asser oles. Ther e ar e mor e than
a few variations for this spice bl end, but most use the five basic spices I list
her e. Some r ecipes use fagar a instead of pepper corns and some add
car damom, ginger or licorice to the basic five. Y ou can dry-r oast the whole
spices b efor e co mbining them or simply crush with a mortar and pestle, or
with a r olling p in. Once the spices ar e crushed and combined, stor e in a
dark glass container in a cool spot.MAKES 1/2 CUP (125 mL)
2 tbsp (25 mL) fennel seeds
2 tbsp (25 mL) crushed star anise
1 tbsp (15 mL) crushed cinnamon
1 tbsp (15 mL) whole cloves
1 tbsp (15 mL) whole black pepper corns

1. I n a bowl, combine fennel seeds, star anise, cinnamon, cloves and
peppercorns. T ransfer to a dark glass jar; cover, label and store in a cool
spot. C u c u m b e r s
COLUMBUS INTRODUCED THE CUCUMBER (CUCUMIS
SA TIVUS)  to North America in 1494 on the island of Haiti. As waves of
Europeans came  to the New W orld—first the Spanish, French and English
—they brought their own seeds and grew them in settlement gardens. Strictly speaking, cucumbers are the fruit of the plant, although we think of
them as vegetables. Good Pr eserving V arieties
There are many varieties of cucumbers, including the lar ge, smooth
greenhouse-grown English cucumber—not for preserving, but a great table
cucumber thanks to its delicate flavour and tender, seedless fles h. For fresh
summer salads, I like the Engli sh cucumber because it fits the  tube of my
food processor and can be sliced into very thin rounds. There are many varieties of cuc umbers: small pickling varieties; Japanese
cucumbers, whi ch may be roun d or pointed, with soft spines; and seedless
types. These are just a few of the many excellent picklin g varieties:
Ballerina, Boston Pickling, Pioneer, Miss Pickler Hybrid, County Fair
Hybrid, Bush Pickle Hybrid  and Eur eka Hybrid. Pur chasing/Storing
1 lb (50 0 g) pickling cucumbers yields 3-1/2 cups (875 mL)
crosswise slices. Y ou wil l need 1 lb (500 g) for e ach quart (1 L) jar of sliced
cucumber, more for spears or lengthwise slices.Fresh pickling cucumbers should not be waxed, but if they are, they must be
peeled s ince wa shing will not r emove the wax. Look for fresh,  firm, well-
shaped cucumbers that are not too lar ge or overmature. Cucumbers are
usually bright green, with white tips. Good W ith
Herbs such as dill, basil, bay, thyme, chervil. Spices s uch as cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, cumin,
coriander, mustard, cardamom. Sour cream; all flavours of vinegar. Other vegetables, such as fennel, peppers, celery, radish,
leeks, daikon, zucchini. Pr eparation
Scrub in cool water to which a drop of food-safe soap has b een added. Rinse and pat dry. b r e a d  a n d  b u t t e r  p i c k l e s
Some pickle r ecipes take seven days; others ar e quick and just need to be
r efrigerated after a quick boil. This r ecipe can be completed in a day, but
start in the morning or at least by early afternoon, and do n’ t skip the
soaking stage. These ar e sweet pickles meant to accompany sandwiches,
light meals and lunches. I always look forwar d to seeing them on picnic
tables, at barbecues and on paper plates all summer. In winter, they bring
back memories of all those alfr esco meals.This recipe is a good example of how having the right tools to do the job can really save time and
ef fort. In the photo above, I used a continuous slicer attachment on the KitchenAid stand mixer to
quickly dispatch 12 cups (3 L) of cucumber slices. I love garlic but never add it to my br ead and butter pickles, pr eferring the
sweetness on its own, with just a hint of the ginger and fennel. If you like
garlic, you can add 4 or mor e cloves, thinly sliced, in step 1. The br own
sugar gives a dark tinge to the brine; if you want a lighter, clea r brine, use
granulated sugar in its place. MAKES 10 CUPS (2.5 L)
3–1/2 lb (1.75 kg) pickling cucumbers, sliced
(1/4 inch/5 mm), about 12 cups (3 L)
4 onions, thinly sliced
1/2 cup (125 mL) pickling salt
3 cups (750 mL) white vinegar
1 tbsp (15 mL) grated fr esh gingerr oot
1 tsp (5 mL) fennel seeds
1 cup (250 mL) granulated sugar
1 cup (250 mL) lightly packed br own sugar

1. Ina non-reactive bowl or crock, combine cucumbers, onions and salt. Mix
well, co ver with cold water and let stand at room temperature for 2 hours.Drain in  a colander over a sink. Rinse with cold running wate r and drain
well. 2. Heat five 1-pint (2-cup/500 mL) jars in boiling water, and scald the lids,
lifter, funnel and tongs ( Boiling W ater Method, Step by Step ). 3. In a Maslin pan or canning kettle, combine vinegar, ginger and fennel
seeds. Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Add granulated and
brown sugars, stirring to dissolve before adding the next cup. Stir in
cucumbers and onions and return to a boil. Boil for 1 minute and remove
from heat. 4. P ack hot jar s with cucumber and onions, leaving a 1/2-inch (1 cm)
headspace. Ladl e hot pickling liquid over vegetables, leaving a 1/2-inch (1
cm) hea dspace. Run a thin non- metallic utensil around the inside of the jar
to allow air to escape. Add more hot brine, if necessary, to leave a 1/2-inch
(1 cm) headspace. W ipe rims, top with flat lids and screw on metal rings. Return jars to th e hot water ba th, topping up with hot water if necessary. Bring to  a full r olling boil and process jars for 10 minutes ( Boiling W ater
Method, Step by Step ). 5. Remo ve cann er lid and wait 5 minutes before removing jars t o a towel or
rack to cool com pletely. Check seals, label and store in a cool place for up
to 1 year.c l a s s i c  d i l l  s p e a r s
Just about the t ime that cucumbers ar e perfect for pickling, a long comes
dill bloo ming an d looming tall in the gar den. The first gar dener or cook
who loo ked out over the plot and thought to marry the cool, c risp, mildly
clear ta ste of “cukes” with that of the warm, pungent, slightly sharp old
Norse herb and its hint of caraway must have been a culinary genius. Note: Th ese amounts fill four 1-pint (2-cup/500 mL) jars. If you wish to fill
four 1-q uart (1 L) jars, you cannot simply double the amounts. For four 1-
quart (1 L) jars, increase the amounts by roughly 2-1/4 times the measures
below, and use lar ge cucumbers, cut into eighths. MAKES 8 CUPS (2 L)
3 lb (1.5 kg) small to medium cucumbers (see note above)
1 head fr esh dill
2 cups (500 mL) white vinegar 1 cup (250 mL) cider vinegar
3 cups (750 mL) water2/3 cup (150 mL) granulated sugar
1/3 cup (75 mL) pickling salt
2 tbsp (25 mL) Classic Pickling Spice Blend  (stor e-bought), tied in a
cheesecloth bag 4 cloves garlic 8 allspice berries

1. W ash and drain cucumbers  following directions. Cut one end of f each
cucumber so that it is 1 inch (2.5 cm) shorter than the jars, and q uarter each
lengthwise, so that you have 4 spears from each length of  cucumber. Reserve cut-of f cucumber ends  for Bread an d Butte r Pickles  o r for Asian
Lime Pickles. 2. Snip the


 which you don’t even subscribe, and yet you are unable
to break away and decide for yourself what works and doesn’t work
for you. Nothing is absolute. There are no rules or laws which always make
sense or provide the greatest amount of good for all occasions. Flexibility is a far greater virtue, and yet you may find it difficult,
indeed impossible, to break an unserviceable law or violate absurd
tradition. Fitting into your society or enculturation may be useful
for getting along at times, but carried to an extreme, it can become
a neurosis, particularly when unhappiness, depression and anxiety
are the consequences of your meeting the shoulds. 138Nowhere is it being implied or in any way suggested that you
become contemptuous of the law, or break rules simply because you
see fit to do so. Laws are necessary, and order is an important part
of civilized society. But blind adherence to convention is something
else entirely, something, in fact, which may be far more destructive
to the individual than violation of the rules. Often rules are foolish,
and traditions no longer make any sense. When this is the case, and
you are unable to function effectively because you must follow
senseless rules, that is the time to reconsider the rules and your be-
havior. As Abraham Lincoln once put it, “I never had a policy that I could
always apply. I’ve simply attempted to do what made the greatest
amount of sense at the moment.” He was not a slave to a single
policy that had to apply in every single case, even if the policy was
written with such an intention. A should is unhealthy only when it gets in the way of healthy and
effective behavior. If you find yourself doing annoying or otherwise
counterproductive things which are the result of a should, you have
renounced your freedom of choice and are allowing yourself to be
controlled by some external force. A closer examination of this in-
ternal versus external control of yourself will be helpful before con-
tinuing to look at these erroneous musts which may clutter your
life. Internal vs. External Locus of Control
It has been estimated that a full seventy-five percent of the people
in our culture are more external than internal in their personality
orientation. This means that the chances are that you fit into this
category more often than you don’t. What does it mean to be “ex-
ternal” in your locus of control? Essentially, you are external if you
assign responsibility for your emotional state in your present mo-
ments to someone or something external to yourself. Thus, if you
were to be asked the question, “Why doBREAKING THE BARRIER OF CONVENTION  / 139you feel bad?” and you responded with answers like…“My parents
mistreat me,” “She hurt my feelings,” “My friends don’t like me,”
“My luck is down,” or “Things just aren’t going well,” you would
be in this external category. Conversely, if you were asked why you
are so happy, and you responded; “My friends treat me well,” “My
luck has changed,” “Nobody is bugging me,” or “She came through
for me,” you are still in the external frame, assigning responsibility
for how you feel to someone or something outside of you. The internal locus of control person puts the responsibility for
how he feels squarely on his own shoulders, and this person is in-
deed rare in our culture. When asked the same questions, he re-
sponds with internally oriented answers such as: “I tell myself the
wrong things,” “I put too much emphasis on what others say,” “I
worry about what someone else thinks,” “I’m not strong enough
now to avoid being unhappy,” and “I don’t have the skills to keep
me from being miserable.” Similarly, when the internally-put-togeth-
er person is up, he responds with “I” references such as, “I worked
hard at being happy,” “I made things work for me,” “I’m telling
myself the right things,” “I’m in charge of me, and this is where I
choose to be.” Thus, you have one-fourth of the people taking re-
sponsibility for their own feelings, and three-fourths bestowing
blame on external sources. Where do you fit in? Virtually all shoulds
and traditions are imposed by external sources. That is, they come
from someone or something outside of yourself. If you are loaded
with shoulds and unable to break conventions which are prescribed
by others, then you are in the external bag. An excellent example of this externally directed kind of thinking
is a client who came to me recently. We’ll call her Barbara. Her major
grievance was an obesity problem, but she had a host of minor
complaints as well. When we started to discuss her weight problem,
she said that she had always been overweight because she had a
metabolism problem and also because her mother had forced food
on her as a child. Her pattern of140 / Your Erroneous Zonesovereating continued now, she said, because her husband had neg-
lected her and her children were inconsiderate of her. She had tried
everything, she lamented—Weight Watchers, pills, a variety of diet
doctors, even astrology. Therapy was to be her last resort. If I couldn’t
make her lose weight, she said, no one could. As Barbara told her story—and viewed her own dilemma—it was
no wonder she couldn’t lose those unwanted pounds. Everything
and everybody was conspiring against her—her mother, her hus-
band, her children, even her own body and the stars. Weight
Watchers and diet doctors might be able to help less afflicted souls
but in Barbara’s case the odds against her were too great. Barbara was a classic example of external thinking. It was her
mother, her husband, her children and some uncontrollable part of
her own body that made her fat. It had nothing to do with her own
choices to eat, or overeat, certain foods at certain times. Moreover,
her attempts to alleviate her situation were as externally directed as
her perceptions of the problem itself. Instead of recognizing that she
had chosen to overeat in the past and she would have to learn to
make new choices if she wanted to lose weight, Barbara turned to
other people and things—society’s accepted conventions for weight
loss. When all her friends went to Weight Watchers, Barbara went. Each time a friend discovered a new diet doctor, Barbara was close
on her heels for help. After several weeks of counseling, Barbara began to recognize
that her unhappiness and her complaints were the result of her own
choices, not the actions of others. It began with an admission that
she simply ate too much, often more than she really wanted, and
did not exercise enough. Her first decision was to change her eating
habits through sheer self-discipline. She could and would manipulate
her own mind. Next time she felt hungry she resolved to reward
herself with thoughts of her own internal strength rather than a
cookie. Instead of blaming her husband and children for treating
her badly and driving her to food, sheBREAKING THE BARRIER OF CONVENTION  / 141began to see that she had been playing the martyr for years, virtually
begging them to exploit her. Once Barbara began demanding to be
treated well, she found that her family was only too ready to treat
her that way, and instead of seeking solace in food she found fulfill-
ment in relationships based on mutual respect and love. Barbara even decided to spend less time with her mother who she
had come to see as running her life and ruining it with overdoses
of food. Once Barbara came to recognize that her mother did not
control her and that she could see her when she chose to, not when
her mother said she should, and similarly that she didn’t have to
eat that piece of chocolate cake just because her mother said she
should, Barbara began to enjoy rather than resent the time they spent
together. Finally Barbara realized that therapy had nothing to do with
anything outside herself. I couldn’t change her. She had to change
herself. It took time, but gradually, with effort, Barbara replaced her
external shoulds with internal standards of her own. She is now not
only thinner, but happier as well. She knows that it isn’t her husband
or her children, her mother or the stars that are making her happy. She knows it is herself, for now she controls her own mind. Fatalists, determinists and people who believe in luck are in the
external slot. If you believe that your life is mapped out for you in
advance, and you need only follow the appropriate roads, then you
are very likely loaded with all of the shoulds that will keep you on
your road map. You can never find self-fulfillment if you persist in permitting
yourself to be controlled by external forces or persist in thinking
that you are controlled by external forces. Being effective does not
mean eliminating all of the problems in your life. It does mean
moving your locus of control from the external to the internal. In
that way you make yourself responsible for everything that you ex-
perience emotionally. You are not a robot, running your life through
a maze, filled up with other people’s rules and142 / Your Erroneous Zonesregulations that don’t even make sense to you. You can take a
sterner look at the “rules” and begin to exercise some internal control
over your own thinking, feeling and behavior. BLAM


. Through dedicated yoga practice, I began noticing how my body was being negatively affected by thefood I ate. (I was eating foods on the “avoid” list before I knew any better, particularly “health food
bars” and tofu. ) This encouraged me to improve my diet. I became keenly aware of the physical
consequences of poor food choices. Even today, I closely monitor my diet and stay disciplined so I
do not succumb to negative food habits from the past. I also encourage you to review the beginning of
chapter about healing children’s cavities for more pointers on dealing with feelings. The Hidden Need to Be Sick
You may find this section difficult to believe. I bring it up here because I want to challenge you to be
at your best to heal your teeth. As much as people want healthy teeth, very few people actually have a
100% whole-hearted desire or intention to be healthy. An experienced health practitioner opened my
book to this page and exclaimed how so many of her patients actually wanted to be sick. Most of us have a mixed bag of emotions in relation to our intention to be healthy. Just like the moon,
we have our own light side and our own dark side. Yet when we just focus on our light side, and
ignore the dark side, we are missing out on what makes life beautiful and balanced. The light part of
us wants to be healthy and the dark side wants to be unhealthy. The classic result of this inner conflict
is wishing our tooth decay to be fixed, without wanting to do any of the work to fix it. This is a key
belief that has given rise and power to modern dentistry. Dentistry helps us not face our dark side that
wants to be sick. Conventional dentistry allows us to be sick by telling us that we have nothing to do
with tooth decay, that it is all the action of the bacteria and what the bacteria eat. The result of the missing dark side of yourself that only pops up here and there when nobody is
looking, is that we might subconsciously equate being healthy with suffering. The suffering associated
with the effort needed to become healthy can manifest in many forms: complaining about exercise,
believing in disempowering information, or not wanting to pay extra for healthy foods or a better
dentist. These behaviors are a result of the interplay between your light side that wants to get healthy,
and your dark side that does not care or that does not want health. Putting more commitment and energy behind your goal of health requires positive feelings, beliefs and
good will. If you are not fully committed to this positive result, then there must be some hidden
negativity. This hidden dark side feels as though it has to suffer. It does not want the best. The dark
side can make it hard for you to take care of yourself. To help transform the dark side you cannot
simply ignore it and push it away. That would merely create more darkness. Just as there is nothing
wrong with the dark side of the moon, your own dark side is not bad; it is simply a part of life that
needs to be accepted. The way to cause a transformation is to bring light (awareness) to the darkness
(unconsciousness). To help heal this hidden internal dilemma, I suggest three things:

1. Acknowledge and look for the unconscious wish to not live, or to not be healthy.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the risk of placing metal directly into the jaw bone?,
A: High risk of triggering a negative immune system reaction in the patient.
Q: What is the main focus of the book?,
A: The author is not explicitly stated, but the text appears to be focused on holistic and natural approaches to dental health, emphasizing the importance of diet and nutrition in preventing tooth decay.
Q: What is the recommended approach to treat tooth decay?,
A: The author suggests acknowledging and forgiving past trauma, getting educated, educating others, and seeking a holistic dentist.
Q: What is the primary cause of tooth decay, according to the author?,
A: The author does not explicitly state a single cause of tooth decay, but emphasizes the importance of diet and nutrition in preventing it.
Q: What is the recommended approach to tooth cleaning?,
A: The author suggests using natural methods such as sea salt, herbs, and essential oils, and advises against using conventional toothpaste and flossing, as these can be harmful.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Genetics versus Intercepted Heredity
Tooth decay is not a genetic condition. It is a factor of the environment, and usually the primary
environmental factor is poor nutrition. When nature cannot fulfill its ideal potential, we have a
situation called blocked or intercepted heredity. Crooked teeth and wisdom teeth that do not fit (as
well as over- and underbites)
are not genetic traits
. These problems occur from the lack of proper
nutritional building blocks. Further documentation of this fact is available in Weston Price’s book,
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
. When our bodies lack the proper ingredients for building
bones or there is an alteration in the metabolism of calcium and phosphorous, our bodies will not be
perfectly formed to fulfill our hereditary potential. The structure and mineralization of our jaws and
teeth suffer as a result of deficiencies in our modern nutritional program. This is similar to the growth
of a plant in unfertile soil. The plant will not blossom to its full potential. To grow healthy teeth and
bones requires whole and unrefined foods carefully grown and prepared, and a diet high in fat-
soluble vitamins and phosphorus. Weston Price explains how the Aborigines of Australia had
perfectly developed jaws for untold generations until they changed their diet. It is most remarkable and should be one of the most challenging facts that can come to our modern
civilization that such primitive races as the Aborigines of Australia have reproduced for generation
after generation through many centuries — no one knows for how many thousands of years — without
the development of a conspicuous number of irregularities of the dental arches. Yet, in the next
generation after these people adopt the foods of the white man, a large percentage of the children
developed irregularities of the dental arches with conspicuous facial deformities. The deformity
patterns are similar to those seen in white civilizations. 2
Why Teeth are Crowded and Wisdom Teeth are Misaligned
When physical development is impeded primarily by a poor and deficient diet, Nature’s blueprint of
a fully developed maxilla (palate) and mandible (jaw) remains incomplete. As a result the maxilla
and mandible are not as wide as they need to be and there is not enough space for all of the teeth. When the teeth come in, they appear crowded. Therefore, there is no such thing as teeth that are too
big, but rather it is a jaw that is too small. This condition also makes wisdom teeth come in crooked,
or causes the roots of wisdom teeth to be impacted. Occlusion
: Occlusion is how our teeth come together when we chew and when our mouth is at rest. Healthy Bite and Misaligned BiteYour Bite and TMJ Pain, Night Grinding, and Tooth Decay
The trigeminal nerve is the largest nerve in your head. It has a network of fibers that run throughout
your face in an intricate matrix. The trigeminal nerve has three major branches: the mandibular (jaw)
nerve, the maxillary (upper palate) nerve, and the ophthalmic (eye) nerve. The trigeminal nerve
system fans throughout your entire face, and contains pain, position and movement (sensory and
motor) sensors and control mechanisms. The nerves of each tooth are connected to either the
manidibular or maxillary branch of the trigeminal nerve. When you have a toothache, the nerve pain
goes right through the trigeminal nerve and communicates directly to your thalamus and cerebral
cortex. This explains why you feel tooth pain so very intensely. The trigeminal nerve connects with
our limbic brain which is related to emotions and mental functions. 3
 How you bite is directly
connected with how you feel. When your mouth closes, your jaw should be in a relaxed and comfortable position. The correct
positioning of the jaw and teeth is shown in both figure
a
 and in the figure labeled
occlusion
. In figure
a
, the molars naturally and comfortably touch on all surfaces when the jaw is in the closed, relaxed
position. When the back molars are touching comfortably, the body’s nervous system is sent a
constant signal of relaxation through the trigeminal nerve. Because of this nerve relaxation, a person
with contacting molars in the comfortable, relaxed position ages more slowly, heals faster, has a
positive outlook on life, and generally feels good. Take a moment and look in the mirror. You can see if your jaw is naturally in position
a
. If it is not,
do not be surprised, as 95% or more of the population has a misaligned jaw. The term for a
misaligned bite is
malocclusion
. When your jaw is misaligned the sensory system of the trigeminal
nerve is activated. 4
 A classic jaw misalignment is called a
closed bite
. When the jaw hinges closed
through its natural motion as in figure
b
, the molars do not touch. Rather the front teeth collide into
one another. This unfortunate circumstance resulted because the jaw bone did not develop to its full
potential, and the back molars are too low. Because either the upper back molars or lower ones did
not extend to their fullest potential, the jaw cannot relax in the neutral closed position as demonstrated
in figure


able	(less	damaged	by	processing),
while	vitamins	are	the	most	easily	damaged. A	cucumber	loses	a	quarter	of	its
vitamin	C	just	by	slicing	it	to	make	a	salad. If	the	salad	stands	around	for	an
hour,	the	loss	goes	up	to	a	third,	and	if	it	stands	for	three	hours,	half	its	vitamin
C	will	be	gone. Fresh	orange	juice	loses	almost	a	fifth	of	its	vitamin	B
1
within
twenty-four	hours,	even	when	refrigerated. Cooking	and	mashing	a	potato	will
diminish	vitamin	C	by	80	percent. The	heat	used	in	cooking	foods	damages	nutrients	and	typically	makes	them
more	difficult	to	digest. Cooking	even	damages	protein	(the	most	hardy	of
nutrients). Consider	oatmeal:	In	the
Food	and	Nutrition	Encyclopedia,
Aubrey
Ensminger	reported	that	dry	oatmeal	contains	14	percent	protein,	but	that	figure
drops	to	only	2	percent	after	it	is	cooked—a	loss	of	85	percent. Cooking
common	vegetables,	such	as	carrots,	can	cause	losses	of	75	percent	of	the
vitamin	C,	70	percent	of	the	vitamin	B
1
,	50	percent	of	the	vitamin	B
2
and	60
percent	of	vitamin	B
3
. The	higher	the	heat	and	the	longer	the	cooking	time,	the
more	nutrients	your	food	loses. Heating	food	deactivates	its	enzymes	(the	cellular	machinery	that
manufactures	all	the	products	our	cells	make). Although	the	human	body	is
capable	of	making	its	own	enzymes,	we	also	receive	enzymes	directly	from	our
food. Cooking	destroys	these	enzymes. Eating	cooked	foods	stresses	the	body,
which	must	manufacture	extra	enzymes	in	order	to	digest	food	and	compensate
for	enzymes	lost	in	cooked	food. By	eating	cooked	foods,	you	can	actually	lose
more	nutrients	than	you	gain. Consuming	sufficient	enzymes	is	one	reason	that
eating	raw	foods	is	so	important. Cooked	foods	contribute	to	our	epidemic	of
chronic	disease.Although	the	health	benefits	of	raw	foods	need	emphasis,	a	few	words	of
caution	are	important	about	raw	animal	products	(such	as	eggs,	meat,	fish	and
poultry). Even	though	nature	intended	us	to	eat	raw	foods—animal	products
included—	today’s	hazards	of	bacterial,	viral	and	parasitic	infections	make	raw
animal	foods	dangerous. Also,	raw	animal	foods	must	not	touch	other	foods
intended	to	be	eaten	raw. Even	just	a	few	generations	ago,	people	typically	ate	more	raw	food	than	they
do	now,	and	the	trend	toward	cooked	and	processed	foods	appears	to	be
worsening. According	to	U.S.	Department	of	Agriculture	statistics,	over	the	last
century	average	consumption	of	fresh	apples	declined	by	more	than	three-
fourths,	fresh	cabbage	by	more	than	two-thirds	and	fresh	fruit	by	more	than	one-
third. During	that	same	period,	consumption	of	processed	vegetables	went	up
hundreds	of	percent	and	consumption	of	processed	fruits	went	up	by	about	1,000
percent. Eating	processed	fruits	and	vegetables	(canned,	dried,	frozen,	etc.) is
fundamentally	inferior	to	eating	fresh	fruits	and	vegetables. Eat	for	Your	Future,	Too
The	nutritionally	deprived,	cooked	and	processed	foods	you	eat	today	will
damage	your	health	tomorrow,	as	well	as	the	health	of	your	unborn	children	and
grandchildren	in	the	years	to	come. This	profound	concept	was	demonstrated	in	the	1940s	by	Francis	Pottenger
Jr.,	M.D.,	and	published	in	his	book
Pottenger’s	Cats. More	than	nine	hundred
cats,	some	fed	a	diet	of	raw	food	and	some	a	cooked-food	diet,	showed	striking
differences	in	their	own	health	as	well	as	the	health	of	their	offspring. Within	six
months,	the	cats	eating	the	cooked	food	developed	numerous	health	problems. Subsequent	generations	suffered	infections,	dental	problems,	vision	problems,
skin	problems,	allergies,	arthritis,	miscarriages	and	behavioral	changes—
including	nervousness,	viciousness	and	violent	behavior. Each	new	generation
was	sicker	than	the	last. By	the	third	generation,	almost	all	the	cats	suffered	from
allergies	and	had	trouble	reproducing	because	of	miscarriages	and	stillbirths. Meanwhile,	the	cats	on	the	raw-food	diet	remained	healthy	and	well-behaved,
generation	after	generation. We	have	much	to	learn	from	Pottenger’s	work;	the
most	significant	(and	ominous)	implication	is	the	impact	of	poor	nutrition,
supplied	by	cooked	food,	on	the	health	of	future	generations. Another	case	dramatically	proves	the	need	for	raw,	fresh	foods. During	World
War	I,	sailors	aboard	a	German	cruiser,
Kronprinz	Wilhelm,
ate	beef,	ham,
bacon,	cheese,	potatoes,	canned	vegetables,	dried	peas/beans,	white	bread,margarine,	tea,	coffee,	sugar,	condensed	milk,	cake,	champagne	and	beer. Their
entire	diet	consisted	of	cooked	and	processed	foods. After	six	months	on	this
diet,	the	crew	was	experiencing	shortness	of	breath,	paralysis,	atrophied	muscles,
enlarged	hearts,	constipation,	anemia,	and	muscle	and	joint	pain. Fifty	men
could	no	longer	stand. After	eight	months,	500	were	sick,	110	were	bedridden,
and	they	were	falling	at	a	rate	of	four	per	day. New	symptoms	included	pleurisy,
rheumatism,	pneumonia	and	other	infections,	and	fractures	and	wounds	that
would	not	heal. An	emergency	stop	in	Virginia	brought	a	new	diet	containing	some	raw	fruits
and	vegetables. After	ten	days,	the	men	stopped	falling	sick;	forty-seven	had
been	discharged. Conditions	gradually	improved	thereafter. Access	to	fresh,	raw
food	was	all	it	took. Notably,	the	only	people	on	the	ship	who	did	not	get	sick
were	the	officers	who	had	ongoing	(if	limited)	access	to	raw	fruits	and
vegetables,	apparently	providing	just	enough	nutrition	to	make	the	difference
between	health	and	disease. Think	of	all	the	people	that	you	know	who	suffer	from	allergies,	gum	disease,
heart	problems,	vision	problems,	arthritis,	antisocial	behavior,	miscarriages	and
other	health	problems. Could	malnutrition,	perhaps	even	the	malnutrition	of	their
parents	or	grandparents	before	them,	be	contributing	to	their	problems? Talk	to
those	people	you	know	who	have	lived	in	good	health	into	their	eighties,	nineties
or	even	older. Chances	are	they	grew	up	on	farms	and	ate	plenty	of	raw,	real
food	during	their	developmental	years. By	contrast,	consider	the	deteriorating
health	of	many	people	in	the	baby	boomer	generation—the	first	humans	to
develop	eating	processed,	“TV	dinner”	diets	starting	in	the	1950s. Families	today	often	have	grandparents	that	lived	(or	are	still	living)	into	their
nineties,	while	the	next	generation	is	getting	sick	and	dying	in	their	seventies	or
sixties. Today


atty and high-protein meals are retained in the stomach for
hours, resulting in putrefaction, gas
, acidosis and, in some cases, hyper-acidity, acid re -
flux, inflammation and potentially, cancer. A constantly hyper-acidic stomach engenders coarse emotions, unhappiness and aberr an
t behaviors,
•  Our digestive glands have limited ability to digest foods. Our mineral stores become depleted and we become fatigued if the digestive organs are forced to secrete alkaline and acid digestive enzymes all day long, as necessitated by starchy, fatty, high-protein diets. •  Our small intestine is very long, about 20 feet, and our large intestine (the colon) is
about 5 feet long. They are both convoluted, which makes them suited to handle watery digesta and not dry and bulky food masses. Carnivores have straight and much shorter intestines, enabling the efficient elimination of tough, low water-content, bulky animal parts. Fatty and high-protein meals move through the small intestine of humans very slowly. This leads to fermentation, putrefaction, constipation, toxemia and a host of debilitating and potentially deadly diseases, such as intestinal prolapses, inflammatory bowel diseases, hemorrhoids, cancer, etc. •  Our excrement when eating a simple fruit-based diet is non-offensive and non-toxic, as
it should be with the world’s most highly-developed, elegant beings. And we experience no body odors if we do not overeat or mix nuts and seeds with sweet fruits. Fruitarians who eat correctly have clean bodies. Starch, fat and protein food eaters have dirty bod -
ies with repulsively foul stools. Our pristine senses lead us to enjoy fresh-smelling, clean bodies. •  Ripe fruits off er simple car
bohydrates which require little or no digestion. They are 95
Fruiticultureeasily absorbed for delivery to our cells within an hour. Complex carbohydrate foods
(e.g., grains and white potatoes) require cooking. They take several hours to digest and rarely digest completely, often fermenting and causing illness. They also typically raise blood sugar levels higher than do sweet juicy fruit meals, and they constipate the bow -
els. Because sweet, ripe, water-rich, organic, whole fruits require very little digestive ac -
tion and they are 100% toxin-free, the body does not have to expend much energy to metaboliz e their nutrients and elimina t
e their residues, and we gain energy from them
most efficiently. •  The ideal diet consists of mostly ripe, sweet fruits, rounded out with vegetables and
small amounts of avocado, seeds and nuts. The average caloronutrient ratio that has been demonstrated to be optimal for human health and longevity is 80% carbohydrates (minimum), 10% protein (maximum) and 10% fat (maximum), as revealed in studies by Dr. T. Colin Campbell (former nutrition professor at Cornell University and co-author of Diet, Nutrition and Cancer and The China Study), heart specialist Dean Ornish, M.D., and Dr. Douglas Graham, author of The 80/10/10 Diet. Yes, we need to “fuel up” on mostly simple carbs to have high vitality, and nothing provides this better than sweet fruit. •  The cells can derive fuel (calories) from three caloronutrient sources: carbohydrate,
protein and fat. If the body is forced to get most or all of its calories from fatty and high-protein foods, it will have to convert fat and protein to glucose. That is a very slow, energy-consuming process that produces a high acid-waste load which tears down our health. Those who adopt and maintain a plant-based 80/10/10 diet generally reverse disease and enhance their longevity. Those who eat diets with greater percentages of protein and fat generally succumb to acidosis, accelerated aging, physical and mental degeneration and the killer diseases endemic to modern Western cultures. •  Babies have not been corrupted by modern heat-processed, cultural foods. They in -
stinctively go for sweet, watery mother’s milk, which is about 7% sugar, 4% fat, 1% pro -
tein and 88% water (weight-wise)—nearly the same composition as sweet juicy fruits. Infants’  pr
istine senses tell them which kind of food is best. Do young adults, teenagers
and adults need more protein than a growing infant? Certainly not! Numerous infants have been observed to thrive beautifully when weaned on their preferred natural first whole food choice: sweet, raw fruit. And numerous children have been observed thriv -96
Fruiticultureing on fruit-based diets. •  Our sensorial acuity, emotional sensitivity and the ability to experience the sensations
that make us feel truly alive are heightened on a fruitarian diet. A fruitarian diet is the key to a profound bio-spiritual knowing, peace, poise, contentment and even euphoric well-being. •  Fruits are brain foods. They energize and enhance our mental faculties because they
supply abundant nutrients and do not require a huge energy-draining digestive process and waste clean-up effort. Their high electrolyte-rich water content promotes the fast -
est conductance of nerve impulses and neural function. Our mental powers operate at peak, vibran t lev
els of energy and performance when we eat water-rich, fruit-based
diets. Our consciousness is most clear and expansive and we are most spiritually aware when we eat mostly fruit. The hormonal proteins (precursors to neural transmitters) in fruits (especially tropical varieties) trigger the release of feel-good hormones in the bloodstream which make us feel happy and well. We need less sleep and can be more productive on a fruit-based diet. •  The sugars in raw, ripe, non-GMO foods are in no way harmful. Fruit sugar is non-toxic
and non-allergenic, and it does not cause cancer or candida. It is unnatural foods that cause illness. Yes, all sugars feed the bacteria and candida yeast in the gut, but they DO NOT CAUSE overgrowths of those microorganisms or trigger the growth of cancer cells. The cause of intestinal bacteria and candida overgrowths and cancer cells is constipat -
ing, mostly undigestible, acid-forming, toxic diets based in cooked starches and meat. Those foods clog up and acidify the bow els with digesta tha
t becomes food for bacteria,
yeast and mold, generating virulent toxins that add to the body’s toxemic load and can cause cancer. In other words, starchy, fatty and high-protein foods hang around in the gut for days and rot (ferment and putrefy) by the action of microorganisms whose natu -
ral job is to feast on their nutrients, break them down and breed. STOP THE CAUSE of the bacteria y east and mold o
vergrowths while eating a vegan fruit-based diet, and health
will be restored. In many cases, cancer cells can perish and be eliminated on an alkaliz -
ing fruit-and-vegetable diet. After cleaning out the bowels, sweet fruit eating will be -
come joyful. No one ever got candida from a raw, vegan diet of mostly sweet, water-rich fruits, exc ept those who ha
ve taken antibiotics and/or consume great quantities of fat. 97
FruiticultureDried fruits can cause problems, as well as eating sweet fruits with fatty foods (e.g., nuts
and seeds). Eliminate those foods to restore health, then eat them in moderation. •  Juicy fruits can trigger diarrhea. This is the body’s correct self-purification action. We
want the body to get rid of the toxic rubbish it was harboring. After a few days of clean -
ing out on a fruit and vegetable diet, the bowels will be rid of the toxic stool matter, we’ll feel bett er and diar
rhea will cease. Diarrhea will only continue under unhealth -
ful eating habits: eating highly undigestible foods and toxic items (such as meat, fried foods, refined flour pr oduc
ts, candy, coffee, spices, etc. ), and eating incompatible food
combinations (e.g., eating sweet fruits with starchy, fatty-high-protein foods, and eating fatty and/or high-protein foods with starchy foods). •  An excess of fatty foods slows down nerve impulses and neural activity, making dull
thinkers and lethargic people with low mental and physical energy. Our brains and men -
tal powers operate at low, dulled levels when the bloodstream and other bodily fluids are thickened with fatty fluids and the b ypr
oducts of starch fermentation (alcohol and
vinegar). Fat is an insulator which, in excessive amounts, slows down neural impulses and all physiological functions. This erodes our health and stifles our consciousness. •  Fatty foods and high-proteins foods are inherently acid-forming. That is, they acidify
the blood, forcing the body to extract alkalizing minerals from the bones and other cells to maintain the alkaline pH required for life. This causes acidosis, osteoporosis, organ deterioration, accelerated aging and disease. •  A fat-based diet of mostly meats causes systemic toxicosis, which results in inner tur -
moil, destructive behaviors and physical and mental degeneration. •  People in meat-based cultur es ar
e generally unmindful and uncompassionate. Those
who condone the killing of animals have lost touch with their humanity. This cultural
lack of respect for life is largely responsible for all of the wars and other turmoil that most of the world is constantly embroiled in. •  Blood sugar levels rise higher after eating meals of complex carbohydrate foods
(grains/bread/pasta/white potatoes/taro) than from eating


 proper
self-image and passively reflect our immediate environ-
ment. Such people often end up being taken care of by oth-
ers and are unable to function on their own. However, stronger Kapha types can suffer from greed
and possessiveness, which renders the mind heavy, dull and
depressed. They want to own and control everything and
look upon people as their property as well. Once they lose
control or ownership, they become psychologically unstable. Kapha emotional disturbances result from excess plea-
sure, enjoyment, or attachment in life. Lifestyle factors like
too much sleep, sleep during the day, or lack of exercise
contribute to these. Kapha-aggravating diet, like too
much sugar or oily food, is another factor. Emotional prob-
lems combine with Kapha physical conditions like over-
weight and congestion. Educational factors include being
overly indulged as a child or emotionally smothered by
parents. Ayurvedic Counseling Profiles
The constitutional types of Ayurveda are the basis of all
Ayurvedic counseling. They are useful for understanding
the different types of people and their interactions that can
occur. They are an extension of the psychological profiles
of the biological humors and their characteristic psycho-
logical disorders. Again, these are general profiles and
should not be taken rigidly. Vata
Vata types are nervous, anxious or afraid. 1 hey are often
worried, upset or distracted, even if there is no real prob-
lem in their lives. They may be hesitant and insecure,
which they may exhibit by moving around or fidgeting. Ayurveda and the Mind
Under the influence of air or wind they find it difficult to
settle down or be at ease. They have many doubts about
themselves and their ability to get well or about any treat-
ment and its ability to help them. Sometimes they are over-enthusiastic and excited when
starting a therapy, but this seldom lasts and may be fol-
lowed by quickly quitting or getting frustrated. They
expect too much and want immediate results. They may
look to the therapist to heal them magically and when this
does not occur they get disappointed or seek to change
therapists. They are often ungrounded and hard to pin
down. They have to become realistic about their condition
and the effort required to correct it. They must come back
to earth about themselves and their behavior. Vata types often have a negative attitude about them-
selves. They will have more worries and negative imagina-
tions about their disease condition than it merits. They are
commonly hypochondriacs. They need to calm their minds
and hearts as part of any treatment. They are often looking
for attention and sympathy more than developing their
own understanding. They are happy to receive advice but
not consistent in following it. They require much time and
patience to really change. Their condition will fluctuate,
sometimes dramatically, along with their thoughts. Slow
steady development with peace of mind is what they
should aim for. They seek comfort and require a lot of assurance, but
this does not always make them feel secure. They like to
talk at length about their problems but this may not be of
great help. They do best if they try a few practical things
to improve their condition and implement these in a con-
sistent manner. This fosters a realistic attitude about deal-
ing with their condition and does not feed their excessive
mental activity. Ayurvedic Counseling and Behavioral Modification
Vata types can be so caught up in their problems that
they do not take the time to do something about them. They can be looking so hard for external support that they
do not do the things that allow them to take control of
their own lives. They need to emphasize action rather than
thought, steady application rather than looking for results. They need to follow a clear and comprehensive life-reg-
imen to bring stability to their minds, calm their agitated
life-force, and cushion their sensitive hearts. The rule is to
treat them like a flower. They easily feel frightened and are
prone to withdraw if approached forcefully. They must be
approached with warmth, calm and determination and
made to feel the support of others, yet without making
them dependent. Pitta
Pitta types think that they already know who they are
and what they are doing. If they have problems, they usu-
ally have someone or something to blame, or attribute
their problems to not being able to achieve their goals. They are most disturbed by conflict with other people,
which they often exaggerate or exacerbate. The drama of
interpersonal struggle colors their minds and emotions. These conflicts can be internalized and result in self-con-
flict. Pitta types are prone to be at war with themselves
and easily internalize external conflicts. Having a fiery nature, they tend to be aggressive, crit-
ical, sometimes contentious, and can be destructive. They
may question the qualifications of their therapists. They
are the most likely of the different types to tell the thera-
pist what he or she should do for them. They are the most
likely to respond with anger or criticism if the treatment
does not go as well as they expect. 160 Ayurveda and the Mind
Pitta types, being natural leaders, like authority and are
impressed with important credentials. Yet the people who
can really help us inwardly are not always those who are
most prominent in social status. To find real help, Pitta
types need to be more receptive or they can get trapped in
their own judgments, which have caused their problems in
the first place. They should not look to those who can
impress or dominate them, but to those who can help
them in a kind but firm manner, and who do not get
drawn into their competitive dramas. Pittas are highly intelligent and expect to be convinced
of the validity of the treatments they are taking. They need
to use their critical insight to understand the cause of their
problems, which reside in their own behavior, not to
struggle with others or with themselves. They must awak-
en their discrimination in order to take control of their
own lives. To do this they have to learn the right use of
intelligence and self-examination. Fire-types must be approached with tact and diploma-
cy. They do not like to be given directions or told what to
do. One must appeal to their native intelligence and logic,
letting them see for themselves the truth of things. Oppos-
ing them encourages their basic aggression and will not
help them learn. They like to work in friendship or in
common alliance toward a particular goal. Cool, calm and
pleasant circumstances mitigate their fiery nature. They
need helpful friends and work well with a person or prin-
ciples they respect. Once Pitta types know what they need to do and under-
stand the efforts they must make, they are usually the best
of the three types in implementing behavioral changes. However, they can be excessive or fanatic and must be
moderate in their actions so that they do not bum them- Ayurvedic Counseling and Behavioral Modification 161
selves out by attempting too much. They tend to be either
for or against something and see things in black-and-
white. They must learn to seek a balanced view and
become considerate and diplomatic in their actions. Kapha
Having the amorphous and docile nature of water,
Kapha types need to be stimulated and sometimes shocked
into changing themselves. They do not take hints. Nor
will they do all the things to which they have agreed. Often they must be confronted or criticized in order to
change bad habits. They must be approached with force,
determination and consistency. Unless they are made
acutely aware of a problem they may try to live with it. It is not enough if one explains their problem to them
and how to rectify it. They need an additional outside
push, which may require regular repetition. A firm warn-
ing may be necessary to make them take heed of what they
are doing. They must be made to see vividly the negative
effects of their wrong lifestyles. Water-types are slow to act and find it hard to imple-
ment things even after they accept them as necessary. They
get bogged down in their own inertia and stagnation and
find it difficult to start anything new. They are prone to
addictions and to depression that prevents them from
developing the proper initiative to improve themselves. They should not be comforted and consoled, though they
may seek it. Their sentimentality about their condition is
one of the factors that sustains it. Most of their problems
arise from excess emotionality and can only be changed by
a higher love or by detachment. Kapha types are slow to respond and have difficulty dis-
cussing their problems. They need to open up slowly but Ayurveda and the Mind
require determination in order to do so. They must be
coaxed out of their complacency. They may be bewildered
by too much information. They respond better to pre-
scriptions to make certain changes that are consistent and
determined. They tend to return to their old habits even if
they know they are bad, particularly if these are reinforced
by the environment around them. They need more frequent appointments with therapists
and more constant interchange to stimulate them to get
started. However, once started, which may take some time,
they will usually continue well on their own accord. They
must break their


find specific suggestions which apply to your everyday world, inspired by
the Saint Francis prayer, in the second half of each chapter. Ultimately these
will lead you to the life-changing realization that you can benefit from so-
called problems when you opt for spiritual solutions. With the inspiration of the Saint Francis prayer you need not give up
anything other than the illusion that supports the problem. Motivated by
your desire to increase your ener gy level and practicing the suggestions
originating in the Saint Francis prayer you will be able to stop thinking
about what you need to receive from the universe. Y ou can learn to replace
this needy attitude with thoughts of what you can contribute to the ener gyenvironment of situations that appear problematic. This is in the spirit of the
second half of this powerful prayer which asks, “Grant that I may not so
much seek to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love...”
Spiritual solutions mean you are an instrument for giving peace rather than
demanding that you be given  peace. This means coming to grips with the
ultimate irony of a problem-free life, as expressed in the conclusion of the
Saint Francis prayer. “For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning
that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.”
Yes, we receive by giving, and this turnaround in thinking is essential to
finding spiritual solutions. It begins with becoming an instrument of peace. OceanofPDF.com7
LORD, MAKE ME
AN INSTRUMENT
OF THY PEACE
If you are yourself at peace, then there is at least some peace in the world. Then share your peace
with everyone, and everyone will be at peace. —THOMAS MERTON
The two words thy peace  are the most significant part of this first request
of Saint Francis. When you think of God, think peace. That is what occurs
when we are in conscious contact with God. I’ve heard enlightenment
described as being immersed in and surrounded by peace. This definition
implies that the enlightened life is one in which peace is the overriding
experience. Connecting with your highest spiritual sense is the same as
living in the peace that we refer to as God. Consider the greatest saints who have ever walked among us. They are
different from the rest of us in one unique quality. All they have to give
away is peace. And what is this peace? It is the expression of the universal
creative intelligence, which winds its way in and through everything. It is
the perfection of creation. This is what the term “thy peace” means to me. It
is something I am always connected to, since there is no place that it doesnot exist. I lose peace when I allow my thoughts to entertain the illusion of
problems. I recall my friend Edgar Mitchell, the Apollo 14 Commander and the sixth
man to walk on the moon, describing to me how he could cover the entire
earth with his thumbnail from inside his capsule as he circled the moon. He
had an epiphany in which he realized that this was an intelligent system of
peace that we are all a part of as he saw millions of heavenly objects
hurtling, spinning and orbiting in perfect unison. W ithin each object this
same peaceful harmony exists, and this includes the earth as well as every
cubic inch of space on the planet in every single object and living creature. “Thy peace” is the essence of our universe. It is God at work, at play, and
everywhere in between. It is infinite love. There is no anger, fear, greed,
malice, or envy. There is a vast ocean of peace always available when one
comes to know “thy peace.” It is only a thought away. In this place,
problems do not exist. The most compelling aspect to all of this is that “thy peace” can become
exclusively yours one hundred percent of the time whenever you make the
conscious decision that this is how you are going to live. “Thy peace”
becomes what you are an instrument of, as Saint Francis requests in this
opening line of prayer. When followed, it provides you with a spiritual
solution to every problem. MAKE ME AN INSTRUMENT
If harmony is the nature of things, and it is all held together in perfect unity
by the invisible power, then it seems sensible to say to yourself, I too want
to be in that peace since it is my nature to be in agreement with, rather than
against the peace of God. Deep within you, you know that being at peace is
natural even when you feel that it is impossible to be peaceful with the
presence of so many problems. Not feeling peaceful is the result of an error
in your thinking. Thoughts that send you away from your peace go something like this: “If
only you were more like me, then I wouldn’ t have to be upset right now,” or“If only the world were the way I think it should be, then I could be at
peace.” But people are not the way you think they should be, nor is the
world anything but what it is. Peace is the result of retraining your mind to
process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be. As simple as this
sounds, this is the secret to being an instrument of God’ s peace. I am not asking you to become indif ferent or apathetic, but to simply
observe the world and all the people in it as they are and refuse to allow
yourself to create thoughts that result in leaving your peaceful natural
energy state. I gave this advice to a flight attendant after our plane had been
on the runway for forty-five minutes and the captain announced that we
would be returning to the gate because of a warning light that had appeared
in the cockpit. As we headed back to the gate for a lengthy delay, the flight
attendant began to bemoan her upcoming fate to me. “Here we go,” she
said. “I’m going to have two hundred and fifty passengers all mad at me
and giving me angry looks as they leave the airplane. This causes me so
much stress when these delays occur.”
I talked with her for several minutes suggesting that she realize that she was
at peace in her innermost being. I explained to her that this innermost being
is covered by her skeletal structure, just as her body has a uniform covering
it. “T ry not letting anyone who does not come in peace into the territory of
your true being,” I told her. “Let them only impact the uniform or the outer
covering called your body, but determine that your inner self can only be
penetrated with peace.” I watched as each of the passengers who glowered
at her was met with a peaceful, loving response. In just a few moments she
had managed to deflect what used to infiltrate to her very soul. In a nineteenth-century chapel in New England, a manuscript called
Desiderata  was found. It contains much wisdom, and one exquisite line I’ve
always remembered. “A void loud and aggressive persons. They are
vexations to the spirit.” I might add, they keep you away from your peace! The real you can always choose to remain impervious to nonpeaceful
entreaties. When others don’ t come to you in peace, they can only reach the
outer protective coverings. It is always about how you choose to process
events, not the events themselves that determine your level of peace.You can become an instrument of peace in any given moment of your life
by deciding that you are not going to use your mind for anything other than
peaceful thoughts. This may sound extreme to you when you take into
consideration all the dif ficult people you have to deal with, your financial
picture, the illness of a close relative, the inconsiderate boss you must face,
the taxes you owe, as well as outrageous traf fic delays, and on and on. T ry
taking a breather from your habit of continuously looking for occasions to
be nonpeaceful. Go to that quiet, serene peaceful place within you that is
covered by the outer layers of your material life. It is here that you know
what being an instrument of peace means. Here, your emphasis is on giving,
rather than receiving, peace. DELIVERING PEACE
When you are an instrument of thy peace, you are not seeking anything, you
are a peace provider. You do not seek peace by looking into the lives of
others and wishing that they would change so that you could become more
peaceful. Rather, you bring your own sense of calm to everyone you
encounter. You do not go about viewing every circumstance of your life in
terms of whether it meets with your standard for peace. Rather, you bring
your peaceful countenance to the chaos you encounter and your presence
soothes the outer turmoil. Even if the turmoil continues, you have the
freedom to choose a peaceful thought, or to quietly remove yourself from
the immediate scene. How do you do this? Memorize this line of the prayer
and silently repeat it: Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Those
chaotic moments are times to remember that you will not gain your peace
from anyone else and that you choose to bring peace to every life situation
you encounter. Gradually this reality will begin to sink in. The most important moments for cultivating this awareness are when you
find yourself right smack in the middle of a tumultuous exchange, when
someone is ar gumentative, surly, or irrational and you sense yourself falling
into the pand


 time to change the child's diet and to establish normal
bacterial flora in the throat. What do we do as an immediate response to an
ear infection? Unfortunately, a very common thing that happens is the prescription of
antibiotics. It is a routine response of the medical profession pretty much
everywhere in the western world. We have discussed in detail what anti
biotics do to the bodily flora (in the gut, on the skin, on all mucous mem
branes, including the nose, throat and ears). Though the course of anti
biotics would clear that particular ear infection, it would lay the ground for
the next one to come. Apart from destroying the beneficial bacteria, anti
biotics are usually given to small children in a syrup, which would provide concentrated amounts of sugars and starches to encourage the growth of
pathogenic microbes in the throat, many of which are resistant to the
antibiotic in that syrup. As a result these pathogens start growing even
while the antibiotic is being administered. Many children, whom I see,
have another ear infection pretty much as soon as the course of antibiotic
finishes. Unfortunately, in these cases children are put on a permanent
antibiotic for many months, which would cause a very deep damage to the
child's bodilyflora and immune system. There have been comparison studies done, where one group of children
with an ear infection was treated with antibiotics and another group
received no treatment. The result of these studies was the same - there is
no difference in the outcome of an ear infection after an antibiotic treat
ment or doing nothing at all. So, if you leave a child with an ear infection without any treatment, he or
she will recover just as well. However, there is no need to leave the child
without any help. People treated ear infections very effectively for
centuries with simple home remedies. Here are some recommendations. 1. If you can manage it keep your child indoors until the ear infection
resolves itself. Keep.your child warm all the time. Put a knitted
woollen hat on your child, and a warm jumper while indoors and let
your child wear a warm hat at all times - during the day and at night. 2. Give your child plenty of hot drinks. Just hot water with a slice of
lemon and a spoon of honey is sufficient. Sit your child on your lap
andgivehim or her this drinkfroma teaspoon, taking great care not to
burn the child but to let him have this drink as hot as possible. Put
some probiotic powder on his/her tongue after finishing the drink. If it
is difficult to get your child to take the powder, mix it in a teaspoon of
warm water and give him this teaspoon straight after finishing the
drink. Remember that probiotic contains live bacteria, which will
be killed by hot water, so mix it with warm or cool water. Instead of just water with lemon and honey, you can make some
herbal teas: camomile, calendula, marjoram, eucalyptus and thyme
all have anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties. Make sure that
you get the pure herb itself without any additives. Put a teaspoon of
the herb into your teapot, pour over boiling water, cover and let it
brew for 5 minutes. Pour this tea through a sieve into a teacup, add
some honey and give it to your child spoon by spoon. After finishing
the tea, follow with the spoonful of probiotic powder on the tongue. 3, Take 1-2 tablespoons of cold pressed olive oil and mix in a crushed
clove of garlic. Leave it for 30 minutes, strain through a sieve or
cheese-cloth. Put a few drops of this oil into your child's ear every
hour, particularly before going to bed. Keep this oil at a room temper
ature and warm it up slightly before putting into your child's ear. To
warm this oil up, stand the cup with the oil in a dish with warm water
(not hot though, as it will reduce the oil's effectiveness). Do not
microwave this oil, as all the enzymes and other active substances in it
will be destroyed. Every day make a fresh mixture. The fresher it is the
more effective it will be. There are some commercial preparations
available as natural ear drops, containing olive oil with some garlic oil,
lavender oil, calendula and other natural herbs. 4. The old onion remedy. Take a large white onion, chop it up finely and
wrap it into a piece of cotton cloth. Put it into a microwave and warm
it up fairly hot but tolerable to the touch. Put it on your child's ear and
securely cover with a warm hat (a soft woollen knitted hat is best). You
can put a piece of cling film between the onion wrap and the hat, so
the onion juice does not soak the hat. Keep it on your child's ear until
it starts cooling down. Warm it up again in the microwave and repeat
the application. This procedure is very relaxing for the child and is
very good to do at bedtime. It is a bit messy and makes your child
smell of onion, but works amazingly well. After this procedure keep
the warm hat on your child and let him/her go to sleep on the side of
the affected ear to keep it warm. If your child run s a fever below 38°C (ioo°F), you do not need to reduce it. The fever is the body's way of fighting the infection. However, temperature
above 38°C (ioo°F) should be reduced as it can be harmful. Unfortunately,
all anti-inflammatory preparations for children are made with syrup, Ml of
sugars and starches, which should be avoided. I recommend the parents to
use Aspirin for children (if there is no allergy to Aspirin), which is very
effective in reducing pain and inflammation. Get Soluble Aspirin in small
75mg tablets, dissolve half a tablet in warm water and give to your child as
a drink with some honey. You can also dissolve it in his cup of hot herbal
tea. Aspirin should never be given on an empty stomach as it may irritate
the stomach lining. Let your child eat something first before giving
him/her Aspirin. Aspirin is a very safe medicine and has been given to children for
decades until a very rare and obscure condition was described, called Reye's syndrome. A whole host of drugs, pesticides and other chemicals
can cause this condition. This association with Reye's syndrome has led to
the withdrawal of aspirin from routine use in children in the USA and UK,
though it is still used for many childhood rheumatic conditions. Consequently, aspirin got replaced by paracetamol for use as a painkiller
and anti-inflammatory in children. Yet, paracetamol is far more dangerous
a drug than aspirin will ever be. Because paracetamol is extremely bitter it
has to be mixed with very concentrated sugary substances to disguise its
taste. We know that children with GAP syndrome should avoid sugars. Aspirin has a very mild taste and is very easy to give to children. It is one of
the safest and oldest medicines used for all inflammatory conditions. Apart from reducing inflammation and pain it will improve blood circula
tion in the body. As a result, quite often an administration of Aspirin
relieves an ear infection very well on its own possibly by allowing the
mucous to drain from the middle ear. A caution: if your child has got any rare genetic condition, liver impair
ment or kidney impairment, always consult your doctor before using any
medication, including Aspirin. All these measures should be applied as early as possible. If after 2-3
days the pain and fever are not getting any better you may have to resolve
to antibiotics. However, in the majority of cases these natural treatments
work very well and the child recovers without any help from the doctor. In
the meantime it is a good idea to start the long-term intervention (diet and
probiotics) as soon as possible to prevent any future ear infections. 2. TOP TEN INFLUENCES,
WHICH BOOST IMMUNITY
1. Cold pressed oils: olive oil, fish oils, nut and seed oils. 2. Fresh eggs, particularly raw egg yolk. 3. Onions and garlic. 4. Freshly pressed vegetable and fruit juices. 5. Regular consumption of greens: parsley, dill, coriander, spring
onion and garlic, etc. 6. Probiotic supplementation and fermented foods. 7. Contact with animals: horses, dogs, etc. Having a pet in the family
can do a lot for children's immune status. 8. Physical activity in the fresh air. 9. Swimming in unpolluted natural waters: lakes, rivers and sea. IO. Exposure to sunlight and sensible sunbathing. 3- TOP TEN INFLUENCES,
WHICH DAMAGE IMMUNITY
1. Sugar and everything containing it: sweets, soft drinks, confec
tionery, ice-cream, etc. 2. Processed carbohydrates: cakes, biscuits, crisps, snacks, breakfast
cereals, white bread and pasta. 3.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        Children with vitamin A deficiency can be given as
much as 60,000 micrograms of vitamin A as a single dose. A lot of


 reading this
who recognizes that he or she would have taken the same
approach as the physicians in this letter is strongly encouraged
to read my manual for healthcare practitioners: The Platt
Protocol for Hormone Balancing. This letter should be required reading for all doctors
training to be gynecologists. Dear Dr. Platt,
I am 33 years of age and I really do not think
I will make it to 34!!! I am taking antidepressants,
painkillers, and have a Mirena coil fitted. I do not have
any children. I started my periods at 14 and I have suffered |   99 ExCESS  ADRENALINE: THE  UgLy
with severe PMS since I was 16 years old, and I really
can’t cope with it any more. I am sick to death of doctors
not listening to me!!! I have said to them from the start
that I have problems with my hormones. My own mother
suffered all of her adult life with severe PMS. I am like
a carbon copy of her. She had to have a hysterectomy in
her early 40s to stop her PMS and has been on all sorts of
HRT. She now  uses estrogel,  and from all I have read about
“synthetic hormones” I am very worried about her. My
grandmother died of breast cancer in her mid 50s, my
mother is in her mid 50s!!!!!! Also my mother’s aunt now
has breast cancer. I was put on a birth control pill at 15 to regulate my
periods; from the onset they have been very heavy and
irregular. I have since been on every contraception pill
you can think of!!! Since I was 19 I have been on every
antidepressant you can think of!!! I have constantly told the
doctors that I am only depressed for two weeks of the month
and that my problems are hormonal, but they will just
not listen to me!!! When I saw a psychologist (I had to practically beg the
doctors that I wanted to see someone, as I thought I was
going insane every month), she confirmed what I knew all
along. I had PMDD. I then had to ask the doctors to refer
me to a gynecologist. The gynecologist gave me Provera injections, which
made me worse. I felt like I was 100 years old, I have never
felt so ill, so I stopped that as well. He asked if there was a
possibility I could have endometriosis, how should I know! I have suffered with extremely painful periods since I can  100  |
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remember; I have had a very painful lower back and left
shoulder since I was 23. The doctors have been aware of all of this. As the years have progressed, so has the mental
and physical pain. I have been told on numerous occasions
that “some people suffer painful periods, it’s normal.”
My gynecologist performed a laparoscopy in March this
year and told me I have stage 2-3 endometriosis!!! Well, no kidding!! At the same time he fitted a Mirena coil and said this should help with the pain. I told my gynecologist from the start that I need
something for the psychological effects of PMDD  as well. Yes, I am in excruciating pain every month, but what
about my mental state!!! I feel like I am going insane
every month. He said you do not have PMDD, you have
endometriosis, which can cause mood swings!!! I suffer
with a lot more than mood swings!!! The coil has done nothing to help with the pain; if
anything, it’s worse. As for the PMDD, well, it’s two weeks
of a “living hell” for me and my close family. I become
a different person; it’s as though I have been possessed. My mind has been taken over and I cannot control it no
matter how hard I try. I become  extremely agitated, angry,
nasty, bouts of uncontrollable crying, deep dark morbid
thoughts, extremely depressed, suicidal thoughts, thoughts
of harming others—the list is endless. And then there’s the
physical pain, swollen and sore breasts, bloating  (I look like
I’m 6 months pregnant), my hands are always swollen, I
have aches and pains throughout my body, joints ache, my
head aches, I have lower back and shoulder pain, pelvic
pain, zero energy and motivation. I could go on!!! I have been a guinea pig now for 18 years, trying |   101 ExCESS  ADRENALINE: THE  UgLy
everything possible from contraceptive pills, injections
to stop my ovaries from working, etc., and nothing has
worked. I have repeatedly told the gynecologist that it is
the hormones that are causing my problems, why would I
want to add more of them back into my body, especially if
they are synthetic. I have gained a lot of weight and the
scales keep rising, even though I hardly eat a thing!!! My gynecologist said he will perform a hysterectomy at
the end of this year if I am still no better. Only a miracle
could help me now, as I am not all of a sudden going
to get better. While I was waiting for an appointment,
I came across your book The Miracle of Bio-Identical
Hormones. I could not believe what I was reading. It
confirmed my beliefs about my hormones—do my doctors
have no common sense!!! Your book was a revelation to me: of course it’s
my hormones. I have known this all along, and I also
knew that the amount of “synthetic” hormones they have
been pumping through my body for years has made my
endometriosis and PMDD  so much worse. I told my next gynecologist that I wanted to try
“bio-identical hormones”—she basically laughed in my
face!! She said it was all a gimmick to make money on the
internet and that the patches she was going to prescribe
were “bio-identical hormones” that were derived from
plant extracts so that makes them bio-identical and that the
molecular structure had been changed slightly!!!! (Well, it’s
not bio-identical, then, is it!!!) She was very patronizing. I could have had a full-blown argument with her, but to be honest I didn’t have the energy and I thought, “She is my last hope”!!! 102  |
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I was prescribed Estraderm MX 100; each patch
contains 3 mg of estradiol!!!! From the research I have
carried out, this is the worst thing I could be on!!!! I asked
her if the patches would make my endometriosis worse, and
she said it would be unlikely!!!! WHAT!!! Doesn’t estradiol
feed endometriosis??? I couldn’t believe it when she said
“Well, your own body produces estrogen doesn’t it!!! It’s
the progesterone that is causing you all of your problems as
this is what peaks during the last two weeks of the month
when you are having problems.” I could not believe what
I was hearing. As you can now imagine, I do not know
which way to turn. Because of the PMDD  I have never been able to keep
a job for long. I am unemployed; I have been for years
now. I am existing, not living. I had so many hopes and
dreams which have all been taken away from me. We
only have one life, and I have wasted so many years of it. All my relationships have failed, I have no friends, I have
no zest for life, all I see are dark tunnels, I am a recluse, I
do not go out, I really do not have a life. It’s just me and the four walls. I live with my parents still, which is very
hard for me. I was once a positive, bubbly, outgoing, happy
person, but with each year passing I am becoming more and
more negative, angry, frustrated, and extremely depressed. I am trapped within my own skin. All I want is to be
free from my mind and body, and the only way I can see this happening is if I end my life. I know this may sound drastic, but I really cannot cope with the ups and downs any more and it seems the only solution. I suppose this is a cry for help, I feel as though you are
now my last chance of hope, I am desperate for help. I don’t |   103 ExCESS  ADRENALINE: THE  UgLy
think I have any more tears in me to cry, and I don’t have
the energy to face another dark day. Yours gratefully and hopefully,
 (name withheld)
What a tragic story! This woman is clearly estrogen
dominant, as evidenced by her cramps, breast tenderness,
endometriosis, and bloating, all caused by a deficiency of progesterone. Her doctors put her on birth control pills,
Provera, and a Mirena coil—all of which stopped her from
making progesterone. As a result, she went from a low level of
progesterone to none, which increased her symptoms related
to both estrogen dominance and adrenaline dominance. To
make matters worse, she was placed on high levels of estradiol


 restrictions in diet. Duodenal ulcer. Chronic and recurring for over 20 years,
unresponsive to all medical treatments. Pancreatitis. Intermittent attacks precipitated by the recurrent ulcer. Gastritis; hyperacidity; intermittent pylorospasm. Therefore,
further diet restrictions. Colitis, recurring. Diverticulitis. An appendicitis-type condition of the colon. Sometimes hemorrhaged, requiring hospitalization and blood
transfusions. Common problems at the lower end of the gastrointestinal tract. Scheduled for sur gery. Arthritis of the cervical spine (neck). Displacement of the fourth
cervical vertebrae. Low back syndrome, necessitating chiropractic treatment. V ibration disease (Raynaud’ s Syndrome). Loss of sensation and
impending gangrene in finger tips due to loss of circulation.Middle age syndrome. Coldness in hands and feet, loss of ener gy
and libido, and depression. Pilonidal cyst at base of spine. Curable only by sur gery. Bronchitis and chronic cough. Aggravated the headaches,
spondylosis, and low back syndrome. Poison ivy sensitivity. Skin broke out every year. Sometimes
required hospitalization. Athlete’ s foot. There was the belief system that it came from hotel
room floors. Dandruf f. There was the belief system that it came from being in a
barbershop. Inflammation of the cartilage (Tzietze’ s Syndrome). A rare disorder, with painful swelling of the junction of the rib and
sternum. Dental and gum problems. Loss of bone around the base of teeth. Sur gery was recommended for the gums. Overall ener gy imbalance. Kinesiologic testing revealed that all  of
the ener gy systems were out of balance, and every meridian tested
weak. In retrospect, it is mind-boggling how the body kept on going in the
world and functioned as well as it did. Inasmuch as each of the disorders
required a further restriction in diet, there were times when lettuce and
carrots were about the only “safe” foods. This led to the loss of 25 pounds
and a body that looked thin and haggard. Later, some friends revealed that
they had made bets on how long that body was going to last. Most of them
estimated that it would probably keel over at about age 53. The inner question at the time was: How could a successful, highly
educated professional man, functioning creatively in the world, leading abalanced life, who had been thoroughly psychoanalyzed and experienced
many modalities of therapy and healing, still have so many physical
ailments? Y es, there was a lar ge workload, but it was balanced with
physical exercise and creative work such as carpentry, masonry, woodwork,
and architectural design. Moreover, the spiritual life was active, with two
hours of meditation every day, before and after work. The endless
techniques mentioned in the Introduction were investigated: self-hypnosis,
macrobiotics, reflexology, iridology, polarity therapy, af firmations, astral
projection, group intensives, bodywork, relaxation, and so on. What was the answer to this strange paradox of someone who had tried
a multitude of techniques, groups, and therapies, but who still had a
staggering array of illnesses? Also, how was it that he operated so
successfully in the world despite this long list of illnesses and the constant
pain that went with them? The answer seemed to be: a very strong will. It
carried him through all obstacles and had the power to push aside anything
that interfered with that ef fective functioning—in this case, primarily,
feelings. W ith that kind of willpower, when a feeling was suppressed, it
stayed suppressed. The scientific ideal is objectivity. Objectivity means an absence of
emotion. The achievement of this ideal in clinical and scientific work
necessitated a suppression of feelings. This was especially intense given the
nature of the clinical practice, which was with severely ill people. The
extent of their suf fering and that of their families seemed nearly endless. It
went on relentlessly day after day, year in and year out. The intensity was
compounded by having a compassionate nature and being attuned to
people’ s suf fering. The mounting pressures of suppressed emotion in all
areas of life obviously contributed to the multiplicity of illnesses. At a certain point, both the mechanism of surrender and A Course in
Miracles  were investigated and applied to daily life. Because of the busy
work schedule, there was very little time for any new techniques. Happily,
the “W orkbook” of A Course in Miracles  requires the simple contemplation
of a sentence or “lesson” throughout the day. The power of this technique is
the alleviation of guilt by utilizing the mechanism of for giveness. The
mechanism of surrender could also be done silently throughout the day as
an inner process. The two tools worked together. Surrendering and
for giving went on simultaneously during the day.Once the mind knows the way to alleviate its inner pressure, like
Pandora’ s box, it begins to let all the garbage up, and up it came in
profusion! Thoughts and feelings, which had hardly been noticed at the
time of their occurrence, now returned. Life had been so busy that there had
not been the time to handle them. The decompression process began to
unfold on its own. One immediate discovery was that every negative feeling or thought is
associated with guilt, and this guilt is so all-encompassing that it is
constantly being suppressed. Thus, there is no such thing as just anger. The
actual feeling is anger/guilt. There is guilt every time we have a critical
thought about someone. The mind’ s constant judging and criticizing of the
world, its events and people, is an unending source of guilt. Guilt itself
engenders negative feelings, and negative feelings in and of themselves also
engender guilt. It is that deadly combination which pulls us all down and
creates such widespread illness and unhappiness. The guilt is so
omnipresent that no matter what we are doing we feel somewhere in our
mind that we “should” be doing something else. W e have lived with so
much guilt for so long that we don’ t even recognize it anymore, and
somehow that guilt is projected by the average mind onto the world around
it. That is why most people need an “enemy”—an object on which to
project their inner guilt. It is also where tyrants get their power, by
manipulating people’ s guilt and finding a satisfactory tar get for it. There was also the discovery of a disdain for feelings. Anger surfaced
at the imposition of feelings, which can make a person feel like a “victim.”
T o a left-brain orientation, feelings were the opposite of reasonableness,
logic, and rationality. Superimposed on this was the male chauvinist idea
that emotions were for women, children, and artistic types. Feelings had
been primarily a matter of intellectual understanding and clinical analysis. When they came up internally, they had been labeled, pigeon-holed, and
filed away. At the beginning of working with the letting go technique, there was a
period of rebellion and actually hating the feelings and experiencing dread
over having to deal with them. It seemed degrading to have to suf fer
through them. This required a shift of self-concept because of the strong
identification with the intellect. Now, like it or not, it had to be
acknowledged that everyone is a thinking/ feeling  or ganism. It would not
work to keep denying reality.Before long, it was okay to have feelings. W ith the letting go
technique, the only way out was to acknowledge and relinquish the feelings. This became easier as the physical condition started to improve. Although it
can initially be dif ficult to face feelings in ourselves, the light at the end of
the tunnel had shone itself, and this engendered hope. W ithin days of using the technique, the physical condition at the lower
end of the gastrointestinal tract promptly healed itself and, in fact, the
sur gery was cancelled. Many of the symptoms that had been active for
years, even decades, began to diminish in intensity and frequency as the
months went by. Migraine headaches, in particular, became less and less
frequent. Lower back pains disappeared. The body began to feel lighter and
stronger. Then, an unexpected crisis came that brought intense emotional
pressure. The diverticulitis returned in a severe form with massive
hemorrhaging. There was an inner decision of great magnitude: “Either this
stuf f works or it doesn’ t.” So this time, instead of going to the hospital and
getting transfusions, there was complete surrender. All of the sensations
going on in the abdomen were acknowledged and not resisted. They were
not given a name or a label. Instead of thoughts or words, there was a sense
of oneness with the sensations, the cramps, and the pain. There was no
resistance to the sensations, no matter how intense. Like being on a razor ’ s
edge, every sensation and feeling was recognized and surrendered. This
went on for four solid hours. At the end of four hours, the bleeding stopped,
the cramps went away, and the diverticulitis was healed. Later, there were
some minor recurrences; but each one was handled in the same way, and
eventually the attacks


 not. It responds to what you
give, period. "Y ou ar e  r ewar d ed not accor ding to your work or your time bu t accor ding
to the measur e of your love. "(St Catherine of Siena 1347- 1380)

When you receive your salary, be grateful for it so it multiplies. Most
people don't even feel good when they are paid, because they're so worriedabout how to ma ke their salary last. They miss an incredible opportunity to
give love every time they're paid. W hen so me money comes into your
hands, no matter h ow little it is, be grateful. Remember, whatever you'r e
grateful for multiplies. Gratitude is the great multiplier. Seize Every Opportunity to Play
Seize every moment that you are handling money to make the money
multiply by feeling good. Feel love wh en you pay for anything. Feel love
when you hand over money. Feel love with all your heart by imagining how
much yo ur money is helping th e company and the staf f who work for the
company. It will make you feel goo d about the money you'r e giving instead
of feelin g bad because you have less money. The dif ference between the
two is the dif fer ence between having plenty of money and struggling with
money for the rest of your life. Here is a game you can play so you remember to feel good about money
each tim e you handle it. Imagine a dollar bill. Imagine the front of the
dollar bill as the  positive side, which represents plenty of mon ey. Imagine
the b ack of the dollar bill as the n egative side representing a lack of money. Each time you handle money, deliberately flip the bills so the front is facing
you. Put bills in your wallet with the front facing you. When you hand over
money, make sure the front is facing upward. By doing this you are using
money as your cue to remember to feel good about plenty of money. If you are using a credit card, then flip th e credit card to the front where
your name is, because the front of your credit card is telling y ou that there
is an abundance of money and it has your name on it. When you pay for anything, as you hand o ver your card or money, imagin e
an abun dance of  money for the person you are handing it to, and mean it. Whatever you give out, you receive back. Imagine that you are wealthy right now. Imagine that you have all the
money you need right now. How would you live your life dif ferently. Think ab out all the things you would do. How would you feel. Y ou would
feel dif f erent and because you would feel dif ferent, you would walk
dif ferently. Y ou would talk dif ferently. Y ou would hold your body in a
dif ferent way, and you would move dif ferently. Y ou would react dif ferently
to every thing. Y our reaction to bills would be dif ferent. Y our  reaction to
people, circums tances, events, and everything in life would be dif ferent. Because you would feel dif feren t. Y ou wou ld be relaxed. Y ou would have
peace of mind. Y ou would feel happy. Y ou would be easygoing about
everything. Y ou would enjoy every day, without giving any thought to
tomorrow. That's the feeling you want to capture. That is the fee ling of love
for money, and that feeling is magnetically sticky. "Captur e the feeling associated  with your r ealized wish by assuming the
feeling that would be yours wer e  you alr eady in possession of the thing you
desir e, and your wish will objectify itself" (NevilleGoddar d 1905-1972)Say Y es to Money
Remember, any time you hear of another person receiving more money or
success, get excited, because it means you're on that frequency' It is
evidence that you're on a good frequency, so be as excited a s if it were
happening to you, because your reaction to the news is everything. If you
react wi th joy and excitement for the other person, you are sa ying yes to
more money and success for yourself. If you react by  feeling disappointed
or en vious that it's not happening to you, your bad feelings are saying no to
more money and success for yo urse lf. If you hear of a person winning the
lottery, or you hear of a company making rec ord profits, be excited and
happy fo r them. The fact that you heard the news tells you that you're on
the same frequency, and your reaction o f feeling good feelings for those
people says yes for you. A few yea rs ago, I rea ched an all-time low with money in my life. I had
several c redit ca rds that I had char ged up, my apartment was mortgaged to
the limit, and my c ompany was in debt for millions of dollars because I wa s
making a film called The Secr et. I thi nk my situat ion with money was about
as bad as anybody's can get. I wanted money to finish the film, I knew the
law of attraction, and I knew I had to fe el good about m oney to bring it to
me. But it wasn't easy because every single day I was confronted by the
mounting debt, with people calli ng for money, and had no idea h ow I would
be able to pay my staf f's wages. So I took drastic action. I w alked to an A TM and drew out several hundred dollars from my credit
card account. I n eeded  that money so badly to  pay bills and buy food, but I
took the money in my hand, w alked down a busy street, and I gave the
money away to people on the street. I put a $50 bill in my hand, and as I walked, I looked at each person's face
as they wa lked tow ard me, trying to decide who to give the money to. I
wanted to give money to every single person, but I only had a certain
amount. I l et my heart c hoose and I gave the money away to all kinds of
people. It was the first time in my life I had felt love for money. But it
wasn't th e mone y itself that caus ed me to feel love, it was giving the moneyto pe ople that m ade me feel love for money. It was a Friday, and afterward I
had tears of joy all weekend about how good it felt to give money. On Monday afternoon something astounding happened: my bank account
received $25,000 through the most incredible sequence of events. That
$25,000 literally fell out of the sky into my life and into my account. I had
bought some shares in a friend's company years earlier, and I had for gotten
about them because they had n ever increased in value. But that Monday
morning I received a ph one call asking me if I woul d sell my shares as they
had skyrocketed in value, and by Monday afternoon the money for the
shares was in my account. I didn't set out to give money away to bring more money to me. I gave it
away so I would feel love about money. I wante d to change a lifetime of
feeling bad about money. If I had given away that money in order to get
money, it would never have worked, because it would have meant I was
motivated by feeling a lack of money, which is  negative, instead of be ing
motivated by love. But if you g ive money a way, and if you feel love when
you give it, most surely it will return to you. One man wrote a check and
donated $100 to a charity he felt was really w orthwhile. W ithin ten hours of
writing the check, he closed the lar gest sale he had ever had in his company. "It not h ow much we give but how much love we put into giving. " (Mother
T er esa 1910 -199 7)

If yo u are strugg ling with money, in order to feel really go od abou t money,
you can send tho ughts of abundance of money to the people who m you pass
on th e st reet dur ing the day. Look at each of their faces and imagine giving
them ple nty of mon ey, and imagine their joy. Feel it, and move on to the
next per son. It's a sim ple thing to  do, but if you real ly feel it, it will change
how you feel about mon ey, and it will change the circumstances of money
in your life. Car eer and Business"T rue genius without heart is a thing of naught -for not gr eat understanding
alone, not intelligence alone, nor both  together make genius.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: According to the text, what is the key to changing your circumstances?,
A: Change your feelings and the outside circumstances will change.
Q: What is the key to making money stick in your life?,
A: Giving love and feeling good about money.
Q: What is the most important thing to do when someone is being negative or abusive in a relationship?,
A: Change your feelings and turn away from the negativity.
Q: What is the key to changing a negative situation