 metallic electrodes in direct
contact with protoplasm in living organisms set up unpredictable
non-reproducible voltage gradients, which are caused by changes
in the propertics of the phase boundary between metal and proto
plasm. As we have seen, however, if contact is made through a
saline 'bridge' and with proper electrodes, reliable and repro
ducible voltage gradients can be recorded, with the aid of high
inpu t-imped ance amplifiers. After much experiment we found it best to place the con
tainers holding the electrodes on the trunk of the tree, one above
98 ANTENNAE TO THE UNIV ERSE
the other, about three feet apart. The lower electrode was placed
high enough on the tree trunk to avoid interference by maraud
ing animals. The other electrode, three feet above, was reasonably
safe from interference. From the very beginning consistent, continuous and relatively
steady standing potentials were recorded. Preliminary experi
ments were begun in 1938 and almost continuous records were
kept up to 1968. Maple, elm and oak trees have been examined and it appears
evident that the faster-growing trees, such as the maple, exhibit
a somewhat higher potential than the slower-growing elm and a
definitely higher potential than the still slower-grow ing oak. As a double check, we established another 'antenna' in the
form of an old, large elm tree outside my laboratory in the
country, at Lyme, Connect icut. Simultaneously, too, we carried
out similar experiments on an alligator pear in the laboratory. With recording galvanometers drawing a trace of changing
voltage gradients in all three sets of experiments, it was possible
to determine to what extent a young maple tree in the city, an
old elm in the country and an alligator pear in the laboratory
might exhibit parallel changes. 3
It has long been known that there are diurnal rhythms in
living systems. Recurrent events occur in living systems whic h
provide a rhythm, or a cycle, which seems to be related par tly
to environmental circumstan ces and partly to others. There have
been a number of explanations of these rhythms; and the general
opinion seems to be that there are at least two factors involved. One, of course, is the actual metabolism of protoplasm. This, how
ever, mayor may not be a continuous source of energy. Much
more likely it is an intermitten t process. On the other hand, it has been suggested that the changes in
measurable characteristics of living systems are caused by hyper
plasia, mitosis, or cell division. Mitosis goes on in the cambium
of the tree and results in the changing diameter of the tree, as
99 ANTENNAE TO THE UNI VERSE
has been well established by numerous studies of trees under a
variety of circumstances. The growing tips of trees also show
mitosis, the result of which is a change in the length, for example,
of parts of the plant system. Therefore, in the tree at Lyme, instruments were provided not
only to measure voltage gradients but also the changing diameter
of tne tree, all on a continuous basis. Tree-diameter was measured
by a dendograph loaned by Professor Lutz of the Forestry School
of Yale University. The results, in the early stages of these experiments in measur
ing changing diameter and potential differences, were surprising. Recurrent events in the changing potential were obvious. During
the hours from midnight to sunrise in the early morning, voltage
gradients were relatively low but constant. With the beginning
of daylight, a change occurred with a marked increase in the
magnitude of the potential differences, usually reaching a height
around noon. These changes were recorded over a three month
period in the summers of 1943 and 1944. A number of interesting results were apparent. During the
early part of the summer and until September, there was a close
relationship between the rise and fall of potential and the chang
ing diameter of the tree. And at the time these records were made,
this seemed like an extraordinary correlation between the growth
of the cambium and the voltage gradient. In September of 1943 and again in 1944, however, marked
changes in voltage gradient of a recurrent character appeared but
the diameter of the tree no longer changed. This points up the fact that short-time studies of living systems
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        If the electrical patterns have any significance, the electrical
correla tes of these differences should be manifest. A statistical
analysis shows that the mean potential measured between the
attached end of the corn kernel and its opposite pole gave highly
significant results. Aside from the generally different mean, however, the most
striking finding was a very great difference between the mean of
the single gene mutant and the parent stock. It is remarkable that
the change of a single gEne in the parent stock should produce
such profound and significant change in the over-all pattern of
the voltage difference. The conclusion seems to be inescapable
that there is a very close relationship between the genetic con
stitution and the electrical pa ttern. If further studies should
confirm this conclusion, it seems very probable that one of the
ways the chromosomes impart design to protoplasm is through
the medium of an electro-dynamic field. In these studies of voltage gradients in maize kernels, the
longitudinal gradient between the germinal end and the micro
polar end of the seed was used as a test measurement. Under the
couditions of the experiment there appeared to be, first of all, an
immediate potential, which was called the prime potential. Moments after this prime potential was determined, the voltage
gradient nearly always dropped to a much lower value and re
mained remarkably stable for the minutes during which the
observations were made. The prime potentials apparently show a high correlation
with the seeds' viability, but have no particular reference to
plant growth. The equilibrium potential, on the other hand, is
not correlated with seed viability but rather with the inherent
genetic constitution of a plant, since by use of the potentiometer
and equilibrium potential determinations, one can segregate from
a given population those seeds with superior growth characteris
tics. Further, these poten tial differences hetween seeds have been
highly correlated with the growth of progeny for one generation
removed. For these reasons the potentiometer may prove to be
a useful tool for the plant breeder. 71 THE UBIQUITOUS FIELD
Electro-metric data from maize seeds show remarkable cor
relation with growth potentials in the corn kernel, as well as a
significant relationship to genetic constitution. These fin dings
raise the old question of which is more important, the genetic
constitution of a living system, or the environment in which it
lives. 6
As a contribution to this problem, a study was made of the
reactions to a stimulus of the sensitive plant, Mimosa. It is well
known, of course, that a branch will collapse when touched. Its
electrical correlates, therefore, at the collapse of the branch pro
vide a clue as to the importance of the changing physical en
vironment of a living system and its electrical correlates. It is well known, too, that in all biological systems there
exists a multiplicity of phase boundaries. The existence of a
potential difference across the phase boundaries is generally
accepted. It is commonly held that the membrane potential at a
phase boundary is a consequence of a difference in concentrations
of electrolytes on opposite sides of the boundary. In the non-living
system this potential approaches zero as ionic equilibrium is
reached. It has been more or less logically concluded, therefore,
that the existence and variation of potential difference can be
explained by the known initial differences in concentrations with
consequent movement of ions across the boundary. The living system, on the other hand, differs somewhat from
the physical chemical situation in that the potential differences,
instead of approaching zero with time, are maintained at an
astonishin gly stable level. The maintenance of this level of poten
tial difference presupposes constant recruitment and it is natural
to assume that this recruitment comes in large measure from
chemical activity. Moreover, it is not at all impossible that one of
the mechanisms regulating and controlling chemical activity is
resident in the potential difference. In other words, if this problem is looked at from a slightly
different angle, it is legitimate to make the assumption that in
72 THE UBIQU ITOUS FIELD
a living system the total energy intake appears, in part, in the
chemical flux of metabolism and,in part, in stored energy in
potential differences. If this assumption is true, it follows, then,
that by studying potential differences during rest and during ac
tivity a record could be made of a general level of immediately
available energy, as represented by algcbraicIy-summated bound
ary potentials. In the face of the demand for activity this reservoir of poten
tial energy could be tapped. When the biological system is at rest,
the potentials could be recorded as DC potentials, but when
protoplasm is thrown into any kind of activity, such as neural
transmission, muscle contraction and similar events, the first sign
of that activity would lie in the sudden withdrawal from the
reservoir of electrical energy. In other words, a drop in potential
differences


more than a "Placenta or a False Placenta". Cancer then is nothing more than a
stimulated normal Trophoblast cell growing normally in the wrong place trying to
form a placenta in preparation for a new baby. Remember, this happens in every one
every day. Allow me to give you a patient example to emphasize this truth and
fundamental concept. All malignant tumors, whether they are in the brain or the little toe, are either
Placentas, or False Placentas (a placenta without a baby attached. 26
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There Are No Exceptions! A Bonnie Scottish Lassie
For well over a century, it was common talk among the peasant girls of Scotland,
should one find a lump (cancer growth) in the breast she should get pregnant as soon
as possible? When these girls lived beyond their reproductive age their cancer
returned and they died. Girls then, as well as now have a multitude of tricks in their
bag to become pregnant, everything from baking a cake to tripping a boy in the
meadow. This 'old wife's tale intrigued the eminent Embryologist, John Beard, D.SC.,
professor of Edinburgh University. Beard was a true scientist. It was he who
determined what cancer is, how it is formed, why it is formed and how to properly
treat it. Some 50 years later Dr. W illiam D. Kelley, D.D.S., having never heard of
Professor Beard came to the same Scientific Paradigm. The medical community
refuses to accept Dr. Kelley's Paradigm. This is unfortunate for the thousands who
could be properly treated and cured. Dr. Kelley often states, 'that's the way it is'. God
may bring this truth to the attention of another scientist, years after his death. The Direct Cause of Cancer
The direct cause of cancer, according to our research, is the changing of an Ectopic
Primary germ cell into an Ectopic Trophoblast cell. An excess of female sex hormones
brings about this change. Both men and women have male and female sex hormones. When this delicate male-female sex hormone balance is upset, cancer may start. Let us explain this a little further. In the human life cycle, the male sperm unites
with the female egg. Now if this fertilized egg would grow directly into a new baby,
we would have no cancer or cancer problems, but nature does not act so simply and
directly, for if she did, the newly formed embryo (baby) would fall out of the uterus. Therefore, nature had to develop some way to attach the new embryo to the wall of
the uterus and some way to nourish (feed) it. After the sperm in the fallopian tube of the mother fertilizes the egg the fertilized
egg gives rise to three basic kinds of cells:
4. Trophoblast cells, which form:
5. Primitive germ cells, which form:
6. Primary germ cells, one of which forms the embryo, which form:
7. Normal body or somatic cells; and the
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Winning The Cancer War
8. Many Primary germ cells migrate to the Testes or Ovaries waiting to form the next
generation. Many are trapped within the normal body cells come to occupy all
sorts of abnormal positions within the new embryo's body and upon stimulation
by female hormones produce;
9. Trophoblast cells, which can form a placenta in any place of the embryo's body
as it grows to a child or adult. 10. These out of place placentas are in error, called by the medical community
CANCER. By the third day, the fertilized egg has fallen into the uterus. During those three
days and for many days thereafter, the Trophoblast cells (cancer cells) are growing
very rapidly and surround the other two types of cells (primitive germ cells, and
normal body or somatic cells). The new baby will fall out of the uterus unless something happens fast, and happen
it does. The Trophoblast cells metastasize (as cancer does) to the wall of the uterus. Now the baby cannot fall out of the mother's uterus, but needs nourishment. The
Trophoblast cells (cancer cells) continue to grow rapidly and form the placenta. Now
with a good food supply and no danger of falling out of the mother, the baby
(embryo) can continue to grow, safe and sound, until birth. The placental Trophoblast tissue (cancer mass) continues to grow until about the
seventh week when the baby's pancreas develops. The baby's pancreatic enzyme production along with the mother's pancreatic
enzyme production stops the growth of the placental Trophoblastic tissue (cancer
mass). As the new embryo (baby) is being formed from the normal body or somatic cells,
the primary germ cells (pre-placenta cells) are multiplying. In a few days, when the
embryo (baby) develops to the proper stage, the primary germ cells stop multiplying
and begin to migrate to the gonads (ovaries or testes). There are about three billion of these primary germ cells that fatigue and never
have the vital force necessary to reach the gonads. This means that there are two
germ cells for every area the size of a pinhead dispersed throughout your body. Any
one of these germ cells is a potential malignant tumor mass (cancer). That is why a
malignant tumor mass (cancer) can form in any part of the body. All that is needed to
create a malignant tumor mass in our body is a deficiency of pancreatic enzymes, an
imbalance of sex hormones and the embryonic destiny of these primary germ cells to
form Trophoblast cells, which then forms a false placenta (a malignant tumor) in
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preparation for the creation of a baby. The imbalance of sex hormones can take place
at any time, but usually it occurs between 45 and 60 years of age. When all is said and done, a malignant tumor mass (cancer) is a normal growth of
tissue (a placenta) due to the development of a basic (primary) germ cell in the wrong
place (outside of the uterus). Sometimes this placenta also has a "baby" or begins a
tumor inside of it much like a normal pregnancy — only it is in the wrong place. (When dissecting tumors Pathologists often find partially formed teeth, toenails and
other types of tissue, such as lung tissue, within the malignant tumor masses. Malignancy therefore is never normal (somatic) tissue gone into wild proliferation,
but a normal primary germ cell growing normally in the wrong place. Physiology of Cancer
We would like to share with you our concepts of the physiology of cancer. In order
for you to comprehend our concept let us give you a little background by reviewing
with you Pellagra and Diabetes. Pellagra can be controlled with a diet containing B vitamins
For years patients were placed in insane asylums because they had the simple
deficiency disease called Pellagra. In 1916 Dr. Joseph Goldberger found that diet
could prevent this condition, but it was not until the B  vitamin deficiencies were
discovered that the condition was understood. Now no knowledgeable physician
would commit such a patient, but rather give him B  vitamins
What is Pellagra? It is a symptom of a general systemic condition. For centuries
only the symptoms were treated — now we know better. Diabetes can be controlled by diet, insulin, or a combination o f both
What is diabetes? It is nothing more than a symptom. It is a symptom that tells us
that our systemic carbohydrate (sugar) metabolism is not functioning properly. Before
the discovery of insulin the great physicians stood by and wrung their hands
helplessly. The pancreas produces insulin, which delivers glucose to every cell in the body. In
Type I, or child onset, diabetes the pancreas fails to produce enough insulin for
glucose metabolism and insulin supplementation is required. In Type II or adult onset
diabetes the pancreas is overproducing insulin to compensate for failure of glucose to
be metabolized within the cells. Our research indicates some individuals have Type I
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and Type II Diabetes. Before the discovery of insulin by professor Ernest L. Scott in 1911 and until the
early 1930's, when a person was diagnosed as having diabetes, they would often ask
the doctor if their condition could be helped or made worse by what they were eating
and should they change their diet in any way? The doctor would tell them: "Oh no,
diet doesn't make any difference — eat anything you want, you aren't going to live
much longer anyway, so live it up and eat whatever you want." Doctors couldn't
connect the diet and diabetes. Even lay people in those days figured out that if you
ate a lot of leafy green vegetables and reduced the amount of sugar you took in, you
survived longer and did well — at least better than the person who didn't watch his
diet. And so it was that after the development of insulin, doctors figured out that there is
a factor in diet. In the early 1920s there weren't very good analytical facilities
available. But the doctors empirically found that the people who ate green leafy
vegetables, and a few other foods, survived diabetes much better and the sugar count
in their urine was much better. They had a saying in the medical community at that
time that leafy, green vegetables contained "natural insulin." It


through	us,	the	entire	world. No
one	who	prays	and	meditates	consistently	doesn’t	give	a	damn	what	happens. The	first	reason	we	pray	and	meditate	is	to	handle	the	darkness	of	the
world,	strengthening	our	resistance	to	rampant	chaos	and	negativity. In	this
time	of	historical	phase	transition,	many	people	are	experiencing	a	low-grade
panic	they’re	not	even	aware	of. All	of	us	should	surround	ourselves	with	a
shield	of	light,	and	prayer	and	meditation	provide	it. Interestingly,	however,	we	don’t	just	pray	and	meditate	so	we	can	handle
the	darkness. We	do	it	also	so	we	can	handle	the	light. Our	nervous	systems
are	being	bombarded	today	by	forces	of	light	streaming	down	in	response	to
humanity’s	prayers	for	help,	but	a	nervous	system	unprepared	for	such	an
onrush	can	become	overloaded. It	does	us	little	good	if	we	succeed	at	calling
forth	miracles,	yet	are	psychologically	and	emotionally	unprepared	to	receive
them	when	they	arrive. Prayer	not	only	calls	forth	our	good,	but	prepares	us	to
handle	it	once	it	comes. As	Martin	Luther	King,	Jr.,	said,	“[We	need]	a	qualitative	change	in	our
souls	as	well	as	a	quantitative	change	in	our	lives.”	Many	people	say	we’re
being	called	by	the	dictates	of	sustainability	to	live	materially	smaller	lives,and	perhaps	this	is	true. But	spiritually,	we’re	being	called	to	live
bigger
	lives,
to	which	our	resistance	is	at	least	as	strong. I	once	heard	author	Stedman	Graham	suggest	that	even	the	most
accomplished	among	us	aren’t	yet	living	at	100	percent. His	point	lingered
with	me. I	wondered	where	the	other	20	percent	is	if	we	feel	that	we’re	only
living	at	80. Does	it	exist	on	a	shelf	somewhere	as	pure	potentiality,	waiting
to	be	brought	down	when	we’re	ready	to	make	it	manifest? Was	it	put	in	a
corner	of	God’s	Mind	for	safekeeping? And	if	we	open	the	flood	gates	to	our
full	potential	now,	do	we	get	to	retrieve	whatever	possibilities	we	failed	to
manifest	over	the	last	30	years? When	we	don’t	grow	in	certain	areas,	we	can	experience	a	kind	of	“flat
line”	while	those	around	us	gradually	climb	as	in	a	diagonal	line	on	a	graph. Yet	once	we	awaken	to	whatever	awareness	returns	us	to	the	natural	arc	of	our
soul	growth,	we	make	a	direct	vertical	ascent	to	the	place	we	were	supposed
to	be—where	we
would
	have	been,	had	we	not	tarried. This	often	happens
when	people	get	sober;	all	of	a	sudden,	positive	energy	springs	forth	that
they’d	suppressed	during	the	years	they	were	using. Even	if	you’re	not	an	addict,	just	by	living	in	this	society	you’ve	been	privy
to	an	addictive	system. President	Bush	was	right	when	he	pronounced
America	to	be	“addicted	to	oil”	(and	probably	a	few	other	things	as	well),	and
the	dysfunctional	patterns	spawned	by	that	addiction	extend	like	tentacles	into
all	our	lives. If	a	parent	is	an	alcoholic,	his	or	her	children	carry	the
psychological	weight	of	the	addict’s	unprocessed	issues. If	someone	steals	a
presidential	election,	the	citizens	of	the	country	carry	the	psychological
weight	of	that	guilty	secret. If	a	nation	invades	another	country	for	control	of
its	oil,	then	its	citizens	bear	the	collective	karma	and	resulting	guilt	of	being
involuntary	accomplices	to	what’s	now	euphemistically	called	“regime
change”	but	in	ancient	times	would	have	been	more	aptly	referred	to	as
“pillage	and	plunder.”	These	forces	and	many	others	have	played	on	our
psyches,	suppressing	the	emergence	of	our	better	selves. No	wonder	so	many
of	us	have	gotten	depressed	or	emotionally	checked	out. These	are	very,	very
critical	times. It’s	time	to	get	emotionally	and	psychologically	sober	now	…	to	awaken
from	the	stupor	of	the	last	few	decades. To	claim	the	percentage	of	our
potential	that	we	haven’t	yet	manifested	and	go	for	that	100	percent. The	race
is	on. This	is	it. Let’s	pray. Let’s	go. O
UR	PROBLEM	ISN’T	THAT	WE	DON’T	THINK	LOVE
	is	an	important	thing;	our	problem	isthat	we	don’t	think	it’s	the
most
	important	thing. There	are	lots	and	lots	of
distractions	out	there. But	something	happens	when	you’ve	lived	through	enough. Children
suffering	needlessly	…	kids	going	off	to	war	…	people	dying	of	hunger	in	a
world	of	plenty—lesser	issues	begin	to	pale	in	comparison. A	day	comes
when	you	look	at	the	news	and	say,
What	the	hell	are	we	doing?! It’s	horrible	to	contemplate,	but	terrorists	know	what
they’re
	doing. I	can’t
imagine	a	kind-of,	sort-of,	when-it’s-convenient,	casually	committed	terrorist. Terrorists	have	an	agenda,	that’s	for	sure,	and	they’ll	do	whatever	it	takes	to
further	it. Yet	our	biggest	problem	isn’t	just	that	a	relatively	few	people	hate
with	conviction;	it’s	that	not	enough	of	us
love
	with	conviction. With	every	thought	of	love,	we	participate	in	the	creation	of	a	unified	field
of	exponentially	greater	possibility	for	everyone. When	a	butterfly	flaps	its
wings	near	the	tip	of	South	America,	it	affects	the	wind	patterns	near	the
North	Pole. And	the	same	is	true	in	the	realm	of	consciousness:	Every	miracle
you	work	in	your	life	is	a	blessing	on	life	itself. A	couple	of	years	ago	the	Amish	of	Pennsylvania,	who	eschew	all	worldly
power,	showed	us	all	what	love	really	is. If	the	world	survives,	I	credit	them. When	some	of	their	little	girls	were	bound	and	shot	dead	by	a	crazed	gunman,
they	forgave	him. Let	me	repeat	that:	They
forgave
	him. On	that	day	our
entire	country	knew,	without	a	doubt,	that	we	were	in	the	presence	of	the	real
thing. Hard-boiled	newscasters	and	commentators,	who	don’t	get	humble	and
authentic	and	sincere	for	anybody,	got	humble	and	sincere	and	authentic	as
they	reported	this	story. According	to
A	Course	in	Miracles,
	all	minds	are	joined. No	mind	could	be
apprised	of	the	Amish	reaction	to	their	enormous	tragedy	and	not	be
transformed. By	their	own	demonstration	of	grace,	the	Amish	graced	us	all. Our	souls	were	touched	not	only	by	their	grief	but	by	their	spirituality	as	well. By	holding	to	the	light,	they	transcended	darkness	…	and	not	just	for
themselves. A	truer	crucifixion	of	the	Christ	could	not	occur,	nor	a	truer
resurrection	either. And	in	the	case	of	Jesus,	as	well	as	his	true	disciples	the
Amish,	millions	more	were	lifted	up


 a street corner in
the cold with no place to go, and no medical help. What we do is constantly let go of resisting the feeling
of this and picture the worst possible thing that can
happen to us, such as ending up in the poor farm or
sitting on the street corner as a bag lady or a bagman. We then allow ourselves to picture the worst possible
scenario- there we are with our bag next to us, sitting
on the cold street corner at midnight, friendless. We imagine whatever the worst possible fear
could be and continue the practice. If we will go
within ourselves and keep letting go of resisting the
inner experience of what is coming up, pretty soon
the fear of the worst scenario will run out. Ifwe con
tinue this practice long enough, eventually we will
finally sit down and handle 'the biggie', which is piC
turing ourself in the casket with everybody walking
by it. That is the worst scenario that most people can
visualize-physical death. There is the belief that we are the material body,
and that is all there is to us. Sooner or later we come to
that fear, and when we do, we sit with it in the same
way as we sit with any other fear. We let go of death,
which is a label, a thought, and a concept. We have no
experience of the truth of that, only our fantasies, 282 HEALING AND RECOVERY
thoughts, and beliefs; therefore, we have to label it as
only a fantasy in our mind. What people actually expe
rience as they picture that and let go of resisting those
feelings and sensations is a very surprising thing. When
they have gone through the process and become that
which is greater than the entire experience, they real
ize that they have survived the worst possible scenario. First, I imagined being abag person. By the time the
fear ran out, I enjoyed i~. I thought it would actually be
fun to just do what I wanted to do-hang out with the
people' I wanted to talk: with, not have to go to work or
pay any bills, and have no health or automobile insur
ance premiums to pay. It would be okay because it
would be from choice and not from victimhood. It
would just be a different experience that is in great
contrast to the rest of my life. From choice, there is no fear; the fear disappears. The worst thing that can happen is to end up on a
street corner and live that kind of life, but the fear
about it is gone. I may not choose that kind of life, but
if it should happen, it is not filled with fear. I am no
longer run by the fear of that, so I do not have to lie in
bed at night worrying about what would happen if I
run out of money some day. No matter how much
money one has, that fear is present. The thought that
we can earn more and more money and pile it up in
the bank is futile. I know somebody who was worth
sixty million dollars, ended up bankrupt, and had to sell
off his personal possession to pay his bills. Could sixty million dollars protect us from that
which we fear. Of course not. Money will not protect
us at all, nor will barricades, putting six locks on our WORRY, FEAR, AND ANXIETY 283
doors, or hiring more police. The only protection is
owning that wt: are the source of our own experience,
that we are the master of it, that we can handle it, and
that we are greater than it. The mind always tries to justify our fear, of course. It says, "Well, there are a lot of muggings; therefore, my
fear is justified. " Why is there such a thing as justified
fear. Who needs it. Why not walk home out of choice
in a way that we know is not going to bring on such an
attack. Why not out of loving oneself enough. Why not
out of just enjoying life and valuing it to the point that
we do not want to risk it, out of choice. Survival does not depend on the fear of being
mugged or robbed. It depends on pre-choice, which is
made by a mind that is not fearful. Because of the 'not
fearfulness',I am alive today. Itwas not being afraid that
held back the rattlesnake from striking me when it was
really only inches away. It was due to the loss of the
fear and the letting go of it. It is possible to be in very
severe,dangerous situations (suchasWorldWarII, etc. ) and experience only joy, happiness, and trust in those
circumstances. I have walked through a crowd of cut
throats who would have readily attacked a person who
was holding·fear and done it with happy, gleeful smiles
on t1}eir faces. They 'got off on it' when a guy like me
walked right through them while they were holding
their intimidating guns, chains, and knives. Had I come
from fear, they would have challenged that boldness
and attacked me. Safety came from letting go of the
fear. Without fear or bravado, there was nothing for
them to playoff of emotionally. Letting go of the worst-case scenario is extremely 284 HEALING AND RECOVERY
beneficial. As we do this, we will become aware that
something has been setting up the fear within us. Now
that we have lost our fear offear, when it arises, we just
walk around with it. One time I walked around with
fear for two solid weeks. With that trembling electric
feeling running through the body, I went about my
business and just kept letting the fear run because I
realized it would run out. However, as we do that, we
may realize that there is another source underlying the
original fear to begin with, which is guilt. Now we begin to see the value of the work that
the world calls spiritual consciousness or something
similar. We can see the benefit of techniques such as
concentrating on the value of forgiving. In forgiving
ourselves and other human beings and turning over
any judgment to God, we begin to find that-by letting
go of condemning ourselves and others, the uncon
scious guilt begins to alleviate fear since fear was
held in mind because we unconsciously expected
retaliatory return of our attacks. We expect revenge
and counterattack. Every negative or hostile thought
that we hold about others engenders our own fear
fulness because on the psychic or mental plane,
which is invisible to the naked eye, it is as though
we are building up for ourselves that which threat
ens to come back to us. We learn that fearfulness
begins to diminish as we let go of our anger, hostility,
criticisms, and thoughts that condemn others. We
learn the value of letting go of the thoughts that
make other people wrong. We begin to value and
love them for their beingness, for what they are. We
begin to see ourselves as different, and, therefore, we WORRY, FEAR, AND ANXIETY 285
begin to see others as different. We become willing
to forgive, forget, and overlook. As a result, we start to see that all the things we
condemned in others are really just expressions of
their humanness. What we have been condemning in
ourselves and in everybody else is the humanness,
the innocence of the little child within that believed
everything it heard while growing up. The conscious
ness of the child is innocent, is it not. It loves and
trusts its parents. It loves its mother. Therefore, the
innocence of the child gets programmed. It is the
innocent child that believes everything it is told by
the parents, teachers, and the political/social pro
gramming that occurs via television and the belief
systems of the country. Who or what bought all the belief systems in our
mind. Who bought what we believe. It was the mind
of the innocent within because that innocent child's
mind, the nature of consciousness itself, has not
changed since we were born. That which is reading this
right now is the innocent consciousness of the child
saying, "I believe this. I take it within myself. "The inno
cent child never dies; that innocence is still present. We
see in today's world the actions ofignorant, susceptible
young men who are being programmed to hate (para
doxically by religion). They then believe hate and
killing the innocent are 'good' or even 'holy'. We begin to see that intrinsic innocence and realize
that all the things we have ever learned which ended
up being wrong were bought out of the intrinsic state
of not knowing the truth and also from learning that
which was not the truth. Therefore, we are willing to 286 HEALING AND RECOVERY
let go ofourcondemnation ofothers and ourselves. We
are beginning to own our own innocence and that of
others. It is misfortunate and perhaps regretful that the
misinformation came into the innocent mind. We might look at the mind as the hardware of the
computer and its belief systems as the software. Can
the five-year-old child question the political system he
hears described in his kindergarten from his fellow


 that, yet their fears
are groundless. Once the liver and the digestive system are fully restored, normal elimination
takes over, even in those who had previously suffered from constipation. The Castor Oil Treatment
As we explained above, the toxins released from the liver by the all-important coffee enema
still have a long way to travel, down the 25-27 feet long small intestine, then through the 4-5 feet
of large intestine, before they can leave the body via the anus. In the course of this evacuation it is
unavoidable that some of the released toxins get re-absorbed. It takes time—sometimes too much
time—to expel from the body the accumulated residues of years of faulty eating, plus the toxic
breakdown products of tumors. Time being of the essence on the program, particularly in the case
of seriously ill patients, Dr. Gerson saw a real need to speed up the elimination process in order
to reduce the re-absorption to a minimum. To achieve this, and also to clear accumulations in the
small intestine, which the enema cannot reach, he added the castor oil treatment to the intensive
therapy. This consists of taking castor oil by mouth as well as by enema, to speed up and reinforce the
release of toxic residues from the intestinal tract. The patient is awakened at about 5 a.m. to take
2 tablespoonfuls of castor oil, followed immediately by 1⁄2 to 2/3 cup of regular black coffee (not
enema coffee or concentrate), sweetened with 1⁄2 teaspoonful of Sucanat or other organic dried
cane sugar. (Diabetics do not take sugar in this coffee.) People who object to sweetened coffee
need to understand that the sugar is necessary to activate stomach peristalsis and counteract low
blood sugar.. Breakfast is taken as usual. Five hours after the oral administration of the oil, at 10
a.m., a castor oil enema is taken, instead of the normal coffee enema. This is how the castor oil enema is prepared, using a second enema bucket  exclusively
reserved for this treatment:
Put 4 tablespoonfuls of castor oil into the enema bucket. Add 1⁄4 teaspoonful of ox bile powder
and stir well to mix thoroughly. Prepare the regular enema mixture of 8 ozs of coffee concentrate,
plus 24 ounces of purified or distilled water. Warm to body temperature. Get hold of a cake of
mild toilet soap (NOT detergent), e.g. Lux, Camay or similar, immerse it for a few moments in
the coffee and rub some of the soap, but no soap chips, into it. Next, mix the slightly soapy enema
coffee into the castor oil with the ox bile and stir well, to emulsify the solution as well as possible. You may use an electric stirrer, but the somewhat emulsified oil will still rise to the top while you
are trying to take the enema. In fact, most patients find it impossible to stir the solution vigorously
enough to keep the oil mixed into the coffee on their own; they need a helper to do that. When the
coffee plus castor oil is all infused, try to hold the solution for a little while, but you are unlikely Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 114Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comto succeed. It doesn’t matter, release when necessary. This enema does its work very fast. The castor oil treatment is taken every other day for the first 4-5 months of the intensive
therapy, and then slowly reduced. Please Note: patients pre-treated with chemotherapy must
not use the castor oil treatment. Patients react to the castor oil treatment in widely different ways. For many it is just a mild
inconvenience—due to the powerful cleansing effect of the oil, on castor oil days it is wise to
stay close to the bathroom. Others find the taste and weak smell of the oil off-putting. This can
be mitigated by eating a small piece of fruit before taking the oil, or having half an orange handy
and sucking it immediately afterwards. Some patients simply add the oil to the cup of coffee,
then use a straw or a glass tube, inserted into the oil, to get it into the back of the mouth, followed
immediately by the coffee to chase it down. This is the only occasion in the Gerson program when patients are made to drink  coffee. It
is done in order to activate the stomach muscles and move the oil out as fast as possible, so that
the patient is not nauseated for hours while the oil remains in his or her stomach, but is able to
enjoy breakfast and the juices that follow. A few patients have tried to substitute peppermint or
some other herb tea for the coffee, but undoubtedly coffee works best and should be taken, even
by those who don’t normally drink it. Cleaning the Equipment
Like all other tools of the Gerson program, the enema bucket has to be kept clean. But since
the anus, rectum and colon are  not sterile, the equipment need not be sterilized. After each use the
bucket has to be rinsed with hot soapy water, running it through the tube as well, and then rinsed
again thoroughly to remove the soap. Two or three times a week it is wise to put a cup of 3%
hydrogen peroxide (from the supermarket or drug store) into the bucket with the clamp closed,
and let it stand overnight to kill any germs or impurities. Rinse it out before the first use in the
morning. CAUTION: If you keep the plastic tube attached to the bucket, it will eventually become
loose and even slip off, treating you to an unwanted coffee shower. Check the fit frequently and if
necessary, cut an inch or so from the loosened end of the tube and replace the tight part. You can
prevent accidents by removing the plastic tube every time before running hot water through the
bucket, so that it shrinks back to its original size and remains tightly in position. The bucket reserved for the castor oil treatment is also cleaned as above, but with generous
use of hot soapy water, in order to get rid of any oily residues. Wipe the inside of the bucket with
a piece of absorbent paper to finish the cleaning.Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 115Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comPossible Problems
Many patients learn the enema routine without difficulty and get to enjoy the feeling of
lightness and added energy yielded by the practice. Others, however, experience difficulties,
which need to be eliminated. In the following we list some of the problems that may arise. Patients may arrive at the hospital with a massive accumulation of stools in their colon, caused
by the use of heavy pain-killing drugs, including morphine. These tend to paralyze peristalsis (the
alternate contraction and relaxation of the intestine, by which the contents are propelled onward),
causing severe constipation. As a result, these patients are unable to take in a quart (32 ounces) of
the coffee solution, let alone hold it in. The answer for them is to take whatever amount they can
comfortably accommodate, stop, and hold this as long as possible, even if only for a few minutes;
then release, and take the remaining coffee solution. Again, hold it and release after 12-15
minutes. As a rule, after two or three days, when the colon has been cleared of old accumulations,
the enemas can be taken and held without difficulty. Some patients may suffer from gas retention, which stops the enema from getting into the
colon. When that happens, a small amount—say 6-10 ounces—of the coffee can be infused, after
which the bucket is lowered to the patient’s level, allowing the coffee to flow back into the bucket. This often releases the gas, causing some ‘bubbling’ in the bucket. Next the bucket is raised again,
and after the clearing of the gas the enema can continue more easily. The patient is supposed to take the enema lying on his/her right side, in order to help the
coffee solution to get into the transverse colon from the descending colon. But as a result of
surgery, arthritis or tumors, the right side may be too painful to lie on. In such a case the patient
has to lie on his/her back, with the legs pulled up, and proceed from that position. If a patient suffers from severe irritation of the colon, a small portion of the coffee concentrate,
say  2-4 ounces, can be diluted with chamomile tea instead of water. The smaller amount of coffee
will still help to detoxify the liver, while the chamomile tea soothes the colon. There is no time
limit for the use of chamomile tea. In case of severe diarrhea, an enema of chamomile tea only is
used for gentle cleansing morning and evening
To prepare chamomile tea, put 1 ounce of the dried flower heads into a glass dish, add 1
pint of boiling water, cover the dish and stand it in a warm place, letting it infuse for


, these sugars must be
simple sugars, as found in fruits and vegetables. The complex sugars found
in grains, refined sugars, dairy products, and the like, cause fat storage and
are acidic and highly congestive. Eating a diet of raw fruits and vegetables gives you mega-nutrition,
including simple sugars and amino acids. These foods will slice the weight
off—especially if you eat them 100 percent raw. This will also clean you out
and start to enhance the thyroid and adrenal glands. Remember glands,
glands, glands! Your glands control all your 76 trillion cells. They affect your
digestive metabolism, sugar metabolism and fat metabolism, all of which
determine weight and energy levels. Excessive Thinness
Many people suffer the plague of excessive thinness due to poor digestion—
problems with the pancreas and malabsorption in the digestive tract. When
one fails to properly break down foods into building materials and fuels, orwhen the intestinal tract becomes so impacted that these nutrients can’t be
absorbed, the body will starve to death. Even in hypothyroid conditions,
where one would expect to see an overweight condition, if the person has a
weak pancreas and an impacted digestive tract, he or she can become quite
thin despite the underactivity of the thyroid. Sometimes it can take years to
correct this condition. However, the journey to health is always worth it. Many people, even medical doctors, associate excessive thinness with
deterioration, and often compromise their own health or that of their patients
by using or suggesting different foods to help put on weight. Typically, fats
from dairy-type products, and grains are the recommended foods. These,
however, cause even further weakness in the cells because of their congestive
and acidic nature. If one is following a detoxification program and losing weight, one of the
most important questions to ask is: “Why am I losing weight when I’m
putting more nutrition and superior amino acids into my body by eating a raw
food diet?”
One of the answers is that when your body becomes stronger and healthier it
will begin to shed the toxicity and weak cells within it, thus making room for
new healthier cells. You can lose fingernails or toenails, skin, muscles, etc., in
a detoxification process, especially if these tissues are too weak for the body
to strengthen. Don’t worry, they do come back; not as before, but much
stronger and healthier. NOTE: Some individuals who begin a diet of raw fruits and vegetables
will gain weight at first. Don’t panic! This is only “water” weight. Raw fruits
and vegetables are 90 percent water. If you do retain water, this is because
your body is far too acidic and has too many acidic deposits in its tissues. The
body holds water to buffer or alkalize and remove these conditions. This will
not last long and is very beneficial. Be patient and have fun as you set off on this new adventure of eating for
vitality and health. And watch the pounds melt away. MODULE 5.9
The Skin and Its Disorders
Your skin is the largest vital organ you have. Its jobs range from temperature
control and protection to elimination. Your skin is also the largest eliminative
organ you have and is sometimes referred to as your “third kidney.” Your
skin is supposed to eliminate each day as much as your lungs, kidneys and
bowels do. This elimination is in the form of mucus, toxins (acids) and gases. The effects or by-products of many of the foods you consume will
congest and inflame your system. Skin conditions are only signs of this
process. As the body attempts to eliminate these by-products, you can
experience anything from dandruff, pimples and rashes, to dermatitis,
psoriasis and skin cancer. Psoriasis and skin cancer being the most toxic and
parasitically involved of all the skin conditions. Parasites are scavengers. They are found anywhere there is toxicity and
dead or dying cells, including in the layers of the skin and on the top of the
skin. You can call all these symptoms “diseases” if you want, however the
cause is always the same. Only the degree of seriousness is different. Most
allopathic medical doctors use cortisone or steroids like prednisone to treat
these skin conditions, which only serve to drive the toxins and parasites
deeper into the tissues, thus blocking proper elimination even further. As the skin and eliminative organs become backed up with toxins, so
does the liver. If you have any skin conditions—from ordinary pimples to
dermatitis or psoriasis—you must detoxify yourself, especially the lymphatic
system, liver, kidneys and bowels. Stop eating dairy products and refined
sugars, all of which cause heavy congestion within the tissues of the body. Fungi love this type of congestion and toxicity as a food source. This creates
a condition called Candida albicans, which is a yeast overgrowth. Yeast is
part of the fungi family. You can kill most of these fungi (yeasts) with any
good herbal parasite formula. However, if you do not remove the toxicity and
congestion they feed on, they will be back. Fevers are one of the greatest tools the body uses to help eliminate
through the skin. Increasing the body’s temperature increases perspiration,
thus increasing the elimination of toxins, poisons and mucus. This is why the
body will produce cold and flu-like symptoms as a result of parasitic attacks,
stimulation, or detoxification (alkalization). Never stop a cold or flu-like
symptom or a fever. These are not diseases, but a natural response by the
body to increase the elimination that is vital to getting well. If you do not sweat, your skin becomes congested, leading to dryness orinflammation. Many females have this problem so they use moisturizers to
make the skin soft and oily again. This only adds to the problem, as these
lotions add to the congestion in the subcutaneous layers
of the skin. Congestion and toxicity block the skin’s oil ducts and exit pores, making the
skin dry and scaly. The health of your skin is an internal issue not an external
one. In other words, a healthy body inside means healthy skin outside. If you
must feed the skin externally, use pure, raw, organic grape seed oil or olive
oil. Or mixed tocopherol vitamin E, jojoba oil or pure essential oils would be
advised. If you have hypothyroidism, which 60 to 70 percent of the population
does, you will have a difficult time perspiring. The thyroid gland affects
one’s ability to sweat, either making you sweat too much or not enough. Lack
of exercise and low activity is another reason people do not sweat enough. Refer to
Chapter 9
,
Healthy Habits,
 and read the sections on cold-sheet
treatments and dry skin brushing. These are just two simple ways to increase
skin elimination. A raw food diet is just as essential to great skin health as it is
for the health of any cell. When your skin begins to prolapse (drop) or
wrinkle, this is not old age. This is skin weakness. You must care for your skin as you would any vital organ. Remember
that the thyroid and liver are related to the skin, so detoxify the liver and keep
your thyroid functioning properly. Use the Basal Temperature Test (see
Appendix A
) for a more accurate determination of your thyroid function. Enjoy healthy skin. As you detoxify and regenerate, your whole body
will thank you and pay you back with robust health. I have helped people of
eighty and ninety years of age to regain vibrant, healthy, wrinkle-free, toned
and tightened skin. The body is a most wondrous, intelligent machine. Take
care of yours, as it is your vehicle during your earthly stay. MODULE 5.10
Mind, Emotions and the Cells

Up to this point we have been discussing the impact and effect that the
various foods and toxins you consume have upon your body. Let’s examine
the more subtle processes that affect you and your body and also create
disease.The two most powerful tools you use to create your experience here in
the physical world are your mind and your emotions. Your physical body is
just a clay shell that carries your awareness around. You would not be able to
create the events in your life if it were not for the thought processes that allow
you to imagine the sequence of events you wish to experience. Without the
emotions, however, there would be no desire to create. As the mind takes
images of the past and present and puts them together to create the future, it is
the emotions that drive you to manifest these images. The stronger your
feelings are toward some idea or image, the more you’re going to “experience
the experience,” no matter what it is. Added to these twin creative aspects is
your ego, which is your sense of individuality. Put all these together and you
have the play of life. The mind and emotions can work for us in a positive manner, or against
us in a negative manner by controlling and enslaving us. I suggest that you
use your mind and emotions to enhance and revitalize you. Remember, the
mind works from images. What you imagine becomes your reality on one
level or another. So, turn this process to your benefit. Imagine yourself
healthy and vital. This is where your emotions can come in. Get excited about
a new life, full of vitality and vibrancy. Let your emotions be the


 healthy lifestyle! Beware then of acidosis and all of the evils it invites. Apart from asking for trouble from invading germs,chronic acidosis will lead to high blood pressure and
followed by arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries). Thus, the wr ecking chain is working: over-acid dietary
autointoxication, high blood pressure, stiff arteries and
eventually premature death. High-sugar, high-fat and high-
protein diets promote acidosis. Stay away from them! Eata healthy diet rich in fruits, vegetables and grains from
organic sources. At the first danger sign, be strong and
give up all unhealthy habits and faithfully live The BraggHealthy Lifestyle. This will guide you to super health!38
Bragg Organic Unfiltered Apple Cider Vinegar with the “Mother” is the #1 food
I recommend for maintaining the body’s vital acid-alkaline balance. – Gabriel Cousens, M.D., Author of “Conscious Eating” and “Spiritual Nutrition”Perfect pH Balancer – Apple Cider Vinegar
Another safeguard to keep pH acid/alkaline balance
healthy is to enjoy the healthy Bragg Organic Raw Apple
Cider Vinegar Cocktail three times daily. Drink a glass
upon arising, another an hour before lunch and one anhour before dinner. Read page
161, 238, and recipe page 230. Important
Parts of the
Digestive
System
39
The word “vegetarian” is not derived from “vegetable,” but
from the Latin phrase, homo vegetus, meaning among theRomans, a strong, robust, thoroughly healthy man. –
Paul C. BraggChapter 4
Fasting Fights Deadly
Acid Crystals
Toxic Acid Crystals Can
Cement Your Joints to Make You Stiff
Stand on any street corner and watch the average
person hobble along. Their feet, knees, hips, spine and
head seem to be cemented. There is no free-swinging
movement in their locomotion. Let’s look at their feet.They seem to pick up their feet heavily and lay them
down flatly. Their knees seem to be completely cemented
and stiff. There is little movement in the swinging hipmotion, their spines are rigid and so are their heads. All
of the elasticity and resiliency seems to have gone out
of what should be a free-swinging body. Crystals Are Cement – Not Lubrication
Between the moveable joints of every bone in the
human body, Mother Nature has placed an abundant
supply of a lubricant known as synovial fluid. Take alook at a youngster who is, say
10 years of age, and watch
the easy movement of every moveable joint in his body.Why is this? I know that your answer would be, “This
child is only
10 years of age. I am 66. I can’t have the
same freedom of motion in my joints as a child of 10
does.” My answer to you is, “Why can’t you? Years havenothing to do with the amount of synovial fluid thatallows the joints to move freely and easily. There is justone thing that cements your body’s moveable joints andthat is the build-up of toxic acid crystals.”
Age is not toxic. Just because you live
 50, 60  or 70
years, there should be no diminishing of the supply of
synovial fluid due to your calendar years. 40
Water flows through every single part of your body, cleansing
and nourishing it. But the wrong kind of water – with inorganicminerals, harmful toxins, chemicals and other contaminants canpollute, clog and gradually turn every part of your body to stone.USA leads the world in heart diseases, strokes, cancers, arthritis and diabetes!How Toxic Acid Crystals Build in Your Body
Despite the fact that I am way past 85, I pride myself
on having the most flexible body, regardless of my age,
and I feel ageless! I can perform difficult yoga postures
with ease while standing on my head. Few people inthe world can do this regardless of age. Mother Nature
can’t stiffen and cement one person’s body as they age
and yet allow me to have the flexibility of a youngster. There are 4 great eliminative systems in our bodies
that get rid of the poisons created by our daily living. By
nature, we eat food, we drink liquids and we breathe air.Most humans eat too much food, eating by habit rather
than by hunger. They have been brainwashed to believe
that they must have scheduled meals by the clock. I knowfrom long experience as a Physical Therapist that people
with these grotesque shapes have not been able to burn
up these so-called regular meals. They have beenconditioned to eat breakfast whether they have hunger
or not, so they load up on ham, bacon, eggs, hot cakes,
sugared doughnuts and sweet rolls, toast, jelly, jams,fried potatoes, pancakes, w affles, pork sausage, coffee,
hot chocolate and dry processed (unhealthy) cereals. The body doesn’t have enough Vital Force energy to
continually masticate, digest, assimilate and eliminate theseheavy breakfasts. There is always a toxic residue left... where does this toxic residue go? It is concentrated and
crystallized as deposits in the moveable joints in the body.It’s a slow process that few sense until the joints start to
give them trouble. It takes years of wrong eating to create
these heavy concentrations of acid crystals and toxins inthe moveable joints. When these calcium-like spurs attach
themselves to the joints and calcified substances replace
the synovial fluid, it’s then that the pains and aches arefelt in the moveable joints of the body causing pain.41The
Bones
of the
Human
Body
Bone, like all living tissue, requires adequate
nutrition for health and growth. Bones needsufficient levels of minerals, especially calcium,
phosphorous, magnesium, manganese, zinc,
copper and silicon, plus vitamins A, C and K.Vitamin D and boron are necessary to ensure
proper intestinal absorption and utilization of
calcium. Live The Bragg Healthy Lifestyleto keep the bones healthy and strong!HEALTHY BONES:
Back View
Every man is the builder of a temple, called his body. We are all sculptors and painters,
and our material is our own flesh, blood and bones. –  Henry David ThoreauFront ViewExcerpt from the Bragg Back Book. See back pages for booklist.42
Make me aware that there is more  to life than measuring its speed. Periodic fasting keeps you connected to your body’s natural tendency
to cleanse and rejuvenate. – Pamela Serure, The 3-Day Energy FastJoint & Back Pains – Curse of Mankind
The toxic crystals first attack the feet, and their 26
moveable bones in each foot. The force of gravity sends
the toxic crystals down into the feet. Gradually the feet
and ankles start to stiffen, because the toxic acid crystals
are taking over and replacing the lubrication in the jointsof the feet. Instead of having flexible feet, they become
stiff and tire easily (
read page 138). They ache, burn and
cause tremendous misery. (Do read our Foot and Back books.) From the feet and ankles, the toxic acid crystals move
upward, causing many people to suffer from pains in
the knees. As time marches on, so does the deteriorationof the joints. Soon toxic crystals creep into the great
moveable hip joints – you will notice by the way people
move their hips that they are stiff and painful. Few people escape an aching or stiff back. Watch
middle-aged people bend over and notice the agony on
their faces when they straighten up. Day after day theycry out in anguish, “Oh, my aching back!” But the toxic
acid crystals don’t stop in the lower back, they go up
into the spine, the shoulder blades, the shoulder joints,the neck and elbows... eventually creeping into thewrists and fingers. Some people are so full of toxic acid
crystals that they cannot close their hands or make fists. They all seem to falsely blame one thing: “All my achesand pains are due to the fact that I am getting old.”
Don’t you believe it. These acid crystals are poisons
that stayed in your body and cemented themselves inthe moveable joints. Billions of pain pills are used by
the American public to get relief from aching joints. Thousands of people go to hot mineral baths to get relief.Many different medical treatments are used for the relief
of their problems. I am offering you fasting and The Bragg
Healthy Lifestyle to guide you onto the road to healthso you can help your body detox and heal itself. In nature there are neither rewards or punishments
– there are consequences! – Robert Ingersoll43
Fasting and prayer seemed to strengthen Jesus, for when His time
of fasting was ended, He manifested a new power and poise. Jesusthen returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee. – Luke 4:14Fasting for Purification
When you fast for 24 to 36 hours, or from 3 to 10
days, the healing power starts to work in your body. I
have told you, over and over, that the power to cleanse,purify and rejuvenate yourself is within your body. This
power has always been in your body. When you go on a
complete distilled water fast, the Vital Force in your bodythat


 THE  WISDOM  OF INSECURITY
one thing called an  "I" and another separate  thing
called a feeling,  so that  when  you bring  them  to-
gether this 'T' feels  the fine feeling. There  are no
fcelings but present feelings, and whatever feeling
is prescnt is "I. '' No onc  ever found an 'T' apart
from  sorne present experience, or sorne
experience apart  from an "I"-which is only to say
that the two are the  same  thing. As a mere  philosophical  argument  this is a waste
of
time. We are not trying to have an ''intellectual
dis- cussion. " We are being awarc of the Cace that
any separate  'T' who  thinks  thoughts  and
experiences  expcricnce  is an  illusion. To
undcrstand  this is  to realize that life is entirely
momentary, that there is  neither permanence nor
security,  and that  there  is no 'T' which  can be
prote  ted. There  is a Chinese  story  o[ onc who  came  to a
great sagc, saying, ·•¡ havc no peace of mind. Please  pacify  my mind. " The sage  answered,
"Bring  out your mind (your T) bcfore me, and I
will pacify it. " ''These many years,"  he replied,  "I
have sought my  mind, but I cannot find it. " "There," concluded the sage,  "it is pacified. " The real rcason why human life can be so
utterly  exasperating and frustrating is not beca  use
therc are  faces  called  dcath,  pain,  fear,  or
hunger. The mad -
ness of the thing is that when such facts are
present,  we circle, buzz, writhe, and whirl,  trying
to get  the "I" out of the experience. We pretend
thac  we are
86 ON BEING  AWARE
amoebas, and try to protect ourselves from life by
splitting in  nvo. Sanily, wholeness, and  integration
líe in the realization that wc are not clividcd, that
man and his presem cxpcricncc are onc, and that no
separa  te "l" or mind  can  be  found. While the notion that I am scparate from my ex-
perience  remains,  there  is confusion  and turmoil. Because of this, therc is ncither awarencss nor under -
standing oE experience, and thus no real possibility
of assimilating it. To understand this momcnt l must
not try to be divided from it; I must be aware of it
with  my whole  being. This,  like rcfraining  from
holding my breath for ten minutes,  is not something
I should do. In reality, it is che only thing 1 can do. Everything else is the insanity of attempting the im -
possible. To understand music, you must listen to it. But so
long  as you are thinking,  " [ am listcning  to this
music," you are not listening. To understand joy or
fear, you  must be wholly and  undividedly aware of
it. So long as you are calling it  na mes and  saying,  "I
am happy," or "l am afraid," you are not being aware
of it. Fcar, pain, sorrow, and boredom must remain
problems if we do not understand thcm, but under -
standing rcquires a single and unclividccl mine. This,
surely, is the meaning of that strange saying, "If chine
eyc be single,  thy whole  body  shall  be full of light. " VI. T H E  MARVELOUS  MOMENT

You  ARE  LISTENING  TO A SONG. SUDOENLY  I ASK,  " A T
this moment,   who  are you. " How  will you
answer  this question immediately and
spontaneously, with - out stopping  to find words. If the question  does  n o t shock  you out of listening,
you will answer  by hum- ming che song. If the
question surprised you, you will answer,  "At this
moment,  who  are you. " But if you stop  to think,
you will  try to tell me,  not about  this moment,  but
about  the past. I shall  get informa - tion about  your
name  and address,  your  business  a n d personal
history. But I asked  who  you are,  not w h o you
were. For to be aware of reality, of the living
present,  is to discover  that at each  moment  the ex-
perience is all. There is nothing else besidc it-
no experience  of. you"  expericncing  the
cxperiencc. Even  in our most  apparendy  self-conscious  mo-
ments,  the "self"  of which  we are conscious  is
always  sorne particular feeling or sensation -of
muscular  tensions,  of warmth  or cold,  of pain  or
irritation,  of breath  or of pulsing  blood. There   is
nevcr  a s e n s a - tion of what  scnses  sensations,  just
as thcrc  is no meaning  or possibility  in thc notion  of
smelling  one's  nose  or kissing  onc's  own  lips. In times  of happiness  and  pleasure,   we are
u s u- ally ready  enough  to be awarc  of the
moment,  and to
89 THE  WISDOM  OF INSECURlTY
let the experience be ali. In such moments we
"for- get ourselvcs," and the mind makes no
attempt to di- vide itself from itself, to be separate
from experience. But with  thc arrival  of pain,
whether  physical  or cmotional,  whether acLUal  or
anticipated,  the split  begins  and che circle  goes
round  and round. As soon as it becomes clear that 'T' cannot pos -
sibly escape  from  the reality of che present, since
'T' is nothing other than what l know now,  this
inner  turmoil musl stop. No possibility remains
but to be  aware of pain,  fear,  boredom, or grie[  in
the same  complete  way  that  one is aware  of
plcasure. The  human organism has the most
wonderful powers of  adaptation to both physical
and psychological pain. But these can only come
into full play when che pain  is not being constantly
restimulated  by this  inner  effort to geL away from
it, to separate the  "I" from  Lhe feeling. The effort
creares a state of tension in  whic h the pain thrivcs. But when the tension ceases,  mind and body begin
to absorb che pain as }Vater re - acts  to a blow  or
cut. There  is another  story  of a Chinese  sage  who
was
asked, "How shall wc escape thc heat. " -meaning,
of course, thc heat of suffering. He answered, "Go
right  into the middle of che firc. " ·'But how, then,
shall we  escape che scorching flame. " "No further
pain will  trouble you. " We do not need to go as far
as China. The  same  idea  comes  in The Divine
Comedy,  where

90 THE  MARVELOUS  MOMENT
Dante  and Virgil  find  that  the way  out of Hell  lies
at its very  center. In moments of great joy we do not, as a rule,
stop  to think, "I am happy," or, "This is joy. " Ordinarily,  we do not pause to think thoughts of
this kind until  the joy is past its peak, or unless
there is sorne anxiety  that it will go away. At such
times we are so aware of the moment that no
attempt is made to compare its  experience with
other expericnces. For this reason  wc do not
name it, for names which are not mere ex-
clamations are bascd on comparisons. "Joy" is
dis- tinguishecl from "sorrow" by contrast, by
comparing  one state of mincl wich the other. Had we ncver  knovm joy, it would be impossible
to identify sorrow  as sorrow. But in reality  wc cannot  compare  joy with
sorrow. Comparison is possible only by thc very rapid
alter - nation of two statcs of mind, ancl you
cannot switch  back and fonh bctween thc
gcnuinc feclings of joy  and sorrow as you can
shift your eycs bctween a cat


 consequence
of plunder, famine, and pestile nce. When good times came, city
people stuffed themselves, so that overeating became the mark of prosperity and privilege. As privileged classes arose, ruling the cities and taking over the
land, with power over supplies, glu ttony became their habit, while
the masses often knew hunger. The situation grew worse with the
rise in power of the city states in  the Middle Ages, and very much
worse with the Industrial Revolution. Its initial impact brought such disorder that starvation often overtook the cities. As a result of this background of general scarcity, the demand
for food, and ever more food, was the pivot of all the movements of
emancipation which began actively in  the seventeenth century. This
demand was eventually met by the agricultural revolution, the use
of chemical fertilizers, the importation of foreign foods in exchange for industrial products and the refining of cereals, which enabled prolonged storage and easy trans portation. Food production was
thus geared to quantity rather than quality. A century ago, every reasonable person would have praised the
measures taken by the authorities and the industrialists, and blessed the scientists who were increasingly responsible for processed natural foodstuffs, increasing their size and yield, introducing preservation, colouring, conditioners and a soaring list of chemicals. But in a rising spiral of disaster, the arrogant interferences with
nature have become apparent in the recent decades, in a planetary ecological collapse. Excessive applications of chemical fertilizers, with insufficient
or absent organic contributions, have led to a breakdown of some of
the world's most fertile soils, calling for ever higher applications in
a desperate attempt to keep up the yield, and ending in disasters like the American Dust Bowl. More recently it has been found that excess nitrate fertilizers are accumulated in food plants, and, when eaten, are converted to the highly cancerous nitrosamides. The overspill of nitrates into rivers a nd lakes, encouraging the prolific
growth of toxic blue-green algae,  has sterilized many waters with
once abundant fish life. Mineral nitrates are manufactured into proteins by plants, the
source of all animal protein. Too much nitrate abnormally stimulates plant growth, just as too much protein abnormally
stimulates the growth-rate and size of animals. Superficially, this
increase in growth and body size seems nothing but good, although
the loss of taste of the overgrown  vegetables, and the diseases which have increased as human stature has increased in the last decades in
the most prosperous countries, should have warned that something was wrong. In the stampede for quantity, a basic biological principle has
been forgotten, namely, that any pl ant or animal has a specific size
and weight, written down in its gene tic constitution, the result of a
long evolution. Only within this range of size is optimal efficiency or health possible. Insufficiency or excess are bound to levy a physiological price. In the course of evolution, insufficiency has
occurred frequently enough for animals to become equipped with
guidelines of reaction, in restlessness and hunger—plants, alas, cannot move. But excess has been so rare, that neither plants nor animals have any defences against it. Fed to excess, they get bigger
and bigger, the physiological tax increasing proportionately. As the
yield and the size of plants have been artificially stimulated, so the
plant disease and the plant parasites have increased, calling for an ever increasing array of the most poisonous chemicals in an attempt to control the scourge. In animals and men, the excessive stimulation of growth has also been attended by an increasing
recourse to drugs of one kind or another. Just as over-fed rats get bigger and suffer increasingly from
heart disease, diabetes, kidney disease, liver disease, so do humans. Athletes appear particularly prone to certain diseases, and their life-span is less than average, not b ecause of the physical strain they
subject themselves to—the body thrives on that—but because of
their thoroughly abnormal and excessive feeding. It is undeniable that chronic malnutrition since the Dark Ages
in Europe, led to a stunting of the population. The over-fed
privileged classes were probably oversized, a factor no doubt in their often brutal domination of the masses. While it is difficult to
define the specific range of the human species—racial difference are
important—it is in all likelihood significantly less than the size attained by the so called 'best fed'  nations, which has increased for a
century as the quantity of animal foods increased in the diet. Plant breeding has been size and calorie conscious. Foods new
to the West, high in calories like the potato, and sugar, joined in the
rush for quantity, much helped by a cheapening of flour by refining,
with the result that, by the clo se of the nineteenth century, the
masses in the industrial countries not only ate to their full, but had become gluttons, overeating daily. The evil of the new abundance in calorie foods lies in the
excessive provision of calories without a sufficiency of the other
essentials, the vitamins and minerals, many of them needed for the
efficient use of the calories. So it is that foods like white flour and sugar, and indeed potato and other preponderantly starchy foods, can only be properly metabolized by tapping into the body's reserves of certain vitamins and minerals. When these reserves run
low, zeal and efficiency fall, and ultimately, disease results. With the new abundance, in a few decades, diseases which had
formerly largely attacked the privileged, became the common affliction of the masses—diseases of the blood vessels, of the heart, strokes, kidney diseases, and the increasing list of diseases
associated with over-weight. While this abundance gives to youth a
greater appearance of health in increased stature, maturity and old age are increasingly associated w ith the functional, degenerating diseases, of which cancer and heart disease now claims the largest
number of victims. But the young are also becoming affected by such disease. Although hygiene overcame premature death due to infections,
and so increased the life-span from the beginning of the nineteenth
century, the virus diseases have in creased steadily. The virus barely
deserves the designation of being alive: it is no more than a minute cluster of protein molecules, ve ry closely related to the DNA and
RNA proteins manufactured by the genes in the cells of all plants
and animals. There is increasi ng evidence that viruses can arise
within the body, owing to faulty manufacture of RNA by the genes. Once manufactured, they continue replicating their kind by forcing the genes of other cells to manufacture the mistake that brought them into being, so that viruses assume an apparent independence. The demarcation between unnatura l virus and natural gene is
becoming all the more blurred, as the protein processes of the cell are unravelled. It may well turn out that viruses are the result of faulty protein metabolism, which could mean faulty protein feeding. It is certainly striking that as the amount of high protein animal
foods has increased in the diet of the prosperous communities, so
have the virus diseases. Some cancers are now suspected of being virus induced. Although the eye is easily deceived by size, assuming that large
size is the right size, many people are now sensing the deception. This illusion is a part of the quantity bias of quantity-geared,
materialistic industrial civilizati on. Once sensitivity is restored,
there is an inherent aversion to the oversized, just as the oversized
flowers produced by horticulturists are felt by the more sensitive to be vulgar and monstrous. There is a 'feel' about the large fruits and vegetables which is wrong. Perhaps those closer to the soil have
retained something of this sensitivity, for the more canny farmers do
not use chemicals or insecticides on the crops they will consume themselves. More people are realizing that the risk of a maggot is preferable to an invisible puff of arsenic. Until the full momentum of the industrial revolution was felt in
the furthest lands, the varieties of human dietary were infinite. Some
were no doubt as deviant as the modern diet, but many others were
more humanly compatible. In many parts of the world, especially in the more congenial and benevolen t environments, human beings
abandoned the ways acquired in the Ice Ages for patterns of life closer to the human norm, in soil-respecting farming communities
and in peaceful relationship with their neighbours. This was largely
the case in India before the popul ation stampede and nutritional
failures of modern times, in the Polynesian islands, among the native tribes of South America. Possibly these more gentle and humane peoples escaped the worst onslaught of the Ice Ages; the
full anger against nature seems to be  particular to the more Northern
peoples, in Europe as in the Far East, and it is these peoples,
particularly the Europeans, who are responsible for what has become an unwhole, and a denaturing planetary civilization. It is this planetary influence wh ich is so distressing, for the few
remaining instances of a more humanizing situation are being
rapidly assaulted. Soon, there will be no evidence left of a once
happier and fairer condition. The de leterious influence of the West
on the more benign peoples of the earth, in the guise of colonialism, of warfare, of alcoholism, of comme rcial exploitation, of disease, is
well known. What is as yet not realized, is that the gluttony of the West, which may well have fed its  restlessness and anger, and so
prompted its planetary dominance, h as been largely paid for by the
misappropriation of planetary resources and the further impoverishment of the poorer peoples of the earth. 10


 time on the foot this
time, yet it hurt less and healed faster. At three weeks, my toe was what I would have considered completely healed be fore, as I could do everything I did before
80/10/10. That’s less than a third of the time it took the first time. Since I’m m ore active now than at any other time in my life, it took
a few more weeks before I could do everything I was doing again—still le ss than half the time it took for a less-severe break that
occurred before going low-fat raw vegan. My foot feels as good as new now an d doesn’t give me any trouble in any of my
activities, even with the contortions and stresses I put it through i n the process. Nice. Now I Love to Exercise! The first thing that I noticed when switching from approximately 20% of  calories from fat to 10% or less was that I felt better. My
body seemed to get down to deeper repair work. My legs suddenly felt lighter and st ronger, too, like they could jump really high
more easily—and they wanted to, so I did. My husband was simultaneously am used and amazed. When I first started eating low-fat raw vegan, I used to have to get my  son or husband to carry the watermelons I got at the
market. Now, not only do I carry them myself with ease, I can even carry t wo of them at a time—and they’re each twice as big,
too! For the first time in my life I actually truly want  to exercise. I find myself looking for excuses to move my body, which is very
foreign to me indeed. I had always been one to find excuses to sit where I was  and not exercise. Never before have I experienced
looking forward to my free time in order to exercise! As a result, I’m sta rting to look more athletic. People now think I’m a dancer
or a gymnast. I feel so physically adventurous now—loads more than I ever was bef ore. I’m no daredevil or anyth ing—I’m  not skydiving or
bungee jumping—but I have become more athletic, and I’m willing  to try new things that require physical activity, purely for th e fun
of it or just to see if I can. (It’s not hard to be more willing than I use d to be … heck, I wasn’t at all  willing before.) I’m no
bodybuilder, although my body’s been building itself quite nicely. I have been gaining strength, endurance, and muscle weight whil e
eating this way—once I got rid of most of my excess fat, that is. I discovered new physical abilities, as well. My balance, coordination, and de xterity dramatically improved somehow, even at
the beginning, before I had been active much at all. My aerobic exercise  had always been limited by my breathing capacity, because
I would lose my breath long before my muscles would get enough of a workout to work ou t my heart. Now, in retrospect and in comparison, it was like I had been running on dirty fu el when I exercised before. Suddenly, aerobic
workouts felt so “clean” and “crisp.” I felt like I could go forever (but my  heart wasn’t used to it, so I took it gradually). I could
breathe really deeply and not have that sick and dirty feeling at the  beginning. It was and still is great! Now when I’m exercising, I
feel happy and my body feels happy, which makes me happier, which gives me more  energy and motivation to keep exercising,
which makes me even happier, and so on … I love it! I’ve never felt like thi s before. Until I was following Dr. Graham’s program for a while, I never was a ble to do full-on push ups, even though I used to
bodybuild a bit in college and could do hundreds of bent-knee push-ups in various han d arrangements when doing martial arts in
high school. I discovered that I could do a full push-up after eating this wa y for a time, and I worked on them to see how many I
could do. I got up to 23 in a row before I moved onto something else. I later went back to push-ups, going airborne this time by quickly powering th e pushing so that at the top of my full push-up
my hands and toes hop off the ground while keeping my full body tight and straig ht! I got up to 15 in a row before I got sidetracked
with pull-ups. I got a pull-up/chin-up bar for myself and couldn’t even pull my self up enough to make a movement at first—as had been the
case all my life. My husband showed me how to help myself with a step stool an d after a month, I could lift myself halfway up. Exciting! It wasn’t much longer before one day I pulled myself al l the way up—without the step stool. My chin was all the way
above that bar on my own—not just above but high  above, so the bar was at my chest and my chin was above the door! Not long
after that, I became hooked on Ashtanga yoga practice, so I haven’t c ontinued with the chin-ups much since. I’m having so much
fun! I went surfing for the first time ever about a year into the 80/10/10  lifestyle. I did pretty darn well, especially for a then thirty-
eight-year-old mom who had only ridden a skateboard a few times (for only a few  feet each time), a boogie board once, and a
surfboard not at all. I stood up and rode the very first wave! I was catching l ittle waves on my own and riding after only about 45
minutes. Cool! I belonged to a health club for a while about a year into 80/10/10  and was surprised to find myself, a petite 5'2", then 98-
pound woman, lifting about the same weight or more than the businessmen t here, without effort. I was more surprised to find that
some days I could just keep adding more and more weight, seemingly to no end. I woul d go with small increments, so on those
days, I usually ended up getting tired from the number of reps before the wei ght ever got to be too heavy. Big guys were always there lifting tons of weight in order to build m ore muscle and get more “cut”…and then there’s little old
me lifting relatively minute amounts of weight while my muscle s just burst out. I can actually feel my muscles growing during m y “off”
time, and they don’t get sore if I eat fruit afterwards like Dr. Graham s uggests. It makes me feel bad for them—if only they would
do their exercises properly and follow Dr. Graham’s program, they’ d get much better results for their time and effort. These days, I no longer go to the health club, as I’ve gotten more into bodyw eight exercises, Ashtanga yoga, aerial fabric,
dance, and other things. I also have free weights at home and at work, if I dec ide that I want to use them. The machines are fun, but
they aren’t “calling” me right now. This Is Eeeeeasy …
I have found this way of eating is much, much, much easier, quicker, and mor e efficient than any other I’ve tried. Life itself has also
become easier overall. Not only do I have greater peace of mind, increased phy sical abilities, increased energy, and greater health and happiness, but my personal needs are so much simpler and easier to meet t han before. I have more time and resources to spend
on other things. My life is very full of activities and responsibiliti es, so this improvement really helps. I know that there is no way I could have done all that I have done and all that  I am doing, if I were still eating any other way. Since beginning Dr. Graham’s program, I started homeschooling my  gifted and dyslexic son with self-created custom curricula,
started two corporations with my husband, organized a local branch of our chur ch, was ordained as one of the clergy, and
counseled members of our congregation. I have also started a homeschooling  support group, a raw food support group, and
organized regular raw food potlucks, all with corresponding websites. I am still doing all of these things now, and I am also writing two books, filmi ng a video/TV series, working on building up my
fitness level, doing occasional work for long-standing clients from my ol d consultancy, and of course, continuing to maintain terrific
and loving relationships with both my husband and my son. Now I find it much easier to go places for the day, or even a few days. I have le ss stuff to take with me. I no longer need to
walk around with a water bottle on a shoulder strap so I always have wat er. I don’t even use it during the day now. I still drink
water in the morning and after intense exercise, but I don’t find th e need for it otherwise. My body regulates its temperature better,
so I don’t need to take as many clothing options with me when going out, eith er. Because of my autoimmune condition, I used to get sunburned almost in minu tes, at times even in the shade, whereas now I
can stay in the sun without a burn  ten times longer than I used to. My skin is not tan yet, but it’s not pas ty anymore.


 of selfless service to life in all its expressions.8. Make on e’ s life a living prayer by intention, alignment, humili ty, and
surrender. T rue spiritual reality is actually a way of being in the world. 9. By verif ication, confirm the levels of consciousness and spiritual truth
of al l teachers, t eachings, spiritual groups, and literature one intends to
be aligned with or a student of. 10. Accept that by spiritual declaration, commitment, and sur render,
Knowingness ar ises that provides support, information, and all that is
needed for the entire journey. The mo st powerful tool that is  in the province of the will is devotion. Thus, it is not ju st spiritual truth but the degree of your devotion to it that
empowers it to become transformative. A great classic that demonstrates the
ef ficacy of simplicity and devotion is Brother Lawrence’ s The Practice of
the Pr esence of God  (1692), which calibrates at 575 and emphasizes the
importance of constancy. It is the motive that establishes spiritual value. T o dedicate your actions
as a service of love to life is to s anctify them and transform them from self-
seeking motives  to unselfish gi fts. Even the smallest task can  be seen as
serving the common good, and if viewed in that light, all endeavors become
ennobled. Everyone has the opportunity t o contribute to harmony and b eauty by
kindness to others and thereby support the human spirit. That which is
freely given to l ife flows back to  us because we are equally part of that life. Like rip ples on the water, every  gift returns to the giver. What we af firm in
others, we actually af firm in ourselves. As y ou advance spiritually, it b rings value to everyone. Because of the
collective consciousness, every single person who improves helps elevate
the leve l of consciousness of humankind. As that elevates, the incidents of
war, suf fering, ignorance, savaging, and disease diminish. When you
advance yourself, you are helping everyone and everything. Appreciate that
every step forward benefits e veryone. In a holographic universe, the
achievements of every individual contribute to the advancement and well-
being of the whole.R E A D E R S ’  G U I D E
Study-Group Questions
PREF ACE
1. Susan says the Map helps us to have compassion for those (including ourselves) who suf fer from
negative states. What’ s an example from your own life? 2. Susan also says the Map gives hope to people in despair. How is that true for you? 3. What else speaks to you from the Preface? INTRODUCTION
1. What did you learn about Dr. Hawkins’ s life that intrigues or moves you? Fran shares that
encountering the Map of Consciousness was a turning point in her life. Can you relate to that? 2. Fra n says that the Map gives a linear visual, but the journey itself is not a linear progression. How
have you noticed that in your own life? 3. What else speaks to you from the Introduction? CHAPTER 1
1. On the Map of Consciousness, Love is much more powerful than Fear, illustrated in the vignette
that opens Part I. Have you ever experienced this? 2. Dr. Hawkins says that the Map rever ses the world’ s understanding of cause and ef fect. He
introduces his groundbreaking visual to show how phenomena actually occur: an “attractor
pattern” (A BC) is the source of any observable event (A
 B
 C). H ow w ould you apply this to
your life? 3. When you look at t he God-view and life-view columns on the Map, what stands o ut to you? What
can you share about the evolution of your own views? What are residual negative views you’d like
to be free of?4. Dr. Hawkins says, “The Map does not de note ‘better than,’ which is a projection of  the ego.” What
does this bring up for you? 5. What else speaks to you from this chapter? CHAPTER 2
1. How does encountering the Levels of Consciousness af fect you? 2. Courage is the critical factor at which  point we tell the truth about ourselves: her e arises the
willingness to stop blaming and accept r esponsibility for one’ s own actions, feelings, and beliefs. What has been your experience of this? 3. What is a negative level (below 200) that trips you up sometimes? (Remember that even though
we might calibrate at a positive level, we are still working to let go of lower ener gies.) 4. T hough Dr. Hawki ns says that it’ s extremely rare for anyone to calibrate at the leve l of Love (500)
and b eyond, he also says that many people have “glimpses” of those states. What was a moment in
your own life when you “glimpsed” the realm of Love, Joy, or Peace? 5. What else speaks to you from this chapter? CHAPTER 3
1. What is an example from your own life of “having-doing-being”? 2. “Th e ego is not an enemy.” How does D r. Hawkins explain this? What would it b e like for you to
apply this truth unconditionally to your life? 3. “There is no point to being impatient with the evolution of consciousness. The best way to
contribute is the qu iet, diligent work of  inwardly becoming a more loving, kind, and self-
responsible person.” In contrast to popula r views, Dr. Hawkins says that we contri bute more to
society by our inner w ork than by outward  activism. As Gandhi said, “Be the change you want to
see in  the world.” What is your inner work right now? What is the inner change you would like to
contribute to the world? 4. Dr. Hawkins say s that life emer ges perfectly according to Divine W ill, wh ich is innately
compassionate and just. W e may ask, “Then why do bad things happen to good people?” He says,
“‘Good’ an d ‘bad’ is your perception. Adversity can actually be seen as a gift.” (Indeed, recent
research de monstrates that people who ha ve had adversity have higher rates of life  satisfaction,
well-being, and resilience.) What has been your experience of the “gift” of adversity? 5. What else speaks to you from this chapter? CHAPTER 41. Dr. Haw kins says: “The good news is that aligning yourself with just one powerfu l truth can make
a big dif ference in your life. In health, this powerful truth is the shift from I am a body  to I have a
body.” Is there  an area o f your life where you would like to make this shift? For example:
appearance, sexuality, aging, self-image, athletics, food, and/or any other area. 2. “‘W hat is held in mind tends to manifest’—including unconscious  b elie fs.” Dr. Hawkin s says this
is the “core truth” and “law of consciousness” that unravels our projection of fear onto the outer
world. As we let go of our beliefs that something “out there” will harm us, our bodies’ reactions
clear. What are examples o f “uncons cious beliefs” that have operated in your life or that of your
family? Is there anything going on right now with your body that might be asking yo u to uncover
an unconscious belief? 3. T ry the “Steps of Self-Healing.” How did it go? 4. T o  liberate ourselves from unconscious beliefs, Dr. Hawkins advises using the phrase “I am an
infinite being, not sub ject to _______,” fill ing in the blank with whatever disease or substance the
mind has programme d us to view as a danger. What are some of the things you’d like to put into
the blank space? 5. What else speaks to you from this chapter? CHAPTER 5
1. Reread the story at the beginning of Part II, of the mu sician wh o shifted from “I can’ t” to the
courage and willingness to share her musical talent with others. And reread the story of the man
who took a plunge into building dollhouses and selling them. What comes up for you as you
reconsider these stories after having read the chapter? Is there something you love doing but
haven’ t expressed fully? What is a “step” that you could take toward success in that area of your
life? 2. Wh ich steps have you had success with? Describe your experience, as it gives strength and hope to
others. 3. Which steps have you made mistakes in? Describe your experience so others can learn from your
mistakes. 4. What is your experience of doing the two “success practices”? 5. What else speaks to you from this chapter? CHAPTER 6
1. Th e process of recovery is: when we let go of negative ener gies (below 200 on the Map), our
innate happiness, creativity, joy, and love shine forth. What has been your experience with this
process? 2. Wh at substance, inner (mental) habit, or outer habit are you currently addicted