 d and finely ground unbleached coconut
meat. It does not require the add ition of preservatives, so check the label to
make su re the brand you buy is p ure coconut flour. Coconut flour is suitable
for use in recipes calling for flour and yet it is gluten-free. Like the oil, it is
very sta ble and should retain it s nutrient profile for the time you will be
storing it.
Primary Use
Coconut flour is primarily used in cooking.Health Benefits
•    H igh in fibre  (higher than a ny other flour)—2 tablespoons  of coconut
flour delivers 5 g of fibre, wh ich helps prevent constipation, absorbs
toxins and helps manage diabetes and prevent degenerative diseases such
as heart disease and cancer.
•    Low in digestible carbohyd rates (glucose)—2 tablespoons of coconut
flour contains 8 g of carbohydrates (less than most fruit and vegetables).
•  Gluten-free.
Caution
Some brands contain sulphites (carcinogenic additives). Always check the
label.
Nutrients in 1/4 Cup of Coconut Flour
10 g (40% DV) fibre, 4 g fat, 60 mg sodium, 16 g carbohydrates, 4 g
protein, iron (4% DV)
Forms A vailable
Coconut flour is available fin e or coarse, both labelled as flour. It is
available in some supermarkets and most bulk, whole food and  health food
stores.
Selection and Storage
•  As with coconut oil, the quality of coconut flour depends on the quality of
the coco nuts and the method used to mill them. Look for or ganic,
unbleached, raw unsweetened coconut flour.
•    Unop ened, coconut flour is shelf-stable for up to 1 year sto red at room
temperature and for up to 2 years if refrigerated or froze n. Resea l and
refrigerate or freeze after opening.
Cooking with Coconut Flour
•    F inely milled from dried coc onut meat, coconut flour has a  wheat-like
consistency that  makes it suitabl e for use along with wheat or ot her kinds
of flour in recipes calling for flour. Because it is gluten-free, it’ s great toadd to gluten-fr ee flour for thos e who suf fer wheat aller gies or  who are
following a gluten-free diet. Like the oil, it is very stable and should
retain its nutrient profile during storage.
•    Its lig ht cocon ut flavour blends well with wheat or other type s of flour in
savoury baked goods.
•    Cocon ut flour  can replace up to 20% of the flour in cakes, c ookies, pies
and quick breads, but you will need to add an equal amount of  liquid to
allow for its hygroscopic (water -absorbing) quality. Note that coconut
flour will increase the volume due to its high fibre content.
•    A dd up to 10% coconut flour  to yeast breads but add an extra egg or 1/4
cup milk.
•    Beca use it contains fibre, coconut flour works well as a coating for
chicken, fish or seafood—use it in place of regular flour or cornmeal.
•    Coco nut flou r does not have  the thickening power of gluten (as does
wheat fl our), bu t you can use coconut flour to thicken sauces, gravy and
curry dishes because the fibre swells as it absorbs liquid from the
mixture. Sauces are slightly gritty and not as smooth as those made with
wheat flour.
•    Baked  goods made with coconut flour are more crumbly than those made
with wheat flour.
Coconut Sap Pr oducts: Sugar Crystals, Nectar, V inegar,
AminosT rees and plants produce a sticky fluid called sap that is transported from
the roots  toward the leaves (or from where carbohydrates are produced to
where th ey are stored). In addition to the food products derived from the
coconut seed, the tree’ s naturally occurring sap i s processed into healthy
cooking ingredie nts. Coconut sugar crystals and nectar are deri ved entirely
from the  raw sap, called tuba, w hich is collected from coconut flowers or
the stem that feeds the flowers and fruit (coconuts) of the coconut tree.
Fresh coconut sap (directly ou t of the tree) consists of 0.5% glucose,
1.5% fr uctose, 16% sucrose and water. It also contains the following
nutrients: 17 amino acids, vitam in C, broad-spectrum B vitamins and trace
minerals.
Health Benefits
•    Coconut sap is low on the glycemic index—the presence of fibre and
inulin ar e the key factors that m aintain the glycemic index at a n average
of 35 in the crystals and nectar.
•    Ra w sugar crystals and nectar are rich in enzymes, the nutrients that help
the body with various digestive functions.•    The f ructose in raw coconut  nectar is not processed throug h the liver,
unlike corn and agave syrups, w here the fructose can be as high as 90%
and is converted into lipids as a by-product.
Coconut Sugar Crystals
Having no coconut aroma or fla vour, coconut sugar crystals are tiny beads
with a texture th at is drier than brown sugar and have the plea sing flavour
of caramel and molasses.
Primary Use
Coconut sugar crystals are primarily used in cooking.
Nutrients in 1 T ablespoon Coconut Sugar Crystals
7 g carbohydrat es (sugars: 8% to 10% glucose, 10% to 12% f ructose and
nearly 74% sucrose), 10 mg sodium, and a proportion of the 17 amino
acids, vi tamin C, broad-spectru m B vitamins and trace minerals from the
sapForms A vailable
Coconut sugar crystals are only available in a dry, dark brown c rystal form.
Y ou can  find them in some supermarkets and many specialty, bulk, health
and whole food stores.
Selection and Storage
•  Look for or ganic, unrefined, unbleached coconut sugar crystals.
•  Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 6 months.
Cooking with Coconut Sugar Crystals
•    Y ou can subs titute coconut sugar crystals for granulated white or brown
sugar in recipes.
•    C oconut suga r crystals can’ t be caramelized like granulated white sugar
because they burn at a much lower temperature than refined ca ne sugar.
(Caramelizing requires a temper ature from 320°F to 356°F, which is too
high for coconut sugar crystals.)
Coconut Nectar
Thick and rich, coconut nectar is a dark brown, tartly sweet syrup with
heavy malt and molasses overtones.
Primary Use
Nectar is primarily used in cooking.
Nutrients in 1 T ablespoon Coconut Nectar
13 g carbohydr ates (same sugar ratio as crystals), 20 mg sodium, and a
proportion of the 17 amino aci ds, vitamin C, broad-spectrum B vitamins
and trace minerals from the sap
Forms A vailable
Coconut nectar is available in 12-oz (375 mL) or smaller bottles or plastic
vacuum packs. Y ou can find it in some supermarkets and many specialty,
health and whole food stores.Selection and Storage
•  Opt for or ganic, unrefined, unbleached coconut nectar.
•    Store in original airtight conta iner (or transfer to an airtight container) at
room temperature.
•    Coconut nectar will keep for several years if moisture does not penetrate
the container.
Cooking with Coconut Nectar
•    Y ou can substitute an equal amount of coconut nectar for other liquid
sweeteners, such as honey or maple syrup, in all recipes.
•  Use to sweeten beverages and teas.
•  Drizzle over cereal and fruit.
Coconut V inegar
Robust, with no coconut aroma or flavour, coconut vinegar is the fermented
sap (kno wn as tuba) taken from  the stem that feeds the coconut flower and
fruit (coconut). As coconut vine gar ages, the taste becomes sha rper, and it
turns fro m cloud y white to ligh t yellow to a clear light brown. Sediments
and vinegar “mother” will settle  on the bottom of the bottle as the vinegar
ages, but these do not interfere with its quality or use; simply shake the
bottle before measuring into recipes.
Primary Use
Coconut vinegar is primarily used in cooking.
Health Benefits
Raw coconut vinegar is a live  food product that delivers the enzymes,
amino acids and trace minerals found in the sap.
Nutrients in 1 T ablespoon Coconut V inegar
5% sodium and a very small proportion of the 17 amino acids, vitamin C,
broad-spectrum B vitamins and trace minerals from the sapForms A vailable
Coconut vinegar is usually sold in 12-oz (375 mL) bottles or smaller. Y ou
can find  it at som e specialty or food stores and many whole food  and health
food stores.
Selection and Storage
•    Unf iltered and unheated ( raw) coconut vinegar is preferred over
pasteurized, which kills all live enzymes.
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life experience.  It’s really givi ng yourself permission to have
fun, to feel good, and to feel really alive in who you really are.  It’s a letting go, into the feel good nature of the truth of your inner life.     Because Source energy speaks  from a higher perspective,
I continue to transcribe Spirit in spirations and guidance for all
of us, to aid us in our journeys.  This guidance expands on
dreaming, inner visioning, and th e “already is” state of being.
 We see for you the rising of your  star within.  A power so
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feel the “already is” state and truth.
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in the direction of universal goo d.  We feel your hunger is to
feel and see in a broader picture.  Expansion creates
expansions, and calls experiences.
When you have a desire to look deeper, into greater alignment
with the universe – you breathe deeper and you ask the
universe with this intention.
 Help me to see, know, hear, or feel the highest good
 outcome to this ___________________________
 situation.  Show me through my [intuitive/sentient]
 sensings the potential trut hs of this circumstance.
 Lead me in visualizatio ns and feeling pictures to
 the highest good outcomes, and help me to draw
 those outcomes into my “a lready is” consciousness
 of being.  I thank you.  All is well.
This kind of expanded seeking brings expanded results.  Now,
instead of only knowing the trut h of the present, you can know
the truth of the future.  Future is only projected truth of the
present.  Since you are alrea dy knowing truth of present,
truth of future is merely an extension expansion.  You do not/G1A/G05/G04/G12/G0F/G02/G03/G0E/G01/G12/G03/G11/G01/G21/G03/G03/G04/G05/G01/G35/G02/G16/G02/G07/G03/G02/G03/G0E  47
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Be one with the potentiality of visioning.  Highest good is all
there is.  Let everything else go back from which it came.
Highest good allows highest g ood, and creates highest good.
Let the magic work for you.  Let it  simply be as it always is
and has always been.
How do those, who know light and truth, remain
unaffected by those who have forgotten and who live
unkindly or unconsciously?
In inner visioning, assume the “already is” state of kindness
in your path, outcomes, and fu ture goals.  Already knowing
is the key to your experience of that which you seek.
Already knowing the world’s unk indness is the portal in
which general unkindness is experienced.  Try something
else.  Like already knowing you will exchange ideas and experiences always with comp assion, kindness, pleasure,
and prosperity.  Vision it.  Kn ow it.  Create from the inner
place within.  See it as ou twardly so as well.
The only reason other experienc es are in the world today is –
people are unitedly co-creatin g an “already knowing” space
of fear, or dread, or uncertainty, etc.  Shift into the “already
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heart, and see what it manifests.
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attracting.  It’s a form of reprogramming really.  We call it -
allowing.  You may call it reprogramming, if you like.  Be the
vibration you wish to be, and th en see it vibrating in your
experience.
While your core is divine essence, you vibrate at differing
levels of chosen vibrations.  Fo r experiences.  For expansions.
Choosing to feel good and pros perous and happy is the same
to the universe as choosing confus ion, chaos, or catastrophes.
They are vibrational choices.  They overlay your “already is”
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new choice of vibration.  As yo u choose your next  vibration, it
flows with or against your “al ready” state of well-being.  You
can accept it, or choose differentl y next time.  Many skip this
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  negative  emotions
onto  the  foods.  While  we  may  be  angry,  sad,  disap-
pointed, stressed,  or  fatigued,  if  we  are  conscious  of
our  state  the  essence  of  our  love  can  shine  through.
There  is  a  certain  gentleness,  which  can  be  learned,
that  needs  to  prevail  through  all  manners  of  crisis
when  we  are  holding  food.  It  must  be  picked  up,
washed,  prepared,  and  cooked  with  a  firm  care.  Should
negative  emotions  prevail,  leave  the  kitchen.  Go  out-
side or  to  another  room,  scream,  kick  up  a  storm,
pound  on  the  walls — allow  the  emotions  to  dissolve
and  then  return  with  a  softness  and  delicacy  to  the
kitchen.
The  sharing  of  food  goes  back  in  time  to  when
every  household  fed  the  mendicants.  In  India,  a  small
portion  of  food  is  always  placed  on  the  altar  before
each  meal  is  eaten  as  an  offering  to  the  deity.  Today
we  continue  this  sharing  of  food  with  our  friends  and
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FOOD    SADHANAS
family.  It  is  vital  to  remember  that  the  toil  of  the
wage-earning  family  member  makes  this  sharing  pos-
sible. Thus,  this  person's  name  should  be  included  in
the  grace,  with  thanks.
The  sharing  of  food  has  always  produced  powerful
emotional  bonding.  When  we  are  able  to  control  all
stages  of  food  preparation,  the  wholesome  results  help
bond  us  with  our  universal  kin.  As  we  adhere  to  the
dharma  of  harmonious  behavior  within  our  home
and  during  our  meals,  we  forge  a  healthy  tie  with  each
family  member  and  with  our  friends.  When  we  ne-
glect this  natural  human  urge,  we  seek  to  fulfill  this
need  in  other  ways.  As  a  result,  we  develop  attach-
ments to  foods,  to  substances,  and  to  material  things.
THE   LIMBS   OF   GRACE  —
SADHANAS   OF  THE
HAND   AND   FOOT
Eating  food  with  our  hands  is  as  old  as  time  itself.  The
mere  touching  of  food  with  the  fingertips  stimulates
the  five  elements.  Each  finger  is  an  extension  of  one  of
the  five  elements.  Each  serves  to  aid  in  the  transfor-
mation of  food  before  it  passes  on  to  internal  diges-
tion. One  broad  and  numinous  stroke  extends  from
the  beginning  of  the  food  preparation  to  its  final
invitation  into  our  bodies.
The  sadhana  of  feeding  ourselves  from  hand  to
mouth  enhances  our  vital  memory.  It  begins  from  the
day  of  our  birth.  According  to  Ayurveda,  a  newborn
should  be  given  a  mild  emetic  made  from  rock  salt
and  medicinal  ghee.  This  is  administered  by  placing
the  emetic  in  the  right  hand  of  the  newborn  and
assisting  the  hand  to  the  child's  mouth.  This  proce-
dure even  precedes  breast-feeding.
In  the  Vedas,  the  hands  and  feet  are  referred  to  as
the  "organs  of  action."  By  using  our  organs  of  action,
we  engage  in  the  moment-to-moment  remembering
of  the  five  elements  of  our  nature.  Our  hands  are  vital
extensions  that  enable  us  to  touch,  and  be  in  touch
with,  creation.  Ayurveda  exhorts  us  to  use  our  body
as  the  ruler  and  measuring  cup  for  all  our  needs.  We
are  born  with  all  the  tools  needed  to  exercise  our  gifts Air  (Lungs) Fire  (Large  Intestine)
Water  (Kidneys)
Earth  (Heart)
All  energy
congregates
and  aligns  in
center  of  palm
The  Hand  of  Nature,
our  continuous  dance  with  the  five  elements
for  sadhanas,  including  those  needed  to  feel  and  mum
sure  foods  as  we  prepare  them.
In  keeping  with  this  principle,  you  need  to  become
comfortable  using  your  hands  and  eyes  lor  all  mea
suring.  In  Sanskrit,  the  term  anjali  refers  to  the  vol
ume  that  can  be  held  by  your  two  hands  cupped
together.  Two  anjalis  of  grain  or  vegetables  from  vmu
own  hands  is  designed  by  Nature  to  fill  your  own
stomach.  When  you  are  cooking  for  others  use  two
anjalis  for  each  adult,  and  one  anjali  for  each  child
Likewise  gauge  your  spices  or  accents  with  youi  own
pinch.  Like  your  handful,  it  is  tailored  to  provide  a
suitable  amount  for  your  own  personal  body  needs
Anguhi  refers  to  the  distance  between  the  joints  ol
each  finger.  This  unit  ol  measure  is  cosmically  de
signed  to  gauge  spues  and  herbs,  sikIi  as  cinnamon
sticks  and  ginger.
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THE    PRACTICE    OF   AYURVEDA
Amount  in  your
cupped  hands  =  your  equivalent  of  1  cup
Size  of  your  pinch  -  your  equivalent  of  Vi*  teaspoon
Liquid  in  your  palm  =  your  equivalent  of  1  tablespoon
Length  of  your  finger
joint  ( 1  angula)  =  your  equivalent  of  'A  inch
Sadhana  means  your  participation  with  everything.
Use  only  those  tools  that  are  absolutely  necessary.  As
soon  as  possible,  give  up  using  measuring  cups,
spoons,  and  useless  kitchen  paraphernalia.  These  ad-
juncts are  distracting  and  interrupt  your  direct  ener-
getic exchange  with  the  food.
It  may  be  difficult  at  first  to  take  this  conscious
step,  to  trust  the  accuracy  of  your  own  physical-spiri-
tual apparatus.  With  time,  you  will  become  comfort-
able enough  to  return  to  the  original  and  most  natu-
ral system  of  measurement.  Unfortunately  today's
publishers,  in  deference  to  their  readers,  will  not  ac-
cept a  cookbook  manuscript  unless  it  has  precise
measurements.  For  this  reason,  I  have,  with  reluc-
tance, included  them  in  this  book.  I  urge  you  to  trans-
late all  the  tedious  measurements  in  this  and  other
cookbooks  and  use  your  own  personalized  measures,
based  on  your  limbs,  hands,  and  fingers.
Your  hands  should  partake  fully  in  all  food  prepa-
ration. Knead  your  energy  into  the  dough,  massage
your  hands  with  the  grains


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P eop l e with C an di d a S y mpt o ms
f o r  m o r e th an 2 y ear sDizin e ss
T his is a head ac he or w or sening of an y
s y mpt oms. T his is c aused
b y not enoug h
w at er in y our s y st em. D r ink t he
r ec ommended
amount of w at er in st ep 1 f or
at least 1 w eek bef or e att empting
tur pentine
and w hi le y ou ar e t ak ing tur pentine.
T he sec ond c ause
is t oo muc h w ast e in t he
s y st em. T his means t hat t he int estines
ha v e
t oo muc h w ast e and w i l l not al lo w t he
C andid a t o e x it as t he y
w ish. T he solution is
t o st op t he tur pentine and c lear t he bo w els,
using t he sug g estions in st ep 1. T he t hir d
c ause is t oo muc h
tur pentine. R educ e y our
dose.
T he number one c ause of t his is t oo muc h
tur pentine or
t oo litt le sug ar.
W hen pour ing t he tur pentine ont o t he
sug ar,
pour onl y enoug h t o ent er t he bott om c ube. If
y ou
pour so muc h tur pentine t hat e v er y
g r anule of sug ar is
soak ed, y ou need t o t hr o w
t hat sug ar a w a y and st art
o v er.
DO NO T E A T T H A T SUG A R.
T he sug ar ac t s as t he
disper sing ag ent and
slo w s t he absor ption of tur pentine.
T his
means t hat y ou must use mor e sug ar t han
tur pentine or t he tur pentine g et s absor bed
t oo quic k l y.
If y ou f al l int o t his c at eg or y, y ou ma y benef it f r om
t ak ing t he C andid a
C leaner onc e a d a y f or 4 d a y s,
t hen t w ic e a w eek unti l y ou r eac h y our
pr e-
C andid a st at e. T he long-t er m dosing onc e y ou
r eac h y our
desir ed st at e of healt h is onc e a mont h
or t w ic e a y ear, as our
anc est or s did.15
Hist o ri cal E vi d e n ce
S o ho w do tur pentine and sug ar help, and ho w does one t ak e it? O r ho w has it been
t ak en in t he past,
I should sa y.
M y f ir st inc lination t o use tur pentine and sug ar w as f or people w ho had c hr onic,
se v er e,
long-st anding i l lness, f or w hic h not hing had w or k ed. A nd w hat c omes t o mind
ar e c onditions suc h
as lupus, multiple sc ler osis, and r heumat oid art hr itis. N o w, man y
of y ou w i l l r ec og nize t hese
c onditions as aut oimmune disor der s.

W hat I f ound w as t hat t hese people benef it ed g r eat l y f r om g oing on an or g anic, v eg an,
w hole-f ood
diet f or a c ouple of w eek s, instituting enemas, and f ol lo w ing it up w it h a
w at er f ast of 5 t o7 d a y s, at
w hic h point t he y w er e g ener al l y out of t he w oods.

B ut one pr oblem t hese people uni v er sal l y had is t hat t he y w ould ha v e sug ar c r a v ing s,
t he y w ould
ha v e meat c r a v ing s, and t hese c r a v ing s int er f er ed w it h t heir c ompli anc e
and healing. F or t hese
people, tur pentine and sug ar t w ic e a w eek c ut out t heir
c r a v ing s, pr e v ent ed t heir r el apses, and w as
of g r eat benef it. S o t hose w er e some
ar eas w her e it pr o v ed v er y helpf ul.

I w i l l shar e t he st or y of one per son w ho w as helped b y it.
His w if e did t ak e tur pentine f or her c ondition and r ec ei v ed r elief, but af t er about 3
doses, she f elt
t hat tur pentine w as just not somet hing she r eal l y w ant ed t o t ak e.
N o w, t he ot her t hing I f ound about
tur pentine is t hat not onl y does it k i l l w or ms, but it
appear s t o k i l l bac t er i a and f ung i as w el l.

O ne per son c ame t o me w it h a book, and t he book w as tit led T he Y east C onnec tion.
She c ame int o
t he of f ic e w a v ing t his book and y el ling, “ D oc t or, D oc t or, do y ou k no w
about y east? D o y ou k no w
about t he y east s y ndr ome? I ha v e c andidi asis t hr oug hout
m y w hole bod y, and I ’v e been t o I don ’t
k no w ho w man y doc t or s, and no one has been
able t o help me. I don ’t e v en w ant t o see y ou unless
y ou ar e an e x pert in y east. "
I said, " W el l, I ’m not an e x pert in y east, but I t hink ma y be I c an be
helpf ul. "
She c almed do w n, I polit el y ac c ept ed t he book f r om her, and pl ac ed it on t he c ount er.
I
list ened t o her st or y of her y east and al l her y east s y mpt oms, and disc ussed w it h her
t he
diet ar y c hang es she mig ht w ant t o mak e, some w at er she should dr ink, and t hen I
sug g est ed tur pentine and sug ar.
She r eplied, “ W H A T?!”
“Y es, tur pentine and sug ar, ” I
r epeat ed.
She said, “Y ou k no w w hat, D oc t or, I am so f ed up. I am f eeling so lous y, I w i l l e v en do t hat. ”
I sa w her bac k in a c ouple of w eek s, w hic h w as onl y enoug h time t o t ak e 2 doses of
tur pentine.
" W el l, Miss J ones, ho w is y our y east doing?" I ask ed her. "Y east, w hat y east?” She said happi l y. “ I don ’t
ha v e an y y east. I ’m doing f ine. " I c an onl y deduc e t hat t o t he e x t ent she had y east, t he tur pentine w as
usef ul f or her.  N o w, at t his point, t he ot her t hing t hat mig ht be of int er est is a litt le mor e about t he
hist or y of tur pentine. M an y people ha v e ask ed me about r esear c h done on tur pentine
and e v idenc e
of tur pentine’ s eff ec ti v eness.

I w ould li k e t o sa y, I ’m not muc h of a f an of r esear c h bec ause e v er y r esear c h pr o jec t I
ha v e been
in v ol v ed w it h, I ha v e been ask ed t o f alsif y d at a. S o e v en t houg h I do g o t o t he
li br ar y, e v en t houg h I do
look up


 vegetables and two baked potatoes. Three B.M.s today with more mass
and less looseness. Wonderful day. I continue to feel vital, alive, and gaining in strength. I anticipate and relish each meal and each morsel of food with a zest I have
never known before. It is a sensation I wish  never to abandon or to have abandon me.
Slept fairly. Up only once for trip to the "john," whereas in the past years I would
wake at least five or six times a night to heed the urge. In fact, ulcerative colitis victims are usually annoyed most during the night, because the cramping and spasms
constantly cause them to waken. But in th e morning as soon as they are awake, the
slightest movement, because the colon is like a straight tube, causes repeated and
hectic journeys to the bathroom until there is nothing left to evacuate. This just adds
to the already depressing, enervating, and sometimes disgusting state of "existence" in
which we seem to be hopelessly suspended.
   Thursday, October 22, 1964 --7th eating day: Weight 121-1/4 pounds; a gain of 3-
1/2 pounds from yesterday and a total gain of 13-1/4 pounds after six days of eating.
Breakfast: eight baked apples and five bana nas. (This is the most I have eaten for
breakfast at Pawling. This is actually too much food, particularly for one who doesn't
need excessive stimulation of the intestinal tract, but in my case the appetite became
ravenous and had to be satisfied or I'd have  become very nervous and tense. This only
lasted about two weeks and then tapered off to a point where I needed only
surprisingly small amounts of food to satisfy the body's requirements. This ravenous appetite has occurred on all my subsequent fasts because, as you can see by the rapid
weight gains, I'm a fast rebounder and am able to utilize all my food. During the years
of active ulcerative colitis, I had a malabsor ption problem, as most of those afflicted
do, and whatever I ate would pass hurriedly through me and out again, many times
unchanged and looking the same as it did when I put it in my mouth. So what happens over the years? Even though we colitis victims eat, we suffer from malnutrition
because we don't digest and assimilate (absorb and utilize) the food. There were times
when I ate so much at the Manor that Dr. Gross actually ran out of food and had to
dash to the market immediately so the other people could eat.) Lunch: extra large
bowl of pureed steamed celery and three baked potatoes. Supper: large bowl of pureed steamed green beans, large bowl of pureed zucchini squash, and two baked potatoes.
Five, you should pardon the description, semi-formed and mushy B.M.s today. A very comfortable and enjoyable day.
   Friday, October 23, 1964 --8th eating day: Weight 122-3/4 pounds; a gain of 1/2
pound yesterday and a total gain of 14-3/4 pounds after one week of eating. Blood pressure 90/60. Breakfast: two baked apples and, would you believe it, six bananas.
Lunch: bowl of pureed steamed celery and two bowls of mashed baked potatoes and
mashed steamed carrots (about five carrots and three potatoes). Supper: large bowl of
pureed steamed peas, a whole avocado, and a small bowl of pureed brown rice.
Comfortable day. Six "mix and match" B.M.s today. The "skeleton" appearance is gone and my face is pretty well filled in. It's a pleasure to peek in the mirror now and
see that handsome devil returning.
   Sunday, October 25, 1964 --10th eating day: Weight 124-3/4 pounds; a gain of 1/4
pound from yesterday and a total gain of 16-3/4 pounds after nine days of eating.
Blood pressure 100/70. Breakfast: four baked apples followed a little later by a bowl
of dry cottage cheese. Lunch: pureed steamed cauliflower, pureed steamed celery and
carrots, and three baked potatoes. Supper: pureed steamed celery, pureed steamed butternut squash, and two baked potatoes. Exercised lightly in the gym. I plan to do
this on alternate days. I take walks to my tolerance and at no time do I tax myself.
Most of the time is still spent resting in bed. Four semi-loose B.M.s today. What a
blessing compared to the 20 to 30 B.M.s a day in the latter stages of the illness, even while under medical care and being dosed and poisoned with so many drugs.    Tuesday, October 27, 1964 --12th eating day: Weight 125-1/2 pounds; a gain of 1/2
pound from yesterday and a total gain of 17-1/2 pounds after 11 days of eating. Blood pressure 110/66. Breakfast: seven baked apples followed by a little later by a bowl of
dry cottage cheese. Lunch: pureed steamed cauliflower, pureed mixed vegetables,
pureed steamed peas, and two baked potatoes. Supper: my first attempt at a meal with
no purees, except for the raw salad. Pureed, raw, mixed vegetable salad (romaine
lettuce, carrots, cucumber, celery, green pepper, and tomato), steamed peas, steamed carrots and celery, and two steamed potatoes. Ten B.M.s during the day and several
during the night. (Despite these many B.M.s, I am absorbing nutrition from the food and putting on healthy weight.)
   Thursday, October 29, 1964 --14th eating day: History was made this morning! I had
my first formed B.M. in six years. This may sound strange to those who have never
had ulcerative colitis, but I laughed and cried at the same time. I could not believe it. I
think I was as proud as the father of a new born infant. I called Dr. Gross and gave him
the news. I also announced the event to some of my friends at the Manor and then I
called home and told my wife. In fact, I wa s so elated that if I had a camera, I
probably would have taken a photograph of " it" for posterity. (The importance of this
was the fact that I was getting better, evolving health. True, this was not going to be a
regular occurrence in these early years, but it was an indication of things to come--and they surely did.) Weight 126-1/2 pounds; a gain of l l pound from yesterday and a
total gain of 18-1/2 pounds after 13 days of eating. Breakfast: six baked apples and
three whole bananas. Lunch: vegetable soup (zucchini squash, tomato, celery, carrots,
corn, green beans, and peas), steamed carrots and artichokes, bowl of natural (whole
grain or brown) rice. Supper: pureed raw vegetable salad, steamed beets with the tops (the tops are very rich in amino acids, the protein building blocks), three steamed
potatoes. So far, I seem to be tolerating the change toward increased roughage. I have
not noticed any digestive disturbance or bowel irritation, except an occasional but decreasing incidence of indigestion since the introduction of the pureed raw salads.
Eight semi-formed B.M.s, the greatest freque ncy occurring at night. For the next few
days the routine was similar, the ultimate goal being a basically raw vegetarian diet--
live foods; a diet my past doctors, particular ly Dr. Kale, said I would never be able to
eat. These days have been very comfortable and I feel wonderfully alive, much stronger, and have an anticipation and relish  for simple plain vegetarian fare. I feel
little or no discomfort or spasms, which is the first time in the six years of this
disease, regardless of past hospitalizations, drugs, treatments, etc. I notice very little
need for water now. Sometimes go several days without it. This is due to the
abundance of water contained in the raw fruits  and vegetables. In fact. the less cooked
food, the avoidance of condiments, and overeating, then the less is the actual thirst for
water. Of course vigorous physical exertion will increase the body's need for water.
   Sunday, November 1, 1964 --17th eating day: Today started out uneventfully, but it
was to be a special day for me--a milest one. I was to have my first raw, whole
vegetable salad in six years. It was to be  at supper. I remember Dr. Kale forbidding
me to eat roughage because of the potential devastating effects to a damaged,
debilitated colon. I was frightened. I didn't know how much healing had taken place or if I could tolerate this roughage wit hout serious consequences. However, the body
does have extraordinary healing power when it is given the proper circumstances,
which it had been given here at the Manor. Nevertheless, I spent most of the day
anticipating eating that salad at supper. By the time supper was ready, I was running a fever of 100° and trembling because of the built-up anxiety. Dr. Gross personally


 does it feel
to grow up and hear a parent say something like, “You are sounding like
your brother—stop!” “How come you don’t try out for those sports like
your friend?” “How come you can’ t be more like so-and-so?”
Tap on the feeling that comes up when you are falling into the
comparison trap. Who compared in your family? Do you have a specific
time when someone made a comparison either favorably or negatively
about you and your siblings? Can you list earlier times when comparison
events happened? These are all tappables, and neutralizing them may clear
your whole tabletop issue of comparison.
People have gotten started on identifying their own issues and taking
some of the edge of f comparison by using statements like these:
Even though EFT is working for (fill in the blank) and never does for
me, I deeply and completely accept myself.
Even though I’m just a tough case and nothing ever works for me and I
have (fill in the blank, other person) to prove how worthless I actually
am, I deeply and completely accept myself.
Even though I’m bummed I can’ t be like her/him ….Even though I’m so jealous ….
Even though I don’ t see how I’ll ever measure up ….
Even though I want what s/he has ….
Even though it’s hard not to compare, I want to be grateful for my own
path, my own destiny, and my own divine purpose, and that I am
wholly unique.
It is true that EFT works on just about everything I’ve seen, but not at the
same rate for every person. Persistence and specifics will win the day if you
stay with it. If your current trauma issues are not budging, they may be
bouncing off unresolved early childhood trauma (a common occurrence),
and this is where you need to go. Ask yourself about the first time you felt a
similar feeling or went through a similar experience to the one you’re
troubled with now. Start with those childhood traumas and consider
working with an experienced EFT provider.
Q: It Seems Like I’m Getting W orse
When I T ap. What’ s That About?
It means you have big feelings coming to the surface. If you have dammed
up your emotions for years, then yes, you will likely experience an excess
of emotions for a while.
Who said healing was going to be graceful? Keep tapping, and know that
you have struck a vein of gold that will pay off. Healing is a big and wholly
worthwhile project, and you are capable of it. Many clients report anger as
they begin to unravel long daisy-chains of hurts; have you considered that
anger may be your best ally for motivating you to move forward?
Q: What f It Seems That Part of Me
Doesn’t W ant to Get Better?
We’ll address that more fully in Chapter 6, on using EFT to address self-
sabotage behav ior. Sometimes we’re not 100 percent sure we want to
change the situation. There may be a few good reasons for keeping theproblem that we’re not conscio usly aware of. “Secondary gain” is a fancy
phrase for this unconscious desire to stay just as we are.
On an unconscious level, it may not feel safe in some way to make the
change you seek. Therefore what you are consciously wanting is being
blocked. EFT helps uncover what is underneath the stubborn resistance. “If
I’m successful, they won’ t like me, or I’ll have to leave my loved ones
behind,” is an example of someone who might sabotage their own success.
Q: Are There T imes EFT W on’t W ork?
Sometimes allergy or an environmental toxin can inhibit EFT’ s
effectiveness to work with your energy system, thus re-stimulating it
instead of calming it down. To make real progress, the allergy or
environmental toxin must be addressed first. Tiredness, dehydration, or
nervous system exhaustion may also be at play. If that’s the case, start with
what’ s happening now, not with the tapping target you had in mind. Many
people, including me, have cleared their aller gies using tapping.
Q: Will EFT Make Me Lose My Moral Compass?
People ask, “If I tap and clear out a bad thing, will I then feel there’ s no
problem with doing bad or unethical things?” Tapping will not make it okay
for you to lie, cheat, steal, and otherwise act inappropriate ly. It will,
however, resolve the issues underlying the need to lie, cheat, and steal.
Q: Why W ork with a Practitioner?
Having someone experienced in helping people work through difficult
memories and blocks can help you quickly access and resolve  core issues
far more deeply.
Effective practitioners are trained to act as detectives. They can help you
find your patterns, core issues, and blocks. They can help you make the
connections between a today issue and long-ago childhood core stories.
They hold the space for you to feel, and release. They can offer up a
protocol or a system that you can work within to step-by-step resolve issues
and achieve your goals.A practi tioner can help you more deeply understand how to practice EFT
for results. He or she can provide feedback on developing effective setup
statements, getting specific, and serve as a resource as you work through
your EFT Person al Peace Procedure list. A practitioner can help you stay on
track so you needn’ t fear getting lost in too much emotion. Some
practitioners also serve as coach es in between sessions. It’s not like therapy,
where you go weekly for years. I have long-term and short-t erm clients:
some come weekly, some monthly, and some come for a few times and are
done. Some have been with me since the start of my practice and we work
when they get stuck.
Making Informed Decisions About EFT Practitioners
How do you know someone is a trustworthy practitioner? Some credential-
granting organiz ations offer a certification after a weekend course. But a
one-weekend course is not the same as the knowledge an experienced
practitioner has. EFT is a skill and an art form—it takes time. The person
working with you must have done a fair amount of “work” on his or her
own issues. You would want to work with someone who is accepting,
nonjudgmental, and compassionate, yet not enabling. You’d want someone
who believes it’ s possible to heal and sees that possibility in you.
The Association of Compre hensive Energy Psychology (ACEP),
Association for the Advancement of Meridian Energy Techniques
(AAMET), and emofree.com list practitioners who have been through solid
training. In particular, emofree.com practitioners have passed the most
rigorous of training. You likely won’ t go wrong with searching these
databases. Do some research to find your fit. When you hear about a
practitioner who specializes in one area or another, be aware that it’s a
specialty but that EFT essential ly works the same with all situations. Ask
friends for references. Check out at least three practitioners before you
make a decision. Most of fer a free, brief consult.
Website testimo nials will not tell you if you and the practitioner are a
good match. Some EFT practitioners offer a free fifteen-minute (or so)consult. I require potential clien ts to speak with me, as I too need to see if I
can help them and if we are a good fit.
Below are questions for potential practitioners:
Do they of fer a free short consult with prospective clients? If not, I’d
pass. Skype, phone work, or of fer in-of fice visits? Are they responsive
to your email or phone call?
What is their training? Which or ganization and which practitioner were
they trained under? Do they follow the professional standards and et hics
from say, ACEP or AAMET?
Are they familiar with Gold Standard EFT, or how does their practice
differ from Gold Standard EFT? Do they, for example, know how to
help a client navigate through a T ell the Story event, aspect by aspect? If
they are not trained in Gold Standard EFT from ACEP, ask how their
practice is similar, or dif fers.
How long have they been in practice, what other modalities do the y have
under their belt?
Ask about location—in of fice, Skype, phone, retreat—session  length,
fees, what to expect from a session, what you receive for  what you are
paying.
When you speak with them, pay attention to how you’re feeling. Are
they listening, answering your questions,
promising the world, or what? Do you feel emotionally
safe? After you get of f the phone, how do you feel?
What types of situations and client needs have they worked with, how
many people in their specialty areas?
What sort of results do their clients report? Do they have clients who are
legally willing and able to talk with you about their experience? Does
the practitioner have an understanding of the issues you’re facing?
Clarify this by asking what they have worked with and how they might
work with someone like you. While no one can say with certainty whatwill happen in a session, an experienced expert can give you a broad
sense of what to expect.
Ask them if what you are addressing is within their experience and their
scope of practice? Y ou don’ t want to walk away from a session with
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a r e  b e c o m i n g  a  w o m a n  i n  t h e  e y e s  o f  G o d.  P e r i o d. ”
M u c h  t o  h e r  c r e d i t,  m y  d a u g h t e r  u n d e r s t o o d.  S h e  s t u d i e d
a s s i d u o u s l y  f o r  m o n t h s  w i t h  a  g r e a t  c a n t o r  w h o  t a u g h t  h e r
w e l l,  a n d  a s  t h e  b a t  m i t z v a h  a p p r o a c h e d,  w e  h a d  m a r v e l o u s
c o n v e r s a t i o n s  a b o u t  w h a t  t h i s  t r a n s i t i o n  w o u l d  m e a n  f o r
b o t h  o f  u s.  F o r  h e r,  i t  m e a n t  s h e  w o u l d  n o  l o n g e r  b e  a  c h i l d.
S h e  w o u l d n ’ t  b e  a  w o m a n  e i t h e r  b u t  w o u l d  r a t h e r  b e
e n t e r i n g  a  p h a s e  o f  h e r  l i f e  u n d e r v a l u e d  b y  c o n t e m p o r a r y
c u l t u r e :  b e c o m i n g  w h a t  t h o s e  b e f o r e  u s  c a l l e d  a  m a i d e n  ( o r
f o r  b o y s,  a  m a s t e r ).  W i t h o u t  c o n s c i o u s l y  h o n o r i n g  t h i s
p e r i o d,  y o u n g  p e o p l e  o f t e n  p l a y  i t  o u t  l i k e  a  p s y c h i c  c i r c u s,
w i t h  b e l l y  b u t t o n  r i n g s  r e p l a c i n g  p r a y e r  b e a d s  a n d  c a s u a l
s e x  r e p l a c i n g  a  c o n n e c t i o n  t o  t h e  d i v i n e.  I  w a n t e d  E m m a  t o
h a v e  a  s a c r e d  c o n t e x t  f o r  t h e s e  e x t r a o r d i n a r y  y e a r s.  I
w a n t e d  h e r  t o  a p p r o p r i a t e l y  s e p a r a t e  f r o m  h e r  c h i l d h o o d
b o n d  t o  m e,  a n d  f o r  b o t h  o f  u s  t o  m o v e  g r a c e f u l l y  i n t o  n e w
d i m e n s i o n s  o f  o u r s e l v e s  a n d  o f  o u r  r e l a t i o n s h i p  t o  e a c h
o t h e r.
D u r i n g  t h e  b a t  m i t z v a h,  I  c e r e m o n i a l l y  g a v e  m y
d a u g h t e r  u p  t o  G o d  a n d  t o  t h e  w o r l d.  A f t e r  s a y i n g  p r a y e r s
o n  t h e  b i m a  w i t h  h e r,  I  t h e n,  l i k e  m i l l i o n s  o f  J e w i s h  w o m e nb e f o r e  m e,  t o o k  m y  p l a c e  i n  t h e  c o n g r e g a t i o n  a n d  w a t c h e d
m y  c h i l d  l e a d  t h e  r e s t  o f  t h e  s e r v i c e  b y  h e r s e l f.  A s  s h e  r e a d
f r o m  t h e  T o r a h  i n  H e b r e w,  t h e  p r e s e n c e  o f  G o d  w a s  l i k e  a
g l o w  t h a t  f i l l e d  t h e  r o o m.  A n d  a f t e r  s h e  c a r r i e d  t h e  T o r a h
o n  h e r  s h o u l d e r s  a n d  p l a c e d  i t  b a c k  i n  t h e  a r k,  t h e  c a n t o r  l e d
h e r  t o  m e  a n d  s a i d,  “ Y o u  b r o u g h t  h e r  h e r e  a  c h i l d.  I  r e t u r n
h e r  t o  y o u  a  w o m a n. ”
I  n e v e r  f e l t  m o r e  p o w e r,  o r  m o r e  l o v e,  i n  m y  l i f e.

T o r c h e s  P a s s

S o m e t i m e s  w e  p e r f o r m  r i t u a l  w i t h o u t  e v e n  k n o w i n g  t h a t
w e ’ r e  d o i n g  s o.  W h e n  I  w a s  a n  e i g h t e e n - y e a r - o l d  c o l l e g e
s t u d e n t,  I  w e n t  t o  h e a r  a  l e c t u r e  b y  t h e  l a t e  a u t h o r  N o r m a n
O.  B r o w n,  w h o s e  b o o k  L o v e ’ s  B o d y  h a d  i n s


 health. More relevant statistics show that most people in Western countries suffer from chronic diseases and that the
percentage of chronically disabled people is increasing rapidly. Arthritis, cancer and Parkinson's disease used to be diseases of old
people. Now they are affecting children and juveniles. Health authorities so far have ignored the claims of natural medicine that it is
the superior form of treatment for chronic and medically incurable diseases. The very fact of a high rate of chronic disease in our
society attests to the inability of the medical profession to successfully treat these diseases.
This is highlighted by the embarrassing phenomenon of the falling death rate during doctors' strikes. Statistics show that whenever
there was a strike by doctors, the death rate in the affected population fell dramatically. In 1976 the death rate fell by 35 per cent in
Bogota, Colombia. In Los Angeles County, California, it fell by 18 per cent during a strike in the same year, while in Israel it fell by 50
per cent during a strike in 1973 (Mendelsohn, R.S. Confessions of a Medical Heretic. Contemporary Books). Only once before had10/30/24, 11:30 AM Health-Science-Spirit - The Road Towards Disease
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death rate jumped again to its normal level.
During these strikes emergency care was provided. This means the patients who lived longer during the strikes were those with
chronic diseases. They obviously beneﬁted from a reduced exposure to medical drugs, operations and other technological
interventions. There are an abundance of statistics, estimates and case reports of the great number of patients who are in hospital or
worse because of disease caused by medical drugs and medical technology. One of the many books exploring this subject in detail is
Medical Nemesis by I. Illich (Pantheon Books).
SELFISH MOTIV ATION
However, our medical and economic leaders do not want to face reality. They brainwash the public into believing that the present
health situation is completely normal. Finally and most importantly, the whole economic structure of Western civilization is based on
the production and distribution of goods and services that are contributing to poor health. These include chemicalized agriculture and
food processing, the pharmaceutical industry, technological medicine and the petrochemical and plastic industries.
The guiding motto for industry is 'proﬁt', while for the consumer it is 'convenience'. The price for all to pay is the loss of health. This
situation is the natural outcome of a society based on selﬁsh motivation. A change for the better can only come when more and more
people realize that ultimately they harm themselves with selﬁsh attitudes.
Disclaimer: The aim of this web site is to provide information on using natural healing methods to aid in the treatment of illness and health improvement.
The author cannot accept any legal responsibility for any problem arising from experimenting with these methods. For any serious disease,
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REVISED EDITION

THE TRUE INTERPRETATION
OF THE CAUSE OF DISEASE

HOW TO CURE IS AN OBVIOUS SEQUENCE

AN ANTIDOTE  TO FEAR, FRENZY AND THE POPULAR  MAD
CHASING AFTER SO -CALLED CURES

By J. H. TILDEN, M. D.
DENVER, COLORADO

Copyr ight 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1935
By J.H. Tilden
Denver, Colorado  DEDICATION

   WHAT more can be asked by any doctor or layman than
a philosophy of the cause of disease that gives a perfect
understanding of all the so -called diseases?

   To know cause  supplies even the layman with a
dependable knowledge of how to avoid building disease,
and how to cure. When people know how to avoid disease
they know an immunization that immunizes rationally.

   Dependable knowledge of what disease really is and its
cause is man’s salvation; and when it can be had with no
more effort than that required to read carefully and
understandingly Toxemia Explained, there is little excuse
for anyone, lay or professional, to live in ignorance of it.

   Knowledge is power. Kn owledge of how to have health
gives greatest power.

   Few people know anything about the cause of disease. To
them this book is dedicated and the freedom from medical
superstition it will bring them.
—J. H. TILDEN.  Table of Contents

Preface — 4
Introduction to Toxemia — 14
Toxemia Explained — 27
Enervation Is General — 77
Poise —88
The Causes of Enervation – 113
Retrospection — 140
   A Few Suggestions — 142
   Dr. Tilden’s Tensing Exercises – 147

 PREFACE

   FROM time immemorial man has look ed for a savior;
and, when not looking for a savior, he is looking for a cure.
He believes in paternalism. He is looking to get something
for nothing, not knowing that the highest price we ever pay
for anything is to have it given to us.

   Instead of ac cepting salvation, it is better to deserve it.
Instead of buying, begging, or stealing, a cure, it is better to
stop building disease. Disease is of man’s own building,
and one worse thing than the stupidity of buying a cure is to
remain so ignorant as to believe in cures.

   The false theories of salvation and cures have built man
into a mental mendicant, when he should be the arbiter of
his own salvation, and certainly his own doctor, instead of
being a slave to a profession that has neither worked out its

own salvation from disease nor discovered a single cure in
all the age -long period of man’s existence on earth.

   We hear of diet cures, dietitians, balanced rations, meat
diets, vegetable diets, and other diets —chemically prepared
foods of all ki nds. The reading public is bewildered with hundreds of health magazines and thousands of health
ideas. There are thousands writing on health who would not
recognize it if they should meet it on the street. Fanaticism,
bigotry, stupidity, and commercialism are the principal
elements in the dietetic complex that is now belaboring the
public.

   Cures are what the people want, and cures are what
doctors and cultists affect to make; but at most only relief is
given.

   The periodicity which characterizes al l functional
derangements of the body lends color to the claims of cure -
mongers that their remedy has cured their patients, when
the truth is that the so -called disease “ran its course.” The
truth is that the so -called disease was a toxemic crisis, and
when the toxin was eliminated below the toleration point,
the sickness passed —automatically health returned. But the
disease was not cured; for the cause (enervating habits) is
continued, toxin still accumulates, and in due course of
time another crisis appea rs. Unless the cause of Toxemia is
discovered and removed, crises will recur until functional
derangements will give way to organic disease.

    The entire profession is engaged in doctoring crises of
Toxemia —curing (?) and curing (?) until overtaken wit h
chronic disease of whatever organ was the seat of the toxin
crises.

THERE ARE NO CURES

   Nature returns to normal when enervating habits are
given up. There are no cures in the sense generally
understood. If one has a tobacco heart, what is the rem edy?
Stop the use of tobacco, of course. If the heart is worn out
from shock, as we see it among gamblers, or among men
who are plunging in the stock market, what will cure?
Drugs? No! Removing the cause.

   Every so -called disease is built within the mi nd and body
by enervating habits. The food and dietetic insanity that
constitutes the headliner on the medical stage just now is
causing the people to demand a diet that will cure them of
their peculiar maladies. The idea prevails that some
peculiar diet w ill cure rheumatism or any other disease.
Diet or food will not cure any disease.

   A fast, rest in bed, and the giving -up of enervating habits,
mental and physical, will allow nature to eliminate the accumulated toxin; then, if enervating habits are gi ven up,
and rational living habits adopted, health will come back to
stay, if the one CURED will “stay put.” This applies to any


 enjoyed also as an end in
itself Love-play runs, or should run, the gamut of our senses:
sight, touch, smell, taste, hearing. Just as a gourmet enjoying a
delicacy not only inhales its aroma and savors its flavor, but de
lights in its presentation, luxuriates in its texture, and notices the
crunch and snap as he chews, we enjoy sex best with all our senses.
The art of such enjoyment, which must be learned-and even
more precisely, cultivated-elevates mere 1nechanical groping to
erotic love-play.
Visual images are very powerful for human se xuality. They
can act as a sophisticated shorthand in arousing us, for what we
see suggests what we may get.
Touch, the basic language of sexuality, is far n1ore developed
in human beings than in other animals. Our fing ertips tell us
whether something is firm or soft, rigid or pliable, cold or warn1,
dry or moist, rough or smooth or slippery. In fact, our skin is our
largest sensory organ, with varying degrees and types of sen
sitivity. The slightest touch on an erotically sensitive area by a
sexual partner can cause an inuncdiate response, whether it be
ticklishness or sexual flush or phallic or clitoral erection.
Caressing, lt)tlliling, and kissing arc t3vorite pastin1es bct\veen
lovers. A well-know n ltllk son g fron1 south west China entitled'
"Eigh tl·en Fondlings" is a favoritt' of cultural anthropologists,
who have enshrint·d it in the scholarly archives of Bl'ijing Univ er
sity. Lyrically. hut in ratht·r uncouth graphic tl'rnls, the song de
scribes ont' aftt'r anothl'r thl· l'ighteen fen1ak· anat otnical terrains a
null- pt·asant exp lores on his \Votnan. The tilth fondling, for ex
antpk, involves "a triangular ticld," "a shuttle pointed at both
ends," and.. a n1ustacht· that points in t\VO directions." Whether in
the fonn of boorish pl'tting, or subtll' tactile flirtation between sophisticated lovers, touching is certainly the most direct and in
stinctive forn1 of love-play.
The sense of smell is vital to most animals, which are power
fully influenced by pheromones, the chemical messengers secreted
by anin1als to signal creatures of the same species. A principal
means of communication for them, pheromones also contain an
attractant for the opposite sex. Our distant ancestors developed an
acute sense of smell in order to survive in their hazardous world,
but because of disuse our olfactory sense has degenerated. We
have mastered speech, so we no longer need rely on smell as a ma
jor means of communication.
In close personal relations, however, we are influenced very
strongly by our sense of smell, though in great part subliminally.
When we say we "instinctively" like or dislike someone we meet,
our judgment may well reflect how that person's scent fits with
our own olfactory preferences. There is no question that smell
plays a significant though often unconscious part in sexual rela
tions. Whether we realize it or not, we are attracted or repelled by
the body odor of a member of the opposite sex. Some men are
able to detect the particular scent that may be emitted by men
struating women.
Because of genetic and dietary factors, different races emit
distinct types and degrees of body odor. The body scents of most
Orientals, for instance, are much subtler than those of Cauca
sians. In general, Orientals have a very faint musky odor, while
that of Caucasians resembles ambergris. (Both of these scents,
musk and ambergris, it should be noted, arc animal scents, and
both have been used in aphrodisiacs and perfumes. Musk, which
comes from a sac within the abdomen of the male musk deer, in
its concentrated form has a persistent, penetrating odor. Amber
gris, a sccn..:tion from the intestines of the spenn whale, is soft and
black and has a disagreeable odor when fresh, but is hard and
lighter-colored and emits a pleasant scent when it has been ex
posed to sun and seawater. It is known as "dragon saliva" in China;
the ancient Chinese believed it to be the saliva left by these crea
tures-w hich they consider ed benign and auspicious-while sun
ning them� clve s at the seashore. When used in perfumes, musk or
ambergris i� �omct irnes blended with floral. woody, mossy, and
herbal seen Ls.)
A look at several thousand years of ( :hincsc history.md litera-The Alchemy of Desire ANCIENl. SEC RETS fOR MOi lf.NN 10\'f:RS
188 tun: rcvea]s how signif icant was the ro]e of the olfactory. When
the first-century B.c. Han emperor Cheng beca me enan 1ored of
two sisters, for example, his infatuation was due partly to their
natural body fragrance. He once remarked that he was drawn more
to the younger one because she was even mor e fragrant than her sis
ter. And then there was the story, also related earlier, of the Ching
emperor Chien Lung and his tragic Fragrant Imperial Concubine.
Female body aroma has been a favorite subject in erotic writing
and in other literature as well-in fiction, essay, drama, poetry, and
song. The most famous Chinese literary gem about female scents is
an eleventh-century poem entitled "Ten Fragrances." In delicate
and tasteful classical verse, it enumerates and describes the scents
of a woman: the fragrance of her hair, her bosom, her cheeks, her
neck, her tongue, her lips, her fingers, her feet, her vulva, her en
tire body. The fragrance of the vulva is introduced thus:
Loosen ing her tr ou ser-cor d, she shiver s in shame.
His hand touche s her body, and her heart beats so,
Not realizing that within her skir ts
Comes a soul-meltingfragrance.
This poem is famous for causing the tragic death of an em
press of the Liao dynasty in the late eleventh century. A top impe
rial aide deviously tricked the empress into copying the poem in
her own hand; he then planted it as evidence of adultery between
her and a palace composer. The emperor, Tao Tsung, fooled into
believing his wife's infidelity, ordered her to commit suicide.
Although less prominent than visual, tactile, and olfactory
senses, the sense of taste often has an important role in foreplay.
The gustatory sense is not just an empty image for poets when
they sing of drinking nectar from a loved one's lips. There is a
physiological basis for such poetry. The taste buds sensitive to
sweetness are near the tip of the tongue, which acts as the van
guard in erotic kissing. Fortunately for lovers, taste buds for bit
terness and sourness arc far back on the tongue. The Taoist Art of
the Three Peaks, which involved savoring three bodily fluids, is
mainly taste-oriented. For many, the taste of love juices is a potent
aphrodisiac.
The sense of hearing, like the sense of sight, is largely cere
bral. Some individuals blessed with a sexy voice might excite n1en1bers of the opposite sex tnercly by speaking. Music, frotn ro
ntantic strings to hard rock, often has erotic overtones for those
attuned to it. Unabashed erotic whispers, nuunu1rs, n1oans, or
aerobic breathing arc strong aphrodisiacs during lovetnaking.
Won1en from two places in China-Tatung in Shansi province,
and the Tientsin suburb of Yangliuching-werc f<unous for their
love calls in bed.
Lovemaking -like eating-can be enjoyed as a feast when we
employ fully our tive senses, and satisfies an instinctive need in
lite. When the tnood or circuntstance calls for it, we can enjoy an
occasional quickie or an itnpron1ptu snack. To forestall bedroom
problen1s, to hannonize Yin and Yang, erotic wooing by both
partners before, during, and after coitus is not just desirable but
essential. The most erotic stimulus in love-play, the most power
ful aphrodisiac for all the senses, is the human mind: the brain, for
all else it is, may be called a sex organ.
A Two-WAY GAME
A lover who is good in bed knows which are the body's erogenous
zones and where the love points are, and understands how to de
code the


 is found quietly shining.

*     *     *

Is there such a thing as meditating too much?

It depends on what you mean by meditation. If you mean focusing your at -
tention on an object, then yes, there is such a thing as too much meditation.
If you consider by the word ‘meditation’ resting in and as the presence of
awareness, then there is no such thing as too much. Being knowingly the
presence of awareness is not something you do for a certain amount of time;
it is what you always are!

My goal is to be always knowingly myself, but why is it I so often seem to miss
the mark?

How can being yourself be your goal? You are already yourself! It’s like saying,
‘My goal is to breathe’, except that being yourself is even more essential to
you than breathing. You are already the self that is having the intention of
being itself.
39* William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell  (c. 1790 ).you are the happiness you seek
It’s just that there are times when the thing that’s supposed to transpire during
meditation transpires, and there are times when it doesn’t.

Nothing is supposed to transpire during meditation! The thing that is
supposed to transpire during meditation is the one thing that is transpi -
ring all the time. That is, the presence of your being. The fact of being
aware.

Well, then I’m not meditating!

If meditation is something you do from time to time, it cannot be essential
to you. It is added to you and then removed from you. Meditation is not an
activity that you undertake in order to bring about a particular experience.
The ‘I’ that you are is prior to the activity of meditation and cannot, there -
fore, depend on whether you are meditating or not. Meditation is to be
knowingly the one you always and already are but may not have noticed due
to your fascination with the drama of experience. Replace the word ‘medi -
tation’ with ‘being knowingly your self’. Ramana Maharshi suggested that
the highest form of meditation was simply to be.
     Meditation is what we are, not what we do. The separate self is an activity
of thinking and feeling that we do; it is not what we are.

I think I have residues from decades of trying to meditate in exactly the wrong way.

Most of us do! But the years of meditation practice have not been wasted.
They have brought you to this understanding. However, now that your pre -
vious practice has done its job, don’t keep repeating it. Don’t be like one who
has finally arrived on a beautiful Caribbean beach after a long, arduous jour -
ney and keeps asking, ‘Where shall we go next?’

It’s not so easy to drop it. It feels like an ongoing process.

The idea that you have to drop something is itself part of the old residue of
believing that meditation is a battle between one part of your mind and
another. These old habits are the remnants of the storm clouds that linger in
the sky for a while after the storm. If you struggle with them, you simply
40the essence of meditation
perpetuate them. The sky never struggles with the clouds. Why should it?
It is not implicated by them.
     Your self or being is not implicated by the content of your mind, so why
have an agenda with it? Just let the residues of this old conditioned activity
slowly wind down in your welcoming but disinterested presence. Sooner
or later, this residual effort will die of neglect and the peace that was lying
dormant in the background of experience all this time will begin to emerge.

There are times when I can easily practise this, but sometimes either my feelings are
so overwhelming or my life is so busy and stressful that it just seems impossible.

This is not about practising; it is about recognising what is always and already
the case but has been temporarily overlooked. You cannot become what you
already are; you cannot be what you are not.
     Simply be aware of your being. The awareness of being shines in you as
the experience ‘I am’ before what you are is coloured or qualified by experi -
ence. Simply be knowingly your self all the time, irrespective of your cir -
cumstances: not just when sitting quietly with your eyes closed at certain
periods during the day, but when you’re having lunch, going for a walk, talk -
ing with a friend, answering an email, and so on.
     Don’t make a distinction between everyday life and meditation. Even
when you go to sleep at night, feel that you remain resting in and as your
being. In fact, in deep sleep, you don’t really fall asleep; the world falls asleep
in you.
     Meditation is simply what we are, and what we are never leaves us. It is
the only thing (which is, of course, not itself a ‘thing’) that cannot be separ -
ated from us. We take our self with us wherever we go.
     If I am depressed, I am. If I am lonely, I am. If I am agitated, I am. If I am
in ecstasy, I am. Whatever I am experiencing or feeling, I am. Allow the
awareness of being to shine through your experience irrespective of its
contents. Then you will find yourself at peace all the time.

41 chapter six
The Ultimate Prayer
Accept, Lord, this my emptiness,
and so fill me with Thyself.
frances nuttall

intimate, impersonal, infinite being

When we, awareness, lose our self in or become mixed up with the content
of experience, we seem to acquire its qualities. The clear luminosity of our
being is dimmed or endarkened by experience.
     However, just as the screen is never really veiled by a movie but only seems
to be obscured due to the absorption of our attention in the drama, so our
being is never really eclipsed by experience but only seems to be concealed,
due to the exclusive focus of our attention on the content of experience.
     And just as one who is lost in a movie may temporarily take on its mood,
becoming sad if the scene is sad or scared if it is frightening, so we lose our
self in the drama of experience, becoming mixed up with its content and
seeming, as a result, to become conditioned or qualified by it.
     Instead of experiencing our thoughts flowing through us like birds in the
sky, we feel ‘I am my thoughts’. The experience of agitated thoughts becomes
the feeling ‘I am agitated’. We allow our colourless being to be coloured by
thoughts.
     Instead of experiencing afflictive emotions like clouds passing slowly through
the sky, we feel ‘I am my emotions’. The feeling of sadness becomes ‘I am sad’.
The feeling of tiredness becomes ‘I am tired’. Instead of experiencing sensations
of the body like slowly moving clouds passing through us, we feel ‘I am the
body’. What we are aware  of  becomes, or seems to become, what we are.
     In this way, our being is mixed with the content of experience and seem -
ingly qualified or conditioned by it. The awareness of being is coloured or
obscured by the awareness of experience.  you are the happiness you seek
     The familiar experience of our self to which we refer when we say ‘I am’ be-
comes the belief and feeling ‘I am this’ or ‘I am that’. Our unlimited, aware being
becomes, or seems to become, a temporary, finite self or ego and, as a result, our
innate peace and joy is veiled. It is this veiling of our being that is responsible
for our suffering. The happiness we are becomes the happiness we seek.

the divine name

When we feel ‘I am tired’, ‘I am lonely’, ‘I am depressed’, ‘I am stressed’,
and so on, most of us emphasise the feeling of tiredness, loneliness, anxiety
or stress and neglect our self. Our being becomes mixed up with the tired -
ness, loneliness, anxiety or stress and seems, as a result, to be veiled by it.
     On another occasion we may think, ‘I am reading’, ‘I am walking’ or
‘I am eating’, thereby mistaking an activity that we do from time to time for
what we always and essentially are. Or we say, ‘I am a mother or a father,
single or married, a doctor, artist or gardener’, and thus allow our being to
be qualified or conditioned by a relationship.
     All that is necessary is to relax or soften the focus of our attention from
the feeling, activity or relationship and become aware of our self or being,
the ‘I am’ aspect of experience.
     In fact, we don’t become  aware of our being; our being is always aware of
itself. But having lost itself in the feeling, activity or relationship, it seems  to
lose touch with itself and, therefore, appears to return to or become aware
of itself.
     T o initiate this process, it is only necessary to take the thought ‘I am’ and
stay with it, allowing it to invite us into the depths of our own being. The
thought ‘I am’ is, as such, like the golden thread of Ariadne in Greek myth -
ology. If we follow it, it will lead


our	blood	levels	of	B	vitamins	and	homocysteine.
Likewise,	if	you	never	get	sunshine	exposure,	especially	during	the	winter
months,	you	might	want	to	take	a	vitamin	D	supplement.	I	would	recommend
taking	the	smallest	dose	you	can	find	and	making	more	of	an	effort	to	get
outside.
I	call	these	supplements	“separation	from	nature	pills,”	because	a	healthy
diet	of	fresh,	organic	plant-based	foods	grown	in	rich	soil	and	a	lifestyle	that
regularly	takes	you	outdoors	is	the	best	answer	to	these	issues.	Returning	to
our	natural	way	of	life	in	this	small	way	provides	innumerable	other	benefits,
as	well.PRINCIPLE	#4
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Genes	do	not	determine	disease	on	their	own,	Genes	function	only	by
being	activated,	or	expressed,	and	nutrition	plays	a	critical	role	in
determining	which	genes,	good	and	bad,	are	expressed.
I	can	safely	say	that	the	origin	of	every	single	disease	is	genetic.	Our	genes
are	the	code	to	everything	in	our	bodies,	good	and	bad.	Without	genes,	there
would	be	no	cancer.	Without	genes,	there	would	be	no	obesity,	diabetes	or
heart	disease.	And	without	genes,	there	would	be	no	life.
This	might	explain	why	we	are	spending	hundreds	of	millions	of	dollars
trying	to	figure	out	which	gene	causes	which	disease	and	how	we	can	silence
the	dangerous	genes.	This	also	explains	why	some	perfectly	healthy	young
women	have	had	their	breasts	removed	simply	because	they	were	found	to
carry	genes	that	are	linked	to	breast	cancer.	This	explains	why	the	bulk	of
resources	in	science	and	health	in	the	past	decade	has	shifted	to	genetic
research.	At	Cornell	University	alone	$500	million	is	being	raised	to	create	a
“Life	Sciences	Initiative.”	This	initiative	promises	to	“forever	change	the	way
life-science	research	is	conducted	and	taught	at	the	university.”	What	is	one	of
the	main	thrusts	of	the	program?	Integrating	each	scientific	discipline	into	the
all-encompassing	umbrella	of	genetic	research.	It	is	the	largest	scientific
effort	in	Cornell’s	history.
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Much	of	this	focus	on	genes,	however,	misses	a	simple	but	crucial	point:
not	all	genes	are	fully	expressed	all	the	time.	If	they	aren’t	activated,	or
expressed,	they	remain	biochemically	dormant.	Dormant	genes	do	not	have
any	effect	on	our	health.	This	is	obvious	to	most	scientists,	and	many
laypeople,	but	the	significance	of	this	idea	is	seldom	understood.	What
happens	to	cause	some	genes	to	remain	dormant,	and	others	to	express
themselves?	The	answer:	environment,	especially	diet.
To	reuse	a	previous	analogy,	it	is	useful	to	think	of	genes	as	seeds.	As	any
good	gardener	knows,	seeds	will	not	grow	into	plants	unless	they	have
nutrient-rich	soil,	water	and	sunshine.	Neither	will	genes	be	expressed	unless
they	have	the	proper	environment.	In	our	body,	nutrition	is	the	environmental
factor	that	determines	the	activity	of	genes.	As	we	saw	in	chapter	three,	the
genes	that	cause	cancer	were	profoundly	impacted	by	the	consumption	of
protein.	In	my	research	group,	we	learned
that	we	could	turn	the	bad	genes	on
and	off	simply	by	adjusting	animal	protein	intake.
Furthermore,	our	China	research	findings	showed	that	people	of	roughlythe	same	ethnic	background	have	hugely	varying	disease	rates.	These	are
people	said	to	have	similar	genes,	and	yet	they	get	different	diseases
depending	on	their	environment.	Dozens	of	studies	have	documented	that	as
people	migrate,	they	assume	the	disease	risk	of	the	country	to	which	they
move.	They	do	not	change	their	genes,	and	yet	they	fall	prey	to	diseases	and
illnesses	at	rates	that	are	rare	in	their	homeland	population.
Furthermore,	we	have	seen	disease	rates	change	over	time	so	drastically
that	it	is	biologically	impossible	to	put	the	blame	on	genes.	In	twenty-five
years,	the	percentage	of	our	population	that	is	obese	has	doubled,	from	15%
to	30%.	In	addition,	diabetes,	heart	disease	and	many	other	diseases	of
affluence	were	rare	until	recent	history,	and	our	genetic	code	simply	could	not
have	changed	significantly	in	the	past	25,	100	or	even	500	years.
So	while	we	can	say	that	genes	are	crucial	to	every	biological	process,	we
have	some	very	convincing	evidence	that	gene	expression	is	far	more
important,	and	gene	expression	is	controlled	by	environment,	especially
nutrition.
A	further	folly	of	this	genetic	research	is	assuming	that	understanding	our
genes	is	simple.	It	is	not.	Recently,	for	example,	researchers	studied	genetic
regulation	of	weight	in	a	tiny	worm	species.
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	The	scientists	went	through
16,757	genes,	turning	each	one	off,	and	observed	the	effect	on	weight.	They
discovered	417	genes	that	affect	weight.	How	these	hundreds	of	genes
interact	over	the	long	term	with	each	other	and	their	ever-changing
environment	to	alter	weight	gain	or	loss	is	an	incredibly	complex	mystery.
Goethe	once	said,	“We	know	accurately	only	when	we	know	little;	with
knowledge	doubt	increases.”
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Expression	of	our	genetic	code	represents	a	universe	of	biochemical
interactions	of	almost	infinite	complexity.	This	biochemical	“universe”
interacts	with	many	different	systems,	including	nutrition,	which	itself
represents	whole	systems	of	complex	biochemistry.	With	genetic	research,	I
suspect	we	are	embarking	on	a	massive	quest	to	shortcut	nature	only	to	end
up	worse	off	than	when	we	started.
Does	all	this	mean	I	think	that	genes	don’t	matter?	Of	course	not.	If	you
take	two	Americans	living	in	the	same	environment	and	feed	them	exactly	the
same	meaty	food	every	day	for	their	entire	lives,	I	would	not
be	surprised	if
one	died	of	a	heart	attack	at	age	fifty-four,	and	the	other	died	of	cancer	at	the
age	of	eighty.	What	explains	the	difference?	Genes.	Genes	give	us	our
predispositions.	We	all	have	different	disease	risks	due	to	our	different	genes.
But	while	we	will	never	know	exactly	which	risks	we	are	predisposed	to,	we
do	know	how	to	control	those	risks.	Regardless	of	our	genes,	we	can	all
optimize	our	chances	of	expressing	the	right	genes	by	providing	our	bodieswith	the	best	possible	environment—that	is,	the	best	possible	nutrition.	Even
though	the	two	Americans	in	the	example	above	succumbed	to	different
diseases	at	different	ages,	it	is	entirely	possible	that	both	could	have	lived
many	more	years	with	a	higher	quality	of	life	if	they	would	have	practiced
optimal	nutrition.PRINCIPLE	#5
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Nutrition	can	substantially	control	the	adverse	effects	of	noxious
chemicals.
Stories	of	cancer-ca


 which had apparently lost or out
grown their abilit y to re produce became fertile a gain and gave birth to fine healthy calves after they had been fed on a
diet of sprouted oats. Likewise, younger cows, apparently
sterile, which had failed to reproduce even though they had
been sired several times, quickly became fertile when given sprouted grain. With bulls that had become sterile, the use of
sprouted grain restored fertility in all cases tested. The
independent scientist, Dr. Eherenfried Pfeiffer, also has
reported that without exception he has been able to restore the
fertility of bulls through the use of sprouted oats plus green alfalfa. If sprouted grains are th is important in animal health,
we have good reason to believe they are also important for
human health. Sprouted wheat, sprouted rye, and other
sprouted grains thus have their place in good nutrition, and
they may be used as liberally as desired for both their good
flavor and high nutritive values.

E
DIBLE WILD PLANTS
   Modern man has tapped only a small part of the vast
reservoir of nature for his food supply. Prior to the sixteenth
century, meat and bread were the staple foods of most
Europeans, and very few vege table foods were considered
satisfactory for nourishment. When the Europeans invaded
lands of the Western Hemisphere, they found the Indians growing many seed plants and vegetables they had never seen
before. Many of these were sent back to Europe and were
widely cultivated. It is estimated that at least half of the
garden vegetables in use today originated with the American
Indian. Yet these vegetables comprise only a very small fraction of the total variety of plants used at one time or
another by various Indian groups. The white man took only
the Indians' cultivated plants. He ignored the vast number of wild fruits, wild herbs, wild seeds, and wild roots which
formed a part of the Indian dietary fare. The U. S.
Department of Agriculture has listed 444 genera and 1,112
different species of plant life as having been eaten by the
Indian, and the greater number of  thesewere edible in their
wild state. Yet, even the Indian may not have utilized all the
wild plants which were available. The truth is that nature is
abounding in an extremely wide variety of fruits, seeds, seed
pods, tubers, stems, buds, flowers, leaves, barks, roots, tree
saps, gums, mushrooms, flavoring herbs, and lichens, which are edible and healthful for human use. These only await
gathering by man, and their re-seeding and cultivation under scientific care, to be put to valuable use.
   The flavors of wild plant foods often differ markedly from
those of their domestic relatives. This may be objected to by
those who are accustomed to the more flat-tastin
g domestic foods, but after nibbling at wild foods for a while, the
powerful flavors are usually appreciated. Many, in fact, enjoy
them at their first trial. This particularly applies to the use of
wild fruits, which usually have delightful flavors far
surpassing those of domestic varieties.
   It should not be supposed that all edible wild plants can be
used in their raw state, but it is true that we may best restrict
our use to those plants which can be eaten raw. Some plants
are bitter and poisonous when raw, but the poisonous
principle is dissipated by heat, and the food thus becomes
edible when cooked or washed in several applications of boiling water. Fortunately, most wild plant foods do not fall
within this class, and the majority may be taken with complete safety and enjoyment in their raw state.
   The kinds of edible wild plants found in nature are of such
infinite variety that no attempt will be made to list all of them
here. However, a limited number of some of the best known
varieties will be given, and this will be confined to those
which are considered edible in their raw state.
   For wild fruits, the following species have been highly
recommended: Juneberries, barberries, hackberries,
snowberries, strawberries, nanny berries, black huckleberries,
dangleberries, partridgeberri es, red mulberries, black
mulberries, white mulberries, prickly pears, choke pears, tomatillos, ground cherries, May apples, crab apples, goose plums, beach plums, Canada plums, pin cherries, choke
cherries, black cherries, sand cherries, gooseberries, fetid
currants, red currants, garden currants, mountain blackberries,
tall blackberries, purple raspberries, black raspberries, red
raspberries, dwarf raspberries, elderberries, blueberries,
cranberries, deerberries, huckleberries, cowberries,
bunchberries, pimbinas, grapes, red haws, sugar pears, and pawpaws.
   Edible salad-plants growing in their wild state include:
canary-grass, sweet flag, spiderwort, corn-lily, mountain-sorrel, purslane, water-shiel d, penny-cress, peppergrass,
shepherd's purse, scurvy grass, sea-rocket, yellow-cress,
watercress, winter-cress, spri ng-cress, alpine-cress, wild
mignonette, live-forever, roseroot, lettuce-saxifrage, swamp
saxifrage, golden saxifrage, burnet, clover, wood-sorrel, storksbill, false mermaid, deergrass, caraway, pimpernel,
brooklime, seaside plantain, corn-salad, ox-eye daisy, costmary, nipplewort, and cat-brier.
   In addition to the afore-mentioned plants, which are useful
for their leaves
, there are others, such as Indian cucumber, crinkle-root, wild licorice, eel-grass, alpine bistort, water-
parsnip, and woundwort, which are useful for their roots.
Other plants, including cat-tail, cat-brier, and bamboo-vine,
have delicious sprouts. Bubleweed, deergrass, chufa, Jerusalem artichoke, purple-bellflower, brooklime, and
woundwort have edible tubers. Some plants, including a
number already listed, are also valuable for their stems,
petals, or leaf-stalks. Delicio us beverages may be made from
spicebush, blackbirch, yellowbirch, paper birch, New Jersey tea, American wild mint, peppermint, spearmint, ground ivy,
black spruce, fragrant sumac, squaw bush, and horse gentian.
A delicious gum, suitable for chewing, is obtained from
spruce, sweet gum, bird-cherry, milkweed, sugar pine, fir
tree, skeleton weed, and pilotweed. Edible tree saps are available from the sugar maple, black sugar maple, red
maple, silver maple, and box elder. There are hundreds of
species of edible fungi in nature, and even some of the wild
lichens may be used as food.
   No one should use wild plants without care in selection and
gathering. We know that some wild plants come in both
poisonous and non-poisonous varieties. Others may contain both poisonous and non-poisonous parts. For instance, there
are three species of the sumac plant which yield delicious and
healthful fruit, but there is another species which is
poisonous, even to touch. The only non-poisonous part of the
May-apple plant is the fruit, which is eaten. These are not criticisms of wild plants, as such, for domestic species can
have some of these same characteristics. Certain domestic
plants may come in both poisonous and non-poisonous varieties; a number, such as apples and peaches, possess
seeds containing poisonous prussic acid, and the rhubarb
plant has poison leaves, but edible leafstalks. Whether
dealing with wild or domestic plants we must use discretion
and care in our full utilization of the food. If the primitive Indians were able to accomplish this without difficulty,
certainly civilized man can do so.
   For those undertaking the use of wild plant life in its edible
forms, an adequate knowledge of the location, growth, and
characteristics of such life is of course essential. This subject
has been described as a lost chapter in the history of botany.
During the past twenty years, however, this vacuum has been partly filled. Probably the best all-around publications on this
subject in the English language are Edible Wild Plants, by
Prof. Medsger, and Edible Wild Plants of Eastern North
America, by Fernald and Kinsey. These works, along with
others, may effectively guide those in carrying out future
investigations.    The time may come when nature-lovers, botanists,
nutritionists, and physicians will unite to become "hunters" in
nature—not hunters for animals, but hunters for many
hundreds of wild plants which may hold a potential key to man's physical destiny. We know that a high level of physical
development is possible with a varied selection of domestic
foods, but it is quite possible that this can still be improved by
utilizing many of the wild foods which are now going to
waste and becoming ever more confined in their habitats. On


Patient S.D., Female, Anemia
When I started the tissue cleansing program, my lab blood test showed a red blood cell count of 3.84 (normal is 4.8) and a
hemoglobin of 10.7 (normal is 14.0). I had been tired much of the time for the past sever al months and had lower back and neck
pains. Chiropractic treatments didn’t help. At the end of the 7 -day program, my back felt much better, and I began taking
supplements recommended by Dr. Jensen. A month after my first blood test, a second blood test sh owed my red blood count was
up to 4.47 and my hemaglobin was 12.8. My energy is much better, and the fatigue is gradually leaving.

Patient E.P., 70 -year-old Female, Arthritis
The doctor who treated me said that drugs would bring the only relief for the terrible pains in my neck. So I took Percodan and
Bulazolidin for pain; Phenylbutazone, a steroid, once a week and Ascriptin daily. I was told to eat anything I wanted, that c offee
and diet had nothing to do with arthritis. I took these prescriptions for o ne year and still was not getting much relief. Then I
changed direction. I started a nutritional program, an elimination program and natural food supplements. I was asked to drop all
drugs, much to my reluctance. I started trembling, and withdrawal symptom s developed. Nevertheless, I went right into the
program outlined by Dr. Jensen. Within a week, I found myself free of pain and feeling very well without drugs. One -and-a-half
months later, feeling exceptionally good, I suddenly developed a fever of 105 de grees, swollen face and eye, with a headache such
as I had never experienced before. I thought my whole world would collapse. I was told it (the healing crisis) would only las t 3
days - and it did! Then I felt so good again, just as Dr. Jensen said I would. [During and since the crisis, there has been excessive
elimination of mucus. After nine months, my neck is still pain free without the use of drugs. After 5 years, she has no retur n of
pain. This case has not been cured, but there has been no return of p ain. This patient was taking 20 -40 aspirin per day, according to
her doctor’s prescription.]

Patient, S.B., Female, High Triglycerides
The first time I took the tissue cleansing program, my laboratory blood test showed a triglyceride reading of 938 (norma l is 50 -200
mg’dL). In a week’s time, it dropped to 253. Nearly three years later, after a year of living under high -stress conditions, my
triglycerides shot up to 1403 mg/di. I went through the tissue cleansing again and the level dropped to 325. I realiz e there is more
work to do, but I am delighted with the rapid drop of triglycerides following the 7 -day programs.

NOTE: The triglyceride count and how they were reduced in this patient in just one week’s tissue cleansing treatment.

Other Cases
Male, Pros trate Trouble. Lost 12 pounds on his first 7 -day cleanse, prostrate problems cleared up, stiffness in hands disappeared.
Can play musical instruments again.

Female, Constipation. Did not have bowel movement for 12 -14 days, despite use of laxatives. After 7-day program, she stopped
using laxatives, felt great. Bowel activity improving rapidly.

Female, Breast Lumps. One -and-one-half months after taking the tissue cleansing pro -gram, the breast lumps were gone. Also, lab
tests showed liver function and alkal ine phosphates were normal.

Female, Uterine Condition. A Paps test reading of 4+ and diagnosis of uterine growths were made before the 7 -day cleansing.
Three months after the program, a repeat Paps test and examination showed the condition was gone. The P aps test was negative,
and no sign of uterine growths could be found.

Male, Psoriasis. This man had spent $7,000 on specialists, going to doctors all his life for psoriasis, before trying tissue cleansing.
Arms and legs bleed periodically, and he has been  a heavy drinker of alcoholic beverages. He has not taken the full 7 -day cleanse
program, but has been using the bulk and Bentonite and colema board. Skin condition has improved considerably.

Female, Memory and Vision Problems, 60 years of age. This elder ly vegetarian woman complained of poor memory and poor
vision. She took the 7 -day cleanse and was astonished at the improvement in both.

Female, Uterine Fissure, 32 years old. Patient reported great pain for years from a uterine fissure, with no help from  doctors. She
took the 7 -day cleanse as a last resort, but stopped at 5 days. She reported, “The pain all disappeared. I can’t remember when I was
last free of pain. I had forgotten what is was like.”

Some comments from patients who have taken the tissue cleansing program.
“I can’t imagine any better way to detoxify the body.” A.C.
“I think everyone should have the good fortune to go through this program so that they will know what really being alive feel s
like.” E.B.C.
“A tremendous value to humanity.” M. S.
“A wonderful start for your recuperation.” E.N.
“Very necessary for renewed health.” E.A.
“Great!!! Lovely staff also.” P.M.
“After the week’s program I felt hopeful and excited about the potential for healing. I have learned so much.” A.M.
“I liked the program very much as I felt better as the days went by.” C.C.
“A positive and realistic program.” O.S.
“Very good, wished I had done it sooner, would recommend it to anyone.” J.E.W.
“Reasonable solution to good health.” M.K.M.
“This is imperative for n early everyone I know. Having studied a lot along this line, I feel it is as simplified as can be and still be
effective. I shall never forget this time in my life.” R.A.
“I feel more positive and hopeful. That I will learn what is missing in my diet and w ill follow through.” C.M.
“After this program I feel energized! My body feels good, ready to go.” S.M.
“I felt light and feel like exercising. I feel like a new person with hope in my heart.” M.P.
“I feel light, optimistic, energetic. I’m looking forward t o continuing on this program.” L.D.
“I feel wonderful! Lighter and more energized than ever! On the road to greater health.” W.J.R.
“(Before the program) I felt very tired, morose (that’s not quite depressed) and a little caged in, because I didn’t know ho w to
properly handle the healthy aspects of life. (After the week’s program) I was more than pleased with the program. It’s excell ent!”
D.D.H.
“Before the program, I felt tired; had problems walking; pain. After the program I had less swelling; walked bett er; less joint pain.
This wonderful program is lifesaving. I met many wonderful people. Many thanks to everyone for support.” K.M.
“Before the program I had a definite need to learn bowel management, cleansing of tissue, etc. I know I need to improve my he alth
or suffer consequences very rapidly. I felt very toxic; had memory loss and pain in the head. Pain in right side near ribs. T errible
broken veins in legs. Tired much of the time and would depend on coffee to stimulate. After the program I felt much be tter, There
is still room for improvement, but I feel very encouraged. The program is terrific. There should be more programs throughout the
States.” M.F.W.
“I attended the program after reading the book. Thought the treatment might help with various sympt oms (sore breasts, fibrocistic),
water retention, tow energy, easy weight gain and some joint discomfort and neck kinks occasionally and occasional headaches.
All of these symptoms affected my disposition and attitude. After the program I felt better! The breasts are softer, a bit less sore;
abdomen smaller; energy still low; water retention still evident; didn’t lose much weight.” H.F.
“I attended the program because I was so tired; had leg and hip problems (limped); no one knew how to help. Doctors said I  was
healthy, but I knew I was not. I knew this program was right for me. After the program, I know how to care for me. I am very
thankful for the privilege of attending. If I had not seen the filth expelled, I would never have believed it was in my body.  I
am looking forward to a healing crisis. The program is marvellous. People think I am out of my mind. Nevertheless, I am happy!”
E.L.W.
A 78 year -old man from Manitoba (Canada) phoned to ask if I would help him. I had previously helped some of his family
members. He had been bedridden two years with ulcerated legs, the ulcers o