 The elements in parsley are proportioned in such a manner
that they help to maintain the blood vessels, particularly the capillaries
and arterioles in a healthy condition. It is an excellent food for the
genitourinary tract, being of great assistance in conditions of calculi
in the kidneys and bladder, albuminuria, nephritis, and other kidney
troubles. It has been used effectively in dropsy. It is also efficient in every ailment connected with the eyes and
optic nerve system. Weak eyes, ulceration of the cornea, cataracts. 48 conjunctivitis, ophthalmia in all of its stages or laziness of the pupils
have been effectively treated by drinking raw parsley juice mixed
with carrot juice and with carrot, celery, and endive juices. Never drink too great a quantity of raw parsley juice by itself, as
its high concentration may result in a disarrangement of the nervous
system. Taken with other juices properly mixed, it is extremely
beneficial. Strictly speaking, parsley belongs to the herbs classification;
hence, its highly concentrated effect. It is used effectively to help
promote menstrual discharge, particularly in conjunction with beet
juice or with beet, carrot, and cucumber juices. Cramps as a result of
menstrual irregularities have been relieved and frequently corrected
entirely by the regular use of these juices when concentrated starch
and sugar foods have been omitted from the diet. RAW POTASSIUM BROTH
There are many vegetables rich in potassium, the outstanding of
which are carrot, celery, parsley, and spinach. To obtain the full value
of this potassium element, it should be taken as a drink in its raw,
undiluted state so that the body may absorb and assimilate it
completely in its natural form. The organic minerals and salts in this combination of raw
potassium "broth" embrace practically the entire range of those
required by the body. Its effect in reducing excessive acidity in the
stomach has been truly remarkable. There is probably no food more
complete in every respect than this for the human organism. When the sick are unable to assimilate other food, it has been
found that raw potassium broth has usually furnished the nourishment
to bring the patient back to normal. In the case of convalescents, raw
potassium broth is invaluable, and it is astonishing that all hospitals
and sanitoria have not adopted this food as a regular part of their
daily diet. Some people do not find Potassium as palatable as the straight
carrot juice or some of the other juice combinations. We must bear in
mind, however, that when the body is starved for the live atoms of
food so essential for the regeneration of the cells and tissues of the
body, the time has passed when the matter of taste has any bearing
whatever on the choice of the juices we need. As we have previously stated no drug in the entire Pharmacoepia
will supply the body with the live organic food atoms, vitamins, and
49 hormones essential for the regeneration of the wear and tear that results
in sickness and disease. Such food is most quickly obtained by the
body when we drink fresh-raw vegetable juices. The atoms that make up the cells and tissues of our anatomy are
mineral and chemical elements. Our glands, organs, and in fact, every
part of the systems represent combinations of such atoms in certain
definite patterns. It is therefore why we are able to determine that
certain combinations of chemical and live mineral elements in our
food, and particularly in our juices, can nourish corresponding parts
of our body. PARSNIP JUICE
This juice has a very low calcium content and much less sodium,
but is very rich in potassium, phosphorus, sulphur, silicon, and
chlorine. Because of the low calcium-sodium content, the all-around
food value of this vegetable is not as great as that of some of the other
tubers, but the therapeutic value of the juice of its leaves and root
place it high on the list of beneficial juices. The rich silicon-sulphur content is most helpful in correcting the
condition of brittle nails. The phosphorus-chlorine elements are of
particular benefit to the lungs and the bronchial system. Thus making
this juice an excellent food for tubercular and pneumonia victims,
and those afflicted with emphysema. The high potassium content is of such excellent value to the brain
that this juice has been effectively used in many mental disorders. WARNING:The foregoing applies only to the cultivated parsnips. The wild variety must not be used in juices because it contains some
poisonous ingredients. PEPPER JUICE (GREEN)
This juice has an abundance of silicon which is greatly needed by
the nails and the hair. The tear-ducts and sebaceous glands also benefit
greatly from the use of this juice. In combination with carrot juice, in the proportion of one-quarter
to one-half of green pepper juice to the rest of carrot juice, it is an
excellent aid in clearing up skin blemishes, particularly if colonic
irrigations and enemas are taken with sufficient regularity to remove
waste matter from the colon while the cleansing processes within the
body are progressing. 50 Those bothered with gas or wind in the alimentary canal, and
those suffering from colic or flatulence, have found significant relief
from drinking one pint of this juice combination every day. In addition,
one should also drink a pint of carrot and spinach juice per day as
well. Of course, these juices need not be taken at one time. In fact,
drinking them at the rate of one tumblerful at a time with intervals of
one, two, or three hours in between, have given better results. We
prefer to drink them before and between meals. POTATO JUICE
The raw potato contains easily digestible natural sugars which,
upon cooking, are converted into starch. Potatoes should be omitted
from the diet of those suffering from venereal diseases and those
afflicted with aphrodisiac tendencies. The combination of cooked meat
and potatoes intensifies the solanine poison of the potato (an alkaloid
poison more particularly prevalent in potatoes too green in color),
which has an affinity for the nerves controlling the sexual organs;
this, together with presence of uric acid crystals resulting from the
ingestion of meat, may cause excessive irritation of these organs. The juice of raw potatoes, however, has proved very beneficial in
clearing up skin blemishes. This cleansing is due to the high content
of potassium, sulphur, phosphorus, and chlorine in the potato. These
elements, however, are only of value when the potato is raw, in which
state they are composed of live organic atoms. When the potato is
cooked, these are converted into inorganic atoms and, as such, they
are of little or no value for constructive purposes. Fresh-raw organically grown potatoes are very palatable to eat,
many people do like them and they are unquestionably a good food. Raw potato juice has proved to be a healthy cleanser of the system
and to be very beneficial, particularly in combination with carrot
juice. The juice of raw potatoes, combined with that of carrot and celery,
is a boon to those suffering from gastric, nerve, and muscle
disturbances, such as gout and sciatica. In such cases, one pint of this
combination in addition to one pint of carrot, beet, and cucumber
juice daily, has often given complete relief from these discomforts in
a surprisingly short time, provided that meat, fowl, and fish were
eliminated completely from the diet. Some emphysema victims have been helped and found relief in
using a combination of carrot, parsley and raw potato juices. 51 SWEET POTATO, botanically, is not in any way related to the
ordinary or "Irish" potato. It contains one-third more carbohydrate;
in the form of natural sugars than the Irish potato, three times as
much calcium, twice as much sodium, more than twice as much
silicon, and more than four times as much chlorine. The juice of sweet potatoes has, therefore, more general beneficial
value than that of the Irish potato. Care must be exercised in choosing
them, as they are more readily spoiled by bruises and decayed spots,
which quickly affect the whole tuber, than the Irish potatoes, which
will stand rougher and careless handling with impunity. RADISH JUICE
This juice is extracted from the leaves and the roots, but should
never be taken alone, as it is too strong in its reaction if taken by
itself. In conjunction with carrot juice, the combined elements help
to restore the tone of the mucous membranes in the body. It is used
most effectively about one hour after taking horseradish as described
in the section covering that subject. It has had the effect of soothing
and healing the membranes and cleansing the body of the mucus which
the horseradish sauce has dissolved. It has at the same time helped to
regenerate and restore the mucous membranes to their normal state. Nearly one-third of the natural content of radishes is potassium,
while of the remaining two-thirds, more than one-third is sodium. The iron and magnesium content are both high, and it is from these
that the healing and soothing qualities to the mucous membranes have
been found. It is usually unnecessary in most cases to undergo surgical
operations for the removal of the mucus which causes sinus troubles. While such operations remove some of the mucus, the aftereffects


 etaker
I used to buy nothing but meat and cheese. If I bought fruit, it was for
margaritas. If I bought vegetables, it was for salsa. My idea of a good
lunch was deep-frying a cheese sandwich. Then I decided to eat
healthier, and to do that, I went E2. It changed my life. It’ s
astonishing how much better I feel. At first I was worried about money, but I’ve learned that I’m
actually saving so much by doing this—$120 a month! Or perhaps you will take a more flexitarian approach and simply make
smart choices when pressed. Now that you know and understand the Engine
2 gold standard, you will bring a new awareness to your dietary choices:
When you do eat meat or fish, you will choose wild salmon or skinless
chicken breast; when you do eat dairy, you’ll pick skim milk or nonfat
yogurt/cheese. When you add oils, you’ll go sparingly and avoid those high
in saturated fats. And you’ll eat primarily from the four healthy food
groups: fruits, whole grains, vegetables, and beans. If at any point you feel as though your new eating habits and health are
starting to slip away, find true north again. Repeat as much of the four -week
diet as you can to recover your bearings. (The end-of-the-year holidays
might be all it takes to throw you of f-kilter. I know, I’ve been there.) Experiment with what works best for you over the course of a year or
two, and you’ll be set for life. E2 POP  QUIZ
Q: If there are 4 grams of sugar in 1 teaspoon, and 39 grams of sugar
in a 12-ounce can of Coca-Cola, how many teaspoons of sugar are
in one can? A: Each can of Coke contains 39 grams of sugar, or about 10
teaspoons full. VICES AND VIRTUES
A good friend’ s father, a prominent neurosur geon, always used to tell
me, “If you have your health, you have everything.” As a ten-year -old, I was clueless about that. It meant about as much as “the check is
in the mail.”
Now that I’m in my mid-forties, his words make sense. Your health
is one of your greatest assets. That is why, during your four weeks on
the E2 Diet, I encourage you to go the extra mile and give up your
unhealthy vices. It’ s worth it. Go whole hog. Jump in with both feet. If you drink cof fee, give it up, or switch to decaf. Same with tea. And if you don’ t give them up, remember not to add milk or cream. Instead, go for soy milk (look for the vitamin-fortified or the nonfat
versions), or try various other nondairy substitutes, such as almond,
oat, or rice milks. You should restrict rich desserts, but you don’ t have to avoid
sweets entirely. If you have a serious sweet tooth, try any of the
Engine 2 dessert recipes or indulge in 70 percent or more dark
chocolate. But avoid those egg- and cream-filled cakes! I also encourage you to try giving up alcohol, at least for the full
four weeks. Alcohol possesses no nutritional value, it inhibits your
body’ s ability to burn fat by more than 30 percent, and it’ s loaded
with empty calories. However, if you just can’ t go without, keep it
down to one serving a day. Some recent evidence suggests that one
glass of wine a day may even benefit your health—if you can limit it
to one. Remember, I am only talking about four weeks. The extent to
which you stick with the program will determine your success at
losing weight, lowering your cholesterol level, improving your
gastrointestinal tract, and perfecting your overall health—as well as
losing your cravings for the foods you thought you couldn’ t live
without. At the end of the four -week period, you can return to your
old habits if you wish. But my bet is the majority of you will continue
down the pure path of healthy eating because you love the newfound
you too much. OceanofPDF.com4
CRAZY  MYTHS ABOUT  FOOD
Jack LaLanne, the ninety-five-year -old vegetarian and fitness guru,
recalls that when he started lifting weights in the 1930s, “The doctors were
against me—they said that working out with weights would give people
heart attacks and they would lose their sex drive.”
Similarly, doctors didn’ t think smoking was bad for our health until the
1960s; in fact, they actually endorsed it until the 1950s. And there have
been times when medical professionals thought cocaine was a legitimate
medicine, when drilling a hole in the skull was considered a remedy for
many diseases, and when a frontal lobotomy was thought to be sound
therapy. In many ways, things haven’ t changed. There’ s still a ton of
misinformation out there, and much of it concerns plant-based eating. To
make matters worse, doctors are seldom schooled in nutrition, and the ones
who are tend to follow the antiquated food pyramid created by lobbyists
and special-interest groups that are less interested in your health than in
keeping their jobs and taking your money. I can’ t believe all the incredible things I hear about diet and nutrition,
spoken by people who don’ t have a clue but who talk as if they did. An all-
protein diet is good for you! All carbs are terrible! God put animals on the
planet for people to eat! Alcohol is a health tonic! Vegetarians are weak
wusses who can’ t play sports! So beware: Once you start eating the healthy, plant-based E2 way,
people will begin to tell you all kinds of ridiculous “facts” about food. One
course of action is to ignore them. But if you feel like getting into a debate,
here’ s some information to help you shut ’em down.Myth 1
You can’ t get enough pr otein eating a plant-based diet. Reality:  Not only will you get all the protein you need, for the first time
in your life you won’ t suffer from an excess of it. Ample amounts of protein are thriving in whole, natural plant-based
foods. For example, spinach is 51 percent protein; mushrooms, 35 percent;
beans, 26 percent; oatmeal, 16 percent; whole wheat pasta, 15 percent; corn,
12 percent; and potatoes, 1 1 percent. What’ s more, our body needs less protein than you may think. According
to the World Health Or ganization (WHO), the average 150-pound male
requires only 22.5 grams of protein daily based on a 2,000 calorie a day
diet, which means about 4.5 percent of calories should come from protein. (WHO recommends pregnant women get 6 percent of calories from
protein.) Other nutritional or ganizations recommend as little as 2.5 percent
of daily calories come from protein while the U.S. Food and Nutrition
Board’ s recommended daily allowance is 6 percent after a built-in safety
margin; most Americans, however, are taking in 20 percent or more. Doctors from my father to Dean Ornish to Joel Fuhrman, author of the
bestselling Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained
Weight Loss (Little, Brown), all suggest that getting an adequate amount of
protein should be the least of your worries. Look around you and tell me the last time you saw someone who was
hospitalized for a protein deficiency. Or look around in nature, where you
will notice that the lar gest and strongest animals, such as elephants, gorillas,
hippos, and bison, are all plant eaters. Also, the type of protein you consume is as important as the amount. If
you are taking in most of your protein from animal-based foods, you’re
getting not only too much protein, but also an acid-producing form that
wreaks havoc on your system. Why is protein so potentially harmful? Because your body can store
carbohydrates and fats, but not protein. So if the protein content of your diet
exceeds the amount you need, not only will your liver and kidneys become
overburdened, but you will start leaching calcium from your bones to
neutralize the excess animal protein that becomes acidic in the human body. That’ s why, in the case of protein, the adage “less is more” definitely
applies. The average American consumes well over 100 grams daily—adangerous amount. But if you eat a plant-strong diet, you’ll be getting
neither too much nor too little protein, but an amount that’ s just right. Myth 2
Plant pr oteins ar en’t complete pr oteins. Reality:  Plant proteins are as complete as complete can be. The myth that they’re not, or are of a lesser quality than animal proteins,
dates back to experiments performed on rats in the early 1900s. For get the
fact that rats aren’ t humans, have dif ferent nutritional requirements, and
need more protein than humans to support their furry little bodies. The
meat, dairy, and egg industries have marketed the hell out of this ancient
research, and even in the year 2009 most every Dick, Tom, and Jane thinks
the only way to get complete protein is through meat


 the same. They had spent years and often dec ades in the
program, going over the mistak es of the past and often repeating the same
mistakes in the p resent. I often h ear this story of people who stay in therapyfor many years. I don’ t believe in getting stuck in this sort of holding
pattern. For true spiritual develo pment to occur, you must contin ually grow. Programs and self-help books are wonderful and great. There a re layers to
personal growth  that can and do unfold with repetition. However, if you
find you rself repeating the same destructive behavior or mulling over past
behavior, feeling s, or emotions, you will find it dif ficult to rea ch the sixth
chakra l evel of consciousness. Instead of daydreaming about how you have
this defect or that ingrained behavior or emotion, visualize yourself as
healed and strong. Spend time daydreaming about living in a dif ferent
mind-set and staying there. Living your life dif ferently is as easy as a
decision. My philosophy: get the lesson and move on. W e all have a l imited amount of time on this planet. Y ou might have
seventy, eighty, ninety, or one hundred years total.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        One spr ing during Lent while I was living in France, I decided  to take
on a project that created a lot of discomfort in me. I wanted to do something
good for others during the forty days prior to Easter instead of the
traditional practice of giving up chocolate or sweets. In Aix-en-Provence,
France, near where I lived, the re were a lot of homeless people. Most of
them we re illega l immigrants, or gypsies, as the French called them. I made
the d ecision to p ack lunches every W ednesday during Lent and  to go seek
out hom eless in dividuals in the city and give them the bagged lunches. In
addition, I decided to take my three-year -old son with me. Coming from
suburbia in the United States, I wasn’ t accustomed to homeles s people or
comfortable arou nd them. I mad e the decision to put myself into discomfort
to help other people. I didn’ t fee l it was enough to give money or donate to
a food bank. I needed to be on the streets and spontaneously giving and
interacting with those less fortunate than I. It was the best thin g, I believe,
and the most dif ficult thing I’ve ever done. At first,  the homeless people I encountered were very skeptical of my
kindness. The French, in general, don’ t have a habit of taking kindly to
homeless people. They have so cial systems in place that can give even a
homeless person  a monthly source of income. However, as I  mentioned,
most of these pe ople were illegal immigrants and therefore no t eligible to
receive such aid. In the beginn ing I had to ur ge some of the homeless
people t o accept my lunches, especially those with children. But as time
went on, they received me with  open arms. I adapted to make e xtra for the
homeless childr en with their p arents or to include a little toy or plush
animal. Seeing them would usually bring me to tears. Some W ednesdays I
would get nervous because I d idn’ t want to go out there and face them. Other ti mes the  weather was b ad and I just didn’ t want to ge t out of my
comfort zone to fulfill the promi se I had made to myself and Go d. But I did. The level of com passion I achieved during that project was un matched by
anything else I’ve experienced. I believe the reason I was able to achieve
that level, at th at moment, was because I pushed myself to the edge of
discomfort. I learned: the grea ter the self-sacrifice, the greater the inner
reward. I do n’ t mention this story to p at myself on the back. Except for my
family, most people have no idea I ever did this. I tell this story to
demonstrate that you can heal your heart through acts of compassion. It
doesn’ t have to b e as big as making lunches for the homeless. Y ou can of fer
someone a smile, a joke, or a warm hug. Y ou can give a person the gift of
your ful l attentio n by turning of f your phone when you’re with him or her. If you know yo ur friend or fam ily member has had a rough day, you can
ask, “Is there anything I can do for you. ” Then do it. A wareness of others’ suf fering and a desire to alleviate their pain are all
it takes. ANAHA T A GUIDED MEDIT A TION
Sit c omfortably  and close your eyes. Bring your awareness to  your
heart center, your source of lov e and compassion. Imagine, think, or
feel an emerald green color radiating from your heart. This sparkling
green li ght is shining outward in every direction. Breathe into thisspace, a nd feel the circumference of the light surrounding your heart
getting w ider and wider. Feel the  balance between physical matter and
spirit here. Feel yourself grounded and open and awakened to spirit at
the same time. Now that you’re aware of your radiating, compassionate light
moving out of your body and into the world, bring your attention back
to your heart ce nter. Search within your heart for any discomfort that
resides there. If you find any, s end the discomfort flowers and then
escort it away from your he art. As you’re escorting away the
discomfort, whi ch can come di sguised as hurt, shame, blame, anger,
or lack of for giveness, thank it for its message and let it know that it
can go now. Re peat this with every source of discomfort that comes
up i n your hear t center, until y ou’re only left with light and ease of
breath. Y ou will know when you have let everything go because your
heart will feel l ighter, as if a lar ge weight has been lifted of f your
chest. Feel how easy it is to breathe now. Now tha t your heart is clear, feel flooded with unconditional lov e. Allow th is love to flow in and fill your heart space. Feel the w armth
and expansiven ess of this love. Allow yourself to receive. Allow
yourself to feel vulnerable and open to this great love, of which you
are worthy. Y ou are becoming a vessel of love with each and every
breath. Love flows to you and through you. Y ou become a conduit for
this love, and as  this love fills every cell of your body, you feel lighter
and mor e joyful. Y our joyfulness radiates throughout your being. Y ou
may eve n find yourself smiling for no apparent reason. Let it b e as it
is, for this is the state of love. At this moment you may even  feel a
tingling sensation pulsating through your body. This is normal, as you
have raised the vibrational fre quency of your being. Sit wit h this
sensation. It’ s here, and you can always access it whenever you desire. Y ou can sit in this silent meditation for as long as you like before
opening your eyes and slowly returning to activity. T o enhance the
vibrations, chant the mantra sound YUM  three times. E NERGY -B ODY  H EALING WITH  G EMS AND  C OLORSAs m entioned earlier, the color for the fourth chakra is emerald green. Y ou
can wear this color or keep it in your awareness while healing your heart. Rose qu artz is the most beautiful and ef fective stone for bringing love
and compassion  into your life. Keep a rose quartz stone with you
throughout the day. If you can, wear the stone close to your hea rt. Y ou can
even get a rose quartz in the shape of a heart to remind you of healing each
time you hold it. Fourth Chakra Mindfulness Ideas to Ponder
1. I am ready to release hurt from my heart and for give everyone who
has harmed me, including myself. 2. I am open to giving and receiv ing love and know I am worthy of
love. 3. I fe el compassion toward others, especially those whom I don’ t
understand. 4. I a m a v essel of God’ s love, transporting unconditional acceptan ce to
all who need it. T5  T H E  T H R O A T  C H A K R A
V i s h u d d h a
ELEMENT :  Space (Akasha)
COLOR:  Sky Blue
MANTRA SOUND:  HUM
he fi fth chakra, which is the firs t chakra totally on the spiritual plane,
is located in th e throat and governs communication and cr eative
verbal e xpression such as singing, chanting, reading poetry out loud, and
recitation. Whe n the fifth chakra is illuminated, all the low er chakras
transcend their limitations. The anatomical  region of the fifth chakra includes the throa t


236–37
and spirit, 12, 14
Spirit:
being attuned to, 97
direct experience of, 10–14, 23–24
vs. ego, 156, 164, 168, 204
as God, 13
heeding, 251–60
and inner truth, 38
and love, 2–3, 1 1–12, 23–24, 29, 33, 37, 39, 65
play in, 225–26
and power, 227, 238
vs. psychology, 89–93
and reality, 14–15, 23–24, 38
as Self, 12–13, 33
surrender to, 159, 160–63
as truth, 97
voice of, 258–60
wholeness of, 243
Spiritual master, 38
Stillness, and ecstasy, 290, 294–95
Stress, release of, 173–74
Support, 59–60
Surrender, 156–88, 189
and being in love, 4
and commitment, 157, 159
and dharma, 158–63, 166–68
and ego, 156–57, 163–64, 168, 169
and faith, 156
and falling in love, 164, 165
loving practice, 169–78and marriage, 162–63
and need, 164–65
in our lives, 179–88
to passion, 134
to the path, 157–58
in a relationship, 158–63
and sex, 136–37
to the spirit, 160, 161–63
struggle against, 165–66
and “the W ay,” 163–68
Sutra, 304–13
Sutras, writing, 305–13
Symeon the New Theologian, 287–88
Tagore, Rabindranath, 131–32
Tao, 161
Teresa, Saint, 286–87
Thou art That, 275
Tolerance, 203
Transcendence, 92–93, 94
Transformation, 293, 295
Trust:
and courtship, 109–1 1
and marriage, 160
Truth:
vs. falsity, 111–16
inner, 38
and knowledge, 1 1–12
in phenomenon, 97
spirit as, 97
Veda as, 1 1
Unity:
and attachment, 191
and healing, 43
and love, 35Unreality, and false love, 1 13–14
Upanishads, 274–75, 291, 292
Veda, 10–1 1
Vedic scriptures, 10–15, 36, 195, 225–26, 242
Vishnu, 243
“The W ay”:
and surrender, 163–68
Tao as, 161
Whitman, W alt, 103, 105, 217, 226, 282
Will, 242
Willingness, 59–60
Wordsworth, W illiam, 89–90, 91
Worship, and bhakti, 35, 36, 87–88
You are loved, 322–28
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and from the outset I realized that it would have to be born in an
atmosphere of love. Some other people understood this as well,  and it is to
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duties of an editor—you opened the way and kept it open against all odds. To Patty  Eddy and Tina Cons table, who stand behind the scenes at
Harmony Books and accomplish wonders. To my agent Muriel Nellis, godmother to my whole career as a writer. To my support staff at The Chopra Center for Well Being and Infinite
Possibilities International, especially to David Simon, Richard Perl, Deepak
and Geeta Singh, Roger Gabriel, and Arielle Ford Ford—without your
loyalty and immense enthusiasm, I would not have found the opportunity to
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in suburban Boston. By her own count, Karin has been to ten dierent doctors in the
past two years, none of whom has helped her. To begin  with, herbasic complaint is extremely dicult to pin down. She says that she
doesn’t feel real anymore. In everyday situations such as talking on
the phone, walking down the street, or eating in a restaurant, she
has persistent doubts about her existence: “Someone will call my
name, and I’ll go through one of my experiences: ‘Did I answer that? Is this really me?’ Sometimes I’ll be talking and think, ‘How come I
can talk? How can I breathe?’ It’s as if my mind is going, ‘Does not
compute, does not compute,’ and I start to cry.”
Physically, Karin no longer feels comfortable in her own body, a
sensation that psychologists call derealization: “It’s as if someone
else is in my body, doing everything with me, or for me.” Her
feeling of being unreal becom es quite profound at times, and yet she
continues to function normally. Other people have a hard time
believing that there is actually anything wrong with her. “When I’m
miserable, my brother will say, ‘Look, I have the same thoughts you
do, but I don’t  have the same  responses. I don’t want to ruin my life
over the question, Why am I here? or Who am I?’ ”
Her brother is right in spotting that Karin is wrapped up in a great
deal of intellectual confusion. She is constantly assaulted by
questions that seem crazy to her: Can one be real and unreal at the
same time? Is thinking that you are unreal the same as being
unreal? When  her head begins to whirl with these existential
riddles, she becomes as bewildered as Alice down the rabbit-hole. I asked Karin if she felt real talking to me. She said that she did
and she didn’t: “I am sitting  here having a conversation with you,
but a part of me says I’m not. It’s impossible. How can I be saying
such a thing to myself? My mind doesn’t comprehend it. I know  I’m
talking to you, but another part knows  I’m not. I can’t gure that
out.”
As a yogi would see it, there must be some element of witnessing
involved here—that is, Karin is having an experience and at the
same time watching herself have it. That does not have to be an
unreal way to relate to things. Quite the contrary—it could be seen
as the most real way, once the silent witness is acknowledged as the
core of the self. In ancient India, witnessing would have been calmlyaccepted and welcomed as a gateway to higher spiritual
experiences. Karin was not totally surprised when I brought this up to her, but
it did not make her any happier. “People have told me that my
awareness has risen too high, that it has become my enemy,” she
said, “but I don’t know how to turn it o.” Turning her awareness
o is all she wants to do at this point. Time and again she has
intuited things that I would consider profound truths, only to reject
them as “sick.” Here is one example:
“I have this experience of talking to someone and feeling  that I’m
on automatic. It’s like a reserve mechanism kicking in. I want to
shut it o. I want to be able to walk into a room and not think, ‘Oh,
look at that. I converted myself into matter.’ The top layer of my
mind is now above automatic, but that doesn’t seem like a gift to
me, it’s just neurotic. How do I get rid of this high awareness or
sensitivity, whatever you want to call it?”
I told her that other people have spent years on the spirit ual path
trying to achieve the very state of nonattachment that she has fallen
into. To a spiritual person, the feeling of being “on automatic”
implies that God or the higher Self has taken over from the small,
isolated self. Many saints, both Christian and Eastern, have reported
that they lived in such a blessed state. They considered it a kind of
second birth, freeing them from the bondage of the esh and the
ties of the past. After this rebirth, a person has nothing to fear from
the snares of Maya and can go forth to explore what lies beyond. Yet the everyday world seems to have no relationship to the
boundless one, and to stand on the threshold of the higher Self,
where Karin nds herself, can generate deep fear. No one can feel
her experiences with her. There is no objective standard for
weighing them, and their scientic validity remains marginal (the
renowned English physicist Sir Arthur Eddington once remarked
that any attempt to scientically measure a subjective experience
was like trying to nd the square root of a sonnet). In this light, the words that have come to us from the ancient
spiritual traditions are all the more valuable, since they can serve as
lifelines to the present. In India the Bhagavad-Gita  is taken as thequintessence of the collected wisdom on the nature of reality. There,
Lord Krishna tells the warrior Arjuna that every person shelters a
“dweller in the body” who is wholly unlike the isolated, vulnerable
ego:
Weapons cannot cleave him,
Fire cannot burn him,
Water cannot wet him,
Wind cannot dry him away …
He is eternal and all-pervading,
Subtle, immovable, and ever the same. Although this invulnerable dweller may seem to be a religious
concept—what most devout people call the soul—Lord Krishna
asserts that it is the same self that gives everyone his sense of “I
am.” In Sanskrit several dierent words are needed to describe the
full range of the self, from the most local to the completely
universal. Each of us has an individual spirit that underg oes unique
experiences in life—this is called the jiva in Sanskrit; it comes
closest to being the soul. If you remove  all personal boundaries, the jiva expands into the
Atman, pure spirit without individual experiences. Emerson and the
other Transcen dentalists called this the Over-soul. (I will follow the
simple convention of calling it the Self with a capital “s.”) When jiva
and Atman fuse, merging the individual and the cosmic self without
losing the qualities of either, one arrives at Brahman, or totality. A
person who has realized Brahman retains his individuality but
experiences himself as unive rsal, “under the aspect of eternity,” as
the church fathers phrased it. Brahman is also used to describe
reality as a whole, taking in both the objective and subjective elds
of existence, the manifest and the unmanifest. Beyon d the all-
inclusive Brahman, there is nothing. The jiva, then, is like a single wave on the ocean; Atma n is the
water that all waves partake of equally; Brahman is the ocean itself. If you ask which of these three is you, the answer is “all of them.”
To say that one aspect of the self is dierent from the others may beuseful on an everyday basis, but it is not the nal truth. The self I
call “me” seems to respect the boundary of my skin, but at the same
time I naturally feel my kinship to other selves. When a child suers
in Afghanistan, I feel the pain. My sensation may not be as intense
as when I cause pain to my own body, but that simply says that I do
not share a particular set of nerves with the child. The ancient sages knew that each person is grounded in a
concrete reality that gives him his bearings in time and space. Nevertheless, they maintained that all selves are woven into the
same fabric of life. Karin could easily be stumbling into this state of
greatly expand ed self. However, she wants no part of it. She has
frequently stated to me in crisp tones that she did not have a
religious upbringing and nds no spiritual signicance in what is
happening to her. Clearly there is a knowledge gap here. No
tradition validates her experience for her; no elders or guides exist
to educate her further. She has been cast adrift. On the Outside Looking In
It is not easy to live with an original experience, and Karin would
much rather return to the mundane experiences that all of us put on
like ready-to-w ear clothes. “I want to watch TV on Satur day night,
drink a glass of wine, and not think about anything,” she complains. “I want  to be upset when my car gets dented and not feel detached
about it. I want to go back to feeling like I’m a part of life. Is that
even a possibility anymore?”
At mom ents like this, one realizes how much in limbo Karin is. Since no convincing versio n of her present reality exists, she
remains comm itted to the unreal. Yet she is not as detached as she
appears. I sense that she is trying to connect with others all the time
but in hidden ways. I might have missed this except for a telling
incident


 work things out with her, and
finally confessed that under it all he still loved her. At that point Marge died in peace. She had accomplished the last thing she wanted to take  care of and her will to live did not
extend beyond that point. Had she died several months earlier as predicted by the medical profession, Marge would have been
unable to resolve this relationship. This was what Marge's life was pivoting on at the end. I was glad to assist her in doing what she
needed to do. Her husband and other family members found it difficult to understand, and they were hurt that Marge did not wi sh
to continue her life with them. Diet For The Chronically Ill. The chronically ill  person has a long -term degenerative condition that is not immediately life threatening. This condition usually
causes more -or-less continuous symptoms that are painful, perhaps unsightly, and ultimately will be disabling or eventually
capable of causing d eath. To qualify as "chronic" the symptoms must have been present a minimum of six months, with no relief
in sight. People with these conditions have usually sought medical assistance, frequently have had surgery, and have taken an d
probably are taking num erous prescription drugs. Some examples of chronic conditions are: arthritis, rheumatism, diabetes, early onset of cancer and aids, asthma, colitis,
diverticulitis, irritable bowel syndrome, some mental disorders, arterial deposit diseases, most of the  itises (inflammations). Before fasting, the chronically ill often do have time to prepare the way with limited dietary reform, and frequently begin t o feel
relief quite quickly. Before actually fasting they should limit their diet to raw foods and eli minate all toxic foods like alcohol,
coffee, tea, salt, sugar and recreational drugs for two months if they have been following a typical American diet. If the chronically ill had been following a vegetarian diet, perhaps a diet including with eggs an d dairy, if they had been using
no addicting substances, then one month on raw foods is sufficient preparation for fasting. If the person had water or juice fasted
for at least a week or two within the last two years, and followed a healthy diet since that  time, one or two weeks on raw foods
should be a sufficient runway. During preparation for a fast, I never recommend that a chronically ill person quit taking prescription medicines because doi ng
so can seriously disrupt their homeostasis. However, if their symptoms lessen or vanish during the pre -fasting clean up, the person
might try tapering off medications. The length and type of fast chosen to resolve a chronic illness depends largely on available time, finances, availability of support
people, work responsibilities, and mental toughness. If you are one of those fortunate people 'rich' enough to give the ir health first
priority, long water fasting is ideal. If on the other hand you can't afford to stop working, have no one to take care of you  and assist
with some household chores, and/or you are not mentally tough enough to deal with self -denial, compromi se is necessary. Ideally the chronically ill person would fast for an extended period under supervision until their symptoms were gone or grea tly
improved, with a fall -back plan to repeat the whole process again in three to six months if necessary. If  you are not able to do that,
the next best program is to fast for a short period, like one or two weeks, with a plan to repeat the process as often as pos sible until
you are healed. I have had clients with potentially life -threatening conditions such as obesity with incipient heart failure, or who came to me
with cancer, that were unable to stop work for financial reasons, or who could not afford a residential fasting program, or w ho felt
confident in their own ability to deal with detoxification in th eir own home. These people have fasted successfully at home,
coming to see me once a week. Almost inevitably, successful at -home fasters had already done a lot of research on self healing,
believed in it, and had the personal discipline to carry it out pro perly, including breaking the fast properly without overeating. Foods To Heal Chronic Illness
 Sprouts  Baby Greens  Salad  Juices  Fruit
alfalfa  sunflower  lettuce  beet grapefruit
radish  buckwheat  celery  celery  lemon
bean  zucchini  zucchini  lime lime
clover  kale kale orange  orange
fenugreek  endive  radish  parsley  apple
wheat   tomato  tomato  raspberries
cabbage   cabbage  cabbage  blueberries
  carrot  carrot  grapes
  spinach  apple  peaches
  parsley  grapefruit  apricots
  sweet pepper  lemon  strawberry

Fruits should be watery and lower in sugar. Some examples of poor fruit choices would be pineapple, ripe mango, bananas, date s,
raisins, figs. Fruits should not be combined with vegetables. Vegetables should not be starchy, packed -full of energy. Poor vegetable choices would be potato, parsnip, turnip, corn, sweet
potato, yam, beet, winter squash. Sprouts and baby greens are vegetables and may be included in salads. Juices should not be extremely sweet. Apple, orange, beet and carrot ju ice should be diluted with 50% water. Fruit juices should
not be mixed with vegetable juices or with vegetables at the same meal. Salads should include no fruit. Salad dressings should be lemon or lime juice, very small quantities of olive oil, and herbs. No
salt, soy sauce nor black pepper. Cayenne can be okay for some. I have also helped chronically ill people that were no t mentally prepared to water fast, but were able to face the long -term self -
control and deprivation of a raw food cleansing diet that included careful food combining. These people also regained their h ealth,
but it took them a year at minimum, and once wel l they had to remain on a diet tailor -made to their digestive capacity for the rest
of their life, usually along with food supplements. Jim was such a case. He was 55 years old, very obese, had dangerously high blood pressure poorly controlled with med ication,
and was going into congestive heart failure. He was on digitalis and several other heart medications plus diuretics, but in n o way
was his condition under control. He had severe edema in the feet and legs with pitting, and fluid retention in the a bdominal region
caused a huge paunch that was solid to the touch not soft and squishy like fatty tissue. Jim had dreamed of having his own homestead with an Organic garden, now he had these things but was too sick to enjoy them
or work in his garden wi thout severe heart pain and shortness of breath. Jim had retired early in order to enjoy many years without
the stresses of work, and he was alarmed to realize that he was unlikely to survive a year. The day Jim came to see me the first time I would h ave classified his condition as critically ill because his life was in immediate
danger; but he responded so quickly to his detox program that he was very soon out of danger and would be more accurately
described as a chronically ill person. Jim was not pr epared to water fast. He was attached to having his food and he was aware that
at his extreme weight he was going to have stay on a dietary program for a long, long time. He also wanted to choose a gradie nt
that he could manage by himself at home with litt le assistance from his wife. He had been on a typical American diet with meat,
coffee, etc., so that in spite of his dangerous condition it did not seem wise to me to add the heavy eliminatory burden of a  water
fast to a body that was already overwhelmed w ith fluids and waste products. Jim immediately went on a raw food cleansing diet, with no concentrated foods like nuts, seeds, or avocados, and with one day
each week fasting on vegetable juice and broth. He did enemas daily even though it wasn't his favorite thing. In one month he had
lost 30 pounds, his eyes had started to sparkle, and his complexion was rosy. The swelling had disappeared from his feet and legs,
and he had to buy new pants. Starting the second month he gradually withdrew from pr escription medications. From the beginning I had put Jim on a program
of nutritional supplements including protomorphogens (see chapter on vitamins and food supplements) to help the body repair i t's
heart and the kidneys. In only four months he had returne d his body to glowing health, and looked great for his age, though he was
still overweight. At the end of one year he had returned to a normal weight for his height, and only cheated on the diet a co uple of
times when attending a social event, and then it was only a baked potato with no dressing. He was probably going to have many qualitative years working his garden and living out his dreams. The local intensive care
ward lost a lot of money when they failed to get Jim. Diet For The Acutely Ill
    The acutely ill person experiences occasional attacks of distressing symptoms, usually after indiscretions in living or emotio nal
upsets. They have a cold, or a flu, or sinusitis, or a first bout of pneumonia, or a spring allergy attack. The intense sympt oms knock
them flat and force them to bed for a few days or a week. If they are sick more often than that, they are moving


 abnormal habit produces disease. Here is the origin of every so-called disease. The end
is chronic disease and premature death. Until we learn to recognize the fact that symptoms are the result of toxic saturation and learn the
source of the intoxication, we are left with nothing we can do for the sick except provide a brief
and questionable palliation. The man who can offer his patient nothing more than an
anodyne
 or a
sedative
 can do much harm but he can do no good. To be truly effective the care of the arthritic case should be directed at the removal of the cause
of the disease. To give drugs, whether aspirin, cortisone or other of the drugs now in use for
arthritis, which are intended to do nothing more than provide the patient with brief periods of
relief from pain, is to remove no cause. Although most of these drugs are given to “relieve” the
pain, it is asserted that cortisone temporarily relieves some of the other symptoms, but it does not
go beyond palliation, while it does build a more difficult condition to remedy. The body has remarkable recuperative powers and it often succeeds in restoring health in spite
of the remedies. It can do a much better and more speedy job if the remedies and the causes that
have built the disease are removed. The body must be given an opportunity to eliminate its toxic
accumulation by means of a fast and then an opportunity to alter its blood chemistry by means of a
more or less radical change in the plan of eating. This done, the results will be surprising. We do not restore normal nutrition by removing the effects of impaired nutrition. The proposal
to cut into the arthritic joints and scrape away the deposits of lime is but a proposal to try another
means of spectacular palliation. Even if it could be successfully done, it would be but a short time
95until more deposits would take the place of those scraped away. The cutting and the scraping
would have to be done all over again. Nothing can more certainly or more rapidly alter the state of the nutrition of the body than a fast. No other means at our disposal brings about a more rapid change in the chemistry of the body,
especially of its fluids and secretions. Fasting relieves the pains of arthritis, for example, more
effectively than drugs and does it without risk or harm. The duration of the fast in arthritis will have to depend on individual circumstances and should
never be undertaken except under the personal supervision of one who is thoroughly familiar with
the techniques of fasting. It is customary to advise the arthritic to exercise the affected joints to prevent these from
becoming fixed. It is asserted that this stays the development of ankylosis or bony union. However
much truth there may be in this claim, the forced activity tends to aggravate the inflammation and
intensify the pain. I find it better to let the affected joint rest until fasting has enabled the body to
remove the deposits and infiltrations from the joint and to clear up the inflammation. In this way
the stiff joint spontaneously limbers up and may be used without pain. The vast majority of patients with arthritis whom I have been called upon to care for have been
in advanced stages of chronic disease. They have all had months to years of the usual forms of
treatment, including the removal of several “foci of infection,” and they have still suffered. Indeed,
their history shows that they have grown progressively worse under such forms of treatment. They
have been in pain. They were deformed. They were more or less helpless. Why. I repeat: the
primary cause of their suffering had been neglected. Recovery from chronic arthritis is a slow evolution out of a state of ill health and into a state of
biochemical dependability. It involves many factors—age, weight, extent of the disease, its
duration, degrees of joint destruction, the amount of ankylosis, previous habits of living and eating,
the amount of nerve energy in reserve, the character of complications that exist (such as heart
disease), the occupation, disposition and environment of the patient. All of these factors determine
the extent of recovery possible and the rapidity with which recovery can take place. Chief among the requirements of recovery is a willingness and determination to carry out all
instructions. Those who cheat and who balk at restrictions and rules are less likely to achieve the
return of good health. An absolute minimum of sugar and starches should be included in the diet. Self-control, self-denial, many restrictions, a dogged determination to get well, even if the
restrictions are sometimes irksome and the progress discouraging, help in recovery. 9623
Peptic Ulcer
When, on July 28, 1939, William J. Mayo, M. D., the last of the two brothers who established the
famous Mayo clinic, died, the press carried the story that he died of a sub-acute perforating ulcer,
an abdominal ailment he had specialized in treating. Said one dispatch: “Stricken shortly after he
returned from a winter vacation in the southwest, Dr. Will underwent a stomach operation at the
clinic last April and never fully recovered. ”
It was but a few years after Dr. Mayo’s death when it was announced from this same clinic that
operation for ulcer is not good treatment. While operations are still being performed for ulcers,
they are not performed so frequently as formerly. It is no unusual thing for a specialist to die of the disease in which he specializes. That they
“take their own medicine” attests to their sincerity; that they cannot protect themselves reveals that
the knowledge they possess is not dependable. A man may be a leading surgeon and not know the
cause of the peptic ulcer, and endurated (hardened) pylorus, the fibroid tumor, the gallstone or
kidney stone that he cuts out. This is a very unsatisfactory situation; without a knowledge of cause,
the specialists is working in the dark. The symptoms of “diseases of the stomach" are many—and often not nearly so clear-cut as the
layman may imagine. It is true there are a few more or less “fixed symptoms” of stomach ulcer—pain, tenderness at
the pit of the stomach, vomiting and hemorrhage, but these may also be symptoms of cancer or they
may be present in less serious diseases of the stomach. For these reasons diagnosis of ulcer from
the symptoms alone is very difficult. X-ray and fluoroscopic examinations are made to confirm the
examiner's suspicions, but it is only in exceptionally pronounced cases that this means can prove
anything conclusively. The fact is that the X-ray often indicates ulcer where no ulcer exists and often fails to reveal an
ulcer where one does. Falsely called an “executive's disease,” peptic ulcer is said to kill 11,000 persons a year in this
country, through hemorrhage and complications. Thirteen million Americans are said to have
peptic ulcer. It may be open to serious doubt that there are that many executives in the nation. Abuses in eating, drinking, smoking, sex, the emotions, and in other facets of living are the most
likely causes. Tilden says that “the sexually enervated are slow to reproduce tissue. Ulcers refuse
to heal; infections slowly, but surely, take place; chronic diseases are uncontrollable. ” In the
sexually abused there is laid the groundwork for the evolution of many diseases. The prevailing concept is that peptic ulcer, that is, ulcer of the lower end of the esophagus, the
stomach and of the upper end of the duodenum, is due to the action of the gastric juice (the
hydrochloric acid and pepsin) of the stomach digesting and corroding the walls of these parts of
the digestive tube. As the food is carried below the duodenum, bile and other juices render the
content alkaline, so that there is no action of the pepsin and hydrochloric acid, hence no peptic
ulcers below the duodenum. This concept is far from being as certain as some believe. The membrane of the stomach is
chemically non-corrosive. For untold ages the lining of these organs has been in contact with the
digestive juices and this juice has been digesting the toughest protein foods that man has eaten and,
97normally, throughout all this time, the gastric juice has not digested the delicate lining of the
stomach, esophagus and duodenum. To say that suddenly the acid and pepsin of the stomach digests and corrodes the lining of these
organs and let the matter rest there is to fail to understand the cause of peptic ulcer. It is said that something happens to the internal chemistry of the body to cause the gastric juice to
digest the stomach; it is believed, by some, that emotional stresses may be the cause of this
chemistry change. Once the
 membrane collapses, so the theory runs, the stomach juice certainly
acts on the tissues and extends the ulcer, often eating through the wall of the stomach or duodenum
(perforation) with fatal results. It is significant in this connection that this digestion that is assumed to be certain is an
exceedingly slow process, often requiring years for its climax. Yet this self-digestion does not occur in the healthy stomach, no matter how much acid may be
secreted. Hydrochloric acid is a normal secretion of the glands of the stomach, a necessity in the
digestion of protein foods. To believe that it is disease-building is not rational. An excess of acid
secretion due to some evanescent cause may give rise to discomfort and distress, but there will


 and butter and like rich foods. The upshot was that my auto-intoxication grew worse. As I later learned, ov er-eating had caused my trouble in
the first place. About that time Mrs. Heard was stricken with pleurisy and a
persistent cough. So our family physician sent her to Dr. Brown. He prescribed a rest cure with plenty of milk, meat, butter and eggs. But the enriched diet did her no good either. When he saw how things
were going, our family doctor recommended a change of climate for
both of us. "Move out to the high and dry Texas plains country," he advised. Reluctantly, we sold the house which we had built for keeps and
migrated to Texas. First, we took the train for San Antonio, then as
now, that city was widely famed as a place where people would go
with lung trouble and all sorts of ch ronic ailments and fight their way
back to health. Before long I found a likely op ening for a dentist in nearby
Jourdanton. We spent almost a year there and found it a good place to stop a cough but not much good for a dentist. Then, by mere chance I heard about a dentist in Hereford, The
Deaf Smith County seat, who wanted to sell out. So I traded with Dr.
G................. Before we got settled in our new home, Mattie and I had
occasion to realize for the first time  how big a State Texas really was. But as things turned out that pr oved the best move of our lives. CHAPTER 12

I GO LOOKING FOR HEALTH IN TEXAS
 On January 1, 1916, I settled down with my little family in
Texas. Both my wife and myself looked to the dry climate of the high
plains to work its magic on us. We had not yet learned that what you
eat, your living habits, the way you do things and, more important, your thinking, have more to do with your health than either medicine
or climate. It was some years after we moved to Hereford that the truth
dawned on me. The sick man makes his own bed and lies on it. The
doctors call his ailment arthritis, anemia, tuberculosis or heart disease. Whatever his sickness may be, it is his baby. He has nursed it along, a
viper in his bosom, and let it feed upon him. In January, 1916, I was still addicted to pills, oils, salts, iron
tonic or some other concoction. I thought I had to take the stuff to
keep alive. Off and on I was always ailing somewhere. I had a sore
throat, a bad cold, a light fever, stomachache or rheumatism. After I
moved to the high plains, my rheumatism seemed milder. The change
of climate had done me good. Still, I had the anemia and with it
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Q: Who wrote the book "Man Versus Toothache"?,
A: Dr. George W. Heard
Q: What was Dr. George W. Heard's motivation for writing the book?,
A: To share his discoveries and findings with the public, and to help people find a way to live a healthy and happy life.
Q: What was the outcome of Dr. Heard's diet and lifestyle changes?,
A: He became healthy and gained his energy back, but then relapsed when he went back to his old eating habits.
Q: Who helped Dr. Heard in his research on the prevention of tooth decay?,
A: Dr. Edward Taylor, Dr. C. A. Pierle, Dr. Weston A. Price, and Arnold P. Yerkes
Q: Why did Dr. Heard's wife, Mattie, support him in his self-imposed dietary restrictions?,
A: She had faith in him and believed in his ideas, and she worked with him to implement his health changes.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Then my doctor suddenly discovered that my blood pressure was too low. Each morning I would get up feeling
a little weaker than before. At last I got so weak it was all I could do
to walk from the house to my office a few blocks away. As I would
pass down the street, the town jester would call out to me:
"Say, Doc, which cemetery did you escape from this morning?" That greeting did not pep me up any. But all the while I had
inside of me a secret determination to get well. I cultivated that and it
pulled me through. It was in June of 1925, 9½ years after I came to Hereford that I
had my crisis. My wife, Mattie, had drawn.out of me, tactfully, a little
at a time what disposition I wanted to make of my affairs. She had put
me to bed and kept my circulation going with hot water bags. I had an
electric pad at my feet. That was th e time of life an old friend recalled
to me not long since. "I saw you when, if you had gone one step farther," Perry
McMinn said, "you would not have come back." Then everybody who knew me thought I had come to the end of
my row. Like Mr. Ready-to-Halt in "Pilgrim's Progress," I had
received my summons and was all set to cross over on the other side. In my own mind, all the while, I kn ew better. I fully realized my
condition and I made this plain to Mattie, but I told her I would be a
man again. PART II. IN WHICH I SEEK FOR REASONS WHY

CHAPTER 13. I START ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY
 My quest for health led me to a sanitorium in Denver, where I
spent five weeks, and onto another in Chicago, where I stayed another
five weeks. I learned that both ins titutions were right up to the minute
on foods but both had a lot to learn about the human organism. By this time my condition had be come desperate. Everyone who
knew me thought I would die any day. One morning my next door
neighbor, Rex T. dropped by. He was going to Canyon to consult a
naturopath, Dr. H. A. Brown, wh o had built up a reputation by his
remarkable cures. "Come along with me and let this new doctor look you over," my
neighbor invited. "He can do no worse by you than the rest have
done." I took him up on that. When Dr. Brown had finished his check-up of Mr. T. and had
prescribed for him, I asked the doctor to put me through the mill in the same fashion. When he had finished his examination Dr. Brown gave
me a grim, frank report:
"You are just about dead, old man. You have the dirtiest colon I
have ever found. I can clean it out, if  you are not too weak to stand the
shock." By the way in which he went at  his examination I was persuaded
that Dr. Brown had gone right to the root of my trouble that had
eluded the diagnosticians whom I previously had consulted. Intuitively, I felt that here was the chance I had sought for so long to get back my lost health. Anyway, I had nothing to lose. I was at the
end of my row. But in my own mind, I knew I could make it. So when
Dr. Brown looked inquiringly at me  I had my answer: "Shoot, I am
rarin' to go." Right off the bat Dr. Brown prescribed a long fast. He told me to
drink a glass of hot water every hour and to take nothing else into my
stomach. Once every 24 hours I was to wash out my colon with a hot
enema. The remedy was drastic, but as I realized it was being applied
to a desperate condition. For that clogged up, inert colon of mine was
constantly saturating my bloodstr eam with poisonous waste, I was
suffering from low blood pressure and anemia "to the nth degree." Knowing that my life depended upon it, I took my medicine. It was
tough at the start. Like most people I thought if I missed a meal, I'd
starve. All my life until then, I had habitually eaten too much. The
excess sugar and starch—in white bread, potatoes and syrup, instead
of being food, reacted as filth because it could not be assimilated—
had been stored up and this had meant extra pumping for my
overworked heart. Now, I was about ready to drop. After two or three days of it, my craving for food vanished. I no
longer felt hungry. Every morning I walked down to my office,
opened up on schedule and did my day's work


 performance, and that is the
way the face and jaws develop during childhood. For example, take a look
at the structure of the face and jaws of past Olympic gold me dal winners
including Usain Bolt, Sanya Richards-Ross, Steve Hooker, and Roger
Federer. What is strikingly apparent for this group, and for the vast majority
of to p-class athletes, is the forward growth of the face and w idth of the
jaws. A thletic success depends on having good airways, which in turn is
dependent on normal facial stru cture. Spend a lot of time with your mouth
hanging open or sucking your thumb during childhood and the face grows
dif ferently from how nature intended. In fa ct, M ichael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, is one
of th e v ery few top-class athlet es who does not exhibit forwar d growth of
the jaws  and a w ide facial structure. Based on his facial profile, there is a
high likelihood that he was a m outh breather during childhoo d, possibly
requiring orthod ontic treatment  in his early teens. It is also possible that
Phelps chose swimming, either consciously or unconsciously, as it was theone sport that he could excel in. The very act of swimmi ng restricts
breathing to help of fset any n egative ef fects that have developed from
mouth breathing or an inef ficient breathing pattern. Although the natural order of things is to breathe through th e nose,
many children—especially those with asthma or nasal congestion—
habitually breathe through the mouth. Brazilian researchers i nvestigating
the prev alence of mouth breathing in children aged 3 to 9 fo und that 55
percent of a ra ndom selection of 370 subjects were mouth breathers. Children who regularly breathe through their mouth tend to develop
negative alterati ons to their face, jaws, and the alignment of their teeth. Mouth b reathing af fects the shape of the face in two ways. Firs t, there is a
tendency for the face to grow long and narrow. Secondly, the jaws do not
fully de velop and are set back from their ideal position, thus reducing
airway s ize. If the jaws are not positioned forward enough on th e face, they
will encroach on the airways. See for yourself: Close your mouth, jut out
your chin, and t ake a breath in and out through your nose, not ing the way
air travels down behind the jaws. Now do the same but pull your chin
inward a s far as you can—you will probably feel as if your thro at is closed
up as you try to breathe. This i s exactly the ef fect poorly developed facial
structure has on your airway siz e. It is no wonder that those wi th restricted
airways tend to favor mouth breathing. The forc es exerted by the lips and the tongue primarily influence the
growth o f a child’ s face. The lips and cheeks exert an inward pressure on
the f ace, with th e tongue providing a counteracting force. Whe n the mouth
is closed, the tongue rests against the roof of the mouth, exerting light
forces that shape the top jaw. Because the tongue is wide a nd U-shaped, it
follows that the shape of the top jaw should be wide and U-shaped also. In
other words, the shape of the top jaw reflects the shape of th e tongue. A
wide U-shaped top jaw is optimal for housing all our teeth. However, durin g mouth breathing, it is very unlikely that the  tongue
will rest  in the roof of the mouth. T ry it for yourself: Open your mouth and
place yo ur tong ue on your upp er palate. Now try to breathe through your
mouth. While it is possible to draw a wisp of air into the lungs, it will not
feel righ t. It follows therefore th at the tongue of a mouth breather will tend
to re st o n the floor of the mouth  or suspended midway. Since th e top jaw is
not t hen shaped by the normal pressures of the tongue, the end result is thedevelopment of a narrow V -sha ped top jaw. Aesthetically, this contributes
to a  narrowing of the facial structure, crooked teeth, and orthodontic
problems. It has been well docu mented that mouth-breathing children grow
longer faces. The sec ond way facial structure is af fected by the way we breathe
during childhood is the position of the jaws. The way the jaws develop has
a direct influence on the width of the upper airways. Our upper airways
comprise the nose, nasal cavity, sinuses, and throat. Strong athletic
performance req uires lar ge upper airways that enable air to flow freely to
and from the lungs. Although a  high BOL T score and ef fectiv e breathing
technique are crucial for high l evels of performance, having airways that
function with little resistance is also very advantageous. For example, a
marathon runner who has ef ficient breathing but airways that a re the width
of a narrow straw is not going to get too far. The nor mal growth of the fac e is forward. Since a mouth-b reathing
child does not rest his or her tongue in the roof of the mouth, the jaws are
unable t o be properly shaped by the tongue, and the natural forw ard growth
of the jaws is impeded. This results in jaws that are set back from their ideal
position, compro mising airflow. For the correct development o f the lower
half of the face a nd airways, it is imperative that a child habitually breathes
through his or h er nose. Breathing through the nose with the tongue resting
in th e roof of the mouth helps to establish the ideal conditions for the
normal development of the face. I sw itched from mouth to nose breathing during the late 1990s, when I
was in my early  twenties, but i t was only after I met with myofunctional
therapists Joy Moeller, Barbara  Greene, and Karen Samuel in 2006 that I
learned the correct position of the tongue. Until then, I hadn’ t given it a
moment’ s consideration, and most likely my tongue had been flopping
about without a home for the previous thirty-two years. Between them, Joy,
Barbara, and Karen have devo ted almost a hundred years to reeducating
people on the placement of the tongue and facial muscles in order to
address a variety of detrimenta l issues that af fect the development of the
jaws and teeth. S pending thousands of dollars on orthodontic treatment can
be in vain if po or habits such as mouth breathing, tongue th rusting, and
incorrect swallo wing are not addressed. And you may be ab le to avoidorthodontic treat ment altogether if these habits are not permitted to develop
in the first place. In th e correct re sting position, three-quarters of the tongue should press
gently a gainst th e roof of the mouth with the tip of the tongue placed just
behind t he top front teeth—the s ame place we put the tongue to make the N
sound “nuh. ”  Just like nasal breathing, optimal resting tongue posture is not
a recent  discove ry; for thousands of years it formed an important part of
Eastern yoga and the religion o f Buddhism. Y ogi Bhajan, who introduced
Kundalini yoga to the United States in 1968, accredited the upper palate and
the tip of the tongue as the tw o most important parts of the  body. The
ancient Buddhis t scriptures of t he Pali Canon contain passages describing
how the Buddha pressed his tongue against the roof of the mouth for the
purposes of controlling hunger and the mind. This illustration  shows the facial characteristics of a nasal brea ther and
is based on the Irish International and LA Galaxy soccer captain Robbie
Keane:
Note the  forward position of th e jaws, high cheekbones, airway size,
and wid th of the face. The jaw i s strong and positioned well forw ard so that
the chin  is nearly as far forwar d as the tip of the nose. When  cartoonists
draw illu strations of a dominant male, his strength is often conveyed by arugged and exaggerated jaw. S ocially, a wide facial structure and strong
jawline are considered healthier and more attractive than a recessed chin. And not only is  the classic squa re jawline more likely to get you a date, it
might also be beneficial to your bank balance. In a paper written by
researchers from the School of Business at the University of California at
Riverside, men with wider faces were found to be stronger negotiators,
commanding a signing bonus of nearly $2,200 more than their narrow-faced
counterparts. In  a separate stud y by the same authors it was found that
companies led by men with wider faces also achieved superior financial
performance. Throughout our evolution, social anthropologists have regarded facial
appearance as a determinant in establishing societal rank and individual
roles. Beauty is not just skin de ep, and Aristotle was right whe n he stated
that “Beauty is a far great er recommendation than any  letter of
introduction. ”
In the image ab ove, the jaws are set back and the airways are smaller,
resulting in diminished athletic performance. Had the jaws bee n in a


interested in one might go about handling various conditions and complaints, whattypes of organ weaknesses are typically associated with them, and whatapproaches I usually recommend to encourage healing. And, most importantly,what kind of success or lack of it have I had over the past twenty five years,encouraging the healing of various conditions with hygienic methods. In the case studies that follow I will mostly report the simpler, easier-to-fix
problems because that is what most people have; still, many of these involve life-threatening or quality-of-life-destroying illnesses. I will tell the success story ofone very complicated, long-suffering case that involved multiple levels ofpsychological and spiritual handling as well as considerable physical healing. Arthritis
Some years back my 70 years old mother came from the family homestead in
the wilds of northern British Columbia to visit me at the Great Oaks School. Shehad gotten into pathetic physical condition. Fifteen years previously she hadremarried. Tom, her new husband, had been a gold prospector and general
mountain man, a wonderfully independent and cantankerous cuss, a great hunter
and wood chopper and all around good-natured backwoods homesteadhandyman. Tom had tired of solitary log cabin life and to solve his problem hadtaken on the care and feeding of a needy widow, my mom. He began doing thecooking and menu planning. Tom, a little older than my mother, had no senseabout eating but could still shoot game. Ever since their marriage she had beenliving on moose meat stews with potatoes and gravy, white flour bread with jam,black tea with canned milk, a ritual glass of brandy at bedtime, and almost nofresh fruit or vegetables. In her youth, my mother had been a concert pianist; now she had such large
arthritic knobs on all of her knuckles that her hands had become claws. Thoughthere was still that very same fine upright in the cabin that I had learned to play asa child, she had long since given up the piano. Her knees also had large arthriticknobs; this proud woman with a straight back and long, flowing strides was bentover, limping along with a cane. She was also 30 pounds overweight and herblood pressure was a very dangerous 210 over 140, just asking for a stroke. Instead of a welcoming feast, the usual greeting offered to a loved one who
has not been seen for a few years, I immediately started her on a juice fast. I gaveher freshly prepared carrot juice (one quart daily) mixed with wheat grass juice(three ounces daily) plus daily colonics. She had no previous experience withthese techniques but she gamely accepted everything I threw her way because sheknew I was doing it because I loved her and wanted to see her in bettercondition. She also received a daily full body massage with particular attention tothe hand and knees, stimulating the circulation to the area and speeding theremoval of wastes. Every night her hands and knees were wrapped in warmcastor oil compresses held in place with old sheeting. I did not use any vitamins or food supplements in her case. I did give her
flavorful herbal teas made of peppermint and chamomile because she needed thecomfort of a hot cupa; but these teas were in no way medicinal except for hermorale. After three weeks on this program, Grannybelle, as I and my daughters called
her, had no unsightly knobs remaining on either her knuckles or knees and shecould walk and move her fingers without pain within a normal range of movement.The big payoff for me besides seeing her look so wonderful (20 years youngerand 20 pounds lighter) was to hear her sit down and treat us to a Beethovenrecital. And her blood pressure was 130 over 90. Breast Cancer
I have worked with many young women with breast cancer; so many in fact,
that their faces and cases tend to blur. But whenever I think about them, Kellyinevitably comes to mind because we became such good friends. Like me, Kellywas an independent-minded back country Canuck. At the age 26, she received amedical diagnosis of breast cancer. Kelly had already permitted a lumpectomyand biopsy, but had studied the statistical outcomes and did not want to treat herillness with radical mastectomy, radiation and chemotherapy because she knewher odds of long-term survival without radical medical treatment were equal to orbetter than allowing the doctors to do everything possible. Nor did she want tolose even one of her breasts. She knew how useful her breasts were because shehad already suckled one child, not to mention their contribution to one’s own self-image as a whole person. I admired Kelly’s unusual independent-mindednessbecause she comes from a country where universal health coverage is in place;her insurance would have paid all the costs had she been willing to acceptconventional medicine, but Canadian national health insurance does not coveralternative therapy. Kelly stayed with me for nearly two months as a residential faster, because she
needed to be far from the distractions of a troubled family life. With financialsupport from her parents and child-care from her friends she was able to taketime out to give the recovery of health top priority in her life without worryingabout whether her small son was being well cared for. This peace of mind wasalso very important to her recovery. Analysis with biokinesiology showed a pervasively weak immune system,
including a weak thymus gland, spleen, and an overloaded lymphatic system. Herliver was weak, but not as weak as it might have been, because she had becomea vegetarian, and had been working on her health in a haphazard fashion for a fewyears. Kelly’s body also showed weaknesses in pancreatic and adrenal functionas well as a toxic colon. Most immediately worrisome to her, biokinesiologytesting showed several over-strong testing lumpy areas in the breasts and over-strong testing lumpy lymph nodes in the armpits. Cancerous tumors always testoverly strong
Kelly’s earlier life-style had contributed to her condition in several ways. She
had worked for years in a forestry tree nursery handling seedling trees treatedwith highly toxic chemicals. She had worked as a cook in a logging camp forseveral seasons, eating too much meat and greasy food. And she had also spentthe usual number of adolescent and young adult years deeply involved inrecreational drug use and the bad diet that went with it. Kelly started right in on a rigorous water fast that lasted for one entire month. She had a colonic every day, plus body work including reflexology, holding andmassage of neurolymphatic and neurovascular points, and stimulation ofacupuncture points related to weak organ systems and general massage tostimulate overall circulation and lymphatic drainage. She took protomorphogensto help rebuild her weakened organs; she took ten grams of vitamin C every dayand a half-dose of Life Extension vitamin mix in assimilable powdered form; shedrank herbal teas of echinacea and fenugreek seeds and several ounces of freshlysqueezed wheat grass juice every day. Twice each day she made poultices out ofclay and the pulp left over from making her wheat grass juice, filled an old brawith this mixture and pressed it to her breast for several hours until the clay dried.Shortly, I will explain all the measures in some detail. These physical therapies were accompanied by counseling sessions dealing
with some severe and long-unresolved problems, response patterns and
relationships that triggered her present illness. Her son’s father (Kelly’s ex) was
suppressive and highly intimidating. Fearful of him, Kelly seemed unable tosuccessfully extricate herself from the relationship due to the ongoing contactwhich revolved over visitation and care of their son. But Kelly had grit! Whilefasting, she confronted these tough issues in her life and unflinchingly made thenecessary decisions. When she returned to Canada she absolutely decided,without any nagging doubts, reservations or qualifications, to make any changesnecessary to ensure her survival. Only after having made these hard choices couldshe heal. I one respect, Kelly was a highly unusual faster. Throughout the entire month
on water, Kelly took daily long walks, frequently stopping to lie down and rest inthe sun on the way. She would climb to or from the top of a very large and steephill nearby. She never missed a day, rain or shine. At the end of her month on water Kelly’s remaining breast lumps had
disappeared, the lymphatic system and immune system tested strong, as well asthe liver, pancreas, adrenals, and large intestine. No areas tested overly strong. She broke the fast with the same discipline she had conducted it, on carrot
juice, a cup every two hours. After three days on juice she began a raw food dietwith small servings of greens and sprouts well chewed, interspersed at two hourintervals with fresh juicy fruits. After about ten days on “rabbit food,” she easedinto avocados, cooked vegetables, nuts, seeds, and whole grains and then wenthome. As I write this, it is eight years since Kelly’s long fast. She still comes to see
me every few years to check out her diet and just say hello. She has had twomore children by a new, and thoroughly wonderful husband and suckled themboth for two years each; her peaceful rural life centers around this new, happyfamily and the big, Organic garden she grows. She religiously takes her LifeExtension vitamins and keeps her dietary and life-style indiscretions small andinfrequent. She is probably going to live a long, time. I consider Kelly’s cluster of organ weaknesses very typical of all cancers
regardless of type or location, as well as being typical of AIDS and other criticalinfections by organisms that usually reside in the human body without causing


unfulfilled. Deep within you, at the level of your being, is what you were
intended to become, to accomplish, and to be. In that inner placeless place,
you’re connected to the power of intention. It will find you. Make a
conscious effort to contact it and listen. Practice being what you are at the
source of your soul. Go to your soul level, where intention and purpose fit
together so perfectly that you achieve the epiphany of simply knowing this
is it. Your silent inner knowing. Esteemed psychologist and philosopher
William James once wrote: “In the dim background of our mind we know
meanwhile what we ought to be doing. But somehow we cannot start. Every moment we expect the spell to break. but it does continue, pulse
after pulse, and we float with it. ”
In my experience as a therapist, and as a speaker talking with thousands
of people about their lives, I’ve come to the same conclusion. Somewhere,
buried deep within each of us, is a call to purpose. It’s not always rational,
not always clearly delineated, and sometimes even seemingly absurd, but
the knowing is there. There’s a silent something within that intends you toexpress yourself. That something is your soul telling you to listen and
connect through love, kindness, and receptivity to the power of intention. That silent inner knowing will never leave you alone. You may try to ignore
it and pretend it doesn’t exist, but in honest, alone moments of
contemplative communion with yourself, you sense the emptiness waiting
for you to fill it with your music. It wants you to take the risks involved,
and to ignore your ego and the egos of others who tell you that an easier,
safer, or more secure path is best for you. Ironically, it’s not necessarily about performing a specific task or being in
a certain occupation or living in a specific location. It’s about sharing
yourself in a creative, loving way using the skills and interests that are
inherently part of you. It can involve any activity: dancing, writing, healing,
gardening, cooking, parenting, teaching, composing, singing, surfing—
whatever. There’s no limit to this list. But everything on the list can be done
to pump up your ego or to serve others. Satisfying your ego ultimately
means being unfulfilled and questioning your purpose. This is because your
Source is egoless, and you’re attempting to connect to your Source, where
your purpose originates. If the activities on the list are in service to others,
you feel the bliss of purposeful living, while paradoxically attracting more
of what you’d like to have in your life. My daughter Skye is an example of what I’m presenting here. Skye has
known since she could first speak that she wanted to sing. It was almost as
if she showed up here in the world with a destiny to sing for others. Over
the years, she’s sung at my public appearances, first as a 4-year-old, and
then at every age up until now, her 21st year. She has also sung on my
public television specials, and the reaction to her singing has always been
gratifying. As a student immersed in a music program at a major university, Skye
studied from academic and theoretical perspectives. One day in her junior
year, we had a discussion that centered on her purpose and the silent inner
knowing she’s always had. “Would you be upset,” she inquired, “if I left
college. I just don’t feel like I can do what I know I have to do by sitting in
a classroom and studying music theory any longer. I just want to write myown music and sing. It’s the only thing I think about, but I don’t want to
disappoint you and Mom. ”
How could I, who tells his readers not to die with their music still in
them, tell my 21-year-old daughter to stay in college because that’s the right
way, and it’s what I did. I encouraged her to listen to the silent knowing
that I’ve seen evidence of since she was a toddler, and to follow her heart. As Gandhi once said: “To give one’s heart is to give all. ” This is where God
exists in Skye. and in you. I did ask Skye to make a supreme effort to live her purpose by serving
those who will listen to her music rather than focusing her attention on
being famous or making money. “Let the universe handle those details,” I
reminded her. “You write and sing because you have to express what is in
that beautiful heart of yours. ” I then asked her to think from the end, and act
as if all that she wanted to create for herself was already here, waiting for
her to connect to it. Recently she voiced dismay at not having her own CD out in the world,
and she was acting with thoughts of not having a CD out in the world. Consequently, no CD and lots of frustration. I strongly encouraged her to
start thinking from the end by seeing the studio being available, the
musicians ready to collaborate with her, the CD as a finished product, and
her intention as a reality. I gave her a deadline to have a CD completed that
I could make available at my lectures. I told her that she could sing to these
audiences, as she has done sporadically in her life as well as on my public-
television pledge shows. Her thinking from the end materialized everything she needed, and the
universal Spirit began to work with her unbending intent. She found the
studio, the musicians she needed magically appeared, and she was able to
have the CD produced. Skye worked tirelessly day after day singing her own favorites, as well as
several that I wanted her to sing at my appearances, including “Amazing
Grace,” “The Prayer of St. Francis,” and her own composition, “Lavender
Fields,” which she sings from deep pride and passion. And lo and behold,today her CD, This Skye HasNo Limits, is now out and is being offered to
the public whenever she sings at my lectures. Skye’s presence on the stage with me brings so much joy and love to the
presentation because she’s as closely aligned with those seven faces of
intention as any human being I’ve ever known. So it’s no secret why this
book is also dedicated to her—one of my angels of spiritual intention. Inspiration and Purpose
When you’re inspired by a great purpose, everything will begin to work
for you. Inspiration comes from moving back in-spirit and connecting to the
seven faces of intention. When you feel inspired, what appeared to be risky
becomes a path you feel compelled to follow. The risks are gone because
you’re following your bliss, which is the truth within you. This is really
love working in harmony with your intention. Essentially, if you don’t feel
love, you don’t feel the truth, and your truth is all wrapped up in your
connection to Spirit. This is why inspiration is such an important part of the
fulfillment of your intention to live a life on purpose. When I left the work that no longer inspired me, every single detail that
I’d worried about was almost magically taken care of for me. I’d spent
several months working for a large corporation where I was offered a salary
three times higher than I’d been paid as a teacher, but I wasn’t in-spirit. That prodding inner knowing said, Do what you’re here to do, and
teaching/counseling became my manifested daily purpose. When I left a professorship at a major university for writing and public
speaking, it wasn’t a risk; it was something I had to do because I knew that I
couldn’t feel happy with myself if I didn’t follow my heart. The universe
handled the details, because I was feeling love for what I was doing, and
consequently, I was living my truth. By teaching love, that very same love
guided me to my purpose, and the financial remuneration flowed to me with
that same energy of love. I couldn’t see how it would work out, but I
followed an inner knowing and never regretted it. You may think it’s too risky to give up a salary, a pension, job security, or
familiar surroundings because of a dim night-light in your mind that draws
you to see why it’s turned on. I suggest that there are no risks at all if youpay attention to that light, which is your knowing. Combine your strong
knowing with the faith that Spirit will provide, and you acknowledge the
power of intention at work. Your trust in this inner knowing is all you need. I call it faith—not faith in an external god to provide you with a purpose,
but faith in the call you’re hearing from the center of your being. You are a
divine, infinite creation making the choice to be on purpose and to be
connected to the power of intention. It all revolves around your being
harmoniously connected to your Source. Faith eliminates the risk when you
choose to trust that inner knowing about your purpose and become a
channel for the power of intention. Making Intention Your Reality
Below are ten ways to practice fulfilling your intention to live your life
on purpose from this day forward:

Step 1: Affirm that in an intelligent system, no one shows up by
accident, including you. The universal mind of intention is responsible for
all of creation. It knows what it’s doing. You came from that mind, and
you’re infinitely connected to it.