diet or undergoing a course of fasting, the number of
liquid, by contrast, is increased. After all, the water output from
body excess salt, toxins (toxins). Waiver of water - a dangerous
stupidity. Comes dehydration and intoxication
decay products, rather than cleansing. Ordinary water from - the tap in the modern city brings
catastrophic damage due to inadequate cleaning
industrial waste. In addition, it is usually chlorinated. From
such water is rapidly released free chlorine, chlorine dioxide
and other compounds, oxidizing in the body much that
oxidize does not need it. In addition, chlorine kills the beneficial bacteria
synthesizing essential vitamins. When boiling destroys bacteria, coagulated colloid
particles of dirt, water softens evaporate volatile organic
substances and of free chlorine. But the increase in the concentration of salts,
heavy metals and pesticides. Chlorine is associated with organic matter, with
heated, turns into a terrible poison - a powerful carcinogen
dioxin. Dioxins are more toxic than cyanide - to 68 times. We drink boiled water, but it is slowly killing us. On standing water for at least three hours, reduced concentration
free chlorine, but in practice does not remove iron ions, salt
heavy metals, carcinogenic organochlorine compounds,
radionuclides. Distilled water (vapor passed
state) is unsuitable for permanent use, because it does not
contains the trace elements necessary for an organism. Permanent
its use leads to impaired immune system,
heart rate, the process of digestion. Filtering
Water also can not give the desired effect. To know
what filter to buy (carbon, membrane, bactericidal,
complex), we first need to have information about the composition of the water. Also
requires regular replacement of filters, because after a certain
time he begins to give back to the water accumulated pollution
and breeding in their microflora. In the dry starvation
the body does not need to recycle water to the extent to which
this was done when eating and drinking during normal operation. Obviously, the kidney and liver under dry starvation almost
complete rest, which is not the fasting with water. When
dry starvation of their recovery is much faster. Therefore,
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154the effectiveness disappears by itself, but there is still a
a concept as feasible. For example, some people can not
afford dry fasting for many reasons, and starvation on
water can sustain. Having a 14-day fasting on water, I successfully went from
starvation and began to eat normally. Then he felt the weight of
in the kidney area. Besides, before I even knew they were there with me or
no. and there is nothing surprising about the last 10 days of fasting
I'm just starved for water, and the kidneys had to work hard. But other
organs of the body is successfully carried out maintenance work. When leaving after seven days of dry discomfort not
observed. Try it yourself. After the dry fasting body
more viable, more quickly restored, the better the results. Average time of dry fasting can stand it, but it is necessary
careful preparation and training. Talking about the dangers of kidney dry fasting means not to understand
processes that occur during fasting. Correct to
would ask, but do not cause a modern drinks and our water from
- Tap water harm the kidneys? kidneys in our body are one
of the main organs of selection. And they can be called direct
excretory organs - they filter the blood, display excess
water, waste materials generated as a result of exchange
processes in the cells of the body, unused material,
resulting from digestion of food, medicines, etc. All this
diluted with water, filtered from the blood plasma. Must
remember that almost all the liquid entering the body,
gets into our blood stream, goes through a series of transformations in the body
(Purified, structured, is heated or cooled), which is
spent a lot of energy, and only after that
transformed into the urine. Therefore, the quality of drinking water is very strongly
affects our health. But our kidneys - is not a
a separate body, living an independent life, they are
part of our body. and it is strong enough
body. To damage the kidney with a dry fasting, it is necessary
to try very hard. Their injury - most often a consequence
failure of other organs and systems, respectively, and the need to treat
the whole body. To cure kidney disease
need to clean up the activity of the organism as a whole. One of the
ways to restore lost health - dry starvation. It
allows the body to self-correct all violations
in its activities. It affects not only at a certain
organ or system, and provides recreation impact directly on all
organs and systems of our body. In most renal diseases, dry fasting makes
significant positive effect. If under normal medical
treatments load on the kidneys does not decrease, but
Conversely, increases due to the selection through their products
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155the collapse of drugs, the fasting load
kidney is significantly reduced. So, if in the first days of fasting
there are significant changes in urine even in healthy people
at the exit from fasting observed persistent normalization of
urine. Urine is a sick person comes quickly to normal
state - disappears protein, erythrocytes, leukocytes, decreases
amount of salts that are bred in the urine. Thus, the treatment
glomerulonephritis in order to remove the aggravation, which is usually
manifested higher amounts of protein, red blood cells, swelling,
need long-term treatment of a variety of drugs. When
application of fasting at 3-day 4 the patient decreases
edema, normalization of output of fluid. At the exit
from starvation of the urine is completely normal in a few
days and then remained normal. Very effectively dry starvation in inflammatory
diseases of the kidneys and urinary tract. The effect
occurs regardless of the causative agent. Thus, even
in the old days dry fasting has been used successfully for
treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. When pyelonephritis starvation
quickly reduces inflammation, reduces violations
urination (frequent or rare, painful), decrease
and disappear back pain, lower abdomen, normal analysis
urine (disappear leukocytes, increased protein, bacteria and salt). It must be remembered that the kidneys are very closely related to the liver. Most often, kidney disease - is a consequence of liver failure
properly perform its function. Therefore, it is particularly important
hold cleaning procedures prior to starvation and diet
after. In most cases, properly conducted dry starvation
gives good results in most renal diseases. Myth Four. Fasting - a very great stress to the body. Throughout a person's life is accompanied by stress. Stress - a special state body, which is characterized by
enhanced "combat readiness" and increased resistance to
all without exception damaging environmental factors. All of our modern life - continuous stress, and how great
stress for the organism is an operation, especially for young
women, but most importantly - after such stress is the cause
disease. Yes, hunger - a stress for the organism. Just like the cold. But stress is not
necessarily mean harm. It's one thing when people go hungry because he has nothing to
and gets a real threat of starvation. under such conditions can be
seriously ill two days later. Something similar happens when
persons lost or in separate experiments
over itself in the form of compliance with trendy diets. It is quite another thing -
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156dry limotherapy when a person abstains from taking
food and water under the supervision of physicians, receive assistance
psychological support when he creates comfortable
conditions, a large number of treatments. Very, very important for any form of starvation - the emotional
mental attitude and preparation. One must not force yourself
otmuchitsya few days without your favorite treats, and positively
configure itself, but in this case is guaranteed success. in this
If the brain does not recognize the danger and sends hunger signals,
does not produce stress hormones. About the third day of fasting
begins active hormone serotonin, and with it
there is a feeling of inner peace and contentment. Abstinence from food (though voluntary) is for the living
organism stress that mobilizes the body's defenses
to overcome difficult situations by using, in the absence of exogenous
supply its endogenous reserves. In this case, "according to the law of hierarchy"
used (processed), all equally important to ensure
life - the products of inflammation, adipose tissue, etc. When the body is experiencing physiological stress, ie
a natural tension, in addition to other mechanisms of enhanced
More activity of endocrine glands, autonomic alive
nervous system. A man unwittingly enters the state
increased activity: it is necessary to seek food and water. Changes
psychological background, removed the relevance of secondary
problems. Triggers the mechanism of biochemical purification:
stimulated decomposition of fat, liver glycogen, changes
blood composition. An experienced doctor adjusts the process managed
stress. Myth Five. Many nutritionists say that fasting is
vitamin deficiency, the body does not get the protein in time, in addition to fat
uses structural proteins own tissues, primarily
muscles. With regard to avitaminosis, they do not happen when medical starvation. Belief in the opposite appeared in the study
various defective pretentious diets (rice, glasses,
Japan, the Kremlin, etc.) in print. But at the same time with the points
kefir and other diets criticize, and complete abstinence from
food and water (called


 no longer. TESTIMONY 5*
W'£1GHT AHb D1AB£T£S
Ernesto R. Martinez. [ Mexico }
I have been diabetic for 17 years and have had an infinite amount
of diverse treatments. In fact I have taken different medicines without knowing any clear result. I started with antibiotics and lowered much weight I could not walk normally. It hurt my body. A year ago I started on insulin. They injected 25 units and my glucose never was in the normal limits. My state of health deteriorated. 69 My sister-in-law, brought the video to me of Urine-therapy. I knew from the first moment that this one could help me,
and began to take all the urine from the first day. Now 4 months ago to the date, the results have been wonderful. My glucose is in normal limits, I have increased weight and I feel far better. I want to clarify that I suspended the insulin and all medicines. TESTIMONY 6*
1NF£CT10N 1N K1DN£Y. Gpe. Teresa of the T. Barba { Mexico }
I have a daughter who from 8 months of age,
suffered high temperatures of 41C degrees. I heard on the radio about a conference, but I did not take much importance. Short1y the father of my temp1e said that a conference in the temp1e wou1d occur. I went. After the talk,
I left very convinced and I began to give the urine to my daughter. The 20th of May of 1996 I began to give my daughter the therapy and by
28th of May I had to do studies on her. We found that my daughter had problems of the "reflujo urevolateral". The Doctors set up an operation in 4 months. Jn this time I had to give her antibiotics. She got worse and the drugs did not convince me she would get better. ·
My Daughter was very anemic. My husband and I then decided to give her urine each month. We did the procedure for her each month and the pediatric Doctor was very
astonished to see that the girl was better than a person that had ever been ill. So on every month I do the procedure to her and she no longer has infections. During the infection in an entire year she only gained 1 kg. Taking the urine in the following 4 months she gained 3,800 kg. My daughter is now healthy and has not returned to be anemic. I thank God and to the Urine-therapy. The name of the girl is Mariana. TESTIMONY 7*
TRAMA A11b 1<1DN£Y H£MORRHAG£
Marcelina L. Juan { Mexico }
A month ago I fell off a truck, the blow was very strong giving pain on my
backside. It is now more than 3 years suffering from kidney and venous
insufficiency. The blows were in all the body. Less in the feet but I have very
delicate legs and feet. Then I felt a damp sensation and later vaginal hemorrhage. I began with bleeding and that night I could not sleep because of the pains
I felt in the right leg. 70 Thanks to my sister and the experience of other relatives, I knew of the urine
fasting. I decided not to take Atlopathic drugs because it affects the kidney so
bad but to take the urine. The second day after taking my urine all the morning
J no longer hurt and already I could move easily. I thank God to have made this therapy resource or means of treatment. Thanks to this I have been able to sleep very well. Annoyances like the backache, fatigue and the blows of this fall are gone. My son suffered a cough that could not clear up with anything and he suffered
colds that were very strong. I gave him urine and in 3 days his cough left and he feels much energy. TESTIMONY 8*
ALL£RGY
Pink Z. of Gutierrez { Mexico }
My testimony is short but very important for me. I had an allergy in the right eye
and I twice have 10 days putting my urine in my eye. Today I am very welL Thanks to God I am cured. Testimony 9*
Dolores Attb Diabetes. Abundia Or Garcia { Mexico }
Two months back I took the urine because I was made up of bruises and
muscular pains. I could not walk, because I fell frequently. I have diabetes. I stopped taking medicines to improve my intestines. I drank my urine 3 times
each day. I have not done any fasting, but I am going it to do. I improved completely. TESTIMONY 10*
HYP£RT£NS10N,. MYOPlA. Ricardo R. Ruvalcaba { Mexico }
I learned of the Urine-therapy in a social seminar in the month of February 1997. Since then I have been taking my urine up to four times day. And I have left my
eyeglasses definitely behind. My cardiovascular system was regularized. I had
hypertension and I feel very well physically now. I also suffered of gastritis. I even healed my infected small dog of scabies, already without hair. With my own urine I bathed him and in the third day scabs and sores fell off him. He then regenerated his skin and his hair. 71 TESTIMONY 11 *
STO'N£5 1<1D'N£V a11b PROBL£M. ClRCVLATlO'N. Alicia R. castle. { Mexico }
I want to give my testimony about how the Urine-therapy acted in me. When I
took it for 15 days, 3 small kidney stones left me. In truth I did not know that I had
a bad kidney. I suffered pain in my back. Most wonderful, is that my legs no
longer hurt me. The suffering came from my bad circulation. A long time passed
that I have been with homeopathic Doctors and I already see that it does not cure. Now I give to thanks to God and the Urine-therapy that they have healed me. TESTIMONY 12*
CA'NC£R
Martha Cecilia H. Sanchez { Mexico }
I had cancer of uterus in third degree and a lump in the right side of my breast. They gave bad results to me. They said that it was malignant and they were going
to amputate the breast. Glory to God, I am writing it here. Blessed and praise God that 1 was taking my urine for three months and 1 felt like
a new woman. My symptoms and lump disappeared totally, thanks to God. TESTIMONY 13*
Vt.C£RS
Ma. Conception G. { Mexico }
I cured myself of two duodenal ulcers,
one of seven centimeters and another one of four centimeters. They were already bleeding and they were going to commit me to surgery. Thanks to God 1 am cured
TESTIMONY 14*
MVOPJA
Carmen N. { Mexico }
72 I cured myself in 5 days taking my Urine. ~ cured of eyes, because I could not see well for over the last ten years. I also had a wart that disappeared. I put urine on it for 20 days and it fell off. Thanks to God. TESTIMONY 15*
D1AB£T£S
Jorge Sotelo. { Mexico }
Last year I was in Los Angeles, California. A lady asked if I were ill.
t said to her, yes. She asked me what it was and I said it was Diabetes. She suggested to me to take " x " amount of Urine during a fast. When 1 returned to Mexico, the doctor requested me for diabetes analysis and the
results were within it normal numbers. Thanks to God. TESTIMONY 16*
CANC£R. Consolation M. S. { Mexico }
My Uncle who lives in Hermosillo, Sonora, is cardiologist of 65 years. He cured mimseff of cancer in the prostate. He lost all hope in chemotherapy treatments. We provided him the book called.. the Water of the Life... He did the fasting of Urine-therapy and in two weeks he feels much better. He continued taking it and he is of health totally cured. My sister cured herself of Diabetes. In my family, my husband and children used it for cuts, blows, angina, cough, etc. I did fasting for 19 days on water and Urine only. I felt very well, hard,agile, spirited, and I have never felt bad. I have not had a serious diseases since. For my husband, a scorpion pricked him. His Urine was taken and f put a compress on the bite. He resisted the poison,
Thanks to God. TESTIMONY 17*
1NF£CT10N
Mrs. Rosalinda A { Mexico }
The Doctor a day before going to the conference had detected an infection in
my ear and he prescribed drugs for me that f did not buy them. 73 I went to the conference and I began to make the Fasting of the Urine. I also took the urine and put some in my ear at night and in the morning. Thank God I am healed. TESTIMONY 18*
BRDNCHlTlS A11b ASTHMA
Moises Octavio F. Nu6nez {Mexico}
I am 16


. Soon the honorary title of “The Ancient One” was heard no
more. ”
A knock at the door interrupted the Colonel. I opened it to
admit a couple of friends from out of town who had picked this
most inauspicious time to spend a sociable evening with me. 1 hid my disappointment and chagrin as best I could and intro-
duced them to Colonel Bradford. We all chatted together for a
while and then the Colonel said, rising:
“I am sorry that I must leave so early, but I have an appoint-
ment with an old friend who is leaving the city tonight. 1 hope
I shall see you all again shortly. ”
—6—At the door he turned to me and said, softly,
“Could you have lunch with me tomorrow. I promise, if
you can do so you shall hear all about ‘The Fountain of
Youth. ’”
We agreed as to the time and place to meet and the Colonel
departed. As I returned to the living room, one of my friends
remarked,
“That is certainly a most interesting man, but he looks
awfully young to be retired from army service. ”
“How old do you suppose he is. ” I asked. “Well, he doesn’t look forty,” answered my friend, “but from
the experiences he has had I suppose he must be that old. ”
“Yes, he’s all of that,” I said evasively, and deftly turned
the conversation into another channel. I thought it best to
arouse no wonderment regarding the Colonel until I knew what
his plans were. The next day, after having lunch together, we repaired to
the Colonel’s room in a nearby hotel, and there at last he told
me about “The Fountain of Youth. ”
“The first important thing I was taught after entering the
Lamasery,” he began, “was this. The body has seven centers,
which, in English, could be called Vortexes. These are kind of
magnetic centers. They revolve at great speed in the healthy
body, but when slowed down—well that is just another name
for old age, ill-health, and senility. There are two of these
Vortexes in the brain; one at the base of the throat; another
in the right side of the body in the region of the liver; one in
the sexual center; and one in each knee. “These spinning centers of activity extend beyond the flesh
in the healthy individual, but in the old, weak, senile person
they hardly reach the surface, except in the knees. The
quickest way to regain health, youth, and vitality is to start
these magnetic centers spinning again. There are but five
practices that will do this. Any one of them will be helpful, but
all five are required to get glowing results. These five exercises
are really not exercises at all, in the physical culture sense. The Lamas think of them as ‘Rites,’ and so instead of calling
them exercises or practices, we too, shall call them Rites. ”

  Rite No. |
There are SEVEN Psychic Vortexes in the body. Vortex is located
within the forehead; Vortex “B” is located in the posterior part of the
brain; Vortex “C" is in the region of the throat at the base of the neck;
Vortex “D" is located in the right side of the body above the waist line;
Vortex “E” is located in the reproductive anatomy, and it is directly con-
nected with Vortex “C” in the throat. Vortexes
one in either knee. These Psychic Vortexes revolve at great speed. When all are revolving
at high speed and at the same rate of speed the body is in perfect health. When one or more of them slow down, old age, loss of power, and senil- ity wet in,
   RITE NUMBER ONE
“The first Rite,” continued the Colonel, “is a simple one. It
is for the express purpose of speeding up the Vortexes. When
we were children we used it in our play. It is this: Stand erect
with arms outstretched, horizontal with the shoulders. Now
spin around until you become slightly dizzy. There is only one
caution: you must turn from left to right. In other words, if
you were to place a clock or watch on the floor face up, you
would turn in the same way the hands are moving. “At first the average adult will only be able to spin around
about a half-dozen times until he becomes dizzy enough to
want to sit or lie down. That is just what he should do, too. That’s what I did. To begin with, practice this Rite only to the
point of slight dizziness. As time passes and your Vortexes
become more rapid in movement through this and other Rites,
you will be able to practice it to a greater extent. “When I was in India it amazed me to see the Maulawiyah,
or as they are more commonly known, the Whirling Dervishes,
almost unceasingly spin around and around in a religious
frenzy. Rite Number One recalled to my attention two things
in connection with this practice. The first was that these
Whirling Dervishes always spun in one direction—from left to
right, clockwise. The second was the virility of the old men;
they were strong, hearty, and robust. Far more so than most
men of their age. “When I spoke to one of the Lamas about this he informed
me that while this whirling movement of the Dervishes did
have a very beneficial effect, yet it also had a devastating one. It seems that a long siege of whirling stimulates into great
activity Vortexes ‘A,’ ‘B,’ and ‘E. ’ These three have a stim-
ulating effect on the other two— ‘C’ and ‘D. ’ But due to
excessive leg action the Vortexes in the knees—'E’ and ‘G’—
are over-stimulated and finally so exhausted that the building
up of the Vital Forces along with this tearing down causes the
participants to experience a kind of ‘psychic jag’ which they
mistake for something spiritual, or at least religious. “However,” continued the Colonel, “we do not carry the
whirling exercise to excess. While the Whirling Dervishes may
spin around hundreds of times, we find that greater benefit is
obtained by restricting it to about a dozen or so times, enough
so that Rite Number One can stimulate all the Vortexes to
action. ”

  Rite No. 2

—10—RITE NUMBER TWO
“Like Rite Number One,” continued the Colonel, “this second
one is for further stimulating to action the Seven Vortexes. It is even simpler than the first one. In Rite Number Two one
first lies flat on his back on the floor or on the bed. If prac-
ticed on the floor one should use a rug or blanket under him,
folded several times in order that the body will not come into
contact with the cold floor. The Lamas have what might be
called in English a ‘prayer rug. ’ It is about two feet wide and
fully six feet long. It is fairly thick and is made from wool and
akind of vegetable fibre. It is solely for the purpose of insula-
tion, and so has no other value. Nevertheless, to the Lamas
everything is of a religious nature, hence their name for these
mats—‘prayer rugs. ’
“As I said, one should lie full length on his ‘prayer rug,’ or
bed. Then place the hands flat down alongside the hips. Fingers should be kept close together with the finger-tips of
each hand turned slightly toward one another. The feet are
then raised until the legs are straight up. If possible, let the
feet extend back a bit over the body, toward the head; but do
not Jet the knees bend. Then, slowly lower the feet to the floor
and for a moment allow all muscles to relax. Then perform this
Rite all over again. “One of the Lamas told me that when he first attempted to
practice this simple Rite he was so old, weak, and decrepit that
he couldn’t possibly lift up both legs. Therefore he started out
by lifting the thighs until the knees were straight up, letting
the feet hang down. Little by little, however, he was able to
straighten out his legs until at the end of three months he
could raise them straight with perfect ease. “T marveled at this particular Lama,” said the Colonel,
“when he told me this. He was then a perfect picture of health
and youth, although I knew he was many years older than I. For the sheer joy of exerting himself he used to carry a pack
of vegetables weighing fully a hundred pounds on his back,
from the garden to the Lamasery, several hundred feet above. He took his time but never stopped once on the way up, and
when he would arrive he didn’t seem to be experiencing the
slightest bit of fatigue. I marveled greatly at this, for the
first time 1 started up with him, I had to stop at least a dozen
times. Later I was able to do it easily without my cane and
with never a stop, but that is another


! No concerns or fears—only a sense of
being connected to the Source of all, knowing that all will be handled for
you by the same force that’s always handling everything. Lao-tzu is
teaching you to free your mind from its persistent nagging. The world and
everything in it are already taken care of by the Tao... it has always done
so and always will. Your mind continually urges you to strive in spite of the all-providing
perfection of the Tao; it prompts  you to pursue fame, to look for a groove or
purpose. Lao-tzu  encourages you to do precisely the opposite: Stay outside
the rat race and let your mind be in peaceful harmony with the Tao rather
than worrying and fighting. The concluding line of this passage  of the Tao
Te Chin g says it all, instructing you to change how you look at your life by
“knowing to take sustenance from the great Mother!”
The following are suggestions coming from Lao-tzu to you in the 20th
verse of the T ao:Practice letting go of thoughts about what’ s not her e now. Just allow yourself to meld into the perfection of the universe you live in. You don’t need another thing to be happy; it’s all being provided for you
right here, right now. Be in this moment, and free yourself of striving for
something more or someone else. This is a mind exercise that will put you
in touch with the peace of the Tao. Affirm: It is all perfect. God’ s love is
everywher e and forgets no one. I trust in this force to guide me, and I am
not allowing ego to enter now. Notice how free you feel when you relax
into this no-fears, no-worries attitude. Take time to “let go and let God,” every single day. Say the words over and over to yourself until you can actually  tell what
the difference feels like. Lettin g go is a markedly distinct physical and
psychological experience, much different from striving. Let go of your
demands, along with your beliefs that you can’ t be happy because of what is
supposedly missing in your life. Insisting that you need what you don’t
have is insane! The fact that you’re okay without what you think you need
is the change you want to see. Then you can note that you already have
everything you need to be peaceful, happy, and content right here and right
now! Relax into this knowing, and affirm again and again: I am letting go
and letting God. I am a glorious infant nursing at the great all-pr oviding
Mother ’s breast. Do the T ao Now
Begin to notice the situations where you’re not in the moment because
you’re striving to complete or attain something for a future  benefit. You
may not realize how often you endeavor to accomplish all sorts of things
with the idea that once you do, you’ll finally have the time to do what you
really want. This is one of the most pernicious ways that many of us
unconsciously prevent (or perpetually postpone) a life free of striving. It’s a
tough one to become aware of, and may be easiest to see when your free
time becomes hijacked by family members or business emer gencies. Here’ s an example: You’ve put in extra hours at work all week in order to
have a delicious ly imagined free day to [fill in the blank], when you learnthat your spouse  has invited a friend of a friend who’ s never been to this
part of the country before—and whom you’ve never met—to stay at your
home. There are two opportunities to practice living without striving in this
situation. The first, of course, is to catch yourself wrapped up in striving for
future benefit, notice what you’re doing, and focus on the now. The second
comes after the example above, which is a dif ficult but incredibly rewarding
exercise. Do the Tao now by accepting what is offered—that is, know that
this situation, in some way that your striving ego rejects, is actually
sustenance from the Great Mother. OceanofPDF.comOceanofPDF.com21st Verse
The gr eatest virtue is to follow the T ao and the T ao alone. The T ao is elusive and intangible. Although formless and intangible,
it gives rise to form. Although vague and elusive,
it gives rise to shapes. Although dark and obscur e,
it is the spirit, the essence,
the life br eath of all things. Throughout the ages, its name has been pr eserved
in or der to r ecall the beginning of all things. How do I know the ways of all things at the beginning? I look inside myself and see what is within me. OceanofPDF.comLiving the
Elusive Paradox
Here in this 21st verse of the Tao Te Ching, Lao-tzu takes us back to the
book’ s very first premise: living the mystery. He has returned to the idea’ s
definition and virtue and reaffirmed it with greater clarity and precision. In
this lesson, he not only asks us to become conscious of the elusive nature of
the Tao, a princi ple that simply cannot be pinned down or exper ienced with
the senses, but to also validate this awareness by recognizing ourselves as
examples of this elusive paradox. Reread the conc luding lines of this important verse: “How do I know the
ways of all things at the beginning? I look inside myself and see what is
within me.” Now go all the way back to your own beginning—h ow did you
get here? I don’t mean from a droplet or particle of human protoplasm; go
even before that. Quantum physics teaches that particles emer ge from an
invisible and formless energy field. So all creation, including your own, is a
function of motion: from formless energy to form, from spirit to body, from
the nameless Tao to a named object. The process of creation, along with the
theme of understanding eternal namelessness, runs throughout the Tao Te
Ching. This is the elusive paradox that you’re invited to contemplate, allow,
and experience. You can know it by examining your own nature and
recognizing that the same principle that creates everything is animating
your every thought and action. Right now make a simple decision to move your index finger. Now
wiggle your toes. Next, lift your arm. Finally, ask yourself, What is it that
allows me to make these movements? In other words, what is it that allows
you to see shapes and colors? What force behind your eyes invisibly signals
you to process the sky as blue or a tree as tall? What is the formless energy
that tweaks a vibration somewhere in your ear to give rise to sound? What it all is, is formless and nameless. Yes, it is vague. Yes, it is obscure. And when you begin to see the world in this manner, you begin knowing
that aspect of yourself. This is what Lao-tzu describes as “the life breath of
all things,” and it needn ’t remain a mystery. You have the same eternal Taoinside of you, and you apply it a million times a day. It is within you... it
is you. This far-reaching verse of the Tao Te Ching asks you to let go of seeking
results in money, accomplishme nts, acquisitions, fame, and so on. Instead,
shift your attenti on to the energy in the beginning of all things—the elusive
and intangible Tao. The greatest virtue is to find this nameless, formless
force within yourself. Know it by looking within and seeing it at work in all
of your thoughts and actions. This is what Lao-tzu was conveying to you more than 2,500 years before
your birth:
Have an unquenchable thirst for the intangible and enigmatic for ce
that supports all life. Communicate with the Source regularly: Ask for its guidance, and
meditate on its sacredness. The more you practice benevolent reverence for
the invisible Tao, the more you’ll feel connected to it. The presence of a
known connection with the Tao will release you from  the worry, stress, and
anxiety that are ego’s way of looking at the world. While others  around you
may stay focused on their pursuit of weal th, fame, and power, you’ll notice
it and smile compassionately as you practice being in a state of appreciation
for “the life breath of all things,” including yourself. You’ll feel safe and
secure knowing that you’re in a Divine partnership with the all-knowing,
all-providing T ao. I suggest that you simply take a moment or two several times a day to say
aloud, “Thank You, God, for everything.” Make this your own personal
respectful ritual. In fact, just a moment ago I said 21st Verse these very
words: “Thank You, God, for allowing these words to appear, supposedly
from my pen. I know that the Source of everything, including these words,
is the elusive and intangible T ao.”
Memorize the final two lines of this verse and silently recite them when
needed. Repeat these two sentences: “How do I know the ways of all things at the
beginning? I look inside myself and see what is within me.” Doing so will
remind you that the Tao comes from the truth that’s inside of you at alltimes. Give up trying to persuade anyone else


mart,	equally	popular,	and	equally
athletic. Don’t	feel	deprived	if	you	think	you	don’t	have	enough	of	something,
because	your	soul	is	helping	you	to	assemble	a	life	that	no	one	else	will	leadexcept	you. One	day	your	attention	may	be	caught	by	a	frog	on	the	edge	of	a
pond	because	you	are	meant	to	be	a	biologist,	while	your	friend	may	notice
only	the	water	because	he	is	meant	to	follow	the	sea. The	tiny	things	you	notice	and	the	tiny	things	you	wish	for	work	together. Bit
by	bit	you	are	fitting	together	a	thousand	pieces	of	a	puzzle,	and	when	it	is
finally	assembled,	the	whole	will	be	you. Baba	taught	me	to	trust	that	I	am
unique	and	that	my	soul	knows	exactly	what	makes	me	perfect	in	my	own
way	The	next	time	you	feel	disappointed	that	you	didn’t	get	what	you	wanted,
remember	that	what	you	really	want	is	matched	by	your	soul	to	what	you
really	need.Your	Time	is	Coming
T
he	rain	ended,	and	Baba	walked	with	me	as	I	made	my	way	home. When	my
house	was	in	sight,	he	said,	“I’ve	found	something	for	you.”
“You	did?”	I	thought	I	had	kept	my	eye	on	him	the	whole	time. But	now	he
was	holding	out	a	bare	twig. From	one	end	dangled	a	single	dead	leaf,	curled
up	and	brown. Then	I	looked	closer. It	wasn’t	a	leaf	at	all. “A	chrysalis,”	I	said. “When	will	it	hatch?”
At	that	moment	the	chrysalis	quivered	and	a	small,	jagged	slit	opened	on	one
side. Within	minutes	a	butterfly	was	going	to	be	born. “Hold	it	carefully	while	I	tell	you	something	from	a	long	time	ago,”	said
Baba. “Something	that	happened	to	me.”	I	gingerly	took	the	twig	from	his
hand	and	watched	it	tremble	while	Baba	began	his	story. “One	day	when	I	was	a	boy,	my	father	brought	home	a	twig	exactly	like	that
one. He	tied	it	to	a	low	bush	outside	our	door. I	had	never	seen	a	butterfly
emerge	from	its
cocoon,	and	every	day	I	woke	up	with	excitement,	thinking
that	today	would	be	the	day. “Two	weeks	passed,	and	when	I	came	out	one	morning	to	see	the	end	of	the
twig	trembling,	just	as	it	is	now,	I	was	beside	myself	with	impatience. Soon	a
dark	insect	head	appeared,	then	with	great	struggle,	a	body	The	new	butterfly
was	very	weak. Being	born	had	totally	exhausted	it. “I	watched	as	it	clung	to	the	twig,	so	spent	that	it	couldn’t	unfurl	its	wings. They	were	soggy	and	crumpled,	like	wadded	tissue	paper. Taking	pity	on	the
poor	creature,	I	blew	on	its	wings	to	dry	them. I	blew	and	blew,	and	then
something	awful	happened. I	blew	so	hard	that	one	wing	tore.”
“What	did	you	do?”	I	asked,	seeing	the	crippled	wing	in	my	mind’s	eye. “There	was	nothing	to	do,”	said	Baba. “I	had	to	watch	the	torn	wing	dry	out,
and	the	butterfly	limped	away	It	could	barely	fly.”
We	both	were	quiet	for	a	moment	before	Baba	said,	“I	didn’t	tell	you	thatstory	to	make	you	sad. It	taught	me	something	I	never	forgot. All	things	come
in	their	own	good	time. Nature	assigns	a	time	for	the	butterfly	to	unfold	its
wings,	and	no	one,	not	the	most	mighty	emperor,	has	ever	forced	a	butterfly
to	be	born	faster. Look	at	a	rosebud	as	it	unfolds	into	a	beautiful	flower. No
power	on	Earth	can	make	it	open	faster	either. Nature	knows	its	own	best
time.”
“Does	it	know	my	best	time?”	I	asked. “Yes,”	said	Baba. “Your	soul	knows	when	your	time	is	coming,	and	it	leads
you	step	by	step. In	this	way	you	fit	perfectly	into	God’s	plan.”
Baba’s	voice,	which	was	always	so	calm,	was	filled	with	passion	now. “Every
small	breath	you	take	has	its	time,	but	so	do	the	great	events	of	your	life. Your
soul	knows	the	end	of	the	journey,	but	it	will	make	every	step	a	blessing	along
the	way.”
I	felt	a	shiver	run	down	my	spine,	because	I’d	never	thought	my	life	could
have	great	events	in	it. “Everyone’s	does,”	said	Baba,	reading	my	thoughts. “Every	step	you	take
with	your	soul	is	a	great	event,	because	through	you	life	itself,	as	far	as	the
most	distant	galaxy,	is	finding	a	new	expression. Your	next	thought	is	as	great
as	the	birth	of	a	star,	as	great	as	what	you	hold	in	your	hand.”
I	had	looked	away	from	the	twig	and	missed	the	butterfly’s	crawling	out	of	its
chrysalis. Now	it	was	free,	hanging	upside	down	from	the	twig. The	creature
looked	so	weak	and	helpless	that	I	knew	why	Baba	had	taken	pity	on	it	as	a
boy. “It	may	look	weak,”	said	Baba. “But	life	has	repeated	this	moment	for
millions	upon	millions	of	years. Ages	have	come	and	gone,	yet	nothing	has
stopped	these	fragile	wings	from	unfolding.”
We	sat	quietly	and	watched	as	the	crumpled,	damp
	wings	stiffened	bit	by	bit. The	butterfly	twitched	them	over	and	over,	and	like	magic	sails	they	opened
until	they	were	ten	times	bigger	than	they	started	out. The	dull	brown	color
turned	to	the	most	sparkling	blue. Finally	the	butterfly	seemed	to	know	that	it
was	ready,	because	instead	of	twitching	its	wings,	it	flapped	them. Its	body
was	carried	up	in	the	air,	and	after	a	minute	it	was	gone.A	mighty	speck	of	life	had	just	joined	the	cosmos. W
HAT
	I	L
EARNED
Baba	convinced	me	that	my	soul	knows	how	I	feel	and	what	I	want. It	knows
the	great	events	that	will	take	place	in	my	life. All	these	things	are	part	of	how
a	caterpillar	turns	into	a	butterfly. Imagine	what	it	experiences. One	day	a
caterpillar	is	chewing	on	a	leaf,	just	like	every	other	day,	and	it	has	this
thought,
Maybe	I’ll	weave	some	threads
. It’s	never	had	such	a	thought	before,	but	suddenly	this	idea	is	so	strong	that	it
weaves	threads	all	around	itself. Now	that	I’m	in	here,	I’m	getting	sleepy,
	it	thinks. Everything	becomes	still
inside. The	caterpillar	doesn’t	want	to	eat	anymore;	it	doesn’t	even	want	to
see	daylight. Down	it	sinks	into	a	kind	of	sleep,	and	then	what	happens? Every	single	cell	in	its	body	shifts	and	grows	a	new	shape. At	one	point	the
old	caterpillar	is	little	more	than	a	shapeless,	soupy	blob,	and	then	out	of
nowhere	a	new	body	takes	form. Finally	the	caterpillar	feels	the	impulse	to	wake	up. I
	don’t	want	to


–glucose deprivation resulting from the severe ischemia that leads inevitably to ATP production failure and a neurometabolic energy crisis in adjacent hypoper -
fused neurons. 22
The reduced mortality and improved outcome for patients with severe traumatic
brain injury in the past decade has been attributed to the partial but incomplete success of trying to squeeze oxygenated blood through a swollen brain. This plan requires quantification of cerebral perfusion by monitoring the ICP and by prompt treatment of cerebral hypoperfusion to lower the incidence of secondary injury. Although this plan can mean the difference between good survival and incapacitat -
ing, long-lasting neurological deficits or death, it is not generally possible to achieve due to the absence of an agent that can address cerebral hypoperfusion, brain edema, excitotoxic release of glutamate and cytokines, ionic cell shifts involving sodium and calcium channels, and free radical formation. Is there an agent that can address the pathologic cascade results from severe brain trauma and clinical success and improved outcome? SECONDARY INJURY AND ISCHEMIC PENUMBRAL NEURONS
Because traumatic brain injury results in irreversible damage at the site of impact and initiates cellular and molecular processes that lead to secondary neural injury
in the surrounding tissue, understanding the pathophysiology of secondary injury is
critical to the development of effective therapy. Adding to the cell and molecular damage that results at the site of trauma, sec -
ondary injury to the surrounding brain tissue also undergoes electrophysiological 136 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
changes without the anatomic necrotic changes to neurons described earlier. The  s econdary injury primarily involves reduced cerebral perfusion, inflammatory
changes, lowered cerebral energy metabolism, release of excitatory neurotransmit -
ters, and oxidative stress.23,24 These cell and molecular abnormalities not only add to
the site of injury but can give rise to an area of the brain adjacent to the injury core
where a ring of ischemic penumbral neurons can accumulate. In his classic paper describing the ischemic penumbra, Astrup and his colleagues25
recognized two stages where penumbral neurons can experience functional impair -
ment and irreparable degenerative damage, usually with the former stage preceding the latter. However, irreparable damage to penumbral neurons is not always the case, and
it is clear that at least in embolic stroke, these neurons are salvageable with the proper treatment, for example, using intra-arterial thrombolytics such as the tissue plasminogen activators (tPAs). These clot busters are able to accelerate the conver -
sion of plasminogen to plasmin, the major enzyme that catalyzes clot breakdown. However, one of the disadvantages of tPA therapy is that it must be administered as quickly as possible after an embolic stroke, usually within 4½ h after the onset of symptoms. 26
This brief window of opportunity means that only 3% of persons qualify for treat -
ment with tPAs since most patients wait beyond this time period to seek medical help after the onset of stroke symptoms. Another serious disadvantage of tPAs is the risk of hemorrhage in the brain, worsening the primary damage from stroke. Due to the bleeding risk, tPA has not been assessed in any traumatic brain injury
trial that we are aware of, but other agents have been used to address the disturbances in platelet function, leading to hyperaggregability following a head injury. 27
Neurons in the ischemic penumbra are formed as a result of critically subnor -
mal brain perfusion following a stroke or local brain trauma.28 These penumbral
neurons retain their structural integrity but lose their ability to function normally.29
The penumbral region is therefore a functionally silent population of neurons. The physiological outcome of penumbral neurons is dependent on the degree and dura -
tion of ischemia. 30 It has been reported that an ischemic penumbra results when local
cerebral blood flow dips between 12 and 18 mL/100 g tissue/min following brain trauma. 31 Below 12 mL/100 g tissue/min, the tissue becomes irreparably damaged
and soon dies.31
The penumbral neurons are more likely to die if normal cerebral perfusion is
not quickly restored. However, the grace time before penumbral neurons die from a reduced blood flow supply is variable and dependent on the type of injury involved, severity, region of the brain affected, and many other constants. Penumbral neu -
rons have been reported to remain viable for hours, days, months, or even beyond a year. 32–34 During traumatic brain injury, astrocytes become reactive and increase
proinflammatory cytokines to produce excitotoxicity through the excessive pro -
duction of extracellular glutamate. This results in brain edema and swelling, a
 condition that promotes neuronal death from the activation of reactive oxygen
 species (ROS). In addition, the activation of Janus kinase and signal transducer and activator of
transcription signaling pathway is one of the most important transducing signals 137 DMSO in Basic Neuroprotection
from the cell surface to the nucleus in response to cytokines, particularly the
 proinflammatory interleukin-6 cytokine family.36 The Janus kinase and signal trans -
ducer and activator of transcription signaling pathway is the focus of much research
at the present time due to studies that report its involvement in the pathophysiology of brain ischemia, brain trauma, and spinal cord injury (SCI). 37,38
It is clear that when primary traumatic brain injury cannot be prevented, secondary
injuries must be restricted with appropriate neuroprotective strategies. Nevertheless, present drug treatments are not generally able to do that consistently or effectively. 39
The ability of pharmacotherapy to rescue salvageable neurons following brain
trauma and arrest or reverse the quantitative damage that results from such injuries remains elusive and extremely limited. A recent Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and Cochrane Injury Group
conducted an exhaustive literature search analyzing drug therapeutic studies dealing with severe head injury. The search concluded that the majority of these clinical tri -
als included only a modest number of patients largely due to the uncertainty of the trial drug effectiveness. 40 Not surprisingly, the quality of these clinical trials was
regarded as more or less questionable.40
For this reason, there is an expectation that the effects of dimethyl sulfoxide
(DMSO) used to treat brain trauma, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and SCI will receive the clinical attention it deserves. When brain trauma, stroke, AD, and SCI are combined, it represents a block of disorders that affect 8% of adult Americans and more than 15 million individuals in the United States alone. The findings reviewed here will reveal a very unusual molecule possessing a num-
ber of biological actions that may explain its positive therapeutic effects following traumatic brain injury and other CNS insults. DMSO IN EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN TRAUMA
The mechanism of action(s) exerted by DMSO in improving the outcome of trau -
matic brain injury remains unknown. However, DMSO is reported to display a range of properties, which may be useful in the management of the brain trauma patient or animal. For example, DMSO increases cerebral blood flow without altering blood pressure,
41,42 quickly reduces ICP without a rebound effect,43–46 is a potent diuretic
that does not affect cardiac rate or output,41,42 reduces cerebral edema,47,49 blocks
sodium channel activation,50,51 is a powerful free radical scavenger,52,53 prevents glu -
tamate excitotoxic neuron death,54 lowers the Janus kinase and signal transducer
and activator of transcription signaling pathway whose activation can be induced by excitotoxic cytokines following brain ischemia,
55 and suppresses NMDA-
AMPA-induced (NMDA, N-methyl- d-aspartate; AMPA, alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-
methylisoxazole-4-propionate) ion currents and excessive calcium influx known to damage and kill neurons. 54,56 Additionally, DMSO has a protective and stabilizing
effect on cell membranes57–59 and inhibits inflammation, a reaction that is generally
associated with moderate-to-severe brain trauma.60–62
The biological actions listed earlier for DMSO are relevant to our review of the
cellular–molecular events associated with CNS injuries, including traumatic brain injury, stroke, or neurodegenerative conditions since these events generally involve 138 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
sodium channel activation, free radical formation, and glutamate excitotoxic signal -
ing involving NMDA-AMPA-induced ion channels and calcium signaling in cell-
death pathways.50,51,54,61 These cellular–molecular actions modified by DMSO will
be discussed in detail in this section of this chapter and in Chapter 9. Chapter 9 will detail how the basic research of DMSO in cerebral injuries has been successfully applied to humans sustaining a variety of insults to the brain. It is important to point out that the cellular and subcellular biological actions of
DMSO with the exception of lowering brain edema after trauma are not known to be associated with mannitol, a drug commonly used for the treatment of head injuries. This may be one of the reasons why DMSO treatment has been shown to be more efficacious and safer than mannitol when used in patients with severe, closed head injury. 44,45
The initial studies with DMSO were first carried out in the early 1970s in the
Division of Neurosurgery at the University of Chicago by a team of investigators led by Jack de la


 as we all say we would like to
solve all the problems, we dare not  solve
all the problems, or there will be nothing left
for us to do. Your industrial -military complex
understand s this very well. That is why it
opposes  mightily any attempt to install a
war-no-more government —anywhere. Your medical establishment understands
this, too. That is why it staunchly
opposes —it must, it has to for its own
survival —any new miracle drug or c ure—to say nothing of the possibility of miracles
themselves. Your religious community also holds this
clarity. That is why it attacks uniformly any
definition of God which does not include
fear, judgment and retribution, and any
definition of Self which d oes not include
their own idea of the only path to God. If I say to you, you are God —where does
that leave religion? If I say to you, you are
healed, where does that leave science, and
medicine? If I say to you, you shall live  in
peace, where does that lea ve the
peacemakers? If I say to you, the world is
fixed —where does that leave the world? What, now, of plumbers? The world is filled with essentially two kinds
of people: those who give you things  you want, and those who fix things. In a sense,
even those who simply give you  things you
want —the butchers, the bakers, the
candlestick makers —are also fixers. For to
have a desire for something is often to have
a need for it. That is why addicts  are said to
need a fix. Be careful, therefore, that desire
not beco me addiction. Are you saying the world will always have
problems? Are you saying that you actually
want it  that way? I am saying that the world exists the way it
exists —just as a snowflake exists the  way
it exists —quite by design. You have
created it that way—just as you have
created your life exactly as it is. I want what you want. The day you really
want an end to hunger, there will be no  more hunger. I have given you all the
resources with which to do that. You have
all the tools with which to make that choice. You have not made it. Not because you
cannot make it. The world could end world
hunger tomorrow. You choose not to  make
it. You claim that there are good reasons that
40,000 people a day must die of hunger. There are no good reasons. Yet at a time
when you say you can do nothing to stop
40,000 people a day from dying of hunger,
you bring 50,000 people a day into your
world to begin a new life. And this you call
love. This you call God’s plan. It is a plan
which totally lacks logic or reason, to  say
nothing of compassion. I am showing you in stark terms that the
world exists the way it exists because you  have chosen for it to. You are
systematically destroying your own
environment, then  pointing to so -called
natural disasters as evidence of God’s
cruel hoax, or Nature’s  harsh ways. You
have played the hoax on yourself, and it is
your ways which are  cruel. Nothing, nothing is more gentle than
Nature. And nothing, nothing has been
more  cruel to Nature than man. Yet you
step aside from all involvemen t in this; deny
all responsibility. It is not your fault, you say,
and in this you are right It is not a question
of fault, it is a matter of choice. You can choose to end the destruction of
your rain forests tomorrow. You can  choose
to stop depleting the protective layer
hovering over your planet. You can  choose
to discontinue the ongoing, onslaught of your earth’s ingenious ecosystem. You can
seek to put the snowflake back together —
or at least to halt its inexorable  melting —
but will you do i t?—You can similarly end
all war tomorrow. Simply. Easily. All it
takes —all it has ever taken —is for all of
you to agree. Yet if you cannot all  agree on
something as basically simple as ending
the killing of each other, how can  you call
upon the heavens wi th shaking fist to put
your life in order? I will do nothing for you that you will not do
for your Self. That is the law and the
prophets. The world is in the condition it is in because
of you, and the choices you have made —
or failed to make. (Not to decid e is to decide). The Earth is in the shape it’s in because of
you, and the choices you have made —or
failed to make. Your own life is the way it is because of you,
and the choices you have made —or failed
to make. But I did not choose to get hit by that truc k! I did not choose to get mugged by that
robber or raped by that maniac. People
could say that. There are people in the
world who could say  that. You are all at root cause for the conditions
which exist which create in the robber the
desire, or the percei ved need, to steal. You
have all created the consciousness  which
makes rape possible. It is when you see in
yourself that which caused the  crime that you begin, at last, to heal the condition from
which it sprang. Feed your hungry, give dignity to your poo r.
Grant opportunity to your less fortunate. End the prejudice which keeps masses
huddled and angry, with little promise of a
better tomorrow. Put away your pointless
taboos and restrictions upon sexual
energy —rather, help others to truly
understand its wo nder, and to channel it
properly. Do  these things and you will go a
long way toward ending robbery and rape
forever. As for the so -called “accident” —the truck
coming around the bend, the brick falling
from the sky —learn to greet each such
incident as a sma ll part of a larger mosaic. You have come here to work out an
individual plan for your own salvation. Yet  salvation does not mean saving yourself
from the snares of the devil. There is no
such thing as the devil, and hell does not
exist. You are saving you rself from the
oblivion of non -realization. You cannot lose in this battle. You cannot
fail. Thus,  it is not a battle at all, but simply
a process. Yet if you do not know this, you
will see it as a constant struggle. You  may
even believe in the struggle long enough to
create a whole religion around it. This
religion will teach that struggle is the point
of it all. This is a false teaching. It is  in not
struggling that the process proceeds. It is
in surrendering that the victory is  won. Accidents happen because they do. Certain elements of the life process have
come  together in a particular way at a
particular time, with particular results —results which  you choose to call
unfortunate, for your own particular
reasons. Yet they may not be  unfortunate
at all, given the agenda of your soul. I tell you this: There is no coincidence, and
nothing happens “by accident.” Each  event
and adventure is called to your Self by your
Self in order that you might create  and
experience Who You Really Are. All true
Masters know this. That is why mystic
Masters remain unperturbed in the face of
the worst experiences of life (as you  would
define them). The great teachers of your Christian
religion understand this. They know that
Jesus  was not perturbed by the crucifixion,
but expected it. He could have walked
away,  but he did not. He could have
stopped the process at any point. He had that power. Yet he did not. He allowed
himself to be crucified in order that he might
stand as  man’s eternal salvation. Look, he
said, at wh at I can do. Look at what is true. And know that these things, and more,
shall you also do. For have I not said, ye
are gods? Yet you do not believe. If you
cannot, then, believe in yourself, believe in
me. Such was Jesus’ compassion that he
begged for a w ay—and created it —to so
impact the world that all might come to
heaven ( Self-realization )—if in no other
way, then through him. For he defeated
misery, and death. And so might you. The grandest teaching of Christ was not
that you shall have everlasting lif e—but
that you do; not that you shall have
brotherhood in God, but that you do; not that you  shall have whatever you request,
but that you do. All that is required is to know this. For you
are the creator of your reality, and life can
show up no other way for you than that way
in which you think it will. You think it into being. This is the first step
in creation. God the Father is thought. Your
thought is the parent which gives


 to maintain, but gradually to increase, his vitality. And one day he felt energetic enough to indulge in
running exercises in the open fields (more than three months after the cessation of the radiation treatments). He ran daily to sweat out the toxins – rested in the afternoon – and then in the evenings he went on a hike. Then working
up a great thirst he would stop at stalls and have a hot beverage of boiled juices of certain melons and herbaceous plants
(leaves boiled and diluted with water). At night he took a warm bath followed by a brisk rubdown. He gradually increased
the running to one, two, and three miles, and the tumor gradually regressed, and the breathing became easier. “My diet of raw liver, eggs, and fresh fruits provided me with a good supply of B complex containing B 6, vitamin C, iron
and lecithin, and I further took some honey, red palm oil, brewer’s yeast, and wheat germ as nutritive supplements.” It took
more than six months for the inflammation on his face to subside completely and more than a year for his features to
become normal. The irradiated areas eventually healed, but some permanent scars remained. “I had to depend upon eggs
and fish liver for my supply of vitamin D.” Fish liver also contains some calcium and phosphorus, but these two minerals
occur in greater quantities in egg, which also contain vitamins A and D.
 RAW VEGETABLE THERAPY
 With gradual digestive improvement, he was able to add raw tomatoes and cucumbers and by dipping lettuce, celery, and
cabbage in boiling water for only a few seconds, they were made palatable. He juiced hard raw vegetables like carrots. With advancing years, he reduced his intake of liver, totally excluding other animal flesh. He accustomed himself to some
cheese in addition to eggs, getting a good supply of essential amino acids. He then added plant proteins such as soybean
in the form of easily digestible curds, adding a dressing of ground nut oil. Also added were legumes, ground nuts, lotus
seeds, and natural supplements like wheat germ and yeast. As his anemic condition improved, he took liver once a week or
two weeks and relied mainly on sugar cane, beans, spinach, and other iron-rich plant foods. Thus, he gradually learned to
maintain his nitrogen equilibrium without having to take meat every day. copyright © Dr. Stanley S. Bass   (718) 648-1500    www.drbass.com 14 On his almost meatless and low starch diet, he was constantly on guard against the development of hypoproteinemia and
hypoglycemia. On some occasions he did experience mild symptoms of these conditions, but by repeatedly adjusting his
menu, he was gradually able to assess his daily requirements of protein and sugar. He always made allowance for vital
food factors as yet undiscovered, so he followed no fixed menu based on known nutrients, but constantly altered his menu. “Raw vegetable therapy, when judiciously carried out, could be a great help to the cancer patient in his fight for survival,
but for the therapy to be successful, a sound knowledge of the nutrients – particularly of essential amino acids – present in
various types of food is essential.”
 Wong was convinced of the importance of auto-psychotherapy, wherein the patient understood that the human body is
self-healing and the natural tendency in illness is always towards recovery (called homeostasis), provided that the
causation of the illness is removed. Faith and determination in one’s recovery are essential, and if the physician can instill in
the patient the faith in the intrinsic power of the body to fight off the disease, and assure him of the chances of a final
victory, the best chances of success are then possible. Add to this the inspiration and confidence which comes when the
patient sees progressive improvement in his condition, the gradual abatement and regression of his cancerous growth, as
well as the steady increase in strength and vigor, and success is assured. In his recovery from cancer, all his chronic afflictions which existed prior to his developing cancer disappeared – viz. colds,
sore throat, sinusitis,  gingivitis, hay fever, indigestion, and insomnia. His sense of smell and taste gradually returned, the
tumor continued to regress slowly but surely, and within eight months he was completely cleared of nasal obstruction. He
was carefully examined at a hospital and the doctor stated, “You seem to be all right. There’s no trace of the tumor.”
 He learned to avoid the cancer recurrence which he so greatly feared, by constant vigilance. By his 35th birthday, he was
so improved in health and vigor that he was able to jog for hours without feeling unduly tired. “And all the while I had adhered to the Single Meal Routine – a diet which gave me little more than 1000 calories of energy
daily. On the Single Meal Routine I have been able to maintain my body weight constant at 100 lbs. – not an abnormally low
weight for an Asian of average height. This amounts to a loss of only about 10 lbs. compared to my body weight in early
youth, when I was eating three or four meals a day. But paradoxically, my reduction in weight was compensated by
increased vigor, a keen appetite, and – most important of all – a gradual abatement of all my chronic ailments and complete
eradication of cancer.”
 For the past 14 years since his biopsy, free from colds, hay fever, and catarrhal troubles and in recent years, with further
improvement in health and vigor, he was able to indulge in strenuous sports like badminton, judo, and weight lifting in
addition to running. “I must add that, despite my increasing daily expenditure of energy, I haven’t increased substantially the quantity of food
eaten daily. Yet, during the past few years, I have been able to gain a few pounds in weight. The mechanism of human
metabolism is certainly more complex than can be simply explained in terms of calorie requirements. ’”
 The treatment for cancer does not end with the cure – the cure is just the beginning of the treatment. It is appalling to think
of the number of supposedly “cured” cancer patients who continue to die needlessly because they won’t make any personal
effort to guard against recurrence of the disease! “My recovery from cancer is in no way extraordinary or unique. The
recuperative power of the human body from illness to health can only be described as little short of amazing. The cure for
cancer must ultimately lie with the patient himself, and the reward of recovering is only for those who are prepared to
undergo with fortitude some degree of self-denial. “It is one of the most remarkable attributes of the human body that it can adapt itself to changes in habits of eating and
living with extreme flexibility. My Single Meal Routine, initially employed as a desperate measure to check a fatal disease,
has now become to me an established habit, inasmuch as I have come to look upon the three-meal-a-day routine as
something bothersome and tedious. I still adhere – though it is no longer necessary to do so with rigidity – to the raw food
diet, as I consider it a natural preventative against cancer recurrence. “My daily solo running has lost its initial boredom and become a pleasing habit. It has helped me build up a satisfactory
level of health; it has helped me, in my late forties, to maintain my blood pressure at around 120 mm (systolic) and to regain
and relive a youth long lost to ill health and disease. “To those cancer sufferers whose prospects of recovery seem dim, I would say ‘as long as there is still breath in the body
and the will to live, there is always hope... there will always be hope’.”
The recuperative power of the human body from illness to health can only be
described as little short of amazing. copyright © Dr. Stanley S. Bass   (718) 648-1500    www.drbass.com 15Interview with Dr. Bass
What problems can people run into during natural healing? When sick people begin to heal and detoxify they often seem to get even sicker. They may get new disease symptoms, like
headaches, colds, skin breakouts, fevers. This can cause some to panic and seek help from medical doctors, who will
prescribe drugs. Not a good idea, since drugs have an immediate effect of stopping the ongoing detox. So using drugs is a serious mistake. By avoiding necessary inner cleansing, people only prolong their disease, or even
make it worse. By allowing the detox, they will get well maximally fast. Is it possible to avoid detoxification symptoms? Orthopathic doctors can either design the natural recovery to be short and efficient with strong symptoms, if they think the
patient can handle it. Or design a really slow detox with very few, if any, symptoms. An example: As a young doctor I had a woman in her 60's who consulted me for high blood pressure. I noticed her fingers
seemed crooked from rheumatism, but didn't ask about it. I gave her an easy-to-follow diet of 3 meals per day - two raw and
one mixed cooked/raw. No water fasting. I adjusted the diet every month or 2 weeks when she came to visit. This was such
a slow detox that she didn't get detoxification symptoms. Her blood pressure improved steadily. When she came to visit the
8th month I noticed that her fingers looked straight, and asked her about it. Yes, she said, my fingers have straightened out
- and by the way, the


 the kidneys; a small amount
is lost through the skin by sweating. This mineral aids the kidneys in regulating body water,
for decreased Na+ promotes water excretion and an increased level promotes water retention
(edema). Testing for Na+ aids in evaluating fluid electrolytes, acid-base balance, and certain disorders
of the kidneys, adrenals, and neuromuscular system. The sodium blood test also determines the
effects of drug therapy such as diuretics on the body. For an adult, normally serum sodium levels
range from 135 to 145 mEq/L (mmol/L). For Gerson patients, a level of 127 is still acceptable. Sodium imbalance comes from either a change in water volume intake or variation in how
much sodium gets consumed. Elevated serum sodium levels (hypernatremia) may be caused by
inadequate water intake, diabetes insipidus, impaired renal function, prolonged hyperventilation,
severe vomiting, or severe diarrhea. Sodium retention also comes from consuming excessive
salt. The signs and symptoms of hypematremia are thirst, restlessness, dry mouth, sticky mucous
membranes, flushed skin, oliguria, diminished reflexes, hypertension, dyspnea, and edema. Ingesting too little sodium mineral for serum Na+ (hyponatremia) is rare and doesn’t even
happen on the low-sodium dietary program encouraged by the Gerson Therapy. There is always
some sodium coming from food. Still, hyponatremia can occur, and its indications appear
as apprehension, lassitude, headache, decreased skin turgor, abdominal cramps, tremors, or
convulsions. It can come on from profuse sweating, gastrointestinal suctioning, diuretic therapy,
diarrhea, vomiting, adrenal insufficiency, bums, and chronic renal insufficiency with acidosis. If
you do have testing for serum sodium performed, make sure to get a urine sodium determination
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www.thegersonway.comThe Serum Potassium Laboratory Test
The laboratory test for serum potassium, a quantitative analysis, is the measurement of blood
potassium for regulation of homeostasis, osmotic equilibrium, muscle activity, enzyme activity,
acid-base balance, and kidney function. Potassium (K+) is the body’s major intracellular ion (a
cation); small amounts of it are also found in the extracellular fl uid. Since the kidneys excrete nearly all the ingested potassium, a dietary intake of at least 40
mEq/day (mmol/d) is essential. A normal diet usually includes 60 to 100 mEq/day of this mineral. In the blood, normal K+ levels range from 3.8 to 5.5 mEq/liter (mmol/L). Vital to maintaining electrical conduction within the cardiac and skeletal muscles, K+ is
affected by variations in the secretion otadrenal steroid hormones and by fluctuations in pH,
serum glucose levels, and serum sodium levels. A reciprocal relationship exists between K+ and
Na+; the substantial intake of one causes a corresponding decrease in the other. Although the
body readily conserves sodium, potassium deficiency may develop rapidly and is quite common,
because there is no efficient method for conserving potassium. The laboratory test for serum potassium is used to evaluate clinical signs of either potassium
excess (hyperkalemia) or potassium depletion (hypokalemia). It also monitors kidney function,
acid-base balance, and glucose metabolism, and evaluates arrhythmias, neuromuscular disorders,
and endocrine disorders. Hyperkalemia is common in patients with excessive cellular K+ entering
the blood as in cases of burns, crushing injuries, di:Ibetic ketoacidosis, and myocardial infarction. It will also be present where there is reduced sodium excretion from renal failure that causes an
abnormal Na+-K+ exchange and in Addison’s disease caused by the absence of aldosterone, with
consequent K+ buildup and Na+ depletion. Note: Although elevated serum potassium is uncommon in Gerson Therapy patients, if it
does occur, supplemental potassium should be reduced or temporarily discontinued. Then the
consulting Gerson-trained physician should immediately be consulted. The signs and symptoms of hyperkalemia are weakness, malaise, nausea, diarrhea,
colicky pain, muscle irritability progressing to flaccid paralysis, oliguria, and bradycardia. An
electrocardiogram (EKG) reveals a prolonged PR interval; wide QRS; tall, tented T wave; and
ST depression. Indications of hypokalemia are decreased reflexes; rapid, weak, irregular pulse;
mental confusion; hypotension; anorexia; muscle weakness; and paresthesia. The EKG shows
a flattened T wave, ST depression, and U wave elevation. In severe cases of hypokalemia,
ventricular fibrillation, respiratory paralysis, and cardiac arrest could occur. 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 181Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comThe Serum Chloride Laboratory Test
The laboratory test for serum chloride, another quantitative analysis, is a measurement of
blood levels of the chloride ion (Cl-), the major extracellular fluid anion. Interacting with Na+,
Clhelps maintain the osmotic pressure, blood volume, arterial pressure, and acid-base balance. Chloride is absorbed from the intestines and is excreted primarily by the kidneys. By evaluating the body’s fluid status, the serum chloride laboratory test detects two
types of fluid imbalances, acid-base (acidosis and alkalosis) and extracellular cation-anion. Normally serum chloride levels range from 100 to 108 mEq/liter (mmol/L). Maintaining a
normal amount of chloride in the blood reflects acid-base balance by its inverse relationship to
bicarbonate. Excessive loss of gastric juices or other secretions containing chloride may cause
hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis or excessive chloride retention. Ingesting it may lead to
hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis. Elevated serum chloride levels (hyperchloremia) can come on from severe dehydration,
complete renal shutdown, head injury (which produces neurogenic hyperventilation), and
primary aldosteroism. Manifestations consist of stupor, rapid and deep breathing, and weakness
that leads to coma. A situation of low chloride levels in the blood (hypochloremia) is associated with reduced
blood sodium and potassium levels coming from prolonged vomiting, gastric suctioning,
intestinal fistula, chronic renal failure, or Addison’s disease. Congestive heart failure, or edema
resulting in excess extracellular fluid, can cause dilutional hypochloremia. The indications are
hypertonicity of muscles, tetany, and depressed respirations. The Lactic Dehydrogenase (LDH) Laboratory Test
The laboratory test for lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) is a measurement of five specific
isoenzymes which catalyze the reversible conversion of pyruvic acid present in all muscles of the
body into lactic acid. Many common diseases—myocardial infarction (MI), pulmonary infarction,
anemias, liver disease, kidney disease, erythrocytic damage, and others—cause elevations in total
lactic dehydrogenase, and the LDH laboratory test is useful for dif ferentiating between them. The five identified isoenzymes in lactic dehydrogenase are LDH1 and LDH2 appearing in the
heart, red blood cells, and kidneys; LDH3 in the lungs; and LDH4 and LDH5 in the liver and the
skeletal muscles. Testing for these enzymes is especially appropriate for the delayed measurement
of creatine phosphokinase (CPK) associated with MI and for monitoring patient response to some
forms of chemotherapy. Total LDH levels normally range from 48 to 115 U/L. Normal distribution
of the five isoenzymes is as follows:
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www.thegersonway.com LDH1: 17.5% to 28.3% of total
 LDH2: 30.4% to 36.4% of total
 LDH3: 19.2% to 24.8% of total
 LDH4:   9.6% to 15.6% of total
 LDH5:   5.5% to 12.7% of total
Since a vast number of illnesses involve the enzymes of LDH, this laboratory test for lactic
dehydrogenase is broadly employed for establishing diagnoses. The Aspartate Transaminase/Serum
GLUTAMIC -OXALOACETIC  TRANSAMINASE  (AST /SGOT) L ABORATORY  TEST
The laboratory blood examination for aspartate transaminase and serum glutamic-oxaloacetic
(AST/SGOT) is a measurement of specific amino


 to bring back from your silence. If you have something that is r eally troubling you or you’re struggling
with, giv e yourself 20 to 30 minutes to push all the thoughts out. Y ou’re
going to be able to bring back from that silence the solutions to the things
that are such a challenge for you. The greatest tribute you can give yourself is a moment of silence. Much
like when someone passes on w ho is very dear to us, we giv e them that
moment of silence. Give yourself the same tribute, and you’ll find yourself
reaching higher states of awareness. This is perhaps one o f the most
important suggestions I can give you. — Lighten your load. Go  through all of the possessions that you no
longer use, and share them with others. Y ou can do this w ith virtually
everything you own. Do it both  to be charitable and to ease you r load. Just
lighten up a little bit, and don’ t tell yourself that you must have these things. Whatever you feel you need owns you, and you can’ t be enligh tened when
you are owned by a bunch of stuf f.
— Dir ect your attention to that which pleases you. Remember that
what you think about is what expands, so keep your mental en er gy on that
which is  pleasin g and inspiring. Every time you have a thought that doesn’ t
fill the bill, very gently move it out to say, “Next.” Pass that one along and
keep your attention focused on something higher. Instead of putting on the television and listening to all of the distressing
news an d seekin g out the kinds of things that only serve to bring you down,put on some gentle music. T r y to get out of the habit of having your
attention distracted with negativity, which is what the media is really
pushing on us to day. Surround yourself with positivity—be it by  putting on
uplifting music or audio progra ms or just focusing on your empowering
thoughts—and y ou’ll see heightened awareness showing up in your life
each and every day. As y ou continue along your in dividual process of awakening,  can you
look back on the “dream” you’ ve been living so far? The ego may try to
convince you that you can’ t rea lly change, that things are the way they are
and that’ s that. When you he ar those messages, remind yourself that
whatever universal law that has ever allowed any miracle to transpire in the
history o f humanity, that law has  never been repealed. It’ s still on the books,
and it is an ener gy that is always available to you. The ego also insists that the world of form is where you belong, this is
your place, this is home. Y our higher self knows that this is just a transitory
stop, for who you truly are is eternal, formless, and changeless, and could
never be contained here. Y ou can, however, enjoy heaven on earth, and it’ s
all courtesy of your higher self. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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        W hen we can send love to them rather than hatred, we open
up the internal ener gy source that gives us heightened spiritual awareness. — Surr ender, whi ch involves an act of the heart. Surrendering takes
place in a moment, and the way you do it is by no longer asking, “Why me. Why is this happening to me. ” Surrendering means that you simply let go. When I surrender, I say, “I’m on  purpose; I’m only here to serve. ” I then
find that I’m no t alone. When y ou learn to surrender and let go, and realize
that you ’re not in fa ct alone, you’ll have gotte n your ego out of the way. The universe handles the details, your higher self begins to rule, and it is
bliss. — Give yo urself t ime each day fo r silence. Y ou  can call it meditation,
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baleful results that lead to untimely demise. Tobe sure, persons are reported to have lived tonear or quite an hundred years of age ashabitual meat ers, but their occupations or
activities have been favourable to burning upthe dregs of metabolism, and the belief isreasonable that if they had not been thus self-abusing during the first century of their life
they might have gone quite a piece into thesecond century with their matured experience,example, and wisdom, serving the world to goodadvantage. THE USE OF MEAT. That meat is an emergency expedient in the
natural nutrition of man is pretty certain.Strictly speaking, we are all of us subsisting onmeat all of the time, but it is only one degree
removed from the vegetable kingdom, when we
ingest only the first fruits of the soil, asvegetarians do, and make meat of it within us.The vegetable nutriment is transformed intoour own flesh and blood in the form of fatchiefly, and then is used to furnish whateverheat and repair material we happen to need.When second-hand, already dead anddecomposing meat is eaten and thus used forlife-giving purposes, it is really not only second-hand supply but third-hand material. Forinstance, we may subsist exclusively onvegetable or farinaceous material and get ourrepair or fuel supply from such sources only.The result is, in part, the forming of the walls of
our own stomach. These walls are meat. Shouldwe turn into cannibals, devouring each other asthe Pacific (?) Islanders used to treatmissionaries and enemies, the stomach wallsbecome tripe and are easily digestible. Whilethey were live walls, holding in place glandssecreting powerful gastric juice, they resistedthe digestive aggression of their own juice, butthe moment they were separated from their ownliving combination, quite similar gastric juicedigested them as quickly as it does the whitemeat of a pet chicken. It is physiologicallypossible to cut out a part or the whole of ourown stomach, and then devour and digest it astripe in the small intestines. Hence it is that we are all meat ers, perforce,
but not all of us are third-degree-removedcannibals. What we call " pure vegetarians " areonly second-hand meat ers. I am indebted to the distinguished champion
tennis-player, diet-reformer, and restauratorEustace Miles, for the name " Meaters " todesignate those who eat meat; and I have coinedthe term " Mealers " to stand for those who takeonly first-hand earth-fruit products for their
nutrition, disregarding the fact that all aremeal ers who take meals of victuals. To offset
this addition to the vocabulary, it would do noharm to drop off the use of " Meals " and " Victuals," leaving " Meal " to mean only onething; viz., ground cereals or vegetables. *
One of the details of carefulness in
Fletcherism is expressed in the statement thatwe should not proscribe as food anything thatNature permits to be utilized as food ; but thesame carefulness prescribes that we do notprescribe it as food for everybody all of the time. Everything in its proper time and place is one ofthe common-sense rules of the system. Captain Amundsen and his comrades, as I
have already observed, were quite justified in
* It is not outside the province of Fletcherism to Fletcherize
our vocabulary and make it as single-meaning as possible in the
interest of simplicity. The term " Fletcherize " is alreadycommonly used to suggest analysis and digestion of crude raw
material other than food, and has come into use in literary
circles with especial usefulness. Young reporters on newspapersare often told by editors to take their " copy " in hand and
 " Fletcherize " it before handing it in for printing. Even such a
judicial person as Mayor Gaynor, of New York, had recourserecently to such advice relative to evidence, but he called it by a
name of his own not yet in common use.devouring their faithful and friendly sledge dogs
when necessary to preserve their own lives. Ihave the acquaintance of a collie dog whom Ilove devotedly; and I say  "whom " appropriatelybecause he is as intelligent as I am, and farmore consistent in his habits of orderliness andnaturalness. He is a real gentleman at all timesand as good a Fletcherite when the foodsubstance and occasion demand as I am. He haslearned to eat and enjoy apples and no one couldgive more careful mouth-treatment to somesorts of food than Bruce. I am sure that hewould want me to eat him if I needed him topreserve my life, just as unselfishly as theJapanese soldiers, and more recently theBalkanese soldiers, gave their lives for theircauses. Whether I would eat him or not I cannotsay, and I do not know if he would have similarconsideration or otherwise for me. I merely use this illustration as an aside in
consideration of the question of flesh eating onemergency or sentimental grounds. Naturepermits Bruce and me to eat each other, and ifwe managed it skilfully we could attack eachother's extremities at the same time, as long aswe did not encroach on our vital machinery, and
really eat each other up, as young lovers wouldlike to do. Thus much for sentiment. We are subsisting
on ourselves all of the time; we can nourishourselves at the expense of each other if we will. We can eat human flesh as nourishingly as
we can a Spring chicken, and if we do not knowwhat we are eating, Nature will say us never "No," but there are other considerations morepractical for every-day consideration. Theseare : physiological and economic expediency. MEAT  AND URIC ACID. In the thorough investigation that Dr.
Hindhede, of Copenhagen, has conducted for thepast few years, and in which I have assisted, Ihave followed the quest with eagerness becauseof the thoroughness of it. It has been proventhat very little protein or nitrogen is needed forthe human body even under strain of hardestphysical or mental activity. On the other hand,it has been found that any appreciable excess ofprotein or nitrogen results in both uric acidsecretion and increased blood-pressure,meaning, in all probability, finally fatal strain
on the organism. It has also been demonstratedthat it is almost impossible to take the leanermeats without getting more protein or nitrogenthan the body needs. It is quite easy to get excessive protein and
nitrogen from vegetable, farinaceous, and hen-fruit material, and cheeses are richer thananything in these " strong " food ingredients ;but these are not such subtle foolers of theappetite as meats done up in spicy gravies andaccompanied by appetising fats. I purposely avoid giving any figures relative
to the food values under mention because thefirst rule of Fletcherism in connection with theselection and intake of food is to leave thatentirely to appetite, working intelligently andnormally in relation to the food that is availableat the moment. To my thinking, the most important
consideration is economy, not alone of themoney cost of food, but economy of energy-consumption within the body. There may betimes when economy of money-cost means muchto persons struggling to lay aside anindependent competency for the purchase of
leisure in old age, or for insurance againstbecoming a burden upon others; and this is sureto happen to all who are not cursed by thehandicap of money inheritance. But it is theinternal economy of the body that counts lormost in estimating values. There is no doubtbut what flesh food is a stimulant of the same orsimilar character as alcohol. Both of thesesubtle agents of intemperance invite thestarting and accumulation of vicious cycles orcircles (swirls) of over-stimulation that have onebad effect, at least, on the comfort and efficiencyof the muscular tissues. They facilitate fatigueand " that tired feeling," and also may result incontingent " soreness " of muscle after unusualexercise. Faithful Fletcherizing has resulted in
regulating these matters in away that isnothing less than marvellous until the reasonsare revealed. Not only does observance of the habit and
practice which Mr. Rockefeller has condensedinto thirty-three words, including severalrepetitions for emphasis, result in settling thequestions of appropriateness, economy,
emergencies, and comfort in general betweenthe Meat ers and the Meal ers; between the
mixed Meat ers and Meal ers; and between the
Physiology and Psychology of normality ; andwhich Mr. Rockefeller calls " Fletcherizing," buta whole lot of beneficent cycles or circles(rhythms) of profitable felicities are set inmotion. TO SUM UP. The Meal ers have the advantage of the
argument in that they are always on the saferside of prudence, and there is no realdeprivation involved in the experiment. At the present moment I am, personally, still
in the experimental field as regards everythingthat Nature permits as food or drink. There isone point that vegetarianism has notsatisfactorily answered as yet. The greatmajority of conscientious vegetarians have notthe pink complexion that is usually reckoned asa sign of beauty or robustness, but I haveknown one, Frederick Madsen (Madsen theFaithful), an assistant of Dr. Hindhede inCopenhagen, to subsist on potatoes and butter,
or margarine, alone, for three hundred daysconsecutively, stopping only because thepotatoes to be


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are
also
various
anaerobes,
purulent
staphylococcus,
enterococcus,
bacillus
causing
blue
pus
and
others. Where
do
these
bacteria
come
from
and
how
do
they
enter
the
urinary
system? They
all
come
from
the
large
intestine
where
putrefaction
occurs! These
bacteria
multiply
during
them. The
intestinal
bacillus
multiplies
and
instead
of
serving
the
organism,
becomes
pathogenic
or
disease-causing. The
cause
of
rotting
in
the
colon
is
our
unhealthy
diet. Therefore,
the
treatment
procedure
for
kidney
problems
must
be
as
follows:
transition
to
a
moderate
and
separate
diet,
cleansing
of
the
large
intestine(its
acidification
with
enemas
with
variously
treated
urine)
and
only
then
direct
action
on
the
focus
of
the
disease
itself. Many
acute
and
chronic
kidney
diseases
can
be
successfully
treated
with
urine. The
methodology
of
its
use
in
the
given
case
is
very
simple:
drink
50-100
grams
of
urine
per
ex
3
times
a
day
before
meals,
apply
urine
compresses
with
the
help
of
a
woolen
cloth
to
the
kidney
area
for
two
or
more
hours. Cleansing
of
the
large
intestine
is
necessary,
and
in
severe,
neglected
cases,
fasting
on
urine
and
water
with
massage
of
the
whole
body
with
urine
for
one
to
three
hours. In
particular,
this
massage
will
make
it
possible
to
significantly
acidify
the
organism
and
destroy
particularly
persistent
forms
of
infection
in
the
kidneys. By
the
way,
an
infection
in
the
kidneys
and
urinary
tract
is
the
cause
of
stones
and
sand. Therefore,
the
given
recommendations
are
also
useful
in
the
treatment
of
kidney
stones. Why
some
people's
kidneys
stop
working
at
the
age
of
30:
Because
doctors
at
j
any
diseases
begin
to
try
any
drugs
on
the
sick
person
and
poisoning
occurs
with
these
drugs. The
kidneys
take
it
away
first. The
body
begins
to
swell,
(water
does
not
leave
it),
the
additional
load
weakens
the
heart. A
weak
heart
does
not
supply
the
body
with
enough
oxygen
and
the
person
breathes
hard. Further,
it
swells,
weakens,
becomes
clogged
with
waste
and
poisons,
and
dies,
despite
"the
most
modern
methods
of
treatment." Drinking
urine,
massages
and
various
compresses
with
urine
help
restore
the
kidneys,
promote
urine
excretion. It
also
restores
the
excretion
of
wastes
and
poisons
through
the
kidneys
and
colon. The
work
of
the
heart
and
the
supply
of
oxygen
to
the
tissues
improves. This
will
be
reflected
in
a
significant
improvement
in
mood
and
restoration
of
the
original
body
shapes
and
weight. Example:
Patient,
17
years
old:
"I
had
the
flu,
after
which
my
kidneys
got
worse. They
admitted
me
to
the
hospital
with
a
diagnosis
of
"acute
glomerulonephritis
with
nephrotic
syndrome". They
treated
me
with
antibiotics,
heparin,
anti-inflammatory
drugs,
they
gave
me
10
injections,
30-35
tablets
of
various
drugs,
drips. Nothing
helped. Eventually
they
started
giving
me
hormones
and
blood. I
don't
know
how
it
would
have
ended. By
chance,
I
learned
about
urine
therapy
and
started
applying
it
myself. After
a
week,
the
analyzes
improved. Before
that,
I
had
two
units
of
protein. I
refused
hormonal
drugs
and
continued
to
drink
three
sips
of
urine
in
the
morning. After
the
hormones,
I
gained
11
kg,
my
whole
body
was
covered
with
a
rash
and
my
periods
stopped. My
stomach
started
to
hurt
and
I
was
constipated. After
two
weeks
of
urine
therapy,
menstruation
normalized,
the
rash
has
almost
disappeared,
the
stomach
and
intestines
work
as
before,
the
weight
has
improved." Comment
and
recommendation:
Here,
treatment
was
done
without
starvation. It
is
important
to
help
the
body
to
remove
everything
unnecessary
and
it
will
heal
itself. Intensive
chemotherapy,
on
the
other
hand,
can,
as
in
the
case
of
this
girl,
attract
people
to
drugs
until
death
and
hormonal
treatment
"disrupt"
the
functioning
of
the
entire
organism. Therefore,
examine
and
observe
your
body,
do
not
entrust
your
health
to
other
people's
hands. Example:
Armstrong
tells
how
he
cured
a
man
suffering
from
kidney
stones. An
X-ray
showed
a
large
stone
and
the
surgeon
insisted
on
its
removal,
otherwise
his
life
was
in
danger. The
patient,
on
Armstrong's
advice,
began
drinking
all
his
urine
and
fasting
regularly
for
several
days
at
a
time. His
condition
quickly
improved,
the
pain
stopped,
the
urine
improved. In
three
months,
the
examination
showed
normalization
of
kidney
function. Comment
and
recommendation:
If
poultices
made
of
evaporated
quarter
urine
are
applied
to
the
area
of
  the
kidneys
(on
the
cross)
for
2-4
hours
a
day,
then
the
cleansing
of
the
kidneys
and
the
excretion
of
stones
takes
place
much
faster. Example:
“My
aunt's
kidneys
were
full
of
stones. Stones
were
surgically
removed
from
one
of
her
kidneys. The
second
kidney
was
supposed
to
be
operated
on
in
half
a
year,
when
the
first
kidney
was
healed. So
far,
on
someone's
advice,
my
aunt
has
started
drinking
my
five-year -old
son's
urine. Half
a
year
later,
the
surgeon
looked
at
the
X-rays
and
wondered
where
the
stones
from
the
other