, flushed his nostrils with it, washed his eyes with it for ten
minutes, gargled with it, 'placed wet-pack of urine on his pate for
reducing baldness and massaged limbs with it. He has' given up salt,
ghee, oils, jaggery and sugar. This practice he has so far continued
for the last six months.
Earlier sugar count in blood was 210 mg. which came down to 220 : AUTO-URINE THERAPY
130 mg. Now he has.diswntinued insulin injection. Daily he takes
only half a tablet of Diolin. Now the blood pressure has steadied at
130/85. All swellings hav~ subsided. He is regaining his old health.
Body is active and mind is full of cheer. Appetite is normal. Walks
daily two miles slowly and yet has no breathlessness. He is so
enamoured of the therapy that he is always all praise for the old and
new votaries of the auto-urine therapy for which he feels gratitute.
-EDITOR
2. Kidney Stone : Shri S. K. Pandit. C.I.B. Officer, Raipur (M.P.)
aged 45. From 1970 he had pain in his right kidney. After tryingall
types of treatment in 1975 under the supervison of Shri K. G. Pandit
he resorted to urine therapy, He was kept for a month on urine,
water and milk, as he could not sustain a fast. He would eat greens
and fruit in ample measure and would take triphala (an Ayurvedic
medicine) for bowel movement. He would dringk urine thrice and
massage with old urine. His pain has gone. For the last two years he
feels no complaint. But since a fourth of the hardened substance
(stone) still remains he is advised to continue the urine and massage
treatment.
-EDITOR
Shri Natwarlal Ambalal Amodawalal writes in his letter of
5-9-1977:
110n May 30, 1977 1 began feeling pain in my stomach. And then
for the whole day I could not pass urine so got mysefl admitted to
Civil Hospital. The surgeon declared that I was a case of kidney
stone. For thirty days I took medicines and injections which gave
considerabel relief. During this period in the hospital a book on
auto-urine therapy came to my hand. I followed it and practised
auto-urine experiment. After continuous three months' practice of
the therapy I have been completely free from the ailment.11
3. Pain in Kidneys and Chest : Shri Gurnam Singh is a big
building contractor of Ludhiana (Punjab). He used to suffer from
· pain in the chest and the kindeys. He got himself admitted ot the DISEASES OF KIDNEYS : 221
Gandhi Nature Cure Ashram. Falloura and underwent treatment for
two months without any cure. The local. ur1ne therapist shri Vi jay
Kumar Gupta, Advocate, advised him to adopt urine therapy. This
he accepted and within 15 days got himself testored to health.
• EDITOK
4. Albuminuria: The Mumbai Samachar, 19-7-72, had published
a report of the recovery of Shri Kiran Dhirajlal. The following is its
translation :
11lrf 1963 I became a patient of albuminuria. Doctors stated that
allopathy had no rem~dy for it. Six weeks' allopthic treatment could
make no effect. At last, dejected I came to Bombay with my father
to get proper treatm_ent. The medical experts there also said that it
had no remedy. Three months' stay in Bombay and allopathic
treatment too could make no dent on the complaint.
So at my father;s instance I began the.auto-urine treatment. I
used to drink all the urine I could pass. On the fourth day
. examination of urine showed that there was no strain·of albumen in
urine. Whatever was not possib~e for more than four months'
allopthic treatment;~_was accomplished by auto-urine therapy in
three days. After a f2..\> more days' treatment of the same I was fully
restored to health. I am now fully hale and hearty.
On the strength of my experience I encouraged others to resort
to urine therapy. Those who have undergone this treatment with
faith and patience have been fully cured. When an old woman
suffering from a few incurable diseases and was counting her last
days on deathbed, someone introduced her to wine treatment. And
she is wholly restored to health due to auto-urine therapy.
5. Blood appearing in urine passage : Shri Chandramani Pan~ey
writes from Chaudi (Dist, Nalanda, Bihar) on January 25, 1974:
11My mother is about 52 years old. For the last five years she
used to bleed through her urine· passage. One day she even
became unconscious due to unusually heavy flow of blood. Though
IV.T.-17 222 : AUTO:URINE THERAPY
she was admitted to a Patna hospital, after examination the doctor
said. 'Take her home quietly.' Thus all the relatives were in dispair.
Fortunately a neighbour gave a book on auto-urine to my father.
Reading this there.emerged a silver lining to the dark clouds of
despair. After long persuasion my mother agreed to the treatment.
She would drink her urine and my sister would massage her with
seven days' old urine. In a short while she was cured and restored
to health.
The same treatment has profited me in freeing me from
five-year-old eczema. Others also are equally being profited by
following my example."
6. Pus in urine and backache : Shrimati Kamaladevi Choradia,
30 years, of Sardar Shahr (Rajasthan) was suffering from backac~e
and pus in her urine. Having been thoroughly disappointed with
allopathic treatment she went to Momasar to get treated by Shri
Bhojraj Sancheti in May 19;72. pstening her tale of woe Shri
Sancheti warned her : "There are possibilites in urie therapy of
reactions and· aggravations. Only after patiently o;ind firmly braving
them can One acqulre freedom from disease." On her amusing him
of her eagerness and faith Bhojraj began treatment of urine therapy. ·
On the first day she suffered from frequent vomits and motions. On
the second day motions subsided but vomiting continued till three
days. But Kamaladevi was not disheartened.- On the 14th day the
fast was broken with mosambi juice. For some days she was kept
on juice. Later she resumed her light diet. To be relieved of the
gases, headache, etc.-the usual reactions of western medication -
she restored to hip-bath. For about two months she drank urine
thrice and massaged for two hours. After three or four' months she
was utterly well and completely regained her health and strenght.
-EDITOR CHAPTER VII
DISEASES OF NERVES
· 1. Paralysis : Shri Pritam Singh works in Gandhi Ashram, Hapur
(Dist. Merath). He is 42. His right arm was paralysed and the neck
had1_:turned to his left. Both the parts pained. A month's allopathic
· ·treatment proved futile. Chaudhri Nekiram, the Ashram Manager,
'ad~ised him to try urine treatment. After 15 days of thrice or four
. ~~tl.mes in take of urine and its massage in the sun he was completely
, •l"eli·eved of both his complaints.
2. Pain in legs and Other Complaints : Jain Muni Shri
Chhajuram thus narrated his experiences of urine therapy on March
9, 1975, in Ambala:
"I am of 70 years. I was suffering from constipation for years. My
knees and sleeves were giving me pain for the last 20 years. It was
with great difficulty that I could stand or sit down or mcve about.
There was pain and sprain in my chest and stomach, high blood
pressure.and hypertension, insomnia and loss of appetite. Allopathy
GOI,.lld not give any relief. Ayurveda no doubt gave some but not of
lasting nature.
Thus I had to resort to u'rine ·treatment in 1974. Drank urine
several times a.nd massaged with it for 30 minutes every day. Took
meals only once every day. Within a week I had some relief; by a
month's time I was half way to recovery and by about ten weeks'
time I was free from all ailments.
For the last 20-25 years I used glasses. But I had to take
medicines for blurred vision. But since initiation into urine therapy, 1
have stopped taking medicines. I apply urine to eyes also. I also
persuade others to have ccourse to this invaluable remedy and be


  Were I to "lay  down the law"  too forcibly for all and sundry,
I should also be termed a dogmatist.  It might likewise savour of the
dogmatic  if I were to say that one meal a day,  or two at most, are
sufficient  for the maintenance  of health and  strength.  Yet in my own
case,  I have found in the end that one meal suffices me. This is to say,
however,  whether it sounds  dogmatic  or not, namely that all violent
and  sudden alterations  in diet are only wise if undertaken  after a fast.
People who for humanitarian  reasons have suddenly taken to
vegetarianism  have frequently  had  to suffer for their high‐ mindedness.
Nature  objects to sudden changes of this kind.  Conversely,  people who
have found that vegetarianism  disagrees  with them and  then have
suddenly taken to flesh‐foods, have also had to pay for their policy. But‐
not so if they  have  made tie change after a urine‐fast, the length of
which  has been regulated  according  to their condition  and  the nature
(though not the name) of their malady.  116
 And here  let me add  a word to‐this  chapter regarding  the enforced
fasts of survivors in open boats, who when faced with a deficiency  of
water,  eventually  resort to drinking their own urine. A correspondent
has objectingly  written to me saying that there are a number  of cases
or record of sailors who have drunk  their own urine when adrift at sea,
and  have died  in consequence.  But  surely the writer is confounding
effect and cause, nor  does his deduction  tally with the Admiralty's
admission  that “the practice is harmless.”  The truth  is that these
unfortunate  men had  in all likelihood  only started to drink  their own
urine when in extremis. Had  they  started to take it from the first, they
would have modified  their actual  sufferings  from food and  water
starvation.  But of course in such cases one has to take into account  the
bad  effects of exposure and  the constant anxiety that attends  such
horrible experiences.  Unfortunates  who are cast drift  in a boat are,
needless  to say,  continually  harassed by the idea that they  are going to
perish from  hunger and thirst. Could  they  be freed from this idea  and at
the same time assured  that urine drinking is not only harmless  but
actually beneficial,  the experience  would hold for them less terrors. If it
was generally known that a man can subsist  for what may  seem to the
uninitiated  an extraordinary  long time on urine only, the knowledge
would prove  of enormous  value against  the debilitating  effect of fear‐
thoughts.  I may  mention that the longest fast I can record was that of a
man  who fasted 101 days for blindness  brought about by a sting in one
eye and  the l ong continued  use of atropin in both. But such a lengthy
fast  would not have been feasible without  the  urinerubbings  (in
addition to the urine intake)  which  play so i mportant  a part in urine‐
therapy.
 117
 CHAPTER  XIX.
SOME  PRACTICAL  SUGGESTIONS

In one of the American  States a law still exists making it illegal for a
husband to kiss his wife on a Sunday! Of course, no one pays the
slightest  attention,  because  the law is not and cannot be enforced,  and
because it only involves the parties concerned.  But it is a very different
matter wirh  laws involving huge commercial  interests A kiss is not a
manufacturable  commodity,  serums and  radium  plants  are ‐and  that is
the trouble.  To the pure in heart, which  means the unselfish,  altruistic
and  uncommercially  minded, it seems doubtless  a curious  irony that
the treatment  of certain said‐to‐be incurable  diseases has become
illegal  except at the hands  of those who cannot cure  them. This is
ostensibly  to "protect the public." Yet the logician  may  ask, to protect
the public from what or from  whom? We presume  from such persons
as fraudulently  profess to cure  what they  know  perfectly  well that they
are unable to cure,  and who merely trade on the innocence  and
ignorance  of the unwary. Well, such a law has its advantages,  but it also
has its, drawbacks.  Besides, it would be more  convincing  if the usual
measures  adopted  by the Medical Profession  wh agitated so that the
law should be passed, were (1) instrumental  in saving the lives of those
it professed  o protect, and (2) if those measures  were not of so highly a
lucrative nature. Operations  for cancer are more  costly to the patient
than a few relatively harmless  herbs sold by quacks (some of which
have been known  to do good) and a radium plant  is a coctly affair for
the purchasers  and very profitable  to its vendors, as also is radium  itself.  118
 Many doctors, as we have seen, of both the allopathic  and
homoeopathic  schools,  have warned their confreres  of the
unsatisfactory  results  obtained  both by surgery ‐aid  radium, but
without  any appreciable  effect, for the a iium or operative  treatment  is
still boosted as the “correct” treatment  for malignancy.
All the same


 letting Holy Spirit go before you
and lead you in the decisions of your life. You are making decisions to
unwind from the ego-thought system. The only way you authentically
unwind is to decide with God, to decide with Spirit, as you move
forward. It is beautiful and very, very practical. It can almost become
like the song of your heart: “Today I will make no decisions by myself. Instead, I want to be led. I am ready to be led. ” As you get into the joy of
joining, it becomes obvious that this is truly the way because there is
lightness and happiness with it. We can get to an experience of this gentle presence and guidance
together with others. If two individuals are deeply attuned to each other
and to the Holy Spirit, they can actually hear the same guidance
simultaneously. This is a glorious experience. It’s like becoming one
with another being. This is an experience apart from time, a holy instant
when you see no difference between yourself and the other. In that
moment, there are no bodies or persons. It is a true moment of being one
mind. You can experience great harmony when you have synchronicities
like this. You look into each other ’s eyes and say: “Are you hearing what
I’m hearing. ” “Mmm mmm…” You don’t even have to finish a sentence
because you are both feeling the intuitive yes. Exercise: Opening to Spirit’ s Guidance
To listen to a recorded version of this exercise, go to
http://www. newharbinger. com/41870. Before you begin this exercis e, take a few breaths and relax
your mind. Close your eyes and take as much time as you need to
feel present and focused. As you move through this assignment, I
encourage you to allow any reactions or emotions to come up
freely. Don’t restrict or censor yourself. Think of an area in your life where you feel you need some
direction right now, big or small. Close your eyes and relax into a
space where you feel attentive, clear, and calm. Bring the area to
mind and hold it in awareness as you prepare to offer it to the
Holy Spirit. Allow any images to appear in your mind that
represent the essence of this issue for you. Take your time. Now,
imagine a large round golden platter in front of you, and see
yourself placing your issue on this golden platter and offering it to
Spirit. Think of Spirit as a vast, warm light. Then let it go. Don’t
think about it. Try not to think of anything at all. You have  brought
your issue to the Spirit; now relax. Imagine giving yourself over to the Holy Spirit completely in
this moment. Stay in this place of communion with the Holy Spirit
for as long as it feels helpful. Just be in the moment without
expectation. Now, exercise your willingness and present capacity
to trust. If you find yourself reverting back to worrying about the
situation and taking it back into your mind, that’s okay. Relax and
forgive yoursel f, and just begin again by placing the issue on the
platter and offering it to Spirit. And let it go.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the author's advice on what to do with thoughts and emotions after the exercise?,
A: Let them not hinder the peace that is your birthright.
Q: What is the author's perspective on the importance of trust in the Holy Spirit?,
A: Trust is the key to experiencing the ultimate experience and is a state of being that requires letting go of the ego's influence.
Q: What is the author's view on the role of the ego in decision-making?,
A: The ego wants to control and manipulate, but it is important to recognize that the ego's guidance is based on fear and will lead to unhappiness.
Q: What is the author's advice on how to discern whether one is following the ego or the Holy Spirit?,
A: The author advises to focus on how one feels, as the Holy Spirit's guidance is always accompanied by feelings of peace and joy, while the ego's guidance is accompanied by fear and doubt.
Q: What is the author's perspective on the importance of acceptance and trust in the Holy Spirit?,
A: The author emphasizes the importance of acceptance and trust in the Holy Spirit, as it allows for a state of inner guidance and peace, and ultimately leads to the experience of miracles and a life of purpose and fulfillment.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>If you were
married, if you had children, if you had a mortgage, and if you had a
boss, let’s see how happy you would be then.” Well, it would be really
strange if God would set up a world where some people could have
fortunate circum stances and other people could have unfortunate
circumstances. Wouldn’ t it be much more reasonable to think that
whatever world we are perceiving is there by our own choice? We have
chosen our life the way we know it. We built it. It is like the little child
with the building blocks, making a castle, making a little fort or
something, building, and then looking at what has been built. There is
really no point in lamenting circumstances. They are there by decision. On an unconscious level, they have been chosen. We chose everything inour movie the way we preferred  it. Even if it seems undesirable to us, on
some level, our ego-self wanted it that way. And, of course, this is why
you can learn to choose again. You are not locked into circum stances,
but by choosing peace more and more consistently, you get a whole new
experience of all circumstances  and situations. When the woman who
feels lonely focuses on gettin g in touch with her core desire, the
experience she wants, rather than on the external circumstances, she will
find present connection and fulfillment and therefore cultivate a
consistent and stable experience of peace of mind that is not dependent
on outer circumstances. The Power of Wanting
If everything that we experience  is there because on some level we want
it, it follows that nothing that we experience is apart from our wanting it
that particular way. Thus, instead of dwelling on weakness, it is
important to see how powerful our mind is. Even what we call chitter -
chatter, the crazy static in the mind that you’ve been telling to just go
away, has its powerful effects on the way we perceive the world around
us. Once we start to acknowledge the power of our wanting and the
power of our prayer, then we can start to go deeper inward, asking,
“Hmmm… Wha t is it really that I want? What is my priority?” As we go
deeper inward with that, we start to realize that we really want to use the
power of our wanting and direct it toward peace of mind. Wha t trinkets
of the world could you possibly want if you had the option of choosing
peace of mind? Everlasting peace! I had a friend who once asked me, “If
I open my mind  to God, can I still have my Maserati?” I said “Well, you
just have to get really clear about what matters most to you. What do you
really, really want?” Once you get into the power of your wanting, you
start to use discr imination. And that is where we’re going, to that zone of
discernment, funneling more and more to a place of realizing, “Oh, I
want a state of mind. What I really want is the peace of God.”
To say the words, “I want peace,” actually means nothing. But to
mean them is everything. We need to be in touch with what we wantbecause there are no spiritual clichés or phrases that can magically bring
us real peace. Like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, all that she had to do
was click her heels together, the little ruby red slippers, three times, and
say the words, “There’ s no place like home,” to go home! In one sense,
Glinda the Good Witch is the Holy Spirit speaking, “You always had the
power to go Home,” and that is true. But “wanting peace” is really
beyond a catchphrase, knowing the right mantra, or saying the right
words in just the right way. The experience of peace is not found in some
“abracadabra” where we’ve got to say just the right words to unlock the
spell. Instead, we have to cultiv ate the good habit of turning to our heart
within and really being sincere about this wanting. Ask your heart,
“What is it that I really, really want?” We don’t get to Heaven when we
die, because Heaven is a state of mind, a state of peace that is available
in the present. A Present Peace
Once we do our inner inquiry, we can open up to the choice for real
peace. This is a perspective that veers away from modern forms of
spirituality that often focus on “creating your own reality or
manifesting!” It differs from many of the psychotherapies and
counseling practices that guide you into your past to get in touch with
unconscious memories and events that are believed to be the cause of
your problems. The truth is, nothing in your past or your future is
causing any problem. This may seem radical to you, especially if you
have focused on, and even gotten in touch with, painful memories or
trauma. Unveilin g repressed memories can be a very important stepping-
stone


 In 1983, hepatobiliary surgeons (surgeons who operate on the liver and
gallbladder) described how they must face the difficult task of treating patients
with intrahepatic gallstones (gallstones derived from the liver) in spite of
considerable progress in operative methods or mechanical techniques. It was tough
for them to remove intrahepatic gallstones completely, and under such
circumstances, the development of a solubilizer that could dissolve the
intrahepatic bilirubinate calcium stones proved to be a tremendous boon for the
patients. The surgeons accomplished this step by injecting DMSO through a
postoperative catheter or PTCD catheter. Up to that time a chelating agent, so-
called hexametaphosphate (HMP) had been used for removing
the calcium from
calcium bilirubinate. But this chelating agent, in itself, could not dissolve thebilirubin. Then the three Japanese surgeons found a direct solubilizer for bilirubin,
dimethyl sulfoxide, which they knew to be a bi-polar, non-protonic solvent, and
used it as an accelerator for bilirubin determination. After purifying the DMSO to
99.98 percent, they examined its toxicity by oral administration, intravenous
administration, and infusion into biliary tracts of animals. No toxicity or side
effects were detected on biochemical and pathological examinations. Next they
used their solution on humans in the amount of 90 percent DMSO together with 5
percent HMP and achieved a satisfactory effect by attaining the solubilizing of
their patients’ bilirubinate calcium stones. 10
CLINICAL STUDIES SHOWING RESPONSE TO DMSO IN
MISCELLANEOUS CONDITIONS
Successful treatment of lupus erythematosus, a chronic inflammatory disease of
connective tissue, affecting the skin and various internal organs, including the
bladder, was carried out using dimethyl sulfoxide. Typically, lupus exhibits a red
scaly rash on the face, affecting the nose and cheeks; arthritis; and progressive
damage to the kidneys. Often the heart, lungs, and brain are also affected by
progressive attacks of inflammation followed by the formation of scar tissue
(fibrosis). In a milder form of the disease only the skin is affected. Lupus erythematosus is regarded as an autoimmune disease and can be
diagnosed by the presence of abnormal antibodies in the blood stream, most easily
detected by a test that reveals characteristic white blood cells (LE cells). In 1984,
four physicians joined together in reporting on two female patients who were
victims of systemic lupus erythematosus with pathologically confirmed lupus
interstitial cystitis. Their urinary bladders were highly symptomatic. Treatment
with prednisone had been tried but without success. Then the two patients
responded very well to instillations of DMSO intravesically (into the bladder) and
had their conditions disappear. 11
DMSO works well to alleviate an unhealed wound at the site of a tooth
extraction, the well-known “dry socket” that defeats the surgical skills of many
dentists. Characterized by intense pain, discharge of pus, and sequestra (residual
symptoms, signs, and other ill effects), dry socket is most often associated with a
difficult extraction. Dripping DMSO directly into the extraction site tends to
prevent this problem from arising. 12Lastly, dimethyl sulfoxide has been used to offset inflammations associated
with sunburn. Phytophotodermatitis arising in the summer months in temperate
climates varies from mild to severe erythematous reactions (inflammation of the
skin due to widening or clogging of capillaries near the skin surface) with or
without vesicles or bullae (blisters) on the exposed parts of the body. By treating
the skin with a membrane labilizing agent (an agent that causes chemical change)
such as DMSO and a membrane stabilizing agent such as the steroid
desoximethasone, comfort for the patient is achieved. 13
DMSO ANTI-ARTHRITIS THERAPY
DMSO is not a cure for arthritis. It is one part of a five-part treatment program that
consists of:
1
. Nutrition
2
. Microendocrinology
3
. Immunotherapy
4
. Food allergy elimination
5
. DMSO
Powerful chemical agents such as cortisone, phenoprophins, phenylbutazones,
and gold have no place in this arthritis treatment program. Nutrition writer Adelle Davis, the idol of health food enthusiasts who has been
wrongly, in my opinion, sneered at by numerous medical traditionalists, was way
ahead of her time. Many of her nutritional suggestions have been confirmed by
good scientific research. The ultimate traditionalist in nutrition, the United States
Department of Agriculture, has, in fact, adapted much of her wisdom in its
“Dietary Goals” for Americans. The National Research Council of the National
Academy of Science proved Adelle Davis correct when it issued its 1982 report—
two years in the making—on
Diet, Nutrition, and Cancer. The Council was
chaired by Dr. Clifford Grobstein of the University of California, and made up of
fourteen highly respected medical scientists. As we know from high school biology, and were reminded in college and
medical school, the anterior pituitary gland is the so-called “master gland.”
Through the action of ACTH, it directly controls the adrenals. But something we were not taught, and which is of great clinical significance, is
that the highest concentration of certain nutrients is in the adrenals and pituitarygland. The highest concentration of vitamin
E in the body is stored in the pituitary;
the highest concentration of vitamin C is held by the adrenals. Also, the pituitary
gland needs sufficient protein for efficient function, and the greatest concentration
of pantothenic acid lies in the adrenal glands. Adelle Davis reasoned that if the adrenals were excreting enough natural
cortisone, exogenous cortisone would not be needed in the treatment of arthritis. She knew from the work of Dugal (
Endocrinology
 44: 420, 1949) that animals
under stress need
seventy times
 the normal requirement of vitamin C to protect the
adrenals and that people in the “arthritis years” require twice as much vitamin C as
the young. As we can see from my simple little diagram (see
Figure A-1
), vitamin E
deficiency will lead to pituitary insufficiency and, from hyposecretion of ACTH,
adrenal insufficiency follows. Therefore, a
deficiency
 of vitamin C, vitamin E, pantothenic acid, and protein,
or perhaps certain combinations of these deficiencies, will, over a period of years,
lead to arthritis. Because of the high intake of sugar and junk food in this country,
subclinical deficiencies of these nutrients (and others) are common. Vitamin C deficiency is the easiest to measure. Studies of the night nursing
personnel of the Emergency Department at Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Florida,
were revealing. These women were under extreme stress (which decreases vitamin
C levels) due to the abnormal hours they worked and the nature of the cases they
saw—such as gunshot wounds—with the concomitant responsibility. All of the
nurses smoked cigarettes, which drastically depresses vitamin C levels. Most of
them were on the birth control pill, which depresses vitamin C. They ate large
amounts of sugar-filled foods and drank copious amounts of cola drinks, which
drive down vitamin C levels. And they took frequent doses of aspirin (C-
depressing) for the headaches induced by their usual hypoglycemic swings brought
on by the colas and other junk food they ate. Figure A-1
 Diagram showing that adrenal insufficiency follows vitamin E deficiency. Eighty percent of these young women, who appeared to be in good health, were
vitamin C deficient. Over a period of years they have had chronic adrenalexhaustion, and arthritis is likely to follow. Yet, these workers were registered
nurses who should have known how to take care of themselves. I have barely scratched the surface on the importance of nutrition and arthritis. But, contrary to the pronouncements of the Arthritis Foundation, nutritional
deficiencies play a major role in the etiology of arthritis, something the writings on
orthomolecular nutrition by Adelle Davis and other authors will teach you. MICROENDOCRINOLOGY
Dr. Melvin Page’s extensive work with the calcium-phosphorus ratio,
anthropometric measurements, and microendocrinology is a major advance in the
treatment of arthritis in particular and degenerative disease in general. ALLERGY TESTING
For good results in the treatment of arthritis, food allergies must be investigated. The method I like best is cytotoxic testing of the blood. But, unfortunately,
cytotoxic labs are available in only a few cities. Sublingual testing or the
cumbersome elimination diet technique might possibly be used as a substitute. For excellent assistance with the various sophisticated allergy tests, including
the paper radioimmunosorbent (PRIST) test, the cytotoxic (or leukocytotoxic) test,
the radioallergosorbent (RAST) test, the fluoroallergosorbent (FAST) test, the
autor


 its meaning, which is its
existence. The perfect seed transforms and metamorphoses via
emergence into being the perfect sprout, and then as the perfect bud,then the perfect flower, and then the perfect faded flower. All form is
perfectly just what it is at any given moment. Creation moves from
perfectly ‘this’ to perfectly ‘that’. There is no other possibility except in
the imagination. Everything already is exactly as it is ‘supposed’ to be. A nice, old, dilapidated, dented trashcan is ‘supposed’ to look beat up or
it would not be a nice, old, beat-up trashcan. (The ego wants a shiny
new one, of course.) Q: Is ‘time’ itself an illusion? A: Creation manifests as emergence, which, to the perception of the ego, is
interpreted as ‘change’. What is witnessed is potentiality’s manifesting
as actuality, which becomes contextualized as ‘becoming’. The ego
superimposes a time track, which is a projection. There is only
continuous awareness. Time is a mental construct and an attempt to
conceptualize an explanation for sequence. Sequence is itself a
conceptualization of the observer and a mentation. The actual Reality is
not comprehensible to the mind. As the ego collapses, time vanishes and all phenomena appear to be in
slow motion. This truth was uncannily intuited by a few
cinematographers, such as appears in the slow-motion scenes in the
movie Deep Blue (cal. 700) and the movie of the life of St. Francis of
Assisi, Francis of Assisi. The Reality is subjective, experiential, and
revelatory rather than conceptual. Investigation of even the seemingly trivial reveals that perceptual
linear duality is a product of the imagination, which in turn is based on
the fallacy of the hypothetical. Everything at every second is already the
perfect expression of its karmic potentiality based on prevailing
conditions that influence the emergence of potentiality’s becoming
actuality. Everything is the presentation of that which it is, for
everything already is exactly what it is, which again is its meaning, its
worth, and its value. ‘Worth’ and ‘value’ are projected mentalizations. A
crooked tree is a perfect crooked tree. If it were not a perfect crooked
tree, it would be a perfect straight tree. There is no basic difference. Q: Nonduality is like a radical reality in which everything is seen as the
expression of its essence by virtue of its identity.A: That is an essential insight. All Creation, in and of itself, moves from
perfection to perfection solely by virtue of its existence. Existence is
already the fulfillment of potentiality expressed as the actuality. Form is a consequence of local conditions and is again the perfect
expression possible under prevailing conditions. All objections or
doubts about the perfection of Creation stem from resinterna/cogitans,
which projects the hypothetical error onto the world. In contrast, via the Heisenberg principle in quantum mechanics, the
details of the evolutionary change can be contextualized in
mathematical formulas. Intention (consciousness) collapses the wave
function from the potential to the actual, from the potential state of the
universe (the Schrödinger equations) to the collapsed wave state (the
Dirac equation). The new state then becomes the new potential state that
then ‘collapses’ into the next defined state. The state of Enlightenment is therefore the potential Reality that
replaces the illusions of the ego’s perceptual positionalities. Spiritual
intention, effort, and decision potentiate the evolution of consciousness
from the linear limited to the nonlinear Allness of Reality. Thus again,
intention activates the progress from possibility to probability to
actuality. Q: In the lectures, you mentioned the example of Roger Bannister’s
breaking the belief system of the four-minute mile. How does that
relate to spiritual work? A: Each individual who transcends the levels of consciousness to their
highest completion in this domain makes it easier for others to follow,
just like the lead dog breaks the snow and facilitates the progress of the
rest of the team. One’s seeming individual spiritual endeavor serves all
mankind. Each one who crosses over from below 200 to above 200 has
already enabled untold numbers to follow and serves as a potential
instructor as well. One cannot become enlightened just for one’s own
self because the impact is felt throughout all of human consciousness. The spiritual seeker of today has the advantage that the consciousness
level of all mankind is rising, and thus, there is less collective
resistance. OceanofPDF.comCHAPTER 6
The “Experiencer”
The mind acts as a processor of data simultaneously from both within and
without. It categorizes, sorts, prioritizes, contextualizes, and interprets
simultaneously as it concordantly draws on memory banks, emotional
centers, and conditioned responses and their correlations. All the above are
orchestrated contextually with emotional/animal instincts that are sorted,
rejected, accepted, or modified. In addition, this multilayered complexity is
simultaneously subject to options, choices, and the will. Options and
choices related to meaning and value overall are under the influence and
dominance of an all-inclusive, overall field of consciousness having
concordant and variable levels of power related to the level of
consciousness that is also influenced by karmic propensities. Simultaneously, the mind assesses degrees of relative truth, credibility of
information, and suitability and probabilities of action within similarly
multilayered behavioral social limits, including moral, ethical, social, and
religious principles. This complex, integrated processing system amazingly operates within
approximately 1/10,000th of a second, during which it simultaneously
selects and processes thoughts, ideas, and images that are invested with
emotion and categorized estimates of importance. The mind is therefore like
an infinitely complex processing unit of both internal and external data. Some of the information is perceived and stored in memory banks, but there
is also unconscious processing of all the data that is stored in the
unconscious. This processing screening device results in the 1/10,000th of a
second’s delay and acts as a separation between self and Self/Reality. This
processing screen represents ‘the experiencer’ in action. Transcending the Experiencer
Between phenomena and the experience of the phenomena is the
1/10,000th of a second’s delay; thus, the output is like the tape monitor
playback of a tape recorder that processes information during that split
second between reception and reproduction. The important point is to
realize that the self receives only processed material and not the original. Inaddition, the processed material then interacts with the automated response
of the personal self to the edited data. Although the ego/mind processor performs an incredibly complex
multitude of functions simultaneously and seemingly without effort, there is
a loss between input and output. That loss is a quality of the original purity
and innate brilliance. The output to the ‘experiencer’ is devoid of the
aliveness and radiance of Divinity that is innate to All that Exists. With the
evolution of consciousness, this screen suddenly disappears, and when this
happens, there is a profound transformation in that everything becomes
radiant, illuminated in depth, texture, and color. It ‘presents’ itself unedited
instead of being perceived and interpreted. The experiencer screen is energized by desire and identification with it. This desire is like an appetite of curiosity, wantingness, and craving, and is
an addiction to the experience of experiencing itself. In addition, there is
identification with experiencing and its content information as ‘self’. Thus
the mind says, ‘I’ saw, heard, felt, thought, etc. This would therefore seem
to be rather a natural misidentification as the experiencer is the leading edge
of perception and sensation. Misidentification arose during the evolution of
consciousness to subserve survival needs. From its earliest appearance in evolution, animal life forms were
inherently defective in that they lacked an intrinsic source of energy. Therefore, energy had to be sought and detected for assimilation. The basic
essential core program of the primitive ego was to sample, explore, forage,
seek, and ‘get’. Thus, from its earliest onset, animal life was innately
lacking the means to survival and therefore had to constantly search to find
and identify the energy sources and substances that then needed to be
assimilated and absorbed from its environment. This necessitated the
development of information detection, gathering, and integration systems to
evaluate the input (edible versus inedible, friend versus enemy, etc.). The
result was the evolution of a primordial ego-survival system to process,
identify, compare, and categorize priorities of survival information that
heralded the onset of learning and intelligence. This experiencer process
became the ‘I’ of separate identity. Although it became greatly diversified
and elaborated over the millennia, its core identification and function
remained essentially the same. The overall intention, motivation, and alignment of this core ego
process to survive by getting and controlling dominates the consciousnesslevels below 200, which are characterized by the term ‘egocentricity’,
indicating aggressive self-interest and the predominance of the animal-like
predatory qualities. This may be seen in an undisguised style in the
psychopath where these characteristics are acted out pathologically, as well
as through gross demonstration by narcissistic messianic


 active, it neutralizes (by oxidization) all odors very effectively. Breathing
air, with the concentration of ozone similar to that of mountains, is quite beneficial. Be
careful not to exceed natural concentrations of ozone in the air you breathe. Your body
will give you a warning if you are doing so: dryness of the throat and/or discomfor t in
your lungs. Do not ignore it. Do not ever breathe ozone produced using a high voltage arc. Such ozone is initially
very hot and it is so active, that it reacts with nitrogen in the arc plasma, crea ting
nitrogen oxides, which are quite toxic. The air around a high voltage arc contains not
only ozone, but also nitrogen oxides, which are dangerous. “Cold” ozone, generated at low temperature by an UV quartz lamp is safe. Such “ cold”
ozone is naturally produced in the atmosphere by the activity of the sun and is an
essential ingredient of fresh air. For more details consult the book “Oxygen therapies” by Ed McCabe listed in the
References. It is based on several thousands scientific articles from m edical journals. 41  4. Exercise

Moderate exercise can significantly accelerate the natural detoxif ication of the body, by
improving the circulation of body fluids, increasing the intake of oxygen to our body,
speeding the rate of metabolism and increasing the excretion rate through incr eased
sweating. This is exactly why people feel great after undergoing su ch exercise. They
purify their bodies and they all notice, that their minds instantly become shar per. I would like to stress the word moderate  here. If the intensity of the exercise is
excessive, not only such exercise is not beneficial, but may be even harmful. If you are
“loosing your breath” for example, it is a sign that the body has entered an anae robic
(low oxygen) emergency mode of operation and it is a fair warning from your body th at
you should slow down. One method of assessing right level of physical activity for you is to observ e your pulse
rate. If it exceeds 90-100 you should slow down. Another good gauge is this: if you feel
comfortable continuing the exercise (jogging, walking, skating, roller skat ing, tennis
etc.) over long periods of time, this level of activity is right for you. Note, that w ith
training you can increase the intensity of exercise, but it is not necessary. A fter
exercising  at the right intensity you should be more energetic and, most impor tantly,
have clearer, sharper mind. Remember, that we should enjoy whatever we do. For more details, consult “The oxygen breakthrough” by Hendler, listed in Refere nces. 5. Sauna

The sauna is an ancient treatment developed by civilizations living in cold clima tes. Because of the cold climate, their bodies tend not to sweat much, so these cold climat e
dwellers invented the sauna to promote improved circulation of body fluids, speed up
metabolism and accelerate sweating: a great natural purification and det oxification
function of the body. It is best to experience a sauna in short 10-15 minute sessions, with 5-10 minutes
“cooling down” intervals, repeating such a cycle 3-4 times. During the “cool ing down”
intervals do not use pool or showers which have chlorinated water. Ozone treated
water, clean river, rain, lake or sea water is OK. Your skin has been cleansed b y the
flow of the sweat and in such a clean state it will absorb the chlorine from the wa ter
into your body. It is best to use a towel to dry the sweat from your body. Do not allow
the sweat to evaporate, because it contains toxins your body has jus excreted, a nd you
do not want any of them to be re-absorbed back. 42  6. Removal of dental amalgams

Dental amalgams, whether gold or silver, contain mercury one of the most toxic metals
to our body. Having amalgam fillings, is like having a constant supply of toxic
mercury, released slowly but constantly. (Please see the reference for mor e evidence and
information). Removal and replacement of amalgam fillings instantly removes the source of m ercury
supply, however the mechanical removal process itself (drilling) can tempor arily
increase the concentration of mercury in your body. When you decide to replace the amalgams, make sure that you are already on the
detoxification program and that you tell your dentist to apply a lot of suction during  the
removal process, reducing the concentration of mercury vapors. Note, that it may take a considerable amount of time for your body to neutralize and
excrete the mercury that has accumulated in your body for years. 43  Some Unusual effects of detoxification

Your mind-body system remembers every damage you did to it in the days gone by. If
some healing in the past has not been perfect, because of other emergencies in your
body (and mind), some of the damage remains un repaired. When you purify your body and mind, resources within your body become available
enabling repairs which are long overdue. The effect of this can be quite amazing. Many people on various detoxification
programs (oxygen therapies, fasting) observe symptoms of their past diseases i n quick
succession and in reverse order. Basically, you can expect to re-live every s erious
disease you experienced in the past. Don’t be frightened. This is  healing. Your body is
just fixing things which are long overdue. Symptoms are usually very mild, and they
last only an hour or two. Many active people do not even notice such symptoms,
because they are so mild. I would like to give you just one example drawn from my own personal experience. At
the age of 7 I had a severe ear infection, which was very painful, took a long time to
heal and doctors injects me with lots of antibiotics. At the age of 42, during fasting I
experienced the symptoms of this disease, accurate in every minute detail. I  was
astonished, because the situation was restored so perfectly, that I remembe red not only
my feelings from childhood but also the taste and even the smell of the antibiotics  I
took at that time. The experience lasted only for a few hours. 44  Diet- minimizing the intake of toxins

We have discovered the ultimate reason for all diseases : poisoning of our body beyond
its capacity to purify itself. Nearly 100% of such poisoning comes from our diet. We basically poison ourselves,
simply because we do not care about what we eat. In the view of above, our diet required a basic revision. The wisdom of many ancient civilizations in the past was expressed in their diet. Two
key items in the diet are common for all civilizations without exception, from anci ent
India to modern Georgia:

1. PURE AIR
2. PURE WATER (from the spring)

I have not heard anyone objecting to this. However, the word to which we should pay
special attention is pure

Unfortunately, the criteria for purity have become quite arbitrary nowadays. The
prevailing doctrine is, that there is a threshold of pollution in the water, which is
acceptable and safe  for humans to consume. Medical Authorities generally accept and
recommend the chemical treatment of water, leaving chlorine and other chemica ls in it. Poisons are added (fluoride), in the name of sterilization and safety supply, despite  the
fact that their toxicity is beyond doubt, and they accumulate in our boy causing chronic
diseases (arthritis). Municipal water also contains heavy metals fro pi pes, pumps etc.,
traces of herbicides, pesticides and other levels of such ingredients in our wate r from
the relevant authorities. They would prefer that we do not know and believe that the
water is OK.

Do not consume such water. Do not use it for tea, soup on even cooking. Use water
obtained from natural springs. Alternatively, filter the municipal water yourself. Do not
use chemical filters. They may initially work, but eventually they may l eave even more
chemicals in the water you drink. The best are multi-stage paper and active carbon
filters, with the final stage that uses a reverse osmosis ceramic membrane. The process
of reverse osmosis imitates the function of a natural spring: water runs over a s tone
(ceramic element) and minute quantities filter slowly through. For home insta llation,
the rate is quite slow: about half a liter per hour. There are systems avai lable, which
store about 10 liters of filtered water under light pressure, ready for immedia te use. Note, that most of the beverages, including fruit juices from concentrates, conta in
municipal tap water. It would be much better if you squeezed the juice yourself f rom
fresh fruits, or brought the frozen concentrate and diluted yourself with spring or
filtered water. 45  Even if you do not plan to change anything else in your diet, for social, business or
other reasons, improve the quality of water you drink. Drink at least 2 or 3 liters of it
every day. The latest research indicates that it is not only the purity of water that is i mportant, but
also its molecular structure. To be particular, a 20 molecule liquid crystal  water
structure, first predicted by a Nobel Prize laureate Linus Pauling in his f amous book
The hydrogen Bond seems to be very important.


 pure  Kapha
nature  becomes  distorted,  her  diseases  filter  into  the
human  system  and  create  havoc. Our  present  epi-
demics of  respiratory  ailments,  sinusitis,  asthma,  ton-
sillitis, and  obesity  are  only  some  of  the  symptoms  of
the  cow's  betrayed  Kapha  condition. The  veal  calf  has  the  most  cruel  fate  of  all. It  is
taken  within  days  of  its  birth  and  placed  in  a  dark
wooden  stall. It  cannot  lie  down  or  turn  around. It  is
fed  only  iron-deficient  liquid  gruel  and  is  chained  to
the  stall  to  prevent  it  from  licking  its  urine  and  excre-
ment, which  it  would  instinctively  do  to  supplement
its  iron  needs. It  is  slaughtered  after  sixteen  weeks. Not  surprisingly,  one  out  often  of  these  calves  dies  in
confinement. All  of  this  gross  cruelty  is  inflicted  in
order  to  produce  a  white  and  lean  meat. The  concur-
rent diseases  of  anorexia,  bulimia,  and  iron  deficiency
run  parallel  to  the  same  diseased  state  of  the  veal
calves. The  highly  carcinogenic  substances  used  in  the
animals'  feed  have  also  seeped  into  the  reproductive
system  of  humans. Infertility  and  cervical  cancer  have
increased  rapidly  as  the  atrocities  of  agribusiness  go
unquelled. We  are  linked  to  the  animals. The  pain  of  the  calves
is  felt  through  our  own  birthing  of  life. As  we  drink
from  the  well  of  malaise,  we  contaminate  our  dhatus
and  feed  this  ama  to  our  newborns  through  our  breast
milk. Recent  studies  in  Britain  and  Australia  show
that  the  child's  allergic  reactions  to  the  mother's  milk
relates  directly  to  the  mother's  consumption  of  com-
mercial quality  milk. We  cannot  wait  for  scientific
research  to  unfold  these  facts  one  at  a  time. We  need
to  sit  within  ourselves  and  observe  what  goes  against
the  grain  of  nature,  see  how  quickly  it  seeps  into  our
bodies  and  psyches,  and  know  that  we  cannot  con-
tinue to  drink  from  this  well,  nor  repast  from  this
meat. We  must  realize  that  the  cows'  milk  is  the  milk
of  the  eternal  mother,  and  that  their  flesh  is  our  flesh. We  have  to  acknowledge  that  the  pearls  of  cognitive memory  are  held  by  the  animals  so  that  we  may  con-
tinue to  develop  our  own  stupendous  potential  as
love  embodied  in  a  life  form. We  need  to  remember
that  if  we  allow  the  abuse,  we  are  also  guilty,  and  that
if  the  animals  lose  all  cognition,  we  will  not  be  able  to
continue. The  purified  soma  juices  have  flowed  forth  mixing  with
curds  and  milk. They  are  cleansed  in  the  waters. Rig  Veda  IX  1.24
[You]  are  become  such  as  have  need  of  milk,  and  not  of
strong  meat. Hebrews  5:12
This  pale  and  polluted  fluid  we  call  milk — steeped
in  human  greed  and  ignorance  and  squeezed  from
the  udders  of  intense  anguish — is  not  the  milk  that
flows  from  the  earth's  bosom. Pure  unadulterated  milk
is  the  primal  food  of  sattva,  of  peace  and  calm. It  is
mentioned  in  the  Vedas  as  the  first  food,  along  with
grains  and  fruits. This  food  is  used  to  build  the  dhatus
of  a  growing  body  and  also  to  buffer  the  acids  and
hormonal  activities  of  the  mature  body. The  health
problems  caused  by  food  in  India  today  are  due  to  the
excessive  use  of  milk,  sugars,  and  oils,  and  to  the  more
recent  infiltration  of  chemical  pesticides  and  herbi-
cides into  her  livestock  feed. For  centuries,  pure  milk
from  healthy  and  happy  cows  was  consumed  in  India,
Europe,  and  Scandinavia  without  the  present  epidemic
of  diseases  caused  by  the  polluted  milk  we  have  been
drinking  for  several  decades. The  Vedas  divide  foods  into  three  main  categories
for  human  consumption. The  first  consists  of  foods
that  penetrate  the  earth,  such  as  plants,  vegetables,
fruits,  roots,  herbs,  flowers,  and  so  on. The  second
group  is  made  up  of  substances  such  as  minerals,
which  are  derived  from  within  the  earth. The  final
group  consists  of  foods  that  come  from  the  animal
kingdom. Milk,  as  well  as  meat  and  honey,  belong  to
the  animal  group. Ayurveda  recommends  small  por-
tions of  organic  meat  for  the  Vata  type. The  rules  of
hunting  and  killing  the  animal,  practiced  by  the  na-
tive peoples,  were  very  specific  and  detailed. Since  we
are  no  longer  observing  these,  I  do  not  recommend
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the  use  of  any  animal  meat  as  food,  not  even  for  the
Vata  types. Similarly,  the  milk  recommended  as  food
or  medicine  was  organic  and  was  produced  in  a  man-
ner harmonious  with  nature. Unless  we  observe  the
natural  order  of  organic  farming  for  milk,  we  cannot
drink  this  food  either. Of  the  three  animal  food  groups,
only  honey  has  remained  uncontaminated. Humans
have  been  unable  to  exert  power  over  the  bees,  thanks
to  the  precocious  nature  of  these  insects,  and  thus  the
integrity  of  honey  is  protected. We  do,  however,  mis-
use honey. It  is  a  potent  food,  and  we  need  only  a
small  amount  of  it  in  our  diet. It  is  most  beneficial  for
Kapha  and  Vata  types,  since  it  is  warming  and  cossets
the  cold  natures  of  both  these  types. It  is  too  strong
for  the  Pitta  type  and  turns  to  acid  in  the  intense  fire
of  Pitta's  metabolism. Likewise,  honey  becomes  toxic
when  transformed  by  heat. It  should  never  be  cooked. Even  though  in  earlier  times  the  meat  of  animals
was  used  with  regard  for  and  observation  of  nature's
law,  I  believe  that  the  time  for  the  hunt  and  kill  has
passed. Early  humans  pursued  the  chase  not  only  to
feed  themselves  but  also  to  discover  their  full  poten-
tial. They  lived  among  the  animals,  honored  them,
challenged  and  conquered


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 morning, as I sat at my computer, I allowed myself
a new awareness. I let myself see what I was doing to myself. That sudden
flash of insight, which in emotional intelligence theory is called the magic
quarter -second, was enough to halt a pattern of self-criticism that was as
old as I was. The inner critic still has an opinion about my writing every so
often, but now I know what to do, thanks to the new awareness. The heart of my work is inqui ry. I coach people on how to use self-
inquiry to be more self-aware and, ultimately, happier. I firmly believe that
most people don’t need more therapy; they need more clarity. In other
words, the essence of who you are—your Unconditioned Self—doesn’ t
need fixing or healing, because you’re not really broken. Whe n you’re in
pain, it’s becaus e you’re suffering from psychology. “Even self-hatred isonly a thought, and it’s a thoug ht that can be changed,” says Louise. Self-
awareness gives you choices. Who taught you how to think. I ask this question in my training
programs. Most people have never thought about it. We don’t really
question our thinking. “Children  learn by imitation,” says Loui se. It’s true. You have been taught how to think. You have followed someone’ s example. Guess whose. Do you know. “Most of us make up our minds about
ourselves and the world by the time we are five years old,” says Louise. In
her book You Can Heal Y our Life,  Louise wrote,
If we were taught as a child that the world is a frightening place, then everything we hear that
fits that belief we will accept as true for us. The same is true for “Don’ t trust strangers,”
“Don’ t go out at night,” or “People cheat you. ”
On the other hand, if we were taught early in life that the world is a safe place, then we would
hold other beliefs. We could easily accept that love is everywhere, and people are so friendly,
and I always have whatever I need. Without self-awareness, which gives you the ability to question your
thoughts, you can’t update your mind. The worst-case scenario is that you
are running around with a secondhand mind, borrowed from a parent or
someone else, and you are still using an old operating system—Mind 5. 0—
that is the mind of your five-yea r-old self. What you are calling  my mind  is
not really yours, and it’s out of date. Until you see this, your life will be full
of familiar patterns, and nothing will change, no matter how hard you try. Another great inquiry practice is to ask, Who is thinking “my” thoughts. There are two levels to consider here. Level one is investigating whether the
thoughts you observe are yours or someone else’s. For exam ple, is self-
criticism a family pattern. Does your self-criticism mirror your mother ’s
self-criticism or her criticism of you. Does the way you judge yourself
mirror your father ’s self-judg ments or how he judged you. Is your
philosophy a mirror of your family ethos. It’ s good to know whose example
you are following. It’s also good to know that you can choose your
thoughts. Level two of Who is thinking “my” thoughts. brings you even  closer to
home. Here you are observing if the thought is a reflection of either a) the
basic truth I am loveable, which mirrors the original mind of your
Unconditioned Self, or b) the basic fear I am not loveable, which mirrors
the psychology of your self-image. In other words, is this thought a soul-thought or an ego-thought. Which “me” is thinking this thought. Let’s look
at some examples:
I don’t know:  When you say to yourself, I don’t know, is that what you
really mean, or are you trying to say, I don’t think I know. There is a
world of difference. “Every time you say ‘I don’t know,’ you shut the
door to your own inner wisdom,” says Louise. “But when you say to
yourself, ‘I am willing to know,’ you open yourself up to the wisdom
and support of your higher self. ”
I’m not ready:  When you hear yourself say, I’m not ready, is it your
soul speaking or your ego. Lots of us encounter this thought before we
start something new like getting married, having a baby, creating a
business, writing a book, or giving a public talk. Is it really true you’re
not ready. If so, get some extra help. If not, tell your ego to relax and
let your soul lead the way. I’m too old: We spend our life thinking, I’m not ready, and then one
day it changes. We stop thinking, I’m not ready  and start thinking, I’m
too old. Who says. How old is your soul anyway. Are you too old
really, or do you feel unworthy or afraid or something else. When you
watch your thoughts, and you suspend your judgments, you get to see
what the real thought is. I can’t do it: “A thought is just an idea,” Louise says. “And you are
either thinking with the mind of your soul or the mind of your ego. ”
One of my favorite chapters in Louise’ s book You Can Heal Your Life
is entitle d “Is It True. ” If you haven’ t read that chapter, please do. If
you have read it, read it again. Every unexamined fear is 100 percent
true until you look at it. PRACTICE 2: 10 D OTS
Louise and I are having lunch together at Torrey Pines Lodge in La Jolla,
a few miles north of San Diego. Our table looks out on the Torrey Pines
golf course, which is one of the most beautiful municipal courses in theworld. It hosted the U. S. Open in 2008. Louise knows how much I love the
game of golf and how thrilled I am to be here. I tell her I’m going to
suggest to Reid Tracy, presiden t of Hay House, that the annual Hay House
Golf Championship be played here this year. “Everything is possible,” says
Louise with a smile. We have  been talking all morn ing about how the mind influences our
experience of the world. “Golf is definitely a mind game,” I say to Louise. “Everything is,” she replies. I tell her about a recent round of golf I played
in a tournament at St. Enodoc, in Cornwall, England, where I am a member. Like Torrey Pines, this course is set on the coast, and when the wind blows,
it can be very dif ficult to control your ball and control your mind. In this round, I played with someone who shot 120, which for him is
about 30 more than usual. His game started poorly and got worse as it went
on. I watched as his inner critic took control. Eventually, he found it
impossible to keep his self-talk to himself. Shot after shot he yelled, “I am
so stupid,” or something similar. “That’ s an affirmation,” Louise says. His mind was like a giant sand trap
that he couldn’ t get out of. “If you don’t know how to change  your mind,
you can’t change your experien ce,” Louise tells me, sounding like a true
golf pro. Later that afternoon, Louise and I continue our conversation about the
ability to change our minds. “I don’t change anyone’ s life,” says Louise. “Only you can change your
own life. ”
“So what do you do. ” I ask. “I teach people that the mind is very creative, and that when you change
the way you think, it will change your life. ”
“So you teach people how to think,” I say. “Until someone can show you the connection between your outer
experiences and your inner thoughts, you will be a victim of life,” she says. “They will feel like the world is against them,” I say. “The world isn’t against us, though,” says Louise. “The truth is that we
are all loveable and life loves us. ”
“This awareness opens us up to the totality of possibilities,” I suggest. “The totality of possibilities is always here for us,” says Louise. I tell Louise that her live lecture  “The Totality of Possibilities” is one of
my favorites. In it she says, “I spend my life seeing the truth in people. I seethe absolute truth of their being. I know that the health of God is in them
and can express itself through them. ” Louise isn’t talking about positive
thinking. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever heard Louise use the term positive
thinking. Louise  doesn’ t see thoughts as being positive or negat ive. Thoughts are always neutral. It’s the way we handle our thoughts that is
either positive or negative. “So how do we really change our mind. ” I ask Louise. “You have to change your relationship to your mind,” she says. “How do we do that. ”
“By remembering that you are the thinker of your thoughts. ”
“Be the thinker, not the thought,” I say. “The power is with the thinker


 rose water, and
sprinkled spices known to make a man aroused. For a fleeting instant Sujata thought of her mother and wondered if she
had been in the same situation. She banished this thought as soon as it
came. She didn’ t want to think about anything when Siddhartha’ s hand took
hers; he was bending over her, lowering his face to kiss her. “Hold still. If you scream I’ll kill you.”
Scream was all she wanted to do, in that instant when she realized this
wasn’ t Siddhartha and horror had entered her sanctuary. The man’ s hand
came over her face, covering mouth and nose so that she would be too
breathless to cry out, even to think. But panic had already seen to that. “You’ve been waiting for me a long time. I’ve seen your light. I wanted
the moment to be perfect, sweetheart.”
It was unmistakably Devadatta. He tore open her bodice with quick
efficiency and began to knead her breasts with his hands, roughly and
without consideration for how it hurt her. Please stop…. I’ll do whatever you want. With her breathing cut of f, Sujata didn’ t know if she actually spoke
those words or if they were a desperate prayer. Devadatta had opened her
dress against her feeble struggling, and she felt his hand opening her legs. Half-suf focated as she was, she couldn’ t sob. Devadatta was having her, and
his thrusts were violent signals of his savagery and disdain. She went limp, hoping that her rapist would spare her more violence. Devadatta suddenly stopped what he was doing to her. “I know who you
want!” he said, and the menace in his voice should have warned her. But
Sujata, knowing she was dead, felt a flood of relief.The only mercy remaining to her was that Devadatta acted swiftly in the
dark. She couldn’ t detect him pulling out his rippled dagger. “Remember
that the last thing you ever saw was me,” he growled at the instant that the
blade swept across her eyes. Sujata heard a shriek that must have been her
own, then the searing pain came, and she stopped breathing. She was spared
the spectacle of Devadatta rolling of f her body with a groan. He tried to
control himself, but his hands were shaking. Devadatta realized his predicament: someone would come sooner or
later, and there was no time to waste. He seized hold of himself and started
the work in front of him. He wrapped Sujata in bed sheets and tied her
shrouded body with curtain cords. He easily slipped past the guards and
found a sentry’ s horse tethered by the gates. He loaded the corpse on its
rump and rode quietly toward the river. Mara was already there; he stood by
while Devadatta, still not speaking, strong enough that carrying the body
didn’ t make him groan with exertion, approached the water. “Weigh her down with stones,” Mara ordered. Devadatta shot him a
look of hatred and dumped the bundle into the water. The bed sheets were
not securely tied, and they billowed out over the surface of the river, a
spectral white like sails in the moonlight. They retained enough air in
bulges and bubbles that Sujata didn’ t sink immediately, and the fast current
carried her away. Devadatta didn’ t wait. He wanted to for get that Mara was
beside him. “Not beside, dearest. Inside,” Mara said with satisfaction. Devadatta trembled in despair. He had no doubt that the gods didn’ t
exist. But at that moment he understood why, when the horror of life finally
reveals itself, somebody had to invent them. OceanofPDF.com1 0
Sujata’ s disappearance wasn’ t discovered for several days. The first day a
maid ran to Kumbira with the news that the tray of food left outside Sujata’ s
door was untouched. “She’ s always pouting. W ait till she gets hungry enough.” Sujata’ s
staying in her room hadn’ t hid her plight from Kumbira, who knew well
enough that she was lovesick. But when her food was untouched the second
day, Kumbira knocked on the door and entered. What she saw made her
react quickly. “Run away. Now.”
Kumbira pushed the maid who had followed her out the door, hoping
that the drawn curtains hid the sight of blood on the stripped bed. But the
frightened girl certainly saw something, which left Kumbira very little time
before palace rumors would spread like wildfire. She immediately went to
the king and laid before him everything that had happened between Sujata
and the prince. Suddhodana took the news more calmly than she had expected. And if
the king was concerned about Sujata’ s fate, it certainly didn’ t show. “She
was too ashamed to stay. Send a few men to search where she went. Not too
many.” It wasn’ t even half an hour before Channa carried the news to the
prince, who immediately ran to Sujata’ s room. Kumbira had been swift
enough in having the bed removed; even so, Siddhartha was alarmed at
Sujata’ s sudden disappearance.“I’ve sent my men out,” Suddhodana told him. “What else do you
expect me to do? She wanted to go home. Somebody should have kept her
from getting so lonely.”
Siddhartha was stung by his father ’s implication. The pleasure pavilion
had been open to him since he was sixteen, but in those two years he hadn’ t
gone there. Suddhodana was of fended by this show of chastity. “I didn’ t put
those girls there so you could pray with them,” he had once taunted. Stymied by his father ’s indif ference to Sujata, Siddhartha ran to
Channa. “W e have to find her.”
“Do we? Stop and think,” said Channa. “There’ s a good chance your
father is behind it himself. He wants her gone.”
“You think she’ s like an old horse?” Siddhartha said coldly. He was well
aware that his father caused people to disappear from sight after a certain
age, no dif ferent from what went on in the stables. Channa didn’ t argue. He put a saddle on his favorite mount and started
to lead it outside. “Don’ t tell anyone I’m gone,” he said. “Y ou’re staying
here.” He saw Siddhartha flush a deep scarlet. “Go ahead, blame me,” said
Channa. “Y ou can’ t risk leaving.”
Siddhartha was all too aware that if he rode past the palace gates in
search of Sujata, no one could predict his father ’s reaction. Every person at
court had connived to keep him prisoner. But that wasn’ t going to stop him. Siddhartha strode over to the saddle rack, took down a saddle, and began to
cinch it on Kanthaka. The stallion usually stood still for him, but it shied
and almost bucked. “Easy,” Siddhartha whispered. When he had mounted, Siddhartha headed toward the woods, leading
the way. On their hunts Channa had once pointed out a stream that ran
steeply down a hillside and more than once, despite the king’ s soldiers on
patrol, the prince wondered if it was an escape route. Channa had said,
“There’ s a dry gully at the bottom. If I ever wanted to leave withoutanybody knowing, I’d take the horses through the stream first to kill the
scent. It’ s even steeper beyond. Nobody bothers to patrol it.”
They headed that way now because if he was gone even an hour a
scouting party would be sent out after him. That much was a given. The
stream was easy to find; it was steep and rocky enough that both riders kept
quiet, concentrating on the horses’ footing. The dry gully, as Channa had
promised, got even steeper. They decided to walk the animals down. Under
the black jungle canopy of tangled trees and vines, the sun struck their skin
in dappled spots, but each speck felt searing at high noon. It wasn’ t the way
Siddhartha had envisioned his break to freedom. Reality dictated otherwise. Channa began talking again, letting out his sentences in short bursts as
he negotiated the scree-strewn slope. “My father swore me to secrecy about
what happened when you and I were still sucking at the breast. The king
sent them all away. All the old, sick ones. It was a bad time.”
Siddhartha had come to that conclusion on his own. After his mother ’s
death, it was the grimmest fact about his birth. Channa stopped talking,
trying to calm his horse as the slippery ground slid out from under its feet. The gully led to an over grown bamboo thicket, the space between the trees
too close for a horse to squeeze through. “There’ s an old road just beyond. They took some of them that way.”
“Who?”
“Some women. Ones the


? As a
child, when you expressed grief and sadness about a loss, what happened in
your family? If your primary caregivers weren’ t comfortable with grief, you
might associate that particular feeling with emotional abandonment. You
can uncover the specific tappable events when you look back. When we experi ence the fullness of weaning, it means we have dealt with
our feelings relating to the letting go. Then we can make the shift, process
the emotions around it, and move on. If we learned that letting go and
moving on is scary, we may have trouble finishing cycles, whether that
means leaving one job for a more fulfilling one, letting go of an unhealthy
friendship, or grieving the loss of a loved one and moving on. As you tap, allow yourself to have and experience the grief of the loss
now. The waves will rise, then recede. Once you have reached neutrality on
an event, notice what changes. Notice any changes in your body. Notice if
the way you are thinking or acting in another area of your life has changed. Write these changes down so you remember them for the next time.Exercise: Releasing Unresolved
Early Feelings of Grief
What weanings were not fully resolved in your own life? Write them down. Then, tap on the specific incidents, one at a time, one aspect at a time. You may need to tap on everything you are angry, sad, etc., about befor e
you get to the forgiveness part. Rose’ s husband had died and left her in a
very bad financial situation with three young children. She had suffered
chronic pain for many years now. As she began addressing her pain, up
came feelings and memories about the loss of her husband some thirty years
back. She first needed to neutr alize the feelings of abandonment, anger,
helplessness, fear, sadness, and more. She tapped on specific events relating
to the time of the loss before she was able to forgive her husband and feel at
peace. As a bonus, the chronic pain eased once she released those negative
feelings. Following are some examples of general tapping setup statements you
can customize:
Sadness, anger, loneliness, or hopelessness:  “Even though I’m (hurting)
about the loss, I am still here and okay.” (Reminder phrase:  “hurting
about this grief”)
Resistance:  “Even though I’ll never get over this and my life is over …
.”(Reminder phrase: “never get over it”)
Feeling alone:  “Even though I’m all alone in this and may be for the rest of
my life, I deeply and completely accept myself anyway.” (Reminder
phrase: “I’m all alone”)
Avoiding grief: “Even though I can’t bring myself to think about (this
grief), it’s not bigger than I am, and I am safe.” (Reminde r phrase:
“cannot think about this grief”)
Afraid: “Even though just thinking about (this grief) is scary, I bless these
feelings, and it is my intention to heal.” (Reminder phrase:  “it’s too
scary”)Letting go: “Even though I want to hold on to (this grief) because it’s all I
have left, it is possible there’ s more to remember that will bring me joy.”
(Reminder phrase: “want to hold on to this”)
Feeling helpless /like a victim:  “Even though it feels like I have no control
over (this grief), I am open to the possibility that I can make  different
choices and release some of the extra grief.” (Reminder phrase: “cannot
control this”)
Heavy feeling in body:  “Even though I feel this heavy grief feeling in my
body (name where, if you can sense it), I deeply and profoundly accept
all of my feelings and am grateful to my body for showing me where I’m
storing it.” (Reminder phrase: “I feel it in my body here”)
Reason to keep the grief:  “Even though it would be a betrayal to get over
(this grief), I deeply and profou ndly accept myself.” (Reminder phrase:
“it’s wrong to get over this”)
Guilt over the grief:  “Even though it’s my fault, and you are not going to
convince me otherwise, even God makes mistakes. I wond er if it’s
possible to for give myself.” (Reminder phrase: “it’ s all my fault”)
Angry over the loss:  “Even though I’m still angry and will never forgive
them about what happened, I deeply and profoundly accept all my
feelings and would prefer to release the anger keeping me prisoner.”
(Reminder phrase: “I’m really angry and will never for give them”)
Angry at person : “Even though I’m really mad at you for what you did, I
accept myself, I accept you, and I want to see this differently today.”
(Reminder phrase: “mad at ___”)
Exercise: Grief List for EFT Journal—A Plan of Action
Try the Personal  Peace Procedure. List your losses and tap on them one at a
time. Examples may span from  loss of first tooth to not makin g varsity to
losing that relati onship to the time we moved to the divorce, and so on. It
may help to start with the small stuff. Remember that when you work onone target, you’r e effectively working on all events under that tabletop or in
that spiral. And as you know by now, a generalization ef fect will kick in at a
certain point. Determine Aspects of Each Specific Grief Incident
The following questions are designed to elicit aspects for you to tap on
relating to your tapping tar gets. When did the grief incident happen? If there were a place in your body you were storing the grief incident,
where would it be? Is there an awareness of a certain body part when
you think of the incident? Is there a color, flavor, smell, image, texture, weight, or other quality
you associate with the grief incident? Who was there with you when you experienced the grief incident? Do you wonder what you would do without this particular i ncident? How does feeling this af fect you in your daily life? If you’re not sure,
guess. How will it feel to let it go? Is it safe to let it go? What’ s preventing you
from moving on? How would your life change if you were free of this grief from the
incident? What story are you telling yourself about the grief incident? What If I Believe It’ s Too Much to Handle? When you feel like the grief is locked in hard and won’ t budge, consider it
as the outermos t ring of the tree. The stuckness you’re exper iencing is a
symptom of the feelings underneath. Try tackling the resistance around the
edges. Y ou might want to tap taking inspiration from these possible setups:
Even though this grief is just never going to go away, there may come a
time when I’m ready to let it go, just not quite yet. Even though it feels like my life is over only if I choose to let it be, I
may change my mind about this later.Even though I can’t stand what happened, there may be a time when I
can accept it as reality. Even though I can’t relate to people anymore, maybe I can again
someday. Even though I don’t want to do this, not wanting to do this doesn’ t
mean I am not capable of it when I am ready. Even though this grief is not going to budge, it might shrink. Even though this is too much to deal with and I won’ t and don’t ever
have to if I don’ t want to, I remember a time when I was okay. If you grew up in a family where it wasn’ t okay to express feelings of
sadness, you may want to tap on issues like: “I’m not allowed to grieve,”
“it’s not okay to feel sad,” “what’ s wrong with me that I’m still upset?”
“Part of me has been holding on to the sadness I had no one to share with
when I was so little,” “I can’ t express my hurt because they don’ t like it.”
Case Study: Early Loss Explains Dan’ s
Roots of Anxiety and Insomnia
Dan’ s father died when Dan was three. Now in college, Dan had anxiety,
difficulty concen trating, and wouldn’ t go to sleep except late into the night,
which perpetuated the cycle. These were the symptoms of the problem, but
not the problem itself. As we tapped about his anxiety, I asked him the
famous question: “What does this remind you of?” The loss of his father
came to mind. We tapped on specific incidents around this early loss,
including: wakin g up to the news at age three and not underst anding why
Dad wasn’t coming back and a time at the playground where he was having
fun and then looked at his moth er and realized that he should not be having
fun but instead act sad. Among other interesting insights, Dan’ s unconscious belief causing the
insomnia he had suffered for many years bubbled to the surface. In his
young life, he had refused to go to sleep unless completely  exhausted.Finally, we got to the core. The limiting belief was: “If I fall asleep,
someone I love will die.” Dan had been asleep when his father died. In the
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a n g e r  o r  f e a r? W o u l d  w e  h a v e  m a d e  t h a t  m i s t a k e  h a d  w e
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s e n s e  a n d  w h o  o t h e r s  a r e  i n  r e l a t i o n  t o  u s? A t  t h e  m e r c y  o f
n e g a t i v e,  s h a l l o w  t h o u g h t s,  w e  a r e  b o u n d  t o  m i s p e r c e i v e
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d o  w i t h  w h o  w e  a r e  t h r o u g h o u t  t h e  d a y. A n d  w h o  I  a m
d u r i n g  t h e  d a y  h a s  a  l o t  t o  d o  w i t h  h o w  I  s t a r t  i t. F i v e  m i n u t e s  s p e n t  w i t h  t h e  H o l y  S p i r i t  i n  t h e  m o r n i n g
g u a r a n t e e s  H e  w i l l  b e  i n  c h a r g e  o f  o u r  t h o u g h t  s y s t e m
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s p e a k s  l o u d e s t. T h e  v o i c e  f o r  G o d  w i l l  n o t  i m p o s e  i t s e l f ;  i t
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m i n d s. W h e n  w e  r e a c h  o u t  t o  G o d  a n d  w e l c o m e  H i s
c o m f o r t  a t  t h e  b e g i n n i n g  o f  t h e  d a y,  t h e n  s o m e t h i n g
h a p p e n s. I t ’ s  n o t  t h a t  w e  b e c o m e  p e r f e c t,  b u t  w e  b e c o m e
m o r e  a w a r e. A n d  t h a t  a w a r e n e s s  m a k e s  u s  m i r a c l e - r e a d y  i n
a  w a y  w e  w o u l d  n o t  o t h e r w i s e  b e. E v e r y  m o r n i n g  w h e n  I  w a k e  u p,  I  t r y  t o  r e m e m b e r  t o
g i v e  p r a i s e  a n d  t h a n k s. T h a n k  y o u,  G o d,  f o r  m y  l i f e  t o d a y. T h a n k  y o u  f o r  m y  f a m i l y  a n d  f r i e n d s,  t h a n k  y o u  f o r  m y
h o m e,  t h a n k  y o u  f o r  m y  m a n y  b l e s s i n g s. T h a n k  y o u  f o r
Y o u r  h e a l i n g  p o w e r,  n o w  p o u r i n g  f o r t h  u p o n  m e. I  c l a i m  i t
n o w,  a n d  p r a y  f o r  m i r a c l e s. P l e a s e  b l e s s  t h i s  d a y,  f o r  m e  a n d
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t h a t  i s  t h e  p u r p o s e  o f  m e d i t a t i o n. M e d i t a t i o n  i s  l i k e  s o a k i n g
a  d i r t y  p o t  i n  s o a p y  w a t e r. S o m e t i m e s  f o o d  g e t s  s t u c k  o n  t h e
s u r f a c e  o f  a  p o t  a n d  t h e  o n l y  w a y  t o  c l e a n  i t  i s  t o  l e t  i t  s o a k
o v e r n i g h t. T h r o u g h  s o a k i n g,  t h e  d r i e d  f o o d  s o f t e n s  a n d
f i n a l l y  r i s e s  t o  t h e  s u r f a c e. Q u i e t  t i m e  w i t h  G o d  i s  l i k e  a
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m i s c r e a t i o n — s i m p l y  a  f a l s e  b e l i e f  a b o u t  w h o  w e  a r e — i t
w i l l  d i s a p p e a r  i n t o  t h e  n o t h i n g n e s s  f r o m  w h e n c e  i t  c a m e. W e  o u r s e l v e s,  h o w e v e r,  c a n n o t  c o m m a n d  i t s  d e p a r t u r e. I t
h a s  a b s c o n d e d  w i t h  o u r  w i l l  a n d  c o n f u s e d  o u r  d e f e n s e s. L i k e  a n  i m m u n e  s y s t e m  d i s e a s e  t h a t  a t t a c k s  i t s  o w n  c e l l s,
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s i m u l t a n e o u s l y  s e e  b o t h  t h e  w o r l d l y  e r r o r  a n d  t h e  s p i r i t u a l
p e r f e c t i o n  i n  p e o p l e. A n d  i n  s h a r i n g  G o d ’ s  p e r s p e c t i v e  o n
h u m a n  e r r o r — a  d e s i r e  t o  h e a l  a s  o p p o s e d  t o  a  d e s i r e  t o
p u n i s h — w e  b e c o m e  c o n d u i t s  o f  H i s  h e a l i n g  p o w e r. T h u s
w e  t o o  a r e  h e a l e d. T o  t h e  e g o,  t h i s  i s  o u t r a g e o u s :  h o w  d a r e  w e  d e c l a r e  t h e
c h i l d  o f  G o d  i n n o c e n t. C a n ’ t  w e  s e e  w h a t  a  d a r k  a n d  s i n f u l
c r e a t u r e  h e  i s. E v e n  r e l i g i o n s  t h a t  c l a i m  t h a t  G o d  i s  g o o d
s e e m  b e n t  a t  t i m e s  o n  f i n d i n g  H i s  c h i l d r e n  g u i l t y. M a n y
p o i n t  t h e i r  f i n g e r s  c r i t i c a l l y  a t  o t h e r  p e o p l e,  n o t  r e a l i z i n g
t h a t  t h e  p o i n t e d  f i n g e r  i t s e l f  i s  t h e  s o u r c e  o f  a l l  e v i l. I t  i s  t h e
c o n c e p t  o f  e n e m y  t h a t  i s  o u r  g r e a t e s t  e n e m y  o f  a l l. W h a t  A b o u t  A r c h i e  B u n k e r. D u r i n g  o n e  o f  m y  l e c t u r e s  o n c e  a  m a n  r o s e  t o  a s k  a
q u e s t i o n. “ I  d o n ’ t  h a v e  a  p r o b l e m  w i t h  a n y t h i n g  y o u ’ r e
s a y i n g, ”  h e  s a i d. “ B u t  m y  p r o b l e m  i s  w h a t  h a p p e n s  w h e n  I
l e a v e  t h i s  r o o m. W h a t  d o  w e  d o  a b o u t  p e o p l e  w h o  d o n ’ t
b e l i e v e  t h i s  w a y. L i k e  m y  f a t h e r ;  h e ’ s  l i k e  A r c h i e  B u n k e r. W h a t  d o  I  d o  a b o u t  h i m. ”
M a n y  h e a d s  i n  t h e  r o o m  s t a r t e d  n o d d i n g,  b u t  I  i n w a r d l y
s m i l e d. G o d  d o e s n ’ t  l e t  u s  g e t  a w a y  w i t h  t h a t  o n e. “ D o  y o u  w a n t  t o  k n o w. ”  I  a s k e d. “ D o  y o u  r e a l l y  w a n t  t o
k n o w  w h a t  A  C o u r s e  i n  M i r a c l e s  w o u l d  s a y. ”
H e  n o d d e d. “ I t  w o u l d  s a y  y o u  n e e d  t o  s t o p  j u d g i n g  y o u r  f a t h e r. ”
H e  a n d  h u n d r e d s  o f  o t h e r s  h a d  a  l o o k  o n  t h e i r  f a c e s  a s
t h o u g h  t o  s a y,  “ R i g h t,  o f  c o u r s e,  I  g e t  i t. ”
I  c o n t i n u e d. “ O n l y  w h a t  y o u  a r e  n o t  g i v i n g  c a n  b e
l a c k i n g  i n  a n y  s i t u a t i o n. G o d  s e n t  u s  h e r e  t o  w o r k  m i r a c l e s,
a n d  w e  c a n  o n l y  d o  t h a t  w h e n  w e  h a v e  g i v e n  u p  o u r
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“ W a i t,  d i d n ’ t  t h a t  p i c t u r e  u s e d  t o  h a n g  i n  t h e  o t h e r  r o o m? ”
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p i l l o w s )  a r o u n d  t h a t  o n c e  I  a c t u a l l y  l i f t e d  u p  a  c h a i r  w h i l e
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c h a n g e s  I  m y s e l f  s e t  i n  m o t i o n,  c a s u a l l y  r e l e a s i n g  e n e r g i e s
t h a t  w e r e  n o t  c a s u a l  a t  a l l. I ’ v e  j u d g e d  c e r t a i n  c h a n g e s  t o  b e
l i g h t  s p r i n g  s h o w e r s  t h a t  t u r n e d  o u t  t o  b e  h u r r i c a n e s. I  h a v e
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h u m b l e d  o n  t h e  s u b j e c t,  h a v i n g  l e a r n e d  t h e  h a r d  w a y  h o w
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t h e  o u t s i d e  a r e  m o v i n g  f a s t. W h i l e  I  d o n ’ t  f e a r  c h a n g e  i n
a n d  o f  i t s e l f,  I  f e a r  m y s e l f  w h e n  I ’ m  n o t  s l o w  a n d  c o n s c i o u s
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t h e  b o o k,  m y  w o r l d  c h a n g e d. M o n e y  c a m e  t h a t  I  h a d  n e v e r
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m e d i t a t e,  t o  t h i n k. A t  a  t i m e  w h e n  I  m o s t  n e e d e d  t o  r e p a i r
t o  m y  i n n e r  r o o m,  t o  a s k  G o d  t o  e n t e r  a n d  e x p l a i n  t h i n g s  t o
m e,  I  w a s  b e g i n n i n g  t o  f o r g e t. I  w a s  m o v i n g  t o o  f a s t. I  p u t
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t h a t  I  s a y  I  l o v e  y o u  m e a n s  l i t t l e  u n l e s s  i t ’ s  a c t e d  o n. T h e
f a c t  t h a t  I  s a y  I  l o v e  y o u  m e a n s  l i t t l e  u n l e s s  y o u  e x p e r i e n c e
m e  a s  a  l o y a l  a n d  e t h i c a l  f r i e n d. T h e  f a c t  t h a t  I  s a y  I  l o v e
y o u  d o e s  n o t  m a k e  e v e r y t h i n g  a l l  r i g h t  i f  m y  b e h a v i o ra r g u e s  o t h e r w i s e. T h a t  i s  o f t e n  t h e  p r o b l e m  w i t h  a  s o - c a l l e d
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