 deteriorated fatty
materials contained in food that was perfectly good to taste, and I have
samples of fatty rubbish that have a pleasant taste. 4. "Our intestines do not absorb particles of fatty materials, but only the broken-
down constituents of fat." False. We absorb both whole fats and broken-down fats, as shown by scientists many years ago. There were two schools of
thought, both partly right. Further research and constructive criticism is welcomed. The other kind of criticism
can easily be recognized when it is directed at the author rather than the subject. 38. A GENERAL VIEW
Important Summary -- Study This and Page 1
   It is hoped that this book will help bring about an understanding that in spite of
tremendous technological advancements, mankind still is tied nutritionally to his native place in the worldwide scheme of living things. The actual living stuff, the
fabric of life, is made by plants, and man and his livestock are dependent on eating
them to obtain the materials which compose their bodies. This is Nature's ancient
plan, and the closer we comply with it the better we will thrive. It is evident that full adherence to the fresh food diet involves doing without some
tasty items, and I am sure no one but ill people will completely toe the line. But we
don't have to bat 100% to stay in the ball game, and likewise we can snitch some
goodies occasionally and still avoid arterioscl erosis sufficiently so that the chances of
serious trouble will be small. The quantity and frequency of eating is proportional to
the damage done, so novelty items which we might have a taste of once a month or so
would do little harm. Taking both the food and the quantity usually eaten into consideration, flour
products such as bread, biscuits, ready-to-eat cereals, cake and crackers are the big
killers, probably accounting for 60% of arteriosclerosis damage. Next come bacon,
ham, sausages, sardines, etc., accounting fo r perhaps 20%. Grits, oatmeal, farina, and
similar ground grains play a part. Also overheating and browning are very important factors. The sick people trying to somehow find their way back to normal life again will of
course be the ones who will get the most be nefit. A few younger people with foresight
and a little will-power will improve themselves and so live long and happily. The children respond best of all to improved food, and I must say that I hope to see
young men and women who were bred, born, and raised on good fresh food, and so
enabled to reach the full potential of our native bloodlines. Mankind is more noble
than we know, and one day we may see our ch ildren, or their children, rise to heights
of strength, beauty, and intelligence undreamed of in our time. 39. SOURCES OF INFORMATION
   The fresh food diet, the stale food theory for the cause of arteriosclerosis, the
findings on dental calculus, sex glands, bran pigment, and the bleeding action of sugar
are new knowledge generated by my expe rimental work. Other information is
supported by the published works of various authorities as listed in the references
below. (GENERAL NOTES—Continued From Page 6)
   Many people have been told that aluminum cookware is poisonous. The best scientific authorities
agree that aluminum is not poisonous, and aluminum compounds have been used in popular patent medicines for many years. However, in our research it has recently been found that aluminum forms a
durable chalky compound with food fats which can play a part in clogging the arteries. This would be
most likely to occur where watery food is boiled or let stand in an aluminum pot for a long time, as in making stew, soup, preserves, etc. Pyrex glass, chin a-ware, vitreous enamelware, or stainless steel is
safer. The Fresh Food Diet is highly digestible, so that  food is very well absorbed by the body, thus leaving
less residue for excretion by the bowels. For this reason, bowel action may tend to be scantier and less
frequent. If increased bowel action is desired, more leafy green vegetables can be eaten to provide bulk. Yeast, honey, dates, raisins, prunes, and dried figs can be used in small quantities to provide a mild
laxative effect if needed. Raw fruit also can provide a laxative effect. The Fresh Food Diet involves chewing firm foods, so any bad jaw teeth should be fixed or replaced. Newly ground wheat germ contains valuable nutrients, but deteriorates so rapidly that the usual
commercial product has no outstanding food value. It contains small amounts of bran and is rather hard
to digest. Being a stale food concentrate, it contains hardened oily materials which can collect in the arteries and joints. A byproduct of flour manufacture, it has never been widely used as human food, the
bulk of the production going into hog feed. LIST OF REFERENCES
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Products"— 1954 Amer. Assoc. of Cereal Chemists, St. Paul. 3. Bailey, A. E. "Industrial Oil & Fat Products"—3rd ed. Interscience. 4. Bailey, Alton E. "Cottonseed"—1948 Interscience. 5. Ball, C. D. Cereal Chem. Vol. 3—19 of 1925. 6. Blumenfeld, Arthur "Heart Attack: Are You a Candidate"—1964 Eriksson. 7. Bridges, E. L. "The Uttermost Part of the Earth"—1950 Dutton. 8. Coon, Carleton S. "The Story of Man"—1962 Knopf. 9. Cowdrey, E. V. "Arteriosclerosis, a Survey of the Problem"—1933 Macmillan. 10. Curwen, E. C. & Hatt, G. "Plough and Pasture"—1953 Schuman. 11. Deuel, "Lipids" Vol. III, P. 366. 12. Dubos, René "Man Adapting"—1965 Yale U. Press. 13. Dubos, René "The Unseen World". 14. Garner, R. J. "Veterinary Toxicology"—1961 Williams & Wilkins. 15. Glass, R. L. "Cereal Science Today—5(1960)60. 16. Goresline, H. E. in "Handbook of Food and Agriculture"—Blanck '55 Reinold,
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"Polyunsaturated Acids"—Pergamon Press
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 actually formed among
brain cells or how the bewilderingly vast number of
connections interrelate—millions of dendrites come
together at major junctio n points in the body, such as the
solar plexus,  not to mention the billions upon billions in the
brain itself. But experiments have shown that new
dendrites can be grown throughout life, up to advanced old
age. The current view is that this new growth easily
provides us with the physical structure for unimpaired
brain function. In a healthy brain, senility is not physically
normal. A rich multiplication of dendrites might even lie
behind growing wise in old age, a time when more and
more of life is seen in its totality—in other words, more
interconnected, just as the nerve cells are more
interconnected through their new dendrites. This exampl e illustrates how radically wrong medicine
can be if it insists that matter is superior to mind. To say
that a nerve cell creates thoughts may be true, but it is just
as true to say that thinking creates nerve cells. In the case
of the new dendrites,  it is the habit of thinking,
remembering, and being mentally active that creates the
new tissue. Nor is this an isolated ﬁnding. Curiously
enough, as soon as the concept of the “new old age” was
permissible in the eyes of doctors, our views of many forms
of degeneration began to alter. As long as you exercise, for example, your body’s
musculature will not wither, and your strength will be
unimpaired for life, altho ugh there will be a slow decline in
stamina. You can train for a mara thon at 65, provided you
are in good physical shape and train sensibly. Similarly,
your heart changes with age, growing less resilient and
pumping less blood per beat, but heart disease and
hardening of the arteries, thought absolutely normal with
old age a few decades ago, are now seen as avoidable, too,
depending on diet and lifestyle. Strokes, another given ofold age, have declined by 40 percent just in the last decade,
thanks to better control of hypertension and less fat in our
diets. A large  perce ntage of “unavoidable” senility has been
traced to vitamin deﬁciency, poor diet, and dehydration. The overall result of these ﬁndings is that old age is being
drastically reconsidered; a less obvious result is that the
whole body, at any stage of life, has to be rethought. —
What is happening on every front in medicine is that the
healthy body is showing  itself to be more resilient and
versatile than was hithe rto suspected. Whereas medical
school teache s that germ A causes disease B and is treated
by drug C, nature seems to feel that this is only one option
among many. The mental approach to treating cancer, for
instance, would have been ridiculed a decade ago. But
people do seem able to participate in their cancer
treatment, and even to control the course of the disease, by
using thoughts. In 1971, Dr. O. Carl Simonton, a radiologist
at the University of Texas, met a 61-year-old man with
throat cancer. The disease was very far progressed; the
patient could hardly swallow, and his weight had dropped
to 98 pounds. Not only was the prognosis extremely poor—the doctors
gave him a 5 percent chance of surviving ﬁve years after
treatment—but the patient was already so weak that it
seemed unlikely he would respond well to radiation, which
is the standard therapy for this condition. In desperation,
but also curious to try a psychological approach, Dr.
Simonton suggested that the man enhance his radiation
therapy through the use of visualization. He was taught to
visualize his cancer as vividly as possible. Then, using any
mental pictu re that appealed to him, he was asked to
visualize his immune system as the white blood cellssuccessfully attacked the cancer cells and swept them out
of the body, leaving only healthy cells behind. The man said he envisioned his immune cells as a
blizzard of white particles, covering the tumor like snow
burying a black rock. Dr. Simonton had him go home and
repeat this visualization at intervals throughout  the day. The man agreed, and soon his tumor seeme d to be
shrinking. In a few weeks it was deﬁnitely smaller, and his
response to radiation was almost free of side eﬀects; after
two months, the tumor was gone. Naturally, Dr. Simonton was surprised and baﬄed,
though elated that the psychological approach had been so
powerful. How does a thought defeat a cancer cell? The
mechanism was totally unknown—in fact, given the ﬁendish
complexity of the immune system and the nervous system,
both of which were obviously involved here, the mechanism
might be unknowable. For his part, the patient accepted his
cure without undue surprise. He told Dr. Simonton that
arthritis in his legs kept him from going stream-ﬁshing as
much as he liked. Now that the cancer was gone, why not
try visualizin g the arthritis away too? Within a few more
weeks, that is exactly what happened. The man remained
free of both cancer and arthritis for a follow-up period of
six years. This now-famous case is a landmark in mind-body
medicine, but unfortunately it is not the whole story. Dr.
Simonton’s visualization therapy (it has branched out into a
broad mind-b ody program ) does not reliably cure cancer. One of my patients used it with success to cure herself of
breast cancer, I believe, although she practiced the
technique on her own and not under a doctor’s scrutiny. Long-term statistical studies, however, dispute whether
such sporadic results are any better than those of
conventional treatment. At present, conventional  therapy
has a big edge. If a woman with breast cancer, for example,detects the tumor while it is still very small and localized,
the chances of curing her (a “cure” means surviving at
least three years without  a recurrence of the disease) are
currently better than 90 percent. In comparison, the
number of spontaneous remissions, at the most generous
estimate, would be well below 1⁄10 of 1 percent. Until a
mental or other alternative therapy outperforms radiation
and chemotherapy, it will not become the treatment of
choice. Although patients may long for such approaches,
most doctors still fear and distrust them. But even if Dr. Simonton’s patient were one of a kind, he
is enough to rock our conception of how the body cures
itself, for here is nature ﬁnding a way to combat death that
no doctor had ever tried—and here also is the dark
possibility that what the doctor usually tries is not helping
nature but stiﬂing it. Curious and adventurous doctors have ﬂocked to
experiment with mind-body innovations over the last
decade, from biofeedback and hypnotism to visualizations
and behavior modiﬁcation. The results across the board
have been amorphous and hard to interpret. Psychologist
Michael Lerner spent three years conducting an in-depth
study of forty clinics oﬀering alternative approaches to
cancer, whose metho ds ranged from herbs and
macrobiotics to visualization of positive mental images. He
found that these “complementary cancer centers” were
sought out by patients who were generally well educated
and prosperous, that the doctors running the clinics were
also serious and well intentioned, but that nothing close to
a cure for cancer had been discovered anywhere he visited. When he interviewed the patients, a fairly large
proportion (40 percent) thought that they had experienced
at least a temporary improvement in the quality  of their
lives. Another 40 percent reported that they experienc ed
actual medical improvements in their condition, lastingfrom a few days to a number of years. About 10 percent fell
at the extreme ends of the spectrum, one group saying that
they got nothing from the treatment and the other that they
were now partially or wholly recovered from their disease. Generally, the record of alternative approaches is that they
give a measure of comfort and relief to patients, but
disappointingly, the remission rates are not radically
diﬀerent from those of standard therapy. There are other problems that run deeper than
inconsistent results: the mind-body ﬁeld continu es to be
plagued by an inability to rigorously prove its basic tenet,
that the mind inﬂuences the body toward either health or
disease. It seems utterly self-evid ent that sick people and
healthy people enjoy diﬀerent states of mind, but the causal
connection is still elusive. In 1985 a major study of breast
cancer conducted at the University of Pennsylva nia failed
to ﬁnd any correlation between the mental attitude of
patients and their chances of surviving their disease
beyond two years. In an editori al accompan ying the study,
which appeared in the prestigious New England Journal of
Medicine, the whole concept of emotions aﬀecting cancer
was denounced. “Our belief in disease as a direct reﬂection
of mental


ANDING THE TOPIC
Looking back, I realize that the concept of a universe based
on vibrations, leading to the concept of the human body as
a bundle of vibrations, was a bridge too far for many. There
have been “vibrational healers” in every culture, if by
vibration we include light, sound, music, mantras, chants,
and shamanistic rituals. Probably the most comprehensive
“science of vibrations” is found in the area of Vedic
knowledge known as shabda,  the Sanskrit word for
“speech.” The intriguing feature of shabda  is that it ﬁts the
demand of Western science for a reductionist model—every
phenomenon is reducible to a unique vibrational state—
while at the same time ﬁtting the “top-down” Eastern
approach, which sees all phenomena emerging from the
ﬁeld of consciousness. Yet anyone in a gotcha state of mind would ﬁnd it easy to
accuse vibrational healing of being a sham—the underlying
concept is too alien to materialistic thinking. Once again
quantum theory may bolster speculation, since there are
physicists now toying with the idea that if the universe
exists in Hilbert space (a strictly mathematical concept)and if Schrödinger’s equation holds true (the classic
equation that accounts for quantum probabilities
throughout the universe), there may be an elegan t way to
reduce creation to a single wave function. (The legendary
physicist Richard Feynm an long ago speculated that all
electrons may be reducible to one electron.) Once again
this would be pure mathematics, yet by reducing the
physical universe to a single wave function that gets
entangled with itself to break down into the inﬁnite waves
that underlie inﬁnite particles, something unique happens. There is no longer a split between reductionism and a top-
down approach. One wave would give us a singular source
from which everything else can be derived. The
entanglement of the wave into countless subdivided waves
would satisfy the demand  for speciﬁc data that can be built
up into complex explanations for higher-order forms like
atoms, molecules, stars, galaxies, and so forth. Anyone who isn’t fully conversant in advanced
mathematics can only watch from the sidelines before such
a theory is accepted or rejected. Shabda  gives everyo ne a
chance to get back in the game, however, because of its
practical extension into healing and the power of
consciousness in general. A thought “in here” is
vibrationally connected to a result “out there,” and so two
worlds, mind  and matter, are bridged. A gotcha mentality is
rarely fair, but skepticism has no rebuttal to the unshakable
fact, stated by Sir John Eccles in an earlier chapter, that
every thought performs telekinesis by inﬂuencing the
chemical state of the brain: We cross the mind-body barrier
every time we think. Shabda  also says that higher states of consciousness are
vibrational. This greatly simpliﬁes the whole issue of
enlightenment, making it a natural phenomenon like
weather, the stars, and hydrogen atoms. Vibration is the
great leveler. Therefore it fascinated me when Dr. Jeﬀery A.Martin started publishing results from his Ph.D. work in
psychology showing that higher consciousness is so natural
that it exists all around us. Martin posted an online message asking for responses
from people who thought they were enlightened. He got
more than 2,500 replies,  and from this pool he intensively
interviewed around ﬁfty subjects. At ﬁrst it was hard to ﬁnd
a common language. Feeling that you are enlightened is
personal, and it also sets you apart from normal society. Martin found that his subjects often were sensitized by
being outsiders, and revealing their unusual mental state
had led to such things as being sent to a psychia trist, put
on medication, or even being committed to a mental
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        But actually changing the
aging process itself is another, far deeper matter. Oﬀicially, gerontology recognizes no means to reverse or
retard the aging process— a rather stringent positi on, when
you consider that aging has not even been adequately
deﬁned. The rishis would counter by saying that science
has failed to reach the level of awareness where aging can
be defeated. In 1980, a young Harvard psychologist,
Charles Alexander, went into three old-age homes outside
Boston and taught about sixty residents, all at least 80
years old, some mind-bod y techniques. Three were used: a
mainstream relaxation technique (the kind used in typical
stress-management progr ams), Transcendental Meditation,
and a set of creative word games performed every day to
keep the mind sharp. Each person learned only one technique, and the groups
were allowed to use them without supervision. When the
three groups were tested on follow-up, the meditators
scored highest on measures of improved learning ability,
low blood pressure, and mental health—all of which should
decline with age. The people also reported that they felt
happier and not as old as before. But the really striking
result did not come to light until three years later. When
Alexander returned to the old-age homes, about one-third
of the residents had died since he left, including 24 percent
of the participants who had not learned meditation. Among
the meditative group, however, the death rate was zero. These people  had now lived to an average age of 84, one
of the rarest and loveliest instances where science has
performed an experiment that immediately conferred the
gift of life. Although limited in scope, this is one of the most
hopeful results in the whole aging ﬁeld and a victory for the
rishis’ shortcut. It says that expanding your awareness is
enough to extend your life. What will be the life span of
meditators who began in their twenties instead of their
eighties. Time will tell. —
The assumption that smothers life is to feel that you are a
prisoner in your body. The human body seems to work in a
mechanical fashion. One of the best studied of its
mechanisms is the homeostatic feedback loop, a self-
regulating device like that used in thermostats. A
thermostat is given a set point, such as 70 degrees F.,
which is like the set point of body temperature. The
apparatus is sensitive to a temperature range extending a
few degrees too high or too low. By turning the heat or air
conditioning on or oﬀ, it maintains a nearly even
temperature. The know-how in a thermostat is quite
limited; you could call it an intelligent switch, but it has
only one idea on its mind, whereas the body’s feedback
loops manage to balance not just body temperature but
blood pressure, water levels in the cells, glucose
metabolism, oxygen and carbon dioxide concen trations,
and on and on, not leavi ng out the thousands of separate
chemicals produced with exquisite precision every where in
the physiology. Since the thermostat always returns to its norm and so
does the body, isn’t this a kind of hard-wiring that cannot
be denied, that in fact is necessary to our existence. The
greatest of nineteenth-century physiologists, Claude
Bernard, made the famou s statement, “Free life is the ﬁxity
of our interior milieu”—i n other words, the ability of our
thermostats to hold their position makes us free. Brilliant
as this insight was, a drastic mistake has crept in with it. When a thermostat sense s that the room is 65 degrees or
75 instead of 70, those variations are mistakes;  only 70
degrees is right. In us, on the other hand, many settings
can be right; normal is just the point we return to most of
the time. If you ran a marathon without your blood
pressure, heart rate, glucose metabolism, and sweatproduction rising drastic ally above “normal,” you would
collapse. “Normal” is just the zone we like to live in. It is not a rule
but a preference. The Tarahumara Indians, perhaps
because they descend from ancient runners who carried
messages across the Andes to the Incan empire, have
adjusted to a “normal” that is diﬀerent from ours, more
suited to their way of life. In deﬁance of a meager diet,
what they wanted to do—to run ﬁfty miles a day—w as more
important than mere bodily norms. Their bodies adapted to
intelligence, no questions asked, and not the other way
around. Thanks to the habit of following one style of living,
it may be diﬀicult to adapt instantly when the mind desires
a change—o bese people should not jump from their
armchairs to join marathons—but the power of adaptation
can never be totally sacriﬁced. For all our internal “hard-
wiring” and thousands of homeostatic mechanism s, we can
change our skills, forget them, acquire new ones, and so
on


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step to it in Chapter 10. Accept your differ ences as a cause of celebration. Release T oxic W ork
Most people spend a good portion of their life on the job. So ideally work
should af ford the opportunity  to express your creativity, to interact
meaningfully wi th your coworkers, and to provide the material s ecurity youseek. Un fortunately, many peop le find their workplace to be a source of
stress ra ther than fulfillment, and consequently, aging is accelerated rather
than reversed. The world would be a better place if we all could do what made us
happy, while expressing our unique talents in service to others and
ourselves. Acco rding to A yurveda, this is the state of living in dharma, or
fulfilling your purpose in life. Even if you are not able to earn a living
doing exactly what you like doing best, see if you can bring some aliveness
to your workplace. T ry connecting more openly with your coworkers so your work
environment is emotionally healthier. Observe your environment and see if you can improve the sounds,
sights, or smells that surround you. Look for opportunities to align your work with your values, needs, and
beliefs. Life is precious and you have the right to perform work that is
meaningful. A test to see if you  are in your dharma is to notic e how often
you look at the time. If your in ner dialogue tells you that time is creeping
by very slowly and you cannot w ait to get of f work, you are probably not in
a positio n that is fully expressin g your purpose in life. If, on the  other hand,
you find that tim e flies while y ou are engaged, it is a good clue that this
work is the type that can help y ou grow younger. Listen to the  signals that
your body and mind are commu nicating and commit to spending your day
creating greater fulfillment for you and those in your life. Reversing the Appearance of Aging
The field of ener gy, information, and intelligence commonly known as the
skin is your la r gest and most adaptable or gan. As the bou ndary zonebetween your inner and outer w orlds, the skin protects your tissues, cells,
and mo lecules from the onslaught of microor ganisms, temperature
extremes, ultraviolet and infrared radiation, and chemical pollutants present
in yo ur e nvironment. It constant ly monitors stimuli from your s urroundings
through its innumerable touch, temperature, and pain receptors, and sends
this information  to your brain on a moment-to-moment basis. Y our soft
pliant sk in has the remarkable ability to dif ferentiate itself into the long
strands of your hair or your flat hard nails by rearranging its collagen
molecules. It is the site of vita min D activation, crucial for maintaining
strong b ones. The skin contains sweat glands, oil glands, fat cells, nerve
fibers, i mmune cells, and miles of blood vessels and is essential in your
regulation of body temperature a nd hydration. The skin is literally your face
to the world. Following a few basic skin care principles can reverse the appearance of
aging. There are three important steps you must take as part of an age-
reversing skin care program: (1) purify, (2) revitalize, and (3) replenish. PURIFY
Y our ski n reflects the purity of your entire body. The principles of a healthy
diet, nutritional supplementation, and detoxification will pay their rewards
in the quality of your skin. In addition to generally healthy lifestyle choices,
you mu st carefu lly clean your skin once or twice daily to re move local
toxins that block your skin pores and predispose you to infections. It is generally best to avoid soap s that contain harsh deter gents and to use
natural cleansers. A yurveda recommends the use of herbal cleansing
powders that remove toxins an d excessive oils while reestablishing acid-
base bal ance. An  easily mixed f ormula that you can make at home includes
equal parts dried chickpea flour,  dry milk powder, nutmeg, lemo n peel, and
ground c oriander. Use about half a teaspoon with water to make a paste and
gently a pply it to your moistened face. As it begins to dry, rinse of f the
powder. If you wish to e xperiment with traditional A yurvedic cleansing herbs, try
adding neem, manjistha, or sandalwood powder. A basic principle regarding
the cleansing product is not to u se anything on your skin that you wouldn’ t
be comfortable putting into your stomach. Moist herbalize d steam treatments are also helpful in opening clogged
pores an d releas ing toxins. Once a week, treat yourself to a f acial steam
bath to which you add a few drops of essential oil. Lavender, juniper,
rosemary, ber gamot, or sage all have purifying ef fects on the body. REVIT ALIZE
The second step to reverse the appearance of aging is skin re vitalization. Stimulating the collagen fibers that support the skin can improve its tone
and appe arance. Many modern skin care products contain natural acids that
stimulate the cells that produce collagen, such as glycolic acid, azelaic acid,
and lactic acid. Skin care produ cts with these acids in higher concentration
will cause some peeling and should be used under the supervision of a
skilled s kin care specialist. Milder revitalizing treatments can be applied at
home using readily available natural products. Y ogurt, lemon juice, and grape fruit juice can have a mild stimulating
ef fect. Fresh yogurt can be applied directly to your skin and left on for five
minutes before rinsing. Dilute le mon juice or grapefruit juice with an equal
part of aloe vera juice and apply to the skin. Leave on for two minutes and
then rinse. If your skin is oily, you can do this every day. If your skin tends
to be dry or reactive, dilute the  solution further and use every  second or
third day. REPLENISHAfter cleansing and revitalizing, the skin needs to be replenished. Use a
pure veg etable or nut oil to which a few drops of an essential flo wer or herb
oil has been add ed. T ry mixing almond, jojoba, avocado, or sunflower oil
with ros e, lavender, sandalwood, jasmine, geranium, or lemon essential oils. Apply a small a mount and allow it to be absorbed naturally. Use more if
your skin is on the dry side. Sou rce books on natural beauty ca re are listed
in the references for this chapter. SUN PROTECTION
Always use sunscreen when you  are outdoors. Ultraviolet radiation leads to
collagen damage, wrinkling, and skin cancer. Prevention is much better than
cure, so be awa re of the potentially damaging ef fects of sun on your skin. This is particularly important if you live in a hot climate or at higher
altitudes. T each your children to use sunscreen to prevent unnecessary skin
problems later in their lives. Every day in every way,
I am incr easing my mental and physical capacity. My Biostat is set at a healthy ____ years of age. I look and feel a healthy ____ years old. I am r eversing my biological age:
By changing my per ception of my body, its aging and time;
Thr ough two kinds of deep r est—r estful awar eness and  r estful sleep;
By nurturing my body thr ough healthy foods;
By using nutritional complements wisely;
By enhancing mind/body integration;
Thr ough exer cise; andBy eliminating toxins fr om my life. 9
Y ou Can Reverse Y our
Biological Age by Cultivating
Flexibility and Creativity
in Consciousness

ACTION STEP # 8
I am  r eversing my biological ag e by cultivating flexibility and  cr eativity in
my consciousness. I put flexibility into practice by:
Learning to let go when things don’ t seem to go my way. Practicing the wisdom of uncertainty—not being attached to outcome
and letting go of the need to control. Learning to for give by relinquishing grievances, resent ments,and
r egr ets. I put cr eativity into practice by:
Learning the nine-step cr eative r esponse. Applying the cr eative r esponse to all the challenges and/or problems in
my life. Helping others to solve their problems by teaching them the cr eative
r esponse. Aging is associated with rigidity and decay. Y outh is associated with flexibility and cr eativity. Both flexibility and cr eativity ar e learned behaviors. By cultivating flexibility and cr eativity in consciousness,
you r enew yourself in every moment and
r everse the aging pr ocess. An ancient V edic aphorism says,
“Infinite flexibility and cr eativity
ar e the secr ets to immortality. ”

Y ou can reverse your biological  age by cultivating flexibility an d creativity
in c onsciousnes s. When we consider growing older we usually think of
becoming less flexible and cre ative. Our language of aging reflects this
view. W e use expressions like “Y ou can’ t teach an old dog new  tricks,” or“I’m too old to change,” or “He’ s just too set in his ways. ” In b oth modern
and V edic sciences, the loss of


 olive oil (hence the scandal in the olive oil industry
which was first introduced to the public by my newsletter,
Beyond Health News,
and
was ultimately included in a worldwide broadcast by the BBC and by ABC news). Almost all olive oil is processed and diluted in ways that result in the loss of
vitamins, essential fatty acids, antioxidants, and other nutrients, not to mention the
addition/creation of toxins. In my search for a healthful olive oil, I found only one
U.S. producer that’s doing everything right. Not surprisingly, this oil also has the
best flavor; the brand is Bariani. Barleans Flaxseed Oil
Everybody needs essential fats. Flaxseed oil contains essential omega-3 and -6
fatty acids that are required for good health. In choosing an oil, look for one that is
as fresh as possible and unfiltered, so as to retain all its precious nutrients and
goodness. Barleans is my choice. It is a high-quality oil that is pressed daily, given a
four-month shelf life date stamp and expressed directly to your local health food
store. Carlson Cod Liver Oil
Carlson Cod Liver Oil comes from the livers of fresh cod fish found in the pure
North Atlantic waters near Norway. It is a rich source of vitamins A and D along
with DHA and EPA (fish oils beneficial to human health). Organic Ghee or Butter
Organic butter is acceptable when a fat is required, such as for frying. Do not
allow the butter to smoke, as it becomes toxic. Organic ghee (clarified butter) may
be a better choice since it lacks the milk proteins and is less allergenic than butter. Ghee is made by removing all the milk solids and water from butter, leaving only
the fat. Ghee withstands higher temperatures well, making it ideal for cooking. My
choice is Purity Farms Organic Ghee. Udo’s Choice Perfected Oil Blend
Udo’s Choice is a blend of organic, unrefined oils and nutritional co-factors that
balances the omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids to coincide with those obtained from
traditional diets.Pesticides
Pesticides are among the most dangerous of all man-made chemicals. When we
are exposed to pesticides, not only do they harm us and our children; they harm all
life on the planet. Yet, there are times when it sure would be nice to have something
that effectively kills and repels bugs without doing harm to you, your children, your
pets, or the environment. I found such a product; it is called Orange Guard. pH paper
pH balance is a critical part of cellular health. For monitoring the pH of urine and
saliva, pH paper in the range of 5.5 to 8.0 is ideal. pH paper in this range is available
at Beyond Health, along with guidelines on how to measure and control your pH. Rebounding
Health is determined by many factors, including diet, toxins, genes, stress,
thoughts and emotions and
the amount of physical activity we get. Research has
proven that the benefits of exercise are cumulative and that physical activity is
essential for health. Rebounding is a simple, easy, and inexpensive way to address
this problem without leaving your home. If you consider buying a rebounder, do not purchase a cheap $50 mini-trampoline
at your local sporting goods store. This type of rebounder actually can do more harm
than good. Inexpensive rebounders tend to have bad springs; these cheap tube
springs do not absorb and cushion your weight properly, causing a bounce that is
abrupt and jarring. People have suffered permanent nerve damage from using such
units. Select a rebounder with fat, barrel spring that allows for smooth deceleration,
bringing you to a gentle stop. Another problem with cheap rebounders is poor-
quality matting material. Cheap mats stretch too much, do not support your feet
properly and thus place undue stress on your ankles, knees and back. By contrast,
good rebounders have high-quality mats that hold their shape and do not overstretch. Other considerations for a rebounder include the strength of the frame, the height
and number of legs, the quality of the sewing that attaches the webbing to the mat
and the ease with which the unit can be folded, stored out of the way or made
portable. The rebounder I selected for my personal use is available through Beyond
Health. Shampoo
All shampoos will remove oil and dirt from your hair, but the challenge is findingone without toxins. Common toxins include sodium lauryl sulfate and artificial
colors, fragrances and preservatives. Depending on the formula, other ingredients in
shampoo are capable of reacting with sodium lauryl sulfate to form nitrosamines,
which are powerful carcinogens. The brand I chose for my personal use is Aubrey
Organics. Aubrey makes a variety of shampoo products, so there is bound to be one
that is just right for you. Skin Cream
Like shampoos, most skin creams contain a long list of highly toxic chemicals
including artificial colors, fragrances, and preservatives such as parabens (capable of
damaging sub-layers of skin even more severely than a bad sunburn— damage that
goes essentially unnoticed—until a cancer diagnosis). My search for a skin cream
that contained no toxins and only high-quality natural ingredients led me again to
Aubrey Organics, which makes a variety of safe and effective skin creams. My
favorite is their Green Tea & Ginkgo Moisturizer, which is available at quality
health and specialty stores or at Beyond Health. Soap
Soaps generally come in either bar or liquid form and are made from either
vegetable or animal fats or synthetic detergents. There are enormous differences in
the amount of skin irritation caused by different brands of soap. Generally, soaps
made from glycerin are among the mildest. Soaps can also contain a variety of
toxins including artificial colors and fragrances as well as antibacterial chemicals. I
look for soaps that minimize both skin irritation and toxicity while still doing the
job. My favorites are soaps made by Weleda and Aubrey Organics. I also like Kirk’s
Castile bar soap and Dr. Bronner’s liquid soaps; both are effective, safe and
relatively inexpensive. Sunscreen
This is a perspective issue more than a recommendation. Sunlight is a health
promoting, required nutrient. Sunburn, however, damages health. The answer is to
get sun in frequent moderate doses and build a tan. Unless you do something foolish,
the sun will not cause disease in healthy people who have adequate amounts of
nutrients like carotenes, lycopene, essential fatty acids, and vitamins A, C, E, and
zinc and selenium. Our need for the sun is exemplified by the fact that nature
intended us to get most of our vitamin D from the sun. Vitamin D is almost totallyabsent in vegetable foods. If you must have a sunscreen skin product, I recommend
looking for those that do not contain any toxic, synthetic chemicals. My personal
choices are any of the several sunscreen products by Aubrey Organics, or merely
sticking to the ancient Mediterranean custom of rubbing high quality olive oil (such
as Bariani) on the skin. Synthetic chemical sunscreens may indeed help prevent a sunburn, but they do not
prevent skin cancer—in fact, they may even promote it. Researchers at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston cite: “There is no substantial evidence that
sunscreen protects against any of the three forms of skin cancer.” Robin Marks,
M.B., M.P.H., a dermatologist and a professor at the University of Melbourne said:
“Relying on synthetic chemicals to prevent cancer is laughable.” Arthur Rhodes, a
University of Pittsburgh dermatologist, told a 1994 meeting of the American Cancer
Society that sunscreens “appear weakly effective or ineffective.”
Toothpaste
Because almost all toothpaste is toxic, I looked for a toothpaste that would clean
teeth without adding to toxic overload. The mucus membranes in the mouth are
highly permeable and chemicals in toothpaste pass right through the membranes into
the blood stream where they can bioaccumulate in the body to toxic levels. Toxins
such as sodium lauryl sulfate, fluoride, artificial sweeteners, artificial colors, and
artificial flavors are common contaminants in toothpaste. The brand I selected after
eighteen months of research is Weleda. While there may be other acceptable brands,
I did not find any in my search that were superior to Weleda. If you decide to look
for one on your own, the objective is to find a brand that is made from only natural
and exceptionally pure raw materials. For additional information about these products, go to
www.beyondhealth.com
 or
call 800-250-3063.A
PENDIX
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LTERNATIVE
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ANCER
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REATMENTS
C
ancer may be the most feared of all diseases, but like all so-called diseases, it is
nothing more than malfunctioning cells. Restore those cells to normal function and
the cancer will disappear. Modern medicine’s dangerous treatments have failed to
put a dent in our cancer epidemic. Meanwhile, alternative methods have been
clinically proven to reverse cancer. Good resources include the
Definitive Guide to Cancer
by Diamond, Cowden, and
Goldberg, published by Future Medicine Publishing. Another resource is
Beating
Cancer with Nutrition
by Patrick Quillin. For specific suggestions regarding
alternative treatment options, consult with People Against Cancer. By


ented orris root powder,
thickening arrowroot powder, purifying  amla, neem and
sandalwood for their antiseptic properties, and  reetha  or soap nut. Shikakai,  literally “fruit for hair” is another traditional shampoo in
the f orm of a paste: made from  Acacia concinna  bark that contains
high lev els of saponins or foaming agents, it is a mild clean ser. Whilst the lather is rather weak, it has anaturally low pH, so does
not strip hair of  its natural oils. It also acts as a de-tangler and  is a
useful anti-dandruf f tool. Another ancient custom for healthy hair and scalp often given
on a daily basis is an Indian head massage (see page 26). Less time
intensive is a quick application of hair oil: there are liter ally
hundreds of such oils on the market as Indians believe that they help
hair gro w luxuriantly thick, soft and glossy. In addition, they are
supposed to soothe and invigorate the sense or gans and even
remove wrinkles from the face! Popular hair oils contain
bhringaraj,  brahmi  and  amla, often combined with other
strengthening, conditioning and antiseptic herbs and plants. Regenerating for hair and stimulating for the scalp, a henna conditioning treatment
is a staple at many  Indian beauty salons. After application, the paste rests on the
head for half an hour, then is washed of f with lukewarm water.A plant much used in Indian hair care is  mehndi  or henna
(Lawsonia inermis). Antiseptic and nutritious, it is a popular hair
conditioner and gives grey hair a red-orange tint. It has the abilit y to
coat the hair sha ft, thereby protecting and thickening hair. “One of
India’ s age-old beauty secrets is a henna conditioner,” says herbal
beauty advocate, Shahnaz Husain, “Made from henna paste, mixed
with lem on juice, egg and yog urt, it cleanses and conditions hair,
promotes new hair growth and restores good health to the scalp.”
She goe s on to add that, unlike chemical deter gents, it doesn’ t
destroy t he natur al acid nature o f the scalp and leaves hair shiny and
supple. Essential oil of henna is also very cooling on the head. The resin of the  Boswellia serrata  tree is collected in a manner similar to rubber
tapping; the harvested gum is then ground into a powder and used in a charcoal
burner to scent the hair. More commonly known as frankincense, the powder is
also used in religious rites and perfumery. A variety of hair cleansing and conditioning routines are
available at Shahnaz Husain salons and day spas — and over -the-
counter conditio ners, rinses and tonics are plentiful in her 100
percent herbal range. Many other Indian spas of fer the sublime headmassage, often as part of a face or body ritual, and a wonderful treat
for dry, dehydrated and sensiti ve scalp and hair is the Ananda’ s
aromatic hot oil treatment with pure essence of lavender, geranium
and rosemary. For a four -prong ed treat, Neemrana Spa’ s heavenly  sirolepam
is a mus t: T aken  from the word s,  siro  meaning “head” and  lepam
translating as “pack”, the treatment (see photos on previous page)
includes a head, neck, face and shoulder massage along with a head
pack to stimulate hair growth and revitalize the brain. the art of mehndi
The application of  mehndi  (henna) as a colorant on ha ir,
hands and nails is a time-hon ored tradition in India. W ith its
origins in Egypt,  mehndi  was also extensively used in the
Middle East, probably as a cooling device. Coming from the
Lawsonia inermis  shrub, it is known as  madayantika  in
Sanskrit. The small leaves, crushed into a powder and mixed
with water and a little bit of sugar, makes a dark green paste
that turns orange when applied to the skin. Mehndi  has anti- irritant, deodorant and antiseptic properties, and is
used by A yurved ic physicians for skin irritations such as heat rashes
and skin  aller gie s. The paste is also used as an antidote against heat
and sunstroke and, in the past, the leaves were applied to bring
down hi gh fever s. T oday, it ma y be applied to the body during the
intense h eat of the day, and peo ple embarking on a long walk often
apply it on the  soles of feet. Because of its cooling proper ties,
mehndi  leaves and flowers are made into  lotions and ointments that
are u sed externally for boils, bu rns, bruises and skin inflammations. Antiseptic and nutritious to th e head also, it is used as a hair
conditioner and gives grey hair a red/orange tint.Historically, there are many references to this versatile plant. The Muslim prophet Mohammed used  mehndi  for heali ng and he
also dye d his hair and beard with  it. It is recorded in the  Qu’ran  that
his wife and daughters used henna for decoration on occasions such
as Eid celebrati ons and weddings. Some Muslim girls are na med
after the  mehndi  plant. Its small intensely fragrant white flowers
make a wonderfully strong-smelling perfume that is favored by both
men and women. Over time, henna developed into a popular beauty aid, and the
application of  mehndi  in intricate patterns on palms and feet is still
an integ ral part of both Muslim  and Hindu marriage ceremonies. It
is co nsidered a s ign of love — the darker the coloration, the gre ater
the love of the groom for the bride. Sometimes, the  mehndi  is applied with the name of the
husband-to-be h idden in the pattern; if he can’ t find it, he has to pay
a for feit! Often applied with the  singing of songs, there are multiple
patterns, most of which have cultural associations. In Rajasthan
where these photos were taken, patterns typically have lines of v-shaped leaves, peacock feather patterning, a  bhandhej  (tie-dye)
pattern, little acacia leaves and a  laheria  pattern (this literally
translates as “waves of the sea” and is found in geometric or floral
patterns on brightly colored Rajasthani saris). Drawings, powder, paste and examples of henna patterns on hands and feet
photographed at the resort of Amanbagh in Rajasthan. The spa manager at the
Aman spa there learned the art of  mehndi  application from her grandmother:
Using a cone simila r to the type of apparatus used for icing a cake, she painted
hands and feet in intricate patterns. Different henna patterns indicate different
geographical locations and cultural associations. It isn’ t only at m arriages that women decorate their hands and
feet with  mehndi. Ma ny other festivals of fer an excuse for girls to
dress up and adorn themselves, and, increasingly, variations of
traditional patterns may be applied as tattoo-type insignias on other
parts of the body. Many visitors to India try a henna decoration at
least once. As i t is a safe, painless and non-permanent alterna tive
form of body o rnamentation that is gaining favor in the W est,
nowadays you’ll find henna artists in popular tourist destinations
such as beach resorts and bazaars all over India.In the past, large leaves were used for wrapping, as they encouraged swea ting,
thereby removing toxins from beneath the skin’s surface. Here, shiny banana
leaves have been used effectively; in today’ s spas, these have largely been
replaced by plastic, cloth, towels or cling wrap. body wraps
There is something immensely comforting about lying
swaddled in cloth, plastic or blankets while a warming,detoxifying pa ste is doing its work on your body. W ith  its
roots in  Indian bridal tradition, as brides always have a wrap
daily fo r a week prior to their wedding day, the body w rap
in Indi a employs a variety of ingredients. From fruits to
flowers, herbs, spices and clays, a body wrap can be deeply
nurturing. Whatever the wrap components, the idea is that the warmth of the
wrap allows ingredients to penetrate subcutaneously through the
pores of skin. Some wraps are prescribed for their preventative and
curative properties against col d and cough; others are used to
alleviate muscle aches, headaches and fever. Others use minerals
and ingredients  from the ocean such as seaweed to encourage
lymphatic drai nage. All aim to increase blood circulation,
encourage sweating to draw out unwanted toxins, cleanse internally
and on the body’ s surface, and leave skin soft and glowing. In a spa, a polish or scrub may precede a wrap: as skin has been
freshly exfol


 Breathing  or the
Orgas mic Up ward Draw. Then the mo re inward the orgasm, and
the more y ou can bring  it up ward, the more y ou will heal  and
revitalize  as the  Ching  Chi (sexual  energy ) travels  through  the
channel  in its loop  up the spine  to the head  and down the front
through  the navel,  genitals  and perine um, linking  the various  organs
and glands  with each  other  and with the brain. This ener gy can
also be  used  to heal  and revitalize  your partne r:
   As the  woman’s  cycle continues  and the egg moves out  of the
body  the experience  of heat  gives w ay to what has been  described
as a mildly warm qualit y. All sexual  energy, whether male or female,
is Yin in its latent  or resting  state. At this ti me the  aroused  sexual
energy, now  more Yin in nature,  is mo re healing  than  creative. It is
important  to use this  sexual energy  and not let its vitality  pour
outw ard. IF it does,  you have  to start  the process  all over  again. ll. Single Cultiv atlon: Ovarlan Breathing,  Ovarian and Vaginal
Compression
    Ovarian  Breathing:  The Ovarian  Breathing  exercise  that follow s
will help  you to open  and utilize  the channels  of the Microcosmic
Orbit,  a process  described  briefly  in Chapter  4 and  in depth  in the
book  Awaken Healing,  Energy Through  the Tao. In Ovarian
Breathing  you use your mind to  draw the warm, Yang, vital egg
energy  up the  spine  to your head  and to the third eye (locate d mid-
eyebrow), dow n through  the tongue,  the heart,  the solar  plexus,
finally  to be stored  in the  navel. You will be dra wing on the ener gy
generat ed by the ovaries,  eggs  and hormones  themselves. At first
the process  is slow, but later  a simple thought  will send  delightful
waves of energ y up y our back  to your head. - 84 -Chapter  V
   Ovarian  Com pression:  The second  exercise,  Ovarian
Compression,  trains  you to have  more control  of the  Chi Muscle  to
build  up w arm Ching  ener gy in the  ovaries  and to mo ve this  energy
safely  upward. Orgasm ic Upward Draw : A third  exercise,  the Orgasmic Upw ard
Draw, is the  subject of  Chapter  6. You will learn  how to contend
with the Ching  energy  when it is aroused,  and how  to extend  the
orgasm inw ard and upw ard. This is the  most po werful way to
energize  and revitalize  the organs,  glands  and brain. Like a  wild
mare, this  energy  is the mo st difficult  to control. It is recom mended
that in the  beginnin g you practice  this exercise  alone,  using  self-
arousal,  before  attempting  to tam e your sexual ener gy at its m ost
explosive  time, i.e., w ith a lover  during  love making. A. Ovarian  Breathing
1. Overview  of the Exercise
    The Ovarian  Breathing  exercise  involves  a gentle  contracti on of
the Chi Muscle,  as delicate  as the  closing  petals  of a flower and so
minimal that  any less w ould do nothing  at all. The various  postures
will be describe d belo w, althoug h it would be best  to try this exercise
standing  up or  sitting  on the edge  of a chair
    You will be bringing  your awareness  to both  ovaries. Then you
will gathe r more energy  in the  area  to be describe d as the “Ovarian
Palace,”  from which you will move the  energ y through  the uterus  to
the perineum. From there  you will guide  it up  your back  to the  brain,
and then  using  your tongue  as a  switch, you will guide  it dow n to
your navel,  where it can  be stored. We have  noted  that the energy  of the ovaries  is regar ded as hot
energy  and, as such,  can be stored  in the  heart  center  or navel
center  Som e people  store  too much energ y in the  heart  and find it
causes  heartbu rn and difficulty  in breathin g. This me ans there  is
excess ener gy that is not  circulating  sufficientl y. Therefo re, in the
early  stages  of your practice,  we advise  you to store  the sexual
energy  in the  navel,  and as y our practice  continues,  store  it in the
heart  to increase  love,  joy and compassion. 2. Postures
There  are three  postures  in which to practice  Ovarian  Breathing :
sitting,  standing  and lying. - 85 -Cultivating  Ovarian Power
A. Sitting
  For simplicity  and comfort, sit on a  chair  (Fig. 5.13)  Sitting  lends
ease  to a practice  that favors  relaxatio n and good  concentrati on. Fig. 5.13  Sitting  Posture
   Sit on  the edge  of a chair  with both  the legs  and buttocks
supportin g your weight. Do not put  all the w eight on the sitting  bones
because  in time this can  create  sciatic  nerve  pain. The vagina  and
perineum should  not be  constricted  but should  be covered  with
comfortable  unde rwear or loose  clothing  to protect  them  from any
draft. As a helpful  technique  used  since olden  times, a w oman  can
place  a hard,  round  object, perhaps  a ball,  in such  a way that it
presses  directl y on her vagina  and clitoris  during  practice,  or she
can sit on the  heel  of one foot,  pressing  it tightly  against  the clitoris
to help  the Chi activate  easily. If you practice  the Micr ocosmic Orbit
circulation  and Iron Shirt Chi Kung,  you should  be well practiced  at
directing  ener gy upward and can omit this  step. - 86 -Chapter V
    Raise  the tongue  to the roof of the  mouth: this is essential  in cir-
culating  the Chi and  com pleting  the loop  between the front  and
back channels  of the Microcosmic Orbit. (Fig. 5.14)  The feet are
firmly planted  on the floor  with the hands  resting  palms-do wn on
the knees. The back  should  be quite  straight  at the waist, but slightly
round  at the  shoulders  and neck. This very minor forw ard curvatu re
of the  upper  back  tends  to relax  the chest,  and helps  the pow er
flow throug h the neck,  chest,  and abdomen. Keep  the chin  slightly
tucked  in. Milita ry posture, with shoulde rs thrown back and  head
held high,  tends  to lodge  pow er in the  upper  body and prevent  its
circulating  back  down to lower centers. Fig. 5.14  Tongue  touches the p alate so the energy  can flow down. - 87 -Cultivating  Ovarian Power
   A variant  of the sitting position  is to sit cross- legged,  either  in
the lotus position  or Am erican  Indian  style. We apprecia te the
esoteric  virtues  of the lotus position,  but Chinese  practice  attribut es
serious  disadvant ages  to this  sitting position. Some m onks suffered
severe  sciatic nerve  pain  or were crippled  by lengthy  meditation  in
the lotus position. Also, turning  the soles of  the feet a way from  the
ground  prevents  you from directly  drawing in through  the feet the
earth’s  Yin power. When you are very good  at controlling  and
directing  the energ y, you can sit in an y position  and still direct  the
energy  as yo u wish. How eve, the human body  is designed  to absorb
earth  energ y throug h the kidney  (K-1  point)  and other  meridians  in
the feet and filter it befor e passing  it up to  the coccyx  and brain. Some


blockages, and your mind is going to talk about it. Fine, be that as it may—
you don’t have to listen. It’s that simple. If you know your mind doesn’ t
know what it’s talking about, why listen. As we’ve seen, the personal mind
can’t know anything except for the data it has collected. That data is nothing
compared to the universal set of data it has missed every moment. The data
the mind has in there is what we call statistically insignificant. That’ s why
the mind changes its mind so often. Give it one more experience, and it will
view things dif ferently. Interesting that we keep listening to it anyway. A wise person doesn’ t renounce the world; they honor the reality that’s
unfolding in front of them. Likewise, a wise person doesn’ t renounce the
use of their mind ; they just don’t listen to the personal mind because it’s lost
in thoughts about itself. The personal mind is not going to solve your
problems. It’s doing the best it can with the limited data it has, but its efforts
don’t generally work out so well. Regarding the heart, a wise person allows the heart to freely express
itself inwardly but does not get lost in it. Some people say, “Follow your
heart. ” They must not be referri ng to the personal heart because it’s all over
the place on a day-to-day basis. Fortunately, there is a higher heart to follow. Once energy flows past the middle of the fourth chakra, it enters a deeper
heart that doesn’ t change, ever. There’ s a constant upward flow of beautiful
energy. It brings waves of bliss so powerful you can hardly focus outwardly. It wafts over you, and you settle  back into this beautiful peace that surpasses
all unde rstanding. The peace you have because you got what you wanted—
that’s understandable. This peace comes over you and stays for no reason,
completely unconditionally—that’ s what your higher heart has to offer you. This is the gift of your spiritual heart. To expe rience your spiritual heart, you must learn to rise above your
personal heart. The personal heart is very strong and very emotional. It’s not
easy to pierce through the personal heart, but it is possible. First, check to
see if your heart’ s expressions are based on current reality or the thoughts in
your mind. Thoughts of what went wrong in the past, and what might go
wrong in the future, create emotions that are out of tune with reality. There
is no end to the mess this can create in your heart. Since the energies that
build up in the heart must have a channel for release, these emotions will
spill over into your external life and can create quite a disturbance. If your emotions are in harmony  with the reality unfolding before you,
they are generally healthy and support the quality of your life. When both
your heart and mind are in harmony with reality, energies don’t release
outwardly because nothing is blocking them. The power of these unblocked
energies passing through the lower heart can then be utilized to rise into the
higher parts of the heart. Because you are neither suppressing nor
expressing, the deeper spiritu al states begin to unfold. You can still
contribute to what’ s happening outside, but your actions are not personal in
nature. They are simply beautiful moment-to-moment interactions with
reality that are serving the flow of life. Reaching this state requires clearing out the samskaras that are
blocking the energy flow and not putting any more in there. To do this, learn
to handle your heart. This takes practice, just like you practice the piano, a
sport, or anything else. We will explore this process in great depth in the
following chapters. What it requires is a change in attitude: You begin to
accept that things are going to happen, they’re going to hit your heart, andyour mind is going to create thoughts to release the built-up energies. You
commit to being okay with this process. This attitude of acceptance is very
different from suppressing the emotions and thoughts or letting yourself get
lost in them. Just honor what the heart is doing and learn to sit back and
relax behind it. Emotions can become like a breeze blowing across your face
—nothing to do except experience the experience. Appreciate the work your heart is doing to push out the samskaras you
have collected over the years. Your heart will do the work—all  you need to
do is allow the purification to take place. At first, it’s not easy to relax in the
face of what you’ve spent your life avoiding. But it is certainly worth it
because the reward is love, freedom, and constant inspiration. After all,
you’ve already been through so much pain for so little gain. The bottom line is that you’re a beautiful being. You’re a being of great
love, light, and inspiration. You are made in the image of God. The god who
created the whole universe exists inside of you, but you don’t realize that. You’re lost thinking that the world outside has to be a certain way for you to
be okay. This is the human  predicament, and nothing is going to
meaningfully change until you learn to live from a deeper place. To get out
of this predicam ent, you’ve got some work to do, and the work is on
yourself. To quote Rumi, the great thirteenth-century Persian poet,
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise,
so I am changing myself. ”PART VII:
Learning to Let GoChapter 30. Techniques for Freeing Yourself
Logically, it doesn’ t make sense  to store inside of you the experiences that
bothered you the most. If you do that, you will build your own internal
house of horrors and will struggle to be comfortable inside. This is the root
cause of all anxiety, tension, and psychological disturbances. This cannot be
fixed until you deal with it at its root. As long as you are holding inside of
you that which bothered you ten or twenty years ago, you are going to
suffer. Once your intent is to use every moment of your life to free yourself,
the question becomes how to do that. Believe it or not, your sincere intent to
be free is more important than any technique you can use. You’re in there,
and if you understand these teachings, you realize you don’t want blockages
in there. They make life extremely difficult. So you commit to letting them
go. Traditionally, there are some powerful techniques for freeing yourself
during your everyday life, and we will discuss three of them in very broad
terms. The first technique is called positive thinking. Yogananda used to teach
that every time you have a negative thought, replace it with a positive one. This is a very basic and useful technique for bringing about change. It is
based on the two types of thoughts we discussed earlier: those created
willfully and those that happen automatically. If you notice your mind
giving you a hard time while you’re driving—those are automatically
generated thoug hts. You are not purposely creating them. Now try purposely
creating positive  thoughts about the situation. If the person in front of you is
driving much slower than the speed limit, you might say inside your mind,
“Wow. What an opportunity to relax. I can’t be in a rush becaus e the person
in front of me won’ t let me. I guess it’s time to watch my breath, calm
down, and learn to enjoy the experience. ” You’re welcome to do that ineveryday life. You’re not fighting with your mind or pushin g away the
negative thoughts. You’re simply replacing the automatically generated
thoughts with willfully created  ones. Don’ t fight, just replace. It doesn’ t
matter if the negative thoughts continue in the background; just focus on the
positive though ts you are willfully creating. Over time, your willfully
created thoughts will replace the automatically generated ones. This is a
very healthy thing to do. Simply apply your will to offset or neutralize the
effect of your samskaras. Over time, this will develop a more positive mind,
which is a much nicer environment to live in. The next technique is very traditional and is broadly referre d to as
mantra. In the most general sense, “mantra” means training your mind to
repeat a simple word or phrase  over and over until it gets stuck in your
mind. Just like a song can get stuck in your mind, a mantra can get stuck in
your mind. We all experience that our minds can work in layers. You can be
paying attention to someone speaking, and there can still be thoughts going
on “in the back of your mind. ” Your mind is so brilliant it can multitask. It
can create thoughts at multiple levels, and you can be aware of these layers
simultaneously. Mantra is offering you a layer of mind that is always there
—balanced, pleasant, a safe place to rest. As the mantra effortlessly goes on
in the backgroun d, it gives you the choice of which layer of mind you want
to focus on. When the habitual thoughts come up from your samskaras, you
don’t have to fight with them or even replace them. You just shift your
consciousness onto the mantra. With positive thinking, you are continually
using your will to neutralize negative thoughts with positive  ones. With


, 182–183, 188
Estriol, 21, 96, 97Estrogen, 4–5, 13–27, 41,
43–44, 50–51, 55, 68, 70, 71, 76, 77, 80, 81–88, 89, 91, 93, 94, 96–98, 100, 144, 146, 161, 163, 175, 179, 182–183, 185, 187–190, 193, 200–201, 206–207
in men, 76, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 111–112, 117, 120, 153, 157
Estrogen dominance, 13–27,
43–44, 50–51, 77, 84, 93, 120, 132, 138, 142–143, 146, 186, 189215 INDEX 216 THE MIRACLE OF BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES
44, 55, 88, 101, 107, 108,
109, 110, 118–120, 128, 135, 136, 138, 142–143, 150, 168–171, 172, 173, 174–175, 179, 185–186, 187, 190
overproduction of,
see
hyperinsulinemia
Irregular periods, 80, 141
Kegel maneuver, 100
Ketostix, 172–173
Lee, John, M.D., 20, 193, 195
Lescol, 151, 164Levothyroxine, 30Levoxyl, 30, 32, 33Lexapro, 162Libido (sex drive), 37, 44, 62,
71, 76, 80, 88, 99, 100, 103, 104–105, 106, 118, 120
Lipitor, 30, 150, 164, 201Lipogenic (fat-creating)
hormones, 5, 22, 84, 123,
128, 161, 163, 175, 189
Lithium, 125, 128Lopressor, 31, 162
Lupron, 112
Luteinizing hormone (LH), 25,
86
Lycopene, 73, 112Heart, 5, 21, 31, 32, 75, 79,
82, 84, 88, 89, 98, 104, 121,
150, 151–152, 157, 163, 169, 178, 197, 199, 200,
201, 202
High blood pressure, 36, 42,
164
Homocysteine, 21, 202–203Hot flashes, 16, 24–25, 80, 86,
87, 89, 96, 97, 100, 183
Human growth hormone
(HGH), 101, 177–179
Hyperinsulinemia, 11, 18, 39,
42, 55, 107, 109, 110,
118–120, 128, 129, 131–132, 142–143, 144, 145, 150, 153, 157, 164, 171
Hypertension, 166Hypoglycemia, 39, 44, 107,
109, 110, 119–120, 129, 131–132, 134, 135, 136, 143
and adrenaline, 110, 129, 131, 135
Hypothalamus, 86Hysterectomy, 14, 18, 23, 80,
188
Insulin-like growth factor
(IGF-1), 179
Inderal, 48–49, 162Insulin, 11, 18, 22, 23, 42, 43,  217 INDEX
Obesity, 55–56, 88, 118, 120,
121, 141, 153–159, 163, 165–175, 182–184, 185, 191–197
Osteopenia, 67–70Osteoporosis, 5, 19–20, 22, 41,
67–74, 75, 81, 87, 88, 98, 103, 104, 108–109, 120, 122
Ovarian cancer, 19, 23, 84, 85,
189, 200–201
Parkinson’s disease, 76, 151,
202
Paxil, 37, 39, 40, 44, 125, 128,
162
Perimenopause, 5, 23, 76, 86Pituitary gland, 25, 31, 42, 86,
96, 97, 144, 178
PMS (premenstrual syndrome),
70, 80, 84, 87, 93, 94, 142, 145
Polycystic ovarian syndrome
(PCOS), 144, 145
Postpartum depression, 53–57,
94, 146, 185
Pravachol, 151, 164
Prednisone, 40, 41, 43, 44
Pregnancy, 18, 35, 55, 56–57,
84, 86, 93, 94–95, 97, 98, 142, 145, 146, 179, 184–185, 206Macular degeneration, 106, 202
Magnesium, 65, 70, 73Melatonin, 71–72Memory, 22, 29, 32, 76, 151,
152
Menopause, 4–5, 8, 20, 23, 47,
48–49, 51, 68, 79–89, 91–93, 96–102, 163, 179, 193, 206
Menstrual bleeding, 93Menstrual cramps, 70, 80, 84,
87, 93, 94, 138, 141, 142, 144, 145, 189
Menstrual headaches, 101
Meridia, 182–183, 186–187Metformin, 119, 174Mevacor, 151, 164Migraine headache, 19, 22,
47–51, 84, 87, 93, 138, 141, 143, 145, 146, 186, 189
Miscarriage, 19, 43, 94, 95,
146, 185
Morning sickness, 19, 43, 56,
146
Multiple sclerosis (MS), 22, 73
Neuropathy, 22
Night sweats, 25, 86, 87, 96,
97, 100, 154
Norpramin, 162 218 THE MIRACLE OF BIO-IDENTICAL HORMONES
Saw palmetto, 106
Selective serotonin reuptake
inhibitor (SSRI), 162, 186
Selenium, 112Sexual dysfunction. Seelibido
Sleep, 14, 17, 43, 59, 61–62,
71, 76, 155, 169, 183
Statin drugs, 30, 150–151, 152,
164
Stress, 64, 65, 72, 77, 101, 128,
129–130, 173–174
Strokes, 5, 21, 50, 79, 82, 84,
199, 200, 201, 202
Somers, Suzanne, xvi, 83–85,
92, 98
Syndrome X, 120, 150, 170,
172, 174
Synthroid, 14, 15, 27, 30, 32,
33, 38, 40, 41, 192, 194, 195
Tamoxifen, 19, 112
T estosterone, 25, 37, 62,
70–71, 76, 86, 87, 88, 89,
91, 96, 97, 98–100, 102,
103–107, 111–112, 117, 120–121, 144, 155
Thyroid, 14, 16, 18, 23, 26–27,
29–33, 37–38, 39, 41–42,
43–44, 49, 51, 54, 56, 62, 64–65, 118, 135, 144, 146,


 belief in death as
an extinction doomed your body  to decay, age, and die, just as did so many
before you in exactly the same way. It isn’t death that hurts us but the dread of its inevitability. We all felt an
ache, a hole in our hearts that was left when the first cherished thing in ourlives died. A gap was left for fear to fill, and since nothing else has filled it
since, we haven’ t yet been able to confront death. Loss is the most potent
cause of anxiety and also the most dif ficult to face. In adulthood, aging reminds us of loss; therefore it forces us to look into
this gap that was opened in childhood. To free oneself from death is the
goal of all religions: “O Death,  where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy
victory?” Saint Paul asks in his letter to the tiny Christian band in Corinth. He then supplies the answer: “The sting of death is sin,” mean ing error or
the fall from grace. In other words, death is the result of man’ s separation
from the Divine, which is witho ut death. By implication, immortality is our
true life. But what about the pet canary, cat, or dog who died in our childhood? It
perished withou t having any such theological beliefs. However, to say that
an animal died is to put things in human terms. Look out the window at a
tree. Is it alive or dead? It is both at the same time: Its old leaves are dead,
as is the seed the tree sprouted from. The wood inside the trunk is dead,
except for the thin ring of cambium, less than one-sixteenth  of an inch
thick, that feeds the leaves, which themselves are largely composed of
nonliving fibers of cellulose. When leaves turn in autumn, their dead
skeletons fall to the ground, but until then they are part of the living tree. Moreover, the food, air, and water circulating through the tree are no
more alive than when they were locked up in rocks and raindrops; the soil
that sustains the tree is only ground-down stone and decayed compounds
from prior trees. What we call a living tree is a composite of life and death,
and any division between one and the other is mostly in our heads. Any
plant or animal is just one stage in the constant cycling and recycling of
elements that goes on eternally. That whole cycle is life, and the cycling is
the living. The fact that we try to freeze the cycle into stop-mot ion and say,
“Now this tree is alive, now this tree is dead,” represents how our minds
work. Fearing decay and disintegration, we label them death when in fact
they are only change. Like the tree, the canary is just a stage of life. At an earlier time the
canary was an egg, before that a fertilized cell, and before that, birdseed
being eaten by its mother, who turned the food into the egg that was to be
laid. After the canary dies, it will decompose, its elements will nourishplants, and the plants will set seed to feed other birds. How much of this
endless round, if any, is death, and how much is just our view of things—
including oursel ves? You may think that death is an awful event awaiting
you in the future, when in actuality parts of your body are dying every
second. Your stomach lining dies partially every time you diges t food, only
to be replaced by new tissue. The same is true of your skin, hair, toenails,
blood cells, and every other tissue. You may assume  that death is your enemy, but all these cells are dying in
order to keep you alive. If your stomach lining didn’ t die and get replaced
over and over, gastric juices would sear a hole in your stomach wall after a
few hours, and then all of you would die. The line between what is living
and what is dead gets very blurry the closer you look. Parts of your body
are much more alive than others. Muscles have a faster metabolism than fat;
brain, heart, and liver cells rarely if ever duplicate after birth, while
stomach, skin, and blood cells replace themselves in a matter of days,
weeks, and months. A strang e fact of human anatom y is that if we could somehow remove all
the cells in our bodies, the remaining form would still look very much like a
person. Our structural parts resemble a free-standing coral reef composed of
mineralized bone, plus ligaments, tendons, connective tissue, and water,
with all our cells tucked away inside, the way coral polyps are tucked in the
calcified reef they have secreted. Like the reef, which carries the ocean around within it, we are about two-
thirds salty brine. But these dead parts of ourselves exchange their atoms
freely with the environment: If hurt they heal; if pressure is put on them,
they slowly change form to relieve the stress. So how much of the body is
alive and how much dead? Even to say “my body” implies  a division that doesn’ t necessa rily exist. Is the air in my lungs part of my body? If so, what about the air I’m about to
inhale or the air I just exhaled? The world “out there” is composed of
trillions of atoms that either once were or soon will be me, and the whole
packet of matter and energy we call Earth is necessary to keep me alive. I
could as easily say that I am just a cell in this larger body, and since I need
the whole planet to sustain myself, everything on Earth is part of my body. If that is true, then nothing should be considered dead—rotting carrion, theworms and fungi that feed off them, even the bones of my ancestors are
caught in the same tidal wave of life that carries me on its crest. Some people recoil from all this talk about death, denying any interest in
it. They  don’t fear death, they say, or if they do, it doesn’ t haunt them or
hold the kind of power over them I have been describing. Why dwell on
such a morbid subject? Isn’t it healthier simply to accept the inevitable and
live for today? The answer to this objection is that unconscious forces are at
work in us. We may all concede that we are going to die, but except in
moments when we have to be present with the dead or dying, our dread is
kept under wraps. This is almo st a biological necessity—I can’t imagine
how I could keep going if the thought of my own death came to the surface
of thought more than once or twice a year. (Being a doctor, I am forced to
see death much more often than that, but closing the eyes of a deceased
cancer patient doesn’ t automatically bring my own mortality to mind. I may
feel sad, but I do not see my own eyes closing.) The fact that we all protect ourselves from dread doesn’ t mean that we
have control over it. From within its dark pit, fear is still exerting control
over us. For one thing, the very fact that we can’t stand to imag ine our own
death invests it with tremendous  power, as if death had an electrified fence
around it with 10 million volts running through it and a huge sign reading
DO NOT TOUCH! We don’t. And because death is fenced off in the mind, we
don’t really know much about it. Fear of death should be renamed
ignorance of death. I feel quite sure that nothing makes people age faster than fear. Grief runs
a close second; every doctor has witnessed the appalling deterioration that
can befall widowed men and women. But nothing beats fear at this
particular game : A patient who has received the diagnosis of terminal
cancer can withe r away very quickly, almost before your eyes. Not that this
always happens. There are inner qualities that fight off fear, such as courage
or faith in God,  and some people can summon these qualities in times of
dreadful crisis. But if fear gets through, it will do its work sure enough. The
point is not that death is a fiction, but that our belief in death creates
limitations where none need exist.The Uses of Dying
One assumption we all tend to make is that death is somehow unnatural
and, by implication, evil. I cannot agree. Nature is very tolerant and flexible
about how death is used, or not used; and in the larger picture, questions of
good and evil tend to look rather  arbitrary. If you consider how life operates
from the genetic level, DNA long ago discovered the secret of creating
ageless cells, in the form of amoebas, algae, bacteria, etc., whose
generations extend back without interruption. The appearance and
disappearance of any single amoeba is insignificant, for life keeps cranking
out amoebas from the same genes. Nature also went on to assemble more
complex ageless  creatures. The hydra, for example, is a prim itive water
animal that can grow new cells as fast as old ones are shed. Com posed of a
foot, a thin stalk, and a flower like cluster of tiny tentacles, the hydra is
always growing at one end and dying at the other, renewing its entire body
every two weeks. Its cells exist in perfect flow, with new ones moving
along the assem bly line to


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Sul.,Zinc. dry:Bell.,Bry.gritty(sandysensation):Ars.,Calc-c.,
Nat-m.,Sul.,Zinc. itching:Puis.,Sul. red:Aco.,Ap.,Arg-n.
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Dulc,Euphr.,Merc-s.,Puis. Better:
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heat:Ap.,Bell. light:Bell.,Euphr. movingeyes:Rhus-t.
night:Zinc
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 that force. You may feel infinitely worthy of attracting to yourself material
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and spiritual prosperity, but if you are not living the way of uncondi-
tional love you are interfering with your ability to manifest in your
life. In order to be divinely aligned with this universal infinite energy,
you must become unconditional love. Though it seems easy and even appropriate to announce, “I prac-
tice unconditional love,” it is far from a reality for most of us on this
physical plane. Unconditional love has eluded most of us, largely
because we tend to identify it as affection or sentiment. THE ENERGY OF LOVE DISSOLVES LIMITATIONS
When I speak of love emanating from your soul and from the
divine consciousness of God, I speak of something that the lower self
or the ego cannot grasp. I am not speaking about “feeling good”
toward others, romantic love, showering everyone with affection or
“touchy-feely” behavior. This unconditional love that I write of here
is an experience of the harmony of life. It is simply too deep and too
profound for our ordinary selves to activate. This energy of unconditional love is the power behind creation. It
guides all of our natural laws. This love can be imagined as a vibration
that carries thought forms from one’s mind into material expression. In its highest nature, love is the force that we recognize as the will of
God. It is the alchemy that we embrace to make sense of how things
are materialized from the world of spirit. These are strong words, which are essential for you to know if you
are to make the transition from one who takes what life presents to
one who becomes a co-creator with the universal energy of uncondi-
tional love. I suggest you embark on an experiment in which you practice only
unconditional love for several days, perhaps even a week. Make this a
private activity, but vow to yourself that you will only allow uncondi-
tional loving thoughts to emanate from your consciousness. Make an
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intense proclamation to live uncondieinel love for a designated
period of time. During this time refuse to have judgmental or critical thoughts. In
your quiet time think only peace and love. In all of your relationships
think and act in only loving ways. Extend loving thoughts and energy
wherever and whenever you encounter anyone or anything. Become
unconditional love for this period of time. This practice of becoming unconditional love is a prerequisite to
the manifesting process. By pouring love into your immediate envi-
ronment and practicing gentleness in all of your thoughts, words and
actions, your immediate circle of friends will begin responding in a
whole new way. Furthermore, this act becomes expansive very
quickly and you can radiate this love to your community and to peo-
ple you read about in newspapers, including those who are labeled
terrorists, murderers, scam artists and the like. You emphasize the “un” in unconditional love. You become
detached and loving toward all. You are not loving the hostile act, but
you are loving the spirit that is blocked in those who are harmful and
unloving. When you can live this way and reject all thoughts and
actions that are not of an unconditionally loving nature, you will
experience the essence of your spirit and know how to overcome
limitations in your life. This is a task that your conditioning will not easily encourage. But
for a few days you can persevere just so you know what the divine
universal spirit is like. It judges no one and no thing, it does not mor-
alize, it does not show favoritism, it merely exists as unconditional
love, radiating harmony and allowing everything and everyone to
unfold. Each day millions of flowers open and then close without any
force, only with the all-flowing unconditional love that is the heart of
universal, infinite and eternal energy. With this exercise you are culti-
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As you practice being unconditional love, contemplate and medi-
tate on the sacred unconditional love that is the heart of yourself also. Imagine an atom of unconditional love that is at the very center of
your existence. Feel this presence in your heart and feel it opening
and radiating outward. Soon this impersonal feeling that is not
dependent on anyone or anything, or any belief system, will radiate
to a feeling of being connected to the infinite energy of unconditional
love that is God. With this transformation you are on the path of manifestation. You will connect by ridding yourself of all judgment, anger, moraliz-
ing, preaching, hate, rancor and all of the other various tools of the
ego. What can you expect as you practice a few days of being total,
unconditional love. If all of your meditations are devoted to love, and
if you pour love into every single situation and every single person
you meet, and beyond that to everyone on the planet and to the
infinity of the universe, you will feel yourself becoming a different
person. You will sleep more soundly. You will feel at peace virtually all
of the time. Your relationships will be more deeply spiritual. Most
significantly, you will begin recognizing the “coincidences” of your
life with greater regularity. Your thought forms of unconditional love
will begin to produce what you desire without your even being aware
of how it is happening. Your dreams will be more intense, and the
vision of your purpose will become clearer. I am suggesting that you can love more, and unconditionally,
without expecting anything in return; as a result, the limitations
that you experience will disappear. Try it before you reject it. There
is an oft-quoted piece from the New Testament that seems appro-
priate to insert here. For me, it is one of the most profound pas-
sages ever written. It is reproduced here from Corinthians 13, on
“Love. ”
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And now I will show you the most excellent way. If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love,
I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the
gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge,
and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love,
I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my
body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it
is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self seeking, it is not easily
angered, it keeps no record of wrong. Love does not delight in
evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts,
always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies they will cease,
where there are tongues they will be stilled, where there is
knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we proph-
esy in part. But when perfection comes, the imperfect disap-
pears. When I was a child, I talked like a child. I thought like a
child. I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put child-
ish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a
mirror, then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part, then I
shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain; faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is Love. Yes, the greatest of these is love. It will make the imperfect disap-
pear, and it will allow you to move into that spiritually fulfilling world
of co-creating your life based on the model of unconditional love. I am well aware of the improbability of living an unconditionally
loving life in all of our moments. I imagine your ego is protesting that
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this idea is absurd because you are only human and humans have
shortcomings. Nevertheless, I ask you to do this exercise for a few
days or a week. You see, I know that it will become habitual when
you feel the richness of your life with this new awareness. Unconditional love is the ultimate mystery of life. It may appear
simple, but it is so powerful that it will shake you free of your ego
domination if you give it even a short tryout in your life. Until we
learn to transcend the ego we continue to contribute to the insanity
that we witness in the world. Detaching and becoming an uncondi-
tionally loving observer is the way to cultivate a healthy, balanced
relationship between ego and spirit. THE PROCESS OF DETACHED OBSERVATION
One of the great meditation exercises that I learned many years
ago involves imagining lifting yourself out of your body and floating
into space so far that you are actually observing the entire planet. If
you do this, try to imagine what the earth is like without you on it. It
is a very difficult task for your ego to even contemplate the world
without you in it. Next, begin to observe the planet without any
judgment, refusing to label anything as good or bad, right or wrong. Simply instruct yourself to notice, allow and send unconditional love. You probably will find it easier to send out unconditional love when
you are not there to interfere. That is, you can love unconditionally
when your