his
wife also began to adopt the "treatment ritual." MICRO INVESTM ENTS, INC.
Dr. F. Batmanghelidj
25 March 1992
Foundation For The Simple In Medicine
2146 Kings Ga rden Way
Falls Church, Va. 22043
Dear Dr. F. Batmanghelidj,
This letter is a testimony to  the merits of water as an essential part of the daily dietary requirements for good health. I have been following your recommendations for nearly five years, and have found myself taking for granted the
positive effects of water intake. When I first started on the program I was overweight, with high blood pressure and suffering from asthma and
allergies, which I have had since a small child. l had been receiving treatment for these conditions. Today, I have my
weight and blood pressure under control (weight loss of approximately 30 pounds and a 10 point drop in blood
pressur e). The program reduced the frequency of asthma and allergy related problems, to the point of practical
nonexistence. Additionally, there were other benefits, I experienced fewer colds and flus, and generally with less
severity. I introduced this program to my w ife, who  had been on blood pressure medication for the past four yea rs, and
through increased water intake has recently been able to eliminate her medication. Thanks again for your program,
Micha el Peck
Micha el Paturis is a fellow Rotarian. He first became aware of my work when I was a sked to speak before his clu b a
few y ears ago. One day we had lunch together and I explained in detail why hype rtension and fat accumulation in
the body are generally the consequences of chr onically occur ring dehydration. He accep ted my a dvice of increasing
his daily water intake. He also convinced his wife to adopt the measure. Please note the impact of increased water
intake on allergies and asthma that have been stated in the two letters. Lt. Col. Walter Burmeister has observed the effect of water on his own blood pressure. As y ou can read in his letter,
which is being published with his kind consent, he, too, has experienced a drug-free and nature-designed
adjustment to his blood pressure. If water is a natural diuretic, why do intelligent and appearing-to-be-learned people still insist on using chemicals to
get rid of water from the kidneys? As far  as I am concerned, this action constitutes negligence. Since this action will
eventually damage the kidneys, and ultimately the heart, its practice should stop. My colleagues who  still insist on blindly using diuretics in the treatment of hypertension are walking into foreseeable
litigations for negligent treatment of their patients. The new information will provide their patients with sufficient
insight to understand what damages have been caused in them by the stupid way of asserting the treatment of
"hype rtension" with diuretics. Let the February 1995 class action suit of smokers against the tobacco industry be a
lesson for the health care industry. LAW  OFFICES  OF MICHAEL   PATURIS
431  N. LEE  STREET
OLD TOWN AL EXANDRIA, VIRGI NIA 2 2314
F. Batmanghelidj, M.D. Foundation For The Simple In Medicine
2146 Kings Ga rden Way
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Dear Dr. Batmanghelid


20. 26, 31, 36, 46,
51, 70, 76, 125, 156, 172
Mahayana, 16-17
Vaj rayana, 17-18
Zen, 12. 17, 144, 147, 150,
151, 217
Bunny Licking Its Fur (intercourse
positio n), 107, 110, 222
Butterflies Fluttering (intercourse
positio n), 110,222
Butterfly Quiver (technique), 229,
231-33, 234
Cat and Mouse Sharing a Hole
(intercourse position), 113
Chang Chang -tsung, 51
Chang Mu, 90-92
Chang Ting, 84-85
Chang Tsang, 96, 133
Chang Wen-cheng, 60-61
Chao Fei-yi, 49, 156-57
Chen Yuen-yuen, 53
Cheng (Han emp eror), 42-43, 49,
157, 188
Cheng Tsung (Ming emperor), 43
245 Chest Massage (exer cise),
179-80
Clzi (life-ener gy). 16, 119, 126,
127. 146-47. 177. 182,
183,184,206-7
exchange of, betw een indi-
viduals, 153-55
experiments on, 151-52
mind over body. 149-51
sexuality, link to,
152-53
Chi-kuug (life-energy skill ),
147-49, 156, 157
deep diaphragm breathing
and, 173-75
Chia, 49-50, 153
Chien Lung. 52, 6 7, 188
Chin Fcng-t ien, 66
Chin Pin.� Mei (Gold l�sc Plum),
66-69, 70, 71
Ching Tsung. 43, 44
Ching dynasty, 53
consor�. 43, 52, 188
emperors/empr esses. 7, 43,
44. 52. 67, 188
erotica, 67, 75
eunuchs, 40, 44
sexol ogy. 90-92
Chou Pang-ni, 32-33
Chou dynasty
consorts, 41, 42
emperors/ em pn:sses, 41. 42. 50-5 1
Chu Cho -to, 30-3 1
Chuang Tw, 13, 14
Chung Ho. 89
Cinnabar, 16
Cinna bar Field Massage (exercise),
177-78,209 CI.Jssh·,,,-tltt" :\r(,mc,\l,lid, Tlrf
{Hsu.m Nu). H�. 94. 'lH-1011. ltlJ. 165, tH4
nine positions. 104-H. 219. 220
Cla.ssi( 4 tire Elnnt'tlltll,\lc�id, Tlu·
(Sr4 Nu Clrin.�). h2, 81-82,
84.86.88. 93-95.98. 103-4. 115-17, 165. 166, 184
Classic C!f tlrt· Immortals, The, 118
Cle aving Cic adas (intercourse
posi tion), 106, 112, 225
Concubines. Sec Consorts
Conf ucian ism, 4, 5. 12, 13, 16,
18-20. 26-27. 35,
38. 156
family system, 19-20
nco-Conf ucian ism, 18, 26-27,
32. 33, 55, 63, 64, 84,
125. 161
Taoism com pared wit h, 10,
14-15
Con fucius, 13, 14, 18, 49
attitude towa rd sex, 35
Cotifucius Says Not, 90-92
Consorts, 25, 40-53, 133, 154,
157, 188
Conver sing in Loving Entan
glement (love-pla y
positio n), 100
Courtesans, 27, 28, 31-33, 45
Cranes Entwi ning Necks (int er
course position), 107,
112,223
Cultur al Revol ution, 21
Cunnilin gus, 96-98, 196
Jade Fou ntain (love game),
211-12
soixante-neuf (69), 211
Danci ng, 192
"Dead entry, live exit" (tech
nique), 102
Deep Diaphragm Breathing
(exercise), 173, 174-75
Deer horn, 142-43
Demon lovers, 33
"Divine mushr oom " (ling-chi h),
141-42
Dogs of Autu mn (int ercourse
positio n), 113 Donkeys of Spring (intercourse
position), 113, 225,
229 -30, 234
Dragons Twisting (intercourse
position), 109, 221
Drama s, erotic, 64-66
Dream of the Red Chamber, The
(Hung Lou Meng ; Tsao
Hsueh-ch in), 66-67, 71-73
Dusky Cicadas Cleavi ng (inter-
course position), 112
Eas tern Empr ess, 39, 40
"Eighteen Fondli ngs " (song ), 186
Ejacu lation, 197, 217. See also
Orgasm, male
acupr essu re and, 119
avoidance/dela ying, 18, 103,
108, 116-29, 156, 162,
167-69, 199,214 -19,
234-35
difference betw een orgasm and,
103, 168, 219
frequency, recom mendati ons,
117, 168
Kins ey on, 185
Mas ters and johnso n on, 168,
217, 218
pluc k-an d-n urture technique
and, 120-29, 162, 168
"sque eze technique," 168, 218
Elemental Maid. See The Classic of
the Element al Ma id; Pres crip
tions of the Element al Ma id
Em press Dowager (Tzu- hai,
Western Empress), 7,
39-40
Enjoyment, sex and, 163-65
Erotica
art (vis ual), 75-77
ballads, 63-64, 73-75
differen ce betw een pornogr aphy
and, 54- 55
dramas, 64-66
nov els, 59-63, 66-73
poems, 55-59
Essenc e of Medical Pres criptions, The
(I Shim Po or I Shirrg FatJg;
Yasuyori), 83-84
Esse ntials of the jade Chamber
(Yu Fang Chih Yao), 84,
95-96, 118 l:'ssentiaiJ of Nurturin� Jjfe,
The 117'
Eun uchs, 25, 38-40, 44-45, 47,
53, 162
Exercises, sexual, 155-58, 1 {,(J,
172-74, 183
Bodyq uak c, 181
Breast Cir cles, 180, 209
Chest Mass age, 179-80
chi-kun._� (life-ener gy skill),
147-49, 156, 157, 173-75
Cinnabar Field Ma ssag e,
177-78, 209
Dee p Diaphr agm Breathing,
173-75
Groin Ma ssag e, 178
Hip Swiv el, 181
Kitt en Stretch, 182
Perineum Pres s, 179
Pillo w Nip, 181
Pubic Squeeze, 175-7 7
Sacral-Coccygeal Press, 178-79
Saliv a Fount ain, 182
Scrotu m Rub, 180
tai chi chuan, 156, 173
Teeth Chatt er, 183
Exposed Fish Gills (love-play
position), 100
Face -to-f ace intercourse positio ns,
220 -22. See also individually
nam ed positions
Feast of Peo nies (interco urse posi
tion), 113
Fei (emperor), 48


eel	a	tolerable	need	for	air.Exercise	provides	three	ways	to
create	your	need	for	air:
1
. Go	faster	with	your	mouth	closed;
2
. Breathe	less	during	exercise;
3
. Practice	breath	holds	during	exercise	(explained	in	detail	further
on). If	your	need	for	air	is	so	great	that	you	need	to	open	your	mouth,	slow	down
and	calm	your	breathing. You	recover	faster	if	you	keep	your	mouth	closed. If
you	are	walking	for	exercise,	walk	alone	or	agree	with	your	walking	partner
to	not	talk. Talking	will	only	undo	the	benefits	of	exercise.Feel	relaxed	throughout
A
s	you	commence	your	physical	exercise,	alternate	your	attention	between
your	breathing	and	your	inner	body. Exercise	is	your	time,	so	don’t	spend	it
worrying	about	problems. For	the	half	hour,	make	a	commitment	to	yourself
to	bring	your	attention	to	your	breath	or	body	over	and	over	again. Each	day,	I	try	to	get	out	for	one	hour	of	exercise. I	thrive	on	it	and	if	I	cannot
do	it	because	of	rainy	weather,	I	feel	like	I	missed	something	from	my	day. As	I	walk,	I	bring	attention	to	my	breath. I	follow	my	breath	and	breathe
diaphragmatically. I	sense	the	area	around	my	tummy. If	it	is	tense,	I	bring
attention	to	it	and	encourage	it	to	relax. Any	tension	will	dissolve	with	a	little
imagination	and	mental	encouragement. I	bring	attention	to	my	breath. I
follow	my	breath. Is	it	quick? Is	it	easy? Is	it	fast? Is	it	hard? Is	there	a	need
for	air? Is	there	no	need	for	air? I	follow	my	breath. I	don’t	analyze	it. I	just
sense	it. At	first,	my	breath	is	relatively	quiet. I	walk	for	the	first	ten	minutes	to
accumulate	carbon	dioxide	before	I	increase	my	pace. This	helps	keep	my
breathing	calm	as	I	move	to	a	jog. During	my	jog,	I	just	follow	my	breath,
keep	my	attention	on	my	inner	body	and	feel	relaxed. It	is	wonderful	to	bring
attention	from	your	head	and	into	the	body. After	ten	minutes,	I	increase	my	pace	to	a	jog. I	keep	my	mouth	closed	for	the
entire	duration	of	my	jog. I	continue	to	watch	my	breath	and	feel	my	inner
body. I	can	feel	slight	vibrations	rising	through	my	body	as	I	take	each	step. At	the	same	time,	I	try	to	completely	relax	my	tummy. Sometimes,	thoughts
enter. I	keep	an	eye	out	for	them	and,	as	soon	as	they	enter,	I	bring	attention
back	to	my	breath. This	type	of	physical	exercise	is	a	form	of	meditation	and	is	a	great
opportunity	to	take	attention	from	my	mind	and	bring	it	to	the	inner	body. In
addition,	because	I	push	my	body	a	little,	my	mind	activity	stops. After	a	few
minutes,	I	can	feel	the	high	from	exercise. My	body	is	warm	and	sweating,
my	breathing	is	faster	and	my	head	is	clear. Because	I	keep	my	mouth	closed
throughout	my	jog,	my	breathing	recovers	quickly. No	matter	what	exercise	you	do,	watch	your	breath	and	feel	your	inner	body. Repeat	to	the	tension	around	your	tummy:	relax,	relax,	relax.How	to	determine	if	you	are	breathing	correctly	during	physical	exercise

Measure	your	CP	before	exercise;

Perform	physical	exercise;

Measure	your	CP	15–30	minutes	after	you	have	completed	your	exercise. Your	CP	measurement	15	minutes	after	exercise	should	be	greater	than	your
CP	measurement	before	exercise. Bear	in	mind	two	points:
1
. If	your	CP	is	measured	immediately	after	exercise,	it	will	probably	be
lower	than	you’re	starting	CP	because	of	the	existing	air	shortage. 2
. If	30	minutes	after	exercise	your	CP	is	still	lower	than	your	starting	CP,
you	were	breathing	excessively	during	exercise.People	who	exercise	are	more	relaxed
S
tress	reflects	changes	in	our	body	primarily	to	help	us. When	we	are
stressed,	the	fight	or	flight	response	has	been	activated	and	our	body	is
programmed	for	physical	activity. To	release	this	activation,	go	out	for	a	walk
or	a	jog	or	whatever	exercise	you	enjoy. If	you	are	unable	to	remove	yourself
from	your	environment,	control	your	breathing	and,	later	that	day,	ensure	to
get	physical	activity. Those	who	exercise	regularly	are	calmer	and	more	productive	than	their
colleagues. Exercise	enables	quicker	recovery	after	activation	of	the	fight	or
flight	response. Chemicals	that	are	released	are	removed	quicker	and	your
body’s	systems	can	return	to	their	normal	operating	rates. Exercise	also
releases	pent-up	negative	energy,	enhances	self-esteem	and	is	a	useful	tool	to
use	to	escape	from	work	and	other	commitments. The	following	is	a	summary	of	the	key	points	regarding	physical	exercise
. 1
. It	is	absolutely	essential	to	do	physical	exercise. 2
. Exercise	within	your	capabilities. 3
. Never	breathe	through	your	mouth	during	exercise	if	your	CP	is	less	than
20	seconds. 4
. The	lower	you’re	CP,	the	more	careful	you	should	be	while	performing
physical	exercise. 5
. Feel	the	need	for	air	during	physical	exercise. 6
. Perform	thirty	minutes	to	one	hour	of	physical	exercise	per	day. 7
. Make	sure	to	go	gently	with	your	mouth	closed	for	the	first	10	minutes. 8
. Make	sure	to	calm	your	breathing	immediately	following	exercise. 9
. Walk,	don’t	talk.Breath	hold	during	exercise
T
his	exercise	involves	holding	your	breath	on	the	out-breath	while	engaging
in	any	physical	activity. You	can	do	this	while	walking,	skipping,	using	a
trampoline,	cycling,	etc. This	is	a	very	effective	exercise	for	ensuring	that	your	breathing	is	reduced,
calm	and	gentle	during	the	day. The	length	of	time	of	your	breath	hold
depends	on	the	state	of	your	health	and	you’re	CP. While	walking	breathe	in,	breathe	out	and	hold	your	breath
Walk	5	to	20	paces	with	your	breath	held
Resume	breathing	and	continue	to	walk
After	30	seconds	to	1	minute	of	walking	with	normal	breathing,	repeat
breath	hold	as	above
Repeat	small	breath	hold	every	half	minute	to	one	minute
Ensure	that	your	inner	body	is	relaxed	throughout
If	there	is	tension	in	your	tummy	or	chest,	encourage	this	area	to	relaxMaintain	control	of	your	breathing	throughout

There	is	no	hard	and	fast	rule	as	to	how	many	times	you	do	this. The	more
often	you	perform	breath	holds	throughout	the	day,	the	better. The	objective
with	any	exercise	is	to	produce	a	sweat	and	feel	warmer. This	exercise	is	far
better	than	walking	alone,	as	it	creates	a	slightly	higher	air	shortage. If	you	do	experience	a	slight	headache	while	walking	with	breath	holds,
don’t	be	concerned. This	is	a	good	sign	and	indicates	increased	CO
2
levels. Your	headache	w


	times	higher
	among	American	men	than	rural	Chinese	men. 13
The	American	death	rate	from	breast	cancer	was
five	times	higher
	than	the
rural	Chinese	rate. Even	more	remarkable	were	the	extraordinarily	low	rates	of	coronary	heart
disease	(CHD)	in	the	southwestern	Chinese	provinces	of	Sichuan	and
Guizhou. During	a	three-year	observation	period	(1973–1975),	there	was	not
one	single	person	who	died	of	CHD	before	the	age	of	sixty-four,	among
246,000	men	in	a	Guizhou	county	and	181,000	women	in	a	Sichuan	county! 14
After	these	low	cholesterol	data	were	made	public,	I	learned	from	three
very	prominent	heart	disease	researchers	and	physicians,	Drs. Bill	Castelli,
Bill	Roberts	and	Caldwell	Esselstyn,	Jr.,	that	in	their	long	careers	they	had
never	seen	a	heart	disease	fatality	among	their	patients	who	had	blood
cholesterol	levels	below	150	mg/dL. Dr.	Castelli	was	the	long-time	director	of
the	famous	Framingham	Heart	Study	of	NIH;	Dr.	Esselstyn	was	a	renowned
surgeon	at	the	Cleveland	Clinic	who	did	a	remarkable	study	reversing	heart
disease	(chapter	five);	Dr.	Roberts	has	long	been	editor	of	the	prestigiousmedical	journal
Cardiology.BLOOD	CHOLESTEROL	AND	DIET
Blood	cholesterol	is	clearly	an	important	indicator	of	disease	risk. The	big
question	is:	how	will	food	affect	blood	cholesterol? In	brief,	animal-based
foods	were	correlated	with
increasing
	blood	cholesterol	(
Chart	4.5
). With
almost	no	exceptions,	nutrients	from	plant-based	foods	were	associated	with
decreasing
	levels	of	blood	cholesterol. Several	studies	have	now	shown,	in	both	experimental	animals	and	in
humans,	that	consuming	animal-based	protein	increases	blood	cholesterol
levels. 15–18
	Saturated	fat	and	dietary	cholesterol	also	raise	blood	cholesterol,
although	these	nutrients	are	not	as	effective	at	doing	this	as	is	animal	protein. In	contrast,	plant-based	foods	contain	no	cholesterol	and,	in	various	other
ways,	help	to	decrease	the	amount	of	cholesterol	made	by	the	body. All	of	this
was	consistent	with	the	findings	from	the	China	Study. CHART	4.5. FOODS	ASSOCIATED	WITH	BLOOD	CHOLESTEROL
As	intakes	of	meat,
I
	milk,	eggs,	fish,
I–II
	fat
I
	and	animal	protein
go	up…
Blood
Cholesterol
goes	up. As	intakes	of	plant-based	foods	and	nutrients	(including	plant
protein,
I
	dietary	fiber,”	cellulose,”	hemicellulose,
I
	soluble
carbohydrate,
II
	B-vitamins	of	plants	(carotenes,	B
2
,	B
3
),
I
legumes,	light	colored	vegetables,	fruit,	carrots,	potatoes	and
several	cereal	grains)	go	up…
Blood
Cholesterol
goes	down. These	disease	associations	with	blood	cholesterol	were	remarkable,
because	blood	cholesterol	and	animal-based	food	consumption	both	were	so
low	by	American	standards. In	rural	China,	animal	protein	intake	(for	the
same	individual)	averages	only	7.1	g/day	whereas	Americans	average	a
whopping	70	g/day. To	put	this	into	perspective,	seven	grams	of	animal
protein	is	found	in	about	three	chicken	nuggets	from	McDonald’s. We
expected	that	when	animal	protein	consumption	and	blood	cholesterol	levels
were	as	low	as	they	are	in	rural	China,	there	would	be	no	further	association
with	the	Western	diseases. But	we	were	wrong. Even	these	small	amounts	of
animal-based	food	in	rural	China	raised	the	risk	for	Western	diseases. We	studied	dietary	effects	on	the	different	types	of	blood	cholesterol. The
same	dramatic	effects	were	seen. Animal	protein	consumption	by
men	was
associated	with	increasing	levels	of	“bad”	blood	cholesterol
III
	whereas	plant
protein	consumption	was	associated	with	decreasing	levels	of	this	samecholesterol. II
Walk	into	almost	any	doctor’s	office	and	ask	which	dietary	factors	affect
blood	cholesterol	levels	and	he	or	she	will	likely	mention	saturated	fat	and
dietary	cholesterol. In	more	recent	decades,	some	might	also	mention	the
cholesterol-lowering	effect	of	soy	or	high-fiber	bran	products,	but	few	will
say	that	animal	protein	has	anything	to	do	with	blood	cholesterol	levels. It	has	always	been	this	way. While	on	sabbatical	at	the	University	of
Oxford,	I	attended	lectures	given	to	medical	students	on	the	dietary	causes	of
heart	disease	by	one	of	their	prominent	professors	of	medicine. He	went	on
and	on	about	the	adverse	effects	of	saturated	fat	and	cholesterol	intakes	on
coronary	heart	disease	as	if	these	were	the	only	dietary	factors	that	were
important. He	was	unwilling	to	concede	that	animal	protein	consumption	had
anything	to	do	with	blood	cholesterol	levels,	even	though	the	evidence	at	that
time	made	it	abundantly	clear	that	animal	protein	was	more	strongly
correlated	with	blood	cholesterol	levels	than	saturated	fat	and	dietary
cholesterol. 15
	Like	too	many	others,	his	blind	faith	in	the	status	quo	left	him
unwilling	to	be	open-minded. As	these	findings	poured	in,	I	was	beginning	to
discover	that	being	open-minded	was	not	a	luxury,	but	a	necessity.FAT	AND	BREAST	CANCER
If	there	were	some	sort	of	nutrition	parade,	and	each	nutrient	had	a	float,	by
far	the	biggest	would	belong	to	fat. So	many	people,	from	researchers	to
educators,	from	government	policy	makers	to	industry	representatives,	have
investigated	or	made	pronouncements	on	fat	for	so	long. People	from	a	huge
number	of	different	communities	have	been	constructing	this	behemoth	for
over	half	a	century. As	this	strange	parade	got	started	on	Main	Street,	USA,	the	attention	of
everyone	sitting	on	the	sidewalks	would	inevitably	be	drawn	to	the	fat	float. Most	people	might	see	the	fat	float	and	say,	“I	should	stay	away	from	that,”
and	then	eat	a	hefty	piece	of	it. Others	would	climb	on	the	unsaturated	half	of
the	float	and	say	that	these	fats	are	healthy	and	only	saturated	fats	are	bad. Many	scientists	would	point	fingers	at	the	fat	float	and	claim	that	the	heart
disease	and	cancer	clowns	are	hiding	inside. Meanwhile,	some	self-
proclaimed	diet	gurus,	like	the	late	Dr.	Robert	Atkins,	might	set	up	shop	on
the	float	and	start	selling	books. At	the
end	of	the	day	the	average	person	who
gorged	on	the	float	would	be	left	scratching	his	head	and	feeling	queasy,
wondering	what	he	should	have	done	and	why. There’s	good	reason	for	the	average	consumer	to	be	confused. The
unanswered	questions	on	fat	remain	unanswered,	as	they	have	for	the	past
forty	years. How	much


Dr.	Demas’s	program	is	entirely	plant-
based. I	had	the	opportunity	to	go	to	Washington	and	talk	with	Dr.	Eileen
Kennedy,	who,	at	the	time,	was	the	director	of	the	Center	for	Nutrition	Policy
and	Promotion	at	the	USDA. Dr.	Kennedy	was	deeply	involved	both	in	the
school	lunch	program	and	the	dietary	guidelines	committee,	on	which	it	was
revealed	that	she	had	ties	to	the	dairy	industry. She	is	now	the	Deputy
Undersecretary	for	the	USDA’s	Research,	Education	and	Economics	division. The	topic	of	our	discussion	was	Dr.	Demas’s	innovative	school	lunch	program
and	how	it	was	garnering	national	attention. At	the	end	of	this	discussion,	I
said	to	her,	“You	know,	that	program	is	entirely	plant-based.”	She	looked	at
me,	wagged	her	finger	as	if	I	were	being	a	bad	boy,	and	said,	“
We	can’t	havethat
.”
I	have	come	to	the	conclusion	that	when	it	comes	to	health,	government	is
not	for	the	people;	it	is	for	the	food	industry	and	the	pharmaceutical	industry
at	the	expense	of	the	people. It	is	a	systemic	problem	where	industry,
academia	and	government	combine	to	determine	the	health	of	this	country. Industry	provides	funding	for	public	health	reports,	and	academic	leaders	with
industry	ties	play	key	roles	in	developing	them. A	revolving	door	exists
between	government	jobs	and	industry
jobs,	and	government	research	funding
goes	to	the	development	of	drugs	and	devices	instead	of	healthy	nutrition. It	is
a	system	built	by	people	who	play	their	isolated	parts,	oftentimes	unaware	of
the	top	decision	makers	and	their	ulterior	motivations. The	system	is	a	waste
of	taxpayer	money	and	is	profoundly	damaging	to	our	health.17
Big	Medicine:	Whose	Health	Are	They
Protecting? W
HEN	IS	THE	LAST	TIME
	that	you	went	to	the	doctor	and	he	or	she	told	you	what
to	eat	or	what	not	to	eat? You’ve	probably	never	had	that	experience. But	the
vast	majority	of	Americans	will	fall	prey	to	one	of	the	chronic	diseases	of
affluence	discussed	in
Part	II
,	and,	as	you	have	seen,	there	is	a	wealth	of
published	research	that	suggests	these	diseases	are	a	result	of	poor	nutrition,
not	poor	genes	or	bad	luck. So	why	doesn’t	the	medical	system	take	nutrition
seriously? Four	words:	money,	ego,	power	and	control. While	it	is	unfair	to
generalize	about	individual	doctors,	it	is	safe	to	say	that	the	system	they	work
in,	the	system	that	currently	takes	responsibility	for	promoting	the	health	of
Americans,	is	failing	us. No	one	knows	this	better	than	the	tiny	minority	of
doctors	who	treat	their	patients	from	a	nutritional	perspective. Two	of	the
most	prominent	doctors	in	this	minority	have	spent	many	years	emphasizing
diet	and	health,	both	in	public	within	their	profession	and	in	private	with	their
patients. They	have	had	exceptionally	impressive	results	protecting	their
patients’	health. These	two	doctors	are	Caldwell	B.	Esselstyn,	Jr.,	whose	work
I	discussed	in	chapter	five,	and	John	McDougall,	an	internist. My	son	Tom
and	I	sat	down	with	these	men	recently	to	discuss	their	experience	advocating
a	whole	foods,	plant-based	diet	in	the	medical	setting.DR. SPROUTS
Long	before	our	country	was	founded,	Dutch	pioneers	had	settled	in	the
Hudson	Valley	north	of	New	York	City. One	of	these	settler	families	were	the
Esselstyns. They	started	farming	a	plot	of	land	in	1675. Nine	generations
later,	that	farm	still	belongs	to	the	Esselstyn	family. Dr.	Esselstyn	and	his	wife
Ann	own	the	several-hundred-acre	Hudson	Valley	farm,	just	over	two	hours
north	of	New	York	City. They	spent	the	summer	of	2003	living	in	the	country,
working	the	farm,	growing	a	garden,	hosting	their	kids	and	grandkids	and
enjoying	a	more	relaxed	life	than	what	they’re	used	to	in	Cleveland,	Ohio. Ess	and	Ann	have	a	modest	house:	a	large,	rectangular,	converted	storage
building. The	simplicity	of	it	belies	the	fact	that	this	is	one	of	the	oldest
family	farms	in	America. Only	upon	closer	inspection	does	it	become
apparent	that	there	is	something	unusual	about	this	place. Hanging	on	the	wall
is	a	framed	certificate	from	New	York	State	given	to	the	Esselstyn	family	in
recognition	of	their	family	farm,	a	farm	that	has	now	seen	parts	of	five
different	centuries. Nearby	an	oar	hangs	on	the	wall. It	is	the	oar	Ess	used	in
1955	as	an	oarsman	at	Yale,	when	Yale	beat	Harvard	by	five	seconds. Ess
explains	he	has	three	other	oars:	two	from	beating	Harvard	in	other	years,	and
one	for	winning	the	gold	medal	in	the	Olympics	with	the	Yale	crew	in	1956. Downstairs,	there	is	an	exceptionally	old	photograph	of	Ess’s	great	great
grandfather	on	the	farm. Around	the	corner	there’s	an	impressive-looking
museum-style	schematic	of	the	Esselstyn	family	tree,	and	on	the	other	end	of
the	hall,	there’s	a	large	black	and	white	picture	of	Ess’s	father	standing	in
front	of	a	microphone,	exchanging	comments	with	John	F.	Kennedy	during	a
White	House	address. Despite	its	humble	appearance,	it	is	very	clear	that	this
is	a	place	with	a	distinguished	history. After	touring	the	farm	on	a	tractor,	we	sat	down	with	Ess	and	asked	him
about	his	past. After	graduating	from	Yale,	he	was	trained	as	a	surgeon	at	the
Cleveland	Clinic	and	at	St.	George’s	Hospital	in	London. He	remembers
fondly	some	of	his	most	influential	mentors:	Dr.	George	Crile,	Jr.,	Dr.
Turnbull	and	Dr.	Brook. Dr.	Crile,	a	giant	at	the	Cleveland	Clinic,	eventually
became	Ess’s	father-in-law	upon	Ess’s	marriage	to	Ann. Dr.	Crile	was	a	man
of	exceptional	accomplishment,	playing	a	courageous,	leading	role	in
questioning	the	macabre	surgery	called	“radical	mastectomy.”
1
	Dr.	Turnbull
and	Dr.	Brook	were	also	renowned
surgeons. In	addition,	Ess’s	own	father
was	a	distinguished	physician	with	a	national	reputation. But,	as	Ess
remembers,	despite	being	“health	experts,”	all	four	of	these	men	were
“ravaged	by	cardiovascular	disease.”	His	own	father	had	a	heart	attack	at	age
forty-two	and	Dr.	Brook	had	a	heart	attack	at	age	fifty-two.These	were	the	men	he	looked	up	to,	and	when	it	came	to	cardiovascular
disease,	all	of	them	were	helpless. Shaking	his	head,	Ess	said,	“You	can’t
escape	this	disease. These	people,	who	were	giants	in	the	prime	of	their	years,
just
withered
.”	As	he	took	a	m


REAM
½ cup cream         ¼ cup orange juice
¼ cup water           1 banana
2 tablespoons lemon juice
COCONUT CREAM
1 cup orange juice         1 banana
¼ cup fresh coconut pieces
STRAWBERRY CREAM
1 pint strawberries         ½  cup milk
½ cup cream APRICOT GLOW
½ cup fresh apricots            1 cup milk
1 tablespoon lemon juice     2 tablespoons honey
GOLDEN CREAM
½ cup sliced carrots           ½ cup raisins
2 cups pineapple juice
PEACH MILK
1 cup milk          1 cup sliced peaches
1 slice lemon
SESAME MILK
1 cup water          1 tablespoon sesame butter
1 tablespoon honey
LIVER COCKTAIL
1 cup carrot juice             1 tablespoon parsley
1 slice onion                    ½  teaspoon vegetable
1 tablespoon beef liver        broth powder
TOMATO COCKTAIL
1 pint tomato juice          1 stalk celery
½ small onion                     sprig of parsley
CRANBERRY COCKTAIL
1 cup cranberries          1 cup water
1 cup orange juice        1 tablespoon honey
LIQUID SALAD
1 cup water                1 small carrot
½ stalk celery            ½  cucumber
½ green pepper          6 almonds
1 tablespoon raisins
BEET COCKTAIL
1 cup beet juice                1 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon lemon juice   1 teaspoon honey
1 slice onion

 SALAD  DRESSINGS
   The following recipes for uncooked salad dressings may be
prepared in the electric blender. For recipes containing no oil, simply put all ingredients into the blender, switch on the
motor, and let run until ingredients are perfectly emulsified. For mayonnaise and other oil dressings, mix all ingredients except oil first. Then pour oil into blender very slowly while
mixture is turning. This assures a smooth, fluffy dressing in
which the oil is completely emulsified with other ingredients. Uncooked dressings may be stored under refrigeration in
labeled fruit jars or bottles. Due to the presence of enzymes,
they will not keep as long as ordinary dressings. MAYONNAISE
1 cup sunflower seed oil        1 teaspoon honey
juice of two lemons               1 egg
FRENCH DRESSING
½ cup rice bran oil           ½ teaspoon honey
1 tomato                          ¼ cup chopped onion
1 egg yolk                        1 tablespoon red bell pepper
PECAN FRUIT FRENCH DRESSING
½ cup peanut oil                 ½ cup orange juice
1 tablespoon lemon juice      1 teaspoon honey
¼ cup pecans
ROQUEFORT DRESSING
4 tablespoons crumbled          1 cup French dressing
   Roquefort cheese
COTTAGE CHEESE SALAD DRESSING
1 cup cottage cheese                    ½  cup cream
2 tablespoons chopped chives       2 tablespoons chopped
¼ clove garlic                                  green bell pepper
LEMON CREAM DRESSING
1 cup cream                  ½  cup lemon juice
LEMON BANANA DRESSING
1 banana                   ½  cup lemon juice SOUR CREAM DRESSING
1 cup sour cream                  2 tablespoons chopped chives
TOMATO DRESSING
4 tomatoes                      1 avocado
1 egg yolk                       1 tablespoon honey  1 tablespoon finely          ½  clove garlic
   chopped onion
MINT DRESSING
6 tablespoons finely           1 cup lemon juice
   chopped mint leaves       4 tablespoons honey
ORANGE CREAM DRESSING
1 cup orange juice             ¼ cup pignolia nuts

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ALADS
TOSSED SALAD
1 head lettuce, sliced         1 onion, chopped
½ head cabbage, sliced     3 spinach leaves, sliced
1 cup celery, diced            3 watercress leaves, sliced
1 green bell pepper,         1  tomato, sliced
   chopped
   Rub large wooden salad bowl with ½ clove crushed garlic,
and pour ¼ cup sunflower seed oil in bottom of bowl. Add all salad ingredients and toss over bowl, lifting them 3 to 6 inches above bowl and whirling them as they are dropped. Continue, with 15 to 30 tossings, or until all ingredients are
glistening with oil. Add 3 tablespoons lemon juice and toss
again until juice is well mixed with ingredients. Additional dressings are optional. Mayonnaise, French, and Roquefort
dressings contribute to additional flavor. Grapefruit slices,
diced cheese, diced avocado, or other garnishes may be
dropped over finished salad. Ch ill salad in refrigerator and
serve on chilled salad plates or salad bowls. CELERY-NUT SALAD
4 stalks celery, sliced                     2 large tomatoes
1 green bell pepper, minced         ½ cup grated nuts2 watercress leaves
   Cut the tomatoes in small pieces and mix with the celery
and green pepper. Add mayonnaise as dressing. Use lettuce leaves as a bed for this salad and sprinkle with grated nuts. Garnish with watercress. APPLE SALAD
3½ cups diced apples          1 cup diced banana
1 cup sliced celery              ½  cup raisins
   Mix the ingredients and use lemon cream dressing. Serve in
lettuce cups. AVOCADO SURPRISE
1 large ripe avocado          ½  cup sliced celery
3 slices fresh pineapple      ¼ cup chopped almonds
   Dice the avocado and pineapple and mix all the ingredients. Use lemon banana dressing. Serve on spinach leaves and garnish with a few chopped dates. BANANA TREAT
4 bananas                         chopped Brazil nuts
chopped cranberries         whipped cream
   Cut each banana into slices and place on lettuce leaves. Sprinkle with the chopped nuts and cranberries. Top with
whipped cream. BANANA-CELERY SALAD
2 cups cubed bananas            ½  cup chopped black walnuts
2 cups sliced celery                 3 tablespoons pineapple juice
   Mix the ingredients and serve on lettuce or spinach leaves. Top with mayonnaise dressing. AVOCADO-ORANGE SALAD
2 cups diced avocado         1 cup sliced celery
4 oranges
   Slice the oranges and mix with the avocado and celery. Serve on crisp greens with tomato dressing. AVOCADO-PINEAPPLE SALAD
2 sliced avocados             1 sliced pineapple
1 sliced grapefruit             2 sliced apples
   Arrange the fruit slices on lettuce leaves. Garnish with a
few chopped dates or nuts if desired, and top with lemon
banana dressing. BRAZILIAN SALAD
1 cup chopped pineapple            ½ cup Brazil nuts
½ cup sliced celery
   Chop the Brazil nuts into small pieces and mix all the
ingredients. Pile on endive and parsley leaves and top with
mayonnaise. DATE-ORANGE SALAD
2 cups quartered dates            ½ cup sliced celery
4 oranges
   Cut the oranges in small pieces and mix all ingredients.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
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A: The diet should not exclude all animal foods.
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A: They are made in advance and may lose their nutritional value.
Q: What is emphasized as a key to a successful raw food diet?,
A: Adequate animal-food substitutes for meat.
Q: What is the purpose of the electric blender in a raw food diet?,
A: To prepare a wide variety of foods and save time and work.
Q: What is a key to a successful raw food diet, according to the text?,
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Calcification Produced by Diet: Experimental and
Clinical Considerations. Transactions Am. Ther. So., 39,
1939. RAGU, N. V. and RAJAGOPALAN, R., Nutritive Values of
Heated Vegetable Oils. Nature, 176, 513-514, 1955. REINIUS, L., Growth Failure Caused by Mild Heat
Treatment of the Diet. J. Nutrition, 5, 347-357, 1932. RUSSELL, W. C., The Addition of Raw Beef or Meat-Scrap
to a Wheat-Milk Diet. J. Nutrition, 5, 347-357, 1932. SEMPLE, D., The Sunfood Way to Health. London, Health
For All Pub. Co., 1956. SHELTON, H. M., The Hygienic System. Vol. 2. San
Antonio, 1948. SPRAWSON, E., Preliminary Investigation of the Influence
of Raw Milk on Teeth and Lymphoid Tissue. Proc. Roy. Soc. Med., 25, 649-662, 1932. SPRAWSON, E., Raw Milk and Sound Teeth. Pub. Health,
47, 388-395, 1934. STEUDEL, H., Vegetarian and Uncooked Diet Experiments
with in vitro Digestion. Klin. Wochenschr., 14, 1635-
1638, 1935. STINEH, O., Treatment of Milk. Levensmitteluntersuch u. Hyg., 94-103, 1933. SWEETMAN, M. D., Physico-chemical Changes Produced
by the Cooking Process of Potatoes. Amer. Potato J., 10,
169-173, 1933. THOMSON, J


 cows. The lactobacillus bifidus predominates in the infant colon. It keeps th e chil d
from developing many infant diseases, and makes him also immune to many diseases, as long as he is fed on breast milk, for th en
the colon is normally acid in reaction. But as the child grows older and the change of diet takes place, proteins are increas ed at the
expense of carbohydrates and sugar - milk sugar. As a result, unfriendly bacteria begin to enter the colon, such as the bacillus coli,
the B. Welchii, B. putreficus, streptococci fecalis, etc. Putrefaction and fermentation now are in order. Thus t oxic material - indol,
skatol, phenol, ammonia, phenylsulphate, ptomaine, pyrrhol, cadaverin, isoamylamine, ethylamine, idroxyl -phynel, and other
poisons - swarm in the large intestine. Within the past 50 years methods have been developed for changing the  nature of the germs that live in the intestines. Metchnikoff’s original idea that the bacillus bulgaricus was the normal inhabitant and that its presence was synonymous with long
life has been changed to emphasis on another germ called the B. acidophilus. As already hinted, with the exception of the
lactobacillus acidophilus, all other species of bacillus acidi lactici are not viable; that is, when imbibed, when taken by m outh, they
are digested and destroyed in the stomach and small intestine, and, theref ore, do not reach the colon or, if they do, their number is
negligible. L. Acidophilus is a normal inhabitant of the intestinal tract and under the influence of the ingestion of lactose  or dextrin
can be made to predominate the intestinal flora. The ingest ion of L. Acidophilus milk with or without added lactose brings about
the transformation of the intestinal flora more quickly and is generally conceded to be the most logical and practical method  of
bringing about the preponderace of L. Acidophilus type of  bacteria in the intestines. By administering L. Acidophilus milk
implantation the proliferation of the organisms in the intestinal tract are more rapidly accomplished for then there is direc t
implantation of large numbers of viable organisms. The lactose of milk induces the multiplication of the desired type of bacteria. It is necessary that large quantities of very active cultures should be taken, and special measures must be adopted to supply  to the
B. acidophilus, when in the colon, the carboyhydrates w hich it requires for efficient growth. The growth in the large intestine of
lactobacillus acidophilus depends solely on starch and sugar, but more so on milk sugar. In order to change the intestinal fl ora, it is
best to adopt the following rules. For fift een days, about eight ounces to sixteen ounces of culture of lactobacillus acidophilus, in which three large tablespoonsful o f
lactose is dissolved, should be taken daily thirty minutes before breakfast; and for the same length of time, three large
tablesp oonsful of lactose should be dissolved ‘many kind of fruit juices, milk, soups, broth or water, and taken daily thirty
minutes before supper. After this, four ounces to eight ounces of lactobacillus acidophilus culture, in which three tablespoo nsful of
lactose have been dissolved, should betaken every morning for fifteen more days. The lactose, however, should be taken as before. After this, the quantity of the culture of the lactobacillus acidophilus can be reduced to four ounces every day for fifteen more
days. For the remainder of the time, the ingestion of the culture of the lactobacillus acidophilus, two ounces every day, may  be
sufficient to keep the required amount of lactobacillus acidophilus present in the large intestinal tract. One must remember that the
amount of the daily requirement of lactose, should continue to be about three tablespoonsful, morning and evening, as the dai ly
requirement. As to the length of time that the lactobacillus acidophilus culture (together with the lactose) should be taken in order for one to
gain the desired results depends on the severity of the condition that is being treated. However, a period ranging from four to six
months may be necessary. A period of about three months of rest may be taken and then the procedur e, if necessary, may be
repeated. It is possible that the taking of the lactobacillus acidophilus culture and the rest periods may have to go on for some time. When is the intestinal flora changed. The intestinal flora is changed when the stools are soft, frequent (three times a day), and free
from putrid or rancid odor. Examination by a bacteriologist should give positive 80 and negative 20, which means 80% of the a cid
formers and 20% of other bacteria. In a bad flora, the percentage will be the reverse, 2 0-80. Of course, a change from 20 -80 or
worse to 40 -60 or 50 -50, is a decided improvement, but this should not be considered at all satisfactory. Old troubles may still
continue, perhaps somewhat modified. But when the change reaches 75 -25, marked improvem ent will be evident, and the more
complete the change of flora, the more decided will be the change for the better in the patient’s symptoms. The advantages of regularly using lactobacillus acidophilus together with the lactose mixture are obvious. Throug h not a cure -all,
yet one would be temped to say that it should be used not only when diseases have already made their inroad, but more so as a
preventive of disease. A few more suggestions about the lactobacillus acidophilus therapy The culture, to be eff ective, must
contain at least 200,000,000 lactobacillus acidophilus per cubic centimeter. Although clinicians experience has been that
lactobacillus acidophilus therapy has to be taken in large doses to be effective, there have been cases in which daily do ses even as
small as four ounces has proved satisfactory when it was mixed with a like amount of lactose. In about 75 -80% of non -complicated
constipation, lactobacillus acidophilus therapy has given uniform good results. The lactobacillus acidophilus cultu re should be
used within or before the expiration date marked on the bottle. ”*

INTESTINAL FLORA
Current research into intestinal flora of the human bowel has revealed some new and valuable information for the health -seeking
individual. (See Bibliography f or further reading. ) Dr. Paul Gyorgy of the Institute of Nutrition Academy of Medical Sciences of
the USSR (discoverer of vitamin B -6), has determined that the main component of the normal intestinal flora of man is
lactobacillus bifidus. Bifidus bacterium  readily establishes itself in the colon of newborns when fed mother’s milk. It is bifidus that
is found in the nipple of lactating mothers. Very encouraging research in both the USSR and Germany have demonstrated the rejuvenating qualities of this bacter ia when it is
well established in the colon. The only commercially -available form of lactobacillus bifidus that I am aware of comes under the
brand name of Eugalan Topfer Forte, and can be found in your health food stores. If not locally available, address  your inquiry for
this product and information to: Bio -Nutritional Products (see Bibliography) A program using this bacteria following the former
instructions should bring encouraging results to those who suffer from a lack of proper intestinal flora. Ever yone should take a
good replenishment of acidophilus culture, which can be purchased at any health food store. I recommend taking this culture
regardless if you have been on the colema treatments or not. However, it is strongly recommended to be taken afte r the colema
treatments. “The intestinal Flora in Constipation” by N. A. Ferri, Sr., M. D., Chicago, IL. ഊ55

CHAPTER 7
NATURAL METHODS AND TECHNIQUES FOR BOWEL IMPROVEMENT: A WHOLISTIC APPROACH
There are many detoxifying agents which may be useful under various circumstances, but we need to approach detoxification from
a “whole body” perspective. We need to do more than just take care of the bowel or liver. We must have the right chemical
balance for the body. It is not sufficient to use a drug to provide  a chemical stimulus to “drive” the body to work right. Rather, we
must repair, rebuild and regenerate the body as we go along. Proper breathing is important to get oxygen to the organs and ti ssues
of the body. Exercise is good to get the blood and lymph c irculating but too much exercise in a toxic -laden body is only stirring up
muddy waters. Lymph drainage is important. Drainage can be increased through the use of protomorphogens or through the use of
herbal substances such as blue violet tea. Stimulating increased lymph drainage, however, is not sufficient to carry off toxins that
may be pouring into the lymphatic system via a stagnant bowel holding five or six meals before elimination takes place or fro


 was the only way I could get
to Barbados, and I arrived just in time to see my mother and say a three-
dimensional “goodbye” to her. In spite of the fact that I had no intentions of going, the deeper self
watched where the great cloud ascended. I placed it in Barbados and this
tabernacle (my body) had to go and make the journey to fulfill the com -
mand, “Wherever the sole of your foot shall tread that have I given unto
you.” Wherever the cloud descends in the desert, there you reassemble
that tabernacle. I sailed from New York at midnight on a ship without taking thought of
submarines or anything else. I had to go. Things happened in a way that I
could not have devised. I warn you, do not treat it lightly. Do not say, “I will experiment and put
myself in Labrador, just to see if it will work.” You will go to your Labrador
and then you will wonder why you ever came to this class. It will work if
you dare assume the feeling of your wish fulfilled as you go to sleep. More Free Books Law of Attraction HavenControl your moods as you go to sleep. I cannot find any better way to
describe this technique than to call it a “controlled waking dream.” In a
dream you lose control, but try preceding your sleep with a complete con -
trolled waking dream, entering into it as you do in a dream, for in a
dream you are always very dominant, you always play the part. You are
always an actor in a dream, and never the audience. When you have a
controlled waking dream you are an actor and you enter into the act of
the controlled dream. But do not do it lightly, for you must then reenact it
physically in a three-dimensional world. Now before we go into our moment of silence there is something I must
make very clear, and that is this effort we discussed last night. If there is
one reason in this whole vast world why people fail it is because they are
unaware of a law known to psychologists today as the law of reverse ef -
fort. When you assume the feeling of your wish fulfilled it is with a minimum of
effort. You must control the direction of the movements of your attention. But you must do it with the least effort. If there is effort in the control,
and you are compelling it in a certain way you are not going to get the re -
sults. You will get the opposite results, whatever they might be. That is why we insist on establishing the basis of the Bible as Adam slept. That is the first creative act, and there is no record where he was ever
awakened from this profound sleep. While he sleeps creation stops. You change your future best when you are in control of your thoughts
while in a state akin to sleep, for then effort is reduced to its minimum. Your attention seems to completely relax, and then you must practice
holding your attention within that feeling, without using force, and with -
out using effort. Do not think for a moment that it is will power that does it. When you re -
lease Barabbas and become identified with Jesus, you do not will yourself
to be it, you imagine that you are it. That is all you do. Now as we come to the vital part of the evening, the interval devoted to
prayer, let me again clarify this technique. Know what you want. Then
construct a single event, an event which implies fulfillment of your wish. Restrict the event to a single act. For instance, if I single out as an event, shaking a man's hand, then that
is the only thing I do. I do not shake it, then light a cigarette and do a
thousand other things. I simply imagine that I am actually shaking hands
and keep the act going over and over and over again until the imaginary
act has all the feeling of reality. More Free Books Law of Attraction HavenThe event must always imply fulfillment of the wish. Always construct an
event which you believe you would naturally encounter following the ful -
fillment of your desire. You are the judge of what event you really want to
realize. There is another technique I gave you last night. If you cannot concen -
trate on an act, if you cannot snuggle into your chair and believe the chair
is elsewhere, just as though elsewhere were here, then do this: Reduce
the idea, condense it to a single, simple phrase like, “Isn't it wonderful,”
or, “Thank you,” or, “It's done,” or, “It's finished.”
There should not be more than three words. Something that implies the
desire is already realized. “Isn't it wonderful,” or “Thank you,” certainly
imply that. These are not all the phrases you could use. Make up out of
your own vocabulary the phrase which best suits you. But make it very,
very short and always use a phrase that implies fulfillment of the idea. When you have your phrase in mind, lift the cloud. Let the cloud ascend
by simply inducing the state that borders on sleep. Simply begin to imag -
ine and feel you are sleepy, and in this state assume the feeling of the
wish fulfilled. Then repeat the phrase over and over like a lullaby. Whatev -
er the phrase is, let it imply that the assumption is true, that it is con -
crete, that it is already a fact and you know it. Just relax and enter into the feeling of actually being what you want to
be. As you do it you are entering Jericho with your spy who has the power
to give it. You are releasing Barabbas and sentencing Jesus to be crucified
and resurrected. All these stories you are reenacting if now you begin to
let go and enter into the feeling of actually being what you want to be. Now we can go. SILENCE PERIOD. *****
If your hands are dry, and if your mouth is dry at the end of this medita -
tion, that is positive proof that you did succeed in lifting the cloud. What
you were doing when the cloud was lifted is entirely your business. But
you did lift the cloud if your hands are dry. I will give you another phenomena that is very strange and one I cannot
analyze. It happens if you really go into the deep. You will find on waking
that you have the most active pair of kidneys in the world. I have dis -
cussed it with doctors and they cannot explain it. Another thing you may observe in meditation is a lovely liquid blue light. The nearest thing on earth to which I can compare it is burning alcohol. More Free Books Law of Attraction HavenYou know when you put alcohol on the plum pudding at Christmas time
and set it aflame, the lovely liquid blue flame that envelops the pudding
until you blow it out. That flame is the nearest thing to the blue light
which comes on the forehead of a man in meditation. Do not be distressed. You will know it when you see it. It is like two
shades of blue, a darker and a lighter blue in constant motion, just like
burning alcohol, which is unlike the constant flame of a gas jet. This flame
is alive, just as spirit would be alive. Another thing that may come to you as it did to me. You will see spots be -
fore your eyes. They are not liver spots as some people will tell you who
know nothing about it. These are little things that float in space like a
mesh, little circles all tied together. They start with a single cell and come
in groups in different geometrical patterns, like worms, like trailers, and
they float all over your face. When you close your eyes you still see them,
proving that they are not from without, they are from within. When you begin to expand in consciousness all these things come. They
may be your blood stream objectified by some strange trick of man that
man does not quite understand. I am not denying that it is your blood
steam made visible, but do not be distressed by thinking it is liver spots
or some other silly thing that people will tell you. If these various phenomena come to you, do not think you are doing
something wrong. It is the normal, natural expansion that comes to all
men who take themselves in tow and try to develop the garden of Geth -
semane. The minute you begin to discipline your mind by observing your thoughts
and watching your thoughts throughout the day, you become the police -
man of your thoughts. Refuse to enter into conversations that are unlove -
ly, refuse to listen attentively to anything that tears you down. Begin to build within your own mind's eye the vision of the perfect virgin
rather than the vision of the foolish virgin. Listen only to the things that
bring joy when you hear them. Do not give a willing ear to that which is
unlovely, which when you heard it you wish you had not. That is listening
and seeing things without oil in your lamp, or joy in your mind. There are two kinds of virgins in the Bible: five foolish and five wise vir -
gins. The minute you become the wise virgin, or try to make an attempt
to do it, you will find all these things happen. You will see these things,
and they interest you so that you have not time to develop the foolish
sight, as many people do. I hope that no one here does. Because no one
should be identified with this great work who can still find great joy in a
discussion of another that is un


 the things you want. You
can do this anywhere, anytime. Turn every life situation into a
positive one! Make it a daily habit to determine every event in your life in advance,
through your thoughts. Set the Universal forces ahead of you in every-
thing you do and everywhere you go, by thinking the way you want
it to go in advance. Then you are creating your life intentionally. 68 • Like Aladdin's Genie, the law of attraction grants our every
command. • The Creative Process helps you create what you want in three sim-
ple steps: ask, believe, and receive. • Asking the Universe for what you want is your opportunity to get
clear about what you want. As you get clear in your mind, you have
asked. • Believing involves acting, speaking, and thinking as though you
have already received what you've asked for. When you emit the
frequency of having received it, the law of attraction moves people,
events, and circumstances for you to receive. • Receiving involves feeling the way you will feel once your desire
has manifested. Feeling good now puts you on the frequency of what
you want. • To lose weight, don't focus on "losing weight." Instead, focus on
your perfect weight. Feel the feelings of your perfect weight, and
you will summon it to you. • It takes no time for the Universe to manifest what you want. It is as
easy to manifest one dollar as it is to manifest one million dollars. • Starting with something small, like a cup of coffee or parking
spaces, is an easy way to experience the law of attraction in action. Powerfully intend to attract something small As you experience the
power you have to attract, you will move on to creating much big-
ger things. • Create your day in advance by thinking the way you want it to go,
and you will create your life intentionally. DR. JOE VITALE
A lot of people feel stuck or imprisoned or confined by their
current circumstances. Whatever your circumstances right
now, that is only your current reality, and current reality will
begin to change as a result of beginning to use The Secret
Your current reality or your current life is a result of the thoughts
you have been thinking. All of that will totally change as you begin
to change your thoughts and your feelings. "That a man can change himself... and master his
own destiny is the conclusion of every mind who
is wide-awake to the power of right thought." (1866-1954)
71 72 The Secret
LISA NICHOLS
When you want to change your circumstances, you must
first change your thinking. Every time you look inside
your mail expecting to see a bill, guess what — it'll be
there. Each day you go out dreading the bill! You're never
expecting anything great. You're thinking debt, you're
expecting debt. So debt must show up so you won't think
you're crazy. And every day you confirm your thought: Is
debt going to be there? Yes, debt's there. Is debt going to
be there? Yes, debt's there. Is debt going to be there? Yes,
debt's there. Wiry? Because you expected debt to be there. So it showed up, because the law of attraction is always
being obedient to your thoughts. Do yourself a favor—
expect a check! Expectation is a powerful attractive force, because it draws things
to you. As Bob Proctor says, "Desire connects you with the thing
desired and expectation draws it into your life." Expect the things
you want and don't expect the things you don't want. What do
you expect now? JAMES RAY
Most people look at their current state of affairs and they
say, "This is who I am." That's not who you are. That's
who you were. Let's say for instance that you don't
have enough money in your bank account, or you don't
have the relationship that you want, or your health and
fitness aren't up to par. That's not who you are; that's the
residual outcome of your past thoughts and actions. So Powerful Processes 73
we're constantly living in this residual, if you will, of the
thoughts and actions we've taken in the past. When you
look at your current state of affairs and define yourself by
that, then you doom yourself to have nothing more than
the same in future. '"All that we are is a result of what we have
thought." I would like to share a process with you that came from the great
teacher Neville Goddard in a lecture he delivered in 1954, entitled
"The Pruning Shears of Revision." This process has had a pro-
found effect on my life. Neville recommends at the end of every
day, before you go to sleep, to think through the events of the
day. If any events or moments did not go the way you wanted,
replay them in your mind in a way that thrills you. As you re-
create those events in your mind exactly as you want, you are
cleaning up your frequency from the day and you are emitting a
new signal and frequency for tomorrow. You have intentionally
created new pictures for your future. It is never too late to change
the pictures. DR. JOE VITALE
What can you do right now to begin to turn your life
around? The very first thing is to start making a list of
things to be grateful for. This shifts your energy and starts to
shift your thinking. Whereas before this exercise you might
be focusing on what you don't have, your complaints, and
your problems, you go in a different direction when you do
this exercise. You start to be grateful for all the things that
you feel good about. "If it is a new thought to you that gratitude
brings your whole mind into closer harmony
with the creative energies of the Universe,
consider it well, and you will see that it is true.' MARCI SHIMOFF
Gratitude is absolutely the way to bring more into
your life. 74 The Secret Powerful Processes 75
DR- JOHN GRAY
PSYCHOLOGIST, AUTHOR, AND
INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER
Every man knows that when his wife is
appreciating him for the little things that he does, what
does he want to do? He wants to do more. It's always about
appreciation. It pulls things in. It attracts support. DR. JOHN DEMARTINI
Whatever we think about and thank about we bring about. JAMES RAY
Gratitude has been such a powerful exercise for me. Every
morning I get up and say "Thank you." Every morning,
when my feet hit the floor, "Thank you." And then I start
running through what I'm grateful for, as I'm brushing
my teeth and doing the things I do in the morning. And I'm
not just thinking about them and doing some rote routine. I'm putting it out there and I'm feeling the feelings of
gratitude. The day we filmed James Ray sharing his powerful exercise of
gratitude is one I will never forget. From that day on, I made
James's process my life. Every morning, I do not get out bed until
I have felt the feelings of gratitude for this brand new day and all I
am grateful for in my life. Then as I get out of bed, when one foot
touches the ground I say, "Thank," and "you" as my second foot
touches the ground. With each step I take on my way to the bath-76 The Secret
room, I say "Thank you." I continue to say and feel "Thank you" as
I am showering and getting ready. By the time I am ready for the
day, I have said "Thank you" hundreds of times. As I do this, I am powerfully creating my day and all that it will
contain. I am setting my frequency for the day and intentionally
declaring the way I want my day to go, rather than stumbling out
of bed and letting the day take control of me. There is no more
powerful way to begin your day than this. You are the creator of
your life, and so begin by intentionally creating your day! Gratitude was a fundamental part of the teachings of all the great
avatars throughout history. In the book that changed my life, The
Science of Getting Rich, written by Wallace Wattles in 1910, gratitude
is its longest chapter. Every teacher featured in The Secret uses grat-
itude as part of his or her day. Most of them begin their day with
thoughts and feelings of gratitude. Joe Sugarman, a wonderful man and successful entrepreneur,
watched the film The Secret and contacted me. He told me his fa
vorite part was the gratitude process, and that his use of gratitude
had contributed to all he had achieved in his life. With all the success
Joe has attracted to himself, he continues to use gratitude every day,
even for the smallest things. When he gets a parking space he always
says and feels, "Thank you." Joe knows the power of gratitude and
all it has brought to him, and so gratitude is his way of life. With all that I have read and with all that I have experienced in my
own life using The Secret, the power of gratitude stands above eve-Powerful Processes 77
rything else. If you only do one thing with the knowledge of The
Secret use gratitude until it becomes your way of life. DR. JOE VITALE
As


 provide a liberal supply of natural cereal and milk for their families, but of late
this practice had been discontinued. They were now buying their wheat in the form of white flour
and their vegetables largely put up in cans. In both reservations they were using commercial
vegetable fats, jams and marmalades, sweetened goods, syrups and confections very liberally. It is
remarkable how early the child life adopts modern civilization's confections. In order to provide a further cross section of the modernized Indians of North America, I made
a study in a reservation on Winnipeg Lake in Manitoba. This reservation lies north and east of
Winnipeg and is quite highly modernized. These people were reached with much difficulty because of the natural protection provided by
the location of their reservation at the mouth of Brokenhead River. They had been provided with
fertile lands and taught modern methods of farming. Their proximity to a great body of water fairly
well-stocked with fish gave them an opportunity to secure fish, if they were disposed to make the
effort to do so, as their ancestors had done through previous centuries. Their homes were found to
be in a dilapidated condition, and while their lands were stocked with cattle and horses, such as
we found were in poor condition, and limited in number. The people had been provided with a
government school and a government agent to assist in providing for their needs and in giving
material assistance when needed. They were within fairly easy distance of hospitals, and had
available modern medical service. Notwithstanding all these advantages, their physical condition
was very poor. Dental caries was so wide-spread that 39.1 per cent of all teeth studied were
found to be affected. They were living almost entirely on modern foods, imported white flours,
jams, canned vegetables and liberal quantities of sugar. Over 90 per cent of the individuals had
rampant dental caries. Their physical condition and their supply of necessities was very much lower
than was that of either of the two preceding groups. Distress was evident even in late summer. The Indians so far reported were living inland with access to inland foods only. The Pacific
Coast Indians were examined to determine the effect of sea foods. To find evidence relating to the
physical, and particularly to the dental condition of the Indians who inhabited the Pacific slope a
thousand or more years ago, a visit was made to the Vancouver Museum at Vancouver which
fortunately possesses splendidly preserved specimens of prehistoric periods. Some of these skulls
were uncovered while cutting through a hill for a street extension in the city of Vancouver. Above
was a virgin forest of large size green firs and underneath them in the soil there were preserved
fallen trunks of other large trees. Several feet below these, burials were uncovered containing
skeletons of an early Indian race. This collection contains also skulls from several places and from
prehistoric periods. The teeth are all splendidly formed and free from dental caries. The arches are
very symmetrical and the teeth in normal and regular position. It was important to study the conditions of their successors living in the same general
community. Accordingly, we examined the teeth and general physical condition of the Indians in a
reservation in North Vancouver, so situated that they have the modern conveniences and modern7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 58/250foods. In this group of children between eight and fifteen years of age, 36.9 per cent of all the teeth
examined had already been attacked by dental caries. No people were found in this group who
were living largely on native foods. Vancouver Island with its salubrious climate is one of the most favored places of residence on
the Pacific Coast. It was of particular interest to study the Indians near Victoria on this island in the
Craigflower Indian Reservation. Indeed, the city of Victoria has been partly built on the original
Craigflower Indian Reservation. As the need became acute for the territory reserved for them, an
arrangement was consummated whereby the Indians were induced to exchange that land for new
land in an adjoining district in which a new house was built free for each family. Besides a house,
an allotment of land and a sum of money, reported to be ten thousand dollars, was given to each
family. This allowed them to become very modern, and, accordingly, many of them owned
automobiles and other modern luxuries. The physical effects of the use of food luxuries, resulting
from ample funds for purchasing any foods that they might desire, was marked. They were in close
proximity to skilled dental service and had practical training in oral prophylaxis. Notwithstanding
this, 48.5 per cent of all teeth examined had already been attacked by dental caries. Every
individual examined was suffering from tooth decay. The original diet of the Indians of the Pacific
Coast was, as we shall see, very largely sea foods, which are probably as abundant today as ever
before. It would require a real urge to go to catch the fish since they can now be purchased
canned in the open market. Like most modern people, they were living on white-flour products,
sweet foods and pastries. Probably few cities of the Pacific Coast have had a greater abundance and variety of edible sea
foods, particularly the various kinds of salmon, than Ketchikan. It is beautifully located on an
island, and is the most southerly city in Alaska. Among the many fish that are abundant along this
part of the Pacific Coast is the oolachan or candle fish. It is a small fish, but very rich in oil; so
much so that it gets its name from being burned as a candle for light. This oil is collected in large
quantities and used as a dressing for many of their sea foods. It is also traded with the Indians of
the interior for furs and other products. An Indian settlement in this city was studied and it was
found that 46.6 per cent of all teeth examined had already been attacked by tooth decay. In many
of the homes individuals were ill with tuberculosis or arthritis. Tuberculosis had robbed many of the
homes of one or more of its children. At Juneau, the capital of Alaska, two groups were studied; one in the government hospital, and
the other in an Indian settlement. In the hospital were both Indians and Eskimos, chiefly the former. Seventy-five per cent of the patients were reported to have been brought because they had
tuberculosis, and some who had come because of accident and other conditions were reported to
have tuberculosis also. Approximately 50 per cent of the total hospital enrollment was under 21
years of age. The dental conditions were bad, for 39.1 per cent of all the teeth examined had been
attacked by tooth decay. In the Indian settlement, a group of elderly primitives was found, every one of whom had
complete dentitions in normal arrangement of the arches and without dental caries. In a settlement
of modern Indians living principally on modern foods 40 per cent of all teeth had been attacked by
tooth decay. At Sitka, the former capital, two important groups were studied. Located here is the Sheldon
Jackson School for Eskimos and Indian boys and girls, chiefly Indians. They have come from
widely scatterd territory throughout Alaska, and represent the finest physical specimens that can
readily be secured for giving the advantages of an education. Of necessity they came very largely
from the modernized districts. In this group 53.7 per cent of all the teeth examined had already
been attacked by tooth decay. This gives an indication of the dental conditions in the large number
of modernized districts which they represented. In a settlement at Sitka, a group of Indians of various ages were studied, and it was found that
35.6 per cent of all their teeth had already been attacked by dental caries. A well preserved native
Indian, seventy years of age, was found who had come into town from another district. He stated7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 59/250that his diet had consisted chiefly of fish, fish eggs, seaweed and deer. His teeth were of very high
excellence and were entirely free from past or present dental caries. He is a splendid example of
the product of the native dietary provided for the Pacific Coast people of any period or stage of
civilization. The local physician at Sitka kindly gave very valuable information relative to the attitude of the
native Indians in the matter of obtaining fresh sea foods when foods that were very satisfying could
be so easily obtained in concentrated form at the various stores. They could go to one of the piers
at almost any time of the year and catch fish or secure them as they had been accustomed to do
before the arrival of modern foods, but there is a constant striving to be like and live like the white
people. They seem to think it is a mark of distinction to purchase their foods and that it is
degrading to have to forage for one's foods. They very readily come to depend on white flour and
sugar, jams and canned vegetables; and much prefer to have the government or charitable
organization supply these when they cannot purchase them, rather than go out and secure their
own nutrition. This physician stated that there were about 800 whites living in the town and about
400 Indians, and that notwithstanding this difference in numbers there were twice as many Indian
children born as white children, but that by the time these children reached six years of age there
were more white children living than Indian and half-breed children