 totally cured on the 9th day. She is still doing it and is quite healthy. Dr. B. V. Khare
158 Yashodhan, Hindu colony,
Sir Bhalchandra Road, Dadar
Mumbai- 400 014 Tel: 414 5774. 57 :-
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TIBETAN VRINE ANALYSIS
Urinalysis
Just as one looks into a mirror and you see an image, so does a
qualified physician look into a patient's urine and from this see the
disorders of a patient. Information is provided by H.H. Dalai Lama's personal physician. I sincerely hope this information will help you too. The discussion of urinalysis has many parts: preparation for urinalysis, the
proper time for observation, the vessel or cup in which the urine is placed
for diagnosis, and the manner in which the coloration changes due to
passing through the various organs. Also, there are four general types of
urinalysis: or ordinary persons without any major illness, of persons with
disorders, or persons of the verge of death, and of persons affected by
spirits. Thus, altogether there are eight general subtopics. ~1}.. PR£PARAT10N FOR VRlNALYSlS
If a patient's urine is to be diagnosed in the morning,
then the night before there are certain types of behavior that
should be followed. One should avoid any strong tea as well
as very much yogurt or any beer or alcohol. The reason for
this is that taking any of these substances affects the coloring
and so forth of the urine, making it difficult for diagnosis. Furthermore, during the night preceding urine diagnosis,
one should not go without liquid altogether, such that the following
morning one is extremely thirsty. In other words, just be normal,
take sufficient liquids so you are not terribly thirsty. One should not have sexual intercourse the night prior to diagnosis. Nor should one stay awake at night; get a good night's sleep. One should also not go to excess in moving about or in trying
to stay in just one position. Nor should one allow a great deal
of tension or a great deal of thinking. Do not go to any excess prior to diagnosis. 58 With respect to the urine to be diagnosed,
it should not be that from urinating during the time before four or five
in the morning; since urination at such a time is affected strongly by
the food taken the previous meal, it is not good for diagnosis. One should use the urine that builds up in the hours around four or
five in the morning. If one does not urinate during the night, then do
not collect the first half of the urination when you rise;
use only the later half.../ 2}. TlM£ FOR VRfNAl VSlS
There are three aspects of urinalysis:
color, vapor arising from the urine,
and the albumin which is a cloud like substance in the urine. The time for such diagnosis is after dawn.../ 3}.. TH£ V£SS£l
The vessel in which the urine is to be placed is most often a
white porcelain cup which is such that its color will not affect
the appearance of the color of the urine. Otherwise, an aluminum pot can be used. One should not use vessels that color the urine, such as clay,
copper, brass, or any other colored pot; they make the urine
appear to have another color, and it will be difficult to tell what
the natural color of the urine is. A white cup is best and not one with a pattern in it. If it is impossible to get one of these three appropriate types,
one can line another type with a piece of white paper.../ 4}.. COlORATlO}I CHANG£5
With respect to variations in the urine, the fourth topic, the text
speaks first of the digestive process. In the stomach, food is
differentiated or separated into a nutritious or more subtle part
and a less nutritious or unrefined part. The refined or better
part goes into the blood. The more wasteful product goes into
the intestines. In the intestines it is divided in two, that is, into
solid and liquid parts. The liquid portion of this waste goes
from the intestines to the urinary bladder. 59 With regard to the separation in the stomach, the finer or more
nutritious part goes to the liver. Within this, there is another
separation between the more nutritious and the less, with the
more nutritious part becoming blood and the less nutritious
going to the gall bladder. In the gall bladder there is further
separation, the finer substance becoming lymph. The more wasteful part become albumin, the cloud-like
substance which appears in the urine; the albumin goes
together with the urine and accumulates in the urinary bladder. It is because of this separation in the process of digestion that
food which has been ingested affects or transforms the color
of the urine. The albumin, or cloud-like substance, basically appears in
urine due to blood and bile problems. Therefore, the condition
of the body in terms of heat and cold is indicated in the urine. Just as in the market place when a merchant has something
illegal to sell and does not actually reveal it, holding it under a
garment, describe it and from that you can tell what he has
hidden, so from the urine it is possible to tell the types of
disorder or lack thereof in a person's body. v' ;}.. TH£ VRTN£ OF H£Al THY PERSONS
If one looks at the urine of a healthy person, one finds that its
color is more or less the bright, cheerful yellow of the butter
on top of the milk from a "dri", the female counterpart of the
yak [yak only being males]. The odor is like that of the cream
that rises to the surface of milk. The vapor is neither terribly
strong or weak, neither big or small, and the duration of the
vapor-before the urine gets cooler and vapor stops-is neither
terribly long or short. The bubbles or froth are nothing
spectacular- neither terribly long or short, big or small, rather
moderate froth on top of the urine. The albumin, for a healthy person, is simply mixed up together
with the urine, pervading it. Also, for a healthy person there is
not much chyle {the oily substance normally rising to the
surface of the urine}; just a little bit comes to the surface. As the vapor gradually vanishes, one finds that a little darker
color converges toward the center of the cup of urine, just as
breath on a mirror gradually converges in the center and
disappears. After the urine has cooled off, its color is light,
clear, and yellowish; it is transparent. 60 v" 6}. TH£ VRlN£ Of' DlS£AS£D 1'£RSONS
Concerning the urine of persons with disorders,
there are two aspects to the discussion:
general and specific diseased urine. 7}. DlAGNOSlNG VRlN£
There are three times for diagnosing the urine:
when it is hot, then when it is lukewarm,
and finally when it is completely cooled off. There are three times for diagnosing the urine:
when it is hot, then when it is lukewarm, and finally when it is
completely cooled off. There are nine types of diagnosis that are broken down into
three groups relative to the three times. First, when the urine is
hot, one checks the color, the vapor, the odor, and the type of
bubbles or froth. When it is lukewarm, one checks the cloud
like albumin and the oily chyle that rises to the top. When the urine is cooled off completely, one checks the time
of the variation of the color, then how it changes, and finally
postponed analysis. When patients are not able to come
themselves, their urine is sent, in Tibet by yak,
in India by other means. It is rather old by the time it arrives,
and so the doctor checks anything, but with a different type of
diagnosis, because the urine the older. This is called "postponed analysis". We return to the first of the nine, the color,
which is investigated when the urine is still quite hot. The urine of a person with a wind ailment ailment is like water
from a mountain spring, light blue in color and transparent. A bile disorder will manifest in the urine as a more yellow,
perhaps even an orangish, color. If the urine is very pale, or
whitish, this indicates a phlegm disorder. Question: Is there a difference between the blueness of the
urine or wind disorder and the paleness of a phlegm disorder? Answer: The urine of a person with a phlegm disorder is a bit
milky as if someone took milk and dropped it into the urine;
you cannot see through it. For the wind disorder it is very
clear, like mountain spring water. 61 If the urine is red, it indicates a blood disorder. If


 room. You can often make
the room hum with your voice. Then try to get the same effect
in a larger room. Of course, listening to this vibration of your
voice is not entirely necessary; but often the vibration will
cause the other Vortexes in the body to speed up, especially
the one in the sex center and the two in the head. I might
add that in old women, the voice also becomes shrill and should
be toned down. Of course, a woman's voice naturally is higher
than a man’s. If she should get it down as low as a man’s it
would not be beneficial at all to her. It would speed up the
Two Vortexes—the one in the throat and its companion, so as
to cause her to act, look, think, and talk mannishly. By the
same token, a mannish woman could wonderfully improve her-
self by raising her voice to the level of a normal woman's. “T have known of men with high voices who partook of so
much alcoholic beverages that they developed ‘whiskey’ voices
—low and growling. To their amazement they began to be-
come virile again. Usually they attributed their good fortune
to intemperance or to a certain brand of whiskey, but neither
intemperance nor whiskey did anything for them directly. —30—What happened was that the vocal cords were irritated and
therefore inflamed and swollen. This lowered the voice and
raised the speed of the Vortex in the throat, which in turn,
raised the vibrations of the Vortex in the masculine center
below, and brought about the renewed masculine vitality. “Now,” said the Colonel, after pausing a moment, “I want
to speak on one more subject, which could be entitled ‘Putting
off the old man.’ Lowering the voice and speeding up the
Vortexes certainly has a lot to do in eliminating the ‘old man’
within us, but there are other things which help to make us
much younger even though they do not directly affect the
Vortexes. If it were possible suddenly to take a man out of a
decrepit old body and place him in a brand-new youthful one
about 25 years of age, I am confident that the old man he had
allowed himself to become would cause him to remain old in
most of his ways. It is true that he would perk up a bit
around the ladies, outside of that I think he would remain old. “Getting old, of course, is brought about first by a lack or a
complete absence of manly virility. But that is not the only
cause. The world is full of old men around 60 who get a certain
dubious pleasure out of acting old. This is all wrong. Regard-
less of whether a man has full vitality at the present time or
not he should do everything possible to eliminate the ‘old man’
that has crept within him. He must be dislodged and rooted
out. Therefore, gentlemen, from now on get rid of the ‘old
man’ within you. How to do it? It is very simple. Don't do
the things old people do. With your new and ever-increasing
vitality this should be easy. “The first thing to do is to straighten up. Stand like a man
should. When you first started this class some of you were so
bent over that you looked like question marks; but as vigor
returned and spirits became better you began to straighten up. That was fine; but don’t stop now. Straighten right on up,
start throwing your chest out, pull the stomach and the chin
in, and right away you have eliminated 20 years from your
appearance and 40 years from your mind. “Then eliminate ‘old man’ mannerisms. When you walk,
know first where you are going; then start out and go there. Don’t dog-trot or run, and don’t shuffle along, but pick up your
feet and stride. Keep one eye on where you are going and the
other one on everything you pass. “At the Himalayan Lamasery there was a man, a European,
whom you would have sworn was not over 35 years of age, and
—31—who acted like a man of 25 in every respect. This man was
over a hundred, and if I told you how much over a hundred
you would not believe me. “Now about your weight. If you are underweight you can
throw off the years by increasing your weight. If you are
overweight, which is a splendid sign of old age and senility,
you can throw off more years by reducing the weight to nor-
mal. Get rid of the enlarged abdomens, too, and you will look
10 years younger immediately. “Here is something else which should interest all of you. Only two years ago I was as bald as the baldest man here. When vitality started coming back, one of the Lamas told me
to massage my scalp good with a piece of butter twice a week. The butter up there was fresh, not a bit of salt in it. I took
his advice and massaged my scalp with butter until it soon
loosened up. I did this about one hour after a meal. The food
elements in the blood were brought to the scalp by the circula-
tion of the blood. The scalp was so thoroughly massaged that
the blood vessels were dilated; the hair roots picked up the
necessary nutrition and the hair grew, as you can plainly see. “Even though you may not care to become mystics at this
time, you can throw many years off your mind, your attitude,
and feelings. So start at once. Any effort you put forth will be
rewarded, I can assure you. I have given you nothing but
simple Rites and practices because the simple things will bring
you health, youth, virility, and success when nothing else will. “It has been a most thrilling thing to see you men change
and improve from day to day,” concluded the Colonel, “but now
you know all there is need for you to know for the present. When you are ready for more information, the teacher will ap-
pear. There are others who need this information much more
than you gentlemen did and I must be on my way to them.”
Of course, we were sorry to see our friend the Colonel
depart. But we were glad and thankful for the priceless infor-
mation he had given us. The thought that the Colonel was soon
to help other men like ourselves find “The Fountain of Youth,”
“The Philosopher's Stone,” “The Elixir of Life,” thrilled us. Truly, I thought to myself, THE EYE OF REVELATION is
upon the world. —32—<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

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 and become an astute observer of what’ s taking place; then ask
yourself how, without interferin g, you can create an environme nt that will
help everyone act responsibly. The Tao advises making yourself as invisible as possible if you truly wish
to be an effective leader. Thus, perhaps your best strategy would be to
actually leave the room and allow everyone else to act without feeling that
they need to impress you. Maybe you should offer a slight suggestion and
then an immediate departure. A knowing smile or gesture that conveys to
the group that you trust in its ability to figure things out might work best. Possibly what’ s needed is for you tell a quick story of how others have
resolved similar  issues. Or you could simply meditate and send positive
conflict-resolving ener gy to all the individuals present. Whatever your decision, you’ll be well aware of the need to create an
environment where everyone will be able to say, “We fixed it ourselves
without the need for any interference from anyone—we really don’t need a
supervisor.” This approach, of course, involves suspending your desire to be
seen as a strong authority figure.Truly inspiring leaders get results by their own example: They encourage
others to be responsible and do the right thing, but not by proclaiming and
bragging about their unimpeachable management. They create space for
others to be inspired and to achieve their own greatness. When the time
comes for recei ving accolades,  they dissolve in the backgrou nd, wanting
everyone else to feel that their accomplishments arose from their own
leadership qualities. The supreme Taoist leader always leaves people to
choose and pursue their own way of life, their own conception of the good. The view of a self-styled authoritarian is not the way enlightened leaders
see them selves; rather, they raise the energy of an environment through a
viewpoint that elevates lower inclinations. In this verse, the Tao offers three other ways of choosing to be a leader. One option is to make a difference in the lives of others, resolving conflicts
through love. By being an instrument of love and making an effort to praise
others, this leader stays in harmony  with the Tao. Those who are praised are
inclined to become self-loving and act in a cooperative rather than
competitive fashion. The drawb ack is that using the approval and affection
of a leader for motivation means turning control of one’s life over to that
leader. But if you see that the choice is between love or fear, the Tao always
sees love as superior. The ineffectiven ess of fear as a leadership style is obvious: If I can get
you to do as I desire by using that weapon, then you’ll only behave in these
ways as long as I have the power to threaten you. When I leave, my
influence over you departs as well. Studies have measured the effectiveness
of teachers who were conside red strict disciplinarians. Students in this
setting were well behaved when the 17th Verse feared individua l was in the
room, yet when he or she departed, the classroom turned chaotic. The opposite was true of instructors who viewed educati on as an
opportunity to praise and encourage students: Their presence or absence
from the room had almost no noticeable impact. This is a great thing to
keep in mind if you’re a mother or father. That is, do you want your
children to behave only when you’re around, or do you want them to have
the self-discipline to conduct themselves wisely whether you’re there or
not? I’ve alway s believed that parents are not for leaning upon, but rather
exist to make leaning unnecessary.The least effective means for managing others is to use tactic s that will
encourage them  to despise you, for the moment they leave your sight,
they’ll defy all that you say and stand for. Dictators almost alwa ys find this
out the hard way, when the people they’ve abused rise up to threaten them
in the same intolerable fashion in which they’ve been treated. Children who
despise a parent similarly tend to emulate the hateful tactics to which they
were subjected, or they detach themselves completely from that dictatorial
adult and spend years attempting to heal the scars from the terrible
treatment. The enlightened leader trusts those whom he or she is in a position to
govern. This view results in trust, as he or she who has faith in the people
will be trusted by them in turn. Consequently, they’ll be able to say, “We
did it ourselves.” So raise your children to be self-suf ficient, to make their
own decisions as soon as they’re  able, and to feel pride in the decisions they
do make. See yourself as an enlightened leader, and show the world a new
type of leadership. Children who grow up with such a view will be the next
generation of great leaders that Lao-tzu describes. Here’ s what I believe the esteemed master Lao-tzu is of fering you today:
Instead of believing that you know what’ s best for others, trust that
they know what’ s best for themselves. Allow other people to share their thoughts about the path they see for
themselves. Let your position be known, but also convey that you trust
them to make the right choice. Then step back and peacefully believe that
the way you look at this situati on will change. Offer praise when those in
your charge are making their own decisions, even when their behavior may
conflict with yours. Trust yourself to give the best response by not seeing
yourself as knowing what’ s right. Remember this phrase from the Tao Te
Ching: “When a leader trusts no one, no one trusts him.” The surest way to
gain the faith of those you gove rn or supervise is to allow them to make as
many decisions as possible. Take pride in r efusing to take cr edit for the achievements of others. If you look at others’ accomplishments as a reason for you to be rewarded,
promoted, or complimented, change your viewpoint. Let praise go to those
who are the beneficiaries of your leadership.Speak less frequently and suspend your self-interest—instead, allow
everyone in your care to speak for themselves. Change how you see their
performance from being a credit to your skill to the thrill they exhibit over
their accomplishment. Y ou’ll cease wanting credit, and alternatively feel the
happiness and pride that they’re experiencing. This is how Hafiz described it in his 14th-century poetry:
Even
After
All this time
The sun never says to the earth,
“You owe
Me.”

Look
What happens
With a love like that,
It lights the
Whole
Sky. Love those you’re entrusted to lead, just as the sun loves our planet. Simply be there to serve, never demanding anything in return. Do the T ao Now
Choose some situations with your children (or anyone you’ve been
designated to supervise) to become an active observer. Nod, smile, frown,
or gesture without saying a thing, where you previously would have readily
interfered. Notice how your active observing impacts those you’ve been
assigned to lead. OceanofPDF.com18th Verse
When the gr eatness of the T ao is pr esent,
action arises fr om one’ s own heart. When the gr eatness of the T ao is absent,
action comes fr om the rules
of “kindness and justice.”

If you need rules to be kind and just,
if you act virtuous,
this is a sur e sign that virtue is absent. Thus we see the gr eat hypocrisy. When kinship falls into discor d,
piety and rites of devotion arise. When the country falls into chaos,
official loyalists will appear;
patriotism is born. OceanofPDF.comLiving
Without Rules
Picture yourself in a world where rules and laws don’t exist, where
everyone lives peacefully and harmoniously. There’ s no anarchy, thievery,
hatred, or war; people simply live, work, love, and play without needing to
be gover ned. Can you imagine a planet where the need for codes of conduct
and edicts to govern the populace are simply unnecessary? This is the sort
of idealistic mental  meandering that led Lao-tzu to create this 18th verse of
the Tao Te Ching, in which he’s clearly stating that you don’t need rules to
be kind and just. I’m sugg esting that when you change the way you look at the underlying
reason for regula tion, the organizations controlling society, politics,  and the
criminal-justice system will eventually change. (Need I add “for the
better”?) When you alter your viewpoint to a Tao-oriented one, you cease to
see your domin ant reason for being and doing as being dicta ted by your
nation, city, school, religion, or even your condominium association! Laws
or rules are seen by many as solely responsible for effectiv e kindness,
justice, and love—but you can choose to live from your heart, viewing
these virtues as individual responsibilities that you adhere to without a
statute or convention telling you to. This is what I mean by living without
rules: You can choose to see yourself in harmony with the regulations and
laws of your business, government, family, and religion rather than because
of them. I promise you that when you adjust rule-based thinking to a heart-
based attitude, your life will change! In the Tao orient ation, unlimited  joy, kindness, abundance, and well-being
flow through all;


,”	he	said. “When	you	trust	that	your
soul	is	helping	you	to	make	your	wishes	come	true,	half	the	work	is	done.”
“I	don’t	know,”	I	said	doubtfully. But	of	course	Baba	loved	a	challenge. “Stop	and	turn,	with	your	back	to	me,”
he	said. “Now	fall	backward. Don’t	worry,	I’ll	catch	you.”
He	saw	me	hesitate. “Go	ahead,”	he	urged. I	took	a	deep	breath	and	let	myself	fall	backward. Baba	caught	me	and	said,
“Do	that	again.”	I	did,	and	again	he	caught	me. “It	got	easier	the	second	time,
didn’t	it?”“Yes,”	I	said. “And	if	we	did	it	ten	more	times,	you’d	trust	me	completely?”	he	asked. “I	think	so,”	I	said. “I	could	still	be	a	little	nervous	that	you	might	trick	me	or
get	tired	and	miss.”
“Well,	all	your	soul	wants	is	the	same	chance	you	gave	me,”	said	Baba. “Doubt	if	you	like,	but	when	you	can,	trust	your	soul	to	help	you	get
something	you	really	want. Once	you	get	used	to	trusting,	do	it	over	and	over. Eventually	you	will	have	no	doubt	at	all.”
“But	there’s	always	a	bit	of	doubt,”	I	pointed	out. “Really?”	said	Baba. “We	were	talking. Do	you	ever	have	the	slightest	doubt
you’ll	get	air?”
“No.”
“That’s	because	breathing	is	part	of	you,”	he	said. “So	is	your	soul. When	you
trust	spirit,	you	are	just	trusting	yourself. Give	it	a	try. In	time	you	will	see
that	there	is	no	more	need	for	doubt.”
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HAT
	I	L
EARNED
Why	should	you	trust	your	soul? That’s	a	big	question,	because	most	people
don’t. They	may	pray	for	something	they	really	want,	and	when	the	prayer
isn’t	answered,	they	put	their	trust	somewhere	else. But	Baba	taught	me	that	I
could	ask	my	soul	for	things	and	trust	that	it	would	provide. He	gave	me	some
small	steps	as	a	start:
Think	of	the	color	red. Can	you	see	it? You	had	no	trouble	getting	your	mind
to	see	red,	did	you? It	was	automatic. Likewise,	you	will	trust	your	soul	more
if	you	realize	that	it	is	automatic—you	don’t	have	to	force	it	to	listen	to	you. Imagine	that	you	take	a	bird	out	of	its	cage	and	throw	it	into	the	air. Can	you
trust	it	to	fly	back	to	you? Would	it	make	a	difference	if	the	bird	was	a
homing	pigeon? Of	course	it	would,	because	a	homing	pigeon	has	been
trained	to	return. Likewise,	you	will	trust	your	soul	more	as	you	train	yourself
to	return	to	it	again	and	again.If	a	bear	goes	into	a	cave	to	hibernate,	can	you	trust	that	it	will	come	out	next
spring? Yes,	because	nature
	has	arranged	that	the	bear	obeys	the	timing	of	the
seasons. Likewise,	you	will	trust	your	soul	more	when	you	learn	that	there	is
a	right	time	for	everything	it	does. If	your	mother	puts	dinner	on	the	table	and	tells	you	to	make	sure	the	dog
doesn’t	get	it,	what	should	you	do? You	could	sit	in	the	kitchen	and	watch	the
food	all	day. Or	you	could	put	it	away	on	a	shelf	so	that	the	dog	can’t	reach	it. Likewise,	if	you	ask	your	soul	for	something,	you	don’t	have	to	watch	out
every	minute	to	see	what	it	does. You	can	put	your	wish	away	in	a	safe	place
and	trust. Imagine	that	some	prisoners	are	in	jail	and	the	door	is	left	open. Can	you	trust
them	to	stay	inside? No,	because	they	naturally	want	to	be	free. Likewise,
your	soul	wants	you	to	be	free,	and	if	any	opportunity	arises	to	give	you	more
freedom,	you	can	trust	your	soul	to	take	it. Trust	in	the	soul	doesn’t	develop	all	at	once. One	wish	isn’t	a	good	test,	or
even	two	or	three. Baba	taught	me	that	I	had	to	trust	my	soul	a	little	more
every	day. Keep	asking	it	to	take	you	to	that	high	place	where	visions	become
reality. Your	soul	is	already	there,	and	it	will	take	you	to	the	peak	if	you	trust
it	to.A	Tale	of	Ups	and	Downs
W
hen	I’m	with	you,	I	feel	as	if	anything	is	possible,”	I	said. “I	think	my
future	will	be	exciting,	and	that	wasn’t	true	before. I’m	different.”	Baba	and	I
had	retreated	to	a	patch	of	woods	near	the	village. We	stayed	out	of	sight
while	the	kids	came	back	from	lunch. “But	you	may	have	a	downfall	sometime—everyone	does,”	said	Baba. “Then
you’ll	go	back	to	how	you	were. It’s	human	nature.”
“I’d	try	to	be	better	than	that,”	I	said. “Would	you?”
Smiling,	he	handed	me	the	last	of	the	chapati,	flatbread	wrapped	around	curry,
just	like	the	first	day. “Handling	ups	and	downs	is	hard	for	everyone. Make
yourself	comfortable	and	try	not	to	doze	while	I	tell	you	a	little	story.”
Eating	lunch	hadn’t	made	Baba	the	least	bit	sleepy,	so	while	I	curled	up	under
the	tree,	he	told	me	a	tale	of	ups	and	downs:
Once	there	was	a	man	who	loved	two	things	above
	everything	else	in	the
world. One	was	his	son	and	the	other	was	a	pony. One	morning,	however,	the
man	awoke	to	find	that	the	pony	had	run	away. A	search	party	was	mounted,
but	the	pony	was	nowhere	to	be	found. “You	must	feel	terrible,”	a	neighbor	said	when	he	heard	the	news. But	the	man	looked	calm. “It’s	not	over,”	he	murmured. The	next	day	the	man	woke	up,	and	not	only	had	the	pony	returned,	but	with
him	came	a	magnificent	white	stallion. When	he	heard	the	news,	his	neighbor
said,	“You	must	be	overjoyed. You	have	your	pony	and	a	new	horse	that’s
twice	as	beautiful.”
But	the	man	looked	calm	and	said,	“It	isn’t	over.”
The	next	day	when	his	son	was	out	riding	the	white	stallion,	he	fell	off	and
broke	his	leg. As	the	boy	was	carried	into	the	house	moaning	with	pain	theneighbor	said,	“What	a	terrible	accident. How	much	you	must	be	suffering	to
see	your	poor	son	hurt.”
But	the	man	looked	calm	and	said,	“It’s	not	over.”
The	next	day	the	army	came. They	were	taking	away	every	able-bodied
young	man	to	go	to	war,	but	when	they	saw	that	the	man’s	son	was	laid	up
with	a	broken	leg,	the	soldiers	went	away	and	left	him	behind. The	neighbor
rushed	over	and	said,	“How	fortunate	you	are. Every	young	man	has	to	go	to
war	except	your	son.”
But	the	man	only	shrugged. “It’s	never	over,”	he	said. Baba	looked	at	me	when	he	f


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8DMSO in Basic
Neuroprotection
BRAIN TRAUMA OVERVIEW
The search for safe and effective agents that can reverse, arrest, or minimize the
 consequences of traumatic brain injury has become a major research priority
throughout the world due to the rising epidemic of brain trauma resulting from falls,
motor vehicle accidents, sports injuries, physical assaults, and military and civilian gunshot wounds. The leading causes of traumatic brain injury in the general population are
falls (35.2%), motor vehicle crashes (17.3%), blunt impact (i.e., being struck by or against a moving or stationary object) (16.5%), and assaults (10%). 1 These numbers
do not include U.S. military personnel sustaining war-related injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan in the past decade. There were a total 253,330 traumatic brain injuries sustained by military personnel between 2000 and 2012; 194,561 were described as mild, 42,063 were moderate, and 6,476 were severe or penetrating wounds. 2
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimated that at least 2.4 million emer -
gency department visits, hospitalizations, or deaths were related to traumatic brain injury in 2012. 3 Of these brain trauma cases, 52,000 deaths are recorded annually in
the United States.4 Approximately 75% of these brain injuries are mild concussions
and do not require hospitalization or aggressive treatment. Children and older adults are more likely to sustain a traumatic brain injury, usu -
ally from a fall, and it is one of the leading causes of death and disability for this segment of the population. 5 The direct and indirect economic costs of brain injury in
the United States in 2010 were estimated at $76.5 billion annually.6
Moreover, about 3.2 million persons in the United States are living with life-long
neurologic deficits from the consequences of head injuries.7
A workshop on head injuries, sponsored by the National Institute of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), was held in May 2000 gathering some of the leading experts in the field of traumatic brain injury. 8 The group concluded that severe, closed
head injury was a life-threatening injury that required immediate medical help and the need for the development of more effective drugs for the treatment of this trauma. It was also the consensus that none of previously tested treatments had been shown to significantly modify the outcome of severe, closed head injury. Additionally, the work -
shop members estimated that of the 50,000 patients hospitalized in the United States annually with severe, closed head injuries, 17,500 (33%) died irrespective of any treat -
ment given even when the best head injury centers were considered. 8 This was a call to
action to urgently find more effective and safe interventions that could reduce the high fatality and permanent disabling deficits following moderate-to-severe head injuries.134 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
There was also a stark warning by the workshop members that current therapies
exhibit side effects that are potentially harmful to the patient and that can compro -
mise the outcome of trauma to the brain.8
Management of such head injuries presently relies on controlling high intracra -
nial pressure (ICP) from progressive edema buildup, increasing a low cerebral perfu -
sion, and correcting pulmonary distress. Unfortunately, no single agent is capable of
addressing these consequences after a head injury and multiple therapy is generally required to control each problem separately. The drugs given to treat and manage the head injury complications in the past
have been osmotic agents such as urea, glycerol, and mannitol; for control of ICP, steroids, which was given for many years until it was found to be contraindicated for head injuries due to inefficacy and increased mortality; and furosemide, a powerful diuretic also later abandoned as a treatment to lower brain pressure and swelling. If the head-injured patient survived, phenobarbital was given for the first 3 weeks after admission,
9 a protocol that has been modified in favor of outcome. Presently, barbitu -
rate coma is used temporarily, until the patient regains consciousness after which the barbiturate dose is reduced and withdrawn. The basis for using induced barbiturate coma is to reduce cerebral blood flow and metabolic demand in a patient who has sustained severe trauma to the brain. However, controversy has risen as to the benefits of barbiturate coma since it does
not appear to prevent brain damage, possibly because the reduction of high ICP is not sustained. 10
A Cochrane analysis of randomized controlled trials of using barbiturate therapy
and barbiturate coma showed no evidence that barbiturate therapy improved out -
come in patients with acute severe head injury.11 This analysis concluded that barbi -
turate therapy results in a fall in blood pressure in 25% of patients treated and this drug’s promotion of a hypotensive response will impair lowering ICP and improving cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP). 11 When trying to monitor the level of conscious -
ness in patients with head injury, barbiturates are impractical because they interfere with this clinical exam. Although initially effective in the control of elevated ICP, the main problems
with the hypertonic diuretics (urea, mannitol, and furosemide) were their side effects when used repeatedly and also their tendency to rebound after multiple doses and create higher ICP than that on admission. 12,13
Hypothermia was suggested as a treatment for head injury. Although hypother -
mia can reduce ICP, the analysis of high-quality studies using therapeutic hypother -
mia showed an association with cerebrovascular disturbances, including a lowering of cerebral perfusion and an increase in morbidity on rewarming and possibly a risk of pneumonia in adult patients. 14
It was said that although these drugs saved a few from head injury death, they
could not be correlated with the recovery outcome.9 Osmotic agents such as magne -
sium sulfate to lower ICP have had a time-honored place in neurosurgical practice
and with the introduction, by Javid15 in 1958, of intravenous urea to treat brain swell -
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 version of your Self. If you  want
to feel bad, feel bad. But judge not, and neither condemn, for
you know not why a thing occurs, nor to
what end. And remember you this: that which you
condemn will condemn you, and that which
you judge, you will one day become. Rather, seek to change those things —or
support  others who are changing those
things —which no longer reflect your
highest sense of Who You Are. Yet, bless all —for all is the creation of God,
through life living, and that is the highest
creation. Could we just stop here for a moment and
let me catch my breath? Did I hear you say
there  are no “shoulds” or “should nots” in
God’s world? That is correct. How can that be? If there are none in Your
world, where would they be? Indeed —where...? I repeat the question. Where else would
“shoulds” and “should nots” appear, if not in
Your world? In your imagination. But those who have taught me all about the
rights and wrongs, the dos and don’ts, the
shoulds and shouldn’ts, told me all those
rules were laid down by You —by God. Then those who taught you were wron g. I
have never set down a “right” or “wrong,”  a
“do” or a “don’t.” To do so would be to strip
you completely of your greatest gift —the
opportunity to do as you please, and
experience the results of that; the chance
to create yourself anew in the image and
likeness of Who You Really Are; the space
to produce a reality of a higher and higher you, based on your grandest idea of what  it
is of which you are capable. To say that something —a thought, a word,
an action —is “wrong” would be as much  as
to tell you no t to do it. To tell you not to do
it would be to prohibit you. To prohibit  you
would be to restrict you. To restrict you
would be to deny the reality of Who You
Really Are, as well as the opportunity for
you to create and experience that truth. There are t hose who say that I have given
you free will, yet these same people claim
that if you do not obey Me, I will send you
to hell. What kind of free will is that? Does
this not make a mockery of God —to say
nothing of any sort of true relationship
between us? Well, now we’re getting into another area I
wanted to discuss, and that’s this whole
business  about heaven and hell. From
what I’m gathering here, there is no such
thing as hell. There is hell, but it is not what you think,
and you do not experience it for the
reasons you have been given. What is hell? It is the experience of the worst possible
outcome of your choices, decisions, and
creations. It is the natural consequence of
any thought which denies Me, or says no  to
Who You Are in relationship to Me. It is the pain you suffer through wrong
thinking. Yet even the term “wrong thinking”
is a misnomer, because there is no such
thing as that which is wrong. Hell is the opposite of joy. It is unfulfillment. It is knowing Who and What You Are,  and
failing to experience that. It is being less. That is hell, and there is none greater  for
your soul. But hell does not exist as this place you
have fantasized, where you burn in some
everlasting fire, or exist in some state of
everlasting torment. What purpose could I
have in that? Even if I did hold the extraordinarily
unGodly thought that you did not “deserve”
heaven, why would I have a need to seek
some kind of revenge, or punishment, for
your failing? Wouldn’t it be a simple matter
for Me to just dispose of you? W hat
vengeful part of Me would require that I
subject you to eternal suffering of a type
and at a level beyond description? If you answer, the need for justice, would
not a simple denial of communion with Me
in heaven serve the ends of justice? Is the
unend ing infliction of pain also required? I tell you there is no such experience after
death as you have constructed in your  fear-
based theologies. Yet there is an
experience of the soul so unhappy, so
incomplete, so less than whole, so
separated from God’s gr eatest joy, that to
your soul this would be hell. But I tell you I
do not send you there, nor do I cause this
experience to be visited upon you. You,
yourself, create the experience, whenever
and however you separate your Self from
your own highest thought  about you. You,
yourself, create the experience, whenever
you deny your Self; whenever you reject
Who and What You Really Are. Yet even this experience is never eternal. It
cannot be, for it is not My plan that you  shall
be separated from Me forever and e ver. Indeed, such a thing is an impossibility —for
to achieve such an event, not only would
you have to deny Who You Are —I would
have to as well. This I will never do. And so
long as one of us holds the truth  about you,
the truth about you shall ultimately prevail. But if there is no hell, does that mean I can
do what I want, act as I wish, commit any
act, without fear of retribution? Is it fear that you need in order to be, do,
and have what is intrinsically right? Must
you be threatened in order to “be goo d”? And what is “being good”? Who gets to
have the final say about that? Who sets the
guidelines? Who makes the rules? I tell you this: You are your own rule -maker. You set the guidelines. And you decide  how
well you have done; how well you are
doing. For you are the one who has
decided Who and What You Really Are —
and Who You Want to Be. And you are  the
only one who can assess how well you’re
doing. No one else will judge you ever, for why,
and how, could God judge God’s own
creation and call it bad? If I w anted you to
be and do everything perfectly, I would
have left you in the state of total perfection
whence you came. The whole point of  the
process was for you to discover yourself,
create your Self, as you truly are —and as
you truly wish to be. Yet you co uld not be
that unless you also had a choice to be
something else. Should I therefore punish you for making a
choice that I Myself haw laid before you? If
I did not want you to make the second
choice, why would I create other than the
first? This is a ques tion you must ask yourself
before you would assign Me the role of a
condemning God. The direct answer to your question is, yes,
you may do as you wish without fear of
retribution. It may serve you, however, to
be aware of consequences. Consequences are results. Natural
outcomes. These are not at all the same as
retributions, or punishments. Outcomes
are simply that. They are what results from
the natural application of natural laws. They are that which occurs, quite predictably,  as
a con sequence of what has occurred. All physical life functions in accordance
with natural laws. Once you remember
these  laws, and apply them, you have
mastered life at the physical level. What seems like punishment to you —or
what you would call evil, or bad lu ck—is
nothing more than a natural law asserting
itself. Then if I were to know these laws, and obey
them, I would never have a moment’s
trouble  again. Is that what you’re telling
me? You would never experience your Self as
being in what you call “trouble.” You would
not understand any life situation to be a
problem. You would not encounter any  circumstance with trepidation. You would
put an end to all worry, doubt, and fear. You
would live as you fantasize Adam and Eve
lived—not as disembodied spi rits in  the
realm of the absolute, but as embodied
spirits in the realm of the relative. Yet  you
would have all the freedom, all the joy, all
the peace, and all the wisdom,
understanding and power of the Spirit you
are. You would be a fully realized being. This is the goal of your soul. This is its
purpose —to fully realize itself while in the
body; to become the embodiment of all that
it really is. This is My plan for you. This  is
My ideal: that I should become realized
through you. That thus, concept is tu rned
into experience, that I might know my Self
experientially. The Laws of the Universe are laws that I
laid down. They are perfect laws, creating
perfect function of the physical. Have you ever seen anything more perfect
than a snowflake? Its intricacy, its design,
its


 and enlarged
bladder. Cats fed upon a combination of two-thirds pasteurized milk and one-third raw meat presented much of the same
deterioration as the other animals. Reproductive efficiency was lowered; skeletal structures were severely impaired; dental
irregularity and gingivitis were common, and all kittens showed some form of deficiency in development. Cats fed
evaporated milk were damaged even more, and sweetened condensed milk produced the most marked deficiencies of all. Even the raw metabolized vitamin D milk (from cattle fed irradiated yeast) proved harmful. The males showed osseous
disturbances following its use, and the adult males died within 10 months, with the young males failing to live beyond even
the second month. In some instances cats which had been fed either cooked meat or one of the forms of heated or vitamin D milk would be
placed upon a completely raw diet, which would be continued in subsequent generations. Improvement in resistance to
disease was noticed in the first and second generations in the "regenerating" animals, though there were still allergic
manifestations and reproduction was erratic. In the third generation there was considerable further improvement, and by the
fourth generation some of the animals returned to completely normal skeletal and tissue form. From these experiments as well as all others which have been reported, results of feeding raw and cooked foods under
laboratory conditions become readily apparent. It follows that, almost without exception, experimental animals thrive well
upon an exclusive diet of raw foods. With general uniformity they immediately suffer from various forms of deterioration —
physical, sexual, and mental — when given various forms of cooked foods. It has indeed been shown that members of
certain animal species fail to reach maturity and reproduce if sufficient cooked foods are included in their diet. The degree
of damage may vary to some degree with different animals, but in no instance have large quantities of heat-processed
foods been consumed over a long period of time without some harm being observed. The contrast is clearly observed in all
copyright © Dr. Stanley S. Bass   (718) 648-1500    www.drbass.com 9cases, and the many different animals used in the experiments show that the results do not apply to only certain kinds of
experimental animals, but may be accepted as a general principle in all such nutritional work. The following article which I wrote many years ago, and was published in “Dr. Shelton’s Hygienic Review”
entitled  “What to Expect When You Improve Your Diet” will give you a preview of what most probably will be in
store for you, and the reasons why, as you begin your journey to a new and more beautiful life. This is the slightly longer original version of the article available from my website www.drbass.com. WHAT SYMPTOMS TO EXPECT WHEN YOU IMPROVE YOUR DIET(original version)
by Stanley S. Bass
If I were asked “which is the area of greatest misunderstanding and confusion in the field of nutrition? ”, I would immediately
be forced to reply, “It is the failure to properly understand and interpret the symptoms and changes which follow the
beginning of a better nutritional program.”
What is meant by a better nutritional program? It is the introduction of foods of higher quality in place of lower quality ones. For example - if a person replaces a protein rich food such a pork with beef, the beef may be considered the superior of the
two - due to its easier digestibility, lower and less saturated fat content, etc. Similarly chicken is superior to beef, and fish is
superior to chicken because of its more rapid digestibility and lower saturated fat content. Lima beans, lentils or chick peas,
which are eaten at the same meal with vegetables, are superior in all the nutrients needed to rebuild health than those
already mentioned. As we go higher on the scale of quality, we begin to include protein rich food which may be eaten in the unfired (raw) state,
such as cheese which is made from raw milk and unsalted. Then we ascend to the nuts and seeds which are eaten in the natural state (raw and unsalted). To summarize - the closer the food comes to the natural state in which it occurs, or the closer we come to its raw, unfired
(raw) form, the higher the quality is. In this condition, all the enzymes are found intact. The amino acids are in their finest form. The minerals, vitamins, trace
elements, carbohydrates and life force are present. This life force, in turn, is capable of reproducing tissue which is full of
life and longer lasting in structure. This same classification of quality which we analyzed in relation to protein rich foods applies to the carbohydrates (the
starches and sugar-rich foods), the fats and the mineral-rich foods (vegetables), etc. The quality of a nutritional program is dramatically improved by OMITTING toxic substances such, as coffee, tea, chocolate,
tobacco, salt, pepper, etc. What is the relation of quality of foods to recovery from illness? It is this in a nutshell - the HIGHER the quality of food we eat, the QUICKER we recover from disease - provided we are
able to properly  digest and assimilate the quality-level
To this must be added the knowledge of
A) proper food-combining
B) proper order of eating the different kinds of food at a meal (e.g. the most easily digested food should be eaten first, the
more complex one second, and the most concentrated item last)
C) the correct quantity of food to be consumed (of each type) in the meal
D) the correct time for eating (when hungry, and not by the clock)
WHEN DIET IMPROVES THE BODY CASTS OUT ACCUMULATED TOXINS AND UNFIT TISSUES
Now - what happens when a person follows these rules and makes a decided improvement in the quality of food
consumed? Remarkable things begin to happen to the body (as well as the mind). The amazing intelligence present in every cell of the
body and the wisdom of the body in its operation, immediately becomes manifest. The rule may be stated thusly: When the quality of the food coming into the body is of higher quality than the tissues which
the body is made of, the body begins to discard the lower grade materials and tissues, to make room for the superior
materials which it uses to make new and healthier tissue. This is the plan of Nature - of evolution. The body is very selective and always  aims for improvement - for better health. The
body always  tries to produce health and always  will, unless our interference is too great. Only then do we fail to recover and
degenerate further into disease. copyright © Dr. Stanley S. Bass   (718) 648-1500    www.drbass.com 10The remedial nature of many conditions such as colds, fevers, cuts, swellings, injuries, etc., furnish endless examples of
how the body tends towards health - always  - unless we do something to stop the process. “WITHDRAWAL” SYMPTOMS FOLLOW USE OF IMPROVED DIET
What are the symptoms or signs which become evident when we first begin to omit the lower grade foods and instead
introduce superior foods - those which are most alive, more natural than we are accustomed to? When the use of toxic stimulant such as coffee, tea or cocoa is suddenly stopped, headaches are common and a let-down
occurs. This is due to the discard by the body of the toxins called caffeine and theobromine  which are removed from the
tissues and transported through the blood stream to the eliminating organs. When the blood circulates through the brain
during its many bodily rounds before the noxious agents reach their final destination for elimination, these irritants register
in our consciousness as pain - in other words, headache. The let-down is due to the slower action of the heart - the resting
phase which follows the stimulation or more rapid heart action forced upon the body by certain poisons called stimulants. The more rapid heart beat (or pulse) produces a feeling of exhilaration and the slower action produces a depressed state of
mind. Usually within three days, the symptoms vanish and we feel stronger due to the recuperation which follows. To a lesser extent the same process occurs when we abandon lower quality foods and replace them with better foods. Lower quality foods have undergone more preparation. Spices, salt and other ingredients have been added, as they tend to
be more "stimulating" than less prepared and more natural foods. Animal foods such as meat, fowl, fish etc. are more
stimulating than cheese, nuts and vegetable proteins. Consequently the withdrawal of stimulation which follows the abandonment of animal food produces a slower heart action -
a resting phase - which registers in the mind as relaxation or a decrease of energy. This initial letdown lasts about ten days
or slightly longer, and is followed by an increase of strength, a feeling of diminishing stress and greater well-being. DON’T JUDGE RESULTS PREMATURELY
Now let us return to the symptoms which occur in the process of regeneration. The person who starts a better diet, stays on it for three days to a week and then quits will say, "Oh, I felt better on the old
diet - the new one makes me feel weak." He failed because he didn't give his body a chance to adjust and complete its first
phase of action - recuperation. If he had waited a while longer, he would have begun to feel better than before he started. During the initial stage (lasting about ten days on the average to several weeks in others), the vital energies which are
usually in the periphery or external part of the body such as the muscles and skin, begin to move to the vital internal organs
and start reconstruction. This


 the Gerson program is
grasped, the patient is reassured and willing to proceed as an equal partner and ally of the doctor
or counselor
Help Comes from the Body
One of the most striking results of the Gerson program is the immediate improvement in
the new patient’s general condition. Pain diminishes, appetite begins to return, sleep improves
within the first few days on the program. This in itself boosts the mood of the patient, who over
the preceding months, if not years, had only experienced deterioration in his or her condition
and a fading of hope. Now the opposite has begun to happen, and it immediately changes the
atmosphere. (Visitors to a Gerson clinic are astonished by its relaxed atmosphere and the patients’
good mood—mealtimes are usually loud with laughter—as opposed to the heavy, sad air of the
average cancer hospital). Needless to say, this changed mood and the accompanying sense of
relief also begin to have a helpful effect on the immune system. However, the healing journey has only just begun, while the need for psychological support
is far from over. The patient is faced with a total change of lifestyle, diet, and daily routine for a
minimum of two years (less in the case of non-malignant conditions). Inevitably it takes a lot of
determination and discipline to stick to the schedule. Equally inevitably after a while boredom
and monotony take their toll: the patient feels restricted and deprived of most social pleasures,
and at times gets sufficiently fed up to want to quit the therapy. When that happens, it is best not
to contradict the patient’s grumbles but, on the contrary, agree that the process is demanding,
restricting and monotonous—and then point out the good results so far, ask tactless questions
such as, “Would you rather have chemotherapy?” or “All right, you quit—and then what?” and
wait for the answer. Above all, remember: this, too, will pass. Boredom can be relieved by providing relevant reading material, tapes and DVDs. Once
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www.thegersonway.comindividuals have got a taste of natural medicine, they are keen to find out more about it. Networking
with other Gerson patients or choosing a fresh hobby or study that can be fitted in between juices,
enemas and meals also works well. Interim goal-setting is another good way to break up the monotony: what would the patient
want to achieve in one week, one month and three months? The goals have to be realistic and
modest, and celebrated when they are achieved. The ones that did not work out can be re-phrased
or postponed, but not written off as failures. Problems on the Path
Food can be a tricky issue for some. Many people take to Gerson food at once and enjoy it. Others do not. When they express their dislike vigorously, or even refuse to eat certain essential
foods, they are driven by their deep emotional attachment to certain kinds of food, however
unhealthy. Normally these are the foods their mother gave them in childhood, when food equaled
love, even if it was low-grade junk. Now, at a fraught time even though these people accept the
rightness of the Gerson diet, on a deep non-rational level they reject it. The answer is to remind
the patient that the food on offer is—literally—medicine, that the diet is not for ever, and that
accepting it now is an essential investment in the future. I have found it helpful to make a contract
with the patient, who undertook to stick to the diet meticulously for two weeks and explore its
varied flavors. As a rule quick improvement followed and extending the contract was easy. Firmness is needed when patients wish to bend the dietary rules by committing small lapses
or having occasional “treats.” The only answer is no, for what exactly is small, and how often
does an occasional exception occur? Once the rules are broken, the safe boundaries of the therapy
are damaged; the consequences can be serious. Even so, the rules must be enforced with tact and
affection, otherwise we as carers or therapists end up in the role of the over-strict parent, with
“Thou shalt not” written all over us. Then there is the problem of flare-ups or healing reactions, which can be extremely unpleasant
yet must be welcomed, since they mean that the body is responding to the treatment. The practical
measures for dealing with flare-ups are fully set out elsewhere in this book (see Chapter 16 ). By
way of psychological support the likely symptoms of flare-ups must be explained in advance, so
that the patient doesn’t panic when they set in. Here, too, our calm, reassuring presence is the
best we can offer, especially when physical symptoms are accompanied by behavioral changes. The body can’t detoxify without causing psychological detoxification as well. Toxins passing
through the central nervous system cause strange reactions and out-of-character behavior—anger,
irritability, violent mood swings, aggression and unfair accusations. The patient’s usual civilized
behavior is swept aside by drives and emotions that have been repressed probably since childhood. The adult self is temporarily pushed aside by a raging inner child, until it takes over again amid
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www.thegersonway.comprofuse apologies. (A client of mine called such incidents “the Gerson Rage,” and as she could
sense when a flare-up was in the offing, she told the family that whatever she would do or say in
the next few hours or days, she still loved them dearly.) This, too, has to be prepared for and not taken personally. It is part of the process. In whatever
capacity we work with the patient, we remain calm, caring, and unchanged, waiting for the inner
upheaval to pass. By the time the patient has been restored in body and mind and it comes to the winding down
of the Gerson therapy, the final task is to ensure that the process runs smoothly. Some patients
who used to ask, “Is there life after Gerson?” are now reluctant to let go of the routine. They need
a slow, patient “weaning.” Besides, there is the maintenance routine (see Chapter 23 ), which
they should stick with for the rest of their lives, to safeguard their restored health (At the time of
writing I’ve been happily doing that for 24 years and have no intention of stopping.) There are others who have to be discouraged from rushing back into the disastrous eating
habits that had contributed so much to their disease. As a rule any such temptation is short-lived. Their detoxified, cleared, optimally nourished organisms shrink away from the so-called normal
food they had been dreaming about during the therapy—food heavy with fat, painfully salty and
harsh with synthetic flavors. If their brains don’t object to junk food, their taste buds will. In my experience, after recovery there is no way back into the pre-disease state. Living with
the holistic Gerson Therapy changes you, not only in your lifestyle and eating habits, but also in
your set of values, priorities and general outlook. You have been reborn without the need to die
first, and you may spontaneously decide to help others on the same path, by way of repaying a
debt to life. References:
1) Gerson, M. A Cancer Therapy: Results of 50 Cases. 6th edition. Bonita, Calif. The Gerson
Institute, 1999. 2) Pert, C. Molecules of Emotion. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1997. 3) Illich, I. Medical Nemesis. 1976. 4) LeShan, L. Cancer as a Turning Point. Plume, 1994. 5) Simonton, C., Matthews-Simonton, S., Creighton, J. Getting Well Again. Bantam, 1992. 6) Greer, S.  Mind-body research in psycho-oncology. Advances  15(4), 1999. 7) Spiegel, D. Effect of psychosocial treatment on survival of patients with metastasized
breast cancer. The Lancet, October 14 1989; 888-891. 8) Siegel, B. Love, Medicine & Miracles. Harper Perennial, 1998. Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 173Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comCHAPTER 25
Overcoming Stress and Tension
In the chapter on the psychological support needed by Gerson patients (see Chapter 24 ) it was
explained how the mind and the body interact every moment of our lives; in other words, how
our moods, emotions and general outlook have a measurable and direct impact on our physical
processes and above all on the immune system, that all-important tool of the healing journey. A
hopeful, trusting, determined state of mind strengthens immune competence; fear, despair, anger


 life any negative ener gy that
has accumulated, which will also help to open yourself up. Returning to
what we  learned earlier in the book, cultivating the witness doesn’ t only
mean that you watch yourself;  it’ s a process of detaching yourself from
your problems and understandin g that you are not whatever troubles you. Y ou get  to a po int where you can understand that nothing in your life is
going or  has ever gone wrong; everything is and always has be en the way
it’ s supposed to be. When yo u allow  the higher part of yourself to focus on what’ s right with
the world instead of what’ s wrong, you become more productive. Releasing
negativity from your life, and n ot allowing the ego or your sel f-absorption
to ge t in  the way, helps you fee l more powerful, in control, and  at peace. I
know re capitulation changed m y entire outlook, and I had much more
ener gy after experiencing that. — Y ou disc over what your deep, driving desir e is. Pers onally, it se ems
that the reason I showed up on this planet has something to do with
teaching self-reliance. I haven’ t been able to escape it at any time in my life. When I was a l ittle boy living in the orphanage and various f oster homes
and the  new children would come in, the folks in char ge would ask,
“Where’ s W ayne. ” Some littl e girl would be crying, and they’d say,
“W ayne, why don’ t you come t alk to her. ” I’d take my new fr iend by the
hand and say, “It’ s a great place, and you’re going to have such a good time. There ar e no parents here or anyone telling you what to do all t he time. It’ s
fantastic. ” This was when I was six or seven years of age, and I’ve been
doing it ever since. When I was in high school, I wrote essays and even novels ab out these
kinds of issues o f self-reliance. When I was in the military, I gave courses
on e pistemology and self-direc tedness on my own time. I’d get 30 guys
coming to my “classes,” and we’d discuss these kinds of things. I alsohelped people who were havin g to deal with the system there, all the
bureaucracy and  regimented rules. Then I got out and went to college, and
when I started teaching, I would have after -school seminars about the
subjects that we’ve talked about in this book. I’ve been living t his stuf f for
as long as I can remember. This deeper, more purposeful part  of my life
seems to be what I showed up on earth for. When you get tuned in to what your purpose is and that beco mes your
primary motivat or, you have an overriding spiritual objective. Y ou know
that all the petty things you en counter on a daily basis are simply minor
distractions from your deep desire. Y ou don’ t need anyone’ s approval, nor
will you feel the need to dominate others. As you tame your eg o and leave
behind y our self-importance, yo u become focused on what you’re here for. Y our en er gy is placed only o n that, nothing more, and anything that
anybody else says that’ s in opposition to that will be seen as just where they
are on the path. Y ou won’ t disagree or feel annoyed with them; as a matter
of fact, you won’ t even notice it because your ener gy will be concentrated
solely on what you’re here for. — Y ou won’t ever be lonely. The  ego  promo tes loneliness because the
more alo ne you feel, the more you try to fill the void with external pursuits. When you don’ t feel any void within you, it’ s easy to love whom you’re
alone with, which is your higher self. Loneliness is impossible for you. Y ou also  know that we’re all one and we’re all connected. There’ s a
Divine ener gy that flows throug h all of us, so there’ s no possib ility of ever
experiencing alienation. Y ou n ow have the ability to love much more
powerfully, wh ich reduces the possibility of your living with broken
relationships. Y o u live according to your higher self, which prom otes peace,
fulfillment, integrity, and joy. The very ener gy that you are, the force that
holds every cell together, the glue that holds the universe together, is
something that we call love. Th is glue is who you are. Once you discover
and experience that, then you see only through the eyes of love and
acceptance. The ego  wants you to live with fear, which is the opposite of love. It
ur ges yo u to feel that you’re incomplete or there’ s something wrong with
you, which comes from that fear. But you know that you don’ t have to make
anyone wrong, and you don’ t h ave to make yourself right, because you’renot s eparate from them. Y ou see  the fullness of God in them, an d you allow
and love that Divine part of them. I r emem ber my  friend Deepak Chopra once telling me a story about a
famous Indian saint who was being escorted into some very fancy place. Right as he was about to step on to the red carpet that had been prepared for
him, a beggar appeared. One of the people who was with the  saint said,
“Get out of the way. Can’ t you s ee that we have a master coming through. ”
The beggar looked up and asked, “Who is it that you’re asking to get out of
his way. Is it this body, or is it the god that is within me. ” And the saint
bent over, kissed the man, and s aid, “Y ou don’ t have to move aside; we are
both one. ”
That kind of awareness becomes something you consistently practice, for
it’ s a  wa y to take your relationships and imbue them with harm ony. Since
you know that we’re all connected, there is an absence of discord. — Y ou become a mor e powerful human being. Y ou are more powerful
than you’ve ever even considered before, but not in the sense that most
people t hink of  it. As Gandhi once said, “Strength does not come from
physical capacit y. It comes from  an indomitable will. ” Y ou will create that
strength of your indomitable will, which really means that you ’re going to
stop associating  who you are with your form. Many peop le identify
themselves with who they are based upon their bodies; they say that if their
bodies are not working the way they think they should, then that’ s an
excuse to become impatient, less loving and caring, and so on. If your power comes from your physical prowess, then when your
physical prowess leaves, that means you’re no longer a powerful human
being. Of course you know that your power doesn’ t come from that; it
won’ t dissipate when your form  dissipates. Y ou know not to  give in to
every sin gle plea sure or selfish desire that comes along; you only ever treat
your body in a healthy way. Y ou have changed the identification of yourself
away from your embodiment to your higher self, and you are free. — Y ou discover the ultimate security. It’ s as if someone once told you
that tree s were glued to the ground, and you believed it. Then an expert
came al ong and told you that was false; there are roots under trees. The
expert helped you dig a bit ben eath the soil, and sure enough you saw the
truth. This whole process of finding security is like discovering that you have
roots be neath th e surface too. Y o u have unearthed parts of yours elf that you
never kn ew wer e there, and you  enjoy a security that you never experienced
before when you identified so closely with your form. — Y ou kno w that any pr oblem y ou have is to be solved in the mind. That’ s a  very powerful insight, and it’ s a freeing one as well. When you
have a struggle or conflict, when you are provoked or contradicted and it
manifests itself physically, you know it’ s really a problem to b e solved in
thought. Y ou know that what your body is reacting to is nothing more than
how you  are choosing to process something. Recognizing that it’ s your own
reaction causing  you stress, anxiety, tension, fear, and pain is  liberating. Y ou understand: No one else ha s to change in or der for my pain or
struggles to go away. My ego te lls me that others have to change in or der
for m e to feel successful, happy, fulfilled, or whatever, but I know it comes
down to how I pr ocess everything. So d o yo u process it through the lower identity of your ego and your self-
absorption, which allows you to be of fended because other peop le aren’ t the
way you  are. Or do you do


 with no onelooking, can be counted on to make a " squaremeal " on these " appetizers " alone before thesoup is announced. Mention of the " Roast," the " Entrées," the
 " Légumes," the " Dessert," and a bewildering
variety of cheeses to be followed by fruit, nutsand raisins, with several different wines,cordials, coffee, and cigars or cigarettes on theside. Even mention of them is likely to causepsychic indigestion. If one goes to a restaurant with a quarto, gilt-
top appetite, and scans one of the monster,modern, mixed menus for a suggestion of whathe shall order, he will, undoubtedly, see five orsix items that will appeal to his imagination as " just the thing " ; and if the cost is no specialreason for restraint, he will put down on his
order list twice or three times as much as hecan possibly eat in order to be as many kinds ofa fam dool as he can be at the moment. This is not an unreasonable or fantastic
illustration of the menace of a multiple menuand a colossal appetite in convenientconjunction. It is said that an amorous lover hasneither conscience nor discretion. This maysometimes be the case ; but it is always a surebetting proposition that an opulent, ravenously-hungry person will measure off with his eagereyes much more than his tummy can possiblyhold. Then follows the inclination of the average
human being to " get his money's worth," even ifhe " must die for it." This is not alone a humancharacteristic exaggerated in sumptuously-civilized communities, but it is an animal traitas well. If a racehorse is turned out in a field ofclover that stands as high as his neck, he willvery likely eat himself to death. Likewise, if alittle child, with the animal characteristicsuppermost, is given a bag of sweets, he will besure to want to put himself securely outside ofthe whole bag-full in the shortest time possible,
so that he will make certain that no one willtake it away from him
. GLUTTONY  AND AVOIRDUPOIS. The menace of the munificent menu also
leads to the uncomfortable acquisition ofsurplus avoirdupois. On some persons it hasquite the opposite effect, however. The writerremembers that it was a tradition in his collegethat the thinnest man of a class was always thebiggest glutton. Each year, a prize of acombination knife, fork, and spoon, was given tothe grossest eater of the junior class. Within mymemory the recipient was always a very thinand cadaverous fellow. As a matter of fact, the hardest work done by
the body is performed within the body. It is thework of digestion, general metabolism, and theconstant and never-ceasing pumping of theblood through hundreds of miles of veins andarteries. If this work is measured in terms ofheat units thrown off (calories) the internalactivity of the body is as two to three parts ofthe whole heat energy released into thesurrounding air.It is quite possible to increase this heat
expense by 20 to 50 per cent. by merelyoverloading the stomach a little, and crowdingthe mechanism of metabolism to its utmost.Sometimes the crowding is carried so far thatthe organism cannot stand it; somethingbursts ; and, there you are—dead. CONTENTMENT. The supremest felicity is not wanting
anything. If one cannot think of a single thingin the wide, wide world, not even oblivion, thatthey would have in addition to what they areenjoying at the moment, their cup ofcontentment is full. In regard to eating, to have Fletcherized a
few morsels of the finest food that anyone'smother ever made, until there is no desire formore, and yet the contentment is of that calmsort that indicates that there is no overloadingof the stomach, is gastronomic Heaven, and itcarries with it a blanket of general contentmentthat covers the universe. On the other hand, to have eaten unwisely,
as the result of animal voracity, over-estimate ofcapacity, and greed of getting outside of all that
must be paid for, or, in slavish deference toaggressive hospitality, is Hell from the finish ofthe meal until the finish of the " spell ofsickness " that may follow the gorge. It werealmost impossible to sink into the depths ofsuch gluttony on any one, two or three of thebest dishes possible to imagine; only a modernmultiple mixed menu is liable to bring thisdegradation, and hence the menace of it. Suppose, again, you are framing up a
business deal, and have a customer " on thestring." The best way to get at his heart andpocket-book is through the sociabilityaccompanying a sumptuous meal. You seek a Princess' Restaurant, a Ritz-
Carlton or a Waldorf, and make a spread of yourEpicurean generosity, your bank account, andyour business web or net. If you insist on fillingyour guests full of everything, you must set theexample. Results: Similar in all cases. Science is not even secure against the
temptation of the monumental menu. Thewriter has known the citadel of scientificconservatism to be captured by five-dollar still-wine and fifty-cent. cigars, as accompaniments
of six-course dinner-dreams. This, too, in theinterest of an Epicurean Economy that put all ofthe academic teachings in the back-number list,and favored fifty-cent. banquets with nary acigar to top off the feast. FLETCHERISM  AND POLITICAL  ECONOMY. It may be argued that the waste attendant on
sumptuous living is the most prolific means ofkeeping money in circulation : of putting breadinto the mouths of the servant class: and thatSpartan simplicity would throw the world backtwo thousand years in the civilized progress ithas made. That might be true of some forms of
sumptuousness, but not as to the wanton wasteof food through the temptations of magnificentmenus. Food is the realest of all forms ofwealth. Scarce ever a grain of wheat or kernelof corn is wasted. The story of the Englishmanwho visited Kansas, and from there took hometo London a colossal joke at the expense of cornand Kansas, illustrates the permanence andindestructibility of food wealth.Riding through the State, with a native
Kansan, an English globe-trotter wondered atthe endless fields of yellow " maize." He called itmaize, but the Kansan called it " corn." " What in the world do you do with all this
maize? " said the mobilized Cockney. " Oh, thatis easy," replied the native: " We eat what wecan and we can what we can't." In due season this strange answer was
interpreted to the visitor and he determined tocan the joke for serving up at his club inLondon. Arriving in England, the joker made
deliberate preparations to open his can ofKansas corn to the best effect. He invited a setof chappies to dine with him and the pièce de
résistance was Kansas canned corn. Having engineered the matter to the right
point of curiosity, the host told the story of hisvisit to Kansas and finally exploded his finale in
this wise : " Do you know, these Americans outin the West are a jolly lot. They have a dry sortof wit, too. I was travelling in company with oneof them through the State of Kansas, which isthe great maize State of the country. They don'tcall it maize, however, they call it corn, and
what we call corn they call wheat. Well, I wasamazed at the miles and miles of maize—no punintended and no apology needed—and asked mycompanion whatever in the world they did withit all. And what do you think he said : He said,' We eat what we can and the rest we put up intins!'"
It took the perpetrator of the joke another
week to find out why no one laughed, andspoiled everything by still waiting for the pointafter the real explosion took place : and nointernational incident is recorded in the historyof that day. Yes, the really most vital wealth is stored in
the food treasuries. Profusion of it carries downthe prices and this raises wages by comparison.There is always a spot-cash market for food atsome price, which is not the case with manyother forms of property. But the waste of the food material itself is
insignificant compared to the waste of energythat must take place to get rid of it, the momentit is swallowed and beyond personal respons-ibility. The transportation of a car-load of wheatby rail from Saskatchewan to the Atlantic
seaboard by rail and across the ocean bysteamer is small as compared with the expenseof getting a mouthful of bolted bread through,an alimentary canal that is congested withindigestion.CHAPTER XIV
THE CRUX OF FLETCHERISM
The Value of Occasional Fasting—The Power of Freedom from
Indigestion—Muscles have Memories. ALMOST  everybody eats with sufficient care
most of the time ; otherwise, all would be on thesick-list all the time and the death-rate would
be increased enormously. Whatever sickness, depression, weakness and
other illnesses there are now are the result ofoccasional carelessness only. The remedy for lapses from carefulness is
knowledge of what the natural requirementsare, and training the muscles and functionsemployed in nutrition


or
overnight. For
women,
washing
and
spraying
the
genitals
with
fresh
urine
will
be
an
excellent
additional
procedure. After
completing
the
six-month
course,
you
will
be
completely
different
people. If
you
are
sick,
you
must
go
through
cleansing
and
healing
crises
to
finally
gain
health
like
you
have
never
known
before. I
will
give
an
example
of
a
specific
dialogue
with
a
patient:
-
"When
did
you
start
urine
therapy. "-
"Two
summers
ago
and
I've
been
practicing
it
every
day
since
then. " -
"What
made
you
do
that. " -
“Helplessness,
absolute
helplessness,
with
a
whole
range
of
diseases
and
lack
of
medical
care. So
those
diseases:
arachnoencephalitis,
chronic
pancreatitis,
chronic
cholecystitis,
duodenal
ulcer,
chronic
gastritis,
rheumatoid
arthritis. It's
hard
to
say
which
organ
didn't
hurt. I
had
a
terrible
allergy. My
whole
body
itched,
an
allergy
caused
by
an
overdose
of
medication
with
no
hope
of
relief. They
wanted
to
send
me
to
a
madhouse. '' -
"What
exactly
did
you
do
with
urine
therapy. " -
"I
started
drinking
urine
immediately,
as
much
as
I
could,
an
odd
number
of
sips
or
rather
gulps,
from
7
to
15,
so
I
drank
300
grams
at
once. I
drank
only
in
the
morning,
lubricated
several
times
a
day,
depending
on
how
I
had
time,
in
the
morning,
at
noon
and
in
the
evening. However,
I
stopped
in
the
evening,
I
was
very
upset. I
also
started
doing
enemas
right
away. For
the
past
year
I
have
only
been
drinking
evaporated
urine. I
changed
my
eating
habits
and
came
to
the
conclusion
that
urine
became
a
real
medicine
for
me. I
like
it,
it
smells
good,
it
doesn't
cause
any
problems. When
I
cook
it
at
home,
no
one
knows
anything. However,
I
have
a
hood
above
the
stove.'-
"What
are
your
successes
in
healing
the
organism. " -
"I
am
52
years
old
and
I
have
practically
returned
to
the
health
of
a
thirty-year -old
woman. I
run,
jump,
ski,
swim
in
ice
water
and
in
freezing
temperatures. We
enjoy
life. In
the
plexus
solario
area
I
feel
a
fire
that
warms
me. Mainly,
I
got
my
lost
health
back. ”
-
"What
changes
do
you
observe
in
the
spiritual
realm. " -
"In
a
year
I
came
out
of
the
darkness,
I
started
to
understand
the
meaning
of
life. I
converted
to
faith,
I
was
baptized,
I
feel
cosmic
vibrations,
I
have
a
feeling
of
connection
with
the
universe,
which
fills
me
completely. I
try
to
help
people,
that's
what
I
see
as
my
purpose
in
life
now. " -
"What
would
you
like
to
add. " -
"First
of
all,
people
have
to
believe. Clearly. Without
faith,
the
whole
system
cannot
function. ”
-
"What
difficulties
did
you
have
when
taking
urine. " -
“Difficulties,
all
my
illnesses
that
I
had
since
childhood
were
incredibly
difficult
to
get
rid
of. During
the
kidney
treatment,
my
lips
turned
black
and
I
lay
as
if
dead. Pus
was
pouring
from
my
eyes. I
couldn't
open
them
in
the
morning,
they
were
stuck. But
everything
passed
within
a
week. For
example,
my
kidneys
hurt
for
three
days. I
had
high
blood
pressure,
my
bones
and
skin
were
angry,
there
was
no
organ
that
didn't
hurt. And
everything
took
place
in
a
very
sharp
form. Sometimes
I
couldn't
even
get
out
of
bed. But
faith
helped
me
overcome
everything. People
with
great
difficulties,
expecting
a
quick
turnaround
of
recovery,
must
strongly
believe,
not
be
afraid,
not
look
back. If
you
have
decided,
it
is
necessary
to
go
directly,
drink
urine,
rub
it
into
your
skin,
make
enemas
with
it,
all
in
one
complex. Drinking
urine
is
necessary
to
heal
the
stomach
and
intestines. Today,
a
person
is
poisoned
as
many
times
as
he
takes
food
and
medicine.'-
"How
do
you
use
urine
now. " -
"I
drink
evaporated
urine
every
morning,
I
do
mini-enemas
as
needed. When
I
eat
fresh
food
and
few
starches
in
the
summer,
I
hardly
need
enemas. In
the
cold
season,
when
boiled
food
and
porridge
predominate,
I
do
enemas
daily. Life
without
enemas
with
boiled
water
I
can't
imagine
using
urine
anymore,
because
they
give
me
a
charge
of
energy
and
bliss
all
over
the. Otherwise,
I
don't
have
any
problems
with
defecation. " Also,
the
practice
of
ancient
yogis
emphasizes
washing
the
large
intestine
with
an
enema
with
the
help
of
various
infusions
in
order
to
achieve
maximum
purity
and
energy. Theintestine
itself
then
works
in
a
coordinated
manner
and
without
disturbances. It
is
necessary
to
start
urinotherapy
gradually
and
consistently
in
this
way. It
is
better
to
continue
with
evaporated
urine,
it
is
more
effective. Other
variants
can
create
strong
backlashes
that
create
a
negative
experience
and
relationship
with
urine. At
what
age
can
you
start
using
urine
and
who
does
it
help
the
most. Urinotherapy
is
a
treatment
for
j
any
age. There
is
no
need
to
immediately
decide
that
you
will
drink
urine. Urine
works
best
on
the
human
organism
through
the
skin. The
infant
still
urinates
and
washes
his
body
with
urine. Proceed
in
the
same
way,
applying
poultices
and
smearing
your
body
with
urine. If
the
child
falls
behind
in
his
development,
immediately
start
urinotherapy,
massage
him
with
urine,
give
him
to
drink
his
own
urine,
boiled
with
honey,
but
only
once
a
day,
in
the
morning
50
-
100
grams. It
will
be
interesting,
let


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unquestioned tuberculous larynx cases have occurred in mouth-breathers would be no
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