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        A time will
come, a state of awareness will grow, that transcends the suffering. Spirit
will dominate the mind instead. By bringing compassion to you, I can
reassure you that you are not abandoned; you are just at a difficult
crossroads on the journey of love. At every stage of love the goal should be kept in mind. Uniting romance,
relationship, and ascension is a code of compassion, which goes as follows:
Be kind to yourself and others. Come from love every moment you can. Speak of love with others. Remind each other of your spiritual purpose. Never give up hope. Know that you are loved. If you practice these few things,  you will be open to receive every lesson on
the path in the spirit in which it is given—as an expression of divine love. The horrors of the world are undeniable, and few people even dream that
they will go away. But they will, because love is the supre me reality,
compared to which all else is temporary, fleeting, and unreal. The love you seek is seeking you at this moment. Your longing, your
deep fantasies about being loved are mere shadows of the meltingsweetness that makes spirit want to love you. Be honest about your seeking,
and be alert to the moments when love is showing itself to you. You are the
only means that love has for conquering its opposition; theref ore you are
infinitely precio us in the eyes of spirit. The messages of love may not be
clear to anyone else around you, even those most intimate to you. That
doesn’ t matter; they are meant for you and you alone. Be assured of that. And above all, be like Laurel. Keep looking for clues. OceanofPDF. comINDEX
The page references in this index correspond to the printed edition from
which this ebook was created. To find a specific word or phrase from the
index, please use the search feature of your ebook reader. Acceptance:
and allowing, 203
and equality, 77–78
Action:
of God, 244, 247
and karma, 35
and kriya, 239, 242
Afflatus, 293
Allowing, and control, 197–201, 203
All this is That, 275
Ambiguity, 73, 74–78
Ananda, 66–68, 70
Ananda Shakti, 238–41
Angels, 15, 276
Archetypal ecstasy, 285–86
Artha, 131
Ascension, 272–73, 274, 326
Associations, 1 17–20
Attachment, 189–224
allowing and control in, 197–201
and dependency, 192
and detachment, 192
and exclusivity, 190
and fear, 201–4
and karma, 193–97loving practice, 205–17
and need, 190, 204, 205, 208
and nonattachment, 192, 197–201, 204
in our lives, 218–24
spiritual, 193–97
and survival fear, 214–15
and unity, 191
Attention, 52
on the heart, 53–54
second, 244–47, 251, 259
Attraction, 64, 66–87
and authenticity, 72–73
fantasy and fear in, 68–70
and lovability, 70–73
loving practice, 74–78
meaning in, 66
in our lives, 79–86
search and, 68–70
Attractiveness, and deservedness, 82
Authenticity, 72–73
Awareness, 105, 106, 1 12, 170, 327
and ecstasy, 294, 295
and passion, 249
and reality, 251
as Shiva and Shakti, 242, 243, 249
and sutra, 305–6
Balance, homeostatic, 42
Being, 239, 295
Beliefs, 48
Bhagavad-Gita, 11–12, 13, 195–96, 243, 275–76
Bhakta, 87, 88
Bhakti, 35, 36
Black holes of fear, 212–15
Bliss, 92, 242
and ananda, 66–68, 239–41
consciousness, 66–68Bondage, 193
Bonding, 129
Boredom, 261–71
Boundaries, 265–68, 271
ego, 291
and sex, 136–37
Brahma, 243
Brain, physiology of, 244
Chakras, 317
Chastity, 139
Chitta Shakti, 238–40
Civilization and Its Discontents  (Freud), 10
Clarity, 299
Cloud of Unknowing, The  (Anonymous), 196–97
Commitment, 100, 108–9, 157, 160
Communication, and courtship, 129–30
Communion, and kriya, 242
Compassion, 326–28
Competition, 129
Concealment, and Shiva, 247, 248
Consciousness:
bliss, 66–68
expansion of, 290–92
Control:
allowing and, 197–201, 203
ego and, 199–200
of fear, 199–200, 201–4
and happiness, 40
separation and, 202–3
sex and, 134
Courtship, 64, 106–30
and commitment, 108–9
and communication, 129–30
defenses dismantled in, 1 15–16
and equality, 127, 129–30and false love, 1 12–14
and fear, 110–1 1, 115
love vs. ego in, 107–1 1, 116
loving practice, 1 17–22
and need, 108, 109
in our lives, 123–30
and projection, 1 13–14
and sensitivity, 128–29
and trust, 109–1 1
truth vs. falsity in, 1 11–16
Creation:
divine, 1 1, 225–26
and five cardinal beliefs, 251–52
and Shakti, 227–28, 229, 240, 242, 249
and Shiva, 247, 248
Creative ener gy, 230
Creative potential, 237
Creativity:
and second attention, 251
and sex, 149–50, 226, 237
Death:
anticipation of, 222
dying unto, 218–24
fear of, 221–22
God’ s presence in, 247
as healing, 9
peacefulness of, 247
as transition, 222
Defenses, dismantling of, 1 15–16
Dendrites, 90–91
Deservedness, 82
Desire:
denial of, 267–68
and icha, 241
and intimacy, 131–34, 135and passion, 227, 269–71
and religion, 133
sexual, 229
suppression of, 139–40
Despair, 213
Destruction, and Shiva, 247, 248
Devotion, 35,36, 87–88, 274
Dharma, 131, 158–63, 166–68
choosing your own, 167–68
and free will, 167
meanings of, 160–61
power of, 166–67
and spiritual equality, 163
Dionysus, 285–86
DNA, 244
Duality, 24–28
and dharma, 166
and self-love, 103–4
Ecstasy, 272–321
as ananda, 66–68
and ascension, 272–73, 274
and ego sur gery, 279–82
and inspiration, 299–306
and intimacy with yourself, 273–76
loving practice, 299–313
in our lives, 314–21
reaching, 290–98
as sacred journey, 285
and


. At one point durin g our rst talk, I wanted her to know
how impressed  I was with her level of insight, and I started out by
saying, “For a brilliant person like you—”
She cut me o with a strange look. “Why did you say that?” she
demanded.“What?”
“That I’m brilliant. What makes you say that out of the blue?”
“Well,” I explained, “it is obvious that you have more self-
awareness than ninety-nine percent of the people I deal with.”
“How can you tell that after one meeting?” she asked
suspiciously. I said I just could, and she let the matter drop. Half an
hour later, she interrupted  herself and asked, this time rather
timidly, “Do you really think I’m brilliant?” I repeated that I did. Again, the matter was quickly dropped. When we met a few days
later, the rst words out of her mouth were “I’ve been thinking
about why you called me brilliant.”
Then I couldn’t help but notice that my compliment held a special
charm for her. It was a token, not just of my respect, but of my
aection. By calling her brilliant, I had said, “I feel close to you.”
Replaying the tapes, I nd that Karin also managed to call me
brilliant severa l times that day—apparently quite unconsciously—
and whenever she did, one heard a shy, embarrassed intimacy in her
voice. Why was this little game of emotional hide-and-seek so important
to her? I think  it’s because she nds it much easier to intellectualize
about feeling unreal than to openly express the much more
wrenching feeling of being lost. Before their emotions get covered
over with a thick coat of denial, many children feel lost, set apart. Karin reminds me of a wide-e yed child one might nd on the fringes
of a social gathering—a wedding reception, cocktail party, or
Thanksgiving reunion—peer ing at the adults like a fascinated
spectator at the zoo. What the child wonders at is quite ordinary and yet very
disturbing: the casual deception of daily life. Behind the words “I
love him” or “I love her” lie guarded feelings and secret betrayals. People who put on a show of generosity turn out to be secretly the
most selsh. Jealousy lurks under a smile. Children do not know
how to live this way, and Karin still doesn’t have the knack for it. From her perspective, other people are living securely inside a
shared reality,  while she is outside lookin g in—“I live in another
dimension,” she mourns. This persistent feeling of isolation makesthings very fearful for her. She has no security. The rest of us are at
home; she is the eternal stranger. Many sensitive  people feel this way. Wisdom and poetry can arise
from the situation as easily as anguish. But given how lonely such
people generally are, I can see why anguish is the most common
response. It is by relating to other people, after all, that most of us
manage to feel real in the rst place. Three years ago, Karin asserts, she felt completely normal and
connected—she is particularly adamant on that point. She was
thirty-one and had just decid ed to break up with a man whom she
had been seeing steadily for several years. “From the very beginning
of our relationship,” she said, “I knew that Rodney was not ‘the
one,’ but we cared for each other and really enjoyed each other’s
company.” What made her nally break o with this man was her
decision to seek someone whom she really might want to marry. This reason satised her, and the breakup occurred without rancor. But Karin immediately starte d having doubts about what she had
done. She glossed over that part with me: “When Rodney and I
broke up, I felt a sudden sense of loss. I wondered if I had done the
wrong thing, if I should get back with him, you know, blah, blah,
blah. Then I went on with my life.” Within a month after the
breakup, she met another man, a customer at her catering business. She fell deeply  in love with him and continues to say that their
relationship, which was brief but intense, was the closest she ever
came to marrying anyone. From the very outset, however, she knew
that his parent s, who were Orthodox Jews, strongly disapproved of
her because she was Catholic. “At rst it was okay, because I was
condent and elated, and I didn’t allow them to become involved in
my life. But after a certain amount of treatment that I considered
worse than torture.…”
Karin stopped speaking at that point. I gathered that there was a
tempestuous breakup and she had a “collapse” or “nervous
breakdown.” Whether in fact she suered an actual psychosis is not
clear. She did develop a morbid fear of having AIDS. “Whenever I
gave blood I would shake like crazy. Three times they needed my
blood that year, and I was terried that I would be infected.”Several times she called the local AIDS hotline in a panic, always to
be reassured that she had no real reason to be afraid (a fact
conrmed by all her blood tests). It was in the midst of this dicult period that she rst began to
feel unreal. She says that the sensation was quite new and
unexpected when it rst arrived. Never in her life had she ever had
the feeling of “being out of my body” or “having my awareness up
here” (holding her hand above her head). When I told her that many
people have similar feelings without being disturbed, she curtly
responded, “What does that matter if I still feel miserable?”
I tend to believ e Karin when she says that she began to feel unreal
all of a sudden. On the other hand, I cannot buy her story that her
life was so perfect before “something happened.” She has an
unshakable nostalgia for the past; it is the ip side of her refusal to
open herself to the present. She says that her only wish is to return
to the way she was three years ago, before the unfort unate love
aair. That period has become xed in her mind as a rapturous
ideal:
“I felt centered and relaxed then. I was condent, and I had a
purpose. I felt integrated: I had a relationship, I had money, I had
peace of mind. I felt good about what I did and was able to feel
humble about it. I felt I was on a nice road to growth. I felt like a
part of the universe, like I really wanted to be here. People looked
up to me, and I was able to make them feel good.”
Karin has split time into then and now, the good and the bad,
with no gray in between. It is no wonder that her situati on ties her
in knots, because it cannot be resolved as she has set it up. On one
hand she has this need to make sure that the split in her life
continues (in order to preserve the myth of the perfect past she left
behind), while  on the other she longs to feel real again, which
would mean jumping back into the ow of things. For the time
being, clinging to her black-and-white view of the world feels like
the only safe course. Don’t Tell Me I’m Not CrazyKarin is surely  real; she has just had the misfortune to nd herself
moving from one level of reality to another, like an infant who one
day realizes that crawling, which he has thoroughly mastered, is
starting to give way to the uncertain prospect of learnin g to walk. Babies make this transition instinctively, and their parents guide
them over the rough spots with encouraging attention. But when an
adult psyche begins to test the possibility of a completely new
perspective, the transition period is fraught with diculty. There are no guidelines for “normal” experiences of a higher Self. The image we have of saints  suddenly pierced by a shaft of divine
light is far too simple; even the greatest spiritual attainments take
place within the limits of daily mental life, with its doubts, fears,
hopes, and denials. What people need is the same encouraging
attention that parents give to a wobbly toddler. Sadly, our society is
bereft in this area, and each of us has to row alone to the foreign
shore that is beckoning us across the waters. But what is even more disturbing is that the growing pains of self-
awareness might get mistaken for the goal. Karin was making this
mistake, and her self-doubt echoes a culture that feels profoundly
suspicious of spiritual exper iences. I am not just referr ing to the
accusations of insanity that surround anyone who breaks out of the
normal ways of thinking, seeing, and behaving—that problem exists
in all cultures, unfortunately. The deeper worry is that our society is
so fearful of the Self that we equate it with death and dissolution. When Freud was confronted  with the fact that every psyche has a
hidden longing for unboundedness, he coined the phrase


 toward the
chronically ill category. People who are acutely ill should stop eating to whatever extent that they are able until the  symptoms are gone. During an acute
illness, the appetites is probably pretty dull anyway, so why not give a brief fast on water or fruit juice a try. Most acute conditions are short in duration, usually not lasting more than a week. Allergy attacks, some types of flu, and a first
bout of pneumonia may well last for three weeks or a month. The general rule is to eat as little as possible until the sympto ms have
passed, self -administer colon cleansing, even if you have a horror of such things, and take vitamin supplements, including
megadoses of Vitamin C, bioflavinoids, and zinc. (See the chapter on vitamins.) Those having a little experience with natural
medicine make teas of echinacea, fenugreek seeds and red clover and quit eating. Eating as little a s possible can mean only water
and herb teas, only vegetable broth, only vegetable juice or non -sweet fruit juice, even only cleansing raw foods. If you eat more
than this you have not relieved your system of enough digestive effort. After your sympto ms are gone it is very important to change your life -style and improve your diet so that you aren't so toxic and
don't have to experience an acute illness several times a year when your body is forced to try an energetic detox. Diet For A Healthy Person
    I doubt that it is possible to be totally healthy in the twentieth century. Doctors Alsleben and Shute in their book How to S urvive
the New Health Catastrophes state that in -depth laboratory testing of the population at large demonstrated four universa lly present
pathological conditions: heavy metal poisoning, arteriosclerosis, sub -clinical infections, and vitamin/mineral deficiencies. Those of
us who consider ourselves healthy, including young people, are not really healthy, and at the very least would  benefit from
nutritional supplementation. In fact the odds against most people receiving adequate vitamin and mineral nutrition without
supplements are very poor as demonstrated by the following chart. Problem Nutrients in America
 Nutrient  Perc ent Receiving Less than the RDA
B-6 80%
Magnesium  75
Calcium  68
Iron 57
Vitamin A  50
B-1 45
C 41
B-2 36
B-12 36
B-3 33

A genuinely healthy person almost never becomes acutely ill, and does not have any disturbing or distracting symptoms; nothin g
interferes with or handicaps their daily life or work. A healthy person has good energy most of the time, a positive state of  mind,
restful sleep, good digestion and elimination. Healthy people do not have to live simon -pure lives to remain that way. Healthy people can afford 10% dietary indiscretions by
calorie count –eating or drinking those things that they know are not good for them but that are fun to eat or are "recreational foods
or beverages." Such "sinning" could mean a restaurant bash twice a month, having a pizza, French bread, beer or wine in
moderation, ice cream, cookies, cake, turkey for festive occasions, etc. The  key concept of responsible sinning is keeping within
that ten percent limit. A diet for a healthy person that wants to remain healthy should not exceed the digestive capacity of the individual, either i n
terms of quantity or quality. All foods that ca n not be efficiently digested should be removed from the regular diet and relegated to
the "sin" category, including those you are allergic to and those for which you have inadequate digestive enzymes. I have
encountered very few people that can efficientl y digest cooked meat, chicken, or fish, but some can, and some can with the
assistance of digestive enzyme supplements. In order to digest meats, the stomach must be sufficiently acid, there must be en ough
pepsin, pancreatin, and bile, etc., and the meat s hould be eaten on the extremely rare side (not pork), in small quantities (not more
than five or six ounces), and not combined with anything except nonstarchy vegetables. If you must include meat in your dieta ry, it
should represent a very small percentage  of your total caloric intake, be eaten infrequently, with the bulk of the calories coming
from complex carbohydrates such grains, legumes and nuts, as well as large quantities of vegetables and fruits. The healthy person that wants to stay that way f or many, years is advised to fast one day a week, to give the organs of
elimination a chance to catch up on their internal housecleaning. If water fasting seems impossible, try a day of juicing it;  if that is
too rigorous, try a day on raw foods. A similar  technique, though less beneficial than even a one day each week on raw foods, is
delaying breaking your overnight fast for as long as possible each day. Try giving up breakfast altogether or postponing brea king
your overnight fast, because from the time y ou stop eating at the end of one day to the time you start eating the next is actually a
brief, detoxifying fast. Eggs, milk, cheese and yogurt can be assimilated by some healthy people with or without digestive aids. It is possible to tak e
lactase to  break down the milk sugars for example; sometimes aids such as hydrochloric acid, pepsin, and pancreatin help. If you
can buy it or are willing to make it raw milk yogurt containing lactobacillus bulgaris or acidophilus may be digested more re adily,
espec ially if it prepared from healthy cows or goats fed on unsprayed food, and served very fresh. Eggs should come from
chickens that run around outside, eating weeds, and scratching bugs. The yokes of those eggs will be intense orange, not yell ow. Few people these days have ever eaten a real egg. Surprisingly, for those of you who fear cholesterol, the healthy way to eat eggs
is use just the raw yolk from fertile eggs. It is enjoyed by many people in a smoothie –fresh fruit blended up with water or milk. Eggs c ontain lecithin, a nutrient that naturally prevents the body from forming harmful fatty deposits in the arteries. Sea weeds are a wonderful source of minerals and should be eaten in soups and salads. Other invaluable fortifying foods are
algae of all k inds (such as chlorella and spirulina), lecithin, brewers yeast, and fresh bakers yeast. Many people have had very
unpleasant experiences trying to eat living bakers yeast and so use brewers yeast instead. But brewers yeast is cooked and th e
proteins it co ntains are not nearly as assimilable as those in raw yeast. Raw yeast is so powerful, it feels like pep pills! It takes a special technique to eat raw yeast because in the stomach and intestines the yeast does the job it is supposed to do:
convert sug ars into alcohol and carbon dioxide gas. The entire digestive tract then bloats with gas and the person will feel very
uncomfortable for some time. However, raw yeast is a marvelous source of B vitamins and proteins and can make someone feel
very energetic –if they know how to use it. The secret is to eat live yeast very first thing in the morning on an empty stomach and
then, not eat anything at all for about two hours, giving the stomach acids and enzymes time to kill the yeasts and digest th em
before addi ng sugars from another meal. Some like to eat yeast in fresh cake form, buying it from a bakery. Others prefer dry
granular baker's yeast blended with water into a sort of "shake." This is not a bad place to put your raw egg yoke either. If  you
need it swe etened to drink it, use an artificial or herbal sweetener like nutrisweet or stevia. Live yeast cannot consume milk sugars
very well. So if you can handle dairy, try one or two tablespoons of granulated live yeast, an egg yoke and a little raw milk  or
yogu rt, well whizzed. Wheat germ is also a great, rich food, but is usually rancid unless it is taken out of the refrigerated display; unless it is
refrigerated, in a dated package and fresh, don't eat it. Herb teas and roasted grain beverages are healthy beverages, along with
mineral and distilled water avoiding where possible chlorinated and fluoridated water. Diet Is Not Enough
    Those isolated, long -lived peoples discovered by Weston A. Price had to do hard physical labor to eat, had to walk briskly up
and down steep terrain to get anywhere. But today, few North Americans output very much physical energy in process of daily l ife
or work. Not only cars, but all of our modern conveniences make it possible to live without ever breaking into a sweat. We p ay for
this ease; it costs us a significant degree of health. Exercise has many benefits when combined with excellent nutrition. It creates an overall feeling of well -being that can not be
created by diet alone. Exercising temporarily makes the heart beat faster, increasing blood circulation throughout the body right
out to the tips of your fingers and toes. This short -term elevated flow of blood flow brings increased supplies of oxygen and
nutrients to all parts of the body, facilitating healing and r epair. Without revving up your engine every day many of the body's
systems never get the sludge


 be
no digestion of the lining membrane of the stomach. There may be a flow of the contents of the
stomach back into the gullet, resulting in the symptom commonly called “heart burn,” but this will
not result in any damage to the membrane. Long-continued suffering with heart burn (most often seen in those who overeat on sugars and
syrups and those who wrongly combine their foods, and who drink liquids with meals) may result
in sufficient irritation of the lining of the esophagus and stomach to cause inflammation, but up to
this point, at least, there will be no digestion of the walls of the gullet and stomach. The acids of
decomposition, resulting from overeating and imprudent eating, are the acids that complicate
gastric and duodenal ulcer. Experimentally, fresh tissue from other parts of the body, when sutured to the gastric wall, is not
digested and this suggests that the walls of the digestive tube are not digested by the gastric juice. But I think that an even stronger reason to doubt the role of the digestive juice in producing peptic
ulcer is the fact that ulcers develop in many other part of the body—the nose, sinuses, mouth,
tongue, throat, colon, bladder, womb, cervix, vagina, gall bladder and upon the surface of the
body, as in varicose ulcer— without the digestive action of the gastric secretion. There is in ulcers, in each of these other locations, a preliminary and persistent inflammation
with hardening and a subsequent breakdown of tissue. The evaluation of ulcer of the esophagus,
stomach and duodenum out of chronic irritation and inflammation and hardening seems to be as
certain as its evolution out of these pre-ulcer states in other locations. The history of cases of gastric and duodenal ulcer reveals that very early in life, the patient had
developed gastro-intestinal irritation and inflammation. The mode of living and eating that resulted
in the irritation continued, added to, intensified, and the recurring discomforts were palliated with
drugs, until the patient passes through the already indicated stages of pathological evolution—
irritation, inflammation, a gradual thickening of the mucous and sub-mucous tissues (hardening),
and, then, ulceration. The increasing hardening chokes arterial circulation, cutting off oxygen and the food supply, so
that the tissues break down, giving rise to an open sore or ulcer. Cancer may be the final ending in this evolution. It is one of the endings of a chain of symptoms
starting with irritation, and passing through inflammation, thickening and swelling (hardening or
induration), ulceration (ulcer formation), and fungation (cancer). 98The same chain of causes and effects may precede both endings or cancer may evolve out of the
ulcer. It should be understood that both of these diseases—ulcer and cancer—represent end-points
in a process of pathological evolution that had simple beginnings and became more complex as it
developed. This is the reason why the search for a specific cause for cancer has been so
disappointing. All of the cancer-producing (carcinogenic) agents so far discovered are causative in only a
certain percentage of cases—in those in whom the ground has already been prepared for cancer
development. Ulcer, like cancer, is an ending in a chain of symptoms that begins far back of the evolution of
the ulcer itself. Repeated stomach crises (gastritis) end in ulcer. The ulcer develops after scores of
gastric crises that have occurred frequently in infancy, childhood, youth, and maturity. Ulcer is
classed as an organic disease, which means that abnormal changes have taken place in the structure
of the wall of the organ affected. Organic changes follow in the wake of vascular (artery and vein) degeneration and hardening. Indurations (hardenings) wait upon circulatory changes, particularly asphyxiation of the tissues. Ulceration may be said to be an active degeneration from cell apoplexy; cancer is passive
degeneration from cell asphyxiation. The beginning of both these forms of disease is irritation. All
chronic forms of inflammation begin as irritation and are followed by ulceration and, if the
location favors stasis (stoppage of the blood flow), induration and cancer will follow. The major links in this chain of pathological evolution are enervation, intoxication, irritation,
inflammation, induration, ulceration and fungation. That last is cancer. Should cancer be the only
unknown element in this pathological composite. Concomitant with the gastric ulcer is a chronic state of excessive acidity of the stomach, a
condition known as
gastric hyperacidity. The common belief is that the excess stomach acid is a
purely local condition. It is not recognized that this hyperacidity is symptomatic of the systemic condition of the
sufferer. This is the reason that treatment is only local; whereas, if it were recognized that the local
state is but a phase of a constitutional state, a more rational and more successful plan of care could
be instituted. If the gastric irritation and inflammation continue, and they will if toxemia is not eliminated and
its causes removed, the inflammation will extend to the gall duct and gall bladder and even into the
liver itself. Or it may extend up the pancreatic duct into the pancreas. As the patient’s mode of
living is not corrected and the systemic condition back of the irritation
and inflammation is
increased and intensified, the disease spreads from membrane to membrane and new diseases
develop. Feeding the ulcer patient is a difficult problem. Not only is there a greatly impaired ability to
digest food, but there is the irritation of the ulcerated surface that is occasioned by so many
different foods. What a life one leads when reduced to the necessity of conforming to the requirements of a
capricious stomach. In peptic ulcer, due to the secretion of too much acid, it is customary to feed
small, frequent meals of bland foods. These are intended to use up the acid and to reduce, as much
as possible, the mechanical irritation of the ulcer. But feeding the patient every three to four hours, sometimes oftener, and even at night, means
that the patient is continually overeating. The very feeding program causes the excess secretion to
be continued and helps to perpetuate the same condition it is intended to palliate. Using food as a
99palliative is certainly not a correct dietary procedure. There are many different diets that are prescribed for ulcer patients and there are various plans
of treatment. Each has its own advocates, but the results of each plan of care and feeding are far
from satisfactory, for the reason that they ignore cause. Milk diets, cream diets, sippy diets, bland
diets, frequent small meals, and similar feeding programs are all intended to palliate symptoms. These diets cause less immediate irritation of the ulcerated surface, but they remove no cause,
hence health is not restored. This is not a valid plan of feeding and it defeats its own purpose by
adding to the systematic impairment that is back to the ulcer. Drugs are also used to palliate symptoms—drugs to relieve pain, tranquilizers for depression,
drugs to “coat the stomach. ” antacids to counteract the acidity. Other drugs employed in ulcer
cases are intended only to provide short periods of relief from symptoms. They remove no cause,
hence they restore no health. Even the latest method of freezing the glands of the stomach is but a
palliative measure. It makes a digestive cripple out of the patient, but removes none of the causes
of peptic ulcer. Operations for peptic ulcer continue to be performed. And they are still very unsatisfactory. The
wall of the stomach in gastric ulcer is pretty generally irritated and inflamed. In this broad field of
inflammation the ulcer develops at the most inflamed point. This means that the part in which the
greatest pathological change has occurred must ulcerate. Removing the ulcer does not remove the
field of inflammation. Another point of the inflamed surface breaks down and another ulcer results. This simply means that removal of an ulcer leaves the field open for the evolution of another
ulcer and recurrence is the rule. Recurrence is due to the fact that the cause of the ulcer is
untouched by the operation. Indeed, if the stomach is removed, and the cause untouched, trouble
will evolve elsewhere out of the same causes. Surgery does not and cannot restore
health. It is a
means of palliating symptoms and rarely anything more. Anemia is a frequent aftermath of removal
of large sections of the stomach. Gastroenterostomy (formation of a connection or communication between the stomach and the
small intestine, thus by-passing the pylorus) is a serious and crippling operation frequently
performed where ulcer and thickening of the pylorus are suspected. It should be gratifying to know
that it is not a necessary operation—that the thickened pylorus, like a thickened nasal membrane,
can be thinned by the fast. Fear and anxiety, coupled with the insistence of the surgeon that an operation is urgently needed,
cause many patients to permit themselves to be rushed into an operation. The surgeon often paints
vivid and frightening pictures of the dangers of delay. The equally startling post-operative picture
is painted by one who has had the operation. There is the operation, perhaps the subsequent operation for the relief of adhesions, the not
infrequent gall bladder drainage or removal, a second or even a third operation on the stomach for
recurrent ulcer, and the disillusionment that accompanies the return of symptoms. The
disappointment and bitterness


. As a rule, that meant
spending long hours on my feet. On the seventh day of my fast, I put
in a five-tooth bridge for John L. Wilson. On the twelfth day of my fast, Dr. Brown looked me over and
told me I was nearly, but not quite ready to break it. Stick it out for a
couple of days more, he suggested. At the end of fourteen days, Dr.
Brown put me through his mill and told that, except for one bad spot I
had a clean colon. And he added: "You cannot go on now. You must
have nourishment. Maybe Nature will complete the clean-up." As it turned out, happily for me, Nature did just that. Without Dr. Brown's friendly but firm warning, I would have
realized well enough that I had now come to the critical turn in my
fight to live. I had to break my fast by degrees. I must follow the
schedule he gave me to  the minute. One false step would probably kill
me. Right then, a light lunch, even  a bowl of soup would have been
speedily fatal. Dr. Brown started me off on a small glass of orange juice every
two hours. For the next day I could have a glass of milk every seven
hours. On the second day, one glass every two hours and on the third
day, one every hour. For the next two weeks, or exactly as long as I had fasted, I was on a milk diet exclusively. Then my system rebelled at the treatment. I no longer could digest my milk ration. It poisoned
me. So Dr. Brown told me to fast for one day. Then put me on a diet
of milk alternated 50-50 with fruit and vegetable juices. I kept that up for four months and then began on potlicker and boiled vegetables, such as mustard greens, turnips, cabbage and carrots. That was the
first solid food I had eaten for almost five months. I felt like a new man. For the first time since I was a boy I knew
the feel of bounding health. When on my fast my weight had dropped
to 120 pounds, four months later I weighed 178 pounds. That was eight pounds above par. I had failed  to weigh regularly. My potlicker
diet soon dropped me to 172 pounds. I kept that weight for several
years. Then gradually I dropped to my present weight, between 145
and 150 pounds. Since Dr. Brown treated me, 20-odd years ago, his profession,
naturopathy, has devised new and better methods of cleaning and
invigorating the colon than by a prolonged fast. He has abandoned that
method, he informs me, as too dangerous. Coming out of the fast
imposes to heavy a strain on the pa tient's will power. I had will power
like an iron horse, without it, I could not have made the grade. However, as I have proved to my own satisfaction, an occasional
short fast—one, two or three days, as conditions may warrant— can
be immensely useful. As I can realize now, looking back over my experience, it was
food eaten as appetite and taste dictated, nothing else, that reduced my
health to its lowest ebb. When I began eating according to formula my
health rose steadily to the high leve l where I have since maintained it. Whatever the disease it is self created. Disease cannot attack a healthy
body. At this writing I am enjoying what seems to me the best health of
all my 83 years. On that point, following my last check-up, my family
physician, Dr. L. B. Barnett of Hereford, gave me welcome
confirmation. He told me:
"The best 15 or 20 years of your life lie ahead of you." Thus heartened, I can picture myse lf a hale and hearty, energetic
and peppy centenarian. You ask, how do I mean to do it? Well, as
nearly as I can phrase it, my formul a is to subsist on natural foods,
mostly raw, like our mineral rich  Deaf Smith County wheat fresh
ground at the mill, raw vegetables grown in the same mineralized soil,
and occasionally raw beef—that ta stes good when put through the
liquifier, mixed with raw fruits and vegetables. For one thing, I watch my weight closely. When I pick up a
pound or two, I'll cut down and cu t down my intake, until I have
reduced my weight back to normal. At my age—and as I believe for any adult person, stored-up fat can be deadly. My aim, then, is to consume just enough food properly balanced, proteins, oils, fats, sugar
and starches, to supply energy for my bodily machine and to keep that
machine in repair. If I do that, always building up the wear and tear of each day's
living, and the while supplying the catalysts needed to spark the vital
processes, I see no reason at all why I cannot round out my 100 years
and more—through it all keeping the feel of youth. One of my findings teaches me definitely, that our body is made
of the food which is taken into our body—perfect or imperfect, it is
our creation—barring the time when we  have no say. To say the least
we are made of the food consumed—whether well or sick, we create it. Man was placed here to rule and to be the "big boss" and to
choose his way of life and living and to have what ever he may desire,
if and when he obeys the natural laws given him. These principles
have been demonstrated and proven in my life. There have been two, so-called, outstanding diseases developed
in my body. Viz. Arthritis and shaking palsy. My constant search for
natural foods with plenty of minera ls and vitamins relieved me of
these annoyances. These are the immunizers. Disease attacks only
when natural laws have been disobeyed. The minerals and vitamins
we must have. These are not plentiful in our popular foods. CHAPTER 14. AFTER I GOT ONTO THE RIGHT TRACK
 All the 25 years I have lived since I got onto the right track as to
diet and living habits generally, have been years of mental growth for
me—and consequently the most enjoyable years I have known. I have
gained back the bouyancy and the vision— day-dreaming reader, if you insist on calling it that—of my lost youth. My secret? It's yours for the asking, reader. Eat body-building
foods which are also brain-building. I mean, for example, wheat which
has a high phosphorus content—the so rt that grows in our Deaf Smith
County soil—but consumed whole, bran, shorts and all, not as white
flour that comes from the mill. The potatoes, beans, carrots, lettuce,
mustard greens and all the food crops which grow in our soil are rich
in those same elements. Now, as modern chemical analysis shows, the human body is
more complex than the old school sc ientists ever suspected. Besides
nitrogen (protein), calcium, phosphorus, potassium and water (oxygen
and hydrogen), your body contains iron, cobalt, copper, zinc, chlorine,
sodium, magnesium, manganesem sulphur, boron, flourine, iodine and
carbon—but in various salts and in organic form. Besides to keep it functioning properly, the body needs the various vitamins (doubtless
including some that biochemists have not yet discovered) and the
vitamin factors, such as thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, folic and
pantothenic acid. In fact our body must have food containing every
element found in the earth. Modern biochemistry bears out what the Psalmist declared 3,000
years ago: "Man is fearfully and wonderfully made—curiously
wrought in the lowest parts of the earth." All those elements are essential to keep the body functioning. When some run short because a person's food does not contain them,
trouble results. Whatever the disease, we create it. I have arrived at the conclusion that there is a type of food for
each organ or function of the body. There is wheat for the brain and
nervous system because it supplies phosphorus. There is milk, the best
source of calcium (when it is taken raw) for the bones and teeth. There
is iodine for the thyroid gland, and so on. Our body must be supplied with every mineral and vitamin if health is to continue. If, instead of giving quinine for chills or calomel to prod a
sluggish liver, the doctors would prescribe the right food in the place
of drugs for whatever deficiency the patient's impaired bodily
functioning (metabolism, the doctors  call it) indicated, I do believe,
they would get better results. I saved my life by this method. It works. This food medicine, according to my theory, would contain the
elements which the sick body needed to restore its upset balance, but
in the organic form which can be assimulated. From the viewpoint of the man who feeds upon them, the great
function of plants is to take the inorganic minerals found in the soil
and turn them into organic minerals that the human body can
assimilate. That is true of the base minerals like calcium (lime),
nitrogen (protein), potash and phosph orus. It is equally true of iron,
copper, magnesium, boron,


 more
forward position, the nose would be straighter and smaller. Th e eyes look
tired as the fac e sinks downward, and there is poor definition of the
cheekbones. Chronic, habitual mouth breathing is also associated withpostural changes that result in decreased muscle strength, reduced chest
expansion, and impaired breathing. Interestingly, researchers have found
that mouth breathers are more likely to be male. While the above image is exa ggerated somewhat, these features are
identifiable in thousands of children and adults who have fallen between the
cracks o f the health care system and were not encouraged  to breathe
through their nose. These same individuals often suf fer from poor health,
low ener gy, and reduced concentration. In the words of Dr. Y osh Jef ferson:
“These children do not sleep well at night due to obstructed airways; this
lack of sleep ca n adversely af fect their growth and academic p erformance. Many of these children are misdiagnosed with attention deficit disorder
(ADD) and hyperactivity. ”
Dr. Egil Peter Harvold, an ex pert in orthodontics and craniofacial
anomalies, carried out extensive  research into the development of the facial
structure of monkeys in the 197 0s, discovering that the restriction of nasal
breathing over several years led to a lowering of the jaws, crooked teeth,
and other facial deformities. While today we would consider it  dreadful to
experiment on innocent anima ls in this way, hundreds of thousands of
children take part in a simil ar experiment and experience  the same
craniofacial ano malies due to the ef fects of mouth breathing. D r. Harvold’ s
studies paved the way for the treatment and prevention of th e improper
development of the jaws and fa ce and is accredited almost single-handedly
for introducing a branch of or thodontics known as functional appliance
therapy to North America. A 2012 study investigating the long-term changes to facial structure
caused by mouth breathing noted that this seemingly “benign” h abit “has in
fact immediate and/or deferred cascading ef fects on multiple physiological
and behavioral functions. ” Infa nts and children who breathe through their
mouths due to n asal obstruction  are likely to develop crooked  teeth and a
longer, narrowe r face, permanently af fecting their appearan ce. Mouth
breathing also has a significant impact on the health of the chil d, including
restriction of the lower airways, poor quality of sleep, high stress levels, and
a lower  quality of life. Rese arch has suggested that habitual mouth
breathing may even be connected to sudden infant death syndrome. Hold On to Y our T eeth. Over the past few years I have been asked to give talks on nasal breathing at
dental c onferences in Europe, Australia, and the United States. Each
conference presents a wonderful opportunity to speak with international
experts in dentistry and related disciplines, including orthodontics. There
are two specific groups within  orthodontics that hold opposing views:
functional orthodontists and traditional orthodontists. A fu nctional orthodontist places  emphasis on attaining the correct facial
profile of the face as well as str aightening the teeth. Functiona l appliances
are worn by the child in order to help guide the growth of the face, jaws,
and teet h to reach their full gen etic potential. The commonly held view of
functional ortho dontists is that overcrowding of teeth is not because the
teeth are too big, but more likely because the jaw is too small as a result of
mouth breathing or thumb sucking. The course of action therefore is to
gently expand the jaws and guide them forward to make room for the teeth,
with extractions only carried out as a last resort. In c ontrast, the primary emph asis of traditional orthodontic s is to
straighten the teeth, with the facial profile and airway size receiving
secondary consideration. Crowded teeth are usually treated by extracting
four per fectly good premolars and retracting or pulling the fron t teeth back
to cl ose up the excess space created. This retraction sometimes  causes the
face, especially around the lips, to look caved in, and the nose and chin to
become more prominent. This retraction of the front teeth may  also cause
problems with the joint of the jaw if the lower jaw is forced back too far. When th e lower jaw is too far back, it encroaches on the upp er airways,
decreasing airway size and negatively af fecting athletic ability. If you are the parent of a child who may be under going orthodontic
treatment, I would like to impart some advice from i nternational
orthodontist Dr. John Mew, who has devoted his life to ensuring the normal
growth of children’ s faces:
•   F irst ask the orthodontist ho w many permanent teeth will b e
initially removed and how many more may need extracting
later. Sadly, most children who receive traditional retractive
orthodontic treatment lose 4 premolar teeth, and nearly half ofthese ch ildren will not have room for their wisdom teeth,
leaving them with 24 teeth. This  can be completely avoided by
helping to ensure normal growth of the face to accommodate
all 32 teeth. •   Ask your c linician whethe r he or she is confident about
avoiding an increase in the verti cal growth of your child’ s face. Y ou hav e the right to be inform ed of all types of treatment and
to be warned of likely problems. Knowledge is empowering. The best approach to determine the
treatment option s for you and your child is to research both fun ctional and
traditional orthodontic treatment. Selecting the correct approach will have
repercussions on  the well-being of your child; it is well worth  investing a
little tim e to determine a more noninvasive solution. Extraction s should be
a last resort. Don’t Leave It Until It’ s T oo Late
According to American research, 95 percent of head circumference growth
for the average North American  white child takes place by the age of nine. Development of  the lower jaw, however, continues until approximately the
age of eighteen. Based on these observations, for correct craniofacial growth to take
place, early intervention with  nasal breathing and tongue posture is
essential. The negative ef fects of mouth breathing on the stru cture of the
jaws and face will have the most impact when they occur before  puberty, so
there is only a  brief window of opportunity to avoid the need for
orthodontic treatment and significant changes in a child’ s facial structure. My daughter is three years old. She first began to breathe occa sionally
through her mouth at the age o f eight months during teething, and since
then I have been encouraging her to breathe through her nose. I set an
example by breathing through m y own nose all the time, and congratulate
her any time she has her mout h closed. As we live in the co untryside, Ioften comment that Charlie the  donkey breathes through his nose, as does
Snowball the cat. Such clever animals. Genetically, ther e would be a high likelihood for my daughter  to be a
mouth breather as both my wif e and I had severe respiratory complaints
while growing up. The earlier you begin to encourage your children to
breathe through their nose and e nsure the correct positioning of the tongue,
the bett er. Not only might yo u help them avoid orthodontic treatment
altogether, but the shape of their face, their general health, and their
athleticism will be significantly influenced during these fe w short  years. Even genetic predispositions can be minimized when the right action and
behavior is enshrined. A few years ago I wrote a self-help book for children, teenagers, and
parents entitled Buteyko Meets Dr. Mew: Buteyko Method for Childr en and
T eenagers  about the craniofacial changes associated with mouth breathing. I
put extensive amounts of resear ch into the subject and included  many peer -
reviewed paper s and studies to support my claims. Most parents are
shocked when they realize that crooked teeth, narrow faces, lar ge noses, and
undeveloped jaws can be avoided if a child is simply encouraged to breathe
through his or her nose. Not only is sports performance a f fected, but
lifelong health. W e cannot be dispassionate about the impac t of mouth
breathing on the development of our children. The detrimental e f fects that I
suf fered from a childhood of br eathing through my mouth needn’ t happen
to anyone else, armed with the knowledge we have about the benefits of
nasal breathing. CHAPTER 14
E x e r c i s e  a s  i f  Y o u r  L i f e  D e p e n d s  o n  I t
F or two million years we survived without supermarkets, convenience
stores, microwa ves, or McDonald’ s. In the past, in order to feed ourselves
and our families, muscle move ment was required to collect berries and
vegetation or to track down an  animal—often over several days—until it
collapsed from exhaustion. Compare that to today’ s couch  potato lifestyle


trouble (called “opportunistic”). All these diseases are varieties of immune systemfailure. All of these conditions present a similar pattern of immune systemweaknesses. They all center around what I call the “deadly triangle,” comprisedof a weak thymus gland, weak spleen, and a weak liver. The thymus and spleenform the core of the body’s immune system. The weak liver contributes to a highlytoxic system that further weakens the immune system. To top it off, people withcancer invariably have a poor ability to digest cooked protein (animal orvegetable) (usually from a weak pancreas unable to make enough digestiveenzymes) and eat too much of it, giving them a very toxic colon, and anoverloaded lymphatic system. Whenever I analyze someone with this pattern, especially the entire deadly
triangle, I let the person know that if I had those particular weaknesses I wouldconsider my survival to be at immediate risk I’d consider it an emergency situationdemanding vigorous attention. It does not matter if they don’t yet have a tumor, orfibroid, or opportunistic infection; if they don’t already have something of thatnature they soon will. Here’s yet another example of why I disapprove of diagnosis. By giving the
condition a name like “lymphoma” or “melanoma”, “chronic fatigue syndrome”“Epstein-Barr syndrome” or “AIDS,” “systemic yeast infection”, “hepatitis” orwhat have, people think the doctor then understands their disease. But the doctorrarely understands that all these seemingly different diseases are essentially thesame disease—a toxic body with a dysfunctional immune system. What isrelevant is that a person with the deadly triangle must strengthen their immunesystem, and their pancreas, and their liver, and detoxify their body immediately. Ifthese repairs are accomplished in time, the condition goes away, whatever itsLatin name may have been. Now, about some of the adjuncts to Kelly’s healing. Let me stress here that
had none of these substances or practices been used, she probably still wouldhave recovered. Perhaps a bit more slowly. Perhaps a bit less comfortably.Conversely, had Kelly treated her cancer with every herb, poultice and vitaminknown to man but had neglected fasting and colonics, she might well have died. Ithas been wisely said that intelligence may be defined as the ability to correctlydetermine differences, similarities, and importances. I want my readers to beintelligent about understanding the relative importances of different hygienictreatment and useful supporting practices. Echinacea and chaparral leaves, red clover flowers, and fenugreek seeds are
made into medicinal teas that I find very helpful in detoxification programs,because they all are aggressive blood or lymph cleansers and boost the immuneresponse. These same teas can be used to help the body throw off a cold, flu, orother acute illness but they have a much more powerful effect on a fasting bodythan on one that is eating. Echinacea and chaparral are extraordinarily bitter andmay be better accepted if ground up and encapsulated, or mixed with other teaswith pleasant flavors such as peppermint or lemon grass. These teas should besimmered until they are at the strongest concentration palatable, drinking three orfour cups of this concentrate a day. If you use echinacea, then chaparral probablyisn’t necessary and visa versa. Red clover is another blood cleanser, perhaps alittle less effective but it has a pleasant, sweet taste and may be better acceptedby the squeamish. If there is lymphatic congestion I always include fenugreek seed tea brewed at
the strength of approximately one tablespoon of seeds to a quart of water. Expectthe tea to be brown, thick and mucilaginous, with a reasonably pleasant tastereminiscent of maple syrup. Kelly used poultices of clay and wheat grass pulp on her lumps, somewhat like
the warm castor oil poultices I used on my mother’s arthritic deposits. Poulticesnot only feel very comforting, but they have the effect of softening up deposits and
tumors so that a detoxifying, fasting body is more able to re absorb them. Poultices draw, pulling toxins out through the skin, unburdening the liver. Clay(freshly-mixed potters clay I purchase from a potters’ guild), mixed with finelychopped or blended young wheat grass (in emergencies I’ve even used lawngrasses) makes excellent drawing poultices. Without clay, I’ve also usedvegetable poultices made of chopped or blended comfrey leaves, comfrey root,slightly cooked (barely wilted) cabbage leaves, slightly steamed onion or garlic(cooked just enough to soften it). These are very effective to soften tumors,abscesses and ulcers. Aloe poultices are good on burns. Poultices should bethought of as helpful adjuncts to other, more powerful healing techniques and notas remedies all by themselves, except for minor skin problems. Poultices, to be effective, need to be troweled on half an inch thick, extending
far beyond the effected area, covered with cheese cloth or rags torn from oldcotton sheets so they don’t dry out too fast. Fresh poultices needs to be appliedseveral times daily. They also need to be left on the body until they do dry. Thenpoultices are thrown away, to be followed by another as often as patience willallow. Do not cover poultices tightly with plastic because if they don’t dry out theywon’t draw much. The drawing is in the drying. Sometimes poultices cause a tumor or deposit to be expelled through the skin
rather than being adsorbed, all this drama with rather spectacular pus and gore.This phenomena is actually beneficial and should be welcomed because anytimethe body can push toxins out through the skin, the burden on the organs ofelimination are lessened. Wheat grass juice has a powerful anti-tumor effect, is very perishable, is
laborious to make, but is worth the effort because it contains powerful enzymesand nutrients that help detoxify and heal when taken internally or applied to theskin. As a last resort with dying patients who can no longer digest anything takenby mouth I’ve implanted wheat grass juice rectally (in a cleansed colon). Some ofthem haven’t died. You probably can’t buy wheat grass juice that retains much
medicinal effect because it needs to be very fresh and should be drunk within
minutes of squeezing. Chilled sharply and immediately after squeezing it mightmaintain some potency for an hour or two. Extracting juice from grass takes aspecial press that resembles a meat grinder. The wheat is grown in transplant or seedling trays in bright light. I know
someone who uses old plastic cafeteria trays for this. The seed is soakedovernight, spread densely atop a tray, covered shallowly with fine soil, kept moistbut not soggy. When the grass is about four inches high, begin harvesting bycutting off the leaves with a scissors and juicing them. If the tray contains severalinches of soil you usually get a second cutting of leaves. You need to start a newtray every few days; one tray can be cut for three or four days. (Kulvinskas,1975)
More wheat grass juice is not better than just enough; three ounces a day is
plenty! It is a very powerful substance! The flavor of wheat grass juice is sointense that some people have to mix it with carrot juice to get it down. DO NOTOVERUSE. The energizing effects of wheat grass can be so powerful that somepeople make a regular practice of drinking it. However, I’ve seen many peoplewho use wheat grass juice as a tonic become allergic to it much as antibioticdependent people do to antibiotics. Better to save wheat grass for emergencies. I also have treated my own breast cancers—twice. The first time I was only
23 years old. One night I noticed that it hurt to sleep the way I usually did on myleft side because there was a hard lump in my left breast. It was quite large—about the size of a goose egg. Having just completed RN training two years prior,I had been well brain washed about my poor prognosis and knew exactly whatrequisite actions must taken. I scheduled a biopsy under anesthetic, so that if the tumor was malignant they
could proceed to full mastectomy without delay. I was ignorant of any alternativecourse of action at the time. I might add that before I grew my first tumor I had been consuming large
amounts of red meat in a mistaken understanding gained in nursing school that agood diet contained large amounts of animal protein. In addition to the stress ofbeing a full time psychology graduate student existing on a very low budget, I wasexperiencing I very frustrating relationship with a young man that left meconstantly off center and confused. A biopsy was promptly performed. The university hospital’s SOP required
that three pathologists make an independent decision about the nature of a tumorbefore proceeding with radical surgery. Two of the pathologist agreed that mytumor was malignant, which represented the required majority vote. But thesurgeon removed only the lump, which he said was well encapsulated and forsome reason did not proceed with a radical mastectomy. These days manysurgeons routinely limit themselves to lumpectomies. I never did find out why I awakened from general anesthetic with two breasts,
but I have since supposed that due to my tender age the surgeon was reluctant todisfigure me without at least asking me for permission, or giving me some time toprepare psychologically. When I came out of anesthesia he told me that the lumpwas malignant, and that he had removed it, and that he needed to do a radicalmastectomy to


 There’s meaning in your existence, and
you have the capacity to live from a perspective of purpose. The first step is
to know that you’re here on purpose. This is not the same as knowing what
you’re supposed to do. Throughout your life, what you do will change and
shift. In fact, the changes can occur from hour to hour in each day of your
life. Your purpose is not about what you do, it’s about your beingness, that
place within you from which your thoughts emerge. This is why you’re
called a human being rather than a human doing. Affirm in your own
words, both in writing and in your thoughts, that you are here on purpose,
and intend to live from this awareness at all times. Step 2: Seize every opportunity, no matter how small, to give your
life away in service. Get your ego out of your intention to live a life of
purpose. Whatever it is that you want to do in life, make the primarymotivation for your effort something or somebody other than your desire for
gratification or reward. The irony here is that your personal rewards will multiply when you’re
focused on giving rather than receiving. Fall in love with what you’re
doing, and let that love come from the deep, inner-dwelling place of Spirit. Then sell the feeling of love, enthusiasm, and joy generated by your efforts. If your purpose is felt by being Supermom, then put your energy and inner
drive into those children. If it’s felt writing poetry or straightening teeth,
then get your ego out of the way and do what you love doing. Do it from the
perspective of making a difference for someone or for some cause, and let
the universe handle the details of your personal rewards. Live your purpose
doing what you do with pure love—then you’ll co-create with the power of
the universal mind of intention, which is ultimately responsible for all of
creation. Step 3: Align your purpose with the field of intention. This is the most
important thing you can do to fulfill your intentions. Being aligned with the
universal field means having faith that your Creator knows why you’re
here, even if you don’t. It means surrendering the little mind to the big
mind, and remembering that your purpose will be revealed in the same way
that you were revealed. Purpose, too, is birthed from creativeness, kindness,
love, and receptivity to an endlessly abundant world. Keep this connection
pure, and you’ll be guided in all of your actions. It’s not fatalism to say that if it’s meant to be, then it can’t be stopped. This is having faith in the power of intention, which originated you and is
within you. When you’re aligned with your originating Source, then this
same Source will aid you in creating the life of your choice. Then, what
happens feels exactly as if it was meant to be. And that’s because it is. You
always have a choice in how to align yourself. If you stay focused on
making demands on the universe, you’ll feel as if demands are being placed
on you in your life. Stay focused on lovingly asking, How may I use my
innate talents and desire to serve. and the universe will respond with the
identical energy by asking you, How may I serve you. Step 4: Ignore what anyone else tells you about your purpose. Regardless of what anyone might say to you, the truth about your feeling
purposeful is that only you can know it, and if you don’t feel it in that inner
place where a burning desire resides, it isn’t your purpose. Your relatives
and friends may attempt to convince you that what they feel is your destiny. They may see talents that they think will help you make a great living, or
they may want you to follow in their footsteps because they think you’ll be
happy doing what they’ve done for a lifetime. Your skill at mathematics or
decorating or fixing electronic equipment might indicate a high aptitude for
a given pursuit—but in the end, if you don’t feel it, nothing can make it
resonate with you. Your purpose is between you and your Source, and the closer you get to
what that field of intention looks and acts like, the more you’ll know that
you’re being purposefully guided. You might have zero measurable
aptitudes and skills in a given area, yet feel inwardly drawn to doing it. Forget the aptitude-test results, forget the absence of skills or know-how,
and most important, ignore the opinions of others and listen to your heart. Step 5: Remember that the all-creating field of intention will work on
your behalf. Albert Einstein is credited with saying that the most important
decision we ever make is whether we believe we live in a friendly universe
or a hostile universe. It’s imperative that you know that the all-creating field
of intention is friendly and will work with you as long as you see it that
way. The universe supports life; it flows freely to all and is endlessly
abundant. Why choose to look at it in any other way. All of the problems
we face are created by our belief that we’re separate from God and each
other, leading us to be in a state of conflict. This state of conflict creates a
counterforce causing millions of humans to be confused about their
purpose. Know that the universe is always willing to work with you on your
behalf, and that you’re always in a friendly, rather than hostile, world. Step 6: Study and replicate the lives of people who’ve known their
purpose. Whom do you admire the most. I urge you to read biographies of
these people and explore how they lived and what motivated them to stay
on purpose when obstacles surfaced. I’ve always been fascinated by Saul of
Tarsus (later called St. Paul), whose letters and teachings became the source
of a major portion of the New Testament. Taylor Caldwell wrote a definitive
fictional account of St. Paul’s life called Great Lion of God, which inspired
me enormously. I was also deeply touched by the purposeful manner in
which St. Francis of Assisi lived his life as exemplified in the novel St. Francis, by Nikos Kazantzakis. I make it a point to use my free time to read
about people who are models for purposeful living, and I encourage you to
do the same. Step 7: Act as if you’re living the life you were intended to live, even
if you feel confused about this thing called purpose. Invite into your life
every day whatever it might be that makes you feel closer to God and brings
you a sense of joy. View the events you consider obstacles as perfect
opportunities to test your resolve and find your purpose. Treat everything
from a broken fingernail to an illness to the loss of a job to a geographical
move as an opportunity to get away from your familiar routine and move to
purpose. By acting as if you’re on purpose and treating the hurdles as
friendly reminders to trust in what you feel deeply within you, you’ll be
fulfilling your own intention to be a purposeful person. Step 8: Meditate to stay on purpose. Use the technique of Japa, which I
mentioned earlier, and focus your inner attention on asking your Source to
guide you in fulfilling your destiny. This letter from Matthew McQuaid
describes the exciting results of meditating to stay on purpose:
Dear Dr. Dyer,
My wife, Michelle, is pregnant by a miracle—a miracle
manifest from Spirit using all of your suggestions. For five
years, Michelle and I were challenged by infertility. You nameit, we tried it. None of the expensive and sophisticated
treatments worked. The doctors had given up. Our own faith
was tested over and over with each failed treatment cycle. Our
doctor managed to freeze embryos from earlier cycles of
treatment. Throughout the years, over 50 embryos had been
transferred to Michelle’s uterus. The odds of a frozen embryo
successfully initiating pregnancy in our case were close to zero. As you know, zero is a word not found in the spiritual
vocabulary. One precious frozen embryo, surviving minus 250
degrees for six months, has taken up a new home in Michelle’s
womb. She is now in her second trimester. Okay, “So what,” you might say. “I get letters like this every
day. ” However, this letter contains proof of God. A tiny drop of
protoplasm, as you have so eloquently written on many
occasions, a physical mass of cells alive with the future pull of a
human being, turned on in a laboratory, then turned off in a
freezer. All molecular motion and biochemical processes halted,
suspended. Yet, the essence of being was there prior to freezing. Where did the spiritual essence go while frozen. The cells were
turned on, then turned off, but the spiritual essence had to
prevail despite the physical state of the cells. The frequency of
vibration of the frozen cells was low, but the vibrational
frequency of its spirit must be beyond measure. The essence of
the being had to reside outside of the physical plane or mass of
cells. It couldn’t go anywhere except to the realm of spirit,
where it waited. It waited to thaw and manifest into a being it
always has been. I hope you find this story as compelling as I
do, as nothing less than a miracle. An example of spirit in body,
rather then a body with a spirit. And now for the million-dollar question. Could this one
embryo survive such hostile frozen conditions


cotton balls or cotton swabs. This can sting. 162Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Acne ScarsY ou will need… DirectionsAloe will help with inflammation, soften and rejuvenate your skin, and encourage scars to fade. Mixed with a
little bit of tea tree oil, which may help heal skin and keep further infection at bay, and you have a homemade
gel that can be quite useful in preventing and/or reducing the appearance of acne scars.Tea Tree Oil & Aloe
-1/2 tablespoon of aloe vera
gel (preferably straight from
the plant)
-1-2 drops of tea tree oil
-Cotton swabs or cotton balls1. If you have an aloe plant, collect the sap from it, if not make sure you
are buying good quality aloe vera gel (it will be clear, not green.) 2. Mix tea tree oil into the aloe vera gel. 3. Use a cotton swab or cotton balls to apply to acne/scars once or
twice daily. If you have sensitive skin, start with the latter application and
bump up to twice a day once you know you will not have an adverse
reaction. 163Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Acne ScarsY ou will need… DirectionsAthlete’s foot, technically known as tinea pedis, is a common and
contagious skin infection caused by various forms of fungi. It is most
commonly transferred in wet places where people are walking barefoot,
such as the slippery floors in the public showers at the pool (I am trying
not shudder as I write that) and it needs a warm moist environment
to thrive. For this reason, shoes are a big problem when it comes to
athlete’s foot. The enclosed and often times moist environment that they
create around the foot is just the thing to convince fungi that this place
is home, and it would love to stay, thank you very much. Unfortunately
for fungi, the dry, flaking, peeling skin and potentially itchy, painful,
blisters that can result from its presence means you aren’t going to put
up with any nonsense.Athlete’s Foot
-Before using any of the below
treatments, rinse your feet with
warm water and pat completely
dry with a clean towel. This
will get any grime or sweat off
that may make it harder for the
remedies to do their job. -Wear open toed shoes or go
barefoot as much as possible. This allows air to circulate around
the foot and keep it dry, thus
preventing the further incubation
of fungi. -Wear sandals in public areas such
as the pool, showers at the gym,
etc. -Sprinkle baking soda in your
shoes to make the environment
more unpleasant for the fungi. This will also help keep your feet
dry and absorb odor. 164Copyright 2014 everydayroots.comTips & TroubleshootingI know-when you’re trying to battle foot odor, garlic and vinegar sound downright awful. However, apple cider
vinegar is mildly acidic, and will make quite an unpleasant living arrangement for the fungi, and the garlic itself
has some handy antifungal properties that may also help shorten the duration of the condition. Just remember
that the smell of garlic and vinegar will go away on their own, but the fungi won’t!Garlic & Apple Cider Vinegar
-1 clove of garlic
-1-2 teaspoons of apple cider
vinegar
-Cotton balls or cotton swabs1. Mash up a clove of garlic and stir it into apple cider vinegar. Using
cotton balls or cotton swabs dab onto affected areas and between the
toes. Repeat twice daily. 165Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Athlete’s FootY ou will need… DirectionsLemon, with its fresh citrus smell, will help with any residual foot odor you may be experiencing, and will
possibly ward off fungi, due to its acidity. Salt can help discourage other invaders, such as bacteria, that can
cause secondary infections if you have cracked skin. On top of that, it will also have a drying effect. Remember
that feeling of dried salt water on your skin after swimming in the ocean? Applying baking soda afterwards will
keep your feet dry, help absorb odor, and reduce the itching and pain. If you have raw skin, this can sting at first.Salt, Lemon & Baking Soda
-2 cups of fresh warm water
-Juice from 2 lemons OR ½
cup of bottled lemon juice
-2 tablespoons of sea salt
-1 tablespoon of baking soda1. Mix the lemon juice into the water and stir in the salt. 2. Soak your feet in the mixture for 10 minutes 2-3 times daily, pat dry
with a clean towel and dust your feet with baking soda afterwards. 166Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Athlete’s FootY ou will need… DirectionsY ogurt containing live acidophilus bacteria is a great weapon to fight athlete’s foot, as it can help squash the
existence of the fungus that’s causing this whole mess to begin with. Just make sure that the yogurt really does
contain probiotics, and that it isn’t flavored (not even vanilla. )Plain Y ogurt
-Plain yogurt
-Cotton swabs or cotton balls1. Apply a thin layer of plain yogurt to your feet with cotton balls, using
cotton swabs to get between toes. 2. Let dry and then rinse with cold water. Pat dry and apply baking soda
between toes if needed. 167Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Athlete’s FootY ou will need… DirectionsThis winter got to record breaking freezing temperatures where I live,
and with that cold came record breaking dryness. As a result I found
myself applying moisturizer to my lips quite often, but luckily, lip balm is
one of the easiest things to make at home. I would like to say your lips cannot truly get “addicted” to lip balm.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        The nausea, dizziness, fatigue, and even vomiting that a sufferer
typically experiences, is due to a bit of a mix up between the systems
that help us create balance-vision, touch, and the vestibular system. The vestibular system is a part of your inner ear containing fluid that
flows around in reaction to movement, stimulating special cells located
around it. When your brain gets different messages from your eyes and
your vestibular system, such key components for our body to determine
its position in space and direction, you get motion sick. Unfortunately,
there isn’t a whole lot of medication that can help motion sickness. It usually just makes you drowsy, and may make you feel even more
nauseous. Speaking broadly, you might break motion sickness (M. S. ) into 3 general categories. M.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the primary cause of motion sickness?,
A: The mix-up between the systems that help us create balance (vision, touch, and the vestibular system).
Q: What is a common remedy for nausea caused by motion sickness?,
A: Acupressure on the P6 point on the wrist, or using essential oils like peppermint, lavender, and lemon.
Q: What is a potential cause of seasonal allergies?,
A: Allergies to pollen and other environmental factors.
Q: What is a home remedy for sinus infections?,
A: Drinking a tea made with green tea, or using a warm compress with a mixture of coconut oil and tea tree oil.
Q: What is a natural remedy for athlete's foot?,
A: Soaking your feet in a mixture of lemon juice and water, and then dusting with baking soda.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>It is possible for you to get psychologically addicted to it, and that
does happen, but as far as all of that stuff that says you can get
physically dependent, it has no real basis. Those claims are probably
founded on the fact that some forms of lip balm contain ingredients
that ultimately dry your lips out so you buy or use more. Those main
culprits are menthol, camphor and phenol, which feel cooling at first,
but do not do anything to truly soothe lips. There is also OL, which is
basically alcohol, and salicylic acid, which can help dead skin flake off
(but really just makes lips peel more.) If you make your own lip balm,
you will find yourself applying it much less often as it actually sinks in
and moisturizes, rather than simply forming a barrier that doesn’t let
moisture in, and dries off quickly.Chapped Lips
-If you don’t have lip balm tins or
tubes, repurpose another kind of
tin (mint tins work great!) -Always read ingredient labels
first if you are buying lip balm, and
check for the menthol, phenol,
camphor, OL, and/or salicylic acid. -Put sunscreen on your lips, or use
SPF lip balm if you plan on going
out in the sun a lot. Y our lips have
no pigment, and are susceptible
to drying out. -Do use lip balm in moderation,
there is always too much of a
good thing. -Apply your lip balm before bed. If
you sleep with your mouth open
you will dry out your lips. It also
gives it a chance to sink in without
you licking it off, chewing


 semipermea
ble or permselective membrane. Some of the ionic
metabolites will diffuse through the membrane. Other
ions are relatively retarded and concentrate within the
metabolic compartment. Various factors outside the
membrane, such as mechanical or electric transports
or ionic recombination s, lead to removal of ions which
have passed the membrane barrier. These changes
may result in a transmembranous difference of physi
cochemical potential. The compartment therefore car
ries an ionar. This step is important: it leads logically
to a $~arch for!he me<:hani$1m which are involved in
the spontaneous levelling of the actual potential differ
ences. The evident importance of modern electric
technology based on closed circuits may here have its
biological counterpart. This counterpa r~, however, ap
pears to be even more complicated than contemporary
electronic machinery. To begi.n, simultaneous interfer
ences must take place among all four ionic energy
factors. And, indeed, they behave differently in rela
tion to each other and to surrounding media. The
presence, for example, of a mechanical flow on one side of a membrane may change the transmembranous
potential gradients. A change of turgor pressure by
impaired circulation may interfere with transmem
branous ion and water transports and favour gravita
tional influences. Selective ionic transports may take
place without any mechanical gradient of flow in a
BCEC. Reactions may be modified differently by cata
lysts and intersected redox reactions. Available free
ionic energy among ionars is, in other words, selective
ly available. The availability of this energy also de
pends on the functions of different energy-converting
mediators. The principal difference between the physicochemi
cal energy of ionars and ergonars is the electrical fac
tor. An ion presents either a reduced or oxidized state
of charge while an ergon presents the possibility of
being reduced or oxidized from an unstable but bal
anced state. Nevertheless, just as with ions, the four
potential energy components of ergons are interdepen
dent. For the time being, any attempts to prove such a
statement must rely on logical theory. Ions as ergons
are particles which participate in redox reactions. The
oxidation or reduction of ergons leads to the creation
of ions. An oxidation or reduction of ions may also
lead to the creation of ergons. The close relationship
between these two types of energy carriers is evident. Nevertheless, they function differently in many re
spects during energy conversion. The development of
ionars and ergonars and their behaviour in a closed
electric circttit will now be considered experimentally. We will study electrolysis first of water and then of a
salt solution, to illustrate the basic principle of creation
and interaction of ionars and ergonars in a matrix over
a closed electric circuit. G. Ionars and ergonars in
experimental electrolysis
of water
Certain partial functions of BCEC systems are more
conveniently demonstrated in in vitro than in in vivo
studies. Such is the case with production and interac
tion of ionars and ergonars in closed circuit reactions
over a matrix. We will carry out two electrolytic experimen ts: first,
water is treated in a closed circuit driven system by an
external source of electric power, which leads to the
creation of ionars and ergonars. Later, it will be shown
bow these energetic compounds can release their ener
gy as a self-driving system in a closed circuit. The
ergonars participating in the reactions are n · H~O,
n · 02 and n · Hz while the ionars are n · H+ and Battery
,..--~--=---.·1· ~·----'"-.,
~. : -....,'"" :
Pt
v.,,.. 1~ 1-•·] Solution
te.o. H,SO,l
''''••T·------··---r•••
Reaction reslst•nces
R.......
IR
V; 111 V;
Fig. XIII: 5. A driven electric cell. When there is no net cur
rent, the cell has an equilibrium voltage, VI!'. cell (broken
line). When the current is increased, the cell voltage Vi is
larger by the sum of the overpotentials (•I) developed, plus
theIR drop (full line). Below, simplified equivalent circuit
(From Bockris and Dra!ic). n · (OH)-. Polymers of these compounds will not be
considered in this experiment, which is intended to
deal only with some basic principles. Consider a whole electrochemical cell in vitro, as
described by Bockris and Drazic (I). Two platinum
electrodes (Fig. XIII: 5) are immersed in an electrolyte
solution and connected with each other via cables and
an electric battery. The electric double layer at the
electrode surfaces is shown to represent a capacitance
and resistance in parallel. When there is no net cur
rent, the cell has an equilibrium voltage, V,,ceu
(broken line). When current is flowing, the cell voltage
V; is greater than V,.•• n by the sum of the overpoten
tials1 plus the IR drop in the solution. The voltage
drop IR is linear and is a function of the current
passing and the resistance of the solution. Fig. XIII: 6 shows the situation when the cell func
tions as a battery which is discharged over the outer
circuit. In this case the overpotentials are subtracted
from the total equilibrium cell voltage. The electric
double layers (2, 6, 7) extend away from the electrode
surfaces usu.ally only a few (to perhaps 50) A. We will
now take a.look at corresponding events in the pres
ence of a matrix. Unlike the conditions in a nonstabilized electrolyte
solution, the conversion of energy in closed circttit
electric transports, e.g., in a vascular-interstitial closed
1 Overpotential represents the: electric potential in excess of the
equilibrium potential in electrode reactions. At equilibrium poten·
tial, elec:trode reactions proceed, but without any net flow of current
between lhc ek<trod<1. Energetics, ionars and ergonars 163 load
~®--~-----f •r---~--.,..Reec:tion r•tltt•noe•-.._
R.. Mi••
. v.. ~·,.., • IR'v,
Fig. X/11:6. A self-driving electric cell. The di=uon of
flow of current is opposite to that of the current in the driven
cell, and the overpotentials ('l)have opposite signs. The cell
voltage V, is less than V,... u by the sum of all ovcrpoteotials
plus IR drop (from Bocltris and Dra2ic). circuit (VICC), presents moclifications of energy ex
change. The interstitial branches of VICC channels
possess important matrix functions, e.g., by their "ca
pillarity" and the exisrence of flXed surface charges, at
the same time as they create conducting channels for
the biologically closed electric circuit. As an aid to
ward insight into the actual problems, an in vitro
analogue, as simplified as possible, is presented. a
b
Recombination zone
<Zone of
zero charge)
Driving {Ec•cathode
circuit Ea•anode Platinum string electrodes were placed against a
matrix of T -shaped filter paper, impregnated with
litmus and soaked in water on a perspex plate (Fig. XIII: 7 a). Either four or ten volts were applied over
the electrodes, starting electrolysis. Hydroxyl ions,
colouring litmus blue, and hydrogen molecules are
then produced at the cathode. Protons, colouring lit
mus red, and oxygen gas are produced at the anode. The induced changes of potential between the two
platinum electrodes were measured with Ag-AgCI
electrodes in 2 M KCl agar bridges, 5 mm in length, in
glass capillaries with an internal tip cliameter of I mm. A grounded referen:e electrode of equal construction
was positioned at the end of the "stem" of the T
shaped filter paper. The perspex plate holding the
water-soaked filter paper and the reference electrode
was moved by a driving mechanism (Grass chart writ
er). The "recording " electrode was fiXed at one of the
pen-holders of the instrument. It was found that the
presence of litmus in the filter paper had no observable
influence on the tracings of potential. Recordings are illustrated (with litmus in the filter
paper and during application of four volts over the
electrodes), first from the cathode to the anode (Fig. XIII: 7 b, left half) and then in the opposite direction
(Fig. XIII: 7 b, right half). These tracings show rough
ly the same profile of potential


 on the face  of This  Earth  to accept  the "Mighty  I AM
Presence,"  and  that  is the accumulated  stubbornness  of the
human  mind  and  feeling,  the outer  activity  of it! 6 THE  "7 AM"  DISCOURSES
So, today,  I do congratulate  you,  Oh Beloved  Children  of
the Earth! Seeing  the Expansion  of the Light  within  you
and your  sincere  earnestness,  with  Great  Joy,  I came  forth
into your  city—into  your  midst;  to try once  again  to give
you Our  Assistance,  which  will  enable  you  to attain  quick,
certain,  Eternal  Freedom  from  the acceptance—now  mark
you! from  the acceptance  any  longer,  of these  appearances
which  have  bound  you  so long. Does  it sound  simple,  when  you  are asked  to refuse  ac-
ceptance  of these  appearances,  when  your  very  Life-energy
has fed them  to terrify,  harass  and  prevent  your  achieve-
ment? You  CAN  turn  from  them  now,  in the Acknowl-
edgment  of your  Presence;  accept  Its Perfection,  the Mighty
Currents  of Energy  flowing  in, and  thru  your  body,  and  out
into your  world;  and  have  That  Perfection  now  made  man-
ifest in your  world  out  here. That  is a Great,  Majestic
Mighty  Law  which  It is your  Privilege  to use. So, today,  every  Assistance  possible  is being  given  to the
sincere  ones  of mankind;  to release  them,  not  only  from
their  own  human  creation  drawn  thru  the centuries,  but
to give  them  the Great,  Great  and  Wonderful  Ascension—
Free  forever! from  the wheel  of birth  and  re-birth,  which
you have  traced  and  re-traced  so many  many  times. It does  not matter  whether  people  believe  This  or not,
It is the Great  Law;  and  It is not concerned  with  human
opinions! It acts  and  those  who  cannot  or will  not accept  It,
will remain  in the great  wheel,  embodiment  after  embodi-
ment,  until  one  day  they  wake  up! DISCOURSE  III  17
I know  this  good  brother  and  sister,  the Messengers,  do
not wish  Me to say this,  yet I am going  to say it. Do you
realize,  and  I am sure  many  of you  do, what  it means  for
someone  to be strong  enough;  to stand  before  the World
and carry  This  Great  Truth,  which  Beloved  Saint  Germain
has brought  forth,  for the Freedom  of so many  in so short  a
time ? Do you  wonder  that  We  mention  this ? You  should
not, for I tell you  but  for This  Truth,  destruction  would
have  found  America  unguarded! They  in their  Kindliness,
Love  and  Humbleness  have  carried  This  Message  with  al-
most  the Strength  and  Courage  of an Ascended  Being! So
We congratulate  them  and  you,  for being  able  to accept  the
Great  Truth  personally;  and  apply  It to your  Freedom;  but
will you  bear  with  Me,  when  I ask you  to do it quickly ? You are no longer  subject  to your  human  creations  or to
the limitations  which  appear  in the outer  world. You,  who
go forth  from  This  Class,  are FREE  BEINGS,  if you  only
knew  it, with  THAT  which  has been  anchored  within  your
feeling! You  are  no longer  subject  to limitations  of any
kind;  and  if you  will  apply  This  Trust  as asked;  refuse  ac-
ceptance  to all appearances;  then  you  shall  go forth  quickly
and release  in the Fulness  of Its Mighty  Power,  Freedom
which  I tell you  is yours! I want  to say a word  to some  of the very  wonderful  stu-
dents,  who  have  called  the Presence  into  action  sufficiently
powerful,  to make  it possible  for them  to be in the various
classes. I have  watched  the step-up,  as you say in your  outer
parlance,  from  one  class  to another,  of the Great  Intensity 18 THE  "I AM"  DISCOURSES
and Activity  of the Radiance  poured  forth;  and  the step-up
in the clearness  of their  comprehension,  even  in This  Class. So then  you  know,  My Precious  Ones,  what  it means  to
be dauntless,  firm  and  unyielding  in your  determination  to
have  the Power  of your  "Beloved  Mighty  I AM  Presence"
expressed  in and  thru  you,  and  out into  your  world. You
can have  It and  do not accept  anything  else! Don't  be in-
terfered  with  or misled  by human  opinions,  when  you  go
forth  from  This  Class! Stand  solely  by your  "Mighty  I AM
Presence." Group  Leaders  of San  Francicso,  don't  allow  a
feeling  of anything  but  Kindness  to go forth! Unite  and
bring  the Glory  of God,  the "Beloved  Mighty  I AM  Pres-
ence"  into  All-powerful  Action  here  in your  city;  and  you
will be blessed  beyond  your  fondest  hopes. I ask you  Precious  Ones,  Group  Leaders  of San Francisco,
come  together! Adjust  yourselves! Harmonize  yourselves
and unite  in a Great  Activity! Let each  Group  go forth  and
do its Perfect  Work;  and  each  other  Group  bless  it forever,
forever  and  forever! Don't  one  Group  try to interfere  with
another! Go on—each  one  of you,  in the  Power  of your
Group! Be blessed  with  the Great  Blessing  which  will  be
released! That  will  help  you  to go on, and  on, and  on, in
This  Great  Radiance,  which  will  be released  in your  Heart,
mind  and  body. It is sustained  in your  city,  for your  Great
Blessing,  benefit  and  activity. Will  you  accept  your  Freedom  and  your  Ascension ? Oh
Beloved,  Precious  Ones,  don't  let the human  intellect  of
yourselves  or anyone  else  assert  to you—that  the Ascension DISCOURSE  III 19
is but an imaginary  dream! It is the most  Wonderful  Thing
in all the Universe! It is the only  means,  by which  you  can
be Free  from  the wheel  of birth  and  rebirth! Then,  in your
Great  Ascended  Purified  Body,  the Electronic  Energy  and
Force  of your  (the)  "Mighty  I AM  Presence"  render  a
Service  Infinite  in Its Activity. We, who  have  Our  Freedom,  come  to plead  with  man-
kind,  to accept  the Freedom  which  is offered. Out  of the
Glory  of the Great  Cosmic  Light,  We  call  Its Mighty  In-
telligence  to descend  into  the  Earth;  take  command  of
America,  the people  and  its government;  sweep  into  every
activity,  into  all official  places,  the Glory  of Its Mighty  Di-
recting  Intelligence;  so all may  feel  and  quickly  enter  into
That  Great  Loving  Harmony  of God—where  all is filled
with  only  the  Light  of God,  the  Great  Cosmic  Light! Where  all are clothed  in Garments  of Light. All who  will  accept,  may  live  within  the Glory  of their
"Beloved  Mighty  I


ishment. We want  you  to feel  this,  for in the Glory  of your  Life,
the Stream  of Energy  which  gives  you  Life,  is all the Power
and Intelligence  there  is anywhere  in the World,  so far as
your  individual  world  is concerned. It is the only  part  you
can contact. You  cannot  go anywhere  outside  your  own
world,  Dear  Hearts,  it is impossible. You  touch  the world
of others,  but that  does  not belong  to you. The  only  thing
is the Perfecting  of your  own  self  and  your  world;  and
when  you  do It, you  will  find  all around  you  changing  too. I know  of no one thing  which  gives  you  a clearer  definite
idea,  of what  one  Individual  in the presence  of others,  with
the proper  Understanding,  can do thru  his or her Radiance,
than  "The  Servant  in the House. " That  play  illustrates  to
mankind  how  one  with  a Great  Calm  Out-pouring  of This
Radiance,  can  harmonize,  bless  and  bring  into  Perfection, DISCOURSE  XVIII  245
every  one  within  his or her  environment;  if that  one  be
strong  enough  to stand  untouched  by the surrounding  dis-
cord. You as "I AM"  Students  today,  are in a position  to do
this, if you  but  realize  it. You  can  stand  in the midst  of
your  world  and  hold  a Great  Calm  Serenity  and  Peace. Then,  as you  call the Powers  of your  Presence  to go forth,
Its Radiance  will  go out;  and  all about  you  will  become
harmonized  and  bless  you. When  you  do not do that,  it
is because  you  allow  your  attention  to be fixed  on the dis-
cord  about  you;  instead  of the Powers  of the Presence  which
control  it. I am  very  grateful  for  the  opportunity  to bring  this
forth  today,  and  to be a part  of your  happiness  and  your
Love. The  Great  Volume  of your  Love  which  has  gone
forth  from  this  room,  will  remain  an Eternal  Memory  in
this city. We  are  utilizing  that  to the fullest  extent;  and
when  certain  things  are  shortly  accomplished,  We  shall
return  to bless  you  with  the  Fulness  which  you  could
scarcely  comprehend  today. Remember,  in the Great  Kindly  Out-pouring  of the As-
cended  Masters'  Love  and  Blessings,  is the Open  Door  to
your  Complete  Freedom. I do not mean,  you  should  allow
conditions  of inharmony  to submerge  you;  or Individuals
walk  over  you—humanly  speaking. Not  at all, but in the
Great  Calm  Majesty  of your  Presence,  no one  will  want  to
walk  over  you;  no one  will  want  to disagree  with  you,  if
the Radiance  is sufficient. That  is why,  Beloved  Ones,  so 246 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
many  times  vicious  Individuals  have  come  to the Messen-
ger; and  usually  he stands  perfectly  quiet,  until  His  Ra^
diance  has  an opportunity  to enfold  them,  then  their  vi-
ciousness  is gone. So it is with  every  one of you. Every  one  of you  today  is an Out-pouring  of your  Great
Presence  of Life  which  is all Harmony,  all Power  and  Per-
fection. You  are now  understanding  how  to keep  your  feel-
ing so harmonious,  you  do not requalify  Its Energy  as It
goes  forth. Therefore,  Its Power  is a thousand  fold  greater,
than  It was  before;  when  you  continued  to requalify  it, with
the feeling  which  was  within  you. I am so grateful  for I see
so many  of you  who  are going  to be able  to hold  That  Har-
mony;  and  therefore,  win  your  Victory  so quickly. I shall  say something  else  which  I trust  will  give  you
Great  Happiness. For  two  hundred  eighty-three  of the
"I AM"  students,  time  and  space  has  been  set aside. It
means,  the pressure  of your  human  creation  is withheld
from  you;  and  much  of the pressure  of Earth. This  will
make  your  Application  much  easier,  much  more  powerful. So I say,  from  today,  enter  into  the Fulness  of your  Life,
by your  Earnest  Sincere  Application. DO NOT  SPEAK  OF  YOUR  EXPERIENCES  OR
YOUR  ACHIEVEMENT  TO  ANY  ONE  ELSE. HOLD
YOUR  HEART  THE  SECRET  SANCTUARY,  THE
SECRET  CHAMBER  OF ALL  THE  GLORY  OF YOUR
PRESENCE;  AND  LET  IT  FIRST  FILL  YOUR
WORLD. Just  go right  on, with  your  own  Application  and
let the Powers  of Life,  your  Presence,  flood  your  Being  and DISCOURSE  XVIII  247
world  with  all It is. Thus  you  save  yourself  from  handling
human  opinions  and  their  interference  with  your  world. Many  times,  We have  seen  the Blessed  Students  mention
some  experience,  some  application  to another  and  a few
days  later  find,  it had  all vanished. All the Joy which  they
had experienced  had  gone. HOLD  ALL  YOUR
ACHIEVEMENT  IN THE  SACREDNESS  OF  YOUR
OWN  HEART. Look  neither  right  nor  left,  but go on in
your  Application  and  have  the Joy,  Glory  and  Freedom
which  Life  will  give  you;  for all this  is but Life. You  are
being  made  acquainted  with  your  Life;  and  how  to call Its
Great  Perfection  into  action  and  manifestation  into  a world,
where  human  creation  has reigned  for centuries. Now  the Light  is taking  Its Dominion  and  don't  mind,
if human  things  about  you  struggle  and  resist. Remember,
so far as your  world  is concerned,  when  you  call This  Light
into action,  It knows  no resistance  nor  interference,  but
proceeds  to perfect  your  world. As your  Harmony  goes  out
you will  assist,  by Its Radiation,  every  one  you  contact  to
attain  a Like  Perfection. I thank  you  and  bless  you,  Beloved  Ones,  with  the Ful-
ness of My Love  and  clothe  you  in the Consciousness  which
is Mine;  that  Feeling  which  is Mine;  to endeavor  to give
you the Assistance  of Self-Control  in Its Fulness. Then  you
may  enjoy  the Fulness  of the Perfection  of Life,  as It flows
forth  into  Perfect  Manifestation  in your  outer  world,  and
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Q: What is the main topic of the discourse?,
A: The importance of understanding the Law of Life and the Power of the "I AM" Presence in achieving freedom and perfection.
Q: Why is it necessary for individuals to release energy through their own bodies?,
A: It is necessary because the Ascended Masters cannot interfere with human will, and individuals must release their own energy to allow the Ascended Beings to assist them.
Q: What is the key to achieving freedom and perfection?,
A: The key is to understand the Power of the "I AM" Presence and to use the Violet Consuming Flame to dissolve and consume one's own human creation.
Q: What is the Ascended Masters' role in the world?,
A: The Ascended Masters are here to provide assistance and guidance to individuals, but they cannot interfere with human will. They can only assist when an individual calls