 of water. Immerse in cold water for 4 minutes. Drain and pat
dry. In additi on to blanching, eggplan ts can be salted in order to draw out excess
water. Use 2 tbsp (25 mL) salt for every eggplant. Peel or leave peel on;
trim aw ay blossom ends and sl ice eggplants lengthwise or crosswise into
1/4- to 1/2-inch (5 mm to 1 cm) slices. Lay slices on clean, lint-free towels
or s everal layers of paper towels. Sprinkle salt over top and let stand at
room tem perature for 1 to 3 hours. Rinse, drain and immediatel y blanch for
3 minutes following instructions above. Canning Eggplant
See detailed canning information, Preparing and Canning V egetables. 1. Pr epar e Equipment:  W ash and heat pint (2-cup/500 mL) or quart (1 L)
jars, and scald the lids, funnel, ladle and tongs ( Pressure Canner Method ). 2. P r epar e eggplant by blanch ing or by salting and blanchin g following
instructions. 3. Pack eggplant slices or cubes hot. Hot Pack Method:  Fill  hot jars with hot eggplant cubes or slices, shaking
the jar to pack fairly tightly. Pour hot water over top, leaving a 1-inch (2.5
cm) hea dspace. Run a thin non- metallic utensil around the inside of the jar
to allow air to escape. Add more hot water, if necessary, to leave a 1-inch
(2.5 cm) headspace. W ipe sealing edge of jars with a clean, damp, lint-free
cloth. Position flat lids over the tops of jars and hand-tighten screw bands. 4. P lace jars in  pr essur e canner. Use a P ressure Canner accordi ng to the
chart below for Dial-Gauge or follow manufacturer ’ s instructions.5. Cool, Label and Stor e:  T urn of f heat; let pressure return to zero
naturally. Once gauge shows 0 pressure, wait 2 minutes then open the vent. Unlock and remove canner lid. W ait 10 minutes then lift jars from canner
and place on a clean towel or ra ck. Do not re-tighten screw ba nds. Let the
jars cool  to room temperature. T his may take from 12 to 24 hours. Remove
and store screw bands. Check lid seals ( Pressure Canner Method ). W ipe and
label sealed jars. Store in a cool, dark place. e g g p l a n t  c a p o n a t a
In Italy, this thick dip is most often served with garlic br ead as antipasto,
but can also be spr ead on vegetables in hors d’oeuvr es or with gr eens as a
starter. I find th at it is also very good when tossed with cook ed pasta or
rice. Don’ t rush the cooking of the vegetables, especially the eggplant. Use a
heavy-bottomed cover ed saucepan or skillet over medium-low heat. If you
sweat th e onions and garlic ove r very low heat with a lid on the pan, you
don’ t have to sti r as often, and the onions will caramelize to be come sweet. Y ou can add shr edded carr ots, chopped r ed or gr een bell peppers, pine nuts
or raisins to this basic r ecipe.MAKES 4 CUPS (1 L)
1/3 to 1/2 cup (50 to 125 mL) olive oil, divided
4 cups (1 L) fr esh or fr ozen (thawed) eggplant cubes
3 onions, chopped
4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 cups (500 mL) skinned, seeded and chopped plum (or Roma)
tomatoes
1/2 cup (125 mL) chopped celery
1/4 cup (50 mL) shr edded fr esh basil
20 black olives, pitted and r oughly chopped (1 can, 14 oz/398 mL,
drained)
1 tbsp (15 mL) drained capers
2 tbsp (25 mL) fr eshly squeezed lemon juice or balsamic vinegar
2 tsp (10 mL) granulated sugar, optional

1. Heat 2 tbsp (25 mL) of the olive oil in a lar ge, deep heav y-bottomed
saucepan or skillet over medium-low heat. Add just enough eggp lant so that
it cooks in singl e layer. Cook, stirring frequently, placing the lid  on the pan
between stirring. Cook in batches, transferring the soft, brown cubes to a
plate. Add more oil to the pan as needed. Set browned eggplant aside. 2. Add 2 tbsp (25 mL) more oil  to the saucepan and heat. Add onions and
garlic an d cook,  stirring frequently, for 7 minutes or until soft and golden. Add tomatoes and celery and cook over medium heat, stirring frequently,
for 5  mi nutes or until celery is tender. Add basil, olives, cape rs and friedeggplant. Cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Stir in lemon juice and mix
well. T aste and add sugar if required. 3. Freeze in 1/2- to 1-cup (125 to 250 mL) containers for up to 4 months. Use: Sp read cap onata on slices of French bread or toasted bagels for an
hors d’o euvre ( see Beef Bites ); to ss with cooked rice or pasta for a main
dish. Serve over steamed or gri lled vegetables. Combine with cooked rice
and use as a stuf fing for zucchini, tomatoes or bell peppers. b e e f  b i t e s
If you have Eggplant Caponata  pr e par ed and fr ozen, you can make these
elegant appetize rs or hors d’oe uvr es in no time. For a cocktail party, they
ar e hearty and easy to manage on a cocktail napkin. When made with
bagels or ciabatta br ead and har d-boiled egg or tuna, they make a delicious
sandwich for lunch. HAKES 12 SLICES
1 cup (250 mL) Eggplant Caponata, thawed if fr ozen
1 stick Fr ench br ead, cut diagonally into 12 slices
1 cup (250 mL) fr esh baby spinach leaves
12 slices grilled beef
12 Parmesan cheese curls
Spread c aponata on bread slices. Layer with spinach leaves a nd top with
grilled beef. Garnish with Parmesam cheese curls. p i c k l e d  b a b y  e g g p l a n t
Use who le tiny r ound, oblong or long (finger) eggplants. If you ar e close to
an A sian market, it is quite possible that you will be able to get severaldiffer ent varietie s and colours of mini eggplants for this r ecipe. For this
pickle mix, tiny hot or sweet chile peppers add colour and nip to the pickles. Y ou can  also combine eggplants with other miniatur e vegetables, like baby
corn or carr ots, or any of the dwarf squash varieties. Someti mes market
gar deners gr ow dwarf vegetab les; they ar e beautiful in this r ecipe with
small finger eggplants. MAKES 8 CUPS (2 L)
8 cups (2 L) miniatur e eggplants or mixed
vegetables (see above) 1/4 cup (50 mL) fr eshly squeezed
lemon juice 3 cups (750 mL) rice vinegar
1/2 cup (125 mL) water
1 cup (250 mL) granulated sugar
3 tbsp (45 mL) Classic Pickling Spice Blend  (stor e-bought), tied in a
cheesecloth bag

1. Bring  a lar ge pot of water to  a boil. Add lemon juice and eggplants (or
eggplants and other baby vegeta bles). Cook vegetables for 5 to 7 minutes or
until tender -cris p. Remove eggplants when tender, which may be before
other ve getables are done. Drain and rinse with cold water. Drain and pat
dry. 2. Heat four 1-p int (2-cup/500 mL) jars in boiling water, and scald the lids,
lifter, funnel and tongs ( Boiling W ater Method, Step by Step ). 3. In  a Maslin pan or canning ke ttle, combine vinegar and water. Add sugar
and spic e bag. Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Reduce
heat and  boil gently, stirring oc casionally, for 10 minutes. Remove spice
bag and add vegetables. Boil gently stirring occasionally for 3 minutes. 4. S kim of f and discard any foam. Using tongs or a slotted sp oon, fill hot
jars with vegetables, leaving a 1/2-inch (1 cm) headspace. Po ur hot brine
over top, leaving a 1/2-inch (1 cm) headspace. Run a thin n on-metallic
utensil around the inside of the  jar to allow air to escape.


, that vary only in
a temporal sense. Guilt focuses on the past; worry on the future. The Psychological Payoffs for Choosing Worry
• Worry is a present-moment activity. Thus, by using your current
life being immobilized over a future time in your life, you are able
to escape the now and whatever it is in the now that threatens you. For example, I spent the summer of 1974 in Karamursel, Turkey,
teaching and writing a book on counseling. My seven-year-old
daughter was back in the United States with her mother. While I
love writing, I also find it an intensely lonely, difficult chore which
requires a great deal of self-discipline. I would sit down at my
typewriter with paper in place and the margins set, and all of a
sudden my thoughts would be back on little Tracy Lynn. What if
she rides her bicycle into the street and doesn’t look. I hope she’s
being watched at the swimming pool, because she has a tendency
to be careless. Before I knew it, an hour had elapsed, and I had spent
it worrying. This was all in vain of course. But, was it. As long as I
could use up my present moments worrying I didn’t have to struggle
with the difficulty of writing. A terrific payoff indeed. • You can avoid having to take risks by using your worry as the
reason for immobility. How could you possibly act if you are preoc-
cupied with your present-moment worry. “I can’t do a thing, I’m
just too worried about———” This is a common lament, and one
with a payoff that keeps you standing still and avoiding the risk of
action. 112 / Your Erroneous Zones• You can label yourself as a caring person  by worrying. Worry
proves that you are a good parent, good spouse, or good whatever. A handsome dividend, although lacking in logical healthy thinking. • Worry is a handy justification for certain self-defeating behavior. If you’re overweight, you undoubtedly eat more when you worry,
hence you have a sensational reason for hanging on to the worry
behavior. Similarly, you find yourself smoking more in worrisome
situations, and can use the worry to avoid giving up smoking. This
same neurotic reward system applies to areas including marriage,
money, health and the like. The worry helps you to avoid changing. It is easier to worry about chest pains than to take the risk of finding
out the truth, and then have to deal forthrightly with yourself. • Your worry keeps you from living. A worrier sits around and
thinks about things, while a doer must be up and about. Worry is a
clever device to keep you inactive, and clearly it is easier, if less re-
warding, to worry, than to be an active, involved person. • Worry can bring ulcers, hypertension, cramps, tension head-
aches, backaches and the like. While these may not seem to be pay-
offs, they do result in considerable attention from others and justify
much self-pity as well, and some people would rather be pitied than
fulfilled. Now that you understand the psychological support system for
your worry, you can begin to devise some strategic efforts for getting
rid of the troublesome worry bugs that breed in this erroneous zone. Some Strategies for Eliminating Worry
• Begin to view your present moments as times to live, rather than
to obsess about the future. When you catch yourself worry-THE USELESS EMOTIONS—GUILT AND WORRY  / 113ing, ask yourself, “What am I avoiding now by using up this moment
with worry. ” Then begin to attack whatever it is you’re avoiding. The best antidote to worry is action. A client of mine, formerly prone
to worry, told me of a recent triumph over it. At a vacation resort
he wandered into the sauna one afternoon. There he met a man who
couldn’t take a holiday from his worries. The other man elaborated
all of the things my client should be worrying about. He mentioned
the stock market, but said not to worry about short-range fluctu-
ations. In six months there would be a virtual collapse, and that was
the thing to really worry about. My client made sure of all the things
he should worry about, and then left. He played a one-hour game
of tennis, enjoyed a touch football game with some young children,
participated with his wife in a Ping-Pong match which they thor-
oughly enjoyed, and finally, some three hours later, returned for a
shower/sauna. His new friend was still there worrying, and began
once again to chronicle more things to worry about. Meantime, my
client had spent his present moments excitedly alive, while the other
man had consumed his in worry. And neither man’s behavior had
any effect on the stock market. • Recognize the preposterousness of worry. Ask yourself over
and over, “Is there anything that will ever change as a result of my
worrying about it. ”
• Give yourself shorter and shorter periods of “worry-time. ”
Designate ten minutes in the morning and afternoon as your worry
segments. Use these periods to fret about every potential disaster
you can get into the time slot. Then, using your ability to control
your own thoughts, postpone any further worry until your next
designated “worry-time. ” You’ll soon see the folly of using any time
in this wasteful fashion, and will eventually eliminate your worry
zone completely. • Make a worry list of everything you worried about yesterday,
last week and even last year. See if any of your worry did anything
productive for you. Assess also how many of the114 / Your Erroneous Zonesthings you worried about ever materialized at all. You’ll soon see
that the worry is really a doubly wasteful activity. It does nothing
to alter the future. And the projected catastrophe often turns out to
be minor, or even a blessing when it arrives. • Just Worry. See if it is something that you can demonstrate when
you are tempted to worry. That is, stop and turn to someone and
say, “Watch me—I’m about to worry. ” They’ll be confounded since
you probably won’t even know how to demonstrate the thing you
do so well, so often. • Ask yourself this worry-eradicating question. “What’s the worst
thing that could happen to me (or them) and what is the likelihood
of it occurring. ” You’ll discover the absurdity of worry in this way. • Deliberately choose to act in some manner that is in direct con-
flict with your usual areas of worry. If you compulsively save for
the future, always worried about having enough money for another
day, begin to use your money today. Be like the rich uncle who put
in his will, “Being of sound mind, I spent all my money while I was
alive. ”
• Begin to face the fears you possess with productive thought and
behavior. A friend of mine recently spent a week on an island off
the coast of Connecticut. The woman enjoys taking long walks, and
soon discovered that the island was populated by many dogs who
were allowed to run wild. She decided to fight her fear and worry
that they might somehow bite her or even tear her limb from
limb—the ultimate calamity. She carried a rock in her hand (insur-
ance) and decided to show no sign of fear as the dogs approached. She even refused to slow down when the dogs growled and came
running toward her. As the dogs charged forward and encountered
someone who refused to back down, they gave up and ran away. While I am not advocating dangerous behavior, I do believe that an
effective challenge to a fear or worry is the most productive way to
eradicate it from your life. THE USELESS EMOTIONS—GUILT AND WORRY  / 115These are some techniques for eliminating worry in your life. But
the most effective weapon you have for wiping out worry is your
own determination to banish this neurotic behavior from your life. Final Thoughts on Worry and Guilt
The present moment is the key to understanding your guilt and
worry activities. Learn to live now and not waste your current mo-
ments in immobilizing thoughts about the past or future. There is
no other moment to live but now, and all of your futile guilt and
worry are done in the elusive now. Lewis Carroll in Alice Through the Looking Glass  talked about living
in the present. “The rule is, jam tomorrow, and jam yesterday…but never jam
today. ”
“It must come sometimes to ‘jam-today,’ ” Alice objected. How about you. Any jam today. Since it must come sometime,
how about now. 116 / Your Erroneous ZonesVI
EXPLORING THE
UNKNOWN
Only the insecure strive for security. You may be a safety expert—an individual who shuns the un-
known in favor of always knowing where he is going, and what he
can expect when he gets there. Early training in our society tends to
encourage caution at the expense of curiosity, safety at the expense
of adventure. Avoid the questionable, stay in areas that you know,
never wander into the unknown. These early messages can become
a psychological barrier that prevents your own personal fulfillment
and present-moment happiness in countless ways. Albert Einstein, a man who devoted his life to exploring the un-
known, said in an article entitled “What I Believe” in Forum


-removable dental
appliances such as braces. Dental Orthopedics
 is a medical model that focuses on the structure and alignment of the cranial
bones, with the intent to align the jaw towards its normal developmental state. “Functional
orthodontics” is another name for this modality. Many people have chosen orthodontics, which is a means of making their teeth to appear straight,
when they really wanted orthopedics, which is the correction of physical development to a normal
and healthy state. These terms lead to a great deal of confusion because there are conventional
orthodontists, orthodontist-orthopedists, and dental orthopedists. For clarity I will refer to
practitioners who only look at making teeth straight, and who take a mechanistic approach that works
against the normal function of the body as conventional orthodontists. Orthopedists are dental
practitioners who align the bite, even though some orthopedists may also call themselves
orthodontists. Dental orthopedics is the art form of reconstructing bites with dental appliances. This entails more
than merely a mechanical process, but involves an artistic non-surgical cranial reconstruction. Conventional orthodontics is a mechanistic system that does not consider the normal developmental
model of the body. I, like many others, have experienced negative outcomes from conventional orthodontics. When I was
young, my jaw was in the position as shown in figure
c,
also referred to as an overbite. Because the
goal of conventional orthodontists (who practice orthodontics, not orthopedics) is to make teeth
straight, without even necessarily making them contact properly, their simplified approach is to make
your teeth straight BY ANY MEANS NECCESSARY. The conventional orthodontist believes that the
jaws are stuck in one position and cannot move. At best, all an orthodontist sees is what is shown in
the figure labeled
occlusion:
 a row of teeth. The orthodontist, like the conventional dentist, also sees
a row of money. I remember my orthodontist had nice pictures on his office wall of his mansion, and
of his family’s many vacations to Hawaii. The conventional orthodontic approach was designed as a
business model and is an easy and convenient way to move through many patients in an assembly-line
fashion. In the process, the conventional orthodontist rakes in large profits while ignorantly thwarting
the normal developmental processes of the body. In order to make the teeth straight and my jaw look a certain way (or to get my teeth to touch in a
certain way; the goal was never made clear to me), by any means necessary, I was required to wear a
headgear. The theory (wrongly) goes that when children are growing (I was eight) pushing the maxilla
(upper palate) against its natural growth direction with a tortuous device called a headgear that is
worn nightly, will cause the mandible (the jaw) to catch up. And then the hope is that the teeth will
touch correctly (occlusion). So the fairytale goes, and everyone will be happy, and the orthodontist
will get his $5,000.Fifteen years later, however, at the age of 23, my teeth did not touch at all naturally. I developed TMJ
dysfunction (TMD) by the time I was 30 years old, my lower teeth became very crooked, and my jaw
never moved forward the way it was supposed to according to the treatment protocol. The
conventional orthodontist’s model of arresting the development of the maxilla is misguided since the
body rarely or never overgrows a part of itself, rather other parts of the body do not grow fully so the
maxilla appears to protrude, but it is really normal. The results of two years of torture for me as a child were a lot of money spent, but no positive
outcome. I know many other people who have gone through similar treatment, and have similar TMD
and other serious problems to show for it. The problems get worse over time because our jaw
continues to grow, or imbalances get worse, meanwhile the TMJ joint wears out. Many people do not
figure out that they have TMD until, sadly, the entire joint is nearly worn out. I am lucky in a way. I
have spent so much time researching dental problems that my research kept me focusing on my bite,
and I finally realized my body was in a constant state of stress because my molars did not touch
properly. Don’t worry if this sounds like your situation; I will explain how to treat this problem
shortly. Dental Orthopedics Focuses on Normal Development
Conventional orthodontics pursues the wrong goal, which is to make teeth straight BY ANY MEANS
NECESSARY. However, to create a healthy bite, the jaw and cranium must be aligned in natural
position and size. This is the goal of dental orthopedics. If you have a closed bite as illustrated in
figure
c
, the orthopedic treatment might include insertion of a dental appliance which has a plastic
spacer that sits on top of the molars, such as a twin block or an OmNi-2. This is seen in the figure
where the bite height is restored with a plastic spacer. This allows the jaw to stay comfortably closed
in a natural position even though the molars do not naturally touch. What is amazing about the use of
such an appliance is that when there is a space such that certain molars do not touch, the molars start
to get closer together as the jaw bone grows in under the molars. Eventually over a treatment period
of eighteen months to three years all of the molars can be guided to meet each other, and the correct
functional bite height can be retained without further need of a dental appliance.Conventional Orthodontic Practices Damage Faces
Conventional orthodontic practices damage facial aesthetics. 12
 They also damage the functionality of
the bite as seen in many cases of TMD from just a small informal survey of people who have
undergone conventional orthodontic treatment. The most damaging aspects of orthodontics are tooth
extractions and head gear. Many patients or parents are not adequately informed about the dangers of conventional orthodontics
prior to treatment. 13
 In particular the resorption of tooth roots is a common and sometimes highly
damaging result of wearing braces. Root resorption is the loss or damage to the tooth root from the
pulling force of braces. When you move teeth with braces, a tooth does not simply slide into the next
position. The figure of the tooth in chapter three shows how the tooth is surrounded by bone. To move
a tooth, the braces pull the teeth and the tooth is pushed into the alveolar bone. This is something akin
to a boat traveling through thick ice. As the tooth is pushed in one direction, the bone in the jaw must
dissolve on one end of the tooth and fill in on the other side of the tooth for the tooth to move. When
the tooth roots are pushed against the jaw bone with fixed dental appliances like braces, 93% of them
are damaged; some severely. 14
 Approximately 72-84% of teeth that have been treated with a fixed
appliance (braces) have suffered clinically significant damage. 15
 As a result many teeth suffer
permanent damage from braces. Gum disease later in life, in combination with roots that are damaged
from braces and are therefore much shorter, means early tooth loss. Standard consent and disclaimer
forms that patients must sign before accepting braces as treatment explain the known harm caused by
braces. They include jaw pain (from the bite being pulled out of alignment), root resorption, tooth or
jaw instability, fleeting results due to physical growth, gum inflammation, and unexpected results. Meanwhile, in the orthopedic model you will suffer none of these side effects because the dental
orthopedic model works with the natural form of the body, helping it function and grow properly. If you put braces on the teeth of a growing child, and do not even try to move or push teeth, as the
child’s jaw grows, his teeth are going to move in the jaw bone. Root resorption is worse in older
children than in younger children. 16
Bicuspid Extraction
Bicuspid extraction performed by conventional orthodontics on children and teens collapses the
structure of the face, making the face more narrow and less attractive. This unfortunate result has been
shown in studies comparing differing orthodontic approaches with identical twins. Over time, the
twin whose teeth were not extracted, but whose dental arch was widened instead, developed the more
attractive facial features. Bicuspid extraction sacrifices perfectly healthy and beautiful teeth to the
faulty goals of conventional orthodontics. 17
 Not to mention the fact that pulling teeth can cause
emotional trauma as children feel that they have been disfigured or that there is something wrong with
them. Orthodontics Does Not Address the Physiological Cause of Crooked TeethCrooked teeth are the result of a maxilla (upper palate) that is too narrow. 18
 This leads to a child
having a more narrow face and less appealing looks. Practically speaking a wider face means more
space for the tongue, and a greater ease in breathing, along with plenty of space for all of the teeth
including the wisdom teeth. What conventional orthodontics does is make space for teeth by pushing
the teeth, rather than by encouraging the jaw to develop to its full potential, which is the orthopedic
approach. In their drive to make teeth fit, conventional orthodontists pull out teeth.


	(and
the	protein/sugar	combination	also	results	in	the	formation	of	harmful	AGEs—as
described	in	the	sugar	section	of	the	Big	Four). Learning	how	to	apply	proper	food	combinations	to	your	diet	can	help	your
health,	as	it	did	for	Andrea. Her	high-profile	career	was	interrupted	when
chronic	fatigue	and	an	autoimmune	syndrome	called	lupus	overwhelmed	her. Before	she	came	to	see	me,	Andrea	had	been	sick	for	five	years	and	had
exhausted	all	the	remedies	that	modern	medicine	had	to	offer—with	no	help. I	encouraged	Andrea	to	keep	a	food	diary	so	that	we	could	track	what	she	was
eating. The	diary	revealed	that	Andrea’s	diet	consisted	of	a	lot	of	processed	junk
(“make-believe”	food). I	taught	her	how	to	shop	for	“real”	food	and	suggested
special	vitamin	supplements. Within	one	week	this	woman—	who	had	been
chronically	ill	for	five	years—was	starting	to	feel	much	better. She	gained	more
energy	and	more	mental	clarity,	and	she	began	to	have	hope. Then	she	reached	a
plateau	and	seemed	unable	to	make	further	improvement. I	suggested	that	Andrea	prepare	another	food	diary,	this	time	looking	at	the
combinations	of	foods	she	was	eating. We	found	out	why	her	recovery	process
stalled. Andrea’s	meal	choices	were	causing	maldigestion	and	creating	toxins
that	were	inhibiting	her	recovery. For	example,	she	had	gone	out	to	a	Sunday
brunch	and	ate	a	breakfast	consisting	of	a	vegetable	omelet	(protein	and
vegetables,	okay),	hash-brown	potatoes	(starch	with	protein,	not	okay),	toast
with	jelly	(starch	and	sugar	with	protein,	not	okay),	and	a	fruit	cup	(fruit	with
other	foods,	not	okay). Combining	egg	protein	with	the	starch	of	bread	and
potatoes	was	bad	enough;	the	fermentation	caused	by	combining	that	with	sugar
from	fresh	fruit	and	jelly	made	things	worse. By	maldigesting	her	food,	this	meal	was	not	supplying	Andrea	with	the
nutrition	she	thought	she	was	consuming. At	the	same	time	her	choices	were
creating	toxins	that	were	poisoning	every	cell	in	her	body—certainly	not	what
she	had	in	mind	when	she	ordered	brunch. At	another	meal,	Andrea	had	a
sandwich	made	of	organic,	whole-wheat	bread,	organic	turkey	and	organic
lettuce. While	definitely	better	than	the	breakfast,	combining	starch	(bread)	with
protein	(turkey)	just	does	not	work. I	knew	how	important	it	would	be	for	her
health	if	she	had	a	good	understanding	of	basic	food-combining	rules. I	taught
her	the	simple	rules	of	food	combining:
vegetables	with	protein,	okay;vegetables	with	starch,	okay;	no	protein	with	starch;	eat	fruit	alone. Andrea	put	these	simple	rules	to	work. Her	health	continued	to	improve,	and
she	went	into	complete	remission	of	all	her	chronic	health	problems—something
she	had	been	unable	to	do	even	with	good	food	and	supplements	alone. Proper
food	combining	was	critical	to	this	woman’s	wellness	process,	which	is	no
surprise,	because	improper	food	combining	causes	disease. It’s	All	in	the	Technique
When	you	eat	cooked	foods,	eating	something	raw	first	is	best. Cooked	food
appears	to	be	so	alien	to	the	human	system	that	it	can	provoke	an	immune
response,	as	if	you	are	being	exposed	to	a	virus. Scientist	Udo	Erasmus,	author
of
Fats	and	Oils,
wrote:
[W]hen	cooked	(or	dead)	food	is	eaten,	a	defense	reaction	occurs	in	the
tissues	of	the	stomach	and	digestive	tract. This	reaction	is	similar	to	the
reaction	we	find	in	infections	and	around	tumors	and	involves	the
accumulation	of	white	blood	cells,	swelling,	and	a	fever-like	increase	in
temperature	of	the	stomach	and	intestinal	tissues. [As	a	result,	we]
experience	tiredness	after	the	meal. The	same	reaction	takes	place	when
half	the	food	is	eaten	raw,	but	the	cooked	part	is	eaten	first. When	the	raw
part	of	the	food	is	eaten	first,	however,	this	reaction	does	not	take	place. Chewing	your	food	also	is	important. The	style	that	many	people	use	is
“chomp,	chomp,	gulp—down	the	hatch!”	Lack	of	proper	chewing	can	cause
maldigestion	and	contribute	to	disease. Many	of	our	modern	foods	are	easy	to
gulp	down,	requiring	little	help	from	the	teeth	(because	of	excessive	cooking,
processing	and	fat	content). By	contrast,	real	foods	(whole	foods	and	especially
raw	foods)	tend	to	have	more	texture	and	fiber,	and	require	more	chewing. If	you
want	good	nutrition	to	support	good	health,	you	need	to	eat	real	food	and	you
need	to	chew	it	well. First,	your	teeth	physically	mash	food	into	small	particles. Then,	your	saliva
combines	enzymes	with	food	as	it	is	being	chewed	and	helps	to	break	down	and
digest	it. The	purpose	of	chewing	is	not	simply	to	break	the	food	into	small
enough	chunks	to	swallow,	although	many	people	eat	this	way. The	purpose	of
chewing	is	to	assist	the	digestive	process	by	grinding	your	food	into	small
particles	and	coating	them	thoroughly	with	the	digestive	enzymes	in	your	saliva. There	is	an	old	saying:	“Drink	what	you	eat	and	eat	what	you	drink.”	Solid
food	should	be	chewed	thoroughly	enough	that	it	becomes	liquid	before	youswallow	it;	liquid	foods	(such	as	juices	and	soups)	should	be	“chewed”	so	that
the	enzymes	in	your	saliva	have	time	to	work	on	them. Nutrition	starts	in	your
mind	and	in	your	mouth. Eat	your	food	with	the	intent	to	nourish	your	body,
rather	than	merely	to	fill	the	void	in	your	stomach. Rethink	“Acid	Indigestion”
After	leaving	the	mouth,	the	chewed,	enzyme-coated	food	moves	to	the
stomach	and	triggers	the	release	of	hydrochloric	acid	and	other	digestive
chemicals	that	further	break	down	the	food	before	it	moves	into	the	small
intestine. In	fact,	until	sufficient	hydrochloric	acid	is	present	and	food
breakdown	takes	place,	food	does	not	leave	the	stomach. If	undigested	food	sits
in	the	stomach	too	long,	it	forms	toxins	and	poisons	you. Adequate	hydrochloric
acid	is	critical	in	the	digestive	process. People	often	think	that	indigestion	is	caused	by	“too	much	acid”—commonly
called	“acid	indigestion.”	While	in	some	rare	cases	this	diagnosis	is	valid,	the
overwhelming	majority	of	acid	symptoms	originate	from	the	opposite	problem—
too	little	hydrochloric	acid. As	a	result,	the	food	does	not	digest	properly	and
remains	in	the	stomach	too	long,	whereupon	the	food	rots	and	becomes	acidic. Rotting	food,	not	excessive	digestive	acids,	causes	an	acid	burn	feeling. Deliberately	taking	antacid


ampling,
causing land erosion, flooding and atmospheric dust
•  Denudation of forests, prairies and fields, causing indigenous species habitat losses,
biodiversity losses, food chain imbalances, atmospheric temperature increases by way of reflected sunlight, contributing to global climate change, glacier and polar icecap melt -
ing, rising sea levels, dust storms, droughts and increasing forest fires
•  Increased atmospheric greenhouse and noxious gasses by way of cooking•  Increased atmospheric warming by way of clearing fields for farming by burning, and
post-harvest field and farm waste burning
•  Increased atmospheric greenhouse and noxious gasses by way of livestock flatulence,
urine and feces
•  Atmospheric pollution from farm equipment and product distribution fuel combustion•  Fuel combustion emissions, fuel spills, and fuel tank leakage of farm equipment pro -
duce transportation vehicles•  Pollutant generation from the mining and production of fertilizers and the production
of farming chemicals107
FruiticultureHere’s How America Uses Its Land by Dave Merrill and Lauren Leatherby, July 31, 2018
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-us-land-use/
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Of the less than 1 percent of freshwater available for human use, a whopping 70 percent goes toward
growing food and raising animals. Your diet is probably the biggest slice of your water footprint, especial -
ly if you eat meat from cows and other animals fed with water-intensive crops, such as corn. The average U.S. diet currently takes 1,320 gallons (4,997 liters) of water a day to produce. -NationalGeographic.com
3 PRIMARY GASES  ARE RESPONSIBLE
FOR GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE  n n n n n n n n n n n n
Carbon Dioxide
n If one person exchanges a petro-fueled car for a hybrid,
  carbon dioxide emissions will be reduced by 1 ton per year. n If one person changes from a meat-based diet to a vegan diet,
  carbon dioxide emissions will be reduced by 1.5 tons per year. n If every American dropped one serving of chicken per week, this
  will be equivalent t o taking 500,000 petro-fueled cars off the road. Methane
n Chickens, turkeys, cows and pigs are collectively the largest producers of methane in the U.S.
n  Methane is a 20X more powerful heat trapper in the Earth’s atmosphere than is carbon dioxide. Nitrous Oxide
n The meat, egg and dairy industries produce 65% of worldwide nitrous oxide emissions. n  Nitrous oxide is a 300X more powerful heat trapper in the Earth’s atmosphere than is carbon dioxide. DIETARY IMPACTS  n n n n n  n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n  n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n  n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
n One calorie of animal protein requires 11X more fossil fuel than does one calorie of plant protein. n A meat-based diet creates 7X the greenhouse gases as does a conventional cooked vegan diet. n Fruiticulture removes excess greenhouse gases. Water Consumption
n It takes about 2,400 gallons of water to produce 1 pound of meat (1,000 calories). n It takes about 250 gallons of water to produce 2.5 pounds of bananas (1,000 calories).110
FruiticultureImpacts of Conventional Diets on Human Bodies
•  Endocrine disruption, neurological damage, infertility, mother’s milk contamination,
degeneration of tissues and organs, and a host of diseases from A to Z, resulting in pain, great suffering, accelerated aging, and reduction of lifespan
•  Acidification (acidosis) and weakening from eating an excessive percentage of acidify -
ing foods, such as meat, eggs, dairy products, wheat, rice and beans•  Pesticide, fungicide, herbicide and fertilizer residues in drinking water and on and in
foods
•  Toxification from cooking-generated chemical byproducts•  Impairment of the respiratory system and heart from the inhalation of cooking fumes
and particulates
•  Corruption/perversion of our taste buds•  Malnutrition/nutrient deficiencies by way of the destructive effects of cooking and
other processing of foods
•  Reduction of mental capacity and cognitive ability, befogging and distortion of think -
ing, and impairment of mental health•  Dulling of the senses•  Reduction of energy, vitality and healing ability•  Decline of physical performance•  Stunted growth•  Generation of body odors•  Defilement of our natural beauty•  Hair loss•  Dental decay•  Sterility and infertility•  Degenerative gene mutations, heredity of defective genes, and birth defects111
FruiticultureImpacts of Conventional Diets on Human Behavior
•  Overstimulation of sex drive, begetting overpopulation•  Mindless exploitation and defilement of all natural resources•  Overeating•  Anorexia•  Addiction to excitotoxin foodstuffs•  Addiction to depressant foodstuffs•  Addiction to junk foods•  Dependency on and abuse of drugs•  Dulling of vital expressions•  Self-loathing•  Shame•  Depression•  Frustration•  Anxiety•  Loss of empathy•  Anger/hostility•  Crime•  Hunting, abuse and slaughter of animals•  Murder•  Acceptance of / condoning the killing of animals and humans•  Acculturation to wars•  Great suffering•  Suicide112
FruiticultureRachel Carson, M.S. and her landmark book (1962)Alarm Bells Are Ringing — Right Action Is Needed Now! Is all that not shocking and cause for massive eco-positive action? Isn’t it time to finally
heed Rachel Carson’s year 1962 warnings? Please read on...
n
“We stand now where two roads diverge. But unlike the roads in Robert Frost’s familiar
poem, they are not equally fair. The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy,
a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster. The other fork of the road—the one less traveled—offers our last, our only chance to reach a
destination that assures the preservation of the earth. ”
-Rachel Carson, M.S., Silent Spring, 1962
“There is hope if people will begin to awaken that spiritual part of themselves, that heartfelt
knowledge that we are caretakers of this planet. ”
-Brooke Medicine Eagle
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FruiticultureRebalancing the Atmosphere by
Rebuilding Soil Carbon
by Center for Food Safety
www.centerforfoodsafety.org
Extracted from “REGENERATING PARADISE – Rebuilding Soil Carbon in Hawai‘i”
Center for Food Safety, 2018
https://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/files/regeneratingparadise_25317.pdf
The Challenge
Currently, an excess of carbon dioxide (CO2) currently exists in the Earth’s atmosphere,
which is warming the planet, acidifying our oceans, and increasing the frequency and
severity of extreme weather events. These changes to our climate, resulting from high concentrations of atmospheric CO
2, are harming ecosystems and threatening our means
of food production. The OpportunityThankfully, the resources necessary to address this challenge are within reach. Healthy
soil captures and stores vast amounts of carbon. When managed with sustainable farm -
ing practices, soil can serve as a valuable tool in combatting climate change, by pulling carbon out of the atmosphere and storing it in the ground beneath our feet—a process called carbon  sequestration. Soil carbon sequestration reduces the atmospheric con -
centration of CO
2, while supporting a more sustainable food production system and of-
fers a risk-free, systemic solution. The Carbon CycleCarbon is the building block of life and it’s constantly cycling in between the land, ocean
and atmosphere in various states—liquid, solid, and gas. Human activities have radically altered the natural cycling of carbon, creating an imbalance in the system. Centuries of land use changes, extractive farming practices, and, the burning of fossil fuels for en -114
Fruiticultureergy, have removed solid carbon from the earth and released it as CO2, a gas, into the
atmosphere. While it is difficult to measure exactly how much carbon has been lost from our soils
globally, an additional 292 billion tons have been added to the atmosphere through the burning of fossil fuels. Once in the atmosphere, CO
2 acts as a greenhouse gas, allowing sun to pass through
on its way to the Earth’s surface, but trapping the heat that bounces back. An increase
in the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere means that more heat is being trapped,
leading to a rise in the Earth’s average temperature and an imbalance in the global cli -
mate system. Project Drawdown estimates that by 2050, regenerative agriculture will increase from
the current 108 million acres to 1 billion, resulting in a total reduction of 23.2 gigatons of carbon dioxide from both sequestration and reduced emissions. The Basics of Carbon SequestrationCarbon sequestration involves removing CO
2 from the atmosphere naturally and storing
it instead in soil and plants. This transformation requires photosynthesis, a process in
which plants convert sunlight, water, and CO2 into carbohydrates. Some of these ener -
gy-rich molecules are then used by the plants to fuel growth, but as much as


 strife
becomes possible. It keeps the subjective aspect of our
being (self) trapped in some objective form or quality, var- Ego and Self 127
ious bodily sensations or mental states in which there is
change and sorrow. Ego is the primary function of consciousness directed
externally. It brings about the entire outward development
of consciousness through the mind and body, which are all
fragmentations in the field of awareness. Ego affects all the
functions of the mind. Everything we do is based upon the
self and its motivations. Ego pervades all levels of con-
sciousness and all the bodies of the soul, which require a
self-sense for their function. Normally we only know the
physical or waking ego, but subtler levels of our nature
have their respective egos that allow for their various activ-
ities. The ego concept arises from the atomic nature of the
mind. Because we can only focus on one point at a time,
we develop the idea of ourselves as a separate center in time
and space. By its point-like nature, ego creates a narrow
focus or bias, a central blind spot that distorts our vision. Because of this self-sense, all humans have an inherent feel-
ing of pride. We like to think that we or what we identify
with — our religion, country, race, class, or family — is
the best or the only valid one. This process of pride causes
us to look down on others and creates conflict. Ego and the Functions of the Mind
Ego arises from a failure of intelligence (Buddhi). It is
a misjudgment or error in our perceptual process. The
most important function of intelligence is to ascertain the
nature of the self. Self-determination is the most primary
of all determinations. First we must know who we are
before we can know what the world is or what we should
do. Ego arises when we fail to discern our true Self, which
is pure awareness, and mistake it for the body, which is no
more than an object. 128 Ayurveda and the Mind
However, once intelligence makes the mistake of the
ego, the ego distorts intelligence, which then serves to
rationalize it. We use our intelligence to further the ego's
goals of accumulation and achievement in the external
world, and lose track of our inner goal, which is to know
our real nature. This ego of intelligence is the hardest ego
to overcome because it is so primary a misconception. Some thinkers regard Buddhi or intelligence as the Self. 42
This is a mistake, because the Self transcends all move-
ments of thought. However, since intelligence is close to
the Self, it can lead us gradually to it. Our deeper consciousness (Chitta) precedes the mani-
fest ego but itself contains a rudimentary or latent ego. As
a part of matter (Prakriti), consciousness has an inertia to
take form that develops through the ego. Ego uses our
deeper consciousness to cling to life and to sustain its
experience. The rudimentary ego hidden in our deeper
consciousness gradually evolves into all the diversification
of the mind-body complex. From ego arises the outer mind (Manas), senses and
body, through which we experience our separate existence. The sense-mind, by its outward propensity, is naturally
under the sway of the ego, and only with difficulty can be
brought under the control of true intelligence. Ego oper-
ates through the mind to acquire sensations that allow it
to expand and feel good about itself. The ultimate crystal-
lization of the ego is the physical body, in which we expe-
rience ourselves as completely separate from other crea-
tures. Whatever function occurs in consciousness, an ego is
automatically posited as part of its boundary. Each emo-
tion projects a kind of ego. For example, the ego of anger
is very different from the ego of love. We run into prob- Ego and Self 129
lems in our behavior when the ego of our emotions drives
us to actions that we later regret. Because ego is inherently limited and isolating, it must
bring unhappiness. It causes us to identify with some
things and not with others. When we lose those objects we
have identified with, we must feel pain. When we contact
what we are not identified with, what we regard as alien to
ourselves, we also experience pain. Ego and Perception
Ego arises automatically during the perceptual process. As the thought of I underlies all thoughts, so the sensation
of I underlies all impressions. The sense-mind (Manas)
provides a series of sensory impressions, for which the body
is the main focus and instrument. The ego inherent in
body-consciousness colors all these. Ego appropriates
impressions, such as "I like this" or "I do not like that," "I
love this," or "I hate that. " Similarly, ego appropriates
intelligence and uses it to justify its own reactions. Its
logic is that "I must be right" or "I must be good. " Ego
stops intelligence from perceiving the truth and instead
imposes its own opinion as truth. The ego cannot appropriate our deeper consciousness
(Chitta), but it can narrow and distort it. We can only
become aware of that part of our consciousness acceptable
to the ego. Ego is our most basic subconscious reaction
that keeps the greater field of consciousness suppressed. We must learn to observe our perceptual process to tran-
scend the ego. This requires that our deeper consciousness
is in a state of peace and that our intelligence functions
objectively. The ego as a form of ignorance (Tamas) and
distraction (Rajas) becomes reduced as we no longer pro-
vide the environment in which it can flourish. Ayurveda and the Mind
Cosmic Aspect of Ego
Each individual creature must have some sort of ego. Ego exists even in insects and rocks. It is ego that allows
for the gross elements and inanimate world to come into
being. The inanimate creation is pure ego, so contracted
that it does not allow any action of the vital force or sens-
es, which require consciousness of the external world. Ego exists as a cosmic principle. From it the root ideals
and archetypes of creation (which are inherent in Cosmic
Intelligence) can be diversified. Ego is responsible for the
creation of the different objects, creatures and worlds. From it the gross and subtle elements arise. We can per-
ceive higher cosmic states of ego once we expand our sense
of self into the deeper levels of consciousness. We can move
from being identified with our body to being identified
with our family, country, world, and universe — and ulti-
mately to being one with all beings. Composition
Ego is the seed of Tamas (darkness) or the Tamasic side
of consciousness (Chitta). It corresponds to the earth ele-
ment or the heavy matters in consciousness. Ego develops
from ignorance, not knowing our true nature as pure Con-
sciousness. It is the source of attraction, repulsion and
attachment, the emotional afflictions that bring pain and
sorrow. It puts us under the rule of all duality, the ups and
downs of our emotional experience. As the power of ignorance, ego relates to the mineral
kingdom in which no sensitivity has developed. The ego is
the inertia of the rock — matter asserting its existence
apart from the spirit. As isolation and fragmentation, it is
the source of decay, disease and death. Transcending the
ego is the basic evolutionary movement of life, through Ego and Self 131 A
which we form associations and seek to know the greater
universe in which we live. Energy
Ego relates to the heavy matters that accumulate in our
consciousness and so has an energy of inertia (Tamas). It
relates to Apana Vayu or the downward moving Prana that
brings about disease and decay. Ego drives us to fragmen-
tation and ultimately to self-destruction, unless we learn
how to control it. Its energy is negative, or entropy, and
leads to eventual loss of energy. Function
The ego allows us to identify with and feel one with
things. Through it we build up a self-identity based upon
the objects and conditions we have accepted as our own. It
functions in two ways: 1) self-sense, and 2) mine-ness. *'
Self-sense is the sense of owning a body, through which
we know the body as I or me. Self-sense also expropriates
the mind, identifying with its various thoughts, emotions
and sensations, such as "I am wise" or "I am happy. " Mine-
ness is the sense of owning external objects, which we
accumulate around our bodily existence. Through it we
feel that particular objects, like our house, money, or job,
belong to us. Mine-ness depends upon and follows from
self-sense. Through mineness, the ego establishes its terri-
tory and grows and expands in the outer world. As long as
we have a sense of ownership or possession of anything, we
are caught in the ego and its bonds. The ego, like the sense-mind, has an outgoing energy,
but while the mind seeks enjoyment in the realm of the
senses, the ego seeks to embody itself in a material form. The ego's identification


 identification with this idea of yourself as
separate from God that creates your so-called problems. By giving yourself
only a few moments of alone time which I call God-time, you become an
instrument of peace if only for those moments. Y our return to the noisyworld will now be with a new partner, God, which is really “thy peace.”
Gradually, with this exercise, you will find yourself becoming a regular
instrument of peace in all your waking moments. Make meditation a part of your daily life. Resistance to meditation is a
universal phenomenon in the western world. I hear it every day: “I’m too
busy. I just can’ t seem to quiet my mind. It doesn’ t work. I have too much
on my mind.” I’m certain that you have your own version of why you can’ t
find the time or the way to meditate. Stick all your excuses for not making
meditation a part of your daily life into the giant ego hopper. These excuses
are nothing more than your fear of coming to know God and therefore
taming your demanding ego. For the next sixty days give yourself a directive to practice meditation at
least once, preferably twice, each day. The technique that you use is totally
up to you. I have created a tape/CD titled Meditation for Manifesting,  in
which I guide you through a morning and evening meditation called JAP A,
which is the repetition of the sound of the name of God as a mantra. It is an
ancient technique, one that Patanjali describes in his Yoga Aphorisms  that I
described in chapter two. I am not so concerned with your methodology as
with your commitment to meditation. There are many techniques and
guides available. I have discussed extensively the value and techniques for
meditation in many of my books and tapes. Any method is fine if it allows
you to quiet the chatter of your mind and assists you in arriving at the peace
that is “the secret that sits in the center, and knows,” as Robert Frost put it. In meditation you go to the silence. The silence cannot be divided. Like
zero in mathematics, it can never be cut up to be anything other than zero. And so it is with God. Only one. Indivisible. Y our meditation practice is
your avenue to experience the indivisibleness, the oneness that is God. All I
can tell you is that when you practice meditation regularly, each session is
like lifting the weight of your problems of f your shoulders for those
moments, and a feeling of having your soul nourished so that you now
approach everyone and everything with the accompaniment of thy peace. Saint Francis told his devotees, “What is it that stands higher than words? Action. What is it that stands higher than action? Silence.”Stop yourself when you ar e making your peace dependent on outer
circumstances. The simple recognition of blaming others or circumstances
for your lack of peace is enough to bring you back to your senses. Right in
the midst of a no-peace moment give yourself a gentle reminder that no one
and no thing can take away your peace without your consent. If the children
have spilled fruit juice all over the carpet and made a mess of the house,
and you are yelling and screaming, a soft inner reminder that you do not
have to give up your peace just because the world is not going as you would
prefer right now can bring you back to your peace. The more you can
overcome your conditioned response of blaming things outside of yourself
for your lack of peace, the more likely you will eventually become a living
statement of “thy peace.”
Your peace is between you and God. Period. It is not between you and
anyone else, or any set of circumstances, as dif ficult as that is to accept
sometimes. When people say to me, “How can you possibly be at peace in a
nonpeaceful world?,” I always remind them that inner peace is just that,
inner, not outer. You must come to the point where you bring your peace to
everyone and everything, rather than attempting to secure it from outer
experiences. One of my least favorite nonpeaceful experiences is the twice-weekly visit
of the lawn people to my writing haven. They come well armed with
extremely loud mowers, edgers, trimmers, and blowers, filling the air with
their fumes and thunderous noises. There was a time when I would
complain and moan to my wife and anyone else who would listen
sympathetically to my complaints about these disturbers of the peace. Now
I see them as my teachers. My wife has encouraged me to get to the point
where I don’ t even notice them. As they pull up I send a silent blessing, and while I am still not a huge fan
of those noise machines, I no longer allow myself to go to nonpeace in their
presence. My peace is my own choice, and I no longer blame the armed
men and their noise machines for disturbing my peace, in fact I welcome
them all as my master teachers who are helping me to master myself and
my ego. Thomas Carlyle has a helpful thought about the dif ference between
noise and creation that I recall when the lawn people arrive. “When the oakis felled the whole forest echoes with its fall, but a hundred acorns are sown
in silence by an unnoticed breeze.”
Practice thinking peace. Remember, you become what you think about all
day long. How often do you clutter your mind with thoughts of nonpeace? How many times a day do you say out loud how terrible the world is? How
violent we have all become? How uncaring we seem to be? How racist we
are? How little the government cares about us? All of these thoughts and
their expression are indications that you have become trapped in a
nonpeaceful mind and, therefore, a nonpeaceful world. Every time you
bemoan the horrors of the world, or listen to media reports on all that is
evil, or read tabloids that exploit the unpleasant facts about other ’s lives,
you are continuing the conditioning that takes you away from becoming an
instrument of thy peace. When you remind yourself that for every act of evil there are a thousand
acts of kindness, you put your thoughts back on peace. When you stop
someone who is relating yet another disaster story and change the tone to
something more loving, you become an instrument of peace. When you stop
yourself from rehashing the same old scenes, with new characters,
concerning accidents, crimes, poverty, mistreatment, and disasters of all
kinds, and put your mind on making these things disappear, you become an
instrument of peace. Use your mind to think peace, because peace is the
happy natural state of man, and evil, war, and hatred are his disgrace. Be a
part of the natural in your mind and not our disgrace. Become a peacemaker. Each day you are provided many opportunities to
practice peacemaking. Saint Francis wrote, “For it is in giving that we
receive.” By giving peace you will receive peace, and after you are at
peace, your problems all dissolve. By becoming a peacemaker you are
literally providing yourself with a remedy for virtually all your anxious
moments. T oday be on the alert for any opportunity to become a
peacemaker. Just this morning while I was at the ministore waiting to pay for my
gasoline, the cashier was being rude to a young man who didn’ t understand
how the three-dollar car wash operated. The cashier was verbally assaultingthis teenager who was asking to have his money back, which the cashier
was obstinately refusing. Furthermore, the teenager obviously did not speak
English and could not understand what he was being told, let alone why he
was being the victim of the cashier ’s abuse. As the teenager stood there
bewildered, I saw an opportunity to be a peacemaker. I put my arm around
the young man walked outside with him and showed him how to operate the
machine, which allowed him to smile for the first time since I’d
encountered him. Last evening at a lar ge dinner gathering of family and friends, I began to
sense that two of the older people who are persistently at odds with each
other were perilously close to an explosion of anger over a disagreement
about the facts of what had happened at an earlier function attended by both
of these potential antagonists. I knew that what was about to take place
would be unpleasant for everyone, because I have witnessed it on many
occasions. I shifted into my peacemaker mode and of fered a way for both of
these individuals to be right. In one instant of stepping in to provide peace, I
saw them both back down and actually smile at each other. On the freeway this afternoon I encountered a driver who was driving on
the shoulder of the road during a long construction delay and attempting to
get back into the lane. Driver after driver would not allow this person to
return to the open lane, punishing him for his action. As I pulled up I
remembered that it wasn’ t between me and this driver, it was between me
and God. And my intuition from God was that I could be a peacemaker for
this man, who very well may have had a legitimate reason to drive on the
shoulder, and I motioned for him to go in front of me. In just one day I had ten or eleven opportunities to be a peacemaker. And
each time I seize that opportunity I have become an instrument of peace


portunistic bacteria and fungi can grow on the stomach wall, such as
Helicobacter pylori, Campylobacter pylori, Enterobacterial Candida,
Salmonella, E. coli, Streptococci, etc. The most research in this area has been
done in stomach cancer patients, the majority of which show low levels of FIG. 7 Regulation of digestive process by the stomach acid. stomach acid production. Microbes, which populate low acid stomach play
a very important role in causing stomach cancer, ulcers and gastritis. Of course, most of these microbes love to eat carbohydrates, particularly
the processed kind. The digestion of carbohydrates starts in the mouth with
the action of saliva. When the food arrives into the stomach in the normal
situation stomach acid stops this digestion. So, carbohydrates have to wait
until they arrive at the duodenum to be digested. But in the stomach with
low acidity overgrowing microbes start fermenting dietary carbohydrates,
often with the production of various toxins and gas, which can make it very
uncomfortable for the GAPS child or adult and make them refuse food. So, what do we do. I believe that GAPS patients need supplementation with stomach acid. The most physiological preparation available on the market is Betaine HC1
with added Pepsin. One capsule usually provides 200-300 mg of Betaine
HC1 and loomg of Pepsin. It should be taken at the beginning of each meal. The capsules usually contain an adult dose. However, I find that children as
young as eight can take this dose without any trouble. To determine the
right dose for your child start from a small pinch of the powder added to
the first spoonfuls of the meal. In two to three days increase to two pinches
and so on. For children from 18 months to 24 months one pinch is usually
enough. For two to three year olds two to three pinches. For four to six year
olds half a capsule is enough. For six and older from half to a full capsule. Children older than 10 and adults may need two capsules at the beginning
of each meal. A lot of parents report great improvement in their child's
stool in just a few days from starting Betaine HC1 with Pepsin. Make sure
that you do not give probiotic to your child together with Betaine HC1 as
the acid is likely to destroy the probiotic bacteria. Give the probiotic first
thing in the morning, between food or after food when the stomach acid is
at its lowest. Apart from supplementing stomach acid there are natural things we can
do to stimulate the body to produce its own stomach acid. Cabbage juice is
one of the strongest stimulants. Having a few spoonfuls of cabbage juice or
a small cabbage salad before the meal will help to digest that meal. Sauerkraut and its juice are even stronger. A small helping of sauerkraut or
a few tablespoons of its juice will prepare the stomach for the arriving food. Having a cup of home-made meat stock with your meal will also help to
increase stomach acidity. With children the easiest thing to do is to give
them a cup of home-made meat stock with a few spoonfuls of sauerkraut
juice or cabbage juice mixed in it. 2. Pancreatic Enzymes
These are the enzymes that people are talking about when they say "diges
tive enzymes". They usually include a mixture of proteases, peptidases,
lipases, amylase, lactase and cellulase, which normally would be breaking
down your food in the small intestine. In a healthy digestive tract most of
these enzymes are produced by the pancreas. If we can restore normal
stomach acidity then this stage in digestion should go without any prob
lem, because the stomach acid would trigger the pancreas to produce its
own enzymes. That is why I consider restoring the stomach acid level far
more important than supplementingparicreatic enzymes. There has been a polemic in autistic circles about supplementing some
peptidases and proteases to replace the diet (meaning the GFCF diet, of
course). The idea was that these enzymes would break down gluten and
casein, so that there would be no need to struggle with implementing the
diet. Not surprisingly this approach did not work for the majority of
people, because enzymes can never replace a diet. The diet, which we
describe in this book is designed to heal the gut and to re-establish normal
gut flora. No enzyme can do that. Generally in my clinical experience I see a lot of improvement from sup
plementing stomach acid. However, I do not see much happening from
supplementing pancreatic enzymes. If the patient feels that they really
help then there is no reason why he or she should not take them, providing
the tablet does not contain fillers or binders which may interfere with the
healing processes in the gut. In my experience the majority of patients do
very well with just supplementing stomach acid, because it will trigger pro
duction of their own pancreatic enzymes through secretin and cholecys
tokinin, as well as triggering bile secretion and many other important
players in the digestive process, making it far more natural. Digestive enzymes do not need to be taken permanently. As the gut
starts healing the person can slowly withdraw the stomach acid supple
mentation and/or pancreatic enzymes, taking them only with heavy meals
or if something not allowed on the diet has been eaten. 5. VITAMIN AND
MINERAL SUPPLEMENTATION
A vitamin is a substance that makes you ill
if you don't eat it. Albert von Szent-Gyorgi (1893-1986)
Hungarian-bom US biochemist
GAPS patients have many nutritional deficiencies, so it is a natural desire
to get rid of them. The question is: how. Is it a matter of simply testing how much magnesium, for example, a
person is missing and then supplementing that amount. Or is it a matter of
taking a supplement "specifically designed" for autism or ADHD or
schizophrenia, using the "one size fits all" approach. Maybe we should just
give megadoses of all the nutrients, which the person is deficient in,
hoping that the body will sort it all out. Many health practitioners turn to testing for nutritional deficiencies. For
every nutrient there are optimal tests, which are considered to give the
most accurate information about that particular nutrient, and there are
less optimal tests, which may be quite misleading. Trying to use the most
optimal test for every nutrient is impractical and can be very expensive. So,
usually one or two tests are performed for all the nutrients at once, which
does not represent the true picture. So, trying to work out a nutritional
supplementation protocol based on these tests is shaky from the start. On top of that, many supplements on the market have a very low
absorption rate, some about 9%, so the amount the patient's body would
actually get can be way below what it says on the bottle. But, of course, the
majority of manufacturers would not tell you on the bottle how low the
absorption rate of their supplement is, even if they knew. So, choosing a
supplement can be quite difficult. Absorption of supplements is a complicated process which, apart from
the quality of the supplement, also depends on the state of the patient's
digestive system. Two different people may absorb different amounts of
nutrients from the same supplement. GAPS digestive system is generally
not in good shape and may not absorb any of those nutrients particularly
well. To complicate the whole matter even further, many nutrients compete
for absorption sites in the gut. So, if we supplement too much calcium, for example, it may impair absorption of other nutrients: magnesium, zinc,
copper, iron, some amino acids and others, creating deficiencies in those
nutrients. Indeed this is a very confusing area of nutrition. The truth is nobody
knows how to prescribe vitamins and minerals because we do not have
enough research or knowledge on this subject. Every nutritionist or medi
cal practitioner has his/her own collection of favourite supplements and
that is what they usually use on most of their patients. lust as with main
stream psychiatry, where drugs are used mostly on a trial-and-error basis,
the same method is used in prescribing vitamin and mineral supplements. Taking vitamin and mineral supplements has become very common not
only because many of us take "health-pills", but because a lot of foods are
fortified with vitamins and minerals to compensate for the loss of those
nutrients in the food processing, not to mention the fact that many foods
are grown using intensive farming techniques, which makes them nutrient
poor from the start. Unfortunately, a lot of these supplemented nutrients
are synthetic. The body has been designed to use natural forms of these
nutrients and often does not recognise the synthetic forms and does not
know what to do with them. There is a growing suspicion that a lot of cases
of kidney stones, for example, are caused by supplementing synthetic
forms of vitamin C, which would represent most vitamin C supplements
available in the shops. There is a highly publicised opinion that in our modem world we cannot
be healthy without taking nutritional supplements, because our diet
cannot provide us with optimal amounts of nutrients. Indeed, if you live on
cereal and toast for breakfast, sandwiches for lunch and a standard dinner
you will not provide your body with optimal amounts of nutrition and you
will


 adrenaline. In my view, we can assume that everyone who has one or
more of the “bad” or “ugly” conditions caused by adrenaline
dominance also has one of its “good” aspects: typical type,
creative type, or mixed type ADHD. The meal plan for reducing adrenaline is designed around
the principle of providing a steady supply of fuel for the body
and especially for the brain. It relies on the glycemic index,
which rates foods according to how quickly and how high
they raise the level of glucose in the blood, and, consequently,
the level of insulin. A useful version of the glycemic index is
available in appendix B. The meal plan for reducing adrenaline is designed
around the principle of providing a steady supply of
fuel for the body and especially for the brain. A food high on the glycemic index is digested quickly and
releases sugars into the bloodstream rapidly, which means
it keeps the blood sugar yo-yoing due to alternating high
sugar–high insulin levels. Examples of high-glycemic foods
are refined sugar, refined grains or flours, many fruits, and all
the products made with these foods. |   119 MANA gINg Ex CESS  ADRENALINE
Foods ranked low on the glycemic index are digested more
slowly and release sugars more gradually, so a diet that focuses on
low-glycemic foods prevents the yo-yo effect and thereby helps
to control adrenaline. Low-glycemic foods include whole grains
and legumes, vegetables, some fruits, and unprocessed foods. In addition, the meal plan for reducing adrenaline includes
healthy fats, good protein, and sufficient water. I recommend
including extra virgin coconut oil in the diet. Traditional
thinking has always been that sugar, in the form of glucose,
is the only fuel the brain requires. Recently, however, it has
been discovered that ketone bodies might be an even more
potent source of fuel for the brain. Ketone bodies are formed
from medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs), which are found
in coconut oil and palm oil. They are important for reducing
insulin resistance in the brain (type III diabetes), and may help
to prevent, and in some cases greatly alleviate, Alzheimer’s
disease. The importance of avoiding high-glycemic carbohydrates
to control excess adrenaline is well illustrated by revisiting the
story of Jose, the nine-year-old boy with typical type ADHD
who we saw in chapter 4. It was Jose’s mother who brought
him to me for care and who applied the progesterone cream
that helped him so much. Jose’s father did not believe that
eating correctly was a factor in his son’s improvement. One morning he took Jose to the International House of
Pancakes. Jose ordered pancakes and waffles and smothered
them in syrup. Shortly thereafter, he jumped up and started
throwing plates onto the floor from adjoining tables. He found
the Coca-Cola dispenser and started wolfing down sodas. He
began yelling and screaming; the police came and ended up
detaining him overnight. The father learned firsthand that  120  |
ADRENALINE DOMINANCE
Jose could not eat or drink refined sugar without stimulating
the release of large amounts of adrenaline. The full meal plan designed for people with excess
adrenaline is available in appendix A. The logical nutritional
advice it provides can benefit anyone, including people trying
to lose weight. While what  one eats is important for managing excess
adrenaline, when one eats is equally important. A person with
any type of ADHD  should ideally eat five small meals spaced
every three hours throughout the day. For people with creative type ADHD, this timing is
especially critical. They need to eat often because their brains
are more active.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        Knowing that I had a
hormone problem, which has been corrected with natural
products, and I don’t have a disease, I feel like living my life again. Please do not stop fighting to help people get well
because you’re one of the few who do really put people on
the right track. I cannot express enough how grateful I
am for the work that you do. And thank you, Dr. Platt, ADRENALINE DOMINANCE 76  |
for your continual work to give back lives, even against
all the aggression/oppression you have in your daily life. Sincerely,
L. C., Ph. D. CHRONIC INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS
An estimated 750,000 to 1,000,000 women in the United
States suffer from a condition called chronic interstitial cystitis. It often manifests as severe pain in the bladder 24 hours a
day, along with uncomfortable burning during urination. Like so many other conditions discussed in this book, it has no known cause and, as a consequence, no known cure. It is most commonly treated with the drug Elmiron, which offers little or no help to the majority of women who use it. I consider chronic interstitial cystitis another manifestation
of adrenaline dominance. As we saw in the section on urinary
urgency (in the previous chapter), excess adrenaline can cause
not only the urge to urinate but also the need to urinate
frequently. However, some women, for one reason or another—
perhaps they work as teachers or cashiers—do not have the
luxury of being able to run to the bathroom every 20 minutes
or so. As a result, they tense up the muscles of the bladder in an
attempt to prevent leakage. Any prolonged tensing of muscles
can cause lactic acid to build up. This, in turn, can cause both
pain in the walls of the bladder and burning upon urination. Because of the role of lactic acid buildup in chronic
interstitial cystitis, I refer to it as fibromyalgia of the bladder. Not surprisingly, it is often associated with fibromyalgia
elsewhere in the body. |   77 ExCESS  ADRENALINE: THE  UgLy

Because of the role of lactic acid buildup in chronic
interstitial cystitis, I refer to it as fibromyalgia
of the bladder. Elimination of this condition makes for an extremely
grateful patient. One of my patients had been to doctors all
over the world looking for relief. Two weeks after visiting my
office, she sent a card thanking me and called me her “miracle
doctor. ” The treatment, needless to say, was simply to lower
her adrenaline level. Trying to educate people who are in a position to change
how this condition is treated has been frustrating. As an
example, I approached the Interstitial Cystitis Association
and offered to write an article for their newsletter about how
I treat this condition, but they were not interested. Perhaps
they could not fathom that this devastating condition might have a relatively simple solution. ROAD RAGE
I have included road rage in the “ugly” category because it is
a potentially lethal condition, especially if two people with
road rage come into contact with one another. People with
road rage often tailgate other cars, they tend to drive too fast
and make unsafe lane changes, and they certainly antagonize
other drivers—especially those who also have road rage. It takes very little imagination to see that these people have
an excessive amount of adrenaline. They frequently wind up in anger management classes, although these classes provide
little benefit because they do not link the problem with its
real cause. ADRENALINE DOMINANCE 78  |
Road rage can have serious consequences. For example, a
medical doctor in Los Angeles with excess adrenaline got into
a road rage incident with two bicyclists who also had excess
adrenaline. The doctor wound up in prison for five years, and
both bicycle riders were hospitalized. One of them will never
ride a bike again. Those who have a tendency toward road rage should keep
in mind that their driving is monitored by law enforcement
personnel who usually have excess adrenaline themselves. When an officer pulls a driver over and tells the driver to get
out of the car and lie down on the ground, my recommendation
is to do what the officer says. One only has to remember what
happened to Rodney King in Los Angeles in 1992. After a
long chase by highway patrol officers, he was pulled over and wound up attacking two policemen. He failed to heed their
request to lie down, which resulted in his being beaten by
over-adrenalized officers, an event that wound up precipitating
the infamous Los Angeles Riots. Of course, the treatment for road rage is to lower adrenaline. The following letter illustrates how quickly this can be
accomplished. This 30-year-old gentleman from the San Francisco
Bay Area came to see me with only one complaint: anger. Patient A. W. Since the first time I rubbed the progesterone cream on
my arms I could feel the effects. From that moment on, I have felt an inner calmness that had always seemed to be
missing. This was something I had been trying to control for
years by using different substances. I feel “normal” again,
I should say, I like myself again. The biggest thing for me is
driving. As you can imagine, where I live in Silicon Valley |   79 ExCESS  ADRENALINE: THE  UgLy
there is no shortage of traffic and bad drivers. Before coming to your office I would have times when


. Let’ s review what these higher feelings are and what ef fect they have on the
other person’ s feelings and behavior in response to us. Positive Feelings
The higher feelings of courage, willingness, confidence, capability, “can
do,” zest, humor, competence, self-suf ficiency, and creativity have an
emotional purpose: ef fective actions, operation, and accomplishment. The
reaction of other persons will reflect back to us cooperation, courage,
respect, and a willingness to be with us. Additionally, because we increase
their self-esteem, they seek our company. As we look at all of this, we see
that there is a wonderful payof f in return for our willingness to let go of the
negative feelings that stand in the way of these higher feelings, which
ef fortlessly accomplish our real goals and purpose. When we are operating on the level of acceptance, enjoyment, warmth,
gentleness, softness, trustingness, inner truth, and faith, the emotional
purposes to which the other person responds are those of love, enjoyment,
pleasure, harmony, peacefulness, understanding, and sharing. Their reaction
to us will be one of acceptance, satisfaction, feeling “in tune,” feeling
understood, and joy. They will automatically return our love. It is rather
obvious that these reciprocal feelings bring about success in whatever the
venture may be with the other person, whether it is vocational, social,
personal, or a simple everyday business interaction. Connectedness
When our inner feelings are of peacefulness, serenity, tranquility, stillness,
openness, and simplicity, the ef fect on other persons is to increase their
awareness along with our own, and to give them a greater sense of freedom,
perfection, unity, and at-oneness with ourselves. In their relationship with
us, they will feel joined; they will identify with us; they will understand at a
deep level; and they will feel in communion with us. As a consequence,
they will seek our presence, because in it they feel complete, recognized,
and contented. They will experience an increased awareness of their ownreal Self. They will feel higher in our presence or when they think of us. Their response back to us will be that of love and gratitude for the blessing
of our presence. In such a relationship, goals are automatically and
ef fortlessly accomplished. Because we are not holding negativity, there is
nothing we wish to hide from the other person, and this openness allows the
other person to drop all defenses. Nothing is hidden out of guilt or fear, and
there is a very conscious psychic connectedness. It is on this level that so-called telepathic phenomena occur with
regularity. When we are in total harmony with another person, there is no
desire on our part to withhold or guard any thoughts or feelings. Because
the other person responds similarly, there is an ef fortless knowing of what is
crossing the other person’ s mind and what their passing feeling states may
be. There is a total acceptance of our own humanness and that of the other. If we are really in tune with others, we for give them when we see a passing
jealousy or reactivity. W e realize it is only natural. And we know that they,
in return, are aware of our passing resentment. Y et, they are overlooking it;
they accept our humanness, and they understand the situation. They know
us so well that they recognize the likelihood of a passing resentment in
certain situations, but they know, also, that we are going to let it go. The
people with whom we share a relationship of loving acceptance are okay
with our humanness and their own. No matter the surface emotions, we
remain aware of the shared alignment to love, acceptance, and harmony
with each other and the world. This level of communication actually can be reached with anyone. It
does not have to be someone with whom we are intimately associated. V ery
often we experience it first with our friends with whom there is less at stake
than intimate family members. Another situation where it often occurs in
the course of an average life is with an ex-lover. W ith this person to whom
we have revealed so much—now that there is no longer anything romantic
at stake—a friendship might develop in which it is no longer necessary to
hide anything. There can be truly open communication, honesty, and
integrity. W e see this not infrequently in couples that have separated or
divorced. Once the turmoil has settled down, they get along easily and may
even remain the best of friends for many years. Ef fect of Positive FeelingsIt is obvious that higher states of consciousness have a profound ef fect on
our relationships, because one of the laws of consciousness is like goes to
like. Our inner states are actually radiated to others. W e can positively af fect
others even when we are not physically with them. Feelings are ener gy and
all ener gy gives of f a vibration. W e are like sending and receiving stations. The less negativity we are holding, the more aware we can be of what
others are really holding about us. The more we love, the more we find
ourselves surrounded by love. The replacement of a negative feeling by a
higher one accounts for the many miracles one can experience in the course
of life. These become more frequent as one continues to surrender. As we surrender, life becomes more and more ef fortless. There is a
constant increase in happiness and pleasure, which requires less and less
from the outer world to be experienced. There is a diminution of needs and
expectations of others. W e stop looking “out there” for what we now
experience as coming from within ourselves. W e let go of the illusion that
others are the source of our happiness. Instead of looking to get from others,
we now look to give. Others now seek to be with us, instead of avoiding us. In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Car ol, Scrooge experienced the pleasure
of giving instead of looking to get from others. The joy of that
transformation is available to us all. Carl Jung wrote of the phenomenon called “synchronicity,” which
might also have been called “simultaneity,” to explain the occurrence of
events that, to the intellect, appear unrelated. As we surrender more and
more, this type of experience becomes commonplace. An illustration of this
phenomenon is the following experience related by a business executive
who had been practicing the letting go technique for about a year. I was President of a small corporation with about fifty employees. W e had built up a promising young man to head one of the
divisions of the company. It turned out, however, that this man was
very immature. Instead of responding with gratitude and
cooperation for all that was done for him, he reacted by becoming
grandiose, demanding, and somewhat paranoid. He declared that
he was going to bar ge into the next Board of Directors meeting and
cause a big upset with his wild accusations and demands. Although
all of his accusations could have been easily refuted, the whole
af fair sounded like a dreadful experience to live through. For days,he appeared just plain hateful with his threats. The day of the
Board meeting, which was to be at 1 P. M., I was driving along the
parkway thinking angry thoughts about him. Suddenly I let it all
go; I surrendered on him totally. I started to see the frightened
child in him, and I started to send him love. All of my anxiety
disappeared, and I felt a sympathetic love for him. I looked at my
watch and it was 12:30 P.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the author's stance on the idea that our innermost feelings are unknown to others?,
A: The author believes that our innermost feelings are not unknown to others, as we are all connected on a psychic and intuitive level, and others can sense our emotions and thoughts.
Q: What is the purpose of recognizing and admitting a feeling?,
A: The purpose of recognizing and admitting a feeling is so that we can relinquish it and move on.
Q: What is the key to manifesting success and happiness in one's life?,
A: The key to manifesting success and happiness is to let go of negative feelings and replace them with positive ones, which will lead to a win-win situation.
Q: What is the mechanism by which we can influence others?,
A: According to the author, we can influence others by recognizing and letting go of our negative feelings and replacing them with positive ones, which will attract positive energy and bring about a win-win situation.
Q: What is the relationship between the three states of consciousness mentioned in the chapter?,
A: The three states of consciousness mentioned (inertia, energy, and peace) are related to the decision-making process, and each one is associated with a specific set of thoughts and feelings.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>As the more serious ailments were healed, there was the ener gy and
time to look at even more minor issues. There had been a long-standing
belief that people catch dandruf f in barbershops. When that belief was
surrendered, the dandruf f disappeared. A similar process occurred with the
belief that correlated athlete’ s foot with hotel room floors. Upon continual
cancellation of that belief, athlete’ s foot disappeared. At Thanksgiving time one year, there was the opportunity to test the
technique in an acute situation. A huge log dropped on the left foot and
broke all the bones across the whole forefoot. Instead of rushing out to get a
cast, the


 e is increasing because people have
become increasingly fearful of disease. Do you have more good feelings about health than you have negative
feelings about disease? Do you  believe in lifelong health more than you
believe in the inevitability  of disease? If you believe that your body will
deteriorate with  age and that disease is inevitable, you are giving out t hat
belief, a nd the law of attracti on must return it to you clothed as the
circumstances and state of your health and body. "For the  thing that I fear comes upon me, and what I dread befalls me." (Job
3:25)

The plac ebo ef fect in medicine i s proof of the power of belief. O ne group of
patients is given real pills or treatment, and another  group is given the
placebo - a sugar pill or fake treatment - but neither is told which one is a
cure for their sy mptoms or illness. Y et the group that gets the placebo often
experiences significant improvements and the reduction or disappearance of
symptoms. The startling results of the placebo ef fect regularly demonstrate
the p ower of beliefs on our body. What you continually give to  your body
with your beliefs or strong feelings, you must receive in your body. Every fe eling yo u have saturates every cell and or gan in your entire body. When you have good feelings, you are giving love and you receive the full
force of health through your body at an astounding rate. When you have
bad feelings, the tension causes you r nerves and cells to contract, the vital
chemical production in your body changes, your blood vessels contract, and
your breathing becomes shallow, all of which reduces the force of health in
your or g ans and your entire bod y. Disease is simply the result  of a body's
not bein g at ease over a long p eriod of time, because of negat ive feelings
like stress, worry, and fear. "Y our em otions affect every cell in your body. Mind and body, mental and
physical, ar e intertwined." (Thomas T utko Sports Psychologist And Author
B 1931)
 The W orld Inside Y our Body
There is an entire world inside you! T o realize the power you have over
your body, you need to know about this world -because all of it is under
your command! All the cells in your body have a role to play, and they  work together for the
sole purpose of giving you life. Some cells are the leaders of particular
regions or or gans, and they manage and direct all the working cells in their
region, like your heart, brain, liv er, kidneys, and lungs. The lead er cell of an
or gan d irects and manages all the other cells working in that or gan,
ensuring order and harmony so the or gan works perfectly. Patrol  cells travel
throughout the sixty thousand miles of blood vessels in y our body to
maintain order and peace. When  there is a disturbance, such as a scratch to
the s kin, the patrol cells immed iately signal the alert, and the appropriate
repair team rushes to the area. For a scratch, the first on the scene is the
blood-clotting team, and they work to arrest the blood flow. After their
work is done, the tissue and skin  teams move in to do the repair work to the
area, mending the tissue, and sealing the skin. If a n intruder e nters your body, like a bacterial infection or virus, the
memory cells immediately take  an imprint (snapshot) of the intruder. The
imprint is checked against their records to see if there is a match with
previous intrude rs. If they find a m atch, the m emory cells immediately
notify the relevant attack team t o destroy the intruder. If there is no match,
the memory cells open up a new file on the intruder, and all the attack teams
are summoned to move in and d estroy the intruder. Whichever attack team
is successful in destroying the intru der is then recorded by the memory cells
in their file s. If the intruder returns, the memory cells will know who they
are dealing with and exactly how to deal with them. If for any reason a cell of your body begins to change its behavio r and cease
to w ork for the good of the body, the patrol cells signal the rescue team to
rush in to repair the cell. If a cel l needs a particular chemical to be repaired,
it is found in side yo ur natural pharmacy. Y ou have a complete  pharmacyoperating inside you that can produce every healing chemical that a
pharmaceutical company can produce. All cells must work as a team, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for their
entire life. Their sole purpose is to maintain the life and health in your body. Y ou have around 100 trillion cells in your body. That's
100,000,000,000,000 cells who are working nonstop to give y ou life! All
100 trillion cells are under your  command, and you are comma nding them
and instructing them with your thoughts, feelings, and beliefs. Whatever you believe about your body, your cells believe too. They don't
question anything you think, feel, or believe. In fact, they hear every
thought, feeling, and belief you have. If yo u think or say, "I always get jetlag when I travel," your cells rece ive
"jetlag" as a command, and they must carry out your instructions. Think and
feel that you ha ve a weight pro blem, and your cells receive the order of a
weight problem. They must follow your instructions and kee p your body in
an overw eight c ondition. Be afraid you might ca tch an illness, and your
cells receive the message of the illn ess, and they immediately get busy
creating the symptoms of the illness. Y our cells' responding to your every
command is simply the law of attraction working inside your body. "Face towar ds the perfect image of every or gan, and the shadows of disease
will never touch you." (Robert Collier 1885-1950)

What do you want? What woul d you love? Be cause t hat is what you must
give to your bo dy. Y our cells are your most loyal subjects who serve you
without question, and so whatever you think, whatever you feel, becomes
the l aw of your body. If you want to feel as good as you did when you were
a child, then give your cells those commands: "I feel amazing today." "I
have so much ener gy." "I have perfect eyesight." "I can eat whatever 1 w ant
and maintain my ideal weight." "I sleep like a baby every night." Y ou are
the ruler  of a kingdom, and whatever you think and feel becomes the law of
your kingdom - the law within your body. The Power of Y our Heart
"In some sense man is a micr ocosm of the universe; ther efor e what man is,
is a clue to the universe." (David Bohm 1917-1992)

The inside of y our body is an exact map of our solar system and the
universe. Y our heart is the sun and the center of your body system. Y our
or gans are the planets, and just as the planets depend on the sun to remain in
balance and harmony, so do all the or gans in your body depend on your
heart to remain in balance and harmony. Scientists at the Institute of HeartMath in California have shown that
feeling love, gratitude, and apprec iation in your heart boosts your immune
system; increases vital chemical production; increases physical vitality and
vigor; reduces stress hormone levels, high blood pressure, anxiety, guilt,
and burn out; and improves glucose regulation in diabetics. Feelings of love
also create a h igher degree of harmony in the rhythm of your heart. HeartMath has shown that the magnetic field of the heart is 5,000 times
more po werful t han the magnetic field of the brain, and reaches out several
feet from our body. Other sc ientists are revolutioniz ing our understanding of the af fect of love
on o ur h ealth, th rough experime nts with water. What does wate r have to do
with hea lth? Y ou r body is made up of 70 percent water! The inside of your
head is 80 percent water! Researchers in Japan, Russia, Europe, and the United States have
discovered that when water is exposed to positive words and feelings such
as lo ve and gratitude, the ener gy level of the water not only increases, but
the structure of the water chan ges, malcing it perfectly harmonious. The
higher t he positive feeling, the more beautiful and harmonious the water
becomes. When water is exposed to negative emotions, such as hate, the
ener gy l evel of the water decrea ses, and chaotic changes occur, negatively
af fecting the structure of the water.If hu man emotions can change the structure of water, can you im agine what
your fee lings are doing to the health of your body? Y our cells are made of
mostly w ater! T he center of eve ry cell is water, and each cell is completely
surrounded by a layer of water. Can you imagine the impact of